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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16

school was opened for the training of
reserve officers, which in the course of
some ten years has supplied the army
with nearly 5000 officers, most of
them men of university and college
education.
Having brought to successful! ter-
| animation this lerculean program Gen.
SaVotf once more retired in 1908 into
private life. But he did not abandon
his keen interest in the army and
quite recently has been contributing
to various periodicals sensational ar
ticles on the necessity of appointing
in time of peace a commander in chief
who would lead the armies when the
day of reckoning came.
Many We're of opinion that he was
thus Offering his own candidature for
that all important post, and it must
be admitted that he was proclaimed
by all the younger generations of the
Bulgarian officers as the future leader
OF the nation in arms. His whole ca
reer has been a long chain of daring
conceptions and every Bulgarian in
stinctlvely felt that resolutc will
backed by sober calculation could
alone enable the younger kingdom to
grapple successfully with the mighty
! problem which European diplomacy
had bequeathed to it in 1878.
OF all the leaders which the stormy
! events in Bulgaria during the last
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16
A DastardIy Outrage.

Bishop Busch, of Lead, S. d. re-
turning from Hot Springs recently
brought home with him evidences of
a piece of religious vandalism seldom
e1ualled. which had been perpetratcd
at Hermosa- Rev. j. X. Haeusler of
Hot Springs visits Hermosa every
first and third Tuesday Of each month
for tho purpose of holding divine
services there in the Catholic chapel
for the six or eight Catholic families
of the neishborl1ood.
On the third Tuesday OF October lie
found upon his arrival there that the
sacred vestrnents used in the cclebra-
ton of Mass had been horribly desc
Grated. The lace Alb as we'll us the
satin Stole and Chasublc had been
slashed into shreds with knife. The
malice and venom of the deed appears
in the fact that the articles were not
taken away or destroyed but left as
they were found. The intrinsic value
VI Tie alSlcS WOulu exceed lilly
dollars but as they were blessed and
dedicated to divine service, their de-
struction or mutilation takes on the
nature of sacrilege. The Stole and
Chasuble had been recently donated
to the church by Rev. NJ. J. Straeter
Of Rapid City and the congregation
feels very keenly not only their loss
but deplores the fact as we'll thai
there should be in their midst ono
| who is SO perverted and malicious.
Several suspicious are expressed as
! to the identity OF the one guilty OF
| this f1cndisl display of religious ha-
| tired but the general supposition is
| that some reader OF that Violently
anti Catholic sheet Tho Menace
which has been extensively circulated
| throughout the Hills during the past
months was instigated to the deed by
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16

BY training he belonged to the Gen.
eral Staff, but during the Servo Bull
;garian war in 1885 he had, as COM
mander of the left wing of the Bull
garian army at Slivnitza, displayed
real powers as active commander and
greatly contributed to that notable
victory.
At Shoumla his qualities as leader
division was pronounced the premier
unit in the whole country. His next
appointment, as Chief of the Military
Academy at Sofia, offered him fresh
opportunities as trainer of men, and
the young officers who received their
military education under his immedi-
ate supervision are now nearly all
commanders Of companies, filling per-
haps the most responsible positions in
the fighting army.
Relations between the former teach
err and his pupils have always been
most intimate, and are marked by an
absolute trust, without which some of
the recent exploits in the Thracian
theater of operations would be almost
inexplicable.
In 1902 it became evident to every
one in Bulgaria that the army had
been tagging behind the times and by
universal consensus Gen. Savoff was
for a second time placed at the head
of the War Office.
The Macedonian question had been
lately looming on the political horizon
and the conviction was gradually set
thing in the mind of the nation that
before very long it's solution would
have to be entrusted to the arb:tra-
ment of the sword. Bulgaria was at
that time surrounded on all sides by
i'll will and could only rely on it's own
efforts. The realization Of this fact
formed the keynote of Gen. Savoffs
second administration and the famous
military law of 1904, the browning
izer.
This great act aimed at nothing less
than Transforming the entire nation
into a fighting machine. Many OF the
principles of his previous organization
were wiped out, the whole system OF
reserve troops transformed, the effect
being that in case OF general mobil-
ization the normal military forces oil
the country were increased sevenrold
The believers in traditions looket
askance at this revolution and Parlia-
ment had to be almost coerced into
sanctioning it, BUT the results of the
i present mobilization have enttrel,
justified the daring innovation.
This was, however, only one part Of
the stupendous work which Gen. Saw
off performed during the years 1902
OF. The armament of the artillery was
entirely renovated; the engineering
troops were for the first time placed
on a sound footing and a specia
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16
OVER THE NORTHWEST

