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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1907-02-27
SPLENDID ADDRESS
Delivered By Rev. R. B. Order At
the Recent RObt. E. Lee Cele-
bratiOn Here.

Following is the address in full de-
livered by Rev r. B. Order at the
Court House here upon the one hun
dredth anniversary celebration of the
birth of General Robt. Edward Lee on
January the 18th, 1907:
Ladies and Gentlemen: | appreciate
very much the honor the Daughters of
The Confederacy have conferred upon
noe by inviting me to deliver the adj
dress on the occasion of the one nun
derdth anniversary of the birth of that
great and good man-General Robert
Edward Lee; and yet feel some de-
gree of embarrassment in attempting a
task so great before some who, having
been personally acquainted with Gen
sral Lee, and having so Loyalty followed
him through the great struggle between
the States, knew him better than it is
possible for me to know him.
Robert e. Lee was the son of Gen.
Henry Lee. Familiarity known as Light
Horse Harry Lee" of Revolutionary
fame. He descended from a long line of
noble English ancestry.
Gen. Henry Lee died when his son,
Robert, was but eleven years old, thus,
upon his young shoulders fell the bur-
den of caring for his widowed mother;
perhaps no boy was ever more thous at
full for the wants of mother than
Robert z. Lee. He was so devoted to
her that when ne was leaVing home to
enter the Military Academy, his mother
said, ''HoW can do without Robert?
BE is both som and daughter to me-"
Having been preceded by an ancestry
CT statesmen and warriors reaching far
back into England's history, it seemed
but natural that young Robert should
decide to enter the army. He accord
fngly entered the Military Academy at
West Point, at the age of eighteen and
graduated four years later with second
konors in his class and without a single
Semerit.
Those who were familiar with young
Lee while in the Nil itary Academy and
knew Of his good department, his cor
rect habits of study, his strict integrity,
and his superior intellectual ability,
predicted for nm q career of greater
usefulness than that Of the average
graduate from the military Academy.
Soon after he graduated he was mar
ned to Miss Mary GUSTS, who was the
ereat-grand daughter of Mrs. George
Washington; this perhaps, had great
deal to do in determining the future of
that brilliant young soldier, for he had
married woman of superior intellect
I ends v~7e0* cf runeual refinement
and culture and great kindness OF
heart; thus the domestic relations OF
Gen. Lee must have approached very
nearly the American Ideal.
Gen. Lee first came into great mil
itary prominence by the distinguished
services he performed in the Mexican
Wax, for which he was covered with
brevets. He showed such extraordina-
nv skill as tactician and field-con-
nander that General Scott referred to
him as, ssThe very best soldier l ever
saw in the field"
Just after the Mexican War he be-
came SUPERINTENDENT of the Military
Academy. His thorough knowledge OF
the Academy in former days being aug
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
PIoi.l Enqlish.

"Pa, what il a exaggerated eso?"
Taint not IL. sonny, but Greek
for sWe!led he. d."-BaltimOre Amer.
ical.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
BOAT BURNS; LOSS 100000.
Steamer City Of Cleveland, Nearly
Finished, Destroyed.

Detroit, May 14.-The magnificent
passenger steamer City of Cleveland,
under construction at the plant of the
Detroit Shipbuilding company for the
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation com.
pany, to run between Detroit and
Cleveland, was destroyed by fire early
Monday. The loss, which falls upon
the shipbuilding company, is about
100000.
The fire broke out just before day.
light and there are rumors that an in.
cendiary is suspected. Two watchmen
were on the steamer and another was
at the gate to the shipyard.
The City of Cleveland was launched
at Wyandotte Jan. and was to have
been completed about June 80. She
was 444 feet long and was designed to
carry 4,500 passengers, with sleeping
accommodations for 1900. The inte.
rior woodwork and fittings were almost
completed and the machinery and boil.
ers had been installed.
The City of Cleveland was to be the
largest side-whee1 steamer on fresh
water, and her interior woodwork was
exceptionally beautiful. The cost OF
the boat was to be $1,250,000.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
HEAVY BUYING ORDERS SEND
UP PRICE OF SEPTEMBER
AND DECEMBER.
WILD DAY ON BOARD
OF TRADE AT Chicago
Millions and Millions of Bushels In
voIved in DeaIs-BeIief in Heav.
Crop Shortage Probable Cause o
Present Speculative Craze.

