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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-06-26
The Rspahlican plasforn.

hne FSsPuoucau party IN con-
venian assembled at Chicago
last week, formulated and adop-
tad the platform with which they
propose to 60 before the voters
OF the country this fall and coE-
test with the Democratic party
cherishing the hope that they
may still retain their hold on
the reins Of government. AS is
usual, their platform consists
mainly CT specious promises
(easily broken), and a general
claim for all the good that has
been accomplished since the birth
of the nation and the reputation
of all that is bad. High sound
ing platitudes and much verbo-
sity are the characteristic feature
of this platform.
All the good of the past six
years is directly attributed to
Theodore Roosevelt, while all of
the bad for the same period of
time has been carefully elimina-
ted and party fluctuations sub
stituted. The American people
are congratulated on having be.
come the richest nation in the
world, which 10 in part true
some of them have through fos-
tering Of commercial trusts and
combinations, which under Re-
publican rule, have flourished in
the past six years to such an ex-
tent as the world has heretofore
never known. A highly lauda-
tory paragraph deals with the
panic Of last fall and claim that
all it's effects under Republican
rule, have been eliminated and
the country again more prosper
Gus than ever before. The COM
tmon people probably see the
merit Of this argument.
The platform declares that,
notwithstanding the indefen-
sible filibustering of a Democratic
minority during the last session,
many wholesome and progressive
laws were enacted" and the
emergency currency bill, the
national monetary commission,
the employers and government
liability laws, are special features
deserving ofRepublican commen-
dation. The whole American
people we'll know that the session
Of congress just closed was pro-
ductive Of but one result, that be-
ing exactly the reverse of good
the passage of unparalleled appro-
priation bills and the entire fall
ure Of that body to pass any laws
which were of benefit to the great
masses of the American people.
The emergency currency meas
ures passed are warmly commen-
dsd by the platform.
The trust question like that Of
the tariff, which is now the most
important one before the Ameri-
can people, is passed over in a
dozen lines and not even q sug-
lgestion made which will afford
relief TO the people who are
lgroaning benesth the burdens
that are imposed by these ene-
mics Of the country.
! The platform would indicate
that the American laboring man
is entirely under the protection
OF the Republican party and his
needs and wants are their whole
concern. The farmer, likewise is
taken under its projecting wing
and his future is guaged from
their standpoint.
| The negro Is again told that
the only friend be hes on Gods
green earth Is the Republican
party and that unless be votes
the Republican ticket, he Is liable
70 again feel the yoke and hear
1.-THE clsnk Of chains How The
negro and Taft win zssimilate,
remains 10 be seen. The tremen-
dous md unprecedented appro-
priations of the last congress fol
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-06-26
George Gould p . notary
public In Independence.

