Wheatland Weekly Watchword (Wheatland, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 29, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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NEW NAVAL ACADEMY CHIEF
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Capt. John Marshall Bowyer, who has been
selected to be superintendent of the Naval
academy at Annapolis to succeed Capt. Charles
J. Badger, who will go to sea with the Atlantic
fleet next month, was In commanl of the battle-
ship Connecticut In the recent world-girdling
voyage. At one time he also did a tour of duty
as naval aid to the assistant secretary of the
navy.
Capt. Bowyer is well-known at Annapolis.
After serving there as a midshipman, he re-
turned, in September. 1891, as an instructor, and
remained tberg until 1894.
lie waB born la Indiana, but was appointed
to the academy in September, 1870, from low»-
He was graduated four years later. He became
an ensign on July 17, 1876. v master May 28.
1881. and lieutenant, Junior grade. In 1888. His first Bervice at sea wa. on
the Powhatan in 1874. From then on he had a varied career in the navy. Ho
lasted from 1881 to 1884. Then back to the Michigan on the lakes agai
from 188* to 1887. Following this, in 1887-88, Capt. Bowyer did duty as an
Instructor In the torpedo service. Afterwards he was
station, and served on the Omaha from 1888 to June, 1891.
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IN BRITISH SPOT LIGHT
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Reginald McKenna, first lord of the ad-
miralty in the British cabinet, who Is the man
of the hour in England because of the unprece-
dented severity of the naval panic, for which he
must In the final casting up be held really re-
sponsible, holds a position unique In British
governmental affairs. To begin with, he is
probably the best liked man in public life. He
Is brilliant, in a way, and lovable in every way.
He is very popular, very fashionable, very ath-
letic and very statistical. The commons likes
him immensely, while It has no confidence in
him whatever. He has no particular antece-
dents socially, and is said to have been selected-
for preferment in the first place because be
pulled stroke oar when Cambridge won a notable
victory. To add the final touch to the absurdity.
at bin position, he represents as an M. P. a constituency that is mainly a
labor one, full of miners and rough iron workers, who roar during the cam-
paigns at every reference to his perfect elegance of dress, his irreproachable
tie and gloves and spats, and then elect him again. i
It was McKenna who, as first lord of the admiralty, called the halt in the
British program of big battleship building—a halt which enabled Germany,
arch enemy, to steal a march and badly Jeopardize Britain’s supremacy on
the sea. When the true situation became known a few weeks ago, parlia-
ment asked for an explanation from McKenna. That delightful young man
responded promptly, cheerfully, frankly. Any other statesman would have
keen damned by the humiliating confession he had to make. But be con-
fessed in his own charming manner, achieved a victory in the ensuing de-
bate and sat down finally amid a storm of applause from the commons that
bad listened with amazement to his admission—applause that told he was
more firmly fixed In its affections than ever before.
AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA
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William Woodville Rockhill, who has been
selected by President Taft for the post of am-
bassador to St. Petersburg, Is the present min-
ister to China. He baB won laurels In the diplo-
matic service of the country under various ad-
ministrations, and his coming promotion will he
generally approved.
Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Rockhill was edu-
cated at the noted St. Cyr Military college in
France, and on his graduation was appointed
sub lieutenant of the Legion Etrangere, for duty
in Algiers. He entered the American diplo-
matic service in 1884, when he was made sec-
ond secretary of the Chinese legation. He
served there and in Korea until he resigned
four years later to undertake his Journeys of
scientific exploration in Mongolia and Tibet for
the Smithsonian institute.
He has been third and first assistant secretary of state, minister to
Greece, Roumanla and Servia, director of the bureau of the American repub-
lics, and was special commissioner from the United States to China following
the Boxer troubles.
Besides being a diplomat and an explorer, Rockhill Is a writer of intereat-
and has six or eight volumes of excellent character to his credit.
