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Tie JIlcHenry Plaindealer Published by F. G. SCHREINER. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Canton has fewer than 500 foreign residents. STANDARD OIL WINS COURT OF APPEALS KNOCKS OUT $29,240,000 PENALTY. JUDGE LAND IS REVERSED Tie said this will be a record year for mosquitoes In Jersey. In other words, it's to be a hummer. Thank heaven, our presidential cam- ! paigns have never been complicated j by a poem from the mill of Alfred j Austin. j Hi* Conduct of the Famous Rebate Case Is Severely Arraigned . and a New Trial Is Ordered. A Philadelphia girl bought 32 shirt­ waists at one time. And then people talk about the women going daffy over the directoire gown. In the French schools in Algiers and Tunis the Arabic boys sit with the French in school, but out of school they do not mix much. Again the experts are pointing to the dangers that lurk in the ice cream dish, but we are raising a generation of courageous young women. An old-fashioned plow on the side­ walk la front of a store in Dey street. New York attracted a crowd. One man asked how it was used. The fact that Castro's pictures make him look a little like John Philip Scosa does not endear him to Washi lngton as much as might be expected. Every now and then the conscience fond gets a contribution so large as to suggest vast damage done to the treasury by people who fail to repent. A jeweler says that skyscrapers are bad on watches. One cannot safely drop one. we know from experience, from any height abdre the twelfth floor. , Sign on a window of a New York East side bakery: "Look Out for the Dog." Underneath, which a wag wrote In chalk: "And Don't Get the Rabbis." A university professor says that he i lias demonstrated that women have : two souls. But he has not under­ taken to find out how many minds one of them has. One of the rarest specimens in the i the world of the zebra has been re­ ceived at the New York zoological garden--rarer even than predatory wealth in stripes. The Chicago court who broke a woman's fast by compelling her to take food is the first court to go on record as standing for the square meal as the square deal. Hetty Green has quit her expensive apartments. Probably she thought she didn't care to buy the hotel once a week If she couldn't own it and col­ lect rent after paying for it. The Moscow municipal council has decided to celebrate Tolstoi's eightieth birthday by opening a public library and giving the count's name to the school he attended in his youth. Don't feel discouraged if none of the colleges has added any capital let­ ters to your name during this com­ mencement season. Next year they may remedy the unaccountable omis­ sion. Prince Helie is not to have control over the estate of his wife, but then, with the pull he has at headquarters, he ought to do fairly well as a chair­ man of the advisory committee on finances. "Well done, Johnnie! My best wishes and good luck to you," ex­ claimed King Edward to his equerry after the wedding. That's consider­ ably more genial and jovial than the customary stiff royal nod. • Aniarchy is a mark of disease In the view of a Memphis physician. He finds anarchistic ideas conclusive evi­ dence of insanity, and would commit all anarchists as dangerous lunatics, thus making them harmless. "Everything is charming, and I find the American men and women very lovely," says an Englishwoman who Is at present visiting America. The lady's use of adjectives indicates that English and American femininity are delightfully alike. President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton declared in his baccalau­ reate address this year that the great need of the country is men with ' moral initiative." We thought one of the troubles of the country is its ex- ' cessive supply of men who initiate new and wondrous ideas in morals. It Is understood that the college and university tailenders will supple­ ment Prof. Lowell's investigation of the relations of high scholarship and success in life with some conspicuous illustrations of their own triumphs over difficulties. Their contention in their own behalf will be based on the Emersonian proposition that univer­ sity rank is likely to be Inverted in 20 years. Chicago.