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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-22

7OIS ISSUE
the Boy
place he entered before gets home all right and
IS able to slip into bed without father mother knowing
it, and lays his young face the pillow to sleep off
the effects of his first drink of whisky.
Will Wonder Why They Ever Tolerated It
No. this is not strange. 1t happens every day One hun
dred thousand boys take first drink each year
and one hundred thousand take drink each
year.
want to be recorded believing and saying that the
time will come in America when will wonder why they
ever put up with the saloon business at ALL To my mind
1t IS mener lower down business than slavery was
1t will steal boys character and his lob away from
him. 1t will take the last crumb out of the cupboard
plaster the working mans home with mortgage It will
take every dollar out OF mans overas and then kick him
out the back door. Yes, sir; it's blghtng wherng
burning shame and enough make every man blush who
has vote
The Destiny of the Republic With the Boys
Yes George has promised touch it again. and
believe him. but every Saturday afternoon boys
go by on horseback, reminded that solid phalanx
two hundred miles long, must ride into this awful vortex
every twelve months in order keep this accursed mill
grinding.
am not talking about you whose whiskers are
nged with gray. You have been sde-steppng ON this
question until lot of you have become string halted But
OeofSo
take his first drink before he had learned shave look
out over the farms of this country and I supremacy
happy when behold my forty thousand boys Harvesting up
and equppng for the battle of life
watch them they swing open the gates and hit the
burrows down the belt of America
run and crawl upon stump and and wave and
wave and shout myself hoarse this great army youth
and strength and manhood by, and say to myself
there passing by the flower of this Nation In
them wrapped the destiny of this republic And
God forbid that crowd two and half times az
this should again be sacrificed to the y Sorsn6ss
OF this any other country. q q
Will Compel Nomination Men Who Are With the o1
have been Republican all my life. I gone ont
and beat the brush to get out the vote and stood the
chairs and shouted myself hoarse the convention
But declare to today that who gets my
for in the future has got stand four square
this question: and be at heart for the boy against the
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-22
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE
The Saloon and the Boy

place he entered before He gets all right and
able to slip into bed without father mother knowing
it. and lays his young face pillow to sleep off
the effects of his first drink of whisky
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-04-22

The Saloon
Will B. Orwell is editor and publisher Of Owell's Farmer
Boy paper devoted to the interest of the farmer boys Of
this country This boys paper has host of readers and
Mr. Orwell possesses gift of gaining and holding the
confidence of his farmer boys that keeps him intimate
terms with thousands of them
He received letter from of his boys the other day
which eloquent for county local option We
reproduce it below together with the of Mr.
Otwell
We don't believe that it takes jolt like this letter to
the average farmer proper of the danger
Of the saloon to his boy. He knows it and is anxious
strike the blow that will make the saloon take the
Give him the opportunity with county option This boys
father the exception and the letter printed for his ben
eft and others like him.
The city and town boys in constant danger in the
license town from the saloons aurements where the far
boy is part of the time least removed from this in
fuence but fathers, the farmer is with you He's an
ally that be depended upon Everybody pull together
for county local option
Took His First Drink
''Dear Mr. Otwe:-I took my first drink last
Saturday. [ am ashamed [ can't tell anybody
but you. [ am only 16, and pa would kill me if he
knew it, but pa votes for saloons BECAUSE he says
the license helps to town Send me
blue pledge quick and | promise you to do
again. The way it happened of us farmer
boys were in town, and some of the big got to
teasing and saying afraid 90 in a
saloon, and when went in they laughed at
and said afraid to drink glass of red
stnff that found out afterwards whisky.
81 awfuly ashamed and it made awfully
sick, and [ nearly fell off my horse going home
Please don show my letter to anyone. Your Boy
What Do You Fathers Think of That?
What do you boys think Of that? What do you mothers
think Of that What do you fathers think of that? Not
your boy? No, it wasn't.
Ought to have had better sense? Perhaps. Ought to
have been at home? Most likely. One drink won't hurt
him? Maybe not. He must get used to it? Seems so.
The Ladies' Home Journal this month prints very tell
ing imaginary picture Of three hundred boys and
girls who lost their lives by the silly practice of exploding
dangerous fireworks the Fourth of July It prints
other picture Of great many outstretched hands with this
finger that finger two fingers three fingers blown
off by Fourth Of July fireworks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-11
Sanford Is Believed to Have
Sailed for Some Foreign Port.

