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Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

Lord Radstock has been for more
than 90 years an enthusiastic lay
preacher, and has, in the course OF
his evangelistic tours. been in every
quarter Of the globe.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

The silk association Of America esti.
mates the worlds production of raw
silk in 19O5'O6 at 4O,O75,5 0 pounds, 40
against 41,99S,S21 pounds In 19O4'05.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
Edward wilder Dead,

Topeka, Kas., Dec. 22.-Edward Wild.
or. treasurer Of the Santa Fe Railroad
Co., died here.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

The average weight per bushel Is
shown by the bureau to be 56.3 pounds
for spring wheat, 5S.3 pounds for WIN
ter wheat and 1927 pounds for oats.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08

increase. Of something over half a mil.
lion members, the present church
membership Of the country being 20
1881. Eight denominations show
more than . million members each
the Protestant Episcopal church com.
ing ninth, with 70S,642. The eight
ranking churches are:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08

dent Arthur was accused of violatins
this unwritten law in october, 1882
upon pleasure trip Of Alexander
Bay Thousand Islands. His political
enemies accused him then Of ventur
ing across the Canadian line on q
fishing excursion. The boundary be
tween Canada and New York extends
to the middle Of the st. Lawrence
river.
President Cleveland was similarly
accused. On one Of his hunting trips
to North Carolina he sailed by the
Ocean route past Cape Hatteras. His
enemies contended that he ventured
outside Of the three-mile limit. Ac-
cording to International law, q
country's possessions extend for three
miles outside its coast line. Plying
the seas further than this is leaving
home territory.
The president must not accept gifts
Of great value from interiors in the
federal service, but he may accept
gifts from foreigners. Grant, McKin.
ley and Mr.. Roosevelt have received
gifts from foreign rulers. Several
gifts have been sent to Mr.. Roosevelt
from the west.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
ltems Of Interest,

The box or cabinet in which a tele
phone is placed is called in England 9
"telephonium' or "phonium."
Persons are killed at the rate of one
for every day in the year in New
York city streets by vehicles.
German locomotive engineers re
ceive a gold medal and $500 for every
10 years of service without accident.
A morality play. founded on Bun
vans "Pilgrim's Progress" has been
successfully produced at Birmingham
There are sumptuary laws even In
the Cook islands, where it is punish
able to eat more than 1000 cocoanuts
in celebration of a death.
London has the largest proportion
of insane of any English city, the
number being 361 to every 100000
Nottingham is a close second, with
342 to the 100000.
The Ofoten railway, the most north
ern railroad in the world, is now carry
ing immense quantities of iron ore
from the great Norwegian mining dis
tricts Of the coast.
The interior Of gold bearing rock
was inspected in an Oregon town by
means of the Roentgen rays, and
veins of gold were as plainly visible
as if they had been on the surface.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08

Especial interest 0nOuld attach itself
% the Lewis and Clarke Centennial
exposition to be held at Portland, Ore.
son, which opens its gates June list
and closes October 18th, 1905. 1t should
he of especial interest to the people
OF the northwest, for It will bring in.
70 the country tributary to the trans
continental railways traversing the
northwestern country, . class of people
who hitherto have never seen its ag.
ricultural and business opportunities
or Witnessed its grand scenic marvels.
The exposition In itself is reflex Of
he actual physical and material con.
dition of the Oregon country, which
Is composed of Oregon. Washington,
Idaho and parts of Montana and Wy.
oming. From an educational stand.
point, there is no question but what
it will have a wonderful value. repre-.
senting every interest In the north.
west from the Great Lakes to the Pa
clflc. When one considers that ev.
cry bit of travel will necessarily have
to be over the tTans-continental lines,
radiating from st. Paul and Minneap-
oils and through the central American
states, it can be readily appreciated
that it is Of especial value for all Of
the people residing along the line Of
the northwestern trans-continental
railways to assist in the advertising
OF this first Western Worlds Fair, for
1t must be appreciated that it is the
first exposition held west of the Rocky
Mountains under the auspices Of the
United States government. Then,
again, we must not lose sight Of the
fact that through this vast northwest
a hardy band of pioneers, led by the
Uncomfortable explorers, Lewis and
Clarke, erected pathway which open
ed to the world a new and vast en-
pre-, which has since become peopled
with thrifty and energetic class Of
people who have assisted in making
the United States nation among M.
tons, and yet affords unlimited oppor
tunity for the homemaker, the invest
or and the capitalist.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
UNWRlTTEN LAW RIGID.
President Restricted From Leaving
the Country Even for Day.

