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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-07-23
The Plain Farmer,

Speaking OF farmers Institutes, one
man says: Il would like to know
what IL In the mind OF the working
farmer In felt boots, who sits In the
back seat" He adds: "A few people
who are good takers praise the work.
but what about the silent ones who
listen and say nothIng?"
The Rural New Yorker. comment
Ing on these statements, says: The
institute speakers can not do any
wiser thing than to learn how to en-
courage and keep just this class Of
farmers The retired farmers and sue
cessful men who make up q good
share Of the audience are well able to
take ARE OF themselves. 1t IL pleas
ant to entertain them, and their
praise gives a nan a thrill OF salts
faction. 1t Is a truer service to the
State. however, o gain the confidence
Of the plain farmer and help him"
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01

erations that are to come a type of music peculiar to these islands
 "The influence of the foreign element had long been felt in the islands, and it increased during my brothers reign. One after another Americans had been taken into the cabinet advisers and these were usually men of abil- ity, but in the end their own selfish ambitions overtopped their idea of duty and gratitude for their own.
 The missionary party grew into powerful organization that kept forcing itself forward until in the end it had practical control of the government. It finally forced upon the king and the Hawaiian people a constitution that was favorable to it's own interests and under this constitution the king had virtually no power but was forced to sign whatever meas ures the cabinet brought to him. It was known as the 'bayonet constitution because of the absolute forcing of it upon the king.
 Tt was this nominal rulership tkat I succeed ed to at the death of my brother, which event occurred in 1891 and which was the result of broken heart. Although I succeeded in ridding myself of the old cabinet and getting new one after my accession was newer able to gain the limiting constitution and the activity of the missionary party. Then finally came my be- trayal at the hands of Minister Stephens of the United States and my final overthrow can never come to see any excuse for the un- kind tr3atment to which l was subjected by Ministe1 Stephens, the accredited representa- tive ot A friendly power
 q 2ired to my home at Washington place.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01

adjoining the Honolulu harbor is occupied by the naval station, including coalng stations and wharves. Another is the site of Camp Shafter a permanent military post, and a third is occupied by the post of Waianae-uk on the island of Oahu.
 The armed forces of this government made the overthrowing of my government possible and deprived me of these lands.
 My relinqushment of authority stated that T yield to the superior force of the United States of America and not to the forces of revolutonists; and now to avoid any collision of armed forces and perhaps the loss of life l do, under this protest and impelled by said force, yield my authority until such time as the government of the United States shall undo the action of it's representatives, and reinstate me in the authority which 1 claim as the con- stitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian islands, This did in 1S93 when was induced to sur render my authority in order to avert blood shed. That action was represented to me as a proper temporary step.
 'I am now reconcied to the change of gov ernment in Hawaii, but am too loyal to the United States to be willing to be the occasion of reproach to this great nation when future historians shall tell how the government was enriched by accepting, without compensation, land it had assisted in taking from weaker sovereign. Hawaii has cost this nation noth- ing; but besides adding valuable lands to this nation by it's acquisition, it has been a source of cash revenue amounting to over $10,000,00 900.
 T do not want to end my days knowing that my Hawaiian people will always feel that this nation respects only the right of armed force"
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01
10 KILL ROOSEVELT
REPORTED THAT ITALIAN STEER AGE PASSENGER ATTEMPTED
 DEED.
PRISONER PUT IN IRONS
Prisoner Believes His Food May 5s Poisoned by Ex-President, Re
 fused to Eat.

