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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14
PICNICKERs FRIEND. A Kodak.
 TREsSLAR's.
NORTHERN PACIFIC LOST.
Startling Statements Made ip . Conr
 Heartng.

Startling Statements Made is . Court
 St. Paul. Minn... June 13--The Northern Pacific Railway has actually cost s36l. .ss0.s2s In hard cash. Its en- gineering work alone Is an asset rep- resenting the actual expenditure of $16.l43.922.
 This is the sworn testimony of Chief Engineer W. I. Darling, who built a large portion of the immense system. and the figures crop out as a side is- sue in a legal contest to determine the reasonableness of the commodity rates which the last Legislature imposed on the railway The total common stock of the Northern Paclnc is s1s5.- 100000.
 The hearing is now in progress be- fore c. B. Otis. Special Master in Chan cery. and promises to develop an in- teresting situation. The last Legis- laturs was not overly affactionate to- wards the railways and pressed them hard with every species of adverse legislation. Its most important action was the enforcement of much reduced commodity rates The State will now have to prove that 1t acted justly in laying these rates on its railways, and the present hearing follows q decision of the United States Supreme Court which leaves the States fairness much in doubt.
 The present hearing is for the pur- pose of ascertaining through the Fed efal Courts. whether Minnesota rail ways can stand the tax of the new rates
 The first sessions have been marked by spirited clashes between the op- posing counsel, and before they are completed, it is evident that both sides are determined to fully express their opinions.
 The hearings is regarded as of the greatest importance since the failure of the State to maintain its position that the rates are fair, will, without doubt, put 6 very wet blanket on the ambitions of dozens of Minnesota poe litical reformers who are waiting for the next Legislature to again give them a chance to regulate the roads,
 The weight of evidence so far taken shows little to support the States con- tentions and 1t is predicted that Attor- ney General Young will meet a second sharp defeat on the question which has already made him a Minnesota gu- bernatorial candidate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14
GERMANY HAS SHIP SCANDAL Vessels Said to. Be Crudely Constructed. TIE KAISER IS SHOCKED High Officials May Be Punished
 Severely. Cxar Nicholas Sends zealous omeers OK ts sfberia for Their Cruelty
 --week's Gossip os
 Berlin.
BY wALTER DUNKTRK.

Berlin, June ls.-Hcw many millions has the German government been swim dled out of by the recently discovered entertainments in the imperial ship yards at Kielf No one dares even guess.
 How many of the vessels built ana equipped in the yards are to be found to belong to the same class as the bats tleships built in Russia with wooden pegs instead of steel rivets? No one knows yet and no one probably ever will.
 The discovery that two high ofacials of the imperial shipyards and possibly number of others have systematical- ly been robbing the government for years has come as terrible shock to the German people who are proud of the proverbiai honesty of their govern ment officials and who have always contended that while fraud might be found in America and Russia all Ger man government officers would always be found to come up to the Roosevelt standard and be able to show a record as clean as a hounds tooth.
 It is impossible to find out at this time how many officials are implicated or suspected, the government even re- fuses to let 1t become known how many people are under arrest besides the leaders Heinrich and Frankenthal. The @1tSS& 10 a GuQ 1L IS some consolation to think that he will be able to make good the losses. though this will not heal the wounded Ger man pride.
 The Kaiser was informed of the af- fair just as he was about to prepare his speech for the opening of the Mari time Exposition here and was so up- set by the news that he found 1t al- most impossible to entertain the King and Queen of Sweden who were his guests at the time. He has given or- ders that the whole affair is to be sift- ed to the bottom and that all the guilty ones are to be punished no matter how high their standing.
 Rumors to the effect that certain high offieisls in the Navy Department have received their share of the stolen funds have so far been found to be unfounded and are not generally be- lieved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14
Runs watermeIOn Trains.

San Antonio, Tex, June l3-(spe- eiaL L)--Shipmsnt of watermelons out of Southwest Texas has reached such proportions that the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad have inaugur- ated a special watermelon train to take care of the business. This train Is running daily out of the country to the south of this city and comes in loaded to the guards with maGnifeenk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14

waterneions. Many melons are also
 oeine shipped along the line of the st Louis. Brownsvfiie and Mexico, and also on the lines of inc Southern Pa cihc and l. and c. N The s. A. and A. F. declare that they have 500 carliods In sight, and 1t is estimated that over a thousand cars of watermelons will
 leave Southwest Texas in the next six
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14
OII NTen Are Excited.

