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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-07-09
Vital Washington News
By Tavenner

dent Taft claimed that he was
omnipotent and could force Con
gress to do anything he desired,
declared Minority Leader Champ
Clark. reviewing the session just
closed in am interview with the
writer.
IF that be true one thing must
be admitted and that is that Mr..
Taft is in favor Of the reckless
waste of public money.
The total Of appropriations
for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1910, was $1,O44,OOO,OO
whereas the appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1911, are about $1,05S, OOO, 600, an
increase of $14,OOO,OO DO. Such ex-
p%editureS are absolutely unjusti-
fable. When the President
came into office he declared for
economy with a great flourish of
trumpets. The newspapers were
full Of what he was going to do
in that regard to relieve the tax
payers of the land. But all
such talk turned out to be thun-
dering in the index-as the fore
going totals show.
Il have heretofore stated in
the House and out of it that Sen
ator Aldrich said a good business
man car run the government just
as well as it is run for 100000
600 per annum less than it now
costs. The President himself fix
ed the amount which could be
saved every year at 500, 600,
Other Republican big wigs, nOta-
bly, Senator Carter of Montana,
Senator Hale of Maine, chair
man of the Senate Appropria-
committee and Hon. James A.
Tawney, chairman of the House
Appropriations committee, have
talked economy but the fact re-
mains that their economy con-
sists entirely of CAB and that
they actually increased the APP
preparations instead of reducing
them.
Gas they have large majOrit-
les in both houses of Congress
and could do as they pleased,
one of two things is true; l, They
do not desire to economic; or
2; They are utterly incompetent.
"But how can President Taft
expect Congress to economic
when he sets the example of ex-
travagance not only by using up
the $685. 900 annual allowance for
travelling expenses, but uses up
several thousand dollars mOreY BE
it remembered no President ever
received this travel pay till the
last part of the Roosevelt regime
and Roosevelt never used all of
allowance, while his successor
uses more. How can Congress be
expected to economic when the
Vice-P President and Speaker set
the bad example by using auto
mobiles paid for by public
money!
Il am aware that economy Is
an humble theme, but it is close
to the hearts of the people and
millions of them cannot afford to
be taxed to support Republican
officials in their reckless extrav-
agance."
ROOSEVELT SNUBBED TAFT.
1t has become known in Wash
ngton that President Taft en-
deavored to have Roosevelt pay
him a visit at the White House,
and that the latter did not ac-
cept the invitation. This further
emphasizes the story that the
Taft administration has been Sc
bad that Roosevelt will not dare
to endorse it. 1t is said that
the Presidents invitation was
carried to Roosevelt orally by
Captain Archibald Butt, and de
livered on the dav of Roosevelt :!
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-07-09
HOW PROTECTION PROTECTS.

ProtectiOnists assert that high
tariff rates protect American
workingmen. What is meant by
the word "protect?" The steel
industry is one of the most highly
protected industries in the United
States. The high rates on steel
products have protected the
American workingmen in that in
dustry by driving them from
the mills. Positions formerly
filled by Americans are now oc-
cupied by the cheapest foreign
labor. A report just made on
conditions in the mills of the
steel trust at Bethlehem, Pa,
states that APPS men or 81 per
cent of all the employees worked
twelve hours a day 300 work
men had a twelve-hour day ex-
cept on Saturdays and 1903 en-
ployees had a work day of ten
and one-half to eleven hours in
length" Thus does protection
protest the workingmanl
PEOPLE ARE BETRAYED.
for
monopoly" declares Alfred Hen
iry Lewis in Pearson's magazine,
But that is not all he says. Mon
opoly," he declares, sis robbery
arranged for by law. Anyone
who would be a monopolist would
would be a pick-pocket
could he be safe. The
politicians in Washington have
cheated and betrayed you. They
owed you revision downward and
paid you with revision upward
promised you bread and gave YOU
a stonp -
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-09
George Gordon, a Scotchman.

