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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
TAFT DIMES WITH
 UNIVERSITY CLUB

| New York March. 2S.-Sixty-hve mem-
 bers of the class of Yale, IFS, among them
 the President of the United States dined
 in private tonight at the University club | in New York.
 There were no set speeches and report CTS were barred. Stanley w. Dexter presided. President Taft, coming to the city es- pecially for the annual class dinner, was accompanied by Henry D. Hollister, a
 classmate recently appointed to the
 United States district court in Ohio, and by Capt. Graham Johnson, U s. A., who
 made the trip In place of Capt. Archibald w. Butt, the Presidents military aide,
 who was detained in Washington. Crossing to New York on the ferry, the PIesiden. went to the Holland house,
 where Charles P Taft of Cincinnati is
 staying temporarily. From there he went
 to the banquet. What transpired at the banquet will not
 of college men, rather than dinner to the President.
 The class of '7S had originally 1855 mem-
 bers; 13O were graduated 96 of these sur vIve and 65 found their way to the gath ering tonight.
 Toasts were drunk to the President of the United States, to Yale, to the class, and to the absent members Governor Hughes, it will be recalled, recently remarked humorously that 53 per cent of the surviving members of the class held federal office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29
Taft Speaks of Brewer

New York, March 2S.-President Taft left for Washington over the Pennsyl- vania at 12:36 a. m. Just as he was swinging aboard the train the news of Justice Brewers death was imparted to him.
 He was an able judge" said the Pres ident as he departed.
 In the hurry of departure 1t was inn possible for the President to comment at length on the justices death, but his sorrow was apparent. He was smiling and shaking hands with the Jerspy City po- lice guard when a reporter appeared with the news from Washington. The Presi- dednt's smile disappeared immediately and he shook his head thoughtfully
 Such a report reached me at the Uni- versity club said he, ''but thought it was false. He was an able judge.''
 In moment more the train, on its way to Washington, drew out of the shed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-29

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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08

Tne conecuon OF manuscripts goeR
back to the earliest settlements in
what was the Louisiana Territory. Il
is already one Of the largest ccllec-
tons In the United States. Many Of
the manuscripts relate to the French
and Spanish sovereignty. Included
are original petitions Of many early
settlers OF Missouri and other states.
In the Louisiana Territory for land
grants, There are early marriage COM
tracts. There are official letters Of the
governors and commandants before.
the American authority superseded tbs
Spanish, ,Thera are contracts md ne
ROTATIONS more than century old.
The firas printing press set up ana
used west Of st. Louis and the SEQ
ond printing press brought to this side
Of the Mississippi is one Of the his
torical exhibits. It was used at
Franklin, Missouri, to print the Mis-
souri, intelligencer" a. early as 1919.
One Of the cannon carried on the.
steamboats, OF the American Fur Com,
pany one hundred years age ID pre-
served. There are many oil portraits
of governors and prominent pioneers
Of the states within the Louisiana
Purchase.
! The Indian collection is already
: large; 1t inrndeE $4,000 specimens.
One Of the priced possessions Of the
Historical Society which will be given
conspicuous position Is the suA-
y dial which Thomas Jefferson made
and used. at his home, Monticello. ID
= Virginia.
y Genealoeies. private letters and
= diaries Of persons resident In ths
y Louisiana Territory will be included
y In family history department. Some
y years ago the collection OF material
u Of this kind was undertaken BY ths
~ Missouri Historical Society. The &C
= cumuiation Is already large and re
!" ceiving frequent additions. With as
~ surances Of protection against Ore
ps this department devoted TO the his
- - tory Of families resident in the Put
- chase states will increase rapidiv. ,
~ On the 3oth Of April, 1903. occurrs'
- the dedication ceremonies Of tn
=, Worlds Fair. Addresses were mad
nc ~ by President Roosevelt and By II
~ ~ only living ex,Prssident, Grover oiev'
= land. The tribute TO Jefferson pal
~ by Mr.. Cleveland may well md
y place on one Of the tablets bensat
~. the arch.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08
JEFFERSON
4 MEMORIAL
MONUMENT PLANNED IN COM
MEMoRATioN or LOUIS
lana PURCHASE.
COST s4OO, 900 ASDESICNED

