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FAIRVIEW I
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HEWS OF THE WEEK
Host Important Happening? of the
Past Seven Days
Interesting Items Gathered from all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into 8mall Space for tho Ben
fit of Our Readers
f Domestic Items
) Lower prices for meats and other
v foods should be the result of the
’ bumper crops the United States has
produced this year in the opinion of
Secretary Wilson
In order to prevent further criticism
of the interior department for its
handling of the Cunningham Alaskan
coal claims Secretary Ballinger will
recommend in his annual report that
congress authorize the placing of
these cases under the jurisdiction of
the court of appeals of the District of
Columbia
That the state of Texas intends tak-
ing matters in its own hands if furth-
er disorders occur on the Mexican
border was the announcement made
by the state exeecutlve department
it was declared that the officials
stand ready to send rangers or special
officers to points where any show of
hostility threatening to turn into an
outbreak is made -
Members of the Brotherbpod of Lo-
comotive Engineers are voting in va-
rious parts of the West on whether
they will accept the wage offer made
by the general managers or strike
The 30000 engineers on 60 roads weBt
of Chicago will cast their ballots on
the proposition as fast as their re-
spective lodges meet
The population of Alabama is 2138
093 as enumerated in the thirteenth
census This is an increase of 309396
or 169 per cent over 1828697 in 1900
Expressing the fear that the interior
department will recommend the pat-
enting of the Cunningham Alaskan
coal land claims which he believes to
be fraudulent Oifford Pinchot former
forester of the United States has ap-
pealed to the president to allow him
' to submit a brief before any such ac-
tion is given executive approval
That women are destined to play a
greater part in Colorado's political
affairs that ever before is shown by
the returns from Tuesday's election
For the first time in the state’s history
four women will assist in framing the
state's laws
With 69 bodies already recovered
from the No 3 mine of the Victor-
Amerlcan Coal company at Delagua
Col the soene of the latest coal mine
disaster it is expected that the total
death roll when all bodies are re-
covered will reach 80 ' ' '
The Savannah challenge trophy race
2768 miles was yon by Joe Dawson
in a Marmon In 4 hours 23 minutes
' 8998 seconds 1
A telegram was received at the state
department from Gov Campbell of
Texas assuring Secretary Knox that
the Texas authorities would at once
Investigate the lynching of Antonio
Rodriguez the Mexican citizen who
was burned to death at Rock Springs
Texas v
More than $700000 annually Is the
patronage prize the Democrats have
won by their capture of the house of
representatives
Arkansas voted for congressmen
alone the state election having taken
place in September The returns show
a full Democratic delegatlod to con-
gress Sixty or more miners were entomb-
ed and may be dead as a result of an
explosion in mine number 3 of the
Victor - American Fuel company at
Trinidad Col
Officers in the revenue cutter service
are Arm in the belief that serious
trouble is certain to come between
Japan and the United States over the
- sealing season
For the first time since 1892 the
year of the great Democrat landslide
that landed Grover Cleveland the
presidency for the second time New
Jersey has gone Democratic Wood-
row Wilson president of Princeton
university being elected governor
The hardest fought political cam-
paign in years in Nebraska in which
the county option plan of dealing with
the liquor traffic was the dominating
issue has resulted in the probable
election of Mayor Dahlman of Omaha
the Democratic nominee for governor
The election of Lee Cruce of Ard-
more Democrat over'J W McNeal
of Guthrie Republican for governor
of Oklahoma by a plurality of at least
86000 was indicated by partial re-
turns from 21 of the 77 counties
Petition for a change of venue tak-
ing the beef trust case out of the juris-
diction of United States Judge Kene-
saw M Landis has been filed In the
United States district court at Chi-
cago Five men robbed the State bank
of Beattie Marshall county Kan and
after a running fight with citizens es-
caped with $3600
The first victory of the Democrats
In Connecticut in 22 years was cele-
brated with red fire noise making de-
