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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
TWENTY BODIES
TAKEN FROM mine
FLAMES BAR RESCUERs FROM e5
STILL ALIVE IN WiGlN
SHAFT.

LONDON. Aug. IA message
from Wigin says that. after recover
ing the bodies OF 20 miners. victims
Of the terrific explosion in the Wigin
mine last night. the rescuers were
driven back by flames early this
morning
All hope OF rescuing any of the
IS men still remaining alive has been
abandoned. but the officials OF the
mine are making desperate EFFORTS to
quench the flames.
Seven OF the rescue party were
brought to the surface unconscious
The scene around the mouth OF the
pit is pathetic. Halfcrazed mothers
and wives maintained an all-night
vigil. hoping that their loved ones
would come TO the surface alive but
when daylight came only four OF the
So men who went TO work yesterday
had been rescued alive and they were
all unconscious but will recover. The
bodies OF the 20 dead are SO horribly
burned that they cannot be identified
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
QUIET RE|GNS IN
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
GOV. OENEEN ORDERS ONE REol.
MsNT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ARE BEGINNING.

SPRINGFIELD. H.. Aug. l9.-Every
thing Is comparatively quiet here.
here We're several hot skirmishcs. bur
me rioters were quicltly dispersed.
That those in authority believe that
The danger OF serious trouble is over
was made evident last aight when Gov.
Detnen issued orders that the FRS,
infantry of Chicago shall return 10
hat city.
The prosecution OF those guilty OF
outrdges that have resulted in the
death OF seven persons and the loss
81 thousands NJ dollars by fire and
destruction will be unrelenting. States
Attorney Hatch, at a meeting OF citi.
ze1Is. Was pledged the moral support
of every business and every profession
81 man in Springfield Every assis-
lance possible will be given.
The leading men OF Springfield OF.
Tered -ta-f'afF!F- rifles ift-tffc protection
OF their homes, the lives OF their fam
lies and their property They Offer
Cd themselves TO the authorities 10
be used in any way IN which law and
order might be enforced
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
fFEND= PURSUE5
HIS OWN SISTER
MUSICIANS WIFE WRITES cLEVE.
LAND. O., CORONER A
CHASTITY LETTER.

SAN JOSE, Cal, Aug. l9.-Alleging
that she and her sister are being pur-
sued by a Hyde" in real life. who is
fiendish over the spilling OF human
blood, Mrs Eva Seeker. wife OF a
young musician here, has written a
letter to Coroner Burke. OF Cleveland.
O.. imploring him to arrest a suspect
who she says is logging the footsteps
OF her sister. Mrs. Antoinette Garrand,
now living in La Porte. Ind.
Mrs. Seeker. who was formerly a
Miss Eva Zelchmann. OF Cleveland,
declares that this Hyde" in real life
murdered her sister Lena. and her
sisters sweetheart, Cart Benthafef,- lR
Cleveland year and a half ago The
bodies OF the two young people were
found In Heights park in Cleveland.
shot through the heart. and a revolver
was found near the body OF the young
man. The coroner's jury brought in
verdict of murder and suicide.
Mrs. Seeker declares that the two
were really murdered by the 1end
who has been haunting the household
for months. At one time, she declares.
the fiend sPrane from the bushes and
tried TO strange her sister A recent
letter from her surviving sister in La
Porte she says. states that the fiend
is haunting that place
III he kills my other sister. | shall
kill myself" says Mrs. Seeker, who
is Frustrated. She declares that Coro.
ner Burke is the only official who be-
leved her story, hence she wrote 10
him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
=AE[ tissues BUT
PROHIBITION ARE
FICTITIOUS
EUGENE W. CHAPLIN.
~WATER WAGON" PARTY NOTL
FIEs PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
SAMUEL DickiE, OF ALBION,
CHAIRMAN OF GATHERING.

CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-,n the presence
OF large and enthusiastic audience,
In Music hall. last evening. Eugene w.
Chain, OF Chicago, accepted the nom
ination for the presidency by the Pro-
hibition party.
The address formally notifying Mr..
Chain of his selection as the head OF
the Prohibition ticket was made by
Prof. Chas. Scanlon, OF Pittsburg. on
behalf OF the committee on notification
appointed at the national convention
in Columbus, o., July 16.
Lesding members of the party from
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Ohio.
Indiana, Nebraska and other states
attended Chas. r. Jones, chairman
OF the national committee, called the
meeting. Samuel Dickie, president OF
Albion college. Albion. Mich. was an
nounced. Dickie delivered a brief adj
dress and then introduced Mr.. Scan
lon.
Following are exeeprts from Mr..
Chains speech OF acceptance:
We are now approaching the close OF
another so years. whe.e two dominant
political parties, Republican and Dem
ocratic. have allied themselves with the
most gigantic crime that ever cursed
the world. and by their attitude make
known to the American people that
they do not propose TO permit them to
have q chance even though the major
ity may favor II. to destroy the liquor
traffic and add another amendment to
the constitution, which would mark the
highest achievement OF civilization in
the worlds history
Twenty-seven presidential campaigns
have been more or less ficrcely fought
10 gain control OF the government.
Most of them bave been battles over
fictitious issues which had little or
nothing to do with the administrations
which followed.
In not more than six instances would
a line OF American history have been
changed IL the defeated candidate had
been elected instead OF the successful
for the cake of obtaining office. has
made moral towards OF many public
men. and transformed some OF our
chief executives into mere pawns upon
the party chess board.
The attempt made by the Republican
and Democratic parties TO create
fictitious issue Is the most farcical in
during the past four years the question
of the prohibition of the liquor traffic
has attracted wider attention OF the
press and the -paapln- tAap-all-nt her-
public issues combined.
The calm thought and common sense
OF the moral citizenship have pro-
nounced sentence OF death upon the
liquor traffic. and the only thing that
stays its execution Is the protecting
care OF these two old political parties,
kept alive by blind political party
prejudice
For a long time there has been dis
position on the part OF the leading
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
HUDSON INDIFFERENT TO
WARNER AT HOMECOMING

HUDSON Mieh-1-Aag.-i9 .-Al-
though the city was crowded with Wis
itors on the first day OF Homecoming
week, Gov Warmers reception here
was not marked by any especial show
OF heartinsss OF enthusiasm. Prob
ably 200 people gathered about his au-
tomobile. This was the governors
fIrsFyfsIt0 here, Itoo."Bur me aHtI'
Warner sentiment seemed TO have ar
rived before him. The governor has
repeatedly refused to extradite Ira
Bryant, OF this city. charged with
arson across the Ohio line. and the
greatest show of warmth toward the
executive came FROM the grateful Bry-
ant element.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19

There are few men who would
rather work for living than go into
politics.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
BRYAN STRONG FOR
GUARANTY ISSUE
sLAMeS CONGRESS FOR NOT PASS
ING LAW PERMITTING BANKS
TO ADOPT PLAN.

LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. 19.--As all
earnest OF the intention OF Bryan and
his managers To make The guaranty Of
bank deposits an issue in ,his cam.
raign in the west cspeeie ), the can
didate again made a statement In
which ne arraigns congress f0l not
legislating in favor OF the depositor
as well as OF the banker. lie took
for his text the fact that several
national banks in Oklahoma had an
nounced their intention of quitting as
nationals and 'reorgani2ing under the
state law, as a result OF the ruling
that they cannot as national banks
contribute toward guaranty fund.
Il do not know OF course he
said. TO what extern. the national
banks OF Oklahoma will surrender
their charters Fifty.four national
banks thGLstate- took advantage
OF the guaranty system, and they
have found il very profitable. for
they have increased their deposits,
while the unsecured banks have lost
IN deposits They will now have %
choose between remaining national
tauks and securing tf1u benefits or the
guaranty plan.
They ought not to be driven 20
this alternative Congress had ample
time to pass law permitting the ma
tional banks in Oklahoma To take adj
vantage OF this system. The Oklahoma
law was enacted III Decemhsr- and
went into operation in February. Con-
gress was in session for several
Il. 4. ~ II
publican leaders In congress could
find time to put through a currency
bin in the interest OF the stock mar
ket, they could not find time 10 en-
act legislation I'm the interest OF the
-depesitef- eEeH-iH- interest OF
the smaller national hanks"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
Mosquitoes Vicious
Attacks Drive Man
To Insane Asylum

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l9.--As the
result OF being attacked by swarms
tttot-s-turrrEs- ftyr-ur,-an -eIn.
ploye OF the Atlantic Refining Co., In
this city, Is confined in an insane asy-
lum at Smiths Landing. n. J.
Ryder took trip into the Jersey
pines with several friends a few days
ago. He became separated from his
party and for two days wandered
through the woods, finally being found
near Abseeon. His face and arms
were a mass OF mosquito bites
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
tUS|TAN|A AGAIN
BREAKS RECORD

NEW YORK. Aug. 19.-The Cunard
line steamship Lusitania has again
broken her own record
AT the office OF the Cunard line
wireless was received from the Lu-
stania today saying that up to noon
yesterday she had steamed 1902 knots
at an average speed of 1888. This
beats. her previous record OF 25Oi
knots an hour made In July last.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19

rrIftt frfaiiz= ot=tne,c=ric@ prrtfcS=tt1=hr=-
little and ignore the liquor problem.
trt--f-t.e tt-->r-t---,tt-r--ri sr-utr-Btayv
which amounts 10 conspiracy on tue
part OF the leaders OF these parties 10
coin up the conscience OF the people
into liquor license revenue and offices.
While not n line OF history will 10
changed by the election OF a Republic
an or Democrat. the triumph OF the
Prob ibition party and the placing OF It's
platform In the constitution and upon
the statute book. Will write the longest,
brightest. purest. and most benefcent
chapter OF history that has marked the
progress OF civilization since govern
ments were instituted among men.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
BELIEVE MISS PECK
LOST IN MOUNTAINS

LIMA, Peru, Aug l9.-Alarm is felt
here for the safety OF Miss Annie S.
Peek. OF Providence. r. l., the noted
mountain climber. who Friday after
noon signaled her arrival at an alti-
Jude al "a aAn- feat Mount HaaSear-
an. the summit of which is covered
with perpetual snow. Since that time
no word has been had from Miss Peck
or the two Alpine climbers who ac-
companied her.
Miss Peck's feat in reaching an alti-
tude higher than that attained by
dIIy- UthUr vUrI1u or nIIu- III me world,
was learned here with establishment
and admiration. Her failure 10 re-
turn or communicate in any way since
Friday caused grave anxiety. and var
ious expeditions were organized and
have started TO her assistance.
Many a man who Is disappointed
I'm love doesn't find il out-tIl- after he
is married
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
PARDONED FOR INVOKING
THE UNWRITTEN LAW"

DENVER, Aug. 19.-Geo. w. Nico-
lai has been pardoned for shooting
John Moore. who was alleged TO have
been intimate with Mrs. Nicolai. The
governor says.
The laws OF Colorado do not count
this villainy as a serious crime. Colo
RADIO is about 100 years behind other
civilized states in the estimate which
its laws place on certain crimes.
II Is never too late to mend. but IL
is just as we'll IL you don't have to-.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19

the union The union officials dc.
mauded recently that this be Increased
to 90 cents month, ard II Is aIfeged
ht-- demand was mddr- without corr
sulting the rank and ne OF workmen.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21
CAPT. r. p. Hobs0n.

In last weeks Jeffersonian appeared
a paragraph which does injustice to
very brave and honorable gentleman, and
we hasten to say that we regret its pub
LEGATION.
A letter which we have received from
a member of Capt. Hobson's family leaves
us in no doubt whatever that, however
mistaken he may be in his constant and
enthusiastic championship Of big navy,
his motives are as disinterested and pa
triotic as ours are in opposing it.
We are convinced that Congressman
Hobson is incapable of improper relations
with the Steel Trust or with any other
corporation or individual.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21
The National Campaign.

The Populist party has made it's nom
nations for President and Vice Presi-
dent and the campaign is now under way.
It will be on in earnest after the no.
tifcation of the candidates, which will
be in Atlanta, Ca, on the 9th day of
July.
But there is a lot of work that can
be done before that time, and we must
begin to get at it.
In many States petitions will have
to be circulated and signed before the
ticket can be put before the voters, be-
sides other preparatory work to putting
out the ticket.
This work should be pushed forward
as rapidly as possible in order that it
will be out of the way on July 9.
After that time there should be nothing
ahead to look after, except the regular
campaign, and the campaign is going to
be hot one.
With everything SO unsettled and SO
many dissatisfied elements in both of the
old parties, the Populist ticket will not be
a joke.
Let every Populist get to work NOW,
and have all Of the preliminary work out
of the way so that a vigorous campaign
can be begun on July 9, and fought to
finish.
Write to Jay w. Forrest, $50 Madison
Ave-, Albany, N. Y, for any informa-
ton that you want along this line, and
he will furnish you the information, to-
gether with the necessary literature.
AS special offer, we will furnish you
both Jeffersonians for six months for
$1.UO. .:. .a i. ......4 =,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21

is a stealthy blow at Populism in the
state of Georgia?
Concealed in this new rule, which is
revolutionizing the distribution of politi-
cal power in this State, is the secret pur-
pose of burying Watson and the Popu-
lists by concentrating an overwhelming
preponderance of power in the four big
cities, which the Wall Street corporations
and the Liquor Dealers Association can
always control with their money.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21
THE JEFFERsONIAN.

