Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-12-26

while his name Is on every Amer
leans lips but soon he Is forgotten
this man who would be the first to
assasslnate an American President.
That dark fame is to be reserved
for John Wilkes Booth who is to
succeed where Lawrence failed and
send Abraham Lincoln to a mar
tyr's grave.
But If Death passes by the Chief
Executive In this first month of
1875, before the new year Is scarce
ly half over 1t will knock at the
door of the chief justice of the Unit
ed States. 1t Is a position which
he has held for "a years, the long
est In the history of that high trlb-
unal. On July 8 in Philadelphia will
die John Marshall who had been in
tiuential In bringing about the rati-
fcation of the United States Con-
stituti0n and whose Interpretation
of that document during his long
service on the supreme bench has
imprinted indelibly his name upon
the law of our land.
While such great events as these
are taking place back in the East,
a little town In Missouri Is the scene
of another event. seemingly unlm-
pOrtant at the time but destined to
result In many hours of delight for
, thousands OF later Americans. On
November 30 Florida, Mo-, becomes
the birthplace of a hoy who will
bear the name of Sam Clemens
when he grows up to be a Confed-
crate soldier. a Mississippi river
pilot, a miner and a newspaper
man in Nevada. But II will he un-
der the name O.. Mark Twain that
he will be known far and wide. and
American literature will he enriched
by his tom Sawyer" and "Huckle-
berry Finn" and "RoughIng II" and
life on the Mississippi" and In
nocents Abroad"
In the Missouri town Of Florida
a boy Is born, but in the state of
/. Florida, as this year 1875 dies, some
brave men will die In the outbreak
of n of the costliest Indian wars
In American history. On December
% the fierce chieftain of the Sem
Inoles. Osceola, creeps stealthlly up
to Fort King and shoots down Gen.
eral Thompson, the Indian agent,
and five other white men. And on
that same day his fierce trIbesmen
ambush the command of Mai.
Francis l.. Dade near the WIthla-
coOchee river. A monument which
stands on the grounds Of the Unit
ed States Military academy at West
Point tells the story-''To c0mmem-
crate the battle of the 18th Of De-
cember between a detachment of
the One Hundred and Eighth Unit
ed States troops and the Seminole
Indians Of Florida, In which all the
detachment save three fell without
an attempt to retreat"
Thus begins a w~ar-an0ther war
caused because the white man will
break solemn treaties-whlch Is to
last seven years and which is to cost
the United States the lives Of near
ly 1900 soldiers and nearly as many
settlers and volunteers. not to men,
ton a money cost Of $4,000, OO0l
. o
December 81, 1884. Nine O'Clock
In San Francisco and Portland and
Seattle. But into thousands of
homes on the Pacific coast come the
blowing of whistles, the ringing of
bells, the footing of horns and the
singing and shouting of human
voices. For 1t Is midnight In Bos-
ton and New York and PhIladel-
phIa and the magic of radio Is car
rylng instantaneously the sound of
their celebration clear across the
continent TO those who will not sim.
ilarly celebrate for three hours yet.
The old Year Is dead The New
Year Is born What historic events
will come ia pass In this year 1881