Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1907 — Page 4

JISPtR twin DHIOCMT. f. t. Bißcoci, editor up romiaa. SATURDAY, OCT, 5,1907.

ISA NATION'S TRIBUTE

Structure on Monument Hill at Canton, 0., Which Honors William McKinley. FIFTY THOUSAND ABE PRESENT They Come from All Over the Land and from Abroad. President Roosevelt Orator of the Day —Great Precautions Taken for His Safety by Detective* and Soldiers.

Canton, 0., Oct. I.—The McKinley mausoleum, the tribute uud gift of a nation to the memory of the martyred president, William McKinley, was dedicated during the afternoon in the presence of hundreds of distinguished men from all parts of the United States, in the presence of representatives of foreign countries, and in the presence of a crowd of approximately 50,000 gathered from all parts of the country, A feature of the dedication was ths presence of the president, Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks, members of the president’s cabinet, United States senators and governors of several states. Addresses were delivered by President Roosevelt, Justice William It. Day, McKinley’s secretary of state, and Governor An drew L. Harris of Ohio. Arrival of the President. President Roosevelt arrived at 10:15 on a special train. He was met at the train by a reception committee and escorted to the Central High schoci. The streets leading from the Penn, sylvania station were lined by thousands of spectators. At the railway

station the crowd was so dense tha; the party had some difficulty in entering the carriages, hut there was no material delay, owing to the strict guard maintained by th- militiamen. Children Sing “America.’’ As he neared file school building the 1,700 children, grouped and dressed to represent the national flag, arose in a body and sang “America ” The presidential party ami escort countermarched in trout of the children. Upon the return the president’s earring.* Stopped a moment while President Roosevelt saluted the children. Contrary to expectations the president did not stop to speak, but was driven directly t > the reviewing stand, where the military and civic parade passed. The parade began at 10:30 a. m. and occupied about one and a half hours in passing. The parade was in charge of Senator Charles Dick, cihef marshal of the day. The section of the city Immediately surrounding the re viewing stand was Toped off as well as other parts of the downtown streets and all other routes traversed by the president, and were heavily guarded. The the reviewing stand Soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder and on one was allowed near the chief executive. He was also closely guarded by secret service operatives, who also walked by the side of ids carriage. Statue Is Unveiled. When tlie parade was ended the president was served with an elaborate luncheon, which was attended by many prominent persons. The leading feature of the day’s celebration was the dedication of the beautiful granite structure in whltb the bodies of the murdered president and his wife will lie. From the speakers’ stand at the foot oft the broad steps leading up to the monu ment President Roosevelt delivered his eulogy of. McKinley early in the afternoon before a throng of people that filled every Inch of the open space and overflowed far into the adjoining part of the ceremony. Justice W. R. Day, president of the memorial association, and Governor Harris also made speeches, and James Whitcomb Riley read a poem. The heroic bronze monument of Mr. Me Kinley was unveiled by Miss He'er McKinley, his sister.

RIVER TRIP IS BEGUN President Boards Steamer at Keokuk for Voyage South. Keokuk, la., Ort. 2.—President Roosevelt began his river trip from Keokuk. He arrived here at 0:10 a. m. and was met at the depot by the governors of lowa, Florida, Louisiana. Minnesota, Nebraska, both Dakotas, Oregon, Wyoming and Illinois, and

tnree companies of militia. Hf morning was fair, but it began to sprinkle shortly after the presidential party started in carriages to Rand park, where speeches were delivered. President Roosevelt spoke to “The Men and Wowen of lowa." The speech addressed to lowan* was Id

truth a speech to the people of the whole country and In it Mr. Roosevelt made it clear more forcibly than ever before that in the progress of hl? policies as they concern • corrupt corporatious there is to be no halt while he is president. Following the president’s address, which was heard by 20,000 people, the president was driven to the lower lock of the government canal and boarded the steamer Mississippi ror the trip south. He reviewed tjie display of 100 pleasure launches In the river and departed, leadln'g the flotilla of twenty big steamboats and the launches. The Inland, waterways commission arrived the previous night on the steamer Mackenzie, Joining the president here. The president was presented with a gold beaded cane by Keokuk negroes.