George Gordon, Scotchman
George H. Vice. Hackensack, N J.
We still blind as to our real abect and destn-
alton when arrived at Bahia November 19 save
that Magali said he had decided that should go to
1lheos from Bahia by water if I'VE could get away
without being interfered with traverse the state OF
Bahia peacefully and get into the state of Minas Ge-
where would issue declaration of revolution
and begin to take possession of the country and the
mines. He said he believed he could raise sufficient
following after two three victories to get revou-
ton properly under way. We would have to capture
few garrisoned towns before could expect to be
taken seriously
First we bought good for all of us and then
Magah made arrangement with the captain of a
little bark, the Unione to take to Ilheos To try
to get aboard surrepttously might mean failure at
the outset, SO marched down to the custom house
carrying arms, went straight through after pass
ing regular inspection and got aboard without one
word of suspicious nature being said to us or one
finger lifted against US. We were SO few in number
that to have regarded revolutionary expedition
would have been absurd Some of the officials paid
dearly for their careessness later, however.
MISTAKEN FOR CIRCUS MEN
When debarked at Ilheos we campcd on the
beach and the had been expecting the arrival
of the yearly circus taken at first for an ad-
section of the same The town of Iheos is
built in sort of semicirce on an island The new
city ha, two story affair, is built ridge in the
center of the town. which to sharp rise of hills
at the back and out into ut of land, shaped like
gigantic loaf of bread in front of the city. This jut
of land makes the shelter for the harbor
canal cuts off the island, and it is spanned by a
bridge over which the road to the interior. To
leave the city we must move from our camp on the
beach directly through the heart of the town. ascend
and the ridge and descend to the bridge on the
other side. 1t was nasty trap and bad move at
best, debated the matter "a hours endeavorng
to allay native curiosity concerning US
1t appears, however, that we succeeded in arousnR
their suspicious all the At last Major Davies,
who was brave, gallant and capable man. insisted
that to remain where our certain cap
tIre, and if we going invade Brazil we might
well start out and do it right First all the
wires running out side of town Brazil has
telegraph lines where it will not have railroads for
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another 50 year. Political information is very neces-
sary.
We broke camp and rode slowly and guardedly into
the city, seeing, to surprise that part of the
company of infantry garrisoning the place max
ing haste to occupy the city hall. We compelled
to move directly toward it, however, and to up
hill in the open.
THE BATTLE
When within easy range and apparently moving
along peacefully they began to fire US, which was
linwarranted, we had made no offensive move. In
10 seconds the battle on, however Gordon had
his horse killed under him before he could dsmount.
All we could see Brazilian rifles protruding from
the windows, and getting proper cover began a
most interesting duel in craftsmanship in which we
bested them nicely. We learned afterward that we
killed one soldier and wounded large number of
others, but we decreased the fire to such extent
that we were able to work around where we could
make dash for the bridge
Gordon, being unmounted, ran with us, hoping to
be able to pick up horse, horses were usually
plentiful but when he did not find he called to us
to go ahead and we went. He walked up to the home
of Brazilian colonel of militia in the residential Sec
tlon pursued at respectful distance by of the
coioneIs men, and when he rendered the colonel the
surrender of his revolver the gallant commander of
the district turned back somersau1t get of the
window, his feelings not permitting him to stay and
receive it.
perfect torrent of bullets began to pour into the
windows OF the room in which Gordon left stand
ing and dropping to the floor he emptied his revolver
into the mass of his assaants and then writhed in
pretended agony at last lying still They ventured
into the room and he got up and surrendered. He
died not great while thereafter, however
Our flight was bitter one but we had succeeded in
Our maneuver, suffering one terrible loss. Major
Dawes was shot in the eye and died before could
get him back on his horse, so we went to the
bridge, leaving his body behind us.
When out of range we cut the remaining wires. At
least we thought we did, but there was one that ran
OFT in another direction through chain of villages
and very shortly message got through to Bahia
that revolution had broken out Iheos and the
outIonIsts were bound into the interior gunboat
and large body of troops dispatched at once.
Here again the Brazihans moved too rapidly We had
proclaimed no revolution aad our actual status was
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merely that of body of armed and mounted travellers
of foreign birth and citizenship
The tropical Brazilian road is terrible terrible
thing. When the rainy season obtains it washes
holes in the clay, and in the dry these ridges
ruts and pits become hard as rock. 1t was over
such track that we rode fast and furious for the
next q hours.
THE FLIGHT
We knew there would be pursuit and there was but
one hope-to forge way as fast as possible into
the interior We were few in number lightly equipped
and therefore much mobile than any military
troop they-coud send after u.s. We rode till 10 o'clock
at night, when struck big town, which we
learned was Aguas Prieas the Black falls of the
Rio Cachoeira
Announcing that way to an interior
plantation obtained rest and refreshments, but
blood stains and bullet scratches on our horses
alarmed the hotel keeper, and left none too soon
10 cross the river were compelled to disrnount,
unsaddle and swim horses, while arms and
equipment were taken in canoes. This proceed
ing almost dangerous fighting
1t was very fortunate, have hinted that we left
when did, for the commandant at Ilheos was cum
ming if not overcourageous. He sent his cleverest
officer in we'll manned up the to the falls
and that worthy landed very shortly after we were on
way inland once more
-Four stages pressed ahead until men and
horses nearly ready to drop from fatigue. The
country desperately wild an places and once
heard the distant clamor of drum. Moving
quietly we came upon settlement of naked natives
who were holding arrow dance, which we could
see through gap in the tropical growth.
Pfannebecker took picture at long range of the
scene which shows the character of the country per-
fectly. Through the little gap in the jungle one can
the natives in their ceremony, unobserved as they
believed Making detour went way, COM
ing again to civilized region, passing through
number of small towns and reaching Macumba at
last, where tired that it decided to
rest.
Our choice of camp exceedingly poor. 1t was
on the level beyond the town in grove and
at all a fighting position. The townspeople
all very friendly and did not to notice the
signs of the battle at Iheos
We turned in at. once for good sound sleep. Pfan-
nebecker insisted on standing guard, though one
but him imagined that there any possible danger
from pursuit then We did not know that Magalli
had left declaration of the revolution in the city
behind us, be published after had crossed the
river This put in the field reyouonists to all
ntents and purposes and under the law laid open
to any loyal Brazilian's attack.
There were two approaches to our camp one from
the east and one from the west the river was on
the south and there mpenetrable forest the
north.
AWAKENED BY SHOTS
l was awakened by hearing shots and leaped to my
rife, hearing Magal cry, Get into the woods with
the ammunition" caught up two belts and plunged
out among the trees with the Others
Pfannebecker had been standing guard when sud-
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of US left alive have no knowledge now, of
4 Just what the for our invasion
of Brazil The who might be able
to tell something, Sebastio H l. de Magalli is ending
his days in madman's cell in Estado de Bahia If
he represented some ambitious politicians in Brazil
knew who they were, and it may have been
that he insane when first met him. The whole
expedition, reviewing its incidents now, merely
the futile dashing of handful of human pebbles
against the stone wall of great and reeourcefu
ton. We made things lively for time, however.
In September, 1907, there appeared in various New
York papers advertisements for men of adventurous
and military experience who would like join
an expedition. answered one of the advertisements
and received in reply long typewriter prospectus
In which the sender said he commissioned to
raise regiment of colonists who might be called
upon for military service. / ready for anything
and enlisted after conference with Mr.. MagalI, who
had sent the prospectus.
We were to equip ourselves each with Remington
carbine 400 rounds of ammunition and the standard
cavalry for tropical service the whole
each individual being $500 After some little
time Magalli said he had been instructed pick out
IS send in advance Brazil, this group to go
to the interior as commissioned officers to take
charge Of bodies of men
I went aboard the steamship Byron of the Lamport
& Holt line in New York November to sail with the
IS, and found that numbered but nine The others
could not raise the money. Then was the moment of
decision We could have backed out just as we'll as
not, but unanimous in decision to go
ahead and what could do The nine men, in
cuding Magalli, as follows:
Cecil Borer, English actor and former lieutenant
in the Boer
Major Davies, Welshman, retired from the British
army
Hubert Wilson and George Kincaid, Irish boys late
of the Canadian mounted rifles and the Northwestern
mounted police
Samuel R. Parker a typical young New Yorker, an
electrical engineer.
Herbert Pfannebeckcr OF Brooklyn, n. Y, tall
slender youth with genius a marksman
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-09
By Lieut.. George H. Vice

