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SOCIALISTS SEEK UNION VOTE
National Convention Proceeds With
Routine Business After Lively Row..

Chicago, May IA lively skirmish
occurred at the Socialist national con
vention over a proposal to make a
special appeal to the trades unionists
in behalf OF Socialist party principles
While the verbal contest was at It's
height the Wisconsin delegation
threatened to bolt the convention I'M
less 1t stood by the policy OF appeal
ing TO the men in the trades unions
Eventually a committee of seven TO
consider the situation was ordered APP
pointed.
With these matters out OF the way
the delegates proceeded with the rou'
tine business of electing member by
member the committees provided ior
in the rules, Indications during the
d.. r3.ntoa 10 a new possipiltiy III 'Ht
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-15
Tornado Wrecks Bunk Train.

ST. Joseph. Mo-, May l3-The train
crew of the Burlington passenger
train from Omaha reported a race
with u tornado near Island Park, la.
barely escaping from the storm which
they report wrecked a bunk train con
tanning a number OF foreigners, who
had been working on the track. Six
men were reported killed and a score
injured. The bunk train hal been
moved from Bartlett, la, earlier IN
the dly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-15
INFLAMMAToRY RHEUMATISM CURED IN
nays

Morton L. Hill. OF Lebanon, Ind, says; N
vile had lnrammatory Rheumatism IN every
muscle and Joint; her suffering was terriblo
aud her body and face were swollen almost, DO.
yond recognition: had been I'm bed six weeks
and had eight physicians, but received no
benefit until she tried Or. Detchon's Relief ros
Rheumatism. It gave immediate reliet and
she was able 10 walk about In three days am
sure IL saved her lie" Sold By II. z. Grics
Druggist, Red Cloud.
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rate Ior me p'o~. -ss.-:
in the person of A. NJ. Simons OF iii
nois. Ben ilanrord OF New York, vice
presidential candidate in 1904. was
also discussed informally by the dele
gates a. eligible for the honor,
Two hundred and seventeen regular
" accredited delegates are present,
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The" Allen is Dead.

New York. May l3,--"Thc" Allen,
well known To the sporting fraternity,
died suddenly at his home here,
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-15
TORNADO KILLS Z
e-oAM HITS EASTERN NEBRASKA,
LEAVING DEATH IN ITS WAKE.
tie and Property Destroyed in Path
Across sarpy county-coIIege Build
ngs at Bellevue Wrecked-Riehfield
and Louisville Demolished.