Portland, Me. July 10.--Nothing has
been seen here of the Shiloh bark
Kingdom since early Saturday morn
ing and it is believed she has sailed
FOR some foreign port. The last of the
baggage stored at South Freeport was
taken on Saturday morning
The Kingdom has been lying off
here for about week. but has never
approached within the 3-miles limit
Of shore. While at Halifax some l.
lays ago she took on about $4,000
worth of stores and while here from
Shiloh have embarked on the boat.
Not j word has been heard of the
yacht CorOnot, also of the Shiloh feet.
since she was sighted by Maine
fisherman three weeks ago.
Reported efforts have been made by
local officers to serve papers in civil
suits on Rev Frank Sandford the
head Of the sect. but they have failed.
Sheriff Trefethen went out in Nat
'Gordon"s motor boat shortly after
noon in another attempt to locate the
Kingdom in the hope that it might
be inside the three-mile limit.
The sheriff went out as far as the
lightship and iourneyed along to Half
Way rock and across to South Free
port but nowhere could he get trace of
the bark. At South Freeport it was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-11
AN ENORMOUS TRADE
Being Done With Non Contiguous
Territories by Uncle Sam.

Washington. July 10.-Trado Of the
United States with its non contiguous
territories for the fiscal year Just end
ed aggregated about $4,000. 900. az
cording to statistics of the department
of commerce and labor. The depart
mont contrasts this with the record of
1897. when the trade with non-contig
uous territories aggregated only $35.
900 900
Statistics show that for II months of
the last fiscal year the shipments from
the United States to Porto Rico. Ha-
wai. the Philippines. Guam, Midway,
Tutuia and Alaska, amounted to S75,-
900. 900 and the shipments therefrom to
the United States 500. 100000. This
trade, both exports and imports. was
larger than that of the preceding year.
The largest percentage of gain was in
the Philippines. to which the recent
tariff act extended the privilege of in
ter change of merchandise free of duty.
Imports from the Philippines in the
II months ending with May. 1910 We're
valued at ST.. 8874iS. against SS36o,A29 In
the same months of 1909 Exports for
the corresponding periods amounted to
s1514O.445 in 1910 and S9.S25.083 in 1909.
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Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. July 10-For Monday
and Tuesday: The Lake disturbance
is now central over east Ontario. II
has caused showers in the Middle Al
lantic states. mostly from thunder
storms The heat wave With tenpera
lures of 80 degrees or higher. continued
to be felt sunday over the entire At
lantic states. The winds along the New
England and Middle Atlantic coast viii
be moderate outhwest to west. Fore
cast for New England: Showers Mon
dav and somewhat cooler. Tuesday
generally fair, moderate south TO south
west winds.
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Ten Deaths from Heat ProStrationS Alone in New
York City, People Driven insane. Several
Drowning Accidents in Maine and Else.
where oRe|iefbeforeLate 1hiSAfternoon,
7 HOTTEST OF THE YEAR.

