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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
New Volcanic Isle Changes.

Readers will recall the discovery last
July of a new and steaming hot volcanic
Island to the vicinity of Unalaska by the
revenue cutter McCulloch, in command of
Lieut.. B. III. Camden. Lieut.. Camden
now reports of his second visit to the
srene, three months later. The cloud of
steam had vanished and one of the two
peaks, named McCulloch, 800 feet high.
had entirely disappeared. leaving the half
Of the other peak, known as Perry, with
its perpendicular wall standing in grim
silence as a headstone at the grave of
the departed peak" The rugged outlines
of the island had been softened by a pad
ding of lava dust, while the sand spit
which connected the two parts of the
island had attained the height of from 20
to 100 feet. At intervals while they
locked on, masses of lava dust Jared
from creviees high up crashed downward
to the beach.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
Worth Reading.

vermont's marble quarries are the
best In the world.
Few New Workers. are aware of the
fact that the East River was known
as the Salt River 200 years ago.
or recent years only six deaths oc
cur to each one hundred amputations
This is owing to the improvements il
antiseptic surgery.
An American firm from Chicago is
opening the largest 3, 10 and 15-cenl
store ever started In Kingston. There
are several other branches In Canada
The Peacock Throne" of Persia Is
the most extravagant thing of thG
kind in the world. Its value Is esti
mated between ten and fifteen millio.
dollarn
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28

loS6-Iha Domesday Book, generai
survey of England, completed.
1093-Malcolm Canmore, King of Scot
land slain in battle at Alnwick.
1315-Sw;ss defeated the Austrians at
battle of Morgarten.
134O-Moors defeated at battle of
Tarifa, in southern Spain.
13S1-Adofphus, Count of Cleves, found
ed The Order of Fools
161S-Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded at
Westminster for high treason.
16S6-Treaty of neutrality between Eng
land and France for America.
1715-The Barrier treaty concluded al
Antwerp. :. The Netherlands, Ma
pies, Milan. etc, added to the Aus
trian dominions.
1727-New England shaken by an earth.
quake.
1761-The ship LAuguste wrecked of
Cape Breton, ia lives being lost.
1763-Mason and Dixon arrived from
England to survey the Pennsylvania
and Maryland boundary.
1770-Bruce, the African explorer, dis
covered what he considered to be the
source of the Nile
1775-Benedict Arnold, with American
troops, arrived at Quebec to lay siege
to the city.
1776-British under Howe attacked
Fort Washington.
1777-Washington retired to White
Marsh, below Philadelphia.
1SO6-Lieut Pike first sighted the Colo
RADIO mountain which bears his name
1S1O-First steamboat on western waters
left Pittsburg for New Orleans.
1S14-The Robert Fulton" the first
steam war vessel, launched.
1S33-Remarkable display Of meteoric
stars seen over a large part OK
North America.
1S39-Khelat, capital Of Beioochsstan.
captured BY the British.
1S46-Cracow annexed by Austria.
1S4S-Count Rossi, minister of the in
terror, assassinated at Rome.
1s49-The ship Caleb Grimshaw burned
at sea with great loss of life.
1S56-The Grand Trunk railway OF
Canada opened.
| 186e-Maj jor Robert Anderson Of Ken
lucky ordered to take command OF
the Federal forces in Charleston har-
| Dor.
ls64-Gen. Sherman began his march to
the sea. .. Gen. Sherman cut the
wire connection between Atlanta and
| Washington. . Gen. Sherman burn
ed a part of Atlanta.
lSS1-Trial of Charles Guiteau, the as
sassin of President Garfield, began.
1SS5-Servia declared war against Bull
garia.
| 1SSS-Friends of the condemned Bald
Knob outlaws in Missouri lynched
five of the leading witnesses.
1SS9-Revolution at Rio Janeiro and a
republic proclaimed.
INSTRUMENTATION by Chicago anarch-
lists.
1S94-Secretary Carlisle called for bids
for second issue of $50,OO0,OOO Of
bonds.
1S9S-Earl of Minto sworn in as gov
ernor general of Canada.
| 1900-United States cruiser Yosemite
wrecked at Guam by typhoon.
1961-Execution of Czolgosz for the mur-
der of President Mckinley.
1902-Attempt made on the life of King
Leopold of Belgium.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28

