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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05
NET "
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
BIDS FOR cULvERTs FOR USE IN
THE COUNTY WERE OPENED
.l@* At MEETING.
Little Business Aside From Reading
Of Minutes of Last Meeting Was
n! Transacted. ~

X The first day of the May meeting Of
the county dads was without import
ance and the only business aside from
the reading of the minutes of the last
meeting, was the opening OF bids for
the supply of culvert pipes for the
use of the; county for the year. There
were number of bids offered but as
they were In such shape that they
required considerable study, any &C
ton on their acceptance or rejection
was put over and will be settled this
afternoon or tomorrow. @q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05
WENT WITH 4 RUSH.

As was expected, the seat reserva-
ton for the Dunbar Male Quartet and
Hand Bell Ringers. went with a rush
yesterday morning and the indications
now point to one of the biggest audi
ences that has ever been gotten into
the Bijou. There are number OF
good seats left, but they will undoubt-
eddy all be taken before Thursday
evening. The doors will open at 8
o'clock and the concert will begin
promptly at $3.50. Tickets are 800
each and can be reserved without ad:
ditional expense. -. 80 D.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05
PURCHASING PEWs.

Rev. F. W. Gress, pastor OF the
Methodist church at Washburn, came
down last night to meet the official
board of the McCabe church in refer
ence to purchasing the pews that had
been in use in the old church. The
new church required circular pews SO
that the old ones, although good,
could not be used. The board is will
ing to dispose Of them at reasonable
figure, thus making an object for the
church people near Washburn, where
q new Methodist church Is under con-
struction. It is expected that they
will also take the pulpit chairs. Rev.
Gress returned to Washburn this
m0rninp h
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05

Trv The Tribune Want Columns.
Try The Tribune Want Columns.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05

Buy your garden tools Of Wolbert
Hardware co. They sell ''Planet Jr."
garden tools, which are the best.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05

;s You want one OF the Economy Col
anders and Fruit Press. They are
only $1.85, complete, at Wolbert
Hardware Co. Phone 81 to send you
one. ss g,-zzss$ 81. & :. +.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05

II Editor McMaster doesn't make
metropolis out of MONT it will not be
the fault of the Messenger man. He's
the best single handed boomer on the
Slope.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05

The best grain fed beef ever sold
in the city. Try it. At Gussner's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-05

Fa: !amhs, g-"!r fed, supplies the
best mutton in the market. At Guss-
ner's. -.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
Coal and Optimism,

Someone has defined the pessimist as
q man who, of two evils, chooses both.
says a writer in Success Magazine. If we
are to believe the pessimist. life on this
planet Is not worth living, and, anyway,
the planet is not going to last. Soon the
food OF the world will give out. and we
shall all starve, and the only hope that
the pessimists grant us is that we shall
all freeze before that time, because of
the grasping coal trust and the exhaus-
ton of the coal supply.
We do not take much stock in pes
simsts and do not waste much time In
listening to them. We always find that
the inevitable evil never happens and
somehow the human race does not starve,
freeze, or kin itself of, but manages to
get out of more scrapes than It ever
ought to have gotten into And recently
our optimism has been wonderfully boil
stored up by a report Of the geological
survey.
That report tells us that there are still
two thousand billions Of tons Of I'M
mined coal in the United States, worth
more at 7 cents a ton, than all our ma
tional possessions; enough, at our pres
emit rate of consumption, to last 5000
years and a great many years more.
Decidedly, we shall not soon freeze.
The wonderful thing about this 10 the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

the anti-plutocratic movement, while be-
coming triumphant in certain of Its pre-
tentions, is destined to fall In its other
aims, Just because 1t is too American in
it's origin and in its essence. Industrial
ism seems bound to destroy part of the
old Americanism of Franklin and OF
washington, which Europe had admired
so greatly, and to create an Americanism
far less American than that which exist
ed in the past. At what point will the
destruction cease? Nobody can say. AS
regards myself hope that it will not
cause the disappearance of some Of the
noble qualities beqaeathed to modern
Americans by the simple and idealist gem
erations that founded the union-optim-
ism. enthusiasm, a profound capacity OF
administration.
You will sometimes find Americans who
deplore the hatred and jealouses by
which their nation Is rent asunder All
moral impressions possess a character of
relatiyeness through which they may be,
| in certain measure. both true and false
| at the same time
But European who goes to North
| America and who mingles a little in the
| real American centers acquires, on the
| contrary, the impression Of entering a
| country where, as compared with the
| country he has left, the minds are rather
inclined to admire than to criticise, are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