WELCOMED AT ST. LOUIS President Get* Clamorous Reception When He Lands at Mound City. St Louis. Oct. 3.—President Roosevelt In a speech here declared it the nation’s duty to restore the Mississippi river to its proper place as a great artery of commerce, and termed the proposed fourtecn-foot channel from the lakes to the gulf a "national task.’’ Be warned against plans which might “entail reckless extravagance or be tainted with jobbery,” but urged a liberal waterway policy. The president’s ardor was not diminished by the fact that be was drenched by a sudden downpour of rain while en route to the Jal Alai building, where bls speech was delivered. A tremendous ovation was accorded the national executive when Ills steamer, the Mississippi, entered St. Louis harlior to make the first stop on the voyage from Keokuk, la., to Memphis, where the president will attend the convention of the Deep Waterways association tomorrow’. Thon sands had congregated on the levee to witness tile president’s arrival, and were held in check by cordons of police, and companies of soldiers from Jefferson barracks. A leather-covered package taken from Chicago to Alton, 111., by relay moter boats in 33 hours and 42 min utes, was passed to the president's steamer Mississippi, from the motor boat Kitty Sparks II just above Alton at 6:30 a. in. It contained a message from Mayor Busse of Chicago to the president and was opened by him and read when be awakened. The president was still sleeping when ids steamer passed Alton, twenty-five miles above St. Louis. The message reached Alton ahead of the expected schedule.

President at Cairo* Cairo. 111,, Oct. 3.—President Roosevelt ami parly arrived at the Cairo wharf boat promptly at 9 o’clock a. in., and were saluted by the Danville battery and hundreds of steamboat ami other whistles as they entered the Cairo harbor. The president’s party was met by the reception committee beaded by Mayor George Parson and fifty carriages, all drawn T>y white horses, conveyed the party along the line of march to St. Mary’s park. After delivering a speech the presidential party returned to the steamer ami began the trip to Memphis.

WITH DEATH AT HAND

Ex-Sherrlff Brown, of Baker City, Ore., Accuses the Western Federation of Miners. Baker City, Ore., Oct. 2.—Harvey K. Brown, ex-sheriff of Baker county, is dead at the hospital as the result of the horrible wounds he received from the explosion of a bomb at his front gate as he entered his home at 10:45 o’clock Monday night. Brown was unconscious when picked up, but. shortly before noon yesterday b<* recovered consciousness and his ante-mortem statement was taken by the district attorney. It follows: “I was on my way home from uptown last night when I met a man in front of a residence which is a block from my house, and spoke. The man made no reply. This man was about 5 feet, 10 inches, tall, his weight was 165 pounds. He wore a brown suit and a celluloid collar, and was clean shaved. ———-——«*—- "I have been conscious of having been followed for the past three weeks, and 1 have no doubt that those who attempted my life are persons connected with the Western Federation of Miners, and that I was marked for death on account of connection with the Steunenberg and Steve Adams cases.” The entire town is wrought up to almost a frenzy. Practically no business is transacted, and people gather in public places to discuss the crime from every aspect. The similarity with the Steunenberg case is alluded to.

Rummage Sales Spread Death.

Meriden. Conn., Oct 3.—The town of Southington is greatly alarmed over the number of deaths from malignant diseases among the foreign population. The health authorities have Issued a statement declaring thpt the rummage sales .which flourish here are respon’’ble for the spread of typhoid fever.' scarlet fever, and similar ailments.

Former Baptist Minister Indicted.

Joliet, 111., Sept. 30.—Among a batch of indictments returned by the grand jury was one against Benjamin F. Graff, a former Baptist minister. He is charged with falsifying impirance papers. Graff Is now In jail.

'TRUST BUSTERS' ACT

Attorneys General Prepare a Memorial to Congress Asking a New Law. STATES TO HAVE A FREE HAND Corporations to Wait for the National Tribunal's Decision. United State* Court* To Be Forbidden to Interfere Until the Case Ha* Pawed the State Supreme Court.

St. Louis, Oct. 2.—Action that will have a far-reaching effect in anti-trust and anti-corporation litigation, and which will bear fruit in almost every state in the Union, was taken by the convention of attorney generals in its final session here. A committee was appointed to draft a scheme of antitrust legislation to be sent to all attorney generals, and as a climax for the entire meeting the attorney generals assembled adopted a resolution which is expected to remove a thorn in tbit flesh of the state officers —the interference by federal circuit courts with the operation of state laws. Memorial to Congress. The resolution Is in the shape of a memorial to congress, and was framed by a committee composed of Attornej Generals E. T. Young, of Minnesota; Dana Malone, of Massachusetts; A. M. Garber, of Alabama; W. T. Thompson, of Nebraska; W. H. Dickson, of Colorado, and 11. S. Hadley, of Mis sour!. The memorial is as follows: “Whereas, The efficient administration. as well as tlie preservation, of our dual system of government requies that each sovereignty lie permitted to exercise its function as defined by the federal constitution unhampered by the other; therefore be it Would Restrict U. 8. Courts, t “Resolved. Uy the convention of attorney generals of the several states here assembled, that we earnestly recommend to the favorajile consideration of the president and the congress of the United States the enactment of a federal law providing that no circuit court of the United States, or any ju Igo exercising th»> powers of sucti circuit courts.' shall have jurisdiction in any case brought to restrain any officers of a state, or any administrative board of a state, from instituting In a state court any suit or other appropriate proceeding to enforce the laws of such state, or to enforce any order made by administrative board, but allowing any persons or corporation asserting in any such action in a state court any right arising under the constitution or any laws of the United'’States to have the decision of tlie highest court of such state reviewed by the supreme court of the United States, as now provided by law. Suits To Be Prohibited. “We also recommend that suits in federal circuit courts by persons interested in corporations to restrain such corporations from obeying the laws of states in which they are doing business be prohibited.”

PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED Hadley Is Made President—Anti-Truirt Legislation Committee. Permanent organization was effected under the name of the “National Association of Attorney Generals of the United States,” and a united front will l>e presented in legal actions brought by different states against the same corporation or trust. The following were chosen officers: President, H. S. Hadley, of Missouri; vice president, Dana Malone, of Massachusetts; secretary-treasurer, William H. Dickson. of Colorado. President Hadley appointed as the eomndttee to draft a scheme for anti-trust legislation, the following: James Bingham, of Indiana; Wade Ellis, of Ohio; F. S. Jackson, of Kansas; It, V. Fletcher, of Mississippi, and S. 11. Clark, of South Dakota.

President Hadley also announced that with two or three exceptions all the attorney generals In the Union had expressed a desire to participate in future proceedings of the association, and tn any course of action that might be decided upon. Wade Ellis reviewed the inception, formation, growth and consolidation of the Standard Oil company, which was founded in Ohio, and outlined the litigation which was started against the company by the attorney general of Ohio 1890. and then discussed the present phnse of litigation instituted by the government. “What will lie the effect on the oil business or the investors if the Standard Oil trust Is dissolved':” he said. “Manifestly the wells, >anks. pipe lines, stations and refineries will not be destroyed. The properties wfil be preserved and the business will go on.” He did not say who would carry it on, but he declared that “no change in our policy as a people will ever make right the things complained of in the suits against the Standard Oi! trust."

Eight Killed in a Wreck.

Wheeling. W. Va., Sept. 30. Eight men were killed, four fatally injured and seventeen more or less seriously hurt wnen a Chicago and Wheeling express train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was wrecked in the yards at Belaire, 0., n few miles below this city. A freight train had just taken a siding for the exprewa The passenger train, however, failed to pass over the switch and crashed uto the freight. (

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

The annual convention of the Daughters of America closed at Cleveland with the election of officers. ? The Standard Oil Company of Indiana failed to prove It was discriminated against by the government and no indictment will be returned by the* special grand Jury at Chicago. Professor Hervey S. Cowell, of Ash burnham, was nominated for governoi of Massachusetts on the Prohibitlor ticket. Secretary Root and party were en tertained at an elaborate reception Hi the grounds of Clulpultepec castle Mexico City. Warrants w'ere sworn out at .Lincoln, Neb., by E. Cross, charging Rev. W. P. Ferguson, who recently, resigned his pastorate in that city, with having sustained Improper rela tlons with Mrs. Cross. The Louisville amj Nashville in its annual report shows 10% per cent profit on its $60,000,000 capital stock. The Democratic convention in San Francisco nominated Dr.* Edward Robeson Taylor to succeed William Fl. Langdon as district attorney. Detroit virtually captured the flag in the American league race by Its double v’etory over Washington .by scores of 9 to 5 and 10 to 2. »

Camper Dies in a Swamp.

Mount Holly, N. J., Oct. 3.—James Birdsall, of Trenton, who had been camping out with a friend in the pines near Cranberry Hall and who had been missing for several days, was found dead in a,cedar swamp, miles from any human habitation. It is supposed Birdsall became lost In tjjv woods and died from starvation and exhaustion.

Charges 600 Violations of Law.

Hot Springs, Ark., Oct 3.—Alleging 600 offenses in violation of the antitrust laws of the state District Attorney H. B. Means has entered suits against the Southern Telephone and Telegraph company and the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone company asking that penalties aggregating $3,000,000 be assessed.

THE WAAIMAB Following is the official weathei forecast to 8 o’clock tonight: Illinois Showers and thunder storms in south portion; fair In north portion; Cooler. Indiana and Lower Michigan— Showers end thunderstorms; cooler. Wisconsin —Fair with cooler in eatii portion. lowa—Fair.