New York.-An attempt to do form CT President Roosevelt bodily harm was made aboard the steamer Ham burg by Giuseppe Tosti, a steerage passenger, according to e dispatch received from Horta, Fayal, Azores.
 This incident happened soon after the Hamburg was losing sight Of America. Then Tosti broke from his companions in the steerage and start ed for the upper deck, where A1r Roosevelt was standing with his son. Kermit.
 He has let them take away my child" Tosti is said to have shouted in English. Now he shall pay for it.n
 Sailors seized Tosti, quickly mas tered him, carried him below and by the captains orders put him in irons The incident, it is stated, is known only to Mir. Roosevelt and a few of his fellow passengers.
 Tosti after his imprisonment refus- ed for four days to eat, crying ..Roose- welt is trying to poison me"
 The ships doctor now must taste all food offered to Tosti before he will eat it.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01
ROOSEVELT AT AZORES.
Roosevelt Party is We'll and Trip
 UneVentful

Horta. Fayal, Azores.-The steamer Hamburg, witl4 Theodore Roosevelt and the members of his party on board, put in here Monday to leave the mails The stay in port was 8 short one only.
 A DeFreitas, the governor of Hor- ta, came out to the Hamburg and welcomed MT. Roosevelt, after which the members of the Roosevelt party were taken ashore by the governor and driven through the town. There was no official reception.
 With the exception of one or two days when the sea was a little rough, the Hamburg has had pleasant weath- CT from New York.
 AIr Roosevelt has not discussed politics with any of his fellow pas sengers; he would only talk of the forthcoming expedition into Africa He promenaded the decks every day
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01
FIVE AMERICANS KILLED.
Miners in Indiana Are Having Race
 

Miners in Indiana Are Having Race
 War.
 Terre Haute, Ind-Fiye American miners are known to have been wounded, one of them perhaps fatal ly, in race riot at the Bogle mines, north of Jason, III. The battle start ed when Hungarian miners opened fire upon a delegation of American miners who went from Jason, H., to warn the foreigners to leave the mines.
 The Hungarians are barrieaded in one of their houses and are surround ed by several hundred Americans armed with revolvers and shotguns- The Hungarians are armed with army rifles which they had purchased at Terra Haute during the winter The house in which the foreigners have adopted as stronghold has been riddled with bullets and it is thought that many of the foreigners have been wounded.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01
MRS. FARMER ELEcTRocUTED.
Alleged Murderess Dies With Prayer
 On Her Lips.

Alleged Murderess Dies With Prayer
 On Her Lips.
 Auburn, N. Y.-HOping that she might save her husband from the fate that befell her, Mrs. Mary Farm CT, convicted of the killing of Mrs Sarah Brennan last April in Brown vile. left a confession made public after her execution by electricity in Auburn prison early Monday In this she declared that her husband, James Farmer, now under sentence of death was not guilty of the crime and knew nothing of it until it had been com mitted Farmer is in the state prison here.
 Three contacts were given Mrs Farmer before she was officially pro nounced dead by the attending phy- sicians.
 The woman walked quietly to the death chamber and died with pray CT on her lips.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01

Kamehameha ", often accomnanied us on these excursions, and it was on one such that in fit of passion he shot and killed his sec retary, MT. Nelson. The power of the kings in those days is shown by the fact that his act was never questioned Not much happened in my youth to mar the beautiful conception had of life and this event made profound and sad impression my mind
 Tt was in these days also that my lover Mir Dominis, pressed his suit and after many difficulties our marriage was at last celebrated
 "It was after one of these trips when the sorrow of parting with the friends who had been with us in our pleasures weighed heavily upon me, that I wrote the words and music of the song Aloha oe,' which is the native Ha- waiian for Love to you The song was in- tended as farewell and after I sang it once to some of my intimates and they obtained the score it gained popularity, and to-day is played at the departing of every ship from the harbor and accompanied by the Hawaiian custom of the decking of the departing friends with garlands of flowers.
 Tn 1874 the throne became vacant with the death of Kamehameha ", that direct line hay ing no heir In such emergencies it was the custom that the legislative branch of the gov ernment choose successor by direct vote of it's members. Only the eligibles of the royal family, who had equal nearly equal claim upon the throne, were considered possibilities in these emergencies.
 Tn this case my brother, KaIakaua, was chosen to be king. He had long been an active man in the government and had wide person al popularity. He was very fond of society
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01
Two Are Arrested

