E. E. Reynolds, Sayre and Waverly. geass INSURANCE Bought, Sold and Loans Negotiated HIT Packer Ave., INES, LIQUORS “BEERS AND ALES Pucker Avenue, SATRE, PA. BOTH 'PHOWES, PRICE ONE CE Grand Army Ohief Vigorously Upholds Veterans’ Cause. ATTACKS SALARY REDUCTION BILL. —— Civil War. “These Stood For Unlen and That Congress Should Meet at Wash- ington, Not at Richmond.” WASHINGTON, March 14. Corporal Tauner, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Kepublic, has writ- teu a letter to Representative James A Tawney of Miunesots, chairman of the house committee on appropriations, protesting vigorously against the ac- tion of Mr. Tawney's committee in rec- onunesding the coaciment of a law re- dacing the compensation of govern ment clerks after they have atiained the age of sixty-five years Corporal Tanner writes particularly In behalf of his comrades of the civil war. Corporal Tanner ventures the asser- tion to Mr. Tawney that “you won't find & Confederate soldier behind your bill” and jucidentally pays a tribute to a Confederate brigudier who refus- ed to permit a slugle one of the Unlon veterans to be disturbed when he had the power to remove them. “So far as Indicated by anything In the report,” coutinned Corporal Tanner, “this recommendation came from the full comnmittee ou appropriations, yet were the same rule to be applled 0 those in high as well as low places three members of your committee would have been debarred from sigun- ing it The distinguished speaker df the house, 50 active that many people fear he must be reckoned with in 1908, would bave to withhold his approval unless you hurry the bill through be- fore May 7, while of the thirteen mem- bers of the senate committee on ap- propriations, who have the last guess at this bill east of the White House whose average age is sixty-seven, all but four, two Democrats and two Re- publicans, and they by a tight squeeze, would be excused from cousideration uf your anfomatic ‘time register’ upon its arrival at the northern wing of the capitol “A whole lot of peopie have been having trouble concerning time regis- ters and the like lately. It Las Deen handed down te we since before | be- gan to read that ‘be that is faithful in a few things shall be ruler over all’ bet you reverse all this and enact that the aged man may do great things, but shall not be a hewer of wood nor a drawer of water. [ think you'd better take water ou this proposition, respect. ing which I have a few earnest words to say to you. “The operation of the proposed pen- ality for Joyal aud faithful service would fall 50 heavily upon those who bore tHe burden of the Lattle in the Unlou army that I must treat it as if they were tbe sole beneficiaries. It is for them, my comrades, I speak. [am indisposed to shirk this duty T owe to thet and could not If 1 would. “They stood with we, when to stand meant victory theu, that the congress of the United States should meét ever since and now in Washington lustead of Richmond; that the stars and stripes should float forever and a day over all, emblematic of a united, prosperous, happy country. 1 veufure to say that you won't find a Confederate soldier behind your LIL Only this moment 1 ladorsed au earnest request to our sol dier president to honor a Confederate brigadier whom your proposed ‘limita. tion’ would remove from the waiting list because, when baving the power to remove or discharge a large number of my comrades, he placed bis resigna- tion in the bands of his superior officer “You propose that tbe almsbousé alone shall be the veteran's refuge in life and perhaps after you've kicked bim out to ‘rattle his bones over the stoaes’ will deny him burial in conse crated ground, close against bim the gates of Arlington. “According to the best estimates we can make, 780,000 of the Union army are now living. Providence has blessed these men with a vast aggregation of sons and sous-in-law, and | canuot be far out of the way when 1 assert that the survivors of ‘the vanishing army’ and their allied domestic relations ag- te nearly or quite 5,000,000 adults io this Jand. Few of this number but directly or indirectly would be affected by the proposed legislation. “My dear Mr. Chalrman, there Is a dead line in legislation respecting the saviors of the nation as perfectly marked as at Andersonville, beyoud which no enemy way go. let we bey cross it under the Lelief that the sen- try Is asleep and lo have ouly words of praise for the bridge that many times and oft has carried you to safe ty and, like the belfry in the market piace of Bruges, ‘thrice burned down aud thrice rebuilded, still watches o'er the town.’ “You may pass this unjust, cruel, moustrous law while the stars remain and women are not stricken with pare als, but before you do 1 hope you'll bear Whitcomb Riley recite ‘Goodby, Jim; Tek Ker o' Yourself. “This Jetlier Is, of course, you under- stand, wholly lmpersoual. [ happen to be the official representative of my comrades, as are you of the powerful committee that, like ‘the band that rocks the world.” dominates the affairs the ba g=t into geueral orders un- der some oue else's name Bul ‘what de without him? stands closer to the representatives of “the vanishing army’ than any olber obligation on earth except to our Gad aud country. 1 shall be pardoned. therefore, 1 am sure, for speaking long and fedlingly. “Our cowrndes lu the government service are by the circumstances of thelr positions powerless to defend themselves 1 beg you to speak for io stead of against if you caondl leave them alone.” SMOOT'S THREE WIVES. = = Senator From Utah Accused of Polyg- amy hy Minister, NEW YORK, March 14 —-The Rev. N. E. Clemenson of Logan, Utah, who is in this city arranging an itinerary for the Presbyterian board of missions, bas come to the front with positive statements that replace the rumors long current that United States Senator Smoot is a polygamist. Mr. Clemensou names two women besides the acknowledged Mrs Smoot to whom he savs Senator Smoot was joined In wedlock by the rites of the Mormou church. Mrs. Smoot No. 2, be says, was known before her marriage as Rose Hamilton. Mrs. Smoot No. 3, he says, is known in southern Utah as Lottie Greenwowml. Mr. Clemeénson says be obtained the story of Rose Hamilton from her own lips. The girl, he says, met Senator Smoot wheu Lhe was trav. eling with his first wife aud stopped at a hotel in Utah, The girl sald she was converted to Mormonism and aceompanied the Swoots to Utah. There she was wed- ded to Smoot by the Mormon endow- ment ceremony, The bride lived at Ogilen for a time, then went to Fresno, where ber child was born In February, 1004 When United States Marshal Hey- wood was looking for witnesses jn the proceedings against Smoot in the sen- ate the girl was kept moving from place to place to prevent the officials fuding ber, although they really knew vothing about her. For a time she was sheltered lo a hut in the moun tains. Flually she went to Sau Juan, Mexico, where, it Ia asserted, she I» still living Senator Smoot has always Jenled that Le Is a polygamist. THE INDIAN OUTBREAK. Big Fight Expected With Wickliffe Band of Outlaws. YINITA, I. T., March 14. Following the killing of three members of a United States wmarslinl’'s posse by the Wickliffe Land of Cherokees Indian outlaws in the Spavinaw Lillis, nine nilles northeast of Kansas, IL. T, a bloady battle Is expected to occur. A heavily armed posse is ou the trail of the Indians, who have lwen reen- forced by a large number of other full bloods, aud when the two forces clash a desperate coufilct is certain to take place. Plezz Mabou, a posse man who sur- vived the attack of the outlaws, walk. od twenty-eight niles to Talilequah and told the story of the fight. The Spavinaw country, embracing the full blood Creek Indian settlement, is seventy wiles long and forty miles wide. Marshal Darrough will scatter Lis forces and serch every Lit of this country. The region is a wilderness Inhabited by the Night Hawk Indians and full blood Creeks. They are not blanket Indians, but they live In a very prim- itive fashion. The posse men will be practically isolated from civilization The people of Indian Territory and Oklahoma fear the possible ill effect this outbreak of outlaws will have on the statehood prospects. It has been the boast of United States officials and the people of the two territories that the wild days of this country passed AWAY years ago. Dunten, Demoorat, Mayor of Belfast. PORTLAND, Me, March 14--Johu R. Dunton, Democrat, was elected mayor of Belfast at the municipal elec- tions held In that city, according to re- turns received by mall. Belfast has been cut off from communpication by wire since last Friday, when a snow- storm broke every telephone and tele graph wire in the city. Orlando E Frost was the Republican nominee The Democrats also carried three of the five wards In the city” Dowie and His Wife Part. CHICAGO, March 14.