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HAS NOTHING TO SAY
JUDGE ALTON BROOKS PARKER
Is A ssILENT MAN." 40
Nevertheless He IL Quite q Factor II
the Race for the Democratic
Nomination-His Judi
.
cial Career.

Washington Cd. c. Special.
Judge Alton Brooks Parker, Of New
York, is one Of the most talked Of but
least known one Of the democratic presi-
Dental candidates. ..a b..
His chief claim to place in the class
OF eligibles is the fact that he is the
only democrat who, in the last dozen
years, has carried New York.
In 1896 President Mckinley had 4
plurality Of 26S, 1863 in the state. In 1897
Parker, heading the democratic ticket
as candidate for judge of the court Of
appeals, which is the highest court in
the state, carried New York by 60,SS9.
This change Of over 100000 votes in
favor of the democrats naturally at
tracted national attention. 1t is the
basis Of the Parker presidential boom,
which was placed under way two years
ago.
Opponents of the Judge claim that he
tory of 1897. They say that the total
vote cast was, with one exception, the
smallest in 20 years.
They aver that he was elected only
because the name Of his republican op-
ponent, Judge Wallace, was not placed
on the Citizens union ticket in New
York city. r>
There was a mayoralty fight on in
the metropolis in the fall Of 81. Low
was nominated by the Citizens union.
The membership of tho organization
was composed mainly of republicans.
They were incensed at Senator Plat
because. instead of indorsing Low, he
had caused the nomination Of Gen.
Tracy for mayor.
To rebuke the senator for that action
and to confine the fight to the mayoral-
| ty the Citizens union refrained from
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and freed from foreign and outside
pressure, will shortly make an end Of
the conditions Of anarchy which now
exist in the island. There is no attempt
to disguise the good effect which
Morales made upon the members of the
American party which made the visit
to Santo Domingo. This is also true of
The men with whom he has surrounded
himself. The governor of Puerto Plata
province is a particularly strong man
and has a model provincial government.
He is also man of military attain
ments.
From a. naval standpoint, the PROPOSE
ton resolved itself into three possible
measures: N To station small gun
boats or converted yachts in each of
the principal ports; (2) to station ma
rines in the larger inland towns, and
81 for the United States to assume
charge of the custom houses, which are
the curse of the country, being the
means of carrying on the revolutions.
No one connected with the admins
tration thinks for a minute of annexa-
IlOu 0CAOl OoASACL, SASOA0A ASHAS
sentative of President Morales, has
made inquiries since the return Of Mr..
Loomis and the naval officials, and has
been told that there is no possibility of
this country annexing the island. In
stead, we will only take such measures
as may be deemed necessary in the
preservation of our rights and in carry
ing out the responsibilities which come
to us in the maintenance Of the Monroe
doctrine.
The only thought the government has
in connection with Santo Domingo is
that our interests be preserved and that
there be no untoward event which
would lead to coercion, as was exercised
by foreign powers with warships
against Venezuela. AS preventive of
such incident and its result, the coast
may be patrolled by our men in small
guuboats, and every foreign or Ameri-
can vessel may be escorted in and out
of Santo Domingo ports.
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WRITES GOOD VERSE.
HOW NOTED MINE LEADER OBJ.
TAINs HIS RECREATION.
William B. Wilson, Secretary. Of the
United Mine Workers, Known
as "Miner Poet"-speci-
mems Of His Work.

