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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03
Train Overturned and Three Hun.
bred Passengers Thrown Into
a River in Spain.
WATERS WERE REDEEMED WITH BLOOD.
Wreckas~-ststy Passengers sert-
ousiy injurcd-itntiwsy Empioye
Taught Robbins the Dead and
Narrowly Escaped L., nchins.

Madrid. June 2o.-fourtccn bodies
and 50 injured persons have been cN
tricatcd from the wreck of the Bilbao
train. which was overturned nj Nciii-
Ia river. According to official In
formation 30 persons were killed and
30 others seriously injured. Many OF
the latter will die. az the 800 pas.
cngcr on the train II j. stated that
only six escaped unhurt. The train.
which vSls composed Of tive engines
aud 10 coaches, was crossing the
bridge when the couplings between
the engines broke.
The train fell 80 feet from the
bridge IL the river bed. the coaches
pilinr up In a mass of splinicrcd wood
and iron work. The scene u described
as h%nrrifying. Many curpscs were
carried down the stream. which was
actually Redeemed with blood. II was
found impossible to cNtricatr mum
bcrs Of the injured who were pin.
Toned under the w%rcckngc. \ railway
guard was arrested In the act of rob
bling the dead, aud narrowly escaped
lynching.
II IL believed that the officials IN
dcrrsiimatc the number Of killed.
some accounts giving the number OF
dead as 100. The fun extent Of the
catastrophe will only he known when
the wrcckngc hns been cleared away.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03
STRANGE MAN FOUND DEAD.
Committed suiriJ- In n Chicago no-
tel. wi,b over Two Hundred
Dollars Ia MS pocL-t..

Chicago. June 2o.-Mystcry sur.
rounds the identity 81 II stranger
whose lifclcss body was found. sun.
dny, Ia the Hotel Bismnrk. The man,
who had registered a. John ID. Nun.
ger, Denver shot himself In the
right temple. Why he shot himself
hns not been discovered. In his
pockets the police found Sse5, but tho
closest search failed Ia reveal nny
clcw as To identity or motive other
than that shown ~ the hotel register.
The supposed Mr.. Munger came Ia the
hotel last Friday. lie had no baggage
and paid his bill before he vent to
the room.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03
FUED FIGHT IN KENTUCKY.
IpIur-d In ~ hattie over the
Jctt fuse.

Jackson. Nv. June 2p.-In n feud
fight near Daisy Dell. Hiram nnrncit
was killed aud John Henry iicckcr
and Joseph llcckcr were seriously In
iurrd. The men. with Samuel aud
Silns Bnrnet. met AZ the home Of Miss
Leila Burns. niece 81 Burns ftlpat-
rick. who VAS the only juror against
the conviction II Curtis jeff. white
discussing the course Of Juror Fitk-
patrick John Henry llcokcr. tho
friend of Miss Burns, resented what
was said. and all soon began shoot
ing. There have been no arrests. aud
no one eau tell who fired the shots
taking effect.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03
Public Scb0M Il C,uCker FaC10,y
BY DIR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS
Pastor Plymouth Church, Brooklyn

3T1HE common school is increasing mediocrty in this country.
I While it is the very best thing America ever had, it is also the
t2SEN very worst thing we have ever had.
We do very little fundamental thinking for ourselves. We
take 100000 children and pour them like gnt into the same mill
of learning, like a cracker factory, and grind and grind until we have
turned them out all alike, with no more individuality than grains OF
sand.
People don't make any effort nowadays to know the teacher that
instructs their children; no, they would rather farm them out like in
telectual orphans. 1t may be very good sometimes, but it's very bad
sometimes.
"Be not wise overmuch,' said Solomon, but we have taught OH
children to put too high value on intellectually. Life is the great
thing, not the knowledge of life. knowledge is not worth much, and
were all the time accomplishing it. There are such fool men going
through the world always Analysing their emotions. their friends, their
knowledge. their creeeds, till there is nothing left for them to enjoy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03

reading "Bcn Hur" that he dreamt
Of the priest and thc fountain aud
the magical leaf. But the answer
to las question: How and where
would happiness come to lim?" had
been: by torchllght, on the water"
Why should those words, OF all 9TH
ers. have appeared upon the drip
ping leaf? lie grew nervous when
Cedoni was urged to join the party.
and when she consented he got up
and walked away, feeling weak and
unnervcd through the whole Of his
big. brawny frame.
"I1l do H." he muttered. "f I live
until the Fourth. At any rate" no
added, after a pause, "I1l he done
with this sickcning uncertainty" BY
which II may b. inferred that Lance
was not In a very hopeful mood.
lie was In a still less hopeful mood
when he Joined the ioundcrers upon
the momcntous night. Cedoni was
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03

