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Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1909-05-02
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Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1909-05-02
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02

The tariff conferees took excellent care of Standard Oil. They made crude petroleum free of duty, which will allow that corporation to procure its raw material from the great Mexi- can oil fields cheaply and will prob ably enable it to dictate prices for crude oil to home producers. To be sure, kerosene, gasoline, etc, are also placed upon the free list, but there cannot be any competition in these products of petroleum so long as the alleged division of territory with the great Russian oil fields exists. The Standard Oil can fix prices as arbi- Strarily under the new tariff as it did under the old, for it will practically have no competition. The independent oil producers plead strongly for protec- tion of their product, but Standard Oil won the contest.
 Will the action of Congress cheanen the products of petroleum to the con- sumer, is now the question. Probably not! With the Russian products barred out by agreement, Standard Oil controls the American market and can 1okaee prices to consumers. It is one case in which free raw material may not operate to the advantage of con- sumers of the finished product. The effect of the action of Congress is tc cheapen the cost of it's raw materia to Standard Oil, while a division ot territory with it's Russian competitor allows it to dictate the prices of the finished product
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02

months use of them Mrs. s. A. WILLIAMS, R. F. D. No. IA, Box 39, Gardiner, Me.
 No woman should submit to surgi- cal operation, which may mean death, until she has given Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound, made exclusive ly from roots and herbs, fair trial.
 This famous medicine for women has for thirty years proved to bs the most valuable tonic and renewer of the female organism. Women resid- ing in almost every city and town in the United States bear willing testi- mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkhann's Vegetable Compound. It cures female ills. and creates radi- ant, buoyant female health. If you are ill, for your own sake as well as those you love, give it trial.
 Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, invites all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice is free, and always helpful.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
s.MOSLEM ANSWER TO
 CHRISTENDONI''

James Creelman, the well-known magazine writer, is now in Turkey, charged by Pearson's Magazine with an investigation of the recent massa- ere of 3OOOO Christians by Moslems. His first article is entitled, ''The Mos lem Answer to Christendom.' He has interviewed the Sheik-ul-Islam, who may be called the doctrinal head of the Moslem religion and who author ized the deposition of Abdul Hamid upon the ground that he had violated Moslem laws. The Sheik-ul-Islam denies that Moslem law calls for mur- derous opposition to Christianity, and adds that the reputed Moslem principle of Islam or the sword is contrary to our sacred 1aw.''
 MT. Creelnan has also interviewed Mahmoud Chefket Pasf1a who was the leader of the movement resulting in the deposition of Abdul Hamid, and who says that the deposed Sultan "alone caused the massacres'' and that "there will be no more massacres of Christians in Turkey
 In MT. Creelman's opinion, based up on these interviews and others. "the Moslem religion and it's real teachers <1d S IlOt CO " COidlLCo -1OA IAAO AiooSS~- cres in Asia Minor All of the inter viewed authorities agree in attrfbuting the massacres to the deposed Sultan, Abdul Hamid, and MT. Creelman ac- cepts their assertions as truthful and also gives full credit to their state ment thst there will be no more massacres.
 But MT. Creelman's article indicates that he has not yet investigated the other side of the case. the Christian side. It may be well to suspend judg- ment until the investigation is ended, the evidence all in, and both sides fully presented. The statements attributed to the Sheikr ul-Islam, Mahmoud Chef ket and others are so contradictory of current belief as to Moslem principles and laws that we are warranted in hesitating to accept them as yet. Nor are the motives attributed to Abdul Hamid sufficient, in our belief, to ac- count for his alleged inspiration of the massacres; it seems incredible that so skilled a tactician should have deliber- ately thus affronted the Christian powers.
 As above stated, 1t may be we'll to await the completion of the case before reaching decision.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02

