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Evening journal., 1909-10-23
INSANE MAN TEARS UP
$500 IN CREDIT LETTERS
sy l'nlied Press Leased Special wire

~ United Press Leased Special Wire
BUFFALO. n. y. oct. 25--Angeio
Paoletti. 45. who became insane and
leaped from q fast running passenger
train near Conneaut. Ohio. Friday
morning. was turned over to United
states Immigration Inspector Bucha-
nan here to-day. At police headquart-
ers Paoletti Imagined the police we're
trying 10 rob him and tore up letters
OF credit on banks at Genoa, Italy, for
1850 Paolotu Is on his way from
Seattle. Washington. 10 meet his fam
lily. over anxious In the hope OF
meeting his wife, whom he has not
seen IN six years. Is believed to have
caused him 70 suddenly lose his mind.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
TAFT TALKS OF
POSTAL BANKS
T)llS Te, ans He Hopes Bank
erS Will Not Oppose
Plan
WILL SPEAK AT
DALLAS TONIGHT

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HOUSTON. Tex, oct. President
Taft arrived here at o'clock this
morning and made a short address
from the balcany OF the Rice Hotel
After breakfast he was given a motor
ride about the city, during which he
was greeted by the school children. Al
1870 o'clock the President left for Dali
las. where he is scheduled to arrive
at $50 D. m.
The President was up with the sun
to-day and was enjoying the fresh
morning air when his train stopped at
Beehive. Tex. Much noise az the rear
of his car attracted him TO the plat
form.
Mr. Taft began his speech by talking
about Texas. Then q voice in the
crowd asked: How about postal saw
ings banks Are you in favor OF
them?"
The President said he was. and after
he had explained why, the voice cried
Where are you putting your money
Bnl?"
81 have not much money 70 put,
explained the President when yoi
have been in politics as long as I have
you viii understand there is might,
little money TO save"
Il hope banks win not continue thei
1 opposition TO II. In other countrie
they have postal savings banks. II
l England they have postal saving
+ banks and they have not Interfere
with the banking. There are $500. .000. 90
: deposited In England.
so it is in Austria and France an
I IL Is also from the statistics made an
/ parent that the great majority OF de
! positors in these banks are workin
men and minor children who are in
duced TO put In ten cents. twent
cents, a dollar and finally. their ae
counts grow so that they are sui
stantial."
Holly Oak Association Meeting.
The Holly Oak Improvement Asse
citation WI hold its monthly meetin
on November /.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
SUIT OVER G. A. R. BUTTON

WEST CHESTER. Pa. Oct. 2S-Of-
ficers of General George f. Smith Post,
No. 1s1. G. A. r., have brought suit
against Joseph Derry on charge of
wearing a c. A. r. button in VIOLA
ton of the national law, which pro-
hibits the wearing of such insignia by
persons not members.
Il Is asserted that Derry is not In
good standing in the organization, and
is therefore not legally entitled to wear
the button. The hearing is fixed for
tonight.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
STORM COMING.

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WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. 2s.--rhs
Weather Bureau today issued the fol-
lowing warning.
Northeast storm worning ordered ~
II a. m. at Delaware Breakwater.
Roedy Island. Fort Norris. Cape May
Atlantic CITY. Philadelphia and New
York. stom central IN the Middle
Ohio valley moving east. Increasing
east 10 northerly winds tonight ana
shifting TO northwest SUNDAY.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
CALL MEETING OF
TRADE BOARD COMMITTEES

r. J. Maciean. president Of the Board
Of Trade. to-day announced q meeting
Of the ohairmen Of the standing COM
mittees Of she board 10 be held IN the
board rooms al o'clock on Monday
afternoon. Mr.. Maclean has also CALI
ed meeting Of the navigation and
transportation committee OF the board
for o'clock on Tuesday night.
Since his return to Wilmington after
an extended western trip, Mr. Maclean
has found that the board committees
were exceedingly active during his
absence and he Is pleased with what
the committees have accomplished
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
WILSON WILL DIE
FROM BROKEN BACK
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BY United Press Leased Special wise.
ANNAPOLIS. Nd Oct. 23.-The
surgeons attending Earl Wilson Of
Covirgton. KY. the navy quar- terback
whose neck was broken IN last Sat-
urday's football game issued a state
ment Today saying that the cadets
cond ton was unchanged hat he would
probably die within lhe next twenty
four hours. He passed a comfortab. e
night and said today that he felt a
.ltle better than yesterday.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The storm,
will move directly eastward to the At
ian'ie coast, attended BY general rains
and high winds in the eastern States
north of Hatterrs, and followed by
clearing weather during Sunday Cool
westhsr indicated for the districts east
Of the Mississippi on Sunday.
Forecast till p. m. Sunday
Delaware-Rain and colder ton'sn~
Sunday rain. followed by fair and oo'o-
or; high shifting Winds
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
To Entertain az New Castle

