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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
alaAKEs BETTER RAILROADS"
Railroad Masnate - 0uiiderUp
Of tho Country.

Mr.. Edward II. Hartman Is on .
would need be nothing added to this
announcement beyond an exhortation
to Emperor William to chain down his
railroads and to other monarchs to
put their crowns and other valuables
In the safe at night. But Mr. Harri-
man ID going OF on . pleasure trip,
and 20 many mean things have been
said about him that It will not hurt
any to change the tune . moment
while he il out OF the country and
not able to take any advantage OF
the lapse from the cold attitude Of Sc
verify that is usually used in men,
tioning the name of Hartman.
OF all the great railroad men de.
veioped in this generation, E. H. Har-
riman Is easily the biggest and the
best. says a writer in the Hutchinson
(Kan.) Daily News The head Of .
railroad company. under The rules Of
the game, must work for his stock
holders. whether II Is for the advan-
tage Of politicians. shippers or con.
sumers. 1t is his job to do the best
he can for the interests entrusted to
his care. Hartman is not only q
hnancier, but he is builder and an
operator. Lucky Is the town, city
or community that has q Hartman
road. He insists on a good roadbed,
level track, safe track and the con-
venience and comfort OF the traveller
and the shipper. The Hartman roads
are noted as the best in the coun-
try. When Hartman gets hold Of q
one-horse or played-out track and
right Of way he proceeds to put 1t in
first class condition. He does not
raise the rates of fares, although he
doubtless charges "a plenty" but he
insists that enough of the funds 60
into real improvements to make q
railroad. And that is where he stands
ahead Of good many others and why
Harrimanism is not such bad thing
as some people have been led to think.
He makes better railroads, and there
is more need for improvement that
way than there Is In some others
which are being discussed. So far
as we can see. he believes in giving
every interest along his road q fair
deal.
He is public benefactor from that
standpoint. He uses his power fairly.
He is great man. and as good or
better than the ordinary citizen who
looks upon him as the personification
of the money power. seeking whom
1t may devour. He is strong man
in the financial world, but that should
not be against him. when the finan-
cial world is the object which most
of US want to reach. He is a good
American and he spends his money
on American railroads. not on foreign
titles. race horses. old editions or
other bad habits. II he is not per-
fect-and we don't think he is-he Is
no exception to the rule and is worthy
Of the praise Of his fellow citizens for
the good he does and has done.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
SWALLOWED HIS TEETH

Punxsutaway. Pa, Aug Sew
physicians ever operated upon a man
with the same object as did the doc
tors at the Adrian hospital here today
when an abdominal incision WAS made
on Peter jackson. q white man.
Jackson while drinking Q bottle OF
pop at his home. dislodged his false
teeth and swallowed them. A ply
stefan, unable to recover the molars,
forced them int the mans stomach
and then rushed him to the hospital.
where the operation was psrformsd.
Jackson II In Q critical condition.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
PEACE CONFERENCE pRAes
Settlement Not Reached in Street
Railway Strike.

Chicago. Aug. l0.-Peace nesotia.
lions in the street railway situation
this city dragged today. Only one
conference was held between the I'M
ion men and the officials of the COM
panies and this resulted in nothing
more than postponement of the
final issue. Both sides are fighting
to get all the advantage they can out
OF the situation. According to Walter
l.. Fisher, the city's representative in
the conferences, nothing has arisen so
far that leads him to think that the
trouble will not be settled amicably
within a few days.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
On the Job In Slam.

Siam has electricity. and the
thoughtful manufacturers Of it have
provided to the best Of their ability
for every conceivable accident. For
instance. when the lights go out. the
remedy Ia to follow the directions in
the notice:
"Bangkok.-Sir: For the case tina,
your electric light should fail we beg
to send you inclosed q postcard. which
please send US at once when you find
your light out. The company will
then send you another postcard.
Yours truly. Manager. Siam Electricity
Company. Calcutta Times.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
The Way He Old Il.

