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The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
FRENCH SHIPS ARRIVE
FOR BIG CELEBRATION
Social Season Incident to hudson.Ful-
ton Exercises at New York
Begins.

New York, Sept. 21-Three French
armored cruisers, the Justice, the Ii
berte and the Verite-representing
the French navy at the Hudson Fulton
celebration. arrived at this port and
the social season incident to the cele-
bration may be said to have begun.
The cruiser representing the Dutch
navy is in port. the British squadron
is expected late this afternoon and
other foreign warships will be arriv-
ing daily
Fla Pasha. special envoy from the
sultan of Turkey to inform President
Taft of the new regime in the Otto.
man empire, will be the Turkish rep.
resentative at the celebration.
The American squadron of war
ships, which will be the largest fleet
OF United States war vessels ever at
this port, will arrive to-day and an
Choir in the bay of Staten island.
The Half Moon, replica of the lit
tie vessel in which Henry Hudson OK
plored the harbor and river 300 years
ago, has been completely rugged at
the Brooklyn navy yard, and Its crew,
dressed in the old Dutch costume, will
rehearse the navigation of the old
craft so as to have 1t under perfect
control during the celebration. The
Clermont, which is reproduction of
Fulton's steam craft, has undergone a
successful trial and will entertain Wis.
itors.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
HAZING FOUGHT BY WOMAN
Stripping Of Freshmen In Rush At
Colorado Springs Arousss
Her.

Colorado Springs, Col. Sept. 20.-In-
dignant over the climax of the annual
class rush between the freshmen and
sophomore classes at Colorado college,
when a freshman was stripped of his
clothing a piece Mt a time within sight
of hundreds Of spectators yesterday,
Mrs Il. c. Goddard, social leader and
president of the County Humane So
ciety, says she will take steps to the
end that class rushes shall be abol.
ished.
Thursday night two freshmen were
bound hand and foot. gagged and left
in a barn all night. Yesterday morn
ing they were stripped of their cloth
ing and carried mile to creek and
ducked In the evening the president
of the freshman class was left bound
and gagged In North Cheyenne can
Won,
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
TAKES LIFE TO SAVE WIFE
Philadelphia Swallows Acid to &C.
cure 500 path Benefit for
His SEX HeIneeeet.

Philadelphia, Sept. 20. Letters
made public by the coroner's ONCE
show that William A. Jefferson, who
died in the Presbyterian hospital on
Friday night, drank poison to secure
lodge death benefits Of 800 to save
his wife, who was Ill in bed, from be.
ing thrown into the street by their
landlord.
Jefferson drank poison just as help
was coming, for Constable John ].
Murray, secured by the landlord to
evict the Jefferson family, refused to
carry out his mission when no saw
the condition Of Mrs. Jefferson, and
quietly went out and raised 800
enough to pay the arrears of rent.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
IOWA CITY OFFICERS MEET
Twelfth Annual Convention Of the
League Of Municipalities Be-
gins in Fl. Dodge.

FIT. Dodge, Ia, Sept. 21.-Mayors
and other officials Of great number
OF Iowa cities were gathered In the
rooms of the Commercial club to-day
when Mayor r. j. Phillips Of Ottumwa,
as president, called to order the
twelfth annual convention of the
League Of Iowa Municipalities.
Mayor 8. Bennett of Fort Dodge
and Secretary H. M. Pratt of the Com
mercial club welcomed the league, and
after the address of President Phillips
had been heard the routine work was
disposed Of This afternoon the main
subject Of discussion was water rates
Tonight. after enjoying band con-
cert. the delegates will discuss street
paving and special assessments.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
BRAVE MAN FINALLY LOSES IN
HIS LONG, GRIM BATTLE
WITH DEATH.
WHILE STATE AND NATION MOURN
Thousands Pass the Bier Of, Dead
Chieftain and Drop Tear for
the MAN They Dearly
Loved.