vices and a monster parade
The striking express drivers of New
York cky have refused to accept the
terms of settlement offered and threat-
en to bring on a general sympathy
strike Mayor Gaynor announced that
the entire power of the city would be
used to protect the wagons of the com-
panies The relations between Mexico and
the United States are dangerously
trained by reason of the demands
made on the United States by Mexico
foi reparation for the lynohlng of
Rodlgues by American oltlzens and the
demand made on the Mexican govern-
ment by Ambassador Wilson
The Sixty-second congress will be
Democratic by a clear working ma-
jority while In the United States sen-
" the Republicans will have only a
cad over their opponents
n can now vote in five states
Wyoming Idaho Utah and
on
Figures from 103 counties of the lit
in Missouri and St Louis complete
give Gantt Democrat for Judge of the
supreme court 168813 and Brown Re-
publican 272178 for the same office
A serious flood situation has develop-
ed in eastern France The River
Muerthe and its tributaries are over
their banka Many villages hdve been
inundated - - -
Another unusual feature of the vot-
ing in the East was the fact that in
a majority of the big cities the Repub-
licans gained while they lost in the
country -
The Democrats appear to have
swept the Republicans clear out of
North Carolina According to the
best returns available the Republicans
lose their three congressmen
A Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
passenger train from Kingfisher col-
lided head on with an Atchison To-
peka ft Santa Fe work train two and
a half mile south of Guthrie Albert
Wilson engineer was killed and Fire-
man Williamson was badly injured
Connecticut has elected a Demo-
cratic governor for the first time since
1893 In the person of Judge Simeon
E Baldwin The rest of the state of-
ficials will be Republican
The proposed prohibition constitu-
tional amendment to the constitution
of Missouri has been defeated by a
large majority probably more than
100000
- Foreign Affairs
Investigation by the Royal North-
west Mounted Police shows that there
is no truth In the story circulated
from Allx Alberta that Belle Elmore
wife or Dr Harvey H Crippen was
there
A clay disk unearthed in Crete con
tains hieroglyphics stamped with a
punch which would indicate that the
printers’ art In a crude way was prac-
ticed 4000 years ago
A serious' anti-French outbreak has
been started In Tripoli and 300 French
soldiers are reported to -have been
killed
The Deutsche bank is at the head of
a syndicate of all the principal German
and Austrian banks Including the
Rothschilds which will take a Turkish
loan of approximately $31500000
Glowing accounts have reached New
York of wonderful gold discoveries in
the district of Yildarn West Australia
the rush to the fields continues un-
abated and Bullfinch in the heart of
the belt is described by experts as
the greatest gold find In the common-
wealth The demonstration against Ameri-
cans has been renewed at Mexico City
The American ambassador besides
registering a vigorous protest' with
the Mexican department of foreign re
latlons has telegraphed the facts of
the outburst to Washington
Twenty-six persons 'were found
guilty on the ground that they were
plotters agalipt the life of the Mikado
the court recommends capital punish-
ment A general rebellion has broken out In
Honduras and insurgents are gather
ing in the Interior according to reli-
able dispatches received at San- Sal-
vador i j
Personal
Gov B F Carroll of Iowa has an-
nounced the appointment of Lafayette
Young editor and published of the
Des Moines Capital to be United
States senator succeeding the late
Senator Dolllver He will serve until
the legislature meets to elect a sena-
tor Carl E Franke of Parkersburg la
has issued a formal announcement of
his candidacy for the position of
United States senator to succeed the
late J P Dolllver 1
United States Senator Alexander
Stephens Clay died suddenly in the
Atlanta sanitarium to which he was
taken ten days ago in the hope that
special treatment might prolong his
life
Gov Harmon has swept the state
He -was re-elected according to all In-
dications by the biggeBt plurality ever
given a Democratic candidate for gov-
ernor In the history of Ohio
Ben W Hooper the newly elected
governor of Tennessee was found a
waif on the streets of Knoxville 40
years ago His parentage was ' not
known and he was sent to an orphan-
age where he received his early train-
