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The river press., 1911-08-23
CHICAGO CONGRESS
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
intern ational Gathering Will Bring To.
aether Noted Experts.

Much interest Is being manifested in
the international municipal congress
and exposition to be held in Chicago
Sept IS to 80. and arrangements are
being made for the reception of
large number of visitors from the prin-
cinol cities of the United States and
several foreign countries.
It is believed that through this mu-
nicIpal exposition, making possible
comparisons between various commu-
mites with reference to their systems
of government, their notable accom-
plishments Of the past and their plans
for the future, there will be created
a spirit Of rivalry md civic pride that
will do much for the advancement Of
municipal betterment.
EXPERTS of worldwide fame and
known ability in matters pertaining to
municipal government will be in at
tendance at the exposition. and ad-
dresses will be made on many subjects
of vital interest to municipalities gen.
orally.
It is considered that this is the most
comprehensive attempt ever made to
bring together the most intelligent ed
ucators in all lines Of municipal en-
deavor.
Health and sanitation. including gar
baee collection and its disposition and
the prevention and suppression of cpl
denies, will be given especial attention
during the session Of the congress, as
will also the subject Of taxation. This
latter will include discussions Of equal
izing taxation. restriction of a city's
taxing powers, methods Of collection
of taxes and their disbursement.
Among other subjects to be discuss
ed will be that of public utilities. In
cluded in this will be the subjects OF
franchises, municipal ownership. street
lighting. water systems. docks and
water transportation and modern hous-
ing.
The river press., 1911-08-23
THE PASSING OF BRYAN.

just before the democratic national
convention In Denver three years ago
Representative Leak of New Jersey
denounced w j. Bryan on the floor OF
congress. At th at time his nomin alton
as his party's etandar bearer was q
foregone conclusion. Leaks denun'
citation was bitterly hissed by the dem.
ocratic side. Bryan was q popular
hero. No democrat dared raise o
voice in protest against him without
committing political suicide. Mr..
Leak was not returned to congress-.
Last week there was another re-
mark able demonstr alton on the floor
OF the house, now strongly democratic,
but this time q denunciation of the
man from Nebraska was received with
tumultuous applause. When Repre-.
sentative Oscar Underwood, majority
leader, arose in his place and declared
that the statements in Bryan's inter.
view on Underwood were absolutely
false, he was cheered for many min
utes and 1t was significant that even
some OF the old time "Peerless Lead
er's" warmest friends joined in the
demonstration against him. Bryan
had accused Underwood of having de-
feated revision of the iron and steel
schedule because he Underwood was
financially interested in the iron in.
dustry.
Three years sometimes bring i'm.
portant changes. Today Bryan is q
popular idol no longer. He is all bu,
ignored In the counsels of his party
and his influence. il he has any, IL
connfied to those of the ''rank and
file" who are rock.ribbed In preju
dice and Loyalty to him. His decs
dence 90 leader began after his la s.
defest for the presidency, and hal
been going on steadily ever since. L
WAS not that the democrats OF congress
Who cheered his adversary dislike
Bryan 80 much as that they are tired
OF his unsuccessful leadership and hit
presumptuous attitude 40 party
The river press., 1911-08-23
WEDNESDAY, AUG. %, 1911.
ChOUTEAU COUNTY FINANCES

The financial standing OF Chouteau
county was given another boost the
past week, when 9 call for the redemp.
ton Of $50, 900 of its bonded indebted
ness took effect. The payment OF these
oblig atoms is being made from the
sinking fund-a fund that has been
increa ased from year to year by small
tax levy made by the board OF county
commissioners.
The bonds that are being cancelled
we're issued in 1896, the terms OF pur-
chase providing that they should not
be paid until fifteen years from date
of issue and that they should draw
interest at the rate of six per cent per
annum. The payment of this amount
OF county indebtedness will reduce the
interest charges to the extent OF 81, 900
year.
An exhibit of the financial condition
of each of the twenty-eight counties in
Montana q, which appears in the last re-
port OF the state examiner, places Chou
teau county in the front rank as one
of the most 6ourishing communities
In this commonwealth According to
official data, Chouteau county was
one of the FIVE counties in Montana
whose cash resources were In excess
of their financial oblig ations, all the
other counties showing net indebt-
edness in various amounts. There
were only two other counties In Mon
tana that showed q cash surplus In
excess OF that credited to Chouteau
county.
Another fe ature of Chouteau county
finances that deserves mention is the
low tax levy made by the board of
commissioners for the current year
the reduced rate of taxation being
made possible by the large amount OF
assess able wealth to which the tax
levy will apply. Excluding the gen.
eral school levy, which is made uni.
form throughout the state by legisla.
tive enactment, the Chouteau county
tax levy Is only 81 mills. There are
very few, il any ,scounties in Montana
th at M axe such low tax levy for the
current fiscal year.
The financial condition of Choutea a,
county is in such good repute that itt
securities are regarded by investors
as gilt edged proposition. A recen
offer of bonds bearing five per cent
interest, to replace obligations upon
which six per cent. interest is being
paid, attr acted large number of bid
ders, and the bonds were sold upor
terms that reduced the interest charge
to about Al per cent.
This brief review of Chouteau coun
~ finances shows conditions that are
due to q conservative policy In th'
conduct OF the county business,
policy, it is believed, that will b
sa.isfactory to taxpayers In all part
of the county.
The river press., 1911-08-23
LOST FIFTY YEARS.