-~John Alexan- der Dowie, bead of the Zion church, and his wife have parted, according to a report here, which says that the last message of Dowie to his home was ignored and that Mrs. Dowie has thrown in ber lot with the-ordinary followers of Zion. It Is asserted that Mrs. Dowie has ssid that she had been decelved as to couditions in the church and believed that willions were avall- able. Mitehell Expects a Strike. INDIANAPOLIS, lud, Murch 14. Judglog from the preparations under way, President Mitchell evidently be. Heves that there will be a strike lu the authracite coal flelds. He has tele. graphed or written Lis various chiefs to be on hand promptly for & confer ence today, when the hard coal situa. tion will be discussed. John D. Reekefeller, Jr, Resigns. NEW YORK, March 14 — Jobn D. Rockefeller, Jr, and BE Parmales Pron. tice, his Brother in-law, at the aunual meeting of the Missouri Pacific rail way resigned as directors of fhe com- pany, and James Heury Smith snd 8 arfield were elected te fil the ¥ VINDICATE THE LAW Alton B. Parker Says, “Im- prison Insurance Grafters.” MANY OFFICIALS SELF CONVICTED. These Guilty of Frauds Should Be Vigerously Attacked In Courts and Puailshed — After That He- form the Laws. JACKSON, Miss, March 14 — Ex. Justice Alton B. Parker of New York in an address bLefore the Mississippi legislature spoke of the insurance scan- dals that had been unearthed in New York, holding that the country io gen- eral suffered before the world by the disclosures. Continuing, he sald: “Now, how are we to meet this cri sis? Shall we hestitate to punish be cause our criminals wear broadcloth instead of the fustian or the rags in which some were ouce clad? It lies en tirely beyond my protiace to lustruct or te advise individual executive offi ALTON B. PARKER. cers of public prosecutors, Lut there is uo easy, royal road In the punishment of criminals any more than lo any- thing else. “The way to convict is to convict “There are foday within the state of New York a few men who, involved in insurance frauds have themselves fur nished evidence, fairly corroborated on the witness stand, of thelr own venal ity “After a Jong judicial experience and sonic study of this question 1 say to you here and now that I do not belleve it would be possible in that great met ropolitan city to draw a grand jury which would pot indict for at least two and perhaps three of the wost serious crimes kuown to the law “They will indict any convict not be- cause one thief has exposed another or the newspapers have published charges, but for the reasou that the law bas becn outraged, that trusts bave been betrayed and that palpable demoustrated wrongs have been Jone not only to individuals, but to society itself, “No extravagant demands “should be made upon respousible officials within reasonable limits of time, no account should be takeu of hysteria or purely popular cries, and above all thiugs un- reasonable or offensive methods of publicity should be avolded, but the outraged majesty of the law should be vindicated, crimes against our civiliza tion should Le punished, and the su premacy of morals should be once more established, “When this has been doue and lod! viduals bave thus paid some part of their debt to soclety attention ought to be turned to all movewents which can insure proper publicity lu business, as recommended nearly twenty-five years ago by Governor Cleveland. “Especially should the libel laws be strengthened Ly amendment if neces sary, so that publicity sball become a real and not a sham thing. “The effect upon the world of these revelations must be as deep and pro found as our own trial has been seni ous, our shame open, barefaced, impos- sible to be hid. For a time the ideals of our three centuries of life have been shattered, and our people feel that they bave come far short of thelr early promise “All these things are bad. Certainly nothing worse has leaped to light lu any country within a century, but It is pot too late to retrace our steps, to as sert auew nnd with added effective ness the strong points of our national character and to appeal to the inher ent good, the almost unerriag Impulse to do right.” May Defent Statehood Bill WASHINGTON, March 4 There are indications that the statehood bill will be referred Ly Speaker Cannon to the committee on territories. This ac tion