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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
A PRlvA 4 rs HlER0lsM.
Carried Water to Wounded Soldiers In
the Face Of Death.

G&fFseU wv atef# TO sVSOundGd S0idt@r8 IN
the Face Of Death.
1t is one OF the anomalies Of war
that, although 1t stirs the savage ma
ture Of mankind, 1t also calls out the
highest qualities Of courage, unselflsh-
ness and devotion. Many a deed OF
martial heroism is done In the name OF
mercy rather than of the god OF bat
tie. No description OF a fierce charge,
says the Youths Companion, records
more determined yalor than does the
story Of Richard Kirkland as told by
General Kershaw. f5s a Il a 3s
Kershaw was a private who served
tn the South Carolina volunteers dur
ing the civil war. After the bloody
battle Of fredericksburg his brigade
occupied the road near the field. One
hundred and fifty yards beyond the
field lay the Federal troops, and be-
tween the ground was covered BY the
dead and dying. All day long the air
was rent with the cries and groans of
the wounded and the lpitiful calls
Water! Water!' Yff j5a. fsss iI5
In the afternoon as General Kershaw
sat In the. upper room Of his head.
quarters overlooking the field kirkland
asked permission to speak to him 4
General" said the young man, II
can't stand it.'' s "
Stand what, sergeant2" 4s f2ta3
sa.An night and all day I've heard
those poor people crying for water. I
came to ask permission to give them
"a drink" @25's t.t'.s
y KIRKLAND" responded the general,
''don't you know that IL you ever step
over that wall youth get a bullet in
your head?'' yst%} Il I. Az a6
~ know 1T, but 7 am willing to try"
The general considered q, moment
II ought not to allow you to run such
a risk" he said, "but cannot refuse
your request. Trusting God win pro-
tect you, you may 60. A rs !. Y 4
The sergeants eyes lighted with
pleasure. @ }.st IN
THANK you, sirv' he said heartily
and ran down the stairs When he
reached the bottom of. the flight he
hesitated, turned and ran up again. Sd
General, can / show the white
handkerchief" .51 s's;3. B.
The general slowly shook his bead.
enc, Kirkland, you can't do that. J"
.All right! I'll take the chance
and he was OF again. VIZ e%t ~
From the windows OF the. house the
officers watched him run across the
road and climb the wall. He made
hts way quickly TO the nearest sur
ferer, raised the poor fellows head
on his arm ANA gave him long drink
Of cool water. ts n AS 800 Ii 81
From one he went to another until
his purpose was 40 plain In the eyes
OF the Federals that all danger was
over. \, E. Isl n. : @. 5ss
From all parts Of the held came the
piteous appeals; again and again Kirk
land had to return for water, ana he /
spent an hour and a half In minister
ing to the needs Of the wounded.
Then he rejoined, his company unhurt.
At Chickamauga Kirkland fell. His
example was one which dignihed all
humanity. I. .,..
~ Il
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
in,itativa.

Neither w hatever are you ag4ng to
pooc duly, cliIda Child FIN Just go
ing to pat her to bed mummy. I've
taken on her hair. but can't get her
teeth out Sourirs.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
Ground Flat.

Al young man from q country village
when sightseeing in Edinburgh was
greatly astonished on seeing ''sMr.
Smith. Tailor ground dat)," inscribed
ON door and after q careful study Of
the plate exclaimed:
Great Scott sic a death! Shairly
he's been run over VII a steam rollerF'
London Graphic. FL .ss q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
Net Ha,,,,sAtIy

Have yen ever been tn JAN before r.
demanded the j31dEe.
no, your honor, honestly, neya,.g'
4M course you haven't honestly.
Few men get there that Yay., Kan
sas City Independent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
DID Hie ne.t

MY goodneesw exclaimed an anx-
acas mother What Ia the world made
ycur face 80 dirty. Wiliie7'
johnny jones and me had fgtsss.
sxclained While, "an' be throw'd more
dirt IN my face than / could swailer.s
--acane Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
Strong Part.

you say your brother is with al
opera company now?'
Eyes, masam."
Has he a strong parti,
EYES, ma'am. Why. he's one Of the
fellers that hit the anvil in the anvil
chorus. Yonkers Statesman.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
Her Preference.

