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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-30


oent interest from the Roekpori
banks for county money.
The stork recently made its six
teenth visit to the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. jeff Hungate, near At
lants,
Major Henry A. Newman, for
years Q member of the board OF
managers Of the Confederate Sol.
diers' Home, came to the home
June 9th as a member. He prob
ably did more to assure the foun-
dation Of that institution than any
other man. Major Newman's
health has been failing. He has
come to the Confederate Home to
enter its hospital. He is n years
old.
The Sunday st. Louis Republic
contained letters from about 90
Democratic editors OF Missouri.
Theywere written in response to a
request from the Republic for
them TO state their several prefers
ences for governor. W. s, Cow
herd leads out with the greatest
following. Elliott W. Major, at
torney-general, follows as second
and =. W. Stephens Of Columbia
is third.
Despondent because her 16-
year-old son married against her
wishes, Mrs. Nettie Supernaw, Al
gears old, hanged hersslf in the
basement OF her hone in Kansas
City early Thursday morning.
The son, Elmer, was married
three days ago. He brought his
bride to his mothers home last
night. Mrs. supernaw's body
was found by her husband, a
night watchmen in a bank, at
daylight that morning.
''Teddy" was crowned here
today--and by a dentist. II hap
pens, however, that the crown,
while OF gold, was not the sign OF
royal authority, but merely the
metal covering OF a 9-inch tooth.
s'Teddy," the big African lion In
The Electric Park Zoo, was sup
piled with q new gold tooth by
DR.. E. G. BurkholdeF, q Joplin
dentest, as one Of the clinical
demonstrations for the entertain
ment Of today's session Of the
State Dental Association. Joplin
News,
Twenty five years after he was
expelled from an Ohio Wesleyan
University at Delaware, O., be-
pause he was one oil party OF
students who witnessed Frederick
Wards, the old-time Shake
epearean actor, take the title role
In Orchard III" s. r. Greer of
81. Louis. secretary and treasurer
OF the Stevsns-Gree Lumber
Company, received his A. B. de-
gree yesterday. Four students,
expelled with Mr.. Greer, ais,
were given their degree. All OF
them have been successful busi-
pess men.
An elephant murdered its
keeper while the circus to which
Il belonged was in q Missouri
town last week, says q Pike
pounty writer. 1.-THE employesof
the show took the animal out
upon . back lot and promptly
killed It. Had this murder been
done BY man much more re-
sponsible for his acts than the
elephant he would first have been
given 9 year Of lie before he was
tried. BY that time everybody
would have been sorry for him.
and when Il was explained TO the
jury that he. did the killing in the
midst Of ; brainstorm. Il would
pavs been only TOO Glad to let him
loose.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-30

buTko auu ItuUUo StVSSu tHcff
meeting at Dexter last Sunday
night. They had i25 conversions
A threshing outfit, a lot ol
wheat and a team OF horses were
burned up near Dudley, in Stod.
dard county, on Saturday, 18th
instant.
A pension for q real daughter
of the Revolution is sought by
Representative Walter Hensiey OF
Missouri, who yesterday intro
duced a bill asking congress to
provide for Mrs. Sarah Springer
of Elvine whose father served
through the revolution. Mrs.
Springer is 81 years old. Her
father died in 1886 at the age of
SO.
Pete Swain and Harris Bizzell,
who were indicted at Pennington
as a result OF the recent investi-
cation OF affairs at the State In
sane Asylum located in that city,
were this week admitted to bail
in the sum Of $1,000 each, which
was promptly executed, and the
young men returned to their
homes in this city Tuesday night.
Morley Banner.
The Commercial Club has taken
action to have Mark Twain's old
homestead In Hannibal taken
over and preserved. The club on
learning that the property was
about TO be sold and the old build
ing torn down and replaced se-
cured an option on the homestead.
The building is two-story frame
containing six rooms and is in
fairly good condition.
One of the Kirn boys met with
i . frigbtfuf'acoident. at the Andy
Heisser place near Kelso Monday
morning. He was riding a mule
that was hitched to q binder and
when the animal got scared he
was thrown off and in frent Of the
blade. Before the team could be
stoppea his legs were 80 badly
cut ant torn that one or both may
have to be amputated.
How many farmers in this part
Of the country can boast OF a corn
row one mile long? There is one
we know Of that can and that per-
son is s. E. Lincoln northeast OF
here. He has a two hundred and
forty acre corn field in one strip
andt he rows sre an even mile
long. One round with the pillow
and he has plowed almost two
acres.-osborn Enterprise.
Harry M. DUNCAN OF Oregon,
Holt county, Friday succeeded
Colonel Thomas l.. johnson OF st.
Louis as State Hotel Inspector.
Colonel Johnson's term will ex-
pire tomorrow. He will become
special agent for the State Labor
Bureau with headquarters in st.
Louis, Mr.. DUNCAN has been a
clerk in the State Insurance De-
psrtment for the last two years.
He will hold office until January,
1918.
c. A. Douglas, for years the
worlds champion rife shot, died
OF uraonic poisoning Tuesday
night, after a short illness at the
Springfield, No., hospital. An
accident which necessitated the
ampuiation Of the left hand two
months age, is believed to have
caused the poisoning. He was a
psrsos 81 friend OF W. ]. Bryan
and made the closing speech Of
Bryan's last campaign for the
presidency al Lincoln, Nebraska.
A Fine Family Medicine.
Every family needs good pleassnts
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-30
Congressman RedfieId's
Speech.