--Federal judges In the court of appeals lifted the burden of a $29,240,000 fine from the shoul­ ders of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana Wednesday and reversed the judgment of Judge Landis, by which the heaviest fine ever imposed in a federal court was saddled upon the oil company found guilty on 1,462 counts of accepting rebates from railroads. Speedy rehearing of the case, which has attracted widespread attention, is considered improbable, and the coun­ sel for the oil company contend that a second conviction cannot be ob­ tained. The case was remanded with instruc­ tions that a new trial be held. The jurists making up the court of appeals are Judges Grosscup, Seaman and Baker, Judge Grosscup delivered the opin­ ion of the court, Judges Baker and Seaman concurring, and in sharp ar­ raignment of the conduct of the trial judge intimated that he may have presumed to hold himself above the law. Judge Landis Called Arbitrary. The decision declares that the man­ ner in which Judge Landis decided upon the number of offenses that had been committed by the defendant com­ pany was arbitrary. It holds that some other method than the one he used should have been applied. Then it passes to the amount of the fine, which it declares was "sufficient to have wiped out many times the property of the defendant." The court holds that the only company on trial was the Standard Oil Company of In­ diana. It says that this corporation alone could be punished and that to attempt to punish its holding corpora­ tion would be to assert that a person could be punished who was never be­ fore the court or who had never stood trial. This, the judges say, would be to assert a startling principle of law. Others Than Commerce Law. The court declares that the ar­ raignment of the violation of an inter state commerce law was to be com­ mended and that the results of such violations were not too strongly stated. It says, however, that the interstate commerce law is not the only one in the United States, and that it is be­ cause there are others that the case is reversed and remanded. On the amount of the fine, the upper court said: "Did the court in the fine imposed abuse its discretion? The defendant indicted, tried and convicted was the Standard Oil company, a corporation of Indiana. The capital stock of this corporation is $1,000,000. There is nothing in the record in the way of evidence that some of the assets of the corporation were in excess of that amount. It may therefore be safely assumed that but for the relation of the defendant to another corporation not before the court, the court would have measured out punishment on the basis of the facts just stated." The judges then commented on the punishment of the defendant in such a large amount and continued, saying: "Briefly stated, the reason of the trial court for imposing this sentence was because it was brought out eo ex­ amination that the capital stock of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana was principally owned by the New Jersey corporation, a corporation not before the court. The trial court, add­ ing that in concessions of the charac­ ter for which the defendant before the court had been indicted, tried and convicted, the New Jersey corporation was not a 'virgin' offender. "Can an American Judge, without abuse of judicial discretion, condemn anyone who has not had his day in court? That to our minds, is strange doctrine in Anglo-Saxon jurispru­ dence." President Orders Re-Trial. Oyster Bay, N. Y. -- President Roosevelt has directed the at­ torney general to take immediate steps for the re-trial of the Standard Oil case. The automobile is growing in favor here and abroad. But the horse is not entirely supplanted. In some respects he is more popular than ever. As an Indication of this may be cited the na­ tional exhibit now held under the su­ pervision of the French govern­ ment, at which animals have been purchased for Americans flit prices ranging from $4,000 to $5,D0C. The horses, which are Percherons, used for draft purposes, wiil be sent to this country with a view to improving the native stock. There are many uses to which equines can be put profitably. A western woman gets "right down to hard pan hi talking about the rights of her sex. She wrote to the congressman of her district, explains i the Detroit Free Press, asking in- j formation as to the treatment of her Sick child, and was informed that h. could do nothing for the little one. Later her husband wrote about •fesk hog and in a few days learned from the agricultural department just bow to cure it. Thereupon the wife talks out loud about those who. take vmbrage at race suicide, especially ig> authority at Washington. Battleships Resume Their Journey. Honolulu--The At^ntlc battleship fleet bade adieu Wednesday to the hospitable shores of Hawaii and at 2:30 p. m. the flagship Connecticut left her wharf and steamed outside the harbor entrance where the fleet as­ sembled preparatory to weighing anchor at six o'clock and sailing away to Auckland, N. Z. Haskell for Democratic Treasurer Guthrie, Okla. -- Gov. C. N. Has­ kell has been tendered the treas- urership of the national Democratic committee. Formal announcement, carrying his acceptance, it is said, will be made when the committee meets for organization in Chicago Saturday. Two Roads Are Indicted. Chicago.