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The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
MUSIC AND MUSIC

In q Union Pacific chair ca. the
other day, was q number Of peopls
returning from Omaha where they
had been to hear the great singer
Madame Gadski and the prince of
orchestra directors. Emil Paur.
In the same a was a group of civil
war veterans with their wives, on
their way to Grand Island to attend
a meeting of the Grand Army. After
the train started. the old boys began
to visit back and forth. jollying each
other sbout ~''foraging expeditions
"chicken stealinRs," and other army
experiences until q spirit of almost
boyish good cheer seemed to possess
them all. and caused them to forget
their surroundings.
Finally in an outburst of exuberance.
aroused BY their happy "reminiscences,
two of the boys, stopped with age,
their silvered hair falling in beauti-
full color contrast on their blue coats,
sprang up from their seats and with
beaming faces, fairly ran down the
isle to the end of the Car. where they
had those Notwithstanding instru-
ments, the fife and drum.
Music: A large number of the pas
sengers had listened with breathless
attention to the great soprano; they
had greeted with applause the great
director whose baton had made fifty
instruments play as one instrument.
But they had heard nothing from the
great artist that was music in SO
high a sense asthe notes that these
two old veterans produced on the two
most uumusical musical instruments
in the world. And how they played!
They were living forty years in the
past when with bouyant step they
had sounded the martial notes that
Tad torn young from boys the arms
of weeping mothers. And the old
boys who listened, forgot their stiffen-
ed joints and age-dimmed eyes.
and were boys again, living over
again those days when they took
up the march from home and
mother, for the cuase of o free and
united country. And the spirit of the
OLD soldiers invaded the entire car.
The people applauded. they Joined in
the singing of patriotic airs, and
for an hour Q spirit of patriotism had
held every person in the car enwrapt.
Our civilization demands the music
Of the Gadskis, but our democracy
demands the patriotic strains of the
fife and drum produced in the spirit
of these two old veterans.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
COLUMBtNES S.

Some years ago we sOjourned for a
spell. in the city of St. Edward. Nep.
las. week we made a pilgrimage to
that city to see what had become of a
certain bunch OF hoodlums with whom
we used TO associate there. They are
still there. We were accompanied on
this journey by our old fiddle, which
cost So new. We were also accompa-
Lied by our old friend Prof. Sike who
was accompanied by his old fiddle.
Now this town of st. Edward has in
our absence undergone reform. In
fact. it has become a prohibition town
with the usual train Of attendant evils.
A man who can 20 into a dry town
and come ont sober is a pretty good
mar. However. if you want to ba
sure and keep sober on any such ex.
c~ursion. We would strongly edvise you
to go with our old friend Sike. Just
let Prof. go e Attle ahead and there
won't be anything for you to get in.
tONicated ~.
WHO cOmeth OF the chOo-choo
cars" Guoth my old town st. Ed.
1T is meself come back to see You
NICE again." I said.
What bring ye III that little box:'
quoth my OLD town ST. Ed
'Be.ob. that is my good old Stradi-
v~arins," I said.
For we've come to sound the tim
brel and to beat the tom tom like
I'VE used to beat her down in old
Missouri, County Pike.
Just watch the smoke that's made
BY us-me and my old friendSike-
And we'll 90 back to Colum.
bus in the morning."
''Ach. Louie. Say, where am Iat.:"
quoth I In old st. Ed.
The next A. NJ. when some brute
haulsd me from my virgin bed;
Just take me to a hardware store.
and take me quick" I said.
II want to buy o garden rake to comb
my blooming head"
AND nevermore in old st. Ed. will I
go down the pike:
Ia .other be q teamsrer in Chicago
on q strike.
but you should have set your optics
on us-me and nv friend S;ka-
As they hauled % to Colnmbrs
in themorning.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
ADVANCED POLITICS.

The democratic ring in New York
City and the republican ring In Phil
adelphia have for years been a dis
grace to the American republic. The
most shameless steals and high hand
cd boodling have been practicad In
these two harpies' nests, until New
York and Philadelphia have come to
be standards, representing ons hun
dred per cent. in the scale OF govern
mental corruption.
Philadelphia has just witnessed .
scene which il truly Russian. The
city council had the question OF gas
franchises under consideration. A
scheme Was under way to grant the
exclusive privilege to . certain cor
poeation for . term Of, seventy-ffve
veafS uDhooand citixene invaded
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
ONE Road BREAKS.

