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Evening star., 1909-09-12

he bit his lower lip that Laurier was furious with
rage Both Villalon and Leopard tried to interfere;
but silenced them being too far beside myself to
listen to reason. There was a tense moment in
which the Count gared at me, and then, recovering
his reserve, he said slowly:
81 have eighty thousand francs left in my bank
account We shall play for that sum, and stifened
up to deal the cards. it being his turn. He them
through his fingers and then in another outburst OF
i'll temper sneered That side of the table to
be lucky tonight
1T was full second before the significance of his
remark dawned on me- as fancied, and thought of
the loose veneering If the Count believes that he
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jOurHcyed to Caracas. He saw Andrade
The president would not heed his COM
plant, but sided with the governor
Castro left the palace very wroth. Re-
port has it that he went into the public
square, collected a small crowd, and
said: 1.-THE next time I come to Cara
cas-, it will be at the head of an army"
The audience, if this ever happened
at all, naturally laughed at him. Then
he returned to the mountains.
To the governor he sent word that
trouble would be forthcoming if the
oxen We're not returned at once. The
governor laughed.
Castro summoned his fellow mutt
neers, the men he knew best. There
were % of them at the first meeting.
He told chem he was going to get up
revolution, and they were to be his ar
my until he could get a bigger one.
The army" started its march down
the mountains. Thence forward Won
derful happenings crowded upon each
others heels. The report of the brew
ing revolution spread fast But it
travelled hardly faster than the re-
cruits flocked to join the army" From
every quarter they came. In few days
the governor received a message to the
effect that Castro was coming He
laughed again.
Castro had whipped him before the
echo of his laughter died away. and
the few soldiers of the province of Los
Andes had deserted to the ranks of the
revolution before shutdown. The march
toward Caracas began in earnest.
Arriving in front of Caracas. the
would be president had acquired a
force of several thousands He lost no
time in beginning to fight But he did
mot have a chance to do much of it,
Before the battle was well under way
the government forces deserted, giving
him complete control. This fact. like
many another incident of his career,
was most opportune, for Castro's mule
had fallen on him at the start of the
battle, breaking his leg, and at the very
moment of the detection in Andrade's
guard the rebel war chief was direct
ing his operations from a litter.
1t was about this time. that And
rade. who had remained, still smiling,
in the palace. heard Of what was han
pening. He became solemn, but he
wasted no time trying to recover the
day. With less than 200 men. he chose
discretion rather than valor, slipped
out of the back door, ran to the water
front and fled to the sea on the navy"
BY the time he had reached Port Of
Spain, Island Of Trinidad, Castro had
marched into Caracas, taken possession
of the government, declared himself
Dictator appointed a cabinet. begun to
reorganize the army, sent word to the
foreign nations of the earth that he
was on top, and had become absolute
ruler, boss of all he surveyed.
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NEW TOBACCO
UNION FORMED

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 1S.-Pledges
secured from tobacco growers in the
Burley districts Of Kentucky Indi-
ana and Wisconsin will be brought up
for ratification in meeting of joint
committee of tobacco associations in
Louisville today. Agents of the new
Union Tobacco society, now a realty,
will go over all the districts included
in the new central association of to-
bacco societies, to interest the growers
in the federation and to secure their
pledges for 1909
Tobacco growers in Kentucky, In
diana and Wisconsin are brought to-
gether by this union association. The
Union Tobacco society, as now con-
stituted, is more a pooling of Burley
tobacco interest than a general trust
of tobacco growing associations. Ow-
ing to the fact that the Planters Pro-
tective association, which dominates
the Burley market, are compelled to
deal largely with different sets of buy
ers. it is stated that the present Union
Tobacco society does not represent a
coalition between them in the new
union organization.
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reant scion of Spanish nobility, a run
away into the hill country of Vene-
Zuela. In any event, Cipriano first saw
the light in the far-away backwoods OF
the province of Los Andes, and there,
when he grew to manhood he tended
cattle on the hills, near the Colombian
borders.
Being near the Colombian border.
it is reported, he used to drive the
herd from one country to the other so
as to avoid the tax collectors of each
country when they came around semi
annually. Thus it happened that one
day the governor of the province of
Los Andes seized two or three oxen
in lieu of taxes.
The seizure eventually caused Cas-
tro to become president of Venezuela,
for his revolution followed a visit to
Caracas to enlist Andrade's assistance
against the governor.
When the governor of Los Andes
took his cattle, Castro straightWay
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-18
HENRY vIGNAUD QUITS
DIPl OMATIC SERVICE