--Indictments charging vio­ lations of the federal laws against the issuance of passes were returned against the Illinois Central and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail way companies Thursday by the fed eral grand jury. ASKS FOB k FI6HTIHG NAVY PRESIDENT ADDRESSES CONFER. ENCE ON NEW BATTLESHIPS Yacht Mayflower Runs Down Lumbar Schooner and Saves Crew on Way to Newport. Newport, R. I. -- Pleading for popular support for a "first-class fighting navy," a navy capable of seek­ ing out the enemy and "hammering him into quits," President Roosevelt was the central figure here Wednes­ day in the most notable conference of American naval officers ever called to­ gether to consult and discuss, in a broad, general way, the future United States battleships. The president spoke publicly for more than half an hour, and then the conference went into executive ses­ sion for one hour. During this session the president took a leading part in the discussion. He argued as a lay­ man, he explained, and did not attempt to give advice to professional rjnen. Ho impressed upon the officers, however, that it was given to them to keep the American navy abreast of the times and to make it the hard-hitting, effi­ cient fighting force whffh he believes to be a guarantee against the possi­ bility of war. Mr. Roosevelt charac­ terized the navy as the cheapest fonn of safety insurance policy the nation can obtain. The president sailed for Oyster Bay in the afternoon, but the battleship conference will continue here and in Washington until definite plans for the ships to be laid flown in the near future are decided upon. When the trim little cruiser yacht Mayflower, flying the president's white crested flag of blue at the main truck, . steamed into the harbor Wednesday morning nearly two hours behind schedule time, with her bow­ sprit missing, one anchor gone, bow- plates dented and six strange figures in black oilskins and sou'westers gath­ ered in the bow, she brought the story of an adventurous night's run in the blackest fog of the summer and of a collision in which the lumber-laden schooner Menawa was cut practically in two by the president's yacht, Hi LIBERTY DAWNS FOR TURKS SULTAN ABDUL ISSUES IRADE RESTORING CONSTITUTION. Deputies Are Convened, Said Pasha, New Grand Vizier, Carrying Out the Reform. Post Office Is Robbed. Macomb, 111.--Robbers Thursday blew open a safe at Bardolpb post of­ fice, six miles northwest of here, se­ curing $100 and $400 in stamps. Ni tro-glycerine was used. William Winter in 8erious Condition Los Angeles, Cal.--William Winter, author and dramatic critic, was re moved Wednesday to a hospital in critical condition. His physician con slders his patient's condition "serious hut not necessarily dangerous." Girl Beheaded for Murder. Freiberg, Saxony.--Grete Beier, the 18-year-old daughter of the mayor Freiberg, was beheaded sometime be­ tween dark and dawn in punlsbi ent for the murder of the man Xa whom she was engaged to be married. . PRINCE LANDS AT QUEBEC. Warships Salute Wales and Governor General Welcome* Him. Quebec, Que.--The prince of Wales landed from the British battleship In­ domitable Wednesday amid the deaf­ ening roar of guns from the interna­ tional fleet of British, French and American warships, and the tumultu­ ous demonstrations of 50,000 persons massed upon the wharves and the ter­ raced heights of the city. It was a spectacle of truly royal splendor, for the latest type of British Dreadnought, with the royal standard flyitag came to anchor among the double column of foreign warships and the prince was welcomed ashore by Earl Grey, governor general of Canada, Premier Laurier and the assembled dignitaries, flanked by thousands of soldiers and a multitude of people. Quebec, Que.--The prince of Wales had another day of strenuous activity beginning Friday morning with grand review of the troops, sailors and marines on the plains of Abraham, then officiating as the title deeds of this historic battlefield were turned over as a permanent memorial, be­ tween times attending gala lhncheons and dinners, and finally at night mingling with the gay throngs of beau­ tifully-dressed women at the state ball at the Parliament building. About 23,000 men took part in the review. Constantinople.--An Imperial irade Issued Friday ordains the assembling of a chamber of deputies in accordance with a constitution which has been elaborated by the sultan. The irade has been communicated to the vails and the district lieutenant governors with the necessary orders for the hold­ ing of elections. The constitution which the irade now makes effective is practically the one worked out in 1876. The grand vizier immediately took steps to carry out the orders of his Imperial master. He addressed to all the provincial authorities concerned BISHOP POTTER IS DEAD. Noted New York Prelate Suocumbs After Long nines*. Cooperstown, N. Y.