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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-24
LUNAT|C PRESIDENT
OF i. s. SENATE
He So Declared Himself Yes
terday.

Washinton. April pa Iunatic
arose in the Senate gallery yesterday
while the Senate was in session and
shouted:
Mr. Fairbanks. Mr.. Fairbanks.'
Instantly a commotion was created
II proclaim myself the head of this
body" he yelled.
Half dozen doorkeepers and police
men dragged him out. A hand across
his mouth stifled his yeIls while he
was being bundled away in an ambu.
lance He was taken to St. Eliza.
beth's Insane Asylum.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-24

Quakers .... / 0 > 0 0-3
Struck out-By Fleming, >; by Ma
son. ).
Bases on balls-Of Fleming ); off
Mason !.
Two base hit-Gardner.
Three base hits-Cameron. Hearst.
Stolen buses-Bone, Maso~- Gun
ningham, Sr.
Passed balls-Clark, >.
Wild pitch-Fleming.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-24
The Lon and the Mouse. ~

When Henry r. Harris set about en-
gazing the members OF the company
that will present The Lion and the
Mouse" in this city he found himself
embarrassed by the wealth of talent
at his disposal, The enormous sue
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-24
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
THURSDAYS RESULTS.

National League.
Chicago, >; Cincinnati, l.
Boston, 8; Philadelphia, 0.
Brooklyn, / New York, /.
Pittsburg. /; st. Louis, 0.
American League.
Detroit, 5; St Louis, >.
Washington, 6; Boston, 4.
Cleveland, 5; Chicago. 0.
New York, 5; Philadelphia, 3.
American Association.
Milwaukee, 8; Columbus, |.
indianapolis, ); Minneapolis, 0.
Toledo, s; Kansas City, I.
Louisville, 6; St. Paul, 0.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-24

THEATRICAL CAL ENOAR.

NEW PHILLIPS.
Week of April 2o-VaudeviIIe.
GENNETT.
Week of April 2o-American Stock
Company.
April 27-"The Lion ard the Mouse"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-24

. This concerns ECU. resd carefully. ~.
wells Syrup Pepstn Is positi.ely suATSa-
O, 20 cure ind gescion. constipation. six hes )
r-. offensive breath, IA al aria an0 81 disease
ssrE from storaaCN trouble.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

The famous old Lookout Inn on
the summit OF Lookout mountain
was destroyed by fire last Tuesday
afternoon Lookout Inn was one OF
the best known summer resort hotels
in the South. and hundreds 0f wis-
itors eongregated there each year.
The owners OF the hotel. Jung and
Shamotulski. had conSammated n
deal for the sale OF the property for
s135, 1000. and had IL not been for
the fire the deeds of conveyance
would have been signed Wednesday
The building was erected In 1SSs.
and cost s150.0oo. While the iasu-
rance was enly s2s .900.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

In an interview given out ar San
Antonio, Texas. the other dag. Wal
liam Jennings Bryan declared thar
should conditions make It necessary
that he shoald again make the raee
for the presidency he would areept
the Democratic nomination ia 1878
Replying TO the direct question as Co
whether or not he w0uid again as-
pire 90 the nomination. Mr. Brzaa
said; Il would much prefer to retire
TO private life. and hope that four
years hence circumstance VIII noe
be such as TO force me into che cau-
didacy- But should circumstance
cali me 10 battle. battle Z VIII
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure IN all of its stages,
and that Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation Of
the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature In doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith In It's curative powers that they
offer one hundred dollars for any case
that 1t fails to cure. Send for list OF
testimonials. Address
r. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, Is cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipatfon.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

the present time. Statistics show
that the improved road increase in
farm values is from s. 90 50 an acre
We're all the acres 20 benefit ever
the lowest amount the gain would De-
s1.6S0.ooe-o0o- Add Shat Go $685.
100000. which might BE- sawed in
hauling. and the total wouid De- an
ply large to gridiron the length 1na
breadth OF the continent ulth ulc-
adam roads as hne as those uhieh
have given the fame and wealh to
Franee-the land OF perfect hfsl-
ways
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26
In Charge of Ladies'