pdlSH, lie spoke V0I LluCI n4O1C dOOuC
the early primary and its disadvantages
to the outsiders and to the country peo-
pie than he did about disfranchisement.
In fact, he had very little to say about
disfranchisement. His two leading topics
were Railroad Freight Rates and The
Evils of the Early Primary.
Eighth. Have we no right to complain
that he has sanctioned the new rule which
deprives more than one hundred country
counties Of their Constitutional rights?
Would we have supported Hoke Smith in
1906 if we had suspected that his design
was to revolutionize the distribution OF
political power in this State, and to con-
centrate control in the hands of the ring
politicians in the four big cities? Since
the Confederate flag went down at Ap-
pomattox there has been only one inva-
sion of local self-government more hurt
full than this, and that was the coming
into the South of the carpet-bagger and
the Federal bayonet. Where would the
corporation interests like best to see po-
litical power conferred? Where would the
liquor dealers like best to see political
control concentrated? Where would the
lobbyist like best to see the citadel of
Tie T\l1lSSlE1 GSldDAASHCO! DO We AOL cAA
know that the great corporations can
manage the big cities, better than they
can manage the country counties? DO we
not ali know that the country counties
voted whiskey out Of their own terri
tory, while the big cities never did?
If the country counties are shorn of
their Constitutional rights, will it not be
a logical result that the big cities will
control, and is it not natural to suppose
that they will fall under the sway Of the
big corporations, the liquor dealers, the
ringsters, as they have done heretofore?
Never, since the carpet-bagger was
driven out and the Federal bayonets with
drawn, has there been such audacity in
the attempt to rob the country people Of
this country of their Constitutional rights.
If there was 40 other reason for our
failure to support Hoke Smith, this would
be sufficient We stand for the Popu
lists, and we do not care who knows
it. We have never apologized to anybody
for being Populist, and we never ex-
pect to do it. We love the men who
stood by Our side in the, years gone by
and helped us to endure the storm of
abuse and ridicule and political crime.
We have always defended their rights SO
far as we could, and we never intend to
let them be robbed of their rights with
out protesting as loudly and as en-
phatically as we know how.
The Populist strength was the strength
of the country county. In the big cities,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21
PAGE FOUR
Why We Cannot. Support HOke
Smith Again.
Vmlfh Again.
Continued from Page One.)

all that could be done, HOke Smith re-
fused to summon the Legislature. WHY?
Was it because he was afraid that Joe
Brown would exercise his legal right and
demand an investigation of the Gov
ernors reasons for dismissing him in dis
grace from his office? Was Governor
Smith afraid to meet Joe Brown on that
issue? Was he afraid that the legislature,
after learning all the facts, WOULD
SUSTAIN BROWN AND CONDEMN
SMITH?
Fifth. Governor Smith suddenly de-
veloped the keenest desire to run for the
Senate against Steve Clay. He began to
confer with his friends. He began to
sound those who had been his active sup
porters in the campaign Of 1906. He
lost several precious months feeling about
all over the State to ascertain how the
land lay. When he discovered that Jas.
R. Gray would not support him for the
Senate, that the Hon. 7. w. Hardwick
would not support him for the Senate,
that Mr. Watson would not support him
for the Senate, and that various other men
who had been his true and unhagging
supporters in the campaign of 1906,
were utterly opposed to his throwing
down the unfinished work to which he
was pledged, and making the Governors
Office a stepping stone to the Senate,
it was then, and not until then, that
Governor Smith made virtue out of the
necessity of the case, and proclaimed his
magnanimous, patriotic remuneration of
the higher office of United States Sena-
tor. Have those who went through the
storm of battle with him no right to COM
plain that he was ready to leave them
in the 1urch, leave his pledges in the
lurch, leave the reform element of this
State in the lurch?
Inasmuch as he only renounced his
purpose of running for the Senate when
he realized that he could not success
fully make the race, is not his position,
morally, the same as though he had gone
back on his friends and his pledges, and
had used the Governorship as stepping
stone to the Senate?
Sixth. Have we no right to complain
of the Governors exoneration of the leg
islature which defeated every one of those
administration measures which he said
ought to be passed? In his speech at
McRae, on the 10Th of November, 1907,
he distinctly declared that he had no ad-
verse criticism to place on the legislature;
and yet that body had killed every one
of the administration measures, excepting
the disfranchisement bill, which Mr..
Hardwick pushed along personally, until
he finally drove it through.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
MAY.