Chicago, May 14.-Wheat hit tn
dollar-mark Monday with apparently
the board of trade "brain-storm."
The even figure was reached by boil
September and December lines, will
the trade spreading wider and wider
Foreign buying orders swelled the de
mand.
September opened at Csc to 99c
Soon it sold at 81, and while the bull'
were throwing up their headgear the
price toppled to 99c and CSC. A re
turn in the pits before the closing
was predicted also that the next time
it would keep it's balance.
July wheat opened at SO to Csc
Next it sold at 96c and 97c. Saturday
it closed at 91%c, while September
halted at $3.50.
The arrival at the dollar mark was
the climax of the bull stampede. A
week ago dollar wheat was spoken OF
in the same vague way in which refer
ence was made to real spring weather
Trade Widest for Years.
The opening trade in wheat was the
widest in the history Of the boarC
of trade. Brokers who have been
on change for 20 or 80 years say they
never have witnessed anything equal
to the excitement of the first Is min.
utes of trading. There is no way O.;
estimating the volume of business
transacted within that period.
Leading houses traded in millions
and millions of bushels. Orders tc
buy at the market were filled without
regard to price. Opening sales ranged
from SO to 81 cents for July, 95 cents
to $1.00H for September, and 961a
cents to $l.03 for December delivery
These figures tell the story of the
market.
There was no leadership to the
trade. The operations of big specula
tors were lost sight of in the turmoil
occasioned by the tremendous influx
of outside buying. >~-'--~
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17

Grand Forks.-Tom Tamon. jap
anese bell boy. is accused Of making
an attack on Morris Held, an elevator
boy in the Hotel Dacotah. using .
brush ak. part of a hunting outflt.
He inflicted a wound on Held's hand.
but was overpowcred by the proprie-
tor of the hotel, ]. d. Bacon, who
was near. Toman was arrested.
Fargo.-The following rural routes
have been established: Fessenden,
route 1, S. G. Ho"ey. carrier: Karl o.
Hovey, substitute: Park River, route
2. Robert c.. McAllen carrier; Garfield
McAllen, substitute; Sherwood, route
2, James Morris. ,'arrier; route I, Her
bert G. Goodfcllow. carrier; Frank
GoOdfellow, sub"ti,ute; route 3, Joe
p Daum, carrier: w. II. Daum. sub
sttute.
Fargo.-As a result Of a quarrel over
some livestock, w. O. EIdingheld,
Kdder county farmer, near Tappen,
shot John Geringer He used a shot
gun and Geringcr vas well perforated,
but his injuries are not regarded as
serious. Edding Colds wife witnessed
the shooting. Eldingfield says he was
compelled to act as he did in self
QC1enSe ana ne mas SuTTcuucTCu TO tIle
officials.
Grand FOrks.-necause her Tilted
sweetheart slapped her face Miss Flor
ence Rathburn Of Grand Forks,
brought suit against Edward G. Fred
erickson, until recently an employe OF
an East Grand Forks bank. to recover
81 900 damages. Kiss Rathburn Is q
cOmely miss and I"rcdericksOn Is said
to have been nfG uated with her. He
showered gifts up01 her, and when she
Tilted him he answered her cruel words
with unloving slaps.
ismarck.-ACioTc"nOr John Burke has
| accepted an invitation to be the guest
of honor at a banquet to be given on
| the evening Of May 80, by the Press
| Club Of Grand Forks.
i Rolla.--Near here f. w. Lewis had
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Morrow arrested on
! a charge Of assault and battery but
It was shown that they We're merely
protecting their land from trcspass.
Plaza.-A bright little baby girl ar
rived at the hon Of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
| bert Paulson. T'o young Miss Paul
son has the honor of being the first
| girl born in Plaza.
Edinburg.-Ihr creamery has com.
mcn:ed operations.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
TAKE HOME wreck VICTIMS
FUNERAL TRAIN WITH 80 DEAD
STARTS EAST.
Disaster Occurred at Honda, CaI.-
Merry Party of Shriners Turned
Into Mourners.

