THE OMAHA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 2. 1901.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Fpkr Joseph O. Csnnon of th house
t..Trepentatlves la a southerner by birth,
no'i's left-handed.
Th "amen corner" of Senator Thomas
C. Ilatt of New Tork t not a prosperous
end crowded as It u before Governor
Odeil took the lever of the machine.
Webster Davia Is another Bryanlte who
l a derided to make hie home In New Tork
t'lty. Mr. favta via assistant secretary
f the Interior under President McKlntey
nd haa always lived In Kansas City, Mo.
Representative Frank Charles Wachter,
republican. Third district of Maryland, haa
Introduced a Mil making- April 14 of every
p-eer a legal holiday, to be known 1 "Mar
tyrs' day," In commemoration of the death
f Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. McAdoo, formerly a, member Of con
gress from New Jersey, Is reversing the ex
perience of Mr. Roosevelt. The Utter be
came assistant secretary of the navy after
being a New Tork police commissioner, and
Mr. McAdoo will become a New Tork po
lice commissioner after being assistant spo
retsrv of the navy In the second Cleveland
administration.'
It la rumored In Virginia that General
3orh Wheeler will run against Judge
IWllllam Richardson In the next detnocratlo
primary of the Eighth congressional dis
trict and attempt to regain his old seat In
congress. The Information la said to be
well founded. General Wheeler, It Is said,
Jhaa never taken well to private life.
United B tales Senator Boles Penrose,
Senator Quay's colleague from Pennsyl
vania. Is mentioned as a possible succes
sor of Senator Henna as chairman of the
republican national committee. Senator
tinny was chairman In 1888, when Benja
min Harrison of Indiana defeated drover
Cleveland, then of New Tork. Senator
X"enroM baa ft fortune of a million or two.
The New Tork Times publishes . Inter
views with thirty-two democratic senators
ttnd ISO members of the house aa to their
preferences for a' presidential nomlnsja.
Twelve senators and thirty representatives
Ideclared In favor of Gorman, two senators
Rod twenty-nine representstlves for Parker
fend one senator and fifteen representatives,
comprising the Missouri delegation, for
Coekrell, with a few each for Hearst,
Gray, Bailey and McClellan. Seventeen
pens tors and sixty-seven representatives
.were noncommittal.
CAPACITY TO COMMIT A CRIME.
mm mm ' A
Corperatloa aestioael Answered
' by as) Illastvatlaa.
Philadelphia Press.
Chicago Railway Age is one of eev-
If
feral railway papers which Is asking, with
reference to Attorney General Knox's argu
ment in the Northern Securities ease to
quote the caption of an article "Is the
Capacity to Commit a Crime a Crime T"
.If the editor of any one of these papers
thinks this question an answer he had
hatter take the trouble to be found on
the sidewalk near a bank vault at night
'with a drill, a Jimmy, rubber tubing and
some nltro-glycerln, and he will discover
I that the capacity to decide off-hand, with
.'. these means, the competitive ownership of
the contents of a safe will be accepted both
by the law and public opinion as one of
the oases in which the "capacity to commit
a crime" is a crime.
The law In all the relations of Ufa Judges
a man not only by overt acts, but by overt
motives. Men throughout the whole range
,' of life are assumed to Intend the conse
quences of their acts, and to aot with refer
ence to the . consequences which would
necessarily follow from these acts. There
Is no possible moral doubt on the part of
any one that the object of the organisation
of the Northern Securities company was
to end competition by a . new form of
, d awnembjp, ,Mr.,Mnr(teneitld the matter
when he said In bis testimony that "it was
. av mere holding corporation." ... -
Competition may be. desirable or unde
, slrable. It may be a condition of trans
portation which Is destined, to disappear or
, one which Is destined to continue. But the
people of the United States are perfectly
clear tn their conviction that thla shall be
, decided by law and not by capital.. If com
petition Is to disappear It must be by
steps so clear and unmistakable that pro
vision can be made for. Its disappearance.
Such a provltlon li already suggested by
the Interstate Commerce Commission In the
proposal that the commission shall fix
rata. This Is a broad power. But rail
, road manager and stockholders may set
it fltwn as certain that under a government
.. of lawa and not of men a corporation under
v. private control will never be allowed both
to end competition and to fix rates. If
, competition continues the railroad can fix
rates. . Aa long aa the law requires compe
. tlUon. steps which are Intended to end It,
- or steps which put men In the capacity to
- end It, are Illegal. Attorney General Knox
may or may not have presueded the su
preme court, but he has certainly per
suaded the country. .The effect of his plea
Is apparent everywhere. .
LAST Y BAR'S MIRTH. ,
I "How did Luahmaa catch that frightful
,f oUT"
"1 'linking hot whisky punches."
"Huh! What did ho drink them for?"
"For a cold." Phllade.phia Press.
"That dresa is becoming, my dear." said
the man who thinks he Is a diplomat.
Mhe lucked et hlm coldly tor a moment
and then replied:
"Vee. 11 Is becoming threadbare." Waah
,. li.al.ou Stair,
CuiiiUy Do you man to tell me Lungfel
!? never wrote advertising poetry T
KooktahI certainly do.
!u(5,Wy Aw, Kn onl How about that
thing about "exceUlorT"i Philadelphia
Ljcr. .
?4!!lan-rid Rellnda Ilka the madonnas
It- " w abroad?