There is one protectionist argu.
ment that will never again occupy
the place ia American politics
that il has in the past.
That lie the argument that q
high protection wall Is necessary
to enable American manufacture
era to compete in home markets
with foreign manufactured goods.
The reason this stock protee-
ZIONIST argument will never again
perform the same valuable mis-.
sion for the Republicans is be.
cause OF a speech delivered In
the House by VIM. c. Redfield OF
New York, who is a manufac.
turer himself, and who for IS
years has been selling American
mer2factures in foreign coun-
tries.
Redfield contended and proved
that the difference in daily wage
at home and abroad should not
be the sole basis of determining
the amount of protection to be
applied to given article.
He cited instance after instance
in which he sold articles manu-
factured by So day American
employees in countries where labor
received less than one dollar
day.
Redfield took the position that
American manufacturers did not
need as much protection as they
were now enjoying Ito protect
them from foreign competition"
because they are ccessfully
competing with foreign mannfac.
turers in all parts Of the world.
"How does il happen" de.
manded. .RedHeld, that in y Qua
tation recently made for machin-
cry to mine in Japan the Ameri-
can price was S215 less than the
English price9"
"How does it happsa that 100
American locomotives are run.
ming upon the Japanese railways.
and upon the railways Of For-
mosa and upon those OF Manchu-
ria? These are sold in open eom-
petition with the makers in Great
Britain"
Redfie.d related an incident be-
tween an American salesman who
recently took a large contract
from the Japanese Imperial State
Railways and one of the mama
gers Of the Imperial Railways
shop.
The japanese official was under
the impression that he could man.
ufacture locomotives cheaper
than an American plant because
Japanese wages are but ons-fifth
Of American wages.
"Both men got out their boolxs''
said Redkeld, "and they found
that the fact was the labor cost
for locomotives on the same spec-
ifications was three and one-half
times greater 10 the Japanese
shops than In the American shops.
And this is a perfectly normal
fact and not an abnormal one"
Redfeld said when he was III
Calcutta, India, recently, his
agent pointed to a pair of Ameri-
can shoes he was wearing. 81
paid 1886 for those shoes, !" said
the agent. SIT is the regular
American So shoe."
Redfield said when be returned
to New York he found the same
shoe selling on Broadway for 50.
81 shall be glad to give namea
and addresses TO .ny member
who inquiries in private"
Redheld gave a score Of similar
instances. II is impossible @ lo
justice TO his remarkable rere.a-
ton in this dispatch.
Every reader OF this artiels
may secure, free OF charge. q
copy Of the complete speech. with
out doubt one Of the most remark
able of its kind ever made in con-
lgress, BY writing Hon. James I.
I IovI oha;ren.. AZ. f<<<<.f n
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-30

