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noWN11.1111111...P., r a . . :TALKS Of NIIINITON --,-t . , i. . ROOSEVELT MAKES IIITIRRINS SPEECH BEFORE pENNSYL- 1 VANIA UNIVERSITY. \ Says Washington areil.lnoilln are TWO of the Oreat.t Men In a Nation Famous for the Great Men it Has Given the World. As a nation we have had our full + share of great men, but the two rams of preeminent greatness who, as the *centuries go on, will surely loom above +all others are Washington and Lin- coln; and it Is pacualarly flttlag that their birthdays 'should be celebrated every year and the meaning of their lives brought home close to its. No other city in the country is so closely Identified with Washington's career ail Philadelphia. - He served here in I1'/5 in the Gontineutal Can - great. He was here as commander ' of the army at the time of the battle of Brandywine and Germantown; and , it was near here that with that army ' he faced the \denolate winter at Valley Forge, the winter which marked the turning point of the Revolutionary ; war. Here be came again as presi- dent of the oonyenUon, which framed ' the Constitution, and then as presi- dent of the United .13tatekand finally as lieutenant -general of, the army after he had retired fro& tite presi- dency. One hundred and eight years ago, Just before he left the presidency, he Issued his farewell address, and in it he laid down certain principles which he believed should guide the citizens of this republic for all time to come, - his own words being, \which appear to me all-important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.\ Washingtoe, though in some ways an even Mater man than Linc.olu, did not have Lincoln's wonderful gift . of expression—that gift which makes . certain speeches of the rail-splitter ... '../roin Illinois reed like the - - Ituiplred ' utterances of the great Hebrew'. seers ' and prophets. But he had all of Lin- coln's sound common sense, far-sight- edness, and devotion to a lotte ideal. .I Like Lincoln he sought after them by thoropghly preptical methods. These . tad); eget Mliticans can fairly be called the best among the great men of The world, and greatest among the good men ol-th orld. Elteh showed tii actual pm ice capacity to se- cure ander our system the priceless union of individual liberty with gov- ernmental strength. Each wee as . free from the ulcer of the tyrant U. _ - front the vices of the demagogue. To each- the - empty futility of the mere -- - doctrinaire was as anen as the base- ness of the merely self-seeking poli- tician. Hach was incapable alike of the wickedness which seeks by force . of arms -to wrong others and Of the no less criminal weakness which falls to provide effectively against being wronged, by others. Among Waehingtone maxima which the two following: \Observe good faith and Justice toward all nations,\ , he bequeathed to hie countrymen were and \To be prepared for war is the •-most effective means to promote peace.\ .The two principles taken : together should form the basis of our ' wholcfotelati policy. Neither is se- , hetet& liken .by itself. It is not 1 t ' merely an Idle dream, het a most mis- chievous dream, to believe that navy ?Strati:Mfg — fron wrongdoing Will id - sure us again being wronged. Yet„ on 7Throther .hand, a nation prepared for . war is e wee -are tee Mankind unless \the national purpose Is to treat °GAT 'nations with good faith and inatiee. In any constotinIty it la. neither the coardentieute an WI le a craven at fIW hew, *or ;y the ' , bod, l and strong ludil. mart wif e modal lipase, who Is orredl use f,o he congaunity; it is the ' taan . who to strength and courage adds a realizing sense of the moral obliga- tion resting upon him, the man who ' has not only tte desire but the power 'Ito do his full duty by his neighbor ; and .by the state. So, In the world at --large, the nation Which - is of use in the progress of mankind Is that na- tion whit') combines strength of char- acter, force of character, and Insist- ence upon Its own rights, with a MI acknowledgment of its own dielez to- wards others. Just at present the best way in which we Can show that. our loyalty to the teachings of Wash- ington Is a loyalty of the heart and not, ef thelles only Is to see to it that . the work of building tip our navy grata steadily on. and that at the same time I our stand toe international righteous - pegs Is clear and emphatic. f. Never SLIM* tile .beginning of our . ootty'skidatory halt the nevy been i h sed in ap...qpiust wet. Never -bas It libtritereMMer great and sometimes al service to the republic. It hits tot been too. strong tor our. good, though•often not strong enougd to do . all the good it should have done. Our possession of the Philippines. our - In- termit In 'the trade of the Orient, ow iluildleg UM Idthrelas Canal. our inset. Vence upon' the . Monroe Doctrine, all demand that our navy shall be of 'adte gutitealze ing for ffs site of under= peeled efficiency. 