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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-01
ST.PAUl SINKS BRITISH CRUISER
H. N. S. Gladiator, At Anchor OF Isle
Of Wight, Is Cut in Two by
Steamer.

Southampton, April 2S.-In one Of
the most amazing nautical accidents
on record and one that seemingly by
miracle is not chronicled as catas.
!, trophe appalling in it's extent, the
British second-class cruiser Gladiator.
especially built for ramming, was
rammed and sunk off the Isle of
Wight Saturday afternoon in a dense
snow storm by the American line
steamer st. Paul.
Twenty-eight Dead and Missing.
The total number of dead and
missing of the Gladiator's crew is
twenty eight. The admiralty late last
night issued a revised list of the
names of the Gladiator victims, which
includes an additional death in the
hospital, bringing the total Of deaths
known to the above. Twenty-three
men are missing, according to the
list, and six are suffering severe inju-
ries.
Divers yesterday searched part of
found none.
The st. Paul left Southampton at
1880 o'clock. The weather was COM
paratively clear in Southampton wa
tiers, but Immediately the st. Paul
turned into the Solent she encounter
ed a terrific snow blizzard Capt.
Passow and his chief officer, with the
American lines regular pilot, we're on
the bridge, and lookout man was
posted in the bows.
Passengers in Terror.
Suddenly ship appeared immedi-
ately in front of them. 1t was the
Gladiator at anchor. Orders were CIV
en- on the instant for full speed astern
i'll an endeavor to clear the cruiser,
but it was too late.
The st. Paul's sharp stem rammed
the anchored vessel amidships; she
quivered and reeled as the passengers
rushed on. deck in great alarm, the
women in panic. The officers and
crew acted with the greatest GOODNESS
and allayed the growing terror with a
show of discipline worthy Of the best
trained man-of-war.
Begins to Sink at Once.
Five boats were lowered within
few minutes to rescue the crew of the
Gladiator, which had sustained
death blow. The cruiser began to
sink almost at once. Her men gave a
magnificent demonstration of disci-
pine.
The opinion among shipping men
and naval officials :, appears to be
unanimous that the accident was un-
avoidable. There will be the usual ma
val court and an inquiry by. the board
of trade. All witnesses Of the disas-
ter agree practically that both crews
behaved as we'll as possible.
st. Paul Badly Damaged.
The st. Paul was more seriously
damaged than at first supposed. She
shipped a great quantity of water
through her broken plates, and from
the moment she backed away from
the wrecked steamer until she reach
ed her wharf all her pumps were kept
going to their full capacity.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-01
TOWN BURIED UNDER MOUNTAIN
Sliding Mountain Destroys Part Of
French Hamlet in Quebec.


Buckingham, Quebec, April %. =
Half the little French hamlet of Notre
Dame de Salette, 16 miles from here
on the L1evre river, lies buried under
sliding mountain and at least thirty of
it's small population are known to
have persisted. The hamlet has no tel
ephone nor telegraph, and neither is
it on a. railroad. Meager bits of news
of the disaster came in by messen-
ger from the physicians and other res
cuers who were hurried there when
the first calls for aid came at early
morning.
Mountain Slides.
The River Lievre winds at the foot
of the hamlet and mountain towers
behind it. Spring rains for days past
have been melting the snow and ice
on the mountainside and streams
have been coursing down to the river.
At 5 o'clock yesterday morning, just
as the little hamlet began to stir for
early mass, part of the mountain
started to slide toward the river. 1t
left path Of death and destruction
IN Its wake, and those who were not
killed when their homes were engulf.
ed were left buried under the mass of
rock and earth.
Many Were Drowned.
De Salette, like many hamlets of it's
kind, rambles into gardens and little
fields on the mountainside, SO about
half Of it was not in the path of the
avalanche. The sliding mass rushed
with roar and spread fanlike over
part Of the place and dumped itself
in the swollen stream at IT'S foot, and
those who were not killed in the ava
lanche we're drowned. Cut or from
the outside world, messengers were
dispatched to Poupere, the nearest
hamlet. Those first on. the scene
found de salette in panic, with the
uninjured ones packing their belong
ings for flight.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-01
NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest of the News Worth Telling Con.
densed for the Busy
Reader. =,
Washington Notes.

