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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
Putneya"d Vicinity
PuTNEy.

Nj. GLADYS Howe is visiting IN Bra,
ilsbafa.
H. c, BLACK Of Grerseld was /,
town Tuesday.
Levi J. tioa.hton Of ChAflesiown. n
w., ~as IN town Tuesday.
Edgar ". Huntley Of Bfattiebor,
sa. n town Saturday and Sunday.
Philip Howard Of Bellows Fails Wa,
q guest at NJ, 4, Robbinss Sunday.
Grace Little returned sunday from 4
visit With her father NJ sastons River
Fred Dodge of Springfield was an
o'er'sunday guest al y. e, Robertson :
Harold Bagbeo began work on the
milk car Monday, he will take r. J,
Geodell , place.
Miss Martha Black Of Greenfield,
Mas, came Tuesday and 10 n guest Of
Julia u, Gorham.
Lawfene. q. Aver. who IL attending
school al fiichhurg. Mass. IL spend
'nr = week > vacation al home,
Mr.. Violet Robertson Wood Of Ash.
..loi, \, IL, ~ guest Of her cousin.
Miss Ruth NJ. Robertson. this week.
Lewis Crafts Of Lyndonyillc spent
sunday aud Monday with Mrs. Crafts
~ her moiher's, Mrs., Hannah c. Park.
er's.
Malcolm Crawford, who has been
spending several weeks ~ Henry Craw.
ford >. returned Ia bis home IN Hatfield,
Mass. Monday.
Mrs. W T.. Pierce went Tuesday 10
their camp In Westminster. Miss Freeda
G. fember Is keeping house for her dur.
inc her absence.
The chimney in T. ". Hunileys
house eAnPht FIRE Friday and burned
through Saturday, finally setting fire
20 the woodwork around the chimney.
II was csiinguished after doing some
damage TO the room by the FIRE and
water
The Edwin 7. Hadley moving pie.
iure company will give an entertain.
mcui in the town hall Thursday eve.
ming, March 10, under the auspices OF
the Congregational church. The enter
tainment j. one 81 the best before the
public.
McEnn.llys singing orchestra, which
gave such general satisfaction at the
Fircmen 5 ball. has been engaged 10
come 10 Putney again under the aus.
pices Of the Jr. o. L. A. NJ. who will
give bali NJ the town hall Wednesday
evening. March l6.
The fortniehily club and guests were
pleasantly entertained al the home of
Mrs. ". +. Pierce last Friday afternoon.
The papers on the history Of Puiney
by Miss r. NJ Crawford and Miss Bes.
sie T. Braley were very interesting and
were enjoyed by all present.
The body Of Horace REYNOLDS was
brought 10 Pufnev for burial Thursday. |
Mr.. REYNOLDS was a former resident Of |
Putney. He died az Mortified. Mass. |
The funeral was held M the home of |
Miss Mary Elliot at 1880 clock |
Thursday. Rev. L. ". Morey. of the |
Congregational church. officiating. The |
burial was in the family LOT a, Mount
Pleasant cemetery.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
Thomas B. Nation Dead.

INA. II. Ma;ioon died al his home on
,r Avenue FRIDAY morning 81 old aet
q, the son Of John and Katherine
u.ll Nation and was horn in th.
1 on Main street where W. A, Priest
| I've. Jan. n, 1875, When a young
\, vent out iron Proyinceiown TO the
M Bank on fishing trip with feet
! yt~,l,, II Of which wer, lost. About
h, Tan one Of the hrst stages between
t,u. Fall and Rutland for his uncle.
November, 1850, be married Susan Park
|. 81 Ludlow. Vi. In 1853 he went TO
koinia where he remained three year.
/ ran the old hotel at Mortified from
10 1870 and the Sassawanna House
Palmer for three year.. Mrs. Nation
two years ago. He Is survived by two
hitter, and son. Mrs. Anna Il. Phelps
'N,, Gertrude c. Nation OF North.
aud George 7. Nation OF Worces.
also grandson, John Phelps, OF
thheld. and great.grandchild in Wor.
Or The funeral services were held
day al the home, Rev. y. Fay Smith
lainr.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
GROVE.