PARIS. Feb. 1S.-Henry Vignauld,
secretary of the American embassy at
Paris, has resigned, the resignation to
take effect March 81. In a letter to
President Roosevelt, Vignaud assigns
as the reason for his decision his ad-
vanced age and his desire not to block
the path of promotion to younger
men,
Vignaud who is 70 years old and the
Oldest member of the American diplo-
matte corps abroad, leaves the service
highly esteemed by all who know him.
AS he is without private fortune of
any kind, group of prominent Amer
leans who appreciate his "a years SER
vice, have raised a fund Of $4,000 to
provide for his remaining years.
Among these are Levi P Morton,
Whitelaw Reid, James Gordon Ben
nett, Ferdinand Blumenthal, Andrew
Carnegie, John Harjes, T. j. Coolidge,
Henry White and j. P. Morgan
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CLIFFORD PINCHOT
TO VISIT SPOKANE

SPOKANE, Feb. 18.-(Special Cor
respondence)-GiffOr PinchOt, chief
States department of agriculture will
be present at the sessions of the sew
'enteenth national irrigation congress
in Spokane, August 9 to IA. He says
in a letter to R. Insinger, chairman of
the local board of control:
You know how 1 have been disap-
pointed in the past lin sDito Of my
earnest wish, in getting 10 meetings
which I should have ATTENDED ard
rlanned to attend. 1 missed the irri-
cation congress last year. after ilav-
ing been at the meetings for several
years before.
81 do not dare to promise absolutely
now that I will attend the Spokane
meeting, but if I do not it will not be
my fault I do not intend to BE stop
ped from getting there, and if I am
stopped it will not be because of any
lack Of effort on my part from now
on
The imperial German concul. sta
toned at Seattle, says in his letter to
Mr.. Ensinger:
GAS am we'll aware o. the great
Importance of the irrigation works
which have been brought into sue
cessful operation in this western sec
ton OF this country, it VIII give the
great pleasure to be present 1T E"il"
gathering the coming summer. If my
official duties will allow me to l'ava
Seattle at that time. 1 shall notify you
later whether it will be possible to
accept your invitation
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IN CONGRESS
FOR THIRTY
FIVE YEARS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-Today is
an important anniversary for Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon, for on it his friends
are congratulating him upon the COM
pietion of his thirty-fifth year as an
orator in congress.
1t was on February IS, 1874, that
Representative Cannon, not then
showing any signs of becoming Uncle
Joe" and a candidate for the presi-
dency, made his maiden speech in the
house
Nearly all who heard him make his
address on that day are dead Among
them were James A Garfield. James
G. Blaine, Samuel J. Randall Joseph
r. Hawley, Henry L. Dawes, George
F. Hoar, Benjamin F. Butler, Alex H.
Stephens, Lusius Q. c.. Lamar and
Fernando Wood.
The speech. which was young Can
mons maiden effort, was on a bill re-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-18
MOTHERS
CONGRESS
rs OPENED

