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The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05

st. Louis.--Two children were alb
Quoted and held for $4,000 ransom
here, the affair causing i furore in
the local Italian colony, Of which the
children's parents are among the
wealthlest members, The police have
arrested five suspects but found no
trace Of the children. The kidnapping
took place near the home OF the VIC
Tins. Grace viviano, 5 years old, and
Thomas viviano, 2h years old The
father Of the children, Pietro viviano,
in each case, are cousins and their
families occupy the same apartments.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
The Force Of Habit.


One of the campers had done some
thing peculiarly idiotic, and the dean
said: Dick reminds me of Thomas
colt"
What about Thomas colt?" asked
Dick, cheerfully.
Why" the dean responded, read
lily, where | lived In Maine when
was boy an old man named Thomas
raised horses. He once put out to
pasture colt, which had been fed
from its birth in a box stall and wa.
tered at the trough in the yard.
"The pasture lay across small
river, and in the middle Of the day the
colt swan the stream to go up to the
barn-yard for Z drink of water
Youths Companion.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
WILL Be FACTOR IN COTTON.
Improved Methods In China Promise
to Make American Manufacturers
Hump for Trade.

with better methods and greater
skill In Japan, and with the Chinese
cotton mills free from the obstacles
which have heretofore crippled them,
the American manufacturer will have
ito be alert" said Samuel H. House.
imam, New Orleans cotton broker.
4 When the Chinese cotton mills
started 1t was predicted" continued
Mr.. Houseman, that they would
eventually supply the needs Of the
oriental market. The Chinese cotton
producers, in resorting to various
plans Of squeezing, virtually killed the
goose before it began laying golden
eggs. They attempted to obtain high
prices by cornering methods, they util
lied unfair ways in attempting to in
crease the weight Of the bale, and
such methods, coupled with the fact
that the Chinese cotton product did
not equal that of the United States,
hurt the industry in China, at least
temporarily.
Nov, however, these defects and
obstacles are being removed Japan.
ese manufacturers are becoming in.
terested in the Chinese mills, better
methods prevail, and with markets
favorable and friendly to the native
product, the outsider will have to
offer. In due time, additional induce
ments."
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
In Examination lime.

A Manayunk (Pa.) school teacher
read at a recent sociable some funny
examination answers of this seasons
sulling. Some of the answers were:
"The two most famous volcanoes
are Sodom and Gomorrah."
"a demagogue is a barrel contain
ing beer and ale"
"The blood is putrefied in the lungs
by inspired air."
"In Austria the principal occupa-
tion is ostrich farming"
Medieval is a wicked man who
has been tempted"
"The food passes through your
windpipe to the pores and thus passes
off the body by evaporation through a
lot of little holes in the skin which
we call capillaries."
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
From a LEGAL Point of View.

Secretary Nagel, of the department
of commerce and labor, Is collector
of pictures and patron of the arts.
When he lived in ST. Louis he had
Zorn, the artist, at his house for a
time. ZCrn painted a portrait of Mr..
Nagel Mrs. Nagel looked at the por.
trait when it was finished.
do you know, Mr.. Zorn,' she said,
chat while | like the picture very
much there is something about it that
is lacking? 1t does not seem to be
just the man who is my husband"
Madame replied Zorn, chat may
be true. | did not paint a picture Of
your husband. painted a picture of
my lawyer. Saturday Evening Post.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
Profitable Shade Trees.

A stranger coming to Tallahassee is
surprised at the great number of Pc
can trees found in the yards, gardens
and on the streets. They are every
where, and thousands upon thousands
spring up every season, where the
nuts are washed by the rains or
dropped by the birds which feast upon
them. If these trees had been budded
with merchandise varieties when
young they would now be producing
thousands of bushels of the finest
nuts annually, but of even these infe-
rior varieties Tallahassee sells hun
dreds of dollars worth each year
Tallahassee True Democrat.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
ITO Orient.