Dora Barber is at l.. y. French in
Guilford.
MAY De Wolf is visiting ia Bernard.
ston, Mass.
Will Wheeler is saving wood for
George Barber with his two horse row.
er saw.
Mrs. Will Holmes. who has been IN
with measles. is recovering. Bert and
Earl Worden are now victims.
In spite Of the very had travelling
the auction at r. O. Preston : was well
attended. Good prices were realized
cows ranging in price from $50 10 Sos
The ihaw this week has settled the
snow considerably and made very bad
travelling. some roads being impossible
Jacksonville and Bat,leboro stag, did
not make its trip Tuesday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
GREEN RIVER.
David worden is convaloscen,.

David worden is convalosc.ni.
The stage did no, go through Tues.
day.
perley Pond Is visiting bis uncle in
Vernon.
I'd, Boyden i working fer Arthur
wordcn.
Mrs., c. Fitch j. very IN and mas a
trained nurse
Norton Fairbanks Of Halifax j. visit.
ing his aunt, Mr., =. Gates.
Elisha Gates nae been forced TO close
the mill on account Of high water.
Gilbert Burroughs Of Rcadsboro visit.
ed his cousin, Mrs. Wrisley, last Friday.
Mr., Cross, the stage driver, Is III with
measles and Mr. Grousheck - taking
his place temporarily.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
How often do you
eat this food?

A short time ago there appeared in
the columns of one OF the prominent
magazines an article on building brain
and muscle by the proper selection of
The foods you eat.
A good many people were surprised
b And oatmeal placed at the top of the
Hist Of foods recommended; but if the
article had appeared in an English or
Scotch paper every reader would have
expected to see first place given to
good oatmeal.
As a matter of fact Great Britain
and Europe come to u for
quantities of Quaker Oats because i
represents to them perfect food, being
the richest in flavor and best in clean.
Illness and purity, of al oatmsals.
Convenience and economy are served
by the way il 10 paeksd-regular size
l6c packages and large siae family
packages, &c. s
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
WHlTINGHAM.

The Misses Beaudrys are spending the
week here with Mn. Ida Murdoch and Mrs
James Caffrey.
Ernest Simpson came from Deerfeld
to visit his sister. Mrs. Watson Hicks,
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Murdoch went
TO her fathers in Wilmington Sunday.
They will soon move back there.
Mr. Reach went TO his home in
Buc kland last Saturday, but vii re
turn TO load another ear with appies.
William Read went to Warwick Tues
dav 10 his newly acquired p-operty
there and j. 7 Randoll is here this week
looking after his mill property.
The drama. Strife, was gwen at Green
Mountain hall, Feb. %, and was well at.
tended considering the travelling There
was dance after II and supper at the
hotel.
We have had good. genuine thaw
which has left the roads in bad con.
dition and there is travelling only IN
cases of necessity. The rural mail car
rier has had TO "foot il y TO deliver his
mail. Wednesday he walked over the Is.
mile route and his substitute the nine
mile route.
Mrs. Elmira Eames Bates, who died
Tuesday of last week in Colrain. Mass,
was born in Nottingham Oct. 10, 1929,
and was married in September, ls4s, 10
Frank Bates of Erving, where they
made their home until 1869, when they
came to Colrain. Mr.. Bates died in 1901
and Mrs, Bates has since lived with
her daughters. She was the mother of
ten children. nine of whom are living,
Henri L. Bates. of Portsmouth. n H.;
Frank L., and Arthur L., of Colrain;
Mrs. Mary Meecham, Mrs. Abbie Ash
ton. Mrs. Flora Ware, Mrs. Martha Loo.
man, Mrs. Hattie York, of Colrain, and
Mrs. Elva Cole, Of Florence. There are
l6 grandchildren, and eight greatgrand
children living. Mrs. Bates was Of
genial nature, industrious and
active until her last sickness.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
VERNON.