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1S.-With
women from all over the United
States in attendance, the twelfth an
nual conference of the national con-
gross of mothers was opened in New
Orleans this morning.
The subject of the entire conference
will be 1.-The Child in the Home, the
School and the S1ate" There will be
exhibits and lectures illustrated by
stereopticon, showing good work done
in different places. The commissioner
of education sent a message to the
congress. One evening will be devoted
to the United States government
showing of what is it doing through
different departments for the benefit
of the home and the country Repre-
sertatives of the department of agri-
culture will explain this and pictures
will be exhibited.
Professor Edgar ]. Swift, of ST
Louis, will speak on certain phases
of child psychology. There will be
conferences on child hygiene, child res
cue work and on the report of the r1s-
raj commission in regard to rural
homes and schools and how to make
life easier and moro attractive for
farmers wives and children
There will be a congress of parent
teacher associations. Many delegates
will also attend the Mardi Gras
An international committee, Of
which Mrs j. E. COwles, of Washing
ton, is chairman, and to which a wom-
an from every country Will be ap-
pointed has been created for the pur-
pose of organizing mothers in each of
the countries for the study of the well
fare of children.
A department of child hygiene was
created to take up the prevention of
tuberculosis and diseases OF children
and to study the care of infants in
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= y y ~ - 81 81
BIOGRAPHICAL CALENDAR. +
February is. +
February is.


Clprlano Castro, until recently the
dlctatorial president of Venezuela, is
today Al years of age, according to the
biographical account given out some
years ago by the press-agent of the
South American statesman. Castro is
now in Europe, and students of South
American politics believe that he will
never return to the country he ruled
with a rod Of iron for a decade.
There is a difference of opinion as
to the rrogenitors of Caprano Castro
TO his bio2raphers and interviewers
he has not given an authentic account
of his parentage. Some say his mother
or his father was an Indian. Others
declare that he is sprung from a rec
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-18
MANIAC THROWS SELF
UNDER MOVING TRAIN.
Chester Brown Escapes From Officer
and Finds Death Beneath Wheels.

PAYETTE, Ida, Feb. 1S-A young
man giving his name as Chester Brown
saying his home was in Chattanooga
Tenn, where he had a brother, became
demented here and wrecked EVERY
thing in his room at the Castanade
hotel before he was quieted. The sheriff
was called and the officer went with
his prisoner to the depot
The crazy man suddenly ran through
a crowd of so people and threw him
self under the fast moving train and
was ground to pieces.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-18
Senator to RdtifY
Fishing Treaty

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-A favor
able report on the Canadian fisheries
treaty was ordered today by the SEN
ate committee on foreign relations
Efforts will be made to secure the rat
ification of the treaty by this con-
gress
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DIVORCEE
GETS SOME
AT,IM0NV

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1S.-Mrs VIM. J.
Lemp was granted a divorce ,Oday from
the millionaire brewer. The interl0cu
tory decree awards her $4,000 yearly
and alimony and the custody of their
son William j. Ill
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-18
Special Session
Meets March is

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-At a con-
ference Of Taft, Speaker Cannon, and
Senators Knox and Hale it was de-
cided that a special session OF con-
gress will be held March Is.
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No Souvenir Coins
For Seattle Show

SEATTLE, Feb. 1S.-Special coins
the Alaska exposition
will not be coined by the United States
minis, according to a letter received
today by George E. Boos. secretary of
the commercial club of this city, from
Senator Piles. The club requested the
treasury department to strike off half
4 million souvenir half dollars
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Killed in
Coal Nine

NEW CASTLE, Eng, Feb. 49,
Eight bodies were removed today from
the ruins of the Stanley coal mine,
wrecked yesterday by an explosion.
Thirty-two frightfully burned, were res
cued today. A hundred and eight men
and boys are unaccounted for.
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order to prevent the large infant NOR
tality.
The executive board also created a
department of good roads and school
improvement
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Traffic Tied Un.