Watch Given Genera! Burnett In Civil
War just Reaches Him.
General Henry L. Burnett of Goshen.
N. T., received by registered mail from
Chicago a key winder silver watch
that had been dispatched to him by
messenger during the civil war and
never reached him.
General Burnett was major of the
Second Ohio regiment when A. N.
Hoffman sent him the watch with the
inscription on the case, presented
to Major Henry l.. Burnett by Hon
A. N. Hoffman"
A relative Of General Burnett came
across the watch in a Chicago jewelry
store recently.
The river press., 1911-08-23

juno.
Methought that winter. love. would never
end,
That the dark year had slain the inno-
cent May,
Nor hoped that your soft hand this sum-
Would lie, as now. In mine beloved friend.
deep eyes
Hold all the summer skies.
But, 10, the world again is mad with
flowers.
The long white silence spoke. small bird
by bird,
Blade after blade. amid the song of show
erS,
The grass stole back once more. and
there was heard
The ancient music Of the vernal spheres.
Half laughter and half tears.
All. love. and now too swiftly. like some
groom,
Raining hot kisses on his BRIDES youna
mouth,
The mad young year. ds,irious with the
squanders his fairy treasure bloom on
Too soon the wild rose hastens to be
sweet
Too swift. O June, thy feet!
Tarry a little. summer; crowd not 30
All glory and gladness In 50 brief day
Teach all thy dancing flowers a step more
slow,
And bid thy wild musicians softlier play
| Oh. hast thou thought that like a madman
spends
The longest summer ends!
Richard LIE Gallienne in Columbian.
The river press., 1911-08-23

Spent some time at West Point,
but was expelled. On being dis
owned by his adopted father he
made a precarious living with
his pen, editing various period
icals, writing criticisms and turn
ing out an occasional poem or
short story, the most finished
and exquisite that had yet ap-
peared in America. '"The Ra-
ven" was published in 1S45 and
almost Immediately took rank as
one Of the great short poems of
the world. 1.-THE Bells" and AN
mabel Lee" had almost as great
vogue. His remarkable short
stories are still read widely. In
1S47 Poe's wife died, and he was
himself very Ill. He never
seemed to recover from the blow
and two years later was picked
up in the streets of Baltimore in
) dying condition.
The river press., 1911-08-23
Seemed To Give Him a New Stomach

II suffered intensely after eating
and no medicine or treatment l tried
seemed to do any good," writes 81. M.
Youngpeters, editor OF The Sun, Lake
View, Ohio. 1.-THE first few doses Of
Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets gave me surprising relief and
the second bottle seemed to give me q
new stomach and perfectly good
health" For sale by all dealers.
The river press., 1911-08-23
BEST GROCERIES AND FRUITS

always Very Best of Staple Fancy
During will find Fresh Fruits of
description display you do
time visit this department personally morning.
will be given best
attention.
The river press., 1911-08-23
THE HALL OF FAME.
EDGAR ALLAN POE-Cele-
brated poet and short story writ

er. Born Bos-
ton Jan. 10,
1909: died Bal
timore Oct. I,
184Q. Son Of
actors, he was
a dopted by
John Allan Of
Richmond and
e d u Gated in
America and
q n z | q n d.
The river press., 1911-08-23

100000 Telephones.
OF the 100000 telephones installed
in the United States, 100000 are 10.
Gated in hotel bedrooms.
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06
Ringing the Husband.