cultured Americans have recognized, In
chatting with me, that as regards rail-
ways and banks America could advan-
tageously study the French systems espe-
cially, which very often represent hap
py Cancellation between the state system,
inapplcable in the United States, and the
system of absolute liberty, of which
America is beginning to be tired.
But, in studying the anti-plutocratic
movement In it's entirety, | fear that, in
their robust optimism, many Americans
are under an illusion regarding the moral
perfectability of modern civilization.
Among all classes and in all countries
men are today becoming too exacting
and too impatient; a high ideal of life
cannot be formed and transformed into
a universal rule of conduct amid the I'M
mense confusion of covetousness and am
billion that permeates society.
All the puritanical doctrines of life,
however narrow and naive they may ap-
pear under certain aspects contain an
elementary and eternal truth, which is
that man subjugated by the fever of
money-getting or of pleasure loses the
power to submit his life to severe moral
rule. And this truth does not apply SOLE
y to individuals; it applies also to ma
tons.
1t therefore seems to me probable that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

boundless. measureless generosity OF ma
ture. She Is like the fairy goomotner
who gives whatever we ask. Let US use
up one of her gifts, and we stumble upon
another. When the English exhausteu
their forests. a new fuel. GOAL, was as
covered. The coal had always been there;
was new. when, finally the coal bed
is depleted. we shall doubtless draw our
heat and our power from the waves OF
the sea, from the sunlight, from forces
undreamed of, but which exist. even
now. before our unseeing eyes. 1t Is not
nature which is narrow and cramped'
but our own minds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

confident in the future, are optimistic and
free from jealousy. And the impression
is comforting to a European, who, for
a short time. leaves our atmosphere sur
charged with storms and hatred.
/ believe l cannot thank the Americans
better for the pleasure they gave me.
with their confident and generous optim-
ism, than by expressing the wish that
they may long retain these good qualities.
even In a civilization that has terminated
so much hatred and such lugubrious pes
smism in Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
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Realized His Value.

Mrs. Sharp-Have you fled those d.
vorce papers for me? If SO, want you
to stop them at once.
Lawyer-Have you made 1t up with your
husband?
Mrs Sharp-Good gracious no: but he's
lust been run over and killed by motor
car, and I want to sue the owner for
damages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

IMPORTANT CHANGE
L. & N. train No. 4, now leav-
ing Birmingham 9:28 pm. will
leave 8::45 pm. on and after
July 4th.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
LUXURY'S GROWTH
IN AMERICA
GugIielmo Fe'rero Describe
PIutccraCy
WE ARE tXTRAV A6AN1
History of New World Linked With
That of Ancient Rome in Many
Ways-The Middle Glasses
Spend Money Freely.
WE ARE EXTRAV AGAN1
BY GuGLlELMo FERRERo.

Paris, July 3.-The movement against
the plutoeraey is, in its essence. a strug-
gle between the old tradition of a Puri-
tan democracy and the civilization of
wealth, luxury and pleasure-the repeti-
ton. in modern and more complicated
forms, of the struggle which Illuminated
Rome during three centuries, when that
city became acquainted with the civlli-
baton of the Hellenized east.
In the absence of other proofs my visit
to America would have sufficed to con-
vince me Of this. 1t may seem that to
give lessons on Roman history and TO
study North America are two forms of
activity which have nothing in common
and which cannot help one another in
any degree On the contrary, during my
whole visit Roman history and present
reality intermingled at every instant,
without any effort of my mind, in ex-
planning each other mutually. Every
body spoke to me of America in connec-
ton with my book and of my book in
connection with America. And the point
of resemblance was the struggle between
the two conceptions of morals and of
life.
l might quote many curious and sig
niticant anecdotes. At Chicago, for in
stance, a rich banker gave me one day
banquet at the Chicago club, to which he
invited the leading manufacturers and
merchants of the city. AT the end of the
banquet the host delivered a long and
splendid speech to demonstrate that the
history of Rome throws great light on
the position of Puritanism in modern
America.
on another occasion, at Boston, at d
banquet given me at the Union club by
Mr.. Fish, a great lawyer of that city, |
had on my right the managing director
OF one of the most important railways OF
Massachusetts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
MONTGOMERY ACCOMMO-
DATION

