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ZShc Late Judge Wood.
Judge William Woods whoso death
,wh rccordod ft fow day altico, was
;orn on May 13, 1837, at K.iruilttgton,
Marshall County, Tcnn. He left tlio
youngest of Ihrco children, tho other
two being girls. At tho ago of four
months William Allon Wood father
died, ywn ho was 10 ycara of age he
I qo Ills fiharo of tho work on thn farm
prul continued for four years. Ho was
(then Bent to Wabash College, from
which plnco ho graduated In 1859. After
leaving" collogo ho taught nchool at
Marlon, Ind., which wax broken tip by
itnu outbreak of tho war Ho beun tho
liractfco of law In 1873, Judge Wood-
THE LATE JUD015 woods.
fiu:wn at tho bar wan rapid. In 1873
lid wau olected to tho officii of Circuit
Judge of tho Thirty-fourth Circuit of
Indiana and wan ro-olocUul in 1874, In
'1880 Judgo Woods wan elected to the
'filato Ruprcmo Court bench In 1883
ll'rcfildeut Arthur appointed 'Judge
WaodH Bfl ynltcd States District Judge,
uiccoedlng Judge Walter Q. Gioahum.
On March 17, 1802, President Harrison
Mppolntod Judge Woods Judge of tho
United Hlatcfl novonlh Judicial cir
cuit, which ho hold until lilii death.
Uf ldcH a widow, two children survive
Mm, Floyd A. nnd Alice, Itotli of In
idlaiinpollH. I!o gained eolobrlty hy U
'wilng tho Injunction nmriiiat the rail
way htrlkors In 1894 nnd tiontuncad
Hugenu V. Doha nnd other oIIIcoih of
tho American Hallway union to jail.
Manchester's Municipal Trams.
. In 1895, ono year after Glasgow had
begun tho HiicccERful operation of Its
traiinvaya, tho City of Manchenter bo
h'nn to dohato the wisdom of Himllar
action, Tho matter wan carefully con
ildered for two years, and It was du
ally d'ccldod to munlcl)all7.n the tram
way Horvlco of the city and Install tho
overhead cloctrlo system In plane of
lioroo traction at tho expiration of the
cut-rating compnny'H lease of tho
fraclw In 1001. Tho company ondeuv
urcA (o withstand this project before
liarllamnnt, but Its offort wan uuhuc
oowifiil, nnd a fow day.s ngo tho drat
reconstructed linen, comprising about
eighteen mlloa of slnglo track, wero
opened by tho city with appropriate
ceremonies. Electrification of tho
- other Mnoa la proceeding.
, Gen., i Cornea' , Visit.
General Maximo Oomoz, the greatest
oldlor,.of Cuba, came to tho United
BtafcK with words of grutitudo to tho
American pooplo. IIo oxproaaoa tho
opinion that If tho Cubaua bad uudor
tbort Homo thlnga hotter there would
HN. MAXIMO G0ME3.
Ipt Jiavo been rio'inuch delay In tho
action of tho Cuban convention, and
ttdds: "Our pooplo simply want an op
liuiinnltr to dovelop their possessions
wid live In poaco, (reod from tho gall
ing VoUo which ban hold thorn boroto-
lore."
Undoubtedly Maximo Clonic Is ono
oftha romarkablo mon of tho ugo. Ilh
carcor ns a revolutionist in Culm was
one ol atrango advonturo, ot many
imcrlflccH endured with lndomltablo
fortitude, ot desporato courago lu'guor
rlllit warfare nnd ot moderate opinions
nu expressed ulnco tho freedom ot tho
Island was nccureil through the help
or tho U n I ted States.
1 A "Prompt Lesson,
' Tho city of Philadelphia has Juat of
fcrbd 'lor kAIo f OiOOO.OOO ot 3 per con
twhda and bnu fulled to find u pur
dinner. Only ono bid of $5,000 was re
celvcd. Borne bond oxpnrtu think that
tho frnncblso Hoandal has Impaired th
city's credit, an It well might. Others
Kay. that tho rate ot Interest offorod I
tqo lowl Hut however, that may bo, If
Air. Wniiamaltor's original otter had
jlioen accepted tho city would hnvo bad
to borrow only fO,COO,000 Instead ot
E9,O0O,O0O and might aoasouably huv
expected bettor terms. And It this now
.otfer should bo accepted and tho atol
on franchise Ifo put up at auction, un
ttraouut might bo secured that would
prevent tho ncccmlty ot Issuing any
boxCm at' all.