Leon Pike, who has been i'll with acute
rheumatism, is now gaining.
Miss Mary Miller returned Monday
from visit with her parents in Guilford.
Miss Ethel Squires of Guilford is spend
ing a few days at Oak Grove Farm with
Miss Roby Wright.
Miss Ruth French of Springfield, Mass,
is at the Hubbard farm, guest OF her
aunt, Mrs. George H. Hubbard.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
JACKSONVILLE.

/. L. Hall sold 80 head Of cows ant
steers last week.
Will Hall of Wilmington was in towI
the first Of the week.
Frank Cross, the Brattleboro stage
driver. is i'll with measles.
DR.. Parady was called to Whining
ton the first of the week.
C. H. Grousbeck and Clyde Reed were
in North Adams Wednesday.
Brattleboro and Charlemont stages
did not make their trips Monday and
Tuesday.
E. A. Temple & company have been
giving the inside of their store coat
of paint
Town meeting was very quiet and
free from contests About 1875 voters
walked out to vote.
Several young people are interested
in the Reformer s short story contest
and soliciting of coupons has begun.
c. A. Faulkner s creamery check for
the last month was the largest ever
drawn by North River creamery.
George Coleman and D. Pike each
lost a horse last week. Mr.. Pike s
dropped dead while standing in the
road.
The "little, despised' Jerseys gener.
ally come up smiling, as do their owners
when it comes to the profits of milk and
butter. Charles A. Faulkner herd is
from the Merrygold. Brown Bessie and
Merry Maiden families and his cows
are all young. Of the II, seven are with
first calf, six with second, and only four
classed as old cows. The following is
their record for January: Pounds of
milk, 9797; pounds of cream, 24421h;
pounds of butterfat, SCI; cream test, %;
price per pound butterfat. 80 cents:
creamery check for January, $l79.76.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04

j. F. Wilson of Poulan, Ca, does not
hesitate to rush into print with the cheer
ing news that pecan nuts will soon take
the place of meat as staple food. A pecan
porterhouse does not sound over-hlling,
nevertheless.
If people make city, then New York
is the newest city on the continent, for
only one New Yorker out Of five had
American ancestors three generations
back
The Cleveland Leader appears to have
the tip that congress is to adjourn on
May l. Probably a typographical error
April was meant.
Oklahoma now has u more weather sta
tions than Kansas, and Kansas is SO sore
about it that the Kansas papers say that
it is only because Oklahoma has "a more
kinds of weather than Kansas.
Water thrown or sheet of ice in the
Arctic regions will crack the ice Just as
here boiling water will crack glass.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04

who is the man that everyone seems
to know?"
ooh, everyone knows him. He's our Sc
cret police. s-Fleigende Batter.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
GUILFoRD CENTER.

Z. w. Miner has been i'll the past three
weeks.
Walter Thayer has been i'll with pleurisy
and stomach trouble.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04
|me More Facts About Our School.

! T. Howard states more facts in regard
he schools in Mortified. In consider
| the increased cost OF schools in town
fact easily lost 10 sight is the cor.
bonding increase in the number OF
Bis. The report OF 1904 gives 1924 a
average membership of all the public
Ioos. That OF 1910 will indicate 2s2.6,
increase Of 20 pupils in the average
ImbeRhp OF all the public schools. The
h per pupil in the average membership
bees was S3oi3. while for this year the
h per pupil in the average membership
k9q.76, a decrease OF S267 for each pupil.
ION computing the cost for the inter
bling years. the following results are oh.
he'd The cost per pupil in the average
|mberhip for 1910 was s2976; 1899,
Isl: 1905, S3O.4 1907, 1921; 1905, So;
Is, s2s.43; 1904. S3243. During this time
! school has been added in East North.
d the entire high school has been de
oped, the schools in No. 3 and No. 6
We been reopened, while the schools in
b Q and No. 5 have remained closed. "
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-04

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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-02
Siemans' Captain Exonerated.

