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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14

washington.-"We sighted the
enemy" '"' "..h.'f "t g..
These words were shouted by Cap
tain Baldwin at Fort Myer Friday
night as he piloted his military bal
loon to the ground after making a
successful fight of nearly five miles
NJ preliminary to Saturdays official
tests. Rising from the ground slowly
but buoyantly at 6:21 p. m, the aerial
ship, built for the United States army,
was headed into the westerly wind by
Captain Baldwin. A complete circle
was described, the balloon rising
gradually to q height of 200 feet.
Again pointing to the west and attain
ing an estimated speed of 12 miles an
hour, the ship voyaged in a direct
line for nearly two miles, when the
trip back was begun with the course
lying to "leeward" in the aerial sea.
The wind was blowing at the rate o
seven miles an hour and as the throt-
tie was thrown open a little wider by
Mr.. Curtiss, who operated the engine
and the planes, the ship flew along at
a speed of Is or 20 miles an hour.
There was no pitching or tossing as
on Wednesday, the air seemingly be-
ing much calmer, although the weather
was threatening and the sky over
cast.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
strike Ordered on Canadian PaciH

Vancouver, B., C--orders were
received here Tuesday from the
executive board Of the CanadianaPa Pa:
4cifcs railway shopmen for laio strike
oof the lmembers Of the five 1alHed
unions to go into effect at l O'clock
Wednesday morning. Eight Thousand
iemployesrUf the oniechanical depart
,lmentg Including all qmen from Van,
t, GpAysr, to, Halifax will it is believed.
go on strike. THE fve MONS In
v6ived IRE the haehihists, boilefhak-
8 ers, carmen, bIaeksmiths dandwaiTed
ofnechanics.dt aoe OF oog8do tsaI
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
Stubs Named In Kansas.

Topeka aEateEreturnssafromSETues
days primaries ssssfs1t ting snomlna-
ton Of waiter RoscoSsarstubbs for
governor Oh the republican ticket by
a majority of fully 20, 000g6ver rCy'
Leland, the former bose zofttha party
in Kansas Also JOSEPH 1. Bristow of
Saline has defeated chester r. Long
for the nomination for United States
senator by a similar majority. Com.
plete returns from I65 Of the 105 coun-
tied give stnPbA A lead ot. / 5 500. lLblg
)Dtg HehiK has EspteseRtedHfKaG4as AZ
senior senator.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
suHrasettes to oyster si Bay.

New Observation-Disclosures will jour
Iney utp QEsteF BYalyr to hold aA, open
air meeting for the benefit Or Pyesi-
dent Roosevelt in front Of the e9ecu-
tive ufftcesb etlTheH expdision IDS in
charge Of MrslGB orraman WeHsnthe
English suffragette. The circular an
pouncing the Expedition says that
"calls and ~cahvAssing' viii be- tuafSkder-
.takehgia iTha :doaument does lnat say
iwhethesr, the the ssvffragettes win Y9der-
take to " the president
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
l.NessIInlHnl suas.

Poughkeepsiea MaaY.---H ayyb X.
g5TThaw VA. taken from jail iWednes-
day to. Fishkil to appear, before a. ref
cree as defendahtS iH' a. suit nbKoaght
bxaInr. cJohn sRli Watson fon 5000 for
s~arydcssii AS an expert lyitnegsp IN, the
recent habess corpus proceedings
'Thaw Is willing to pay about 5000.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
Three DEAD IN
KENTUCKY FEUD
SIX OTHERS ARE WOUNDED IN
BATTLE BETWEEN TAYLoRs
AND BLANTONS.
TROUBLE OF LONG STANDING
Election for School Trustee In Harlan
County Gives Excuse for the
Notwithstanding
Charge Made.

Frankfort. Ky.-The bloodiest bat
tie in eastern Kentucky since the
days of the assassination Of the
Cockrills and Marcums in Breathitt
county and the fight between the Ever
soils and Fenchs in Perry county, was
fought Wednesday at Layman, on the
Cumberland river, in Harlan county.
Three persons were killed and six Sc
riously wounded. ..r.
Those killed are:
James Blanton. N.
Pearl Blanton.
Stockely Osborne.
The Six Wounded.
The wounded are: Lee Russell, shot
twice in the neck; Taylor Monroe,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
storekeepers Protest order.

