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SILVER WEDDING HELD AT THE WHITE HODSE Social Event in Washington Is Most Brilliant. Great Company of Notables Is En tertained by President and Mrs. Taft —Handsome Gifts for Happy Couple. The Taft silver wedding reception at the White House was unique in the annals of the national capital. Twenty-five years ago William H Taft married Miss Helen Herron at her father's home in Cincinnati. Mr, Taft was a young lawyer; Miss Her ron had been a teacher. Tlie celebra tion began in the morning with tbe ar rival of a delegation from the Com mercial club of Cincinnati, 350 strong, but tbe big event was the White House reception at night. Tne illumination of the White House and grounds was the most elabor ate ever attempted. The historic struc ture itself was outlined in streaks of fire, thousands of incandescent lamps glowed in the oaks and elms about the executive mansion, flooding the lawns with light, and searchlights on tbe roof of the state, war and navy buildings threw colored beams of light on the playing fountain directl) in front of the great portecocbere of the White House. The White House conservatories were practically cleaned out and the interior of the White House decor ated with wagon loads of cut flowers. The shops of Washington had been swept Clean of Japanese lanterns that, enclosing incandescent globes, were strung in a great square around the grounds Just Inside the iron fence that divided the guests from the interested public. Dozens of tables scattered here ar.d there among the trees bore the bowls of punch and livbt refreshments. On the lawn the marine band played, and in the east room the engineers’ band played. The presents which had been sent to the president and Mrs. Taft form the most splendid collection of silver Washington has ever seen. They were banked in the red room of the White House and the pile grew higher and higher every hour. Some of these gifts have come from foreign coun tries, but the great majority of them were given by friends in Washington. Those presents which were sent by organizations are particularly hand some. The tea set presented by the United States senate, the three dozen silver plates from the house of rep resentatives, and the silver service from the United States supreme court are the first gifts ever made by these bodies to an individual, be he presi dent or private citizen. From Cincinnati came numer ous gifts. The Commercial club of that city, which came in a body to attend the celebration, sent a gorgerous collection of silver. The people of Maryland have presented a silver punch bowl, tray and ladle, while many organizations have remembered the distinguished couple with gifts. The members of the cabinet sent in dividual presents, as have many oth ers in Washington intimately associ ated with the Taft administration. The Philippine party of 1905, called “The Tafters,” presented two solid sil ver Grecian ewers, twenty inches in height, and a solid silver waiter with the monograms of the president and Mrs. Taft marked “From the Tafters.” The Washington correspondents sent a solid silver fruit dish and the Gridiron club a solid silver pitcher and w aiter engraved w r ith the mark of the dates 1886-1911. The army officers in Washington who served with the president in the Philippines sent a unique silver piece. The celebration began at noon when the president was entertained at the Chevy Chase club by the Commer cial club of Cincinnati, composed of old-time friends of the Tafts. The invitation list for the celebra tion was interesting. It included near ly 5,000 people, some ot them from the Pacific coast. First of all, the presi dent invited all the surviving members of the family of former presidents of the United States, beginning with Rob ert T. Lincoln, son of President Lin coln. Then Mrs. Taft invited the class of Yale ’7B, of which the president is a member, and'the members of the Skull .and Bones society of Yale. The members of the cabinet, of course, with their families were invit ed and all the members of congress and the congressional press galleries. Other officials were included. Prominent clergymen from all parts of the United States were included in the invitation list, the Republican na tional committeemen from all the states, members of the federal judici ary, and hundreds of personal friends scattered in every state of the union were bidden to come. burns is indicted Indiana Grand Jurors Charge Him with Kidnaping McNamara. At Indianapolis, Ind., Saturday Detec tive W. J. Burns and James Hossick, a city detective of Los Angeles, Cal., were indicted on charges of kidnaping John J. McNamara, secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. McNamara was indicted on charges of conspiracy to dynamite in connec tion with the Los Angeles Times bulldr Ins explosion. MARRIED 25 YEARS. Silver Wedding Anniversary of the Nation’s Chief and His Wife. |g< ■ ft i LYNCHED AFTER QUARREL Nebrashka Ranchman Is Strung Up by Four Youths. Charles Sellers, a young ranchman living near Cody, Neb., was taken from the home of Jack Hutch, a neighbor, with whom he was passing the night, and hanged to a telegraph post by four young men, sons of neighboring ranchmen. Hutch attempted to defend Sellers, it