L. & N. train No. 8, now leav-
ing Birmingham $50 am, will
leave 500 am. on and after
July 9TH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
TEACHERS CHAMPION
IS DEAD IN CAPITAL
Mrs. Sarah N. Branum
Would Have Received
Pension in Few DAYS.

A champion Of teachers pensions,
Miss Sarah n. Branum, sixty-three
years old, of New Jersey, who had made
her home in washington for the last
year, died a few days before the reward,
voted by the State for her many years
Of faithful service, was due.
Miss Branum had arranged the small
est details Of her funeral. A list OF
friends and relatives whom she desired
to attend the funeral was found In a
desk at her home, 207 East Capitol
street, together with q request that the
Rev Thomas G. Nillers, of Newark, N.
J.. should conduct the funeral
Miss Branum was native of Wis
Consin. Early in her life she became
a resident Of Newark, n J., and there
became a teacher in the public schools.
Miss Branum had made her homo in
Washington near the Congressional
Library, that she might carry on her
historical studies.
She had been the leader Of the agita-
ton in New Jersey which resulted
about a year ago in the granting Of a
teachers pension by the State Legis-
iatuTe.
Her death occurred yesterday, after
an Illness of a month. The funeral was
held this afternoon from her late resi-
dence. The body was sent to Wiscon-
sin for burial
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03

wal. marse Jedge, in de fust place.
/ has ter set up ontl de chickens crows
for break Oh day most cherry mite ter
watch desc heah nayburs OBJ mine ter
keep 'em frum stealth de roof rum
ober my haid," said George Williams,
whose memory harks back 10 days or
slavery. to Judge DeLacy in Juvenile
Court. He pointed an accusing finger at
John Henry Queen, twelve years DID,
the defendant.
'Dey steals chickens. dey shoe mer
turkeys offn dey mes an steals de
aigs. dey steals de leetle biddies frum
de ole hen. an dey is so low down deg
done steal larnin' books frum de skuie
house.
But the specific charge in this case
is that this boy cut down a tree on the
place YOU have in charge" suggeste
the court
Cherry Tree and Hatchet
YES. sab. dat de spite charge, marse
ledge, an Use gwinter tell dis cote bout
dat deeprayshun," the old man. lean
ing for support on his stick, agreed. Il
done warn dat boy ter let dem cherry
trees be. but he seemed ter nave hank
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
CHOPS CHERRY TREE.
BUT DOESN'T OWN UP
BOYS Poster Old Man. He Tells Court, Stealing Chickens
Eggs and Even School Books, and Topping
Off With Cutting Saplng.