Tmid Child (who has just been as
sured Of the company OF the angels In
the dark roosn) Ye-es, but, mummy,
couldn't you have the angels and
leave me the candle = Punch.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
Llke All tha Fssas.

TIE LadyMy husband is particular
u Liable to seastcknass, captain. Cossid
son fen ham what to DO IN case OF an
sssaek7 The Capt. ain ,,rain't neees-
sary, muln. Hen do HI Judge
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
Fatal Honors.

Il Jimson- What became OF that man
who had twenty seven medals for saw
Ing people from drowning? Dock
WorkerHe fell In one day when he
had them all on, and the weight Of
'am sunk him. u. ...
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
The Worst He Had.

The Worst He Had. 100
'Then you have never had educa-
honal ,advantages7" said good WON
an to small boy. s;. ss4 81, 81 Il !. 3.,si
\ mo, marin, not as I knows Of. I've
had .airysipilas. # what you said is
Wsors'n that i don't want to ketch II. |" Z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
weiscted Adyioe.

RlobbB why don't you consult b
aos&os shout your insonHla? sIobs
'hsAi And ran more blzsss Nay. ies
a,s,eazas of wfaas owe iairn nov mat I
cant sleep:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04
The Head Of the Family.

Mrs. Hoyle Mr.. Boyle is looking for
a horse that a woman can drive. Mrs
Doyle That's q fad Of hers, getting
things she can drive. Her husband is
that kind OF a man. New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-04

b i hate a thing done by halves. r. 81
be right, do it boldly; if it be wrong.
leave Ii, undone. g lpin. 81 E9
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
Farmers Form Labor Union.

A number of the farmers of Orange
county. n. Y, have organized an associa
ton called the Orange County Union, it's
purpose being to cut out the middlemans
profits and sell direct to consumers. To
this end they would form a company
composed exclusively of members of the
union and operate a large exchange in
Newburg. selling farm and garden pro-
duce slightly below present prices. To
secure the cooperation of the labor in
terests the farmers have asked to join the
Central Labor Union. The novelty of this
proposition has proved somewhat puz-
zling to the labor leaders, and a commit
tee has been appointed to look into the
matter. The union men of Newburg are
enthusiastic over the project, but are not
a little perplexed as to the proper way
of labelling the products of the farmers
organization.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
STRIKE or TELEGRApHERs.
Operators Quit Their Keys and Bush
ness Is BADLY Crippled.


ness Is BADLY Crippled.
With Chicago as the center, the strike
of the commercial teiegraphers had
spread to nearly every section of the
country Sunday The strike fever
seemed to run rampant. city following
city in suffering isolation until the tele-
graph offices of thirty-fiye cities mad
been deserted by the keymen. Chicago
was virtually isolated. Although a few
leased wires were working when the
operators employed by the Western
Union Telegraph Company in Chicago
walked out on strike at midnight
Thursday the industry of the entire
country was affected. The men quit
work after voting sympathetic strike
to aid the Los Angeles operators, who
struck twenty four hours earlier. Their
| immediate reason was that the com.
| on Los Angeles wires with strike-brea
ing operators at the western end.
The telegraph strike swept in wave
over the East Monday afternoon, first
| crippling the service Of the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph Compa-
| MES in New York city, and then
spreading, within a few hours, to
Washington. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Detroit, Atlanta and other cities
of the East and South, so that by
nigbtfall there was hardly union
man at work in any of the larger
cities A score or more of smaller cit
les in the East, South and Middle
West also added their quota to the
ranks of the Western Union and Post
al strikers. The Postal operators at
Denver, Salt Lake and Los Angeles,
who had held aloof from the strike,
went out, joining their Western Union
brethren.
The opera tors employed on the
leased wires of the Associated Press
the cOuntry's general news association
went on strike in Chicago and in
many other cities Monday night. The
step was taken suddenly at Z 30
O'Clock and was a surprise even to the
national labor leaders. For the time
being the action completely crippled
the news service of the organization
The Associated Press employs through
out the country 300 operators for its
leased wire service. The strikers re-
fused to give the corporation any fur
Their time in which to consider their
demands.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
GOVERNMENT PERIL IN STRIKE.
Weather Bureau Crippled, Crop Re-
ports Affected, and Danger at Sea.

