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The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

the death Of the great Sioux chief. Philanthro-
pists in the east who never had seen an Indian
tepee insisted that Sitting Bull murdered and
that the blood of the savage was upon the head
of the nation.
1t was left to Col Edward G. Fechet now pro-
fessor of military science at the University of
Illinois, to learn the truth of the shooting of Sit
ting Bull and to give knowledge of it to the peo
pie. Col (then captan) Fechet made one of the
hardest rides known to the troops of the plains
before he secured the facts in the case of the
passing of the great Sioux chief to the happy
hunting grounds.
Sitting Bulls home in log hut the
Standing Rock Indian reservation of North
Dakota. In the summer of 1890 he gath
cred many of his braves about him
and told them in picturesque Sioux language
that Messiah was to come who would lead the
Sioux nation to victory; that the whites would be
annihilated; that the buffalo would come back.
and that the red man would once more take pos
session of the earth.
Through the medicine men Sitting Bull worked
upon the feelings and the saperstitions of his
warriors that they came to believe that by
ing certain garments which were called ghost
shirts their bodies would be safe from the bullets
of the soldiers.
When Gen. Miles learned of the teachings Of
Sitting Bull and of their rapid spread, the chiefs
arrest was ordered. Accordingly Indian police
led by Lieut. Bull Head and Sergt. Shave Head
dispatched from Fort Yates to arrest the
chief at his log hut miles away. Capt Fechet of
the Eighth cavalry ordered with his COM
.mand. consisting of two troops and il memory
serves, two light field pieces, to make a night
march to Oak Creek about Is miles from Sitting
Bulls house, there to receive the prisoner when
he turned over by Lieut.. Bull Head.
Capt Fechet and his men reached the rendez-
at 4:30 a. one of the coolest mornings
of a Dakota December day. There sign
of the Indian police nor yet Of the scout which
Bull Head was to send in advance to inform
the cavalry officer of his coming.
Fechet's soldier instinct told him at once that
there must be trouble His men had had the
hardest kind of a night ride but they will
ing. and he pushed forward rapidly After he
had made several miles he was met by scout
who was riding like mad The runner told Fechet
that all the Indian police who had gone to arrest
Sitting Bull had been killed by the ghost dancers,
and that there were thousands upon thousands
of them fully armed and In their war paint ready
for battle.
Fechet looked his small command and
went ahead at full gallop his only thought being
to save such of the policemen as might be alive,
and giving no heed to the other thought that
ahead of him might be overwhelming numbers
of the savages and the fate of Custer. 1t was
q terrible ride from that time on.
When the morning was a little advanced the
men of the command heard firing. which seemed
to come from different points. On they went un-
Ill they came to the brow Of the hill. Below
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30
Minds obedient Unto Christ.

Our minds are dominated constant
ly by one interest or another: with
some. 1t is material things Of different
sorts; with others. 1t is intellectual in
terests, social interests, physical ac-
tivities. and so on. But possessed and
controlled. the mind is bound to be, by
something; and 1t 10 for us to choose
that something, II we will. Happy ia
he who chooses and persistently culti-
Yates interests that are inexhaustible
in their richness, and that grow better
and more Interesting as he Is the more
completely posssssed by them.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

To all who enclose
postage he will re-
ply, telling how
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had doctored and
had been In two diff
ferent hospitals for
eighteen months,
suffering intense
pain in the back,
lameness, twinges
when stOOping or
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30
DOCTOR
ADVISED ,
OPERATION
CuredbyLydiaE. .Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

-"
bly, from female ills,
including inflam-
nation and conges-
tion, for several
years. My doctor
said there was no
hope for me but an
operation. ! began
taking Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
l can now say 1 am
a well woman"
EMMA DRAPER.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

army who faced danger after
danger and withstood hardship
after hardship with precious lit
tie hope of any reward save the
consciousness of duty well done.
1t is probable that not one
person in hundred can name
the battle fought only Is years
ago and in which the casualties
to the small force of the regu-
lar army engaged amounted to
30 men killed and wounded.
That battle was the battle of
Wounded Knee, and to-day it
is nearly lost to the recollec.
tion of the masses. There are
several officers now stationed
in Washington who had a part
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

lifting, languor, dizzy spells and rheu-
matism. Before / used Doan's Kid
ney Pills." says Mr.. Winney, II
weighed 143. After taking 10 or IL
boxes I weighed 1852 and was COM
pletely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
No Escape.
"The smell Of smoke certainly does
make me ILL.,"
Then why do you allow your hus-
band to smoke SO much in the house?"
IL might as we'll When my hus-
band isn't smoking the chimney Is"
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

the attention and
the interest but for
the moment. No
easterner ever gave
full credit to the Of
ticers and the men
of the United States
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