NEW CASTLE, Oct 23--New Castle
residents will have an opportunity OF
seeing "The Great Houdon" or the
Man Of Mysteries on next Wednesday
evening. The city cornet band has en-
gagged Houdon 10 perform at their en-
itertainment on next Wednesday night
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
FuneraI Of Mr. Webber.

John Brown Webber. aged &c. a mem-
Der Of the hr moi ]. B. and A. G,
Webber. of Christiana, who died on
Thursday. WI be buried on Monday
services being held from the home at
1.30 o'clock p. m
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
Prominent Visitor Here.

State Senator Philip II. Baker. Of
Vine and. n. j.. one Of the founders
of wildwood. n. j., was a Wis tor here
today. He was the guest Of Mayor j.
Harvey spruance who is interested in
wildwood real estate.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
v.terans win Hold supper.

Encampmcnt No. "a, Union Veteran
Legion. assisted BY the Woman's Aux
il.ary. win hold a sour krout supper in
the Irish American Hail. on Thursday,
November II. The first table will be
set at 3 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
ticket Accents Meet.

A meeting Of ticket agents OF this
division Of the p. b. and W. Railroad
was held here on Thursday night and
many Of the agents from the stations
along the line attended
Evening journal., 1909-10-23
pr. Mowbray's sunday Appolntments

The Rev. Or. a. ). MoWDray, Weth-
odist district superin. endent, will be
at Zion, Md. and Rising Sun, Nd, to-
morrow.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23

Holly Oak Association Meeting.
The Holly Oak Improvement Asso-
citation WI hold its monthly meeting
on November 1.
Evening journal., 1909-10-23

Advertising Creates Stand
ards, Continued Advertising
Guarantees That They viii Be
Lii ed Up To. Keep EVeiasf-
iHgIy at H.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
OYSTER SITUATION
AND CONDITIONS,

saturdays Richmond News Leader)
After completing it's work here yes
terday. the Commission of Fisheries
went to Cape Charles for an adjourned
meeting and to take up some charges
which have been made against an in
spector in that section. The Commits
sion will also pass on the matter If
allotting certain claiming ground to
parties who have made application
therefor.
Commissioner Mcdonald Lee. who
heard the report on the oyster condi-
tons submitted by DIR. Freeman. de-
clared that the oystermen of his sec
ton would this coming season be better
prepared for handling the trade. for
filling orders and furnishing a better
grade of oysters than had been SIM
piled by the Virginia tongers in many
years.
The oysters are larger, they are fat
ter, of better flavor, many times as
plentiful and better in every way than
before" said Mr.. Lee. ''The oyster
people learned lesson last season.
They will have to meet conditions and
prices in other markets, and show that
they can and will meet the conditions
elsewhere and in a few years they will
be able to get better prices for their
catch. The Virginia oystermen are
to do this very thing"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
TO RE.SURVEY OYSTER BEDS.

The oyster beds in James river will
be re-surveyed and examined in Nav
and September by the u. s. Fish
Bureau at the request of Governor
Swanson and the State Commission of
Fisheries.
J.. Our State authorities are satisfied
that, while possibly the Baylor IiLes
should be readjusted, the examination
in September will show that the greater
portion, if not all. the rocks in that river
are still fertile. Newspapers and agita-
tors throughout the State have persis-
tently claimed that the entire river is
almost barren.
Oyster officials would have long since
made this survey and examination. but
had not the money. Now the govern
ment offers to do it without cost to us.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
CRISP NEWS.