the friends of statehood for In dian Territory and Oklahoma fear will entirely defeat the mensure. The com mittee can retain the bill indefinitely, and should 1t appear that there are “in surgent” voles cuough to concur with the senate the bill would not, they say, be brought into the house Cummins Called on For Proof. DES MOINES, la, March 14- The house hy a vote of 74 to 8 has passed the Gllllland resointion calling upon Governor Cnmmins to make good his charges that ralirvad [nflueuce msed to defeat the primary bill. The amendment providing for a committee of investigation was voted down, and the governor will now be asked to prove the charges he made lu his letter accepting the third term nomination was election A Fine Vor Falsltying Welghts. LOUISVILLE, Ky. March 14 - Hol fis H. Price, formerly of the Price Barlow Hay company. who pleaded gulity In the federal court to falsifying weights and conspieacy to violate the interstate commerce awe. bas been fined §1,035 as a punishment. MACY, JR, A SURPRISE, Derby Candidate, Frequently “Alse Han,” Wan Feature, NEW ORLEANS, March 14 Macy, Jr, an Derby candidate, who has fre quently been among the “also runs” of late, showed something of his quality at thé Falr grounds when he galloped hotue in the fourth race two jengths in front of a better field than he has yet met. James Reddick was disqualified for foullug in the fourth race, und St Valentine was placed third. J. J, Jr, was caught in a jam at the post in the first race and tnseated his riders At wood pulled up bleeding In the second race. Summaries First Race~—Helmuth, first; second; Wabash Queen, third. Regcond Race. —Gallant, first; Electric Spark, second; Lythelist, thind. Third Race —Celebration, first; Lou: ise McFarlan, second; Kenton, third Fourth Race —Macy, Jr, first; Logis tifla, second; Bt. Valentine, third Fifth Race —Faul Clifford, first; Lau- castrian, second; Dr. Coffey, third Sixth Race —Hamilcar, first; North Wind, second; Gay Lizette, third Menden Wom by an Nose. BAN FRANCISCO, March 14—Fa- vorites lost the frst three races at Oakland, the events belug captured by Menden, Batidor and Shady Lad. As the two-year-olds were on the way to the post ln the first race Wie favorite, Bonaventura, threw Jockey Duganand Jumped the fence. He was caught, and Dugan remounted. Menden beat the barrier when it went up and assumed the lead, but as he turned for home he was caught by the favorite, but man aged to win by a nose ' Ronay, No Betting to Be Allowed. CONCORD, N. H, March 14 —That the making of books and pool selling at the new race course of the New Eugland Breeders’ club at Salem, N. H., would be a violation of the law and punishable by criminal as well as civil action Is the decision of the su- preme judicial court In reply to In- guirles submitted to it by Governor John McLane and council In reference to possible gambling al borse races Poggenberg Wen at Hilliards. CHICAGO, March 14 —J Ferdiuand Poggenberg of New York won the sec ond game lo the national amateur class A billlard tournament, defeating Charles S. Norris of New York by a score of 80 to 231. Poggenberg play- ed a steady game throughout, showing splendid formu. AMthough Norris made fifty, the Ligh run of the game, Le was somewhat erratic and could not bold the balls together Racing In Fog at Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS, Ack, March 14 The talent was again hard hit at Oak- lawn by the defeat of five favorites The victories of Tres Joli and Dave Stall at long prices were the greatest surprises of the day, Sewell made a whirlwind Anish ou Tres Joli and got up just (un time ‘The last two ruces were run in 8&8 dense fog, aud the horses were only visible when passing the grand stand Minnie Adams at Clty Park. NEW ORLEANS, Murch 14. ~Minnle Adams disposed easily of Jack Dolan oue of her wost serious opponents, in the City Park Derby. The filly was the ouly winning favorite of the day. Gar nish at the false price of 3 to 1, made a show of his company in the third race Chimney Sweep at Ascot, LOS ANGELES, (Cal, March 14 - Chimney Sweep, the favorite, closing al 3 to 2, won the feature eveut at As- cot, a free Laudlicap. Four favorites won. Gentle Harry won the fifth race at 11 to 2, the longest shot of the day. Unique Accident at Homestead Mills, PITTSBURG, March 14.