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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16

over by the Reformers when Bremen
embraced the doctrines of Luther.
There is also a venerable church near
1t which continued in possession Of
the Catholics. The Town Hall Is a
fine specimen of Gothic architecture,
is very old and the most historic pile
in the city. Beneath it Is the Raths-
keller, the most celebrated wine cellar
in Europe. Rare old wines Of the
vintages of 1910, 1920, etc, are to be
found in it's vaults, through which WIS.,
itors are escorted. A restaurant which
accommodates hundreds Is located in
the basement. Every stranger goes
to the Rathskeller, and at night it Is
particularly animated.
Bremen was founded by Charlie
magne, had n conflict with the church
and deprived 1t of temporal power 300
years before the Reformation, and act
ed quite differently from other cities
In dealing with public questions. Her
people have ever been noted for indie
pendence and bravery. The Danes
conquered them once, but yielded after
a time when Bremen regained It's SOW
ereignty. 1t was the first city to back
up Luther in his contentious with his
ecclesiastical superiors and remained
staunchly Protestant-190,00 900 of the
100000 inhabitants protesting that be-
lief at the present time. The Swedes
sent powerful armies twice to capture
the city, but each time failed to do 1t.
Bremen was the answering enemy Of
Napoleon Bonaparte when other Ger
man cities were passive or fawning to
gain the good wishes of the great cap
tain. -
The twin towers Of the cathedral
1926 feet high-are unique In that they
have six stories before the spire proper
begins. Another popularity Of this
edifice is hat the cellar furnishes such
II dry atmosphere that bodies placed
within 1t do not decompose, nor do
birds oy fishes, several examples Of
which are there to s~ubstantiate this
claim. There are a number Of num-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16

Here, Madge," he said, presenting his
offering-"here is something for you from
London"
Madge uttered a scream of delight, and,
without further ceremony, flung her arms
round her cousin and kissed him.
"Oh, you dear, sweet, delicious Toni"
she cried. How truly heavenly Of you!
l will never, never take it off as long as
l live, not even to wash, and it shall be
buried with me-" Then, with startling
suddenness, What have you given Ag-
nes-and June?" And she caught both
June's wrists to see if either were similar
ly adorned.
"Tom brought me q locket,' said June,
blushing a little.
1t had been decided By her mother that
she might keep it, but had better not
wear it for the present.
"Then, why haven't you got it on, you
ungrateful wretchT" cried Madge. "Or,"
suspiciously, perhaps you have, inside
your frock."
Toms heart beat a shade faster. How
he would like to think of his offering ly-
ing nesting against her fair neck!
But Tune shook her head.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16

dirt fails to find Judgment in even out
of-the-way places.
The city lies upon both sides of the
river Weser, and before the era of big
steamships, her wharves were lined
with ships. Her maritime career be-
gan In the fourteenth century when
vessels of light draught were used to
transport goods over the northern seas.
Her sailors once disputed with En-
gland, Holland, Spain and Venice for
the prizes held out to daring and skill
full seamanship. She suffered severely
from war and saw her population re-
duced to a mere handful and property
leveled by the millions by fire before
the invader withdrew. But she sur
vived these setbacks, recovered the
ground lost, and under the benign in
fiuence of peace has thrived wonder
fully. Bremen to-day has more peo-
pie, greater riches, and far more COM
forts than ever before In her history.
finest commercial structures of the old
world are found in her streets.
While the commercial ramificatlons
of Bremen are worldwide, Its greatest
business Is with the United States.
The departure Of immigrants to our
country Is a big share of the total, as
every vessel leaving there now has
hundreds and, in the case of big ships,
thousands seeking a home with Uncle
Sam. Last year nearly 100000 came
to us from Bremen, three-fourths of
whom were from Poland, Russia, Hun
gary and Bohemia. The Germans
were comparatively few, as these peo-
pie have ceased to emigrate In any
thing like the number that sought US
before and after the Civil War.
Bremen Is owe LOO years old. II
has had its share of the ups and downs
which have marked the venerable cit
les Of Europe, and when piracy was
looked upon as a semi-respectable oc.
cupation Bremen sent out her quota
of buccaneers. OF her industries ship.
building is foremost and gives work
to thousands. The city has an old
quarter and n new and both are mar
velously clean. The old cathedral has
been standing 900 years and was taken
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16
NO WONDER SHE KILLED 1T.
A Mischievous Parrot That Doomed a
Young Girl to BE an Old Maid.