OL. LEVISON
RI ANT was a little
startled by the news
that his daughter was
engaged to be mar-
ried, subject to his
fatherly approval.
Still, be felt that
there was no need
for worry. Dorothy
was 20, and since her
mother's death had
been left almost en-
tirely to the car* of
her Aunt Mary at
Poplarville, while her father was oc
cupied with his business affairs in the
city. It was natural, therefore, In her
lack of adequate parental protection,
that she should turn to matrimony as
the most convenient and comfortable
refuge.
Col. Brant hau come down to Pop-
larville In response to an invitation
to deliver the Memorial day address
at the public exercises to be given un
der the auspices of his old Grand
Army post. He had formerly been a
resident of the town. That was be-
fore the growth of his business neces-
sitated its removal to a larger field,
and made it advisable for him to take
up bis abode in the city. Dorothy
spent the greater part of her time
in Poplarville. She was not partial
to city life, especially as it sepa-
rated her from Aunt Mary, who was
a second mother to her, and from the
old homestead, to which she was great-
ly attached.
It was Dorothy who met Col. Brant
at the railway station when he ar-
rived on the evening preceding the
30th of May. 1885, and it was Dorothy
who blushingly confided to him, on
their way to the bouse, that a very
handsome and a very worthy young
man had been paying court to her for
two months past.
“He will call on you this evening,
papa, to ask your consent,” she said,
softly.
-•The deuce!” growled her father.
"You have already given yours, I sup-
pose V
"Why, papa—of course.”
And so it came about that Richard
Cballoner, the fortunate suitor for
Dorothy’s hand, called at the home-
stead that evening and was formally
Introduced to Col. Brant. He was in-
deed a handsome and dignified young
man, whose frank geniality and
courtly manners had already made a
stanch ally of Aunt Mary and at once
made an agreeable impression on the
colonel. He was a budding young law-
yer of unimpeachable Virginia stock,
who had recently established himself
in Poplarville for the praclico of his
profession and had bounded at once
into popular favor.
In the course of the evening Col.
Brant and young Challoner retired to
the library on the second floor of the
bouse to Indulge in a quiet smoke and
a private interview. Here Challoner
broached the subject of his love for
Dorothy, and soon gained the consent
ing sort,------------- , . .
For the most part these deal with the people, manners, customs and history
of the least known Asiatic lands.
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GOTHAM BRIDGE ENGINEER
Kingsley L. Martin, chief engineer of the
department of bridges of New York city, is at
the head of the gigantic work that Is giving the
metropolis the most remarkable system of great
bridge connections the world has known. With-
in five years It Is calculated that Father Knick-
erbocker will have expended in the construction
of his bridges the tidy sum of 3250,000,000, and
the direct connection of the greater city with
its neighbors will constitute the world’s wonder
in the way of centralized traffic.
Martin, the head of the great work that Is
going forward, is not yet 40 years old, but his
connection with the big bridge problems of New
York city has been continuous from the day of
his graduation from technical schools in Brook-
lyn and Hoboken. His father was chief en-
gineer In the building of the Brooklyn bridge, a pioneer structure in the sys-
tem. and the son had active part in that work. The young man then took
charge of the work on the WIlllAmsburgh and Richmond bridges. The only
wore the blue regimentals of the
northern army; the other was clad
in confederate gray; both were stal-
wart, typical soldiers. The artist had
caught the spirit of the encounter; his
genius bad endowed it with life, ac-
tion, atmosphere. The play of the
muscles, the expression of the faces,
the fire in the eyes of the combatants,
were wonderfully realistic. The pic-
ture represented the exact moment
when the federal officer, gaining a mo-
mentary advantage over bis adver-
sary, was ending the fight by driving
his gleaming sword through the con-
federate’s body.