The Rock Island railroad has re-
Gently placed an order for 800 re-
frigeraror cars which will be owned
and operated by the road itself. This
is supposed to be q result of the pri-
vate car investigation which is being
made by the Interstate Commerce
commission.
The Rock Island under its new
management has always been aRgres-
sive and progressive. and it would
seem to have hit upon the psychol-
ogical moment to break away from
the private car octopus Just now
the octopus is under o cloud of con-
siderable density, and while railroad
ing is . business which generally
speaking is not run on sentiment, never
theless what eyer power is in public
sentiment will be on the side of the
Rock IslandS
1t will remain to be seer whether
the Rock Islani will now be put out
of business by the private car power.
The mysterious club with which the
monopoly is supposed to keep every
railroad under its dominion may turn
out to be smewhat imaginary.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
INSANE NEGRO DEfIEs OFFICERS
Kills One Man, Wounds Seven and 10
Himself Riddled With Bullets.

OwensbOro. KY. May 23.-BOb
Shaw. a negro. supposedly insane. has
killed Deputy Marshal William G.
Brown ard wounded even men in the
past t%wenty-fOur hours near Waitman.
Shaw had been terrOrizing tn. Dir
munity around Waitman and
peal 4 SAINT to this city
A posse was at once fOrmc,.
oOn as they approached t,
mans house he opened fire.
Watson was shot in the face All. ~
uty Marshal Jackson in the back. 9th.
ers wounded were DIR. G.. H. Lift on
the hand: a boy named Howard and .
boy named Pelly in the legs. A posse.
headed by Sheriff Kelly. went from
L.ewispOrt to Waitman and found
Shaw sitting ON his front porch. Shaw
quickly barricaded himself in his
house. The posse tried to storm the
house. but the negro opened fire.
wOunding James Ford and John Rob
inson. He apparently had only small
shot. which saved the lives If those
he aimed at. Shaw was shot ut twice.
He had two revOlvers. but announced
that he would save them for work at
close range.
A great crowd gathered around the
house. keeping at a safe distance.
Will c. Brown. a deputy Sheriff. vol
unteered to 60 to the house. and take
Shaw. When within fifteen feet of
Shaw. the crazy man fired. blowing
Browns head completely of.
A mob of men and boys finally SUI
rounded his house and set 1t on fire.
Shaw remained in the burning house
as long as he could stand the heat.
and finally leaped out and tried to es-
cape. Nearly 100 shots were fired
and Shaw's body was riddled with bull
let's
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
EMIT GIG.

Probably nobody is a friend of the
cigarette except the misguided indi.
vidual who and cries for it.
Everybody else would like to see it
banished from the earth. But we can
not always have what we would like,
especially when to get it we have to
infringe on the personal rights of other
people.
The state of Indiana in this TWEEN
tieth century has put itself in the alb
surd position of enactng As bald q piece
Of sumptuary legislation as ever exist
Cd in the good old Puritsnic days OF
The eighteenth century. Indiana. like
Nebnsk1. has made it Q misdemeanor
for any person to sell or give away
cigarettes or the materials for max.
ing item: and nobody denies that il
10 . good law and one that viii ave
Aasy young people from the deadly
hAbik. Bat I.dtana has gone another
- e6Ueds 4 epsnsGaabse QlBsae
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
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The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
THE DOG

Columbus has a dog ordinance. No.
tice that said ordinance will be en-
forced has been published SO widely
that scarcely a man. woman or child
in the city has failed to be duly mott
fed.
The old fashioned way of enforcing
this ordinance was to have o dog
catcher whose duty it was to assault
with intent to do great bodily harm.
every dog that SO far forgot his dogly
duties to the state, as TO run around
town without a tag on his collar. But
since our city council! failed to appoint
. dog catcher. leaving that unholy
Office to be Administered by our dig
nifed police officers. Mayor Dickin-
son has been compelled 10 take An
ether tack to enforce the ordinance
in question. For our police officers
to . man. stand on HenrJ Georges
platform and emPhatically proclaim
the Henry George doctrine I'VE are
for mem and not for dogs" So the
mayor has adjusted the work and has
instructed the police officers to 20 after
the men who keep the dogs without
paying the requisite tax and to bring
them into police court to pay the fine
imposed by law. Now if it doesn't
turn out to be beneath the dignity Of
the police or the city council. or the
city attorney or the mayor or any other
citizen Of Columbus to file the neces.
Nry complaint, there will be''howl-
ings'' in police court shortly that
would make the canine victims of
the dog catcher of previous years blush
with envy could they rise out Of their
graves to witness the doinGs under
the new regime.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
GENOA.
From the