Montana Central railroad, a branch
of the Great Northern will be tied up
month by the tunnel fire. Sand has
caved in
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Needlework Exhibit for Exposition
COLFAX, Feb. 1S.-The Athenaeum
club of which Mrs. Ivan Chase is
president, is taking up the work of
collecting needlework and art work
from Colfax and vicinity for the Whit
man county exhibit in the Womens
building at the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition at Seattle
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-18
CURRENT OF HOT AIR
ISSUES FROM CREVICE
Discovered by Hunter Near Ute Pass
Above Manitou on Side of
Dike,e Daak

Pixies Peak
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Feb.
1S.-While hunting in the vicinity of
Ute Pass, above Manitou on the side
of Pixies Peak yesterday, Bert Webb,
formerly Of the Colorado City police
department, claims to have found a
huge crevice in the side of the noun
tain from which a strong current Of
hot air issues. Webb says he will ac-
quire the property and pipe the air
OF Manitou and Colorado City for
heating purposes if the scheme is feas-
ible.
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Must HavJ Wireless,

WASHINGTON, Feb IS. The
house this afternoon passed the bill
requiring the installation of wireless
instruments on all ocean
going vessels carrying passengers.
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c. M. HALL, carpenter and contrac-
tor. Day or contract work. Phone 972.
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NeedIework Exhibit for EXPOSITION

Read The Statesman-25c per month.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
DANGER IN DELAY.
Kidney. Diseases arr too Dangerous
- For Bismarck People to
r .r' ~ ~ Neniecf. - ~..5%1

Kidney Diseases arr too Dangerous
- For Bismarck People to
: :". " Neglect. 'T''5. T. ~
/. The great danger of kidney trou.
,bles is, that they get q firm hold be-
fore the sufferer recognizes them.
Health is gradually undermined. Back
ache, headache, nervousness, lame
ness, soreness, lumbago, urinary trou.
sbles, dropsy, diabetes and Brights
disease follow in nerciless success.
sion. Don't neglect your Kidneys.
Cure the, kidneys with the certain and
safe remedy, Doan's Kidney Pills.
q. Freeman. $40 Front ST., James,
town, N. Oak, says: 'AThe results
that obtained from Doan's Kidney
Pills have been very gratifying. ]
was troubled q few years ago with .
sever pain Ii the small Of my back.
which was greatly aggravated BY the
least sxertion. Az times the pains
we're sharp and piercing, then again
would change to dull. throbbing
ache. The kidney secretions were
also too frequent. Upon the advice
.of 4 friend procured Doan's kidney
pills and III ! short time Twas cured"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
schoir!"

sChoir!"
Churchgoers who follow the service
In their prayer books would certainly
miss the dear old phrase" concerning
isouires and places where they aing,"
and in time the old fashioned ''quires'
may be made new fashioned again by
the coming Of rationalized spelling.
"Choir' was most unnecessary out
rage upon the language. The old Eng.
lish "qner'' OF "quere" became quite
naturally "quyer' or .'quire." and 50
It remained until the end Of the seven
teenth century, when somebody seems
to have introduced choir bcause 1t
looked more like the French ''choeur,' s.
~ II that were a valid reason. There
could have been no danger Of confus-
ing a church "quire" and q "quire" OF
paper, which, is a different word, the
French "cahier," probably from Latin
''quaternarium."' a collection Of four
leaves. Standard.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
The Ancient Greek Thsatsr.


The performance at Athens. In an
eient Greece, began at dawn. and. AZ
several pieces were produced one after
the other, these performances lasted
the whole day. On the days the per-
formances were given all work was
suspended, business put OF. impris-
oned debtors were set free and arrests
strictly prohibited. Long befone sun
rise thousands Of people assembled.
and outside Of the theater noisy
crowds Of men. women and children
congregated, all bent upon enjoying
themselves and eager to obtain the
best seats. Many Of them brought
their food With them, and in order to
stimulate the enthusiasm OF the peo'
pie copious quantities Of fiery Greek
wine were given to impecunious CHI
Gems by willy authors. who endeavored
thus to buy the applause Of discrim'
mating public.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22

ma5tefs; ne was resp6nsfble| Tor md
fought in three great wars; he signed
three treaties Of peace; he arranged
the meeting Of three emperors; he es-
tablished the triple alliance; In the
Franco Prussian war three horses were
killed under him; be had three names
bismarck, Schoenhausen and LAuen-
burg; he acquired three titles count
prince, duke); the ancient arms OF his
family are leaf Of clover and three
oak leaves. His family motto, I'm
trinitate robur" CSuength in trim
ity'), was surely in itself sufficient to
give a leaning in this particular direc-
ton. So closely were his feelings as
sociated with the triple number that
the caricaturists represented him with
three hairs on his bead. he had three
children.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22