People with chronic bronchitis, asth- ma and lung trouble. will find great relief and comfort in Foleys Honey and Tar. and can avoid suffering by commencing to take it at once. F. B. Brill. local agent. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02

that out of 43 applications made in December, 15 of them, or more than one-third. claimed to be wrongfully imprisoned; and one of the number sentenced to life imprisonment claim ed that he had new evidence to prove his innocence. discovered since the time limit expired; for an examina tion of the present law will show that wrong becomes right, and injustice be- comes juSticei
 Every man of the 15 was turned down. and no mercy in the interest of the state was extended,
 One of these men q quote from the printed record required for each man) Peter Kelly, 56 years old,l life sentence for second degree murder; convicted January 2s, 1904 This is his second application, and he has new evidence to prove his innocence.'' having in f1uential friends to back him, and money to employ a lawyer, in spite of a rule of the board. that no man shall make more than one application each year, made application in last June, and upon exactly the same evil dence which was refused in December; it became clear that it was in the in- terest of the state to extend mercy, and he was pardoned by the board for being innocent, and because another troublesome man, who keeps insisting that he is either guilty or not guilty did not make an application, or else the interest of the state had very de- cidedly changed in the interim.
 It may be noted here, that of the 46 prisoners at the last meetin~ 19 of them claimed to be innocent or not guilty, and one of them was found to be so, and yet none of the others were so fortunate, although one man, life sentence for second degree murder, convicted March 1, 1879, claims he is illegally confined because the man he is accused of killing is still alive" and this was his tenth application, and he is still in prison. But it evidently is not for the interest of the state to even make examination into this case. unless he is fortunate to have some money, and not be opposed by the states attorney who convicted him!
 With the Jurisdiction of all releases from state prison, absolute and condi- tional, vested by the law in the board of pardons, is it unreasonable to as sume that such vested power should carry with it the duty to make care full examination into every petition to see what disposition should be made of it, not merely for the interest of the state as represented by the prosecut- ing officers, but for the best interests of the men so unfortunate to have fallen under the condemnation of the law, whether justly or unjustly, so that, if possible. they may be restored to place in the state?
 This experience with a subsequent one before committee of the legisla- ture enables me to speak by authority tion- before quoted. Gan a poor man obtain justice in the state of Connec- ticut?"
 Host respectfully your obedient servant,
 H. E. SIMMONS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
DEDICATED TO JOY RIDERS

Among the late sDasms of poetry that are redolent of gasoline and booze is found the following bit labelled, '"The Joy Riders: A twisted auto on a dead mans chest
 Ye ho. and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done their best
 Ye ho! and a bottle of rum The road-house bar and the lady friend''-
 Ye ho! and a bottle of rum And at eighty miles they took the bend
 Ye ho! and a bottle of rum! A swerve that mocked their drunken wills,
 A crash and a shriek through the darkness thrills; "Joy riding is the pace that kills
 Ye ho, and a bottle of rum
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
DISTRICT OF FAIRFIELD. ss. PROBATE COURT.


 Estate of Jennie B. Louis, owning real estate in said district, deceased. Upon the application of Bacon Wake man, administrator, praying for power and authority to sell and convey cer- tain real estate belonging to said eS- fully appears, it is
 ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at a Probate Court. to be held at Fairfield, in said district. the 7th day of August. A. D., 1909, at two o'clock in the after noon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon by publishing the same in some newspaper having a circulation in said district, at least four days before said day of hearing.
 ELMORE S. BANKS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
 WOMAN
 CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Gardiner, Maine.-s'I have been a great sufferer from organic troubles
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02

That well-known writer on dietary subjects, Dr. Woods Hutchinson, as serts that half the trouble with us in the summer time is lack of nourish- ment; that the common feeling of las situde, distress and irritation is due to nerves that are crying for food He thinks that we should eat not much less in summer than in winter. The exact amount he places at ten per cent less, but he adds that this is so small, measured by mouthfuls, that it would be hardly perceptible. Neither does he think it desirable to reduce the amount of meat eaten to the extent recommended by many physicians, holding it to be an exploded theory that because the body needs little heat in summer it is unnecessary to take
 ity Of solid, nourishing foods
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
NOTICE.