ing According to official census report
the population of Los Angeles Is 819
198 as compared with 102479 In 1900
and 50395 in 1890 This increase
from 1900 to 1910 is shown to be 216-
719 or 2116 per cent - -The
medical prossion admits that
It Is unable to solve the mystery of
infantile paralysis They cannot cul-
tivate the germs in laboratories not
certainly diagnose the disease until
the patient become paralyzed
Indications are that J K Tener Is
elected governor of Pennsylvania by
86000 plurality over Berry Keystons
party candidate
Later returns Indicate that Aldrich
the Republican candidate for governot
of Nebraska has refeated Mayor Dahl
man of Omaha by a plurality of 25000
The next general assembly of In-
diana will have a Democratic mi
Jorlty which will cause the defeat ol
Senator Beveridge
North Dakota has elected a - Re
prbllcan legislature This insures the
re-election of McCumber to the United
States senate and the election of con-
gressman Greene to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator John-
son Postmaster General Frank Hitch-
cock braved the dangers of aviation
and made a flight with Count de Les-
sens the French avalator in his
Blerlot monoplane at Haletbrop Md
W R Stubbs has been re-elected
governor of Kansas but by a greatly
reduced ' plurality over George H
Hodges the Democratic candidate
Prof Herschel C Parker of Colum
bla university has just returned from
Alaska with what be declares as Indie
putable proof of the falsity of Dr
Frederick Cook’s claims to having as
cended to the top of Mount McKinley
John A Dix of Washington county
the Democratic candidate for gover-
nor of the state of New York has been
elected by a plurality estimated at
70000
Warren G Harding defeated Repub
llcan candidate for governor of Ohio
who for 12 years has been active In
state politics has announced to friends
his retirement from politics
NEWS OF
A Review of the Important Happenings in Oklahoma
Condensed for Busy Readers Throughout the Country
TROUBLE IN POTTAWATOMIE
Officials Restrained From
Counting Ballots -
Shawnee Okla — District Judge
Hoffman has Issued an injunction re-
straining the election officials in Potta-
watomie county fron counting the bal-
lots in two precincts pending the in-
vestigation of alleged illegal voting by
certain negroes who it is said are not
qualified to vote
The average democratic vote in this
county heretofore has been about 2-
900 and the average republican vote
2050 Returns in from the election
Tuesday show that Cruce leads by 243
votes and that the two boxes out con-
tain 13 votes which it counted will de-
tract from his plurality
J H Maxey democratic candidate
from Lincoln and Pottawatomie coun-
Ues for flotorlal representati e has a
majority of 604 in Pottawatomie coun-
ty but if the alleged illegal votes in
Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties
are allowed it is probable that Docher
his republican oponent will defeat
him
Tillman the democratic candidate
for senator is inj the same predica-
ment Would Prevent Collection of Tax
Oklahoma City Okla — Judge Cot-
teral granted three restraining orders
against State Auditor Trapp Monday
to prevent the collection of the Gross
Revenue Tax Law of 1909 and the
case has been set for bearing No-
vember 5 in Guthrie The plaintiffs
assert that the auditor Is seeking the
collection of 3 per cent on the gross
revenue in amounts varying from
$2000 to $7000 in violation of the
constitution In that the law bad no
emergency clausa and did not be-
come effective until June 9 1910 so
it can not be enforced until the end
of the next fiscal year which is in
June The plaintiffs are the Wells
Fargo United States and American
express companies
Bsall Ousted by State Board
Oklahoma City — J J Beall chair-
man of the Oklahoma county election
board was ousted from the position
he held by the state election board
at a meeting held Friday forenoon
All members of the state election
board were present and the motion
to oust Chairman Beall was made by
Jake Hamon republican member of
the state election board after Sec-
retary Seth K Cordon called Chair-
man Beall on the telephone and re-
ceived his declaration that he would
not resign which courtesy was ex-
tended him by the board
- Apache Indlane Sell Cattle
Oklahoma City Okla — The first con-
tribution of - cattle from the federal
government for- the benefit of the
Apache Indians reached the Oklaho-
ma National Stock Yards Monday
There were eleven cars in the first