New York, July 10-This was the
hottest day of the year in New York
Three persons went mad with the
heat and 10 others died of it. Ane list
of prostrations was long. but not sc
heavy as Yesterday One of the crazed
sufferers became 50 violent that the
magistrate who signed an order for his
commitment to Bellevue had to hold
court on the sidewalk while the pris-
oner was held in restraint.
The night had been sutfocating and
with the first rays of sunlight the Their
momcter began to climb again. At u 30
p. NJ, it was 80 degrees. one degree
hotter than yesterdays maximum at
4P. NJ, but the humidity was not so
high and early in the afternoon a
breeze sprang up. Shortly afterward
q thunder shower rolled in from New
Jersey and although it did not
sprinkle the lower end of the city, it
cooled the air. At 4 o'clock the temper
ature had gone down seven degrees
and was sinking steadily.
Nevertheless. the forecast for to-
morrow prophesied continued neat
with only possible local showers.
Two more deaths from the heat
were reported tonight.
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eral politics: not so much with New York
state. Mr. Loeb expressed the belief,
however, that the Republicans in New
York would get together election day and
would be successful 'as usual" He also
predicted that William r. Hearst and
Mayor Gaynor would get to fighting and
thus break up the ranks of the Demo
cratic opposition. adding that much to
the Republican opportunities.
Secretary Norton was with Mr.. Loeb
until late tonight. He also was anxious.
he said. to get in touch with the poit-
cal situation as seen by Mr.. Loeb.
So far as the possibility of Mr.. Loeb 6
candidacy for the governorship is CON
cerned it was stated here tonight that it
was not nece ssary for him to come t.
MI Taft for an Endorsement. for it had
been known all along that Taft has look
ed with favor upon the reports that Mr.
Loeb might be the successor of Governor
Hughes. Mr.. Taft is anxious that the
candidat" in New York shall be man
upon whom all Republicans can unite and
who will have the unqualified support of
Gov. Hughes. He has told several of his
visitors. it is said. that Mr. Loeb seem
ed to fill the bill
AS an evidence of the renewed activity
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in Beverly, it is said tonight that Pres
ident Taft may see three members of his
cabinet this week. although definite en-
gagements have not BEEN made as yet.
Attorney General Wickersham and Sec
rotary Nagel of the department of COM
merce and labor are at the latter's homo
in Marion. Mass, not SO many miles
away. Both of these cabinet members
are starting for Alaska the latter part
of the month
The President has a bill for new form
of government in Alaska which he will
urge at the next session of Congress.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh
is expected at Burgess Point during the
week.
President Taft. accompanied by Mrs.
f. A. Ray of Washington, a house guest
at Burgess Point. attended services today
at the First Parish Unitarian church.
Mrs. Taft. accompanied by Miss Helen
Taft and Mrs. f. r. McClintock. also Of
Washington, attended st. Peters Episco-
pal church. Later this afternoon the
whole Taft family. with several invited
guests had tea and a sail on the Sylph.
President and Mrs. Taft dined tonight
with the w. ]. Boardmans and Miss Ma
bel Boardman of Washington at their
Continued on Page Four.)
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SEVEN DROWNiNGS
Is Connectiout's Sunday Record. All CT
Them Accidental.

New Haven. Conn. July 10.-There
we're seven drownings in the state to-
day all accidental. William Klutz. OF
North Carolina. was drowned while
swimming in Lees pond. East Had
dam. Carl Carlson. IS years old. fell
from a boat while fishing in Cedar
lake. Bristol; Rudolph Politz. who
came to this country three months
ago. lost his life while bathing in
Birge's pond near Bristol: Miss Alice
Fox. Is. of 272 East 4th street. New
York, while bathing in the Housatonic
river was swept out by the current and
drowned, an unknown man wa
drowned in a brick pool at the Berlin
brick yards, Berlin; and Kilroe and
George Massicotte of Waterbury lost
their lives in Lake Quassapaugh. The
latter lost his life trying to save
Kilroe.
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BOSTONlANS SUFFER.
Three Deaths-Scores of Prostrations
Thousands Go to Beaches.

Boston, July 1O.-While thousands of
tired and weary mortals covered every
level stretch of the common like dried
leaves in autumn. through the greater
part Of today. Mormon exhorter and a
colored preacher in heavy br adcloth
preached with campmeeting fervor, the
only animated beings. apparently. within
miles Only Gabriel's trump or snow
storm would have aroused the motion
less forms. however. for it was the hot
test day of the year in Boston. the mer-
curry hurdling the century mark for sew
eral hours. the official weather bureau
mark being % degrees at o'clock.
Three deaths and a score of prostrations
were reported by the police William
Cross. aged 70 years. of los Summer
street, was overcome by heat and fell
down stairs. dying on the way to the Re
lief hospital in East Boston. Miss Cath
crime Green. aged a.. of % Causewey
street. was the second victim. The third
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DROWNING ACCIDENTS.


Boston. July 1O.-New England wa
ters claimed toll of II lives on this.
the hottest Sunday of the year. In
nearly every case the victims were
seeking relief from the torrid temper
atures by plunge in the cooling wa
terS of pond or river and several of
the accidents We're marked by heroic
attempts at rescue. In one case, that of
Mrs. Patrick McCabe of Lonsdale, R.
l.. WHO was found in canal with her
babe claSped in her arms, suicide was
committed but the woman's condi-
ton was due to the heat. The day.
victims were:
Eugene Boucher %. Auburn. Me-.
drowned in the Little Androscoggin
river
Wlfred Portrois. 20, Brunswick, Me.
drowned in Water Works pond.
George Casey. II. Portland, Me.
drowned i'm Stroudwater river.
Mrs. Patrick McCabe and her baby.
Lonsdale. r. l., drowned in Black
stone canal.
Orlando Salvatore 25. Winchendon.
Mass, drowned in Lake Watatic.
Conrad Svenson. %. Gardner, Mass,
drowned in Parker's pond.
George f. Cone. Jr.. 25 Worcester
Mass. drowned in Lake Quinsigamond
Joseph Wisnewiki, %, Worcester,
Mass. drowned in Lake Quinsigamond
Carl o. f. Wilson. I. Worcester.
Mass. drowned in Curtis pond.
Rickardo Ajo. Quincy, Mass. drown
ed in water hole of a stone quarry.
Helen Green. G. New Bedford. Mass.
drowned in Apponagansett river.
Demetras Goges. "a. Manchester. n.
H. drowned in Nuts pond.
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REDUCING DEFICIT,
Over $4,000, ooocutotf
The Postal Shortage.
Remarkable Trade Enjoyed With
Our Outlying Territories.
Surveying Public Domain LANDS
Opened to Settlement.