Primarily and as its etymology
shows the verb to orient means to
set an object In exact adjustment to
the east, thence by a natural corollary
to set 1t true with all the cardinal
points of the compass. Then in the
derlyative and tropical Specification 1t
is used to describe the attitude Of a
mind duly adjusted to any standard
OF knowledge, morals or life.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05

is provided for hemp, both crude and
hacked, and also on certain high
grade laces.
Sugar and tobacco duties remain
substantially as they are under the
Dingley law. The free importation of
considerable quantities of both OF
these articles from the Philippine
Islands is permitted, and a material
change was made in the internal reve-
nue. law by an amendment taking the
tax off of the sale of tobacco in the
hand
There is a uniform increase on
spirits, wines and liquors of Is per
cent.
In the agricultural schedule hops
are increased from IL to IA cents a
pound, and there is also an increase
on lemons, figs, almonds and pine
apples.
Common glass of the lower sizes,
in which the imports are heavy, Is
given reduction, and where changes
were made in the chemical schedule
there was general decrease, except
upon such articles as fancy soaps and
perfumes, which were increased.
The publishers win their fight for
lower woodpulp and print paper, the
rate on the ordinary newspaper print
paper being fixed at 1915 per ton in.
stead Of IS as under the Dingley law,
and on the higher grades of print
paper at 1915 instead of So. Mechan-
ically ground woodpulp is to come in
free of duty instead Of paying one
twelfth of a cent pound as under the
Dingley law.
Hides of cattle come in free and
there is corresponding reduction on
leather and leather goods. The house
rates are practically retained on sole
leather. leather for uppers, boots and
shoes and harness.
Bituminous coal is reduced from CT
cents per ton to As cents and there
is also reduction on gun powder,
matches and cartridges. Agricultural
implements go off from 20 per cent
ad valorem to - per cent and the
older works of art are placed upon
the free list.
Petroleum. which received much at
tention in both houses, slips through
without any duty, countervaiing or
otherwise.
The administrative features of the
bill were much changed in conference.
The commission of experts provided
by the senate was retained in name.
but its duties are restricted to inyes-
tigating determinations against the
United States by other countries for
the benefit of the president in admin.
iStering the maximum and minimum
rate provision, and of government of.
ficers in administering the customs
laws, The senates maximum and
minimum provision was retained in
the main. 1t provides an increased
duty amounting to % per cent ad
valorem on goods brought into the
United States from countries discrimi.
mating against this country.
The drawback provisions of the
Dingley law was restored with a slight
addition controlling the use of alcohol
in articles for export.
The customs court was retained and
Its headquarters fixed in Washington.
The principal difficulty in the way
Of a clearly detailed comparison be-
tween the present so-called Dingley
law, and the new bill lies in the fact
that in most Of the more important
and sharply contested provisions and
schedules, radical Encouragement Of
classification, arnd shifting from spe.
cifc TO ad yalorem duties leave few
common terms for comparison.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
Clothes Insurance.

"Sock insurance against holes and
blue serge suit insurance against fad
ing are comparatively new things"
said an insurance man, "but newer
sim is suspender life Insurance."
"suspender life insurance?'
Precisely. You buy a pair Of dol
far suspenders Of a certain brand, and
II you die while they are on you your
family gets $3.50. | put this scheme
through myself. 1t Is working very
we'll III the west. A couple Of par
nents have already been made On It."
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
OPPOSES TARIFF BILL
SENATOR FROM KANSAS MAKES
SPEECH AGAINST BILL.
SAYS MANUFACTURERS FAVORED
----
Declares Measure Shows Practically
No Reduction and Is Repu-
diatlon Of Speeches Made
In Kansas.
SAYS MANUFACTURERS FAVORED

Washington, D. C.--In the senate
the principal speech on the Republic
can side against the conference re-
port on the tariff bill was made by
Senator Bristow Of Kansas, who de-
clared that he would not vote for the
adoption of the report.
Recalling incidents of the last ma
tional campaign, In which he hadtak-
en- part, Senator Bristow declared that
President Taft in Kansas had fav.
ored a revision Of the tariff down.
ward, and he (Bristow) had been
elected to the senate on that issue.
1T was then said that the cost Of
production had been reduced and that
the rate of duty should be reduced
proportionately," he explained, land
have endeavored to keep that
pledge"
The fact was, he said, that practic
ally no reduction had been obtained.
THE tax" said Mr.. Bristow, has
been taken off hides and 1t has been
added to the sole leather suit case
that the American citizen buys. And
yet it has been advertised that a re.
duction has been made on the leather
schedule for the benfit~ OF the Ameri-
can citizen.
Apparently" continued Mr.. Bris-
tow, 1.-The only thing considered In for
mulating the cotton schedule has been
the greed of the cotton manufacture
er of New England"
Taking up one after another of the
schedule, he undertook TO demon
strate in detail that the Payne bill had
effected no material reduction In the
duties by which the consumers would
be benefited. Explaining that numer-
ically the bill contained more in
creases than decreases, he declared
that the decreases were generally I'M
important.
"As a republican senator" said Mr..
Bristow in conclusion" ! will not be a
party in placing Mr.. Taft in the most
embarrassing position in which 1t Is
possible for president to be placed;
that is, to require him to sign bill
that was not promised the people or
to compel him to repudiate the action
of a majority of his party in both
branches of congress by vote. He
has, in substance, appealed to this
congress to keep faith with the peo-
pie, but in effect 1t is bill to ig-
more that appeal. love the presi-
dent. He has honored me with his
friendship. am devoted to the well
fare of his administration and, for
one, will never vote to send him a
bill for approval that is violation
of his party pledges and which is also
in my judgment fundamentally wrong
and in many OF its details Ubiquitous.
81 set up no standard for other
senators. Every man should vote as
his conscience and Judgment dictates.
But | feel that had supported this
bill | would be recreant to my duty
as a senator and unafithful to the
people who sent me here TO represent
them and cannot do it,"
Saying he believed the passage OF
the tariff bill would be only the De-
ginning of a popular discussion of the
tariff, Senator Bristow expressed HIM
self as. extremely anxious that tnere
should be no question as to the re-
sponsibility of senators for the franz
ing of the measure.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
Mexicana Iakinu 10 Autos.