A Mischievous Parrot That Doomed a
Young Girl to BE an Old Maid.
And so you never heard why Miss
Eden killed the parrot? said the kind
ly old lady to a reporter. Well, I'll
tell you.
Miss Elden's father, you know, had
been a s~eafaring man.. He was a big
man, had a hot temper that he never
curbed, and a voice like a fog horn.
He was not choice Of his language and
seemed to care little for anything in
existence except his daughter and Il
parrot with a temper like his own,
which he had brought with him from
the East. That bird seemed to have
human intelligence. 1t not only pick
ed UP sentences with the ease Of most
children, but uttered them in the tones
Of those from whom they had been
learned. 1t could initiate them all.
AS a young girl Miss Eden was very
pretty, though a little self-willed and
naughty. Because of these qualities
and because the captain thought no
one was good enough for her, none of
the young men found things very COM
Portable for them at her home. The
captain thought nothing of making
them get out and stay out. At length
she rebelled against this way of treat
ing her beaux, for her chances Of mar
rying were dwindling. In the city she
had met a very desirable gentleman
and they were SO %congenial that he
came out here to spend a few days so
as to be near her. He went to the
house with some fear, for the captain
had a reputation. They were scarcely
seated on the veranda when that bird
roared: sect out of here, you scoun-
drel, OF I'll break every bone in your
body" The youth waited for
his hat and before morning was out
of town. She promptly wrung the
birds neck, but that was her last
beau.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16

mics In the cellar which have been
preserved for several centuries. Even
during the hottest days of summer 1t
Is very cold In the cellar and visitors
do not. tarry unless wearing the gar
ments of mid-winter.
The Rathhaus is at once the oldest
and the most ancient-looking building
in Bremen. 1t has been standing sew
eral centuries and the city legislators
used to meet here and make laws for
the town and province long before Co
lumbus set eyes upon the new world.
1t is as strong to-day apparently as
when 1t vas put together in the middle
ages.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16
THE CITY OF BREMEN.
Its Historical Attractions and It's
Growth and Beauty.

Bremen is one of the beautiful cities
of Europe. Its cleanliness, no less
than it's attractive buildings, streets
and squares, is noticeable. The Ger
mans stand first in exemplifying this
virtue and Bremen Is the highest type
Of this characteristic. Nothing is al
lowed to accumulate in public that
would detract from good looks, and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16
Eierce Polar AnimnIs.

"Now, then, children" said the teach
err, who had been commenting upon
polar expeditions, "who can tell me
what fierce animals inhabit the re.
gions of the north poleY'
"Polecats," shouted the boy ut the
foot Of the class.-Philadelphia Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16
When Greek Meets Greek.

Hold-Up Man-Your money or your
life.
Book Agent-I have no money-but
here Is a copy of the Life of a Million
aire that | am offering at the low price
of So, payable in weekly installments
Of so cents. May / have the pleasure
of adding your name to my list?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-01-16

Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706
and died in 1900. His active labors, po-
%litical, scientific and literary, covered
a period Of about sixty years
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Worlds First Military Power.

Without entering into the questions of
strategical genius and of skillful gem
eralship, ii must be admitted that Ger
many is ''facile princeps" among the
nations of the world in the perfection OF
the organization of her war department,
which endows her army with an advan-
taEe that none other can be said to
enjoy, and renders her at present the
foremost military power of the universe.
If any defects were discovered in its
workings during the wars of 1866 and
1870, they were quietly remedied at the
close of the campaigns, without that
publicity which, courted by Austria after
her war of 1855, by Russia after the
campaign of 1877, by France after 1870.
and by both Spain and the United States
after the conflict OF 1898, was so Justly
condemned by Mr. Gladstone as calcu-
lated to reveal weakness" =" and as des-
tined to afford malignant joy to the
nations enemies" EX-ATTACHE.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Few Countries Prepared.

