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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
TWENTY-oNE TO BRING A SUIT.
Disappointed Stockholders Of Oil Com.
pany Would Recoup Losses.

Wausau.-A lengthy petition for
a writ of attachment was filed in
circuit court to prevent R. E. Powers
and Joseph Coates Of this city from
dispostng of their property. The com.
plainants are twenty-one stockholders
of the Wausau Gas & Oil Company, OF
which the defendants are officers.
This step is preliminary to an action
to be started within twenty days
against the defendants for the recov-
cry of several thousand dollars invest
ed in speculation in oil wells in Okla.
homa. Before the organization of the
company Mr.. Powers, who acted as
agent of the company after it was
formed, leased tract of land in Ok
lahoma Of about 5000 acres.
After the company was organized he
sold the land to the stockholders for
considerable more than he paid for
1T. The wells bored failed to produce
oil. Suit will be brought to recover
the difference Of the buying and sell.
ing price, on the ground that Powers
had no right to make such a deal as
agent of the company.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
SHEA SCORED AND TO PRISON.
Five to Twenty-Five Years in Cell Is
Penalty for stahbins Girl.

New York City.-Cornelius p.
Shea, the former Chicago labor lead.
er, who was found guilty on Wednes.
day OF attempting to murder Alice
walsh, former Chicago waitress.
mas been sentenced to not less than
nve nor more than twenty-five years
In prison.
Inc former president of the Inter.
national Brotherhood Of Transfers lis.
tened stolidly to Judge Fosters scath.
ing remarks in pronoancing sentence.
Your services for humanity are
urged here In your behalf" the court
sald' because YOU have been active in
me anairs OF organized labor.
believe I am helping the cause
q organized labor by Kidding It OF one
sucn as you and sending you to states
prison
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
TO ASK FOR PRIMARY LAW.
Governor Deneen Will Urge Statute
at Special Session Of Legislature.

Springfield, llinois-Governor De-
neen will ask the legislature in
special session next November to
pass direct primary law which will
meet the approval of the supreme
court. The governor already has com.
menced the campaign to enlist the
support of members for this measure.
1t Is stated that the supreme courts
decision knocking out the first and
second primary laws completely, con.
tain clauses making it difficult to
draft a delegate convention bill.
1t Is expected that before or during
the special session the supreme court
Will comply with the constitutional
requirements that 1t direct the assem-.
bly In the drafting Of bills ito cure
such defects and omissions as may be
found In the laws"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
LADY OF wHITEHousE DIES.
Daughter Of President OF Zachary Tay
lor Wcs Born at Fl. Smelling,
Minn., In 1924.

Winchester, Va, July 37.-Mrs
Elizabeth Taylor cambridge, the
daughter OF President Zachary Taylor
and former mistress of the White
House, died here after brief illness
aged IS.
Mrs. cambridge was the third daugh.
ter OF Gen. Zachary Taylor, twelfth
president of the United States, and
was born at Fort Smelling, Mimi, April
20. 1924. and was IS years old. Death
was due to heart failure following q
long period of Illness. She will be
burned here next Tuesday.
Mrs. cambridge received her educa,
ton in Philadelphia. At the age OF
10 she married Major William w. S
Bliss. who was member of her f.
theirs star in the Mexican war, and
who later became his private secre
tary.
After her fathers Inauguration, Mrs
Bliss, or Miss Betty" as she was
popularity called, became mistress 81
the White House.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
ROBERT PITCAIRN - DEAD.
Fes Many Years superintendent Of
tss Pennsylvania r. r.

Pfttsbrrg, Penna.-Robert Pitcairn,
Tor 52 years connected with the Penn
sylvania Railread company and for
many years general superintendent OF
that corporation. died ct his home
here At the age Of Is.
Mr.. Pitcairn retired three years aeo
on account Of III health. since which
time he has been president Of the Sink.
Ing Fund Commission OF the Penney.
vania railroad. The position was hon.
orary.
Ia 1866 he was made superintendent
Of the Pittsburg division u the Penn.
sylvanfa railroad, which position he
held at the time OF the great riots il
1877.
The striking employees blamed him
for the refusal to grant them Al il.
crease in wages. Threats against his
life we're SO frequent that he was corn.
PEELED to leave the city for time.
Later he won the regard IL every
workman under him. through his 81.
forts In behalf Of the sufferers from
the great food Of May 81. 1859.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
PLAN 70 ELECT MRS. SARAH
DECKER, OF DENVER, TWO
YEARS HENCE.
sUffRAGtTTts LATEST PROJECT
conservation of the Nations Children
Would Be Hobby.-Threatened
Invasion Has No Terrors for
Uncle Joe Cannon.