The automobile demand in Mexico
is shown to be on a steady increase
That the taxicab system has proved a
success is shown by the fact that a
number of new taxicabs for Mexico
City are now en- voyage, and it is the
intention of the company operating
them there to increase the number
until they will form formidable
competition with the blue-band
coaches.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
Exceptlons.

"You don't have to be enthusiastic
to succeed in some things" said the
clearinghouse philosopher; Il once
saw a man achieve speed OF mile
a minute sliding down q mountain
side. without the slightest effort on
his part and without having had any
ambition to do It."
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05

tablishing an ozone scholarship at the
state university. The fellowship is
for $4,000 a year, and provides that
the student 10 to devote his entire
time to the investigation Of ozone
and find practical uses for II.
This ID a comparatively unexploreu
field tn chemistry and offers q splendid
opportunity for original research, 40
cordlng to the governors views.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05

Lawrence, Kan. That a Kansan is
never at loss to exploit the advan-
tages of the state has been frequently
demonstrated. A market has even
been found for Kansas scenery and
Kansas blue sky, as well as her
prairies and sage bushes, but 1t re.
nained for Gov. Stubs to encourage
the production Of something along
new lines.
This the governor has done by %.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING TARIFF CHANGES

President Tafs reduction Of the
the tariff bill the following which
shows
the schedule either the bills
although technically
reahms the Dnge while the hosiery
han
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-05
you NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK.

She-Yes, they are engaged.
know she refused him twice, but the
third time he proposed she accepted
him.
Her Husband-Served him right
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13
BOOKS AND STATIONARY FUND


Mexico Ledger, supplies and printing I4O %
Standard Printing Co, supplies SO 56
Missouri Printing Co. acknowledgements az 90
Geo. -. Barnard & Co, " --------.--- 43S 81
Noble Barnes, Tres stamp account -- Is 90
W. II Morris, Circuit Clerk stamp account - IS
T. II. Carter, County Clerk, stamps, freight
express etc 81 25
w. L. Craddock, supplies es---------- 80 AZ
W. L Matheny " --- II 90
W. l. Harper drayage supplies 65
Ausust Cast & Co, supplies rs &c
Mexico lntelligencer g ------- 2 80
H J. Reuter- Printing Co. ------------- IL 10
Buxton-S Skinner Printers " ----- % 20
Fred Kemp mimeograph work 80
Smith Premier Typewriter Co,
exchange in machines 62 30
l. n. Bass, supplies Justice of the Peace %
!. II. Salee, supplies IL 10
Vandala Leader printing 90
Laddonia Herald, annual statement
receipts and expenses al W
J: J. Wakefield, Highway Engineer stamp acct 90
Sadogan Hatcher Printers, supplies 2375
National Office Supply Co % II 90
Allen Stalngs supplies Justice of the Peace 90
Mexico Message -.-------- 80 20
Centralia Courier Printing Collectors notice , 80
John H. Ihole. supplies Justice of the Peace 80
Sturgeon Leader, Printing Collectors notice = 80
1918 90
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