shipment including eight loads of
cows and three loads of steprs They
were considered the best finished
tuff in the yards and came from the
Fort Sill country Between 10000 and
$11000 was paid for the entire offering
Would Lower Oil Rates
' Guthrie Okla — The corporation
commission Friday gave a hearing to
the oil producers of the state on thelr
complaint against the increase - in
rates on fuel oil recently made by
the railroads The oil men claimed
that the increased rate was made for
the benefit of tbe coal men and pro-
hibited the manufacturers of the state
from getting the benefit of the cheap-
er fuel afforded by oil under the old
rate -
Engine Kills Two Injures Three
Enid Okla — Mr and Mrs John
Leverly residing on a farm In Grant
county were killed and Mr and Mrs
Otto Skidmore and little Bon were
injured near Waukita Okla north of
here Friday morning when a special
engine running unscheduled on the
Hutchinson and Southern tracks
struck the carriage in which the partjr
was riding os it crossed the track
Tbe Skidmore family reside on a farm
near here and the party of five had
been attending a wedding In the
neighborhood of Waukita and were
returning home
I Abolish Minimum Gas Rate
' Guthrie Okla — The state corpora-
tion commission is preparing an order
that if promulgated would be greatly
to the advantage of gas consumers in
Oklahoma The order refers to the
gas situation at Shawnee and would
set aside the present minimum charge
of 60 cents a month paid by domestic
consumers and require them to pay
only for the amount of gas actually
used At Guthrie and other towns the
minimum charge is $1 a month
Mine Disaster Kills Ten
Panama III — Ten miners were in-
stantly killed Friday morning by an
explosion believed to have been
caused by fire damp from an aban-
doned room A hundred men were at
work at the time and ten still are
penned in by debris It Is feared they
will die before the rescuers reach
them Scores were rescued from the
pit through the escape shaft and are
only slightly hurt Many of the res-
cued may die from injuries Special
trains have been sent from nearby
towns with doctors and nurses -
Freight Trains Clash
Tulsa Okie— As tbe result of a
mistake made in the throwing of a
witch in the yards of the Midland
Valley railroad at Pawhuska Thursday
afternoon two freight trains met In a
head on collision at five o’clock Re-
ports received from Pawhuska Thurs-
day night say that both engines were
completely demolished and while only
one man an engineer was badly hurt
tbe crews of both trains bad a good
shaking up and a narrow escape
THE STATE
OIL RATE IS ATTACKED
Dealers Declare Rpilroads Are Over-
charging
' Guthrie Okla — Oil producers and
railroad traffic and legal officials were
here Friday for hearing before the
state corporation commission of the
complaints of producers that freight
rates on oil shipments in Oklahoma
are excessive C A Stannard a fuel
oil dealer of Emporia Kans was the
principal witness at the morning ses-
sion and for the commissioner's edi-
fication gave carefully tabulated fig-
ures on oil rates compared with rates
on coal Stannard stated that between
November 1908 and 1910 he bad paid
as freight on Oklahoma business $86-
86728 and that the loss of oil in ship-
ment during that time had been $112
This Is the face of the railroad's con-
tention that the rate on oil should be
high because of the great risk of loss
by fire wreckage and other causes
Stannard said that in ten yeara' ex-
perience be had never had a car of oil
burned Another contention of the
railroads has been that empty oil cars
can not be used for any other pur-
pose while coal cars may be returned
loaded with other commodities To
refute this Stannard quoted the tes-
timony of General Freight Agent
Koontz of the Santa Fe railroad be-
fore the Interstate commerce commis-
sion at Kansas City that less than two
per cent of coal cars are returned
loaded
Attorney J R Cottlngham of Guth-
rie representing tbe Santa Fe at the
hearing objected to much of Stan-
nard’s testimony but he was consist-
ently overruled by Commissioner A P
Watson who is conducting the bear-
ing Stannard declared that the oil
people would be willing to accept a
rate 10 per cent higher than the rate
on coal He cited instances from
present rates that seemed excessive
In one Instance the freight on a $90
shipment of oil from Kelfer in the oil
country to Cherokee Alfalfa county
was $222
George Hensbaw probably elected
