THE MOKSIAG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 190S.
PRESIDENT'S TASK
AS SEEN BY TIFT
Republican Nominee Gives His
Views in Article Written
for Magazine.
NO PLACE FOR SHIRKING
Better Xo President Than Poor One,
His Motto Holder of Highest
Office Must Keep Close
to the People.
XEW YORK. June 22. Secretary Wil
liam H. Taft has written the following
article on his conception of the Presi
dency for the current issue of Collicrs
Weekly:
"In the four years that I have been a
member of the Cabinet I have become
familiar enough with the responsibili
ties and burdens of the Presidency to
know that no man can afford unduly to
seek that great office. If he is attracted
by honor and power alone without the
hope of being useful, he is unworthy of
the honor and unfit for the use of the
power. He must prefer, for the sake of
his own peace of mind, never to be Pres
ident to being a poor president. Confi
dent that the platform on which he stands
Is for the best Interest of the Nation, he
Is untrue to himself and his supporters
If he does not fight valiantly for election
after he accepts the leadership. But. of
course. he must draw the line at any
compact which will not leave him free
of promises and of the control of any
faction.
Must Be in Prime, Work Hard.
"The President's duties, clearly outlined
by the Constitution, have grown broader
In their Interpretation with the growth
of the country. He should be in the
prime of years, health and igor. The
capacity for hard work Is a better equip
ment than genius In mastering the essen
tials of all the departments of the Gov
ernment and undergoing the strain of
countless interviews. He should look
not only to those in office, but to those
out of office, in all branches of private
activity, for information and opinion,
in order that he may arrive at the truth
when he is surrounded by the conflict
of interests which come to him with the
fair words of the special pleader.
Near the People, Never Waver.
"In many senses, though the most
ought after, he Is the loneliest man in
the I'nited States. Elected directly by
the people, their representative head,
from them, in the sober thousht of the
majority, he will get his best counsel.
Though Indifference or preoccupation with
private affairs may keep them from at
tending primaries or scanning closely
eHher candidates or measures, they can
center on the President as their instru
ment for the expression of their wishes.
"He should always be near the people
in thought and as near tiiem in person
as his position will permit. In common
with the people, he is human and he must
a.sk their charity for his mistakes. When
they have ceased to believe In his sincer
ity ana uprightness of purpose, his is
a cheerless task. Once convinced that ha
has divined and is carrying out their
real -wishes, neither elated by any out
burst of applause, nor diverted by any
outburst of censure, he must proceed un
waveringly, always by lawful methods,
to the accomplishment of the popular
will.
Sources of Inspiration.
"From Washington Tire may learn no
bility, fortitude and forthrightness. I.irt
coln's life and speeches must be his
source of inspiration when he is misun
derstood, and he ".as to say to himself,
'patience and 'Ti er.' It is easier since
we had LJncolit than it was before to be
a good President. He set a standard.
"It remained for Roosevelt to prove how
the people will respond to a stronjr. true
leadership when the hour has come for
great reforms. The policies which he
Inaugurated must be continued and de
veloped. They are right and they are the
policies of the people. For that reason
his successor may well disregard anv
charge of lack of originality If he does
not make an entirely new programme of
his own.
Equal Enforcement of Law,
"A President at this time has work
before him clearly denned. The enforce
ment of law equally against high and
low. the powerful and weak, should be his
thought. The danger to our country from
laxity or favoritism in this is the great
est one we have to face. The conservat
ion of our National resources and their
development for the use of all, along the
lines of eiual opportunity too. must com
mand his immediate attention.
"It should he his aim to give high tono
to his administration, as President Roose
velt has. by surrounding himself by men
of prominence, enthusiasm in the public
Interest and of the cleanest and most ef
fective methods."
Enthusiastic About Roosevelt.
NEW YORK. June '22. Secretary Taft
arrived from Cincinnati this morning and
left for New Haven at 11 A. M. He said
he expected to call on the President at
Oyster Bay on Friday in company with
General Iuke B. Wright, his successor as
Secretary of War.
Asked as to the political outlook. Sec
retary Taft said a man must be an opti
mist to succeed. He spoke with enthusi
asm about the demonstration for Presi
dent Roosevelt at the Chicago conven
tion, saying:
"It was a genuine demonstration, and, I
VH you, it was a great demonstration."