them at a distance
was the house Of
Sitting Bull, and in
front of it, some
hundreds of yards
away, was a horde
of ghost dancers en-
gagged in emptying
their rifles into the
log building, from
which came a feeble
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

in that Dakota fight The fight between Col Forsythes
of the Seventh cavalry and the band of Big Foot
the Sioux the result of the ghostdance which
had been started fostered by great chief Sitting
Bull whose hand the blood of Custer and his
Sitting Bull shot and killed by Indian police while
resisting arrest but he killed late prevent the
of the doctrine which preached which had
run like prairie fire among tho of his nation
There all sorts of stories circulated concerning
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30
PROOF FOR TWO CENTS.
II You Suffer with Your Kidneys and
Back, Write to This Man.

G. w. Winney, Medina, N. Y, In
vites kidney sufferers to write to him.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30
THIow ;

Of m
dian wars fade rapidly from the
minds of all persons who were
not actively engaged in the hos
tilities. In the east the troubles
in the past on the frontier held
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-04-30

Life in this world could never be so
sweet or so sad II we had not been
children in 1t.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

same purpose. paying on the average
1000 apiece for the six vessels. The
news is of more than pathctic interest.
1t is inevitable that the usefulness Of
a ship like that If Il man must have
an end and the mere fact that the ca
rc,.ls of ,hrsr fine vessels whose crea-
tiyn Interested Our WorkmCn ana many
Bath citizens years ago are closing
must in itself bring Il tiagc of regret.
But the really.&orroWfu thing is, that
10 tonnaap is Icing built to replace
that thus withdrawn from our ship
often said that the day of the sailing
Ship is over. The type is still being
built in foreign ports and operating
profitab bly, under foreign flags. And no
steam frcighters are being built t.
take the place of the sailing ships I'M
der the American flag Congress is
simply letting the American Merchant
Marine so TO the dogs, and turning our
foreign commerce to foreign ShipoWn-
ers Years ago when our foreign
commerce amounted to only Il small
fraction Of What it is today, we Had a
foreign going marine many times as
large us that we have today, and I'M
less the retrogresSiOn is stopped very
shortly. we soon shall have no foreign
going marine at all, although our COM
nIarce continues to grow rapidly.
There is one fine Bath snip which has
not paid q dividend for eight years
and has been lying in port for nearly
Il year now, not because there are no
freights to be carried, or because she
is not suited to carry them, bit be
cause she cannot compete with the less
extensively operated vessels of Other
nations. This instance Indicates the
reason why ship after ship is disman-
tied, and never ship built to take tie
place vacated in the foreign going ma
rine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

In 1880 listing law was passed in
the state of Vermont 1t was immedi-
ately followed by a marked increase in
the valuation of personal! property.
This continued until 1887 when the nigh
mark was reached. Since then there
has been marked and constant falling
off. A recent report has been made by
q special tax commission in Vermont
which has had the whole matter I'M
der careful consideration. This report
shows that the valuation of personal
property in Vermont in 1908 is $4,000. 900
less than it was twenty years ago.
Maine has no listing law. but it can
make q vastly better showing than
Vermont, the value of personal
property for 1908 being $1S.o0o,ooo more
than it was ten years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02
Scylla and Charybdis,

The center Of the recent great con-
vulsion of nature in Italy and the
island of Sicily appears to have been
in the Straits of Messina which lie be-
tween the toe of the boot and the
neighborlng island. In this strait were
located, according to ancient legend,
the two sea monsters Scylla and
Charybdis, made familiar to all stu
dents of classics by Homer and Virgil
and giving origin to the we'll known
modern saying, between Scylla and
Charybdis,' used by many who have
little understanding of it's classic
significance.
According to the old myth as given
US by the ancient poets, Scyla was a
beautiful woman Of whom one of the
goddesses was jealous because a GER
tain fisherman preferred Scylla to her
gods and goddesses were very much
like human beings in their passions
and they had a way of venting their
spleen upon mortals who CHANGED to
offend them. Well. the luckless
maiden Scylla was transformed by
Gree into a h:dcous monster with dogs
and wolves forever barking around her
Scylla preferred death to such a state
and SC flung herself into the Straits of
inf
the Italian shore, and became a great
rock looming in the course of vessels.
Then there was another woman
named Charybdis, against whom Jupi-
ter, the king Of the gods, had spite.
Her fate was to be changed into a
vicious whirlpool located on the oppo-
site side of the straits from Scylla, and
near the modern harbor of Messina
The combination of the great rock,
the dangerous whirlpool, Charybdis. on
the other made the Straits of McsSina
for many centuries very dangerous
passage much dreaded by all mariners.
In modern times the straits have been
made comparatively safe. since they
have been carefully chartel and the
currents and dangerous points are We'll
understood by mariners. According
to the reports of the earthquake, how
ever, the sea floor at this point has
been materially altered and the straits
now present new and unknown dam
gers. The italian ministry has issued
warnings against the use of the straits
until soundings have been made and
the safe channel, if such a channel still
remains, charted. One report states
that the whirlpool of Charybdis has
shifted its position, and that the great
rock Scylla has wholly disappeared.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02
The Maine State FIaq.

