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Tribute to the
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Phonograph
Even John Philip Sousa, the great bandmaster, who has no use for
Phonographs, has been forced to recognize the Phonograph as a for
midable competitor. The two-step king says that people will no
longer go to concerts if they can have music in their own homes so
easily and so cheaply as they can with the Phonograph. This is an
unwilling tribute, but it is nevertheless a tribute. The man who has
a Phonograph has a concert in his own house. Even a king could not
have more. At our store you can hear them any time.
The Victor Gramaphone.
The Victor Junior $14.20
The Victor Z 21.20
The Victor No. 1 26.20
The Victor No. 2 34.20
The Victor No. 3 U20
The Victor No. 4 54.20
The Victor No. 5 64.20
The Victor No. 6 104.20
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The above prices tncht.de 12 8-in. records with each machine
The Edison Phonograph.
The Edison Gem Phonograph $10.00
The Edison Standard Phonograph . 20.00
The Edison Home Phonograph 30.00
The Edison Triumph Phonograph 50.00
Records, 35c each; $4.20 per dozen.
Compare these prices with anyone's, and
remember ive save you the freight.
Newhouse Brothers,
Jewelers and Opticians.
Burlington Watch Inspectors.
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STATE WINS POINT
MISSOURI TO TEST LOW FARE
LAW FOR THREE MONTHS.
Judge Mcpherson Decides Law Shall
Be Given Practical Test So That
Reasonableness May Be Ascertained.
Injunction Question Up Later.
Kansas City, Juno IS. The Missouri
2-ccnt passenger faro act will go into
effect at C a. in. tomorrow and be
given a three months' trial. If, at the
end of that time, it is found to be uu
remunerative its enforcement can then
be fought in the courts by tho rail
roads. The- state officials are,- temporarily
enjoined from enforcing tho maximum
freight rate law and this case will be
argued later in the federal court.
Judge Smith .-I'licrson, in the
United States district court here, alter
handing down an opinion maintaining
the court's jurisdiction in tho prem
ises, ordered tho promulgation of tho
above stated facts, which had been
agreed to by tho attorneys lor the
F.tato and tho eighteen .Missouri rail
roads involved. The court In its de
cision had suggested that the 2-cent
faro should bo first given a practical
trial before injunction proceedings
preventing its enforcement bo con
sldeied. Herbert S. Hadley, attorney gen
eral, said, regarding tho 2-cent bill:
"If at the end of three months tho
railroads want to litigate tho reason
ableness of these rates tho question
of tho Jurisdiction of tho state and fed
eral courts to determine tho question
will be fought out, and the state has
lost none of its rights or advantages.
Tho Injunction suits which I have
brought ngainst tho companios on tho
pasiouger rates in tho state court will
stand. As the reasonableness of tho
freight rate law can bo moro speedily
heard and determined by the federal
court on nccouut of tho fact that prac
tically all tho testimony necessary to
tho determination lias been already
taken there, it will be heard nnd da
elded in that court. Tho state is in
tho better position to win tho case un
dor the law of 1007 than it was under
tho law of 1905. I reel that the order
made It both a moral and a substau-
tlal victory for tho state."
The Court's Opinion.
Judge McPherson said In part:
"That the fixing of rates by tho leg
islature is presumptively correct, all
concede. That it is a legislative act.
all ngiee. But that such rates must
be reasonably remunerative, cannot
longer be discussed. Tho railroads
aro entitled to cost nnd reasonablo
profit, and no fair-minded man dis
putes It. How to arrive at tho cost
and reasonable profit is a most difficult
problem. Rut It must bo ascertained
and this ascertainment can only bo
by judicial proceedings and to bo de
termined only by tho courts and ulti
mately by tho supreme court of tho
United States. No skill of tho drafts
man by tho use of words or phrasing I
can take that from the courts to the '
town meeting. It cannot bo changed ',
by declamation, either sophomoric or
by invective. It can novor bo settled
In a criminal caso by arresting ticket
ngents or conductors. Tho supremo '
court in tho end must have tho evi
dence, with the right to make tho ulti
mate findings of fact. No local tri
bunal, federal or state, can foreclose
the fact as would be done if tho caso
goes to the supremo court on writ of
error to the state courts, and from tho
state courts thero is no method of re
view by writ of error.