Madrid-The saloonkeepers and
grocers and other storekeepers
have decided to close their estab-
lishments Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday as a protest against the DEGREES
ordering the shutting of, shops on Sun
day, unless meantime the government
withdraws the decree. mr. nNt
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
Five Thousand Troops :, RjIev

junction City. Kas.-The maneuy.
ers at Fort Riley were begun
Monday, with 5000 regular troops par.
ticipating. The last OF these troops
arrived at the camp Sunday afternoon.
All OF them made the trip to Fort
Riley by marching and are now in a
camp that extends along the kaw
river east of Fort Riley for more than
q mile. "'~
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
Nine Killed at, Sea.

Halifax, n. S.-Nine men are
dead Monday as a result Of a col
lision between the schooner Maggie
and May and thea German protected
cruiser Fraya. The dsehooneri went to
the bottom. A depse fog prevailed
and neither ship had time to change
Its course after sighting the other.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
Cuban Vote sim podbtfuI,

~--HaxanamThc ~indicatioBs are that
the s~coupting Of tha~Sotes cast
last saturday IL far froms fpished. II
us doubtful now which pasty has won
th tho province Of Pinar Del Rio, but
Al issprobahle that the conservatives
INC. vistors. It is also likely that
they have carried Matapxas. q
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
Minneapolis MnIonalres Dead.

Minneapolis, Minn--less T. Mc-l
.Knight,i q prpmipept Zeal estate
fnsa4 and miliAnatke Mniberman Of
/ Minneapolis. Sdisd ofytieart disease.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
Children Burned to Death.

Minneapolis, Minn.--Ptree cffi'
dren-- aged one, two and four years,
respectively, were burned to death at
noon Friday, the mother, Mrs. Frank
Mndberg, of 1924 Nineteenth avenue,
south, left the house in the morning
togo shopping. She looked the dhtlf
drsp in a room alone. The house
caught fire in some manner and was
burned before the nefghbors heard-rhe'
screams Of the children,'T The neigh
P9rrs made On unsuccessful attempt ~:
RESCUE the little Yones, M M @
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
Agricultural college Preslden ReslgS

Agricultural cV,lese4 Preslde Z eslgnsI
GAnstin, Texass-Presfdenty H. Ms
harrington of the agricultural col
lege Friday-~resignsd---his -.ofRce4to
tEe Board Of directors in session in
Cnrpps, Christi, The resignation was
accsptdd sahd Ut Fiimef, the pres
mt ec6upinissioisf Eos Sagriedltpr&
elected to fill the vacancy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-08-14
u. S. SENATOR
ALLISON DEAD
VETERAN IOWA LEADER wxpiRus
FROM HEART otsGAaG
AT DUBUQUE.
LONG CAREER IN CONGRESS
Was q Contemporary OF Many OF the
Leading Lawmakers OF the
Country.-A Stauneh
Republican.

Dubuque, Iowa - United States
Senator VIM. y. Allison OF Iowa died
here Of heart disease at o'clock Tues.
day afternoon.
He was the oldest Senator In the
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
PARADOxES OF POLITICS.
Queer Features of Representation
in National Conventions.

Queer Features of Representation
in National Conventions.
From the ST. Louis Republic.
Since our national conventions are made
up on the illogical plan Of giving equal
representation to states which are certain
to be Republican and 10 those which are
certainly Democratic. the two-thirds rile
has served, upon occasion. TO prevent the
nomination of candidates Objectionable to
States which must be looked TO for
electoral votes. But since each conven-
tlon may decide for Itself whether Il will
nominate by a two-thirds vote or by a
simple majority.
Our State conventions. in which repre-
sentation is apportioned according TO the
party vote cast in a previous election
are much more logically made up than
are national meetings in which not only
are all the States equally represented in
proportion 10 their representation In Con-
gress, but delegates are admitted from
the District OF Columbia. the organized
Territories. and now even from remote
territorial possessions. none OF which cast
single vote in a Presidential election.
That delegates from Porto Rico. Alaska.
Hawaii, and even from the Philippines
should vote on the nomination of Presi-
Dental candidates IN the conventions OF
both the great political parties. and that
the South should have an influential voice
in Republican conventions, is a paradox
Of politics which is likely to be sup
planted al no distant day by a more logi-
cal system Of making nominations.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
CONSERVING WATER POWER.
MIR, ROOseyeIt's Veto in Accord with
Highest Statesmanship.
From tie New YoTk Times.