The president has sent to the sen.
ate. the nomination of Lawrence O.
Murray to be controller of the curren-
cy, vice w. B. Ridgely, resigned.
Figuring OH the basis of the returns
for the first two quarters the deficien-
cy in the postoffice department for the
current fiscal year will exceed $15,.
100000.
The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Laurence o. Murray of New
York, assistant secretary of the de-
partment of commerce and labor, to
be controller of the currency.
An increase of 25 per cent in the
minimum rate Of royalty on oil is pro-
vided for in an amendment of the oil
and gas regulations for the Five Civ
ilized Tribes. issued by Secretary of
the Interior Garfield.
A child labor law for the District of
Columbia, drawn within lines sug-
gested by the president and intended
as model for the drawing of similar
legislation in the states, has been rec
commended to the house for passage.
Anticipating favorable action by
congress on the proposition for 5000
additional men for the navy, of whom
5000 may be obtained prior to July 1,
instructions have been given by the
bureau of navigation to resume re-
cruiting, which was suspended some
weeks ago, at which time the full
nnOta had heen attained
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-01
"BuRN AND KILL" is CREED.
Startling Practices Of Sect Disclosed
In Alberta.

In Alberta.
Medicine Hat, Alberta, April rs. -
The trial Of several members of the
Dreamers sect, whose headquarters
are at Java, S. D., continued all this
week. The charge is arson, in burn
ing the homes of unbelievers at 10.
sephburg, a settlement south of here.
Startling evidence was given in re-
spect to the practices and actions OF
the sect. Joseph Bette of Irvine, AL
berta, stated it was agreed to burn
the Baptist and Lutheran churches.
It was not the result of a dream, but
the creed was to burn and murder.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-02

matter. Hs is quoted As telling a
Negro audience in Washington.
That the oppression Of the Negro
in the south is due to the fact that
members of your race persistent
ly supported. the republican party.
Now, would not the democratic party
feel more kindly toward the Negro if
he were to vote the democatic tick
et?" -. T'@@; 49,. d. =,
Mr.. Chandler Is an intimate friend
of Senator Tillman. Probably the
view he now expresses is, in some
measure, ~~a5 reflection Of his talks
with the South Carolinian. The rea-
sonableness. :. OF Che superstition can
not be decried, for the sharp cleav-
age in the. south between the white
and black races has always been in
:tensifled by the fact tina tthe colofsd
race solidly supported the political
party which southern whites regard
ed as an enemy of their section. Let
the Negro fEotexs show that they are
ma ioaGer to an answering
5aallsgIR fses % iep nbl loans \ and the
ss;Gai I'd
q iiessss 3lsdic Ca an d
BITTERNESS an no ysEg long time, the
scout might make --cpnce ssiotis TO. the
colored race in order to secure its po-
.litical support in northern centers
for the democratic party in import
ant elections. The. possibilities in
this direction deserves serious con-
siderations ....~-# |.....
Suggestions Of this character are
offered solely from the Negro point
of view. Some time there will be de-
velopments not unlike those outlined
because the race must sooner or Ia
ter fight It's own battles III politics If
1T Is to have political existence. -
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BALANCE
ContinNed from page one

hints In every quarter that before
long a treaty Of peace between Mr..
Foraker and Mr.. Taft will become OPP
erative. Just now it does not seem
to be expected that it Will be clean
cut agreement in terms Of
You work for me for the presi-
dency and will do all I can to see
that you are reelected to the SEN
ate" .....<
Bat If Foraker takes the stump
for Taft in Ohio it is not thought that
much care will be exercised by the
Taft partisans throughout the state
in rigidly selecting anti-Foraker men
as candidates for the Legislature.
Handy With the "RaMer." :.
The old Foraker machine had a.
wicked habit Of knitting tickets that
displeased It. M. A. Hanna used to
complain Of it. He used to say to q
longtime friend here.
when my fellows got licked in q
convention or primary they always
wh1rlcd in and voted for the ticket
regardless Of everything else, but
when these Foraker fellows are whip
ped In preliminary contest they re
fuse to accept defeat. They knife
the ticket y -,
whether this worsted minority re-
solves to slash the Taft-Sherman
ticket this year, men here say, wifi
depend largely on the attitude to be
assumed by Mr.. Foraker as the cam
paign develops. If peace is effect
ed between the senator and the cat-
didate for the presidency, then tho
politicians here will look for no d.
vision Of the republican vote in the
state. Otherwise, they sax, there will
be falling off'in the districts in
Whlch FORAKER still preserves rem
6 Ganty of his once complete political
Apprehension is felt in Ohio this
year about the Negro vote although
some republicans pretend to believe
that, despite the known disafYection
existing among the Negroes in the
state, they will vote the republican
'icKet- as usual. Perhaps With the
single exception of Indiana, the Ne
gro voters in Ohio exercise more in
huence as political factor than in
any other state in the union.
Whether the Negroes will Use, the
balance Of power in the districts
where they hold it Is a question that
Is sorely perplexing republican lead
ers, 1t is one Of the. reasons that
make many OF them so anxious to.
fv Foraker openly and warmly es1
po1tge Mr. Faft's cause on the stnmpsI
If Fore ksr. stays out sof the prssesl B
ce1tp pal gg tIas pred &c faar lsl ST {, VI
81 81
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ROOSEVELT, TAFT AND THEIR
PARTY. ''E,.

