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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1901)
A Tbust o f John A. Dahlgren Mr. George E. Blssell of Now York has just finished a bronzo bust of tho lato Ilcar Admiral John A. Dahlgron, which is pronounced to bo an oxcellont portrait and an admlrablo ploco of work from an art standpoint. Tho bust will form a part of tho Smith memorial nionumont, which is to cost about SY. tShomat' protectant Epis copal Church. Bt Thomas' Protestant Episcopal church Is to bo congratulated on tho nccoptanco by tho Rev. Ernest M. Stlres of Chicago of tho call to be Its REV. E. M. STIRES. . rector, saya tho New York Press. That Dean Bobbins of Albany refused tho rectorship has boon the causo of deop regret, and in view of tho prolonged vacancy and tho difficulty of finding ono fitted for tho Important and exact ing position tho outlook has boon rath er discouraging. Mr. Stlres has a bril liant record of work dono in Chicago, and Btnco his oloctlon by tho vestry of St. Thomas' much nnxloty has boen felt regarding his acceptance. Within a fow days tho question has boen de cided, howovor, and although many re grets aro felt by his church In Chicago, tho host of frlonds ho has made among tho clergy and laity of tho city and dloccso, Graco church reluctantly but with prayora for his succoss has ac copted his resignation, leaving him froo to nccopt tho call of St. Thomas'. Mr, Stlres will contlnuo his official rota tions with his Chicago parish until Sep tember, when ho will enter upon hla duties at St. Thomas'. Third Hail XOill Sol-Oe Problem. It claims ot E. W. Fnrnham ot tho "Burlington" rond for his third rail do tlco for surface oloctrlo cars aro fully established by practical tests thoro is little doubt that his invention will completely revolutionize oloctrlo street railway traction in this country. Tho third rail in a Bystom ot electric traction corresponds to tho overhead wlro In tho trolloy Bystom. It is moro dnngorous. howovor, than tho over head trolloy by reason ot Its location. Tho voltago In tho ovorhoad trolloy and In tho third rail is high enough to bo fatal to human bolngs and other anlmala, but tho formor 1b supposed to bo boyond tho roach of anyono and honco tho daugor Is comparatively ' slight Owing to tho mechanical ne cessities of Iho dovlco It was novor dcomod posslblo to inaulato tho trolloy wire or tho third rail. In Mr. Farnhnm'B invention wo havo what appears to bo a "doad" third rail; at least that portion directly under tho car is tho only portion of tho third rail that Is allvo. By an ingenious mechanism consisting ot two "shoos" which at tho third rail tho circuit Is alternately oponod and closed. Ab soon aa tho eJioo loaves ow mil to pas3 to $225,000, and tako rank among tho fin est public monuments in tho country Tho monument proper has already been erected In Falrmount Park, but nil of tho figures and buBts which aro to adorn it liavo not yet been put In placo. Tho monument may bo un veiled July 4. Philadelphia Press. tho next ono tho rail which it leaves bocomos "dead" again, a switch forc ing It back Into placo. Until a shoo of tho motor car touches this "dead trolley feeder" tho electric current, which propols tho cars, does not be- como manifest. Tho third rail, as it lies on tho ground, is thcreforo with out electric .current and may bo touchod or stepped upon with safety. It Is easy to bco the traction possi bilities of such a device. By Its use tho power current can bo applied safely abovo tho surface, on tho surfoco, in a conduit botweon tracks or beneath thorn. It Is also apparent that It will result in groat economy of electrical enorgy through tho non-charging of the rails except when a car 13 directly over them. Youth's "Political Effacemcnt. A promlnont Tonnesseo man. Laps D. McCord, has beon sending out clr cular lottors to nowspnpers In tho Southern states and over a large part of tho rest of tho country asking how much longer Southern men aro going to bo excluded from favors In Demo cratic national conventions. Tho query Is timely. Its nutlior declares or in tlmatea that ho will "inako a slmul taneoiiB demand all over tho South for tho nomination of a Southorn man for Prosldont." Ho finds, on looking over tho list, that no Southern man has boon elected Prcsldont by tho Demo crats for over half