MISUNDERSTANDING Johnson died
at 1925 Tuesday morning. Since mid
night his death had been expected, but
$3.50 the thread of life still held,
and it began to look again as if his
remarkable vitality would hold him up
till daylight He fingered thus till
1925 when, still unconscious, the brave
heart gave a last flicker and the tor
tured body gave up the ghost
Governor Johnson's body left Ro-
chester on special train over the
Great Western railway for St. Paul,
accompanied by Mrs. Johnson, Fred
Johnson, the governors brother, Miss
Margaret Sullivan, Frank A. Day,
Fred B. Lynch, w. R. Wylie, of Min
neapolis, colonel on the governors
staff, and Mayor Thompson, of Ro-
chester, together with a committee
of citizens of that city.
Many Thousands View the Body.
The scenes at the state capitol while
the body lay in state were beyond de-
scription. The governors body was
removed from the private offices to
the rotunda about $3.50, and the doors
were opened to the public at 1000
o'clock. From that time until 5:45,
when the building was cleared for the
coming of Mrs. Johnson, $4,000 people
had taken last look at the dead exc
cutive. At o'clock the doors were
opened again and before the building
could be closed it is estimated that
another $4,000 had gazed on the gov
ernor's countenance.
Another Double Line Admitted.
"A second door was then opened, an.
other double line was admitted to the
grand stairway to the west, and al
lowed to pass around the rotunda gal
lery on the second floor. From here
the dead governors features could be
plainly seen. For the balance of the
time up to 5:45 o'clock and from Z
o'clock until after 10, these four lines
of people, all pressing SO closely upon
each other that passage through was
almost impossible, streamed through
the building and within view of the
coffin.
Something OF grandeur touched the
occasion as the day passed. That such
throngs of people should push their
way into the presence of the dead man
seemed almost unbelievable. The peo-
pie came from every direction, pour
ing into the capitol grounds, keeping
the steps and walks full, and pressing
at the door for admittance. At $3.50 it
became apparent that the double line
which was going past the funeral bier
at the rate of nearly 80 persons each
minute, would not accommodate the
great crowds outside.
As the day progressed the floral Of
ferings grew to mounds of heavy
scented blossoms. From every part
OF Minnesota, from his old home at St.
Peter, from Winnipeg. and from
friends and associates in the Twin
Cities, the floral pieces came in great
numbers. Such floral magnificence has
seldom been seen about the casket of
a public man. AT the head Of the cot
i'm stood great flower covered urn,
towering above the heads OF the
guards, and from this urn spread a
mass of American Beauty roses.
Mrs. Johnson came to the capitol at
6:85 o'clock. The clearing of the
building began at 5:45 o'clock, and
before it was empty except for the
handful of militiamen who composed
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25

would be no immediate changes in tho
governors Once or among state EN-.
ployees.
II took the oath Of ONCE today that
might issue q proclamation setting
aside day of mourning for Governor
Johnson" said Governor Eberhart.
1T was necessary also that should
sign requisition papers. I shall trans.
act only such executive business as is
absolutely necessary during the next
few days"
Adolph o. Eberhart is the third of
Minnesota's lieutenant governors to
become governor because Of a vacancy
in the governors chair, but the first to
assume the Office by reason of the
death Of his predecessor. The other
governors who attained their Office in
this way were Henry A. Swift in 1863.
and David NJ. Clough, in 1895.
Henry A. Swift was a state senator
when Lieutenant Governor Ignatius
Donnelly was elected member of
congress. He was Immediately chosen
president of the senate and succeeded
Governor Alexander Ramsey as gov
ernor when Governor Ramsey was
elected a United States senator.
Lieutenant Governor Clough became
governor when Governor Knute Nelson
was chosen at United States senator In
1895.
Fourteenth Republican Governor.
In Mr. Eberhart the state has Its
fourteenth republican governor and it's
first republican governor since 1904.
Mr.. Eberhart is lawyer. He was
born on a farm in the province Of
Vermland, Sweden, Thirty-nine years
ago. In 1881 his parents came to
Minnesota and he followed the follow
ing year The family settled on .
farm near Mankato After living in
Minnesota two years the father and
mother moved to Nebraska.
Mr.. Eberhart attended the common
schools and graduated from Gustavus
Adolphus college. In 1895 he entered
the law office of Judge Gray. at Man.
kato. He has served as deputy clerk
of the United States circuit court and
district courts and as United States
commissioner for Minnesota. He is a
director in the First National bank of
Mankato.
In 1903 Mr.. Eberhart was elected to
the state senate. He served one term,
becoming a. leader in the body and in
1906 he was elected lieutenant govern.
or on the republican ticket.
Ready Speaker.
He was reelected In 1908. Mr.. Eb-
erhart is ready and witty speaker.
and has shown ability rs the presiding
officer of the state. He was generally
recognized as candidate for the re-
publican gubernatorial nomination
next year.
Mr.. Eberhart is married and has five
children. One Of his brothers, Axel
A. Eberhart. is n lawyer in Minneapo.
lis. Two other brothers and married
sister live in Nebraska.
Senator Il. r. Smith, president pro
tenn. Of the senate, did not take tho
oath of office as lieutenant governor.
Chief Justice Start directed attention
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
Dr.. Savage Quits Pulpit.