Taken by virtue of an execution to me directed I will sell at public auc- ton at No. 25 Middle street in the City of Bridgeport 14 days from date which will be on the 11th day of August, 1909. at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, the following described property to wit: One front bar, one back bar with fixtures, one cash register. mir TOTS. 10 pictures, tables. 35 chairs, one furnace dozen glasses, decant' CTS, one heater, one mixer, 2 tunnels one electric fan, one screen. 4 racks, one clock
 Attest.
 JAMES F. BECK.
 Sheriff of the City of Bridgeport. Bridgeport. July 18th. 1909. 29 ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
TWO HEADS-THREE EYES Danbury's Freak Chicken Natural
 Wonder.

Waterbury, Aug. "A chicken among a flock of 13 matched by a hen owned by Frank McClusky, of 12 Mountain vile avenue, is wonder as a natural curiosity and if it lives and grows to maturity it is likely to make a. reputa- ton for itself among freaks, says the Danbury News.
 The chicken has two distinct heads branching from a single neck. There is one eye in each head and a third eye located in the angle between the heads. The other chickens of the flock are all normal. The freak active as any of the others this morn ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02

France is to have an income tax in 1911. It not only taxes the incomes of the French people but also those of foreigners who may be domiciled in France for year or more. Great Britain has had an income tax for many years, which is the governments largest source of income, producing about s165, ,000 GOO last year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
WORKINGS OF
 PARDONS BOARD
OF \ PETITIONER FOR RELEASE FROM STATE
 PRISON DESCRIBED
Controlled By One Man

Letter to Be Used By Rep resentative Bishop in Advocacy of Proposed Changes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02

ana d severe I6Qdl6 weakness. T h e doctor said would have to go to the hospital for an operation, but I could not bear to
 think of it. l de- cided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound and Sanative W ash and was entirely
 r,,roI altar {hroo
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
SALOONISTS WIN IN
 PULASKI COUNTY COURT
ASHER KNOCKS OUT THREE MILE PETITION AND
 APPEAL IS TAKEN

Little Rock.-County Judge Asher denied the three-mile petition of the anti-saloon people of Little Rock and commenced on Friday to pass on some seventy applications for liquor licenses for 1909.
 The decision of the court came quickly and took a turn on point that had not been argued by counsel. Two censuses of the adult population in Little Rock had been filed. The license people showed a census of 43,- GOO and the anti-license people cen sus of 25,000
 The petition against license contain ed little more than 14,000 sigma lures. It took a majority of the adult population to defeat license.
 The court held the liquor census was too large on it's face and like wise that the anti-license census was too small. The court on a poll tax basis, found there are 16,000 males in Little Rock over 21. He estimated the population of women over IS years to the safe, and found the total adult population to be 32,0O0. He de- clared the petition did not represent a majority and denied the prayer
 A motion for an appeal was filed within an hour after the decision was rendered and it is certain the case will finally have to be decided in the Supreme Court
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
ROOMS MINING DISTRICTS.
William E. Ryder, Mayor of Delight,
 is Enthusiastic.

Little Rock.-William E. Ryder, mayor Of Delight, and recorder of the Kimberly Mining District, recently or ganized for the purpose of develop ing the mineral lands of Arkansas, is in the city for the purpose of in- creasing the influence of the mineral organization with which he is assoei- ated
 Mr. Ryder called on Commissioner Guy B. Tucker and secured from him ! list of names of prominent citizens in the mining regions of the state who would be likely to take an in- ierest in the Kimberly organization. The organization at present embraces tke counties of Pike, Howard, Neva- da, Polk, Sevier, Clark and Montgom- cry. The object of the Kimberly dis trict is to bring into the organiza- tion every county in the state which possesses any mineral lands worth de- Veloping.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08