The Young Imperial king of time
Hath heralds sent to every cline,
Announcing that the princess May
Shall wear her crown her natal day.
And so the heavens are tents of blue
With stars and crescent cleaning
thro'
And fleets of clouds borne on the
breeze,
Are floating through the ether seas,
And summer, following, gilds the train
She's sweeping DER the fields of grain
While brook and bird make music
sweet
To tempt with rhythm her dancing
feet,
To where on every village green
They come with flowers to crown
their Queen.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
THE WOMAN'S PLANT.

chauffeur" "Duffer!" Suffer-"
These words are most euphonious,
but they are what several of my bran,
span new gowns would say, should you
come upon them hanging crestfallen
upon their hooks. There are num-
ber quite ruined by those ruthless
chauffeurs who, willfully disregarding
my helpless position, fly past when
dangerous mud holes have held me
prisoner and their prey.
Please discreetly beg them to desist,
or threaten them with telling punish
ment in my behalf as esquire of DANES.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
THE LITTLE HOUSE.

No acres broad boast,
No city lot Is mine;
No store of corn and wine and oil,
Yet l do not repine;
For l, too, have my heritage
That some day, all alone,
| shall enter, as the master,
And claim it all mine own.
For | have a little house
That none but me may claim;
'Tis held in heavens calendar,
Forever, in my name.
And there, when | grow weary
OF the world, it's strife and pain
| shall lie in peace and hearken
To the wild wind and the rain.
No landlord may evict me;
For, l say, the place is mine;
have it and shall hold 1t
BY natures own design.
And ere long / shall enter
Z This home designed for me,
'he little house God gave me,
4 That measures six by three.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
HIS TIE MPER.

"How does it feel to be king?" re-
peated the Czar. He shrugged his
shoulders. 81 can't speak for my
brother rulers, but for myself I might
say that | am always afraid of going
up in the air when anything happens" Z"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
WHY SOM FAIL.

Sometimes when opportunity knocks
The shy man hides his head
He thinks a bill collectors nigh
And crawls beneath the bed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
YEP.

Man wants but little
Here below.
For woman wants
1t all you know.
And what she wants
The little petit
She usually
Seems to get.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

Knicker-"Can you ride down the
side of a precipice?"
Bocker-"No, but I can sit tight on
bluff"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
BROKEN DOWN
I AR Gh Or
weak INSTEPS

Cause Rheumatism,
Lameness, Tenderness
of the feet, also legs,
knees and backache,
and, possibly, deformity
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-15
LAKE COMPANY
WOULD NOT SELL
Proposition Made in Effort to
Stop Congressional
Investigation.

Washington. April 14-Simon Lake pres
ident Of the Lake Torpedo Boat company,
denied today before the special house
committee Investigating charges made by
Representative Lilley against the Electric
Boat company, that the Lake company
made Overtures to the Electric Boat COM
pany to sell its interests in this coun-
try, as testified TO by President Rice of
the Electric company. On the contrary
he said, overtureS were made to him by
parties representing themselves as speak
ing for the Electric company to buy the
Lake company. He said he was given to
understand that officials of the Electric
company desired the present investiga-
ton stopped. Mr.. Lake said he declined
TO sell and informed one of the emissaries
who came to him-Charles r. Flnt-that
his company had nothing to do with the
investigation and could not stop it. He
proper methods used by the Electric COM
islation He claimed that under the pend
ing naval bill his company is shut out
from competition.
Former United States Senator John NJ
ThurstOn of Nebraska, counsel for the
Lake company, was the only other witness
OF thed ay. He stated that the Lake
company was in no way responsible for
investigation; if he had known in adj
vance of Mr.. Lilley's intention to intro
duce his resolution he would have dis
couraged it, as it might endanger the
appropriation by congress for submarines.