Denver, Colo.-The women OF Col
orado are to make a stubborn effort to
send one of their sex to congress two
years hence. Such was. the announce
ment made to the visiting delegates
from the International Council OF Wo-
men by one who spoke for the wom-
ems association in the state.
"Of course, it is difficult to tell
whether we will be successful in our
efforts or not" said Mrs. Harriet
Wright, former member of the state
legislature. but we are looking for
ward to landing a woman in the halls
Of congress, and we. certainly are go
Ing to make determined trial.
Lady McMillans, who talked suffrage
to the house of lords for four hours
and then stopped only because they
ordered her to, brought out the state
ment She put this question to the
Denver women who were entertaining
her: when are you women going to
send q woman to congress?"
The reply was quick and decisive.
In two years"
Candidate 10 Selected.
All are agreed that Mrs. Sarah Plat
Decker Is to be the candidate.
Mrs. Decker herself says she has new
sr considered the matter seriously ow-
Ing to her belief that there is federal
statute or constitutional provision that
women cannot be members Of either
house or congress-.
She believes, however, that they
should be entitled to seats in the ma
TONS legislature, and Is confident that
their presence there would be benefi-
cial to the people.
One Of her chief hobbies is drastic
anti-child labor law, and she says she
has be come almost hopeless Of secur-
Ing its passage by men, either in state
legislatures or in congress. She thinks
II women could get into these legisla-
tive bodies they would quickly pass
laws to conserve the nations children,
which she deems Of far greater i'm
poYtance than the conservation of ma
tural resources.
Joe Cannon Not Worried.
Washington, July 2e-Congress is
.all het up" at the prospect of wo-
man member from Colorado. Speak
or Cannon alone Is undisturbed.
whether we have to cross on
bridge In buggy, an automobile or
Afoot. Of whether we have to swim or
10 get over in an aeyoplane, is unim-
portant, and We needn't worry, be-
cause we don't have to cxoss the
stream until We come to IT,"
Thus the speaker dismisses all
thought Of tho coming to congress Of
Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker. Of Denver.
the suffragettes' choice for election to
the house two years hence.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
NAUGHTY DANCES ARE TABOO(D.
ARREST OF GERTRUDE HOFFMAN
BEGINS CRUSADE.
Charge In Her Case Hinges Upon De
finition Of What Constitutes
Tights"

New York, N. EVERY now and
then New York city has spasm OF
virtue and inaugurates a campaign
against questionable theatrical produc.
lions.
A new crusade is started, the first
by the police head, Commissioner Bak-
err.
The arrest of Gertrude Hoffman, the
Salome dancer, Friday night was the
apparent official beginning Of the
movement. When she was arraigned
In court, charged with giving perform.
ances offensive to public decency."
1t became known that the order for
arrest came from the head Of the pc.
lice department. Her case was ad-
journed until next Tuesday
Other arrests are to be made, says
the commissioner, unless certain per.
formances, particularly the dances,
now being given in the city, are de-
cidedly reformed.
i am going to take drastic action,
said the commissioner yesterday, land
owners, lesses and managers must
obey the law"
Mr.. 6aker said that he did not order
Miss Hoffman's arrest until after he
had sent six persons to see her dance
All reports agreed, he said. that the
exhibition was improper. Then he
saw the performance himself and
thought SO, too.
Court developments yesterday show.
ed that the charge in the Hoffman
case hinges upon the definition OF
Of tights"
Il will let the show 60 on said Pc.
lice Magistrate Steiner, provided the
young woman wears tights"
Miss Hoffman protested that she did
wear tights, but their knee length was
what caused public criticism.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
WEALTHY WOMAN MURDERED
Body Found on Her Farm in Meth
Carolina.

Greensboro, North Carolina.-A mys
terious murder came to light here
when the dead body Of Miss Lid
Newman. aged 70. who lived alone On
her farm in . remote section, was
found 800 yards from her residence
Her skull had been crushed by .
bludegon and appearance indicated
that she had been dead for several
days.
Miss Newman was last seen Tues.
day morning going in the direction Of
her COW lot
Robbery evidently was the object 81
the murder. 40 the dead woman. was
wealthy and was known to keep CON.
siderable sums Of money in hsr house.
Her residence was burned several
months ago In m effort to hide the
theft Of $1,000.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
MARK TWAIN REcAiNs PROPERTY
SUIT TOR $4,000 Against Former socia
Secretary Il Settled.

brldgeport. Connecticut.-In con
sloeration Of the settlement Of q suit
~ ~ 1900 brought against her by
samuel L Clemens mark Twain.
wnose social secretary she was for
severai years. Mrs. Isabel y. Ash.
croft Yesterday recenveyed to Mr.
Clemens the house and land at Red.
olng which he transferred to her.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29
STORM DEATH LIST is NOW ii