Washington. July 10.-.More than $40
000,O reduction in the postal deficit
has been made in the first nine months
of the fiscal year just ended, according
to final returns just received by Post
master General Hitchcock. from the
auditor for the postoffice department.
The deficit for the nine months was g.
10000. against $12,S32, 900 in the same
period of the preceding fiscal year
In the third quarter of the past fiscal
year. the quarter ending March 81, the
postal service earned surplus of ST.
$4,000. the revenues for the quarter
amounting TO $5&, 900 and the ex-
penditurcs to 1851 900 The latter
showed an increase of 10 per cent. over
the same quarter last year. while the
former showed an increase of less
than ( per cent.
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HEAT BELT 2t00 FEET.
GIidden Goes to Top-Says 1t Viii
Pass Away Late Today.

Lowell July 10.-That the present ht
wave reaches an altitude of POO feet wa
the discovery made Saturday by Charl'
J. Glidden. who made an ascension in tn
balloon Massachusetts. starting from tn
gas works at Ass P. NJ. Accompanying
Mr.. Glidden were John J. Van Walker
berg of South birmingham, VINO acte
as pilot. and Edward F.. Strout of Lynn
AS the balloon assembled the thermom
eter registered 90 degrees and there wa
A. northwesterly wind blowing. The bal
loon passed over Lowell at an altltud
NJ 700 feet. over Tewksbury at an alt
tude of 1900 feet and over Andover at 21o
feet, the highest elevation reached.
At this elevation the thermometer drop
ped % degrees to 70 and the wind chang
ed its direction completely, blowing iron
the southeast This drove the balloon
toward this city again. The landing wa
made 40 minutes after the start upon IN
Hood farm on the border line of Tewks
bury and Andover on the south bank
the Merrimac river.
Basing his opinion upon prior eXperl
ences, Mr.. Glidden said that 1t is NJ
opinion the present hot wave VIII 'as
two more days Mr. Glidden SAID that
wear ago he assembled from FNchour
and found the top of a hot wave at a
altitude of 24OO feet. That hot spell last
cd for two DAYS afterward. On one othe
occasion last year Mr.. Glidden found tn
ton Of hot wave at an altitude of jon
feet and then the duration of the no
spell was one day.
Basing his Judgment upon these experi
ences. Mr. Gidden was prepared TO sa'
Saturday night that the present no
wave having a depth of POO feet. WI
last two more days and will prooaoi'
CONTINUED on Page Tenn
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BECAME EXHAUSTED.
Wilfred Portrois Of Brunswick Drown
ed in Water Works Pond.

Brunswick. Me. July 1o,-Whilc tax
ing lessons in swimming from two
companions at tie Water Works pond
today, Wilfred Porrois. 20 years OF
age. attempted to swim across the
pond and when ne had covered about
half the distance, became exhausted
and was drowned. His friends. Alfred
LeChance and William st. Pierre. who
were accompanying him on the swim.
made futile efforts to rescue Portrois,
hut neither was a strong swimmer and
tho., we're obliged to leave him to save
themselves The body was later re-
covered in II feet of water.
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SEIZED WITH CRAMPS.
Euuene Boucher Of Auburn Drowned
In Little Androscoggin.