Amazing as are the revelations con-
tanned in the voluminous report just is
sued by tie royal commission appointed
by King Edward to inquire into the con-
duct of the recent war in South Africa,
laying bare as they do to the gaze Of
people, both at home and abroad, a con-
dition of affairs at which not even the
most savage critics of the British war
department had ventured to hint, yet it
is we'll to bear in mind that the scan
dals-for IL IS impossible to describe
them by any other word-have many
precedents. not alone in England, but
likewise in other foreign countries.
Indeed. it may safely be asserted that
In all the great wars that have taken
place since the overthrow of the first
Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo. no
war department save that at Berlin, no
military administration save that of
Prussia, has ever been found prepared
for the conflict. or equal TO the demands
made upon them. In each campaign the
soldiers in the field have been not mere
ly hampered in their military opera
tions, but likewise subjected to needless
hardships, suffering and loss of life by
the incompetence and the negligence OF
the war department at home.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Germany Always Ready.

In Germany. on the the other hand
no political considerations or fears Of
military dictatorship are permitted 20
interfere with the organization of the
commands OF the army. Thanks to the
untiring attention and care of the SOW
ereign, everything in connection there
with moves like clockwork. in times Of
war as in those OF peace, while the
war department at Berlin. fully equal
to every demand likely TO be made upon
IL. and moving like a piece of well-oil-
ed machinery, Is ready for any emer-
gency. Thus not only the possibility Of
war with France, and with Russia. but
also with nearly every other country.
has been taken into consideration.
1t is said that when war was declared
with France in 1870, Moltke. receiving
the news in the middle of the night,
merely directed one o. the members OF
his staff to open a certain cupboard at
the war department and to execute the
orders which he found therein, and then
turned over 10 sleep again. satisfied that
within half an hour the entire process
OF mobilization as devised by him would
be N rapid progress.
And so IN the same way II may be
taken for granted that II today q conflict
we're TO take place between Germany
and England. or, let US say. with the
United States, all that the Kaiser would
find il necessary 10 do would be to open
SINE receptacle at the war department
where there would be found already for
use q full plan OF campaign against the
United States. including provision for the
immediate embarkment of special regl-
ments on specified ships. with direct ons
where they were to make landing on
this side % the Atlantic. for the bonn
bardment of American ports, for the
seizure OF American shipping. and Los-
sibly for an armed descent upon Porto
Rico and the Philippines. II IS difficult
to conceive of anything more wholly i'm
probable than a war between this coun-
try and Germany-and yet IL may lie
taken for granted that the war depart
ment al Berlin is thoroughly prepared
for the contingency, remote though The
latter may appear.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Futile Inquiries.

Popular clamor has ensued, and COM
missions of inquiry have been instituted
for the purpose of appeasing the indjg-
nation of the taxpayers, aroused by the
discovery that their pecuniary sacri-
fees had been to no effect. Reports have
been drawn up and issued. But it mas
all been of no avail, and it is doubtful
If today any European power, save Ger
many, would be ready for the emergency
in the event of a sudden outbreak Of
war
Sc little has been accomplished, in
deed, by these commissions of inquiry
or rather, 1 should say, by the publica-
tiOns of their reports-in the way OF in
augurating reforms and Of rectifying
abuses, that it is difficult to understand
why their contents should be made
known to the world at large. In the
words Of Mr.. Gladstone, when discussing
in the house of commons the inquiry into
the conduct of the Crinnean war and the
investigation of the war department, ut
will lead to nothing but shame at home
and weakness abroad; it will accom-
plish no useful purpose, but will carry
malignant Joy to the enemies of Eng
land"
Mr. Gladstone's remarks were follow
ed that same night by a speech delivered
by his great rival, Benjamin Disraell
(afterward Lord Beaconsheld), from
which ! take the following brief phrases,
which are so appropriate to the present
situation in England that they might
have been uttered yesterday instead Of
half century ago. What confidence,
asked he, ''has this variety Of ministers
in each others counsels? They stand
before US confessedly as mea who have
not that union of feeling and of SYM
pathy necessary to enable them success
fully to conduct public affairs
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Analogous Circumstances.