Terrell, Tex.-Following the death of B. F. Roberts, patient at the North Texas insane hospital, Watch men Faubrien and Aren't were arrest ed, each being charged with murder.
 Roberts arrived here from Lubbock county Saturday He was found eun- day with his chest bruised and ribs broken
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01

and music as was his young CT brother, the prince re- gent, and in the years that followed there was great ac- tivity in Honolulu in social and musical circles.
 Tn this connection I may claim some credit. for the songs of the people up to this time had merely been folk songs made popular by the very singing of them. It fell to my lot to reduce many of these to writing, and they have since gone around the world and will be handed down to the gen
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01
SECURED 17 WATCHES.
Nebraska Train is Held Up and
 Robbed.

hODDtU.
 Fairfield Neb.-A masked train rob Der held up train on the Lincoln and Fairfield branch of the Burling- ton, and forced the conductor to carry a sack through the passenger #coach and collect tribute from the passen- gers, 19 women and two men. which he poeketed and dropped off the rear end of the train.
 The train was stopped by a red sig nal near bridge mile east of here
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01

was then and there that I lost all my lands. Long before, in the days of Kamehameha H., all the lands of the islands had been divided into three parts. One part went to the chiefs and the people, another part became general public lands and a third part became a trust fund or property for the personal benefit and use of the monarch and his successors to the throne.
 "At the time was overthrown through the influence of the United States government, l was enjoying the benefits of these lands. It is true that I had lost many of the powers of the old sovereigns, but I had not lost the financial benefits that accrued to them. These vast estates of crown lands were mine and the income from them was mine. The area of this es- tate was during my incumbency about 100000 acres. The income from it amounted to $65,00O a year, which was mine in addition to the $20,000 year that I had as an allowance for the support of my household
 ''These lands are to-day worth s12,- 000000 and are the property of the United St. .tes government. One trac,
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01

where l spent the whole of my married life, put not to seclusion and peace. l was draeged rom my retirement under arrest and taken to the palace in which as a member of the royal family l had always felt a proprietorship. In the very room which had been the throne room while was queen l was tried before a pro- Vlslonal court upon a charge of treason and sentenced to a fine of 5000 and imprisonment for eight years. l was actually made to serve a rsrt of this term in a bare cell in the castle and was released only after 1 had been forced to sign release Of all my rights under threats ot executing me and a score of my loyal friends if l refused.
 Tt is at this point that the matter of my present visit to Washington comes in. for it
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01

interior excursions ,were frequently made. To these We went on horseback or by boat. There was always the welcome to remain weeks or months and the throwing open of all his possessions by the chief. His retainers would drag us about the country in the old carts of the plan tations and often we were mired in a stream and had to be taken off by horsemen.
 "The king himself,
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-01

| WASHINGTON last win ter was presented the spec taele of an aged and bro ken queen, with the blood
 of many monarchs cours- ing through her veins, and once accustomed to the
 worshipful homage of hun dreds of thousands of her
 fellow-countrymen, com ing in suppliant appeal to this nation and seeking reparation in a measure
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-12
nApLEY MAKES APPOINTMENTS.
Vacancies on a Number Of state
Boards Are Filled.

Jefferson City--Gov. Hadley sen the
following appointments to the senate
Monday for confirmation:
Judge Henry l.. McCune Of Kansas
City, for member Of the board Of cor
rections and charities, in place of
James r. Moorhead Of Lexington, and
Miss Mary E. Perry of st. Louis, for
membership on the same board.
Thomas l.. Rubey of Lebanon, to
succeed himself to the board of re-
gents of the Springfield normal school,
and e. e. e. McJimsey of Springfield,
to succeed A. H. Rodgers Of Joplin
on the same board.
Moses Whybark Of Marble Hill, as
member of the board of regents for
Cape Girardeau normal, and Speed
Mosby of Jefferson City, to succeed
d. C. McClung as member of the board
of regents for Lincoln institute.
All these appointments are for six
years from January /.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-12

