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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
A PEACE PICNIC.

countries. where It might be seen by
all comers and goers, and prevent, II
possible. any recurrence OF animosity
and strife between the two republics.
The suggestion of Bishop Bena.
vente as to the erection of a statue OF
Christ on the boundary at Puente del
Inca was quickly carried into execu.
tion. As early as 1901, on the in
itiatiye of Sonora de Costa, president
of the Christian Mothers association
of Buenos Ayres, one of the largest
womens organizations in the world.
the women of Buenos Ayres, who had
already manifested the deepest inter
est in the new movement, undertook
the task of securing funds and having
statue erected
II was not until February, 1904, that
the final steps were taken for its erec-
ton. II was carried by rail in huge
crates from Buenos Ayres to Mendoza,
then on gun carriages up the noun
tains the soldiers and sailors them.
selves taking the ropes in critical
places whore there was danger of the
mules stumbling. hundreds Of per.
sons had como mp tha night before
and encamped on the ground TO be
present at the corcmory. Tho Argen.
tines ranged themselves on ,hc soil of
Chill and the Chilians on the Argen-
tine side. There was music and the
boo~ning of guns, whose echoes re-
sounded through the mountains. The
moment OF the unyeling, after the
parts had been placed In position,
was one OF solemn silence The statue
was then dedicated to the whole world
as a practical lesson Of peace
The ceremonies OF the day, March
IS, 1904, were closed as tho sun went
down. with prayer that love and
kindness might penetrate the hearts
of men everywhere.
The base of the statue Is N gran.
ite. On this is n granite sphere,
weighing some IA tons. on which the
outlines OF the world are skctched.
resting upon the granite column %
feet high. The figure OF Christ above.
in bronze, is 2G feet in height The
cross supported in his left hand is five
feet higher. The right hand is
stretched out In blessing, On the
granite base are two broa.o tablets,
one of them given by tho Working.
mems union, of Buenos Ayrcs, the
other by the working women One OF
them gives the record of the creation
and erection OF the statue; on the
other are inscribed the words
Sooner shall these mountains
crumble into dust than Argeatlnes
and Chilians break the peace to
which they rave pledged themselves
at t.,e feet Of Christ, the Redoomer"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
MISS EDDY OF CHICAGO TO WE'D
ALBERT J. BEVERlDeE.
Girl Comes from Prominent Family
and Has Been Presented at Sew
eral European courts-5ride-
groom a National Figure.


Chicago Miss Katherine Eddy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus n.
Eddy Of this city has been wooed and
won by United States Senator Bev-
eridge of Indiana. Senator Beveridgo
recently sailed for Europe. Miss
Eddy Is in Germany visiting her
brother Spencer Eddy, who is secre.
tary Of the United States legation in
Berlin.
The date of the wedding, according
% friends here, has not been definite
y fixed, but will occur before con.
gress reassembles in December.
The announcement of the engage
nent OF Miss Eddy to Senator Bever.
dge created no surprise in Washing.
:on. Miss Eddy spent the last two
seasons in that city, and her parents
lived in fashionable apartment
nouse at Sixteenth and NJ streets
northwest. The family closed the
apartment early in the spring. and
Miss Eddy went to Europe to arrange
her trousseau.
Miss Eddy is a niece of Mrs. Mar
chall Field. Both her father and
mother belong to the families long
prominent in Chicago. Her mother
was Miss Abbie l.. Spencer. daughter
of the founder OF the firm OF Hlbbard,
Spencer e. Co.
She was graduated some years ago
from an eastern college and after her
graduation spent some time abroad.
She was presented to Chicago society
four or five years ago, and since then
has spent a part of each year in
Europe, travelling sometimes with
her mother and at other times with
Mrs. Marshall Field. She is a lin.
gulst of rare ability and has been pre-
sented a. several of the courts OF
Europe.
Miss Eddy has great personal
charGn She is tall. slender and grace
full, and has wealth of golden hair
which she wears in heavy braids
twined about the crown OF her head,
alluded to by her friends as "Kath-
eriae Eddy's natural coronet."
Miss Eddy is fond OF walking, and
while in Washington she and Senator
DeVeridge frequently took long walks
into the country and not infrequently
Miss Eddy accompanied him on his
morning walk to the capitol She
took the keenest interest in his strug-
gle for legislation to prevent the EN-.
ployment of child labor and was in
terested In his speeches.
Senator Beveridge was the young
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
MORGAN TooA FOR eANKHEAD.
Former Georgian Congressman Named
to Succeed Late Senator.