Concerning the Vice-Presidential nomi
nation Mr. Taft said:
"I have known Mr. Sherman for a long
time, and I think very highly of him.
However. I do not think this is the time
to discuss personalities."
Mr. Taft said he did not expect to re
turn to Cincinnati until the Fall and that
he will start his campaign for the Presi
dency in that city in September.
Holiday on Notification-Day.
CINCINNATI. June 22. A general holi
day for the day when William How;d
Taft will be formally notified of his nom
ination as Republican candidate for the
Presidency is planned by the local organ
izations, the celebration to be entirely
non-partisan. Committees met today at
the Business Men's Club to begin the
preparations. Secretary Taft will be in
vited to make an address. Nothing will
be left undone to make it Cincinnati's
biggest day.
THINKS TAFT IS VERY WEAK
W. J. Conners, New York Democratic
Chairman, Feels Hopeful.
NEW YORK. June 22. William J. Con
nors, of Buffalo, chairman f the state
democratic committee, was in New York
today and said to several newspaper men
that he believed Mr. Taft would be an
easy candidate for the Democrats to de
feat "There were several stronger men who
might have beon nominated." said Mr.
Connors, "but none weaker. His only
qualification for the office is that Presi
dent Roosevelt wanted him. I'd rather
say nothing about Sherman. Everybody
knows about him.
"Is the nomination of Bryan as certain
as was that of Taft?" Mr. Connors was
asked.
"I won't believe It until I see it," he
declared. "There are other Democrats
who can defeat Taft beyond a doubt.'
"Who? Johnson?"
"To a certainty."
"Well if the New York delegation sees
that B;in s nomination is certain will
It come in line?"
"We will wait until we get to the con
vention."' "Will the platform be radical?"'
"Yes, to a certain extent."
"Will it contain a court plank?"
"I'd rather have It contain none than
the one that was put into the Republi
can platform: that means nothing."
"Iabor will cut a strong figure In the
election, will it not?
"It always does," said Mr. Connors.
HUGHES IS STHOXG FOR TAFT
Declares Him Able and Well-
Equfpjled for Office of President.
NEW YORK. June 22. As the first
gathering of New York Republicans to
ratify the ticket nominated by the Na
tional Convention at Chicago last week,
the ratification meeting held by the Re
publican Club at its headquarters tonight,
took on added interest from the pres
ence of. Governor Hughes, New York's
candidate for the Presidency. He was the
principal" speaker of the evening, say
ing:
"The Republican party is never in want
of a man able and equipped for the great
task of governing a tree people in consti
tutional methods. But tiiere never 'has
been a man called to that task with the
equipment of William Howard Taft. That
is the plain truth. His record may be
examined with a microscope."
DECLINES POLITICAL HONOR
John Mitchell Prefers to Continue to
Work for Industrial Peace.
CHICAGO. June 22. John Mitchell, ex
president of the ITnited Mine Workers
of America, tonight gave out a letter
declining to become a candidate for po
litical office and indicating that he will
become instead head of the trade agree
ment department of the National Civic
federation.
Mr. Mitchell's work with the Civic!
Federation will involve attempts to set
lie labor disputes without resort tfl
strikes or lockouts. The position carries
a salary of $6000 a year. Mr. Mitchell
says he feels that he can be of more
service to organized labor by trying to
secure industrial peace than by being
Governor of Illinois.
WON'T TAKE SECOND PLACE
Judge Gray Will Refuse Nomination
for Vice-President.
WASHINGTON, June 22. Federal
Judge George Gray will not under any
conditions accept the Democratic nomi
nation for the Vice-Presidency and an
nouncement was made today to this1 ef
fect by-Congressman Irving Handy, whb
will make, the speech at Denver placing
the judge in nomination for President.
Ellis Will Answer Bryan.
COLl'MHfS. O- June 22. Attorney
General Wade Kills, who arrived home
from Cincinnati today, has prepared a
statement In answer to what William
J. Byan and other critics of the Chi
cago convention have said, the tenor
of which will be that the platform is
not a retreat from the position taken
by the President on more vital public
issues.
