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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-06

TOBACCO deal
DECLARED OFF.
No Sale of Pooled Burley
Crop To American,
The Burnley Society Leaders
Charge Bad Faith on part
of Company.

Negotiations between the Burley To-
bacco Society and The American To-
bacco Company looking TO the sale of
the pooled crops of 1906 and 1907
which were pending for several days
last week at Winchester, have been de-
finitely declared off. The representa-
tives of the Burley Sosiety say that
the trust was not dealing with them
in good faith, and the breach between
the two warning factions lis wider
than ever now.
1t was Hoped that the immense
amount of tobacco which is in he Bur-
ley pool might be sold to the trust and
the tobacco war in Kentucky ended.
and there was much disappointment
expressed here when members of
the district board of the soci-
ETY. reached Frankfort with the news
that the deal was off. IL was declared
by the members of rhe board that the
deal was never closed TO a successful
issue, for The reason that the trust
was never in good faith, and they DE-
clare that they will never seek another
meeting with The trust.
Several days ago the trust opened
negotiations for the sale of the pooled
tobacco, intimating that they would
buy the entire pooled crop of both 100
and 1907. A meeting of the district
board and of the executive committee
of the society was called for Winches-
ter to meet with the representative of
the trust. Two buyers for the Amer
lean Tobacco Company went ii Win
chester and began negotiating with the
executive committee, but the meeting
was kept secret as 1t was believed that
should the deal fall through il would
hurt the society TO have it announced
that a deal was going to be made and
then have nothing come of 1t. For
four or five days the buyers were in
conference with the representatives of
the Burlay Society and Burnley grow
ers were confident that something
would be done. Now II is definitely
settled that there will be no deal and
no sale of the tobacco. The district
board adjourned with the members
feeling that they had been tricked and
they expressed themselves, freely on tn
subject.
j. II. Thomasof Bourbon county one
Of the members of the board said:
"They played us for suckers and
tried to string us. They strung us
all right. In fact, they were never on
the level 1t was a big bluff game
they were working, and | think 1t was
done to prevent the McChord bill from
passing. They were never in good
faith considering the purchase and we
never did anything all the time that
we were in Winchester with the trust |
buyers. There were two and finally
another came along, but it all came 10
naught and now the negotiations nave
been definitely broken Off. l am dis
gusted with the way we were treated,
and feel that we were strung.
Other membrs of the board expresses
themselves The same way, and all of
them said that they were badly treate
They all thought the trust was bluffing
AID tryirgto PIT them in a hole. Now
it looks like he trust means TO fight
to finish.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-06
A Case for Misery.

81 have found a cure for the misery
malaria poison produces" says r. M.
James, of Louellen, S. c. IT'S cali
ed Electric Bitters, and come in so
cent bottles. 1t breaks up a case of
chills or a bilious attack in almost no
time; and it puts yellow jaundice
clean out Of commission" This great
tonic medicine and blood purifier
gives quick relief in all stomach. liver
and kidney complaints and the misery
of lame back. Sold under guarantee
at all druggists. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-06
TOBACCO TRUST SHOULD
Be INVESTIGATED.
Says Governor Wilson in His
Special Message to the
Legislature.