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ore '"j'''d ~ q '"i"'"" WHY"
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Bellevue College Hard Hit.
The storm was the most severe that
ever struck eastern Nebraska. The
,Ianage 10 the college buildings at
bellevue was heavy. The tower was
Slown from PARK hall and the build
ing wrecked. Lowry hall and Rankin
hall were unroofed. The panic strick.
Sn students ran to the basement. and
IN thi, way mani fatalities were prob.
soly avcrted The college stables
we're wrecked and all the horses
NilIcd.
The stora II A. Wright wa wrecked,
me stock vas scattered over the coun.
.rv and he vas severely Injured. Those
whose houses were complete ely
wrecked wnta Harry Peters. l., y. Pur.
Tell G. r G,.an. +. y. Dillon and Yves.
lev Huff and scores were partially
T..
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keeper and gather another supply Of
presents so that the children's faith in
Santa Claus might not be lost.
The children were asleep when Mr..
and Mrs. Hammermeister completed
decorating the tree. The father de-
cided to light the candles as a test.
They burned; so did the cotton snow
balls. The blaze awakened the chill
drcn. SANITY here?" they piped. lis
It mornin'T' The parents gathered
them In their arms and rushed to the
street. Fremen brought out a lot Of
fire ruined presents from the house.
"Santy been and gone and our things
Is burned up!" the children cried.
Hammermeister began his weary
search for an open store. He en-
ployed the infrequent street cars for
long stretches. but trudged mile after
mile III fruitless search. Finally he
routed a s%torekeeper from his bed and,
burdening himself with a new supply,
trldged home to turn sorrow into Joy.
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NIT myself, for l might be disappoint-
ed in the belief that my daily exercise
on the golf links has reduced my
weight. l am convinced that l could
have done nothing In the way Of exer-
else that would have done me more
good than has the daily game Of golf.
which ] have so religioualy played.
But l am afraid that instead of reduc-
ing my flesh l have simply hardened
my muscles. never felt more fit in
my life for any task"
Mr. Taft announced at the time that
he should not dispose of his riding
horse nor should he buy another. He
has become very much attached to the
animal he has ridden FOR SO long.
"Ilc is & rood horse" he remarked,
land the other day when he stumbled
and l lit on my shoulder over bis head
he made no attempt to move. And, be-
sides" added Mr.. Taft frankly. Il
haven't the money to spend on another
horse"
j. Hampton Moore. who represents
the Third Pennsylvania district in con-
gress and who has been conspicuous
recently III connection With the meet
ing at Baltimore OF the Atlantic Deep
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the airs of a man who could 'sk
and having shown his ignorance the,
Of, was smartly reproved by Mr.. Pick
wick. Meanwhile, Mr.. Weller and tie
fat boy having by their joint efforts,
cut out a slide" all hands participated.
Says the chronicler Of the days sport:
1t was the most intensely interesting
thing to observe the manner in which
Mr.. Pickwick performed his share in the
cerencony-to watch the torture Of m
lefty with which he viewed the person be-
hind gaining upon HIN at the imminent
hazard of tripping him up. to see him
gradually expend the painful force which
no had put on at first and turn slowly
around on the slide. with his face toward
the point from which he had started, to
contemplate the playful smile which man
tied or his face when he had accomplish
ed the distance and the eagerness with
which he turned around when he had
done SO and ran after his predecessor. his
black CATERS tripping pleasantly through
the snow and his eyes beaming cheerful
ness and gladness through his spectacles,
and when he was nocke down, which
happened upon the average every third
round 1t was the most invigorating sight
that a possibly be imagined to behold
him gather up his hat, gloves and hand
kerchicf with a glowing countenance and
resume his station in the rank with an
and enthusiasm which nothing
could abate.
Mr.. Pickwick unfortunately breaks
through the ice and gets a good wet
ting, but, being taken or a smart run
to the house, put to bed and given un-
limited quantities Of hot punch, finds
himself none the worse next morning,
when the party departs from Dingley
Dell.
Thus does Dickens tell us of one of
the merriest Christmases that a reader
could desire. There is no touch of sad
ness in the chronicle, and all that one
could wish for is that the story were
longer. Long live the tale, and long
may we enjoy Christmas with the
Pickwickians!
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Hunting Christmas Ghosts.

Ghost hunting bids fair to become
the ruling passion of Washington So
ciety. The fortunate owners Of a
peaked house, roped with ivy and
densely surrounded by trees. are issu-
ing cards for Il Christmas specter hunt.
The Christmas ghost hunt is imported
from England. where the houses are
ancient enough to harbor specters who
We're there before William the Con-
Queror. The comparative newness of
this country leads some to predict that
the fad vel here will fail. There are
exceptions. however, for even in Wash
inEton there is M of the treasure
guarding ghosts-an out and out bucca-
neer of the Spanish main variety. with,
cooked hat, gold lace. ruttles, high yell
low boots, red jacket and an odor of
antiquity. Those acquainted with him
say that he clinks his chains of stolen
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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the Sixty-first congress. Since the com.
mittee on ways and e has been
giving hearings on the subject Of the
tariff schedules the question Of the pol
icy to be pursued under President Taft
and the subject Of how the Republican
majority in the house will be organized
has naturally been uppermost in the
talk of the statesmen at Washington.
Another house leader who Is now
specially prominent is Representative
Edgar Dean CrumpacEer of Indiana,
who began his service at Washington
in the Fifty-ifth congress. He Is a
close friend of Speaker Cannon and
has been active in denying rumors Of
any impending conflict between him
and the president elect.
Meantime the president elect him.
self IS watching the progress Of events
from a congenial southern cline and
getting in training for the heavy re-
sponsibilities he Is to Golf he
still finds most conducive to this re-
suit. 1t was last summer that he said
one day:
II would like to get On the scales
and weigh, but l am not going to per.
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began to stow the things rapidly away
in the cart. while the fat boy stood quiet
ly by and seemed to think it n very In
teresting sort OF thing to see Mr.. Weller
working by himself.
h conversation of these two char
acters is too long to reprint here, but
not too much SO to perusc with the
greatest interest. We must pass over
the story of the wedding, which was
the day before Christmas event ut
Dingley Dell, at which Mr.. Pickwick
distinguished himself by a felicitous
speech, and get to the story Of the
dance. Dickens description OF the old
sitting is a gem:
The best sitting room at Manor Farm
was a good. long. dark paneled room.
with a high chimney piece and a capacious
chimney. up which you could have driven
one of the new patent cabs, wheels and
all. At the upper end Of the room, seated
IN a shady bower of holly and ever
greens. were the two best fiddlers and the
only harp In Muggleton. In all sorts of
recesses and or all kinds of brackets
stood massive old silver candlesticks with
four branches each. The carpet was up,
the candles burned bright. the fire blazed
and cracked on the hearth, and merry
voices and light hearted aughter rang
through the room. If any OF the old
English yeomen had turned into fairies
when they died. 1t WAS just the place ir
which they would have held their revels,
After the dance was over, MIR. Pick.
wick having acquitted himself with
great credit. the reader is told about
the doings In the famous old kitchen.
Here hung the mistlctoe and did its
mission we'll in adding to the jollity
Of the occasion. The artist whose pic
lures appear on his pages has done eX-
cellent justice to Dickens text:
From the center Of the ceiling OF this
kitchen old Wardle had just suspended
with his own hands a huge branch of
mistletoe and this same branch Of mis-
tletoe instantaneously gave rise to a
scene of general and most delightful
struggling n confusion, in the midst OF
which Mr.. Pickw!ck, with Il gallantry
which would have done honor to a de-
scendant of Lady ~Tollinglowcr herself,
took the old lady by the hand, led her be-
meath the mystic branch and saluted her
in all courtesy and decorum. 80 Wardle
stood with his back to the fire, surveying
the whole scene with the utmost satisfac-
ton, and the fat boy took the opportUni-
ty of appropriating to his own use and
summarily devouring a particularly fine
mince pie that had been carefully put by
for somebody else. 80
1t was a pleasant thing to See Mr.. Pick
wick in the center Of the group, now pull
ed this way and then that and first kiss
ed on the chin and then on the nose and
then On the spectacles. and to hear the
peals of laughter which We're raised or
every side.
Finally we come to Christmas day.
which was cold and cheerful and good
skating" weather. The party al!
went to a "pretty large sheet Of ice."
where Mr.. Wrinkle. having assumed
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ings has done it SO inimitably
as Dickens, and nowhere has
Dickens described them bet
her than in the "Pickwick PAPERS,
One might read the paragraph relating
to the observance Of the holiday half
a hundred times and not become weary.
The Christmas spirit Is everywhere
evident in the chapters devoted to the
holiday making. From the beginning.
when the hero, his three friends and
his faithful servant start for Dingley
Dell. to the hour of their return there
is Christmas in every sentence:
AS brisk as bees, II not altogether as
night as fairies, did the four Pickwickians
assemble on the morning of the Pad day
OF December in the year of grace in
which these their faithfully recorded ad-
ventures were undertaken and accom-
plished. Christmas was close at hand in
all his blum n hearty honesty. 1t was
the season of hospitality. merriment and
p heartedness. TIL old year was pre-
pairing. like a n ancient philosopher, to
call his friends around him and amid the
sound Of feasting and revelry to pass
gently and calmly away. Gay and merry
WAS the time, and right gay and merry
were at least four Of the numerous hearts
SAAS WCIC 6AhA0CICu ny u COLuIIl8.
After travelling through a wide and
open country where 1.-THE wheels skim
over the hard and frosty ground" slow
ing up as they draw neal a country
town, where the horses are changed,
then again "dashing along the open
road, with the fresh air blowing in
their faces and gladdening their very
hearts within Them" they arrive at
Dingley Dell, where we are introduced
to that famous parsonage, the fat boy.
He is IN old acquaintance Of Mr.. Pick
wick, but to Sam Weller his face is
strange. To follow this first meeting:
Having given this direction and settled
with the coachman. Mr.. Pickwick and
his three friends struck into the footpath
across the fields and walked briskly away.
aeaving Mr.. Weller n the fat boy con-
1ronted together for the first time. Sam
0ooked at the fat boy with great aston
1shment. but without saying a word. and
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A Christmas Sentiment.