ana extended his hand / saw one OF
the most kindly faces it had ever been
my privilege to behold.
Before l left I thought linn the
handsomest man ever saw. Mr.. Lin
coin chatted for a few moments and
then wrote me out a pass. The lady
who had carried my request to the
President was Mrs. Lincoln. When
left the White House and went back
to my newspaper friend, who was wait
Ing in the park opposite, he would moi
believe that l had been successful until
l showed him my pass written in Lin
coins own handwriting"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
SOLDIERS AT HOME.
THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES. OF THE WAR. q
How the Boys of Both Armies Whiled
Away Life in Camp-Foraging Ex-
periences, Tiresome Marches
Thrilling Scenes on Battlefield.

Col. Robert G. ClOwry, president OF
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
ls possessed of remarkable resourceful-
hess. AS an illustration of this char
acteristlc 1t may be said that he sent a
wireless telegraphic message forty years
before the names Of Marconi or De
Forest were heard Of.
It happened back in Civil War times,
when Col. Clowry was an assistant
Quartermaster in charge of the United
States military telegraph service in
the department of Mississippi, Kansas
and Arkansas. In the course of one
campaign Capt. Clowry, as he was
hen, discovered that he was unable to
communicate with a detachment of
union troops on the other side Of the
Missouri river. The night was pitch
dark an6 the rain was descending In
torrents. The stream was so swollen
thaS an attempt to cross 1t would have
meant certain death.
Clowry learned that the e.Smy was
marching On the union army and eX-
pected by means OF flank movement
to surround it. The cOnfederates had
planned to compel the surrender Of
their foe, as the latter could not re-
treat without being driven into the
river A successful defense against the
attack seemed impossible, as the con-
federates largely outnumbered the
uniOniStS.
Various expedients rapidly crossed
the mind Of the young telegraph chief
He thought of firing q gun so that the
reports would correspond with the
ticks Of telegraphic key. The scheme
proved futile because with the type of
gun then in use it was impossible to
discharge one shot after another with
sufficient rapidity.
Pacing back and forth in the pour
ing rain as he wrestled with what
captain Of the wire chanced to see &
locomotive standing on a siding. The
sight prompted new idea. He leaped
into the locomotives cab and, finding
that the firebox contained nothing but
wet ashes, hastily cleaned it out, filled
the boiler to the right level, kindled 6
fire and soon got up steam Then thu
engineer operator began to toot tn
engines whistle and out into the black
ness Of the night he sent a series O
blasts timed in the same sequence al
the well known "call' of the icy. Pres
emily came al answer. The telegraph
chief Of the distant army had heart
the whistling and was replying on {
bugle.
Communication had been established
and the whistle, under the command o.
Clowry's practiced hand, shrieked ou
it's warning and saved 10000 soldiers
from disaster.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
A Georgian I'm Camp Douglas.