Perhaps the recent exaltation of the
Massachusetts flag will lead other
states to provide themselves with such
an emblem. 1t appears that this mat
ter has come to the front in New
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Republican.
The matter came to the front here
in Maine number Of years ago. and
then promptly went to the rear again
where it has since remained. The
Legislature of 1901 authorized a State
flag and such a flag is in existence,
but very few have ever seen it and
probably not one person in thousand
through the State could describe it.
The flag has a buff ground with a
large green pine tree in the center and
a blue star in the upper left hand
corner. The flag-only one is in
existence-is in the custody of the
adjutant general and has once or twice
been used at state encampments of the
National Guard.
In earlier years the State flag. by
custom if not by authority of law, bore
the familiar coat of arms Of Maine. 1t
was such Il flag as this, flying beside
the rational colors. that each of
Names regiments followed into battle
in the Civil War. These old State
flags. bloodstaned, bullet-torn and
faded by southern storm and sun, are
now preserved in the glass cases on
either side of the rotunda of the state
cherishes more than these old flags.
Possibly there was some good reason
for accepting a new design for State
flag, as was done by the Legislature of
eight years ago, but nobody seems to
know what it was. 1t may have been
thought that the new design was more
artistic or that it's relative simplicity
would make it more popular, but these
things were hardly sufficient COM
pensation for abandoning the traditions
and associations of the past.
The pine tree and the star of the
present State flag are taken from the
Maine coat of arms and are appro-
pirate cmbl"ms. but why abandon the
coat of arms as a whole? This is ia
miliar to ali and has the sanctity of
long usage in peace and war. In most
other state, the coat of arms appears
on the state flag. This is true OF
Massachusetts where Governor Guild
has brought about the good custom OF
having the state flag fly beside the ma
tional flag on all the public institu-
tons through the state. Names pres
ent state flag is unknown and unused
and a return to the former design with
a general display of the State flag on
public buildings would be good thing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The Atlanta Constitution declares
that zone Bill that all Atlanta will
honor is the Big One coming here
about January Is" One of the
pleasantest aftermaths Of the re-
cent national election has been the
cordial spirit OF good will which
President-elect. 1t is evident that
while he did not secure the electoral
votes of this section, he has, in full
measure its good will and best wishes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The earthquake gives Spangler. the
''prophe,." a chance to save his face.
He energies from the retirement into
which he fled when the world failed to
como to an end week or two ago, and
remarks that the earthquake lis only
the beginning and it is part of the
tUir'ment Of my prophecies. The
prayers of The people have stayed the.
destruction of New York and other
cities, but they will certainly so down"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Allen Hazen of New York. who is
honored by being selected AZ one of the
elect Taft 10 Panama, is we'll remem-
bercd in Augusta as he was one of the
experts in the appraisal Proceedings
when the Augusta Water district took
over the plant OF tic local company
He has ais, figured on similar ocCa-
SionS in other Maine cities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Old-Time Ships of Bath.
Oath Times.)

1t develops that the three Bath-built
ships. the St. David, St. James and
James Drummond, whose sale by their
recent owners, the California Shipping
Co. to James Griffiths of Seattle was
noted a few days ago. are to be dis
mantled. and as barges end their days
carrying stone between Puget Sound
and Grays Harbor. At the same time
Capt. Grfiiths purchased the bark Big
Bonanza in Frisco and the banks Car
ondelet ard Palmyra at Seattle for the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