It was the Duke of Newcastle who
was secretary of state for war at that
time, and he was the object of quite as
much public obloquy as Lord Lansdowne
is today in connection with his control
OF the war department during the Boer
war. Indeed, there are many striking
points of analogy between these two
conscientious. hardwOrking, but narrow
minded. obstinate and. from an admins
trative point of view, lamentably incon-
peten. nobIemen. One can almost i'm
agine the marquis using the very same
words as the duke. when the latter
pleaded in the house Of lords that the
public have had every hour. every min
ute OF nv time. The other
charge - indifference is one which is
still more painful 10 me. Indifference,
my lords, TO what?' he continued with
deep emotion Indifference To the
honor Of the country; 10 the success
and safety Of the army? Ny lords.
have, like many who listen TO me. TOO
dear hostages for my interest in the
welfare in the military service Of the
country to admit OF such sentiment
have two sons IN the held-and that
alone. I think. would be sufficient"
Lord Lansdowne, too. had sons in the
field during the Boer war, and while IL
is Just as foolish to ascribe to him
-'aristocratic indifference and indolencH"
as il was to accuse the Duke Of New
castle thereof in connection with the
Crimean campaign. yet it cannot be de
MED that he has proved himself quite as
much OF a lamentable failure as min
lister Of war as was the. Duke Of New
castle. The revelations Of the latter's
incompetence brought about the down
fail Of the Aberdeen cabinet by means OF
an overwhelming defeat in the house of
commons.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
France in Same Predicament.

1t is the same in France No people
in the world have lavished money more
unstintedly upon their army than The
French, especially during the last thirty
three years that have elapsed since the
overthrow of the empire after Sedan.
And yet it is doubtful if in the event
of a war with Germany their gallant
troops would not be subjected to many
of the very same disadvantages by their
war department as those which con-
tributed so cruelty to their defeat in the
war Of 1870. In one word, thanks to her
war department, France is not ready for
war today any more than she was in
1883 and lS70-and as an expert authority
for this assertion I may mention the
name Of the veteran General Billet.
former minister OF war.
In 1859. although the war with Aus
tria had been foreseen for months pre-
viously, its outbreak found France
wholly unready from a military point
of view. AT the moment when, after
the proclamation OF hostilities, the
French troops were crossing the from
tier into Italy, they were not only with
out tents. blankets. and cooking utensils
but even without cartridges, while no
plan of campaign had been determined.
AS my readers doubtless know. the war
of 1870. although everybody in France
had long known IL 10 be inevitable, found
the Paris war department still less pre-
pared Although the officers were pro-
vided with maps OF Germany, they had
none OF their own country. Generals
were at sea as to the whereabouts of
the members Of their staff; brigades
| and divisions were hunting for their
| commanders; regiments looking for their
colOnels, while the confusion with re-
gard to the equipment of the troops, to
! the ammunition, and to the DISPOSE
! tion Of the forces was fndescribable.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Conditions No Better Now.

According to General Billet. much the
same confusion would ensue in the event
OF another conflict with Germany, among
the reasons being that most of the pre-
parations to resist invasion exist only
on paper. The plan of mobilization, IL
is true, provides for the chief command
OF the entire French army in the case
of war. and for the composition OF his
stan. But members of the latter are
at present scattered all over France and
Algeria, some Of them being even sta
toned in Ear distant colonies, and IL
war should break out, considerable time
would be required to summon them from
every point of the compass in order to
join their chief and 10 assume the posts
to which they had been assigned.
Everything in connection with the
scheme of mobilization is what may be
described as eventual" 1t is only "in
the event" of certain thing coming to
pass that II will be brought into opera
tion. and while on the one hand the
commanding generals have no knowledge
CT the characteristics OF those who are
TO constitute their stRfT, the members
of the latter are for the most part not
even personally acquainted with one an
Other.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
BROKEN-HEARTED BOY
DIES MOURNING PARENTS
InconSolable Since the Loss of His
Mother.