Geo. D. Barnard & Co. Supplies sS4 o4
T. s. Riley, Winding Court House Clock-- 81 So
s. S. Howard, Repairs s--------------- S5l
l. NJ. Greer Furn Co. Supplies es-------------- 4S 90
T. J. Kelso ------------ Ia 40
Ferris & Cauthorn " --------------- osl
c. L. Ferris, Plumbing g------.---------- IIa 3oI
Cant & Rowland, Supplies 3 I5I
Mexico Water Works CO., Suppies..-.--- a. oo
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

INSANE FUND
State Lunatic Asylum Number Two (2(
care OF inmates ----s 1870 90
" Number One (Il
care Of inmates o738 10
" Number -Four (4)
care of inmates Ic7 So
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-05-13

1913 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-16
MANY KILLED
IN COLLISION
NUMBER OF DEAD IN ACCIDENT ON DEN
YER RIO GRANDE ROAD VARIOUSLY ES
TIMATED AT FROM 80 TO 80 20 BODIES
TAKEN FROM WRECKAGE

the passenger; Sigmund Olsen, en-
gineer of the first freight engine.
J. T. Jeffrey, engineer of the sec
ond freight engine, was so SER
iously injured that 1t is thought
he will die.
Wreck Catches Fire.
The wreckage caught fire and
burned fiercely for few min
utes. 1t was extinguished by
snow.
Bodies Identified.
The remains of the following
were identified today:
EDWARD GOODING. Omaha.
ARTHUR WILLIAMS and wife,
Des Moines, Iowa.
MRS. l.. z. EZELL, Williston,
s. d.
JOHN c. DAVIS. Denver.
CHARLES MAHON, Princeton,
Ind.
Responsibility for the wreck
has not been definitely fixed, al
though the railroad officials are
inclined to blame the crew of the
passenger train. Others say that
If the crew of the freight train
had obeyed orders to wait at Dot
sero till the passenger train pass
ed on it's way west the accident
would not have occurred.
AS 1t happened, the freight
train, pulled by two locomotives,
ran onto a siding some distance
from Dotsero to let the passenger
pass, but did not quite clear the
main track. When the passen.
ger came laundering along at full
speed, 1t struck the end of the
freight and left the track in 9
heap Of wreckage.
The chair car was cut in two
and one of the tourist cars was
telescoped. Those sleeping in the
Pullman cars were not injured.
Misread Time.
Additional information received
here is to the effect that Gus Oh
son, the dead engineer, misread
the time of his watch. Thinking
he had ten minutes to spare he
pulled the freight train past Dot
sero, where he should have wait
ed for the passenger train to pass.
Terribly Mutilated.
The bodies of the twenty vic
Tins SO far taken from the wreck
age were placed side by side in a
row near the track. The coroner
will not permit their removal un-
It'll after an investigation is made.
Many of them are so terribly mu-
tilated that all hope of identified
tion has been abandoned.
The Injured.
Among tine injured are: T. B
Miller, Denver; Mrs. Nellie w
Morton, Standish, CAL; A. w. Nc.
Cauley and child, Winnemucca
New; w. Caxey, Los Angeles; F
Chandler, Pullman conductor; =
MCGOWAN, Denver.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-16
FIGHT
IN CITY
HALL
Deputy Controller Met
Zger Deposed After
"Scrap" in rlun-
icipal Office

A. F. Metzger, who for three
years has been deputy city con-
troller under Mr.. Meads, was re-
moved from office this morning
after a noisy demonstration and
fist fight in the Office and he spent
the morning In the city prison
for disorderly conduct.
Mr.. Metzger Is one of the most
competent bookkeepers in the city
but occasionally gets ON spree.
This morning he appeared at the
controllers office partly intoxf-
Gated. For some time he has
not been on good terms with
Frank White, another employe of
the office, and the liquor this
morning caused him to feel espe-
cially irritated at White. He be-
gan to assail White boisteriously
and before he got through the two
men met in a passage at arms In
which neither suffered seriously.
City Controller Meads arrived and
Metzger was deposed from his
position. He handed over his
keys and cleaned up his desk and
got ready to leave but kept things
pretty lively meantime. He charg-
ed Meads with being utterly In
competent and was very bitter
against White. Meads finally sent
for an officer and Detective Fack-
Ter came up and took Metzger
down stairs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-16
PHONE CALLS
81 MAN TO DEATH
PROMINENT HELENA CITIZEN
ANSWERS SUMMONS TO HOS
/ PITAL-FOUND DYING IN
SNOWDRIFT.