X5he Weekly
i "Panorama.
Hetuard of Heroism.
iiy a- display of much courage nnd
Ingenuity Edward . Mullvehtll, a bag
gagemaster, saved thn life of Mmc.
Schumann-Ilclnk In New York the
other day and at the name time pre
vented her from falling Into the hands
of tho polite who wished to detain
hor as a witness to a runaway. When
tho danger was over and she wan safe
on board the steamer on which she
sailed for nermany the famous prima
donna rewarded the horo by throwing
her arms around bis neck and giving
him a kiss. Tho question Is at once
raised whether the ordinary hero
would consider hlmcctf properly and
sufficiently rewarded for saving the
life of nu elderly song bird by a single
kiss from her ruby lips. If the value
of a prima donna'ii kisses Is to bo com
puted on the same financial scalo at
her high notes the most uiimerccnnry
of heroes might be excused If ho pre
ferred to take the equivalent of the
kiss in cash.' Such an equivalent In
the case of so famous and highly pnld
a singer as lime Schiimnnn-Holnk
might well amount to a Hum siirflclcnt
to allow tho humble bnggagemaster to
retire from business and live there
after on the Interest of his money. At
any rnto It Is to be hoped that Man
ager Qrau will not provo ungrateful.
Ho should at least send to Mr. Mull
vcblll a chock for a sum equal to what
Mine. Bchumann-Ilclnk would cam In
a slnglo evening.
Injustice to a Child.
Tho Ignorance or stupidity of the
conatablo and poltco justice who
brought a 13-year-old girl from Mntte
on, 111., to put her In tho county Jail
u Chicago, almost passes belief. Th
thl id is too young
to go to Jail for
any ylmo, a fact
which both these
country olllclnlb
should have
known. Moreover,
her offense nppeart
to have been noth
ing more than the
taking of some egg
from a lien's nest
found In
tho
grass along the
her home. A
all road
near
caused
clghbor
tho child's arrest.
and there appears to have been nobody
to defend her. Tho Justlco of tho
peace, whese duty It lu to know the
law lu such caso3 and to prevent ln-
ustlce Instead of Indicting it, has dis
played a degree of Ignorance that Is
highly discreditable. The mittimus by
which ho meant to send tho child to the
county Jail charges tho prisoner with
Inrcenl and lnsolltlng a lade," The
spelling is merely a surface indica
tion of the deeper Ignorance of the
duties of the position bo holds. This
hlld appears to need a llttto parcntnl
caro and attention rather than im
prisonment. Sho was promptly re
leased and sent homo by Judge Tuloy
of Chicago without trial.
An American Countess.
Though the Countcsu of Strafford
has been llttlo heard of since the sud
den death of her husband a year or so
ago, alio Is still as popular and as much
sought nftor as ever, and Is oxpectcd
to re-enter society ns soon as tho pc-
lod of mourning for Queen Victoria Is
over. Tlio Countess, as u well known,
In nn American woman, whoso flrnt
husband was Uio late mllllonalro Col
gate ot Now York. Sho murrlod the
Earl of Strafford In New York in 1898,
nnd bad there been a male holr result'
lug from tho union the countess would
now bo entitled to occupy Woitbnm
Castle and the houso in St. James
square, London, both ot which wero
put In order with her money. Tho Earl
was killed by a railway train, and,
COUNTESS OK STRAFFORD.
loavlng no heir, tho estate all wont fo
his brothor, tho Rev. Francis 15. C.
Ilyng. Tho countcsa visited hor mother,
Mrs. Samuel Smith, at tho Laurel
Houso, Lakewood, N. J., last summer.
Tho Countess has ono dnughtor by her
tlm uusbnnd.
Horses and the Grip,
More than fifty thousand horses la
New York city nro disabled by a dis
ease which tho votorlnnry Burgeons sai
ls tho grip. Tho symptoms nro tho
snmo ns thoao shown by human beluga
with that disease, Including tho sud
denness of tho attack and tho subse
quent woaknesB nnd collnpso. Tho por-
contngo of deaths among tlio horses al
un appears to bo about the samo as that
among people when tho grip first np
ponied la ita virulent form. Tho groat
est loss to tho owners of horces In
caused by tho Inability ot the animals
to work during tho week or two ir
which tho dlseaso runs Its c jursa.