“That painting," said Col. Brant,
coming up behind Cballoner and look-
ing over his shoulder, “is no favorite
of mine, it memorizes an episode in
my career as an army officer that I
would give worlds to forget The art-
ist was an eye-witness of the scene,
and his portrayal is spoken of as the
work of a master, but I should have
destroyed the thing long ago if my sis-
ter bad not begged permission to keep
it. My sister is Dorothy’s Aunt Mary,
you know. She. fully understands
that it is not to be displayed on the
wall when I am in the house, but I
suppose this Is a case of forgetfulness
on her part.”
He paused, but Challoner did not
speak or move. In a sorrowful voice,
the colonel continued:
“The picture Is calculated to perpetu-
ate the memory of a most regrettable
affair. As you probably know, one of
the nastiest skirmishes of the war
took place only five miles from this
spot. Poplarville was in a panic. But
we managed to beat off the enemy,
and they were spon in full retreat,
with our boys in hot pursuit. At the
very beginning of the chase the horse
ridden by the young colonel of a rebel
regiment stumbled and fell. I hap-
pened to be close behind this man
when the accident occurred, and be-
lieving him to be badly hurt, I quickly
dismounted to render him such as-
sistance as I might. But apparently
he was not hurt at all. With a yell
he sprang to his feet and rushed upon
me with drawn sword. Of course, I
had to defend myself. Three times
during the fierce fencing that ensued I
begged him to desist and avoid un-
necessary bloodshed. Twice I was In
a hair's breadth of being killed by his
skillful onslaught; hut in the end I
was victorious, and he fell. I intend-
ed only to disable him, but, unfortu-
nately, my blade passed clear through
his body. Six weeks he was in the
military hospital here before he
finally succumbed, and his body now
lies in the Poplarville cemetery. By
the way,” suddenly exclaimed the
colonel, “his name was Challoner—
Col. Challoner—the same name as
yours, I believe. My God, sir, I
hope he was not a relative—a—a—”
The words died on his lips, for at
that moment the younger man turned
slowly around and faced him. Richard
Challoner was pale as death; his
breath came In quick, excited gasps;
his eyes shone with a fierce, vindic-
tive glare.
’He wqs my father!” The words
fairly hissed through his clenched
teeth. “I am Col. Challoner’s son.
And you were the man who killed him
—you—you! By God, sir, you shall
answer to me for that act!”
Col. Brant was struck dumb with
horror.
“My reason for coming to Poplar-
ville to begin my business career,”
continued the young man, hoarsely,
was because my father lay in your
cemetery here. I wanted to be near
him—to care for his grave. I never
dreamed—”
He broke off suddenly and seemed
to restrain himself by a strong effort.
Then, with a quick, nervous gesture,
he turned on his heel, and without
trusting himself to utter another
word, he strode from the room. At
the foot of the stairs he met Dorothy,
who was waiting for him. The sight
of his white face and blazing eyes
startled her.
“Richard! Richard!” she cried.
He brushed past her without an an-
swering sign, took his hat from the
rack, and an instant later the hall
door closed behind him.
dead, let us not forget the graves of
those other brave fellows whose rest-
ing place Is in our cemetery—the men
who were pitted against us in that aw-
ful struggle—who fell as devoted mar-
tyrs to a cause which they believed
to be right Reinember tl-vm, also,
with your flowers, your tears and your
prayers.’*
In a secluded part of the cemetery^
that afternoon Richard Challoner
stood alone beside a grave which was
marked by a granite headstone bear-
ing the name of his father. So occu-
pied was he with his own gloomy
thoughts that he did not notice the
timid, hesitating approach of Dorothy
Brant until she was within a few feet
of him. He straightened up then, and
greeted her with a solemn, courtly
bow, while his cheek flushed. The girl
was very pale, and her eyes were red
with weeping. She carried an armful
of roses, whidh she silently and rev-
erently deposited on the dead confed-
erate’s grave. Then, facing the man
opposite with a look of pitying appeal,
she took from her bosom a letter and
handed it across to him.
“Read this, Richard,” she said, in a
frightened, quivering voice. “It was
written by your father to my mother
many years ago, before I was born.