At Prince Albert, Manitoba. on April
ID, it was lac below zero.
An uprising against Christians is on
in Turkey. Some five thousand have
been slaughtered within the past few
days.
Minks visited a Pennsylvania hen
house last week and killed 2dozen hens.
and then, seeing small 'possum pas
sing. they cut his throat and left him
with the dead hens.
Federal indictments against Governor
e. N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, and six
other prominent Oklohomans. CHARGED
with fraud in Muskogee town lots. were
quashed by the United States Circuit
Court.
Sales of 1000 bushels of No. 2 red
Western wheat were made on the floor
OF the Chamber of Commerce. Balti-
more, Monday at STAG bushel. This
is the highest price paid in this market
for the actual cash article since the
Joseph Letter deal of 10 years ago.
The magnificent Kenilworth Inn. at
Ashville. N. c.. was last week destroy
ed. Loss about two millions of dollars.
The Mecklenburg Hotel. at Chase City,
one of the noted resorts of the South,
was also burned last week. At both of
these resorts the Virginia editors have
held annual outings in recent years.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
CONsTANTINOPLE BESIEGED.

The Constitutional troops, young
Turks, have besieged Constantinople
and all approaches by land are cut off.
The Sultan is practically a a prisoner in
the city. Many of his troops have de-
serted to the insurrectionists. and these
are reported to have well organized
army. At last accounts it : was con-
sldered only question of hours before
they would occupy the city. The Sultan
is in seclusion in his palace, his minis
tiers have resigned and he seems practi-
cally abandoned by his friends. The
"Sick man of Europe" as Turkey was
styled by Napoleon many years ago.
seems about to pass away, and with its
goes the last remnant of abso-
ute monarch in Europe. The gravcst
political problem of the day will be
what to do with the corpse.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
POLITICAL.

tisrry t.Georye Tucker. candidate
'or Governor. was in Norfolk today,
after trip through the Northern Neck.
Mr.. Tucker had large meetings at both
Reedville and Heathsville, and from
the enthusiastic receptions he received
it would appear that the Northern
Neck counties will be for him almost
LEDGER Dispatch.
Don't be misled, friend. The North
ern Neck is not in the Tucker hopper
not this time.
The Woodstock Herald goes The
Register one better in the matter of
the supremacy of Rockbridge county
as nursery of statesmen, near states
men and would-be statesmen. Itpoints
out that besides having the present
attorney general. the present State
treasurer, a candidate for governor
tMr. Tucker). candidate for attorney
general tMr. s-Catlett) and candidate
for State treasurer, it has also the SER
geant-at arms of the House. Mr.. John
son. -.- a r.
1t has been publicly asserted and Sc
far as we are aware, has not been denied,
a local option election was held in Lex
ington, Mr.. fuckers home town, but
that the records of that election show
that he is not recorded as having voted
at all. IL this statement is incorrect
we shall be glad to be set right. Now,
however, that he is a candidate for
governor and has espoused the local
option policy, Mr.. Tucker unhesitating
ly declares that he would vote for To-
cal option in Lexington. But with
skilled political diplomacy Mr. Tucker
throws little sop to both sides. Hav-
ing assured the temperance element
that If an election We're held i'm Lexing-
ton now he would vote dry. he then adds
to please the opponents of local option
that If Lexington were large city and
the question were presented, he would
be governed by conditions" While
the exact nature of the conditions are
not specified, it may be inferred that if
he were not candidate for office he
might vote one way, while if he were
ne might vote another. The speaker
was doubtless mindful of the fact that
he was speaking at the doors of Rich
mond. which is just now growing might
lily excited on this liquor issue. How
ever, he succeeded admirably in pleas
ing everybody by taking both sides of
the question. and neither side. = Dan
vile Register.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23

As HIS administration draws to
close it is becoming more evil
dent to the people that Governor
Swanson knew his men selected
for positions better than the few
critics that rose up to protest
now and then. The State Corpora
ton Commission has had new life
and intellect injected into it bv
the accession of Judge Rhea to
It's membership. He stands to-
day preeminently the leader of the
peoples interests on that great
commission. Not only did he un,
cover the method by which cor
porations We're escaping certain
taXation-$100,0OO a year-but
he stood single-handed against
the increase of railroad passenger
rates. Prior to this latter, he
had been recognized by the Inter
state Commerce Commission as
exceptionally fitted to be one of
five men in the Union to pass ON
the rules regulating car service
throughout the country. an
honor that Virginia is proud of.
Swanson's appointees are max
ing good.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
DOINGS In CONGRESS.