New York, Sept. 23.--Dr. Minot Jud-
son Savage, one of the most noted
preachers in America, has retired
from his pastorate of the Unitarian
church of the Messiah in this city, and
will take up his residence in Cieve-
land, O., where he will occupy his
time as a writer. DR.. Savage sui.
fered breakdown from overwork last
spring.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
Inspect Foreign Canals.

Antwerp, Sept. Ex-senator Theo.
dore e. Burton. chairman Of the Ma.
tional Waterways Commission of the
United States, accompanied by several
of the other commissioners spent
to-day inspecting the Willebroeck ca
nal, which runs from Brussels to the
river Rupel. To-day they will visit
the Charleroi canals and then go to
Paris.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
PLAYS PIANO FOR IS HOURS
Roy J. Harding Breaks Record
for Continuous Per.
Torrance.

Richmond, Ind, Sept. 23.-Roy ].
Harding broke the worlds record for
continuous piano playing in a contest
that ended last night. He played Sc
hours and SO minutes, which is four
minutes better than the record. Hard
ing was almost a wreck when the test
ended, but it is not believed he will
suffer permanent ill effects.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
Pine Line to tho Gulf.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept. 90
Gov. Haskell admitted he has tenta-
tive plans looking to the calling of a
special session of the legislature to
ask for an appropriation for install.
ing a state oil pipe line to the gulf.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
Judgment Prevents Pumping of Gas.

Albany, N. Y, Sept. 21.-Judgment
will be entered in favor Of the state
in its efforts to prevent the continued
pumping of carbonic acid gas from
the springs at Saratoga. This an
nouncement was made by Supreme
Court Justice William s. Andrews of
Syracuse in an extraordinary term
of court.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
Fiends Die on GuiIIotine.

Valence. Drone, France, Sept. o.
Three men, Berruyer, David and Lott
tard, were guillotined here for SO.
ries of atrocious crimes in the depart.
ment Of Drone, which created a reign
of terror. No less than IL murders
and 200 robberies are laid to the doors
of these men. They often tortured
their victims with red.hot iron.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
Farmer browns In Fish Pond.

Fairfield, ILL.,. Sept. 21.-Samuel
Berg, a we'll to do farmer living six
miles northeast of this city, was
drowned in Grinnel pond, . fishing
resort near his homo.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25

TO the vacancy in the Office and to the
fact that the position upon the presi-
dent pro tenn. Of the senate, but Sen
ator Smith stated that he had decided
not to take the oath Of Office at this
item, and Chief Justice Start indicated
that this would be entirely satisfac-
tory, so long as no other official duties
were to be performed.
Mr.. Smith, the new lieutenant gov.
ernor. is 48 years old and is native
of Minnesota. He has represented the
forty-third district in the senate for
three terms and was representative
in the legislature OF 1896 and 1897
Mr.. Smith was one of the leaders of
the senate and his name has been
mentioned in connection with the
United States senatorship. He is
married.
General Observance at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Minn.-Mayor James
! Haynes issued the following proola-
nation which was generally observed
; today:
To the People Of the City Of Mime.
apolis.
Our honored and beloved Govern
or, John A. Johnson, has passed away.
All public offices In the city of Min
neapolis will be closed on the day of
the funeral.
This Ia a season OF great sorrow
throughout the entire nation, and e.
pecially so here in his native state
where the deceased has so nobly lived
and served, and where he was so we'll
known and loved.
I. therefore, proclaim and set apart
+ Thursday, the 23rd day OF September,
| 1909, to be universally and religiously
observed In memory Of the deceased.
! Let all flags be at once displayed at
half-mast until the funeral ceremonies
are closed, and let the flags on all
public buildings be displayed at half.
mast for the next thirty days.
F.; In this let us all join in loving re.
| membrance and in honoring the dear
| departed.
JAMES 9. HAYNES, Mayor.
The Irish standard., 1909-09-25