Club Women in Convention.
BOSTON. June 22. Every train com-,
ing into boston today swelled the ar
rivals of delegates to the ninth bien
nial convention of the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs, and It was ex
pected after the arrival of the late
evening trains more than 2000 of the
2500 club women expected to attend the
meetings of the convention during the
next two weeks would be In the city.
Rodeson Off for Denver.
OWENSBORO. June 22. Urey Rodeson,
secretary of the Democratic National
committee, left today for Denver, where
he will establish quarters and remain
until after the convention.
OPENS HER LOVER'S GRAVE
CHICAGO GIRL WILL NOT BE
LIEVE THAT HE IS DEAD.
Insists on Having Corpse Exhumed.
Becomes Hysterical When Cof
fin Lid Is Raised.
CHICAGO. June 22. It was disclosed
today that to convince a fiancee that her
sweetheart was dead and that the body
of another man had not been substituted
for him, the corpse of Dr. Henry Cragan,
formerly of Philadelphia, was recently
disinterred at Rose. Hill Cemetery in this
city. Until Miss Elizabeth Burns, of Chi
cago, whom the physician was to
marry, had carefully scrutinized the
features, she would not give up the con
viction that the man who had wooed and
won her was living.
The apparent suddenness of th death
and burial caused Miss Burns to suspect
that the body was not that of Dr. Cragan,
but of another man. Parental objection
to the impending marriage was suggested
as a probable cause for the doctor's
being spirited away.
When Miss Burns finally, with the aid
of a brother who came here from N'v
York, saw the body and realized that
death had stolen her sweetheart away,
she became hysterical and is still in a
highly nervous state.
House Burns; No Water.
Fire originating from causes unknown
completely destroyed the two-story frame
residence, 1113 East Seventeenth.street, at
10 o'clock last night. The building was
owned by Charles Lane. who. with his
wife and family, watched his property
consumed by the flames because the fire
men were unable to get a stream of
water into play. The nearest plug is at
Fourteenth and Alberta streets. The
one hose company which responded to the
call laid oil their hose, 1000 feet, and
were still BOO feet short of. reaching the
blaze. In a few moments the house was
burned to the ground. It was valued at
$1600 and was insured for $1200.
The Midsummer Fiction Number.
The July Sunset contains some rare
fiction. Among the contributions are:
"The Siamese Opposltes," by Bailey
Mallard: "Careless." by Blllee Glynn:
and "With Feet of Clay," by Alfred
Daymon Runyon.
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TAFT IS GUEST AT
COMMENCEMENT
Yale Delights to Honor Her
Most Distinguished
Alumnus.
TALKS TO YOUNG LAWYERS
Advice From .Veteran of Bar and
Bench to Young; Graduates.
Spooner Speaks on Relations
of Law to Liberty.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. June 22. Secre
tary of War Taft returned to Yale, his
alma mater, today to attend the reunion
of his class of '78. Although his inten
tions were to join his classmates as
"Taft of "78." he found himself the chief
guest of the commencement exercises,
and he had scarcely entered the shadow
of the Unlvensity buildings before he took
up his duties as a member of the cor
poration. Few opportunities came for
him to clasp the hands of '78 men who
had gathered in the old Edwards man
sion on Elm street, selected as class
headquarters, for he was immediately
escorted to Woodbridge Hail for the cor
poration meeting, then into the commons
to speak to the young men who were
about to be given their law school sheep
skins, and finally to College Hall, where
the medical school exercises were held.
Met by Classmates on Arrival.
Mr. Taft reached the city at 1 o'clock
unaccompanied, Mrs. Taft and Master
Charles Taft having reached here on an
earlier train and gone to the home on
Prospect strt-et of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Farnam. whose guests they are to be
until Thursday. Mr. Taft was met at
the station by a delegation from his class
and after exchange of greetings he
stepped Into an automobile and was
whisked away to the Edwards house,
where about 40 '78 men were ready to
extend a welcoming hand.
After a short stay the Secretary went
to Woodbridge Hall, where the corpora
tion was in session. He left this meeting
a little later, walked across the campus
to the commons, and, passing in, was met
with a cheer from those who first got a
glimpse of him. His advent was just at
the conclusion of an address by ex-Senator
Spooner. of Wisconsin.
