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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-10

cnp,rrp CANNON in several recent
soeeches urging haste in passing th'
,a,i9 hill has declared that every day.
dalsv ID finishing the work was costing
tho bns;ness interests of the country al
least 100000 900. Taking this es'l'
mate Of the speaker as basis OF csicu
lstion, Senator BristOw figures that DE-
FIRE the tariff bill receives the signature
of the president the attempt at tariff re.
,ision will have cost the American
peoule billion aud half Even sl'ef
this wat loss has been Inflicted on tne
people, all they will get in return Is |"
new tariff bill whose average tsxatlot
ia heavier than that imposed oy TOT
Dinvlev law. Senator Brls'ow believes
a great political aud fiscal crime will have
hsen committed aud that there will be
tremendous outburst OF popular indigna'
t;on that will sweep out of power every
oue connected with its perpetuatiou. de
does not propose to be caught in tine
maelstrom. aud for that reason believes
it the part of wisdom as we'll as OF pa
triotIsm to make it known now that be
will holt ia the Senate and vote against
the Aldrich bill if it Is jammed through
without providing substantial revision
downward. Let some of the southern
senators, upon whom.eyes of suspicion
nov rest, beware.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-10
STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE

STATE DEMOURAIlO COMMlEIEE
Chairman j. Taylor Ellyson of the
State democratic committee has issued
a call for a meeting of the. committee
in Richmond city next Friday night.
This meeting will fix the date Of the
stste primary, determine Whist the en-.
trance fee OF candidates for the various
places shall be, aud will also hear a re-
port of the committee appointed o.!
Roanoke last year to recommend some
other plan for nominating candidates
for Office. At this time the cost of state
primaries is 80 great that only men Of
large means can afford TO offer. While
that is one of the objection able features
of the present law of the party, the
advocates Of the measure have discovered
that the COSTS such that in some cases
the sspirsnts for places have paid ex-
actly what the positions would have
paid for the foil term. And there are
some gentlemen who incline to the
belief that buying the honor is not the
proper thing.
The committee will recommend that
the present primary plan be retained 10
every particular, but that the cost be
saved to the candidates by having a
state primary nominating plan, all can
didates of all parties to be voted for
on the day Of election, aud cost of be
borne by the state. This, of course, is
to be optional, and if party shall
desire to hold a convention it will be
free TO DO 30.
There is to be No convention OF the
party this year. The proposition did
not appeal to the people at all, though
some few newspapers, inimical to one
of the gubernatorisl candidates, made
an effort to work up sentiment for a
convention,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-10
Virginia News.


r. Fl. B atwright, for many years
general agent OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad at Lyuchburg, died yes
terdsy.
The seventh meeting Of the Virginia
conference Of charities and correction
will be held at Lynchburg, on May II,
Is and 10.
Samuel TilIelt, of Hamilton. Loudoun
county, died at his home 10 that place
Thursday night from paralysis. de was
sixty.fve years Of sge.
MsrcelIus Cole, Of Washington, have
bought the s. A. Arthur farm, near
PurcellviIle. This property Is consider
ed one Of the most desirable In Loudoun
county. Price, $4,000.
A. P. Gillespie, of Tszswell, and L.
P. Summers, collector of the Western
Virginia district, have been invited to
Washington to call on the president and
confer with him concerning Old Do.
minion politics.
Mr.. Joseph A. Pullen died suddenly
at bis home In King George, Thursday,
aged 70 years. he was for twenty years
com missioner of revenue Of King George
and declined to serve longer two years
ago on account OF III health.
A section Of the feet Of schoouers
which went to Norfolk from New York
and New England after fish, struck
great luck Friday night about three
miles of Cape Henry. They ran iuto a
vast school Of striped sea trout which
we're entering Chesapeake bay, and,
with purse nets, took thousands OF them.
The dual meet between Johns Hop
kIns aud the University Of Virgins al
Homewood Field, In Baltimore, Sstur-
day afternoon, resulted 10 decisive
victory for the latter, the score 10 points
being 70 to 80. Rector, Virginia's
famous sprinter and holder of the records
In his distance worth while, was there
and easily won the only race he entered.
In an address at the University Of
Virginia, on Saturday, DR. Ira Remseu,
president OF Johns Hopkins University,
said there Is deplorsble tendency to
extravaganza in the management Of
universities and that disastrous reaction
Is threatened. Million-dollar labora
tories and libraries were all very we'll, be
said, but how far 1t wss wise to put 81
much 10 buildings and then allow the
occupants to lsnguish for the necessities
of intellectual life, was a question no
difficult to answer.
IcrATE DEMOnR Alto COMMITTED
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-10
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 10. 1909.