Indianapolis (nd.) Special.
William B. Wilson is a name familiar
to the labor world. AS secretary treas
urer of the United Mine Workers he is
q counsellor and adviser of John Mitch
elan able lieutenant, whose services
are appreciated. Few persons aside
from Mr.. Wilson's personal friends are
aware that he is verse writer, having
the faculty of expressing himself we'll in
graceful English. To quote him:
No great refined, poetic powers l claim:
No college learning smooths my humble
y muse;
Unknown to fortune hidden far from fame,
simply sing because to sing l choose.
But as tune my rude. uncultured Tyre.
III sing the praises of the multitude,
Whose toiling Drawn, and brain, and
hearts desire
Move ever for their fellow beings good.
These lines show that Mr.. Wilson has
a modest appreciation of his accom-
plishments.- They are taken from the
introduction to collection of Mem
cries" recently printed by the author for
circulation among his friends. The
book is dedicated to his parents. In the
preface Mr.. Wilson says
"This little volume has been printed
(not published) for circulation among
those intimate friends of mine who can
bury its poetical, grammatical and
structural defects beneath their per-
sonal respect for the author"
To a person who said he was poet,
Mr.. Wilson replied with smile:
I'm small way, writing verses, such
as they are, is one of my methods of OBJ
tanning recreation. When the spirit
moves me l find pleasure in putting my
fancies and thoughts on paper. had no
intention of taking the public into my
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United States)
and as the chief justice appears at the
entrance at the rear they slowly proceed
to their seats. AS they do the crier cries:
"Oyez! oyez! oyez! All persons hav-
ing business before the honorable the
chief Justice and. the associate justices
ofthe supreme court of the United States
are admonished to draw near and give
their attention, for the court is now sit
ting. God save the government of the
United States and this honorable court. !"
It is an imposing and inspiring spec
tacle, the mere witnessing of which in
creases the red corpuscles Of ones patri-
otism. No man entering that domelike
courtroom may wear his overcoat. No
membe: of the bar may appear before it
in a coat of any color other than black.
Such is the dignity and impressiveness
of that tribunal that men to whom en-
barrassment has long been stranger
evidence the renewal of their acquaint-
ance with it by stammering speech, q
ouickened breath, a nervous manner,
when addressing the court.
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Yorkshire, England, and was brought to
Virginia from that family seat OF the
Washingtons, in 1857, by Col. John
Washington, the great-grandfather OF
Gen. Washington, a colonel in Prince
Rupert's army. The glass was used on
feast days and celebrations by the Wash
ington family, both in Yorkshire and IN
Virginia, and way prominent feature
in the christening Of George Washing
ton, at the family dinner given by Mrs.
Mildred Washington Gregory, the aunt
and godmother Of Gen. Washington, on
the 5th day Of April, 1882. At this his
toric dinner it was from this wine glass
that Augustin Washington, the father
of George Washington, not only drank.
but with it proposed long life, success
and happiness for his son George"
In later years it was used by Gen.
Washington himself at dinner given
to him in Fredericksburg, Va, in 1851,
During the period from 1892, the year
Of the christening and the dinner after
the fall Of English forces in America In
1881, the glass was continually used on
state occasions at the Washington seat
in Westmoreland county, the birthplace
of Gen. Washington. and in Stafford
county, opposite Fredericksburg, on the
Rappahannock river, where Mrs. Martha
Washington resided.
This relic descended from Mrs. Mil
dred Washington Gregory to DR.. Forbes.
her great-great-grandson
The only occasion on which this glass
has ever been out Of the possession OF
DR.. Forbes, who came into the possess
sion of it in 1859, was when Gen. Lucius
H. Warren took it to the centennial cell
ebration of the battle Of Bunker Hill, In
Boston, Mass, in 1875, at the time of the
unwilling of the Bunker Hill monument.
The probable final resting place OF this
glass will be at Mount Vernon, where,
at the present time, the only suit Of
clothes in existence that Gen. Washing
ton wore was deposited by the late John
Murray Forbes, of lines Hill, Farquier
county, Va, the eldest brother OF DR..
Forbes, the present owner Of the glass.
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TAKES A HIGH STAND
AMERICAN POLICY TOWARD DO
MINdo rs VERY DIGN1FIED.
President Will Permit No Drastic
Measures Unless Insurgents Make
1t Necessary-No Thought
n Of Annexation.
Washington I'd, c. Special.