Sir Robert Hart, for many years in
'spector general Of Chinese customs,
has made a striking suggestion as to
the possible future of China. The
world has long wondered what would
happen if that great country of AGO..
100000 people should awake to it's full
slswer and stand up like a giant among
nations. Sir Roberts idea is reassur-
ing. The Chinaman is a lover OF
peace. China would turn round to the
rest of the world and say, Gentlemen,
there must be no more fighting" The
strongest nation would become a bene-
fcent policeman, keeping us little fel
lows in order. Sir Robert says that ii
is a curious statement, but not so I'm.
= reasonable as it seems to those who dc
mot know China.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-12
No Other Way Out.

There Is a story often told to illus
trate the manner In which President
Lincoln was besieged by commission
seekers. Hearing that a brigadier
general and his horse had been cap
tured and the general taken to Rich
mond, he asked eagerly about the
horse.
1.-THE horse!" exclaimed his In
formant. you want to know about
the horse?"
YES" said Lincoln. II can make a
brigadier any day. but the horse was
valuable"
To this John Russell Young, in his
memoirs, adds a similar tale. He
was calling upon Lincoln M day at
the White House.
II met So and So on the steps," he
remarked.
YES" replied the president, Il
have Just made his o q brigadier."
"A general" exclaimed Mr.. Young
in establishment.
"'Yes." said Mr.. Lincoln, with great
WEAKNESS. You know I must have
some time for something else
Youths Companion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-12
StantOn'S Tribute
The World Has Come to Accept the Great
Secretary's Opinion of Abraham Lincoln as
the Most Perfect Ruler That Ever Lived.

Even Stanton, that saturuine Titan
of the cabinet, who was in the habit Of
referring to Lincoln as the Original
gorilla" who openly prophesied that
JEFF Davis would be in the White
House within six months, who believed
himself called into the cabinet for the
express purpose Of holding up the
hands of an impotent president--even
Stanton learned his lesson. 1t took
him a long time, but he learned 1t well.
When Lincoln drew his last breath
Stanton said: "There lies the most
perfect ruler of Men the world has
ever SEEM"
But 1t was not until the homely face
and ungainly figure Of Lincoln were
gone from the sight, and his pointed
jest was no longer heard, that the
American people began to see Lincoln
as he was, not as we had assumed him
to be. And year by year we are com.
ing to know him better.
We know now, among other things,
that this self-made man from the log
cabin was truly an educated man; that
tuio UdChW OOuo SilSuit iioCi a hoI
only an honest lawyer, but a great law
yer; that this past master of the art Of
storytelling used his art with a pur-
pose; that this crossroads debater and
political stump speaker was an orator
to whom it was given to speak words
that are immortal-words that are as
much a part of the national heritage
as the Declaration Of Independence and
the Constitution.
We know now-not some Of us, but
all Of us-that this man who saved the
union by force of arms and brought
peace out of the hell of civil war did
these great things in an even greater
spirit; that he wrought with malice
toward none, with charity for all"
And we know now that this man,
who was SO human that he did not
seem to be great, was yet a lonely soul,
set apart for a great work and aware
Of his mission. The time may come
when we shall forget in part his I'm
finite JEST" but lever the infinite sad.
ness Of his deep-lined face.
Providence raised up Abraham Lin.
coin. And we are Just beginning to
understand.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-12
HE ALMOST REMEMBERED IT.
Boy at Least Had Combination Some
where Near Right.