THE collapse of the financial structure
of Davis Brothers, of Washington, and
the mulcting CT many persons in sum-
It ia said, aggregating half million
dollars, recalls to mind the Mississippi
Scheme. South Sea Bubble and other
financial epidemics where victims nave
suddenly found themselves chasing ram
hons A number of Alexandrians, 1t
o.0oors swallowed the bob, hook and
sipker displayed by the Washing'onlSnS'
and are now realizing the exorbitant
price paid for lessons in experience
or course nothing definite can be ascer-
famed until a receiver shall been have
anoointed and an inventory OF the assets
made. Iii hoped that investors Will
he able to realize something In the
wipdup of the affairs of the firm IL
has been a long time since AlexsndrisnS
have been caught in such traps 10
1878 people in this city contributed
their quota 10 the Jay Cooke shiPwrecS'
Two wears later many people in this city
exuerienced considerable disappointment
nv the explosion ofthe Montpelier lottery
scbeme. This, however, was compsr-
o,ively minor affairs, as the losses were
participated in by so many But '"o
gears had elapsed before numbers more
awoke to the fact that savings bank 10
which their all had been placed mac
closed its doors. 1t seems that 10 thi'
aoo of the world, when histories o.
countries, communities and individuals
are filed with chapters from which We
might profit, that people should sill
bite 80 quickly at sllurlng bait'' Oon'
Germs which promise ten, twenty an'
thirty per cent. interest on investments
should be regarded with suspicion or
general principles. Most of the Alex
sndris victims of the Washingtonlan'
will probably not be known, as the!
naturally shrink from the notoriety o
bsiuV enumerated among the gulliole'
in this era of get-rich quick concerns
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-10

SENATOR ALDRICH it Is said is be.
coming more aud more angry over the
tariff situation as 1t develops. He has
failed to bulldoze the progressives into
submission and is confronted now BY a
fight that may continue until August l.
Senator Lodge followed Mr.. Aldrich on
Saturday evening in declaring that the
republican party has made no promise
to revise the tariff downward. They
promised to revise it intelligenily, he
said, and the intelligence Of the party,
be insists, is fully represented in the
work of Senator Aldrich, which be him
self so much admIres. This is a worse
arraignmeut of the republican party
than any made by the democrats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-10

Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois
aud Indiana are honeycombed with in
dependent thinkers who have been clam
orine for genuine revision for years.
But In spite Of all this, southern men,
bers Of the House elected IS democrats
on low tariff platforms vote with the
"stand patters" and trust protec!ionists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-10
Market.

Georgetown. D, C. May lO.-whsst lsS.l5O
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-10

Ambassador White will retire from
the diplomatic service upon the appoint
ment of his successor to the French
Embassy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06