"Thero is but one orderly nnd
seemly way and that Is in equity, witli
the right of appeal to the supremo
court, as has been said by that court
over and over again. Tho argument
that the courts of the state can de
cide as to the validity of tho laws
of the stato, as well as can tho United
Stntes courts, will not be argued by
any federal judge, but will bo con
coded. Thoso comts are as high mind
ed and as learned as aro tho federal
courts, but that Is not the question.
It Is a question or jurisdiction. And
this court has jurisdiction and will
maintain its jurisdiction.
"it is urged with much plausibility
that because penalties aro affixed to
the statutes of 1007 that tho criminal
courts of tho states only tako Jurisdic
tion. Tho attorney general and rail
roads commissioners havo much to
do with tho enforcement of those stat
utes, which tho railways contend aro
void In part. In tho original casos
tho question was whether all tho earn
ings In tho nggregato wore remunera
tive. That question is still present
under tho statutes of 1907. Whether
these laws by raising the freight rates
and lowering tho pnssengor tares are
remunerative in the aggregate must
bo considered by tho court. The state
Is not In effect a party, because tho
charge is that these oillclals aro seek
ing to enforce void statutes, in more
ways than by Inflicting penalties."
Bankhead Succeeds Morgan,
nirming-hssi, Ala., Juno 18. Gov
ernor Comer has appointed James
Hnnkhrnd to tbe vacancy In the Unit
ed States scnato from Alabama caused
by the death of Senator John T. Mor
gan, tho appolD.tmont to hold until
the legislature Bieets July 19. Bank
head is a former congressman.
Wyoming-Nebraska Boundary Line.
Washington, Juno 1-1. The work of
re-establishing the stato boundary lino
between Wyoming and Nebraska has
been awarded by tho secretary of tho
interior to Edward F. Stable, United
States surveyor of Cheyenne. Tho
boundary lino will bo conspicuously
marked with granlto monuments sU
feet long and ten inches square.
CONVENTIONS T. P. A, r
Increase In Membership of 10,000 lo
Shown for the Year.
Norfolk, Va., Juno 19. The fenturo
of the second day's session of the
eighteenth annual convention of tho
Travelers' I'rotectlvo Association of
America were tho reports of W. A.
Klrchhoff of St. Umls, national organ
izer; John S. Ilarwood of Richmond,
chairman of tho national legislative
committee, and W. V. Crandall of St.
Louis, chairman of tho national rail
road committed.
During tho year three now stato di
visions, sixteen new posts and an in
crease in membership of 10,000, bring
ing tho total to .17,000, wero reported.
Tho report of Chairman Crandall of
tho railroad committee referred briefly
to tho 2-cent railroad passongor rato
law, declaring Uiat commercial men
aro entitled to lower rates than tho
general public. Rofcrrlng to tho great
Increase In railroad accidents, tho ro
poit suggests that tho remodles nro
double tracks, automatic block system
nnd non-combustiblo cars.
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AMERICA MAKES BIG REDUCTION
IN BOXER INDEMNITY.
PRESIDENT TAKES INITIATIVE
United States Remits All of Indem
nity Except Bare Cost of Suppress.
Ing Revolt and Payment of Losses
Sustained by American Missionaries.
Washington, Juno 19. Tho stato
dcpurtmuit confirms the statement of
the Chinese minister regarding thu
reduction of tho Chinese Indemnity.
Tho fuct that the indemnity Is being
collected under a treaty makes it Im
possible for tho executive to act alono
In this matter. But the president In
his minimi message to congress will
suggest that tho payment of more
tliiui tho amount actually expended bo
remitted.