PORT HURON, Mich, May 20 The
statement of Frank Bassctt, steward OF
the sunkcn steamer Goodyear, that capt.
William McEroy of the steamer Sicmcns
ran his steamer over some uf the crew OF
the Goodyear who were clinging to floating
matches aud that he had refused To render
amy assistance to the men in the water, Is
declared to be untrue Ivy Capt, Gibson OF
the steamer Wood. Capt. Gibson says the
ScmcnS was short distance behind HIM
and was alongside of him about ten minutes
after the collision. that he did all any man
could do aud asked If he could be of service
To him. The Somens had barge IN tow
and capt. McElroy rounded to see If he
could b" of my service.
In letter to his wife, Capt McElroy
says hat hr did all he could do to save
some If the crew II was SO foGgy that he
could not see the men in the water. but
could hear them. and that he threw over q
number Of life preScrvcrS, hoping that the
unfortunate. would be able To pick them
up.
lie then rounded his steamer when he
was Informed 10y Capt. Gibson that his ShIp
was NOT sinking and was able to 20 back
to Fort Huron
Duc OF illr crew in letter TO Detroit
friend. Says. efforts to rescue thr Goodyear $
crew wrr. made hazardous 10y planbs nnd
debris released from the sunlteu boat, when
Shot 10 thu surfare with such force that
had one ~ the small boats been struck II
would have been wrecN,d Il.
President william |. nEstonP Of the l0Nc
carriers says death payments of the WEI
fare system will be made To hrhrhclarle'
of the dead members aS soon rs proper
Identification Is made OF those To receive
theE!.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-02
GEORGIANS PROFFER
THE EXPENSE MONEY.
President Taft Will Not Accept 1t, but
Will Pay Travelling Bill
Himself

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 2S.-A
protest against the action Of certain
Democratic members Of Congress in OPP
posing the appropriation of so, 900 for
the Presidents travelling expenses cover
ing the Presidents last southern trip,
and an lffer to make up the deficiency,
was telegraphed to Speaker Cannon to-
day bv the Augusta (Gu) Chamber Of
Commerce and Cotton exchange and
Gcorglu-C arolna fair association.
The memorial sent to the speaker, TO
be presented to the House and to Prcsi-
dent Taft, says: augusta. the winter
home of President Taft, stands iudig-
nant and mortified at the action of GER
tain Democratic members of Congress in
defeating by technical objection the
proposition to make retroactive 50 as TO
cover all the expenses Of his last south
cru trip the appropriation of $4,000
for the Presidents travelling expenses"
The Telegram then adds an offer of the
organizations 10 tender to the United
States the $500 necessary to meet the
deficiency Of the Presidents recent trans
continental trip.
The President upon reading the telc-
gram was much pleased, but said he
could not possibly accept the offer of
the patriotic Gcorgianr. He intends to
pay ont of his own pocket his travelling
expenses for the remainder of the fiscal
yrur. amounting 10 about $1,000 or
5000
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-02
ABANDON HOPE FOR
SUBMARINE CREW
DIVERS HAVE DIFFICULTY IN
FINDING WRECKED VESSEL.
INDICATIONS ARE THAT HULL WAS
CRUSHED IN CRASH.