Current Topics f
"Problem of Labor on the Farm.
Economist nnd students of indus
trial conditions who "view with
alarm' the constant Invention and
multiplication of labor-saving machin
ery In this country will find food for
thought In the prenent efforts that arc
being made to coax the Idlers and
hoboes from the cities to the western
wheat fields.
It Is the snme old Macedonian cry
for help from the farmers ot Kansas
and Dakotas." The harvwit Is ripe and
the reaprra are few. Vast fields of
golden grain nre already overrlpened
and the farmers are threatened with
heavy looses through Inability to se
cure the necessary help to harvest the
crop. Employment agencies and rail
road companies nre making th
most tempting offers to the unem
ployed. In some Instances wages as
high as 3 per day nnd free transporta
tion arc offered. Hut tljo Idlers prefer
tho overcrowded city with a meager
and uncertain livelihood to good wages
and plenty to cat on the hnrvest fields
of the Dakotas.
Jamucl Campers Hurt.
Samuel (Jumpers, president of the
American Federation of Lnbor, Is lying
III at his homo In Washington, D. C,
suffering from concussion of tho brain
and a possible fracture ot the skull.
While his condition Is critical, his
SAMUEL COMPERS.
physician says he probably will recov
er. He waa Injured ns ho alighted
from a car on which ho had been
Inking his two children for an outing.
Gifts to yalc and Harvard.
Commencement week Is the time
when the colleges "take stock" Hko
business drum and reckon up the finan
cial receipts of the year. Tho presi
dents of Ynle and Harvnrd have mado
announcement showing that the yoar
has been one of rcmnrkablo prosper
ity for both Institutions. In tho last
twelve months each has received gifts
aggregating nbout $2,000,000. No fur
ther proof Is needed to show that tho
remarkable new era of educational
donations and ot university expnnslon
continues unabated. Tho most strik
ing announcement is that of J. Pier
pont Morgan's offer to orect a group
of buildings for the Harvard Medical
School at a cost of about-11,000,000.
Tho buildings are to be a memorial to
Mr. Morgan'n father. Tho now archi
tectural building and an endowment of
$300,000 for that department have
been given by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Robinson ot New York. In addition
to these important gifts President
Eliot waa nblo to nnnounco that mora
than $750,000 In cash bad been given to
Harvard University In tho last year.
Horse with Straw Hat.
How are you, Mr. Horse? I seo
You wear a new straw hat,
And It Is qulto becoming to
You, too, I'll tell you that;
I watch you plodding down the stroot,
And as I stand nnd guzo
I think of those old Indies who
Wore shakers nnd looked much Hko
you
Hack In the glad, old days.
Ah, good old horso, I'm glad to sen
That some ono cares for you,
That some ono cures for you,
As I nnd others do,
Kind hands still smooth your mono,
that they
For whom you strain and sweat
Know that you havo tho sense to feol
Tho pnln ot woe, tho Joy ot weal
And, knowing, don't forget.
Chicago necord-Horald.
HftShtMiavrs Versus RaitUayf.
An nvnrnirn Biioed of forty-flvo mllea
nnr. imiir ixniiihlvo of stons. was mado
by tho winner of tho llrst run of 282
miles la Unco days' rauom'J""? mm
from PnrlR to Uorlltl. Which Is to b0
llnlshcd today. Doos this mean that tbo
railway Is to yield to mo niguway r
In (111 OYP pp.ilnclv aiiKKcstlvo article
in tho Juno North American Itovlow
Mr. II. O, Wells foretells tho recou
,.....iln nt mnilnrn cltleB In tills COUn
try through tbo nutomobllo moving
over now systems or uroau, smoiiiu
roads, carrying freight as well ns pas
sengers, eclipsing rnuroaus in enior-
n-iun Mtnfnrt. ndnntaui iiy. ami souuu
nA Imnrtlmntnir tho limit Of tllO QUO
hour's ride, and bo tho radius ot tho
"urban dlhtrlct," to 100 miles.
FO lJSTDEK OF
DAlWSOJV ciry.