It has been preserved among mam-
ma's other treasures, left at her death.
Aunt Mary found It last night, and I—
we wanted you to see it, and—please
don’t refuse, Richard.”
“Written by my father to your
mother?” he said, slowly, with a deep-
ly puzzled look.
“Yes, yes. Oh, please read It. It
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Curious.
“It’s curious,” said Uncle Ebea, “dot
lot o’ folks will hardly notice do
speeches of de country’s brainiest men
an’ dat dey’ll read every word of what
an ex-champlon of prize-fish tin’ has to
say!’—Washington Star.
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Division of World’s Races.
Of the races of the world, 600,800,000
are white; 700,0000,000 yellow, 216,000-
black, 35,000,000 brown or Malayan
and 16,000,000 red. or American In-
dians.
Dog’s Long Journey to Old Home.
Nearly a year ago Frank Kennedy
and hie family moved to Nebraska
from this county. Their dog, a fox-
terrier, evidently did not like the
west and ttyday, footsore and almost
atarved, it limped Into the yard of its
old home.—Canal Dover Correspon-
dence, Pittsburg Dispatch.
Immortality.
Faith in immortality cannot be ac-
quired from another. One cannot con-
vince oneself of immortality. In or-
der to know faith in immortality it is
necessary that it should be, and in
order that it should be it is necessary
to understand that your life consists in
Hs being immortal.—Tolstoy.
Belated Appreciation of Genius.
Centenaries, bi-centenaries end ter-
centenaries are quite the rage. Every
week we do homage to the memory
of some great man whose genius the
world has taken one, two or three cen-
turies to recognize. It is somewhat
late and often ridiculous.
Dutch to Have Celebration.
The Dutch will celebrate the cen-
tenary of the re-establishment of na-
tional independence by a world’s fair
at The Hogue in 1913.
Reverently Deposited on the
Confederate’s Grave.
will help you to understand. This is
my last request, Richard."
He said no more, but took the let-
ter from its time-worn envelope and
read:
Mrs. Levlson Brant.—Dear Madam: It
pains me to learn that your husband's
supposed responsibility for my condition
has almost prostrated you. jjray do not
worry on that score. I assure you from
my inmost soul that I not only forgive
your husband, but I have already begged
his forgiveness for forcing him to commit
an act which he so deeply deplores. The
fault was entirely my own, and I alone
am the one who should sufTer. Believe
me, I am profoundly sorry for what hap-
pened, and it is not a sorrow that is in-
fluenced by selfish considerations, or the
fear of death. Since 1 have been in this
hospital Col. Brant has become my most
valued and best-beloved friend. What he
has done for me can never be told, but
he has made me realize that there are
true gentlemen at the north as well as In
the south, and that ho is one of the
noblest men in the world. I thank you,
dear madam, for giving me this oppor-
tunity to say that, so far from feeling
resentment, I entertain only sentiments
of warmest friendship and gratitude to-
ward your husband. Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM CHALLONER.
The color came and went In the
young man's face as he read, and the
light in his eyes softened to' a tender
glow. Finishing, he crumpled the let-
ter convulsively In his hand, and
came round the headstone of the
grave at a half dozen quick strides.
“Dorothy,” he cried, seizing her
hand, “this is a glorious revelation to
me. Let us hunt up your father at
once. I will go down on my knees to
him if you like. With you for a wife
and Col. Brant for a father-in-law I
shall be the happiest man !n Poplar-
ville.”
Business Minus 8eience.
The average English business man’s
sphere of vision is limited. He is not
scientific, as compared with the Ameri-
can, German or Japanese merchant.
He regards his business too much as
a means of livelihood or an occupation.
He does not enter into it or conduct
it on a sufficiently lofty plan.—London
Modern Business.
Confessed Too Soon.
