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The Range With A Reputation
Bnrintt a new mnre Is a matter worthy of your most careful consideration. It is a mis"
take to buy from pretty pictures and Blowing printed descriptions very inferior ranges nre
plentifully applied with both. Boforo deciding upon a range the wlso woman will so to the
local dealer handling them and examine closely into the superior points of merit of the Great
Majestic ho rango with a reputation, built on honor of tho best materials
Won't Break or Rust Like Steel Outwears Three Ordinary Ranges
It is tke ONLY rang made or" malleable iron and charcoal iron. Charcoal iron
won't rust like steel malleable iron can't breah, and while tho first cost of a Great
Majestic may bo more than others, it outwears 3 ordinary ranges.
All Copper Movable Reservoir
Heatod through copper pocket stamped from one
ficco of copper, sotting against fire.
Ioldsl5gal. By turninglover.frame
and reservoir moves away from firo
patented feature only on Majestic,
Other Exclusive Features
All doors drop down and form
perfectandrigidahclvcs. Nospringa
anywhere to got out of fix. Alalia
able oven racks slido out automat
ically, holdlncranvthincrthev contain.
Perfect RalrPl" Fnil Savl pPn end ash pan no more shovel-
ashpit prevents floor from burning.
Ash cap catches ashes. It's tho beat
rango at any price, and should bo in
YOUR kitchen. A II Malleable front
insures the Majestic 300 great
mr strength at a point where all
other ranges are weakest. One
piece body, no seams. It's worth
your Voar while In nrfVif .
Tho Majestic is for salo by the best dealers In nearly ovcry county in 40
states. Write for our booklet, "Range Comparis on,"
Majestic Manufacturing Co., Deptv.145, St Louis, Mo.
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Tho Majestic la rmt tocrethev
With rivets gointa and Beams re
main air ttorht
Tho oven is lined with fruaran
tocd pure aabestos board, put there
to stay covered with an iron grate
you can see it, Usoabuthalf tho fuel
used in other rancrcn. crirofl an abso
lutely oven dependable baking heat.
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Visit New York
and the Seashore NOW !
when tho season is at its height
and tho trip may bo mado at
low cost.
Low Round
Trip Fares
In effect daily through September
30tU, via
Pennsylvania
Lines
For full Information call on or
aaarcss w. H. Rowland, Traveling
i-assenKer Agent, ai oity National
xmiut JtJias,, umana, wen.
directors would decline to aid in tho
national campaign if there was any
secrecy about the matter if their
activity was not known to President
Roosevelt and Mr. Cortelyou."
"At these interviews was anything
said about Mr. Roosevelt's views on
the tariff?1'
"It was generally understood that
he stood for a protective tariff as out
lined in the republican platform since
1896," answered Penrose.
"Was anything said about his at
titude toward so-called 'big busi
ness,' " asked Pomerene.
"There was a general assurance on
the part of Mr. Bliss that the power
of tho presidential office would not
bo used in a harsh way for dema
gogic effect."
A Kidney Specialist
Should be employed tf yon want the
best results. Why take patent nostrums
and employ Inexperienced doctors when
your life is at stake. When yon want
rood work done yon employ an expert
enced man. Why not apply the tame
rule when your health needs attention.
In the past 24 years I bare treated over
40.000 patients. More than your fam
ily doctor would treat in 200 years.
Why not eet the benefit of my experi
ence when it costs no more than the
family doctor. Consultation and exam
ination of urine free. Write today for tnalllnr case for
urine and book of cures. Address
DR. J. F. SHAFER, Specialist,
408 Pcaa Ave. Box '. FkUfeurgk, Pw
PATENTS
Watssm E Celeman.
Patent Lawyer.Waahlnrton,
Kates nMooftbltt. Hlehwt reference!. Beet service,
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MR. ROOSEVELT'S ANSWER
Associated' Press report: Oyster
Bay, N. Y., Aug. 23. Colonel Roose
velt sat on tho porch at Sagamore
Hill for an hour and a half tonight
and dictated a statement in reply to
the testimony before the senate in
vestigating committee. Ho rAftAmfA.i
his-declaration that he know nothing
of a contribution from Mr. Archbold
or tho Standard Oil company to tho
republican campaign of 1904; de
clared ho did not "for one moment
believe that Mr. Archbold's testi
mony is truthful;" charged Mr. Arch
bold with a "wicked assault on a
dead man;" added that during many
calls which Mr. Archbold mado upon
him while ho was president to urge
him not to prosecute the Standard
Oil company, Mr. Archbold never re
ferred to any contribution to his
campaign fund, and concluded with
the suggestion that the senate com
mittee should make Mr. Archbold
and Senator Penrose testify at once
concerning their relations while Mr.
Penrose was a member of the indus
trial commission.
In his last word, Colonel Roose
velt thanked both Messrs. Archbold
and Penroso for "making it clear be
yond possibility of doubt that I am
tho man the Pen rosea and Arohbolds
of the country most dread in public
life."
Colonel Roosevelt's statement was:
"In the first place, I wfsh to call
attention to the fact that even if Mr.
Archbold's statements are true they
amount only to saying as far as I am
concerned, that Mr. Bliss told him
that I had knowledge and approved
of a request for ?100,000 from the
Standard Oil company, which was
granted, and a further request for
$160,000, which was not granted.
This is a pure hearsay statement and
even if made in good faith "would be
utterly valueless.
