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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1901)
( m WEEKLY PANORAMA AN HONEST MAN. Dennis Mulvlhlll, who astonished everybody, including himself, by being jlcctcd mnyor of Bridgeport, Conn., lays ho will have no politicians about aim nnd that under his administration thoro will bo no secret sessions and ao commlttco meetings behind closed doors. "I know tho value of money," ays Mr. Mulvlhlll, "becauso I havo kad to work hard for all I have earned. r DENNIS MULVIIIILL. Tho taxpayers' money shall bo used" as If It wero my own." DEATH OF OOLONEL MAPLESON. Tho death of Colonel J. H. Maple ion In London removes from tho world of music tho last and, In somo respects, tho moat plcturesquo of tho old-school opera lmpressarlos. All his contem poraries, Lumley, Ullnian, Grovcr, Ja cob Grau, Maretzok, tho Strakosh brothors, i.nil Do Vivo, died somo tlmo ago. Maurlco Grau, tho most promi nent of tho Italian opera managers of today, can hardly bo called ono of tho ohl school, for ho was ti ticket seller when Colonel Maplcson was In his glory. It wero useless to deny Colonel Ma nlcson'a great scrvico to tho opera goers ot thla country. For eighteen years ho was tho leading operatic pur voyor, and during that period ho pro Eontcd noaly two scoro of tho most famous artists and Introduced many now operas to tho American public at considerable expense to his patrons and at considerable loss to himself, for ho was nearly always on tho vcrgo ot bankruptcy and sometimes over tho vergo. Ills finnnclal straits, howover, nowlso abashed or distressed him. In soma mysterious way ho always came out on top and continued year after year to presont oporns in lavish Btylo and pay most extraordinary salaries. PRETENDS TO SAY PRAYERS. T. P. O'Connor, tho famous editor of tho London paper, Mainly About Peo pie, has a tulonted wife, who is very fond ot a fox terrier that she calls "Coaxy O'Connor." Tho dog has been taught all manner of tricks, ono of which tho picture shown him in tho act of performing. Ho Is supposed to MllS. O'CONNOR AND "COAXY." bo saying hi3 prayers while Mrs. O'Con nor looks on with a display of mod' gravity. Mrs. O'Connor Is now on tour in England with her play, "A Lady From Texas," and tho dog is her constant companion. She U nlso reputed to be at work on n now comedy. THE LAW-MAKING BUSINESS. Tho truth is tho mass of tho peoplo do not dcslro direct legislation. They no more wish to mnV.o their own laws than they wish to mako their own shoes or coats or hats, watches or jewelry. These nro mndo for them by comparatively few people, who mako tho manufacture of Home article tho business ot their lives. In like man nor the peoplo choose men to mako tho laws, and thoy expect them to attend to tho matter. They aro not In all eases as well equipped for the task no they should bo, but that its the fault in part of tho voters thumiielvcs. Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal. 11 r I Itnnlirrj' llrlr. Lord Dalmony, Lord Roschery's old est son, has, like his father, a sonfo of humor, though In other rospects, ho Is slngulnrly unlike his distin guished father. Big. stron,, nnd ath letic, ho Is fond of outdi" llfo nnd field sporty, in a flrst-c. racquet plnycr, and much Interested in racing. It wan Lord Dalmony who, when Lorn itoaohcry wns to address tho hoyn at Eton on tho "Fourth of Juno." icggcd his father uot to nlludo to Woi llrigton and "the playing-fields of Kton," a hackneyed quotation which tho poor Etonians suffer from nt very frequent intervals. 1 i ii i i i T Cwrren News and Views COMFORT FOR THE AGED. That many persons live In long-con tinned dread of landing in tho poor house Is not to be doubted. That this fear Is wholcsoino Is believed by somo and doubted by others. That it tends to stimulate increased endeavor to provide against destitution is obvious ly true. A typical case of tho way In which life sometimes winds up in tho public refugo desplto this fear Is that of an old truck gardener In tho south ern outskirts ot Chicago whom tho County Agent has been urging to go to tho poorhouso. Ho had seen better days, but old ago disabled him, his wlfo died, tho tltlo to his Uttlo "spot" slipped into other hands, nnd, desplto his resolute determination never to meet that fate, ho has finally yielded, or probably must yield, to tho County Agent's solicitation. Somo ot tho most commendable Instances of charity, whether public or private, aro thoso devised for tho aged poor, nnd especial ly bucIi ns provido for aged couples to live together Instead of being separat ed as they nro In the typical British workhouse and in our own poorhouse. Of this sort nro tho great Krupp works in Essen, nnd somo of the almshouses maintained by somo English towns, and now nnd then by prlvato charity. There is a seneo ot fitness in provislono which allow destitute old couplcg who have performed their work to comploto their days In pence togothor. Such provisions dignify human llfo, and Ukewlso human labor. STRETCHER IN A LAMP POST. An nmbulanco In a lamp post Is tho latest Idea In street contrivances. THE AMBULANCE LAMP POST OF PARIS. Paris has Just boon endowed with several specimens of what is called a "pharo do secours," or first-nid light house. It consists of an ornamental bronze pillar about fifteen feet high, with a round, overhanging top resem bling that of a lighthouse, and con taining a clock faco barometer and threo transparent pictorial advertise ments, revolved by clockwork and lighted by gas from within. In tho base of the pillar is n letter box, and In tho shaft Is a folding stretcher, with printed directions for affording first aid to tho Injured. In ca3o ot a street accident tho stretcher can bo immcdl atcly obtained by breaking a small glass window just nbove tho letter box, taking out tho key, and unlocking tho receptacle PRINTER BEATS. MILLIONAIRE It would bo difficult to find two men who presented such a marked contrast as tho candidates for mayor In tho aristocratic city of Yonkcrs. John E. Andrus, tho Republican noml nee, Is reputed to bo worth 530,000,000 O p p o b cd to this man ot CO whose rec ord It would seem, could do naught but establish him firmly In tho esteem of the peoplo was Michael J. W a 1 8 h, an active, reput ablo young man pf fluo character and Fomcthlng ot a politician. Ho Is a printer by trade nnd, though he has a small estab. Hshment of his own, has been but moderately successful In business. As a writer for newspapers and as alder man, he has, however, gained great popularity nnd so well did tho people of Yonkcrs think of him that thoy elected tho printer, his plurality over tho multl-rallllqnalro being. C50 tho largest over fdven u candidate for mayor In Yonkfrrs. Yonkcrs rontnlnn more rich peoplo than any city ot its slzo In tho cast. 'lot mi ilm Drain. An cxtruordlntuy operation in a New Yoik hospital rerently was tho cutting through n mnn'3 skull and tho removing of n blood clot on tho right aide of the brain. Ills entire right tide nnd leg wore paralyzed. Two days after tV.c jomoval of tho clot tho man could move hlB log. tho pnralysln grad ually loft him and last to be recovered was tho power of'tipt-ech, which was a matter of dayi. ami was not perfectly nccompllBhcd nt hat nccount3, but tho curgeons had no Jbubt of his entire . recovery. PEOPLE MS EVENTS HELEN GOULD ACCEPTS. Miss Helen Gould, who has accepted her appointment as member of tho board of lady managers of the St. Louis world's fair, Is tho most dlstln- HELEN GOULD. gurshod membor ot tho family of tho Into Jay Gould. DRESS HAS THE ADVANTAGE. It may be unfortunato, but It Is true, that drcs3 and manners count for about as much aB ability In tho capi tals of Europe and South America. A diplomat who is laughed at in society enn bo of Uttlo use to his government Ho loses much ot the gossip hoard In excluslvo circles which a diplomat ought to know, and ho meets with coldness Instead of cordiality at tho foreign ofllco. Tho gcnoral character of tho United States representatives abroad has been rained ot recent years. But congress has not yet appreciated tho valuo of tho social standing of tho government's envoys. Kansas City Star. PEAOE TESTS OF BRAVERY. Pcuco has its tests of a sailor's or a soldier's bravery no less severe than thoso ot war, though they may bo less glorious. Few civilians would fancy tho duty which has boon nsslgn ed to scvoral naval otllcors of sealing thomsolves up, in tho now submnrlno torpedo boat Fulton, ot sinking then below tho 8itrfaco of tho water, nnd of remaining there from twolvo to fifteen hours. Tho ofllccrs nnd mon who aro to undergo this experience will brcatho bottled air, so to spenk, tho neccssnry supply of atmospheric fluid being con tained In compressed air flasks. Now York Mall and Express. FROM COOK TO MILLIONAIRE. William Morgan, second cook nt tho St Charles hotel in St. Joseph, Mo., Is WILLIAM MORGAN. (St. Joseph, Mo., chef, who has fallen heir to $1,000,000.) preparing to claim tho $1,000,000 for tuno left him by an uncle's will. Ilia undo resided In London, England. Ancient I'to Kntori, An antiquarian has been searching through the records of tho city gov-' eminent ot Ocnova in tho hopo ot find ing something of historical valuo with reference to tho times of John Calvin. Tho search cannot bo pronounced suc cessful, as most ot the material ex humed lfl rubbish; yet one Uttlo note Is amusing' If not precious, nnd It shows how purltnnlcal was tho little Swiss city In tho Sixteenth century. Tho record in question preserves the interesting fact that threo artisans wore punished for having caton threo dozen pics at breakfast thla being re garded as evidence of dissolute living. Wlu-fl UVUIilut-n Ue till) llotr. There still exist proofs In tho plpo rolla and other government documents that tho nrmy of Edwnrd I., In that monarch's cnmpnlgns, both ngalnst tho Welsh and tho Scots, pnrtly consisted of Wohhnion, drawn from Monmouth Bhlro nnd Breeonshlrc. Thoso Welsh men wore tho first to use longbows In war. Those bows wero mndo of yew, nnd It Is an Interesting fact thnt thoro nro otill more yew trees In tho coun ties Just mentioned thnn In any other part ot WnloB Cardiff Mail, nrcljii'iH'lly (villi Oaniulu, A delegation representing tho Cham bers of Commerce of tho United States has told i'renltlniil Puoaovelt that It be lieves! reciprocity with Cannda will bo of great valuo to morlcan commerce nnd industr.", 'I ho President told tho delegation tnot ho would tako tho mat ter "under ndvlaeinont." This Ib' usual ly a nollte method of savlnir that nn m i la not ready to tako action. iL JVfetov Route Around the XOorld pCn z dK' I mom Jpjjf C jy OLD ROUTE MAPS SHOWING Tho malls for England from her col ony of Australia, on tho other sldo of tho globo, nro now being carried through tho United Stntcs, ob an ex periment. Transported by wntor nnd land by way ot tho Suez canal and Brlndl8l tho Journey to London from Melbourne takes thlrty-slx days. By taking tho other direction nnd omlug by wny of San Francisco nnd ioW York tho time has been shortened greatly. On tho first trip, which be gan in August, tho time by wny of tho railroads from the Pacific to tho At lantic const was thlrty-ono and a half days. On the second trlnl, Just com pleted, the tlmo has been further shortened. The entlro dlstnnco from Molbourno to London by wny of tho American continent Is 15,205 miles, or moro thnn half wny round tho world. This bents Phlnena Fogg's tlmo by a wldo mnrgin. While Jules Vcrno's hero circled tho globo In olghty days, tho Journoy nt tho into of speed ronch cd by tho Australian malls taking tho American routo could bo made In about fifty days. Of conrso under both plans railroad . havo been utilized whorevor nvnllablo. But when Rus sia's great railroad, tho ono from Mos cow to Port Arthur, on tho gulf ot Po-chl-ll, Is finished, tho globo clcult can bo mado In much shorter tlmo thnn this. Tho report sent out to nil tho Minnesota's executlvo has Issued a statement, saying ho will Instruct tho attornoy general of tho state to take steps to prevent tho consolidation of Northern Pacific and Great Northern Interests, as contemplated by tho THE WILKINS-FREEMAN AFFAIR. Tho wise people of Randolph, .Mann., nnd tho curious peoplo of Mctuchcn, N, J nnd numorous othor peoplo botweon thoso two townB seem to huvo consid erable difficulty in gottlng Mary E. Wllklns nnd Dr, Freumnn married. It la not wholly clear why any ono should concorn himself or herself about what U a purely piivato nrrargo ment botweon tho high rontrnctlnt? parties, but bo many porson have con sidered It their duty to bring " nboiit tho marriage that It may.be Kald noar ly all of New England and u largo part of New York and New .Tornoy have been engaged fpr several monthu past In fixing nnd unfixing the dnlru when tho event whs to como off, and some who can see through a millstone farther than othorn havo cvim do cantcd on tho bride's troiiBsoau and the bridegroom's gifts. At lost tho gosslpx. 1 1 roil of thin gamo of hide and seek, positively an nounced two or three days ago that tho marrlago hud taken place and that the happy pair hnd auttlsd down ni Metuchen; that MIbh Wllklns had fin- uiuuiuma OLD AND NEW ROUTES FROM AUSTRALIA TO LONDON. pnpera tho othor dny that Russln'n ' trnns-Slborlnnrond wnB "virtually com pleted" la mlslcndlng. Somo ot tho courso betweon Moscow nnd Vlndlvo- tok Is by wntor and n lnrgo pnrt of tho rallwny wns only temporary and experimental, nnd will havo to bo rolnid. Troops can bo carried from Russia through to Vladivostok by tho present rnll nnd atenmboat routo across Siberia, but tho timo will bo much Blower than that which Ib In tended to bo attained ulimatoly. More over, Port Arthur, and not Vladivos tok, will bo tho rcnl terminus ot tho trnnB-Slbcrlnn rond, nnd that appar ently will not bo finished for two or three years yet. Until Russia's grcnt lino to Port Arthur Is finished tho quickest courso for Englnnd'n Australian malls will probably contlnuo to bo by way of Snh Francisco nnd Now York, on tho ex perimental routo now being taken. Thla courso, too, will bo tho speediest way tor tho entire globo circuit. Even when tho trans-Siberian lino Is finish ed tho ronda ncross tho United Stntcs continent will havo to ho itlllzcd In order to mnko tho circuit by tho Bpocd Icst route. It will then bo posslblo to mnko tho Journey round tho earth In thlrty-ono days by having close con nections. How somo of tho old-tlmo glrdlcrs would mnrvol It thoy could GoV. 7an Sanf Fights Gigantic 'Railroad Combine Northern Securities company, just in corporated, nnd that If thero Is no law to cover the caso he will call n spocial session of the leghilature to mako ono. Governors of Montana and Dakntaa havo taken similar nctlon. Ishcd tho novel which hnd nil along been tho cauao of delay; nnd that Dr, Freoman, who Is wealthy, was tho happiest man In or out of Now Jorsoy, was going to glvo, up pulling nnd fitting tooth, nnd hereafter enjoy hlu "ontio and dignity," which few bene dicts can do. T 1 1 1 1 Nmvjt'k llmiiiinili. A nnval programme which contem plates a large Increase In the naval es tablishment Iiuh iii-en (inthuslnBtlcally accepted hy the American public, bo "that there will lie little demurring to ti.e uenernl uplrlt of Setrctary Long's nnnudl report. Hut it lr not vo certain thut tlm sec retary decided wliu'ly botweon the plans of tlm general lmnnl of which Admiral Dewey Ih (duili'imf. nnd the plnitf of th" buiirit of cirftatruotlon. Tho former called for lour battlo hlpa, two nrmored evulwuv. four pick et boats, nix Kim boa t if 1,000 tons ench. six gunboats i f i00 ttin. nud xlx of aoo ton, plx n.iiis'im nh'- and ono rolllor of 10,(iuj U.u. tja latter for NEW ROUTE hear of this tfpoedl Two yonra wat consfdorcd fairly good tlmo for tin circuit In tho days ot Cnpt. Cook an of tho Yankco skipper, Robert Gray tho Gray, whoso vessel, tho Columbia, .gnvo Its name to tho great river oi Oregon, nnd whoso discovery of thai Btrcnm gave tho United Stntos its Ann claim to tho vast cmplro which 11 drains. Two yenra nnd iv half would hnvo bcou thought fnst tlmo for tin circuit by Drnko, tho first Engllnhmni who mndo tho Journey. Tha crow o tho Portugucso-Spanlard Magellan tho Mngollnn who was killed in tin PhlllppincH In tho feud between tin whites and natives ot thoso Inland! which ban stretched from ht3 tlnu down to Agulnnldo's who wero tin first ot mnnklnd who crossed nil tin meridlnns, wero thrno youra In mnklni tho Journey round tho enrth. Thlrty slx months In tho enrly pnrt of tho six teenth century! Ono month In tin oponlng youra of tho twentieth! Thli mnrka tho extent of tho nhortonlng ol tho tlmo ot tho globe-circling botwcot Mugollnn'H dnya nnd tho dnya of Am erica's nnd Russia's Morgans, Hnrrl mnns nnd Hllln. . Tho new mall Borvlco crosses tin United Stntpa over tho tracks of onlj two rnllroadB nnd thut without chnng of enrs tho Grcnt Northern nnd tin Now York Central. threo battlo ships, two nrmored cruis ers, eighteen gunboats, two colliers ol 15,000 tons ench, ono repair ship, slj training ships, four picket boats ani four tugs. Tho Bccrotary did well ti drop n good part of tho overnumeroui gunboatB, but ho also dropped ono o' tha battlo ah I pa proposed in tho first nanlod fichemo, and thla omlsBlon can not bo so readily commended. . l'tirlinpi Our Uldeit Man. Jnmoa Fnrroll, ot Unrbourylllc, W Vu., has Just celebrated tho 100th an niversary of his birth. Ho la. now pos slbly tho oldest man In tho Unltc StnteB. Mr. Fnrroll served In tho wtu of 1812 nnd Inter wns In Moxlco tin dor JcfforBon Davis. When tho wnt botwcoil tho states broko out ho en listed, although no longer n young man, nnd saw four yonra ot scrvico Ho wns probnbly tho oldest votorni to offer his services to tho govern ment whon tho SpnnlBh war brqk out. v Owing to temporary Illness, Doputy Pollco CoimnlBsloncr Dcvcry of Now York was absent from Ills usual haunts a day or two shortly after the recent overthrow of Tammnny. Some humorist advertised for him in thr "lost nnd found" column of nn after noon paper. In tho description Mr, Dovery la snld to hnyo, a .''gross,. Jon nngo of about 225 pounds," a haughtj carriage and to bo of "a full habit." John Armstrong Chaulcr has about dbcld.ed to rcslda pormnupntly on hi; ostato, Morrlo Mills, in Virginia, one of his reasons being, as ho explains It, that Judge White's decision that ho Is sano Is ot no legal forco In Now York. Mr. Chanlor'a chaugo In ap pcaranco nud his gaining ot flesh nnd color Ib ascribed to his giving up the tiso ot wlno nnd becoming n vegetarian. Cnrrio Nntlon tho othor evening lec tured to n lnrgo nudlonco in Marietta, 0 under the direction of II. J. Con ruth, a saloonkeeper, nnd Joo Brunor, A pugilist. In nnswer to criticisms on her npilenrnnco under such mnnnge mmit Mrs. Nntlon Bnld: "Neither tho W. C. T, U. nor tho churches would bring mo here, but these mon did, and I am grateful to them." Tho czar, boforo quitting France, left n gift of 100,000 francs for tho poor of Paris, 15,000 franca for Dun kirk, 15,000 francs for Helms and li 000 francs for Compolgno and nh a sum of 5,000 francs for tho famlllt of aufferors In tho recent torpedo ex plosion, j