a century, and ho takos tho sensible view that this ox- elusion of men from his Bcction from tho prizes of Democratic national con ventions has boon carrtod on long enough, and that n change ought to bo made nt once. It is his aim to in fluonce public sentiment in tho South so that that section will insist on tho nomination of n Prestdont from bo low Mason and Dixon's lino in tho Democratic convention of 1904. The Coif Reason Opened. Imp What amuses you, Biro? Beelzebub I seo they'vo had to put on an oxtra forco ot recording nngols up abovo Blnco tho golf season opeucd. In tho chlof room of evory Japanese houso thoro Is a slightly raised dais, which is arranged so that It can bo shut oft from tho rest ot tho room. This is a placo for tho omporor to sit should hu ever visit that homo. as the WORLD REVOLVES The Climax of National Credit. A fow years ago tlio credit of too United States was good, but not re markable. Some European financiers professed to doubt It. Even at bomo thcro were pcoplo who said tbat they wcro uncertain. Wo woro borrowing money nominally at four and five per cent, and actually at between three and four per cont When somebody suggested at that tlmo that United States bonds wcro really as good ns British consols, an English paper re sented the suggestion as an "Insult." Today tho verdict of tho market la that tho credit of tho United States Is not only good, but tho best in tho world, and not only tho best, but so Incomparably tho best that, as In tho first American Cup race, there 13 no second. Great Britain has not only lost first placo In tho credit column, but has yielded second placo to Franco, third to Russia and fourth to Oor- many. Tho Spanish war fought by us for humanity gavo us credit In all civilized countries. Britain's warfaro against tho Boors In South Africa has brought proud Albion to tho brink of ruin. Join- Ladies' Club. Tho LadlcB' Club of Berlin has Just received a now mombor, whoso stand ing in tho social world adds much to Its wolght Sho Is Frau von Bulow, wlfo of tho Gormau Imperial Chancel lor. Countess von Buelow 1b ono of tho COUNTESS VON BUELOW. handsomest and most charming mem bers of Borlln society. Aa tho wlfo of tho chancellor, she, of courso, is looked upon as a leader in matters in which tho smart set is interested. The Ladles' Club is a most delightful organization, which can hold its own for comfort, oleganco and accommoda tion against any club in London, Paris or Now York. The Horse and Electricity. It Ib now urged by an nutomobllist that thoso who drlvo about in the country nnd complain that their horses aro frightened by the motor cars havo themselves In very largo measuro to thank for their horses fright "Nono of them la so far removed from tho home of the motor car that ho could not send his horses over to havo a feod of corn bcsldo it and so grow accustomed to tho strango thing; and no owner of a motor car is so churlish that ho would not glvo permission for horsos to go to his b tables and rocelvo this lesson, It is suggested that if horso owners had but tho onergy to seo that this was dono onco or twlco their horses would soon grow used to tho motors. In tho French towns tho horses havo already learned to tako no notice ot thc,m. Jir Walter "Besant's Illness. Word -comes from London that Sir Waltor Besant's continued Illness la causing great anxiety to his friends SIR WALTER BESANT. ami no rcngiisn author has moro friends than ho. His latest work. "East London," Is said to havo stirred up somo strife because of tho writer's apparent attempt to "Americanize" English spoiling, but this qulotod down when it was loarncd that tho book was printed from plates mado in America. Cheap Asphalt ftr Pa)in$. Buftnlo has had nn experience in asphalt which is Interesting If not in structive. Bids wero nskod for sev eral streets and rcsponsos wero mado at figures ranging from $2.26 to $2.09 per squaro yard. A protest was mado, nil tho bids wero rojected and now bids wero taken. Tho now bids ranged from ?1.G8 to $2.02 por squaro yard, with only threo bids abovo $2. As tho re sult of a protest high prices In Syra cuse wero brought down to $1.C8 and $1,78 por squaro yard. Tho tlmo will como when all principal country roads will bo paved with asphalt. Iudlan- apolla Journal. WREWEH'S MATRTRIAGE LIBERTY HAU.,THOMP.SON.