"Not only did I never know anything-
of such a request being made
but my published letters and tele
grams show that when tho rumor
that there had been a contribution to
me, I acted at once, reiterating my
demand again and again that the
money should be immediately re
turned, if it had been given, and be
ing assured by Mr. Cortelyou that the
money had not been received and
would not be received. Therefore,
even on the assumption that Mr.
Archbold is telling the truth, his tes
timony, so far as I am concerned,
consists of the repetition of hearsay
assertions which were instantly dis
proved by the production of my let
ters and telegrams.
"I wish to reiterate that until Mr.
Penrose made his speech, I never had
heard it suggested that Mr. Archbold
had contributed to the campaign or
been the means through which any
contributions had been made.
"But I do not believe for one mo
ment that Mr. Archbold's testimony
is truthful. He apparently possesses
such .a moral standard that he does
not understand the infamous accusa
tion he is making against- Mr. Bliss.
Mr. Bliss is now dead. But during
the seven years that elapsed before
Mr. Bliss' death, after Mr. Archbold
claims he made the contribution in
question, Mr. Archbold never brought
up any statement of this kind.
"Ho now says that Mr. Bliss
warned him that lie was making a
serious mistake in not contributing
the extra amount of money and that
later on, when the administration be
gan to deal with the Standard Oil
people. Mr. Bliss said ! -rormij v.n
been different if they had done as he
had asked them.
"This is an assertion that Mr. Bliss
was deliberately trying to blackmail
the Standard Oil company into con
tributing by scarcely veiled threats
as to what would happen if they did
not contribute, and that Mr. Bliss in
effect told them afterwards that if
they had contributed the administra
tion would not have proceeded
against them for violating the law
for this was all the administration
did.
"This is a wicked assault on a dead
man, whose high standing and pro
bity was such that no human being
who was himself honesi, would ever
impute evil motives to him. Mr
Bliss was incapable of conduct such
as Mr. Archbold imputes to him, and
I can not too strongly denounce the
baseness of making such an attack
upon an nonorauie man who is dead
and whom Mr. Archbold never ven
tured to assail while living.
"Meanwhile Mr. Archbold shows
perfectly clearly, as published re
ports say, that his corporation had
contributed in order to get value for
tf!Jltl and that tne Sift was made
with tho expectation of receiving a
proportion.
u '7 3? n ,for ono moment believe
that Mr. Bliss made any such re
marks to Mr. Archbold, a3 Mr Arch
bold says. For example, Mr.' Arch
bold states that he and tho late Hi
H. Rogers visited mo at the White
House, and that I then remarked to
them thero had been some critcisms
about campaign contributions. This
is a falsehood. Neither on that oc
casion, nor on any other occasion
was one word said either by me to
Mr. Archbold or by Mr. Archbold to
mo about campaign contributions
"Mr. Rogers and Mr. Archbold
called on that occasion to protest
against any government action be
ing taken against the Standard Oil
company. This was one of a number
of calls which Mr. Archbold made on
the bureau of corporations under tho
department of the interior and by
tho department of justice. If Mr.
Archbold had really believed that Mr!
Bliss had told them that I knew of
any contribution by Standard Oil or
had felt that he was jeopardized by
having refused to make a contribu
tion, or was entitled to immunity for
having made one, he would certainly
In one of those calls have eaid as
much. Ho never broached the sub
ject. t
"He merely said, over and over
again, that Mr. Garfield and Mr. H.
K. Smith were treating him unfairly
and he denied again and agr.n, that
the Standard Oil ever got any re
bates or ever did anything that was
not absolutely proper, and he would
keep on with these denials, even
when I would tell him that I had in
my possession reports from the bu
reau of corporations and the secre
tary of the interior which conclusive
ly showed that the Standard Oil had
been taking rebates on the largest
possible scale.
"Inasmuch as Mr. Archbold does
not tell the truth in his interview
with me, I have no doubt that he
does not tell the truth about the man
who is dead and who, living, he never
dared to accuse as he now accuses.
"Mr. BHbs never spoke to-me about
asking or receiving a contribution
from anyone and he never before or
after the election said anything to
me about my conduct toward cor
porations except to say that he knew
that I would act fairly and justly to
wards all, and I told him that I
should never dream of acting any
other way. Neither Mr. Bliss nor
anyone else ever suggested or hinted
at In any shape or way the idea that
I should take or refrain from taking
any action in connection with any
corporation because of any contribu
tion whatever. Specifically he never
said one word to me about any con
tribution from the Standard Oil cor
poration, and never said one word
to me about proceeding or not pro
ceeding against the Standard Oil cor
poration. I saw Mr. Archbold again
and again, while the department of
justice was contemplating proceed-
AngiLa?a,Inst him (always at Mr.
Archbold's request, of course, lis
tening to all he had to say and heard
mm repeat the same statements over
and over again when I was entirely
convinced that they were false, and
directed the attorney general to pro
ceed only when it had become evi
dent that Mr. Archbold had nothing
to tell me which would give any war
rant for directing the attorney gen
eral not to act.
a "?T?S a11 that tIme neither Mr.
ArChbold. Tinr nnirr,,, -I
fi.j.,1 i a ujju.3 tue ever
, hinted to me that the Standard Oil
iiouiuo uaa contributed or that there
J2 aHy expectation, by any human
Sfl5 that I should show favor to the
Standard Oil.
"Moreover, let it be remembered
S0!8?,6 the campaign of
if V h,alhad a sharD run with the
wdaurtl 211 and had 8hwn them
Just what they could expect from me.
inis was when we were tracing tho
bureau of corporations' acts. I found
out the Standard Oil people were
opposing the passing of the act; that
two of their representatives had coma
down to Washington to oppose it and
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