The Cupld's Wing club Of Trenton,
N. j., wants law passed compelling
married men to wear rings as well as
married women. Members Of the club
say this Is absolutely necessary to
keep married men from passing them
selves or as single and courting young
girls 1t is suggested that the ring be
worn on the thumb. Why not in the
nosef Many husbands already weaf
rings In their noses.
Another good way TO identify men
who have already committed matri-
mony would be to make them carry
large signs printed with red letters
"Bewarel am mnrriedy' Still an
other method would be to compel mea
to take out courting licenses, before re
ceiving which 1t would be necessary
for them to prove themselves single.
Then the giri could require the would
be swain to produce his license. II he
failed to do SO she could either FIRE
him forthwith or have him arrestee
and fined.
There are those who ssy thar the
can tel a married man without !
thumb ring or other badge Of soTyi
tude. For one thing be has a rleeg
and apprehensire look. and Tor aha J
er be glances at bis watch often, kpsS
ing that be has to get home h
for meals. Perhaps, after nh
subdued and subjected aie IS ilss
sign that IL has been bropsls y
captivity
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06

The latest Mexican revolution" has
ended. and President Diaz is still ruler
Of the great republic south Of the Rio
Grende and is ready to suppress any
other opponents of a perpetual presi-
dent who decide TO resort TO arms as
means Of effecting a change In the ad
ministration. That there will be other
outbreaks Is certain. The feeling
against Diaz and what he represents
Is bitter In some quarters. aud 1t has
been proved many times that Efforts
to overthrow him at the polls are inef-
fective.
just what the last fiasco amounted
to depends. on the point Of vision.
Diaz and his followers insist that 1t
was merely an effort Of few bandits
and lawbreakers TO create disturb
ance In which they could hide while
committing thefts and killing q few
personal enemies.
The revolutionists and their sympa-
thizers. many OF the latter being resi-
dents Of the United States, declare
that the outbreak was starred by pa
triots with lofty purposes and that
they viii continue their efforts until
Diaz and bis system are ousted and
what the agitarors call government
of the people" is substituted.
There is probably some truth In
each Of these confradictary state.
menis. That Dinz has done 1 Ereai
deal for Mexico mast be adAisisd By
ali observers, but that he hrs aeld Of
fee longer thar was good fsr hii
country also seems certain quarter
of century Is ions t'me Tor one
man 10 he ruler of a nation. even when
bis oli'ee Is he,eeifaes The opposition
10 Disc i ,a9sfentl sxins strons
er - by gear an.' probably VII
ave savx ain Isiess daatn intes
vsnea
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06
Old Masters and New Mlllionaires.

Henry W. Pike, a picture expert OF
Paris, says that many American art
collections are fakes. He indorses the
statement of William NJ. Chase, the
New York artist, that there are 10000
spurious Corors In America. 1t would
seem that even the redoubtabe J. Picr-
pont Morgan had been swindled and
that many Of his early purchases were
reposing In forgotten storeroOms. Mr..
Morgan having discoyered that his old
masters were copiesI Even a million
aire will grow wisess' the geld brick
game In time, whic explains why it
was Morgan's early purchases only
that were fakes.
There will be those to chuckle and
say It is only a case of the bitter bit
ten and that some of the get-r1ch-quick
cult who had put 1t all over the Amer
lean public had In turn been beaten at
their own game and were being feeced
by the snarpers Of Europe For ex-
ample, we can imagine manufac-
turer of shoddy in this country max
ing so much money that he grew So
cially ambitious, and since old mas
tiers are necessary In the social game
the manufacturer Of shoedy HES him
self off to Europe in search Of few
famous paintings only to be given the
same sort of shoddy limitations that he
had been handing the dear public.
Truly, there Is poetic justice in the
world, and people are sometimes paid
In their own coin.
Old masters would seem to be like
wooden nutinegs, ancestral trees and
near wool clothing, made to SELL"
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06
-
Tolstoy the Good.