Santa Barbara, CAL, May 14.-The
funeral train to carry the bodies OF
the victims of the wreck which oc.
SONS were killed, to their former
homes in the east left Santa Barbara
as soon as the inquest was finished
Monday afternoon.
Between 200 and 300 eastern
Shriners and their friends also left
here on a special train, one coach of
which was fitted up as a funeral car
and to carry the bodies of 21 dead.
The train will proceed over the North.
ern route via San Francisco. At San
Luis Obispo, the II bodies taere were
taken on board and the Shriners in
that city, and who are able to travel,
also went east on this train.
The wreck took place at 2:34
o'clock, one hour and forty-five min.
utes after the conclave visitors. form.
ing merry party, had passed all the
morning sightseeing in Santa Bar
bara. The train was running 60 miles
an hour when ii struck a defective
SWllCli dC I1Ollud. III du luSIduC IuS
big locomotive, baggage car, diner and
pullman coupled with it were hurled
together in huge heap of wreck
age.
The engine shot forward on the
broken track, tearing up the rails and
ties and twisting the huge iron spans
| like fishhOoks. The baggage car half
buried itself in the sand on the right
side of the locomotive and was
smashed almost to kindling wood
The dining car, in which were 80
persons eating their MONDAY meal
leaped into the air and was thrown di-
rectly on top of the demolished loco.
motive. Nearly every person in this
coach was killed. Scores were scald.
ed by steam escaping from disconnect.
ed pipes in the kitchen of the diner.
Columbus, o., May 14.-Dashing
through an open switch at Truro sta.
ton, - miles eoutheast of Columbus,
Monday, the West Virginia Express
on the Ohio Central, which left Co.
lumbus at 8:15 a. M, was derailed and
one man, who was walking along the
side of the track, was killed and a
number of trainmen were more or less
Injured. Most of the passengers es-
capped with a few bruises.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
Bio smeIter Reopened.

Salt Lake City, Utah, May 14.-The
plant of the American Smelling and
Refining company at Murray, suburb
which closed down last week, throw
ing 1,200 men out of work, resumed
operations Monday morning, under
protection of rs deputies. There was
no disorder, however, and majority
of the men who struck for higher
wages and made those who wanted tc
work walk out with them, returned tc
their places at an increase of about
ten per cent. offered by the company
but previously rejected by the strikers
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
Great Celebration
At jamestown FAIR
fERCENTENARY OF FOUNDING
OF CITY MARKED BY sA.
LUTES AND BIG PARADE.
..KUROKI AND OTHER
DIGNITARlES THERE
Great Fleet of Warships in Hampton
Roads MISUNDERSTANDING Con-
cIude With Dinner Given on ItaI>
ian Warship.

Norfolk, Va, May 14.-The elabor-
> ate celebration at the Jamestown ex-
position Monday, the tercentennial of
the founding of Jamestown on May
13, 1907, was ushered in by the firing
Of salute of II guns from Fortress
Monroe incident to the arrival at Old
; Point Comfort at 6:15 a. m. of Gen.
: Baron Kuroki, his staff and party, ac-
companied by Gen. O. E. Wood as
official escort. Gen. Kuroki and his
party were met at the Old Point Com
fort pier by Gen. Grant and Maj.
Strong, the latter commanding Fort
cess Monroe.
All honors were accorded the noted
Japanese and after breakfast Gen.
'Kuroki and party proceeded by spe-
cial boat to review the great fleet of
American and foreign warships in
Hampton Roads, after which they
landed at the jamestown exposition
grounds for the exercises of the day,
which included an address by Presi-
dent H. St. George Tucker of the
Jamestown Exposition company and
"A parade and review of the federal
troops on the camp at the exposition,
together with several thousand sail
ors landed from the American and
foreign warships in Hampton Roads.
Naval Dignitaries See Parade.
All were reviewed by Gen. Kuroki,
the Japanese vice admiral; Sir Gero
Ijuin, the Italian Duke d'Abruzzi,
Gems. Grant and. Wood, Admiral
Evans and other American and for
eign army and naval dignitaries.
At noon a salute of 800 guns was
fired in Hampton Roads commemora-
tive of the nations birth on May 49,,
1907. The remainder of the day was
taken up in Informal exercises of
various kinds, among the features be-
ing international races in Hampton
Roads between crews from the Amer
ican and foreign warships.
The exercises on the island were
directly under the auspices of the So
rciety for the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities. Joseph Bryan of Rich
mond, Va, presided and the invoca-
tion was offered by Bishop Randolph
of the diocese of southern Virginia.
The opening address was delivered
by Gov. Swanson of Virginia and
British Ambassador Bryce followed
with an address, the subject of which
was "Greetings from the Old World
to the New"
Large excursions were run to
Jamestown island early in the day
from Norfolk and Richmond, these
carrying for the most part the large
company of noted persons who attend.
ed the ceremonies of the day. Lady
Grey, wife of Earl Grey of Canada,
was with Ambassador Bryce.
italian Duke Is Host.
Gen. Kuroki and his party inspect.
ed Fortress Monroe and the festivities
of the day concluded with a ball and
dinner given by Duke di Abruzzi on
the Italian flagship Varese, the ban.
quet being attended by all foreign and
American dignitaries now in these
waters. The function was one of the
most elaborate ever given. aboard q
warship.
At night there was a great illumina.
tion of the warships in Hampton
Roads with brilliant fireworks from
floats off the exposition grounds and
In close proximity to the warships.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
Man and Wife Murdered.