At the Portland Poultry show there
were Orpintons. Brahmas. Minorcas
Cochins. Leghorns. Langshans ant
many other strange and curious things
on exhibition but no mention is made
Of those rare and priceless products
called eggs which in ancient times were
cheap and common enough to be used
for food.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The senatorial tangle in Ohio has
been most satisfactorily Strengthened
out. Congressman Burton is one of
the ablest men in the country, and
has behind him a splendid record of
hard work and practical achievement
in the National House.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Over 100000 was spent in relief
work at San Francisco where the loss
OF life was somewhere between 1000 and
1000. How much more pressing then
are the present needs of southern
Italy where the loss is between 100. 600
and 200, 0OO or perhaps even beyond the
latter figure
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The survivors of the earthquake hor-
ror use the familiar undeScriptive
phrases in speaking Of their awful eX-
perieEccs. 1t seems that in such a
time the human perceptions arc prac-
tically paralyznd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Boston is reading with mingled emo
tons the reports Of that two day
Browning symposium at the Waldorf
in New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Judge Taft's selection of winter
residence brings ont the prediction
from. a Georgia editor tina; the cOmng
administration viii lie known as the
Augustan era in Am.lical. politics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The earthquake crisis has given
1t9ly's King a chance to show the
kingly stuff of which he is composed
And Queen Helena is every inch and
ounce queen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The final tabulation of the vote cast
votes ana Bryan 6,495.707. The total
vote. 14,SS2,132 was the largest ever
cast at a presidential election. This
was to lie expected, but it was hardly
expected that Taft would get more
votes than Roosevelt did four years
earlier However he beat the Roose-
welt record ny 54.05S votes. Bryan made
q good gain over his own vote in 1900.
but fell below his vote in 1886, which
was 6,5o.92J. No other candidate re-
ceived half Il million votes, the So
cialists, even. falling much below their
expectation. They had 42o,464 votes,
and the ProhbitiuniSts came next with
25l 500 The vote of the Independence
party was only S3.62S, but it was wide
~ scattered. the party polling more
or fewer votes in II Of the As states.
sippi, Nebraska, North Carolina and
Wisconsin. which, it will be seen. arc
also widely scattered. The Populists
were represented in only 16 states and
their total vote was but 2910S. The
Socialist Labor, handicapped by the
fact that it's candidate was serving Il
long term in a Nevada prison, if by
nothing else, received only 14,o2l votes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Former Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw has made a strong plea for shin
subsidies. but 1t is not altogether GER
tain that his sensible suggestions will
carry great weight with prairie states
mon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Remarks the Brockton Times
Lucky Maine. Her rivers are suf-
ficiently full to give her water power
for some months, while mills are shut
ting down over the rest of the coun-
try"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The American troops are on their
way home from Cuba where they won
the good will of the people by the en-
tireIy creditable record they made
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02
obtainable.

The Bar island bridge proposition,
which divided honors with the automo-
bile exclusion act at the last town
meeting in Bar Harbor. is again to the
fore Some time ago the war depart
ment held hearing here. and took the
matter under advisement. 1t Is I'M
derstood the engineer in charge gave a
favorable report. There are many
voters who desire to have the bridge
built, in order to provide work for the
mechanics and laborers. On the other
hand. there is strong opposition from
the heavier taxpayers, including
large number Of summer residents, the
Summer Residents Association taking
an active part in the matter The chief
objections against the matter are that
it is more or less in the nature of a
private enterprise. and that the town
is already under 50 heavy debt that it
is unWiSc to saddle taxpayers with any
more heavy expenses that are not alb
sclutely necessary. On the other hand.
the proponents of the measure say
that it would develop valuable taxable
property, which in short time would
repay the amount expended by reason
of it's increased valuation and increased
taxes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

man in Boston by the police. The man
said he found it four years ago ON Il
wood path at Northeast Harbor re
did not know its value. The Boston
police Investigated his story. with the
result that the owner of the necklace
was located
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Paris has just had its most severe
snow storm since 1870. 1t is evident
that the present winter has started in
to make a few records OF its own.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The Castro men in VeneZula are now
taxing the prisons of that country
to their utmost capacity
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held response.
BILE for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Pub
fishers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

The January bargain sales are now
in order.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Most of the holidays in 1909 will come
on Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

North Carolina. Alabama and Mis-
slssippi are now in the dry column. The
cause Of prohibition is marching on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

So Count Boni loses his suit. This
is a very satisfactory result, except
that il involves something of a victory
for Anna and de Sagan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

A $4,000 pearl necklace. lost by q
visitor at Northeast Harbor four years
ago during a mountain climb. was
found in an unusual manner last week
The necklace was taken from Il chore-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

When the 18th Legislature meets
next week it will have seven members
who are under 80 years of age. They
are: Henry 8. Boyer, Jr., of Portland.
aged "A; Joseph G. l5ouraSsa of Blddc-
ford u; Cecil F. Clark Of Hollis, 20:
Harry w. Varney Of Lebanon. -; Carl
A. Hannaford of Newficld. 80: Andrew
P Havey of Sullivan. p and Alison P.
HoWeS of Palmyra, 2S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

There were 1874 cnlistmentS at th'
Bangor recruiting station i'll 1908 a.
compared with 6A in 1907.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

S. y. Comstock, a California boy vino
is 3; student at Harvard, is spending his
vacation by walking from Boston t.
Old Town and return.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-02

Saturday, January 2, 1909.