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Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23

THE great outpouring ofthe peo-
pie at Wilmington to hear and see
Mr.. Taft is another indication that
the voters have made up their
minds to place him as the success
or to President Roosevelt, and that
a republican victory in Delaware is
assured. We have yet to hear a
valid reason why any man inter
ested in agriculture should vote for
Bryan. Why should they desire
any change? Every product of the
earth is selling, and has sold at
prices which assure the the agricul-
turist not only living, but a sur
plus. Right here in Delaware the
farmers were never so prosperous
as they have been under republican
administration. 1t is only in the
cities that ony depression exists
and that was brought about by the
efforts of the trusts now supporting
the democratic ticket, to discredit,
and if possible. wreck the Republi-
can administration. This has been
a campaign in the interest of per
sons, and not discussion Of the
necessities for continuing the poll
cies of the republican party for the
benefit of the people. The farmers
of Delaware can not afford to make
the change now they are too we'll
off.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23
Wien the PrOhibifiOn Pany WM Win.

Prohibition ticket practically,
thought had chance of
equally
Prohibition
certainly succeed And this sufficient
straight line,
the We be-
and that OF unheard Of hitherto
aren the
going advise Vote pray There Difficult
would lead
all Vote think But remember that it
determined would
be loaded
his
gun ballot box hating the saloon
approval you the saloon with everything
exCep what will hit it. AARON S. WATKINS
The party clean political every
the permitting
question well other important public question:
Opposed Booze. BOOders BOm Bribery and Political Corruption
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23

THE greatest mass meeting of re-
cent years was that which greeted
Vim. H. Taft at Wilmington last
Monday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23

Photographed by Z. ii. Leherts, Mlliord, Del
BENJAMIN r. HUDSON, MILFORD,
Republican Candidate for Representative
from Tenth Representative District,
Kent County.
Benjamin +. Hudson, the Re-
publican candidate tor Representa-
tive from the Tenth Representative
District of Kent County, was born
in Milford Neck in 1858 and is one
of the most prosperous farmers OF
this locality. For many years Mr.
Hudson has been a hard worker for
the success of the Republican party,
and his nomination was unanimous,
there being no fight against him.
Mr.. Hudson is a man of splendid
character and stands high in the re-
,pect of both Democrats and Re-
and if elected will make
IN able Representative.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23
YOUR BEST CHANCE
TODRESS WELL.
Tailor made Suits and OvercOafs.

Can you afford not to have your best Suit or Over
coat Tailor-made to your measured You can
have remedied all defects that nature has made
in your build-you know none of US are perfect
in figure.
Every garment is guaranteed to hold its style unit
worn out and to be all pure wool
Suits and Overcosts from slS up to $50 or slO-or
high you want to go.
Made by Wansmaler and Brown Of Philadelphia,
or the Royal Tailors Of New York-by long odds
the greatest merchant tailoring establishments in
the world
We are also showing up-to-date Readymade
Clothing for men and boys at bargain prices
Fine suits and oveTeoats; men and boys. pants
for dress and for work. and big lot of single
az coats for dress work,
c. NJ. TATMAN,
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23
A. c. CReADIck, HARRINGTON.

Republican Candidate for Senator from
Fourth Representative District, Kent
County.
Alfred c. Creadick, the Republi-
can candidate for Senator from the
fourth Senatorial District Of Kent
County, was born in South Murder
kill Hundred. Kent County, in
1872, and resided on the farm until
1899 when he moved to Harrington
where he was employed by w. c.
Wright in the hardware business
for about two years. Since that
time he and his brother being sue
cessors to S. L. Sapp. Mr.. Cread-
ick is man of high standing and
repute in the county and is consid-
cred an able and strong candidate.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23
But Two Parties on the Liquor Issue.

We declare that there but real parties to-day the
and ProhhiOnsts; and that PATRIOTISM
Christianity every of genuine and of democracy beside the
the speedy
solid phainx at the ballot box oppose liquor c
petuaion republic 1900
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23
Republican Candidate for Insurance Com
missioner.