Jenkins-Wen. sir. gave It to that
man straight. can tell you. He IL
twice as big as am. too. but I told
him exactly what thought Of his ras.
cally conduct right to his face. and
called him all the names In the die
tionary. and lot Of others a well.
Studds-And didn't he try 10 hit
you. jenkins?
Jenkins-No. sir, he dida't And
when he tried to answer hack, I tut
hung up the telephone receiver ana
walked away.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
FILE ON MONTANA LANDS.
Minnesota and Dakota Men Will Give
Dry Farming . Test.

Hayre.-The land commissioner at
Havre reports that over thirty-fiye
persons have made filings in the past
two weeks on lands In the vicinity of
Havre. Most Of the settlers are from
the Dakotas and Minnesota. The new
homestead land law. which entities
one to 500 acres. makes it easy to
practice the dry land farming system.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Nd CLUES FOR POLICE
inquest No Aid to Discovery Of Brutal
Murderer

Rochester, n. Y. Aug. l0.-Neith-
sr the inquest into the murder of An
Ma Schumacher today nor the search
that has been continued by county
and city police has afforded any
thing like a substantial clue to the
NOR. who assaulted and brutally kill
ID the lI-year-old girl last Saturday
The innocent character of the girl
was easily established and the opini-
on is generally entertained that the
murderer vas not tramp but some
one familiar with the vicinity in
which the crime was committed and
Who is now in the city or near it.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13

Bozeman. Mont.-Bozeman Presby-
terians are about to install pipe Or
gan. the first In the city. The new
edifice will be ready for occupancy
this fall
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13

The little darling seemed extremely
III.
Run for . doctor!" cried the fright.
ened mother.
I've been eatin' plums." the young
ster managed TO gasp. Maybe you'd
better run for q plumber"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Washington.

President Taft of the United States
and President Diaz of Mexico are to
meet at FL Paso. Tex, October IS.
This program has been arranged as
the result OF correspondence between
he United States and Mexico.
Baron Takahira, Japanese ambassa.
dor to the United States. called at the
White House to bid goodbye to Presi.
dent Taft. Baron Takahira has ar
ranged to leave Washington on August
10 for Toxic In response to the sum.
mons OF his government. which de-
sired to consult him in connection
with the proposed revision Of the
treaties of commerce and navigation
about to be undertaken by Japan with
The powers of the world.
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs Val.
entine took steps to relieve more than
twelve hundred Indians in Wisconsin
who were left without shelter and food
as the result of the recent series Of
cloudbursts In that state near Odanah.
The condition Of the treasury at the
beginning Of business July l was as
follows: Trust funds-Gold coin,
1851. $751; 500: silver dollars. $487. $751;.
900: silver dollars of 1890, 34.l77. 900;
silver certificates outstanding. $4S7..
$4,000.
A mysterious stranger known as
Jack the Splitter ruined a large num-
Der of gowns on women about the
capitol by sritting large draughts Of
tobacco juice on them. A number Of
women complained against him.
The cotton report made on the con,
dition up to July IS by the national
ginners' association gives the general
average as I'll.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Sixty Years a huntsman.

London. Aug. S.-Lord North has
resigned the craftsmanship of the
Warwickshire Hunt club. with which
he was connected 60 years.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-13
Personal.

Gov. johnson made an address at
the Seattle exposition on Minnesota
day.
II Is said that house members who
have incurred the displeasure OF
Speaker Cannon are to be deprived of
chairmanshiIs.
DIR. John G. Butler. pastor OF the
Luther Place Memorial church, and
one Of the most prominent Lutheran
ministers In the United States,
dropped dead Of heart failure In his
home In Washington. He vas eighty
three years old
An unusual welcome Vas giysa the
ear % his arrival q Coves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TAR
IF LEAGUE IS ALARMED.