|
Earl Dunn, former student Of
the State University and one Of
the best halfbscks that Missouri
ever had, is president Of a real
estate company at Tulsa, Okla,
according to the Columbia Tri.
5ane. The Tribune says; Dunn
is one OF the biggest oil and real
estate operators in Oklahoma.
He owns extensive interests in
that state and is a millionaire.
When q student here, Dunn
worked his way through school
and gave promise Of being the
financial success that he has
proven. During his student days
he ran q laundry agency, dabbled
in real estate, was proprietor Of
two wienerwurst and tsmals
stands, and in addition had other
interests that enabled him TO com
plete his education and leave him
snug sum to start on after grad
uation. He is now accounted one
Of the wealthy men Of the Okla
homa oil fields.
Cal Broadway, claim agent for
the Cotton Belt railroad, was In
the city the first OF the week look
ing after the claims Of Bill Powell
and other farmers living near the
Cotton Belt track two miles north
east of this place. These farm
ers, through their attorneys,
Judges Fort and Downing, have
sued the road for $4,000 dam
ages, caused by the roadbed hold
ing water back on their lands,
thereby running their crops, eto.
They have been begging the com.
pany to open way for the water
to pass through for some two or
three years but have failed Of re-
suits, and now they are seeking
I'd recover damages.--Gsmpbel
Citizen.
~he Poplar Bluff Citizen has
the following item which will be
OF interest to shippers over the
Cat road: 1t is announced that
the Iron Mountain will linaueurate
a fast freight service between
Cairo and Poplar Bluff. The
change is to take effect some time
next week. This will mean a
great deal for local merchants
who can thus secure iirst-elass
service on produce and other per-
ishable freight from Cairo. The
train will run from Cairo to
Thebes over the Iron Mountain
rails, then via the Cotton Belt TO
Dexter junction, where IL again
will strike Iron Mountain rails.
Passers along Main street just
north Of Heads roomiug house,
Sunday, were startled to see the
concrete sidewalk slowly rising
in front OF them and undulating 9
in waves as II a tsel-spined mole
was nosing his devious way an
derneath. The phenomenon per-
sisted for several minutes, then
the walk suddenly buckled and
cracked in several places, the
surface layer being entirely sep
arated from the base OF the walk.
The heat doubtless caused the
uncanny conduct of the walk
Piedmont Banner.
We learn that b. F. Roberts OF
near Roselle has q quantity Of
gold ore which he has taken from
shafts on his farm. and that he
has secured assays Of samples
from eleven different places on
his land that ran from 80c TO
s43.52 q ton. Mr.. Roberts lives
on 0uachits creek a few miles
below where gold was found in
small quantities few years ago.
The people in the vicinity Of Ro-
selle are excited over his mining
prospect Harrington News.
The Missouri and Kansas Bell
Telephone Company has pur-
=
chased the Southeast Missouri
u.i...h,o. nnr.n... ..1 t.l
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-30

ing May.
The New Era boasts that Skid.
more has nine automobiles In
town and fifteen in the country,
making twenty -four in all and
worth thatmany thousand dollars,
A city Of. 100000 population
with industries Of every kind 10
support 1t, is planned by The
Swift Armour- Burlington inter.
ests in Clay county, across the
river from Kansas City.
Moberly is to have gas and
electricity. AT a recent special
election a 20.ysar gas and cleo
trio franchise was granted to 7.
F. Fulkerson. Out Of the 858
votes cast only AZ voted nay.
Kennett is trying to interest her
people in aplan TO reorganize and
better the county fair. II they
fail TO respond there is proba.
bility that the fair will net be held
this year. The people have been
losing interest in this institution
for several years.
The new industrial building at
the State Hospital for the Insane
at Nevada was burned Tuesday
night, the loss being about S25, 900
with $1,000 insurance. The fire
was discovered at 1850 O'Clock.
Several workmen asleep in the
building escaped in their night
clothing.
San esteemed contemporary"
says the Webb City Register, ''is
running a contest TO decide what
is the most useless thing in the
world. We refrain from hazard
ing q guess, because we can't
make up our minds whether IL Is
the vermiform appendix or the
United States senate"
Mr.. Tightfist: "And 90 you
are the noble fellow who rescued
my wife from In front Of the trolley
car at the risk Of your lifes Take
this quarter, my heroic man, as
an expression Of our undying re-
gard" Gan right, boss. You
know betser'n I do what the wo-
mans worth. Mo. Exchange.
II might be difficult to state just
when the building OF the Fisk
bridge will start, but it is given as
the opinion that the work will
start August 10. 1t might be
quite 80 difficult to tell accurately
how long 1t viii require to finish
the bridge, but County Engineer
Mickey gives It as his opinion
that the work can be completed
in thirty days.-Poplar Bluff Re-
publican.
A fire at Charleston Sunday
morning a week ago destroyed
three business buildings andtheir
contents and the Western Union
telegraph office. Later the same
day 9 burning sawdust pile set
fire TO the building used by viii
6ehotield and his brother for the
storage Of their flying machine,
and the building and machine
were destroyed. The loss
amounted to si5, 900; insurance
about 5000. No fire protection.
The duties oi . hospital head
are not restricted to caring for
the sick and injured. Yesterday
Or. Louis W. Luscher, superin-
tendent Of the General Hospital
at Kansas City. received the foi-
lowing letter from q Missouri
town; II thought / would write
and apply and see If you had any
baby for adoption. II 80, answer
Ia return mail. and | am inclosing
. piece Of my husbands hair so
you can compare the baby's hair
with It. lam living on . farm
and capable Of taking care Of is.
Can you send tin by the conduc-
| tor or win have % Gomez II 60
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-02-23
w aShingtOn
the Man
T. G. EGrbGugh