!. Washington ID. CO. Special
No6ing drastic will be done by the
United States in Santo Domingo before
November next. The course of this
country will be dedicated by circum-
stances as they develop.
Our naval forces will be increased in
Santo Domingo waters. Some of the
large vessels now there will be ordered
elsewhere and smaller vessels, more
adapted to the work in the shallow wa
tiers and capable of getting into close
quarters with insurgents on small boats
or on shore, will take their places.
Steps will be taken at once to prevent,
as far as possible, the shipment of arms
and ammunition to Santo Domingo from
the United States.
r. President Morales, now at the head of
the existing government, will have the
moral support of the United States.
This is summing up of the present
attitude of the administration relative
to Santo Domingo.
The attitude of the administration,
as summed up above, is but tentative,
and is the conclusion of Mr.. LOOMS, as
sistant secretary of state, and tho naval
officers who recently visited Ganto
Domingo. Sal. w. ..~
1t can be set down as a fact that the
president is not welcoming any ag-
gressive tactics in the island. He will
only act If there is an outbreak which
makes action necessary, and if the in
surgents make it necessary the United
States will hold up the hands of Presi-
dent Morales. The administration is in
sympathy with his efforts to maintain
stable government in the island. It
believes him to be capable and pa
triotic man, and one who, If left alone
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placing Wallace's name on its ticket.
Now it is claimed that If Wallace had
been on the city's ballot he would have
been elected over Parker. 49,.
After the election Parker was pro-
posed by his friends for the presidency.
There was quick response from the
south. Democrats down that way
seemed to feel that New York was the
key to the situation, and that with
Parker to lead they could carry the state.
His name has since been taken up in
other sections.
The wisdom Of saying nothing abides
with Judge Parker. Taking refuge in
the fact that he Is on the bench he has
kept aloof from all discussions Of his
candidacy. He has refused to be inter-
viewed because he is on the bench, and
he has refused to make speeches or
travel because he is on the bench.
A silent man is always wise one, and
so the Judges boom grows.
Judge Parker is devoted to the law
and scientific farming. He has place
of several hundred acres at Esopus, on
tho west bank of the Hudson, near
Kingston, N. Y. His home is colonial
mansion situated on a hill and overlooks
the Hudson valley.
When court is not In session at AL
bany the Judge spends all his time at
the farm. It is managed under his per-
sonal supervision.
According to a Chicago Journal cor
respondent he is constantly engaged in
the effort to devise improved methods
for coaxing greater harvests from the
SOIL He takes pride in the fact that he
secures larger crops than his neighbors.
Days on the farm are followed by
nights in his library. He is fond Of his
books and has a collection that rivals
the great library Of Samuel ]. Tilden.
Mrs. Parker is a member Of the
schoonmaker family, which figures
among the early Dutch settlers OF the
Hudson valley. They have one child, a
daughter, who is the wife Of minister
1t Kingston.
Judge Parker served as surrogate or
probate Judge Of Ulster county from
1877 to 1885. He was delegate to the
national democratic convention in 1884.
In the next year he was chairman of the
democratic state committee and man.
aged the campaign that made Hill gov
ernor.
Cleveland offered him the place of
first assistant postmaster general, but
he declined. He was elected Judge of
the supreme court in 1885, and held
various judicial positions until 1897,
when he won his present place in the
court of appeals.
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NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS
Former Speaker Keller Again Enters
Public Life After Lapse Of
Twenty Years.
Springfield CO.. Special.

