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0 TELEPOST NOW IN OPERATION New Wire Servke Begins Business in Boston. SPEED AND ECONOMY Thousand Words a Minute Transmit ted by Delany System at Lowered Cost—Telegrams Delivered by Spe cial Messengers and "Teleposts" Carried by Letter Carriers Features Of Telepost Company's Work. Boston, Oc^ 15.—The Telepost com pany has inaugurated here its system of receiving and sending messages. The Delany method, controlled by the company, the newest and most rapid method of transmitting intelligence electrically, in connection with the postofflce delivery system, iB now an actual fact in American life. With the transmission of the fir Telepoat message from Boston to Pon land, Me., handed to the Telepost op erator here by Mayor Hibbard of tin city, the Telepost was put into open tion between the two cities, the line including the following way stations: Lowell, Mass. Lawrence, Mass. Haverhill, Mass. Exeter, N. H. Portsmouth, N. H. Dover, N. H. Blddeford, Me. Saco, Me., and Obi Orchard, Me. In each of these cities there is now a Tel6post office pre pared to receive and transmit mes sages. The Telepost transmits and receives messages at the rate of a thousand words a nainute, from twenty to forty times as many as any other telegraph system now in operation. The Telepost utilizes the full carrying capacity oj the wire, while others get only 10 per cent. The Telepost company gathers mes sages and sends them on its own lines. It delivers the message itself by its own special delivery service, the messages then being called by tho familiar name "telegram," or it relies for delivery upon ihe well organized postofflce department run by Uncle Sam. In the latter case the message is known as a "Telepost." The com pany also receives messages through the postofflce department, for trans mission to near or distant points— that is, a man living in one of the cities named or within mailing dis tance of it may write out his telegram or his "Telepost," drop it, addressed to his correspondent near or far, in care of the Telepost company. The latter will attend to Its prompt and su?edy transmission. The telephone also bo utilized by the Telepost patrons. In addition to telegrams of the new Btyle and Teleposts the Innovation in the wire world includes the "tele card," which is to the telegram and the Telepost what the postal card is to the letter. In other words, it is a shorter telegram transmitted at a lower rate. Uniform Rate ®f Transmission. The rates charged by the Telepost company are uniform whether the dis tance traversed by the message is ten miles or a thousand—twenty-five words for 25 cent3 delivered by the Telepost messengers, or fifty words for 25 cents brought to your door by one of Uncle Sam's gray coated men. The charge for the telecard is 10 cents for ten words sent to any place reached by the Telepost company's lines. A special envelope of odd size and attractive design makes It easier for the maii distributors to recognize and handle Teleposts. The telecard is also of special design in order to fa cilitate postofflce handling. While the service just inaugurated includes only the cities named above the Telepost company has already closed contracts to make rapid exten sions from Boston in other directions. The scene in the Telepost offices at the opening of the new service was a most interesting one. The audience Included, besides Mayor Hibbard, a large number of men prominent in the business and professional life of this city. The newspaper men who were present not only looked upon the put ting to practical use of the invention of Patrick B. Delany as an interesting item of news, but as one that is ex pected to affect vitally their own busi ness of news gathering and publish ing. The Telepost company intends to establish at its offices in the vari ous cities a bulletin service giving the most important news items of the day in skeleton form, referring the readers to the newspapers for details. The first message transmitted over the Telepost lines was that of Mayor Hib bard to the mayor of Portland, Me., congratulating the latter upon the in auguration of the new system. The first Telepost message will be pre served as an interesting memento of the occasion. Among those present were Patrick B. Delany, the inventor of the system H. Lee Sellers, the president of the company R. H. Sel lers, its secretary and treasurer, and J. W. Larish, its electrical engineer. ffhe various operations of the Tele- post, Buch as Clie perfecting type, the transmission of messages, handling the receiving tape, etc., were fully ex plained and aroused the highest inter est. Thp Telepost system has? won the highest commendations from expert authorities in electricity. Thomas A. Edison, with whom Mr. DelRny worked years a^o, said of it, "The ystem in Ita entirety is so simplo that it is per fectly 'fool proof.' DR. GILMAN DEAD. Former President of Johns Hopkins University. Norwich, Conn., Oct. 15.