$ POINT.VT, WHERE JUSTICE BREWR AND, HM BRIDE ARE PASSING THEIR HONEYMOON. Miss Emma Miner Mott, who was married to Justice David Brewer of tho United States Supremo Court on Thurs day, had for tho last four years been principal of tho Morse school in Wash ington, D. C. Sho had long been Iden tified with educational work not only In tho East, where she was a teacher at tho Howard Mission, but after wards at Fond du Lac. While In Wash ington sho attended tho First Congre gational church, and was a mombor of Justico Brewer's Bible class, and It was thus that sho becamo a warm friend of tho family. Miss Mott was born in Chatcugay, N. Y., and Is a daughter of Dr. William and Eunice Hotv a Fortune Disappeared. Tho manner In which tho ontiro for tune ot n New York millionaire, Sam uol Wood, which was mostly given for tho purposo ot founding a col logo of music, has been dissipated, 13 a reflection on tho legal profession. Ot his bequest of a million dollars for this college not one dollar is now" available. Ot tho sums left to heirs little has beon rccelvod. In twonty throo years this fortuno has almost ab solutely disappeared. Tho story ot tho shrinkage Is as interesting as that of tho Stewart millions. Wood's will was admitted to probato in 1878. Ho loft $135,000 to relatives, tho remainder of the cstato, amounting to over 11,000,000, for tho founding ot tho Sam uel Wood Collego of Music. From tho day tho will was. admitted to probato litigation has never ceased. The first contestant of tho will was a nephew, who Anally obtained about one-third ot tho property. The remaining two- thirds havo gone. Tho executors re fused to establish the college, claim ing tho will was Invalid, and mean while were drawing sometimes as much as 9150,000 as salary and fees in a year. They wero also in continuous litigation with tho nephew. When they camo to a final settlement with him, and wero about to sell tho prop erty, another lawyer put in an ap pearance as tho attornoy tor somo of tho poor heirs, and stopped all pro ceedings. Then litigation began afresh. It camo out In tho Supremo court last week that $135,000 now remains of tho property In tho custody of tho court, obtained through a real estato deal. Now suits are to bo Instituted to dotermlno to whom this belongs. More than one-half ot It will go to tho lawyors. It will be surprising if tho heirs got a dollar ot It in tho end. Meanwhile tho only reminder ot tho million-dollar bequest Is a Uttlo organ 'in a Long Island village church. Wood, it appears, was fond of music in his last days, and was moved to buy this organ nnd glvo It to tho church. Its strains wero so pleasant to him that he concolved the idea of a great col- logo of music and made tho liberal be London's Sandal Girt., A crazo for wearing sandals has In vaded London's most exclusive circles and our artist In that considerable vil lage has dono his duty by portraying a roal pretty girl as sho actually ap pealed on tho Btrcet Not every girl . Minor Mott Sho graduated at tho head of her class at tho Oswego (N. Y.) Nor mal school nnd choso teaching as a profession. Several years ago ' Justico Browor built for himself a summer homo at Thompson's Point, on tho shoro of Lake Champlain, fifteen miles south of Burlington, Vt Ho called his homo Liberty Hall, and hero, surrounded by his children, all of whom havo grown to manhood and womanhood, ho spends his summers. Miss Mott for severnl years past has spont n part of her va cation at Liberty Hall as tho guest of Justico Browcr'B family. Tho honey moon Is being passed at Liberty Hall. quest already mentioned. Every dol lar of that million went Into lawyers' pockets. Gen, Cordon Uheir Idol. General John B. Gordon has been re elected commander of the Confederate Veterans without opposition and the scene that followed tho announcement that for ono year longer ho would pre Blde ovor tho work of tho organization was touching. Tho old soldiers sprang to their feot and cheered tho general with frantic energy. Delegates climbed upon their chairs, mndo tho building ring with their shouts and filled tho air with their waving hats as thoy GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, applauded him again nnd again. It was a minute or two beforo tho general could master his emotion sufficiently to express his thanks for tho honor awarded to him and to express his