Some excitement has been created among the operators in the Mission oil fields near San Antonio by the ap- pearance of two experienced operators from the East who are said to be scouts and agents of the Standard oil Company. and to be gobbling up the San Antonio field. Some of the local operators regard this as good omen because the Standard never goes into any but a proved field; others fears that the Standard Is buying the field in order to cork it up and stop produc- tion. Development, however. Is going steadily on among the local operators. B. L. Porch. of San Antonio, is the latest to start a we'll down.
 Mrs. Egbert Parnell, an Australian, invented perforated underwear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14

Inside Holy Trinity Church. Dartford England is a sun dial that only Tee gisters the hours frem two to seven P. M. in the summer and not at all In the winter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14
sPECIAL pIsCouNTs.

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS aB follows are given on work in large lots, be- cause the more garments we handle under one order number, the less they cost us per garment.
 On siagIe orders exceeding e5.0o, about 10 per cent. On single orders exceeding s10.O0, about 20 per cent.
 As hats and clothes are handled In different departments, an order consist ing of both Is considered two orders and the discounts fgured separately.
 No discounts apply to clothing made to order.
 HoLT,s DYE WORKS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14

 tort>on- the- Main. but he dId not ap- pear. Tn his piace there arrived about an hour later an adjutant with the sad message that the Kaiser had work ed hard on matters of state during the Morning and that he was even now en- gagged in an important conference with the chancellor of the empire, Prince won Sueiow, which made 1t impossible for nim to keep his promise.
 The noble men and women would nave swallowed their disappointment [ m silence and thought nothing of it. put the next mornings oficiai ..court circular" blundered and published the iact that the Kaiser had enjoyed long horseback ride in the morning and had afterwards gone automobiiinr with me kaiserin and Prince von Ruelow.
 Ins disappointed lunchers were too weu trained to say anything but what they thought would probably moi hs st for publication. A'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14
Did lKaiser PrevaricafeP

Unlike George wash hington. the Kais- or is strongly suspected by about a hundred princes, counts and other mo- blemen to have told at least one Tie.
 During his recent visit to Wiesbaden Emperor William had promised to take part in lunch arranged In hts honor by the aristocrats aforesaid and their ladies at the English Hotel in Frank
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14
Ofncers to siharia

decree of the Czar senteneinr ths
 governor and vice-Governor of AS
 Taknan prison to eight years penal servituae In the mines of Siberia has
 terror into the ranks of Rus- s an omciaidom for the two men had rn notning beyond torturing a few pfsoners. some of whom unfortunately had the bad taste to die, and to tor. ture prisoners has hitherto never been consioered crime in Russia.
 all happened because a political prisoner who had spent some weeks in sne prison succeeded in informing Car Nichoias Of what he had seen in the prison He told nf political prisoners uAvlng been beaten, kicked and hit all over the body with swords, revoivers, prlcks and padlocks. and described an instrument of torture invented by the governor and recommended by the doctor, called the Bulgarian Bladder.n It consisted of a length of cloth filled with sand, blows from which caused terrible internal injuries without ieav ing any outward marks,
 Three prisoners died as a result of terrible beatings administered with this instrument and the doctor certified thai they had died from natural causes.
 Love Caused Trnxedfes
 Details have been received hare ns a terrible affair at Elizabethpoi. in the Caucasus ''' s"s
 It appears that e young Armenian who had returned from the United States Where he had made eonsiderablA money, Tell in love with a Circaasiai, sirl, whose parents. however, firmly re- Lused to allow the young coupIa to marry, because the Armenian intended 70 take his bride back with him to AInGFlHA
 overcome their opposition, but matters came to cris when the young man was driven from the girls house ana forbidden to enter it again In a frenzy or rage and despair the unhappy man committed suicide
 Then began vendetta between tba memDers of the two families Deter mned 10 avenge her brothr's death, usun Tutu, q sister of the dead lover. nred a man who killed the girls brother Her revenge. however, did not stop at this She made some ice cream. mixed 1t with arsenic and sent a man to sell 1t to Sotikh, the girls father.
 Sotfkh and five of his relatives ate the ice cream and two of them died in great agony within a couple of hours, while the other four were taken seriously i'll.
 sotikh's oldest son, suspeeting Usun Tutu. made his way to her house and finding her in the street fired three times at her, wounding her severely. The girls relatives, seeing that she was wounded, removed her with all haste to the nearest hospital and by an extraordinary coincidence they arrived at the same moment Sotikh's family were carrying their poisoned relatives into the institution The result was as might have been expect ed A pitched battle began between the rival families and for some time revol. vers and swords were used indiscrimt- nately, a large number of persons be- ing wounded
 The police, drawing their swords, in- tervened in the combat, and drove the combatants away after making several arrests. The girl, Usun Tutu, has since died from her wounds.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16

A MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU-
"A TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI-
ZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
MONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU-
TON.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
An Introduction to New Silks.

Fashion is taking us through entirely new era Fairly
launched she is carefully plotting most trying voyage
revival of the Drectore period 1t in which gar
ments cling closely to the figure in SOFT graceful manner
therefore fabrics must have characteristics which in perfect
harmony OF course those interested in best modes will want
to know correct facts concerning seasonabe silks 1t is not
long story, but very interesting and important Silks will
be very fashionable this season. and the avote which
will adapt themselves to the SOFT cngng drapey modes the
Messaines Satin Teraznni Satin Majestic Crepe de Chene
other Of Fashions whims And the coorngs different
dull bright rich shadeswith contrasting color they make
for most exquisite robes Black will probably lead the list pro-
ducng in the atny fabrics most becoming gowns Then there
Taupe Tuscan Olive Green's Canard Mulberry Gendarme
Danish Electric Peacock Duck Wing, Blues Wistera and
quisite tones Old Rose we'll the evening shades
beautiful assortment here awaits you.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
Union Labor Note.

Hon. William II. Buchanan is one Of
the leading union men of western New
York and in 1907 was the Democratic
candidate for assemblyman in Chau-
tauqua county. This is what he has TO
say of the effort of Mr.. Gompers to
turn the labor vote over to Mr.. Bryan:
II am union labor man, and l want
to say further that no man can carry
the labor vote into the Democratic
camp. / know how union labor me
feel In this city, and three-fourths of
them will stand by the Republican
party because only in that way have
they the assurance of freedom from
the business disturbance that Mr.. Bry-
an promises for at least four years if
he can be elected. We workingmen
can't earn wages If statesmen are put
in office to disturb business and make
trouble"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
Campaign Funds.

I'VE welcome Mr.. Taft to this ad.
vanced ground" said Mr.. Bryan in one
of his numerous interviews since the
Denver convention. The ground refer
red to is Mr.. Taft's statement that no
campaign contributions would be re-
ceived from corporations. Mr.. Bryan
intended to convey the impression that
Mr.. Taft had come to that determine
ton after the Denver convention. In
that the Democratic peerless one" is
not honest. Mr.. Taft is a law abiding
citizen. Such contributions are unlaw-
full, made so by law passed by a Re
publican congress at the instance Of a
Republican administration of which
Judge Taft was a part six months be-
fore the Denver convention. Be hon
est, Mr.. Bryan, If you can!
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16

rear nineteen hundred and ten, and until
the Legislature shall otherwise provide.
Ill terms of city, ward. borough, town.
ship. and election division officers shall
begin on the first Monday OF December
N an odd-numbered year.
All city, ward, borough, and township
officers holding office at the date OF tho
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of Office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
nrst Monday OF December of that year.
All judges of the courts for the several
Judicial districts, and also all county off,
sers. holding Office at the date of the ap-
proval of these amendments, whose terms
f office may end in the year ono thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. shall con.
hnue to hold their offices until tho first
Monday of January, one thousand nina
hundred and twelve.
A tTuo copy OF Joint Resolution No, =,
ROBERT McAFEE
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16

A MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU-
"A TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI-
ZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
NJ IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU-
TION.
NUMBER THREE.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing amendments to sections eight
and twenty-one of article four, sections
eleven and twelve of article five. Sec
tions two, three, and fourteen of article
eight, section one of article twelve. and
sections two and seven of article four
teen, of the Constitution of Pennsylva-
mia, and providing a schedule for carry
ing the amendments into effect
Section l. Be 1t resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gem
eral Assembly met, That the following
are proposed as amendments to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, in accordance with the provi-
sions of the eighteenth article thereof:-
Amendment One-To Article Four Sec
ton Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight of arti-
Gle four of the Constitution of Pennsyl-
vania, which reads as follows:-
He shall nominate and, by and with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of
all the members of the Senate, appoint a
Secretary of the Commonwealth and an
Attorney General during pleasure, a Su-
perintendent of Public instruction for four
years, and such other officers of the Com
monwealth as he is or may be authorized
by the Constitution or by law'to appoint;
he shall have power to fill all vacancies
that may happen, in offices to which he
may appoint, during the recess of the
Senate, by granting commissions which
shall expire at the end of their next ses-
sion; he shall have power to fill any va
cancy that may happen, during the recess
OF the Senate, in the office of Auditor
General, State Treasurer, Secretary of In
ternal Affairs or Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction, in a judicial office, or in
any other elective office which he is or
may be authorized to fiji; If the vacancy
shall happen during the session of the
Senate, the Governor shall nominate to
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
Making or Keeping Promises.

The difference between Mr.. Taft's
promise of tariff revision and Mr. Bry-
ans pledges in the same direction is
that Mr.. Taft if elected will be in posi-
sition to redeem his pledge, while Mr.
Bryan if elected would be powerless to
accomplish anything with a Republic
an senate arrayed against his free
trade plans.-Omaha Bee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
JUDS0N OUT FOR TAFT.
Chicago university's Head So Notifies
Chief Bryan Organ.

To the Editor of the New York World:
I shall vote for the Republican electors
because l believe, on the whole, Mr.. Taft's
equipment for the administration of the
federal government, based on his ripe and
successful experience, makes it desirable
that he should be the successor of Mr..
Roosevelt. Further, on the whole the
policies which l believe that Mr.. Taft
Will carry out are more nearly those
which l approve.
HARRY PRATT JUDSON,
President Chicago University.
Chicago, Aug. T.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
Keeping In the spotIioht.

Candidate Chain, having fallen into
the water tank out west and having
stopped half a brick with his person at
Springfield, will, if he is going to keep
in the limelight, have to lose his dia-
monds or do a buck and wing with
Mrs. Nation.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
She 6malt~2 SMeg&ete@
For TinelineSS
i'm Value
Giving

1t would be hard to eclipse the prices have placed all
Fall Merchandise. The opening guns of the fall campaign
boom today for the first time Summer days from the mer
chants standpoint past and gone All eyes the
Every freight and express from the best markets the
country pour into the various departments countless loads of
fall merchandise purchased months ago by skilled buyers
the alert to maintain this stores supremacy and to keep it
well in the front ranks with the foremost stores the country
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16

"An aggregation of experimental
malcontents and theorists" Mr.. Sher-
mans description of the Democratic
party, is a phrase that hits the target
right in the center.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16

Honors are easy again. Every time
Mr.. Taft buys a new horse Mr.. Bryan
mounts new hobby.-Omaha Bee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
NUMBER TWO.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the Commonwealth, allowing
counties. cities, boroughs, townships,
school districts, or other municipal or
Incorporated districts, to increase their
Indebtedness.
BE it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met, That section eight, article nine, Of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, read
ing as follows:-
Section s. The debt of any county,
city, borough township, school district,
or other municipality or Incorporated dis
trict, except as herein provided, shall nev-
er exceed seven per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property
therein; nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt or increase
its indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed Valu-
alton of property, without the assent Of
the electors thereof at a public election,
in such manner as shall be provided by
law; but any city, the debt of which now
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation. may be authorized by
law to increase the same three per CEN
tum, in the aggregate, at any one time,
upon such valuation" be amended, in ac-
cCludnce Win tne provisions OF tne elSht-
eenth article of said Constitution, so that
said section, when amended, shall read
as follows:-
Section s. The debt of any county, city
borough, township, school district, or
other municipality or Incorporated dis
trict, except as herein provided, shall new
er exceed ten per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property
therein nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt or in
crease its Indebtedness to an amount ex-
ceeding two per centum upon such as
sessed valuation of property without the
assent of the electors thereof at a public
election, in such manner as shall be pro-
vided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No 3
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-09-16
Hundreds of New Autumn Suits
at Prices to Please.

More than thirty styles to select from in the favored
shades It's pageant that all who follow styles will be
interested in.