The American Protective Tariff
League has taken alarm at the appa-
rent disposition of Western revisionist
Senators and members of the House to
keep up the fight on excessive tariff
duties. In the latest issue of the
American Economist, the official organ
of the league, there is devoted much
attention to the utterances of those
Republican Senators who voted against
the tariff bill. 1t sees in these utter
ances nothing less than that the in
surgents propose to wrest control of
the Republican party from the present
high protectienist leaders. 1t is not
disposed to view their utterances and
their appeals to the public lightly, and
says in effect that the question of con
troll of the party is at stake. Says the
Economist.
"Protectionists may as well under
stand this now. 1t is better TO under
stand it now than to make the dis
covery after the mischief has been
done"
1t is with good reason that the
American Protective Tariff League
views the situation as one involving
the question OF what element controls
the party The Economist is wrong in
assuming that the revisionists in the
Republican party are not protectionists,
for each one of the men on the Repub-
liean side of Senate or House who
voted against the tariff bill is friendly
to the protective system, though
against overdoses of protection and
against carrying the policy to extremes.
1t Is becoming more and more clear
from the interest the speeches of the
downward reyisionists are arousing the
country over and from the enthusiasm
with which the downward revisionists
were received on their return to their
homes. that the tariff controversy is
not ended. On the contrary, it has
merely hogan. Moreover, as some
members OF the House are pointing out,
the fight for revision of the House
rules is inextrieabIy bound up with
the tariff.
Those who believe the passage Of the
recent tariff bill settled the tariff
problem fer any length of time are
simply refusing to look the facts of
the situation squarely in the face.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
MANTLE Of ROMANCE
ABOUT MISS BOGUE
European Admirer Asks In
formation About Daughter
of Railroad President.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24.-Across
the pathway of Miss Virgilia Bogue,
daughter of Vice President Virgil Bogue
of the Western Pacific railroad, society
girl, novelist and queen-to-be Of the
coming Portola festival, has been spread
the mantle of romance.
One Of the biggest banks in Italy has
requested its correspondent here to fur
nish a fun report upon the moral, social
and financial standing of Miss Bogue,
the information being desired by an Ytal-
ian nobleman, whose object Is M tri-
mony. While the name of the ARGENT
w0oer is for the time withheld, the toll
lowing extract from the banks letter
shows plainly his intentions:
Our client has for some time past
been an adInirer OF Miss Bogue, his sd-
miration for her dating from the time
he saw her in Pelago As his relatives
have not the honor Of the perf onaI ac-
Quaintance Of Miss Bogue, II is but
natural that they should wish to salts
fy themselves in regard TO her moral.
social and financial standing i'm san
Francisco and we should esteem it a
great favor IL YOU Will kindly inform Us
on the points without delay. The rela-
lives or the young man are more deeply
concerned over the social position OF
the lady than over her financial stand
ing Their wish is TO see the young man
happily welded We can vouch for orr
client TO the fullest extent. He comes
OF an illustrious family and has in
every way lived up to his honorable
name and standards"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST q. 1903.
THE GREAT TODD OVER Mr..
HARRIMAN'S HOMECOMING.

OF course, the excitement over the
return of Mr.. Hartman to this country
is more or less simulated. We are a
great people for working up an interest
Nothing is easier than to gather a
crowd.
Speculation as to what would hap
pen to US if anything happened to Mr..
Hartman mas suddenly become the alb
sorbing topic of the day. 1t is easy to
understand the enormous interest of
Wall Street in the question. Mr.. Harri
man has been q wizard in that domain,
and Wall Street is necessarily ire
mendously excited whenever there
seems likelihood that his grip may
be relaxed. But the world has rarely
seen the man without whom it could
not manage to worry along.
Bir. Hartman has given it a great
deal to talk about. He Is more re-
sponsible than any other one man for
bringing the people to see that they
could not let men of his stamp pursue
their way unchecked His Alton deal
and other similar feats in finance great
" aecentuated the demand for some
method of keeping closer watch on
feats of financial legerdemain which so
easily made two dollars grow where
one grew before. But AR Hartmann
railroads are here. and they viii con
tinue to carry freight and passengers
as before. If they can't stand without
his guiding hand, it IS certain that
there is something radically wrong with
their underpinEing.
On the whole, the furore over the
returning railroad president seems 10
be largely fictitious manufactured by
a busy crowd of financiers AVID near
fnanciers who must have something TO
get excited over and to keep the pot
boiling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
SOCIALISTS MAKE MARKED
GAINS IN BAVARIA.