The entire body of alumni rose and
cheered the Secretary. Later on Mr. Taft
spoke to the youn? men who In cap and
gown sat at a long table In front of him.
The Secretary subsequently returned to
the corporation meeting arid at its conclu
sion donned the robes of a doctor of law
and walked to the law school. As he en
tered the auditorium. John W. Foster was
making an address, but the audience rose
and cheered wildly.
Dean Henry Wade Rogers presided at
the luncheon of the alumni of the law
school. The first speaker, ex-United
States Senator Spooner, of "Wisconsin,
paid a tribute to Mr. Taft as a Yale man
who is "abundantly equipped to hold the
very highest office in the gift of the peo
ple." He then addressed himself to the
young men present, about to be graduat
ed, saying:
Spooner on Law and Liberty.
I want to impress upon you that, white
you may- differ on political questions, there
is something which rises above politics and
something which lawyers cannot afford to
differ on. The lawyer under his oath owes
it to his country and to himself to stand
firm on the basic principles of popular gov
ernment. He must believe that the essen
tials of government are three co-ordinate
branches, the executive, legislative and
judicial. Each must keep within its bounds,
or representative government cannot exist,
when you find a government in which the
three branches have become subordinated
to the will of the executive, popular gov
ernment has ceased to exist. I speak of
this in an Impersonal way.
The last hope of liberty iir this Govern
ment is an upright, fearless. Incorruptible
judiciary. If, In the lapse of time you
find a political body advocating any meas
ure whicli seeks to impair the foundation
of government as laid down by the foun
ders, as you value your oath of office, fight
It.
The principle of the three co-ordinate
branches of government ought not to be
forgotten for a moment. I am glad the
next President of the United States is to
be a lawyer, a lawyer who knows the
Constitutional limitations of the executive
and other branches of government. Mind
you, I do not say who that lawyer will be.
Taffs Band of Good Fellows.
Just as Mr. Spooner sat down Mr. Taft
entered the dining hall and was greeted
by Dean Rogers, while the alumni gave
the Yale cheer, with nine "Tafts" on the
end. Mr. Taft sat down and listened to
the address to the younger alumni and
the seniors by Judge John Proctof
Clarke. "7S, of the appellate division of
the Supreme Court of New York. Aft
the applause which greeted him haC
ceased, he said:
Thirty years ago a band of good fellows
In Yale took a pledge that they would
stand by each other. Two or three weeks
ago I received a letter saying that two or
three of these men were under a load
and it was the business of every '78 man
to come in and help. Had 1 known that
John Proctor Clarke was going to be here
I. should not have come in. I expect to have
speaking enough without hunting for it.
Judge Clarke has spoken eloquently and
given young men substantia) Instruction in
practicing law. Possibly I could add some
thing to it.
Let Women Witnesses Alone.
He suggested when you have a woman as
a witness to lead her 'along easily. I would
add to 1M women alone. And the more -ignorant
the woman the more certainly this
advice should be taken, for I have seen a
woman who could not spell her name put a
pretty brainy lawyer to flight. There Is
something about the intuition of a female,
especially on cross-examination, that leads
her always to give you Information that
you do not want, with the result that
she is invited off the stand as soon as pos
sible. Judge Clarke told you to go Into the
world and get at facts; when you have a
case to get right down to the actual condi
tions surrounding these facts. I rather
think it depends upon the person. I don't
think a lawyer -needs to be advised. An
office without clients Is not likely to be
conducive to keep him there: he is likely
to get out on his own initiative and get in
touch with people and things. I began
with slight legal education and was made
aware of my failings early. If there are
defects In one's early training it is difficult
to overcome them.
Keep Vp Study of Law.
You young men are learning the science
of the law. which many of those who have
preceded you found it herd to acquire. . I
urge you not to give up study of that sci
ence of law. Follow the discussion of cases
In' law reviews, read tho decisions of cases
by the courts, and the decrees of the United
Htates courts and add to your knowledge
in a thorough way. The days- you pass in
contemplation of the walla of your office
waiting for clients to come are days which
should be made of value. In these daya
you ought to lay the foundation of the
years of success to come.
