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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-12-30
General.

John ID. Rockefeller has made his
ast gift to Chicago university-$10..
100000.
DIR. Frederick A. Cook OF Brooklyn.
N. Y, returned to New York on the
steamship George Washington.
Omaha and Denver each want to
be made headquarters for the new
division of the railway mail service.
The Illinois supreme court handed
down an opinion holding the legisla.
live primary election law constitu-
Iional.
The federal grand jury at New Or.
leans has undertaken an exhaustive
Investigation into the methods of the
sugar Weighing.
President and Mrs. Taft and men,
bers Of the cabinet attended the fu-
neral OF Don Anibal Cruz. the late
Chilean minister.
Restoration OF the army canteen IL
contemplated in bill introduced in
the house by Representative Bart.
holdt trep.. MOI.
Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid gave dinner in London to the
admirals, captains and officers of the
American battleships.
Twenty-Five firemen. including the
IRE chief and his assistant. were kill.
ed by falling walls In confagration
1t the Chicago stock yards.
Coal gas ignited by a match struck
by the victim was the cause of the
explosion on the battleship North
Dakota at Portland. England.
The Farmers and Merchants Ma
tional bank Of Arson. Tex, has been
closed by its directors and a national
bank examiner placed In charge.
Colonel William A. CASTOR has an
nounced his withdrawal as a demo.
cratic candidate to succeed United
States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
John Porteus. "a years old, who
won the prize for being the tallest
and "skinniest" Elk at the national
convention at Denver in 1907. Is dead
Of tuberculosis In Paducah, Ky.
The hardest worked man In Wash.
ington II Charles Dana Norton, secre.
tary to the president. Folks used to
commisserate "the faithful Loeb" but
Losb's troubles weren't in it with
Norton's.
The measure locating the perma.
nent capital Of Oklahoma at Oklaho-
ma City and the resolution favorins
the northeast site for 6 capitol loca.
ton were passed In the senate and
n the house.
Samuel insult. Chicago financier
Who departed 70 spend the holiday
season In England. carried two tur
keys with him for his Christmas din.
~.
John r. walshs application 70,
pardon = marking time in the do
DaFtDeat of justics. while a dispute
ovsr IT, STATE Of his health il being
oetfloA.
Announcement u maAe that the
ooeo01 international congEoss on child
welfare U1u - hoh at Washingtoa,
n g. Arm = % Nay Z 1911. under
- onaDtees q t. Natlooal Congress
= No1heso-
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-12-30
Mob Riddles Murde,sr.

st. Louis, Mo-. Dec. 2S.-oscaY
chittwood. charged with having kill
ed Sheriff Jake Houpt in Hot Springs,
Ark. last August. was taken from the
county Jail at Hot Springs early this
morning and shot to death. accordins
to telephone message from there to-
day.
Chittwood was being taken from,
the county jail to police station when
discovered by the mob. He was re-
Gently granted a change of venue and
was to have been taken to Benton.
Ark today. The mob was made nm
OF twenty men who wore handler.
chiefs over their faces.
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EP|T0ME OF EVENTS
GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES
FRESH FROM THE WIRE.
THE STORY IN 4 NUTSHELL
Embracing . Condensation Of Event,
In Which Readers Generally Are
More or Less Concerned.
Washington.

Washington.
The election on the adoption or re.
lection OF the constitution for Arizona
probably will be held by January Is.
1911. and II adopted may be in the
hands Of the president and congress
for approval before the end of the
present session.
The calendar year 1910 is going to
be the banner one for the worlds in.
ternational trade, according to the bu.
reau OF statistics. Statistics from
practically every country show that
both imports and exports are consid.
erably greater than in 1909.
The report of the Ballinger-Pinchot
Investigation is still slumbering in the
house committee on agriculture. Min
ority members of the investigating
committee are threatening to demand
q report from the committee on agri-
culture SO that vote on the merits
Of majority and minority views might
be obained in the house.
Senior Don Anibal Cruz, envoy ex-
traordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary from Chile to the United States.
was stricken with heart failure and
died ten minutes later.
President Taft is having the draft
Of bill prepared designed to carry
out his ideas as to the collection Of
tolls on the Panama canal. Repre-
sentative Mann Of Illinois, chairman
Of the interstate commerce commit
leo which will deal with the sub
feet, has conferred with him. and In
all probability will introduce the ad.
ministration measure.
The reading was begun In the
lower house OF bill for the revision
and codification Of the postal laws.
This provides for practical reclassi-
fication Of the postal service and for
the appointment Of a director-general
Of posts. The latter would be a per-
manent government official. being
subject to dismissal for cause only,
and would be the practical manager
IF the entire postofiice department.
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Red Hummer 10 Wrecked.

Kansas City. Mo-. Dec. 27.-Three
trainmen were killed. according to the
statement OF the local officials Of the
road when train No. 8. known as the
Red Hummer on the Chicago & Al
ton railroad which left Chicago last
night for Kansas City struck a freight
train near Farber. Mo-. early today.
None Of the passengers was injured
say tho oncials here. The passenger
train struck the caboose Of the freight
which had failed to clear the main
track In going on the switch track.
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Apologies for Killing Waiter.

st. Louis. Dec. 27.-"ExcNse me.
gentlemen: but I've just had to kill
this waiter. He didn't cook my steak
the way like it,
So saying. John Bennett. 1s-years.
old, n newsboy, pushed a smoking
revolver into his pocket. stepped over
the PROSTATE form of James Costas
and walked out of a crowded restaur-
ant In this city. leaving a panIc.strick-
en- company Of diners gaping In fear
and establishment. He was caught and
arrested two blocks from the scene
of his crime.
Costas was almost instantly killed
Il Is said that Bennett had threatened
10 do" the waiter IL he didn't hurry
his order.
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Six Miles on Enaine Pilot.

Lemoyne. O.. Dec. 27.-Thrown on
the pilot of the engine of a SOUTH
bound fast Hooking Valley passenger
train which struck and demolished his
buggy and instantly killed his wife,
John Bartelshein. a wealthy farmer.
was carried to Pemberville. a distance
Of six miles. where he alighted. dazed
from tho shock and exposure to tho
cold. but otherwise uninjured.
When he climbed down from tina
engine no still held portions Of the
broken reins in one hand and the lap.
robe In the other.
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Younu Hunter n Killed.

Hope. N. D.. Dec. 23.-Frank Gallup
aged II. son OF Mrs.. W. II. Gallup. &C.
cidentaily shot himself. dying later. %
his mothers farm two miles northwest
OF this city.
Frank ana one Of the Masts(p boy,
were In . grove OF trees near the house
hunting rabbits. Frank went to hana
up his sun. which wac Q .33-calfhes
rihe. on . branch Of Q tree. He va
holding II blythe muxsls ana was uslun
the trfgger guard to hang Il By. Fne
gun was evidently loaded and eoekei
Tor II was discharged. the bullet q.
tering Just above the right cellar benz
aAA going into the hung.
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West Union. O.. Dec. 27.-Wagon
loads Of men. indicted for alleged par
ticipation in wholesale election frauds
In this county. continued to arrive at
the courthouse today. This county
seat is fourteen miles from the rail-
road.
Blue with cold. they hurried before
Judge Blair to plead guilty, receive q
suspended Jail sentence be dis
franchised for five years and pay
fines Of from IS to SIS and costs. The
grand jury this morning returned 124
Indictments found yesterday. The to-
tai Is now 752.
Among the 220 men who have plead
ed only two have pleaded not guilty.
These two were held in jail for trial.
Despite the numerous indictments.
Special Prosecutor Stephenson says
that the inquiry is only fairly started.
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Tenement is Dynamitsd.

New York, Dec. 27.-Two hundred
occupants in the Italian quarter in
East Fourteenth street found their
escape to the street cut Off today when
= black hand" bomb exploded In the
lower hallway. tore out the first floor
stairway and broke every window in
the structure.
The excited tenants, who were
pitched from their beds by the shock
which rocked the building. rushed for
the usual exits. and when they found
their way blocked scrambled to the fire
escapes and the roof.
Salvatore Catalina, lace manufac.
turer on the ground floor. told the po-
lice that he had received recently a
letter demanding $1,000 under penalty
Of death or the destruction Of his prop
erty.
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Many Gifts Of Money ordsr,.