Birmingham, Ala.-Gov. Conner has
appointed former Congressman John
Hollis Bankhead to the vacancy in the
United States senate from Alabama
caused by the death of Senator John
I. MH'gan. the appointment to hold
until the legislature meets July 10.
Col. BanlIhead ran first in the Dem
ocratic primaries for alternate sena
tor last August. He was born in Mos
cow, Ala, Sept 10, 1912. He Is self
educated and is farmer. He served
four years in the confederate army
being wounded three times. Mr.
Bankhead represented his county in
the Alabama general assembly for
three years and in the state senate
for two years. In 1881 he was made
warden of the Alabama penitentiary
serving four years
He then went to congress. serving
in the Fiftieth congress and in every
successive one until March last
when he retired. being defeated for re-
election by Capt Richmond Pearson
Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac ad
venture at Santiago This defeat was
the direct cause of his selection as
alternate senator in the recent pri
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
A BRETON WEDDING.

q
punches Of orange blossom. IDS
bridegroom is AS usual, much less
worth looking at, only his low.
crowned, wide-brimmed hat, with its
long streamers, and his short Jacket.
adorned with rows OF small buttons
and bands Of black velvet, being at all
picturesque. During the ceremony tho
wedding guests are on the alert for
omens. DO the candles on the altar
burn steadily and evenly, then all ia
well. but misfortune is surely pres.
aged If they sputter or flicker, and II
that on the brides side burns up
higher than the other. It Is clear that
tho grey mare will be the better
horse" On leaving the church the
happy pair are greeted with loud
shouts. and sometimes the firing OF
guns, and the bride is at once sur.
rounded by a noisy group, who pour
out congratulations and confer kisses:
while chan and laughter reign su.
preme.
After a while the procession is r.
formed, the bride now quite content to
walk dcmurely on her H. bands arm,
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
MARINE RURAL FREE DELIVERY
IN NEW HAMPoHlRE.
cottagers Along Lakes Brought Into
Closer Touch with Outside World
During Summer Months
Growth Of Service.

Laconia. n. Marine FREQ rural
delivery route No. 3" has no counter
part within the limits of the United
States. Il was inaugurated June l.
in unofficial parlance, IT is tho free
delivery OF mail service on Lake Win
niplseOgce.
Instead OF the POstman's ring or
knock. cottagers for over a distance
Of so miles between the southerly end
of Lage Paugus, at Lakeport and
Wolfeboro, at the other end of the
lake. hear each morDlr~ the shrill
blast OF the mail steamer. An am
phibious mail carrier winds in and
0u. of the regular pathway Of the
passenger steamers and delivers all
classes OF mail matter practically at
the doors of the thousands of cot
tagers who make their homes during
the summer months in this region.
It is a city delivery transferred to
the country, and on water instead OF
overland. Its establishment has
brought every camp and cottage along
the shore and upon the many islands
A double daily service now makes IL
possible for the Boston business man
In his island camp ten miles or more
down the lake TO receive his office
mail in the early forenoon and have
his replies back in the Boston post
Office before nine o'clock the same
evening.
Fer this service the only require
ments demanded by the post Office
department are that the owners or
occupants of the cottages and camps
shall provide suitable landing places
for the busy little steamers engaged
in the mail delivery. Upon these
landings are erected suitable letter
boxes OF design furnished by the
department. and they are so placed as
to be available for the carrier with
out putting him to undue delay.
This service consists OF a daily de.
livery from May 10 to October 10,
except during July and August. when
two deliveries daily will be made to
the greater portions Of the landings.
Registered letters. too. are received
and delivered by the carriers, who are
also captains of the boats upon which
they make their trips. Money orders
are as available as at the regular
money order offices.
Marine free rural delivery route
No. 3" IS not the result OF days or
years study. II is the steady growth
and the fruits of a service inaugurated
the part OF the post Office department
Charles f. Buzzell, postmaster at
Lakeport, was it's originator, and un-
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
GET MAIL BYWATER