corporation commissioner Tuesday
appears as attorney for the commis-
sion in the oil hearing'
' Franois Loses In Missouri
St Louis Mo — The official count
probably will be required to determine
whether the republicans or the demo-
crats carried Missouri for tbe state
ticket in Tuesday’s election The result
is still in doubt with both sides claim-
ing victory The plurality of James A
Reed of Kansas City over David R
Francis of St Louis in the democratic
senatorial contest Is nxed at 20000
with one-fourth of the counties to be
heard from
Increase In Cotton This Year
Guthrie Okla — The state board of
agriculture finds from the reports of
743 glnners that up to and Including
the close of business on Oct 31 there
had been ginned of the 1910 crop 409-
161 square bales and 14163 round
bales as compared with 332971 square
bales and 13966 round bales reported
by 723 glnners on the same date last
year
Granite Quarries at 8al!aaw
SallBaw Okla — oranlte and stone
quarries ten miles north of here
which are said to be the richest in
the state and to contain more granite
than the entire supply of the state of
Vermont are to be utilized by a com-
pany composed of several wellknown
eastern financiers which E D Nims
president of the Pioneer Telephone
and Telegraph company -of Oklahoma
City is Interested in the project
Cotton Fire at Hugo
Hugo Okla— A box car and forty-
two bales of cotton were almost to-
tally destroyed by fire in the Frisco
yards Thursday night The cotton
was consigned to a firm at Houston
Tex by the Webb Mercantile com-
pany and L W Ratliff of this city
The loss Is estimated at $3000 fully
Insured - -
Was All a Joke
Shattuck Okla — Tbe ‘‘night riders’
scare reported from this section of the
state a few days ago has turned out
to be a Joke It has developed that
farmers drilled a few boys for the pur-
pose of frightening some of the broom
corn buyers here A crowd of boys
marched up the street and back again
and a farmer who was "next” per-
mitted several bales of brush to be
scattered about
Madlll Marshal Shot and Killed
Madlll Okla — Sunday Just after
the noon hour Jim Thompson killed
J T Pratt the city marshal with a
Winchester rifle Thompson at once
appropriated a horse and buggy stand-
ing near and made his get-away
Sheriff and Election Board Quarrel
Snyder Okla — Owing to the spilt
between Sheriff Brashear of Mountain
Park and members of the county elec-
tion board it is problematical as to
how long It will be before returns are
in officially airly ellable reports
show the following facts: The county
went for Cruce by a majority of 662
Ferris carried by 676 votes Coffey
democrat was chosen state senator
Logan and McOllntock both demo-
crats are the state legislators from
this county Swanson county went
two to one dry
Land Sales Postponed
Arnett Okla— Two tracts of stats
land were sold here at big raises and
lessees say the reason was spite work
on the part of speculators The lease-
holds were not protected sufficiently
by Improvements' Two vacant treats
old above appraisements and one at
appraisement All land sold here In
this sale Was In the old Woodward
county part of Ellis odunty Only four
of the 66 tracts offered here remain
unsold The sales force has returned
to Guthrie Bales will be resumed at
Chandler on Nov 10
States
WASHINGTON— Dr William K
Rucker of the public health and
marine hospital service recently -left
Ellis Island for Boston to confer with
Commissioner of Immigration George
B Billings tbe port medical staff and
officials of the state board of health
regarding the new and comprehensive
plan for guarding the United States
gainst possible danger from cholera
suspects coming from Russia and
Italy This plan contemplates a sur-
veillance of immigrants from the in-
fected districts to their final destina-
tion in the United States even though
4t be in a remote settlement of the
west Surgeon General Walter Wy-
man and his officers have worked
days and nights perfecting the de-
tails and now believe that with tbe
co-operation of state and municipal
health authorities which they request
a cholera epidemic in the United
States ’ would be practically impos-
sible The new system which Is supple-
mentary to the rigorous medical ex-
aminations now made provides for a
registry of immigrants from Russia
and Italy by the Immigrant inspectors
at each port on the Atlantio coast
The bureau has prepared a blank for
the use of the inspectors whereby a
simple system of checking and the
writing in of the name of the im-