From the New YORK Times.
The President has followed Gov.
Hughes. but according to more compre-
hensive plan Of conservation. in his
policy Of exacting price from future
grantees for rights in streams capable of
developing horsepower. The rivers over
which Congress has power TO grant dam
rights are as strong as 1,s00,co0 horses,
and when harnessed they can exert their
strength day and night without tiring.
The electrical transmission Of this power.
as the President observes in his veto OF
an improperly drawn bin on Monday, SIS
entering more and more largely into
every element of the daily life Of the
people, and this natural wealth is the
heritage of the people" It should be
profitably used in their behalf
Air. Roosevelt committed an error when
he pat Congress on notice that .he would
veto ali future bills not conformabla with
detailed policy which he promulgated.
That looked too much ike coercion. But
the President is right in his general rec
ommendation to Congress. Indeed. his
most substantial service to the nation. a
service that would add luster to the
name Of Washington or of Lincoln. lies
in his active policy OF conserving its nat
ural resources
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
our policy in the PHILIPPINES.

The debate extending over portions Of
two days in the House on an item Of
10000 for the naval station at Olongapo
in SUbig Bay was significant in that it
disclosed a general disposition not 10 IN
dertake any permanent work in the Phil
ippines that would stand in the way Of
our REIMBURSEMENT Of those islands and
the retention of a naval station only
The recent report of a joint army and
navy board in favor of the establishment
OF naval station at Manila instead Of
Subig Bay. on the ground that Manila
could be more easily defended from land
attack than OlongapO. came in for a great
deal of discussion. II was felt. however,
that in the event OF our REIMBURSEMENT of
the Philippines. we should not retain pos
session of the capital Of the islands, as
would be necessary If we had important
naval works there. Representative Dris-
coll put the case clearly when he said,
apparently with the approval of the
House.
We cannot retain Manila without retaining
LuzoR, because Manila is the heart OF Luzon. We
can not retain Luzon Without retaining the rest Of
the islands. because L zon is the most populous
and the most advanced in all respects and really
the heart Of the whole archipelago. Therefore when
We surrender American occupation. We must with
draw from Manila and Cavite. In that event we
can retain Suhig Bay as a permanent naval. coal
ing. and commgTcal station. a sort Of fO0thold
there which We may use also IS a trading basis No
nation would object to that or accuse us Of bad
faith. We would be justified IN doing H. and the
Filipnos would doubtless be wiling to make that
concession. When you abandon Subig Bay it viii
indicate to the world that We going 70 foFtify
Cayite as a permanent naval basis. and that will
indicate further. that going 10 hold posses
zion Of the Philippines permanently.
AS all propositions looking to the aban-
donment OF Subig Bay were voted down,
and the appropriation, though a small
one for the naval station at Olongapo
vas approved, the action of the House
may be fairly taken as expressing disap-
proval of the theory that our occupation
OF the Philippines should be permanent.
The opinion OF the House appears also to
be adverse 70 the recommendation of the
Joint board IN favor Of great naval sta
tion at Manila. II developed that this
report has not yet been approved by OFF,
cial authority, and, in view OF legislative
sentiment against it, it seems fair to pre-
sumo its recommendation viii not be
pressed.
Thus, so far as the House is able to
determine our naval policy with respect
10 the Philippines. by means of appropria-
ton bills, Il has been settled that we
shall go forward with the naval station
on the shores Of subig Bay, with view
to its retention in case the Philippines
are turned over TO their own people for
government; and that. in addition. the
navy. and not the army. viii be chiefly
depended on for the defense Of the arehi-
pelago All of which is quite in line with
the unwiIlingness Of Congress. which is
increasing. 10 commit the country 10 any
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
-Four battle ships, or bust" says the
Boston Herald Well?
Concerning Germs.

