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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-18
LOST TO SIGHT.

track and plunged into the ~fastuesses
Of the Yellowstone park with a
single companion, a white haired,
white bearded old man, the natural
list and scientist, John Burroughs.
II is a fashion Of the times to get
away from care in a physical sense;
that IS, to get away from the places,
sights and sounds which are ASSOCIATE
ed with the strain OF ones daily toll.
II is a foolish fashion, a childish one.
Great souls have interior solitudes
into which their active faculties may
retire; into which the multitude may
never enter; from which the mYS-
Ieries are never brought to light.
But in the case OF the president,
we can hardly escape the suspicion
that this last freak has very much the
same motive as most of his spec
tacular plays. Think of Mr.. ROose-
welt out of sight Of press agents for
fourteen days! Did he get the idea
from "The Lady or the Tiger" or from
Bedmond's behind-the-curtain rendi-
tion of the tragic seem 10 Othello?
With what breathless interest eighty
millions OF people are wondering what
Teddy is DOING Is he killing bears?
1t hardly seems probable; John Bur
roughs is with him, aud Burroughs
would not harm a fly. Is he
climbing trees and collecting bird
eggs? Not likely. Burroughs
Is the greatest authority On
birds in America, but he has never
robbed a nest 10 all his life. On the
other hand it is hard to imagine our
strenuous president pressing wild
flowers or marking the wings Of bees
so as to trace them to their treasure
houses.
We can conceive of a mutually
agreeable half hour spent together
by these men, but not longer.
Fourteen days Of it must be intoler-
able to both. Burroughs will come
out of it twenty years older. His
WEAKNESS when he gets back will
surpass the experience of a chaperone
Of a whole Sunday school picnic. A
hen with a brood Of ducks by the
barn lot pond must feel a mild dis
treSs in comparison with mental
agony of the gentle philosopher in
charge Of the bumptious Teddy,
The Mentor and Telemachus act is
pretty theory, but imagine it pro-
longed without rest or interruption
for fourteen days! Imagine Teddy
and John sitting on the barite lining
at the basin Of a mud geyser, and
imagine a conversation something
like this prolonged through hours and
hours.
Teddy (chin 10 hand and elbow on
knee: Father John, what makes the
mud so hot?
Father John: 1t is connected with
the molten interior of the earth, my
son.
Teddy; Did you learn that out OF
the little green back geography?
Father John; Well-yes- in part,
my son,
Teddy; Do you think the geography
was right about the world being all
melted up at one time?
Father John: This terrestrial
sphere was doubtless once a molten
mass-a black ferruginous, scoria-
tious globule that intumesced with
arborescent ramiications
Teddy ~(amazed): Is it possible?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-18

The London Truth is complaining
that a new occupation has sprung up
in the capitol of the world-that of in
tr ducing wealthy plebeians, unusually
foreigners, into high social circles for
a consideration. The Truth speaks
OF this as ~bartering titles and social
distinction for filthy lucre. In this
country we are accustomed to look
upon the same phenomena from inc
opposite point n( view - that Of barter
ing the power and prestige Ct wealth
for titles and empty social distinc-
lions. 1t will be seen that whether
this movement is to be considered an
American Invasion OF England or an
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-18
WITHOUT SUFFICIENT REASON.

Already some Of the newspapers
have begun to mention Carter Har-
rison and Tom l.. johnson as presi-
dental timber. While Harrison and
Johnson are believed to be sound men,
there is something distressing in the
suggestion of these names at this
time. 1t looks too much like exag-
gerating the Importance, acknowledge
ed Importance, Of success in a local
contest. Neither OF these men are
national characters. Their views
upon national issues are unknown.
Their success in the administration
OF two important cities is notable.
But the nomination OF one Of these
men, as matters stand now, would
look freakish.
The democratic party cannot afford
to do anything that has the appear
ance OF freakishness. There are
many men in the North and 10 the
South, 10 the East and 10 the West
who stand for something, who are
experts in a school OF orthodox
political thought. There are plenty
Of men to nominate without resort tt
the latest success. A mistaken plat
form declaration is bad, but a mistake
in the selection of a candidate,
fantastic whimsical mistake, is worse
This is no time for the democrats t,
do anything ~impulsive and childish
1t is believed that Harrison ant
Johnson are able men and worth,
men. But their nomination at thi
time would look too much like running
after success
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-18

The governor has signed the bill
passed at the last session Of the
legislature forbidding the sale of
cigarettes and cigarette papers to
persons under eighteen years Of age.
The law went into effect as soon az it
was signed by the governor. 1t
ought to be enforced like other laws
or else repealed. 1t is a measure 10
the interest Of health, good manners,
and morals.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-18
The Election.