of the strait, must have been more vio- lent, for scarcely one stone remains on another in that fiourishing city of only two days ago.
 Where a few days ago stood the homes and works of men and busy streets there is nothing but chaotic rocks and earth
 The city had vanished as complete ly as Aladdin's palace under the ma gician's spell.
 Country of Many Languages.
 Calabria has one and one-third mil lion inhabitants. The inhabitants speak Grecian or Albanian dialects or all antique Italian.
 Visit Stricken Subjects.
 As King Humbert won the admira- tion of his loyal people by his visit to the hospitals of Naples during the cholera epidemic, so has Victor Elm manuel, through his emulation of his fathers act of bravery. In 1905 Vic
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
ELECT OFFICERS
 THEN ADJOURN
STATE TEACHERS CONCLUDE AN. NUAL MEET AT LITTLE ROCK.
DR. HARTzOG IS PRESIDENT
Resolutions Adopted Covering Variety of Subjects-Home Recommended for Tuberculosis Sufferers
 Randolph County Wins

Little Rock.-With the election of President Henry s. Hartzog of Ouachi- ta College as their president, Arkansas state teachers adjourned. The other officers elected follow:
 Vice-President-Firs congressional district, D. T. Rogers, Jonesboro; Sec ond district, J. w. Campbell Pocahon- tas; Third district, S. T. J. Wynne, Harrison; Fourth district G. A. Sul- iards, DeQueen; Fifth district, E. B Gardner, Argenta; Sixth district E. R. Robertson, Lonoke; Seventh district, D. L. Webb, Hamburg; recording sec retary, Miss Mayo Rascoe, Dewitt; treasurer, H. w. Roberts, Cabot
 H. $. Traylor, corresponding secre- tary, holds over until next year
 Resolutions were adopted favoring a home for tuberculosis sufferers. de- nouneing the proposed system of pen sions for aged teachers, and covering many other subjects Randolph couf1- ty won the cup offered to the county having the greatest mileage to it's credit in attendance upon the con- vention.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
GREATEST TRAGEDY THAT HAS
 BEFALLEN CHRISTIAN WORLD
Magnitude of Calamity in Calabria and Sicily Is Unpre cedented--Entire Region Completely Destroyed Whole Face of Country and the Coast
 Line Altered.

The earthquake which has devastat- ed the Italian department of Calabria and Sicily has wrought the greatest tragedy which ever has befallen the Christian world
 It is colossal without precedent Nothing previously known in Euro pean history can be compared with it. A whole region has been destroyed That corner of Italy on which nature seemed to smile, Messina and Reggie are heaps of ruins under which lie buried thousands of corpses.
 All the country along the Straits of Messina has suffered. Lower down the coast the sea rushed with terrific vio. lence into Giarre, Riposto Borgon and Giovanni, sweeping away houses, ships, fishing boats and human beings All the fishing boats at sea have dis appeared.
 At Palma and Bagnara the dead are counted by hundreds and the injured
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08

by thousands. Throughout the prov ince of Calabria the ravages were
 frightful
 All Completely Destroyed
 Messina and Reggie are in ruins. The towns of Marc, Scilla, Maletto,
 Belhoso, Riposto and Baguaro have been destroyed, as has the town of
 Gazari, in Calabria. Cantillo has been
 wiped off the map. Nearly every town along the coast of Sicily for miles south of Messina was engulfed by the sea.
 The earthquakes titanic might transformed the face of Sicily rivers were dried up or their course changed; hills disappeared; vast crevices are yawning in the earth; the country is desolated.
 The destruction of property cannot be as great as at San Francisco, for Messina and Reggie, the two principal cities destroyed, were not rich or mag nificent from the metropolitan point of view As great cataclysm of na- ture, however, this disaster is on a far vaster scale than the California phenomenon.
 Face of Country Altered. The whole face of the country and the coast line have been altered. Even Scylla and Charybdis have changed the positions they have occupied since Aeneas' legendary voyage.
 The three provinces where the greatest damage was done were Mes sina and Catania, in Sicily, and Reg comprise about 4,400 square miles. The rock of Charybdis now blocks the en- trance to the strait of Messina.
 Several hundred persons perished and much damage wes done outside of these provinces. but within them the devastation was so complete that scarcely human habitation remains.
 All accounts now agr-e that the time occupied by natures gigantic spasms was but 32 seconds.
 Some minutes later great wave completed the havoc in the ill-fated coast towns. Ti~tssr.' E iT Shock a Fearful One. Y, The violence of the shock. seems to sfNe been unprecedented except by sYbIcanic eruptions within a limited lHfea.
 wsThe buildings of Messina were not merely shaken down-their founda- tions literally were yanked from be-, heath them to one side or to the other, until they toppled from the per pendicular and fell in ruins along side their original sites.
 That was the experience of Messina.
 That of Reggio, on the opposite side
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
MUST KEEP UP THE FIRES.
Railroad Commission Gives Notice to
 Maintain Warm Stations.

