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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1901)
I Current Topics Cost of the Steel Stride. President Shaffer's public statement or the terms upon which the steel itrlko ljfis bocti settled contains ndth ng of lmportanco that was not known neforo. but hla nttack upon the Ameri can Federation of Labor and the Unlt n Mine Workors adds nnothor signifi cant item to the losses of the Amal gamated Association throughout the Btrlke. Mr. Shaffer indulges In bitter censure of Mr. Qompcrs and Mr. Mit chell becauso they did not call out their followers, Irrespective of con tracts, ns ho had done. His words Bcarcoly enn fall to complcto tho alien ation ot tho two largo organizations thus attacked. The strike also has shattered tho Amalgamated Associa tion itself, perhaps beyond repair, be sides making non-union mills of many which -wore nominally union before During tho two and n halt months of the strlko tho workmen lost nbout ? 10,000,000 In wages. Tho losses of tho company can be recouped to a consid erable extent, but lost time and wages aro never found again. Tho average nunibcr of mon Idlo during tho strlko was something over 50,000. At ono time tho number wns nearly 1GO.000. Sije Fingered Man, In tho current number of tho Amer ican Naturalist Professor H. L. Osborn gives tho tracings of tho hands and feet of n student at Hamllno Univer sity. Each foot is provided with a su pernumerary too. Whllo ono hand is normal, tho other Is provided with an extra finger. Tho case la that of a TRACINGS OF HANDS AND FEET, young man 25 years ot ago. His par ents, grandparents, and all of his rela tives so far as known were perfectly formed. Cases of this sort aro not un common, and aro known as poldactyl lsm. Central American German' German business houses' in Gauto nmla, Nicaragua and Costa Rica con trol nlmost tho entlro foreign trado ot tho flvo republics with England and California, besides tho entire traffic be tween Germany and Contral America. Tho shipping along tho Central Ameri can coasts is aUo to a large extent in German hands. These conditions are causing an imracneo loss of trado to Great Britain. With the taking of tho commerce from Great Britain has arisen in England a hatred of things German until tho nations that were at ono tlmo allies aro now not far re moved from the point of war. Moistens Stamps. Most envelopo and stamp molstencrs aro complicated or bulky affairs which are unhandy for use when it Is de sired to dampen a single envelope, but tho devico iu tho illustration seems to surmount theso objections. It is tho invention of V. E. Kontrick of Ver raont, who states that tho Implement is adapted for use with mucilage an well aB with water. Tho rear portion of tho molstencr Is a reservoir for tho stor ago of the water, which feeds through a tubo to the bottom ot the compart ment containing the sponge. Tho feed Is regulated by a valvo located be twecn tho reservoir nnd tho spongo, and the parts may bo easily separated -for refilling. To use tho molstencr it In grasped by the thumb and finger, as flhown, the linger pressing tho spring -tonguo against tho flap of tho envoi HANDY IMPLEMENT FOR DESK USE. ope to sqtu-ezo the water from tho flponso as tho envelope Is drawn be tween tho two with tho other hand. Richard Croker's visitors at his En glish country placo, Moat House, give a glowing account of his public ser vices aB n benefactor of Iotcombo. Not contont with beautifying his own prop, erty, ho la Improving tho village by widening and straightening tho publl-j roads, by oxtendlng a picturesque wall and by placing scats for villagers In tho moadows under the trees. Ho has also licensed the village boys to bathe In his new lake at certain hours and has promised to provido a fountain near ono of tho old mills. He has fur nished employment for a large force of workmen In improving his estate. News and views "Descendant of Hamilton Llcdtcnnnt Louis Hamilton ot tho Fourteenth United States Infantry, who commanded tho special guard of honor at tho Buffalo city hall and on tho train which took President Mc Klnlcy's body to Washington, Is' a LOUIS HAMILTON. great grandsou of Alexander Hamil ton. Premonition of "Death. Tn his autobiography. "A Sailor's Log," Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans relntcs a strango Incident of premoni tion which a fellow sailor had tho night before the nttack on Fort Fish er, In Jnnuary, 18C5. Ho says: "Wo had on board tho Powhatan u fine young seama" named Flannlgan who came from Philadelphia. On tho ulght of Jnn. 14 ho camo to my room with a small box In his hand and snld to me: 'Mr. Evans, will you bo kind enough to tnko charge ot this