Raphael Boisbluche, an attendant at
the hospital of Sant-Malo, France
fell dangerously ill some weeks ago
and when all hope of his recovery had
been abandoned he confessed that he
had been the author of several mys-
terious fires. He has now made a mar-
velous recovery, and is bewailing his
rash repentance in jail.
Jewish Desth Rsts Light.
A writer in the Western Medical Re-
view declares that in spite of the so-
cial conditions which surround the
mass of the Jewish population of the
world, and especially in the large
cities of America, where they form a
large percentage of the population, the
death rate among the Jewish inhabi-
tants Is but little over half of thatot
the average American population.
Must Fulfil! One’s Mission.
Do not cell for death because it Is
hard for you to live. The entire bur-
den of the world on the shoulders on
every mortal being compels him to ful-
fill his mission. The only means of
freeing one's self from this burden la
in the fulfillment of one’s mission.
You will be relieved only after you
have done the work assigned to you.
—Emerson.
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intomaptton In bis work was when be served in the naval militia during the
Spanish war.
Pennsylvania has no state flower,
Nebraska and Texas have
the golden rad; California, the poppy;
Colorado, the purple columbine; Dela-
ware. the peach blossom; Idaho, the
eyringa; Iowa and North Dakota, tho
wild rose; Louisiana and Mississippi,
magnolia; Maine the pine cone;
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Michigan, the apple blossom; Minne-
sota, the lady's slipper; Montana, the
bitter root; Oklahoma, the mistletoe;
Oregon, the Oregon grape; Rhode Is-
land, the vioMt; Utah, the sego lily;
Vermont, the red clover; Washington,
the rhododendron, and Kansas, the
suMflewse.
of the grizzled old father to the pro-
posed marriage. When they were leav-
ing the room, after finishing their
cigars. Challoner's attention was at-
tracted to a picture on the wall, and
he stopped to look at 1L In a moment
he seemed deeply interested. Then he
caught his breath sharply, and
gripped a chair to steady himself.
The picture was a painting in oils,
evidently the work of an artist of more
than ordinary talent. It was a wan
time scene, representing a battlefield
in perspective, with troops engaged in
a running fight in the background, half
obscured by clouds of smoke. In the
foreground were the figures of two in-
fantry officers who had crossed swords
la n duel to the death. One of them
The day which custom has set aside
for the annual decoration of soldiers’
graves dawned bright and beautiful.
Poplarville was In holiday attire. The
air was freighted with the perfume of
flowers, the buildings were gay with
bunting, flags floated at half-mast, and
the Poplarville band discoursed pa-
triotic music in the public square.
Col. Lewiston Brant mingled with the
veterans of his post, and not a few
remarked his grave demeanor and the
unusual sadness that seemed to have
settled down upon him. Apparently
be had aged ten years In as many
hours. Col. Brant delivered his Memo-
rial day oration with an eloquence
born of deep feeling and sincerity. He
moved all hearts by his simple, touch-
ing tribute to the heroes who had laid
down their lives in their country's de-
fense, and closed with this ap-
peal:
“But while we are honoring our
The Veteran's Dream.
We mot last night in the old post hall.
And some of the boys were sadly
missed;
Twenty present, ah, that was all—
The rest hud answered the great roll call
Out of eighty-nine on the charter list.
Then up spoke Bates of the Twenty-third,
Who had served all through till the war
was done,
“It’s a long time, boys, since their names
I’ve heard.
And I move we call them one by ene.”
So they read each name and to my ear
Came words borne forth on the evening
breeze—
It sounded to me like a faint: “Here,
here.”
And I knew they answered that roll call
clear
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And cried: “Old comrade, what means
all this?”
Then he said as he tapped on his muf-
fled drum:
“We are railing the names of the ones
we miss—
The twenty boys who have not yet
come.”
Then he gave the order: “Right bj
twos.”
And they smiled on me as they marched
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But their “tramp, tramp, tramp” I did
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Till old Bates shook me: “Having •
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Come, old pazg, I go heme your way.”
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