OMAN suffrage should be urged, in my opinion, not
from any predictions of wha, women will do with their
votes after they get them. but on the ground that by
all the traditions OF our government, by all the pre-
ccp,s Of its carly founders. by all the axions which,
lie at the foundation of Our political principles, woman
needs the ballot for self-rcspect aud self-protcction.
The woman of old times who did not read books
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03

Declaration. make spcecbes. sing
.sonps-in short. celebrate the ylori.
Gus Fourth. There will be no smell
.of burning meat. no din of cnnnon nn
sunstroke' Only dcwy GOODNESS Of
early morn. dancing lights ON CLEAN.
ing waters, poetry, music"
.Yes." interrupted a practical mem.
her. ..and after we are through with
all that. we can take our founders
ON shore and have n fish fry"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03
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of political economy or attend public meetings, could retain her self
respect; but the woman OF modern times. with every step she takes in
the higher education finds il harder to retain that sclf-rcspeet while she
is in a republican government and yet not a member Of it. She can
study all the books collected in the political economy alcovc OF the
Bryn Mawr college; she can master Them all she can know more about
hem perhaps than any man of her acquaintance: and yet to put one
thing she has learned there in practice by the simple process OF dropping
4 piece OF paper into a ballot box-shc can 10 more do that than She
could put out her slender finger and stop the planet in its course. That
is what mean by wonans needing the suffrage Tor sclfrcspcct.
Then as to sclf-proccion. We know there have been great in-
proycncnts in the laws in regard TO women. What brought about those
improvements; The steady labor OF women going before legislatures
year after year and asking for something they were not willing to give.
the ballot but as 4 result OF it. to keep the poor creatures quiet, some
law was passed removing a restriction. The old English writer Pcpys.
according to his diary, after spending a good deal OF money for HIM
self, finds a little lett and buys his wife 4 new gown, because, he says:
1t is fit that the poor wretch should have something To content her
have seen many laws passed for the advantage OF women. and they
were generally passed on that principle
Women with bleeding feet, women with exhausted voices. women
with WORKOUT lives, have lavishcd their strength to secure ordinary
justice in the form Of laws which a single woman inside the state
house. armed with the position OF member Of the legislature and rep
rcscnung a sex who had votes. could have had riglncd within two
years. Every man knows the weakness OF a diranchiscd class of men,.
The whole race OF women is dsfranchiscd. aud they suffer i'll the same
n
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03

ward to bend the grass down with
his stiir-brimmcd straw hat. lie did
not look Mt anyone M he put the
question. but the young Creole re-
piled: ats Ccdoni."
81 have nothing 10 do with H."
corrected Cedoni. whose yiyacity and
fun had vanished when Lance APP
preached.
"Ah, but you said IL must be some
thing different this year"
"Oh. It's your Fourth of July cell
cbration, IL It? The same old cry.
You are tired Of bnrbccucs and re-
gnttas and fish fries and sunstrokcs.
You expect me to help you with such
a conundrum?" Lance spoke with
~good.nnturcd impaticnce. but he did
not look mp. "why not ignore the
Fourth? Not have any celebration nj
nll? That would he quite n novelty
for this hot-bcd of patriotism" His
last words were drowned In a clamor
of indignant protests.
"Wc are going to read the Declare
ton" insisted the Creole. who was
the orator of the town, but how, and
wherc2"
Lance dropped his hat into the
grass and stared at II. lie was think.
ing Of a curious dream he had had
che night before, and spoke aloud alb.
scntly; "By %torchlight, upon the wa.
ter" Such being the words he had
seen In his dream upon the magical
leaf Mt the fountain of Castalia. The
party of young folks received them
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03