At Tuesday election the PROPOSE
tion to abandon the special charter
and to organize the city Of Lexington
as a city Of the third class was carried
by a vote Of 646 to 81. The vote by
wards was as follows.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-18

English invasion Of America depends
very materially upon the viewpoint
OF the observer. The plebeian heir
esS may be said to purchase a title, or
the noble may be said to purchase
the heiress, according tn the way you
look at II. In England it is a great shock
to social idealism for a noble to sell az
incorporeal hereditament for what
men acquire by the labor Of hand or
brain. 10 America it is an equally
great shock for a man or a woman to
exchange the laurels OF personal
achievement for an impalpable feudal
%pretension. Viewed in the absolute,
1t would seem that the American
has much to lose and nothing to
gain. She is seizing a flower that
perishes in the plucking. The value
Of feudal distinctions has consisted
in their unpurchasableness Things
can have no real value except In kind
A purchased honor is dishonorablA.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-18

The failure of the propositiol 10
build a new court house recently
voted on in Boone county becomes
interesting when the vote is canvased
by precincts. Sturgeon and Centralia
gave enormous majOrities against it.
Other sections gave majorities against
1t too, as was to be expected, espec-
tally those sections most remote
from Columbia. Boone county needs
a court house. It's condition in this
respect is only approached by Cooper
county among the good counties. In
that county a similar proposition
voted on a year ago was defeated,
largely through the effor is of Bunce.
ton. And so 1t goes. Such jealous
les are deplorable and unworthy.
There are barns in both of those coun-
ties which would sell for more than
their court houses.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA.
isolated Conflicts Continue Between
Turks and 6ulgarians.

Constantinople. Aug. 3.-Isolated
conflicts continue to occur in Macedo-
MIA. Last Friday a Turkish patrol,
which was pursuing the authors of a
dynamite outrage, fell into an ambush
laid by the Bulgarians near Drama.
which is close to the famous plain OF
Philippi, where Brutus and Cassius
were defeated, and eve Turks and
three Bulgarians were killed. The
porte, however, announces that before
long the 10000 troops nov in Mace
donia will be disbanded.
It is stated that as a result of in
CURRY by Austrian and Russian con.
suls into the recent events at Salonica.
Austria and Russia will demand the
dismissal of the chief of police at
Salopica.
Reports from Armenia tell Of rather
serious disturbances, similar to those
which preceded the trouble of 1894.
Several conflicts have occurred be-
tween the Turks and armed Kurds on
one side and Armenians on the other,
resulting in losses on both sides.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
TO CHASE SATAN TO SEA.
Rev. f. w. s%andford's New Plan to
CONFER Maine Fishermen.

Rev. f. w. S~andford's New Plan to
Convert Maine Fishermen.
Manned by a corps of experienced
devil drivers. one of the Rev. F. w.
Sandford's new gospel boats set sail
from Bath. Me-, the other day. says the
New York World. The new boat,
known among the Shilohites as Devil
Chaser No. I, will first sail for the
Kennebec river, where, 1t is asserted by
the disciples of Sanford. the devil is
hiding in a boathouse. After driving
the devil to the sea the members of the
Holy Ghost and Us society will en-
deavor to convert all the fishermen
along Names rugged coast to their be-
lief.
Much interest is taken in the new
project of Sanford. as he declares God
will protect him on land or sea, and he
fears no storms or squalls. which are
common on the Maine coast. He has
no experienced skipper with him, and
Bath seafaring men predict that the
boat will soon be sunk either in Il
storm or by striking some large rock or
bluff.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
SCENE At LEo's DEATHBED
Valet Contra Tells How Child Held
Hand Of Dying POntin.