Tekamah, Neb., May 14.-Walter
Copple and wife, living just across the
line from the Omaha Indian reserva.
ton, IL miles east of here, were mur.
dered some time Sunday night. The
sheriff is searching for Bert Phillips, a
farm hand working for Copple, who is
suspected of knowing something of
the crime. Phillips and a mule from
Couples barn is missing.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17

Read the new ads in this
weeks S issue of The Bottineau
COurant.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17

Another car of the celebrated
Camel coal at the Imperial Lum-
Der Yard. Just what you need
for summer use. 19tf.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17

The Bottineau Courant, $3.50
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
Builder Of U. s. Navy Dead.

00IIOVI " " 0s TNdVy 0SdVs
New York, May 14.-Charles Haines
'Haswell one of the best-known civil
and marine engineers in the country,
lis dead at his home here. He was 9e
years old. In the building of the
early ships for the United States
navy many Of Mr.. Haswell's construc.
tive plans, improvements and inven.
'tions were used. He was engineer
in chief in the navy from 1886 to 1851.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
JuIjtv.

First Village GCssip-Do you be-
lieve that avn! story that they are
telling about Miss Prm?
Second Village Gossip-Yes. What
is it?-N. Y. Weekly.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17

regulate the dram shops of St. Louis
county by placing them under lne
control of an excise commissioner,
was killed in the senate, Senator
Gardner talking it to death.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17

Missouri Special Session Ends.
Jefferson City, Mo-, May 14.-The
extra session of the legislature called
Thy Gov. Folk adjourned at noon Mon.
day. The bill that Gov. Folk espe.
.cially wished to be enacted. that tn
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-05-17
Topeka (kas.) Bank Robbed,

Topeka, Kas., May Robbers
early Monday broke into the Citizens
bank of North Topeka and are sup.
posed to have made rich haul. The
robbers chiseled around the time lock
on the safe door and it is believed Sc.
cured the contents, which the bank OF.
dcials admitted contained $4,000. The
robbers battered the lock, and it has
been impossible to open the safe to
learn the exact loss. The bank Off
cials decline to state how much money
the bank contained.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-28
ROAD MAKING EXPER
MENT.

Mr.. w. L. Spoon, road engineer
of the agricultural department of
the United States government
begun work today building
a sample Of dirt road i'll the
suburbs of Greenville. 1t IS pro-
posed to build a full half mile of
road not so much as an expert
ment, but as an object lesson, with
the expectation that the county
will take the matter up and build
good roads throughout the country.
Mr.. Spoon begun by plowing up
the road and giving it proper drain
age and will then burn the surface,
several hundred cords of wood
having been placed OH the ground
for the burning of the road. Mr..
Spoon has no donbt but that the
work will result in permanent
splendid road as the buckshot soil
on which the samplers being built
is good for that kind of road, -
Greeville Democrat.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-28
Mr.. LAUDERDALE EXPLAINS.
Gives His Version of the
Allowance to Members
of the Board.