little box for mo it has some llttlo trinkets in It and glvo It. to my slater in Phila delphia?' r nsked him why ho did not dellver-lt hlmoelf, to which ho ropllod 'I aro going ashoro with you tomor row and I will be killed.' I told him how many bullets It required to kill a man in action and In other ways tried to shake his convictions, hut it was no uses ho stuck to It. Ho showed no nervousness over it, but seemed to regard it ns n matter of course I took tho box, and, after malting a proper memorandum, put It away among my things. On tho afternoon of tho noxt day, when wo wcro charging tho fort, and Just as wo camo under fire, nt About 800 yards, I saw Flannlgan reel out to one Bide nnd drop, the first man hit, with a bullet through his heart. I stepped quickly to his side and asked if ho was' badly hurt. Tho only reply wns a smile as ho looked up Into my face and rolled over dead. Tho box was delivered aB 'o requested, and I afterward assisted .n getting a pen slon for his Bister." Woman as Hill "Poster. MIsb Cora Guthrie Kimball Is tho only woman In the United States, and SIRS. KIMBALL. in the world, probably, to bo at tho head ot a bill posting company. Miss Kimball Jives in Moultrie, Gn., and there sho canies on a very successful business. Miss Kimball turned to bill posting aft'' several years spent in kindergarten teaching. Tho entire loss of her voice compelled hor to aban don her chosen field of work. Recov ering her voleo Jn a year or so, but fearing a return -of the nilllctlon, Miss Kimball decided .to turn to something In which she could use her annB inde pendently of her tongue and earn a comfortable livelihood. England and Elections. There 1b but ono jmlltlcal district In Great Britain which has- not enjoyed the excitement of a contested election since 1885. Thnt is Rutland, for which a Mr. Finch has ant tnce November, 18C7, and during those yearn, ulthough there havo beon eight general elec tions, this lucky man has had to light for his anat only once. In Ireland, differing in this as In bo many tilings from England, there, aro no less than thlrty-slx out of the hundred constitu encies In which there has been no con test since 1885. Tho changing nbout of tho members hn been so great, however, that in only nlno of theso thirty-six constltiicnck-a does tho same member sit to-day nB sat there In 1885, Margherita of Italy. Dowager Queen Mnrgherltu of Italy has the reputation of being the best educated woman in tho ranks of Eu ropean royalty. Sho reads and writes English, French, German nnd Spanish, and has a wldo acquaintance with the Greek and Latin claaalcs. SAYINGS and DOINGS Anarchism and Atheism. Anarchists are always atheists. Their fundamental proposition that there Is no rightful government begins with tho n'sscrtldn that there 1b no God. It there Is no God thero la no mornl government of tho world, and iu tho gonernl chaos it Is evory man for himself. If anarchy has any logic, anything beside its brutal hatreds, that Is It. When that typical annrchlst, the un savory Johann Most, waB In Chicago, in a meeting of nnarchlstB, speaking freely In lermnn, ho declared that tho first thing they as anarchists had to do was to "destroy every altar, to ex tinguish every religion, to tear God down from tho heavens." What right, ho said, would nny man havo to gov ern other men unless God gnvo him that right? "Down with God." In this Most wns only n rabid echo ot Knrl Marx. Tho assassin of Presi dent McKlnlcy, like Emma Goldman, has been blatant In protesting his ath eism, declaring that thero Is no God, that lie haa "no uso for God." It In n rcmnrkablo'fact, nnd one that "will not soon bo forgotten, that just when tho assassin Imagined ho was doing something to usher In tho new Boclnl condition, In which thero would bo neither God nor government of nny Bort, thero enmo from tho heart of tho president such un acknowledgment of God ns had tho effect to waken In tho hearts of nil tho people such n Benso of tho relation ot God to human af fairs as had never beforo In our his tory found moro lmpresslvo utterance. A Shaggy "Dird. A ttrangc bird to be found In Cen tral Africa Is called by tho natives THE WEE-TOO-TOO-HOO. Wce-Too-Too-Hoo, from its cry. In stead of having fedthors tho bird 1b ehnggy. It is about tho bIzo of a swan and It has a long and Blonder bill, ot which It makes u remarkablo uso In supporting itself when it rests. Tho bird lies quiet during tho day in holes In tho ground or ut tho root of trees and coms out In the twilight. It feeds on worms, grubs, nnd also hlnan berries, it makes a peculiar snuffling nolso when hunting or feeding. It lives In pairs, and tho femalo lays twlcu n year a largo egg, which is de posited In a holo at tho foot of n tree, What Peary Has Done. Tho recent return of tho Peary re lief steamer Erik reveals tho results ot that indefatigable explorer's labors during the last two years. Whllo ho has not yet succeeded in reaching tho pole, hla nchiovenicnta aro consider ablo and satisfactory. 231s greatest success consists in having discovered and charted tho northernmost island of tho Greenland archipelago, which is also tho most northerly known land In tho world. Ho Imb called tho Island Melville Land, and expresses tho belief that thero Is no land anywhere lying nearer tho polo. With pardonnblo prldo tho lieutenant congratulates the Peary Arctic .club on tho fact that, through Its instrumentality, tho most northerly capo of Greenland has been "lifted out ot tho Arctic mists and ob scurity." Henceforth tho geographies will no longer print the map of Green land without northern boundaries. Greatest of Artists. This la tho title which tho musician depleted In tho nccompnnylng sketch has selected for himself. No other ar tlst Is capable of playing ho many dif ferent instruments ut tho snmo time. For some years past ho has been at tractlng attention on tho continent by his wonderful feats, nnd has of fered to pay any person J2600 who can succeed In Imitating him. So far no ono linn accepted his challenge. M. Malboech Is capable of playing an many as thirteen instruments the piano, cornet u piston, clarinet, violin, a chime of forty holla, tho baas drum, symbala, triangles, two kettle drums, tabor and castanets. By means of his hands ho playfl either the piano or the clarinet nnd piano nt tho samo tlmo, but moro generally the cornet a piston and piano. Tho left hand, used for tho latter Instrument, actuates tho chimes also. Tho secondary lnstru montB aro played through tho pressure of tho feet upon tho pedals. Theao multiple occupations do not prevent him whllo playing the cornet from smoking hla pipe. Ho correctly exo cutcs piece that aro often difficult Tho Ponca Indians on tho reserva tion near Whlto Eaglo, Ok., have JuBt lately held their annual sun danco, a ceremony thnt always attracts moro or less of a crowd of curiosity seekers. rwo hundred members of tho tribe, in cluding a nunibor of squaws, took part In It and nearly 1,000 ot tho tribesmen shed tho light of their countontnees upon a weird scene. Besides thoro were a goodly number of whiten presont. whllo neighboring tribes ot Osagcs, Kaws nnd Pawnees helped to swell tho motloy crowd of spectators. Whlto Eagle, hoad chief ot tho Pon- cas, wna master of ceremonies. Ho is a magnificent specimen ot his rnco, Btatullng over six foot high, erect ns the center-pole In his tout and with a face betokening much intelligence nnd fnrco ot character, Tho dignity ho dis played throughout was worthy ot a Roman emperor, nnd not only did he insplro his own pcoplo with nwc, but he called forth tho admiration of all tho visitors. Tho scono was both unlquo and pic turesque Tho whlto tepees of tho In dians stood in a largo clrclo on tho pralrlo oomo dlstanco cast of tho gov ernmcnt agency buildings. To tho northward flowed tho Arkansas rlvor, whoso course Is marked by an avonuo Labvton Is 'Booming. Luwton, Ok., is a town which grow In a night, and which Is still growing. It waB a flat, hopolcss stretch of pralrlo ono day, tho noxt it wan a vlllago of tents. It sprang Into bolng with tho babble of men's voices' and in response to tholr rcBtlcss greed. Two months ago It wna tho last corner loft of tho Indlani hunting ground, a poor patch, but thoini nevertheless. Then It was converted Into n number on a lottery tlckot; then It beenmo a camp of land seekers'; now it is n county seat. Will it ono day bo tho capital of tho state of Oklahoma? Who can toll? Tho bunch grass was scraggy and brown about If, tho aun was hot; thoro was dust aud dreariness everywhere. The trains ran through it from tho At lantlc to tho Pacific coasts and travel ers closed their eyes as they passed, wishing themselves well rid of such hopeless solitude. If anyone had prophesied that tho placo would bo a hustling town within a month, who would havo believed It? Who would or could havo chosen such a placo for a town slto? It was so pitifully dis couraging. Yet thero stands a town, almost a city, with a first-class post ofllco, n county building, and what not of public establishments. With two BUSY ot rugged bluffs clothed In verdure On tho summits of soma of theso bluffs ' Arcs had been kindled nnd tho Binoko roso from them In bluo circles nnd spread itself over tho landscape, giv ing tho semblance of n gonulno Indian Bummer. Largo hords of cnttlo wore grazing on tho pluln, nnd tho twinkling of their bells, mollowcd by distance camo faintly to tho cars ot tho listen ers. Iu front of tho tepcea tho brnvoa sat stolidly smoking their pipes, whllo within tho squaws wero busy preparing viands for tho approaching tcaBt that ends tho ceremony. A Tlmo-Hcinorinl Obncrvnnce, For thrco dnyB nnd nlghta tho sun dnnco continues. Onco a powerful trlbn on tho frontier, tho Poncan hold to tho traditions of their fathers with un usual tenacity. Tho sun dnnco, bolng tho principal festival of tho year, la especially esteemed, nnd Its observ ance has become, through long coutln uanco, lmporntlvc. Tlmo nnd environ ment, it s truo, havo modified somo of its characteristic features, but In tho main it is prcclsoly as it has beon for n century or more Tho custom camo to tho Poncns from tho Sioux long ago, but oven nt thin day In cs sontlnl dotalla it is tho name ns tho sun dnnco of tho Sioux. Tho Poncas Bay that tho danco la an invocation to tho Gront Spirit through tho power and majesty of tho sun for an abundance ot food In tho coming year nnd for preser vation from dtscaso and ovll spirits. It also expresses gratltudo for what ever good fortuno has como in tho past. Tho literal significance of Its customa zr.i of tho docoratlona and equipments of dancers la difficult to learn. Even tho most capablo studonts ot tho sun danco havo told llttlo olso than how It miles of business btroots. with 300 storca nnd ofllcca, with 80 saloons, what n prospect has Lawton' beforo hor! Pcoplo who havo witnessed such growths beforo In tho building of tho west shako their heads dubiously over Luwton. It may disappear, oven as It camo, thoy insist; such things havo boon known. Tho town may bo allvo to-day; It may bo dead tomorrow; each day which passes Is but so much unraveled from tho tanglo of Its des tiny, Merchants' are satisfied that they havo been prosperous for tho day; thoy daro not antlclpato the future, bo un certain Is it. What tho town stuin blos upon must bo nccoptod whether It is for better or worse Lawton town slto was bathing In tho sunset when prosperity struck it. When tho sun roso again Lawton was a town. Whoro tho clatter ot crickets had re-echoed the day beforo, tho shouts of men wcro to bo heard. Homes woro of whlto canvas, strcotu wore weed grown, but tho town of U-nvton lived. A great army had Bet tied down upon tho pralrlo and a now chapter In tho development of tho west was begun. With all tho carelessness ot an excited, hurrying pcoplo tho SCENES IN THE TOWN OF LAWTON. was performed, advancing into perplex ing uncertainties when they attcmptori to toll why tills or that thing waa, done However, tho motives that prompt Its observance are not far re moved from thoBO that lnflueuco tho whites In their observance of a day of national thanksgiving. A rnt-Vnro4 tiaoit. For tho obsorvnnco ot tho Bun danco a level plain la Bclcctod. A circle la mado of tho tents ot tho Indiana hnd within this tho ceremonies take place On tho recent occasion tho entrance to this clrclo waa from tho cast, to ward tho rising sun, tho topees facing toward tho confer. First tho custom ary council of tho head mon wns hold PRCS Youn&x Oi to dccldo upon tho program. Only the head chief and hla band chlofs havo the right to alt In tho council of their own volition nnd tho honor ot an invitation, seldom conferred, la groatly coveted by Indians whoso status is simply mom borahlp In tho trlbo, Unloas invited tho latter aro not oven permitted to approach tho council tepoe i Culpopor county, Virginia, haB de cided to mark within Ita boundaries tho lines of battles during the civil war. Lawtoultcs began to lay out tholr town. Stakes had already been iit hero and thero by government survey ors, who had plannod and named Law ton. The namo was for .the brave man who had fought and died In the Philippines, and, patterning after him,, tho town had been courageous ot un dertaking and prompt of action. It. has sprung Into n city, sturdy and full of promise No tlmo to pave its streets nor to houso itself with brick and wood, yet Lawton deb a school house, a first class post office, churches and many anothor of tho Institutions which follow the American people. Grand avenuo is tho longest and fin est ot tho thoroughfares, payed with bunch grass and lighted with tallow candles. It Is lluod on each sldo with shacko and tents, each of which' bean an elaborate sign to indicate Its' use fulness. Thoro la "Tho Owl Drug Store," "Mothor'fl Grocery Storo," "The Bon Ton, Gont'a Furnishings," and so on down tho strcot. Tho wit and ln gonulty ot tho citizens of Lawton hare not beon spared. Stroets aro namod "Goo Goo btroot," "Bluffers' avonuo," "Iucky Number boulovard," and b forth. The town is up to ilato In ev erything. Busy Scenes in Lawton.