--Henry Codmaa Potter, seventh Protestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of New York, died Tuesday night at "Fernleigh," his summer home here, after an Ill­ ness of several weeks. The bishop was unconscious all day and the end, which came at 8:35 o'clock, was peace­ ful and quiet. The prelate was 74 years old. Gathered at the bedside of the dying churchman were Mrs. Potter, his wife; Mrs. Mason C. Davidge, who came from California, and Miss Sarah Potter, his two daughters; Alonzo Potter, his son; Edward S. Clark, Stephen C. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Clark. Mrs. Charles Russell and Mrs. William Hyde, his two other daughters, who are abroad, have been notified. Cooperstown, N. Y.--The funeral of Bishop C. Potter of the diocese of New York was held in this village Friday morning. The services were in the historic Christ church. Adbul Hamid II. a circular telegram convening the chamber of deputies, in which he point­ ed out that, the method of forming the chamber is determined by an organic statute which, according to the offi­ cial communication, is "an illustrious Institution of the sultan." Startling as was the sudden dismis­ sal of Ferid Pasha from the grand viz- iershlp and the appointment of Said Pasha in his place, this step was as nothing compared to the sensation created in all quarters by the official announcement that the sultan had de­ cided to convoke a parliament. Belgrade, Servia. -- Cipher dis­ patches received Friday night from the European villages of Macedonia declare that the Young Turks are complete masters of the situation. All the Turkish authorities have sur­ rendered themselves into their hands. Vienna.--It is reported here that the towns of Monastir, Uskub and Salonikl are in the hands of the Young Turks. Order has been main­ tained everywhere. Lightning Kills Guardsmen. Gettysburg, Pa.--As the result of a terrific electrical storm which passed over the Pennsylvania National Guard encampment here Thursday night. It is reported that three troopers were killed and two score injured, some of them seriously, by being struck by lightning. The tent .occu­ pied by Gov. Stuart was blown down, as were a number of others. Hughes Will Run Again. Saranac Inn, N. Y.--Gov. Charles Hughes will accept a renomination if the Republican party of this state de­ sires him to again be its candidate. In a statement made public Friday night the governor so declared himself and. said the personal reasons which prompted him to say privately some time ago that he did not desire a re- nomination are not controlling and that "if renominated I ought to ac­ cept" Drown in Steamer Collision. Chrlstiania.--The steamer Bakkel- aget was In collision with the steamer Goteborg. She waB cut through amld- ship and sunk in a few moments. From ten to twenty of the Bakkel- aget's passengers were drowned. Charged with Conspiracy. Cleveland, O.--Harry E. Hayes, a member of the banking firm of W. J. Hayes & Son, of this city, was placed under arrest Friday on a warrant from New Jersey charging conspiracy in connection with a bond deal. Shot and Killed by Sheriff. Pineville, Mo.--Sheriff Thomas J. Parnell Wednesday afternoon shot and killed William Bacon, son of for­ mer Sheriff Waty Bacon, just as an automobile carrying Gov. Folk entered the courthouse square. Castro Ousts Dutch Minister. Caracas, Venezuela, via Port of Spain, Trinidad.--President Castifl has expelled J. H. de Reus, the mlnli* ter resident of the Netherlands, Irol* Venezuela. His passports were seat U him by Minister PauL ' Eight Cadets Suspended. West Point, Nf. Y.--Eight cadets in the United States Military academy here were sent to their homes Thurs­ day as a result of hazing members of the fourth class. M. A. Walsh for Congress. Davenport, la.--The Democratic congressional convention of the Sec­ ond district of Iowa Thursday ratified the result of the June primary and nominated Mark A. Walsh of Clinton as candidate for congressman. WINS tN OLYMPIC MARATHON. Gamble Convicted of Arson. Bellefontaine, O.--George R. Gamble was found guilty of arson Thursday by a Jury after an hour's deliberation. He was charged with burning a mill in this county In October, 1906, and collecting the insurance. Idle Prisoners Beg for Work. Lincoln, Neb.--Prisoners in Ne­ braska penitentiary, idle for more than a month, are begging and pleading for something to do. Recently the con­ tract for the prison labor expired and the contractors refused to pay the in­ crease of 26 cents a day per convict demanded by the state. Murdered by Highwaymen, Butte, Mont.