Joseph Ladite, the founder ot Daw
son City In the Klondike, died last
week at his home In Schuylei Kails,
N, Y. He had not been well sinco his
return from Alaska and spent last
winter at Colorado Springs in a vain
senrcb for health. He felt a victim
ot consumption, contracted in the se
vere northern cllmnto. He leaves a
widow and one son.
Tho adventurous career of tho pros
pector was begun on a farm near tho
northern cud of lako Cbnmplaln,
where he was born, In his early man
hood Mr. Ladue went to tho fur north
west and finally located on tho Upper
Yukon, having been attracted by the
fine woodland In tho neighborhood.
Here he bought 1C0 acres ot land, built
a sawmill and established an embryo
trading post.
It was upon his land that gold was
first discovered In the Yukon region,
and Ladue's trading post became tho
prosperous city of Dawson, the north
ern city of gold. His estates In the
Klondike region, w.'th tho property
that he has sold aro said to be worth
several millions of dollars.
Mr. Ladue returned to his home near
Plattsburg In July, 1897, and told
strange stories of tho gold-mad colony
In the North. Love for Miss Anna
Mason of Schuyler Falls, N. Y., led the
gold king back to civilization. Sho
bad been engaged to Mr. Iaduo for
many years, and tho marriage bad
been postponed from tlmo to tlmo,
awaiting tho duy when tho lumber
business on tho Yukon would Justify
tho union. Fortuno was tho ally of
romance and Miss Mason became Mrs.
Daduo a few wccIib after her fiance's
return In 1897.
Deforo Mr. Ladue strayed Into the
Yukon Valley, In 1882. ho had spent
Designs for JVavJal Medals.
Congrees ordered that two medals
be struck to commemorate tho
nchloveinonts ot tho United States
navy In the campaign in the West In
dies during the Spanish-American
war; of these one is to be known as
tho battle medal, and the other as the
meritorious servlco medal. Acting
upon tho unanimous recommendation
of the Naval Board of. Awards, Secro-
'Russia and the "Bounty.
Unless Russia actually pays her sug
ar refiners to export their product our
law docs not subject her sugar to dis
criminating duties. Out- Bho does not
pay them. Sho simply rotunds them
tho amount thoy have already paid in
domestic taxes. Sho doesn't oven do
that completely. Sho gives them cer
tificates of export which may be used
in paying their taxes a year later, but
which aro worth 8 per cent less than
cash on tho spot. If RusBla did not col
lect any tax on sugar at all nobody
would contend that sho paid a bounty
on exports. If sho had a system by
which sugar designed tor export was
shipped directly abroad without pay
ing a tax, while tho tax was collected
on that retained, It would bo a bounty.
But becnuso sho collects her domestic
taxes from all sugar aliko, and thon
gives them back to exporters, not In
cash, but In tho Bhapo ct certificates
receivable for next year s taxes, Mr.
dago insists that sho pays a bounty.
If the remission ot a tax is a bounty
wo may aa well preparo for a tariff
war with evory country on earth, tor
there la not ono .of thorn that does not
clvo its exports that chunco to com
pete on ovon terms in foreign markets.
Correcting False Impressions.
Threo falso impressions as to tho
"Russian problem In Manchoorla are
disponed by Professor Q. Fredorlck
Wright ot Oborlln collcgo In an ar
ticle in tho Rcvlow of Rovlews for
July. Professor Wright was In Poking
at the tlmo of tho outbreak last May,
aid hlc ctcfir' f"1 city was
forwarded by tho llussian Aumirni
Aloxloff on tbo Chlnoso Eastern rall
rnnrt throuuh Manchoorla.
At that tlmo tho RusBlnn officials
hnd no apprehension of dangor In
Mimcboorln. They wero assured by
tho Chinese government thnt thero
would bo no uprising m mo aisiricis
or provinces travolcd by the railroad.
Professor Wright went in a construe
tion train as far ns tho railroad was
completed, or to a point thirty mllca
boyond Mukden. From thero ho wont
200 miles along the unfln'shed lino
ot tho railroad in Chtneao carta. Tho
THE LATE JOSEPH LADUE,
scvernl years In tho Black Hills during
tho gold excitement in that region, and
In Arizona and Now Mexico. Upon
his return from tho Klpndlko In 1897
ho brought with him gold nuggets
worth $3,000. He carried them about
with him nnd mado no secret ot It. As
be was passing through Chicago on his
tary of tho Navy Long has JUBt ap
proved of the above two designs for
tho battle rnedal. In Its report to Sec
retary Long tho board on awards took
particular palnB to point out that tho
battle medal la not conferred tor cer
vices rondored on any ono engagement.