" ~ AHEN 'IAiihNNNAt ~ ~
flirting with the orator. who carried
her basket. and threatened To- grow
sentimental. 1t was a large party,
and a gay one; the long line Of
torches. the flashing waters aud
laughing voices, shouts Of triumph,
CALCULATIONS of dismay. Over all the
eternal stars breeding peacefully
above the trivial tolls of man.
Lance splnshcd along with logged
determination. spcaring founders, and
saying nothing. lie would say some
thing prcscntly-whilc the speeches
were being made. After they went
ashore the oracle would he void. lie
saw no hope Of a word with Ccdoni
until the orator should he called to
attend his public duties. Even then
she would probably he invited inside
the circle of light. But he would see
that She did not GO. Like all quiet
men, when n deed was once deter
mined upon, Lance expected To carry
IL through. lie had not an idea what
he would sny-only that Ccdoni
should stay and listen. So II hap
pencd that when the grand stand-a
bay of shallow WATERWAYS reached,
and the torch bearers began Ia cir
Gle around the speakers. Ccdoni felt
a strong hand upon her arm.
"lou wish s%oincthing?" Her ton
was distant. as II had been ever since
he r%cproachcd her for that bit of idle
gossip.
81 wanted to speak to you" Lance
replied, quietly.
''Wcll?"
"Aftcr the speeches begin" .
"You must cNcusc me. 1 am to
sing the opening song"
81 can't excuse YOU"
"You must," liut he held her arm
firmly and silently. while the circle
closed and the song began.
"Do you consider this courtcous?"
she asked, Indignantly.
81 wanted to speak to you" he re-
pcated, quietly.
swell, speak for" The notes OF
"America" swellcd out and drowned
her words. Hundreds of voices sing.
Ing under the stars. and the music
iloated far away over the silent wa
ter. II was soul.inspiring, yes, was
more than that. Lance leaned over
Cedoni.
81 love you, dear" His strong
voice was a little husky. Did shr
hear? She stood by him until the
orators tones rang out, and then she
moved.
wait" he said. "Did you hear?"
"Yes," she answered. steadily.
When the second speaker came for
ward, Lance spoke again, quietly. lie
was moi pleading, only stating n fact.
"This suspense is killing me-"
Cedonl's spear fell into the water
with a splash, She caught the big.
unsteady hand H. both her own, and
kissed IL.
Far away was cheering, and torch
light and song, but here upon n log
half-sunk In the sand sat two lovers
talking of-well, n dream, n fountain
and a leaf. And so they celebrated
the Fourth. Was the II ~unique7
Minneapolis Housekeeper.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03

or not: that will make her a fit companion for any person, and will
leave her in the best company when She is aloncl
Rousseau declared that women are specially made to please men
therefore. all their education should be relative To men. To bring up
men, take care of them when grown, and comfort them when old and
dccrcpt. this was the concctcd Frcncfmans theory Of the mission Of
woman for this She must be educated from earliest infancy. And it
is TO be feared that there are good people still on earth whose creed
fully stated amounts 10 but little more. For do they not fear the higher
education, lest it unfit woman for the duties OF the home,
Educate girls just as you do boys, in harmony with their organism
and apttudes. and let them fill any position of honor or profit for
which they can fit themselves.
Woman has experienced a social awakening. In common with
man. she has found her social conscience. The objectionable sin for
man or woman is idlcness, and selishncss is its prophet. Sefculturc,
not for sefaggrandizcmeut, but Tor social service. Woman to-day is
a much more charming. bcwiching. serviccallc creature in the home,
because she goes out OF it occasionally and brings in spoil from other
fields.
There is still need of earnest education Tor women. Many of them
are content to sit in ghded palaces while the busy world tolls and spins
for them. never thinking beyond the bank account OF the husband or
the father that purchases their qucenly apparel and pays for their
cntree into the exclusive places OF society.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03
A Unique
Celebration
BY r. n. LANCASTER.