PRESIDENT Restricted From Leaving
the Country Even for Day.
(Kansas City Starr
The president must not leave the
the United States even for day.
This is an old, unwritten law which
has been respected by all successors
OF George Washington, with perhaps
one or two exceptions. This restric.
lion is not imposed by statute. Pres
ldent Mckinley emphasized his re-
Spect for this rule on his tour to the
south and west. It was unofficially
announced that he would meet Pres
ldent Diaz of Mexico somewhere near
the boundary of that sister republic.
A controversy as to whether Mr.. Nc.
kinley might properly cross the Mex
lean line, even for few hours, arose.
Early in May, when he visited Ell
Paso, Tex, where he was greeted by
PRESIDENT Diaz's personal representa-
lives. he expressed desire to take
look into Mexico.
From Ell Pas0 there extends into
Mexico the International Bridge, span
ming the Rio Grande. Whether the
president would dare to cross this
structure or not was the question
which members of his party asked one
another. He did not. He went to the
bridge and caught view of the Sierra
Madre. Halfway across the bridge
was line. Stepping over this was
putting foot upon Mexican territory.
President Harrison had ventured as
far as this line 10 years before. But
President Mckinley did not SO much
as place his foot on the bridge. Presi-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
TRAIN HELD UP.
Three Bandits stop Passenger Train
on the Frisco Line,

Three Bandits stop Passenger Train
on the Frisco Line.
Memphis, Tenn. March IAN east.
bound passenger train on the st. Louis
& San Francisco railroad, known as
Inc Arkansas Traveller" was stop.
ped by three bandits eight miles south
Of Mammoth Springs, Ark. today and
The express car robbed. The safe was
blown open and all OF its contents
were secured.
The train was signalled shortly af-
ter leaving Mammoth Springs by three
men, heavily armed. They entered
The car Of the Southern Express COM
pany and covered Messenger Harry
White with revolvers. After rifling
the safe, the robbers made a dash for
the woods and escaped. The train,
which was due in Memphis at noon,
arrived an hour late and a report Of
the hold-up was Immediately made to
the railroad and express officials. The
officials of the Southern Express COM
pany in this city state they do not
know the amount of money secured
Dy the robbers.
Messenger White went to the COM
pany's offices but has not yet made
a statement.
The amount of money usually car
lied on this train is not large.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
In the World Of Labor.

1t is computed that in Newcastle,
England, where twist is the chief
working class smoke, 500 people are
suffering from tobacco blindness.
In 1904 the free delivery mail car
rier system of the United States em
ployed 20,761 persons in towns and
cities and 24,566 on rural routes.
Throughout the United Kingdom
there are nearly 10000 blind people
of whom fewer than 5000 earn their
own living. About 10000 are paupers.
In London, England, during the
past year 1000 persons have been en-
pl0yed by the Salvation army in its
factories and work has been provided
for $4,000 more.
Samuel Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor strongly urges
the employment of workingmen from
Porto Pico in the construction of the
Panama canal.
First class masters in the steel
trust fleet, who have signed for 1905
will receive 1880 per annum as sal
airy. Most of the old mates will be
reengaged.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
A Western Enterprise