Donald had returned from a visit:
to the country, and was full OF rem.
i%niscences of persons and things that.
had interested him. Il met a boy,
mamma he said, that had the queer
est name / aver heard. He said his.
folks found it in the Old Testament.
1t vast was-let me see-yes, 1t
was Father William, or William Fa-
Their; I've forgotten Just now which
But it was one or the other"
"But, Donald" said his mother,
there Is no such name as Father Will
liam or William Father In the Old
Testament"
Are you sure, mammal"
Il certainly am, dear. l have read
1t through several times. William is q
comparatively modern lame. 1t isn't
anywhere in the Bible"
We'll, but-oh, l remember now!~
exclaimed Donald. 1T was Bildad!"--
Youths Companion.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-12

A man lever knows when he is cov-
ering up his tracks; he knows
how long they will stay covered or
who will get on his trail, says the Bal
timore Sun. Up in Canada, where
they are digging for the new Toronto
water works, the diggers found in the
blue clay 70 feet below the water line
Ahe footprints of a gentleman who had
tramped around that way some years
ago. The biologists disagree as to the
exact time, some holding that the
freshness of the footprints indicates
that 1t was only $4,000 years ago, while
Others believe that the toe-nail prints
indicate that it has been about 100, 600
years since the gentleman passed that
way. Not that this slight discrepancy
matters to the gentleman or to us; for
nobody had to sit on the fence there
and wait for him $4,000 years, ever If
he did happen to be late.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-12

ly passed away. The civil war
has been over a long time. This
Is a new century of other man.
| ners and new activities. Yet there Is
nothing remote about the name and
fame of Lincoln. He is close to us,
and growing closer. Here, as every
| where, the observation Of the day in
:reases year by year.
The explanation Of this extraor-
1inary fact is at once simple and salts
factory. 1t is that the American peo-
pie never appreciated Lincoln while he
was alive. When he was taken away
from us we began to see him as he
was. We are now beginning to appre-
! ciate him.
Many loved Lincoln d%evotedly while
ae was alive. Others saw that he was
1 thoroughly good man. But in general
even those who loved him and those
who trusted him utterly failed to
realize that he was as great as he was
good.
The failure of Lincoln to win the ap-
probation of those who had every
chance to Judge him seems incredible
% us now. Nevertheless, n may haz-
ard a guess as to the belittling power
Of intimacy in his case.
Never in the history of the world
al there a great man so entirely and
consistently his natural self. He was
homely and ~ungainly and poorly
iressed-and he knew 1t, and joked
about 1t. He was entirely self-made-
and he was not proud Of the job. He
was ambitious-and frankly admitted
It. He was so modest, so honest, and
so "easy" that not a few thought he
must be simple-minded.
Traits like these are not evidences
,f genius in the mind of the common
people, who prefer that their idols
shall pose. Stephen A. Douglas, Lin
soln's lifelong and successful rival IN
Ill the final test came, posed effective
"; therefore they knew he was great
and dubbed him the Little Giant"
Lincoln never posed, therefore 1t never
occurred to them that he could be
great.
To be sure, there we're some who
zane to appreciate Lincoln before his
ieath. There were a comparative few
who learned by experience that he was
easy" only when it didn't matter, and
that, instead Of being simple-minded,
he was literally and absolutely a mas
:er of men.
Douglas, to whom he put the ques-
ion at Freeport that saved the United
States, came to know him as his mas
ler-and held his hat for him while he
ook the oath Of Office as president.
fremont, the Soldier statesman"
whom he made-and unmade-learned
he same lesson. So did Mcclellan, the
Young Napoleon" So did Seward,
who went into the cabinet prepared
Ind expecting to take the reins Of gov.
eminent. So did Chase, the "indispen.
liable man." who resigned once too
~,ften--and, thanks to Lincoln's mag
lanimity, administered to him the sec.
nd oath of office.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-02-12

What boy born during the current
year will be the Abraham Lincoln or
the Charles Darwin of the century
Both Darwin and Lincoln were born on
February IL, 1909. The same year
saw the birth of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Ten
nyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning ant
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, to say
nothing of score of men famous il
other branches of learning.