Weather Bureau Crippled, Crop Re-
ports Affected, and Danger mt Sea.
That part of the administration remain
Ing in Washington is deeply concerned at
the growth Of the telegraphcrs' strike '.nd
is hoping for intervention by the Presi-
dent. 1t has been advised Of the Presi-
dents concern and determination to do
what he can to prevent serious Interrupt
ton to the business of the country and
the government, but unfortunately the
situation is of n character that does not
admit of Interference at this stage.
A general strike would seriously embar-
rass the federal government. Operators
are employed in every executive depart
mert and bureau, while the weather and
crop reporting services depend III the main
on regular and uninterrupted teiegraphic
adyices. A widespread walkout of teeg-
raphers might result in disasters at sea,
especially as the hurricane season on
the Atlantic is approaching. Mariners
depend upon information furnished by
the government as to the state of weather.
This particular service depends upon adj
vices from the interior, and any prolOng-
ed interruption or suspension of tele-
graphic adyices from the various stations
of the weather bureau might be serious
to shipping and life at sea.
This is one feature of the condition that
might follow general strike of telegraph
crs that gives authorities great concern.
Already the weather bureau has felt the
force of the sporadic strikes, This is
aboIt the time of year when frosts begin
to make an appearance in the wheat belt
Of the Northwest. Prices OF grains are
made in New York largely on the outlook
of the crop. The uncertainty as to actual
conditions in the field might have ten
dency to send prices skyward. In any
event any failure of tho government in
bringing crop reports out on time or as
completely as usual would tend to demor-
alize trade in grains.
The strike in Chicago grows out of a
quarrel between a telegraph operator in
Los Angeles and woman telegraph OPP
orator in Oakland, Cal. The operator in
Los Angeles was discharged. The men
in Los Angeles Office claimed hat the dis
charge was grossly unjust, and demanded
his reinstatement. The manager refused
to reinstate the man and refused to treat
with the grievance committee. A strike
was ordered.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
NEWS DISPATCHES ARE MEAeER
Strike CurtniIs All Messages, Even
Over the Leased Wires.

Owing to the almost complete Interrupt
ton of telegraphic communication be-
tween various parts of the country the
news dispatches in the city dailies, both
those sent out by the Associated Press
and those received over special leased
wires, were greatly curtailed. When the
command, Strike" was flashed to Chi,
cago at midnight Thursday every union
operator in the Western Union Office stop
ped right in the middle of his dispatch,
signalled 80" closed his key and left his
desk. Postal operators followed Satur-
day, and Chicago was practically isolated
from the rest of the country so far as
telegraphic communication was concerned
Many portions of the country were en-
tirely cut off from the news centers and
even the messages received from the larg-
er cities were in many cases meager,
showing the strain put upon the available
wires. Operators on the leased wires COM
planned of frequent interruptions and the
service showed the results of general de-
moralzation. AS a result, there was a
sensible diminution in the bulk of outside
news which reached the news centers
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24

The average quality of winter wheat
Is 800.
The average condition of spring wheat
on Aug. ! was T9.i, rs compared with
So last month"; 500 on Aug. |, 1906,
So On Aug. l, 1905, and "A ten-year aver
age Of Ssh
The average conIition of the oat crop
on Aug. / vas 1916, as compared with s.
last month, SIS on Aug. l, 1906, 90.S on
Aug /, 1905, and ten-year August aver
age Of $40.
The average condition of barley on Aug.
/ was So, against S44 one month ago,
9O.3 on Aug. |, 1906, 800 on Aug. l,
1908. and ten-year average of Sc.
The average condition Of rye at time
Of harvest was $50, as compared with
S9.7 one month ago 00,S on Aug. !, 1906,
92.6 o1 Aug. 1, 1905, and ten-year ave-
age of $50.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
E...,E,5s ss la,.sssS. SSS$&ANhlRulzSh
HIs AhIgHE zzl.xsEa "
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~No~N~~~~~