erin after cuttin' EN- down. ne did,
and whack. down cum de tree"
"A cherry tree. eh2 Perhaps" re-
marked the court. John Henry has
been reading about George Washington
and his little Ratchet"
Dat he amt. He neber hearn Oh
George Washin'tun. Sides. dey's all
de differunce in de WORT in his hero
boy, John Henry, an Gawge Washin-
tun," URGED the complainant. "Marse
GawEe. he done uD an tOle his daddy
de trufe bout dat tree. but when / sees
dis bow whack down dat truce, / goes
ter him kan an serene. an [ says TO
him, SAYS I, John Henry. whyfO' you
do dat? Dat boy he lied ter me.
Ole Man Is Pestered.
Now, marse ledge. Use gettin' ole an
feeble. and desc uayburs oh mine am
pesterin' de ole mans las days. I has
allus conducted m'se'f wild conduct and
behayT to'ards everybody. 1 axes dis
cote ter take er han in dis matter. an
help de ole man TO res in weace await
In FER de end dat amt fer away
The Old mans Dllintive speech con-
WINGED the court that John Henry Queen
had aggravated him at least s. worth.
and John Henry's father was assessed
that amount.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
HOSPITAL FIRE HOSE
RENDERED USELESS
Twice in a Month the Lives Of
Many Patients En-
dangered.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.--For the sec
ond time within a month some dan
gerous lunatic or spitefully inclined
person has cut the couplings from the
FIRE hose in Bellevue Hospital-practi-
cally the only means of fire protection
the institution has-and the lives Of
the patients viii be In danger until
the couplings can be replaced today.
Meanwhile 1880 patients are in great
danger If IRE should break out.
A month ago the couplings on nine
teen Of the thirty lines Of hose Ia the
building were cut.
It was apparent from the manner In
which the hose had been cut that an
exceptionally sharp knife with a
strong blade had been used and II IS
probable that the destroyer used a
surgeons operating knife.
When the nineteen couplings were
cut 8 month ago the cutters work
was quickly discovered and the COT
pings were replaced. Three daI-s
later a dangerous fire was discovered
IN the sleeping quarters OF two %
the doctors
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
REPORT ON POLICE
SHOWS GOOD WORK
Commissioners Compile Fig
ures Telling of Crime
e. in the District.

The Commissioners have forwarded
70 Congress a report on petit and Sc
rlous assault cases and burglary cases
Ia the District for period Of two
years. and a comparison OF the numeri-
cal strength of the force with some
other cities The showing is hattering
10 the District force.
a resolution was offered in Congress
some weeks ago calling upon the Com
ulissioners for such information. In the
two years there were 3,572 cases OF sim
pie assault, which embraces everything
from touching with the hand to striking
a blow. over 5000 arrests were made,
and there were nearly that many con-
viCtiOns.
Assault and Robbery.
During the twO-year period there
were thirty-four cases OF assault and
robbery on the streets and highways,
twenty arrests ave white, fifteen col
ored) and sixteen convictions.
In the District there is no such
charge as burglary, but any one who
enters q house, room. boat or railroad
car by breaking IN In any manner Is
guilty Of HOUSEKEEPING.
There were 465 such cases. Nearly
800 arrests were made. and there were
sf4 convictions. The report shows that
negrocp are responsible for a large per
Centage OF crime IN Washington, and IS
a striking Illustration Of the urgent
need Of an increased police force 20
cope with the increasing negro popula-
ton.
Wide Territory Covered.
The District is given y men 10
the 1000 acres, while Buffalo has 20.7.
Newark S5.8. Jersey City S6.9. and Allan
Ia 23.2 The extent OF the District juris-
diction IS set forth as near seventy
square miles. including over eighty
and Georgetown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
NEW VAGRANCY BILL
URGED BY CITIZENS
Unsafety of Women on
Street at Night Is Argu-
ment Used.

ut is unsafe for any woman IN Wash
ingtou TO venture forth on the streets
after dark"
The above declaration was used as an
argument for the adoption Of more
stringent vagranCy laws in the District
by James S. Easy-Smith, in an address
before the Columbia Heights Citizens
Association, in POstOffiCe Hall, Park
road. last night
Upon suggestion Of Mr. E,asby-Smith'
Judge Charles S. Bundy, president, ap-
pointed Air. Easby-Smith, W. ii. saun-
ders, and W. W. Bowie as committee
TO urge the adoption OF the vagrancy
bin now before Congress. Opposition
10 the measure was expressed by Rabbi
simon and Percival NJ Brown, on the
ground that 1t would result in hardship
to honest persons in search Of employ
ment.
The suggestion of W W. Bowie that
a branch public library be established
in Columbia Heights was referred 70 the
committee on education and schools.
The association Endorsed the bill pro
yiding for q pension fund for teachers
In the public schools,
4 communication from the Rhode
Island Suburban Citizens Association
requesting cooperation in opposing the
bill TO license builders was referred 10
the executive committee.
Trpou rYIotion of w. b. Todd the as
ISOLATION decided to award three prizes
of 80. s., and 81 for the best kept lawns
in Columbia Heights during the coming
summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
RETIRES
FROM ACTIVE DUTY