Louisiana Purchase Day Is oh
served BY st.. Louis. Annually, on the
both day of April, the officers ana
directors Of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition assemble with city officials
as their guests. The custom Is six
years old. The Worlds Fair OF isO4
opened on Louisiana Purchase Day
Since the Fair the day has been OBJ
served regularly, and with increasing
interest. This year the gathering was
of much more than local Importance.
II was made memorable by the pres
/ entation Of the completed design and
plans for "the erection at st. Louis
i OF monument to Thomas Jefferson
In commemoration Of the acquisition
Of the, Louisiana Territory"
The quoted words are from an act
OF Congress- passed In March, 1902
10 encourage the movement. More
than twelve months commission has
, been engaged upon the plans to be
submitted first to the Louisiana Pur'
chase Exposition directors, and. upon
, their approval, to the city of st. Louis
r beginning with the assurance that a
least 100000 would be available, tht
I commission from time to time sub
! mitted sketches OF no fewer than Nv
I different designs.
nj Plans Are Approved.
. The subject OF a fitting monuuen
u 20 Jefferson In connection with tn
d acquisition Of the Louisiana Territor
4 grew upon the minds Of the commits
: sion and Of the board Of directors 9
q the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
i The commission was given increase
q latitude The result was that th
monument as presented at the ann
70 yersary dinner this year win col
vi twice as much a. the original es'
mate. The directors BY q unanimo'
vote approved the plans and directs
isl The Executive Committee 20 carl
sel them ont upon receipt of the sppfcv
! OF the city government
~ This monument IS now design'
to vim cost 100000. exclusive Of z
IN site, which viii be given By the eli
| Il Is more than stone and marble.
=. Il a living monument which will gre
IN estimation with generations
come 1t Is such a monument as J,
isrson would have chosen.
a. 1sha ttea ~ n Jefferson monnn1A
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08

surface, wnicn represents third part
OF the United States. there is not a
statue raised to Thomas Jefferson
In 1899 q Louisiana Purchase Con-
vention was held in St. Louis. Every !
state and territory In the Purchase
was represented by delegates, repre- |
sentative men. who had received ere
dentials from their respective govern
orr. The convention was called TO
consider and determine the most ap-
propriate form of Observance Of the
approaching centennial Of the acquisi'
tion. The delegates declared by unan.
| imous vote In favor OF 4 Worlds Fair,
but throughout the proceedings the
sentiment was marked that In some
way there should result from the
Worlds Fair an enduring monument
10 Thomas Jefferson. David r. Fran
els, addressed the convention by re-
quest, giving voice to the sentiment
In these words:
Francls Voices Sentiment.
at ls to the shame Of the wealth
and culture of the Louisiana territory
that nowhere within Its broad confines
has there been erected monument
TO Thomas Jefferson. On the campus
| of the University OF Missouri, at Co
lumbia, stands the unpretentious shaf'
designed by Jefferson to mark hil
last resting place. 1t bears the In
scription prepared by him: Here wa
buried Thomas Jefferson, Author Q
the Declaration OF American lndt
pendenes, Of. the statute Of Virgini
for religious freedom. and father Q
} the University Of Virginia. II wa
! removed from Monticello in 1885, ate
mere fitting obelisk had supplante
/. It. Thomas jefferson needs no mont
a ment to keep his memory and deed
fresh in the minds and hearts OF h
[ countrymen, but they owe it to then
3 selves to show their appreciation
> his worth. Wherever and however u
Q york Of this great American may
celebrated, and l take 1t for grant'
that we viii not permit its centenni
I anniversary toi pass unnoticed, let
e mark the completion OF the first &C
y tnry Of republican government we
> of the Mississippi by the erection q
~ dedication Of such . structure, moi
a. nent or museum. or library, or 9
d iery OF art, or institution Of lsarnii
,e az win demonstrate the estimation
Il. which we hold his grand accompli
ST mont ana the incalculable benei
Ii. that have lowed therefrom." Z
as The plans for the IeifsrscA mo-
ID ruent to cost 100000 contempl
ry something that 10 without countsrp
al III th.s country. Under ~ tmmsr
arch viii be- the marble statue
ed Jefferson. On either side Of the u
be viii extead wings to be occupied
". historical collections having spes
1t reference 10 the Territory Of LoI
pw lana. now divided into thirteen stal
ts There win be . Jefferson Hall. u
e. the sails Of which win be placed
traits Of the persons most cons
mt uoua h the history Of the Leuisil
lon Terfifory and OF TIE thirteen sta
sw formed thererom. occnpying :
ass siderable portion of one of the "
81 gilI b al archaeological ceIleel
the uhith TIE Missouri historical >
-. -, Hou kSen aaaaxn bIinx wilh con
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08