Winnipeg (Canada) carpenters are
asking for an increase of 10 cents an
hour.
The Plumbers Union of San Jose, Cal,
has made a demand for an increase Of
wages to So day.
brotherhood of Railroad Freight and
Baggage Men has established it's national
headquarters Office at Boston, Mass.
Canadian unions favor international
rather than national affiliations, and this
sentiment is prevalent in all trades.
An expert who has been compiling data
on strikes declares that the greatest num-
Der of strikes occur in the building trades
The first steps have been taken in Bos-
ton, Mass, for the purpose of organizing
union of the Hebrew painters of that
city.
1t is said that Cleveland, Ohio stands a
good chance of being selected as the ma
tional headquarters of the Stone Cutters
Union.
Union molders in Milwaukee. Wis.
have appealed to the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals against the decree
issued by Judge Sanborn, preventing pick
citing.
Leroy Parke, an agent of the United
States War Department, who has been
in Europe some months soliciting foreign
labor for work on the Panama canal. has
succeeded since October in shipping 1900,
nearly all Spaniards'or italians.
International Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union will hold its convention in
Boston, Mass, next year. In the interval
special attention is to be paid to local
organizing work by the lc cal organizers
and also by special international ones.
y joint conference of employers and
workmen in the South Wales tin plate
trade was held recently, when it was de
cided to renew the wages agreement now
in force for another year, dating from
July 1, 1907, with few minor altera-
tions.
The Endorsement of the project for a
labor temple for Pittsburg, Pa, by the
Iron City Trades Council has resulted in
subscriptions for stock from fifteen new
unions There will be at least fifty or
CARNATIONS represented at the annual cleo
ton of officers.
The annual convention of the Trades
and Labor Congress of Canada will be
held in Winnipeg Man., from the 10th to
the 2lst Of September. A large number
of delegates from labor organizations
throughout the dominion is expected at
the annual meeting.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
A New Foundation Method.

The Literary Digest quotes from for
eign engineering paper the description OF
a new method of making foundations now
used in all sorts of conditions. 1t is
known as the compressed system. 1t con-
sists in making holes through the soft
soil down to the hardpan by means of q
tapering arm, which is forced down like
a pile driver, and then filling these holes
with stones and rubble in successive lay
ers, each of which is firmly rammed
down. The result is to produce mono
lithic block of great strength. No ground
Is removed in the boring of the shaft. the
sides Of which acquire great compact
ness.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
GOVERNMENT PERIL IN STRIKE.
Weather Bureau Crippled, Crop Re-
ports Affected, and Danger at Sea.

That part Of the administration remain
ing in Washington is deeply concerned at
the growth of the telegraphers' strike and
is hoping for intervention by the presi-
dent. 1t has been advised of the Presi-
dents concern and determination to do
what he can to prevent serious Interrupt
ton to the business of the country and
the government but unfortunately the
situation is of a character that does not
admit of interference at this stage.
A general strike would seriously embar-
rass the federal government. Operators
are employed in every executive depart
ment and bureau, while the weather and
crop reporting services depend in the main
on regular and uninterrupted teleGraphic
advces. A widespread walkout Of teleg-
raphers might result in disasters at sea-
especially as the hurricane season on
the Atlantic is approaching. Mariners
depend upon information furnished by
the government as to the state of weather.
This particular service depends upon ad-
vices from the interior, and any prolong-
ed interruption or suspension of tele-
graphic advices from the various stations
of the weather bureau might be serious
to shipping and life at sea.
This is one feature of the condition that
might follow a general strike Of telegraph
ers that gives authorities great concern.
Already the weather bureau has felt the
force of the sporadic strikes. This is
about the tins of year when frosts begin
to make an appearance in the wheat belt
of the Northwest. Prices of grains are
maze in New York largely On the outlook
of the crop. The uncertainty as to actual
conditions in the field might have a ten
dency to send prices skyward. In any
event any failure OF the government in
bringing crop reports out on time or as
completely as usual would tend to demon
alize trade in grains.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24