/ was a member Of Company Il, SEQ
ond Tennessee cavalry, under Forrest,
and was prisoner of war in Camp
Douglas, Chicago, from December %,
1862, to June 10, 1865. On the morn.
ing Of the 10Th Of April, 1865, after the
assassination Of President Lincoln,
flags were ordered to half-mast. The
lanyard Of the garrison flag was caught
and hung few feet from the top, and
could not be moved either way. Col,
Sweet, the post commander, ordered
man detailed to climb the pole, $50 feet
high, to fix the rope. The detailed sol
dier climbed the pole, but just as he
reached the top and before he could
fix the pulley he lost his hold and fell
fearful fall to the ground
The entire garrison of 5000 men and
thousands of prisoners witnessed the
appalling sight. The man lived about
two hours. On the morning Of the 10th
the colonel called for a volunteer to
climb the pole, but out the entire force
Of 1900 men not one would volunteer
for the hazardous climb. Then re-
ward of $500 was offered but, strange
to say, no one accepted the offer.
Try the Johnnies," said Col. Sweet.
"Out of the 1900 prisoners we will
| find a man who will climb that pole.
| The prisoner who climbs it and adjusts
the lanyard and flag shall have $500
and transportation home at once"
BarrckS No. I, near the gate, was
called out, $50 in number. The propo-
sltion was explained and volunteer
called for. Instantly lean, lank,
ragged Georgia boy. an artllleryman.
about 10 years old, stepped to the front
and went at once to the flag pole. 1t was
now the evening Of the 10th. In the
| prison and garrison and even in the
city excitement was intense.
| Thousands watched the Georgia boy
climb the pole The entire garrison of
duty was gathered around the flag pole,
sailors swarmed In the rigging of their
ships on the lake. and people on the
housetops, all watching one Of the most
| udTluS anu thrilling dClS u tuc wal
The boy from Georgia reached the tor
Of the pole, swaying In gale Of wind
and in a few seconds fixed the rope
then, waving his old confederate hat
three times about his head, threw it at
the crowd below.
A mighty cheer went up as he started
on his descent. The prisoners caught
it up. and for the first and only time
the rebel yell was heard in northern
prison.
AS he came down and in reach the
Federal soldiers pulled him Off the pole
and, on their shoulders, carried him tC
the provost officer nearby, where he
signed the oath or parole, and there
were handed to him five e-hundred
dollar bills and his transportation
papers home. He started home on that
evening.
He had no idea Of climbing that fiae
pole thirty minutes before he started
up 1t. l would like to know who be
was and If he Is still living.--Confed
crate Veteran.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
Vaudeville Deal Denied.

A. L. Erlanger, head of the theatrical
trust, has denied most emphatcally the
repert that his vaudeville campaign had
been abandoned and deal made with the
Keith people, although he admitted THAI
the latter had tried to buy hiA out.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13
THAT LABOR TEMPLE MOVE
MENT.

The movement for the erection of
a Labor Temple in Lincoln is rapidly
taking definite form. If few unions
that have not yet selected representa-
tives on the temple committee will
now get busy, there is no reason why
a concerted effort may not be made.
and a Labor Temple erected in Lin
coin and made ready for occupancy
before the close of 1908.
Seven unions have selected repre-
on the committee, and this
committe is buckling down to work.
As fast as it can it will develop a
definite plan of procedure, and when
it is accomplished it will be submitted
to the local unions for ratification or
amendment. But in order to insure
success 1t is absolutely necessary that
every local organization be represent
ed and unanimous support received
from every local..
lnC SISdI CAOuoAO Will UC OAPClA-
creed in formulating plan that will
be generally acceptable. But even this
will be accomplished in due time. 1t
will then remain for the uniOnists of
this community to get busy and build
the temple With such support as is
almost guaranteed from the business
community by a representative few,
the unionists should have no difficulty
il, financing the movement.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13
Mail your 'telegrams!"
Someone Left Him a Baby.

A baby a few hours old was left on
the doorstep of the house of Walter
Reed. a farmer living five miles south
of Salina. Mr.. Reed heard someone
drive 10 the house in a wagon. A few
minutes later he went to the door and
found a package containing the child.
The man in the wagon drove away
rapidly. The police are investigating
the case, but there is no clew for them
to follow.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13
Won't Apply on DevIin Debts.

1t has been announced by the re-
ceivers for the Devlin properties that
the sale of the coal lands and two
mines at Marquette, ILL.,, was not the
property of any of the Devlin compan-
les which are now in the hands of re-
ceivers in Topeka The Marquette
property was Mr. Devlin's personal
estate and the proceeds of the sale
go to Mrs. Devlin and not to pay any
debts of the many companies which
Devlin organized.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

President Clowry of the Western
Union Telegraph company can under
stand why the head official of a great
corporation can express a desire to
have his salary raised from $4,000 to
$4,000 year, but for the life of him
he can not understand why a tele-
graph operator drawing $50 a month
ought to have $40 month more.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

Having failed to strike either oil or
gas in that well, Mr.. Burnham and
his associates might try boring for
the gas at or near the headquarters
OF lot of eminent gentlemen who
preach "patronize home industry" and
then signally fail to practice it.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

of 10 per cent in their wages in order
to locate another cigar factory in Lin
cCln.
Consistency would die of loneliness
if forced to live long in the CONNER
cial Club rooms of Lincoln
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