V@A&N S1A0A A(4AN M" SAAAW 11GAu
Hand of Dying Pontin.
Pho Contra. for many years the per-
sonal attendant of Leo MIL. In a re-
cent interview with the Rome CORE
spondent Of the New York American.
gave All affecting description of the
death Of the pontiff.
extraordinary emotion moved ev-
erybody in the ROOM" he said. 1--WE all
thought that Oreglia could not cry. but
he shed tears like a child when his holi-
ness commended the care of the church
and the college Of cardinals to him.
Even the reserved diplomats wept,
while Cardinal Mocenni and several
others tainted during the death strug-
gle.
1.-The little granddaughter Of the. pope,
the son of Ludovic Pecci, forced his
way through the ranks of the cardinals
and insisted on holding the pope's hand.
"Everybody's emotion was intense
when his holiness asked Oreglia and
Rampolla to pardon him If he ever had
%displeased any one.
1.-THE holy father. just before he died.
had two bad fits of coughing. Then he
opened his eyes. and DR.. Lappoai, bend
ing v e him. saw that he was expiring.
"After Cardinal Oreglia had certified
the death by calling the pontiff'sI name
thrice, n sculptor took a cast of the
head and right arm"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
REFoRMEns ARE TERRIFIED.
Execution Of shen Chen Causes un.
easiness Among Liberal Chinese.

easiness Among Liberal Chinese.
Peking, Aug. 3.-China is witness.
ing a return to the conditions which
followed the coup d'etat of 1898. Pc
litical discussions among the Chinese,
which increased during the imperial
courts recent policy Of friendliness
toward foreigners, has suddenly
stopped. The plan of the dowager
empress to terrify the reformers by
the execution Of Shen Chen, which
occurred last Friday, has been sue
cessful. All the liberal Chinese, par.
ticularly those who have been asso-
ciated with the reformers, are In the
greatest fear of arrest, and it ia diff
cult to find a Chinaman who is willing
to mention politics or Fridays TRACE.
dy, although the latter Is almost the
only topic of conversation among
trusted friends. The officials are par.
ticularly dumb. The affair Is disap-
pointing to the foreigners, who had
hoped that the empress dowager's as
ISOLATION with the ladies of the lega-
lions would have a civilizing infl,t
enc Prince Su, the most liberal OF
the Manchu princes, who in March
last issued a proclamation against in
cense burning to military idols be-
cause it was the chief rite during the
Boxer troubles, is reported to have
risked his Office by opposing the execu.
ton of Shen Chen.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
Novel Russian War Craft.

According to the Novosti of st.
Petersburg. two SO called water pro-
tected" torpedo boats have been built
in one Of the government shipyards on
the Neva. This new type Of craft is
said to be something between the Or
binary torpedo boat and a submarine.
1t is in the form of a cigar and of small
size. Its distinguishing feature is that
it can travel equally well on the sur
face of the water and partly sub
merged. These vessels are known as
water protected torpedo boats be-
cause when they are submerged the
water forms a protection to a certain
degree from attack by m enemy's pro-
jectiles. The boats will be tested short
" on the Neva both above and below
the surface of the water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
coNvIcTs STILL At LARGE.
Militiamen and Posses Fail to Capture
California Outlaws.

Placerville, CAL, Aug. 3.-The con-
victs who escaped from Folsom prison
are still at large. The five who en-
gagged in a fatal fight with the pursu-
ers at the Grand Victory mines Satur-
day night have not been seen since.
and apparently have made a success
full retreat.
The dead bodies of Fastus Ruther-
ford and w. G. Jones, the two milia-
men who were shot by the outlaws,
were found Sunday morning where
they had fallen. Al Gill, the national
guardsman who was shot through one
lung. is now expected to cov
Phillip Springer, a resident Of this
district, who is hard of hearing, failed
to respond to an order to halt, and was
fatally shot by a picket early Sunday
morning. Foar convicts, not be-
lieved to be the same who am
pushed the officers, were discovered
Sunday near Lotus, in the Weber
creek district, by a posse. A number
of shots were exchanged. but SO far as
known without result.
Two of the Folsom convicts were sur
rounded Sunday evening and a fight
enrued. 1t is supposed that one of the
convicts was shot by Glen Wedge
woodo. Wedgewood was shot in the
hand by the %convicts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
GERONIMO A
Noted indian Chief Urges His People
to Repent of Their Sins.