Rochester, Minn.-Tuesday, Nov. s.
Timothy Sheehan and Miss Nellie
Mackin were united in marriage by
Rev. Father Condron in the presence
of forty relatives of the happy couple.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Celia Mackin, and the groom by
Michael O'Neil, a cousin. After the
ceremony reception and dinner fol-
lowed at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Julia Mackin. A great
number of wedding gifts showed the
esteem entertained for the young peo-
pie. After a brief honeymoon MIR and
Mrs. Sheehan will reside on a farm
near Simpson.
Blooming Prairie. MINI. Esther
O'Connor, daughter of Dan O'Connor,
and Charles Heron, son of William
Heron, of Newry, were married here
at the Catholic church Monday morn
ing, Nov. 4, Rev. Father Murray Off
ciating. Both are highly esteemed
young people. Miss O'Connor is a
graduate of the Blooming Prairie high
school and has been successful
teacher. They will make their home
OH the farm Of the groom's father in
Newry. Their many friends extend
hearty congratulations.
Benson Minn.,-Harry, the 15-year-
old son of Mrs. Catherine McGough,
OF this city, died on Wednesday fore
noon, Nov. 6, at their home, from
the effects of complication of dis
eases that began some time ago with
an attack Of rheumatism. The little
fellow had been ailing and under a
physicians care for the past two
months or more but was able to be
about and attended school until Fri
day. On Saturday evening his condi-
ton took turn for the worse and
from then on he failed rapidly in spite
Of all that could be done for him. His
taking away is a sad blow to his fam
lily and his young friends. He was a
sophomore in the high school and an
exceedingly bright boy and could not
work until his illness forced him to
remain in bed. The funeral services
were held from the Catholic church at
$3.50 a. m. Friday. The remains were
shrouded in the garb Of the altar boy,
81. position which Harry had filed for
some time. Interment was made at
DeGraff.
Anoka, Minn.--On Thursday, Nov. Z,
at st. Stephens church, Miss Sadie
Ct. Doyle and Clayton Il. Raney were
married by Rev. Oliver Dolphin. The
bride is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John Doyle, and i graduate Of the
Anoka High school, The groom is a
wc]l known young man and both bride
and groom have many friends here
Miss Esther Doyle was bridesmaid
and Ralph Talbot best man. we'd
ding dinner was served at the home
of the brides parents. They will make
their home in Anoka.
Bird Island, Minn.--Rev. J. NJ
Cleary, of Minneapolis, delivered one
OF his popular lectures at the opera
house to a large audience last Mon.
day evening. His address was one OF
the best heard here in many years
1t was the first number of the lecture
course at this place.
Faribault, MINI. 49, Archbishop Ire.
land arrived in this city last Satur.
day evening and was tho guest O.
Rev. ]. j. Slevin at the parochial resi-
dence Of the Immaculate Conception
parish. Sunday morning he preached
at 1890 o'clock at high mass at the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16
is inf1ammatory ISLANDERS.

Its inf1ammatory ISLANDERS.
The same train that conveyed the
dcsecrated vestments to Lead also
carried an express package addressed
to Bishop Busch containing three full
sets of Mass vestments in different
colors, donation from The Taber-
nacle Society of Omaha. These will
be blessed and assigned to the Her.
mosa chapel by the Bishop into whose
hands they were so providently and
timely placed.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16
men in the country"
Yes, l know that" replied Thomas.
cts turned me OUT

What makes you think the baby is
going to be a great poltician?" asked
the young mother anxiously.
iii tell you," answered the young
father, confidently; "he can say more
things that sound we'll and mean
nothing than any lad ever saw.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16

Hello Thomas, what are you home
for?" asked the boys father. ut isn't
holiday time, is it?"
NO." replied Thomas, looking round
the place.
Il thought You were not coming
home until the end of the term?''
Changed my mind" was the reply
of the young hopeful. "And I'm not
going back. either.''
Don't like it there" replied Thomas
Il thought it was nice school,
said his father. "Why, that school
has turned out some of the smartest
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-16

twenty-five years have brought to the
forefront no one combines in a more
perfect degree these two supreme
qualities of leadership than Gen. Saw
off, and never has fateful appoint
responsibility, been greeted with a
more unanimous chorus of approval.
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en by mail postpaid receipt of the price, Send
Address all order. THE IRISH STANDARD
226 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, Mimi.
The following adnr
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-03
All Complimentary verbiage Is Ordered Cut Out

ed the pruning movement and when
he got through with 1t nothing was
left but the s~uperscription SIR and
the signature OF the writer outside the
message to be conveyed.
Along with the excess verbiage the
army has also discarded the elaborate
system Of recording the business Of
the various branches Of the service by
means Of lengthy letters detailing
what might pass in the ordinary
course Of the days work as business
conversations. Major Brown would
write a three-page letter to Lieutenant
Colonel Black. who sat opposite him In
a division of the war department.
Black would be sitting 80 close to
Brown that the dictation of the letter
would disturb the peace and quiet Of
the latter's days work, but the letter
was part Of the method OF keeping the
record straight. Under the new sys-
tenn the conversation of Brown and
Black will be noted and the result re.
corded, thereby saving much time and
q good-sized amount of government
stationery and clerk hire.
The shorter method is making a big
hit with the younger element in the
army.
"One does not have to be any more
respectful to the chief Of staff than he
does to his striker now" said a sec
ond lieutenant, fresh from Philippine
duty. who recently was p~itchforked
into the department by reason Of the
newly applied operation Of the detach-
ed army rule.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-03