snqhg, drinking, ana rreWQrks
on July 4th.
The Kansas City packing house
ship Ave million pounds Of meat
2 day, 90 II 10 seid ip that city.
The "wets'' won In the local
option election at Excelsior
Springs Monday by ? majority Of
46.
Clark county, ofwhich Kahoka
is the county seat, was carried by
the '-wets' Saturday, by 9 maj
erity of 16S.
Governor Joseph W. Folk has
been secured by the Marysville
ehautauqua board TO open the
coming session.
There are drawbacks up m The
0zarks, the Aurora Advertiser
admits, but the high water scare
never reaches there.
Another strong plank that
might be adopted by the prohi-
bitionists would be the abolition
of the merry widow hat.
A Missouri man who went hat
less forty years is dead. Now
you see how, dangerous Il Is to
go without your hat, Lige.
Dave Ball, candidate for gov
|ernor, says he Is running for four
reasons: First, he wants his old
mother TO see him governor; Sec
ond, he wants his wife, third his
friends, and fourth his enemies
10 see him triumph.
Ray county ranked fourth
among the coal producing coun-
ties Of Missouri in 1907, accord
ing to a statement just issued by
the bureau Of mines st Jefferson
City. Rays output last year was
$40, 1S0 tons, valued at S88e, ,S71.
Hoboes from all over the eoun-
try assembled in st. Louis last
week and held q convention at
which James Eads How, million
aire and self.styled. "hobo" was
reelected president of the Broth
erhood Welfare Association, az
the organization is styled,
Ellsworth Combs, aged about
IS years. was drowned in Grand
River at Denver recently.
Combs, who was an epileptic;
went down to the river TO fish and
while there was attacked with q
Oh. He rolled down the bank and
into the water and drowned while
still IN nonyulsions.
A restaurant keeper at Rich
mond opened bunch OF bananas
one day last week and found a
didelphys and pine young ones
snugglsd IN the wrapping. This
bupch Of species Of the opposum
family, which grew soout the
size Of rat, was not included in
the restaurant mans prdsr, but
he made good use of them In IN
advertising way.
Hon. w. 8. Cowherd, candi-
date for the Democratic nomina-
tion for governor, has filed "a
Ala petitioners with the secretary
Of state. Ball has is, ,a72, Staple
10, ,002, Evans 4. 161. Wallace s.
ap6, Whitscotton 1880. Hadlsy,
she Republican candidate, has
"a, ~ pstitioners, while the other
state candidates. have from 1900
to |, 900 sseh.
A rural Missouri newspaper
proprietor quioksped the meme
oriss If his Subscribers IN the
following manner; aAlI persons
knowing thsmsslves indsbled 70
this ofiies NJ requested 70 caIl
and settle. All thoss indebted %
this olIIoe md pot knowing 4 srs
requested . can snd End out,
Those knowing themselves q
The sun., 1908-12-13
Governor and Mrs. Hushess Social En-
u =. EaEements. ~ - - :, Z.

'.sn ALBANY, Dec. l2.-The social leagage-
rnents OF Gov. and Mrs Hughes pre-
oeding Lent contemplate the usualhNev
Year. reception at the mansion and the
inaugural ball The Governors dinnsrdn
-bonor.of the State officers yilI be siveh At
the Executive Mansion on Tuesday night;
january 49, and To the Judges or the
court of Appeals, on Tuesday blight,
February o. The annual Legislative, S re-
held on Wednesday evening, january ~,
The State National Guard Association will
Tender a dinber to Gov. Hughes at thf len
'Eyck on Wednesday evening, fsbrmfyfI,
Mira Hughes's at homes. VIII be IRON
t4 TO o'clock in tho afternoon of.Januar5
10 and 20 and February and 17f ~
The sun., 1908-12-13
MADE SIS LOOK LIKE S86, 600
Man In Orange Said TO Have Swindied
by DoctoFing His Hank hook.

OB1soE, MI, Dec. R.-IInvestigation
following the arrest in Hoboken Of. Doug
las HALLS, or Max T.. Hugs, and his. sur
render to the Orange police reveals an
elaborate scheme worked by the man
to get credit and carry out swindles in
different parts of the country. HALLS
was arrested two days ago in Hoboken
charged with trying to swindle Hoboken
ijeweller out of 5000. but could not be
helrf because the evidence was insufficient.
< The Orange police discovered that he
was the, man they were looking for. as
having given bad check. In this city to
Charles A. Laursigh. and sent Detective
John Drabell TO get HALLS, Then II was
that the basis OF all his, swindles was
found out t. ''srt ~ .,.-'
Tie. police learned that some time ago
HAllis had received from Luther Martin
OF Llewellyn place, West Orange, check
for SIS for some antique furniture .he had
sold to him. Halls, It is said. went to the
Second National Rank of Orange: to get
| the cheek cashed, but vas,refnsed; as no
body eo,ild identity him. He then opened
an account with the sT5 check. and after
receiving klis book showing that as his
!, ,;3rst, depoGit raised the amount TO Sa6. :
i5a 6U. 70 Is said sthat he then induced
eullible people to give him credit or cash
on the strength Of bis, book g showing.
The particular offence with which he
is charged here'is that he got bad check
cashed by Laureigh after he had repre-
scented that he would buy phonograph
Of him. -,
The sun., 1908-12-13
/. GOOD Roads Work ~
$50 Miles Built This years ILOOO .60O,
OF the $50, 900 600 Expeladed..-, /,