is stated and was driven back at the point of a shotgun. The lynching is alleged to have re sulted from a quarrel between Sellers and a member of the quartet over a sister of another member of the party. Seller’s body was left hanging to the pole until late in the day, when the sheriff and coroner arrived. Following an inquest the sheriff arrested George and Alma Weed. Ken neth Murphy and Harry Heath, who were charged with the killing. The prisoners were rushed to Valentine in automobiles to prevent any attempt of their friends to rescue them from the officers. KNOX BEFORE COMMITTEE Secretary Throws No Light Upon Day Portrait Voucher Case. Secretary Knox was before the house committee on expenditures in the state department. Secretary Knox testified concerning the so-called Day portrait case He thereupon laid before the committee the long-lost voucher for $2,450 and other documents in the case that have mysteriously reap peared after having been missing for five years. The documents submitted by Secre tary Knox throw no definite light upon the final disposition of the sl,- 600 that was paid out by the treasury on the voucher over and beyond the SBSO charged by Albert Rosenthal, the Philadelphia artist, for painting the portrait of William R. Day, then secre tary of state and now associate justice of the supreme court. KING GIVES BIG FEAST Royalty and American Envoy Guests at Dinner. King George and Queen Mary were the hosts in London at a grand state dinner, the largest and most pre tentious function of the sort ever held in England. All the visiting princes and princess es and lesser members of the royal families, with the duke and duchess of Connaught and John Hays Ham mond, personal representative of the president of the United States, were present. The dinner was one of the most notable events of the coronation fetes. On all sides there is rejoicing over the festivities, but the general feeling is apparently not shared by James Keir Hardy, socialist and independent labor member of parliament. In an ad dress to miners at Barnsby, he said: “The workers ought to have suffi cient self-respect to spit at the corona tion procession and all its hollow mockeries. What will be seen in the coronation procession is not humanity, religion or industry, but the forces that oppress the common people. The workingmen should see that kings, czars, emperors and all the unholy brood are put in their proper places.” J. Proctor Knott is Dead. J. Proctor Knott, one of Kentucky’s most noted statesmen, is dead at Le banon, Ky. He once represented his district in congress and was a govern or of the state. He was in his eight second year. Edgar S. Cooke Not Guilty. Edgar S. Cooke, on trial in Cincinna ti, 0., was declared not guilty of em bezzling $24,000 from the Big Four Railway company. The jury was oaf about two henra. TRAIN BANDITS ROB MAIL GAR IN OREGON Shasta Limited Is Held Up by Two Desperadoes. One of the Robbers Covers the Clerks While the Other Rips Open the Sacks and Ransacks Their Contents. The Shasta limited, which left Port land at 6 o’clock at night, was held up and the mail car robbed by two highwaymen at 11:15 p. m. between Drain and Yoncalla, Ore. The robbers entered the mail car, held up the clerks and looted the car. They stop ped the train at Yoncalla and made their escape. The mail clerks found themselves helpless before the weapons of the highwaymen. One held them covered while the other ripped open the mail sacks and ransacked their contents. It is not known how much booty the desperadoes sbeured. As the train neared Yoncalla one of the highwaymen pulled the emergency signal and the train stopped. The robbers then leaped from the mail car and disappeared down the village street. The conductor is positive that the men boarded the train at Drain, but whether they crawled on the roof or swung to the platform he could not say. The first intimation the mail clerks had of the attack was when the door of the car swung suddenly open and they found themselves faced by the highwaymen. None attempted resist ance as the intruders proceeded to the looting of the sacks. The conductor and engineer of the train had no inkling of any trouble until the signal to stop at Yoncalla was sounded and the maR clerks raised the alarm. Officers here and Sheriff George K. Quine at Roseburg were notified and posses were immediately started in pursuit of the robbers. The mail car was the only one disturbed by the robbers. The passengers and train men were not molested. Both robbers are described as about five feet seven inches tall, smooth shaven and dressed in dark clothes. They wore black hats; neither wore a mask. They were about twenty-eight years old. They were armed with automatic pistols and revolvers. DARING ROBBER SHOT Man Who Thought Chicago Rob bers’ Paradise Captured. Revolver shots fired at a fugitive in Chicago Friday following a daring robbery at the Jackson Jewelry com pany store, 142-44 North State street, startled pedestrians at 3:30 a. m., doz ens joining in the chase, which ended only after the thief had been shot in the leg and ran for more than a block, leaving a trail of blood and stolen jew elry behind him. The prisoner gave the name of Bon fact Moncuse and his age as twenty one. He told the