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Wednesday, November 1”>, ]‘?U5.
SECRETARY TAFT.
Tin' latest outside papers received
lien' announced tliat Secretary Taft was
on liis way lullin' attain. We may have
tn wait till next siimniiT f<.r theanival
nf detailed accounts of his reci ption hy
his fellow countrymen. We van only
speculate that it was as effu.-ive. a
"i>r<:eims ami as -ini't'ie as tin w aeeorileil
him hy the .laps. tin- Chinese ami the
I ilopinos.
“This journey is. in a way, unii|Ue,''
saiil a pajier in sjaaikinn of tin- -een ta
n's travi Is. "Ii is the lir.»t time, so far
as we call I'eeall. when the presumably
unoltu i.il journey of a ri'|ire'eiitative of
the Ameriean ttovernmelit has had at
tached toil somethiiut of the sittnilii aiice
usually attaeheii to the _'oini:s ami com
intfsof European princes and |s>tentati -.
Secretary Taft in Japan wa-a rt of
1’iinee Henry of I’ni'-ia iu the I'nited
State.; tile ohjis-t of the M-it In i h _• to
cement the friemllv relations l eiwien
th«-two r»'Ur»iri* » In Cliitta if
Imv** !•*••• r» niaUr !• ••-I I»i«* v ha*l a
)iurtt<Milai r*h*ti »n *• ?!»*• I*\r*tt aval
thr \**\f*l ; ri-iitu' lft- r»*Ir - t* 1
li i I'i.ili|*|»»»m*-. t-a niaff*T « (*•■
it \va- m»*U*r*t««»l hi.«
In tit* hit nr** it may U
that fit* urn* ral air »•! ry ■*:irr*»un»|
tiik* tin m»*v*•»»•• » N • i a KurH|>*:iH t
• iif.it* v*ill iiitn «nrr •»»»>•! Hi* •* i l»»wh
an **i;h ».»N an* l 11m ***»Wl n .
.j***nh*t« l-r* »tl.l *-lv Ahrtbrr flu
<liniii<; of :i peregrinating secretary of
war with the dowager empress means
the conclusion of a secret hard-and-fast
alliance between the two nations.”
Tins counting of the money in the
l'nited States treasury upon the retire
ment of Kllis II. Koheits from thetreas
uryship the first of last July calls to
mind a similar procedure when Mr.
Huberts succeeded I'. X. Morgan July 1,
1S07. The count then lasted nine
months, because it became necessary to
make an actual count of every coin. (Inc
of the laborers opened many bags and
extracted small quantities of silver, re
placing it with lead of about equal
weight. When the discovery was made :
a recount w ithout the scales was ordered
and a big force of experts was employed,
the cost to the government running into
thousands of dollars. It turned out that
the laborer had stolen between tf.100 and
$1100. In the State of Mississippi, a
score oi years ago, when they opened
the treasury vaults to count the cash
they found them empty! Hundreds of
thousands of dollars entrusted to the
state treasurer had vanished, and what
went with the money may never be I
known. The otlieial was arrestad and
tried. He offered no defense, pleaded
guilty, and was sentenced to fifteen *
years in the penitentiary, before sen
tence was passed he solemnly avowed
he did not know w hat became of the
money: the vaults had remained closed
for months and w hen they were opened
the money was gone—that was all. After
he had been in prison some months the
circumstance was recalled that the treas
ury vaults had been overhauled by safe
experts a year or so before, and the
theory was advanced that the experts
had "fixed” the locks and later returned
and looted the treasury, but when a
par«|op. \va* sought tor the mnvict mi
this theory, 1 leminyway—that was tlu*
treasurer's name—declared a pardon on
such a pretext wmiM hi* contrary to the
public i;o'h1, and refused his consent to
executive clemency on such a yrouml.—
>oim* \«■;i rs before the present time
Ih-tniomvay’s sentence has expired anti
in tin- relic te t -rnei «*! tin* earth the
final ineiilents have been lost siyht ot;
hut it it sii he that the principal in this
noted case has •iirvivo! ami been re
turne'l to those who knew ami trusted
him. thousands ot Mississipians will
welcome him to their home* ami lx lieve
that he is hut thevietim of eiremiistanee
an*l that he ha* paid the |x*nalty of an
other's jrie\ u* w rony.
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II* 'IN'* l-l.uk Unr- ;iiv in*!, iifnli-r tn*r
mal •• -n-Iitn-n-*, t«ft»rut« *. It
t?»• v * i,l»ar*r* in*ft tf»-t ftn»n»»- tftn v max
ii .ml a man -*xr*lv, a ml Hi* r»* art* a
nun»l« r in-fum* « in \xi*i«fti tfw v l»a\*
kill*-I m* n **• >r*litiaril\■. tlumuli,*' -ay#
Hu • imfin .r’U-l** <1 l»i«t»irian, **a l»lark
• * «r will m»l rliitrift* Iftn-ii^fti h«
max lilit'M i a **»i »l«-aft.” ‘ IHiHiuirilx.
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G. A. KETTERER
Sin Wilfrid I.acrikr, at least, is one
Canadian who seems to have some con
ception of the wonderful possibilities for
development in northwest Canada. For
years he has believed the twentieth
century will aim >st e.pial in Canada the
tremendous strides made bv the Cnited
States during the last century. At the
ceremony of turning the first sod on the
tirand Trunk l’aeitie railway in Septem
ber, he predicted that by the time that
line is completed (live years) it wilt be
time for Canadians tocommenee another
transcontinental road, and before the
railway is finished it will be necessary
to open a new canal to get the w heat to
the seaboard. With all the premier's
optimism, it is a strange fact, however,
that in his public utterances he ignores
or passes over lightly the great mineral
possibilities of the country to be opened.
It well defines the difference between
Canadian and American thought. The
American way would be to overrun everv
foot of ground on the western slope in a
search for gold. The beginning of agri
culture would be incidental to and de
pendent upon the mining of gold. In
Canada the people’s minds run to w heat
—so much so, indeed, that one might
almost infer the government will retain
the gold for “crown" purposes exclu
sively.
A Clincher.
A Chicago mother was trying to get
her little boy to g,, to bed. “ Iftlll along,
.lobnuy, she said, “and get into votir
bed. The little chickens have all gone
to bed.”
"Vi s. mother, I know," said the little
t"t. “but the old hen went to Usl with
’em."—.1 ildge.
.1. LINDLKY GREEN',
I .awyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
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THE MIRROR
JERRY FORD M. R. DOWNING
The Florence Hotel
Bar Supplied with the Best
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Billiard and Pool Parlors
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jo TOM MAHONEY - JACK RADIGAN
Managers
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
General Merchandise
FULL LINE
TIN, GRANITE AND CROCKERYWARE
At an election fur ineinhers of the
I"'aid of registration nt Placetas, in the
province of Santa Clara, ('uha. Sept. £!,
“many shots were tired, hut no one wan
killed.“ It wua .loniewhat ao in aoine of
Culm's hattles with Spain.
J. W. YOUNG..
DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Located In N. A. T. & T. Co.’s Building
Try the RELIANCE BRAND of Canned Fruits and Vegetables. Best
quality ever brought to the camp. Same prices as other brands.
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