Blaycock's still" The next day Ger
rard's still was 'cut down"
The following day, at a camp meet
ing. gossip said BlayIock had "re-
ported Gerard to the 'revnoo on
GERS" and Blaylock says he traced
the gossip to Henry Gerard. II went
home and fetched nah gun, and I
went over to see Gerard. He said
he didn't kyar TO tarry and talk with
me, and I'd Just up with NAH gum
and allowed he bettah tarry a-bit.
wal, some other bodies stepped in
and ! took FER train up this away
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-03
Car Fare Was Wanted by a Georgia Moonshiner

A RNOLD A. BLAYLOCK, twenty
IA eight years old, said to be the
finest specimen Of a genuine noun
tain moonshiner ever captured In the
national capital, who was arrested he
other night after he had surrendered
himself at police headquarters M an
nounced he was a fugitive from the
"reynoo officers was released when
the police learned he Is not q fugitive.
Blaylock's little scheme to trick the
police into paying his railroad fare
back to his farm In the mountains OF
White county, about 20 miles from
Gainesville. Ga, was turned inside
out BY the police when they received
word from Gainesville that Blaylock
is not wanted there.
The moonshiner was arrested q few
weeks ago for alleged Illicit distilling,
but he furnished 5000 bond and is
free to go and come until HIS case ia
called for trial in October. 1t remain
ed for Biaylock to explain why he
suddenly left his home and iourneyed
to Washington, and in the explanation
be revealed a feud In embryo.
Two years ago BIaylock sold 500
acres Of land to Henry Gerard. q
British Columbian. Some weeks ago
Blayiock's cows destroyed Gerrard's
corn. Gerard thought the destruction
was adone apurpose." Then the rev
enoo off'cers' came and 'cut down
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-03

that they would suffer for it. But It
all shows the horrible plight of poll
tics in this country and Is a disgrace
to the nation. How the London
dailies and weeklies will exult at
these revelationsi How especially
will the Saturday Review rejoice at
a justification of almost every fling
1t has made at American corruption!
Can anything be said in reply? Very
little, We can only construct a dia-
bolical plot by Archbold, Penrose, ct
al, to ruin Mr.. Roosevelt and the
Progressive cause. There r very
few things to justify such a theory.
Among these is the death OF MI.
Bliss and the fact that his books as
treasurer of the committee were de-
stroyed by him; so that any accuse
ton whatever could be made and no
proof of his falsity could be pro-
duced. OF course this argument Will
apply as we'll to the other side OF the
Ease. Naturally the Standard OIL peo-
pie are furious at Roosevelt for his
prosecution Of the trust and would
do almost anything to checkmate his
ambition to be president again, but
that they would devise such a plot Ia
hard to believe. II we inject MI.
Penrose into the affair, we may say
that his $4,000, 900 story about the
Progressive campaign this year Is so
absurd that 1t Is difficult to credit any
of his charges. On the other hand,
Roosevelt's relations with Hartman
during this campaign were such as to
make 1t probable that he welcomed
contributions. We know that he
asked Hartman to help in the New
York state campaign Of that year.
And 1t was no worse to ask Hartman
than it was to ask Archbold. More
over the distinction between state and
national campaign funds is mythical.
The burden Of proof is decidedly OF
the colonel. He ought at once to
produce some proof. Let him testify
himself, and especially let him pro-
duce Mr.. Cortelyou, Then we shall
still have an unsolved question but
the burden may not seem so heavy
against the ex-president.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-03
Feet Must Be Studied by Officers in the Army

of the infantry will receive like atten-
ton.
Company commanders will person
ally inspect the bare feet Of their
men before a march is undertaken"
reads the order. while on the march
they viii personally see each day that
their men wash their feet as % as
possible after reaching camp, prick
and e~vacuate blisters, dust the feet
with foot powder supplied by the
medical department, and put, on clean
socks"
BY way Of emphasizing the heces-
sity for obeying this order. another
clause says: Hereafter an undue
amount of foot injury and disability
from shoes will be regarded as evil
dence of ~ineficiency on the part OF
the officers concerned as cause for
investigation"
Then there is thus further lnstruc-
ton:
Company commanders will cause
the proper trimming of nails, removal
or pairing of corns and callouses, re-
lief Of painful bunions. treatment OF
ingrowing nails, and other defects.
sending serious cases to the surgeon"
There is one phase of the order that
will be appreciated by the bachelor
infantrymen. 1t ia that "darned 10
or socks with holes. will not be worn
p -Ef"-
In marching"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-03