Messages to the union chiefs indi-
Gated that the men were straining at
the leash and eager for trivial excuse
to plunge into the combat More trou-
bic was added to the many complica-
tons besetting operators at work by
the tacit connivanCe Of railroad tele-
ErapherS at the strike Of the CONNER
cia men. At points where there are
switchboardS controlling the CONNER
cial wires the railroad men pull out
the plugs, interfering with the working
of the wire. Eagerness to join in the
tumult, with or without excuse, seems
the paramount desire Of each tele-
grapher. Only the admonitions of the
union officials, it is declared, have thus
far restrained the men who still are
working the telegraph keys in many Of
the cities unaffected by the strike wave.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24

Of over $4,000. Gov. Charles e. Hughes
with his military staff will take part IN
the ceremonies and President Roosevelt
and former President Grover Cleveland
have been invited to attend and speak.
Military parades will be feature o. the
occasion.
Bufalo's Old Home Week will be a
succession of civic and military pagan
try, carnival, sports and games, and the
Electric City will be ablaze with twink
ling lights and patriotic decorations. For
mer residents of Buffalo are asked to
send their names and addresses to James
w. Greene, chairman Old Home Week
Committee, Buffalo, n. Y. A beautiful
souvenir invitation will be mailed to each.
The railroads will offer excursion rates
to and returning from Buffalo.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24
THE WAR ON MOSQUITOES.
BY Persistent Effort New Jersey Has
Trinmphed Over the Pest.

BY the intelligent expenditure of what
seem like aSsurdly small sums Of money
when compared with the supposed diff
Guilty of the task to be performed, several
of the parts of New Jersey that have
long had a national, if not an interna-
tional, disrepute for the number and vo-
racity of their mosquitoes have been prac-
tically cleared of the dangerous pests.
The suggestion that the great Hacken-
sack Meadows could be freed of the i'll
sects, and the joys of summer life in the
cities around them thus be vastly in
creased, was received with derision, and
almost with indignation, only few years
ago. Yet few thousand dollars spent in
digging bitches has done away with the
stagnart pools in which alone the mos
qultoes could breed, and they are no more
except in the benighted towns where the
people lack either the sense or the energy
or both to avail themselves of the relief
SO close within their reach. Incidentally
and it is incidentally lot of worth
less marsh has been turned into good dry
land
What has been done on and around
the Hackensack Meadows can be even
more easily done almost anywhere else. 1t
ought to be as sgraceful-indeed, it is
as disgraceful-for a town to have mos
quitoes as it is for a town to suffer from
an epidemic of typhoid or diphtheria, for
the mosquitoes, too, are "preventable."
and their presence anywhere convicts
their human victims either of gross ig-
norance or of criminal carelessness. And
always it should be remembered that the
use of oil in n mosquito campaign is JUS
tiiable if at all, only as temporary ex-
pedent, to be resorted to only for instant
effects while the real work of extermina-
Ion is in course of preparation and per-
:ormance.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-08-24

Preliminary returns indicate winter
wheat crop of about 100 100000 bushels,
or an average OF 146 bushels per acre,
as compared with 1871 bushels per acre
last year. This preliminary estimate of
the yield of winter wheat and the esti-
mated acreage on which it is based are
subject to revision and correction when
the final estimates of the bureau are made
next December.
The following table shows the estimat-
ed average yield per acre in each of the
eleven principal winter wheat States in
1907 and 1906. the figures for 1906 being
the final estimates issued Dec. 20: