The Lamont Record. (Lamont, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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The Lantont Record.
•HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.*
0. J. Bradfleld, Pub.
lamont.
OKLA.
The tariff of the Indian railways U
lowest of any In the world.
California sent * ast
4,000 cars of lemons.
during
One way t<> heat the dealers who are
threatening to put the price of tomb-
atones up Is to get cremated.
Every yachtsman knows that the
season for splicing the mainsail and
tnking a reef in the jlhsheet is at
hand again.
Secretary Wilson says that the pub
lie can not tell fresh eggs from stale
Fortunately the grocers always put a
label on the basket.
Dr Wendel says that men are more
benutiful than women, and it may-
be true, but men don't spend their
time in paying one another compli
ments.
John D. Rockefeller advises people
to save money. People with plenty of
money, declares the Nashville Ran
nor. llnd it mighty easy to give such
advice.
.jj .v -c'Ji* ^
* Square Mile Burned, Over 5C0 House*
Destroyed—10.0C0 Homeless.
The population of the world could
b<> contained in Delaware if they "'era
as congested as the people in 11 Ne-'
York city blocks, at the rate of 1.200
per acre.__
GO TO CHICAGO UNPLEDGED
A woman in New York has been
sent to jail for husband-beating. This
is another strong illustration of the
prejudice against allowing women to
encroach on masculine prerogatives.
MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS
COMPROMISE DIFFERENCES.
NOT CAMPAIGN MONEY.
Ryan Changes His Statement As
Political Funds.
Now that the Spanish master of the
horse has given orders that King A1
fonso is not to be photographed while
wearing the Andalusian costume, as It
does not suit him. which daring ania
teur photographer will he the first to
get a snap?
Almost ail 'in- world's supply of
black diamonds comes from a compar-
atively small area In the central part
of the state of Bahia. Brazil. The
stones are found in gravel and con-
glomerate formations. They are
used for rock drilling, and of laie
years their value has been greatly en-
hanced.
Resolution Declares That Majority
of Delegates Are Favor-
able to Taft.
New York.—Thomas F. Hyan Thurs-
day threw cold water on the recent ,
published story to the effect that "
had testified before a special k^nd
jury that $500,000 of Metropolitan
Street Railway money ostensibly to
be used for the purchase of thet Wa.
and Cortland street ferry line had gone
1 i„to a political campaign fund. ftir.
Boston, Mass. The greatest firo
that bus scourged any part of the
metropolitan district in ten years de-
vastated the manufacturing, tenement
and retail sections of Chelsea Sunday,
burning over om square mile of terrl
lory and leveling many of the c i > s
best structures. The fire star -
10:40 a. xu. and was not under con-
trol until nine o'clock Sunday evening,
notwithstanding that half of the Bos-
ton fire department's strength an.
steamers from a dozen other cities and
towns went to the aid of the Chelsea
brigade.
At an early hour Monday morning
the ruins of the burned disirlct in
Chelsea were under guard of H com
panics of the state militia and ma-
rines from the Charlestown navy yard,
and the city was put under martial
law to prevent looting. The soldiers
were supplied with ball cartridges.
The bodies of three persons, so bad-
ly burned as to be unrecog.il/able, are
a‘t the North Drove Street morgue.
No other deaths have thus far been
officially reported.
It Is estimated that about 500 louses
were burned and about 10,000 people
rendered homeless.
An early morning estlmaW of the
loss by an official of a prominent in-
surance firm placed the total at be-
tween $7,500,000 and $10,000,000.
total insurance, it was figured,
about $5,000,000.
Truth and
Quality
\
appeal to tho Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential bo permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Fig*
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reason*
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is tho fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organ*
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
nhysicians, as it is free from all objection-
rldc substances. To get its benefic.at
effects always purchase the genuine-
inanufuctured by tho California Fig Syrup
3o., only, and for sale by all leading drug-
P8t8- ___
ONE LESSON WHOLLY WASTED.
Tho
was
KANSAS LAWS INVALID.