--Michael Henry, a miner, was slain in cold blood by two highwaymen early Tuesday in % fa- loon hold-up. _ _ American Captures Great Games Race. Olympic London.--It would be no exaggera­ tion, in the minds of the 100,000 specta­ tors who witnessed the finishing strug­ gle of the Marthon race at the Olym­ pian arena Friday, to say that it was the most thrilling event that has oc­ curred since that Marthon race in an­ cient Greece, where the victor fell at the goal and, with a wave of triumph, died. And it was won by an American. It was an American day and the re­ sentments of Thursday, which rankled strongly In the breasts of Americans here when they came to the stadium, were forgotten not only in the victory at John F. Hayes, the Irish-American Atheltlc club runner, but in the splen­ did record made by the other Ameri­ cans, who were well to the front In the line of those that finished. . Six Americans started in the Mara­ thon race and nine English runners. Of the first ten men to reach the cov­ eted goal, four were Americans. The second man was Hefferon of South Africa. The first Englishman who crossed the line came in twelfth. He was W. T. Clarke. Dorando was first to enter the stadi­ um at the finish. He staggered, d§zed and delirious, and in the last 300 yards fell four times and was helped up by track officials, who finally half-carried him across the line. Because of this he was disqualified. TWO DEAD, TWELVE WOUNDED. Bloody Career of Desperadoes in Ja­ maica Plain, Mass. Boston. -- Two dead, a man and a woman probably shot fatally, and ten others suffering from bullet wounds, sums up the record of the murderous career of two bandits, who Wednesday terrorized the Jamaica Plain district, eluding the pursuit of hundreds of policemen and thousands of citizens. Starting on Tuesday night by entering a saloon In Jamaica Plain, three men, who are supposed to be Italians, killed one man with revolvers, wounded two others aftd, rifling the cask register, got away with $90. Early Wednesday evening, after the police had searched for them unsuc­ cessfully all day, two of the robbers again appeared in Jamaica Plain and, firing revolvers, ran through the most thickly settled part of the district, leaving'a trail of victims behind them. Early Thursday the pair were sup­ posed to be hiding in Forest Hills cem­ etery, which was surrounded by sev­ eral hundred heavily armed police­ men. Herbert S. Knox of Roslindale, night watchman at the cemetery, is the vic­ tim who Is dead. Boston.--One of the bandits who "shot up" Jamaica Plains, killed two persons, wounded 11, and then took refuge in ja. cemetery, was killed by the police, another was wounded and the third was arrested. Forty Hurt in Collision. Lovedale, 111.--Forty persons were injured, some of them probably fatally, and more than a dozen so severely that they had to be taken to hospitals. Tuesday in a head-on collision between two Aurora, Elgin & Chicago cars at Lovedale station. The disaster oc­ curred when the coaches were each running at a speed estimated at 40 miles an hour and the crash when they came together was terrific. CUHIO IN A RAGE VENEZUELAN CONSUL TAKES REFUGE FROM BIG MOB. IS PROTECTED BY TROOPS Home of One of Castro's Henchmen Attacked and He Is Forced to Make Public Apology for Writings. Willemstad, Island of Curacao.--The relations between Venezuela and the people of the Island of Curacao, Dutch West Indies, are strained to the break­ ing point. Following a long series of what the residents of Curacao regard as antag­ onistic actions on the part of Presi­ dent Castro, directed against them­ selves and the Dutch government, mobs gathered in force at this capital Saturday night and Sunday and ex­ pressed their resentment in an attack upon the hdme of a Venezuelan who had published statements in Vene­ zuelan papers derogatory to the island, and later mac^e violent demonstrations in front of the residence of the Vene- auelan consul; surrounded the German consulate where he had taken refuge, and compelled the ordering out of armed troops so that the consul might be protected from injury. The demonstration before th<e resi­ dence] of the Venezuelan consul, Senor Lopez, occurred late at night, and al­ though no actual attack was made, it is stated that two shots were fired from the consul's house, no one, how­ ever, being Injured. Prior to this, about ten o'clock at night, a mob numbering about 1,000 gathered in front of the dwelling of a Venezuelan resident who, it is alleged, had insulted Curacao in the Venezue­ lan papers; broke down the doors with stones and, seizing the mac, com­ pelled him to sign a paper which set forth an elaborate excuse for the pub­ lication of the statements with which he was charged. The leaders of the populace also forced him to make a public apology from the balcony of his home, while the crowd below hooted and groaned in accompaniment. Furthermore, mem­ bers of the man's family were com­ pelled to play the Dutch national hymn, while the people below shouted "Down with Costro; long may<>Wil- helmina live." MACK IS CHOSEN CHAIRMAN. Buffalo Man Will Direct the Demo­ cratic National Campaign. Chicago.