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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1901)
A HISTORIC MA.JSTSIOJV. T Current Topics ,4 the World Reoles I People and T EnJent tShc Otdcst Graduate. Ito.v. Joseph Warren, the earliest II v Jn graduate of Harvard college, has Just, eolobrnted his ninety-third an niversary of hln birth In his comfort ihlo homo In Worcester, Mass. Mr. Crown was graduated from Harvard .with the class of 1828. Ho was horn lit Urldgowntcr, Mass., In 1808, and (wan prepared for college by Rev. Pitt Clark at Newton. Soon after hla r;raduatton ho was married to hln first wife,- Mary J. Danforth, who died In 1830. At that tlmo Mr. Cro38 was principal of Chatham Academy. Tim young Harvard man ntudlcd for tho inlnltitry In tho divinity ochool of his tiwn university, and nl30 nt tho An dovor Somlnnry, and was called to the pastorate of tho First Congregational church of West Iloylston, Mass., In jlKIO. Thereafter ho lived for nearly flft years In ono house Ho wn3 a fnomber of tho state constitutional con vention In 1853 nnd of tho legislature n 1 873. Although approaching his iiontennlal, Mr. Cross Is nctlvo. clear headed und intensely interested In tho REV. J. W. CROSS. rtfr.it nt of tho world at largo nnd of tho old university of which ho la a gradu al ir. "Problem in Education, I Tho effect of tho parochial school upon. tho public school system is a thomo that Invites tho earnest atten tion of all thoughtful oducatora. Tho dlscusnlou of tho question at tho na tional touchers' convention at Detroit did not ollclt any Important Informa tion outsldo or tho Interesting fact that oxpondlturoa for tho religious schools nhow hoavy Increase and that thoso Hohools aro drawing from tho public mcIioo'h. ' With thouo factn If thoy aro facts nt n basis to work upon it would scorn .that tho Nutlonal Educational Associa tion Hhould bo nblo to conduct an In quiry that would dlscloso some of tho reasons why tho parochial schools aro drawing pupils from tho public schools. It Hhould bo nblo to ascortaln tho rea- Hons of parents for Bonding tholr chil dren to tho so-called rollglouu schools, U should supplemont thin dnta with In formation concerning tho curricula of tho latter schools and tho pedagogic uiolhoda nnd principles omployod. A JVaiad Queen. HlKht young beauties, all Bociotv leadorfl, attired In sorgo combinations, out minus Biiooa and hosiery, contested CONSTANOE MACKENZIE, for tho swimming chainnlmiHli! n Anv il London cablogram. Lndy Constnnco Machonzlo. nlcco of tho Duko of Huth. inland, and holross to tho Cromartlo wUitoa, won tho challongo shield gold modal for tho third tlmo In sncenHHlmi Medals provloualy won by hor woro worn on nor uioiiro. Hor beautiful ravon Hair foil ovor hor shouldors. Vhe Tolar Expeditions. Tho Poary rcllof oxpodltlon, undor tno command or N. L. Brldgcman ol Now York. Ima at Inst sailed. Mr llrjdgeman expects to llnd that Peary liaa discovered tho polo, and falllug that, has mado sumo Imporlant explor ations. Mr. 13, U. Baldwin of Illinois bun nluo loft TromBOo. Norwnv wiMi n flrst-claa outfit, a stanch vessel, and pioniy oi nogs, nnd expects to reach mo poio. Another north polo expodl tlon is that of Cnntnl tulu, who Intonds to enter thn !intli regions through norlngBtralt and drift w tno poio. in tho moantlmo four OX' podltlona, aermon, IJrltlBh, nnd Scan dlnrkvlan. aro about to mill rr .. south polar reglona. Tho trozoa North mid South havo lost IlOtlQ Of limit' fna. dilations for iidvonturous spirits bent MPw solving tho polnr myBtory, Thus far, uowovor, tho outcome of oxplora Uau has boon nrlnclnallv th of relief expeditions an oxporlonco iiKciy to no ropoatod In tho canes IMIdwln and Uorulor. of war on Hatf, Tho War of oxtormlnattlon on rats, which wau recently proposed In tho United States, Is being carried on with relentless energy In Capo Town, South Afrlcn. Tho rats aro charged with re sponsibility for tho Introduction of tho bubonic plague nto South Africa, and some weeks ngo a central "rat office" was estab WttCIVIHQ WflCE lished on tho docks at Capo Town, where a govern ment official was tatloncd, with In structions to pay six cents for every rat delivered there, dead or alive. For while It Bcemed that a third of tho people of Capo Town wero busy tuni ng captured rodents Into ready cash. Then tho supply of rats fell off to a consldcrnblo extent, nnd In order to stimulate tho hunters tho bounty was doubled, bo