1t Is an open fact, Of course, that
the Roosevelt policies have had their
strong republican opponents, and
That these have been. powerful in the,
councils of the ruling lotteries of both
houses of congress, AS the prelimi-
nary work of finding a candidate pro-
ceeded at the Chicago convention,
the distinction between the progress
sives," led b the Roosevelt. admin
tstration and the so-called "reac-
ttonartes,' became more sharply ac-
centuated. But 1T was also clear that
the Roosevelt element of the party
represented the vast majority Of the
republican voters. Mr.. Taft's
strength as candidate was due above
all else to the knowledge that Mr..
Roosevelt was advocating his selec-
ton, and to the further knowledge
that, as a great member Of the
Roosevelt administration, Mr.. Taft
was thoroughly known both as to his
views and also as to his remarkable
qualifications for the presidency.
Thus the real platform Of the repub-
lican- party In this campaign is Mr..
Taft himself as endorsed and guaran-
teed by Mr.. Roosevelt Mr.. Bryan
and his supporters will doubtless
show great deftness and skill in crit
icising the resolutions as adopted at
Chicago, and will point out what can
be made to appear as serious incon-
sistencies. But when all this is done
there will remain the great fact that
Mr.'Taft was easily nominated on the
first ballot, securing 7O2 votes In a
convention numbering $50 delegates.
Furthermore, this nomination was
acquiesccd in by the remaining mem
bers Of the convention, nearly all of
whom would gladly have voted for
Mr.. Taft on the first ballot IL tney
had not been bound by Instructions
to cast their votes for the so-called
"favorite sons" of their own states.
Thus many Of the New York dele
gates who voted for Hughes openly
stated that they desired to vote for
Taft; and the entire delegation was
heartily in sympathy with the nomi-
nation. Almost the same thing
might be said Of the PENNSYLVANIA
vote, which was cast for Senator
Knox; the Illinois vote, which, by
way Of compliment, WAS announced
for Speaker Cannon, and the Indiana
vote, which, was accorded to vice.
President Fairbank s. 1S IGgef, the WIS
sconsIn vote. which, waa for Senator
Ia Fol kite was by faSsl rs
90 Wnfaslx c0rdi fSs ~ Y e sfs.s ~
- 81 stiss IA az q 81 81
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this department Of the school are
successfully, employed as Instructors,
or, as managers of important agri-
cultural operations. The school has
an agricultural faculty of 20 instruc-
'tors;' men who have received their
training in the best, agricultural
schools of the country @.
Young colOred men and women
who desire to take courses in prac-
tlcaf and scientific agriculture are
now offered the best opportunity to
pursue such courses in one Of the
largest and best equipped schools for
practical and scientific agriculture to
be found in the south. The follow
Ing courses are offered,
= Dafrying, three years course. '%.
! Dairy Husbandry, two years course
swine Raising, two years course.
= Beef Raising, thAee years course.
Strengthening, two years course.
-. Fruit Raising, two years course.
General Farming. two years
course. T.. -. .
Truck Gardening, two years course
Care and Management Of Cattle
and Stock, two years course. 49,
Poultry Raising, two years course.
In addition there is a special Post
Graduate course Of or two years pro
V1ded. for graduates of high schools
and colleges. We are especially anx-
1ous to have large number Of agri-
cultural students who have finished
high school Or college courses. ANY
young man who is ambitious enough
to finish any OF the courses above
mentioned can, readily secure imme-
diae employment at good salaries.
~ Opportunities are. now open to- 500
young men and Wemeh who may wish
to take any of.the above courses of
instruction. The cost of board is
$3.50 per month. No charge for in
structfon - '., ,.:-:.~., -, Ill.
4, For further information, address
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON,
~ - % Prin cipa1,
= Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
6-25-12t -: -
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THE DEMAND FOR AN EDUCATED
: = ~ MINISTRY. .,,,,,...','