BY United Press Leased Wire.)
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 16.-The
Helena police are today working
on p mysterious case, which has
proved most baffling. Early this
morning John Hancock, well
known mining man and former
president of the miners union,
was found lying unconscious in
the front yard of the st. Johns
Catholic hospital.
Last night he received q note
to be from the secre-
tary OF the miners union, stating
that he was In the hospital and
desired very much to see Hancock.
]. He responded and his body was
found lying In snowdrift at s
O'Clock this morning within a few
feet OF the hospital doors.
He was still living and was TAX
en- into the hospital, but lived on
ly few hours.
It Is supposed by the police that
the author of the note was not at
the hospital and is in entire ig-
of the affair. There is
no clew to the perpetrators.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-16
WOMAN
GUT To
PIECES
Mutilated Body of Aged
Baltimore Resident Is
Found in Cellar
Daughter Jailed.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. 16.-
The mutilated body of Mrs. SOphy
Coufal, aged 81, was found today
in the cellar of her home. Near
her body was an axe, its blade COW
cred with blood. Mrs. COufal's
skull had been split open and her
lower limbs were chopped to
pieces.
Sophy Bartusek, the murdered
woman's daughter, was placed un-
der arrest On suspicion of having
committed the crime.
Mrs. Bartusek. her husband and
two children lived with the mur-
dered woman. One of the chill
dren ran to a neighbor's house
shouting that his grandmother
had fallen downstairs.
An investigation revealed the
mutilated body in the cellar.
Mrs. Bartusek accused her
brother, John Coufal, of having
committed the murder. Coufal
stated that when he went to the
house last night to see his mother
he was refused admission by his
sister.
Persisting in his efforts to gain
admission to the house, his sister
finally opened the door. He de-
clared that upon his entrance his
sister shouted: "You killed moth
|er!"
John Coufal denied further
knowledge of the crime.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-16
MIKE LIKES
FANCY BATH

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Max-
inc Elliott's theater is minus one
stage hand, while somehow about
town a strange apparition in the
shape of a clean, perfumed ana
pomaded scene shifter is looking
for a job.
Miss Elliott followed her per-
sonal whims and tastes in the
construction of her playhouse.
One Of the features on which the
actress-proprietress manageress
tok particular pains is the beau
tiful tiled bathroom adjoining
her dressing room, equipped with
an enticing proclaim tub and all
the latest wrinkles In showers,
sprays, mirrors, pomades. cerates
and perfumed waters.
Miss Elliott made a tour Of in
spection Wednesday afternoon.
She opened the bathroom door,
walked right In, squealed, Wheel
ed and walked right out again.
Then she raised her rich, melo-
dious voice an dsummoned the en-
tire stage staff.
Lolling back in the tub, which
was filed to overflowing with per-
fumed, vaporizing waters, lay
Mike Hogan, fyman. When In
truded upon he was smoking q
tiny, gold-tipped Russian cigaret
and rubbing a pink cream into a
8--ay-old chin scrub.
Mikes departure from the
scene was abrupt. They did not
even allow him time for q rub
down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-16
COSGROVE TOREACH
OLYMPIA TUESDAY

The party is scheduled to arrive
in Portland Tuesday morning and
in Olympia Tuesday afternoon.
DR.. B. F. Sawyer, in charge of
the hotel where the givernor has
been stopping, will>accompaDy the
party to Oakland. If the COVER
nor stands that part Of the trip
well no physician will accompany
him North.
Although the water continues
to rise in the rivers In northern
California, the Southern Pacific
officials expect to get the COVER
|nor.s party through without loss
|nf TINA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-16
(BULLETIN.)

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo,
Jan. 18.-Survivors of the wreck
on the Denver a. Rio Grande rail-
road near DOtsero arc arriving
this afternoon with the news that
as many as eighty may have been
killed In the collision.
The reports are so conflicting
that no definite estimate can be
made, some of them saying that
the number of dead will not ex-
ceed so.
Late this afternoon the most
conservative estimates placed the
number of dead at 25.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo,
Jan. 18.-The latest report from
the scene of the collision last night
between a passenger and freight
train on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad near Dotsero, Colo, is
that the number of dead is va
riously estimated at between 80
and 80.
Twenty Bodies Removed.
Twenty bodies have already been
removed from the wreckage and 1t
is thought at least thirty more are
under the debris. A relief train
bearing the remains of twenty VIC
tins and as many injured passen-
gers arrived at Glenwood Springs
today. -..
Those In charge of the relief
train say 1t is doubtful that a
single person in the chair car es-
capped death or injury.
Among the known dead are Gus
Olson, Salida, Colo, engineer OF