that to-dny a rat of any kind is worth 12 cents when delivered nt tho rat ofllco. Goo Many Colonial Com Societies. Thorn aro now thrco Societies of Colonial Dames, each ono of which claims tho solo right to use that title. Tho claim Iuih caused so much friction among tho dames, und nt times bad so seriously threatened to nrouso tho old revolutionary spirit, that ono of tho organizations wont Into court nnd domnndod that It should dccldo which ono of tho three wau tho one und only original Colonial Dames of America. Tho court tho Appellate division of tho supremo court of Now York for once was nonplused, and after long und serious consideration sustained tho ruling of tho lower court that nil thrco had tho right to use tho title In discriminately. Ah this decision vir tually says thero Is no ono and only orlglunl sot of Colonial Dames, nnd, moreover, denies tho right of mutual cxcluslvoncss, It may woll bo Im agined that tho Colonial Dames of all thrco societies aro In n state of mind which can bo hotter Imagined than de scribed. A recont writer proved that nenrly all tho members of ono society of Co lonial Dkmea who could traco nncestry back to tho "colonial times" wero descended from "utnunch old torlcs' who novor beenmo reconciled to tho acvernnco from slavish bondage to Britain. In this respect tho colonial dames should not bo confounded with tho Dames of tho American Revolu tion, who aro tho actual descendants of American patriots. Mayor in a Shirt Waist. Mayor Hnrrlson of Chicago Is a shirt waist man. Ho Joined tho cohorts or tho coatless last week and sont n thrill or wondor through tho sorrlcd MAYOR HARRISON'S 8HRITWAIST ranks or olllclaiuom when ho appeared nt his ofllco In tho morning with a plaited nnd borullled garment that showod tho manly outlines or his fig ure. Control of Balloons. A cable dispatch from Paris de scribed how Snntoa Duniont, tho Bra zilian aeronaut, ateorcd n cigar-shaped balloon around tho LongochampB race course several times, and, after cir cling around tho Eiffel tower, wont back to his starting point. Tho state ment, on Its fnco, Indicates that ono great difficulty In tho navigation ot tho ulr lias been surmounted. IMiB voyages In balloons wore mado forty or fifty yonra ago. Professor Wlso and thrco others started In n balloon from St. Louis lu 18D9 and travolod nenrly 1,200 miles, lauding In Now York. Long voyages wero ulso mado by pthor American aeronauts nnd by bnllonnlstH in Great Britain and Franco, but In ovory casa tho aeronaut was holplcRS. Thn balloon carried him, not whoro ho wanted to go, but where tho winds willed. Tho problem of sus taining a man In air and of (lying lhiVuf,!i t'..w r.lr waa solved, tut bal loonlug or that, tlmo was simply a mat ter or adventure. All tho efforts of aeronauts woro then directed to controlling tho largo balloons In uso. No ono Biiccooded. Thou catno experiments looking to tho construction of u balloon that would sustain ltsoir In midair and to tho ubo In connection therewith of a motive power and controlling nppnratus that would mako tho noronnut tho master or his machine. Many or tho now bal- loonB were controllable In quiet ulr, but wore utter failures whon It enmo to tests ot a practical nature. Christian Endca-Oor Grotvs. In tho ten years from 1890 to 1900 tho population of tho United States in creased from C2.C22.250 to 70,304,790 u gain of not quite 21 per cont. In the ten yearn from 1891 to 1901 the Christian Endeavor societies, whose annual convention has Just ended, In creased their membership from one million to four million a gain of 300 per cent. Not quite alt of this Is In America, for the Christian Endeavor societies havo been planted in all lands, but It needs' only a simple mathemati cal calculation to show that If these relative rates or lncrenso keep up It will ho but a matter of t.wcnty-llvo years or bo until all tho Inhabitants of tho United States become Endcavorors, nnd In less than fifty years tho socie ties will Include tho entire population of the globe. Hut without wnltlng for that consummation wo may congratu late ourselves upon tho vigor of an or ganization whoso solo purpose la to work for good. That four million young pcoplo can bo found to net with n single ono of tho mnny bodies formed to clovnto tho world Is a pretty fair Bet- on to tho sol Hah commercialism that is doing so much to drag mankind down. Has 128 "Detcendants. Tho Downgor of Abcrcorn who cele brated hor