The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-08-27

wonderfully vivid description
of that bloody and historic battle
field. The old soldiers drank in
every word, and afterwards Capt.
Nuns OF this city, who wore the
blue, and Theodore Gregory of
Mnneola, who wore the gray, both
of whom were in that battle, were
agreed that her portrayal was alb
solutely accurate. Her peroration
on Pickett's Charge has seldom
been surpassed as dramatic cli-
max, and drew tears from many
eyes. The most touching Incl
dent, however, occurred at the
conclusion of her remarks.
After she had shaken hands with
the two rows of old soldiers pres
ent, Milton Jones, our local poet,
post-prandial speaker and accom-
plished literateur, assembled the
stage, and, on behalf of the old
lConfederates of Montgomery coun-
ty, presented Mrs. Pickett with
handsome gold medal, bearing the
following inscription: "To Mrs.
Pickett, from the Confederates of
Montgomery county, Mo-" Milton's
presentation speech was brief but
beautifully expressed in his own
inimitable way. Mrs. Pickett was
moved to tears and graciously
thanked the old soldiers "on be-
half of my dead hero"
Tuesday night the Cole-Steeie
Concert Company, consisting of
a bass soloist, pianist and a
reader, kept the crowd entertain
ed for an hour or two. Miss Cath
crime Cole-Steele, the reader, es-
pecially charmed her hearers with
her many delightful sketches, and
she was recalled time after time.
Her charming presence, her ver-
satility, her vivacity and her di-
alect storied completely captivated
the audience, and most everybody
would willingly pay the price of
admission to hear her again. Mr..
Steele, the bass soloist, was also
well received.
Wednesday afternoon Congress-
man Chas. b. Landis of Indiana
a cousin, by the way, of Mrs. Jas.
Ferguson of this city-spoke on
"Our Merchant Marine"
His talk was very interesting
and gave US considerable Inform
alton. Among other thing. he
said:
South America has 20 republics.
Our international bureau at Wash
ington represents q republics in
the western hemisphere. We treat
our near 20 neighbors as though
they We're remote, and have utter
ly failed to cultivate trade rela-
tions with them, while Europe has
crossed the seas and taken almost
| absolute possession of great
| commerce there We have only
one-seventh of the trade with
these southern republics, while
Europe and Japan have the other
| six-sevenrhs, and this trade rep
resents no less than one billion
five hundred millions OF money.
| The people of this country seem
to be wofully lacking in informa-
! ton Of these great possibilities OF
commerce. Brazil is larger than
the United States, and the city OF
Rio Janei:o has a population OF
one million, and has spent more
money n improvements than any
city in the United States except
New York and Chicago. They re-
Gently planned to spend ten mil
Ions on their docks and wharfs,
and they have the finest harbor
in the world.
! The Argentine Republic is larg-
er than our great state OF Texas
it is larger than all New England
and all the southern states COM
b'ned. Bueno3 Ayres has 100000
inhab tants, and has the finest
newspaper in the world.
These republics offer magnifi-
cent opportunities and are work
,ng out the same problems that
| we are. The next fifty years will
see a wonderful development in
that part of the world. They are
doing things in South America and
We don't know it, but in Europe
and japan they know all about it
There are contracts now being
made there to the amount of $780,
900. 900. Europe gets it all. We dc
not get a dollar OF it.
The speaker also told about the
J wonderful improvements going OF