WILKEsBARRE Pa. Sept. r.
Mourning for his dead mother and father
little Glenmore Williams, of Larksville,
near here, died yesterday, his last words
being, Now l shall see my mother"
His father died two years ago and the
little fellow, who was devoted to him,
grew to be a closer companion of his
mother than ever. Several months ago
the mother died and the boy has been
incOnsOlable since.
He gradually pined away, taking no in
terest in life and slowly growing weaker
as if seeking the death which awaited
him. His friends say he died OF a
broken heart.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
DINE NOVELS BLAMED
FOR BOYS ARREST
Charge That of Stealing Wallet
From Vest.

YORK. Pa. Sept ITO the reading
of dime novels is attributed crime
charged against Irving Gallatin and
Paul Fake, each sixteen years old. who
are in prison here, charged with robbery.
1t is alleged that GaIlaun and Fake.
who are country youths, initiating deeds
OF heroes in literature that is likely TO
iEflame the minds of the young, visited
the Windsorville postofIice several
nights ago, cut a slit in window screen,
and extracted wallet from a vest hang
ing On the wall. In the wallet. It is
said. were checks amounting to $50.
which, according to statement by De-
tective Charles White, the boys tried to
pass. and. failing. burned. White says
the prisoners confessed.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Balfour in Luck.

1t Is somewhat fortunate for the Bal
four administration that parliament
should have been pTorogued when the
report OF the Boer war commission was
issued 10 the public the other day, and
that British legislators are now too
busiiy engaged bagging birds on the
noors 10 think OF bringing down" min
listers. Otherwise Premier Balfour might
have been called upon rather to drop
Lansdowne overheard. or else to tender
the resignation OF the so sadly divided
Unionist administration over which he
presides.
What serves to exasperate the Eng
Hsh peopIe-irrespective OF party-more
than anything else is the conviction
that the war department is just as uo-
ready for war today as IL was when the
Beers invaded Natal, although the in
eYitable character of the conflict had
been foreseen for years previously; that
1t is as unTeady as il was in 1854, in
the days OF the Duke OF Newcastle. and
that in spite Of the colossal character 81
the war budget, which is larger than
that of Germany. things in Pail Mall are
just as bad as ever The only consola-
tion left to them Is the knowledge that
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
Reforms at Washington.

Reforms of the most radical charac =
ter, it is true. have been inaugurated at
the War Department at Washington. But
they have not yet been wholly completed,
Eor have they been subjected to the
crucial test of war with some European
power, while II must never be forgotten
how wholly unprep3red were the United
States military authorities when war
broke out with Spain in 1898. and how all
the efforts of tho late President McKin =
ley. of the State Department, and its
agents abroad. notably at Madrid and in
London, were devoted to stsving off the
inauguration of hostilitieS until some
few elementary measures had been
adopted for the defense of the coasts.
such as the shipping of ammunition 10
forts which had guns, but no shell or
powder, and the dispatch of ordnance
to those other forts which had ammu-
milton but no guns.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
RAILROADS GRANT NEW
'STOPOVER PRIVILEGES
Important Action Taken by the
"PennSy" and the B. & o.

important stopover privileges are an
nounced by both the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore and Ohio Railroads
An agreement has been reached under
which the purchasers of eleven-day tick
cts from Washington to New York may
stop over at Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Heretofore passengers using these tick
In travel
The agreement went into effect yes
terday
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
BULLET IN HIS BRAIN
TROUBLES HIM LITTLE
Boy Shot by Stray Bullet Con-
scious and Apparently Well.

OLEAN. N. Y, Sept 12.-Clarence
Hixenbaugh, fourteen years old, is at
the Olean Hospital with a hole in his
temple and a bullet embedded in his
brain. He is conscious and but for the
wound gives no appearance OF being in
jured.
The boy while playing near his home
at Shingle House. Pa, was hit by rifle
mans stray bullet
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
COMMANDER OF THE OHIO.

Capt. Richardson Glover. recently de-
tached from duty as naval attache at
the United States embassy at London.
has been designated as commander OF
the battleship Ohio. which is ROW build
ing at the Union Iron Works, San Fran
cisco.
The Washington times., 1903-09-13
EARLY CLOSING ON SATURDAY.

General oliver, Acting Secretary of
War, closed the War Department yes
terday at 3 o'clock, and ordered that
early closing continue on Saturday aft
ernoons during the remainder of Sep
tember.