From the lAa0er.I
Joe Coleman, the laundryman. met
with a painful accident this morning
by having his little finger caught in
the washing machine which mareled
it so badly that he vas compelled to
have it amputated.
News was received in this city the
last of the week announcing the death
of Mrs. B. A. Mooney at Shawnee. Ok
lakoma. hut we have been unable to
learn the cause of her death at this
writing.
George Rose reports to the Leader
that he was out walking with a young
lady the other evening and as they
were passing Maney's restaurant the
young lady asked him the following
question do you know that the sea-
son has arrived when the appetite for
the bubbling and inviting efferves-
ceuce handed out by the man BY be-
hind the soda fountain is at the zenith
of lite capacity:". George immediate.
~ effervesced.
The members of the graduating
class gave an ice q and straw.
berry social at the Sutton building
en- Friday evening last which vas at
tended by q large crowd. .St>rmre's
juvenile orchestra furnished music for
the occasion and their selections were
heartily applauded by the audience.
The affair was one of the p~leasantest
entertainments of the season and the
class deserve CONGRATULATIONS. The
receipts were about s35.
The school board met the last of
the week for the purpose Of selecting
teachers for the coming year and sue.
ceeded in electing the Misses Maggie
McFayden, Eva Robertson. Eliza
Kennedy. Lena johnson, Grace DOYLE
and Miss Condard but were dead lock.
ed on principal and assistant and after
balloting until 2 O'Clock q. m. they
adjourned. The rot on principal stood
three for the reelection of Steinbach
and three for q Lincoln candidate.
From the present outlook manv of
the farmers of Prairie Greek and Loop
townsh ip will be unable to put in any
crops this year on account of surplus
water. The sunny land in that town.
ship is underlaid with . layer of clay
and thousand of acres are under water
from one inch to three feet deep. Az
the clay prevents the water from going
down it will remain on the land IN.
til evaporated BY the sur and wind
which will take weeks of dry weather.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
Storm Does DAMAGE IN Texas.

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Dallas. Tex. May 23.-Several lives
wer lost and serious damage was
done to crops In many sections of Tex.
a by the terrific wind and rain storm
that prevailed in many sections.
Streams are out of banks and bridges
have been washed away. In the
northwest past Of Haskell county,
fourteen houses were destroyed. the
two children Of Will TOwnds, near
Marcy. killed and Mrs. TOwnds
was found unconscious and will die.
Mr.. TOwnds escaped with slight
bruises. At Malone. the Christian and
Baptist churches and several build
ings were wrecked. At Temple. Bertha
Henley was killed by lightning. Con.
siderable damage was done at Waco.
several houses being unroofed.
AIgees Are Both Arrssted.
Omaha, May 23.-MOrris g. Alg0e
0nd his wife were both arrested and
placed in a cell at the city Jail. The
charge was blackmailing Edward
ROsewater out of $3.50. The woman
was no arrested on the other charge.
that Of attempted blackmailing OF 81
$50, on which Algoe was bound over
20 the district court.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
TEACHERS AND PREACHERS