CALAIS, France, May 27-iIope that
any Of the twenty-seven men imprisoned
in the French submarine Pluviose which
was sunk by the Pas de Calais off here
Thursday. survive, was all but aban-
doned this afternoon.
Reports made by the divers who under
great difficulty are attempting an eXami-
nation of the wreck, indicate that the
hull of the submarine was crushed in the
collision.
A hoti!la Of torpedo boats and dredg
crs with the force of divers worked vain
ly throughout the night to raise the i'll
fatcd war craft from her bed 100 feet
below the surface. Strong currents iu-
tcrfcrcd greatly with tho operations and
at noon little had been accomplished.
Admiral Il. De LaPayrcrr, minister Of
marine, is on the scene personally direct
ing the work,
The appearance of the submcrsble on
the surface for a brief period following
the accident is attributed by navy cX-
pcrts TO a desperate attempt Of her com
muudcr TO operate the flooding ma"h.u-
cry,
The channel steamship Pas dc Calais
sighted the pcrscope Of the Pluvlpso
some seventy feet ahead and backed, but
too late TO avoid a collision. The look
ont who first saw the pcriscope said that
ne had never seen such an instrument
before and mistook it f0r II buoy The
report that the Pmviose was operating
beneath the channel steamer in further
ancc Of ns practice in torpedoing pass
ing vessels is not generally credited.
Later this afternoon the PluviOse was
lifted from her mud bed by the swift
under current and swept from the view
Of the drivers. who were not able to
again locate her.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-02
NO, WAUSAU ISN'T DRY.
Otherwise the Town Clock Would Strike
Is and Pink Zebras Would
Climb Poles.

wAUSAT. Wis, May Is Special r.
John Hacfe butcher, said today that
while returning from Marathon Friday
with his team the horse stopped in the
middle of the road and trembled with
fear. Haete jumped out to investigate
the cause and saw huge pine snake
coied mp in front of the horse and dart
ng Il forked tongue at him. He took
the wagon bit and struck the reptile
several times, which seemed to infuriate
the snake and it sprang ut the man
Hacha then started to run with the
snake after him. They ran for over 100
yards, the snake gaining all the time
Haoha finally took q rock and crushed
the head of the snake. 1t measured over
seven feet in length and Ilaehe has the
skin to prove it.. Haetle says it is the
most narrowing experience he ever had.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-02
LAWLER ISDEFENDANT.
c.. P. Connolly Brings Suit for Slander
Against the Assistant At
torney General.

WASHINGTON, u. c., May Is
Christopher Z. Connolly, a lawyer Of
Montana aud New York and a writer
for the magazines, has filed suit in the
supreme court of the District of Column
bia to recover $4,000 damages for al
legged Islander from Oscar LAWYER, as
sistant attorney general Cor the interior
department.
The suit is the first Of the threatened
legal proceedings growing out of the Bal
linger- Pinchot aquiry.
The basis of the action is the teSti-
mony alleged to have been given by Mr..
LAWYER May II before the Balllnger-
Pnchot joint committee, wherein Mr.,
LAWYER is alleged to have referred TO
Mr.. Connolly and others as 'despicahIe
scoundrels who would stoop to any
depths of degradation.
lie is further alleged TO have testified
thar "a man named Connolly stood on
the deck of the steamship Republic just
before it went down and trampled down
women and children in an attempt to get
to a lfeboat.'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-02

BADEN BADEN, May 2S.-Prof
Robert Koch, the famous bacteriologist
and discoverer of tuberculin. used in the
treatment 70 tuberculosis, died here Fri
day afternoon from Il disease of the
neart. He was born Mt Klausthal, Han
over, December II, 1913
DR.. koch's entire life was given to
palnstaklng and perSeverlng but bold and
original research in medicine, particular
~ III the development and extension of
knowledge of the disease bearing germs
and their behavior under all possible con-
ultlons affecting human health.
l)r. hochs career as an investigator
began after his graduation in 1866 from
the University of Gottlngen. During the
fourteen years following. which he spent
as an humble practlcing physician in sew
trdl small towns of eastern Prussia. he
was studying bacterioogy. then compar-
atlvely unknown science. AS early as
lA'O he bad isolated the bacillus of an
thraX-SDlenlc fever, as il is sometimes
called-to which cattle and sheep are
subject and which sometimes attacks
man.
preventive incubation against disease
10y the use of Il serum or lymph Is Il
method one might say originated with
l'r. hoCh. After his discoveries as to
the nature of the bacillus causing an
thraN Koch devoted himself TO the study
or the tuberculosis germ and to the So
called comma bacillus identified with
the cause of cholera.
1t was by the discovery and use of
tuberculin lpopulariy known as Koch
ymph'D that his fame became world
wide. This tuberculin. which he pre-
pared in 1891, he himself claimed to be
useful only in pulmonary tuberculosis,
contining its use to the comparat lively
early stages of the disease
DIR. Koch afterward held that tuber-
culoss in man is disease distinct from
tuberculosis in cattle and other lower
animals, and denied the possibility of the
transmission of the disease from these
animals to man.. The great majority of
The medical profession however, holds
to the contrary view.
Later DR.. Koch devoted much study to
he sleeping sickness bacillus, residing in
the infested region of central Africa. He
discovered palliative for the scourge.
DR.. kochs work was recognized and
rewarded by the German government
and he held many official positions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-02
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