Peary and Cook, the arctic explorers,
the public being invited to take one
side or the other In the controversy.
The general disposition, however, ap.
pears to be to let the boys fight it out
by themselves, and If it shall develop
that both of them found the pole, let
them share the honors-such az they
are. AZ for the pole itself, the old
landmark appears to be of no practi-
cal use to anybody, and is not worth
the research and scientific and other
discussions that have been bestowed
upon it..
And now comes another rag chewing
contest in which Senator Joe Bailey,
of Texas, and Col. W. J. Bryan, OF
Nebraska, are the star performers.
These distinguished democra attic states
men disagree as to the meaning of .
plank in the democratic national plat
form, and threaten to campaign the
country on this alleged important is
sue. This rag chewing contest will
coon give the public ''thas tired feel.
ing" and Messrs. Bryan and Bailey
should cut it out right away.
Who cares about the meaning of .
plank In the democratic platform? It
has become the custom IN recent times
for each member of the democratic
party to construct q platform that
suits himself; and, to be perfectly can
did about the matter, it 10 pretty much
the came way with many citizens who
profess the republican faith.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
RAG CHEwING:CoNTEsTs.

When the great American exponent
OF the art of public controversy went
on a hunting trip to Africa q few
months ago, there was temporary
quiet In rag chewing circles. There
was not much doing in that line ex-
cept among members of congress as.
sembled In special session to revise
the tariff, and they failed to give an
exhibition that differed in any ma.
terial respect from former debates
upon that subject.
The past few weeks, however, have
revived to come extent the public
excitement that was aroused
BY Rooseveltian controversies.
First we had the Balliuger.
Pinchot troubles most mysterious
affair that IVES said to have caused
''crisis" in administrs alton circles,
and which wa given large headlines
IL the newspapers. The general pub
lilo Was not familiar with eli the de-
tails Of this rag chewing contest. bul
% u seemed TO be regarded By those
on The insids - quite On importan,
event Is Va given moro Of less pub
Ito atsentlon throughout the country.
Then camethe war Of words between
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
Carter Talks To Sheepmen.

HELENA, Sept. 29.-The feature Of
the final session of the third annual
meeting Of the Montana Woolgrowers'
association al the address of Sen stor
Carter. The speaker discussed fret
the tariff bill passed by the last con.
gress as it Affected the western wool.
growers and then pointed out why 1t
was the part Of wisdom to maintain
Q tariff on wool. The United States,
he said, consumed 500, 600, 900 pounds
Of wool and raised 81, 000, 600 pounds.
Sheep are. either q splendid asset or
q liability, he continued, and then
pointed out that II the tariff on wool
we're taken of it would destroy the
business and render the 6ocks . liza
bility. The sheepmen would retire
from business, selling their bands for
mutton. There would be q feast and
then q famine. With the disappear.
ance of the aocks the 311, DOC, 000
pounds of wool this country raises
would disappear and then the foreign
sheepman would come and sell his
wool at his own price. The supply Of
meat would be decreased and the in.
evitable consequence would be tina,
not only would the wageworker pay
more for his clothing. but his mea,
would cost him more, as it would be
scarcer.
he urged the sheep growers to have
q decent regard for the interests of the
struggling settler and not to 60 to hie
fence and feed him out. On the matter
of profit alone, leaving aside the moral
oblig alton, II behooves the lockmas'
ter to respect the rights of the settler,
he declared. In closing, he urged the
sheepmen not to lack q state pride,
but to take an interest In the state
fair and in everything which affected
the state.
G. K. Reeder of Stearns, was elect,
ed president of the association for the
ensuing year and II. h. Pigott of Hell
ena, vice president. The secretary.
treasurer and members of the execu.
tive committee will be named later,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
A Home For Montana Pioneers.

