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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1909)
r NEBBK in BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VAHIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. A boosters' club bns been organ ized nt Hobron. Choycnno county commissioners nrc pinning to build n lmudsomo court houso Two women nt McCook havo beon held to tho district court for eelllng liquor. Tho scliool census of tbo city of West Point, Just completed; gives C82 children of school ago. "While fishing from a boat In tho river nt BnBln, Wyo., Bert Ellis, tho Bon of Isaac Ellis of Central City, was drowned. Tho body was brought homo for burlnl. A prosperous and woll to do farmer named Snm Daruo living nt or near Inghnm committed Buicldo by shoot, ing himself. Ho Is said to havo been off mentally. A 4-yonr-old child or Mr. and Mrs. George Algcalr of Dunbar fell out of a buggy, and catching his foot In tho wheel, had his hip broken beforo tho horao could bo stopped. Mooting of tho Kcarnoy & Bololt railway project directors took place Jn Kearnoy. A gonoral discussion took lllnco, but nothing dcflnlto was accom plished, although tho officers say tho road will bo built. Tho twenty-first reunion of tho old Bottlers of Cass and adjoining coun ties will bo hold 'in Union August C nnd 7. An excellent program of oratory; music nnd sports has been prpared. Tho report of tho school enumerator of Beatrice submitted to tho board of education gives tho school census of tho city ns 1.40G boys nnd 1,453 girls, a total of 2,859 chlldron of school ago. Tho question of whether or not Cen trai City shall lssuo bonds for thp installation of an electric light plant was submitted to tho people at tho polls and tho proposition carried by a majority of 1G4. Tho eleventh annunl assembly of tho Auburn Chautauqua will bo hold nt tho city park, August 7 to 1C in clusive: An oxcolloht program has been prepared and everything looks favorablo to a successful assembly. Tho Bridgeport Commorclal club sent a committee of three business) men to Omaha to confer with tho officials of tho Union Pacific railroad company with a view of securing a satisfactory depot Bito and transpor tation facilities at that placo. Fred, tho 9-year-old son of Frank Stopek of Crete, was drowned in tho Bluo river. Ho, in company with girl playmates about his ago, was wading In tho wntor, and venturing out too far, was carried under nnd loat in tho swift current. Tho Duff Grain company of Nebras ka City has received word of tho burn ing of their elevator at Hollls, Kan. Tills elevator was wrecked by n cyclone two months ago, and tho work of fopairlng it had been completed only a short timo when it burned. Fivo store buildings wore destroyed nt Pender In a flro which broko out nt night, causing a loss of from $35, 000 to ?40,000. Tho flro stnrtcd in tho wnrohouso of tho Fred Naah harness store, and fanned by a high wind, tho flames gained rnpld headway. Shorlff Moncko of Washington coun ty went to Herman and destroyed 255 pints of whisky ho secured in tho raid of tho J. A. West placo a few weeks ago. Tho sheriff and a crowd of poo plo took tho liquor to a vacant lot nnd every ono got a chnnco to break n bottlo that cared for tho honor of do ing so, Tho deep well In Otoo county, which is down to n depth of 1,150 foot, will havo to bo abandoned unless Borne capitalist can bo Interested, becauso tho funds of tho locnl company nre exhausted, and they can go no further. They found traces of both oil and gas Tho school census of Fremont has boon finished and gives 2,801 botweon C nnd 21 years of ago. Mrs. Mills of Winona, Minn., visit ing with hor daughter, Mrs. L. N. St. John nt Kearney, committed suicldo by Jumping Into tho PJatto rivor. A party of women wero driving across tho river on tho long brldgo Bouth of town when Mrs. Mills slipped off tho cnrrlngo nnd boforo she could bo Btoppod had leaped Into the river. She has been mentally unbalanced. An envelope addressed to County Treasurer Fred Thietjo of Cuming county was received by that officer containing two ?20 bills, wrapped up in a piece of soiled paper, upon which was written: "County Treasurer,Cum ing County, Neb.: Inclost find ?40 put this In genornl fund of your coun ty." No Blgnaturo appears. It is doubtless a case of conscience money. Tho notion of former Govornor Mic key in revoking tho notary commis sion of Max Colin of Nebrnaka City was revorsed by District Judge Cor nish at Lincoln, and tho commission qrdercd It glvon back to, Colin. Dr, Sheror, who has beon In charge of tho physical work at the Peru Nor mal for tho last three years, has closed up his work thoro and loft for Seattle, Wash., whorb ho will visit his parents during tho summer. Tho Board of Education has granted him n yoarV 'leavo of absence, oxprossing apprecl ntion of his cxcollcnfc work done at tho Normal. r; I IWAIII K f f l.X i 14 COPYWGHT ,909 Or WAfTrCRSW ASHINGTON. In tho fall tho Grant monument in tho Botanical garden of Washington will bo- unveiled and ded