flour quotations IN chfIolS are: llart
spring Wntpt patents. in wood. 5.3tNtJ 10
suightS, in wood, I.l1TI.2I: export pat
outS in sacks. i.5jfi Loo; first clear. il
sacks I.25ni.35; rye. i'm wood. i.oluIlU
country. 3.25n&.5o; sacks Kansas, in wood.
100.
No eggs dairy and gram markets in Mil
wauE.r today: Decoration day.
LONDON. May 3O.-ronsuls for money
50 ll-ld; consois for account. - Isle; Anal
-HmutCd Copper 724; Anaconda, 81: Atch
son. ll2h; AtchtSon ptd, 100; Baltimore n
ohio. 1lTll; Canadian Pacific, 2U2&l. ChcSa.
pcakr u OHIO, SN'l Chicago Great Western
Beers. IN; Denver 4 Rio Grandc. i1la.
Denver \ Rio Grandc pfd. SOL; Erie 29li
Erie LIST pfd. IS: Erie md pfd. 3S; Grand
Trunk. "O5,; Illinois Central, f"9: Louisville
n Nashville, ljli2: Missouri Kansas 4
Texas, -: New York Central, 123l!; Norfolk
& Western lOll2; Norfolk x Western pfd
-. ontario Il Western. 4Nl2, Pennsylvania,
90: Rand Mines N"s; Reading. S}il, South
.ru Railway 2I&l: Southern Railway pfd.
Gle; southern Pacific, l225o; Union la rtc
1889; lnton Pacific pfd, o7i2; United States
steel. SIis. United States Steel ptd. 121i4.
Wabash. II: Wabash pfd, "a Spanish Is
nIl4. Bar silver, steady. u 1l-lGd pei
ounce, Money. @1a6ti per cent. The rate OF
discount la tn" open market for short bills
j. @hs per cent The rate of discount in the
open market for three months bills is -:
LONDON. May 3o.-Thc market here for
American securities was quiet today ON ac.
count of The holiday in New York. but hard
light buying with AmagamHtCd copper
lending The close was steady.
LONDON. May 3o-Bullton amounting tc
Etl".u,N w0s taken into the Bank of Eng
land ON balauC" today.
PARIS. May 3U-1hrcc per cent. rentcs
9Sf Sc for tn" account. Exchange ON Lon
don 21f 2Tl2c for checks.
BERLIN. May 3o.-ENchangc on London
20 marks Aol2 pigs, for checks. Money, ~
per cent Private rate of discount, "a per
cont.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-02
CHAMP CLARK HOPEFUL
Minority Leader Believes That He Will
Be Elected Speaker of the House IN
Next Congress.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. MAY 30-"I
would rather be speaker for two years
than United States senator for eighteen
years." said Representative Champ
Clark of Missouri, the Democratic lead
err of the House today. "Of course, there
is nothing certain but death and taxes,
hut the Democrats will control the next
House and sure as you are living, and |
think | have a good show for the speak
ership.'
In this way Mr. Clark disposed OF the
report that he would be "A candidate for
the Senate to succeed Senator Warner,
Republican, Continuing, Ir. Clark
said:
Mr.. Cannon will be the Republican
candidate for speaker next time. Its
too, early yet to predict the maiorites
The greatest majority the Democrats
have aver had in the House was lis III
1890 the greatest the Republicans have
had was ia in the E'ifty-ninth Congress
when Roosevelt was elected President.