HELENA, Sept. 29.-At the meeting
today of the Society of Montana Pion.
GERS stirring appeals were made by
A. M. Hotter, J. T. Brown and others
In behalf of Q project for the care Of
those pioneers of the state who are no
longer able to labor and who have no
means OF support. In the faraway
gulches of the state, in charitable In.
situations and on county farms are
many of the pioneers, subjects OF pub
lie or private charity in their declin.
ing years. Mr.. Hotter and other
speakers urged that steps be taken to
secure q home for those men and
women and ean provided to care
for them in their old age. The dis
position among the wealthy old.timers
was to do what was necessary to &C.
complish the end, II the project re-
ceived the approval of the society.
At the last meeting OF the society
the executive committee was author.
lied to get up q badge or button for
the members of the society. President
Fisk said the order had been OBJ
served and q button adopted. The
button is q gold pan, such as miners
use in panning gold. In the fore.
ground, resting In a sitting posture
on the rim of the pan, 10 an Indian.
He Ia looking toward the east, shad-
ing his eyes with his right hand from
the rays of the rising sun in order
that he may see the white mans wag.
on and oxen, westward bound. En-
graved In raised letters around the
upper part of the button are the
words, "Society OF Montana Pion.
eers." The Indian represents the
primitive condition Of the country
the gold pan typi6es the discovery OF
gold, which attracted the white man
to the west; the caravan represents
the coming OF the pioneer, and the
rising sun is symbolicsl Of the dawn
of the new era, and indicates the
east, from whence the pioneer came.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
Two Ways,

DE man dat waits to learn by ex-
perience," said Uncle Eben. sis liable
to put in his precious time gettin'
cured Of a mule kick while de man
dat used common sense is gettin' his
corn planted Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
Chip From the Old Block.

Lazy Jackson-Look at heah, nah
son. wat would 20 do ef 20 had no
muddah an no faddah to suppoaht
70? Ephey Jackson-Why. aha git
married. Of cou'se.Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHouTEAU COUNTY

IN letters and communication c0Ntaining mat.
~ tatsndsd for publication In thts paper should
u s6dressed to TIE Rtvsr Press," a~d the name
~ tAs writer must b given t~o.tnswrs attention.
Local sdvertiseHssnts ciH Be Inverted IN these
seSwsans at tie rate Of ten cents per Nne from
srsnstsst and foe cents per MneJ from regular ad-
Ooet6esrs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06

Do one thing at a time and the bic
things 6rst.-Lincoln,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06

Water right blanks-only correct
form published-fcr sale 1t the RIVER
PRESS ot6ce.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-06

On the whole, it is safe to say that
II only disturbed he will retreat. but
should he be actually annoyed and see
his enemy he will retaliate and charge.
Serious loss and delay are often
caused by a rhino charging a caravan.
Yet this action is nearly always forced
upon him and occurs through stupidi-
ty rather than premeditated malice.
The head of a caravan, say, Of 800
porters, extending owe two or three
miles Of country, passes to windward
Of a rhino. He gets the scent and
moves up wind and perhaps nears the
center Of the caravan, when. being
thoroughly alarmed. he turns off a lit
tie, only to strike the tail end.
Being now puzzled and seeing at
last. as he thinks, the original cause
Of his annoyance, he charges straight
through, on his way horning a load
o. two hastily cast aside by the por-
tiers on his approach. He then passes
on to leeward of the and. be-
ing at last delivered from the annoy
ing scent, moves on into more peaceful
territory. Yet a person who had not
watched his progress from the start
would think. that he had come from a
mile or more away with the deliberate
intention Of exterminating the cara
van.
On the whole, it may be said that
the disposition Of the rhino is on a
par with that of most animals and
many human beings-they wish to be
left alone. and unless worried they
| will not make trouble.-London Field.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-16
NASPARILLA

This sterling household remedy is most
successfully prescribed for world of
troubles" For arrangements of the d.
gestive organs it is natural corrective,
operating directly upon the liver and ali
mentary. canal, gently but persistently
stimulating a healthfu1 activity. Its
beneficial influence extends, however, to
every portion of the system, aiding in the
processes of digestion aud assimilation of
food, promoting a wholesome, natural
appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad
breath, irregularities of the bowels, CON
stipation and the long list of troubles
directly traceable to those unwholesome
conditions. Kasparilla dispels drowsi-
ness, headache, backache and despond-
ency due to inactivity of the liver,
kidneys and digestive tract 1t is a
strengthening tonic of the highest value.
1lf 1t fails to satisfy we authorize all
dealers to refund the purchase price.
HoHT CHEMICAL Co. Portland, Oregon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-16
He Worried About 1t.