However sincere we may be in on
efforts to spread Christmas cheer. on
charity Is none the less a testimony
to our sense Of the fact that peace and
good will have not come upon the
earth. Poverty and wretchedness are
not to be offset by yearly gifts Of has.
kets of food and outgrown clothes.
We ought to make the spasmodi,
kindness of Christmas one Of the
constant forces of our industrial world
Equality and fraternity are born no,
of charity, but Of justice.
Instead Of commcrcializing Christ,
mas we ought to Christmasize com
merctalism.-New York Mail.
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-
be no change in the political complex
lon of the majority in either branch of
congress or of the executive branch of
the government. Nevertheless there
will be a change in the head of the
government, and. while President Elect
Taft has promised to carry forward the
Roosevelt policies" he will naturally
have his WI way Of doing things
and his " preferences in the mat
ter Of legislation to be furthered.
There Ia interest among the nations
legislators as to the course things will
take after the 4th of March next.
OF most immediate concern, however,
to the members Of the Sixtieth con-
gress are the legislative matters left
over from the last session and those
which will claim foremost attention
In consequence Of the recommended
tons Of President Roosevelt in his an
nual message or in special messages to
congress to be expected later in the
session. Mr.. Roosevelt is anxious that
before he surrenders the reins Of gov
eminent to his successor laws should
be on the statute books embodying,
In addition to the acts that already
have been passed in execution of the
administrations policies, such further
enactments as may serve to complete
the record. Some Of these subjects,
such as those bearing on labor inter
ests and that respecting amendment
OF the Sherman law to permit railroad
pools under government supervision,
are expected to occasion debate.
When congress assembled after the
national election Of 1904 Mr.. Roosevelt
had been chosen as the occupant Of
the White House for the ensuing four
years, and no special changes in af-
fairs at Washington WEI, anticipated.
Eight years ago Mr.. Mckinley had
just been chosen to succeed himself.
Twelve years ago Mr.. Cleveland, a
Democrat, turned the executive power
over to a Republican successor, as he,
four years previously, had received the
same authority from a Republican pred
ecessor, Benjamin Harrison. Again,
going back another four years, one
finds Mr.. Harrison taking the reins
PSAAIA>u oPpoAISuL, WI. SIcNC-
land. There was also a change of par
ties when Mr.. Cleveland succeeded
President Chester A. Arthur. One has
to 60 back to the Inauguration OF Gar
field, twenty-eight years ago, to find a
Republican,, President Rutherford B.
Hayes, retiring from the presidency
and handing the reins over to a sue
cessor Of the same political faith.
The fact that tariff revision is to be
a leading issue in the next congress-,
ven though no enactments on the sub
ject are to be attempted this session,
makes It inevitable that there should
be considerable discussion Of the mat
ter now. Then. too, the hearings be-
fore the house ways and mean com
mittce, Of which Congressman Serene
E. Payne is chairman. have served to
keep the question in mind. Mr.. Payne
il one Of the veterans Of the halls Of
legislation at Washington. and his
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
TDOUDLEF0R BOWSER
M0ther.in.|aW Arrives and Makes
Him Toe the Mark.
CALLS OLD MAN TO ACCOUNT.
Promises to Behave Himself After Be-
ing Bluffed to a StandstiII and Now
Thinks His Wife's Mother the Best
Ever.