Little Rock-On account of the large number of complaints being filed with the Railroad Commission. regarding the laxity of the railroad companies in keeping their stations in the small towns properly heated and in good condition, the commission has addressed a letter to F. H. Brit ton, vice-president of the St,/Louis Southwestern, and c. s. Clerke, vice. president of the Missouri Pacific, to the effect that these matters must be remedied immediately, and the super intendents of the divisions be ini- structed to see that the stations are kept in condition in the future, un- der penalty of the assessment which the law has named for such offenses. There is statuatory law providing fer fine of not less than $25 nor more than s100 for each offense of this kind. In addition, a rule of the commission covers such cases.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs LOSE OUT.
County Judge Denies Three Mile Pe-
 tition at Pine Bluff.

Pine Bluff.-County Judge James Gould on Friday denied the petition of the anti-saloonists of Pine Bluff, when he refused to grant their pray CTS to issue no dramshop licenses for 1909 within three miles of the First Baptist church here. In rendering his decision, Judge Gould Geclared that the petitions of the prohihitionists were inaccurate in many instances; that they failed to prove to his satis- faction that they had a majority of the, inhabitants of the territory from which they asked that saloons be excluded. The three-mile petitions have been in the County Court for nearly three weeks, during which time much evi- dence was heard and census lists and petitions reviewed at length. A hand writing expert testified that many names on the petition were written by the same hand.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
Heavy Fine and Sentence.

Jonesbcro-Tet Roleson was con- victed in the Police Court in Jones' boro on the charge of selling nquor without a license, and was fined $4,900 and sentenced 10 four years and six months'+ iniprisonment in thsEdelnty iail. .Thera were eighs cases against Releson and he was fined $500 in each and given six months jail sentence in each. Roleson has not flied mo. ton for appeal and is still confir ed in the eounsy jail.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
TRACKS NEARLY COMPLETED.
Through Service Between Helena and
 Kansas City Promised

Helena.-.Chief Engineer W. s. Dawley of the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad was in Helena and reports that the big bridge over White river will be completed this week. He states that a stretch of only five and half miles of track between White and Cache rivers, will then remain te be built before through service between Helena ard Kansas City will be in operation, but owing to the heavy fill and the character of the weather probably four weeks will elaDse before this is completed.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
IS-CLARENDON PACKET.
Arkansas Merchants Send the Aida
 to Tennessee Loaded to Guards.


 to Tennessee Loaded to Guards.
 Memphis.-A new packet company between here and Clarendon, Ark, on the White river, is probable af- ter a trial trip by the Aida, White river boat which has arrived here. The little boat was loaded to it's ca- paeity carrying PTS bales of cotton, and would have arrived two days earlier had it not been necessary to lay up at the mouth of the White river to get coal. She was loaded so heav- fly that it was impossible to board her except by climbing cotton bales to the roof
 Those contemplating forming the company are the members of the Com mercial Club of Clarendon It is said $30,000 has been secured, and action Till be taken in the near future. - Boats have rot run for some time between here and Clarendon and rail- roads have had a monopoly.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-08
Looks Bad for Trainmen.

Eagle Mills.-With a gash in his head and many bruises on his body, white man who says his name is Sheppard and that his home is in Milwaukee, Wis, was found near the railroad tracks about a half a mile south of this place by two negroes Sheppard claims he was riding on the rear of the tender on a south bound passenger train on the Cotton Belt, and that he was forced from the nov ing train by negro porter and bag gage master.