The ladies of this city, who are
ever foremost in any and every pa
triotic work, have generously under
taken the task of raising Columbus
and Lowndes county's quota to the
battleship fund, Mrs. G. H. Ayres
and Miss Mary Harrison being at the
head of the movement.
1t is hoped, now that the move
ment is in such excellent hands, that
little difficulty will be experienced
in the raising of this fund, and the
people of this city and county will do
a handsome part by the States good
name in this work. The following
are the subscriptions to date:
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26
GOOD ROADS


A recent special from Washington
says: When the annual appropria-
ton bill of the department of agri-
culture was under discussion in April
Representative Benjamin Humphreys
of Greenville, Miss, made the epi-
grammatic statement that mo road
can cost the farmer as much as the
poor one" That touched the very
kernel of road economics, for careful
research and exhaustive study have
proved that the poor roads Of the
nation place a mud and hill-climb-
ing tax of not less than a quarter of
a billion dollars a year on those who
use them.
The representative sparkling lit
tie sentence was an answer to a query
by Representative Sims of Tennessee
as to the cost of building the unique
burnt clay roads of the South-a sys-
tenn evolved by the experts of the
office of public roads of the United
States department of agriculture at
cotton growers of the South.
Mr.. Humphreys had explained in
extenso the skil1ful methods adopted
by Engineer Spoon, who had been
ordered by Director Logan Waller
Page of the Office of public roads to
go TO the delta district of Mississippi
and make a study of conditions. He
had laid logs along stretches of inn
passable thoroughfares, which had
as a basis the sticky "gumbo" clay
of the South; burnt them in such
purpose that the clay was changed
entirely in character, and then seper
yised the construction of a road that
for hauling purposes is little short of
the splendid macadam roads of the
North and East.
1T depends entirely upon the char
acter of the country through which
the road passes said Mr.. Humphries
when asked what it all cost. IF it
be wooded so that fuel can be bought
for, say, s1.25 a cord, the road can
be made for $500 a mile. | may
say that it costs from one-half TO one
fifth as much as a macadam road |
costs, and it is as easily and as cheap
Iy maintained"
I'm a country where the people |
have never gone into the building of
good roads, the thought of paying |
$4,000 a mile seems prohibitive, but |
he - Sr a
however, we all know that the peo-I
pie. and especially the farmers, who |
usually at first are most violently /
opposed to the undertaking, demand /
hat the roads be constructed. and /
Ire most willing to bear the tax"
IN explaining how easily the bur-
len of taxation would be borne, even
{ the authorities OF his county de-
,ided to expend half million in the
of a perfect system OF
ligh-c1ass roads, Mr.. Humphreys had
he following to say:
IF the farmer, instead of hauling
,ix bales of cotton with two mules.
Is could be done with ease last WIN
.er over the burnt clay road near
IreenvilIe (the only one built as
model By Engineer Spoon of Director
Pages offiee1, could haul but two, he
would be taxed for bad road
It a higher rate than ANYBODY was
,ver taxed for good road, not count
ng the wear and tear on mules and
wagons.
Il have seen seed cotton In the
,ens in July which had been picked
lfter the rains had begun to fall IN
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26
Engraved and Ernbos

Engraved and Embossed Stationery.
We have on hand the handsomesf
line of engraved and embossed sta
tionery ever shown in this city. All
the late faces. the correct shapes and
the popular designs We can save
you money on your engraved and eu-
bossed wedding cards and announce
ments, dance Invitations and pro-
grams, reception cards and announce
ments. FraternaI society stationery
4 specially.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