One thing more than anything else
hat impresses the spirit of western
energy and push is the construction
Of the Lewis and Clarke Centennial
exposition to be held at Portland, Or
egon, beginning June LIST and continu
ing until Octobe' is, 1905. With more
than three months intervening before
the opening of the exposition, all OF
the main buildings are practically
ready for the installation of exhibits,
typifying the manner in which west.
ern people carry out any proposition
pl RESENTED to them. We doubt lift here
has been an exposition in the United
States that can show a record such as
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
SENATOR WoLcoTT DEAD.
Colorado's Peerless Orator Passe
Away in Southern France,

COIoraoo'S Peerless Orator Passes
Away in Southern France.
Denver, March IA message an.
nouncing the death of former United
States Senator Edward o. Wolcott,
who has been sojourning in France,
was received tonight at the Brown
Palace hotel.
The cablegram came from Monte
Carlo. France. where the senator had
gone in the hope of obtaining relief
Fl ON influenza in the milder climate
Of southern France. While the cable.
6Iam did not give the real cause OF
his death, it is known that he had
suffered from stomach trouble for q
number of years.
The news of Senator Wolcott'a
death came as shock to the residents
Of this city, where his long public ser.
vice had made his name a household
word. Politicians now gathered in
the city. attracted by the gubernatOr'
iai contest. forgot the contest for a
time, and the one topic of discussion
was the senator's death and the pos
sible result it would have on the 20
iitical situation in Colorado, where
ne had been leader for mare than
two score years.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
News Of the Churches.

General Booth has been holding
Salvation Army meetings in Germany
with total attendance of 10000 per
sons. At the last one. in Frankfurt
the largest and most fashionable
building was crowded with leading cit
aires, professors, students. employers
and working men sitting side by side
The statistics of the churches in
the United States for 1904 show a net
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08

Roman CathoIic ...... lU,104,219
Methodist Episcopal =. 2,S74.932
Regular Baptist, colored, 1.s29.139
Regular Baptist, South, l,s5O,SS9
Methodist Epi'al, South. 1.55S,72S
Disciples Of Christ -. 1,233,S66
Regular Baptist. North, 1,O7O,206
Presbyterian, Northern, 1,069,17O
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08

Whether right or wrong or other
wise foolish. am a firm advocate Of
the right Of the people to elect their
own officers, and see no occasion
whatever for the appointment whether
made by the governor or some one
else, extending beyond the first gen.
eraI election when his successor in
Office could elected"
BY q vote of % to 40 the house
failed to pass the bill over the cover.
nor's veto.
Claims Of the Dairymen.
Governor Toole, in vetoing the
dairymen's claims, said:
1T Is general knowledge in this
state that, the provisions of the boun.
ty law, providing bounties for the
killing Of stock-destroylng animals
largely in excess Of those allowed by
adjoining states, has resulted in the
state Of Montana paying. from year
to year, many bounties upon animals
killed in such adjoining states, and
which never ought to have been paid
by the state of Montana.
"Our bounty law was a sort Of prem.
ium for that kind of imposition. II
the legislature Of this state shall give
its sanction to the payment for the
killing Of animals affected with tuber-
culosis in Montana, at the rate Of $45,
$50 and $50 a head, it seems alto
gether reasonable that all such ami.
mails will be brought into the state
Of Montana and the veterinary sur.
geon will be at once asked by the
owners thereof to slaughter them. It
would tend to encourage the intro
duction Of disease into the state, when
the real object of the law ought to
be to destroy It; to say nothing about
the effect it would have in speedily
depicting the state treasury"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
A Destructive Fire,

To draw the fire out of burn, or
heal a cut without leaving scar, use
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A spe-
cific for piles. Get the genuine. j.
L. Tucker, editor of the Harmonizer,
Centre, Ala, writes: II have used
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve in my
family for Piles, cuts and burns. It
is the best salve on the market.
Evely family should keep it on hand
Sold by L. G. Wilson, Lewistown &
Kendall. De.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08

The Lewis and Clarke exposition has
made. The visitor to the exposition
can be assured that when it opens ON
June LIST. he wi! find it completed in
every detail and it should be source
VI great qualification to every resident
of the northwest that such is the case.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
Pleasant and Harmless

Don't drug the stomach to cure a
cough. One Minute cough Cure cuts
the mucous, draws the inflammation out
Of the throat, lungs and bronchial
tubes, heals, soothes and cures. A
quick cure for Group and Whooping
Cough. One Minute Cough Cure re-
lieves cough in one minute because
it acts first on the mucous membrane
right where the cough troubles-in
the throat or deep-seated on the
lungs. Sold by L. c. Wilson, Lewis
town & Kendall. De.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-08
BY the Tonic Route.