Little Surprise Planned by Blllifler 4
McSwat Not a Success.
1
supreme Court Render. Decision M*
ing Special Acts Unconstitutional.
King Edward took half a dozen
American rocking chairs along with
him to Biarritz. Sitting in one of
them, with his feet in two others, on
the hotel piazza, swaying gently back
and forth with one of those six-dollar
cigars caressed between his lips, he
ought to get a little comfort, even if
he is a king.
A plaster cast of the diplodoceus, a
prehistoric reptile, which is one of the
treasures of the Carnegie museum in
Pittsburg, is to be sent to the emperor
of Germany. His majesty should be
assured that, despite certain stories,
the snakes seen by the Pittsburg
spirits are not quite the size of this
lC-by-70-foot creature._
§rS!:EsrS
ir :r sf -S 5ws
The convention adopted resolutions ( ’ !l “He suggested that
sees °s c“-"ls *fT89T r ss
platform held that th e- him by Mr. Whitney, who, he said
dL.re , !£ .£ contro.Hi, 'spirit of the com
nomination." but that it was uncet- panj.^ ^ &ny othpr information
tain whether a resolution c p what Mr. Whitney told you as
- - - —r he ™
contest which would be injurious to asked. (
the welfare of the party. . ‘ fact ,i0 you know for what It
This last named plank, the adoption As a »cl uo > «
of which was the feature of the com was applied?
vention, it was admitted by all the i No. —
party leaders, was a compromise.
Topeka, Kan.—By a unanimous de-
cision Saturday in the case of • •
Anderson against the board of count
commissioners of Cloud county the su
, n me court held that the new consti-
tutional amendment relating to special
legislation will have the effect of ren-
during invalid all special laws passed
at the 1907 and special session ot the
legislature. The Cloud act authorized
the commissioners of Cloud, county to
erect certain bridges across the Re-
public river in the vicinity of Con-
cordia and to issue countj bonds t
or the same. Tie amount an-
pa> f n Ti-ia act was
thorized was $1-..C00. i *
passed at the session of 1907. C.
Anderson, a tax-payer, an <
d!strict court for an injunction to te
strict the county commissioners^frora
issuing bonds on the ground that the
special act was unconstitutional Th
lower court held the act to be consti-
tutional. The supreme court reverses
this decision and remands the case for
further proceedings.
"Lobelia," asked Mr. McSwat, who-
was rummaging in one of the closeU
"have you done anything with thaii
old coat of mine that used to hang om
the last hook in here?”
"Yes,” answered Mrs. McSwat.
rave it to the Volunteers."
g “?ou did, did you?" Well, you'll
be sorry to learn, perhaps, that there,
was a flve-dollar bill in it which l
was going to give you if I found that
coat undisturbed at the beginning or
W"Ohi think not, BURger. I searched!
It thoroughly before I gave it away.
"You're a pretty smart woman, *
Lobelia, but it didn’t occur to you to«
look inside the lining.
“O, yes. it did, and 1 found the flve-
dollar’bill. I spent it for the rubber
plant in the front parlor that you ha>£
admired so much and wondered how
I managed to buy out of my al'^ance..
You're a pretty smart man. Biliiger
but there are times when you don L
look the part.”
There being no further business be-
fore the house, Mr. McSwat adjourned
without form.
Put Flour In Bond.
Chicago—At the convention of the
Two , to7he~meiflory
Oklahoma City. OK -iu fee
THE MEAN MAN.
Minnesota Dedicates Monument.
Shiloh Battlefield, Tenn-The monu-
ment erected by the st.u* -
sota in the National park at Shiloh
of the Minnesota sol-
’Kiaiiuma vxx-v, - . t. i
in U3 United States circuit court Ft
A prominent doctor in Hungary has
discovered that almost all modern ail-
ments are due to the habit of sitting.
He suggests that clerks and type-
writers should stand at their work,
but should recline at full length on
the floor for a few- minutes every two
hours. This would make business life
much more picturesque.
sessable by law on wheat imported at Leavenworth. A. S. Hayes
into the United States, wheat flour . .....