ALBANY, Dec Estate. 'sEngineer
skene to-day said. the present year has
been the banner year dbt g6pd roads
construction and that the Empire Stats
now is far in advance of New Jersey and
Massachusetts in good roads work. ., The
total number Of miles completed .frota
january 1 last was $40. or two and one-
half times that constructed last year and
over FIVE times that constructed in any,
year previous to last year = ~
. The total mileage constructed thih, year
exceeds by 1853 miles tho total mileage
constructed previous TO January l.. ie0f
II the roads completed during the last
season were placed end TO end they would
reach from New York city to Buffalo via
Albany and Rochester and from Buffalo
to New York city via Elmira and Bingi
hamton. 80 n5iy-,
or the s5oooo,o 900 stats money voted
by the people for this work $1,000 900 has
been. appropriated by the Legislature
There Is at the present times approxt-
.mateIy 500 miles under contract and over
! ] COO miles awaiting contract =, S-n Z
The sun., 1908-12-13
I o. r. III. .EREI0HT RATgs..
New Schedule Indicates Bld for, U, ..
Trade. 90 the Far East.

OTTAWA, Dec. II. The Canadian Pacific
Railway Company has fIled a new export
and Import tariff with the Interstate
Commerce. Commission Of the United
States which, indicates an effort to captire
d large share. OF the traffio from the United
States to the s0rient.s The new rates indi-
Id.cato through and proportioned class
and. commodity rates from points IN
Illinois, Indiana, IoEH, Kansas, Michigan,
MINNESOTA. Missouri. Nebraska and VIZ
consin, 10 Vancouver. B. g. They apply
on'traffio consignad through to Yokohama.
Kobe; Nagasakf and othef points In Japan.
China. Australia q nd New Zealand, to
which the 'tiphspacific steamers Of the
Canadian PhoiRc, Railway nun. for, which,
they max Q. direct connections. a. =.
- A Montreal despatch say. "The publ
cation OF these rates will undoubtedly
create some eommotion among the Hill
and Hartman lines, which haye declined
TO comply with the rulings Of the coLninis-
sion and 1t Is said have announced their
withdrawal from the transpacifo tIade;
while the Canadian Pacific while COMPLY
ing with the demand will practl lcally have
a monopoly Of the business Until the other
roads see lit to comply With the, rulings
OF the commission ,9ss r.
The sun., 1908-12-13
sUB-TREAsURY sfATEMBST.
Business Troubles.

:. William NJ. Woods, who was president
Tor five weeks OF the Federal Bank. which
failed in April, 1906. has filed a,.peltjbn in
bankruptcy. with liabilities sas. Csc, oiswhieh
,y72. 700 are on account Of his stock hoidin 90
In that bank. and no assets, Among, the
creditors are Samuel W; HaTlshr lss, 700;
u 900, all on claims ASST gned TO tben BY Leo.
Schlesingsr as receiver OF the banf; Nal.
BIN by the MerchaptS TRUST COMPANY fof
money! borrowed by Mr, Woods Mr..
Woods became president Of the TFssieral
Bank on. March o. 1904, sncceedinEi David
Rothschild, wig recently died in Sing Sing.
The bank failed five weeks later. -. i, 4
A eSeditors PETITION IN ,6shkraptcy has
been filed againet Thomas 3 .Napier, gdealeT 7,
In silks, formerly at lis Spring street. n: {
J 4 petition IN ,bsnhrpptcyt has BEEN fled
Broadway by Henry ~. Earle, attorney for
Boston oIaditor4. Snoeinson was.formeriy q
pCfS JSsSSs sFSkf II nae ssssnG West listh
-ttIeet, has fllsa 9 .petito!f Ia bantruptoy,
n the idebta ~stS coHtrg cted, In New or;
ltsAnA- " -yss.l =; ; ia4fF, + ; ;s.-l /
The sun., 1908-12-13
SUED BY CATHOLIC. SISTERS.
Divorced Newark Couple Have Refused
l. to Pay Their Chiidren's Board.