police that he had come from Denver only six hours be fore, and that after reading the news papers he was convinced Chicago was a robbers’ paradise. According to the police, Moncuse was walking through State street when his attention was attracted by the jewelry in the windows of the Jackson com pany, and, picking up an iron standard he sent it crashing through a plate glass window*, making a hole two feet in diameter. Reaching in he took ;hirty band wed ding rings from a tray and started on a run south on State st reet. rulinglhts packers Judge Carpenter Denies Motion for Rehearing at Chicago. Judge Carpenter at Chicago Monday denied the motion of the packers for a rehearing of their motion to quash the indictments against them. “The motion for rehearing is de nied.” In six words the judge brushed aside the latest plea of J. Ogden Armour and the other indicted packers. The packers based their right to the rehearing on the ground that the crim inal provisions of the Sherman act were not definite enough to warrant the return of indictments or prosecu tion for an alleged violations of its in hibitions. They also argued that the restraint alleged was “reasonable,” and referred to the United States su preme court decisions in the Standard Oil and tobacco cases. MORE POSTAL BANKS NAMED Incomplete Reports Show $400,000 on Deposit in These Institutions. Chicago Heights, 111., is to have a ! postal savings bank. It is among the fifty postoffices designated to have a depository on July 13. Among the | other offices selected are Granite City 1 and Madison, 111.; LaPorte and Whit | ing, Ind.; LeMars and Waverly, la., | and Hancock and Ishpeming, Mich. Incomplete reports received at the I postoffice department indicate that on I June 1 the deposits in postad saving banks in the ninety-three offices then in operation were approximately $400,- 000. This is regarded as a remarkable showing, in view of the fact that all ; the offices were in small towns. i Spoiled It All. A farmer went to bear John Wesley preach. Wesley said be would take up three topics of thought. He was talk ing chiefly about money. His first was, “Get all you can ” The farmer nudged a neighbor and said: “This is strange preaching. I never heard the like be fore. This is very good.” Then Wes ley discoursed on “Industry,” "Activi ty.” “Living to Purpose.” and reached his second division, “Save all you can.” The farmer became more ex cited. “Was there ever anything like this?” he said. Wesley denounced thriftlessness and waste, and he sati rized the willful wickedness which lav ishes in luxury, and the farmer rubbed his hands, and he thought. “All this I have been taught from my youth up,” and what with getting and what with hoarding it seemed to him that “sal vation” had come to his house. But Wesley advanced to his third head, which w T as “Give all you can.” "Ah. dear; ah. dear.” said the farmer; “he has gone and spoiled it all!” A Deceptive Fish. A naturalist who is familiar with Ceylon writes: “In the clear water ot Colombo harbor it is not uncommon to see fallen and faded leaves of the jak tree floating a short distance be low the surface or siuking slowly to the bottom Certain small fish, com monly known as sea bats, mimic these leaves both in form and color in order to escape detection Both in shape and color they look when in the water like waterlogged leaves, but when removed from their native ele merit this resemblance is immediately lost. They float in the water half side ways and all swim in the same direc tion. turning simultaneously. Ou one occasion Mr. Willey attempted to cap ture one of these sea bats in a rock poo! and directly he made a plunge with the hand uet saw nothing except what he took to be a jak leaf slowly and inertly sink to the bottom. To his astonishment, as he withdrew the net the supposed lVaf righted itself and darted away.” Calamities of Authors. Homer was a begger; Plautus turned a mill; Terence was a slave; Cervantes, the author of “Don Quixote,” died of hunger; Bacon lived a life of mean ness and distress; Raleigh died on the scaffold; Spenser, the charming, died in want; the death of Collins was through neglect, first causing meptal derange ment; Milton sold his copyright of “Paradise Lost” for £ls; Dryden died in poverty and distress; Otway died prematurely and through hunger; Lee died in the gutter; Steele lived a life of perfect warfare with bailiffs; Gold smith’s “Vicar of Wakefield” was sold for a trifle to save him from the grip of law; Savage died in prison at Bris tol, where he was confined for a debt of £S; Butler lived a life of penury and died poor; Chatterton, the child of genius and misfortune, destroyed him self. Early Horse Race Prizes. Prizes for winners of horse races hundreds of years ago took curious forms. The earliest was the “briglia d’or,” or golden bridle. After this the prize in England was a bell. This idea was taken from the custom among owners of pack horses of dec orating the best horse, which led the cavalcade, with a bell, so that on dark nights and in dangerous places the whereabouts of the leader might be known and the others follow boldly. At Carlisle silver bells were raced for by the moss troopers and dalesmen, and specimens of these bells are still retained in the town hall.