It la. aa congress ordered, intended for
all tho mon who participated in tho
West Indian campaign, nnd bo It will
total Russian forco along this whole
line was one Cossack regiment, asso
ciated with a Chlneso regiment on
guard duty. Hundreds of thousands
of Chinese wore willing workers under
Russian superintendents. There were,
nowhoro Bigns of trouble, and there,
was absolutely no preparation for it
by tho Russians.
Ml along the route the Russian en
gineers had their families with them,
and wero confiding compllcltly In the
Chlneso workmen and soldiers. At
Leo-Bha-ku tho railway property was
guarded by Chlneso soldiers. At
Bcat For German Cat) airy.
ioura. now jtfiartr
These now lance boats havo but re
cently boon adopted for tho German
nrmy. When packed two boats weigh
about sixty pounds nnd can bo carried
by a slnglo hor3c. All that Is needed
for tho lanco boats is a water-proof
cover, from twolvo to sixteen lances,
nnd a few crosa-stlcks. Tho lances
forming the framework can bo tleu
together by tho troopers In flvo mln
utos. In anothor two the cover Is
fastened on and tho boat Is ready for
launching. Oars are mado, a lance
nnd a blado composed of canvas fast
ened to Btout pieces of stick. Some
times, to Bccuro further stability,
Unices nro laid across two boats, bind
ing them togothor. Ono horao can eas
ily carry two boats whon packed up,
I On tho old system It would rcqulro
FOUN DER OF DAWSON CITY.
return West a pickpocket stole
thj
eef
nuggets and thoy havo never bee
found,
Mr. Laduo was -1C years old. Ho wai
n typical miner in speech , and dresn
Uneducated, but naturally ot keen In
tcllcct, ho was a loader In each mtnln
camp that he visited.
go to those who wero at Santiago, oi)
at Ponce, or at San Juan, or at Ma
tanzas, or at Cardenas, or off CIcnfuo-j
gos, or to the fortunate few who wore)
In all of theso battles.
Tbo board stated tlyit it placed!
Sampson's head upon tho medal bo-'
causo he was commander-in-chief ot
the West Indian squadron, as the head
of Dewey was placed on tho Manila
medal. But the medal will not bo
known n3 tho Santiago medal In par
ticular, for tho reason that it will bear
upon tho reverse the nnme of the de
clslvo bnttlo in which tho recipient
participated. Tho additional battles
will bo represented by scparato bars
attached to tho su&pendlng ribbon, tho
latter red, white, and blue, ono bar
for each battle. Thus In tho caso of
an officer like Walnwrlght, who figur
ed in many engagements, tho bars
will be almost as conspicuous as tho
medal. Tho Sampson portrait Is In
profile taken from n likeness made
Just before the outbreak of tho Bpan
lsh war. On tho face of tho medal tho
inscription reads: "United States
Naval Campaign in tho West Indies,
1898 William Thomas Sampson, Commander-in-Chief."
Tho suspending bar above bears tho
American eagle over a design in oak
leaves. Tho reverso of tho medal
marks tho government's recognition of
tho BPlendid services of "The Man Be
hind tho Gun." Surrounding tho pic
ture on tho rim of tho modal Is a
handsome laurel wreath. The In
scription would read like this: "San
tiago (or Clenfuego3 or San Juan, etc.)
July 3 -(or the appropriate date), 1898,
John Smith, seaman, U. S. S. Texas."
Harpln, on tho Sungarl river, Russian
headquarters in Manchoorla, there
wore no apprehensions of trouble, and
ProtCBSor wrignt ana puny ewncu
down tho river Juno 27 for Kabar
ovbK, 700 miles distant, on tbo Amoor.
Hqlf way down tho steamer was or
de'red back by telegraph, as tho revo
lutlon liad come without a moment's
warning.
From this it is very evident that
thoso who at first claimed that Rus
sia connived to 6tart the war in Man
choorla wero cither mistaken or lied
deliberately.
2,000 men and 3,500 horses merely to
look after tbo transport of tho boat
If every squadron wero supplied with
two boats. With tho now boats, how
ever, only 500 horses are necdod.
HE LAIC
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