ninetieth birthday qulto recently, has moro living descendants than even Queen Victoria had. Her children, grandchildren, great-grand children, and grcat-grcat-grandchll-dren number 128, nniong them being lour dukes and heirs to dukcdoniB. Tho Dowager Duchess Is a daughtor or tho sixth duko ot Bedford, nnd was mar ried to tho Duko of Aborcorn in 1829. On hor olghty-sccond birthday, In 1894, thero was n family reunion, at which 101 of her descendants passed beforo tho venerablo Dowagor, led by her oldest daughtor, tho Dowagor Duchoss of Lichfield, with her thirteen chlldron und thirteen grandchildren, who wero followed by tho thirteen children and fifteen grandchildren of tho Countess or Durham. Tho children or tho Dow ager Duchess who aro still living nro tho prcsont Duko ot Aborcorn, Coun tess Wintorton, Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord George Hamilton, tho Marchion ess or Dlandrord, tho MaryhlonosB or Lnnsdowno, and Lord Ernest Hamil ton. A VlucKy Woman. Tho Countess ot Essox, who was Miss Adelo Grant of Now York beforo her mnrrlngo to tho head of tho ancient English family, Is giving London nn exhibition of American pluck. Whon It boenmo known that sho nnd her hus band both had exhausted their for tunes, much sympathy waa oxtonded, but Instoud of throwing up hor hands tho countess devised u way of earning both hers and her husband's living. Her plan is to rent apartments sho has had furnished In hor own taste, und tho high routs sho receives give hor a good Income. It is said tho tltlo ot Couutoss or Essex always has boon born by a beautiful woman, and tho present American owner ot tho tltlo particu larly Is greatly ndmlrod for hor beauty nnd charming mannor. Sho was tho bcllo of Now York and Newport boforo her marrlago to tho Earl of Essox, and onco was ongnged to mary Earl Calrna. Sho has a daughter or D, who promises to bo as beautiful as hor mother, and a stepson or 14. HoaRlztaltcr's Victus. Aftnr n !2.G00-inllo blcvclo trln through Soutliom Europe, John W. nookwalter. tho omlnont American economist and author, is convlnc. d that thero la troublo for tho worm In tno hlchof nrlcea for grain. Ho Is also convinced nttor closely studying tho peasantry of Europe that a cmla la liotwoon tho urban nnd rural populations of tho United States. After nvopa!nir llaiv irom onu lu onu, mm nrtnp crnHslnir tho Anonnlnos, Mr. Book- utvvt " - - - waiter predicts a groat struggle usiwoen tho agricultural mstricis aim wiu particularly In the United Statea. DotMtf Dochfjj 'AWf om Tho Maine Historical Bocloty baa voted to acept the gift of tho old his toric Longfellow mansion on Congress street, Portland, tondcrcd It by tho late Mrs. Anno Longfellow Pierce. Tho ac ceptance was mado only nftcr long hes itation, on account of tho conditions made by Mrs. Plerco, among theso be ing that the society shall make Its homo In tho building and prepare It for occupancy by other Plmllar organiza tions thnt mny wish to use It as a meeting place Another provision binds tho society to orect a hnll for its meet ings and accommodation of Its library, to connoct with tho main house, which must bo left substantially as it stands. It Is also provided that "the two front rooms upon tho first floor of tho house aro to bo kopt with npproprlnto arti cles for a memorial of tho homo of Longfellow." Tho cost of the proposed hall will he about $21,000. Tho Longfellow family will put tho houso In good order, and by tho provisions of tho will of Mrs. Plerco, as far as posslblo, tho home- An Automobile "Residence. A novel vohlclo that has attracted tho uttontlon or pedestrians along Wa bash avenue, Chicago, for some days Is an automobile house, belonging to Gcorgo Washington, 481 Wabash ave nue. It Is a traveling van propolled by a forty-horso power gasoline motor, A TRAVELING Uhc JVctv "Bible Rc-Oision. Tho now Biblo revision which la rcc- ommonded by a commltteo of tho Prot estant Episcopal church should not bo mistaken for a radical chango In text or translation. It It Is accepted tho church, It Is said, will havo a Biblo which ?otalns tho version around which tho loving regard of tho pooplo ccntersa, with tho addition of such notes and commentary aa aro suggest ed by a critical study. It is undenlnblo, however, that some ot tho instruction which Is proposed mny cause a momcntnry pain to tho less critical and tho less scholarly multltudo which has been brought up near to tho doctrlno of verbal inspira