—The con- vertiug will at the Lig Homestead rill plant narrowly escaped destruc. tion Ly fire caused by a broken gas wain, A carload of pig fron was be- Ing run over a trestle in the mill, when it jumped the track aud fell twelve feet. The car aud its cargo crashed into a twelve Inch gas malin, crushing the pipe for some distance. The es caplug gns became Ignited, and the flame shot thirty feet luto the alr Prompt work of the train crew, who rushed to a stopcock to shut off the supply of gas, prevented serious dam HEge Mutiny In Russian Guard Regiment, ST. PETERSBURG March 14-1It is rmmored that the officers of a guanis regiment upon receiving orders to go to the Baltic provinces to participate in the “pacification” of the country met and resigned in a body, Ugly re ports of another general rallroad strike in Moscow are current. The govern ment 18 taking exceptional measures, and battalions of sappers are belug massed at Moscow to take the places of strikers. The St. Nickolas station bas been occupied by troops Tablet to Lincoln's Memory. FRANKFORT, Ky, March 4.~The state senate coucurred In a house hill appropriating $200 for a tablet at Hodgensville to the memory of Abra haw Lincoln. Hodgensvilie is the coun. ty seat of the county in which Lincoln was born and was the scene of Lis boyhol day», The governor has sp proved the bill Fire Destroys Wagon Depot, SUFFERN, N. Y.. March 14 Fire destroyed the wagon depository of the Patersou Wagon company, W. T Gurne's feed store and several other bulldings, causing a loss of $20,000 Eight Hour Day For Clvie Employees BOSTON, March 14 <A bill making elght hours a toaximum day's work for pubMe cployees was reported fa I the Massachusetls legisla: furo Ly. the cow mitten on labor, 10 BE JUDGE TAFT Secretary of War Goes to Supreme Court. LEAVES CABINET VERY RELUCTANTLY President Will Make Announcement After Mr. Taft's Return From New York, Where file Will Con sult With Friends. WASHINGTON, March 14 —1t Is an- pounced here that Secretary of War William I. Taft will accept the posi tion of associate justice of the supreme court to succes] Associate Justice Brown, who has =ignified his desire to leave the bench this fall en account of failing eyesight. There is but little doubt that the president will make sn announcement to this effect nfier Sex retary Taft's return from New York iate this week It i= said that Secretary Taft leaves the war office with the greatest re- luctance. He realizes that his action forever eliminates him from polities and from presidential ronning After the cabinet meeting, where {t is puderstood the president and other cabinet members used thelr strongest arguments to convince Mr. Taft that he ought to take the Justic eship, the secre tary of war aud the secretary of state beld a conference In the latter's office It Is understood that Mr. Taft's last stand against acceptance was made in Mr. Root's office then, but the sec retary of state is sald to finally Lave woa him over. Later Mr. Taft left for New York to consult with his brothers regarding his acceptance of the supreme court posi tion. Although it I= quite likely that the secretary's brothers will do their utmost to dissuade him from accepting the offer, it is hardly possible the visit will result in apy change in his pres ent determination. Friends of Henry M. Hoyt, among whom are Senator Knox, have urged the president to appolut him to the place on the United States supreme bench to Le made vacant by the retire ment of Associate Justice Brown. Mr Hoyt was formerly an assistant at torney general of the United States and has been for several years solicitor general and in that capacity has con- ducted many of the most lmportant government cases before the supreme court. He was a classmate of Secre- tary of War Tart at Yale, Mise Anthony's Faneral. ROCHESTER, N. XY, March 14.-— The speakers at the funeral of Miss Susan B. Anthony, which will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afterncon at the Central Presbyterian church, will be Dr. CC Allwrtson, pastor of the church; Rev. Willlam C. Gaunett, Miss Authony's pastor; Willlam Lloyd Gar risou of Boston, Mrs, Carrie Chapman Catt of New York, who succeeded Miss Anthony as president of the National Suffrage association, aud Rev. Anna Shaw. The body will lle in state for three hours prior to the funeral. Young women from the University of Roches ter will act as pallbearers. An ava- lanche of telegrams of condolence from all over the country has been received Five Flendlah Koreana, HONOLULU, March 