PROPOSALS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT
SYSTEM: once Of the Construct
ing Quartermaster, Fort Lincoln, N
/: D., September 2ath, 1909. Sealed
proposals in triplicate will be re-
ceived here until 1880 p. M, Octo-
Der 10th, 1909 for furnishing labor
and material for wiring buildings
at Fort Lincoln, N. D., according to
plans and specifications, also fur
nishing all poles and setting up and
wiring same around garrison and
down to end of, reservation road:
, Information furnished upon a7pli.
cation. U. s. reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all proposals.
8 Envelopes should be marked PRO.
posals for Electric Light System"
<and addressed to-, ]. D., Elliott, 1t.
- b., On. & c., 9Th Infantry, Con-
structing Quartermaster. ,9-19-30t-c
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
Just Suits Him.

Friend-Why do you encourage these
woman's suffrage meetings? Surely
you don't approve Of them. Husband
Approve? With all my heart! l can
come home as late as like now with
out finding my wife at home to ask
Observation-Disclosures Batter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
~
Bids for Coal.

= The Board Of County Commission.
ers of Burleigh county viii receive
bids for 300 tons of ignite coal, more
or less, as may ba required. Bids will
be- opened on Tuesday, Oct 5th, 1909
at II O'Clock a. m. Bids must include
delivery Of same and envelopes On
which such bids are Enclosed must be
addressed to the county auditor and
marked plainly, proposals for Coal. >
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
>T' I. w. HEALY,
s. " E15s ": w. County Auditor.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22

Millinery opening. Tuesday, Sept.
21, and Wednesday,, Sept. 20. For
fall wear we are showing many beau
tfful and exclusive designs Of foreign
and domestic make. A. W. Lucas
CO.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
Bolinnbroks's Rstert.

when Boli1gbrOke, who was at Az
Ia Chapelle during the treaty Of peace
At that place, at which time his at:
tainder was not removed. was asked
BY an impertinent, Frenchman whether
he came there in any public character,
his lordship answered.: "Not at all
I came like French minister, with no
character at all"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
Two Million Bottles.

of Perry Davis sps:nkiller sold every year.
Think Of it: shn1 every bottle is lessenins
suffering and hslpng some human being 70
health and happinessl This wonderful house.
hold remedy stops the zpaineof sprains burns
or bruises. It relieves rheumatism Or neural
gia. III c',res 5ee1ds !, cramps. colic,g ,diarr-
trouble. The newssize bottle Isl By cents and
shelves just now : ready for the FIRST sign of
there is also the SO cent sire. Be sure your
druggist gives ynf Perry Davis. N {g 4 81 M " q;
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
aisnarck and 8.

Bismarck had an intense aversion to
13. but generation for the num-
Der 8. His reasons for his pre-
objection were that he served three
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
FREE, HoMEsTEAp8.

-.- FREE HOMESTEAp8.r
NANTED-The. address OF from four
to six young men wanting home
steads for actual occupancy and
Improvement. A small but very
rich body OF land, suited to mixed
farming and stock raising. Must
be able to give first class refer
ences and ready to establish resi-
dence not later than May, 1910.
Address D. X. J., Box 437, Bis
marck. .
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
Money Market.

New York, Sept. 21-Money on call
firm; ~ to 8; ruling rate 2%; clos
ing bid, ~; offered at ~; time
loans, slightly softer and active, sixty
days, 3A: ninety days, 81 to 4; six
months, Az per cent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22
FOR AALE-H0U9E9.

q = = 50 = 4 = =
+ FOR SALE-Fine, modern res Z
E idence in the west end Of the +
q city. A bargain If taken at &
i = once. Address SIS First st., or {
& phone 296. =
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-22

/: Tally Gard Punshes at the Bis
srnarck stationery CO.. Fifth street.