der his guiding hand the service has
been developed and perfected TO its
present condition. Suppot ting his ef-
forts have been the New Hampshire
congressional delegation and formS;
Congressman Samuel l.. Powers OF
Massachusetts. whose summer home IL
located on t;.s route OF the mail
boat.
There has not been single back
ward step since the inception OF the
service. and the business has practi
cally doubled each year For one
week of the season Of 1906 the mum
Der OF pieces Of mail matter delivered
exceeded by several hundred that OF
the year when the route was first es
tablshed.
The first boat used when the route
was established was the Robert ano
Arthur. owned by the first carrier, DIR
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03

ever erected. Seven years ago Argen-
tina and Chill were on the verge Of
war They were increasing their
ornaments TO the utmost OF their
ability. They had each two gigantic
warships of the latest pattern build
ing in the shipyards OF Europe They
were spending incredible sums Of
money upon these preparations for
war, amounting, as was reported at
the time, to five dollars annually per
capita of their population.
On Easter Sunday 1900, during the
festival of the Catholic church at
Buenos Ayres, Bishop Benavente
made a fervent appeal in behalf Of
peace, and proposed that some day a
statue of Christ should be placed on
the Andean border between the two
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
Mail Steamer Dolphin"

George H. Saltmarsh of Lakcport,
now state senator for the Fourth dis.
trlct. The capacity of this boat be
ing insufficient for the fast increasing
business. the steamer Dolphin was
built. Up to the last year she fully
met all the requirements of fast de
livery, but during that season the
business of route 3 grew to such pro.
portions that a larger and faster
steamer was found necessary.
SO a swift and commodious natl
steamer was built at Lakeport, and
will be placed in commission this
summer. She has been christened
Uncle Sam. and is designed to make
the trips between Lakeport and Long
Island, where close connection will be
made with the older steamer Dolphin
which will continue the delivery tc
all cottages and camps between the
point and Wolfeboro. at the extreme
other end of the big lake.
Capt Archie Lewis Of Laconia sue.
ceeded DR.. Saltmarsh as mail carrier
on this delivery extraordinary" and
there is not man on the lake ir
command of a steamer more favor
ably known to the large army of sum
:ner residents. As commander of the
old steamer Dolphin, Guy NJ. Tetley
OF Laconia has qualified as carrier un
der the law. and Is now in command
of the Undine. which at present per.
forms the service on the Wolfebok
end OF the system.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03

her mother and the best man follow
ing, the rest of the party falling in be.
hind.
When the house is reached. offer.
ings of bread and meat are made to
ensure prosperity. and then are eaten
the small. fiat "galettes," which take
the place of our brides cake. After
the bride has broken one of these.
giving part to her husband and taking
the rest herself, all the young folks
come crowding round to secure a cake.
or part of one. For IT Is well known
that to eat piece of brides cake Is
the very best way to insure your own
marriage within the year
After the feast comes the dance.
The 'ridee" is a slow and somewhat
solemn affair The musicians play a
dirge-like air, and the whole OF the
crowd form circle with Joined hands,
and with slow and rhythmic move
ments of the arms. up and down and
in and out. round goes the circle, slid.
ing along in slow jog. keeping time
with the 'biniou." 1t is not a question
of grace or ability, but test of endur.
ance. for which the dancer requires
sound pair of lungs; for II is kept up
indefinitely until midnight, when the
festivities of the day are brought to a
close.
WILFRED TREMAYNE.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03