ing evidence of his common human
ity in the fact that while quite young
he fell easily in love and wrote verses
and sentimental verses at that.
When he was twelve years old, short
ly after the death of his father. he
was Sent to school at Fredericksburg
after promising his elder brother to
be steady" 1t was a mixed school
Of boys and girls and n Of his
schoolmates, a cousin, said in later
life that while George was remark
ably studious he was also fond Of
"romping with one Of the largest
girls; this was so unusual that it eX-
cited no little comment among the
other lads" 1t. was while at this
school that George wrote the follow
ing acrostic:
From your bright sparkling eyes I was
undone'
Rays you have more transparent than the
sun,
Amidst its glory in the rising day,
None can you equal in your bright array:
Constant in your calm and unspotted
mind,
Equal TO all, but will to none prove kind:
So knowing, seldom one SO young you'll
find.
All. woes me that I should love and con-
Long nave I wished but never dare re-
veal,
Even though severely Loves pain 7 feel;
XerXes the Great wasn't free from Gu
pid's dart,
And all he greatest heroes felt the
smart.
The first letters spell Frances
AleXa. Alexa was the abbreviation
Of Alexander, and the acrostic was
addressed either to a schoolmate Of
that name or to some fair Frances liv-
ing in Alexandria, where the boy was
we'll acquainted. There is reason to
believe that young Washington was
as susceptible as the average young
man of the present day. When about
seventeen years old he fell in love
with a young lady, whom he refers
to In a letter to a friends as your
Lowland beauty" and says going into
company simply revives his former
passion for her. He adds:
Were ! to live more retired from
young women, | might alleviate in
some measure my sorrows by bury
ing that chaste and troublesome pas
sion in the grave of oblivion or eter-
nal forgetfulness, for as l am very
well assured that is the only antidote
or remedy that l ever shall be re-
lieved by or only recess hat can ad-
minister any cure or help to me, as
l am well convinced, were | ever to
attempt anything, | should only get a
denial. which would be only adding
grief TO uneasiness."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-02-23
DEMOCRAT ISSUES A FORMAL
STATEMENT IN LETTER TO
LIEUT.. GOV. CONWAY.
WANTS TO BE SENATOR
Has Grown Convinced That Neither
Sheehan Nor Shepard Can Be
Elected.-WiIl Take the
Stump.

New York. n. Y. - Martin w. Lit.
Teton, newly elected Democratic rep
resentative from Theodore R~oosevelt's
home district, announced his Candi-
dacy for the United States senate to
succeed Chauncey NJ. Depew. and sup
plemented his formal statement with
verbal declaration hat he will take
his cause before the people on the
stump. He will speak in Brooklyn,
in Manhattan and up state. He made
known his candidacy thrugh a letter
to Lieutenant Governor Conway.
Mr.. Littleton explained that he came
forward at this time because he had
grown convinced that neither Mr..
Sheehan nor Mr.. Shepard can be elect
ed.
Mr.. LittletOn in a statement as to
his political creed says he has been
a consistent Democrat, that he be-
lieves in the direct election of United
States senators, reciprocity with Can
ada, government supervision and regu-
lation of railways and corporations do
ing an interstate business, the i'm
mediate remission of all duties on the
neCessaries of life, a permanent tariff
board, a parcels post and encourage
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-02-23
TALK OVER CODE
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS AT
ABERDEEN MEETING DIS
CUSS CHANGES
DON'T LIKE BIGfLOW BILL
Outline Features in Educational Code
Which They Believe Will be
Desirable and Urge
Consideration