--Norman E. Mack cf Buffa­ lo, N. Y., was chosen Saturday evening to be chairman of the Democratic na­ tional committee and manager of the Bryan campaign. Mr, Bryan and lead­ ing members of the national commit­ tee made the selection at a conference in the Auditorium Annex. O Other officers chosen at the confer­ ence are: Vice-chairman, E. L. Hall, Nebraska; secretary, Urey Woodson, Kentucky; treasurer, Charles N. Has­ kell, Oklahoma; sergeant-at-arms, John I. Martin, Missouri. Central headquarters for the cam­ paign will be In Chicago, with branch headquarters in New York. The offices here probably will be in the Sherman house, but that is not settled yet.. STOLEN NECKLACE IS FOUND. "Bill" Hazard Is Rescued. Bassett, Neb.--"Bill" Hazard made his escape from jail at this place Fri­ day. Several weeks ago he broke jail at Gregory, S. D., where he was held on the charge of stealing horaes, and w§8 captured last Thursday at New­ port by Sheriff Marsh of Rock county and placed in jail here. Tap Hidden River; 25 Dead. Berne, Switzerland.--There was a frightful accident Friday in the Loetsch- berg tunnel, in the Bernese Alps, which resulted in the death of 25 workmen. The men were drilling In­ side the tunnel. Without warning their tool8 pierced the wall that sep­ arated them from a subterranean river or lake, the existence of which was not known. The wall gave way with a crash and a torrent of water and mud rushed Into the tunnel and filled it. All of the workmen were drowned. They were Italians. Countess Von Wartenslebeifs Pearls Recovered and Maid Re-Arrested. Berlin.--A pearl necklace of extraor­ dinary beauty and valued at $50,000, which mysteriously disappeared from the apartment of Countess von War- tensleben one evening last February when she was attending the ope -a, has just been found. The countess maid had been arrested in connection with the abstraction of the necklace, owing to the fact that a window in the maid's room was found open, but no evidence was secured against her and she was permitted to go free. The maid has been re-arrested. Turkey's New Constitution. Constantinople. -- The principal points of the new constitution are: Personal liberty; no punishment with­ out trial; religious toleration, a free press, equality of all Ottoman sub­ jects, security of property, inviolar bility of domicile and abolition of tor­ ture. The assembly will consist of two chambers, the senators to be chosen by the sultan for services to the state, the. deputies to be elected In the proportion of one for each $50,- 000 inhabitants. , Jealousy Leads to Murder.. Port Edwards, Wis.--Daniel L. Lynch shot and killed Richard Nom- menson, shot and serioi&ly wounded Miss Anna Sorenson and then tried to kill himself. Jealousy over the at­ tentions which Nommenson was pay ing to Miss Sorenson is said to have been the cause of the tragedy. Fatal Powder Mill Explosion. King's Mills, O.--One man waa killed and another fatally injured in^ terrific explosion whlcb demolished one of tie big powder mills here Thursday. Kentucky Wets Win by One Vote. Georgetown, Ky.--In one of the most exciting local option elections in the history of this city, In the principal distilling section of central Kentucky, the "wets" secured the victory by a majority of one vote. Women and children took part in the canvass. Oklahoma Town Fire-Swept. FOBS, Okla.--Fire destroyed a block of stone buildings on the west side of the main business street, including the post office, First National bank and five storerooms. Loss, $50,000. Honduran Revolt la Over. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The gov­ ernment troops Sunday occupied the town of Choluteca, which some time ago was captured by the revolution­ ists, and it is believed in official cir­ cles here that this practically ends the revolution. 8hoots Son and Kills Himself. Lowell, Mass.--During a fit of in­ sanity Sunday Elisha Drake, a quarry- man, shot and probably fatally wound­ ed his foar-year-old son Walter, and then shot and killed himself. Veteran of Kentucky Bar Dies. Owensboro, Ky.--William T. Owen, the nestor of the Owensboro bar, and former circuit court judge of the Sixth judicial district, died here Sunday from infirmities incidental to old age. He was born in Kentucky in 1833. Well-Kne^rn Insurance Man Dead. 8t. Louis.