Another thing in the practice of th law
to pursue le the principle of well, what
shall call the "get-there maxim."
Iwyer' duty to Public.
The administration of criminal law of
the country is defective. Members of the
bar do not recognise that their duty is
not only to the court, but to their clients
at large. A lawyer Is not justified In re
sorting to the tricks of a pettifogger just
to Indicate that the man sitting beside
him is his client. 'We are having a general
moral awakening and the members of the
bar need that awakening Just as certainly
as men in other walks of life. We cannot
afford . to sacrifice everything for success
nor permit loyalty to a client to carry one
beyond the line marked by duty to the
court. If you have opportunity to take
criminal , cases, to become a prosecutor,
take them, for criminal law develops recog
nition of the importance of facts. I ven
ture to say that when presentation of facts
is needed, the men who have had exper
ience in criminal cases show greater skill.
I am glad to have this opportunity to
speak to you. Because we have been out
30 years, we must not forget that we have
a great deal to learn. Take the advice of
Judge Clarke in preparing your cases; sit
up nights and prepare your statement of
facts, put it in plain language and I know
you will reach the heart of the court. I
know that I must have reaehed the heart
of Justice Blatchford when, as Solicitor
General. I rose and asked to have dismissed
40 Chinese appeal cases. The judge wrote
me a letter praising my prompt disposal of
the cases and assuring me that a future
was opening for me.
At the close of these exercises the
Secretary, accompanied by President
Hadley and escorted by the faculty of
the medical school, walked to College
Hall, where he attended the exercises.
On the 6tep of Osborne Hall were
gathered groups of Yale men back to
their reunions, most of them in-fantastic
garb, and these lustily cheered him. At
College Hall the Secretary was joined
by his brother, Horace D. Taft. of Water
town, Conn., who accompanied him back
to Woodbridge Hall when the exercises
were ended. This in effect ended Mr.
Taffs first official day. at Yale.
An Informal dinner was tendered Sec
retary and Mrs. Taft this afternoon by
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Farnham, at whose
home they will remain until Thursday.'
Mrs. Taft will be the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Hadley tomorrow. On Thursday a
formal dinner will be given Secretary and
Mrs. Taft at the Farnham residence. The
guests will Include President and Mrs.
Arthur T. Hadley. Admiral and Mrs. W.
S. Cowles and others.
On Tuesday night Mr. Taft will attend
his class dinner at the New Haven
Country Club, at which time he will de
liver an informal address. Wednesday
the Secretary will attend the alumni -dinner
In University Hall at 1 P. M., where
It is expected he will speak. He has
agreed to speak at the dedication of a
flagstaff erected on Yale campus by the
class of '!8 In memory of Lieutenant
Ledyard, who was killed in the Phil
ippines. He will attend the ball game tomorrow
and will go to New London on Thursday
to see the Yale-Harvard boat races. A
special car has been tendered him and
his friends for the trip.
LEPROSY Gill 6E CURED
REMARKABLE RESULTS ARE
REPORTED IX LOUISIANA.
Six Patients Out of 61 Recover
Under Modern Medical
Treatment.
NEW ORLEANS, June 22. A remark
able medical report touching on the cure
of leprosy will be presented to the Ixuis
iana Assembly probably this week by the
leper home of the State of Louisiana.
From this report it appears that out of
61 lepers at the Louisiana institution in
the past two years, six have been prac
tically cured.
This report is not submitted as indicat
ing that any specific cure for leprosy has
been discovered. It is simply a state
ment of the results which have been
obtained from giving lepers the same san
Itary surroundings that. the average per
son enjoys and an equal opportunity to
receive flrst-cless medical treatment.
Instead of being Isolated, the institu
tion faces the public highway along the
Mississippi Kiver levee in Iberville, Par
ish. It occupies an estate of about 400
acres. A row of modern cottages consti
tute the lepers' quarters. -For 13 years
four to six Sisters of Charity, practically
aione, have cared for all the wants of
the lepers, even to cooking and sweeping.