Chicago. Dec. 26.-Christmas gifts Of
more than 100000 were made
through the Chicago postofrice money
order department this year, accord
Ing to the report Of Superintendent J.
b. Schlossman Of the money order
department OF this. more than 81
100000 went to foreign countries, In
average amounts Of SIS. The average
In the domestic money orders was a
little more than foreign average.
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Few Rebel. in Caroline l.,.,d

Berlin. Dec. 27.-The colonial Office
today received message from the
German governor Of the Caroline
island reporting his arrival at Ponaps
with loo soldiers. He states that the
insurgents do not exceed $50 and the
natives generally are loyal
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-12-30
Bomb Outrage in eusncs Ayrss.

New Orleans. La. Dec. cs.-Advice,
to The Picayune from Buenos Ayres,
under date Of Dec. 25. say that a bomb
was placed in the fire department
building OF that place exploded yester-
day morning wrecking the fire and po-
lice headquarters and seriously in
1nring twenty persons. No Sdetails
are given In the dispatch.
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No New Trial for wandl;n,

Louisville. Ky, Dec. 26-Josepb
vending. convicted Dec. Of the muir
der OF S-year-old Alma Kellner and
given sentence Of life Imprisonment
by jury. was denied q new trial BY
Judge James p. Gregory In criminal
court today and was formally sen.
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
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Winnipsa Faess Another Strike.

Winnipeg. Dec. 23.-Ta.s city n fac.
ing another strike. the garment work.
ers threatening to 30 out. The Flee.
tric Railway Co. gave an order Of lol
uniforms to be made for s,r!ks- bres L.
srs and the contractors are up against
the refusal Of employees TO carry Out
the contract -
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Half Million Fire in Alabama.

Birmingham, Ala. Dec. a.-A mes
sage from Sylacauga. Ala. tells Of the
destruction by fire last night of the
mills Of the Alabama Marble Co., the
concern is owned by New York capi.
taiists. The loss In 100000.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-12-30

So may the New Year be q
happy ono to you. happy to many
more whose happiness depends
on you! So may each year b
happier than the last and not
the meanest Of our brethren or
sistefhood debaSred their right
ful share In what they we're
formed to snjoy.-Dickens.
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upon us as the one Just
passed that We hardly realize another
one has been added to those who an
swer to the roll call OF Time.
When We do realize II, there IL nj.
ways bit Of silence. except with the
children-with them everything IL
new. ~ we think of the fresh book of
three hundred and sixty-fiye leaves
that opens In Its wilderness for us to
nll the pages. And we hope that the
record will be better than any pre-
vious one. whether good or Ill. And
We put up little prayer that We may
make good" our nobler resolves and
measure up" toward our high ideals.
% that the world shall be better for
our having lived this year.
It 10 . good time to be optimistic,
to believe. with Browning. that
Gods in His Heaven! All's well
with the world" when time begins
throwing his white roses at IN. and
every passing year puts into his laden
wallet . little light from the eyes,
. little bloom and softness from the
S~eSS~os usS0 0sOoo 000 COlOI IIOm
the hair. little lightness from the
step. and bestows upon W. In their
stead. Q varied assortment Of odds
and ends. which are. ~ to value. sx-
actly what We choose to make them.
Il needs . little moral alchemy to
turn them into gold and diamonds.
pearls and opals: but with this trans
forming touch. Times Eifts area
growing patience which brings sweet.
ness and genteness In the train. And
all Of these things write them
selves clearly enough on assing
faces. sometimes bsautifyin3 what
Nas once almost destitute Of charm:
and sometimes spiritualixing what
ones Vas beautiful In form and color.
but lacked the loneliness that results
nom an equal balance q mind and
heart
''lt:*
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A Nsss Years Wish.

- wv war; Wsous
I wiaA you happiness throuxhow
TIE eo01ng yoar. and tho I may no,
always tail 20 q. the thought and
H. vlsA WIN b ysurs Just ths same
Whatever Joy Or success comes 4
1ou. q Win Daks M Siaa
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The Old Man
Win the ScytIbe

HE wonderful new year
has q way OF coming
round once In twelve
months. seeming SO much
the same when Il dawns
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-26
EvenfS and Topics offbe 6)eek
Feminine Discnssion-Cora CIyce -

mans guests Of the bowling party
earlier in the week, who al not as
game as the above mentioned and
begged SO p~itifuly to be let off OF
more correctly speaking, left out thai
Athe writer simply could not refuse
You can guess who. anyhow: If not, ]
am sorry, but the retiring boy was
promised complete omission of his
name, so nothing a he said other
than he was a prominent Young bus
mess man of Central avenue. and his
smiling face can he seen most n day
at the place of business. between THIRD
ed. Awfully sorry / can't give his
name. but YOU understand how it is,
one just must keep a promise.
A luncheon of the week was gtyen
Thursday by Mrs. w. w. Mcdonald,
5l7 $. Third. for her daughter. Mrs.
Goodrich. Of Los Angeles, who is
spending the summer in the city.
4 4
The annual meeting of the flower
mission department. of the w. c. r. Y.
of which Mrs. NJ. j. Butler is the SUI
perintendent, will be held in the
Christian church, next Wednesday az
ternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
ne ipiloNluS pioSfdIn viii ne Ith~
dered.
Devotional exercises: Leader, DR..
Cartwright.
Song, 1--WE Win Make the Map all
White
Report Of flower mission work Cor
the year, Mrs. NJ. ]. Butler.
Vocal solo, Miss Cartwright.
Reading, Mrs. Strumquist.
Piano duet, Misses Bixler and An
derson.
Recitation, Pauline Cartwright.
Vocal solo, Miss Viola Butcher.
= 4 =
Mrs. Ross, instructor in music and
e~locution to the children of the fam
lilies living in the valley southeh1t OF
town, gave a recital Friday afternoon
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W..
IIarling. Refreshments were served
at the close of the enjoyable program.
Besides those on the program. there
We're present the Misses Nellie john
son, Nellie Mears and Susan cobb,
Peck, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Burke and
daughter, and DIR. Geo. II. Gould.
The program follows:
Music, Twilight Reveries." Bessie
Mays,
Music. Moss Rose Waltz" Evedne
Harling.
Reading. The Runaway MarsAr-
lite jackson.
Music, star OF Hope" Gretta See
bohm.
Music. Fairy Whispers" Ella Har-
Reading. Little Dark Brown Lou
Miss Mayo.
Music, italian Dance" Addie Har-
ling.
Music, Under the Stars and
Stripes" Paula Seebohm.
Reading. "Annabell Lee. Marger-
ite Jackson.
Music, Spanish Waltz" Mrs. Apo
laca.
Pantomine. Mrs. Ross, Miss Mayo,
Miss Jackson,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-26
MORAL
For Only

No small number of men and wom-
en- are acquiring sons and daughters
in-law these days and the thought of
il brings to mind the conversation OF
two women. one the mother of a boy
and the other a mother of four of
them.
Said the first:
1T will not be long now until Jim
will wan to be marrying. | dread the
thought of it,
"why?' questioned the mother OF
the four.
Il may o care for the girl
Well said the other, when my
boys were small | figured IL out this
way: il my boy could see enough in
some girl to owe her. marry her and
be willing to spend the rest of his
days with her. surely there must be
something in that girl I could find 10
like. ! went on through the years eX-
pecting TO love those o girls be-
cause they were loved by my boys.
and il has worked. I've two OF the
four daughters-in-law now. n love
them dearly for their wi sakes But
! don't believe I would have had l
dreaded the day"
Just a little story for the parents
and parents-in-law Of the June brides
ana grooms to ponder over
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1.-THE HUMAN TOCSINL~