--Louis E. Snow, one of the most prominent insurance men in the middle west, died here Sunday, aged 66 years. He was a brother of E. G. Suow, president of the Home Insurance company of New York. THE GARDEN SPOTOFTHE EARTH _ to Go to Southwest Oklahoma. The removal of restrictions on In­ dian lands in the Indian Territory por­ tion of Oklahoma, is creating great in­ terest throughout the nation among capitalists looking for investments and planning to establish manufactories, as well as among the tillers of the soil who hope to better their condition. Chickasha is situated in the Washi­ ta valley, the center of the choicest of the Indian lands, and to that city will go those who study the situation Intent on reaching the vantage point. Seven railroad lines diverge there. Water plants will furnish to manufac­ tories cheap electric power. •Chickasha ships more corn, mora cotton and more live stock than any other point in Oklahoma. The modern built business district In the Valley and beautiful residence portion on hills make a veritable dreamland. The imposing churches and modern school buildings are moa- umeats to the character of the citizens who erected them. The country for which Chickasha is. the market center ranks with the most productive in the world. Corn, cotton, wheat and atfalfa are grown with equal success to that of Either crop In a on© crop country Garden track­ ing is to be one of the most profitable pursuits. Fruits of all kinds grow and produce luxuriantly. In fact, Grady county, of which Chickasha is the capital, la the garden spot of the earth. Chickasha has a live Commercial Club which promptly answers letters of inquiry regarding the section to which the eyes of the nation are just now directed SAVAGE FLING AT AUDIENCE. Inebriated Orator Resented Disapprove al of His Condition. "Like many a statesman of the past," said Senator Beveridge, "he drank too much. And one Fourth of July morning, on a platform hung with flags and flowers before the courthouse of a country town, facing an audience of farmers and their fam­ ilies that had come from miles around, the statesman arose to deliver the In­ dependence day oration in a slightly Intoxicated state.. "He was not incapable of an ora­ tion, but his unsteady gait, his flushed face and disordered attire spoke ill of him, and the audience hissed. "He held up his hand. They were silent. Then he laughed scornfully and said: " 'Ladies and gentlemen, when a statesman of my prominenafe consents to appear in such a little, one-horse town as this, he must be either drunk or crazy. I prefer to be considered an inebriate.' "--Washington Star. A TERRIBLE CONDITION. Tortured by Sharp Twinges, Shooting Pains and Dizziness. Hiram Center, 518 South Oak street, Lake City, Minn., says: "I was so bad with kid- i ney trouble that I I could not straighten .1 up after stooping - without sharp pains shooting through my back. I had dizzy spells, was nervous and my eyesight af­ fected. The kidney secretions were ir­ regular and too fre­ quent. I was in a terrible condition, but Doan's Kidney Pills have cured me and I have enjoyed perfect health since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. THE EFFECT OF WEALTH. Billie--Who Is that awfully freckled girl on the horse? Tillie--Why, that's Miss Gotrox. She has several millions In her own name. Billie--So? My! Aren't her freckles becoming? Polltenesn. It was the last day of the term in one of our public kindergartens. The children were all seated around the ta­ bles thoroughly enjoying the treat of ice cream which the teacher always provided on this occasion. Glancing around the room at the beaming faces of the children, the kindergartner noticed one child pick up his plate and lick It, She went up to him and said in a low tone of voice: "Freddie, put down your plate; it is not polite to pick it up and lick it." Fred obeyed at onoe, quietly plac­ ing his plate on the table. He then put his head down to the plate and licked it The Girl for Him. A Scotchman, wishing to know his fate at once, telegraphed a proposal of marriage to the lady of his choice. After spending the entire day at the telegraph office he was finally reward­ ed late In the evening by an affirma­ tive answer. "If I were you," suggested the oper­ ator when he delivered the message, "I'd think twice before I'd marry a girl that kept me waiting all day for my answer." "Na, na," retorted the Scot. "The lass who waits for the night rates is the la&s for me."--Everybody's. •Mr But It Was All Right. The poor but proud duke decided to play a safe game, so instead of beard­ ing the dear girl's father in his lair he wrote as follows: /'I want your daugh­ ter--the flower of your family." By return mail came the old man's reply: "Your orthography seems to have z flat wheel. What you want is doubtless the flour In connection with my dough and if my girl wants you I suppose I'll have to give up."