Six Persons IN Southern Hurricans
Still unaccouHted For.
New Orleans. Louisiana. With den.
mite repoyts Of is deaths not here
tofore recorded IN the hurricane which
swept portions Of Texas and Louisiana
last Wednesday. the death list totals
Al, with six persons previously report
ed missing still unaccounted for.
Dispatches from Angleton. Tex.
confirmed the reports that Maurice p.
Wolfe. his wife. six children and 4
negro servant had been drowned 1t
Christmas bayou.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-07-29

1
Chairman Aldrich seems doomed to
loss his point On specific duties on cot
ton goods. and the I'D valorsm rates
viii b substituted.
| The urgent deficiency bill was
| passed by the house after four days
Of tempestuous debate. The amount
earrisd by Il y s4s4.Soo.
| Mrs. Oliver H. r. Belmont, wife Of
the millionaire In New York, expects
to attend the state equal suffrage
convention In Des Moines In October.
Reports from al parts Of Mexico In
| licate that the sentiment In favor Of
strike In sympathy with that Of
train dispatchers by the engineers and
conductors Of the merged railroads
Of Mexico. Il rapidly crystallizing.
Wright brothers' aeroplane broke
the American flight records In travel
Ing seventy miles in eighty minutes.
| Lieutenant Adams. with whom But.
ton was lighting. when hs was killed,
contradicted himself much In recital
In court.
President Falleries will appoint M.
Leon Bourgeoise, premier of the
French cabinet.
Iowa scic--.-.5ts are excited over the
disc- FRY OF ? large number OF skel.
etons to mastodcns and prehistoric
horses along the bluffs OF the Mis-.
souri, river In Harrison and Monona
counties.
The war department has passed
judgment that . soldier whose death
resulted from an accident while 81
gagged n athletic contest encouraged
BY the ofncers OF his regiment was In
the line Of duty.
Money order transactions In thu
postof1ces Of the country have grown
to 30 largo an extent In the last year
or two that Il II now necessary 70
maintain . force OF 760 accountants,
boOkkeepers. assorters and examiner
In thu once OF the auditor OF tho post.
once department.
Reports from al parts Of South Da,
k0ta continue to give glowing 90
counts Of the excellent condition 81
crops Of all kinds.
Sixteen persons. hve Of them WON
On, met death by drowning In the
waters either surrounding or in the
vicinity Of New York Sunday.
Edward Hayden, Omaha, head Of
the great department store, died sud.
Asnly In that city : few days ago.
Two killed and score injured, one
probably fatally, was the sudden tor.
mination Of baseball game In Lad,
when the lightning struck In the grand
stand.
There were 15.41s persons to each
library and an average OF seventy-two
volumes to. every one hundred persons
n the United States Ia 1908, accord
Ing to bulletin issued by the United
States bureau OF education.
An aggregate OF $3.50, 494, 5s8 In sav.
inug deposits In the national banks 81
the country Ii shown In the complete
report issued by the comptroller oi
the currency On returns from the ma
tionAl banks, under the call for their
condition on June %.
Washington.
a. n. Sager Of st. Louis IL n Wash.
ington and has given It ont that a I'm
portAnt movement IL on to build IN
ahipping q tho Mississippi river and
~ tributaries. 4 $4,000. 0eo oorpora
tion Will BE- chartered In Delaware,
known = the Mississippi Valley Trans
portation company. II viii put noW
Upe 81 steel steamers On the Missi.
sippi and IT. tributaries. both On the
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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27
More Taxes9 Perhaps-But.
Ohio State Journal, Rep.

OlliO OIttbC OOul mai ApCp'
There is talk now of resorting to
special taxes, which are better known
as war taxes, and which touch closer
the everyday needs of the people than
the tariff or the taxes on liquor and to-
bacco. Congress, in the face of def
cit, has gone on raising salaries, yot-
ing millions TO warships, paying off
40-year-old trumped-up claims and
various other exorbitances and extrav-
agances, and now thinks of turning
war taxes on the people and putting
the burdens on their everyday toll and
needs.
The Republican party ought not to
do this. For the peoples sake, it
should refrain from this resort to spe-
cial taxation, and for its own sake,
too, for when the discussion goes back
to the question, What gave rise to the
necessity for the special taxes? Con-
gress will have great difficulty in de-
Tending itself before the people; for
the popular idea is that the expenses
of a government should hold some
correspondence with the life of the
people, and not with the exigencies of
Washington society and its idea of the
grandeur of the Nation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27
An Investigation,