a.. ~ Springfield CO.. Special
Gen. J. Warren Keller, after being
out Of active politics for 20 years. was
nominated for congress the other day By
the republicans Of the Seventh district,
to succeed Congressman Kyle.
Gen. Keller served four terms IN
congress. from 1877 to 1885. From 1881
to 1883 he was speaker Of the house. He
Is now 6S years of age, and is recognized
40 one of the foremost lawyers Of the
state. When the civil war broke out he
enlisted in the Third Ohio volunteer in
fantry, and was commissioned major.
In 1862, when the One Hundred and
Tenth Ohio volunteer infantry was or
ganized, he was made that regiments
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confidence, or even whispering aloud that
had the aspirations of q poet. Mr.. Sex
ton. however, during my absence from
the city, called attention in the Mine
Workers Journal to my little book, and
am now getting more notoriety than
l expected"
There are only two or three love
poems in Memories" The last stanza
of Blue Eyes" reads:
Such eyes: In their llmpid beauty.
So pleasant. and strong. and true,
Urging me on when duty
Seems more than my strength can DO.
I toll and deem 1t pleasure.
Yet pray that God may devise
For me lifetime of leisure
To gaze in her sweet blue eyes.
A grewsome but realistic poem depicts
tho horrors of THE Explosion" 1t is a
true description of colliery disaster,
written by one whose experiences fitted
him for the task. Here are a few lines
from the poem. which is long one:
Hark! A rumbling in the distance
Strikes terror to the heart.
Oh! How we'll they knew the meaning
Quick they drew their coats about them.
Threw themselves upon the floor.
Through the headings, airways, chambers,
Every open space 1t came.
With a voice more loud than thunder.
With a solid wall OF fame.
Rails and sleepers. doors and brattice,
Cars and timbers, coal and rock.
Crushing. tearing. rushing. roaring
Flew before the mighty shock.
Stalwart men were but as feathers,
Driven with cyclones ire;
Fast their flesh and sinews shrveled.
Scorchej and roasted with the fire.
Some were hurled against the pillars.
Mangled, bleeding. dying. dead;
Arms and legs torn from the body
Bodies severed from the head.
There lives no fisherman, hunter or
pedestrian who has not on hot day
blessed the sight Of an old tin can rest
ing beside cool spring. Mr.. Wilson,
in THE Old Tin Can" after describing
a spring flowing out Of hill, says:
On a stone, within the shadows. sits a can
of ancient tin,
With a band Of rust about It and coat
of rust within;
But there's nothing God has given to ap-
pease the thirst OF man
Like q cooling draught OF wafer from that
old tin can.
The various stages of the life of a
colliery employe are described in "The
Coal Miner"
A slight little fellow, not yet in his teens.
His arms to his elbows. tucked down in his
jeans.
goes whistling to his work, without
care of any kind to worry him. At 16
he is ''wiry and strong" and wants a
'.full turn as a miner" The third
stage is:
A middle aged man with a calm, pleasant
air.
His face and his brow slightly furrowed
with care.
Fighting life's battle with stubborn will,
Doing his work with a mastery skill.
The fourth stage is gray-haired
man. walking about with cane,
Ceiling with glee and care for the truth
GREAT tales OF tie digging he did in his
youth.
A little later his tales Hive only in the
memory of those who heard them, for he
has gone where "all mortals as well as
. 1ninsr" must 20.
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GLASS WITH RARE HISTORY.
It Was Used by Washington and Now
Is in the Possession of Phil
adelphia Professor.

nv Philadelphia (Pa.) Special. ~
DR.. William S. Forbes, professor OF
surgical anatomy at Jefferson college,
who lives at 9O1 Pine street, Philadel-
phia, is the possessor of q Washington
wine glass, which, he says, is probably
one of the best-known' pieces of Wash
ingtonia in existence to-day.
OF this notable glass DR.. Forbes gives
the following history. It was made In
Holland for the Washingtons and bears
the well-known griffin and rose in full
bloom with stem and leaves, parts OF
their crests and arms. It stands ~
inches high and the bowl holds two
ounces or four tablespoonful. -.'
The glass was taken from Holland to
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colonel. At the conclusion Of the war
he retired from the service brigadier
general. On the outbreak Of the Span
ish-American war he promptly volun-
teered his services, and was commits
stoned by President Mckinley major
general.
The district is 1000 republican, so
that nomination is equivalent to cleo
ton. It includes Clark, Miami. Madi--
son, Fayette and Pickaway counties.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-05-05
Owls Home in Stovepipe,

The cooking range of MS Sylvius Lit.
tie. of Whitmore. Mass, smoked badly.
so she took down the stovepipe and
cleaned It. Next, she thought to sweep
of the oven top, and on removing the
covers found an owl snugly slowed in
the space, blocking the smoke exit He
had come down the chimney and crept
into the pipe when the IRE was out
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APPROVED THE DOCUMENT.
How a German Immigrant Convinced
the Judge That the Constitu-
ton Was All Right.
New York Special,

New York Special.
T. v. Powderly, formerly commission
er-general of immigration, tells q story
of q certain German immigrant who.
just after landing in New York, became
very friendly with the inspector who
examined him. As he remained in New
York, where he was employed by one OF
the big hotels, the friendship became
permanent. The New York correspond
ent Of the Philadelphia Post, who re-
lates this story, says that when the peril
cd of five years residence in the United
States, requisite to the obtaining of nat
uralization papers, had passed, the Teu-
ton sough out the inspector, with in
quiries as to what steps it would be nee
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seventeen Pearls for 4 Dime.

While eating raw oysters in a restaur-
ant at Allentown, Pa, Harry Mittman
suddenly found his mouth filed with
pearls. and when he took a census of
the stones he found them to number IL.
Some of them are Of large ei1e and big
value, and Mittman figures that lie is
winner to the extent of at least }2Q9. 80
BIZ the oyster transaction.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-05-05
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
Opening Of United States Supreme
Court Is a Spectacle One Can
Never Forget.
WASHINGTON I'd. CO. Special.

Washington ID. co. Special.
AS the hands of the clock point to IL
the crier of the supreme court Of the
United States raps with his gavel. and
murmur. of conversation ceases, and at
torneys, court ohhcials and visitors rise
while the crier slowly announces:
"The honorable the chief Justice and
the associate justices of the supreme
court of the United States" ROBBED in
black silk gowns, they walk with slow
and dignified steps toward the bench.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-05-05
Teacher Has a Switch Stolen.

Teacher Has q SWITCH Sto1en.
Police instituted search for q long
switch of ripping brown hair that>was
stolen from the desk of woman teach
er in public school at Third avenue and
One Hundred and Seventy-Ninth
street, New York. They calamity with
hold the name Of the teacher. Several
classroom doors were forced by the
thieves, 50 or 60 desks rummaged, and
q lot of postage stamps. books, pencils,
and other trifes stolen. Also the teach
er's SWITCH
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essary for him to take to obtain his cit
izenship papers.
So his friend gave him the necessary
advice, and in spirit Of kindness
promised to go with the German to the
judge to whom the application for nat
uralization was to be made.
The usual interrogatories were asked.
among which was:
"You have read the constitution OF
this country"
mo, your honor" responded the Ger
man, stolidly; mo, hat not read DEF
constitution; but my trent Krause he
hat read it to me. Und wish to say dot
I liked it fiery much. It's fiery nice, your
honor, und I am fiery much pleased NIT
it,"
The Judge granted the necessary pa
pers.
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"Fun' in a Country School.

During a spell Of zero weather there
was a hot time in the old township
school of Sturtevant, Pa. Some of the
big boys imprisoned Miss Morse, their
teacher, in an Clubhouse, and then burned
every text book in sight, closing their
sport by playing football with the geo.
graphical globe.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-05-05
Well Supplied with Eyes.

Two sets OF eyes are the natural al
lotment of the lantern fly Of Surinam,
South America. These enable it to
catch the light from all directions. The
luminosity which CLOVIS from its head
IN 10 brilliant it is easy to read by It.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-05-05
A Jap's Different Names.

Every European child can answer
the question, what is your name?"
without hesitation unless he is dumb,
but the japanese boy must think lit
tie to make sure, for at various peri
DDS in his life he is called by different
names. He receives his first when he
is lust a month old. Then three differ
ent names are written on three slips
of paper and thrown into the air In the
temple while prayers are addressed to
the family diety. That which falls
first to the ground bears the name the
child is called till he il three years old.
At IS the Japanese boy receives a new
name in honor or his coming Of age.
His name is changed again on the oc-
casion of his marriage and on any adj
vance in his position.
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FAVORED By THE MIKAD0.
Prince Fushimi, Commander Of ia
pans Land Forces in Korea,
Popular in the Army.
Toxic (Japan) Special.

1UKIU (JdPdI1I OPeC1"1s
The Japanese are proud of their royal
family, and especially of Prince Fushimi
who has recently been appointed COM
mander in chief of the mikado's forces
in Korea. Prince Fushimi stands close
to the mikado, and has always been con-
sidered the rulers personal representa-
tive in the army. In view of his bril-
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trying circumstances that are in prog
ress here"
The advice given above Is seconded
by letters from several representatives
of the Catholic clergy in this country.
and all offer the same advice to the
Irish. d,
The cardinals secretary, Rev. P. c.
Gavan, said that the cardinal had often
expressed the wish that the Irish would
take the best advantage Of their oppor-
tunities and instead of coming to Amer
lea remain at home and make Ireland
the land it should be: ~sa~~-er,,~-E ~
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Farmer Meets Shocking Fate.

Farmer Meets Shocking Fate.
A shocking fate befell William Daven-
port, 4 wealthy farmer, Of Imperial,
Neb. While driving in his farm wagon.
which was loaded with posts, he fell
forward, and hung head downwards, his
feet being firmly held by couple of
posts. He continued in this position for
"a hours, his horse wandering aimlessly
over the prairie. The thermometer
ranged from 10 to 20 degrees below zero.
He died an hour after being discovered.