Thinks His Wife's Mother the Best
Ever.
copyright. 1905. by 7. c. McClure.]
l am Samuel Bowser's mother-in-
INV. The other night l had a dream
about him. l dreamed that he was
swelling around the house and finding
fault and raising Cain generally. and
the first thing in the morning. being a
believer in dreams, l packed my satch-
Ell and started for the depot. l arrived
at Mr.. Bowser's house about an hour
before he was due for dinner and
found my daughter in bed sick with
headache. She was also worrying over
what her husband would say when he
came home and found the routine of
the house interrupted.
"Mary, you just cease to worry about
him." says l as tears stood in her
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FENCE.
eyes. Your mother is here to look out
for YOU. and if Samuel m home
and goes to cavorting around he'll
hear something drop. If he ONE
home with a spell on there'n be a
shindy thatll make his hair curl"
The hired girl had been posted be-
fore Mr.. Bowser reached home, and he
didn't get a hint of my presence.
When he entered the house and failed
to find his poor victim in the hall to
greet him he banged the front door
and stamped around until he was told
that Mrs. Rowser was lying down with
a headache.
"She is. EN-" he shouted. Lying
down with a headache. is she? Who
brought on the ~headache?"
The girl Informed him that she
didn't know.
Put l dol" he clustered. shes
been eating pickles and oranges and
bananas and Il lot of other truck.
Don't tell me she hasn't, for l know
better. Headache. and the house all
upset. Nice old ranch this for a mar
to come home to. les no wonder that
ten thousand husbands in the United
States are driven to drink every year.
Wen see about that headache"
With that he came tramping up
stairs, and l hid in the clothes closet.
He made more noise than a horse
coming up. and he had no sooner en-
tered the room than he almost yelled
out:
swell, this is the last of you! I've
warned you a thousand times over,
but it has done no good. It's no use
in going for the doctor. Any n can
see that your days are numbered"
"1t's only a headache" said Mrs.
Bowser as she tried to smile.
"Only! Only a headache! And what
is that headache going to lead to? Wo-
man. If you have brought about your
own death don't blame me. You can't
hog down a dozen bananas, skins and
all. and expect to live more than a
few hours"
II haven't eaten a banana in two
months"
AltH uS Ia" CdDDiSc w SoIlc
such thing. Wen. don't look to me
for any sympathy. I shall bury you,
Of course but don't expect anything
more"
Some ct His Actions.
Then he tipped over a chair, walked
over to the bureau ard opened the
drawers and slammed them shut and
had begun to whistle as loud as he
could when my daughter asked:
'Mr. HowScr. Won't you send for
mother?"
"Sond for your mother" he fairly
howlcd as he whir,nd around on her.
"Send for that old hat, Never! Never
in this world"
but if am going to die I should
like her with me-"
she can't couc. If she was here |
know inst what she would do.
Shc'G"-
SO d | know" | said as I sudden.
~ walked ort on him
Mr.. bowscr staggered over to Il
chair AVID sank into it, and his face
turned as white as -four He had
been caught rcd handed I stood Civ
ing him the S',Uy stare Cor 4 long
three minutes. and then he worked u"
nerve enough to ask:
who invi-od v"u down here AT his
time:"
II didn't have to wait for an invita-
ton Dinner is on the table. and we
will 90 down. We can talk as we eat
"There's no talking to he done" he
sulkily observed as he drew away.
There's a heap OF it. Samuel. and !
! want you to come along
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u - N'N1E N
legislation Of the present session. Rep
resentative Moore is president Of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways aSsocia-
ton. He is Il Republican. was born at
Woodbury.. y. j.. in 1864. educated in
the common schools. was office boy,
law student. Il reporter. municipal
clerk, editor and publisher. member Of
legislature and served in the house
first as a member Of the Fifty-first con
9ress
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Trouble Ahead,

Hewitt-You look worried.
Jewett-1 am worried. left my
handbook on a street car.
Hewftt-Cheer up: it may be found.
Jewett-That's what worrying me.
1t may be found and left at my house
and my wife will know what my bank
balance is.-New York Herald.
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or Waterways as
ISOLATION. is one of
the newer congress
mon who have be-
come talked about
in consequence of
the Prominence of
legislation to pre-
servo the natural re-
sources of the coun-
try. Deep wafer
ways, forest preser-
vat,na, irrigation.
etc, will be much
under discussion in
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LONG WALK FOR SANTA.

Tree Burned, Father Goes Eight Miles
For New Toys.
Gifts intended for his eight children
being destroyed when his lighting Of
the Christmas tree, just before mid
night, caused q fire which damaged
his home in Cleveland, Alfred Ham
mermeister trudged eight miles through
snow before he could rouse a store
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tween the next ad-
ministration and the
present speaker, I'm
Gle Joe Cannon of
Illinois. in regard to
the program to be
observed on tariff
revision Mr.. Burton
would, it Is said, be
the man to e
Che Taft support for
the SDpakarShin in