China was to pay to tho United
Stales a mini slightly leas than $25,
000,000 In annual Installments foi
thirty-nino years, with Interest. So
far tiicro has been collected $0,000,000
nnd out of this has been paid all of
tho claims of American missionaries
for property destroyed nnd lives lost
In the uprising, amounting to about
2,000,000. A careful estimate has
just been completed of tho expense to
which the United Statea was put by
tho military operations in China, the
naval expenses and the losses Buffered
nt American consulates. These aggre
gate $11,000,000, so thut all of the in
demnity that should really bo charged
agaliiBt China is $11,000,000, nnd at
the rate the payments havo been made
lecontly It Is expected that tho total
will bo met in four or five years more.
Tho plan is to then give China a re
lease in full.
Hi ,7-r-A 0 1
Often Tho Kidneys Aro
Weakened by Over-Work,
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
It used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
traced to the kidneys,
i;ub uwi mum., ii
science proves that
nearly all disease
have their beginning
in the disorder of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Therefore, when your kidncysnre weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
bow cvciy oryaii scums to fail to do its
duty.
If you arc sick or " feci badly," begin
hiking the gicat kidney remedy, Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
ns your kidneys are well they will help
nil the other organs to health. A trial
wil' convince anyone.
If you ate sick you can make no mis
take by first doctoring your kidneys.
The mild mid the extraordinary effect of
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney icmcdy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sold
on its merits by all
unij'msis in niiy-cenc rol'itS?
imd one-dollar sie iqSSpKD
bottles. You iimy'-Saagij
liavcn sample Dome Homnot8muniRoot.
by mail fice, also a pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., lUng
liatnton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
ircss, lliiighamlou, N. Y.. on every bottle
wyriTi7W-a"i
FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON TOP
Decision to Prosecute Wine Growers
Supported in Chamber of Deputies.
Paris, Juno 19. Tbe action of tho
government in determining to prose
cute tho agitators in tho south of
France led to a lively debate In the
chamber of deputies, but after a tu
multuous session tho cabinet secured
nn Indirect vote of confidence by tho
largo majority of 251.
Premier Clomencoau refused to
agree to tho Immediate discussion of
an Interpellation on the subject or tho
government's plans and domnndeu
that the motion bo postponed until
Juno 120. In a speech, which was fre
quently Interrupted by noisy protests,
he declared that all means of concilia
tion wore now oxhnusted and that as
chief of the government ho was bound .
to enforce respect for tho law. Tho '
committee at Argelllers had sot. Itself .
up In place of the central Kovernmet. J
If the chamber defeated tho postpone
ment of tho Interpellation he would
t ...1 I.. . .-.! niintfiHiinilil Mill IIPnDII. '
1I1III1U(1MUUI UUIIIIIUI llliuiu inn I"""1-
cilttons and the chamber would bo re
sponsible for tho grave consequences.
The government's motion was finally
adopted, amid wild excitement by 412
to 108 votes.
OYSTERS
in every style. Ca
tering to parties and
dances a specialty.
Fresh Bread, Pies,
Cakes, Candy and
Cigars.
The Bon Ton
W. S. BBNSB, Proprietor.
mvmimwram
Mutiny at Kiev.
St. Petersburg, June 19. Tho news
of tho dissolution of the duma result
ed In mutinous acts among privates
In a battalion of sappers at Klov.
Other battalions wero summoned to
quell the mutiny, and tho mutineers
woro disarmed and arrested. Ono
loyal officer was killed In the fight.
Murder at Warren, O.
Warren, O., June 19. Georgo W.
nnrrlll, cashier of JLbi Kinsman Na
tional bank, was shot and killed by
Alfred Kinrman, a brother of Stato
Senator Thomas Kinsman. The inur
dprer was arrested.
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Sausages
and meats, fish, and game
in season. We think, mid
almost know, that we ran
ploaso you. Give us a
trial.
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