gratitude for tho expression of good will with which his re-election had been received. The Churches and Politics. Tbat is a formidable list of causes operating against the spiritual devel opment and progress of tho Christian church in Chicago, which was submit ted to tho Chicago Presbytery tho oth er day. It is not strange that some In London has taken to sandals yet, but enough of them havn Imwui in tho fashion to make It pleasant for any mnio ueing that has tho tlmo to watch for them, says a. writer In thp jnow xont uauy t'resa. teEQBE JU5HCE DfiVIP J?61AH WwER-j of tho ministers will bo a little dis couraged at times when thoy contom- plato tho long list of causes, nearly fifty in all, which work against spir itual progress. A few of these causes are of modem origin. Most of them aro qulto ven erable. They troubled Paul In Cor inth as they do preachers in Chicago. Covetousness, drunkenness, nnd tho lovo of dress wero sore evils in Now Testament days, oven as ft Hey aro in theso days. Though tho church has warrod against them for centuries It has no moro succeeded In rooting them out than it has uncharltableness, gos sip, false teachings, debt and poverty. Tho list of causes furnished to tho j Presbytery contains somo which aro f of comparatively recent origin. Ono of them is "tho low moral tone of poli tics." Another Is "political corrup tion." If theso are causes which oper ate against tho spiritual progress and' development of tho church, then It ap parently is tho duty of tho church to do all It can to do away with theso causes. Tho puzzling question is how, to do this without at thesamo tlmo mixing in politics. Thcro is a general feeling that the church should keop 1 out of politics. It Is duo perhaps to a fear that politics may pull It down instead of its lifting politics up, or perhaps to a disinclination on tho part of laymen to bo lectured by ministers about what they look on as secular and not religious matters. In vlow of this feeling, which is too strong to bo ig nored, how is tho church to fight lis now enemy "tho low moral tono ot politics"? How Is it to preach against "political corruption" and escapo tho reproach of "meddling with politics"? or Is the church as much of a falluro as a Christian institution as is the polltl cal party a falluro as tho harbinger of bettor conditions soclnlly and econom- lcally? Republic in Manchuria. In Manchuria, within tho territories of the emperor of China, is an Inde pendent republic. This unique repub lic has been in existence for upward of half a century as a regularly con stituted form ot government; though its existence appears to have beon un known to any of tho European powers, or to tho majority of European travel ers in tho .far east. The Manchurlan republic is situated in tho basin of tho upper reaches of tho River Sungari nnd south of Girln. It Is known by the namo of Tcha-Pl-Gou, and numbered originally, 10,000 citizens; whllo Its population is now about 100,000. In the beginning tho miniature republic was governed by a triumvirate, nnd subsequently by a prosldont, Chan-Yul-Pao, who took all tho executive powers Into his own hands and organized . tribunals, trade guilds, taxes, etc., and ixirrti 1 nfn1 M fl I ?t ' n t 11 of f Irto ci vwl rrr1 1 " aTJ mining. A email republican army was W created and has been perman titly maintained. In the battlo fought by tho Russians In tho valley of tho Sun gari, somo months ago, tho republican forco offered a far moro determined opposition than did tho Chlneso Impo rlal troops. The Jfobu Artillery Corps. Although the war department has not yet finally decided upon tho Insig nia for tho nrtlllery corps, recommen dations of a definite nature havo been made by tho quartermaster's depart ment. It Is proposed to have tho en listed men of tho corps wonx In tho front ot their forage caps crossed slogo ennnon of tho most modern typo. En listed men ot the light artillery will wear on their caps the number of thoir company In silver figures, nnd tho mon of tho heavy companies will wear tho number of their company in gold fig ures. For tho officers of tho artillery corps it is recommended that a mounted flold piece in gold bo worn on V tho collar of tho blouso. Ono ot tho prerogatives of a Danish member of Parliament Is freo service at any Turkish bath establishment throughout tho country. Y r