"U" @gLIa
Deputy Sheriff F. c. Carter Of Law
ton, o. T.. who was at Austin. Tex. re-
Gently. says that Geronimo, the notori-
Gus chief of the Apache Indians, who
led General Miles and the United States
troops long and desperate chases
through Arizona several years ago., be-
came a convert to religion at Fort Sill
several days ago and that he united
with the Methodist church.
Geronimo Is an enthusiastic wor-
shipper and is said to have made a pub
lie confession Of his many bloody
deeds committed when he and his tribe
were on the warpath, says the New
York Times. He has issued a proclama-
ton to his people urging them to give
up dancing and other worldly amuse-
ments and repent of their sins.
Geronimo's change Of heart has
caused a sensation among the Indians
Of Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
DROWNED IN LAKE MICHIGAN.
Mate Morbach Of the Schooner Tennie
and Laura Lost In a Storm.

Mate Morbach OF the Schooner Tennie
and Laura Lost In a Storm.
Milwaukee, Aug. 3.-After battling
in vain for twelve long hours with
storm and wind and ave on Lake
Michigan Saturday night, Charles
Morbach, mate of the little schooner
Tennie and Laura. vas drowned when
his rescue seemed almost accomplish
ed, and only heroic work by the cap
tain and crew of the steamer Mark B..
Covell saved the captain of the schoon-
err. John Sather, from a similar fate.
The wrecked schooner, which was
built twenty-seven years ago, has prob
ably been dashed to pieces by the
waves before now. and its broken hulk
is drifting toward the shore near Port
Washington. The wrecked vessel. was
loaded with slabs and was owned by
Captain Sather.
Morbach was married and lived with
his wife and five small children at
North Muskegon, Mich.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
NEW WINDOW DRAPER iEs.
French and italian Designs Mark
All Latest Fabrics.

French and Italian Designs Mark
All Latest Fabrics.
The question of window and arch
way draperies is a particularly live II
to the present day householder, says
Harper's Bazaar. We are entering up
on what an English writer terms "a re-
naissance Of interior decoration" and
the flood tide Of French and italian de-
signs that marks all new fabrics quite
sustains his conclusion. There is no
phase of this study in which the i'm.
pulse of invention is felt more strongly
than in that which deals with new dra-
pers. The richest Of today's novelties
in furniture coverings and draperies
are all in combinations that initiate the
subdued tones Of the late sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
MORE damask in palest tan or the
green of the mignonette. over which are
im~pressionistic crea or pink flowers
and designs in leaf and scroll that unite
the pale shades of green, blue, rose and
brownish tans, is conspicuous. In all
the new brocades and damasks, wheth-
er costly or of medium grade and
again repeated in lace embroideries,
wall papers and the more beautiful Gre
tonnes, the tendency is toward the ex-
quisitely detailed conventional garland
and basket and lovers knot designs
which characterized French decorations
Of every class for a hundred or more
years preceding Napoleon. At the same
time there is to be seen in draperies Of
high texture and on embroidered net
curtains a revival of Venetian and Flor
entine ornament.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
KING EDWARD ISSUES AN AD-
pREss THANKING THEM FOR
THEIR KINDNESS.
NEWSPAPERS ENTHUSIASTIC
IRISH PERIODICALS ANXIOUS FOR
4 YEARLY VISIT OF THE BRIT.
lsH SOVEREIGN.

Cowes. Isle of Wight, Aug. 3.-The
royal yacht Victoria and Albert
reached here Sunday evening and
King Edward Immediately ordered the
issue of the following address:
ITO my Irish people: l desire on
leaving Ireland to express to my Irish
people how deeply / have been touched
by the kindness and good will they
have shown to the queen and myself.
Our experience on previous visits had
indeed prepared us for a traditional
welcome of a warm hearted race, but
our expectations have been exceeded.
Wherever we have gone, in town or
country, tokens Of loyalty and affec.
ton proffered by every section of the
community have made an enduring i'm,
preston upon our hearts.
"For a country so attractive and q
people SO gifted we cherish the warm
est regard, and it is therefore with SUI
preme satisfaction that I have SO
often during our stay heard the hope
expressed that a brighter day is dawn
ing upon Ireland. l shall eagerly
await the fulfllment of this hope. It's
realization will, under Divine Provi-
dence, depend largely upon the steady
development of self-reliance and CO
operation, upon better and mor prac-
tical education, upon the growth of
Industrial and Commercial Enterprise,
and upon that increase of mutual
federation and respect which the re-
sponsibility my Irish people now en-
joy in the public administration of
their local affairs, is well fitted to
teach. It Is my earnest prayer that
these and other means of national
well being may multiply from year to
year in Ireland and that the blessings
of peace, contentment and prosperity
may be abundantly vouchsafed to
her"
Copies of the address will be posted
throughout Ireland. M
In replying to an address presented
to their majesties at Queenstown Sat
urday, the king said that the queen
and himself looked forward to re-
newing in future years the happy ex-
perience Of the present visit"
This promise Of another visit to Ire
land has given the greatest satisfac-
ton throughout the country and the
London morning papers all pay trib-
utes to the inestimable service which
the king has rendered the realm by
his tactful conduct.
The visit is commented on as q
great success which will open up q
new era Of prosperity for Ireland and
the address issued by the king al
Cowes is welcomed as a felicitous
ending Of a memorable journey. Even
the Irish papers are enthusiastic, de
claring if only the king will pay 9
yearly visit or send the Prince Of
Wales, if he cannot come himself, thai
Ireland's troubles will soon begin tt
disappear.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
Bow Accidentally Killed.