The city officials Of New Mad
rid failed to renew its CONTRACT
with the light plant and thai
company has decided 70 cut ou'
81 lights in residences and busi:
|ness houses after the hour q
midnight.
Cbioksns srs surely sozrcs i
Dunkiin county. Recenlly
|prs4ohsr paid 5000 for ! dozeI
| |of them The point proving d
scarcity i not tks high pfios, b
that : preacher had 3 rey e
chickens p est hsln
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08
w q shin gton
Letter.
BY TAvEsNER
ESPECIAL cosHzsrOsDEsro

80
Washington, July 7.-"The
whoopers-up for President Taft
claimed that he was omnipo.ent
and could force Congress to do
anything he desirsd,f declared
Minority Leader Champ Clark,
reviewing the session just elosedt
! in an interview with the writer.
"If that be true one thing must
be admitted and that is that Mr..
Taft is in favor Of the reckless
waste of public money.
"The total of appropriations
for the fiscal year ending June SO.
1910, was 81, ,O44, 100000, whereas
the appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June 30th 1911, are
about 81, ,O5s, 900, 600, an increase
of S14, 900, 900. Such expenditure
es are absolutely unjusti6able.
When the President came into
Office he declared for economy
with q great flourish Of trumpets.
The newspapers were full of what
!, he was going to do in thatregard
to relieve the taxpayers OF the
; land. But all such talk turned
out to be laundering In the index,
! as the foregoing totals show.
81 have heretofore stated in the
:, House and out Of ii that Senator
: Aldrich said good business man
can run the government just as
9 we'll as it is run for $500, 100000
u per annum less than it now costs
70 The President himself fixed the
n amount which could be saved
~ every year at S10Q, ,QO0, 600. Othsl
: Republican Big wigs, notably
B. Senator Carter Of Montana, Sen
N ator Hale of Maine, chairman o
D. the Senate Appropriations com
se mittie and Hon. James A. Tswne!
Id chairman of the House Appro
.ir priations committee, have talke'
r economy; but the fact remain
as that their, economy consists en-
a tirely Of CAB and that they actu
ed ally increased the appropriation
in instead of reducing them.
e. "As they have large majoritie
in both Houses of Congress an
could do as they pleased, one I
. !, two things is true; /; They .
not desire to economize; or
,s' m They are utterly incompetent.
,Ss ~ aBut how can President Ia
,ho expect Congress to economi
80 when he sets the example OF O.
a. travagance not only by using !
m. the $4,000 annual allowance I
travelling expenses, but uses !
several Thousand dollars NOR
ted Be Il remembered no Preside
We, ever received this travel pay
in the last part Of the Rcosev
ar regime and Roosevelt never US
Iect all Of the allowance, while
out successor uses more. How Q
nds Congress be expected to ecor
ctorl mize when the Vice. Prssid'
st. and Speaker set the bad exam
by using automobiles paid for
i a. the public money!
we're u am aware that economy
rted an humble theme, but It is cl
thelto the hsarts of the, people !
onl millions OF them cannot afford
] ss- be taxed to support Republic
D in officials In their reckless sxtr
lttoh sgancs."
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08

Ironton is to have q new fac :.
tory to cost about $4,000. twill y
give employment to several men, a. !,
It is probable that Miss Alma
Kishne will be > candidate for =
circuit clerk in Cape Girardeau = :,
county. ~
The county court of Nodaway D,
county last week let contracts for ],
As new bridges. the total cost 4,
amounting to s14,s9S.
Married when each was 10 a
years old, Mr.. and Mrs. Josephns n
Kearns near Unionyille have lived Q
together on the farm for sixty-one /,
years. t
Nevada is agitating the ques. Q
ton of bringing in natural gas :
w, C. Gum of Fort Scott pro- 9
poses to pipe it from the Kansas
fields. ID
Aviation note from the Cali.
fornia Democrat: Wilbur Wright
was fined $40 and costs for hsv-
ing carried intoxicants out to q
miner.
Two men went to Hamilton re-
cently and established a new in
dustry-a steam laundry. And
the remarkable thing is that they
did not ask 2 bonus.
" Webster county has seventy
two factories that can tomatoes.
with d little fertilizer, land that
Il scarcely good for anything else
win raise tomatoes Of the finest
kind.
Charley Burgess Of the Butler
Democrat is a happy man these
days. His town is assured OF .
new $4,000 high school, new.
railroad station and paved streets
around the square.
]. E. Lightfoot is secretary oi
the commercial club Just organ
lied at Humansville. Gaverthe-
,ess, he is expected to tread
heavily in making the club of
service to the town. ~
A warning to men against
scrubbing the floor comes from
King City, where Ed Rust broke
fiis collar bone when an old moi
stick went to pieces. Let tbs
women mop the floor.
There is q man in a Missouri
town whose name is Burst. 1t i
. misfortune that would not hav'
attracted much attention IT h
had not called bis two childrel
Anne May and Earnest win.
They are coming back-thos
Pikers who recently went to far
away Northwest Canada. Th
Clarhssyille Piker tells Of fs
Who have returned TO sgain tax
up their residence In Pike count.
Thomas Snow Of Oak Mills, hi
refused so. 900 cash and royslti'
Tor his patent on an automobi
Wheel. THE offer wss made |
Dsnssts Benoist Of France. II
invention does away with pne'
instic fites.
IS siss iiitz.
The RassIer prints the 90
news that the Chicago 4 All
has contracted for new shoT
roundhouss and other i,nproy
menfj Il Slater, calling for
szpsndilurs Of $4,000. sla'
z..sfs+s ~
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08