How easy it is to give lavishly to
charity when you can force men and
women to work for starvation wages
10 make the goods you force the con-
Stunning public to buy at exorbitant
prices.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

.'The Man on the Back Seat for
the Buffalo Progress is a wise guy.
He says: IF employers would pay
as much attention to the old men as
they do to the new men after a strike,
there would be fewer labor troubles. -
Isn't that the truth?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

Speaking of striking telegraph OPP
orator in Lincoln, well known bust
ness man said: 81 know he would go
back to work tomorrow if he wasn't
afraid of being called a 'scab.'" Well,
isn't that reason enough for not 60
ing back to work?
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

You expect to have it handed to you
By your enemies, but it hurts like
thunder to have it handed to you by
those whom you have tried to be-
friend.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

The Buxeau Of Commerce and Labor
at Washington, D. c., has sent out .
bulletin containing the information
the cost of living. And that's the sort
OF stuff we pay those expert stats
ticMns" to hand out to us.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

Every time an employer of rat"
printers denounces the Typographical
Union the members of that organiza-
ton point to a picture of their home
at Colorado Springs and smile.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

We demand for Senator Borah of
Idaho a fair and impartial trial-any-
how, as fair and impartial as he tried
to deal out to "Bill'' Haywood.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

The secret of industrial independ-
ence lies in the unanimous demand
of union men for the union label.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

They may possibly put you in Jail
for trying to boycott, but they cannot
jail you for insisting upon the union
label.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

The taxpayers of Idaho are now
footing the bills incurred by the Hay
wood prosecution in it's desperate eff
fcrts to "bust the unions
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

If your union has not yet appointed
a representative on the Labor Temple
Committee, it is your duty to call at
tention to the fact and insist upon it
doing so at once.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13

Stand by the striking telegraphers!
They are worthy of all help.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-09-13
WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAUpN, EDITOR

Entered as second-class matter April
Il, 1904, at the postofice at Lincoln,
Neb., under the Act of Congress OF
March 3rd, 1879.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
Mrs. Lipsmeyer Dead.

Mrs. Henry Lipsmeyer, aged 67, died at her home at Dixie, Perry county, Sunday. She was buried Tuesday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
THE COTTON SCHOOL CLOSING
Exercises to be Had at Court House Thurs
 day Night, August 2o.

The Farmers Union cotton school, now in session at Conway, will close on Friday of next week. The closing exercises will be had at the court house on Thursday night before August 29, in order to give the boys a chance to get off on the trains Friday evening. Everybody is invited to attend the closing exercises. The program is as follows:
 Opening address, T. w. Wells, student from White county. Address on Education as related to Agriculture, by C.. w. Dona- ghey, Conway.
 Co-Operation of Farmers, by Ben l.. Griffin, state secretary. Representation of School, by Arnes Oldham, student from Se- bastian county.
 ''The Work Accomplished and the Worth of Such Work to the Southern People,. ' J. Aston Clapp, principal.
 "The Worth of Systematic and Businesslike Handling of Cotton and results Accomplished in Pres ent School" w. B. Starks teacher of bookkeeping depart ment.
 Closing address by J. R. Will Hams, student from Franklin coun- ty.
 ARNES OLDHAM,
 T. C. WHILE,
 J. P. PRICE,
 Committee.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
M. E. QUARTERLY MEETINGS

Alp sointments of Presiding Elder John H
 Glass for Fourth Round Conway circuit, August 3I-Sep- tember I.
 Appleton circuit, at Sunny Side, September 7-8.
 Springfield circuit, at Springfield, September S-9.
 Quitman circuit, at Bethesda, September I4-I5. Quitman station, at Quitman, September I5-I6. Holland circuit, at Oakland, Sep tember 2I-22.
 Clinton circuit, at Pleasant Grove, September 2S-2o. Plumerville circuit, October 5-6. Bee Branch circuit, October I2- I3.
 Adona circuit, at Oppelo, Octo- Der 1920.
 Houston & Perry, at Houston, October 2O-2I.
 Pottsville circuit, at Pleasant Grove, October 26. ~ Russellville station, October 27. Atkins station, October 27-2S. Conway station, November ?.
 JOHN H. GLASS,
 Presiding Elder.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
THINKS CONTESTS UNFAIR
Enola School Boy Criticizes Methods Used
 in Educational Contests.