tion. Whon It Is explained, for ex ample, that tho century-hallowed close of tho Lord's prayer. "For Thlno Is tho kingdom nnd tho power nnd glory forever, Amen," Is not found In somo of tho early manuscripts, tho conflict of manuscripts must becomo really stnrtllng to pooplo who know llttlo of tho higher criticism and all of faith. For tho words havo como down as ait injunction from Christ, as an insepar able part ot his prayer, and their Im port and rhythm havo entered Into millions upon millions ot lives from generation to generation. Numerical Status of the JVcijro. Tho3o who havo predicted that tho negro raco, bccaiiBo of essential inferi ority, would ultimately die out as a result of unprotected contact with tho vices of tho whlto civilization will not find their theories supported by tho re turns of tholr censuB ot 1900. Tho negro, In fact, la holding his own. Ho hns gained a foothold on tho contlnont to which ho was trans planted In uondngo and not by hla own volition, from whLh ho cannot bo dislodged. Any theories advanced that may contomplnto his final oxtlngulsh mont will havo to bo radlca'ly revised whon tho tabulation ot population by nativity and color now going on In tho census bureau la romplotcd. Tno Washington correspondent ot tho Boston Transcript calls attention to tho fact that tho question of gain or loss lu tho negro raco has been loft In dtBputo by previous censuses. From tho figures at hand It seems probablo that tho negro population of the Uulted States In 1900 wo a llttlo over 9,000,- n 1 1 ; n . ii ill. uwort L9NGFELL9W'5 RESIDENCE like look of tho placo will bo retained by leaving sonio nrctlclca or furniture, especially thoso ot a semi-historic na ture. and Is Intended for u homo for Its owner and his wlfo during their wnn dorlngs about tho country. An old street car has been rebuilt tor tho body of tho house, to which aro added an observation und operating platform at tho front end, surrounded by largo RESIDENCE. 000. The ratio that tho negro bears to tho total In the states already count ed will mako tho negro constltuto 11.8 por cont of tho total population of tho country, as against 11.9 ton years ago. Professor Gcorgo C. Tlldon, a mln- Signor Crispi ojF Italy. Francesco Crlspl was born in Sicily, October 4, 1819. Ho took a leading part In tho Palermo Insurrection of 1848, and after Its failure went Into oxlle. In 1S&9-C0 ho organized an other revolution, lnndcd at Palermo with Garibaldi, and becamo a member of tho provisional government. In 18C1 he was electod to Uiq first par It was In tho Congress street man sion thnt Longfellow passed his ear ly life. His birthplace on Foro strcot 13 marked by a tablet. windows, and a porch In tho rear. Tho machinery Is mounted on a heavy Btcol frame, tho wholo weighing nbout four tons. Although no great success has aa yet attended Mr. Washington's ef forts to navlgato in tho now craft, ho believes that whon ho has put ten inch tires on It, with teeth to thom to catch tho ground, ho can movo his houso at a good paco whenever ho will. "Billion "Dollar Urust. A billion dollar cotton seed oil trust Is tho latest. Tho Standard Oil, though nominally only a hundred million dollar trust, is really a billionaire, for Its stock is selling on a valuation ot nearly $800,000,000 and la worth more. Tho billion dollar steel trust Is really a billion and a half dollar trust Sev eral of tho "community of interest" railroad Bystem run from a billion to two billions and a half apiece. Ex. Professor J. S. Kendall has resigned tho position of Commissioner of Public Instruction in Texas to take chargo of tho North Texas Normal school. Pro fessor Arthur Lo Fovro of Victoria, Texas, has succeeded him. Tho exportation of beer from France has Increased In ten yoars from 947,421 gallons to 2,144,030 gallonB. Hollnnd Is tho only country In Eu ropo that admits coffeo freo ot duty. eraloglst and tho author of Bovcral works on that subject, has been brought from San Salvador and placed In a sanitarium in California. Ho Is lu a stato of mental collapso duo to overwork and tho trying climate of tho Central American republic. liament of United Italy, nnd In 187C becamo president ot tho chambor of deputies. Ho was for sovcral years premier of Italy but resigned early In 1891, shortly after negotiating a settlement of tho claims against tho United Statea growing out of tho Mafia maaBacro In Now Orleans. Ho haa threo sons In tho diplomatic service.