Congress will have many ship-subsiGy
bills to select from. Representative
Seller. of New York, is the latest
member to introduce bill on the sub
ject. His bill is for graduated sys-
tenn of tonnage taxes in favor of Amer
ican-built ships and against foreign
ships.
We long since predicted that the
promise of the Republicans, contained
In their platform last fall, to reduce
the tariff was a sham and would never
be carried out. II is now generally adj
mitted that there is no reduction on any,
thing which will in the least affect the
cost of living or add materially to the
revenue of the country derived from
import duties, promised by the tariff
bill as it leaves the House for action of
the Senate. Practically every apparent
reduction is sham, and a joker is
tucked away in nearly every item of
the bill. Many Democrats have con-
tributed to the iniquity. What will be
the result of the tinkering the Senate
will do with the bill?-Free Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
DON'T TOTE FAIR

We We're a little premature, it
seems, in crediting some of the
richmond dailies with giving a.
lair tote to Judge Mann. The
great need of a daily in our Capt.
tai city that will report things
without absolute bias is felt
throughout the State, but it is a
positive mistake to say that the
proposed new paper is to be a
prohibition" one. 1t would be,
as we understand j., for temper
ance (Which the others are not):
1T would be for Democracy as ex-
pounded by a majority of the
party in the State, its organiza-
ton and administration (Which
the Others are not), and it would
be for publishing both sides of
factional fights as they occur
(Which the others are not).
Here are late extracts from two
OF our local exchanges which
show better than we can how
State affairs need fairer represent
ing:
Various accounts of the meetings at
tended by Judge Mann in the county
during the week have been sent to
the daily papers by local correspon-
dents, but they have been either not
printed at all or else so changed as
to lose all effect towards aiding his
candidacy or displaying to other parts
OF the State the immense enthusiasm
with which he was received on the
Eastern Shore. And yet these same
papers claim to be giving everybody a
square deal. We are fully impressed
with the necessity of the Richmond Vir-
glnlan being issued as early as possible.
and hope the Richmond Virginian Com
pany can soon perfect its arrangements
and get their paper in the field. We
shall gladly welcome it at this Office
Accomac News.
There is serious talk of starting n
daily paper in Richmond that will tell
the straight, honest truth about prohi-
bltion matters. 1t is well known that
most OF the large dailies line up on the
wmskey side, and therefore do not and
VIII not print any news unfavorable to
their friends and their business. Lest
they may fail to hear the news, we give
them this tip: two more Kentucky
counties voted the juice out, the other
day; one of them, the county of Bovd.
containing the cities of Ashland and
Catlettsburg, and environs, with a popu
iation of nearly forty thousand. What
an arid waste that State will soon be at
Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
cEARGEspApr RS WITH uxfAIRNEss
Jndge Mapn Declares They Have
bsen Ae, Ing lin UnfrIendlv wav

INK IN Cntrtendiy Way.
Judge William II. Mann, candidate
Tor the nomination for Governor of
virginia, addressed the voters of North
ampton county, in the Casino at Cane
Charles Saturday afternoon. TWAS one
OF the largest and most enthusiastic audi
ehces eyer seen at any political meeting
heid there. The speaker was introduced
by j. L. Daniel. a prominent lawyer of
tnat place, who presented him as the
next Governor of Virginia
After dwelling on the questions of
good roads, education and other issues
at some length, the Judge said that the
newspapers of Norfolk, Richmond and
Newport News had asked him a great
many questions on the liquor issue and
wondered why he hesitated i'm answer
ing them. He said that these news
papers had been acting unfriend,v
toward him and had misunderstood his
hesitsncy. To these papers he refers
MS life and his record for thirty-fiye
years on the liquor question as his
answer
In referring to his competitors re-
marks about his being brought into the
political arena by the Baptist, Methodist
and other churches, he emphaticsllv
denied having made such a statement.
but said that if these great churches
are backing him, he is very pleased to
know it. why wouldn't they work
for my interest,"" he said, when 1
have been fighting for their homes and
their children and have won victories
for them? 1t gives me pleasure to hear
these good Christian people say: We'll
done, thou good and faithful servant >"
In referring to Mr.. fuckers remark
that he was going to proceed on his
merits. Judge Mann said that he was
still waiting to hear from his friend as
to what he did for local option at his
home town in Lexington, on March 20
1900. when he was professor at the
university.
Judge Mann denied that he was coun-
sci for any railroad when bill was
presented by the last Legislature to pro-
hibit the sale of liquor on dining cars,
but at the time Mr.. Tucker accuses
him of being absent for five minutes
and not standing by his principles. He
states that he was in his seat and was
fighting the Byrd bill to stop the grant
ing of license for selling intoxicants on
these cars.
Il was opposed to the BILL" he said,
land it was defeated, yet Mr.. Tucker
calls It temperance measure. If IL
was absent five minutes in thirty-five
years, let Mr.. Tucker name five minutes
in his life he has ever done anything for
local option. These charges of MIR.
Tucker are entirely unsupported by
facts
Judge Mann, addressing the young
men, asked them to make good show
ing in all their efforts to even surpass
the good work done by their fathers.
In conclusion, he said that he never ex-
pected to be candidate for another
office; that his son would ill his present
place, and that he wanted to make
name of which his son would be proud.
II am for liberty and purity; am
fighting against liquor. and arn work.
ing for the uplift not only for the child
rem of today, but their children's child
rem and for ever" concluded. ST.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
OYSTER SCARE OVER.