—Dr. Daniel Ooit Gilman of Baltimore, formerly president of Johns Hopkins university, died suddenly here. He had gone to A N I E O I C. I I A N his room to prepare for a drive after dinner and was found helpless on the Boor by hlR wife. He arrived here Monday for a visit with his sisters. Dr. Oilman was born at Norwich July I, 1831. Ill Fated Mataafa In Collision. Superior, Wis., Oct. 15.—The ill fated steamer Mataafa of the Pitts burg line and the Sacramento collided |ust off the end of Pittsburg coal dock S'o. 1 and the Sacramento was sunk. The crew had small warning of the accident, but managed to escape. No lives were lest and none of the men ft-ere injured. The Mataafa was also badly injured, but did not sink. She will be taken to the Superior drydock. HOPES FOR PEACE WITH ALL NATIONS Imperial Rescript Outlines Ja pan's Policy. Tokio, Oct. 15.—The Official Gazette publishes an imperial rescript, coun tersigned by Premier Katsura, in which the emperor says: 'The East and the West are depend ent upon one another for the promo tion of their mutual welfare and on this account we should endeavor to cultivate the friendship of other na tions. At the same time it Is highly Important in these postbellum days that we should be united with other sountries in advancing the industries, tu this we shall be acting in accord ince with the sacred traditions of our forefathers and our glorious national history." The imperial rescript, which was intended to be addressed to the for eign powers as well aB to the people Df Japan, became public property be cause of an address made by Premier Katsura before the prefectural gov ernors assembled in this city. The premier outlined the government's tconomic policy and emphasized its determination to reduce unproductive expenditures. He requested the as sembled governors to co-operate by the practice of every possible econ omy and by basing their plans for ex penditures only upon actual receipte. The confidence which had been some fthat shaken by urwise and reckle: 3 finance, he said, could easily be re stored by practical illustrations of a ietermination in the future to follow the paths of peaceful developments ind the cultivation of the friendliest relations with all countries. Speaking as premier Marquis Kat lura spoke at some length upon the rescript, which, he t-aid, mu3t be con lidered a definite command from the emperor for the people of Japan to demonstrate their intention of follow ing closely every form of economy and take a position before the world as a peaceful and conservative people. FIRE IN PRUSSIAN MINE. Entombed Men Rescued, but Thrse Succumb Later. Koenigshuctte, Prussia, Oct. 15.— Fire broke out in one of the galleries of the Koenigsbrube coal mine. One hundred men at the time were in one of the deep galleries and it was thought for a while that they would be lost. They managed, however, to make their escape through an adjoin ing shaft. Twenty-three men in an other gallery were brought out uncon scious from suffocation. Twenty of these were revived, but three suc cumbed. -ffjiLSi TAFT'S SPECIAL AGAINDITGHED Second Accident to Candi late's Train. NO ONE SUSTAINS INJURY N:8hap Occurs While Climbing a Steep Grade, the Tender of One of the Engines Leaving the Rails. Prompt Action Brings Train to a Stop on Edge of Embankment About Twenty Feet High. Cadiz, O., Oct. 15.—Judge Taft's spe cial train has been derailed again. The accident this time occurred on a spur running from the Pennsylvania rail road at Cadiz Junction to this place. Two engine1" were attached to the train and the front trucks of one of the tenders left the track. The train was climbing a steep grade at the time, but the tender went bumping along the track for two car lengths before the train was brought to a stop. On one side of the track there was an embankment about twenty feet Ugh. One of the engines was partly dis abled and ran into Cadiz, a distance of two miles, where the crew got plates and screws. A delay of about half an hour was caused by the acci dent. Before the tender left the track Mr. Taft had had another unpleasant experience. His train got half way up to Cadiz on the spur when the en gine stuck on a grade and had to back to Cadiz Junction, where Mr. Taft s private car and another Pullman were detached to lighten the train. Mr. Taft moved up into one of the compartment cars occupied by the newspaper men. Judge Taft stayed In Cadiz half an hour. He spoke before a large crowd in the village square. CAUSES GREAT EXCITEMENT Bomb Explosion in Connection With New York Strike. New York, Oct. 15.