migrant and the town street and num-
ber to which he is going will make
Ask Honest Postal
V-
ANNOUNCEMENT is made at the
post office department that under
Instructions froqi Postmaster General
Hitchcock the inspectors "must get
the crooks” Whereupon every sleuth
has put his nose to the ground and
sought an opening to land those who
are trying to "get something for
nothing” from the people But it is
also said that “they are going after
every individual or concern whose
business smacks of fraud regardless
of its size or the influence which may
be behind it”
Several days ago there came out of
the same department a story to the
effect that the inspectors were In-
formed that they were not to “go It
blind” and simply make cases' but
that he would have to be able to
"produce the goods" so as to have
reasonable grounds for convictions In
court
No honest' man wants to prevent the
prosecution of frauds and crooks On
the contrary there is a strong desire
that all such persons should be ap-
prehended and punished but there
have been examples of great ‘injustice
and wrong on the part of too eager
Government Clerks
I CAN SCC MYSELF
LOOK INC FOR
ANOTHER JO®
ALL RICHT
TREASURY clerks were thrown into
a panic tbe other day by the pub-
lication in a local paper of a story
describing In alarming detail how
Frederick A Cleveland the business
expert has been whizzing through
the department of late discovering in-
efficiency right and left and recom-
mending discharges and salary reduc-
tions at a wholesale rate Not only
on their own account but on that of
their relatives and friends throughout
the country -As
a matter of fact the story ap-
parently was made out of whole cloth
It has attracted attention at the
White House which has given orders
that its origin be traced
The actual work of reorganizing the
treasury department is being done
very slowly and quietly and without
serious disturbance to any one Six
months ago thei department entered
into a contract with - Arthur Young
Hobble Invades Nation’s High Court
HE hobble skirt or what looked
like a hobble skirt the other day
Invaded tbe precincts of the United
States Supreme court where flowing
robes are worn by tbe Justices and
where the lawyers who appear to ar-
gue cases generally wear the somber
black of the bar
Of course hobble skirt wearers
have hobbled behind the railing where
the publlo is admitted because among
tbe visitors to the courtroom are
women dressed 1 the latest styles
But not until the day mentioned
woman barrister entitled to practise
before the highest court in the land
appeared in a dress which suggested
the latest fad -There
is no rule of the court nor
has there been since Belva Lock-
wood opened the way for the admis-
sion of women to the bar in 1879
which says that skirts shall not be
hobbled -
Cholera Precautions
a complete record of his origin and
dbstlnatlon
At the close of the day these "des-
tination cards’ will be collected by
the chief medical officer and imme-
diately mailed to state boards of
health
The state health ‘official In return
will be requested to mall the cards to
the local boards of health The the-
ory is that should a case of cholera
break out the local officials would Im-
mediately be able to Identify It and
take prompt measures should the rec-
ords show that the place harbored
persons coming from a cholera in-
fested dlstrlcL
The treasury department and the
department of commerce and labor
have formally approved Doctor Wy-
man’s plan hence it goes into opera-
tion with all the force o' the govern-
ment behind It as far as United
States officials are concerned At
first the local boards of health must
forward the cards at their own ex-
pense but as the cards are govern-
ment documents it may be that the
local authorities can be supplied with
franks
- It should be said that the bureau
has no fear of a cholera epidemic in
this country The medical examina-
tions of immigrants are very thor-
ough and In devising this additional
system Doctor Wyma:- merely- covers
a factor In the situation namely the
chance cholera bacillus carriers to
whom no systematic attention hae
bee given before Doctor Wyman
believes that with the co-operation to
be expected from the local health
authorities he can almost guarantee
the United States against a serious
outbreak of cholera
Law Enforcement
post office inspectors who wanted to
make a record and devoted much time
to working up cases There are also
many people who for revenge or