iasy-going circles of diplomacy. came
he other day with the announcement
hat Huntington Wilson, of Chicago,
bird assistant secretary of state, has
)een appointed head of the new "bu-
eau of Asiatic affairs" established by
Secretary Root in the state depart.
nent.
Assistant Secretary Wilson is known
as one of the Understanding men in
Washington and IL is generally admit
ted that his latest promotion Is well
deserved. That the position is impor-
tant is shown by the worldwide inter.
est in the Japanese California dispute
as well as in the Philippine and Ha-
waiian problems. All these subjects
Will come under the new bureau.
Mr.. Wilson went into the diplomat.
&c service soon after leaving Yale in
1897. His most important position
was with the American embassy at
Toxic during the war with Russia
His record there was so good that he
was promoted to third assistant sec
retary of state over the heads of a
number OF young men who had con-
siderable political influence working
In their behalf. II was generally rec
ognized that MIR. Wilson's appoint.
ment was along the lines of the merit
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
MISS KATHERINE EDDY.
(chieago Girl Who viii Wed Senator
Beveridge.)

said to easily recall him because OF
his ambitious nature, which early
showed itself
At IA he was a laborer. and two
years later was working in a loggins
camp in Illinois. 1t was in the log
ging camp that he began to study ma
tional affairs. In 1881 he borrowed
$50 from friend and entered DE
Pauw university at Greencastle. Ind
Here he won all the debates and got
snzes enough to pay his college ex.
penses for two years. In 1885, after
two years of work on a ranch. he re-
turned to indianapolis and began the
study of law.
Mr.. Beveridge married Katherine
Langsdale at Greencastle, Ind, in 1897
She died IN 1900.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
NEW HEAD OF NEW YORK LIFE.
Sketch Of D. p. Kingsley. Recently
Elected President.

New York.-Darwin Pearl Kingsley.
who has been elected president of the
New York Life Insurance company
was teacher and newspaper man
before he entered the insurance bust
ness. In 1886 be was elected state
auditor OF Colorado and ex-officlo su
perintendont of insurance, and in 1889
he entered the New York Life as
agency inspector for New England.
He was elected trustee and third vice
president in 1898 and was chosen vice
president in 1903. Mr.. Kingsley was
born in Alburgh, VT, in 1857, and was
educated at Barre Academy and the
University of Vermont, being gradu
ated honor man" in 1881, winning
election to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1882
he went TO Colorado, and two years
later he was a delegate to the national
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
The Church for Colon.

white residents in that section who
wish to attend service on Sundays,
and who now hold religious services
in the hotel parlors, plans are. under
way for the setting up of portable
church, similar to those of the United
States. The building will be made
in New York in sections, and shipped
TO Colon. where 1t can be put together
easily.
The portable church still possesses
the feature OF novelty, although It has
been growing in favor md In use dur
ing the past five or elk years At
least 30 such structures are to be
found within the limits OF Greater
New York.
The buildings are constructed in
sections, usually two feet nine inches
by twelve feet. The blank sections
are made all alike. so that they can
so together any way without being
numbered, except those framing the
windows and doors. The material
used is generally yellow pine through
out, and with the exception of the
sills, sirders and cross beams. for
which spruce is preferred. The roofs
are covered with sheets Of galvanized
steel laid under sheet asbestos.
The buildings are as a rule church.
ly in appearance, and fairly comfort.
able. They are built to accommodate
from 100 to 700. according to size Of
congregations. Windows of imitation
stained glass accompany the frame
OF the church and shed a softening
glow through the little brown In.
teriors.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
BRIDE OF A SENATOR

est man in the United States senate
when he entered eight years ago at
the age Of SO. His gift of oratory
had gained him a national reputation
even before he became a senator. He
startled the staid old senate with
his methods of procedure and his
strenuosity has caused him to be
referred to as the young mans sort
OF a man"
The senator was a plowboy in Ohio
when he was IL years old The ia.
tiyes OF Highland County, Ohio, are
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
Rlaaest Cranberry Ron.

The largest cranberry bog in the
world is being established in this
state. When completed it will cover
500 acres, of which 800 win be under
cultivation by July l. The work OF
laying out and cultivating the bog
was begun more than two years ago
and since then force of more than
100 men has been at work.
The bog is located on what is for
the most part a natural swamp border.
ing on a pond from which water is
distributed over the swamp by a
pumping Standardization Herald.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
ARGENTINA AND CHILL TO HOLD
A REMARKABLE MEETING.
viii Renew Pledges Of Good Fellow
ship at the Foot Of the Statue
Of Christ on Summit OF
the Andes.

