The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-01-03
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They do say that not In many years
have so many legislators come back to
Washington unaccompanied by their
families. An unprecedented number
of Senator's and Representatives will
live bachelor lives all this winter.
where are you going to liver Is con-
sequently a more significant question
than In other years." How are you
going to live?" is new one to many.
Men of family, who have not been con-
cerned ordinarily about the household
ing problem because their wives looked
after those matters, are giving earnest
consideration to the question of how to
live alone. Hotel and boarding house
rates and accommodations are inquired
about with deep interest. Down at the
bottom Of these troubles Is the fact that
free transportation is no more. The
members, indeed, get liberal allowances
of mileage for their travels, but there
Is no arrangement for transporting
their families at public expense. They
must have passes or pay. One Con-
gresham with a family Of himself,
wife, three "full-fare" and two half
fare" children and about 1900 miles
to travel, figured that for transporta-
tion, sleeping cars, etc, 1t would cost
him $40O to bring his family to Wash
ington and take it home again in
March, saying nothing of extra expense
M fvt hon nINaln ~
he said, sadly.
Persons familiar with real Indian up
risings have been amused at the
amount Of attention attracted to the
recent attempted migration Of three
hundred Utes from their reservation
in Utah to more fertile land in Wyo-
ming. The Indians had no warlike
purpose. They were simply seeking
a place of residence where 1t will be
possible to get food. 1t Is fifteen years
since there has been anything which
can properly be called an uprising, and
that eliminated in the fight at Wound
ed Knee, s. d., in 1890. The campaign
of General Miles for the capture Of
Geronimo In 1886 was really the last
serious conflict between the whites and
the red men. To go farther back,
troops were called out at the time of
the massacre of the Meeker family by
the White River Utes in 1879, and the
Sioux and Cheyennes were 50 trouble
some In 1876 that they had to be at
tackled in the campaign which resulted
in the Custer massacre. These were
grave disturbances; but so many Of
the Indians now speak English, wear
civilized clothing and cultivate the
land, that the red man who has any
disposition to take to the war-path has
practically disappeared.
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Long bridge, crossing the Potomac
to Virginia, over which great armies
marched during the Civil War, will
soon live in memory only. Orders
have been issued for it's destruction.
Work has been commenced to remove
it. All veterans of the Civil War who
campaigned in the East remember the
structure, and it has been one Of the
principal objects Of interest upon their
visits to the national capital. The
bridge was a mile long, and was sew
eral times badly damaged by freshets.
For years 1t has been an obstruction to
navigation, and in its weakened condi-
ton was q menace to life. The rail-
roads using the bridge by act Of Con-
gress were compelled to construct
modern bridge, and the government
has, near the site Of the old structure,
and not far from the new railroad
bridge, built a highway bridge. Long
bridge was the theater Of historic cpl
sodes early In the last century, but is
most widely known to recent genera
tions as the pathway Of the routed
Union forces fleeing into the national
capital from Virginia after the first
battle Of Bull Run
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The Nobel peace prize Of $4,000 for
this year has been awarded to Presi-
dent Roosevelt by the Norwegian stOr-
thing, on account Of the part taken
by him in bringing about the end of
the war between Russia and Japan.
The presentation of the prize was
made to Minister Pierce at Christiania,
the usual requirement that the ccipi-
ent Of the prize 20 personally to the
Norway capital being waived. In ac-
acknowledgement, President Roosevelt
sent message to the storthing saying
how profoundly touched he was by the
honor conferred, and saying that what
he had accomplished was due to the