Have you neglected your kidneys ?
Have you overworked your nervous
system and caused trouble with your
kidneys and bladder Have you pains
in loins, side. back. groins and blad-
der2 Have You . fabby appearance
OF the face. especially under the eyes >
Too frequent a desire 20 pass urine :
II so, Williams kidney Pills viii cure
you. At druggists Price 50 cents.
Sold By John r. Laws
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

the previous winter, and which had
not been hauled TO the railroad where
the gin was located because the roads
We're too bad to travel. Think of the
tax that man was paying. and that.
too, for a road he could not travel. -
Mr.. Humphreys, who has taken a
great interest in the splendid work
being done by Director Page. and
who is apparently thoroughly famil-
lar with the experiments. and scienti-
fic advancements being made by that
scholarly expert, named a number of
the publications issued by the Office
and told of the vast benefits the far
mers of the country were receiving
through their distribution. He re-
ferred especially to the efficacy of the
split-log drag as a road builder and
maintainer, and read letters from
men who had attained the most graf
flying results from the use of this
simple device.
Too few people realize the impor-
tance of the truths voiced by the
member from Mississippi during the
debate. He never made a truer state
ment in the course of his distinguish
ed legislative career than the one
that mo road can cost the farmer
as much as a poor road"
Last year the 100000 miles of
poor roads in the United States cost
a vast fortune to the farmers and
incidentally another to the city men;
the added cost TO the farmers of
hauling farm products over the we'll
nigh impossible roads being in the
end paid by the men who consume
them. Statistics gathered from the
leading countries of Europe prove
that the cost of hauling over the
American roads is far higher than in
any other country; the average in
France, Germany and England being
twelve cents ton per mile last year
to a cost of twenty-five cents here.
That difference of thirteen cents is
the unnecessary tax burden the Am
erican farmer is forced to bear be-
cause State and county authorities
have long been blind to the benefits |
which would follow an awakening to
road Importance.
As the average length of the haul
of all American farm products is |
g. miles, it will be seen that every |
ton hauled costs the farmer who /
hauled it s1.22 more than the haul /
ing of ton of similar products would /
cost the farmers of England, France |
or Germany. Last year nearly S.
900, 900, 900, 900 pounds of farm pro-
ducts were hauled over the country |
roads. Reduce that vast weight to
tons, charge it 1922 a ton, and it /
proves an annual loss to the farmer t
Of s52.460,000.
And the saving of that sum would /
be a trif1e Of a fraction OF the benefits /
that would come from an immediate
of perfect roads, for it
Is but a portion of the weight annu- i
ally hauled over these roads; the
statistics OF the department Of COM /
merce and labor, after liberal deduc-
lions, placing the quantity at approx
Imately 25O,00O,000 tons.
The saving in the handling of that
bulk would be S305, ,500,-
300 annually. It has been ascertain
sd also that the construction of model
highways In rural community brings
In immense increase in the value OF
he property which such roads ira
verse. There are $40, 100000 acres
,f farm lands in the United States at
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

For the complete cure o. coughs.
colds. asthma and bronchitis and a.
lung complaints tending 70 consanp-
ton. Liverwert. Tar and Wild CherrT
have for ages maintained an estah-
nshed reputation as : standard cough
remedy. It contains TO opium or
harmful drug, and can be given with
safety to children. Price 500. Sod
BY druggists Sold by John r Laws
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26
Piles! piles! piles!

Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cure blind. bleeding and itching
piles. 1t absorbs the tumors, allays
itching at once, acts as poultice,
gives instant relief. Williams Indian
Pile Ointment is prepared for piles
and itching OF the private parts. Sold
by druggists, mail soc and s1.00.
Sold by Jonn r. Laws.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26
They Take the Kinks Out.

stT have used Dr. Kings New Life
satisfaction. They take the kinks
out of stomach, liver and bowels,
without fuss or friction" says ~. FL.
Brown, OF Pittsfield, Vt. Guaranteed
satisfactory at L. E.. Mayfeld's : !
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

Mr.. W. C. Weston, the well known
Birmingham architect, was in the
city the past week on business. Mr..
Weston has a number Of contracts
in this city, and was here superin-
tending them.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

Mr.. Walter Price. a prominent cit
izen OF Macon. spent several DAYS
of the past week in the city
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

Mr. W. w. Sharp, of the Ethel
vile section, was IN the city on last
Wednesday.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26

The new green hats for men at
Kaufman's.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-06
AGED MAN AND WIFE
DIE AT SAME HOUR
Prayer of Couple Is Granted, and Hue
band PASSES Away Soon After
Hearing of His Wife's
Death
sy Associated Press.


NEW YORK. Feb. 5.-For forty
years Adolphus Bennett and his wife,
Mary Suydam Bennett, lived together
in their house at the foot of Seventy
ninth street, Brooklyn.
Yesterday the prayer of their later
years was granted, and they died to-
gether No children ever came to
bless them, but as property around the
old farm rose in value relatives and
friends gathered around them and
throughout that portion of the greater
city their love and companionBhip be-
came almost proverhial.
The increase in value of the old
farm, which has gradually given way
to business buildings and residences,
made them wealthy, but they seemed
to care nothing for that, they were
happy with each other, and scores OF
times relatives and friends have heard
them say that all they wished was
that they might pass into the great
unknown together.
Monday Mr.. Bennett came to New
York to attend to some business and
returned to his home late that night
TO find his wife had been suddenly
taken i'll. Doctors were summoned
but the Illness, an attack Of apoplexy.
proved fatal When he was told that
his wife was dead Mr.. Bennett re-
tired to his own room and his voice
was heard in fervent prayer Wher
relatives went to his room after thf
sound of his voice had ceased they
found him dead, his last prayer an
swered. Death was due TO shock, the
doctors said; death came as he hao
always wished 1t. say his relatives.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-06

purpose of the bill is to lop Off abuses
practiced in dealing with labor. That
these abuses do exist such men as
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft have recognized"
"Mr. Taft suggested that notice be
given" said Mr.. Littlefield.
Yes; but unless it was for six
months / do not see what good it
would do u.s." declared Mr.. Spelling.
"Have you read the recent decisions
of the supreme court?'' asked Mr..
Davenport. 1.-THE ones that caused
President Roosevelt to issue his last
messenger"
mo, have not; but I know that
President Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft are
aware of abuses to labor The atti-
tude of Secretary Taft should be more
satisfactory than that of most public
men, in that he speaks without reserve
or ambiguity. and tried to find the
proper remedy. No doubt If he were
where it became his duty he would GO
to the root of the trouble and make the
proper recommendations.
Mr.. Spelling said he did not believe
any reputable labor man would do
away with the injunction altogether.
Hugh r. Fuller Of Beaver. Pa, rep
resenting the Association of Railway
Trainmen, Engineers and Firemen, de-
clared he was sorry a hearing had
been given, for the reason that he
thought it was useless. The matter,
he said, had been threshed over many
times, and the records make volumes.
faction is what we DESIRE" he
said I'VE have been heard by COM
mittees of three congresses"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-06
WRIT OF ATTACHMENT SERVED
ON ONE OF RIcKEY's BANKS

BY Associated Press
CARSON, New, Feb. 5.-This morn
ing a writ of attachment was granted
against the State Bank and Trust COM
pany of this city. Sheriff Kinney
served the attachment on President
Hickey as he came to the bank. The
attachment was asked for in the sum
of $11,930 in the name of the Francis
Mohawk Mining and Leasing sompany.
D. Mackenzie of Goldfield applied for
the writ for the company. A receiver
was Immediately placed in possession
of the hank. Mr.. Hickey, on being
asked what course would be taken,
refused to make any statement. as the
directors and stockholders will hold
meeting this afternoon.
The bank closed it's doors over three
months ago and while every effort has
been made to reopen, Mr.. Hickey. the
president, has failed to raise the neces-
sary coin to set 1t on it's feet. Sew
eral days ago he made a proposition to
the other stockholders that he would
take the institution over and place a
million dollars in the concern provided
they would turn their stock to him.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-06
CORPORATION WINS FIGHT
TO CROSS PRIVATE LAND
United States Court Decides in Favor
of Power Company Which Sought
to Build FIume on IndlvId-y
ua's Property
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.-A de-
cision of interest to the rival power
companies fighting for water rights in
the Sierras was handed down by the
UniteI States circuit court today grant
ing the Shasta Power company the
right to condemn a strip of land across
the property of Thomas b. Walker, a
wealthy Michigan lumberman, who re-
fused to allow a fume to be built over
his property or to sell a strip of land
sufficient to carry a ditch.
The suit was originally started in the
state circuit court, but was taken into
the United States courts on account OF
Walkers residence i'll Michigan, and
there decision was obtained granting
the right q way.
An appeal was made by Walker, how
ever. and Justices Gilbert Ross and DE
Haven heard arguments upon the point
whether a. quasi public corporation
coul exercise the right of eminent do
main If a portion of it's use was private.
In it's decision, written by Judge Gil.
bert, the court holds that the owner
of a piece of property cannot block
progress, even though the condemning
company is subscribing private as well
as public interests.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-06

mittee has discovered circumstances in
connection with the printing OFFICE,
notably in connection with the printing
of and the purchase of supplies. which
makes you feel that there is great
irregGlarity therein. You also inform
me that you believe that the present
audit system of the printing bureau
serves to shield these Irregularities and
that the persons in charge of this sys-
TEN exert an undue and improper in
fiuence not merely on the purchase of
supplies for the government printing
office. but in the management of the
office itself.
Want stIlIings Out
"You also say that the subcommittee
feels that it cannot make satisfactory
investigation of the office while Mr..
Stillings and the persons in charge OF
the audit system are In the office, and
request that l suspend Mr.. Stillings
pending investigation, and also suspend
the execution of the contract made I'M
der the audit system.
II have accordingly temporarily sus-
pended Mr.. Stillings and shall pu- Mr.
Rossiter in his place, directing him to
cooperate I'm every way with your
committee, and Furthermore to make a
renort to me on the conditions of the
office"
The letter to Mr.. Stillings from the
president reads:
The enclosed copies of letters to
Congressman lands and Mr.. Rossiter
explain themselves.
In accordance Herewith. pending
the investigation, hereby temporarily
suspend you from the duties Of your
office, and have appointed Mr.. William
S. Rossiter temporarily to fill the duties
thereof"
The letter to Mr.. Rossiter reads:
THE incIosed copy Of my letter Ia
Congressman Lands explains itself
In accordance Herewith you will as
sumo immediate charge of the govern
ment printing office. Please place
yourself in communication with Con-
gressman Lands and afford him every
facility for obtaining the information
his committee desires in the investiga-
ton.
you will also report to me in full
as soon as practicable on the condition
of affairs as you have found them"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-06
ENGLISH FINANCIER STUDIES
THE RAILROAD CONDITIONS
By Associated Press

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.-Sir Edgar
Vincent, an English flnancier, who is
now guest with Ambassador White
law Reid at the home of d. o. Mills
in Millbrae. is making his visit to the
Pacific coast, it is said, a part of a
trip devoted to studying the condition
of railroad stocks and securities in the
United States, with a view of directing
the investment of English capital In
American transportation enterprises
Sir L lgar's visit to the coast is I'M
derstood to have as its object an in
vestigation of Harriman's interests In
the west and also of the United Rail-
roads of San Francisco.
Before leaving the coast Sir Edgar
will journey as far south as Los An
geles, and then viii return and make
an extensive northern tour, carefully
inspecting the physical condition of the
Southern Pacific throughout California
and Oregon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-06
PITTSBURG CITY HALL
STORNED BY UNEMPL DYED
Six Thousand Men Appear at Munich.
pal Headquarters, CIamoring
for Work-ReIief Meas
ures Planned
BY Associated Prezs.

BY Associated Prezs.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 5.-With inn
mediate work for only about 5000 men
in sight, the city hall was stormed to-
day by the unemployed" and 5000
application blanks were issued by the
civil service commission. Tonight a
rush order for 5000 more blanks was
sent to the printers.
The relief measures provided by the
ordinance appropriating 100000 for
public improvements in order to EN-
ploy the idle men now appear made
quate, but much good will result not
withstanding.
1t is planned to give men with fam
lilies preference over bachelors and
also equalize hours so that the work
viii last as long as possible.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-06
PASSENGER ASSOCIATION
AT WORK IN SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5.--The first meet
ing of the Transcontinental Passenger
association was held this afternoon at
Coronado, but all matters coming up
We're referred to committees, and moth
ing was definitely hxed.
The railroad men expect to be hero
the remainder of the week, and ono
afternoon they win be the guests of the
chamber of commerce on a trip across
the line to old Mexico.
Convention and excursion rates will
not be made public until about the
close Of the meeting.