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain. Chicago, Oct. 3. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat- Open. High. Low. Close. Oct. ...$ .97% $ .9714 $ .97% $ .97% Dec. ... I.CO 1.01% .99% 1.01% May ... 1.06% 1,07% 1.05% 1.07% July ... 1.02% 1.03% 1.02 1.03% Corn— Oct 60% .60% .60% .60% Dee 57% .58% .57% .58% May .*.. .58% .59% .58% .59% Oats— Oct 51% .51% .51% .51% Dec 52 .52% .52 ,52% May ... .53% .54 .53% .53% Pork— Jan. ...15.05 15.17%. 15.05 15.10 Lard— Nov. ... 9.00 9.10 9.00 9.05 Jan. ... 8.70 .8.75 8.70 8.72% May ... 8:90 5.90 8.87 8.90 Short Rihs— Jan. ... 7.82% 7.87% 7.82% 7.85 May ... 8.10 8.12% 8.07 8.10 Cash sales—Winter wheat —By samNo. 2 red, 98% e@ $1.01; No. 3 red. No. 3 hard. 96%(§99c. Spring wheat —By sample: No. 1 northern, $1.09@ 1.11; No. 2 northern. sl.o6<fr 1.09%c; No. 3 sipring, [email protected]. Corn—p.v sample firm:. No. 2, 62<?|62%c; No. 2 white, 62@62%c; No. 2 yellow, 62(b) G2%c; No. 3. 61%@62c; No. 3 white, 61%@C2c: No. 3 yellow. C2(?Z62%c: No. 4, 61%c. Oats—By sample: firm; No. 3 white, 48@50c; No. 4 white, 47 48c.

Live Stock, Poultry and Hay. Hogs—Receipts 16,000. Sales range! at [email protected] for choice heavy shipping, [email protected] choice light, $5.90@ 6.15 mixed packing, [email protected] choice pigs. Cattle —Receipts 8,500. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for prime fat steersfl [email protected] good to choice coww, [email protected] prime heifers, SB.OO @8.50 good to choice calves, $4,500/ 5.00 selected feeders, [email protected] fair to good stockers. Sheep—Receipts 20,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for good to prime native wethers, [email protected] good to choice native lambs, [email protected] medium spring lambs. * Live poultry—Turkeys, per lb, 13p: chickens, fowls, springs, 12VzC; roosters. 7c; geese, [email protected]; ducks. 10%c. Hay—-Choice new timothy hay at $17.00@ 18.00; No. 1, [email protected]; No. 2 and No. 1 mixed, [email protected]; No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, slo.oo@ 13.00.. Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin feeding prairie—Choice. sll.o@ 12.00; No. 1, st».so@ 10.50; packing hay, [email protected]. East Buffalo Live Stock. " East Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 3. D.unnlng & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle —Receipts 2 cars; market steady. Hogs— Receipts 20 cars; market lower; heavy, [email protected]; mediums, $6.90@ 7.10; yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, $6.70@ 6.30. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 20 cars; market steady; best lambs, $8.15 @8.25; culls, [email protected]; yearlings, $6.00; wethers, [email protected]; ewes. $4.50 @5.25. Calve*—Best, [email protected].

Mule Sale 1... / ’ ' ■ < AT WOODS’ Ik, ! : LIVERY ; ! BARN, ; ! INGTON, % fl ! INDIANA. i WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1907. 1 * At 1 o'clock p. m. Promptly < ;20 Head Missouri Mules J Consisting’of 6 three year olds; i four year old; 13 < ► two year olds:—Pair of bay horse mules 3 years o d, < * 15 *4 hands; pair bay mare mules, 2 years old; pair < * b|y horse mules, 2 years old; pair black mare mules, < * 2 years old, extra large, 16 hands; pair black horse < * and mare mules, 2 years old; the rest will be sold < * singly or in pairs. These mules are all extra good, < 1 heavy boned, from to 16 hands, bred and raised l in Missouri, most of them broken to work. L < * . I 1 TPDri S * months time on bankable ] I 1 l*-z* paper, with 6 per cent, interest J , from date, or 3 per cent, discount for cash. | — ~ ■i„—■ - - ,■ .. | *D. V. CLINE, Auctioneer, GRANT CULP I Etus ray STREETER;

IN A TUNNEL.

Having visited my estate at Poissy, I started back with a package of bills amounting to $2,000, which I was in too much of a hurry to count. Happily for me, the 3:20 express for Paris was late arriving, and I had time to spring Into a compartment that I thought was empty. A lady, however, was there before me in the corner to the right. This lady was not only young, but very pretty, elegant and dressed in perfect taste. Presently she tofk up a paper folded on her lap and began to read. Meanwhile we were rapidly approaching the station of Maisons-La-fltte, when all at once the notion struck me to read again some letters I had about me and that I had only glanced at in the hurry of my morning departure.