Probably the greatest and the best
nan of his age" says William Dean
Howells concerning Count Leo Toll
stoy, Russian humanitarian, philoso-
oher. religionist and novelist, who
died recently In a squalid hut where
he had taken refuge against the sins
and sorrows of the world. Tolstoy's
career was unique. Born to the nobil-
lty, inheriting large estates, writer
Of extraordinary genius, he elected to
wear the cheap clothes and eat the
coarse fare Of the peasant. For many
of the later years Of his life he was
living, acting protest against the So
cial system which makes few men
rich and the millions poor.
Whether his protest was practical
or not is a matter Of opinion. He had
for his compelling example. however,
the great Teacher, the Nazarene, and
he was one Of the comparatively few
men Of large consequence in this gen.
GRAFTON, or, for that matter, in any
other, who deliberately sought to fol.
low literally in the footsteps of the
Master In this country we have q
man, James Eads How Of st. Louis,
who, highly educated and the heir to
a considerable fortune, has chosen for
many years to earn his living by do
ing odd Jobs, placing his Inheritance
In a fund for the benefit of the poor
While by no means so famous as Toll
stoy. How Is doing similar work In
a similar way.
Tolstoy's books are world famous,
but II Is probable that his chief re-
nown IN the generations to come will
result from his exemplary adherence
to the Christian ideal which his pecul-
lar intellect set up for his guidance.
That he was both great and good Is
beyond disputing.
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06
Charlton Hearing Postponed.

Trenton, N. j., Dec. 2O.-The hear
ing before Judge Rellstab In the Unit
ed States circuit court in the haheas
corpus proceedings Instituted with a
view to preventing the extradition to
italy OF Porter Charlton, who con-
fessed to having murdered his Amer
lean wife in that country some months
ago, was postponed by mutual consent
until Jan. ..
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06
s---- -
Cupid and Jeyelry.

Fond lovers have always regarded II
as a right and privilege to deck the
forms of their loved ones with jewelry.
trinkets and gewgaws. II there were
no courtships the demand for gold
would fall of materially aud the price
of diamonds would be reduced so
much that all could afford them
though few would want them.
The question of what should be done
with trinkets that are given as tokens
Of love when love ceases or when II Is
no longer mutual has long been sub
ject Of dispute. Should girl use the
jewelry given by a suitor who Is dis
carded later TO captivate another
swain? Or should the presents be re-
turned to the young man SO that he
can use them II he sees at in winning
the smiles of a damsel who will be less
6ckle?
The question has just been decided
In St. Louis by tribunal consisting of
a rabbi. a lawyer and a jeweler. The
decision was reached that the maiden
having refused to keep her promise to
wed, must return the presents. She
had demurred when the discarded
suitor asked for the valuables after he
was informed that he was not to get
the maiden's hand. Instead Of goinF
to law the wiser course of referring
the matter to the board Of arbitration
was taken.
This is all well enough as far as 4
goes; but, supposing 1t had been tn,
man who broke his troth, VwoiI "
have been entitled to recall hls pres
ents? Should the fair one lose hel
ornaments so long as she was will!n,
to keep her promlsel The question
opens up a field for argument and sug
gests that Cupid's court of arbltra
ton should be formed to deal with thiI
and other puzzles In lovemaking.
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06
sPORTIRG AFFAIRS
esesssssssssssssssssssss

The Phillies. under the personal
guidance OF President Horace 8. Fo-
gel and Manager Charley Dooir, VIII
leave Philadelphia Feb. 2s for the an
nual tour south, being bound for Biz
minsham, Ala, the site Of the work
ont ground for next spring. Three
weeks win be spent there. after which
the club win split up In two squads
and gradually work their way north.
Before nearly three thousand fight
fans. members Of the New Bedford.
Mass. A. c., the largest crowd ever
witnessing bout In that city. Con
o'Kelly, one Of the whites Mans
Hopes failed 70 down Jef Madden
Of Boston In ; Twelve round boul-
Refsrse nDvnsy deslarsd The bous .
sEsa.
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06
Observation-Disclosures
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES

At st. Paul, Minn., woman
was burned to death, three women re-
ceived probably fatal burns, and ten
other persons were injured In a fre
that burned the Concord fat building.
The flames spread rapidly. The occu-
pants Of the eight fats barely had
time to get to the doors and windows
after being awakened. None stopped
to dress. All we're forced out into the
zero weather scantily clothed. Most
OF the injuries were received by jump
ing from windows.
Eight men were killed and two in
jured in the Lick Fork mine Of the
Red Jacket Coal company near Thack-
er, W. Va, when q mine car ran away,
knocking props down and allowing
thousands Of tons Of coal to fall on
the victims. The men killed were two
Americans and six Italians. SO far
none OF the bodies has been recovered
and Il may be several days before the
coal is removed. The mine is owned
by Isaac T. Mann of Bramwell, W. Va.
Mrs. Julia Jameson returned to her
home In Brooklyn and found her three
children had been suffocated by
smoke. The children we're John and
James, twins three years old. and q
sister, Frances. four years old.
The mother had left the little ones
to their own resources while she call
ed on relatives. The fire, caused by
an overheated stove, had burned itself
out In a chimney corner with small
pecuniary damage
In q collision between an sastbound
| freight train and work train on the
Chicago Great Western. at Stockton,
ILL.,, three trainmen lost their lives,
two being instantly killed and the
third dying after the accident The
wreck was hue 10 the failure Of the
| train crew 10 clear the main track.
At Dublin, Ca, Marshal Erastus e.
Rancid shot and killed two Thigpeu
brothers and fatally wounded a third
Radiieid was appointed q marshal q
short time ago after another marshal
II b alleged. mad been run out Of ths
community The Thigpen brothers no.
titled him he would have to ieave.
| Miss Nellie Thomas. twenty-thres
years old. 125 Illinois street, chieafo, /.
believed to have poisoned Harvey Ry
an, tventy-eight years old. formel
prize fighter, with whom she had beer
living, pet dog and q cat. and thes
! committed suicide.
In collision Of trains on the Bal
timore and Ohio read at MERGERS Bot
tom, W. Va, William steffey, engin
eer, c. J. Mofratt. brakeman and r II
Bradham. fireman. were killed, and r
B. KraniF probably fatally hurt
-Four men met death when bucks
= NAieb der ~ dseceadlas the ~
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06

The Missouri house of repre-
sentatives organized yesterday
by electing John T. Barker, OF
Macon,county, as speaker and J.
Kelly Pool, editor of the Centra-
aICourier, as chief clerk. The
senate organized the same day
by choosing Frank Nc Allister, of
Monroe county, as president pro
tenn, and reelected r. s. Nc
Clintic, as secretary. Both bod
les are ready for business now
and the committees will be an
nounoed the coming week.
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06

Senator Stephen B. Elkins, ot
West Virginia, died at John Hop
Sins hospital at Baltimore, Thurs
by last. He had been seriously
a for long time. His death
cuts the Republican majority in
the U. S. Senate to six, and the
West Virginia legislature will now
have to elect two senators instead
OF one, rs Senator N. B. Scotts'
term expires March 4th and his
successor is to be chosen by the
Legislature now in session. Both
these senator's were Republicans,
and the legislature is Democratic
ON joint ballot, therefore two
Democrats win represent West
Virginia in the U. s. Senate for
the next six years.
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06

The Democratic Governors in
the States OF New York, Maine,
Massachusetts, Ohio, New Jersey,
West Virginia, Connecticut, along
with a lot of other states in the
south and west that have been in
the habit of electing Democratic
Governors, wers inaugurated the
past week into their offices, and
the Democratic party insofar
as state governments go, may be
said to be in power.in this country
now,
Ripley County democrat., 1911-01-06
MILLION TO DEFEND COAST
Generals Hodges and Grant Declare
Need of Great Army.

Chicago, Dee. 19.-General Charles
l. Hedges, commander of the Depart
ment of the Lakes, declared that ia
pan could land an army on the Pacific
coast with ease at any time, because
Of the weakness Of the United States
army, as pointed out by Secretary OF
War Dickinson. who recommended i'm.
mediate steps be taken to correct this
weakness. He also declared the Unit
ed States would finally be victorious
after a long and hard fight.
General Hedges was seen at his Of.
fee in the federal building and asked
what he thought about the prospects
of war with Japan and what he be-
lieved the result world be in case ia
, pan landed huge army on the shores
Of the Pacific coast
"I don't believe Japan is looking for
war; declared the general. "Of course,
an invasion of the Pacific coast is en-
tirely practicable" he continued.
'The Pacific coast is not adequately
defended. There is 1000 miles Of
shore lying along our western coasts
and all enemy would have little trou-
BILE In landing an army"
General Frederick Dent Grant, COM
mander Of the Department of the East,
who was formerly stationed in Chlca-
go, declared in an interview in New
York that our country was in no way
prepared for war.
1--WE need 100000 men to defend
our coasts" declared General Grant.
1--WE need larger standing army. In
case Of war We would have to draft
100000 men to defend our coasts. and
It would take weeks to properly equip
them. The whole equipment would
have to be rushed and IL could not be
done in time to check the enemy This
is the situation that we must consider
and there is no lodging Of it,"