Auburn, Me-, July 10.-While his two
Young brothers stood on the shore
helpless and watched him, Eugene
Boucher. local mill operative. was
drowned in the Little Androscosgin
river TODAY The three were out for
a swim and the older brother, the only
one who could swim. was seized with
cramps while some distance from
shore. The brothers were unable to
answer his calls for aid ard there was
nobody else about Boucher was y
wears of age.
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victim of the heat in Boston was Philip
J. Sexton, aged 4, of 231 Goldman street
Dorchester, who was taken i'll at his
home and died five minutes later.
Tenement and apartment houses were
emptied of men, women and children, and
the harbor steamers and beach resort
did the biggest business of the year
Over 100000 went to Revere. where sos
patronized the state bath house. At the
l. street bath house $1,000 took plunge
during the day. City Point was the Mec-
ca of 10000 more. while 10000 rode out to
the Blue Hill reservation.
Probably for the first time in Boston
electric fans were installed in some Of
the churches today
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1ODAYS JOURNAL CONTENTS,
Page One.


TELEGRAPH-Hotte of the Season
and Intense Suffering; Ten Deaths from
Heat Prostitution in New York City; Peo-
pie Driven Insane-Several Drowning Ac-
cidents in Maine and Elsewhere-Mr.
Loeb Visits Pres. Taft to Talk Politics
age.
Page Two.
LOCAL-Pttsfeld. Skowhegan and Gar
diner Local News.
Page Three.
LOCAL-waterville. Fairfield and Oak
land Local News
Page Four.
SPOPTING-ssturda and Sunday
Baseball Results-Johnson Saws He Will
Give Jeffres Another Chance-Other
Sports.
Page Five.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
Page Six.
EDITORIAL
Page Seven.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPu-state
House acknowledgements Duel Bet-aen
Officer and Bandit at East Brsintree.
Mass. County News-Winthrop Local
News.
Page Eight.
LOCAL AND TEL .EGRAPH-Sad
Drowning of Two Well~elev College Girls
Clever Roundup Of Gang of Burglars
Page Nine.
LOCAL-Firemen Defeat North vassal-
boro Team-Amusements Briefs.
Page Ten.
TEL ECPApu
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learned that all of the baggage had
been shipped from there. Accompany
ing the sheriff on the trip was the Sy-
rian. Wobby Joseph. who has sworn
out writ of habeas corpus for the
recovery of his sister, who is believed
to be on the Kingdom.
Sheriff Trefethen made inquiries all
along the way and could find no trace
of the Kingdom or it's crew since Fri
dav
The sheriff returned to this city at
$50 Saturday evening and will make
no further attempts to locate the ship
until he gets some definite information
that they are inside of the three mile
limit Then he will make an attempt
to serve his writs.
Friday afternoon a man believed to
have been Sandford called at the Office
of the American Express Co. and in
CURED for a barrel consigned to the
phophet. The stranger asked how
much the express on the barrel was
and was told but he had not been seen
or heard from since. The barrel
weighed 1870 pounds and is believed by
the express company officials to con-
tain metal of some kind in the form Of
fixtures for use on an engine, possibly
used on the yacht for hoisting pur-
poses.
The stranger after leaving the ex-
press office went down Federal street
as if looking for a truckman to call
and get the barrel.
Portland. Me, July 10.-Frop this
time forward unless Rev. Frank w.
Sanford returns and faces the civil
suits against him he will be second
Philip Nolan and will be man with
out a country. His yacht. the King
dom. is outside and is beyond the s.
mile limit, but in the event Of a great
storm he must put to sea or some IN,
accept service and give bonds 1t Is
believed that he is getting ready to
transfer the headquarters Of his
movement from Maine to some for
eign possession.
IT has been some time since he held
personal sway at Shiloh and 1t Is be-
lieved here that if he is kept from re-
turning to the great building on top
of the hill. the holy spot of his teach
ings and the place where he claimed
to have received many revelations, his
movement will rapidly come to an
end
Apart from him and without his
presence the buildings at Shiloh would
he of little value and he would be
forced to begin anew wherever ne
went. Z
Comedian Il Comedian, the attorneys
for Mrs. Whittier. are watching for
Mr. Sanford to land to make person
al service on him in suits. There Is
no sign that his followers are desert
ing him of that their faith In him Is
any less than before his return from
Jerusalem and those who know some
thing Of Shiloh and its people believe
that very few would desert their
leader in any event. 1t is possible that
he might use Shiloh as a recruiting
station in the event of settling else
where.
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.Newsy Matters===
National Interest.

Washington. July 10-Four parties
already have started work. five will go
out this week and 70 soon will be put
in the field by Commissioner bennett
Of the general land office under the
new scheme by which the public do
Continued on Page F'ourD
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THE WEATHER
COOLER-SHOWERS.

Washington, July 10.-The tempera
ture will moderate somewhat Monday
in the middle and New England states;
showers will occur Monday in those
sections