I put my hand In my pocket then and drew out in a loose heap the bundle of papers and letters and among them my pocketbook. I took up the pocketbook, therefore, drew out the notes and in the absolute security of that narrow, shut in carriage counted them slowly, complacently, without the slightest fear of being spied on. With my accustomed carelessness in everything I did I laid the pocketbook down on the seat beside me, along with the handful of letters that I proposed to read. A sharp rattle of iron made me look up brusquely. Was it really possible we were already passing Asnleres? The young woman, too, had been drawn by the noise from her immobility. She folded up her paper, then drew off her glove. But now the shadow of the great wall of the Batlgnolles was falling into the wagon, already gray with the coming twilight, and I saw that the lantern was uot lighted. A moment more and we rushed Into the Asnleres tunnel. Immediately I was conscious of a slight rustling sound, almost imperceptible fracas of rattling iron, a sort of light rubbing or scratching among the papers lying on the seat beside me.

Absentminded as I am, there were a hundred chances to one against my noticing so slight a thing. Nevertheless, be it a supernatural warning or latent suspicion, I instantly thought of my pocketbook, and instantly, too, without reflection, I threw myself .forward, my two hands spread out wide upon my scattered papers, and leaned heavily upon them. My heart gave one great plunge and seemed to stop beating, for I felt at once under those sheets of paper that I had seized upon something—something that, like a bear in a trap, sought to be free, writhing, struggling, clawing, twisting. Just then the train whistled again,, a whistle of distress, of inquiry maybe, relaxed its speed and came to a stop In the black night of the tunnel, and there In thatjrttchy darkness, for some seconds at least, I lived through the crisis of a veritable nightmare. How long it went on I never knew—never will know—but presently that hand, after doubling Itself with the vain but tortured tossings of a captive servant—that hand—crushed remorselessly under my own two palms, grew still and stirred no more, like a thing that is dead. And all this while 1 saw nothing, heard, nothing, not even g sighing

breath from the owner of that hand; though I perfectly comprehended that -she-to whom the hand belonged was simply crafty; that she was biding her time merely; that in that black obscurity even she eydtl me treacherously. At last the train began to move on once more. The relief experienced as it started was so great that involun-. tarily my entire being seemed to relax from its strain. She was watching for exactly that moment, for instantly that hand was stirring again, struggling again to be free, not in fits and starts this time, but in a steady recoil, tenacious, vigorous, Into which was thrown all its regnaining energy. I felt it through the papers, slipping, gliding, escaping me,,little by little. To get a better purchase on it I moved my palms slightly, and—the hand was gone. I grasped only my pocketbook. I opened it feverishly, learned by feeling that the bills were still there, thrust it into the breast of my coat and folded my arms upon it. Then I breathed freely. The darkness now was growing less, the street light beginning to enter the compartment. Naturally my first glance leaped toy that young woman’s face.. She was in the same place in the same attitude of haughty unconcern. Nothing was deranged' about her toilet; not a fold of her robe seemed to have stirred. The paper still lay folded upon her lap; the umbrella stood up beside her against the door. Only she was paler, and with eyes fixed on her wrist—the bruised and abraded right wrist, as I knew very well—she was relacing her glove, dexterously as ever, but with considerably more haste. * Meanwhile we had reached the station. The platform was on my side. The young woman rose, dropped her paper negligently, took up her umbrella and with admirable coolness stepped by me, murmuring in a voice clear and calm and In exactly the commonplace tone demanded by courtesy: “Your pardon, monsieur!” She was a thief. I know it. She had done her best to rob me, I knew that too. She sprang to the platform. The crowds had closed around her and swallowed her up. From that day to this I have never seen her more.—Chicago Dispatch.

Meerschaum.

Meerschaum is a silicate of magnesia and is to be found chiefly in Asia Ml- , nor, Greece and Madrid. Orchard Pointers. > Young suckers forming around fruit trees should be taken off as fast as they start. I Limbs broken off by high winds and i leaving a jagged surface should be I smoothed with a sharp knife and covered with grafting wax. | In choosing a, site for an orchard, a deep soli, even if not so rich, should be preferred to one that is much richer, but shallower. Root Welcomed in Mexico. Saltillo, Mex.,. Oct. I.—The special train with Secretary Root and party on boasd arrived at 5 o’clock in the evening. Governor Miguel Cardenas welcomed Mr. Root to the state of Coahuila and presented the secretary to the prominent citizens of ti.e city. ’ j .

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