None of the Sisters have ever become af
fected. The degree of freedom enjoyed by these
lepers is startling. There are no stock
ades, no armed guards nor night watch
men to prevent them from escaping at
will. The one strong bond which holds
them to the institution is the self-sacrificing
care and interest of the Sisters of
Charity In making them-comfortable and
contented.
POISON TO SHE BETTING
VICIOUS FIGHT OX LOUISIANA
ANTI-GAMBLING BILL.
Senator Suddenly Taken III and Doc
tors Have Suspicion Adjourn
ment Prevents Defeat.
BATON ROrGE. La.. June 22. By
forcing an adjournment the friends of the
Locke anti-racing bill saved that meas
ure from defeat In the State Senate. The
bill will come up again at noon tomorrow.
A hurried poll tonight showed only 20
members present who could be relied on
to vote for the passage of the bill, so a
motion to adjourn was carried, 20 to 17.
An announcement late tonight by J. J.
McLaughlin, chairman of the New Or
leans anti-racing track league, put an
unusual phase of the illness of Senator
Smart, whose absence was one of the
excuses for the bill's failure to pass.
Mr. Smart was taken violently ill Im
mediately after supper tonight, and Mr.
McLaughlin said that attending physi
cians thought the attack might be due to
"some unknown foreign substance,"
which "resembles poison very much."
Senator Settoon - telegraphed tonight
that he will arrive tomorrow. The auto
mobile sent him broke down.
TROLLEY LINE ASSURED
Right of Way Deeds Filed for Milton-Athena
Extension.
PEN Df. ETON, Or.. June 22. (Spe
cial.) All doubt concerning the Walla
Walla Valley Electric Company's In
tention to extend its fnterurban line
from Milton to Athena, was set at rest
today when 16-right-of-way deeds were
placed on file in the office of the coun
ty recorder. The deeds are all across
land lying between Milton and Athena,
and extend to the very heart of the
wheat belt.
The deeds are ell given to two Walla
Walla men. E. S. Isaacs and S. M.
Drumpeller. and provide that an elec
tric road must be in operation within
two years. ,
Helped Man Get Broken Neck.
COLFAX, Wash., June 22. Deputy
Sheriff Dickinson returned Sunday from
Palouse with Win Burden, accused . of
being Instrumental in causing a man to
fall down a flight of stairs at a Palouse
lodging-house Saturday. The man, a
butcher, known as "Jim," was killed, re
ceiving a broken neck.
Rejuvin aids digestion. At all fountains.
Metzger fits glasses for $1.00.
PLANS ARE CHANGED
Roosevelt and Taft Will Attend
Boat Race Thursday.
CONFERENCE GOES OVER
War Secretary and General Wright
Will Go- to Oyster Bay for
Long Talk With Pres
ident Xcxt Friday.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., June 22.-Presi-dent
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft will
both witness the boat race next Thursday
on the Thames. This interesting and im
portant fact necessitates a change in Sec
retary Taffs plans for the latter part of
the week. Secretary Taft had arranged
tentatively with the President to confer
with him at Oyster Bay on Friday. He
was to be accompanied to Oyster Bay by
General Luke Wright, who Is tci succeed
him as Secretary of Wrar.
A telegram was received by Secretary
Taft from the President late today re
questing that the Indicated change be
made, because he had himself decided to
witness, the boat race on Thursday. He
will arrive at New London on the Sylph,
directly from Oyster Bay, and he probably
would not be able to get back to his home
at Sagamore Hill In time for such a con
ference on Friday as he desired to hold
with Secretary Taft and General Wright.
SPENDS RATHER QUIET DAY
President Reads and Attends to Ur
gent Business Only.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. June 22. In
practical seclusion today and to a great
extent free from official cares. President
Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, spent the
hottest hours reading and attending to
only such official business as required
his Immediate attention when Secretary
Loeb called. Late In the day the Presi
dent took his daily exercise.
A movement is afoot among the citi
zens of the village to petition the Presi
dent to ask Secretary Taft to make a
speech to the people when he visits the
President at Sagamore Hill this week.
The President will have nothing to say
regarding the report from Boston that
he has Interceded with President Eliot,
of Harvard Lnlversity. In behalf of the
two members of Harvard varsity crews
who were dismissed. He will neither af
firm nor deny the matter.