In the Cleveland Enterprise this
week we find the following card
from Mr.. Lauderdale, which ideas
were also doubtless entertained by
Messrs. Taylor and W,ay:
EDITOR ENTERPRISE:
Dear Sir:-My attention has been
called to the frank and candid dis
cussion in the last two issues of
your paper, touching the action of
the Board in granting the issuance
of county warrants unto its lnem-
bers, for services performed as in
spector of the roads in each par
ticular supervisors district. l am
glad that the matter came up in
she columns of your paper as it gives
me an opportunity to explain the
error or mistake under which l
labored. The Code of 1906, Sec
ton 4467, provides that the super
visor of each district shall receive
as compensation for the general
supervision of the road commission,
the total SUM of $4,000 annually,
for said extra services. I knew
that Code of 1892, in Section 1885,
provided for duties somewhat akin
to those Incorporated in the afore-
said section of the code of 1906, and
understood that the compensatory
clause was embodied in same. AS
soon as l found my mistake, the
warrant was remitted. l had filed
my claim, and as then thought a
just one, for three years service in
the capacity of inspector of said
roads. l am aware that ignorance
of the law excuses no one; / SIM
ply desire to place my action before
the pnblic as characterized by no
other motive than that of an hon
est misconception as to the law in
the allowance of this claim.
Very truly yours,
T. c. LAUDERDALE.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-28
A PROUD EDITOR.

A gentleman friend of the editor
walked into the editorial sanctum,
un-announced and un-bidden, one
iav last week and deliberately and
wifully presented the editor with
a brand new pair Of suspenders.
We expect to wear them to the
Baldwyn Fair just to let the peo-
ple over there know that we are not
in the same class of Geo. Brown,
of the Guntown Hot Times.
Southern Sentinel.
Well, we'll, we should say the
editor of the Sentinel is not i'll our
class! The editor of the Hot
Times has been wearing suspend
ers to hold-up his pants for many
wears. but Bro. Anderson is as
prond of his newly acquired sus-
peuders as a small boy is of his
first pair of red-top boots. But
Bro. Anderson, don't let your
pride prevent you from wearing
something else besides your sus-
penders when you visit the Bald
wyu Fair.-Guntown Hot Ilmes'
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-28
RIVER AND LEvEE WORK
Captain Hoffman Talks Of the
Work in This District.

Capt. George M. Hoffman,
United States engineer of this dis
trict, is always a busy man, but
never too busy to see his newspa-
per friends, and for whom he al
ways has some interesting data to
.ilnpart. At this time of year, the
captain said he used the chopping
parties to clear the banks along the
banks alongythe streams where he
works later with the snagboats,
At present he has two chopping
parties on the Ouchita above Mon
roe, and one below that thriving
city. He also has a chopping
party OH the Red River near Alex
andria; another on the Sunhower
and still another OH the Talla-
hatchie, working down into and
along the Yazoo, the latter being
the most important tributaries we
have. Notwithstanding the railroad
facilities now adjoining the Yazoo
and Tallahatchie, those streams
are conveying by boats large quau-
tites of cotton. it going to Green
wood, Belzonia, Yazoo City, Vicks-
burg and other points where it is
compressed and sold for domestic
use or export. Capt. Hoffman is
also getting ready to lay mattress
near the town of Lake ProvidencC,
500 feet long by 25Ofeet wide, and
thinks it will be ready to place
about the last of the present week.
Capt. Hoffman will also Law two
mattresses at Bolivar, and this will
be done in about six weeks hence.
he thinks. The captain will also
organize another revetment party.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-28
FUNDS PROVIDED.
Money for Drainage Sur.
vey is Pledged.

Through the efforts of J. Watt
Bishop, who spent a part of the
day here Friday in the interest of
securing the necessary funds for
supplying the needed help to be
given the government surveying
party, the amount has been pro-
v;ded and the chief obstacle to the
completion of the preliminary work
has been removed. The party is
due here within the next week,
and that there has been no change
in their plans is understood by the
fact that they have not communi-
Gated them.
1t is not thought that it will re-
quire more than 80 days to make
the survey, if that long. Chief
Engineer Elliott has riden over the
proposed route and the general
ideas he has formed of the nature
of the work will facilitate the SUR
vey. The source of the main can
al has not been definitely deter
mined upon, but point in section
Que, range six is thought to be
where the canal will start.
AS we understand the matter, the
bed of Bogue Hasty is to be follow
ed to it's confluence with the main
channel of Bogue Phalia, i'll Wash
ington county. Including the me-
anderings of the stream, this will
make the main canal about rs miles
long,, Everything is in readiness
for prompt organization of the dis
trict as soon as the report of the
government surveyors is made
Cleveland Enterprise.