sage 10 the legislature last week dealt
the Tobacco trust a terrific blow. He
said:
The Governor has always favored al
earnest impartial, wise and jealous in
vestigation of what are known as the
tobacco trouble, and any cause of the
night riding, and any trust or corporal
abuses; but his opinion was against
the necessity of employing lawyers Sc
lected by legislature committees for
this purpose, because he believed that
many members of the General Assembl.
themselves personally knew as much
about such troubles causes and abuses
as any witness in the State, and had
ample knowledge to ask for themselves
any questions necessary and had law
yers as able as any lawyers to put in
forcible effective, useful and proper
shape the results of such investiga-
ton. ] hope that the General AS
sembly will not adjourn without adop-
ting a strong and comprehensive act
authorizing the Attorney General and
his associates 10 investigate thorough
ly and report to the Governor, or that
General A ssembly, on the causes.
conditions and character OF the re-
cent disturbances and disorders in the
tobacco district and any trust or
combinations which in his opinion, ar
injurious TO our people and that the
act will authorize the payment of the
actual and necessary expenses of such
investigations, including witness fees
fees for officers for summoning wit
nesses, stenographers and typewriters
for reporting the testimony and for
making out The report and conclusion
of the Attorney General, out of the
amount of the appropriation of $685.
900 asked for in this message such
payments, to be made on itemizod ac-
counts, certified correct by the Attor-
ney Generay and approved by the Gov
ernor, and hope that the measure will
be so drawn that the Attorney Gem
eral will be enabled 10 require the
attendance of witnesses and the pro-
duction Of books papers and evidence
in order that he may make a search
ing and efficient investigation of the
methods and conduct complained of
in the trust and that will be compre-
hensive enough TO cover all trusts and
any future disorders or troubles con-
nected with or caused by them that
may arise in the Commonwealth in
similar cases and in order to give him
sufficient force for this work the reor-
ganization of the Attorney Generals
office, with authority to employ assis-
tants and incur the necessary ex-
pesnes, heretofore recommended in the
interest of true economy and effici-
ency in the operation of his office, as
will be necessary. ! recommend that
he be expressly required TO report
the statutes now in force
are sufficient 10 remedy the abuses
and punish any offenses of the trusts
and that If he concludes that they
are not he should be required to frame
and report for the consideration of
any future session of the General
Assembly such measure as in his
opinion, after examining the best pre-
cedents and records of public measures
against trust abuses in other States
will best project the people of this
against unfair or un-
just business practices and operations. |
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-06

journals of the men who made them,
or, better TO follow yourself in the
path of one of them by going this
summer or next down the Mackenzie.
With such an introduction, the au-
thor tells an interesting story, well H.
Illustrated with photographs of the re-
sources of the tremendous new North
west, just now in process of opening
up for settlement.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-06
CALEB Powers LAST
TRIAL cost HIM $4,000.
Several Thousand Dollars More
Than Previous Hearings
-. Have Cost.

A friend of Caleb Powers, in discus.
sing the trial of the noted prisoner
said that the cost would approximate
about $4,000.
of this amount" he said, "about
fifteen thousand dollars was paid by
Powers for his defense, which was Sc
yeral thousand dollars more than any
of the former trials cost the prisoner
The additional cost of This trial was
due to the fact that getting the jury
alone cost over $4,000"
Asked if the friend of Powers in
the Eleventh Congressional district
his old home, from which he was ell
ected Secretary of Stat. were active
in his political interest the gentleman
above quoted said:
IF Powers is not pardoned by Gov
ernor Wilson, before July, the time
set for next trial, he will certain
ly be indicated, we think, at that tria
Judge j. S. Morris because of his pre-
JUDGE and his arbitrary ruling in the
last trial, will undoubtedly be sworn
off the bench and an impartial Judge
will be appointed by Governor Wilson
which will insure Powers a fair trial.
AT this trial he is certain 10 be COM
pletely indicated. He viii then go
back home and his people will en-
phasize this vindication by nominating
him for Congress. And he will be ell
ected by an overwhelming majority"
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured.
with local applications as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Cat
arrh is blood or constitutional dis
case, and in order to cure it >must
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken externally and
acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces. Halls Catarrh is not
a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one of the best physicians in this
country for years and is a regular
II is composed Of the
best tonics known combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
of Two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results
in curing Catarrh. Send for testimo-
mails free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, To-
ledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton. nj
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-06
A Higher Herlth Level.

Il have reached niger health le-
vel since / began using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills." writes Jacob Spring
er, of West Franklin, Maine. "They
keep my stomach, liver and bowels
working just right" If these pills dis
appoint you on trial, money will be
refunded at all druggists 25c. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-06
Earth Tilted by Storm.

1t was the invention of the seismo-
graph for the study of earthquakes that
led TO the discovery of the surprising
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
WOMEN or CHICAGO
ARE EASY MARKS"

Chicago, May 23.-"The edition de
luxe" swindle is assuming big proper
tons. Victims are turning up all over
the West n telling their stories to
detectives.
The aggregate of the notes signed
by wealthy women so far known is
SPA, 900.
Mrs. John r. Hoxie made out a note
for $50, 900 to the gang; Mrs. S. w.
Lamson. one for / $1,000: A. j. McDuf-
Zee, for $50, 600.
Mrs. Pullman and Mrs. Potter Palm
err turned a stony glare on the book
agent and escaped.
One of the many devices employed
by the ~swindlers, 1t is said. is coun-
terfeiting of special edition plates"
showing publishers name, guaranty,
number of set and sometimes water
marked paper. and putting the sheets
in rather ordinary editions, which
would then be sold, it is said, at ex-
tremely high prices, with an extra
charge for a binding.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
MORSE REBUILDING
SHATTERED FORTUNE

New York, May 23.-Less than three
weeks ago Charles w. Morse, who once
controlled 81 steamships and had a
treat deal to say in the management of
Il banks. but who was hit hard in the
financial furry OF last fall and is now
Under indictment. had this to say of his
future:
'All ! ask is to be let alone and /
will work things out. That is all l
ask.
Since that time Mr.. Morse has been
one Of the busiest men in New York.
All his efforts have been directed
toward rebuilding his fortune. Mr..
Morse has just organized a SO, 900, 900
concern IN Bath, Me, his birthplace,
known as the Morse Securities COM
pany This, he says, vas formed as a
holding company. organized to pur-
chase securities. Organization of the
SO. 00O. 600 company is the secon i'm
Dortant financial exploit of Mr.. Morse
since he made the remark about what
fle would do if let alone. The first was
she settlement Of the claim of half a
million dollars which the National
Bank of North America had. This
claim was settled May J, when Mr..
Morse and his friends turned over
$3.50. GOO in cash and securities to Charles
A.. Hanna, receiver for the bank.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
DlRECTOlRE GOWN
WORN In CHICAGO

Chicago, May 23-What apparently is
the first Chicago" specimen of the
much talked about directoire gown,
which ultra fashionable designers pre-
diet will be the fashion I'm Chicago In
the near future. appeared In the city
today. The wearer Is a member of the
company now playing at a local the
alter.
The costume is OF London smoke a
French cloth. 1t has a close fitting
skirt, slashed on the right side slightly
above the knee. exposing blue satin
trousers. which also are tight fitting.
The whole effect is extremely tight,
~clinging closely to the form. The TRIM
ming is blue. with lace jabot and lace
cuffs. The buttons throughout are of
blue, agate and gold. with double loops.
Blue satin buttons run DOWN the side
of the skirt. which is cut full directoire
and heavily embroidered. Under these
is seen a pair of black patent feathers.
with French heels, showing a gaster
effect.
All Is s~urmounted with a full direc-
stoire hat of blue, with a buckle of bril-
iiants and a large bunch OF ostrich
plumes of a darker shade OF blue. Blue
gloves of short length complete the ef-
feet.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29

New York, May ~23.-Frank II. Platt.
son of senator Thomas c.. Platt. testi-
tying today in the suit for divorce
brought against the senator by Mae G.
Wood. declared he believed none OF the
letters is by Miss Wood. in evil
dence in her suit. were true copies or
those written by his father. He had
examined carefully the original copies
of the letters written by the senator TO
Miss Wood, which were turned over to
him by Abraham Hummel, upon pay
mont of $40, 900. He said there were no
such communications among them as
the alleged copies produced In court.
Plat testified one of the letters re-
ceived from Hummel contained any ref
erence to marriage bet Ween the
n Miss Wood. After reading the let
ters he personally destroyed them by
burning them in the CRATE in his office.
On cross examination Piatt said
many letters from his father to Miss
Wood We're brief notes of invitation.
He was willing to pay $4,000 for their
return, he said. because his father was
about to be married to Mrs. JaneWay.
He II his father thought 1t best to
get rid of Miss Wood.
What was our object in destroying
some of hose letters?"
We'll, the plaintiff was writing for
the letters and going to newspapers. |
did not think She had stayed bought
/ destroyed all but o few letters. There
was no suggestion Of marriage or di-
vorce or disgrace in any of the letters
! destroyed"
Frederick z Hafely. president Of the
stationery firm which sold the blank
form upon which the alleged certifi-
cate of marriage was prepared. in a
deposition read IL court today declared
that a particular blank form was not
placed on sal, until February, 1902,
three months after the marriage Of
Miss Wood TO Senator Plat was al
legged to have occurred.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
PRESBYTERIANS OPEN
GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Kansas City, May 23.-With all it's Of
ficers and the leading ministers of the
church in America. as we'll as promi-
nent laynen and missionaries from for
eign countries in attendance. the 120th
general assembly OF the Presbyterian
church began it's session In convention
hail today before an audience Of thou
sands.
The important business of today's
session consisted of the retirement of
Rev. William Henry Roberts, of Phila-
delphia, as moderator, n the election
of his successor.
The feature of the morning session
was the farewell sermon of the retiring
moderator. The sermon was largely a
plea for cooperation of the churches in
the United States in fighting many evil
influences opposed to the Christian
churches in our country"
A new moderator will be chosen at
the afternoon session today. Rev. r.
H. Fullerton, Of st. Louis, and Rev.
Mark 4. Mathews, of Seattle, are the
leading candidates.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
REVELATION OF LEG
THROUGH DlRECTOIRE
GOWN AN ACCIDENT

Paris, May 23.-The ~directoire gown
was not intended to be ifnmodest, and
as created made no revelation of the
wearer'S leg, declares the designer Of
the costumes which, when worn by
four Costumers' models, caused such
a sensation at the Longchamps race
course. The incident was at once made
the subject of a discussion which has
extended 10 London, where two vaude-
Vile performers promptly exploited the
gown in public in its most extreme
form for advertising purposes.
The designer Of the original four
gowns explains that the revelations
of the wearer's hosiery was the re-
suit of accident. The opening on the
side Xtend only IS inches from the
ground and is filled in with pleated
black muslin. This muslin in one of
the dresses happened to get torn, al
lowing the wearer's leg to be seen.
AS proof that his was accidental, the
dressmaker says the opening showed
a black cotton stocking, which would
certainly have been silk if it were in
tended for exhibition.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
THE MISTLETOE v

The mistletoe hung in the castle hall
holly branch shone on the old oak
wall:
And the baron's retainers were blithe and
gay,
And Keeping their Christmas holy day:
The baron beheld with a fathers pride
His beautiful child, young Lovelfs bride
While she with her bright eyes eeem'd
TO be
The star Of the goodly ompany
Oh, the mistletoe bough,
oh, the mistletoe bought
Here tarry a moment, I'll hide-In hide
And Lowell be sure tliou'rt the first &c
trace
The clue 10 my secret lurking place"
Away she ran and her friends began
Each tower to search and each nook to
scan:
And young Lowell cried. "oh, where dost
thou hide?
I'm lonesome without thee, my own lear
BRIDE
oh. the mistletoe bough,
Oh, the mistletoe bought
sought her next day!
And they sought her In vain when a week
pass'd away!
In the highest, the lowest, the loneliest
spot
Young Lowell sought wildly, but found
her not.
And years flew by. and their grief at last
Was told as a sorrowful tale long past:
And when Lowell appeared the children
cried,
See, the old man weeps for his fairy
bridei"
on. the mistletoe bough!
oh. the mistletoe bough!
At length an oak chest that had Ions
lain hid
Was found in the c~astle-they raised the
lid
And a skeleton form Law Wondering there
In the bridal wreath OF the lady fair!
oh, sad was her fate! in sportiye Jest
She hid from her lord I'm the old oak chest.
Ii closed with a spring, and her bridal
bloom
Lay whitening there in a living tomb.
oh, the mistletoe bough!
oh, the mistietoe Dough!
no sudden shrek of delight. and she
went back to her little bedroom.
Everything was as she had left ii.
With a strange dizziness, a quick beat
ing OF the heart, she turned to go
downstairs to seek for the truants
there, and perhaps scold them a little
for their game, the game that lasted
too long, when all at ono she caught
sight Of one object in the Don out of
place. on the foot OF the bed lay the
imply tray from an old trunk. 1t was
a useless thing, the trunk. Nothing was
ever kept In 1t except a few of the
children's toys. But 10 the three little
girls Ii was the most wonderful trunk
that EVER happened.
Even their mother knew some OF
the wonderful things Ii could do. II
was an enchanted trunk Sometimes II
was a pirate ship, and carried a crew
Of three. Sometimes IL was a robber
cave. Sometimes 1T was the little
brown house in the woods where the
seven dwarfs waited for Snow White.
And sometimes IL was just a cuddly
corner, just big enough for three
youngsters to curl down in and tell
stories.
And looking at the empty tray. at
the closed trunk lid, Mrs. Van Slette
wondered with q foreboding dread that
gripped her very heartstrings what the
trunk vas tonight in the game OF
make-believe.
She raised the lid fearfully. The
clasp had caught on the outside; even
in her fear and haste she noticed that
But the babies were in the trunk, and
at first glance a wav of JOY swept
over her. They had been playing a
game OF make-believe after all. Tucked
cozily in the trunk were the pillows
from the bed, and on them lay the two
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
AUTO TURNS TURTLE;
CAPITALISTS INJURED

South Bend, Ind. May 23.-Suddenly
becoming unmanageaDle, a big A
horsepower touring car. carrying a
party of six, darted from a road four
miles from the city last evening.
turned turtle and rolled down a steep
cmbankment, badly injuring the fol-
lowing occupants:
f. r. Wills, secretary of the Ameri-
can Trust company: condition serious.
Samuel Leeper, president of the
American Trust company.
Samuel Good, real estate broker;
condition serious.
Samuel Lentz, coal dealer.
John G. Ellsworth, dry goods mer-
hant.
II. Gerard. chauffeur.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29
KATHERINE ELkINS
BUYS HER TROUSSEAU
She's in Love With Duke, All
Right, Says d Girl
Friend.

New York May 23.-After spending two
days in New York's exclusive stores and
d~ressmaking establishments, Miss Kath-
crime II. Elkins, has returned to her home
IN Washington, where. Ii Is said, she is
making her final arrangements for her
marriage TO the duke of the Abruzzi. 1t
is reported by her friends tina she would
be married in Rome mex October.
Miss Elkins bought hundreds of dollars
worth of Irish lace and spent all one after
noon in one of New York's leading dress
making establishments Many of her pur-
chases were sent to her dressmaker, and
the others were expressed to Washing
ton.
Miss Elkins is buying clothes on a
scale hardly duplicated by any Of the So
cial leaders Of this country" said a store
manager. Il do not know of more elabor-
ate or better taste being shown than Miss
Elkins used. She has bought material
that would be suitable for wedding gowns.
One gown would grace any court in
Europe. Miss Elkins knows what she
wants and takes delight in all the details
OF a dress. This is a pleasure to any
d~ressmaker."
In Love, Says Friend.
A former chool friend of Miss Elkins
said:
Katherine Elkins has been very re-
ticent about telling nyone of her plans.
Mutual friends have been fold tina she is
to be married next October in Rome. I
understand that the king will attend the
wedding. The duke, when he went
abroad. tried TO get this point set aside
as Senator Elkins insisted that his daugh-
ter should be married at his home. Just
what luck the duke has had is a mystery.
| did my best to make katherine tell me,
but she laughed and her laughing is so
catching that one can make little pro-
gress with her.
"She is TO be married, beyond a doubt
/ know this. She looks upon the duke
we'll, she thinks he is an ideal man. 7 am
just as sure as anyone can be that the
fact that he has a title never enters
Katherine Elk.ns' head. She is in love
with the duke, and ! believe he is even
more in love with her"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-05-29

with her perfectly, so the teacher was
called to explain.
But / never told them any such
thing" declared the puzzled young
II have not said anything
about turnips since school began
The child, however. persisted and the
matter remained unsettled.
After both teacher and pupil re-
turned to the schoolroom. the former
announced the music lesson, and put
the drawing Of the staff on the board,
Now children, who Will tell me how
many beats in a measure?' she in
CURED sweetly.
The hand OF the recalcitrant pupil