41 it Is strong, enough I belleee It will minimize.. the. chance of our being drawn Into for - alga-war, If we let it run down it_le as eettain as the day Mitt moaner or, later tte snail have to choose between a probably diseetrotteiTofeign War Or a. peace kept on terms that imply na- *WU humiliation.- Our navy Is the sweet guaranty of Peace and ,the Cheapest. Insurance against war, and •these who, tp whatever eapacitY, have helped to bend it up during the past tweet, years heve been in good faith most important of . the principles --a jnatIce and benevolence which can be hown, net by shirking our duty I4- abenclonftig to eelfalegtructIon . thole Walt to moversthemselves. but Joy' doing ,oUr ditty by staying, with. theanaati. testi/ling, them how to goy - eta thetheelves, by uplifting them spititetillly and materially. Here at henna we are obeying tbis maxim of • Washington's just so far as we help in every movement, whether under - ken by the nunent, or as is, d /should , t a often hee y volunta n amoller Pri tizens, for the ttermeat of ow people. Observe that Washington spouts both of justice and bepevolence, and tdat he puts _Mope. Ilast. We me* be generous, we must help our poorer brother, but above all we must re- memfber to be just; and the first step toward seceriu_justioe is to treat evert' rosin WOrthes a' matt, *hawing him no special for, but 80 far as may be holding open for him the door opportunity, No that re- ward may Wait upon honest and in- ttelligent endeavor, Again Washington said: \Cherish Public credit.\ Just at the moment there Is no attack on public credit, but if ever tile temptation adults again let gut people at the outset remember that the worst because the most In- eiduous form of the appeal that would make a man a dishonest debtor is that which pemuade him\ thatittis anything but dishonest for him to repudiate his debts.\ Finally, It is peculiarly appropriate when I have emne to this city as the guest of the UHversity of Pennsyl- vania, to guide another of Washing- ton's maxims: \Promote as an ob- ject of primary importance, institu- tions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.\ Eklucation may not make a man a good citizen, but most certainly ignorance tends to prevent his being a good citi- zen. Washington was far too muck of a patriot, had far too much love for his fellow citizens, to try to tea -oh them that they could govern them- selves unless they could develop a sound and enlightened public opinion. No nation can permanently retain free government unless it can retain a high average of citizenship; and there can be no such high average of citizenship without a high average of education, using the word In its broadest and truest sense to include the things of the soul as well as the things of the mind. School education can never supplant or take the place iR self -education, still less can it in any way take the place of those rug- ged and manly qualities which we group together under the name of character; but it can be of enormous use in supplementing both. It is a source of just pride to every American that our people have so consistently acted in accordance with Washing- ton's principle of promoting Institu- tions for the diffutson of knowledge. There to nothing dedirer tb our hearts than our public school system, by which -tree primary educatiog is pro- vided for every one within tsr bor- ders. The higher education, such as is provided by the University of Pennsylvanitt and kindred bodies, not only confere great - benellit to those able to take advantage of it, but ent tails upon them correspouding duties. The men who folinded this nation had to dad with , theories of govern- ment and the , fundamental prinelplits of free institutions, We are now con- cerned with a different set of ,ques- tions, for the republic has been firmly established, its principles thoroughly tested and fully approved‘ TWO WRECKS ON N. P. pessenger Trains In Trouble ,in the West End Tuesday Morning. The Northern