Editor Log Cabin Democrat:
 I am a school boy, and take a great delight in my studies, and have been associated with our school contest, both section and county. have believed our con- tests were gotten up for the better advancement of all the pupils that should enter, that they would be conducted by the teachers of our county on pure principles and without partality, or favoritism, as the principles that are taught and practiced in our common schools, are those which should make bet ter men and women of the boys and girls that are attending our schools.
 am sorry to say so, but I am thoroughly convinced that the contests are conducted on unfair and biased methods.
 My first reason for saying so, is that two years ago, the prize that was to be awarded for the best map, was to be gold medal, with the winners name engraved on it, and, of course, to have treat ed the contestants fairly, no one could have known whose name to engrave until after the county contest, and the winner was nam ed by the judges. But in the face of that the prize was delivered at the contest with the winner name already engraved showing 1t was set selection.
 Second, I deem it unfair and for no other purpose than to show favoritism, to rule a contestant out, until he or she has once reached the capital prize, as l was done at Enders on the I7th, af ter having the best map and so graded by the judges as No. I.
 If such action is approved we had better dispense with the old adage, that if you do not at first succeed, try, try again, and we will further say, if a teacher makes application for school and fails, he is for ever barred from asking for a school in that district again;ssor, if a teacher makes appli- cation for first grade license to teach school and gets second grade only, he will forever be de- barred from asking for first grade again.
 So, being a boy and not having the skill and language to clothe my subject fully, l will submit these few lines for the considera- ton of the teachers of our county that they may be willing to re- tract their error.
 Respectfully submitted,
 CARLIE REYNOLDS.
 District 46, Enola, Ark.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
Beyond Expression.

G. w. Farlowe, East Florence, Ala, writes: "For nearly seven years was ftiicted with form of skin disease which caused almost unbearable itching. I could neither work, rest or sleep in peace. Nothing gave me permanent relief until tried Hunts Cure. One applica- tion relieved me; one box cured me, and though year has passed, have stayed cured. l am grateful beyond expression"
 ' EuA.'- Care is a. grlrantt ed remedy" f0I 1lT itching diseases Of the skin. Price soc. 50-4l
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
Marriage Licenses.

P. F. Drilling, 2S, to Mrs. Mag gie Osborn, 27, Morrilton.
 w. J. Cunningham, 56, to Rosa Cooper, 22, Conway.
 D. V. Simpson, 56, to l.. A. Burgess, 35, Conway.
 Blaud West, 39, to Hattie West, B, Lollie.
 J. A. Montgomery, 80, Palarm, to Miss Bessie Easterwood, 28, Conway.
 E. F. Lovelady, 26, to Miss Ad- die Herring, IS, Martinville.
 Richard Matthews, 22, to Sal lie Patrick, I9, Conway.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
Meeks Not a Negro.

In an item published in last weeks Log Cabin Democrat to the effect that John Meeks was fined $50 and costs for whipping his wife, it was stated that the de- fendant was a negro. Meeks, how ever, is a member of the white race.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
50-4t
Have You ChiIls?

It cured your Pa and also your Ma of chlls ill the long ago and it will cure you now It has been tested by time and its merits have been proven. We guarantee one bottle to cure any one case of Chills. If it fails your money is cheerfully refunded and its name is Cheathams Chill Tonic. 50-4
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
The Plain Fucker.

If burn or bruise afl jets you rub it yon rub
 1t on. Then before you scarcely know it all the troub-
 le will be gone. For an aching joint muscle do the same. It extracts all pains and poisons, plucks the
 stings and heals the lame. Hunts Lightning Oil does it. 50-4t
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-22
Moving Picture Show.

Mitchell's moving picture show has been in the city during the past week and has given the best exhibition of moving pictures ever seen here. "The Passion Play" has attracted a great deal of favor able comment.