The pills that act as a tonic, and not
as drastic purge, are DeWitt's Lit
tie Early Risers. They cure Head
ache, Constipation, Biliousness, ETC.
Early Risers are small, easy to take
and easy to act-a safe pill. Mack
Hamilton, hotel clerk at Valley City,
N. D., says: 1.-TWO bottles cured me OF
chronic constipation" Sold by L. G.
Wilson, Lewistown & Kendall. De.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16

can remove his supplies and continue
to subsist his troops. he can continue
fighting and falling back indefinitely,
Kuropatkin's inability to whip Oya-
ma must be owing to one of three
things, or all of them; namely, his
own inferior ability in offensive war
fare; smaller numbers than the enc
my, or the decisively superior fight
ing qualities of the japanese over the
Russians.
But he is certainly master of re-
treat and if he can repeat his extra
ordinary performance of the Lao
Yang and now of Mukden, to say
nothing of the previous retreats, the
japanese will have to fight at least
three more such terrific battles before
the Russians have to retreat finally
to Siberia, leaving their entire Pacific
territory, including vladivostok, to
the victors.
If Russia asks for peace at this
time, and trusts to diplomacy to re-
cover something, it would be a blow
to the empires prestige from which
it could never recover except by bid
ing time and, when ready, attacking
Japan as Prussia humbled the French
nation to wipe out the disgrace in
flicted by Napoleon. Only internal
revolt would bring the czar to sue for
peace, and it must be remembered
that it's the Russian people-their
soldiers-who are being whipped, and
naturally, the national spirit i'll brooks
the drubbing and thirsts for Jap
anese reverse.
This bitterness may result in Ku-
ropatkin being superseded, or recall
ed, and an attempt being made al
the offensive by a general who
hasn't his ability to retreat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16
FOR INDEPENDENCE

The people are not only going to
hit the extravaganza of the legisla
ture a body-blow of some kind, but
the next legislature will not be so
Internally lop-slded and crooked one
way. so far as party is concerned.
The last legislature had only five
democrats in the senate and only ten
democrats in the house, and no par
ticular leadership or organization for
any good purpose among the repub-
licans.
It would be a mighty good thing
for The people of Oregon if the next
legislature was little more equally
divided. 1t would be good thing
for the state, so far as the national
government goes, if it were close, or
even among the doubtful states
This statement may not suit the
machine. 1t may not be what is
called hard-and-fast, thick-and-thin
republicanism, but it is the truth and
common sense, and that is what the
people want more than partisanship.
If the legislature were closer the
itSull NpllN bt bOtll PAL NiOS Nphlb
watch one another and try to surpass
each other in being careful and eco
nomical with the peoples money.
If Marion county had one demo-
cratic senator and one or two demo-
Gratis in the lower house, the result
would be rivalry to show which made
the better record, and the people will
! get the benefit.
The moment the Marion county
government is solidly republican tax
es begin to go up, and expenses in
crease. Salaries are raised and bills
are put through to restore the fee
system.
This is a republican paper and III
editors are republicans, but they car
see the necessity of a closer division
among the people on party lines, Th'
people themselves will see it at thu
next election.-Salem Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16
WANTED-A FIGHTING RUSSIAN.