MoRRIsTowN, N. j., Dec. 12.-Robert
p. Lister, a Newark manufacturer. and
his former wife, Mrs. Emma K. Coleli,
have been summoned jointly in the Nor
ris County Circuit Court in a suit insti-
tutsd by the Sisters of Charity Of the SO,
Elizabeth College at Convent Station for
board and maintenance at the institution
of their two children. Helen L. and Por-
tia B. Lister. The amount involved is
Ss22. .s3, covering a term from Septem-
ber L. 1905. to December 1. 1905. II Is
declared that both Mr. Lister and Mrs
Colell have refused 70 pay the bill. escn
maintaining that the other is responsible
for IL. :.ry, rSx -
When Lister obtained a divorce she
was.awarded the custody of the children
and allowed $40 a week ahmony for their
maintenance and education. Mr., Lister
says he has paid this and ahe now. asserta
in defence of the action brought by the
Sisters of Charity that out Of their money
Mrs. Colell should have betrayed the ex-
pense of their children's education. :.
Mrs. Colell on the other hand declared
through her counsel that the father is
legally liable for their education and
maintenance The amount received from
her former husband for support of the
children she declares is insufficient. {,
The sun., 1908-12-13
TWENTIETH CENTURY WISE.
The Treasosof Peace Not Less Abhosront
= Thau That Of, war. ~

BosToN, Dec. 12.-What was defined
as our moral bankruptcy rs a nation
was the subject Of an address delivered
at the Twentieth Century Club this after
noon by DIR. Stephen s. Wise of the Free
Synagogue Of New York. Rabbi Wise
said in part: - - "d; -
= "A man may be executed by the State
for Staying another; what shall be the
fate of one who goes up and down the
land deliberately melting the nation b
war and who may yet succeed in bringing
about one of the most disastrous and
criminal wars in history, n war between
these United States and Japan2 "a, b.
"That it is difficult to establish case
+ as against some lawless and conscience
less Industrial organization proves not
the Innocence of the accused, bat the
cunning and the craft. not to say the
guilt, Of their legal defenders: Unless
the letters from one Of the headssof the
Standard, Oil Company to members Of
the Senate and House of Representatives
were forgeries the Standard Oil Com
pany stands convincted Of treason TO the
largest interests Of the nation. The
treason of peace is not less abhorrent
than the treason Of war. The purchase
aud prostitution Of servants Of the State
is treason. r. -st.- -,
The sun., 1908-12-13
FoR RIG voLuNTEkR ARMr,
Bim Making Provision 10 Bring 2IoOO,'
600 Men Into the Field. e.,


WARRINGTON, Dec. IA bill pfovid-
ing the machinery whereby volunteer
army OF 100000 men may be brought
into the field in times Of emergency, vas
introduced in the House to-day by Repre-
sentative J. A T. Hull Of Iowa, chairman
of the Committee on Military Ahairs'
The measure was offered in response TO
message of the President. Under It's
terms force OF I2,0O0. 900 men could be
raised as well as one OF 5oo.0e6. - = =,
The argument for the bill iis stated
in the Presidents, message as foiows'
Every one familiar with the existing Law
ia aware that 1t is faulty and wholly inade+-
ouate TO a specify and proper organization
OF a volunteer force. and that in part It has
become obsolete through recent legislation
affecting the organized militia ~ '.' ~
This proposed measure was drawn, up
Under the supervision of the Chief OF stan
and has the hearty approval OF the War
Depsrtment It Is carefully prepared
draft, embodying as much OF the existing 9
law as seems wise, and designed TO anord
the complete machinery by which should
we be confronted with foreign war, the
executive power COULD proceed at once TO
transform enthusiastic patriots into eni7
cient and organized soldiers. =
Happily there Is at present no cloud
UPON our horizon. but that very fact affords
us toe bes, opportunity to proceed with
deliberation and care in the prenaration
of laws adequate and Indispensable for
our possible war needs. ~,
This measure would not call Tor dollar
expenditure during che times Of peace:
and its enactment into law now would
merely be to place at the disposal OF the
executive power machinery whereby. should
war threaten, the means to wage 1t could be
swiftly brought into being. 1r,sk,'5 D.
The President adds that the 6tfi ,was pre-
paved under tho direction OF Mr.. Taft
when Secretary OF War. @
The sun., 1908-12-13
MACHINERY OF THE FLORIDA.
secretary Newberry Decides That II shall
he OF the Parsons Turbine Type.