A distinguished Dutch doctor stares
that hypnotic suggestion is the best
cure for all human ills. The majority
of persons will agree that this treat-
ment will be effective when applied to
the purely imaginative disorders of
our friends, but the serious and real
Ills from which they themselves suffer
will need serious and real treatment.
equal In value it, that o( the wheat
mav be deposited in bond and t.
wheat released from the payment of
duty. The fiour so deposited is not
to be removed except for export free
of duty or.for domestic consumption
upon the payment of duties equal to
the amount which would have been
levied on the wheat.
of Little Hock, Ark., former cashier
of the First National Bank of Lexing-
ton. Ok., was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. Billlngsly was
convicted on a charge of misappro-
priating hank funds and Hayes or
falsifying reports to the comptroller
of the currency.
iBerswho fell on that battlefield was
dedicated here M.da>. w.
and his staff, accompanied by ai party
of 50 prominent men of Minnesota,
were present and participated in tae
dedicatory exercises.
“I believe,” his wife angrily de-
clared, “that if I were dead you.
would be married again inside oi a.
year." ...
"Oh no” the mean man replied,.
-you are mistaken. Try me and I’ll
prove it.”
a
Inst at present the child is receiving
lot of attention, and varied are the
methods suggested for his ‘ bringing
up”—"mental suggestion" and vibra-
tions” being among those recently put
forward. But in the end it will not be
surprising if the advice of that wise
man who said "Spare the rod and spoil
the child” will receive general af
tetion.
Joplin's New Hotel Opens.
Joplin. Mo.—The new Connor hotel
Joplin and the mineral district ^ dvil service commission suspended
Was Perniciously Active.
Washington, D. C.-The second case
of suspension of a civil serv.ee em-
pl0Ve for political activity occurred
Fr.day when Acting Public Printer
She Left 201 Descendants.
St Paul. Minn. A special to the
Pioneer Press from Burlington, Iowa
says that Mrs. Rachael Isenberger, <u
Xiota. HI-, died Thursday at tno ago
of 87 at the home of her
Mrs. Rachael McCaskill, who lives in
Burlington. Mrs. Isenberger leaves H
children and 201 descendants, extend-
ing over five generations.
Real Calamity.
“And are vou out of work, my good
man?” inquired the kind lady whom.
^"Worse, ma'am.” returned the list-
less one. "I'm out o'terbaccer. —Ally
Bloper.
LOST $300.
Buying Medicine When Right Foot
Was Needed.
suspended
ng the afternoon and night n;e vVilliam A. Kroll. an employe of the
structure, which was begun by the late 0f the government printing o.-
rhomas Connor in his life time, is for aneged pernicious political
light stories with roof garden and ^ - —
A-as built and furnished at a cost o
*1,000,000. It is said to be the n.o
.retentions hotel in the world it a
own of the size of Joplin.
Dogs in Mohammedan countries
have even more freedom than with us,
E0t because Mohammedans love them
more, but because it is impious to
kill or molest an animal, however
mean, that Allah lets live. But there
is no bitterer insult than to call a
Moslem a dog. .“The Swiss Family
Robinson” is not admitted at the Turk-
ish custom house because it tells
about a dog named Turk.
“To be dunned” is a phrase more
familiar than popular. Yet "to dun’
can claim an ancestry equal or aipe-
rior to a good many of the sprigs of
nobility that frequently land on our
shores. It is said that the verb orig-
inated in the name of John Dun, a
bailiff of Lincoln, in tho time of
Henry VII. of England; that it became
proverbial to say of any one who was
slow to pay. that the creditor must
“dun him,
him.
Railroad Men Protest.
Missouri Valley, Iowa.—Five hun-
dred railroad men from all branches,
of the service at a mass meeting here ;
Friday adopted resolutions j rotesting j
against any further reduction in rail-
for alleged pernicious political
activity. B. H. Warner, a Republican
candidate for congress in the Sixth
district of Maryland, charged tha
Kroll served as chairman of political
meetings in the interest of an op
ponent of Warner.