An official investigation which may
shake Kootenai county to its founda-
ton, is looming up in connection with
startling evidence which has been
found in the county tax records.
Unjust discrimination and gross
.carelessness on the part of county Of
ficials is charged, and foreign COM
panies operating in this county are
ready to use grand jury investiga-
ton.
II is stated the county records show
that some of the most valuable lots in
Occur d'Alene city are assessed on an
acreage basis at about one-six-hun-
dredths of their actual value, and
that 1t is impossible to do business in
Kootenai county on a business basis.
That favOriteism is openly shown by
some county officials is tnother start
ling charge made by foreign corpora
tons. That certain interests own
the county, and have for years 'receiy-
ed immunity from their just taxation,
while outside companies have carried
the burden of an unjust tax, is another
charge made
Some time ago Edwin McBee was
retained by number of the taxpayers
of Occur d'Alene city to try and set
aside last years tax assessment. This
case is now pending, and may come up
for hearing early next month.-North-
ern Idaho News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27
Taft,s Cabinet.

President-elect William H. Taft has
finally decided upon his cabinet. 1t
follows:
Secretary of state-Philander c.
Knox, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the treasury-Franklin
McVeagh, of Illinois.
Secretary of war;. M. Dickinson
of Tennessee.
Attorney general-George w Wick
ersham, New York
Postmaster general-Frank H.
Hitchcock, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of navy-George Won L.
Meyer, Massachusetts.
Secretary of INTERIOR. A. Ballen-
ger, of Washington.
Secretary of observation-disclosures
Wilson, of Iowa
Secretary of. commerce-Charles
Nagel, of Missouri.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27
BRYAN ON LINCOLN.

Mr.. Bryan says that, without mil
itary career to dazzle the eye or excite
the imagination" and with no public
service to make his name familiar,
Lineoln's elevation to the presidency
would have been impossible without
his oratory."
1t is natural that the orator should
magnify his art; natural that men
should praise Lincoln for those quail
ties which they themselves most adj
mire. Yet we think that if Mr. Bryan
had heard Lincoln speak he would
have ranked him very low as an
orator. He was an effective public
speaker, a close reasoner, a logical de-
batter, but of oratory he was almost
wholly guiltless. Those who heard
him deliver his Gettysburg address,
which has gone into the school books
as an almost perfect piece of English,
were in no way impressed by either
ter of his address. His great Cooper
Union speech, which did impress the
country profoundly, was an exhaustive
legal argument.
OF course, it is true that the great
debate with Senator Douglas brought
Mr.. Hncolns name conspiculously be-
fore the public. People learned to
their surprise that there was an OBJ
scure man out in Illinois strong
enough to vanquish one of the ablest
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

and best-known debaters in the Ma
ton. And when men read the Lincoln
speeches they were impressed by them,
not as exhibitions of oratory, but as
affording proof that the man who
made them was master of the subject
with which he dealt, the possessor of
a powerful mind, and the representa-
tive of the thought which was soon to
become dominant in the country. We
should say that the comparatively few
speeches that Lincoln made-and how
few they were as compared with those
made by our public men of today
contributed little to his success be-
yond introducing him to the country.
They made him known to men who
might not otherwise have known him
of solid attachments, of deep convic-
ton and of substantial character The
truth is that the orator has never won
great favor at the hands of the Amer
lean people. The careers of Webster,
Clay, Blaine, and of Mr.. Bryan himself,
prove this. Mr.. Lincoln does not be-
long to this class.
We think 1t we'll to make this clear,
because there is always danger that
our young men may be too greatly
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

dazzled by the fame of the orator. We
should say that the last thing the
country needs at the present time are
orators. 1t needs rather men who are
carefully trained to close and accu-
rate. thinking and TO sober and re-
strained utterance. II they are TO
speak, they should think more of what
they are to say than OF how they are
to say It. As speech Is easy for most
men, and thinking extremely hard and
distasteful, there Is always danger
that they may subordinate the latter
TO the former. Sodt seems more prof.
table to think. of Lincoln as patient
student Of public affairs, a clear think
er. an accurate reasoner, and con-
vincing debater, than as In any sense
an orator. We do not believe that the
foundation for Ancolns success was
his power as public speaker
though that was great-but rather his
character and genius. In our opinion
Mr.. Bryan himself, strong as he is
with the people, and deservedly so,
would have been still stronger had he
made fewer speeches and INDUCED less
In oratory.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

John Holrich, who, couple of
weeks ago, resigned his position in
c. c. Smiths harness shop has de-
cided to go into business for himself.
His shop will be located in the LAYER
ing building next door to the Tribune
office. Mr.. Hodrich is so well known,
both as man and as a workman, that
he should have a good business from
the start. We wish him success.