Pacific had trouble with its passenger trains Tuesday, both the North Coast Limited and the Twin City express getting more or less in the ditch, The traits met at Trout Creek, the Limited speeding Its way to till': coast after a brief r atop, for a new engine, Just before Benin was reached, a spread rail threw Av- ery car, with aks„exceptiog of the ob- servation car the s *Ark. Ipartu- nately, notste ne 41 r the coaches watt into the (ditch antt no one was seriously hiirt. , The Twin . City express got along swimmingly until it arrived at Plains and then gitst 'flair it had left the yards it crashed Into the rear end of freight No. G4 whkh had not fully pulled in to clear . . In the caboose were Conductor Snyder, Brakeman Murray and- 'to women, Midget Gil- bert and May Wright.' Al! of them were Injured, Stlyder's right leg be- ing -broken ht two places. The Gilbert woman WRS thrown up- on the pilot of the wasenger engine and bruised - The others - the caboose received more or less ser- ious injuries. - Two Women and three children in the possewr train were slightly Injurcfr 171 the The caboose and a fish .. car imme- diatei oat of it, Were ahnost com- pletely de iv and, catching fire, they were r ed to ;shed.. The Wright woman wea'reseued from the burning caboose by the crew of the Passenger train with vela diftieulty. Trafte was \delayed for about four honrs, the wounded being brought to Missoula at noon and taken to the compoify lumpily+. At last advices the passengers had recovered so ae to - proceed Go AN il li i !ourlieys and the occupants. of t its %Koine Were also _dclitrt nity7r, WOMAN. CONVICTED. Boise, Idaho, Feb. 23.—At 1.30• this morning the pi, jsiwned * - Verdi& of minselaughtar In the case Of -Jen- nie Daly. She is the Widow - of Chas. Dttly. - for whose murder William Beni Ty Hicks -Bond was ..• convicted last week of tourtier in +he first degree. Mrs. Daly; by her own eenfeetion, was privy to her husband's murder and rented a Mittel with Which to do the shooting. • _?_11 E 8 timpan — 4111811W — '777.1. fROM THE NEVADA MINES THOMPSON FALLS PROSPECT.* WRITES INTERESTINGLY TO THE LEDGER. Herman Hildebrand In Bullfrog Dis- trict Tells of Hay at $125 Per Ten and Other Articles in Proportion— LISIts Water to Be Found. • ,Tbe _Ledger has reeel — ved \he int- erims letter from Herman Hilde- brandt, the well known prospector who left a few months ago for Nevada. This letter will certainly be welcomed by those who wish truthful Informs, tion and is therefore given nearly in full: Manse, Nev., Jan, 30th, 1905, Deer Friend:— I just came from the Bullfrog coun- try, sixty miles north of here. Hig- gins and Ridge went in . with me on this prospecting flea , - I bought two horseenntt - a Wegoe and left Caliente about the sixth of hurt month and travelled over desert and mountain to get Into the Bullfrog country. They have some very rich ore there. It is about of the same character as the ore of the Standard near Libby, Mont, only you can see more free gold. • I prospected twelve miles south of Bullfrog, the country around the camp is all located for about ten miles. This is good country to prospect in, and a big one, but a very hard one. Water is scarce and provisions very high. Hay is selling for $125 per ton; grain is $8 per sack, 80 pounds to the sack; water twelve cents per gal- lon; lumber $160 ster thousand and every thing else in proportion. I prospected: In a country that has lots of quartz but did not find anything worth locating. I have been trying to get burros ever since ate,rted. They sell in this country for from $60 to $100 each, and are hard to get at that. A good many prospectors have . horses and wagons. The horse feed alone amounts to from $80 to $100 per team. tziont14. This is the first chasms I have had to seed a letter, as ,there is no post °Mc at Bullfrog. They have five tow /a starteth alreent towns, the big , ged one has itbout 250 tents. The best coulitry of all that I have seen is aboutiforty miles northwest of Tonopah, and I am satisfied that the Tonopah mineral belt 'Is 11111filiig through there. After I am through prospecting here, I will go over there. It is a better country, for water, grass and ,timber. I had to cross the Amargoaa desert, a sandy waste, fifty miles without wa- ter. The water In this country is all warm. There is a little stream of water running about fifty inches on the head of the desert. It runs about a half a Mile and sinks. They call that the Amargosa river. The climate is very fine, a little cold at night, but nice and warm dor- lug . the day. I have not seen a drop of rain or snow since I came here, but heve been in one sand storm. ISO provisions are about half sand now, but everything tastes good any way. There was a tliee for about a week we could not afford to wash' ourselves on account of nestvcity of water, but that does not make much dIfereece here as one is covered all the time with dust. My hands and face are all cracked on account of the alkali dust. They say if one is- here five or six months the alkali will not take any more ef- fect on the skin. They also tell me that In the summer, ime It Is impos- t° prospect here. This Is the time of yeit - r that a man can he out, so I have to hustle and strike a but mine before the hot weather comes.' and I- think I ran dolt. • Regards to all iay-friends. HEIRMAk FIILDEBRAND. ACCUSED MAN STILL IN JAIL. Percy Harris, Arrested at. Thompson, Is 'Awaiting Sheriff In Missoula. Percy Harris, the colored man who was arrested In Thompson Monday by Constable Frank Preston Is still in the ottuuty jail In Missoula awaiting the arrival of a' sheriff front- Wt Virginia who is expected to arrivqfin Missoula this afternoon to take is prisoner back to' West Virginia f r trial. Harris' alleged 'victim is al a negro. Hd asserts that be will turn to . West Virginia without isursition papers ahd that be ill have little clIfkiiity in proving in - Racists quite well kni3wn in °ma- son, having _worked for William Mc - Norton on his ranch near here for the molt few , nionths ..... • if you like the looks of The Ledger help it *long by subscribiag for it. ,• F. CHARLOT IN WASHINGTON. Chief of the Platheade Wilt Have Place In Inaugural Parade. Wily old Chief Chariot, whom nese ly every resident of Western Montana knows by sight at least, is now In Washington where he had beeu sent by a tribal council recently held to lay certain matters before the presi- dent and Montana's congressional delegation. He is receiving a con- siderable amount of attention from the press and la at least assured a place of honor in the parade on the occasion of President Roosevelt's In- auguration. A recent press dispatch has the following to say regarding the doughty old warrior: Chief Chariot, of the Flathead In- dians In Montana, is in Washington, on matters before the Indian office. Representative Dixon has made ar- rangements for Chief Chariot's par- ticipation in the inaugural parade on March M. \Chief Chariot,\ said Mr. Dixon, \will be -given the place of honor.\ \Although the chief says he did not bring with him his war bonnet or his tomahawk, he promisee to make a showing worthy of _the Flathead's, Iii the great white father's parade.\ PLUG HAT' PARADE. Seattle, Feb. 22.—The largest plug hat parade on record was given today when 1,200 Elks marched through the streets of Seattle in a drenching rain decked out in all the ancient silk tiles that obuld be gathered from the four corners of the state of Washington. This afternoon the visiting Elks were entertained by a fine vaudeville pro- gram at the Grand opera house and tonight a banquet at -the Washington hotel completed the festivities which folowed the business meeting of the association. INVEISTIDATE CHINESE KILLING Victo#a, B. C., Feb. 22.—As a result of a masher of charges and counter h c,arges made by Chinese in loeal criminal courts, of perjury nection with the murder case tewitich two accused Chinese were acquitted, Attorney General Wilson has inter- vened to i make an investigation, believ- ing that the Chinese factions are usit the courts as instruments of vengeance, a process which will be stopped. CONFERS DEGREES. President and Emperor Hei --- nitiod , By State University. Philadelphia, Feb. 22.—President Roosevelt and Emperor William today received the degree of doctor of leers from the University of Pennsylvania. The degree was conferred upon the German emperor in absentia, Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German am- bassador, accepting the honor for his sovereign. The conferring of the de- gree was a feature of the commemora- tion of -Washington's birthday by the faculty and students of the university. President Rooseeelt was the orato of the day. He delivered a patriotic address on \Some Maxims °U.-Wash- &erten.