st. Paul, Aug. with a Winches-
ter rife between his legs and the muz-
gle pointing directly at his body, J..
Frederick Morton, sixteen-year-old son
of Henry Z. Morton, killed himself ac-
cidentally yesterday morning by plac-
Ing. his finger upon the trigger as he
was moving his hand owe the maya
zine OF the gun. The gun being at
such close range, the shot plowed open
the boys abdomen and caused almost
death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
WITH THEIR THoATs CUT.
Bodies Of F. p. Egan and Mrs. Sadie
Booth Found in a Yard.

rM
Northboro, Mass, Aug. 3.-Frank
Foss, while on his way home last
night. heard screams in the direction
of Grange Hall, on School street.
Fastening in that direction he came
upon two dead bodies lying in a yard
close to the sidewalk.
According to the police, they were
the bodies of F. p. Egan and Mrs.
Sadie Booth, both of Spencer. Mrs.
Booth was t~wenty-eight years old and
had been living for the past month
with her sister at Northboro. Her
throat was cut almost completely
across. Death had been almost in
Simultaneous. A razor was found I'M
der her body.
The mans throat was cut in a SINH
lar manner The theory of the police
is that the man cut the woman's
throat and then killed himself.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
Three People Injured.

indianapolis, Aug. Behind time
and running at a high speed, car No.
106, southbound on the Indianapolis
and Martinsville interurban road,
crashed into a northbound car three
miles south of Martinsville last even
ing, injuring three people, two OF
whom will probably die.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
POWDER UNDER A BRIDGE.
Unsuccessful Attempt to Wreck
Train in Montana.

Train in Montana.
Livingston, Mont, Aug. 3.-An at
tempt was made by unknown parties
Sunday morning to blow up the large
Northern Pacific bridge crossing the
Yellowstone river east Of this city and
wreck the e%astbound passenger train.
The explosion was terrific and broke
windows in scores of houses in the
eastern, part of the city. No part of
Livingston escaped a rel shock.
The big bridge was twisted out of
alignment. The powder had been
placed by inexperienced persons and
to that fact is attributed the escape
of the structure. A large hole was
made in the center pier of the bridge.
The Northern Pacific company has Of
fered a reward of $1,000 and the coun-
ty commissioners $4,000. There is no
clew to the miscreants.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Three Men Killed on Board a Pleasure
Yacht in Mobile Bay.

Mobile, Ala, Aug. 3.-The pleasure
yacht Floradora was struck by
lightning Sunday afternoon off the
wharf Cleardale, in Mobile bay, kill
ing three men. The dead are: Led
yard Scott, formerly professor in the
federal university at Kogaskima,
Japan; Bruce Granville Lincoln, a
wealthy young Englishman, visiting
Mobile in connection with some in
vestments; William Brewston, pilot
Of the yacht.
Mr.. Scott's daughter and Charles
Baldwin. engineer, were badly burned
by the bolt, but were not fatally in
iured,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
Street Car Jumps the Track.

Texarkana, Ark. Aug. "a street
car left the track while making n
curve last evening and a score of peo-
pie were mere. or less injured. A. NJ.
Harrison, a travelling man, sustained
a bad fracture of the skull and died
last night. Mrs. Nettie Orr was seri-
ously hurt.