Charles H. Maull, the Republi-
can candidate for Insurance Com
missioner of the State of Delaware,
was born at Lewes and has always
resided in that town, except for
about ten years when he lived in
Wilmington and on the Pacific
Coast. Mr.. Maull was chairman
of the Sussex County Republican
Committee from 1886 to 1890 and
of the Legislature in 1880.
Since 1898 he has been cashier of
the Sussex Trust and Safe Deposit
Company of Lewes. Mr.. Maull is
we'll qualified for the office of In
surance Commissioner of Delaware
and will no doubt poll large vote.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23
We are Going TO Win the Fight,

Almighty every other important question out OF Amer
politics and them all We will W1nbut Will win
outs with your help.-E W. Chain.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23

Wall Paper bargains. Give us call.
Red Star Drug Store.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-23

SOUTH MILFORD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19

The first meeting will be held this even
ing at eight o'clock at the Auditorium
Clad Hamilton will be in the chair and
preside over the meeting. The lecture to-
night by Colonel Cox will be on her trip
through Palestine and will be Illustrated
by 125 stereopticon views. Colonel Cox
has been an officer in the Salvation Army
for over twenty-five years and her record
is a brilliant one. For over five years she
was pioneer in the London slums and
did great work for the army there. Later
she went to India and was there twenty
years working among the natives. She
came to America from India and has been
in the service in this country ever since.
Although Colonel Cox is an English girl
by birth she has taken out her natural
ization papers i'm America and says it is
the best country in the world. She is at
the present time provincial officer OF
Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and South
Dakota. The views which Colonel Cox
will give tonight are those taken by her
self while travelling three months
journey through the Palestines. Miss Cox
will arrive at $40 this evening and will be
entertained by Adjutant General and Mrs.
]. W. F. Hughes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
WOULDN'T HAVElT
Judge John Martin Declines
Democratic Nomination.
Received Four Votes at Primary
for District Judge.
PLENTY TO NOMINATE
But He Would Not Be Candidate
Against Dana.
Place VIII Be Blank on Demo-
cratic Ticket.

John Martin is the Democratic
nominee for district judge"
What? I thought the Democrats
didn't nominate any candidate for
judge
''They didn't intend to. but Martin
got four votes, and is the candidate. =
This conversation took place at the
court house this morning when County
Clerk Sam Zimmerman discovered
that former district judge and former
United States Senator John Martin
had received a majority of the scat
tering" Democratic votes and was
legally entitled to have his name go
on the election ballot in November as
the Democratic candidate for district
judge.
Mr.. Zimmerman at once went to
Judge Martin and explained the situa-
ton to him.
First that L had heard about it, he
said. 'T didn't know that anybody
voted for me. The Democrats do not
want any candidate against Judge
DANA
So Judge Martin sat down al his
desk and wrote out formal with
drawal from the race. He stated that
he did not care to accept the no nina
ton rendered him. and authorized the
county clerk to leave him off the bal
lot.
The Democrats felt that it wouldn't
do any good to try to beat Judge
Dana, so they simply left the office of
district judge blank. But there were
a number of Democrats who would not
be denied the right, at the recent pri-
mary, of voting fNr a district judge,
They wrote in the names of various
people. but Judge Martin received
four votes. which was a clear ma
jority" over anybody else.
The fact that Judge Martin had
thereby become the legal candidate for
the Democratic party was not discov-
cred until County Clerk Zimmerman
was at work fixing up the copy for the
official ballot. and then the official re-
turns of the primary disclosed the
facts above set forth.
The other men who received votes
for district judge at the Democratic
primary do not get look in" They
were beaten by Martin. and now that
Martin has withdrawn, the place on
the ballot will remain blank. The only
way it can be filled is for the Demo-
cratic county committee to get to-
gether and fill it, and this will not be
done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
ONLY S319.s2 LEFT.
Out of Receipts of $500. 900 for
Certificates of Stock.

Chicago, Sept. ia concern in Chi
cago which has had 20 months of life
and which has sold $1,250.000 of pre-
ferred stock to people all over the coun-
try at price to yield s1,5OO.OOO or more
has gone into a receivers hands.
The receiver at once called on the Of
ficers of the company to turn over the
assets. He got some engraved certifi-
Gates of stock in "aIlied, and subsidiary
companies" and $319.92 in cash
The receiver will try to find where the
other 1,499, 6sO.Os has gone. for he does
not attach value to the certificates.
The concern. which has had this
thrilling existence is the Mercantile Sc
curities company. second in the chain
of the Rhodes brothers high finance
corporations. John c. Fetzer is the re-
ceiver. He is also receiver for the Cen
trail Life Securities company.
Following a petition for an account
ing filed by several stockholders and a
number of hearings before Master-in-
chancery Guerin, Judge TuthiH in the
circuit court appointed Mr.. Fetzer re-
ceiver for the Mercantile.
The Mercantile Securities company.
a subsidiary company of the Central
Life Securities company. which was
placed in receivers hands in June by
Judge Kohlsaat of the United States
circuit court, is a Maine corporation
capitalized at $500. 900. equally divided
into common and preferred stock. The
company was organized in January,
1907. the officers being Birch, Thomas
P. and Edward F. Rhodes Miss Minnie
c. Scully, who figures in all the Rhodes
corporations. and VIM L. Sheriff.
To prospective stock purchasers it
was represented that the company was
to be an agency company for the sale
of Central Life Securities company
stock and that the proceeds were to
be used TO establish a great bank in
Chicago. Although the preferred stock
was issued at a par value of S10 much
of it was sold at $3.50, $14 and even
higher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
PRovIDENT ASSOCIATION NEWS
Ralph McCarrOI OF u of P. to Be in
Charge of Boys.

Mrs. Chas. Thomas. who was in Omaha
| last week assisting their association with
Tag Day has returned and Is again IN
charge of the visiting nurse department
The friends of Miss Fox. for three years
the head of the sewing department, will
be sorry to learn of her illness
Miss Shirley King of the day nursery
| is taking special work and training in
kindergarten work and is at the associa-
| ton building in the afternoon only. Miss
| Maude Spaulding has charge during the
forenoons. We hope to install a regular
course in kindergarten in this department
soon. -
During the past week IS meals and 26
| beds have been furnished, six inveStiga-
lions made and in each case relief given,
| one hundred and three articles of cloth
| ing have been furnished. the larger part
of it going to fit children for school we
are greatly in need of mems and boy
trousers and shirts. Any one having sucn
articles to spare if they will kindly let us
know we shall be glad to call for them;
The proceeds Tere s. ag E1 Way city a Of amy
size has some system of organized charity
and as the public becomes better ac-
ananted With sts mshoas Of for
the development and support OF sucn
work, .,, -.
Mothers club this week.
Mothers cooking classes Tuesday, oct
6: nurses classes Wednesday ana Ihurs-
day domestic classes "Wednesday ana
Thursday evening.
Ralph McCarrol. who has been actively
engaged in the settlement work at the
| University of Pennsylvania for the past
| three years has been secured to take
charge of the boys club. He will be the
director of all gymnasium work Mr.; Nc
Carols work has been with the boys,
hence we feel fortunate in securing his
services Friends will do favor by send
| ing in the names and addresses or boys
who should be in this work. The club
opens Oct. 5.
The employment department has Sc
cured % positions in the past weeH. we
shall he able to do more and better SER
vice if friends wanting work would let
us know a few days in advance If FAM
lilies wanting washing done on MONDAY or
Tuesday would let us know it on Friday
before We can invariably send some one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
AN EXCITING FINISH.
Bishop and Corwin Beat Stron~ Team
in Tennis Semi Finals.

BY playing strong. steady tennis, with
many brilliant strokes and difficult re-
turns. Corwin and Bishop defeated
Copeland and Sheldon in the semi
finals of the Topeka tournament in ten
mis- doubles Friday afternoon. taking
the two final sets of the match by de-
oisive scores.
Thed feat of Copeland and Sheldon
was a decided surprise to people who
have been following the tournament,
as on Thursday afternoon they had ia
ken two sets from COrWin and Bishop.
While the latter had secured only one.
Three out of five sets were necessary
to win the match. 1t was only neces-
sary for Copeland and Sheldon to get
one more set Friday afternoon. How
ever, Copeland and Sheldon We're badly
off form, and did not put UP their us
ual spirited game. They missed many
easy kills while Corwin and Bishop
both did effective work with their hard,
driving returns of their opponents lobs.
The score of the first set played yes
terday was to 1 in favor of Corwll
and Bishop. Copeland and Sheldon
made desperate effort to pull them
selves together in the next set, which
would decide the match. but failed to
do and Corwin and Bishop landed six
straight games and the match. The
scores by which Corwin and Bishop
won We're as follows: g., 3-6, As. 81,
so.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock the finals
of the tournament begin between Bish-
CD and Corwin VS.. Montgomery and
Lovewell. The winner of the finals
must take three out of five sets, and
it is regarded as a hard fight for both
teams The ease with which Bishop
and Corwin took Copeland and Sheldon
into camp has caused their stock to
go I'D materially. Copeland took sec
ond prize in the singles tournament
and Sheldon went UP to the semi-fin
in that tournament. They are two of
the best players in town, and represent
ed the Country club.
This evening at o'clock there will
be a meeting of all the players who
participated in the tournament and
any other tennis players in town, at
GemmelI hall. Y. NJ. c. A. building,
for the purpose of talking over plans
for the next years tennis in Topeka,
and awarding the prizes in singles and
doubles for the tournament which is
now closing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
CLAD HAMILTON AT X. Z.
Makes an Interesting Address to More
Than 1900 Students.

Lawrence, Kan. Sept 19.-The uni
versity opened with 1.845 students
Three hundred and So of these are the
students enrolled in the summer school
and AZ are medical Students enrolled in
Kansas City. Many students are Yet
to be enrolled. Chancellor Strong ex-
poets 2.250 students TO be enrolled at
the university this year. The chancel-
Tor said:
II have predicted $3.50 as the mark
we will reach this fall. and 1 am more
confident than ever that we will pass
that mark. Everything is coming along
nicely. The students are coming in fast
and early and we will get a good start
on the winters work"
At 10 O'Clock the first chapel exer-
cises of the year were held. Captain
Clad Hamilton of Topeka. made the
opening address. Mr.. Hamilton grad
uated from the university law school in
the class of 1902 The subject of the
opening address made by Captain
Hamilton was Force This excellent
address was made to a crowded and
overlooking house. Many stood in the
chapel doors, while others tried to hear
the speaker from the stairway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
NEW STYLE TELESCOPE.
1t Consists Principally of a Hole in the
Ground.

East Hampton, L. l., Sept. 17-Prof.
Robert Wood of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity has perfected in his private lab
oratory at East Hampton an entirely
new idea in telescope making. So far
he has only tested this in a small
way, but il it proves as practical on a
large scale as 1t has on a small ono
Ire will make it possible to construct
telescope of gigantic size at a frac-
ton of the cost now spent on lenses
far smaller.
Professor Wood. like all scientists
is slow to make a prediction for his
invention and quick TO call attention
to the difficulties to be overcome. But
his success with the small model has
been so great that he has just made
telescope of 20 inches, half The size
of the great Yerkes lens. the largest
in the world. If this model works he
will have another made as large as
the instrument makers can manage
and then if that is as good as the
smaller ones we shall know a number
OF things that are far beyond us now.
His telescope is not a telescope in the
accepted sense. 1t is a hole in the
ground and his lens isn't a lens-it's a
basin. Taking a glass of mercury he
pours it on the iron basin until he has
a smooth silvered surface. AS YOU
look into this he slowly revolves the
disk. First --0u see merely the re-
Election of your head. then as the
speed increases, the size of the image
diSD increases. lneTe Is no Iurtner
room for the whole head and your
image IS reduced to pair of eyes and
nose, which keep growing more and
more enormous with every revolution.
The surface of the mercury becomes
troubled as speed increases. 1t is the
centrifugal force which makes the
mercury assume the form of a para
boloid and thus the RAYS of light are
brought to focus as in the concave
mirror Of rejecting telescope
PrrhaT0G the oldest "a RI Of ha
telescope is the observatory, which.
instead of being mounted aloft point
ing toward the stars, is sunk in the
earth and the new apparatus is placed
at the bottom. One of the most diff
ficult problems before Professor Wood
is the securing of even rotation of
the disk by electricity without jar and
this he has solved.
The apparatus with which he is op-
Grating cost only $3.50, whereas a tele-
scope Of the same dimensions would
cost between $4,000 and $4,000 When
70 obtain and possible discoveries to
be made with his great telescope
should his new model prove success
full Professor Wood wisely refused to
commit himself
Nobody can tell" he said ut is
possible that a telescope of greater
power than we now have would so
magnify the atmospheric disturbances
that it's value would not be great We
may have already reached the limit in
such matters. but nobody knows that
either.
"All I can say definitely about the
invention is that the small model has
worked well enough to justify me in
making a larger one"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19

SANTA FE NOTES.