the guard of honor. Mrs. Johnson
came with her brothcr,in-law, Fred w.
Johnson; Miss Margaret Sullivan, the
friend who has been constantly at her
side for days; her friend, Miss Reddy
of Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs Hoke Nc.
Call and Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-16

st. Adams wants an up-Jo-date
hotel, and she can have one if the
citizens will raise $4,000. That 'ifr
has kept many a town from hav-
ing a hotel, a manufacturing
plant or one of the numerous en-
terprises which want financial
support. Will St. Adams climb
over that CIV! With all her at.
fractions as a summer resort, she
ought to.
d. H. Lamberton, the chief of the
press bureau during the greatest
week in the recent history of Yer
mont, was a bright and shining
star to the brethren all over the
state. Big enough to be found,
even in the crowd, courteous to all
and helpful to most, he made life
worth living for the visiting press.
His was a difficult task, but he
performed it so well that he has
enlarged his circle of friends.
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Mortified News)

A very wealthy New York wom-
an is quoted as refusing to paw
Sl5O for hat, saying that if she
should indulge in such extrava-
gance she would not be able to
sleep nights for thinking of peo-
pie who are in need of ordinary
food and clothing will be any bet
mending the woman for her econ
omy, it would be interesting to
know what she has done with the
money she didn't spend on that
hat. If she left it in her bank ac-
count none of those in need of
God and clothing will be any bet
ter off. II she had bought the hat
the $3.50 would have been distrib-
uted in the channels of trade, and
some of the needy would have had
a possible chance of receiving a
portion of it indirectly at least for
work. 1t is quite natural for all of
us to deplore the reckless extrava-
gance of the so-called new rich,
A little thought, however, makes
it apparent that the money thus
is well distributed and
many people directly and Indirect
ly receive some part of it for SER
vices performed for these spend
thrifts. If they didn't spend it on
themselves these people would
save it to buy a duke, or prince
or some other job lot of foreign
relics for a daughter, and the
money would go out of American
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
brooklyn Eagle

The ceremonies at Burlington
were the browning achievement of
the extended Champlain celebra-
ton. The reason is to be found in
sentence in President Taft's
speech there. He said that his
father knew personally every Yer
monter in the state of Ohio, and
that there is a bond between Yer
mont men, wherever they may be,
that is almost as strong as that
OF Freemasonry.
1t is that power of hanging to-
gether and their intense State
pride that made the celebration on
the east side of Lake Champlain
oYertop in numbers and enthu-
slasm any one of the several
Champlain demonstrations on the
west side. The interest of the
states of New York and Vermont
in this joint state celebration is
not unlike that which Byron at
tributed to the sexes in love:
Mans love is of mans life a
thing apart;
lis woman's whole existence
New York has SO MANY and such
extensive interests that a cele-
bration upon a lake which forms
the border line of some of its least
Populous counties is to most New
9fkers merely a picturesque in
cldent IN a crowded life. Yer
mont does not get a national and
international celebration in it's
noruers very often, and it's $780,
OOO people rose to the Champlain
memorial with the Green Noun
tam spirit and loyalty which Presi-
uehl Iatt, as a grandson of YER
mont, has had occasion to note. It
is the spirit which makes the
whole $4,000 back any Vermonter
VINO undertakes to do a big thing
ana cheer for him when he has
zone it. We know something
about it here in Brooklyn. we
nave not a great many Vermont
ers to leaven a population four
elmes as large as that of their own
state, but they have taught the
city OF New York to make women
participants in public banquets,
ana they. have given some notable
alnners in celebration of Green
Mountain history. No doubt if we
had three or four times as MANY
OF them they would have forced
the Fourth avenue subway from a
reluctant administration, by the
same persistence and enthusiasm
with which they made their Bur-
nngton celebration success.
They have won the praise which
is being showered upon them by
an exhibition of "team play,n
which is habitual with them, but,
unfortunately, not common in
larger states.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-16

What would a throne be without
a pretender or two? The Portu-
gese better watch out though il
the pretender to their throne mar
ries an American heiress, as it is
rumored he is about to do. Amer
lean push and American millions
may accomplish something over
there in that pocket-sized king
dom.
The Shah of Persia and his fam
lily have been condemned to death
by the revolutionists, so the re-
port drifts to this country. The
Shah is reported to be preparing
to flee to Russia. The state of af-
fairs Of royalty must be desper-
ate, indeed, to make Russia seem
a land Of refuge for a ruler.
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Bennington Bannerl