There Is another name for the wom-
and who insists on ringing the alarm
and crushing any enthusiasm from a
fairly large circle OF friends. n is
an animated wet blanket. You have
heard Of the alarmist who awakened
her maids Mt the first streak of dawn
by knocking at the doors and eXclaim-
ing. Get up right away. Todayis
Monday. tomorrow's Tuesday and the
next days Wednesday. There's half a
week gone n not n scrap OF work
done yet
That's n fine condition 10 combat,
isn't it, You can't deny the possible
tty of the aforementioned events hap
panine, but at the same time the ex-
cited prophecy stirs up the ordinary
happy mortal TO a w~ell-founded re-
sentiment.
| know q human tocsln who always
suggests a sudden drenching shower.
h emerges from her home and looks
up into the clear vault of heavens
blue. A frown twists her pretty face
and then she dampens the spirits of
the Others by shifting the air and
calling for an umbrella. ITS all
right now she will say. but YOU
can't tell me that there's no dampness
in this atmosphere. Mark my words.
It's going to rain
h Is so self-satisfied and so em-
phatic that she %persuades her pretty
companions into following her ex-
ample. They would like to use the
umbrellas on the prophets hat, later
on. when the sun sinks In a clear
sky.
There is the woman who never
wears a ring w!tfe3st working herself
up into a state vf nervous agitation
fAt. faRr fhpY aha Vg,R .,.falt Fafl ..t
and he lost. Another type never
wears her new and expensive hat Gun
I'll il is out Of stylel because the wear
and tear ARE loo hard on It. Just why
II was bought ! have never been able
10 discover.
Think of all the times he Is going
TO fall whimpered the young mother
while looking at n G-months-old baby
boy. "And the toothaches that he
must have" Well. from there she
might have departed into wide fields
of speculation had not her sensible
husband come to the rescue. But
that woman VIII ever shut the door
against happiness. She has formed
the habit md upon her head be the
clouds.
If YOU analyze the tocsin type you
will find that pessimism unrestrained
is the dominant factor in the general !
makeup. a little glance at the dark |
err side every day has resulted in an
inability to adjust the nature to strong
light, Hence the ding-dong bell. Ii
reverhrates through the home, and
the alarming sound travels out oven
the doorstep and assails the ears of a
%neighbor. People do not wish to be
told of the awful. things that are wait
ing beyond.
They resent any intrusion upon
their calm happiness, and black looks
viii be directed toward the purveyor
of coming catastrophe-looks that
VIII usually rival the predicted storm
clouds.
II is very difficult To outsmile the
tocsln. Bur keep at III Do not let
the grumpy one spoil your day. IF
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-26
Temper and
TIE m p e r q IN e M

We need not seek definition or dis
elimination Of the term temper"
1t is a wen known part In every day
life, r.. commodity OF the times-all
times. and originated with the first
man, il we can believe Mark Twain's
Extracts From Adams Dairy" Tenn
per is a part OF the constitutional
mental anatomy, and. OF course, more
fully developed in some than others,
and most Of us prefer this breezy dis
position of the mind IN its first stages
of development, very naturally. though
we promptly designate as colorless
and Characterless the unfortunate who
has not temper. Yes, We count temper
as one of the essentials OF success. a
protection to ourselves and a means
of gaining respect and interest from
yourselves.
But what is it-what is it-this
thing we call temperament? You
have probably heard plain temper in
a fool or genius called temperament.
so shall we apply temper TO the
masses and temperament to the
"clases 2"
No. that's a misapplication of the
term. one feels sure. What then. is
temperament If temperament is not
temper and the ability to lose il on
slight ~provocation, then in the name
of literary art. again we ask. what tis2
Sometimes a lack of moral RESPONSE
bility is so designated, but that's
wrong, and once someone called it
general "cussedness. - Do you like
that better? David Belasco, in words
dealing with temperament from the
dramatic viewpoint, called it emotion
al memory, what ever that is. He
didn't say and the writer doesn't
know. Webster discriminates vague-
~ between the terms. SO, gentle read
it's up to YOU. It's warm weather
c"onundrums, but what's the IN
swer2
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There is strength in reiteration just
as in union, and a thing Oft told gains
a measure of belief. The wise ones
a specification that includes men-
declare that reiteration OF any state
ment by a wOman evolves eXaggera-
ton. Strictly soaking, the exagger-
arises ~ Khe mind OF told TO
me who is conveying The choice bit
of newsy news to the proverhlal friend
and is but the natural result of the
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necessary. suggest that she TAX orr
her hat. or the ring. or stay home III
the future be so extremely unpropit-
iOug.
Smile ana be happy, for trouble W.
sure to come anyway. and II is better
to enjoy yourself while YOU can. Let
Lady Trouble ring the alarm. but lis-
ten just enough to be polite.