Perhaps the most practical and ef-
fective peace conference OF the year
is to be held not by delegates at
present in session at The Hague, but
by the people of the Argentine repub'
lie and Chill. who are to hold a mon
ster peace picnic upon the summit of
the Andes this summer. at the foot of
the great statue of the Christ, the
most remarkable peace monement
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
Dark Future for Baby.

How much do you ask for a bath
tub for a child?"
From $1.60 TO $40"
"W-h-e-w! Wen have TO go on
washing baby in the coal scuttle till
the prices come down. Chicago
Journal.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03

mary. Mr.. Bankhead is well loved
throughout Alabama. and the sym
pathy occasioned for him by the vic
tory of Hobson resulted in thousands
of votes for him.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
New York NatIonalltlss.

There are about $4,000 people of
German parentage in New York. 1885,
900 of Irish extraction. 25O,0O0 with
Russian blood in their veins. and 223..
900 Italians.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
PORTABLE CHURCH FOR PANAMA
viii Be Made in New York, Shipped
to Colon, and Set Up.

New York.-The first church made
In New York" and set up in a distant
land will be one at Colon, Panama To
accommodate the increasing number of
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03

Republican convention. Among his
insurance associates he is known as
a conservative, and his watchwords
are safety and economy.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03

system established by President
Roosevelt for the diplomatic ser.
vice
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03
HEADS NEW AslATIc BUREAU.
Huntington Wilson Wins Promotion
by Hard Work.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. proof that
hard work tells. even in the polished.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-03

There are many large tales con-
Dected with small fish.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-17
OUTLOOK CHEERFUL.
Prices Of Stocks Are Beginning to Re.
cover Although Slowly.

NEW YORK, Feb 1G.-Prlces OF
stocks have moved towards recovery
this week in Il somewhat halting and
irregular way. The market has been
free from pressure Of liquidation and
opinion has grown more cheerful over
the outlook. GOOD results are expected
from the proposed currency reform
measures in the Senate. The assump-
tiOn is common in the financial dis
trict that the inanciers Of influence
regard as less formidable than they
did the probable consequences of the
governments attitude toward combi-
nations Of capital. The money mar
ket has been affected by the course Of
the withdrawal Of Government depos-
its, from the banks, but less appre-
hension is felt Of the longer money
outlook and growing strength of our
position in the international exchan-
ges.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-17
EN- 6ALMED ALIVE.

I CHICAGO, His. Feb. lG--That
thousands Of infants in Illinois as well
as many larger children, are being
sent to premature graves through TAX
ing into their stOmachs, in milk, the
same poisonous preparations that Is
used TO embaIm the dead, Il indicated
by the special report ready for submls-
sion to Governor benson by State Pure
Food Commissioner II. A. Jaynes.
Commissioner Schucknucht points
out that Of the thrty-five cities visit
ed, not one escaped having sold with
In it's limits milk from unclcan and
unsanitary cans and vcssels or milk
not properly strained showing a de-
post Of filth in the bottom Of the bot
tom Of the bottles or other vessels, and
in thirty-two Of the cities skinned
milk was sold as standard, and was
adultcratcd with formalIehyde, which
authorities pronounce Il poison much
used as an embalming nuid.'
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-17
SOLOMON ISLES TROUBLED.
Civil War, Canabalism and Hurricane
Combine Against Islands.

1,1r,ror,, :. M,
VIZ oi'iA' feo' 10 ne steamer
ct Mlo"eFa "hich arrived mere yes
wi iu"S I''ii' AuS'T"'ii' Drought 'e"'
''''' constant 'fouoleS were occurring
IN the solomon lsiahds as result o'
Tue repatriation ol h"IdA"S' eNPe'ie'
i"I"l Quee"Sidhu loii""II'g t'e enact
ils'l' u "''e AuS'' ''''' laws H.