14 Five Ko- reaus ou the Island of Hawail have beeu accused of murder of unusual atrocity. Their alleged. victim was a fellow countryman suspected of steal Ing $56. Tley are sald to have seized Lim in a cape field and then held au in quisition. It 1s charged that he was beaten and cut, and when he falnted his captors revived him with wine, of which they partook themselves, resum ing the torture when he was strong enough. To add to bis sufferings salt is sald to have been placed in his open wounds. He dled when a fire was kin dled under a portion of his body President Favers War Veterans, WASHINGTON, March 14—In dis cussing the appointment of a post master for Pacific Grove, Cal, with Representative Needham of California, President Roosevelt Informed Mr Needham that, all other thiuges being equal, be preferred to give preference in such appointments to soldiers of the civil war. He indicated that for the particular office under considera tion be probably would appoint M. H Stansbury, au ex-Unlon soldier, lustead of J. A. Bell, a business mau who Las been indorsed by the Republican or ganization Huge Extinguisher Falled. CANEY, Kan, March 14.- The great gas well six miles from bere which was capped with a huge fron howd after It had burned without restraint for seventeen days, consuudong millions of feet of gas, has burst forth again. Aft er having confined the fire for twelve hours the hood was perforated Ly the tremendous forve of sand and dame be neath It apd soon became a heap of scrap fron Blissard Hite tah Capital. SALT LAKE CITY, March 14. This city Is In the grasp of the worst storm ln years, Beginning with a drizzling min, a wind which attalned at one time mn veloclty of sixty miles au hour soon followed Much dawage has been done and all wire communication cut off. After the ralu one of the flercest blizzards ever known here set in and street travel Is almost impossible A Portralt of Plus X ROME, March 14 — Carolus Duran, the famous portrait painter, Is about to palat a portrait of Pope Pins X., tak. fag his Inspiration from Titan's por. trait of Pope Paul MIL (Alessendro Farnese). Weather Probabilities. Rain; east winds, Rare Bargain —AT THE- Globe War New white grods, new goods, new silks, new dress —— pw embroideries, new sheer s Handkerchief linens, French ba- tistes, Leno de Aperique, Persian lawn, shrunk colons eatune Heep Pique Madras, linen suitings, elc., ele. All at the usual Globe Warehouse low prices Embroidered Waist Patterns They're different this season, beautiful lace insertions and clever imitations of hand work domeon the new sheer materials. Specials for the Week £1.25 Black Chiffon Panama, 58 in. wide, new spring weight, $1.00. (5¢ sicilian, 46 in, black, brown, white, French blue, navy gresmand red, worth 65¢, special 49¢c. — $1.00 Black Chiffon Drappe, £4 in., new weave, special 85¢. Among other pew blacks we are shoves Pate Venetians, Chiffon, Prunella, Crepella, Crape de Batistes etc, as well as a full of the staple weaves. £1.50 rainproof Cravenett, our price $1.25 21.25 ramproof Cravenett, our prica $1.00 All the new Spring shades. Silks Taflettas, Peau de Soie, Crepe de Chenes, Peau de Chenes, Radium Japs, Togo, Grey Checks, Grey fan- cies and a full line of the new shades in the leading weaves for spring Su Black Sateen Skirt Specials 69¢, 89¢, 95¢ and $1.25, all worth one-third more. White Bed Spreads One case $i kind, full size, 88c. tem New White Belts 20¢ embroidered canvas belts, 15¢, 25¢ embroidered canvas canvas belts, 196. English Long q Cloth One case same as had last week, < kind, 9¢ yard or $1.00 for piece y La vards Gowns Ladies’ muslin gowns, two styles, cluster tucked and insertion trim ming, worth 75e, special 50c. 25 Hosiery Children's regular 15¢ hose, a sizes, special 10¢ the pair. Talmadge Block, Elmer Av VALLEY "PRONE W. T. GAREY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Office Maney & Page Block, Rooms formerly occcapied by the late John R. Murray, x Office hours: —b to 10 a. m.; 6:30 to 8p, m. At other times during day at Valley Record office, REAL ESTATE BARGAINS | Small Farws, Large Farms, Good Build ings, good fruits, well watered, Houses and Lota for sale or exchange, Alla bargain prices. Houses to rent, ANDREW EVA Aon 3, Talastge fAome phone fl. X SE DR. A. G. REES, MN. 100 Lake St. West Sayre. OFFICE HOURS: 810 11:00 a. m, 1 to 4:30, 1:00
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