The suns heat will give out in ter
million years or more
And he worried about it.
1t will surely give out then, if il
doesn't before
And he worried about it,
1t will surely give out, so the scien-
lists said
In all scientific books he had read;
And the whole boundless universe
then will be dead,
And he worried about it.
And some day the earth will fall into
the sun
And he worried about it.
Just as sure and as straight as If
shot from gun.
And he worried about it.
when strong gravitation unbuckles
her straps,
Just picture" he said, what fearful
collapse.
And he worried about it.
1t will come in a few million ages
perhaps
And he worried about it.
And in less than ten thousand years,
there's no doubt
And he worried about it.
Our supply of lumber and coal Will
give out
And he worried about it.
Just then the ice-age will return cold
and raw,
Frozen men will stand stiff with arms
outstretched in awe,
AS if vainly beseeching general
thaW-
And he worried about it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-16
HONEYMOONS ARE
OUT OF FASHION

The honeymoon is going out Of
fashion.
For years women of advanced
thought have spoken and writer
against it.
Only the woman who has gone
through the process of getting a trous-
seau ready, no matter how simple it is
in detail. of looking after the wedding
arrangements, of writing the neces-
sary notes of gratitude for good wishes
expressed AN almost hercu'an task
in itself-and of doing the thousand
and one things which rush in upon
her at the last moment-knows how
tired the average bride finds herself
when, Il wiz has been said, and the
excitement of the wedding is past.
my one aim in life" said a little
bride a few days after her marriage,
''is to go back over the road, to visit
all the folk I met on our honeymoon,
and show them l am neither bear nor
demon, however hard it may be to
convince them of the fact!'
She was one of the army of brides
who have sailed forth in a brand new
going away" dress for one of those
joy-veneered journeys, after having
been worn to a shred with the getting
ready.
Naturally she was sweet tempered.
without an ounce of the Tartar in her
makeup, and she spent the rest of her
days trying to hide from memory those
first days when she had expected to
soar to the heights of happiness.
AS a mater of fact, they were
simply memory nightmare.
A woman who has had occasion to
see many newly married couples on
their travels says the bridal trip is
more or less of a fraud in many re-
spects.
Brides and bridegrooms are not al
ways the ecstatically happy persons
they are supposed to be, and tears on
a honeymoon are not by any means
unknown
The wedding day is an awful strain,
and often upsets tempers for days.
SO nowadays it has come to be the
custom to go direct from the church
to a country home; either ones own
or q. friends, and to pass the honey
moon in seclusion impossible to tour
iStS-BOStOn Courier.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-16
May Moonshine.

When the world is in it's heyday
And the May day smiling sweet
Wakens many q sylvan blossom.
Just to toss 'em at your feet;
When small creatures start thei
chorus
And before us, way up there,
The moon is rOundly glowing
And bestOwing radiance fair,
There's no use of feeling tragic
For it's magic, as it CLEANS
With a subtle necromancy
Soothes your fancy into dreams.
For the moment you don't care if
In the tariff deals are made:
And your nat, no more you doff it
Unto profit gained in trade.
You neglect the words discerning
Men of learning may prepare
For the murmuring of the breeZes
Sort of eases all your care.
Upon history let the cynic
Hold his clinic wisely grim,
This old world is all a May day,
And a play day, save for him.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior-United
States Land Office at Walla Walla
wash, May 1. 1909.-Notice is hereby
given that Henry H. Nightingale of
Il. f. d. No. 5, Walla W'alla, Wash,
who. on March 26. 1904, made home
stead entry No. 1923. Serial No O1S00,
for the west half of the southwest quar-
ter and the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section 81; the
northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter of section 81. township north,
range SO east Willamette meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make final
five-year proof to establish claim to
the land above described before the
register and receiver of the United
States land Office at Walla Walla,
Wash, on the 25th day of June, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses Ellen
Nightingale. Isaac Remington. Edith
Nightingale and Clyde Shemwell, all
OF Walla Walia Wash.
A. J. GILLIS, Register.
Not coal land.