From Secretary Loeb n6thing could be
learned regarding his possible appoint
ment by the sub-committee as chairman
of the National committee. It is be
lieved that during Secretary Taffs visit
some course of action would be decided
upon.
J. D. C. Atkins, Ex-Congressman.
PARIS, Tenn., June 22. J. D. C. At
kins, -who was a member of the Con
federate Congress and also served
terms as a Representative from Ten
nessee in the United States Congress,
died at his home here yesterday, aged
S4 years. Under Grover Cleveland's
first admiTilKtrjitlnn q tt.,ia.4
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Chicago to Be Headquarters.
CHICAGO, June 22.--Senator W. EL
Borah, of Idaho, returned to Chicago yes
terday after the reception of the sub
committee at Cincinnati by Secretary Taft
and Congressman Sherman. Chicago, ac
cording to the Senator, will be the head
quarters for the Republican committee
and base of operations of the National
executive committee.
SCORE STRICKEN BY HEAT
(Continued From First Page.)
5 o'clock this afternoon. According to
the local Weather Bureau and only one
other city. El Paso. Tex., showed a
higher temperature during the day, !
degrees being reported from there. A
continuance of the hot wave Is expected
tomorrow, but by Wednesday showers
and a shift of the wind from the south
west to the northwest, are expected to
afford relief to this section of the
country. '
XEW YORK WILTS UXDER HEAT
Scores Are Prostrated and No Re
lief for Two Days.
NEW YORK. June 22. A severe
heat wave which has enveloped the
Eastern states for three days pros
trated over a score of persons in and
about New York today.' No relief is
promised for two days by the weather
bureau, and hospitals are preparing
to handle any number of heat cases
tomorrow.
All New York and its environs suf
fered today and tonight. There was
little reduction in the temperature,
which reached a maximum of 8$ de
grees at the weather bureau at 1
o'clock today. Should the heat con
tinue, the public parks will be thrown
open to all who wish to sleep on the
lawns. - -
THREE DEATHS IN" DETROIT
Temperature In Michigan City Runs
to 90 and Above.
DETROIT. Mich., June 22. Three
deaths occurred in Detroit today as the
result of the excessive heat. The official
maximum temperature was Po deres. but
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one size only, regular price 50trv botllo.
Selz Royal Blue shoe
$3.50 and $4.00
SOME men think $3.50 and $4 is enough to pay
for a shoe; if any of those prices fit your pocket,
we'll show you the shoes that will fit your feet, and
suit your ideas of style and finish.
You can pay higher prices for shoes than these
will cost you; and you can pay lower. We advise
you not to do it, when you can buy Selz Royal Blue.
Less money means less quality; more money doesn't
mean more quality.
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street thermometers registered several de
grees higher.
Raw River Falls Ra-piclly.
TOPEJKA, Kas., June 22. The Kaw
River at the 9 o'clock measurement
showed a decrease of four-tenths of a
foot since the measurement of 5 o'clock
Sunday evening, when it was 20 feet, the
crest "of the present high water. It Is ex
pected to fall rapidly from now on. now
ever, as no rains have fallen within the
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material in the whole wheat, made di
gestible by steam cooking, malting, flak
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converted into muscle, bone and brain.
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steam -cooked, rolled into thin flakes, com
bined with the purest barley-malt and baked.
Always' "crisp" it before serving it by pouring
into a pan and warming it in oven. Then serve
in large dish with cream, piling the flakes in
one side of the dish and pouring the cream
in the other side, dipping the flakes as eaten.
. Your Grocer sells it.
No other Flaked Food is "just as good. "
For the Business Man
Mental concentration and overwork means the
loss of vitality. Digesto. with its food properties
and mild tonic qualities, make this Malt Extract
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past 24 hours In the upper watershed.
Still Rising at Omaha.
OMAHA, June 22. The Missouri
river this morning showed the highest
stage during; the recent rise, standing
at 18:5 feet and still rising slowly.
At Sioux City it Is reported at a stand
still, however. Much damage is being
done in the Iowa bottoms. Rerlou?
damage is threatened In Kast Omaha
gauge ?
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full head of steam
for the human en
gine by putting
poor "fuel" under
the boiler.
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Drue Storei