—The bomb has made its first appearance in the strug gle between the New York Taxicab company and its striking chauffeurs, which has been in progress for more ihan a week. The company declares that a deliberate attempt was made by the strikers to destroy the prop erty of the company and the strikers maintain that the missile was hurled in an attempt to turn public sympathy against them or by some misguided sympathizers. The bomb was thrown into the big enclosure in Eighth ave nue between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-sev enth streets, where 250 taxlcabs be longing to the New York Taxicab com pany were stored for the night. Th explosion shook buildings for blocks and hundreds of persons in the neU horhood were thrown into wild excite ment. Police details from many sta tions were rushed to the scene and for a time all their efforts were re quired to control the great crowd which had gathered in the vicinity. The explosion tore a great hole in the ground. One of tho special policemen on guard declares that he saw the bomb thrown over a high fence around the enclosure. It struck near a big tank of gasoline. Some of the strike leaders exprcsse a belief that it was not a bomb at all, but an explosion of gasoline due to the inexperience of the new men. BLAZE AT GRAND MARAIS Town Saved From Forest Fires Now Partially Destroyed. Duluth, Oct. 15.—Grand Marais, on the north shore of Lake Superior, seems fated to burn. Within a few weeks after the long hard battle to save the place from de struction by forest fires a large see tion of the place was gutted by fire The loss is estimated at from $50,000 to $100,000. The flames licked up the Grand Ma rais hotel, the Mercantile company's store and warehouses, the Cook Coun ty bank, the dwelling of C. J. Johnson and some other buildings. The entire village turned out at the alarm and bucket brigades were organized to supplement the work ot the volunteer fire department. Republican Fund Growing Chicago, Oct. 15.—Elmer Dover, sec retary of the advisory commiiiee of the Republican national committf reached this city from New York to confer with the leaders here. Mr Dover said that he did not believe the report that the Republican campaign fund had just been augmented by con tributions amounting to $500,000, though he said the Republicans were obtaining much more money than they were earlier in the campaign. Bryan claims to be at once the fa ther and the heir of the Roosevelt poli ctos. His brother Democrat, Judge Parker, denounces RooseveltlM. The fUmflr —ems a little jarred. MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1908 OLD GOLDEN COFFEE Wh a is your irlc.il excel lent coffee? Don't you like a mild yet exhilarating aroma—a coffee that settle* quickly and pours clear—full-flavored, rich, satisfying, sustaining? Then you're a sure believer in OLD GOLDEN goodness —it's a coffee of special blend, scientifically matured, balanced and roasted. It will please it pleases Everybody. Get from pt grocer. 25c Pound OLD CtHDEM COFFEE TONE BR03., D*s Moines. Ia WOMEN GO TO PRISON. luffragists Prefer Jail to Signing Peace Bonds. London, Oct 15.—A great crowd surrounded the Bow street police court when the women suffragists and tin men without work who were ar rested during the disorders in front of the houses of parliament were ar aigned. In the throng there were ianv women wearing badges with the Kords "Votes for women." The three aders of the militant suffragists, Mrs. Druinmond, Mrs. Pankhurst and Miss Cristabel Pankhurst, demanded trial by jury. Their cases wera postponed until Oct. 21. Police Superintendent Wells testi fied that traffic had been disorgani7ed for four hours and that eight police men had been injured by the demon strators. Miss Pankhurst acted as attorney for Mrs. Drummond and Mrs. Pank hurst and her cross-examination of Superintendent Wells furnished much amusement for the spectators. Most of the other prisoners were ordered k give bonds for their good behavior, with the alternative of imprisonment fur from one to two months. As on previous occasions the women elected to go to jail. When one of them was offered her freedom on her personal recognizance she said to the presiding magistrate: "You won't get any of my money. I will go to prison. Down with Asquith." Another declared ihat she had not obstructed the police, far from it it was the police who had obstructed her. Convicted of Killing Husband. Little Falls, Minn., Oct. 15.