. y r. y
''There was another prophet, |;
greater than all--prophst and !
priest, who, higher rp The !
mount than sthers heard more
distinctly he voice o. the des- !
tiny, whose heart and soul we're
full Of prophecy. and whose ~
cry faculty vas tense and strons.
and he wrought for our nations
advancement and for the peace
and contentmsnt OF his fellow
eountrymsn. From the fuIneSs
Of gratitude and 1oy he thus
wrote TO one Who had assisted
IN the e0nsamI1ation Of this
great treaty. For. myself aud
ny country | thsaE yp4 for the
aid you have eivep n 6: end
/ eonsratElste you - ha{i1x
lived 10 eives these aids n =
transaction renls<e With Hsss
! ines 10 unborn millions of non.
I and whiek will mark the taes
81 J portion ef the globe 20 e.
ztnzise s hat wAfch now com.
+. pozes the unifed STATES of
kn.trica. IRON th> address
it Il. .Plesldeat clsxelandf ! ~
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08
ROUNDABOUT THE STATE.
Cleaned from Excfanges--Made blythe Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Rot--Some Orgi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

Frisco Ry., Co., to Dulld astretch q
Of track from Dexter to Dudley, q
q distance Of about seven miles, !
east. ~ il
A span of mules driven into
Eldorado Springs the other day
appeared to the editor of the Sun
to be '.the ne plus ultra OF mule
perfection. They are owned by
John N. Chambers and he has re-
fused 5000 for them.
It is a penitentiary offense for
a person to run q gambling house.
Mont Hall, OF Seneca, who was
convicted of the crime snd SEN
fenced to 2 years in the peniten-
tiary, appealed to the supreme
court. The sentence has just
been affirmed and Hall must serve
out the time.
Capt. W. A. Fast, Republican
candidate for probate judge OF
Pettis county, died at Mansfield,
O., Friday, where he had gone to
attend a family reunion. Ten
days ago he was stricken with
appendicitis and was operated on.
He was sixty five years old and
q civil war veteran.
| Owing to the fact that farmers
are especially busy by reason OF
the backward condition OF the
farming season, Judge Ellison
has concluded to have no petit
.ljury Tor the Nodawsy court. ex-
! cept in some criminal cases,
!, which might be called, and then
a"pick-up" jury would be called
r While its mother was house
10 cleaning a Liberty two-year-old
a took a tumble from an upstaiI
W window. The distance was four
Ia teen feet, but the youngster wa'
born under a lucky star, struck I
Telephone wire first and bounde'
q to some bed springs piled out il
I the yard, making q harmless de
A. f-7s.s t-i"t <rf. tf-Si ~
scent.
Of Smithville, q town of less thai
1000 population, is in London.
=. class in this particular; Mis-
!, Uella Long, Of Kansas City
showed the same horses in tn
London horse show that sh
showed at Smithville. Her be-
> show horse cost her, or her fathe
$500. 1t took fret at Smithvil
irl and second at London.
.vs Governor Hadley has appoints
he lW. w. Wilder Of Ste. Geneviv
an OK state auditor, as state beer II
-
spector to succeed Earnest Ma
shall, who resigned TO take effe
ose June so. Wilder will serve o
y !. the unexpired term which en-
.ne August, ls11. The beer inspect
w. department win be retained at
Louis.
The store and stock OF goods
nas C. NJ. Miller at Mooresville W.
'iss destroyed by FIRE which start
O.'s in . coal shed ia the rear Of !
= " Miller store st twelve o'clock
las Friday night. Millsr'a loss is |
en- )timatsd at $40. 600 with 50, 900
surancs. The STORE Ct Mr.. Pat
,oodIwas also destroyed. His loss
lion estimated 1t 5000 with ST.
cps, insurance.
-W-= -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-07
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs & %.
members Of the Chicago Board Of Trade. Hibbs
Building
Chicago. Aug. 6-Whcat opened irregular. prices
averaging about the same as yesterdays closing.
The opening proved the high point Of the day. The
market under selling pressure in the way Of
realizing by yesterdays buyers Who in the face Of
continued buish news. seemed anxious 70 take
profits. Overnight Offers from the ssabOard again
met with response in the way Of bids approach
Ing cost, which would indicate need on the part
a Europe for immediate supplies their own Wheats
naturally going into consumption first. st Louis
wired cash wheat ! to cents lower Minneapolis
wired there was sCme selling. which looked like
hedging against new wheat Local receipts 6lO cars.
estimated for Monday s6s.
4 general rainfall over o large part of the West
orn corn belt was noted this morning and had ITS
effect prices. The sales Of the major portion Of
tbs stock az contract 10 local industry caused
the September futures 20 gain on the more distant
months. 4 continuation Il favorable weather and
the lessening Of farm work may result shortly In
frcer offerings by the country. Local professionals
furnished the chief bull influence and usually on
strong spots Local receipts 90 cars estimated for
Monday. 175
Oats huctuated within a narrow range with a
dragging tendency. not having participated in the
bull enthusiasm which existed in wheat yesterday.
The reaction was only fractional
Local receipts. $50; estimated for Monday 81.
Another slump in hog prices put provisions lower.
The market seems TO be in a good position for
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-07
RUBBER IN SINGAPORE.
Waste Land Being Utilized by the
Planting OF Para Trees.