) y crossed the lawn
he was hailed by n chorus
Of anxious voices: "Come
help us, Lance. Please
come"
lie shrugged his rather
heavy shoulders, and came
slowly toward the group
under the ccdars. whats
up?" he asked, lnzily
throwing himself upon n
seat a little apart from
the rest. and leaning for
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03
The Meov Sphere Of Women
BY REV. FRANK C. TYRRELL

IL. but revolutionary have been the changes in the position
OF women during the last fifty years. First Of all comes
her intellectual awakening. There is no sleep or sloih so
deep as ignorance. Two hundred years ago De Foe pleaded
for such educational advantages as would make woman a fit
companion for her husband 100 years later Sydney Smith
echoed the same appeal. These men were prophets OF a
better day. but, like most prophets. saw dimly. For now
we are giving woman educational privileges that will fit her
for a noble life. whether there is any husband in The schcmc
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-03

Little Willie has ten fingers
on his hands to-day.
All. what apprehension fingers
When we should be gay.
For q question grim, uncanny.
Fills the soul with sorrow:
Can he hold up just as many
when we'rn through the morrtu:
washing ton star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-02

formerly on the run between Augusta
and Columbia. At the time Hon. Jas.
H. Tillman was coming to Columbia
to count the ballots about three weeks
before the shooting Of N. G.. Gonzales.
was flagman between Columbia and
Augusta and heard the said James H.
Tillman say, in the smoking car, that
he was going to whip or kill said N.
G. Gonzales.
along in November was at the
Albion hotel in Augusta, with said j..
H. Tillman, and then I saw a blue
steel magazine pistol. Said j. H.
Tillman intimated that that was the
pistol with which he intended to kill
N. G. Gonzales. I said: Don't kill
him, whip his BY God, I am going
to kill him. said Tillman, pulling the
pistol referred to out Of his pocket
book"
Black Is now in an Augusta hospital.
The defense's attorneys agreed to ad-
nit the above affidavit as evidence at
the trial, however, II the prosecution
would admit another affidavit, signed
by Black, subsequent to the above.
The agreement was made.
In his second affidavit Black fatty
contradicts the statements Of the first
which he said was written by William
Elliott, Sr.. and signed by him with
out his understanding it.
He now says Tillman told him he
bought the magazine pistol as a curl
osity, and that he felt he ought to
whip Gonzales for attacking him un-
justly.
He says the conversation was so
long ago he cannot remember 1t exact
ly but Is certain Tillman did not
threaten to kill Gonzales, but would
only act If forced to.-Lexington cor
respondence.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-02

he greeted her cheerfully, and then he
freed one of them to extend it toward
Hall, who 81 emed not to see it. though
there was p enty of light.
81 have just been telling Miss Win
sted that yor were not at the office last
evening"" said Hall.
Brooke, who was STOPPING little as
if about to say something to Marie,
suddenly Strengthened himself.
"Well, that's true enough" said he.
what Of it?"
Nothing at ALL" said Marie hastily,
before Hall could reply.
It might have been possible to form
the opinion that Brooke was distinctly
pleased by this remark.
"At half past O'clock" said Hall,
who had subsided into the big chair
again and looked exceptionally placid,
you left the Office and went down to
BisselPs."
Bissell was the florist Of the city.
There was no one else Of any conse-
quence in the business.
ITO Bissell's" said Marie, with a
rapid, questioning glance. 1t was very
clear in her mind that she had re-
ceived no flowers on the previous even
ing.
81 beg you pardon" said Brooks.
81 went to the station. You know
Harry Brewer was sick and telephoned
for some one to relieve him. There
was no one to go except me-"
Brewer was agent and operator at
the railroad station, which was just
across the street from Bissells con.
servatory.
Didn't go to BisselPs, eh?" said
Hall.
"What are you driving at?" demand
ed Brooke. 81 stopped half a minute
to speak to Bissell himself, who was
standing in the doorway"
II was aware Of it." said Hall.
"Then you went across to the station.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-02