In all history there are few stories of more
desperate endeavors than the hereafter re-
lated. Fragments of it have appeared in the
newspapers during the period that has elapsed
since 1907, when nine reckless adventurers from
New York and one Brazilian Portuguese invaded
Brazil with view to overthrowing the govern
ment but the full story is told here for the first
time. Nothing could be more typical of the true
spirit of adventure pure and simple, and the reck-
less courage of the men is almost surprising be-
lief.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-09

Ilheos. Brazil Where Expedition Landed.
2 Where Major Davis Fell s Building from
Which Government Troops Opened Fire.
Where Invaders Left the Town
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YONE of US knew in the beginning, and those
of us left alive have no knowledge now of
Just what the reasons were for our invasion
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-11-23
SHOW BOATS FEATURES
ON MIDDLE WEST RIVERS.
Theatrical Folk Gain In Comfort What
They Lose In Salary.

Show boats have become an estab-
llshed feature along the rivers of the
middle west There is not river Of
any consequence but what has seen
some of these craft. The Wabash. the
Green. the Tennessee. the Cumberland
and the Red rivers have all been Wis
tied by the smaller ones. and year by
year the class of people who watch the
performances becomes more desirable.
Low class productions would not be
tolerated, even if the management
should attempt to put on such show.
1t is only another instance Of the sur
vival Of the fittest."
Not many of the performers on show
boats care to admit the amount of their
weekly pay. for it is seldom large. OF
course there is no set scale of wages,
and there have been few high sal
aried people who have put in all or a
part of a season with Il floating theater.
1t is not by any means the salary
which makes such n position popular.
The enjoyment comes from the com
plete relaxation from the nervous
strain which the profession suffers dur
ing the summer months on land tours,
due to excessive heat, constant pack
Ing and unpacking. hurried journeys In
uncomfortable railways and, most
dreaded of all. the necessity of "dress-
ing up" for the benefit of the public
each day
On the floating theater each perform
err grows to feel that he or she is at
home and may with perfect freedom
affect the dshabille of a private house.
Fortunes have been made in the show
boat industry and are still to be made,
and there can emo doubt that from
the performers point of view it Is one
Of the most pleasant forms of the en-
tertaining business that have ever been
devised
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-11-23
CHANGING NOTES OF BIRDS
Their Calls Vary Decidedly In the
Changing Circumstances Of SUM-
shine and Storm.

One of the most interesting features
in the study of bird life is to note
their varying calls in the changing
circumstances of sunshine and storm
The frequent snowfalls of the recent
winter have often been heralded by
the mournful "cluck-cluck" of the
blackbirds as they flock around the
doors, looking for the crumbs that
custom has led them to expect. The
mavis Is mostly mute during storm
and tells his tale of woe more by his
ruffled feathers and dropping wing
than by his voice. His note, however
is the first to welcome change to
warmer weather.
The stormcock, by which is meant
the blue felt or fieldfare, does not fire.
quent the habitation of man, but there
Is no more certain sign of approach OF
severe weather than q flock of these
birds flying southwark. Their note Is
an ominous chuck, chuck" and but
for that they would often pass unno.
ticed overhead.
The skylark also passes south ut
tering a timid, twittering note. which
will later give place to a gay burst OF
song. The starlings flock greedily to
wherever food is to be found, be II In
field or homestead. The first blink OF
warm sunshine, however, sees them
perched on the caves, vibrating their
wings in a manner no other bird does
and Initiating with an air of intense
satisfaction the call notes of host OF
other birds.
The sparrows which robbed the
farmer in the autumn flock downward
in winter, and their cherries twitter
on the housetops bears faint resem.
blance to their noisy clamor in the
cornfield. The robin seeks his dole
with an air of quiet confidence and
sometimes rewards us with burst of
song quite out of keeping with his
surroundings. The blue tits have no
voice to say they are hungry, though
their actions show 1t, but their spring
note may be heard In the wood lands,
when they forsake our doors for the
field and hedgerow.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-11-23
Not For Eashion,s Sake.