The wide reaches OF waste lands on
the island of Singapore. which have been
Of no use since the culture Of gambler.
coffee. and pepper was given up. are now
the scenes OF great activity.
Rubber plants ars$ being set out over
these deserted wastes, and seem TO do
well In the suburbs of Singapore city
a considerable area Of swamp land has
been drained and converted into a nur-
sery for Para rubber plants. which are
sold at a good profit 10 the planters on
the island.
In Malacca there were formerly many
square miles Of land covered with lalang.
the hiding place of the tiger and other
big game. which have been transformed
into fine rubber plantations. and now
Malacca. which has for years been large
ly neglected. is in ilouriShing condition.
A short time since there was no banking
institution in the town of Malacca; to-
day three banks are doing a good bus
mess and the place is rapidly becoming
an important center.
The eastern rubber boom has caused
the lotation OF seventy-five companies,
with 100000 shares, capitalized at near
ly $SO,OOO,oOO gold. 4 large portion of the
shares has been used as part payment
of purchase price. In many cases only
a portion of the total capital has been
issued.
The public has taken great financial in
terest in these fotation. The amount
actually expended represents only a mod
est part of the total value set upon these
properties by the specuating public.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-07
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

Baltimore Aug. 6-WHEAT-Stock in elevators
l,o42,o0o bushels; shipments from elevators. 5000
bushels Sales OF oargccs on grade al LOJs. for No.
red. PA for No. 3 rcd 95A for special bin steam
er No 2 rcd. s3h for stock steamer No. red. 92N
for spe aal bin rejected. and oA for stock re-
iectod. Bag lots by sample. 10 quality and con
diton. ought 80 IS. IS. q. %. %. g. and 81 a
bushel. Settling prices Contract. spot. lo0A No
rcd Western. L025s; No. red. 9lSs: steamer No.
red 9iss, and steamer No. red Western. @A.
CoRN-Stock in elevators IS IA bushels: ship
mcnts from elevators. 4.i97 bushels. Spot mixed
corn was nominally 6sh. Settling price: Contract
spot. 6Sl5.
OATS-Stock In elevators. 67.677 bushels: ship
ments from elevators, ,.l9i bushels White. No
2 as TO weight asa; do. No s. as 10 weight, 45ita
81; do. No. 4, as TO weight, Ha5; do mixed
No. . fi7aB
RYE-Stock IN elevators. 1884 bushels No. 2
rye. Western. domestic .sasl; bag lots TO quail
ity and condition. 7et76
FLOUR-Winter extra new. 3Da365: do clear,
new A05aA25: do. straight new Afoa455; do
patent new. 505a5.15; spring clear 4GaL75; do.
straight. 50a575; do patent 60Oa62 IS; City Mills
best patent $50: do. high grade patent. $50; do
straight. 6Z: choice family 40; extra. 35oa3.75
Rye flour. medium 90 choice. A25aAsO. Corn meal
per 100 lbs, l.50al6o.