New Workers have got over their
scare and are eating oysters as never
before. Last winter DIR. Darlington
caught the oyster with his guard down
and landed hard on his wind. With his
microscope said he saw typhoid germs.
ana my FISHERMAN says sales fell off
more than 20 per cent. The gain at
present far exceeds the temporary loss.
We are taking about two oysters
where year ago we took one, and still
e'renot satisfied. Fishing Gazette.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
RHEA'S POSITION ENDORSED.
(Richmond Evening Journal,


The decision of the majority of the
State Corporation Commission to grant
the railroads the right to charges max
imum passenger rate of two and one
half cents, after trial of the two
cent rate some eighteen months in a
period of great and general business
depression throughout the country, will
not impress the average man as con-
elusive of the inability of the roads to
stand the rate originally fixed by the
commission early in 1907.
1t is the decision of divided court
OF three men, and the view expressed
by the dissenting member, Commission
or Rhea, is most in harmony not only
with majority sentiment, but with the
facts as generally and broadly under
stood.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
TEMPERANCE.

The fight that is in progress through.
out the country is not a prohibition
night, but a saloon fight. Great evils
do exist in connection with the saloon
business and it is these evils, not the
mere drinking of wine. beer and wbis-
Key, that have aroused so many people
In the South, for instance, abuses that
characterize the liquor traffic are almost
Incredible. Milwaukee Journal.
ldleness. thinks John B. Moore. a
prominent lawyer of New York. is re-
sponsible for not only much of the crime
OF the country but the drink evil also
Mr.. Moore thinks. and his observation
leads him to this conclusion, that a
considerable percentage of the men
who are idle in an industrial depression
ioaf about saloons. They find their
friends there. and the treating custom
leads TO great deal of drunkenness.
An Alabama editor received a letter
threatening his life for the publication
OF recent editorials exposing blind tigers
and criticising the officials for not pros.
ecuting these violators of the law The
letter says: .'YOu repair to meet tbv
God as your days are done numbered
and your doom are sealed and sure 70
De carried out. Your head will be
blown off without warning" Editor
Berry wired Governor Conner for pro-
lection and it was promised him,
II. S. Arthur. McKeesport's thirty.
year-old mayor. who also sits as police
magistrate, ruled on Monday that anv
man found drunk and brought before
him must sign papers permitting his
wife to draw his salary for one wear
from date. A six months sentence in
the workhouse will be the alternative.
Ii a drunk" has no wife, his next of
kin will draw his wages, it being the
Intention of the new mayor to shame.
# possible, the drunken men of Nc
keesport, Pa, into sobriety, The
mayor acts on the theory that desperate
diseases require desperate remedies and
ne knows that there are few men in
he world who like their wives to draw |
heir salaries. Alexandria Gazette.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
TUCKER AND MANN CLASH.

Tucker and Mann, gubernatorial can
didates, met Monday at Boydton. Meek
ienburg county, in joint debate. Each
side claimed its champion got the better
of the wrestle. Tucker launched charges
fast and furious, and Judge Mann
calmly and satisfactorily answered all
of them until time was called on him.
when he soiemnly promo anced any man
falsifier that would reiterate the pre-
posterous statements going the rounds
of the press and from the stump.