Rear Admiral William J. Barnette,
superintendent OF the Naval Observa-
tory in this city, celebrated his sixty
second birthday by retirement from
active service In the navy yesterday.
HE brought 20 a close long and active
career. The admiral retired on his
birthday because on that day he reached
the age limit for service on the active
list. For several weeks Admiral Bar
nette has been IN 81 health, and under
treatment at the Naval Hospital here.
His retirement will cause the promo
ton OF Capt. Edward B. Berry to the
grade OF rear admiral, Commander
Charles A. Cove 10 be captain, Lieut.
Commander Robert +. King 10 be com
mander and Lieut. d. ". Knox 10 be
lieutenant commander.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
CITIZENS WANT
SCHOOL HOUSES

the residents Of the eastern suburbs
as represented by the members OF Ran
die Heights and Twiuing City Citi-
zeus' Association, want education that
can keep up with the times They
want a portable school house. They Will
appear before the Board of Education
aud the Commissioners and make form
al request for the same
At the monthly meeting Of the citizens
held last evening they decided 10 wait
upon the Commissioners also with ref
erence TO the ONercrOwding Of the Cap
ital Traction cars on the r and @ street
line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
VICTIM OF ODD ACCIDENT.

YORK, Pa, Feb. 5.-A clay pigeon
sailing from a trap as Walter Shelter.
a stage driver, Of Bjttersville. this
county, was STOPPING over it, cut the
mans ear almost Off
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
FIRE ON STEAMBOAT
TOO ELUSIVE TO FIND
Automatic Alarm Sounds and
Wireless Calls for Aid-No
Blaze Located.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 3.-The
crew o. the FAN River line steamer
Providence, which arrived here safe this
morning. are stu looking for the fire
which prompted the sending Of a wire
less message from the steamer early
this morning.
The automatic fire alarm on board
the steamer sounded about ? o'clock.
and a wireless was Immediately sent to
this city asking for aid The crew then
turned out to locate and fight the blaze
A diligent search of the entire shin
failed to disclose any fire. however. and
when the Providence locked here this
morning, the search for the elusive
blaze was still on.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
MASS SOLEMNIZED
FOR MISS DONNELLY

Requiem mass was soIemuized at the
Benedictine Convent an BTookIand, at
9 o'clock this morning. for Philip Anna
DonneIly, who died at the convent on
Monday. Semiuarians from the Do
minican House OF Studies sang the
music OF the mass IuJerment was In
Mt OIlvet Cemetery.
The deceased was "a member Of "a
weIl-kuOwn Philadelphia family. and
three sisters. who were with her during
her last illness. survive her. Miss
Eleanor DounelIv IS widely known as an
author and Iguatlus DUuueIIy. "a
brother. has a place In the literary
world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
CHIEF CLERKSHIP
GIVEN YOUNG NAN
Hitchcocks Secretary During Cam
paign Is Remembered With
Nice Berth.

Chief Clerk of the Department Of Com
merce and Labor is the reward handed
today 70 Theodore /. Weed for his good
work as secretary To Frank II. Hitch
cock while he was managing the CAM
paign for the election IF William II.
Taft
Mr.. Weed has been working in the
department in the capacity Of secretary
TO Secretary Straus- He IS thirty-two
years Of age. and one of the youngest
men ever selected for the chief clerk
shin Of an executive department
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
SHOOTS A TORPEDO
AROUND A CORNER
Japanese Invents Interesting New
Steering Device, 1t Is
Sad.

Shigetoro Yamashita, an engineer in
the Nagaura ordnance depot. Japan, has
Invented a tOrpedo-steering device
which opens up a new field Of posi-
bilities in naval warfare, according to
advices that have reached Washington.
With the new equipment a torpedo
can be fired around a promOntory or
point Of land intervening between the
point OF discharge and the point Of at
tack, giving a boomerang effect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-03
CATS BITE FATAL.

RICHMOND. Va. Feb. 3-Linwood
Cump. seventeen years Of age. son of
jeffrey CrUmp, a farmer, is dead at his
home, in Chesterfield county, as a result
OF having been bitten by pet cat be
fore Christmas