1t is expected that Governor
Prouty will be the victim of more
or less unwarranted criticism from
journals of the saffron variety
from outside the state because his
chauffeur ran down and killed a
young man in Burlington. The
chief executive can not in the
least respect be held responsible
for the accident for the reason
that he was not even in the city at
the time. When the crowded con-
dition of the streets of Burling-
ton during the present week is
taken into consideration it is re-
markable that more accidents of
similar nature have not occurred.
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The murder of Elsie Sigel has
uncovered much of the life of
Chinatown in all its grewsome-
ness. 1t seems as if the light shed
on the problem ought to go long
ways toward regulating that sec
ton of our cities and putting the
final ban of disapproval on girl
missionaries being employed by
the churches as teachers of these
heather. But the disclosures also
prove that the Chinese are not
alone to blame, for the American
giI4 teachers do not observe prop
er dignity and the Chinese, ac-
customed to the reserve of the
Chinese code for women, mistake,
very naturally, the attitude of the
American girls who teach them,
sentimentalize over them, and make
love to them. This is not a pleas
ant view, but it is put forward by
men and women whose life-work
has been in mission stations in va
rious Chinatowns. 1t is now the
phase of the tragedy from which
lasting good may come.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-16

The tercentenary is now about
as much in the past as the event it
celebrated. We in Vermont may
not realize how much Vermont has
been in the foreground in the dis
cussion which the event has call
ed forth. Our traits of character,
our size, our ancestry, our his
tory, our industries, and our
scenery all have been talked over
until our ears ought to burn in
dividually and collectively, but one
characteristic has excited wonder
in the city press, and that is our
clandishness. We stick together,
even when our sons and daughters
emigrate. Once a Vermonter ever
a Vermonter, and the Vermont
hills and valleys are for all time
dearer than the later homes. Like
all peoples of the hill countries,
we never forget our clan.
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one point, at least, and that wa
that three great countries wer
represented in it and took ali ac
tive part in all the exercises.
we include Canada as more thai
as a dependency of the Empir
we have four great government
represented. The spirit of friend
illness and fairness was NANTES
throughout the whole week, ant
each We'd with the other to SHOW
how cordial were the relations ex
listing between these great worlt
powers. At the banquet in Bur
lington on Thursday evening
President Taft said many thing
of Canada, which showed an un'
Outstanding of that country's am
billions, and which found re-
eponse in Vermont hearts as they
must in the hearts of the Canadi-
ans-and Canada is not so fal
away from Vermont as from
Washington, for we are near
neighbors. The keynote was that
we are linked together so that the
prosperity of one is the prosperity
of the other. He said in part:
1--WE have been going ahead so
rapidly in our own country that
our heads have been somewhat
ewelled with the idea that we were
carrying on our shoulders ali the
p1ogress that there was in the
world. We have not been fully as
conscious as we ought to be that
there is on our north, with a bor-
der line between it and us of some
5000 miles, a young country and
young nation that is looking for
ward, as well it may, to great
national future. They have nine
millions of people, but the country
is still hardly scratched; it is still
undeveloped. They have two
great strains-the French and the
English. They are under a gov
eminent abroad to which both
strains acknowledge full loyalty,
which has exhibited great wis
dom in its treatment of the
Dominion, and in giving to the
Dominion the practical and al
most complete autonomy. Inc
bond between them and the moth
er country is sweet, but light, and
there is nothing that prevents the
INDUCING of each, whether French
or English, in the traditional pride
of the race of each. Now they are
going on; they are building rail-
roads; they are exercising great
discretion, and they are taxing
from us many of our best farmers
who are in search of rich wheat
fields in the West. All these things,
if we adopted a short-sighted
policy, would perhaps arouse in us
jealousy and a desire to prevent
growth on their part into what
we might regard as a competitor
of ours. That, l think, is a most
short-sighted policy.
"They cannot have a prosperity
that we cannot and must not
share. And we cannot have a
prosperity on our side that they
will not derive a benefit from.
Therefore, each may look upon the
growth of the other with entire
complacency, and with an earnest
desire that the ideals and ambi'
tions that they have formed may
be carried to fruition, and | am
glad to feel from a national stand
point that these celebrations,
these memorials are a permanent
step forward in bringing about the
union of feeling and sentiment and
neighborhood effect that ought to
be encouraged between these two
great powers on the North Amer
lean continent"