Highest Chimney in the World.
Great Falls. Mont.—The first brick
in what Is to be the highest chimnej
jn the world was laid on April i 1>5
against any further reduction in rail- Benjanlln p. Thayer, of the Amalga
road rates. They contend that in the ( mated Co,,per company of this city
end the burden falls upon the em- chimney will be 500 feet higl
.doves The resolutions are addressed the foun,iation and will be 5
particularly in the Nebraska railway ‘ Rt the top an,i 74 feet in diame
commission, and a committee was ap- .. mi.. .«♦» «f thP nev
Have Adjusted Differences.
St. Paul. Minn.-The receivers o
the Chicago Great Western railio.ul
Friday announced that the contro-
versy between the road and the train-
men’had been amicably adjusted, and
that the intervention of the interstate
commerce commission and the federal
labor commissioner would be unnec-
essary.
commission, au'i ------- .
pointed to present the comraissione
with a copy.
Will Go to Kansas Penitentiary.
Leavenworth, Kan.-Complying with
a request of the department of justice
the directors of the Kansas penlUJ-
tiarv Thursday agreed to accept th
custody of 20 federal female prisoners.
Prisoners now in the Ohio state ve*
tentlary are to be trawterred to tM.
prison. The government is to pa.
50 cents each pei^ day for
____ tc fnr
feet at the top and 74 feet in diame
ter at the base. The site of the new
chimney is Indian Point, a high bluf
overlooking the Missouri river. Th<
top of the chimney will be 742 fee
alove the blast furnaces.
This Franchise Pays Chicago.
Chicago:—The city of Chicago Fn-
day received a ch.ck (or *863.349
iron, the Chicago City Railway com-
pany the amount being 55 per cent of
the net earnings of the traction com-
pany for the past year, which under
a recent franchise, goes to the city.
that the creditor must the state cems ■
’that is, send Dun after i their keep, the same as is pant
Oklahoma prisoners.
Griscom Denies a Rumor.
Rome.—The newspapers Sunday
published a statement from the Ameri
can ambassador. Lloyd C. Griscom. de-
nying the truth of the report, that ha
is to be transferred to Merlin after
Dr. David Jayne Hill has assumed tha
ambassadorship in that city merely
formally.
Will Hold the Cotton Crop.
Atlanta, Ga.-President Harvie Jor-
dan, of the Southern Cotton associ-
ation, In a statement made public
Sunday says that his association in
connection with the Farmers union
has completed arrangements to hold
the remnant of the 1907 cotton crop.
Assassinated a Governor.
Lemberg.—Count Andreas P°ctockl£
the governor of the Austro-I olish prov
ince of Gaiicia. was assassinated Sun-
day afternoon by a Ruthenian student
Mieroslap Sjozynski by name while
giving an audience to a delegation of
students.
poor old stomach is loaded with pa,
trv and pork, is worse than losing ,
pocket book containing the money.
If the money only is lost its ■
enough, but with lost health froi
wrong eating, it is hard to make th
money back.
A Mich, young lady lost money
drugs but is thankful she found
Z to get back her health by prop.
food. She writes:
-I had been a victim of nervous d>
pepsia for six years and «Pc“l 1 [J
hundred dollars for treatment in t
attempt to get well None of it d
me any good. foe
"Finally I tried Grape-Nuts toe
and the results were such that, a
cost a dollar a package, I would®
be without H. My trouble had bo
caused by eating rich food such
P“ThVmo«t“rwonherfu. thins th
ever happened to me. 1 ^ ®ure’
the change in my condiUon aRe*
began to eat Grape-Nuts^ I begw
Improve at once and the fir
gained four pounds.
"T feel that 1 cannot e*Pre9“
•elf in terms that are worthy of
benefit Grape-Nuts has brought
me and vou are perfectly free
p^lUh ,hl. letter If It w„l .end
poor sufferer relief, such as has
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Bradfield, O. J. The Lamont Record. (Lamont, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1908, newspaper, April 16, 1908; Lamont, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc957252/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.