Realizing the demand among the
Negro people for an educated minis
try, the TustE-9gee Normal and Indus
trial Institute conducts In connection
with Its other departments a Bible
training School. The courses Of
study are SO arranged that, not only
ministers and licentiates may be ben
efited,| but those who desire to do
better missionary work or become in
tehigentzs Sunday school teachers. J. (
The chief aim ofy the Bible Train
Ing School is to afford a comprehen-
s1ve knowledge of the English Bible
and to implant In the hearts OF those
who attend an: ambition to dedicate
their lives to the elevation and Chris
tianization Of their people. Daily
supplementary exercises designed to
instiH habits OF sobriety, cleanliness,
regularity and accuracy are proyid-
ed. The teaching is wholly undA
nominational, the intention being not
to oppose or ,antagonize any theolo-
glcal work being done elsewhere, but
instead, to assist all denominations.
=, During the past year, the enroll
ment in the Bible Training School
has been satisfactory, but the oppor-
tunity is now provided for consid-
erably larger number. -. y. H.
The teaching Is free. The cost OF
board, including furnished room,
light fuel, laundering, ETC., is $3.50
per month. The entrance fee is ST,
to be paid in cash by each student
when he registers. Students win be
given the: opportunity to work out
much of the $3.50, In some cases all
of it. Lack of means should not keen
any one from entering the Bible
School If the student is.. not afraid
Of work and study, he will succeed.
For further information, address
" -. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, =
- - " Principal,
y ~: Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
. 6-25-1Rt 49,. 1, 80,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-02

TO BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS
mere was never a time in the his
.ory OF the West Virginia Baptist
sunday School Convention when tho
uehand for active missionary work
was more deserving Cries are com
ING up from the various fields ASKING
tor grants in Sunday school litera.
lure and the employed to look after
tpls work, and by the help of orr
Lord and Master no pains wi11~bo
spared to meet these worthy de-
mands. ~. W.
The Sunday school executive
board in its last neetink. in Mont
gomery, planned for larger Wort,
rev Geo. G. Jette was employed to
iapor IN the northern section.
AFTER the adjournment of the New
tt1ver Valley Baptist Association On
July ord, the superintendent Of mis-
SONS viii go to the Flat. Top section
and, If satisfactory arrangement can
De made, will~employ a worker for
that part Of the state.
In order for this work to be oner.
Ted successfully, the schools must be
,,o1.z
awakened to the feet that # 10 ox-
pected Of them to lift month";. s+ato
missionary collections and forwar,,
Ihe amount, whatever it \may be. At
once to the Office of SUPERINTENDENT
ol missions at Mt. Carbon. w Vo
All money received In this wav will
De credited to the schools con,,a,,
tlonal fpancfal standing
we are very grateful for the GIN
port you have given in the mast and
ed, knowing that 1T Is the will ~ tho
LORD mat the field be taken in his
name and for him. III '
Yours sincerely.
/, -. ID. TURNER,
superintendent. Of Missions
Box 4, Mt. Carbon, w. Va.
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

Notice is hereby given that The an
pual meeting Of the stockholders/of
the. Pythian Mutual Investment Asso-
ciation, corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of
West Virginia, will be held the 5th
day of August, A. D. 1908, at 2
o'clock p. M, of that day, in the large
hall room in that certain building
owned by said Association, situate in
the city of Huntington. county Of Ca
bell, state Of West Virginia., for the
purpose of electing directors for said
Association pursuant to it's bylaws,
and for the transaction Of such other
business as may lawfully come before
said meetingA
Given under my hand this ~ =
day of June; A. D. 1908.
W. J.<THOMPSON, Pres.
7-2-4t = .,
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called "reaetionarfes'''' and a By
body of the convention did not
deep enough to>create any "a
against the, winning ndidate
Taft is as completely and heart tIaS
accepted candidate of his par as ;SiSs
man could possibly be- Seld ION 4if 2SsVl
er has any American party had iiSssjl
candidate, or one upon whose cttS
It had better reason7for self-eo SD
julation.-From The Progress ss js6
World" in the, American h Re- ssS
Reviews for July. !. t' sE!ssS as
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-02
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, a.. FOR
YOUNG MEN WHO DESIRE AN
AGRICULTURAL EDUCA-
- TTON