other cause seek out post offloe in-
spectors and try to secure fraud or-
ders against persons they dislike or
whose business rivalry they fear
If fraud orders could be reviewed
in the courts it would not matter so
much whether legitimate concerns
were attacked by over-zealous men
who are told "get the crooks" and
went out to make records But there
are many little frauds who advertise
a business and have a little room with
a deal table and one chair reap a
small harvest and make a quick get-
away who should be pursued by the
men who are trying to prevent the
use of malls for fraudulent purposes
There Is culte a field to cover by
those who are in earnest and do not
feel that in order to make a name and
reputation they must pull down lig
concerns or get “big game"
- There has been an intimation that
the post office department wants tbe
Inspectors to make such of their
ground in making cases have evidence
upon which they can go into court It
has taken quite a long campaign to
secure that much of a concession but
it is believed that there will not be
such scandals In the future as in the
past over the destruction of legitimate
business Concerns by the free nse of
fraud orders
Were Well Scared
who has made a thorough examina-
tion of the antique accounting system
and of general business methods -Mr
Young put eight men to work
and the treasury department placed
alongside of every one of tm
check of its own selected especially
because of his known efficiency and
enterprise As a result the depart-
ment now has in hand a staff of
trained investigators of its own edu-
cated by tbe hired experts whose re-
ports to the secretary and his assist-
ants have proved exceedingly valu-
able '
Tbe treasury department hesitates
to make sweeping changes In pel'
sonnel until congress shall have
passed some kind of civil service re-
tirement act Juat before congress
adjourned it had been planned to put
through a limited -- retirement bill
which ould have enabled the depart-
ment tj retire several hundred aged
clerks at practically a thousand dol-
lars a year but never reached pub-
licity much less congress The gov-
ernment however 'recognizes more
and more the need of a retirement
law and the president and his cabinet
are confident they could save money
enough from the - operation of one to
pay the whole cost
The person who has precipitated all
this discussion is Adelma H Burd of
New York Whe i she appeared In
the courtroom and proceeded to take
her seat within the inclosure reserved
for members of the bar there was a
hasty Investigation It did not seem
likely that a woman lawyer who had
attained the dignity of the right to
practise before the Supreme court
would be so swayed by feminine emo-
tions as to don a skirt that showed
tendencies toward the hobble idea
Some of tho court officers as a mat-
ter of fact were not certain In their
own blinds that the hobble feature
was there That question has - not
yet bee answered satisfactorily
Anyway Miss Burd woe not mo-
lested She Is likely to go down in
history as the first woman who by
her appearance before the Supreme
court proved that her sex can attain
the greatest distinction in store for
attorneys without putting behind It
what Is regarded as the feminine do
votlon to the dictates of fashion
A Girl's Idea
' A girl's Idea of a trousseau Is- to
have enough clothes to wear without
buying anything new for at least
three weeks
EXPOSURE BROUGHT IT ON
Thousands ef Soldiers Contracted
Kidney Trouble In tho Civil War
John T Jones Pauls Valley Okla
ays: "The hardships and exposure I
endured in the Civil War and when
serving as a aoout under Bill Cody
brought on my
kidney trouble I
was confined to
bed for days and
the pain through
my - hack - and
limbs was the
worst I ever expe-
rienced The kid-
hey secretions
were profuse fill- '
ed witji blood and burned terribly I
became weak and debilitated Soon aft-
er I began taking Doan’s Kidney Pills
I improved and it was not long before -I
was a well man
Remember the name — Doan's
For sale by all dealers 60 cents a
box Foster-Mllburn Co Buffalo N T
Easy Marks -
"Talk erbout yore easy marks” said
Uncle Silas Geehaw who bad been
passing a week In the city "us rubes
ain’t in it with them air teown
chaps” -
"Did yew sell 'em enny gold bricks
Silas?" queried old Daddy' Squash-
neck ”Naw I didn’t” answered Unde
Silas “but I seed a feller peddlin’ arti-
ficial ice — hed th’ sign right on his
wagon — an’ blamed of th’ chumps
didn't buy it for tbe real thing by
grass!”