\ Predident Roosevelt arrived here at 10:30, but it was not until ten minutes later that he tett his private ear and started for the academy of musk, where the Washington's birth- day exercises, under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, were to be held. Provoet C. O. Harrison of, the uni- versity, was waiting on the station' platform and -when the train pulled Into thp Broad street station, Mr. Harrison boarded the president's pri- vate esti add the twe chatted together for a few minutes. - There was an immediate crowd in and amend the station when the presi- dent appeared. A passage -way was made through the crowd and the dis- tinguished visitor hurried to a car- riage the a MY. The president's appear- ance him on the street was the signal for a great ovation. Broad street sta- tion is emy Ilea of pa !trent the when 13ma it y the As. play the.huilding were- crowded hundreds of ttutlents. who gave the Penney]. van * yell with vigor as the president appeared. President Roosevelt smiled an seemed to enjoy the deafening yelle._ After the degrees bad been confer- red the student body at the suggestien of ProVOst Harrison gave three cited's' for America, Emeland Cid \Tretinany The following cablegram from am-- peror William was received \to pit ! . vost Harrison: \I am truly glad that the nnlveralty has tendered me at - the saline time with President Roosevelt, tba'acadent. in honor that owe clothed Geerge Washington. I beg you to 'keen* eith my * thanks and my best Whine* for the Wintinned grehth -and prosperity of the university. WILIII0Lit, l, It.\ Mr Harrison cabled the following reply: \The University 'of Petaillirvanla thanks' your majesty for your greet - one message and welcomes to her unk versity body the names of your maj- esty, President Roosevelt and George Washington.\ Prestdeot Roosevelt has this after- noon entertained at Waltham by the First troop, Philadelphia city catal- rt• The route 'front, the army of only two blocks from the acad. music, but along the short march there were thousands this who cheered' wildly as the ett's carriage passed. When resident leeched the- building the exercises were to ,street Wes packed with human - It was several minutes before eeldent could enter the academy. it walke4 up the stairway a band \MU to\ the COM.\ Inside r , . , , 41. - • . • !. • '5r j • •••••••.• \ ••••.4. 7 U. S. COMMONER FOR THE !astir - OF MONTANA Filings and -7-) j —T inal.Pr' opts en Homestead - andlTimber Claims Those contemplating taking Stone and Timber Claims will save money by making filings before me. By do. lag this they will save expense of trip to Missoula. E. W. WILSON, 1:4 - 3.'Cornaiikiner 1 01140IMADDISSMIVIIMMigirdidelailitteinste WWI MatiletedaWeielintill Wittlealattlitheialltel Your Prescription Is a serious matter. If you have us fill it you make no mistake. The line of DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PATENT: MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, and Toilet Articles fs full and complete. .-:-Titompson Falls Drug Store • wirsvissesimstasesisessmoriermestaserskvismoostigissiwidi You HelpYourself When you help your . home paper. The Ledger will help you and each member of the communities in which it cir- culates. No business can thrive with- out the support of other busi- ness interests, therefore you are invited to join, and to join early the band of subscribers now Helping The Ledger mimic to the troop's armory,:where the luncheon was served, toolt.lbe president through the business center of the cite and the drive Was -a con- tinuous ovation. Atter the luncheon the , president Was escorted to the West Philadelphia Mallon of the Penanylvanle railroad where * huge' ceded WO.* halting. President Roosevelt walked through two deep tows of cheering people to the train platform. must before his train Tett Prosidetit Reoilevelt thanked the police dieters wber - escorted him slid said: \You know, I l tieed to be on the force, myself.\ HO departed for Washington at 3:25 p.m. • _ ecASENo oOt.oR i,ftiE. Richmond. Ky., Feb. —Berea col- lege has been fined 00 for a tech- nical vlaittion of e DelY act. which Prohibits oo-education Of the -white snd colored MOOS. The IMiSe will go at once to the conrt Of attPeehl of ealkor TIME CARD TRAINS Thomson Falls WEST BOUND • No. 1—North Coast Limited 3:15 am. No. 3—Peeille Expresa 6:55 p.m. No. 5—Burlington Exppreim 12:36 att. EAST BOUND. o. 2—North Coast Limited fi153 No. 1 1—Twin cur Ihtltneeti\\effranit NO. d—Burlingtah Relnwelf.-• 8:01 p.M. Kentuckr, and should that court up- hold the deelleou rendered today, the amid will be taken to the supreme court Of the United State's. •