Many Of the young men who have
finished the courses in agriculture at
the Tuskegee Institute are command
ing salaries ranging from $50. to
500 per month. The graduates of
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-02

Wait for the Institute City
Sale, July 23rd j, is.s .Iss
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Save up for the Institute City Lot
Sale, July 23. -.
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AS merited compliment. to his
successful labors through the year Of
his administration as assistant super
1ntendent of the Washington public
schools about $50 representative cit
liens united in rendering Mr.. Roscoe
Conkling Bruce magnificent ban
quet last Wednesday evening. at the
Masonic hall, I'LL 18th street, N. W..
In the party, were teachers, lawyers,
doctors journalists, ministers, feder-
al officials and business mon engaged
In every branch Of commercial enter
price. Supt. Bruce's response to fell
citious greetings was an able and
scholarly effort and added to his lau-
rels as an orator of the true Harvard
type. *, o.. -. ...'.n.&. -
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save up for the Institute Citv lot
Sale, July 20. ~. ~" LOU
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Inc funeral was held Tuesday af-
ternoon at Simpson MI II. cbnrcb
the sermon being preached by Rnv
,. W. Waters, assisted ,by his aon
REV. > W. Waters, Jr THE edifice
was filed to it's capacity bv the
friends, colored and. white, Of the 40
ceased, who sympatflize With the r. N,
sfly IN their Bereavement ~
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Willis NJ Menard. son of w. T..
Menard the brilliant Journalist, was
awarded two prizes at the reo1nt
commencement exercises of williams
College, Williamstown, Mass, inning
second prize In Greek and second In
rhetoric for the Junior class. y Fl ~ ,5i#
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-02

' hou VIII have another chance for
u lot at Institute City, July 2s.
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Mrs. Laura Terrell Jones, whose
phenomenal rise as a painstaking in
structQr at Tuskegee Institute has
been source Of qualification to her
many friends here, has been secured
as one of the teachers in connection
with the summer school Of the State
Normal, College, for Colored Youth at
Tallahassee, Florida. !
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-07-02

secretary Taft, in response to re-
quest made by the lColored Soldiers
Monument Association, has set apart
a suitable plot of ground at the Ar
nngton national cemetery as site
for monument inzspecial4 honor of
The eolored ! soldiers who, lost their
lives IN the ciyllswar. It1is@proposed
to erect the monument in The new
section of the Arlington cemetery az
lotted for the burial of 1coIored. ysol-
dlers and sailors of the United
states. The petition was presented
by committee representing the COL
ored posts Of the Grand Army of the
republic of the District, OF which
Lewis Fl. Douglass, son of the late
frederick Douglass, ! was chairman.
wait for the lot sale at Institute
CITY ,JuIv s23 -.-...'
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Alphonso O. Stafford; Instructor in
history att the Institute for Golored
Youth at Cheyney, Pa, l. has been
spending few days here with his
family and friends. and was a guest,
Wednesday evening rat the compn-
mentary banquet to- Asst. Supt. r. c..
Bruce. Mr.. Stafford left Tuesday
Tor Cheyney, where he opens with the
summer course arranged to cover the
month Of July. Mr.. Stafford is the
author Of a neat text book on animal
life, designed to excite the interest
OF young students, and It has been
accepted as a standard work In the
educational series Of the American
School Book Company. ~.
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Atihe Nadoa's Capital
Continaed from paae ono l

ordained deaconin st. Luke's p. b.
church last Sunday morning, the Or
dinationT ceremonies being conducted
by Rshop William Forbes Adams, of
Easton, Md The orSiiation sermon
was delivered by Rev. Alfred Hard
Ing, rector Of st. Paul's p. e.. church.
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wait for the lot sale at Institute
City, July 23. ~.c0~IN
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Superintendent, or Missions
BOX 4, Mt Carbon, w. Va,