The recent election in that part OF
the German empire Known as Rhenish
Bavaria is receiving no little attention
among students of political develop
ments here and in the Old World who
are watching narrowly the trend of
things with respect to socialism.
This was an off year election. 1t
was marked by considerable gains for
the socialists. The liberal candidate
for the reichstag was defeated. and as
a result the liberal party lost the last
seat it had from Rhenish Bavaria. The
suggestion is made that the reason vo1
Buelow was not willing to dissolve the
reiehstag was because he foresaw the
danger of increase in the socialist vote
II test were had, or, at any rate. the
danger of the voters taking revenge on
the liberal party which was one of the
elements in the reiehstag that Joined
with others to support Won Buelow's
policies.
The district of Rhvcish Bavaria is
agricultural and distinctly conserva-
tive. and this makes the gain of the
socialists the more remarkable. 1t is
said that the high and increasing tax
burden of Germany IS responsible in
large measure for the growing socialist
strength. At the same time many
voters who are not over friendly to
the socialists voted against the liberal
candidate and for the socialist in order
TO punish the liberals and protest
against the government policies
The socialists of Germany and else
where are jubilant over the result of
the election, and believe it points to
still larger gains in the near future. In
other quarters it is said that the re-
suits at the next general election may
not bear out this promise of growing
socialist strength
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
AGENT TO INDIANS
SUMMONED HERE
Dana A. Kelsey Expected to
Shed Light on Oil Deals
in Oklahoma.

Summoned BY peremptory telegram
from Acting Secretary Of The Interior
Pierce, Dana a. Kelsey, union agent
in charge OF the Indian tribes Of Okla
homa. is on his way from Muscogee to
Washington 10 confer with the officials
of the department and the Indian Bu-
reau about the proposed oil investiga-
ton contemplated by Secretary Pierce
Mr.. Kelsey has beer in Oklahoma for a
number Of years and he is perfectly
familiar with oil conditions there.
Mr. Pierce threw a bomb-sheu into
the camp Of the three pipe lines of Ok
lahoma Sunday by announcing he would
be loath to accept the reduction from a
cents TO s. cents in the price OF oil That
the Investigation proposed by Mr. Pierce
will lead TO a prosecution of the oil COM
panies under the sherman and Hepburn
acts is an admitted possibility since the
summOning Of Kelsey
The three pipe lines from the Okla
hom9 fields are the only means whereby
the oil may be transported and the de-
partment will endeavoT TO find whether
there is a hard and fast combination
among these companies to keep tie
price of oil down With the same kin
of oil selling for 81 per barrel elsewhere,
Mr.. Pierce cannot see why il should BE-
worth but 3 cents in Oklahoma
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
HOME COMING WEEK A CHEER.
ING FEATURE OF AUGUST.

There Is one cheering and peaceful
bit Of news which appears in the papers
very frequently these late August DAYS.
People are packing up and washing the
children and decking out the wife and
going back to this village and that for
Home Coming Week" It's a rap
turous thought, that of home coming
Leander and Susan Anne have been
away these five or ten years, and now
they are going back. back to the home
stead. the little church where they were
married, to eat home cooking aad see
home faces. Memories that have seemed
like vistas Of Paradise to these exiles
in strange places are going to come
true.
There is nothing more hcartenine
than this jaunt to Tat one spot ON the
earth that can be called home. The very
sound Of it Is a sweet morsel under the
tongue The $ hole occasion is one OF
happiness and holiday Families re-
united under the ancestra! roof
whether it be OF cabin OF palace; old
friends meeting and swapping yarns
and weird tales of their new abodes
even old enemies laughing together over
quarrels that time and space have made
TO seem things of laughter There arc
new fortunes 10 be shown, new wives to
be introduced, new children to chamber
over delighted grandparents, and to b,
taught all the old WAYS of the place
Let the fireworks flare and the picnic
baskets bulge TO explosions OF mar
velous dainties. Let sidcshows and
bands play the joyful strains Of "Auld
Lang Syne.7 Let us shed a tear for
those missing at the feast. Let ia,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
THE WAR HORSE PASSES;
EXIT ALSO THE ARMY MULE.