icated. It Is to bo tho most Impos ing statuo in tho capital city, (It, it is Enid, to do full Justlco to tbo memory of tho foremost soldier who fought on tho stdo of tho Union. Tho pedostnl for the Grant mctuotlnl Is nl- tho purposes of ro remembrance of tho nation's great. Tho statue of Gen. Sherman, an equestrian momo rial, was unveiled fivo years ago. It faces tho Treasury Jig EOWAUD '"'"" 'rrw i VV I monument In tho Botanical garden of remembrance of f vAmKtK. JSSUm mm mmmww bmi. vb rrvi wt f $ on bohalf of tho em poror by his personal envoy, tho Gormnn ambassador. Presi dent Koosovelt mndo tbo principal address of tho day, nccopttng tho bronzo flguro on bebnlf of tho Ameri can public. Other ad dresses wero mado by Llcut-Gcn. Chat- I II I III I IN .11 I "I 'MJt at by hja favor to tho Amorlcan people, but except In a few instnucca this query took the form of good-natured curiosity rather tho of rcsontmont. On tho afternoon of January 10, 1905, An attempt was mndo to blow up tho statue of Frederick tho Gront. No serious damage ro suited nnd thoro wero thoao who thought that a practical Jolcor had beon at work, but the forco of tho explosion was such ns to show that tho Joko, if Joko It word, was a decidedly serious matter. Threats had been mndo from timo to tlmo by anonymous lcttor writers to blow up tho Btntuc, but llttlo attention was paid to thorn. Tho tenor of tho written threats was to tho effect that no monarch ought to bo remembered in tho capital city of a republic, STATUE Or GCN. GEORQE 3, JfCLFLLAff, WASHINGTON, D.C. ready in place and Is nearing completion. Its base is a huge squaro of atono with smnller stones superimposed to thnt tho nscent to tho Btntuo proper will be by a succession of Bteps, though it is perhnps needless to say that tho pedestal will not be glvon over to tho uses of a stairway. At each corner of tho base there is a lion couchnnt. Tho beasts havo been shrouded to keep their bronze beauty hidden from tho oyes of tho multitudo until tho day comes to show tho memorial In Its completion. The union general will bo shown mounted on ono of his favorite horses. It is said that tho model of tho- horse sIiowb lines that nro ns nenr perfection ob nrt can make them. If tho general's mount is as spirited nnd effec tive ns tho bronzo horso shown In tho memo rial to Gon. Thomas on Thomas clrclo In this city It will loavo nothing to bo desired. Tho horse of Gen. Thomas is said to bo tho most perfect creature ever cast in metal. The commission which had In charge tho memorial to Gon., Grant had many difficulties to overcomo beforo n site wns selected. Thoro was great objoctlon to tho placing of tho ' 'atuo In tho Botanical gnrden, which Is di rectly across tho streot from tho grounds of tho capltol at tho Pennsylvania avenuo cornor where tho pence monument stands. Tho Washington people, Uko tho pooplo in many other cities of the country, do not tnko kindly to tho erection of stono and bronzo memorials in what may bo called the public pleasuro grounds. They want thorn all to bo placed In the llttlo circles and squares at the intersec tions of tho streets nnd nvonues of the' cltyt After many meetings nnd after listening to many protests, tho slto in tho Botanical garden was chosen nnd approved. In order to mako room for tho statue two magnificent elms had to be removed. Tho people mourned tho loss of tho elms, or rathor mourned tholr prospec tive loss, for it wns decided, to transplant tho trees, n tremendous undertaking, but ono that finally was accomplished. It Is too early yet to tell whether the transplnntetd elms will llvo or dlo In their new beds. It lias often been a source of wonder that no statue of Gen. Grnnt appears in tho Memo rial hall of tho capltol, whoro each state has memorials of two of Its representntlvo sons, or It ought to bo said daughters, for ono wom an appears in Memorial hall in marble. Grant was born In Ohio, but ho went to tho wnr from Galenn, 111., and bis first com mand during tho early days of civil strife waa an Illinois regiment. Lincoln Is also claimed by Illinois, but tho legislature of tbo stato In solectlng persons to bo honored In Memorial hall at the capltol choso Gen. James A, Shields and MIbb Wlllard, who was tho president of tho Woman's Christian Tompcrnnco Union. In a short tlmo Virginia will plncc In Me morial half a statuo of Gon. Robert E. Leo. There havo been those who havo thought and snld thnt both Leo and Grant, Uio two great commanders In tho civil war, should havo places In Memorial hall, but as neither Ohio, tho placo of Grant's birth, nor Illinois, tho plnco of his adoption, has seen fit to honor him tho chances are that hid statuo nover will llnd a placo In tho ball, which once was used as, tho nsaombly plncc of the representatives of concresE and Which Is now glvon ovor to building from tho south, and it is ono of the most notnblo public memorials in tho city of Wnshfngton, al though It Is truo that fault has been found with n fow minor detnils qf tho execu tion. Shorldnn's statue, repre senting "Llttlo- Phil" ns ho nppenrcd at tho battle of Winchester when rallying bis. troops to turn ngaln to tho attack, standB In n llt tlo green clrclo on Mnssn chusotts nvonuo. Tho Slier Idnn memorial has been in plnco less than a year. Tho widow of tho Shonandoah campaigner Uvea In a houso tho windows of which over look tho memorial of her husband. It is curlotiB perhnps thnt tho memorials to tho throe greatest genornls of tho civil war who fought on tho Bide of the north woro not erected until mnny years after soldiers of less fame had beon romemborcd. Tho stntuo of Gen. McPherson hns Btood for years In tho public squaro nnmed for this soldier, who was killed in the battle of Atlanta Gon. Thomas "tho rock of Chlckamauga," was remem bered In bronzo nearly 30 years ago. Admirals Far. ragut and Dupont havo rep resented tho sen service of ,t - vmfz?tywmWmmw at 2LLka&r'r. LA FA YETT CTATUE. WASHINGTON. AC STATUE OF F?EPRiCK THC GREAT I f5 y ,I.Inomor,nI 'r' ' Washing Z Hv.,r"r8-, Jh0 8tat,Ie ot Jo' A. Logan, t on's en ! !wd,r' 'I08 1,0(1 n oin " : in L"' 1 fr,n lonB t,mo- """cock wna not forgotten and nolther were Bomo olglit or ten other officora whoso fame was bright, but 7h , "e,:erono with tho extraordinary lus tor of that or Grant or Shormon. There nro scores of memorials of various kinds in Washington. Foreign nntlons nro rep resented. In Lnfnyetto squnro nro tho atntuoa or tho iTonchmon Lnfnyetto and Rochnmhonu, who camo to tho aid of tho colonlca in tholr atrugglo against Great Britain. Beforo long thero will bo two other Htatuea In tho aquaro, ono to tho honor of Pulaakl and anothor to Steuben. Whon theBO memorials are in placo Lafayette Bquaro will contain fivo bronzo ilgures, Lafnyotto, Hochambeau, Pu laski, Stoubon nnd Andrew ,'jnckson. Tho Jack con Btntuo stands in tho cantor of thopark, while each of tho Frenchmen has n cornor to himself. Thn other corners will bo ocupled by tho Polo and tho Oerman. Emperor William nbout six years ago pro fionted to tho United Stntes a Btalua of Fred orlck tho Great. It wna dedicated with Jmpros slvo ceremonies Nov. 19, 1904. It was unveiled by tho Bnroncas Speck von St.ernborg, wlfo of tho German amluoQr, ncdwas presented feo, chief of stnff; MaJ.-Gcn. Glllosplo, of tho general stnff nnd mnBtor of ceremonies, and by Llout.-Gon. von Loowcnfold, ono of tho apcclnl commissioners sont to tho unveiling by the knlser. An nddress was also mado by Chnrlomagno Tower, American ambassador to Germany. Seldom has tho national capital witnessed a moro brilliant and distinguished assembly than that which gathored on tho cBplanndo of tho army war college around tho pedestal of Emperor William's gift. On tho prcaldont's stand were seated tho president nnd tho mem bers of his cabinet, tho German ambassador and Baroness Speck von Sternberg and othor distinguished persona. On the stnnd to tho right and loft of the stntuo woro tho ofllcors of tho army nnd navy in full dress uniform, members of tbo supromo court, members of congress nnd n numbor of distinguished In vited guests. Germnny'H gift created considerable un favorable comment throughout tho country on tho part of tho foreign population with no particular lovo for tho omporor. Tho Polos woro especially critical and Polish societies throughout tho country met to protest ngntnet tho United States nccoptlng tho presont from roynlty. The local Polish Boclotloa Joined In tho protest. There wero mnny othera who wondored what Emperor William wna aiming nnd that soon "Bomethlng would bo doing." Since that attempt to dam ago tho memorial of tho great Freder ick a strict guard hns been mnln- tallied nbout tho statuo. Hoproacntatlvo Bartholdt of Mis souri at tho noxt bobsIoii of congress will champion. a measure Intended to change tho nnmo of Lnrayotto aquaro to Indopendonco Bquaro nnd ho will ask thnt tho memorial to Gcu. Juckaon, which stands In tho contor oi tho park shall bo replaced by ono of George Washington. Mr. Bartholdt thinks that tho nnmo Lafnyctto square gives too much proml nonco to a man of ono nntlonnllty, whllo thero woro men ot othor nationalities also to bo ro memborcd by statues In tho park who gavo just as much aorvlco to tho struggling colonies. Tiro Missouri congressman thinks thnt In a ""soiiao Lafayette squaro makca an InvIdlouB distinction. Lafayetto holds a peculiar placo In tho ffectIon of Americans, and though It mny bo without right or reason, ho la known much bettor to tho pooplo than clthor Stoubon or Pulaski Thero will bo opposition to tbo chango In tho nnmo of tho squaro, but as La fayette Is romomberod in bronzo at Its most commanding comer it may bo that Mr. Bar tholdt Is right in contending that tho doublo honor Is loo much to glvo ono man. General Steuben's aervlco to tho Amorlcan patriots hardly can bo estimated. It was not so much his aid In uctunl bnttlo as his teach Ing of drill rogulatloiiB and taotlcs and his Im parting to tho revolutionary officers of the nrt of maintaining efficient discipline that brought lm fnmo ami tho honor of tho londors of tho revolutionary cuubo.