—St. .James Gazette. Millions of Bargains “MILLIONS OF BARGAINS” A lady remarked to us in a jocular vein: “After reading some of the ads of the other stores, and noting the reckless way in which the word 'thousands 7 was used in connection with Bargains, the Big Store must surely have MILLIONS OF BARGAINS” We Mention Today But One Bargain: A Big Ribbon Bargain at 25 Cents 2000 Yards of Fancy Wide Ribbons Ribbons for Millinery, Ribbons for the Hair, Ribbons for Sashes, Ribbons for trimming lingerie dresses Ribbons for all purposes A Bargain Sale in every sense of the . word. A gathering of the season’s very latest ribbon beauty. All the wanted weaves and colors are here. A signal low pricing of high grade ribbons, right down to where every woman with ribbon wants, within shopping distance will feel that she cannot afford to miss. These Ribbons dre from sto 6 inches wide; plain Taffeta, all shades, Warp Print, Dresden, also Persian and fancy stripe Ribbons, all new fresh goods, and beantiful quality, worth up to 50c yard. Your choice 25 cents By all odds the very greatest Ribbon Bargain of the year, so far ahead of anything hereto fore offered by other stores, or even by us, that there is no comparison, The QUALITY, The STYLES, will make them more lively. BARGAIN BASEMENT—Keep in touch with the doings in the Bargain Basement; you will be rewarded by the Great Savings Possible GOOD WORK Done Daily in Edgerton. Many Citizens Tell of It. Nearly every reader has heard of Doan’s Kidney Pills. Their good work in Edgerton still continues, and our citi zens are constantly aidding endrrsement by public testimony. No better proof of merit can be had than the experience of neighbors and friends. Read this case. John Koch of Edgerton, Wis., says—- “I have taken Doan’s Kidney Pills and my experience has proven that they are a valuable kidney medicine. Last spring I had a great deal of trouble with my back. I was so lame that I could hard ly stoop and I noticed that my kidneys did not do their work as they should I got a supply of Doan’s Kidney Pills from Atwell’s Drug Stor J and it did not take them long to reliave me. My kid neys are now in a normal condition and my back does not bother me.” 47 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, New York sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s —and take no other. la mere to stay. The spoken word may be forgotten, but the written word Is there to stay; be gingerly with your written words. Middle Aged and Elderly People use Foley Kidney Pills for quick and permanent results in all cases of kid ney and bladder troubles, and for pain ful and annoying irregularities. —W. G. Atwell. Seaport Far From Sea. Antwerp, one of the world’s four largest ports, Is 53 miles from the sea. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the SIX Signature of - Is Rich Enough. Poor and content is rich and rich enough.—Shakespeare. Work Will Soon Start after you take Dr. King’s New Life Pills, and you’ll quickly enjoy their fine results. Constipation and indigestion vanish and fine appetite returns. They regulate stomach, liver and bowels and impart new strength and energy to the whole system. Try them. Only 25c at W. G. Atwell’s. Statue of scnooi Teacher. Mary A. Calahan, principal of a pub lic school at Birmingham, Ala., for more than thirty years, has a statue in that city In Capital park. A Dreadful Wound from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail, fireworks, or of any other nature, de mands prompt treatment with Buck len’s Arnica Salve to prevent blood poison or gangrene. It’s the quickest, surest healer for all such wounds as also for Burns, Boiles, Sores, Skin Eruptions, Eczema. Chapped Hands, Corns or Piles. 25c at W. G. Atwell’s. Most Flagrant Offense. Injustice is a most flagrant offense and the hardest of all to bear with out resentment. In a Pinch, Use Allen’s Foot Ease. The antiseptic powder to shake into your shoes. Relieves tired, hot, ach ing, swollen, sweating feet of all pain and makes walking a delight. Takes the sting out of corns and bunions. Sold everywhere 25c. Sample free. Address A. S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. JPSK TheW5 TORE2O^nst ' lQLpi*Uj AN FsviLLE.WIS. Wins Fight for Life It w r as a long and bloody battle for life that was waged by Jnines B. Mer shon of Newark, N. 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This Will Interest Mothers Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children relieve Feverishness, Head ache, Bad Stomach, Teething Disor ders, move and regulate the Bowels destroy worms. They break up colds in 24 hours. Used by mothers for 22 years. All druggists, 25c. Sample free. Address A. S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. 29w4 No Place tor Idler. If you intend to go to work, there is no place better than where you are. If you do not intend to go to work, you cannot get along anywhere.— Abraham Lincoln. A. C. HAUGE Florida Fruit and Farm Lands Have a few good bargains in improved farms near Ocala. Also some choice farms near Titusville, famous for its grape fruit. Some good investment propositions on from 3,000 to 50,000 acre tracts. Suite 312 Merrill Bldg lijh< 9||l#oP Wk 211 Grand Avenue mllr.-*<nGGj !110 Millions of Bargains