u suppose. Mr.. Greenwood. that
the teachers who remain in town are
doing a great deal uf hard work Mt the
public library remarked some one
this morning to Superintendent ]. NJ.
Greenwood
Mr.. Greenwood. at his desk, laid
do WI his pen and leaned back in his
chair.
Teachers" ne said, ''don't read.
Teachers seldom look at anything ex-
cept textbooks. Teachers don't know
very much. Teachers don't want to
know anything except tho particular
thing they happen to be teaching. The
narrowing effect Of school teaching
is something terrible p behold. No,
SIT, teachers who are in town are
not doing hard work nj all on their
books. They seldom go near the il.
brary.
'Of coarse there are lots of ambi-
tiOus ones Teachers as q class are
very ambitious. But their ambitions
are limited TO the one or two things
they teach. The mind IF the teacher
does not grow normally. One part of
it grows abnormal!y keen while the
other part dwindles to nothing. Take
the wOman who teaches English
grammr or rhetoric, for instance. She
gets to know all the rules SO we'll she
can see a rhetorical or grammatical
mistake rs soon rs the page Ia laid
before her eyes. But that is all she
a see. She loses ner ideas and ap-
probation. When sre reads at all she
is absorbed with nothing but doubtful
construction.
1.-The ordinary teacher acquires q
pedantic idea of his own importance
by reaso of constantly dealing with
children. Being constantly superior
to those with whom you associate has
q bad effect ON anv one. 1t has a bad
effect on the teacher. The teacher
might learn of other persons who are
brighter than himself if no would
read, but hc doesn't think it necessary
to read.
II think a minister is a good deal
like the school teacher. You will
find the ministers who read are very
few indeed. 1t would be a good
scheme if the minister could persuade
himself into disturbing his own in.
fallibility. But he can not. He doesn't
read. 1t would be a good thing if he
were not SO cocksure of himself. But
like the school teachers. his lack OF
knowledge of hu Imam affairs betrays
him.
Teachers and preachers must work
along other lines than teaching and
preaching. or they will become lost
irredeerlsbly. A big question now is
How can We save The school teacher"
The answer is, He must save him.
self. He must work along other lines
than school teaching He must real
books and meet men and know what
it is TO be in business.
TOO many of them are children.
1 know them!e Haven't l been q teacher
myself for years and years."
Mrs. Whitney. asked some one of
the public librarian, do teachers. draw
many books out OF the library"
Very few. very. very few" she
replied. kansas City Star.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
Terrific Race With Death.

death was fast approaching.
writes Ralph Fernandez. of Tampa.
FL, describing his fearful ace with
death. las o result of liver trouble
and the disease. which had robbed me
of sleep and of all interest in life. l
had tried many different doctors and
several incidence. but got no benefit
until I began to use Electric Bitters.
So wonderful was their effect. that in
three days I felt like a new man. and
today I am cured of all my troubles.
Guaranteed Mt Chas. Dack's drug store
price 80 cents.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

When the body II cleared for action.
By Dr.. Kings New Life Pills. you
oan tell By the bloom Of health on the
cheeks: the bsightness Of tho eyes the
armneas of the fleoh and muscle0: the
bsoyasoy Of tho mind. Try them. At
Ohaa. Dock's drug store IS cents.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

Another illustration OF the way the
Japs figure things ont according to
first principles and then get busy
The American consul general at Yoko'
hama sends to Washington the follow
ing extract from the Japan Gazette
''Since the opening of hostilities gold
mining in japan has been encouraged
by the government to aid the specie
reserve fund. The total for the past
year will exceed twelve million yen
(S5, 9.G, OOO). against six million ven
(sa ass. OOO) in ordinary years"
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

What il ell our school boards n
CITY councils and other public officers
who serve over time and whose sal
aries are fixed by law, should disre-
gard the law and like some Of our
supervisors present bills for lover
time"
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

Mankato. Ninn- May 23.-Dr.
George r. Koch, twice tried for the
murder of DR.. Louis A. Gebhardt of
New Ulm. has been released on $40.
900 bail. The date Of TIE third trial
Was Azed for July &
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
IIFfANY's ROBBED OF $50, 600
Three Diamonds Stolen From Shop
in Mysterious Way.

New York. 23.-The detective forces
of two continents are working to re-
cover three diamonds cut from the
world famous Excelsior stone, and
valued in the aggregate at $40. 900.
which stolen from the shop Of
Tiffany & Co. May 4. The news Of
the great robbery has just become
public.
In all ten diamonds were cut from
the Excelsior last fan shortly after
its purchase by Tiffany from an Eng
lish syndicate. The stone was found
at Jagersfontein, South Africa, in
1893. and in the rough weighed 81
carats. 1t was the largest diamond
that ever has been cut up and the to-
tai value of the ten stones taken from
It was $500. 600. Five of thu diamonds
were sold by Tiffany well known
New York people last Christmas. OF
the remaining five the company now
has only two.
The robbery was committed in the
workshop. on the fifth floor of the Til.
fany building. in Union square.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

The music loving people of Colum.
bus will appreciate the appearance of
the Trou badoars at the North opera
house Friday May &c. They come nm.
der the auspices of the Maccabees and
will be well worth hearing
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

IL Columbus expects to celebrate
the 18th it is time the people were
getting q move on themselves.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

The lat est from an official source is tina,
they will put it back when the
leaves begin to fall.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
MrS. I1vermore's Cono'J,0n.