WASHINGTON. Dec, 12.-Secretary OF
the Navy Newberry has decided that
the machinery Of the battleship Florida.
which is to be built at the New York
Navy Yard, shal! beof the Parsons turbine
type In his directions to the bureau
Of steam engineering the Secretary says:
The recommendation OF the bureau
contained in the preceding Endorsement
l. approved, for the reasons stated therein
aud for the further reason that the
Navy Department already has under
contract liz, 900 horsepower OF Parsons
turbines, and as our navy yard employees
will have TO do all the repair work that
may be necessary on the vessels that
are being equipped with turbines Of this
make il seems advisable that they should
become familiar with the manufacture
uf them The proposal Of the Parsons
company is a duplicate of that to be
manufactured at the New York Ship
building Company's works and has al
ready been installed on other vessels.
In view of the further fact that there
are five shipyards on this coast whose
mechanics are all moro or less familiar
with the construction of the Parsons
lurblne, this would indicate that experi-
cnced mechanics familiar with this type
of machinery could be secured at any
time .. %
The sun., 1908-12-13
SUGGESTS FIRING RICE.
curb Market Gives Rawhide Coalition {
broad Hint.

1FO8O MIMI. I
I. e. 8. Mendels. Jr.. on behalf Of the curb
market organization has notified the
president OF the Rawhide Coalition Mining
Company that it would, be appreciated
Il the company should eliminatert the So
called George Graham Rice, one Of the
of the company, or refute
the allegations that Rice, under the name
OF Herzig, was graduate Of the Elmira
Reformatofy, served time in Sing Sing
and Auburn prisons and had been con-
nected with many fraudulentor unsavory
Mr. Mendels sintimated that unless this
was done the organization would take
drastic action, though IL disliked to strike
the stock from the curb list for the reason
that many Of the purchasers have been
ignorant Of the character Of. one Of the
promoters He explained that
IN accordance with a plan For keeping
fake securities OF the curb the curb
organisation secured affldavits Of the
incorporation Of the company. maps of
its mining claims and affidayits that the
company owned these claims, The or
gahization has been exacting such afiida-
Wits from promoters Of. new companies
si.ice q conference with the District At
torney concerning the methods Of pro-
lection against fraud.
The sun., 1908-12-13
I .lRgoULp, UsE !, L0oP suRKAY
For .Trains Over, one Bridge, and Trolley
,,i, Cars, over AnOtheF. ,s,,.t4


