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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1903)
10 THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. July 12, 1901 Old Maids' Convention at Trinity Methodist Church Flash Light Photos by a Staff Artist 1 I II I llll II II IIIIIUWII I 1 , . :-; ' ; if rat "SHE" PRESIDED. GROUP OF TALtf "OLD MAXDB" PRESENT. ONE OF THE "VISITORS." r1 MR. AND MRS. ALBERT OEARHART OP OSCEOLA, Neb. Carpenter's Letter (Continued from Page Twelve.) "Ho about Immigration?" I asked. The population la steadily Increasing," IMplled Prince Hllkoff. "We are shipping In a vast number of settlers over the rail road and the steamers take many from Odessa down through the Sues canal and around to Vladlvostock and other parts of astern Siberia. The Immigration began Jong about 1800 and In ISciO about 110,000 bad Immigrated. After that the number coming In lnoreased much more rapidly, and at present villages, -towns and little cities are growing up all along the line of the railroad. The total population of Si beria Is now about eight million, of which a large portion Is Russian. The Trans Blberlan alone carrlud 150,000 immigrants last year and we shall take more this." "How about the settlement of Man churia? Will you not establish Russian colonies along the Una of the Eastern Chinese ratlrpad?" "I have nothing to do with the Manchu rlan end of the line," replied his excellency. "That Is owned by a private company and Is more directly under the charge of the minister of finance. I don't believe that colonics would pay there. The land Is poor and there is no Inducement for emigrants to take It up." "What Is to be the great city on the Transslberlan road, your excellency V I asked. "I think It should be Vladlvostock," re plied Prince HllkufT. "I should like to see the railroad metropolis of the far east in our own territory, and believe that we should go to work to make a great city there. The only trouble at Vladlvostock Is the Ice which Alls the bay during the win ter. Dut that could easily be broken up and kept open by Ice breakers so that (hips tuuld call there all the year round. I don't think so much of Dalny, the com mercial city we are building at the Man churlan end of the Transslberlan road. It la true that It has an excellent harbor open all the year round, but It Is outside Russian territory and that I do not like. From this cenvcrsatlon with Prince Hll koff and other sources I learn that a large part of the Transslberlan railroad will have to be rebuilt. The rails are altogether too light to stand the heavy traffle the road la bow carrying. They are vending ever at the curves and will have to be ehangad In the near future. It Is not Improbable that the whole line will be rlald, and If so the order for steel rails will approximate 1.000,000 tons for the main line alone. Tola will be a great chance fair our Steel trust, as It Is about the only company that could mi such an order. Branch lines will bo built from time to time, so that our steel makers should watch the movement and take advantage of It. I And that American railroad machinery la popular In RuBsia. A laige number of the locomotives on the Transslberlan are Baldwins and more Baldwins will probably be used In the future. Most of the cars are equipped with American air brakes and a large number of the thirty odd miles of bridges were made at Sparrow Point, Md. Our big manufacturing companies should keep their eyes on Siberia, and especially on the government works going on there. Steam dredges and building machinery of various kinds will be in constant demand. FRANK O. CARPENTER. Former Mistresses (Continued from Page Five.) ston lived In Baltimore, but since his death and that of her two sons some years ago she passed the greater part of her time at the old residence of her uncle. Though the marriage did not take place until 1866, she had been engaged to Mr, Johnston as early as the time of her reign at the White House. The announcement of her engage ment was made In an unusual manner. 8hortly after President Buchanan's inaugu ration a delegation of students from the University of Pennsylvania, who had been invited by the president and his niece to at tend the ceremonies, called at the White Houne to pay their respects and suy fare well. One young man lingered after the othera had passed out. "Miss Lane," he said, "this occasion haa been the brightest In my life. I hope that the four years you are to spend In this his toric mansion will be as pleasant to you as your company has been to me." "I can respond as cordially." replied Miss Lane, "and I trust you will make your visits to the White House frequent. The president will, I know, always be glad to see you and your comrades particularly," he added naively, "as your visit will not be In the pursuit of office." The young man bowed. "I want but one office," he responded, "and that the presi dent cannot give." "Wbat la It?" she asked. "I would be custodian of the Queen of Hearts of the White House." Miss1 Lane laughed. "Too late, my dear friend," she said. "I heard the president 7 g ft It 1 W i Hi 1 i JOSEPH RIKGEli AND WIFE OF HUMBOLDT. Neb. assure that portfolio this morning to a gentleman from Baltimore.'' "And what did you say?" persisted the student, still with a ray of hope. "The position was awarded with my full consent and even co-operation," said Miss Lane. Soon after more formal announcement was made of her engagement to Mr. John ston. Pointed Paragraphs A' shady character doesn't always keep a man cool. Only a pretty girl can be saucy with Impunity. It takes two banana skins to make a pair of slippers. A man's crookedness often gets him Into financial straits. Man likes to believe in eternal punish mentfor the other fellow. Individual liberty often depends upon the slxe of the Individual. Don't cry over spilled milk; there's enough water wasted as It la The blindness of Justice should prevent her from winking at her favorites. When a man thirsts for knowledge he Isn't necessarily dry In his remarks. Charity is a cloak that covers a multi tude of amateur theatrical performances. Sometimes a man makes a fool of himself because his wife lets him nave his own way. All men are born equal, but soma grow up and become presidents or base ban umpire. Wise la the man who can recall a previous engagement when he receives a disagreeable invitation. There wouldn't be much room at the top if those who reach It were half as big as they think they are. t If a man or a machine Is unable to ac complish a task it should be turned over to a woman with a hairpin. Letter Tubes in Paris A scheme Is being promoted in Paris for constructing a system of subterranean pneumatic conduits for the rapid transpor tation of mall matter and parcel freight and express. The proposition haa been brought to the notice of the government, and official trials will be made of models. The system employs electricity as its mo tive power, and its Inventors represent that they can transport cars weighing a ton over any given distance at a speed of 160 miles an hour. The system Is styled the "electric postal service." A metal duct is to be constructed, of a width of not exceeding thirty Inches, which will be wide enough for a double track to accommodate trains going In opposite dlrec- 1 tions. The cars would be simply sheet Iron cases supported on two or four axles, and carrying the electric motor. The cen tral compartment of each "car," measur ing about twenty cubic feet, would be re served for freight. The total length of each vehicle would be about twenty-two feet, but it would not exceed twenty inches In height. To counteract the resistance of the air naturally of great force in view of the excessive speed attained by the vehicle the front and rear of each car would be equipped with wind cutters la parabollo form. Engineering News.