—Mrs. Matilda Gollnik was convicted here of murdering her husband, William Goll nik, on Aug. 13. She asserted that two masked men beat her husband te death because he would not surrender certificates of deposit to them. CHICAGO CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD AGAIN Capture Fifth Game ot Series With Detroit. Detroit, Oct. 15.—It Is Chicago, champions of the world again Chance's Cubs clinched the greatest of ell base ball trophies by eapturing the fifth game of the series at Hennett prirk 2 to 0. At that Detroit did better than last year, when they managed to tin one game but then lost four straight. This year they captured one aine, also their total of runs was greater for the series. Chicago made 24 and Detroit 15 runs in the series. Detroit had no chance in the last game, for the Cubs hit Donovan and fielded perfectly, while Overall held the Tigers to three hits, one a scratch. He struck out ten men. Not more than 6,000 people paid to see the game despite perfect weather. Kills Two Sons and Himself. Goldsberry, Mo., Oct. 15.—D. (J. man, a farmer, went to the district school near here, called out his two sons, aged ten and twelve, respective ly, shot one of them dead, mortally wounded the other and then shot and killed himself. The traued cause of the v i s n o k n o w n Beware of the Cough that hangr. on persistently, breaking your night's rtf.t and exhausting you with the violence of the paroxysms. A few doses of Piao's Cure will relieve won dtrlully any cough, no matter hiw far aavanct-d or serious. It soothes and heals the irritated surfaces, clears the clogged air passages and the cough disap {ear*. At all druggists', 28 cts. rewp McKibbin $3 Hats Any style in tfO OC ilie store... ." ic and 75c Caps O lioice .. 70r *1.00 and *1 25 aps. Choice Men's Suits $12.50, $15 and $17.50 Values. 150 Suits to select from, all wool d*Q material. Choice during sale «PO* 3 Youths' Long Pants Suits 100 Long pants Suits, sizes 12 to 18 yrs. $5 to $7.50 Choice during Sale 20% discount on our entire line of Childrens Clothing. Jos. Henken, Prop. IT'S THE WITH FAfH PANfiF Lake County Clothing Co, SENSATIONAI CLOTHING SALE We must raise $5000 cash to meet obligations We are overstocked in some lines and must turn them into CASH regardless of profits. Don't take our word for these Bargains, but come in and investigate for yourself. REMEMBER, the sale is for CASH ONLY. 10 Beginning Friday, OCT. 16 10 DAYS Ending Monday, OCX We can save yoir25 to 50% on some of yourpurcfca.»es during this safe values dJO QA 75 Suits, all wool material 7C $ 10 to $ 12.50 values. Choice I Knee Pants Suits 125 suits, all sizes, $2.50 to £1 CC $3.50 values. Special «pl«OD $1.25 and $1.50 Moco Kid and Cape Glove*. Special per pair If you have attended any of our former sales, you know that when we advertise BARGAINS you can depend on finding them exactly as represented. Lake County Clothing Co., South Bend Malleable Range that we hare no room to speak of them all. C. C. SHELDON HARDWARE CO. Any Time from Monday, Oct 12 until Saturday, Oct 17 You will be seaved with three minute biscuits and delicious hot coffee and pre sented with a beautiful cook book and a usefut souvenir. Purcbas«d during KNEE PANTS ir( pairs, all sizes, uvular 50c and 75c ulues Special Jvv •'•Oe and 75o BWeat i !-s Children* Special OOC DAYS 26 Furnishings Mens* heavy fleeced Underwear in Grey and Ribbed Brown. The regu lar $1 per suit Special per suit of shirt and drawers Jv 50c Kady Suspenders 35c and Dressed $1.25 and $1.50 Mens and Boys Duck Coats. Special OjC $1.25 and $1.50 Mens all wool under wear, broken sizes. T« dose out, special there is reason for mrjr extra pound of tough steel ami enduring malleable iron in it. The 3-ply construction makes it wear well and there is an extra heavy bracing on the oven, for you must know the oven is air-tight. The heat can't get out and the dyst or ashes can't get in. Uiis exhibit, your have a free choice of a complete I s e o i a e o o k i n w a e a i y n i n e i e e a n s o e y e A corated semi-porcelain dinner set or several pother valuable and attractive premiums wefl worth f* v' l" if"* A ,' Madison, S. D. E IN SOUTH BEND Outweighs Them All There are so many distinctive features peculiar to the Peer Among Ranges Drop into he Store el -!7"r V «. U 4 v« "S 95c I V" .4? V 95c '-A .J •SK V •gSj. .... w .. .. 1 A!/i« k V. r" i "4^' 't 4^k' n'**x' 1 A ,/ 5 ^4 fr" v -H .i -.. 3. 1 Jic ,' A .j y I I 3t