General Superintendent R. ]. Parker
of the central grand division is in To-
peka today.
Engineer W. E. Wheeler has return
ed to work on the runs between To-
peka and Marceline.
Engine No. 1910 was taken out on
trial trip this morning in charge OF
Conductor Bankhead and Engineer
Wood.
General Superintendent H. w. SHARP
of La Junta, Col, is a Topeka WISH
Engineer William H. Simpson has re-
turned to work on IL and Is between
Topeka and Argentine. Engineer
Frank Mauck was in his place.
Claude Hewitt is working as extra
conductor for a few days.
Engineer c. E. McGinnis and Con-
ductor Tom Verlin went west with the
wrecker yesterday.
Engineer James McKernan is run
ming temporarily in the pool.
Bruce Kinney will address the out
door meeting at the r. r. Y. NJ. c. A.
Tuesday. on Indians.
John Casey, local switehman, is
laying off for a few days.
Brakeman WorSely has been assign
ed to the fast freight runs between
Emporia and St. Joseph.
William Watkins. who is employed as
a switchman in the local yards, is lay
ing off.
FREQ zoe Is "orhlhs as hiSHI Cdiiei
at the roundhouse.
John McDade, a night switchman, is
laying off.
The r. r. Y NJ c. A is begin
ming the work of the winter. And in a
few weeks the heaviest work in the
history of the association will be on.
The male chorus of the association
meets to organize next Saturday. The
Workers Bible class will organize
September %. The gymnasium classes
open September %. The social club of
the association will hold its first meet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
ELEVEN PLANks IN PLATFORM.
State Board of Control Tells Lcgisla-
tuhe It's Needs.

The advance sheets of the second
biennial report of the Kansas state
board of control go into minute ue-
tails on the care, operation, eApeAsses
and needs of the nine institulloiS lot
unfortunates in the state OF Kansas,
Among the suggestions for needed ieg-
islation the following are important:
The law covering criminal respon-
sibility. is defective and there shoui1
be an institution for the restraint ana
treatment of the criminally insane.
The Law in reference to the state nos
pitfalls returning the incurable insane
to the counties should be repeated ana
the state should provide announcer IN
stitution for the insane. either by tne
removal of the BOYS school to some
point in central or western Kansas.
where land is cheap. and the present
institution at Topeka pe utilized TOT
a n insane institution.
The school for feeble minded youth
at winfield should be a school and
home for idiots. imbeciles ana teeble
minded of all ages. and law cover
ing this change of the school passed.
The laws of Kansas are silent on the
question of divorce from an insane 1i
person There should be some legls-
lation on this subject
All of the laws of the state pertain
ing to dependent. neglected ana deiln-
uuent children should be made 10 mar
monte and cover the field: the send
ing of children to poor farms should
be prohibited; the laws in reference to
the adoption of children should be
made clear.
Girls up to the age of 16 go to the
Girls Industrial school, and over that
age to the penitentiary: either a re-
formatory should be established for
young women SEPARATE and distinct
from the Girls Industrial school and
penitentiary or else the same should
he established in connection with the
Girls, Industrial school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
CHOLERA SPREADING.
seventeen Deaths Reported in Eleven
Hours in Manila.

Manila. Sept. 1917 P. M-since s
o'clock this morning there have been
reported IS cases of cholera and j
deaths. a material increase during II
hours over the record of the previous
"a hours, when only six deaths were re-
ported. The authorities are not dis
couraged by the apparent rapid spread
of the disease and are confident that
the outbreak will speedily be cOntroll-
ed.
Two Americans. H. H. Howard and
W. A Davis. are i'll of cholera.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-19
J. NJ. WALLACE LEAVES TOPEKA
Former Secretary Il. & l.. of s. Moves
to Kansas City. Mo.

J. NJ. Wallace. who for fifteen years
and Ladies of Security, has associated
himself with the L. Roy Curtis Advertis-
ing agency of Kansas City. Mo.
Mr. Wallace becomes the secretary
treasurer of the company and will remove
his family to Kansas City in the near
future
Mr. Wallace in his twenty years resi-
dence in Topeka. has been active in bust
ness, social and benevolent affairs and
his departure from the city is regretted.
The L. Roy Curtis Advertising agency
was established last February. and al
ready employees force OF ten clerks.