Melrose. Mass, May 23.-It was an.
nounced that the crisis In the illness
OF Mrs. Mary A. Livermore had been
passed and that she was slightly bet.
ter. It was also stated that II her
condition remained the same during
the next thirty-six hours there was .
possibility of her recovery.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24

A ~gentlemanly appearing bird dog
brought itself to the little halt Mt the
tho foot of the Journal stairs this
morning where it set mp q most pitt
full howl. Wondering why such a
good looking dog should he harbOring
such wOful feelings and especially
why it should come to the Journal
Office with its tale of woe we
made an investigation. Going to the
composing room we found Officer
Setback who had brought a dog death
sentence for publication and inspect
ing the dog we found it wore nc tax
tag.
The interest of the railroads and of
the public is necessarily identical in
the long run. There should be no an
t~agonism between the two. But the
railroads are certainly acting in a
manner tending to antagonjze the
public by resisting payment of taxes
in the federal courts. Our state courts
give them the same remedy they give
other citizens. Under state law both
private citizens and a railroad com
pany may protest against excessive
taxation. but the tax must he paid
first. and the merits of the protest de-
tremined later. The railrcds. not
satisfied with the same rights
that are assured to private citizens
by state law. took advantage of their
constitutional privilege as residents of
another state doing business in this
state. to 20 into federal court and
Withhold their taxes from the treasury.
BY taking this course the railroads
will find that they have made a diplo-
matte h1nndor
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
New Route to Southwest.

Chicago, May ga new route to
the southwest Independent Of the
st. Louis gateway is to be given the
Chicago shippers In the near future.
This is to be accomplished by Cross
ing the Mississippi river at Thebes.
$50 miles south OF st. Louis. To make
the new route possible 1t was neces-
sary to construct q bridge across the
river at the point named. This struc-
ture has Just been completed and will
be opened for tra6ic with elaborate
ceremonies on Thursday Of this week.
The new line will be used by the I'LL
nois Central principally for freight.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
kN MOVE % END STRIKE
EMPLOYERS AND TRANSFERS
HOLD LONG CONFERENCE.


Believed Finish Of Struggle Will Come
Within Forty-eisht hour-Express
Companies Waive Blacklist Propo-
tion-lumber Drivers Out.
Chicago. May 23.-After q confer
ence lasting for three hours. repre-
sentatives of the transfers union and
the employers declared this morning
that the prospects for the settlement
Of the strike are excellent and that
the end Of the trouble may be looked
fer at any time within the next forty
eight hours.
The stumbling block in the negotia-
lions is the declaration by the express
companies that none of their striking
drivers viii! ts takep beck pn Ter any
circumstances. All other terms sub
mitted by the employers to the strik-
ers have been accepted. The .
ayers of the express companies de-
clared that while they would re-em-
plOy none Of their drivers. they had
no intention of keeping a blacklist"
and there would be no objection to any
driver who secured a position with
some express company other than tho
n by which he was employed at the
time he struck. He would be given y
position. it was asserted. II q vacancy
existed at the time Of his application.
This phase of the strike was the only
matter discussed at the conference
last night. and In the opinion of all
present it opened q way for q settle
ment.
Despite this move for peace the
lumbermen's association is preparing
for ar extension of the strike. At q
meeting of this organization it YVES
decided that the sixty-five hr"s COM
posing the association would compel
their drivers to make deliveries to
strike-bOund houses. Twelve of these
Arms enforced the order and between
200 and 500 of the drivers quit work.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-04-29
Youngsters Entertained.

Rex and Neva Murray enter
tanned twenty of their young friends
Tuesday evening, in honor OF Mas
tiers Teddy Richardson and Howard
Lindley, who were to leave for new
homes in other towns. The young
people present were Edward Rich
ardson, Howard Lindley, Helen
Quarels, Ruth Quarels, Aliph
Keeney, Clinton Keeney, Grace
Baker, Henry Baker, Neil Allen,
Eric Egge, Laila Egge, Ethel
Welty, Walter Moyce, Melissa
Green, Sheldon Glover and Phebe
Russell.