Comptroller Metz explained yesterday
at length why at the meeting OF tho Board
Of Estimate on Friday he declared him
Seh In favor ,oftthe building Of the sc %
tiohs Of the proposed Fourth avenue sub
way In Brooklyn from. the Manhattan
Bridge 10 Fulton street, where aFlunction
could be made with the existing subway
in Brooklyn, although, he wass still OPP
posed To the carrying out Of the whole
'Fouvth avenue project. - r T..
y lt|lsIhis opiiiion that unless some pno-
vision Is made for q through eervice over
The Bridge from the Heart Of Bfooklyn g
trafiic the new bridge will be a"fatiure
and useless so far as the relieving Of con-
gested transportation conditions. between
this borough ana Brooklyn dfe c0fIcernedi
He jthihks4ls6 that by buiidin q &sufway
Ifor the running Of trains FROM Fulton
street across the bridge. the brid dge hoop
subway which is now npder construction
In this otty'eould Be used 70 carry psssehn. en-
Manhattan Bridge 10 the Manhattan end
Of the Brooklyn Bridge. Uuless seIne
such aIran cement ise made 1t Is the belief
Iof Mr.. Metz that the Manhattan Bridge
loop will not be Of mpvh advantage to
the people, of Brooklyn He, also su uggests
running through the loop subway the
trolley cars %hiciI cross the Williamsburg
Bridge. UpaJ this question be said :. !;
E. Whether ahything could be collected
from the trolley lines for the privilege
OF using this subway is an open question.
but we will be getting some' return In
their carrying passengers over two miles
'further and delivering them where they
want tn go, This would also materially
relieve the. crush on the old Brooklyn
Bridge. n. =,
sin view of the state Of the public mind
against corporations and, transportation,
companies in ParticutaT, this may sound
preposterops, but To nG mind we onght
TO consider somewhat the comfort qf ihe
citizens and tax payers,w are compelled
10 use. those transportation lines, and "
we can get them something for, nothin 6
or in addition to what they now pay Tor
we are getttnea a return. just as essential
to our progress and development as II
We got direct cash return from these
corporations" = f'-i''A -- q
The sun., 1908-12-13
10 CENfS 70 . FLUsHIN6.
Public Service, Board, Says, the Double
Fare IS Reasonable. a.. I,

rare II Seas0hbDlos o., 3
The Public Service Copmissiop has de-
cided that the fare OF 10 cents charged
by the Brookly lyn Heights Railroad COM
pany from the Manhattan terminal Of the
Brooklyn Bridge to Flushing is not un-
reasonable. The complaint made by civic
and business organizations OF Flushing
against double fare was DISMISSED yester-
day. by the board by u Unanimous vote.
This is the first OF the ten csnt fare der
oisions by the commission, but the board
made it plain that 1t must not be taken as
an indication that the complaints with
regard to the Coney Island routes will
be similarly determined.
Commissioner Bassett, who presided at
the hearings. in his report to the com.
mission stated that the evidence proved
that the company during 1897 had a deficit
of s54,i2s.a Mr.. Bassett holds that the fare
charged by the company is reasonable
one and that If the company should be
compelled to reduce the through fare 10
Ave cents it would, practically mean the
oonfiscation OF the company q property.
The sun., 1908-12-13
SAY THEY RdBBEB. .LAKESHORE.
Two Men From Buffalo Arrested Here
l. TO he Taken Upstate. ''' ?.

: Two men who said they were Charles
Cohen and Jacob Barney, merchants,
Of Buffalo, were arrested yesterday in
a storage Warehouse at III 'Third avenue
by. Detective Mokenna of the Central
Once on complaint, from Buffalo. -
Property" worth $1,000 stolen from
LAKE. Shore railroad Grains was found
in he warehouse Altogether the Lake
Shore road has lost $ietOOo worth of mer-
chandise.
The two were taken to the Tombs police
court and arraigned before Magistrate
Steinert. They. were tuTned over 10
Detective Burch from buffalo, who will
take them upstate forstrial..
The sun., 1908-12-13
, RAILWAY ACROSS MEXICO.
President Dtaz "a, ,Inaugurate Completed
TranseoutinentaI Line. ,.

MEXICO, CITY, Dec. r7.-Presideht Diaz
and other high officials Of the Government
arrived to-day at. Guadalajara. whence
extension OF the Mexican Central Railroad
to the port OF Manzanilio. formally In
augurating that new and important
section OF road. .4.
This extension completes the connecting
link in Memco's first transooptinental
railroad, forming a direct route between
Tampioo on the Atlantic and Manza-
Milo on the Pacific. The. National Te-
but they are not classed as transoonti-
mental road. .'s S~4s - "
|. Imposing ceremonies, and celebrations
will take place at points on the'new line
Tomorrow, -, - A .fs' s. .i