ID EFORM in the army co~rrespon-
N dence is the latest development in
Major General Leonard Woods plan
for increasing the efficiency Of the
fighting force. Under orders from
the top" the complimentary verbiage
under which all communications be-
tween officers of the army and be-
tween those officers and the war de-
partment have been carried on have
been ordered cut out.
Such army forms as Colonel Smith
presents his compliments to Lieuten-
ant Jones'" as the precursor Of a sim
pie request; the subscription, 7 have
the honor to be. yours with great re-
spect;" repetitions Of titles at the be-
ginning and end of communications Of
a most trivial nature, will hereafter
be eliminated.
The army correspondence forms
date back to the days Of the Colonial
forces of King George III. Letters be-
tween army men, when official in their
nature, use line after line Of compli-
mentary p~hraseology to put forward a
ten-word request. General Wood start
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-03
Rat Psychologists Trying to "kid' Uncle Sam

A ssIsTANT Surgeon General VII
"A liam Colby Rucker Of the pub.
lie health service announced Aug. 81
that he was searching for a new kind
OF rat trap. to be adopted as the Of
fetal trap of the service In It's war
against the bubonic plague. He has
now in his Office rs models for rat
traps of many designs. together with
about fifty drawings and written sug-
gestions for traps, which he will ex-
hibit before the International con-
gress of hygiene and demography.
RAT psychology has evidently been
the subject Of deep study on the part
of inventors and would-be inventors
who are trying to market their ideas
in my Office" said DR.. Rucker, "and
the interesting thing is the wide d.
vergence of the conclusions that have
been reached. An Iowa student sent
me the following suggestion:
""Take an iron pot and place a rock
in the middle. Fill the pot with water
even with the top of the rock, 80 as to
make the rock look like an island.
Float a piece Of cheese on the water.
The rat will jump for the cheese and
after falling In the water will climb on
the island and scream for help. The
entire rat family will rush to his aid,
dive overheard to his rescue and then
kill each other fighting for a foothold
on the rock.
another trap of simple type sug-
gested was the bran barrel trap.
was told to cover the surface Of a pail
of water with bran; to fix a plank
platform to lead to the edge Of the
water and to cover this with bran. 1t
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-03
EXPOSES THE TARIFF FRAUD
American company's Offer Of Steel
Rails to Manchester, England, Is
Illuminating.

Recently the city of Manchester,
England, wanted steel rails for it's
roads. The contract was not a large
one, but when it was advertised the
bidding for it was sharp and bitter.
Manchester is In the iron and steel
district of England, and in a position
to command the lowest price on the
domestic product.
When the bids were opened, how
ever, 1t was found that an American
concern, the Lorain Steel company Of
Johnstown, Pa, had made the lowest
offer. In round figures, the Lorain
company would sell for $4,000 what
its English rivals demanded $55, 900
for.
The American company was pre-
pared to manufacture the rails, pay
freight and handling to the Atlantic
seaboard, pay freight and handling by
sea to England, and again pay freight
and handling to Manchester, and still
make a profit on It's sale at nearly
ten per cent. under the British price.
And yet, in the face Of such a show
ing as this, the stand pat Republican
still maintains that the present tariff
on steel rails Is absolutely essential
to the prosperity Of the industry In
this country. The steel business is
still to him an infant industry, even
though it can go into the heart Of
Britain and win contracts in competi-
ton with hard-headed, close-calculat-
ing manufacturers Of the tight little
isle.
AS 1t is with steel, 80 1t is with a
number Of other products of u man
ufacturing plants, and with much OF
our raw material. Some day the Amer
lean citizen will wake to the fact that
he has been swindled by the tarin
mongers who have fattened on his
toll, and then the day Of reckoning
will come. VI
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was predicted that the rat would eat
his way to the waters edge and then,
beholding what he thought to be q Q
OF bran. would dive into 1t. thus end
ing the romance of his life.
MANY suggestions for e~lectrocutfon
outfits have been sent in, but all of
these are of such complicated design
and would cost 30 much to manufac-
ture that they have no value for III
purpose.
"One of the box traps Is lined with
mirrors. The rat is supposed to be at
tracted within by his reflection and
to wander around twirling his mus
taches until by accident he encounters
a spring which releases the door, thus
penning himself in.
1.-THE 'sneeze' trap Is simplest in
construction and least expensive Of
all the models which have been sub
mitted. It consists of a pasteboard
tube two inches In diameter, lined
with cotton batting. A powder Of cay
enne pepper and snuf is sprinkled ON
the cotton and the tube placed oEer q
rat hole. The inventor said the rat
would sneeze himself to death when
he poked his head out Of his hole"