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red Weak Weary' Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids Murine Doesn’t
Smart — Soothes Eye Pain Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy Liquid 25o
60o $100 ' Murine Eye Salve In
Aseptic Tubes 25c $100 Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mall
Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago -
Looking After the Eggs
Lady Betty who is four years old
and never misses a trick was taken
the other evening to a restaurant for1
her supper and with all the importance
and sprightly dignity of her years '
calmly ordered poached eggs on toast
While the little family group was
awaiting its service the "kiddle” ‘
amused herself by looking out of the ’
window pressing against a screen to
get a closer view of something below -She
was warned by her mother that
the screen might give way and let her
fall to the sidewalk perhaps Injuring
her terribly She drew away thought
a minute and then said naively: '
“Would I fall if the screen went out?” -You
certainly would" was her moth-
er’s reply "And would I get awful
buried ?’’ "Very likely” "Then what "
would the man do wltl the eggs?”
Somewhat Indignant ' f
The two extra-specialists had pound-
ed and sounded him and felt of his
pulse and tapped bis frame till he
could only lie in a cold perspiration of
fear '
‘Undoubtedly it’s a' case of appen-
dicitis!” said specialist No 1 gravely-'
‘Undoubtedly!’ assented specialist '
No 2:'
‘But would he be able to stand an
operation?” pondered No 1 -“Ah
would he?” echoed No 2 “
They dug him in the ribs again and
he squealed
"Ah" remarked No 1 "I think we
ought to let him get a bit stronger be- '
fore we cut into him’
'Confound your palaver!" gasped
the patient- starting up “What do
you take me for — a cheese?” ' -
A Touch of Family Life
When the country youth proposed
to the city girl he received the con-
ventional assurance that she would bo
his sister It happened that this youth
had sisters at home and knew exactly
his privileges So be kissed her - At
this Juncture she availed herself of
the sisterly right to call out to father
that brother was teasing her Father
responded in good muscular earnest
Then the new brother-and-sister re la- -tion
was dissolved by mutual consent
— Judge - -
Where He Fell Down
Mr Crlmsonbeak — I see Budapest
has a school where the students are
taught the art of eating
Mrs Crlmsonbeak — You ought to ar-
range to go there John
"What for?”
"And take a course in spaghetti eat-
ing” — Yonkers Statesman
Taking His Meals Out
"And do you take your meals out?”
asks the village probe who Is garner-
ing information from the former resi-
dent who Is home from tbe city for a
few days
“Not until after I have eaten them”
wearily responds the unwilling vlo-
tlm — Judge
MORE THAN EVER
Increased Capacity for Mental Labor
Since Leaving Off Coffee
Many former coffee drinkers who
have mental work to perform day
after day have found a better capaci-
ty and greater endurance by using
Postum Instead of ordinary coffee An
Illinois woman writes:
‘I had drank coffee for about twen- '
ty years and finally had what the
doctor called coffee heart’ I was
nervous and extremely despondent
had little mental or physical strength
left had kidney trouble and constipa-
tion "Tbe first noticeable benefit derived
from the change from coffee to Postum
was the natural action of the kidneys
and bowels In two weeks my heart
action was greatly improved and my
nerves steady
"Then I became less despondent
and tho desire to bo aetivo again
bowed proof of renewed physical and
mental strength
“1 am steadily gaining In physloal
strength and brain power J formerly
did mental work and had to glvo It up
on account of coffee hut since using
Postum 1 am doing hard mental labor
with less fs'clgue than ever before”
Read the little book “The Road to
Wellvllle In pkgs “There's a Reason”
read tba above lottort A aoW
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