What are we going to do about the
germs in this world, anyway? They face
us i'm battalions: they are over us,
around US. behind us. inside of us. under
meath everywhere, all the time, There
never is a moment Of the day that the
germs are not strictly on their jobs. If
what the doctors tell US is true
The most serious trouble in handling
the germ problem lies in the fact that
there are bad germs and benevolent
germs. but nobody is able to tell which
is which, We have a severe spell Of sick
ness: germs are responsible for it, in
evitably We go after the varmints horse,
foot. and Dragon. metaphorically. of
course-cs lOmel. soda, and stuff in real
ity-and mayhap. we slaughter million
or two before we cease the carnage
That is all right; but-there is always a
but" you kn0w-unfOTtunately in ami
huating the bad ones we also annihiIate
the good ones; hence, when we recover a
measure of health. our anatomy is shy a
whole cargo Of germs that we need in
our business exceedingly, If we expect
to keep well and strong,
What we seem to need is something
in the way Of a germicide that may be
guaranteed to create havoc among the
villains in germdom. but act upon the
heroes as a tonic and an encouragement
20 still more honorable and upright life.
IN other words until We are able TO sepa-
rate the sheep germs from the goat
germs. we cannot expect to be really and
completely happy AS 1t is now, we are
not getting anywhere The good we do
is set off by the harm we do: we spread
CONSERVATION among our enemies only at
the sacrifice of our tried friends
We think it is clearly up TO the doe
tors 10 find some way out OF the difficulty
confronting us. They discovered the
germs in the first place. and If it hadn't
been for their pernicious activity we
never should have been bothered with
the pestlferous things, Therefore, they,
having fed us with the fruit of the tree
Of knowledge. should supply US with the
means OF utilizing that knowledge TO our
greater happiness and satisfaction. We
hope they win not fail to realize the i'm
portance Of this matter, and act &C
cordinglyl
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
EASTER EGG PICKING.
Youthful Diversion that Is Peculiar
to This Latitude.
fTcm the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore sun.
AS Easter approaches the season Of
egg picking nears It's close. 1t may be
that in other cities this diversion prevails
as generally among boys as it does IN
Baltimore. 1t is doubtful whether there
is any other place in which boys engage
in egg picking" with greater earnestness
or resourcefulness or enterprise than they
do in Baltimore. II would be interesting
to know how many eggs change hands
in the course Of the picking" season.
When almost every small boy one meets
is yelling a challenge 10 some other
juvenile TO a contest OF picking" IL is
not an unreasonable assumption that
thousands of eggs change ownership from
the beginning Of Lent to Easter. Any
man who had in stock at Christmas the
eggs which the boys devote to the sport
and aggrandizement of picking would
have the basis Of a tidy fortune.
Some very rigid moralists do not ap-
prove Of egg picking" They suspect
that in some instances it encourages
fraud and deception It is amazing, how
ever, how the little fellow scarcely out OF
his pinafoTe insists upon a square deal. =
II there be any undesirable juvenile who
does not play the game fairly, II there
be any youthful malefactOr who rings in
a china egg on a coniding youngsteF his
reputation is spread far aud wide. Hence
forth all smart little boys either refuse
TO play with him or demand the right to
scrutinize the egg OF the suspect. Some
deceitful egg pickers' flourish for a
time, but predatory wealth" ultimately
comes TO grief Many a boy OF tender
years gains astonishingly in common
sense and shrewdness through egg pick
ing" II is a school OF experience with
many thrills for the winner and occa-
sionaI heartaehes for the tyro.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
REMEMBERING THE MAINE.
Some Uncomfortable Questions for
Naval Bureaucrats TO Answer.

Nafat bufeaucFats 10 Answer.
From the New York Sun.
The questions which interest the whole
American people may be roughly re-
sumed in this fashion: Is it not true that
a search of the harbor bottom about the
sunken Maine revealed no fragment or
trace Of the engine by which It was
assumed that the ship was destroyed?
Is it not true that the nature of the ex-
ternal rent In her structure as repor. ed
by the divers gave no indication Whit
ever that the force producing il had
operated from without? Was it not. on
the contrary. evident. so far as il was
possible TO ascertain. that it had been
produced from within2 Was not the
Maine structurally defective in that her
magazine was inadequa tely isolated from
her coal bunkeTs? Were not the coal
bunkers filed at the time with a coal
notoriously liable to spontaneous igni-
ton? Is there not in the Navy Depart
ment a record Of the discussion Of these
very points? If SO. what was the evil
dence upon which this discussion was
based, and in what circumstances did il
come before the bureau head? Precisely
what obligation rested upon the naval
bureaucracy In the early spring OF 1898
Of according material and concrete
casus belli with Spain? Whence was de-
rived the war-like spirit which construed
the Names injuries with such conven-
ience to its hot desire? Whose was the
hand that dictated the finding that the
Maine was sunk by an explosion from
without? Whose lust for strife coincided
at this critical juncture with the comfort
of the bureaucracy of the American
navy?
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
OUR LOSSES BY FIRE.
Criminal Negligence the Cause of a
Tremendous Waste.

AHF VI !"
Tremendous Waste.
From the wall street Journal
The losses by fire in the United States
this year are already greater than in the
corresponding period of 1907, and the con-
1agration at Chelsea will add largely to
the total The fire losses in the United
States involve waste that assumes the
proportions of a national disaster, and in
asmuch as most of the waste is prevent
able il can be described by no less harsh
a term than criminal" In the past three
years the losses by fire in the United
States have amounted 10 SS50,OOO0O0. This
year. even before the Chelsea fire, the
average loss per day was nearly $500 00o.
and If this average is kept up through
the rest of the year the total loss by fire
during 1908 Will amount to over 500, ,000, ,000.
After every big confiagration there Is
nearly always good deal of talk about
the benefit which such a loss eonfers
upon certain trades. as il destruction of
property could ever be in any sense Of the
word benefit. After the San Francisco
disaster for instance. much was said
struction Of that city would give 10 the
building and kindred trades, as it would
stimulate an unusual activity by reason
OF the large demands for materials. The
fact that the disaster at San Francisco
meant the wiping out Of property, a total
loss which had to be borne by somebody
or other, did not seem TO appeal TO GER
tain minds No doubt that some people
regarded the insurance paid them for
property destroyed by fire as in the ma
ture Of money found, OF at least of a
quick and convenient way OF transferring
real estate into cash.
There is little of such reasoning now.
The panic Of 1907 is now seen TO have had
starting point in the San Francisco
earthquake and fire early in 1906 Then
began that liquidation and decline in tr
stock market which has kept up ever
since. and which. in October. 1907, culmi-
mated in the great crisis. While the San
Francisco Ere was not. of course. the
main cause of the panic. it was one of
those big wastes. like war and famine.
which go to make up a heavy loss to
the world. and which must be paid for In
some way or another.
1t is about time that something effective
should be done TO prevent the terrific
waste by FIRE which is the rule in the
United States. We are now paying at
tention 20 the prevention OF wastes of
our natural resources such as wastes
of forests and waterways We ought to
add to this movement the prevention of
the waste by fire. Certainly, some scien-
could be established. At least T5 pei. cent
OF the annual losses by fire in the United
States are preventabe 1t would be
money in the pocket Of the country if
we spent even s509e0,00O TO save $780,.
DO00C0
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
FrIu Bigger Than shirt

From the Lewiston Me- Journal,
The United States last year paid S60,0O0.- =
900 for laces, 80 per cent Of which was i'm
ported. II is impossible profitably TO
manufacture laees in this country because
the wages Of American labor are more
than double those OF the labor engaged in
lace making in European countries. Regu-
late the trusts. maintain protection and
wages through other means than con-
spiracy and protection will be justified.
The peril Of protection is the lid in Con
gress-misemploying protection for CON
spiracy. Meantime. let US omit the frill.
and look out for the shirt
The Washington herald., 1908-04-17
HIDDEN.

I did not know there was a God
In those old days. ] used to plod
Along in stolid ignorance.
Thinking that all things came by chance
The soul, the flesh, the seed, the clod!
And yet along my path He trod.
Healed with His grace. and with His rod
Punished. And in my arrogance
I did not know.
What wonder that rode, rough shod
Ger law. as hOrsemen DER the sod?
Why. sweetheart mine your tender
glance
Even that. your loves inheritance,
In those old dsys-it seems so odd!
I did not know