Aberdeen-While the county super
lntendents Of the state are almost
unanimous in their opposition 10
the Bigelow law, which in its orig
inal form proposed making the
county superintendent but little more
cational system Of South Dakota
needs amendment. and a meeting OF
the county superintendents OF the
state held in Aberdeen. a number Of
changes were recommended in the
present laws. There were a large
number of superintendent present
at the Aberdeen conference. and the
others were represented by letters,
So the sentiment of the different Of
ficials could be accurately gagged,
and the following changes in the
state educational laws were recon-
mended by the conference and will
he presented to the legislature for
its consideration.
An amendment TO remove the limi-
tatiOn on the reelection OF superin-
tendents for more than a second
term.
Senator Norbeck's bill providing
for the payment by the county Of the
actual expenses OF the superinten-
dent while visiting the schools Of the
county and other performance of Of
fetal duties.
Fixing the salary of the deputy
superintendent at so per cen of the
superintendent salary.
Representative Morris bill defining
a school as n department.
Payment of So Il day and mileage
to members of the library board 9TH
err than county officials.
Establishing a text book board TO
consist Of the county auditor. the
states attorney, the chairman OF the
board of county commissioners and
one qualified teacher elected by the
school boards from each county COM
missioner district.
Removing the limitation on ths
payment OF the bonds by the school
districts. making them possible to be
paid in not less than one year nor
more than 16 years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-02-23
FLEEING COUPLE FOUND
Wife Of Dissolute Husband Had For
saken Three Children

Mitchell-Frank Burns and Mrs
Clara Swanson, who eloped from
Plankinton ten days ago. were appre-
hended at Alexandria. They repre-
scented themselves as being husband
and wife, going under the name of
Mead. They stopped for a week at
the best hotel, and when the land
lord insisted on a settlement, Burns
weut to the bank and ~endeavored to
cash a check, but was turned down,
lie tried to raise the money several
other ways but was unsuccessful. He
finally took the and they
started to walk out OF town. They
walked y miles to Emery, where the
officers arrested them on adviccs from
Alexandria, and they were taken back
to That place.
In the examination that followed
before the justice of the peace the
information came out that they were
not married, and that the woman had
left Il husband and three children to
go away with Burns. For attempt
ing TO beat their hoard bill the Courl
IMPOSED a sentence of 80 days. The
III walked the entire distance and
wa thinly clad and had a pair of low
shoes on her feet. She was exhausted
when She was brought back to Alex
andria. The children Of the woman
are at present at PlankintOn with her
brother.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-02-23
Surprise to Sheehan.

This is the first I've heard of it,"
said Mr.. Sheehan. mo, l didn't know
he intended to come u as a candidate
though of purse his name has been
mentioned. l haven't seen his letter
and don't want to see it. There Is
nothing for me to say"
Charles f. Murphy was at Good
Ground, L. l., and would make no
comment until he had read the letter
himself.
Senator Franklin d. Roosevelt, the
insurgent leader. was interested, but
rather non-committal. Personally, of
course, everybody likes Martin Little.
ton, and all Democrats recognize that
he has done effective work for the
party" he said.
How Mr.. Murphy will take the an.
nouncement l shan't surmise. No
doubt it will be remembered that some
years ago Mr.. Littleton arraigned
Tammany Hall in a public speech
more bitter than l since remember to
have heard anywhere.
Il wonder who counselled Mr.. Lit.
Teton to come out with an avowed
candidacy now. That would be the in.
teresting thing to know. Personally ]
admire his courage, but is he well ad.
yised? 1t is not always the outspoken
candidate who becomes the compro
mise choice of a deadlocked party"
Mr.. Littleton was emphatic that he
had not consulted with Mr.. Murphy
about his candidacy.