that 1 could have engaged in any
cause but that Of my country's liberty
and independence, or that could have
become the plant minion Of power In
the oppression or the miseries Of my
countrymen. would not have sub
mitted to foreign oppressor for the
same reason that I would resist the
domestic tyrant; in the dignity Of
freedom would have fought upon the
threshold Of my country, and her enc
miles should enter only by passing
over my lifeless corpse. Am I, who
lived but for my country, and who
have subjected myself to the vengeance
Of the jealous and wrathful oppressor,
and to the bondage Of the grave, only
to give to my countrymen their rights
and my country her rights-am I to
be loaded with calumny, and not to be
suffered to resent or repel It? No!
God forbid!
If the spirits Of the illustrious dead
participate in the concerns and cares
Of those who are dear to them In this
transitory life, o! dear and venerated
shade of my departed father. look
down with scrutiny on the conduct Of
your suffering son, and see II I have
even for moment deviated from those
principles of morality and patriotism
which 1t was your care to instil into
my youthful mind and for an adher-
ence to which am now to offer my
life.
My Lords, you are all impatient for
the sacrifice. The blood which you
seek Is not concealed by the artificial
terrors which surrounds your victim;
1t circulates warmly and unrufaed
through the channels which God
created for the noble purposes, but
which you are bent to destroy, for
purposes so grievous that they cry to
Heaven.
Be ye patient: I have but few
words more to say. I am going to
my silent grave; my lamp Of life is
nearly extinguished; my race is run;
the grave opens to receive me, and I
sink into its bosom. I have but one
request to make at my departure from
this world-it is the charity Of its 81
lence. Let no man write my epitaph;
for, as no one who knows my motives
dare now vindicate them, let not pre-
judice or ignorance asperse them. Let
them and me repose in obscur1ty and
peace and my tomb remain uninscribed
until other times and other men can
DO justice to my character. When my
country shall take her place among
the nations of the earth then and not
till then, let my epitaph be written.
have done.-Macon Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-02
DEATH ON THE HILLTOP.
The Danger Point In Life Seems to Be
Between Fifty and Sixty Years.

Between fItty ana sixty years.
We do not refer to the physical
death Of one when he has reached the
summit Of life's hill-say, between the
ages of forty-five and fifty. We refer
to that death which Is spiritually ac-
complished when after a man has
reached the hilltop Of the years he
loses his grip on God and manhood.
One Of the saddest facts which we
can contemplate is that the period OF
greatest danger to men is between the
ages Of forty-flve and sixty.
The late Judge Fuller Of Releigh,
has said:
"The saddest incidents that have
come under my observation In long
practice have been the moral lapses OF
old men. have been called upon to
defend several men Of advanced years
who lived perfectly correct and blame
less lives for fifty or sixty years and
then yielded to temptation, threw away
the reputation Of a lifetime, and SOIL
en- a character that was hitherto un-
impeached. I believe that men who
have passed the hey-day Of youth are
more apt to yield to temptation unless
their character Is well formed than
young men who have all their lives
before them."
Rev. w. P. Whaley, in a most
thoughtful article, gives in the Nash
Vile Christian Advocate some facts
which make the hilltop Of life so dan
gerous:
l. The physical basis Of courage
hope, and enthusiasm gives way at this
period. Thousands give way intellect
ually and marally about the time their
physical vitality begins to fail.
2. Leack of watchfulness over those
weaknesses which have been covered
and controlled during the more robust
years. There comes a time when
without superior spiritual force sin
can neither be hidden nor managed.
8. The coming to the utad line when
interest declines through hopes aban-
doned and goals reached. When this
Is the case, intellectual and moral
growth must cease.
4. Business success. Wealth seems
to give license to do wrong.
S. Loss Of wealth. 6. Loss OF COM
manding position. 7. Cessation OF Ia
bor. To stop work Is for many men
to invite death, physical and spiritual.
A review of these facts as applied
so sadly to life around us will surely
serve to impress us all with the fact
that for every successful life there
must be a strong spiritual foundation.
We must be upheld by the strong
arms of God Himself. When the weak
supports Of life give way, as they are
most apt to do when we reach the hill
top, the seeming ruins will only set
tie down on the eternal foundations
Raleigh, N. c., Christian Advocate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-02

MARK TwA1N's JoKE.-Here Is a sto-
ry told by the Rochester Herald In
which the distinguished Bishop Doane
of Albany and Mark Twain are the
principals: Bishop Doane was at one
time the rector Of an Episcopal church
in Hartford, and the services at this
church Mark Twain would occasionally
attend. Twain one Sunday played
joke upon the rector. "Dr. Doane," he
said at the end Of the service, Il en-
joyed your sermon this morning. l
welcomed it like an old friend. have,
you know, a book at home containing
every word Of it, You have not"
said DR.. Doane. II have so," said the
humorist. well, send that book. to
me. I'd like to see It," "Ill send It,"
Twain replied. And he sent the next
morning an unabridged dictionary to
the rector.-New York Tribune.