History does not yecord any mas
terly retreating equal to General Ku-
ropatkin's. If he possessed a genius
of offensive operations equal to his
mastery in extricating his huge beaten
army, he would be one of the greatest
generals that ever lived. And it looks
as if the very hugeress of the opera
tions is the factor that prevents the
victor from routing and capturing the
defeated army.
Kuropatkin's announcement of es-
cape from Oyama's grand enveloping
movement around Mukden confirms
the theory that operations over SO
vast a battlefield cannot result in
hemming in an army of 100000 good
troops held well in hand by wise
commander in chief except he were
driven to the sea. So long as he has
a railway behind him, over which hi
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16
RoosEvELTs CLASSICS.

That President Roosevelts inaug
ural address, in its loftier passages, |
was consciously or unconsciously
largely inspired by Thucydides' YER
sion of Pericles' speeches is urged by
the Rev I. I. Walker, head master of
st. Paurs school, London, one of the
most famous English public schools.
To the Denver Post correspondent he
said:
The extraordinary resemblance in
spirit between Mr. Roosevelt's inaug-
ural grafton and Pericles' speeches in
the second book Of Thucydides struck
me at once. doubt if there is a SEN
tence in it which cannot be parallel
ed in the Greek in meaning and form.
q asked our senior class Where
does this English come from?' and
the general answer of the boys was:
From Jewetts translation of Thucy-
dides
The explanation probably is that
Mr. Roosevelt is saturated with the
works of the ancients, to which a
great ruler naturally turns for the
loftiest principles of government.
Take, for instance, Roosevelts
passage beginning Under such con-
ditions it would be our own fault
and ending: Things of the body and
things of the soul and compare it
with the funeral Grafton in chapter
40 OF Thucydides, beginning with the
passage: For We are lovers of the
beautiful
Il could point out many other
striking resemblances, but compare
the closing paragraphs of Mr.. Roose-
velts address with the following from
Pericles: I shall therefore begin
first with our forefathers, since both
justice and decency require we should
on this occasion bestow upon them
an honorable remembrance in this
our country. Ihey kept themselves
firmly settled through their valor,
handed it down free to every sue
ceeding generation.
Worthy indeed are they, yet more
worthy are our immediate fathers.
Since enlarging their own Inherit
ance into the extensive empire we
now possess they hequeathed that
their work of toll, TO us their sons
Yet even these successes we ourselves
here present, we who are yet in the
strength and vigor of our days have
nobly improved, have made such pro
visions for this, our Athens, that now
it is all sufficient in itself to answer
every exigency of war and peace.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16

that there are 10000 microbes inhab-
iting every half inch of the hand, and
if they are disturbed by a hand-shake
they will arouse themselves, break up
camp, and go over and settle on the
other hand, so that in every hand
shake there is a mutual exchange of
microbes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16

A Belgian savant has discovered
that there is danger in shaking hands.
He has recently published a treatise
in which he says that the mutual
pressure of the hand in friendly sal
utation means nothing more than an
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16

Using Bob" Evans almost bias
phemous expression at the battle Of
Santiago, it is doubtful whether the
Russian or Japanese language pre-
dominated in hades the morning after
the battle of Mukden, according to
the reports of the losses on both
sides in that sanguinary engagement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16

The superstitious people of Wales
are greatly excited over a strange halo
light that hovers over the head of a
woman preacher of that country. If
they would have her hair oil analyz-
ed they might find that she dopes it
with phosphorus.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16

Only three United States senator's
wore white vests at the Inauguration
ceremonies. 1t is presumed that the
others recognized the general idea
that white is the emblem of purity
and felt that they were not entitled
to wear it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16

President Roosevelt refused to sign
the bill directed against the smoke
nuisance at Washington. He evident
ly wants the whole world to see and
watch our smoke during the coming
four years..
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16

, oh, better far. to climb the
} toilsome height
} Than linger in the valleys
} flowered way;
, Far better in a losing cause to
, fight
, Than feel ones sinews vast
, ing day by day
, To taste the hemlock bitter,
, face the night
, Than die the daily death of
. apathy.
. Helen A. Saxon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-16
MADAME PALMA
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