The criminal law of England was
formerly marked by discriminating
severity. Theft of an article valued
above 10 shillings was punished with
death In writing about "Sweel
Hampstead and its Associations" Mrs
White records pleasant thing of Lord
Mansfield. who. as a rule. leaned To
the side of mercy. 1t was Lord Mans
field who directed jury to find u
stolen trinket less in value than ~
shilllngs in order that the thief might
escape capital punishment. To this
the jeweler who prosecuted demurred
asserting that the fashion of the thing
had cost him twice that money.
Gentlemen" replied the judge. with
grave solemnlty, 1--WE ourselves stand
In need of mercy. Let us not hang a
man for the fashions sakeP'
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-11-23
TRUE STANDARDS OF LIFE.
The Measure Of Man Is What He Is,
Not What He Has.


1t takes 20 long to learn how TO live,
so long 10 get even gimmering OF
what life IL for and what we ought TO
do with ours. We are so prone to live
in the future. TO fret ourselves about
it, We are so busy yearning for the
joys we imagine other people have and
worrying about the trouble we imagine
we are having that we make OF the
present. the one thing we are sure of.
an endless regret.
And of all the folies the limit is TO
permit some one else TO make our
standards for us. Haven't we intelli-
gence? Can't we think for ourselves
70 want things we don't need. many
we do moi really care for. just because
some one else has them and wouldn't
understand II we didn't have them. To
struggle and strain TO make show
when all the neighbors know ii is only
a show and would respect us a heap
more if we had he courage TO be our
selves. Deaths standards ought to be
lifes standards. Death does not ask
how big house we hail from. nor how
many university degrees we have won.
nor what is our bank account. Not
what we have nor what we know. but
what we are. And that's our measure
of everybody but ourselves J.
Ridgway In Delineator
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-11-23
TELEGRAPHED TO THE CAT
How a College Girl Let Her Mother
Know She Was a Phi Beta
Kappa.

A bright college girl who had won
membership in the Phi Beta Kappa
society was so eager to announce the
fact at home that she telegraphed the
news. Fearing to alarm an overanx-
ious mamma with the telegram she ad-
dressed 1t to the family cat. This roy
al parsonage bears with regal dignity
the name of "Tiglath Pileser."
When this message was licked off
in the Western Union telegraph office
the operator, not wishing to declare
himself stumped. wrote 1t out brave
ly:
Dear Mamma have captured a
Phibetakapakey
ITO Tiglath Pileser Brown, 1927 Fifth
avenue. New York City"
The messenger boy got into further
trouble by inquiring of the dignified
maid of color who opened the door if
Italians lived there and receiving an
indignant negative he retaliated ::
"Wel, they must be set of dippy
freaks, anyway"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-11-23
Rald.Headed Musicians.

The important observation has been
made that the blowers of wind in
struments are invariably bald or
baldescent while the sawyers of
strings are adorned with locks to
make a Delilah's fingers itch, writes
Robert NJ. Gay in the Atlantic. Clar-
met. oboe, horn, trombone. tuba, and
bassoon have blown each others
heads as bare as sirocco and simeon
the plains of Africa. But OF all bald
heads. Tympano's is the baldest. His
radiant scone beams out in the must
cal storm like the moon amid broken
clouds. and. / have no doubt, gives us
much confidence to the navigators of
the musical sea He is never at a
loss. He glares at the score. His
uncompromising attitude shows you
that he, at any rate, knows what 1t is
all about How admirable in his self
possession as he screws up his dia-
phragms, taps them gently, carress-
ingly. with critical ear inclined, and
allays their throbbings with unfevered
palm. (And all this amid an ava
lanche of sound, like man artistical-
ly tying his necktie while sliding
down the Jungfrau.)