When the story Of the next war is
written there VIII be no references to
the neighing Of the war horse. That
animal, Of which the poet and historian
and war correspondent have long made
use, has practically passed. Not only
that, but the unwept, unhonored, and
unsung army mule viii afford no ma
terial for comment, unless it be by his
absence.
At least. these observations seem to
be warranted by the complete returns
from the scenes of the late unpleasant
ness" in Massachusetts It appears the
automobile suppIanted the horse and
the mule to large extent, and did il
so successfully os to make it certain
the motor car viii be one OF the great
features of the equipment of the Ameri-
can army in the future.
Not only was the automobile found
valuable for the heavy work Of trans
port such as hauling the stores of the
commissary and the quartermastcr, as
well as the ordnance. but for quick
work in the transmission Of orders to
the various commands. Even the war
correspondents. eager to tell an anxious
public about the latest news of the
combat at the front, did not load them
selves up with information and then
Jump on a horse and cash msdly foI
the nearest telegraph Office. They had
automobiles at their service. and made
effective use Of them in hurrying from
the field to the telegraph station.
When it came 20 the worl, OF tho
Hospital Corps it was found that tn,
auto-ambulance WAS most valuabl,
adjunct. Patients were moved quickly
and with comfort to the sufferers Tn,
saving of one life is credited to tn,
suto-ambulanee.
Il was found that the powerful auto
mobiles used for transportation Of sup
plies, equipment, and the like, were
able to make good progress over Tho
worst roads, when horses and wagons
had much difficulty 20 make Roadway
OF course, the time hasn't arrived
when the cavalry troop with be taker
from horseback and put on motor
cycles or srmored automobiles, and
when, if a cavalry charge is ordered, q
herd of automobiles viii break The
speed laws and dash al the Toe at iul
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
NEXT THE UNITED STATES Or
SOUTH AFRICA.

While the nations of southern Eu~
rope continue to have serious trouble
with the inhabitants Of northern Afri-
ca, England pursues her highly civiliz-
ing and successful course in southern
Africa. 1t is expected that by May 81,
1910, the United States of South .Afri-
ca-or the South African Union--will
come into being. 1t viii include the
Transvaal, Cape Colony, the Orange
River State, and Natal
The Transvaal and the Orange River
State-the latter being formerly known
as the Orange Free State-are the
states which the British took from the
Beers. When the union has been for
mally recognized by Great Britain, a
governor general viii be appointed.
But home rule viii prevail.
This Is another stiking example of
the British policy Of fostering colonial
federation ard at the same time CO.
loHial good will-of stimulating colo
NAL self-reliance and so becoming in
truth the mother country. Experience
has taught England the value of such
policy In this way mutual regard
and benefit viii be maintained for a
longer period than would be possible
under the old form of colonial govern
ment The federation viii feel less re-
straint and on this very account will
show more gratitude and loyalty.
Former President Balfour did not ex-
aggerate when he said that this new
federation was most remarkable is
sue from the bitter strife of the past.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-24
NEGRO UNDER CHARGE
OF HITTING OFFICER
Emmett Boone, Badly Injured In
diyidual, Brought Here From
Norfolk.

Badly used up was Emmett Boone,
colorcd. who was brought into Police
Headquarters this morning from Nor
folk, by Detective O'Brien, on a charge
Of assaulting Policeman SpiceT Of the
Fourth precinct. Boone confessed that
his appearance of being "all in" did
not belle his condition. He had been
one of the parties to a little social
whirl in Norfolk q few nights ago, as
a result of which he was badly cut and
slashed about the body with a razor.
The Washington detective was sent to
Norfolk Sunday, but before he could
put the negro on a train Brien was
compelled to provide him with clothes.
Boone viii be given treatment at the
Jail hospital and his trial for assaulting
Policeman SpjcCr viii be postponed un-
I'll ne is i'm condition TO appear IN court.