Lorothy She said they were the worst
lot-Kin lot tit Bldtiya she ever laid eyes on.
iiiu.aiiapoii journal.
I
"Ion't you sometimes envy the old-time
einnts of ststenmanahip their gifts for
I hetorlo and oratory?" (
"Sometime," answered Senator Sorghum.
"The only difficulty is that these gifts are
ltnoie to lead a man to think up speeches
lnoieed of schemes for making money."
"Washington Star.
The Teacher But you wouldn't want to
he. a little heathen?
phob Coopah Cniph! Reckon I would
'it dry tt all rie collections what's took
up loV'ein. Puck.
Flnbbs Why was their engagement
t.rKn off?
Muhha He was contlu ally telling her
),w unworthy he was of her.
M!lt'B--h, every fellow dues that.
Kobba Ye, but she eventually came to
telieve It Philadelphia PreM.
"Riches hah minus." sild Uncle Eben.
"' some folks 'peals to hab ss much
trouble nianKhi' 'em as If dry ii a flylu'
. machine. 'V aahlnglon Star.
"Py the way. It wss last night that Mrs.
f-uouyn l-e-rich gave a party to Introduce
)ir youusret daughter to society, wasn't
It? flow rid It come out?"
"All I ifht. I believe, enoept'that society
wsau't there." Chicago Tribune.
THtS DKAD UAH.
And you are gore. Old Year are dead
1 tiH loiiaMii. double and fears are nVdl
f J'.y uu live me scarce a taste;
f !;! you mad a oruel weste.
Yet o'er your sxd end icy bier
I y th irtoui of a tear;
Your you.h Maytime held prom I fair
ii'jr ft.iiomertttie van full of car. '
Ai.'i ttte autumn leave were aere
'iiiio had shed full many a tear;
Ao1 so I watched until th end.
T i.m, Wn.rf. ier hn;ice. you'd make amend
n i.i ne vu slept to l.-y pail -ou
d ilmln for me Ufes cup of gall
II '. ou are sou, alas! ;a I
t siHiirt l,uve yiur grate and sigh
. f I lv the It. r m year, hew boin,
- v give the n.-wer and hide the thorn
th hi.h, olU tear, you plerod my
Irreuat,
Aiii urn tuy poor Ufe with rt.
T. M.
NOTABLE EVENTS OF 1903
A Eoond of Coftmog lie) Kappecingl Etill
Echoing in Time Cerridcn.
i
STRIDES OF , PROGrttSS IN MANY LINLS
Fire, rieod aad storm Wreck Life
d Property Political and Oes
era! Kveats Roll of Dlf
tiDalhed Dead.
Nineteen hundred and three was a year
of commonplace events. The round of days
and nights contains no event of over
shadowing Interest. The world 'was at
peace wltn itself, although there were the
customary revolutions In South America,
an outburst of warlike dispatches; from the
Balkans and soma desultory shooting In
the Philippines. All classes, regardless of
place or power, paid the annual tribute to
death. Kings visited kings, emperors
klstwd emperors, t presidents and other
rulers made visits In state and professed
great friendship for each other.' King Ed
ward visited the capitals of France, Italy
and Portugal and hla hosts reciprocated the
calls. Emperor William also Journeyed to
Rome and gave the triple alliance a boost.
The Austrian. German and Russian em
perors met frequently, exchanged confi
dences and declared that everything was
lovsly for the peace of Europe. The Man
churlen controversy thundered In the Index
of diplomacy throughout the year and atlll
lingers In the hot air chamber.
In home affairs first place may properly
be given to the Panama canal controversy.
The Hay-Herran treaty between the United
States and Colombia was approved by the
United States senate In February and re
jected by the Colombian congress In Au
gust. The prospect of the loss of the canal
caused discontent In the Isthmui of Pan
ama.. Revolutionists seised . ths forts at
Colon and Panama and effected the Inde
pendence of the country without bloodshed
early in November. Recognition wss ac
corded the new republic by the United
States. ' a canal treaty was drafted and
signed by representatives at Washington
and awaits approval of the senate. Threats
of reprisal and Invasion of P jemima by the
Colomotan army caused the assembling of
United States warships in Panama waters.
International arbitration scored two tri
umphs one at The Hague, the other at
London. The former court required Mexico
to pay ri.TO,ono to the Catholio church au
thorities as compensation for church prop
erty in California confiscated by Mexico
before the' cession of California to ths
United States. The Alaskan boundary dis
pute waa settled In favor of the United
Statca by the Joint arbitration board In
session in London.
The all-America n cable was opened, to
Honolulu on January 1, and to Manila on
July 4, when President Roosevelt sent the
first a round-the-world dispatch in the his
tory of telegraphy. '
Dishonesty In public ottce was exposed
In the Postofflce department, Washington,
In St. Louis and Jefferson City, Mo., and
in Grand Rapids, Mich. In the former
cases three convictions have been secured
and two acquittals. Fourteen convictions
have been had against boodlers in Mis
souri, but the state supreme court has de
clared them void on technical grounds. In
Grand Rapids of fifteen, accused of hood
ling seven, have plead guilty.
Wall Stveet Shakes).
A tremendous decline In all classes of
stocks, dealt In In Wall - street made the
financial renter a mourners' retreat during
the year. The bears had things their own
way from start to finish. The first real
tumble In' fictitious values ' followed' the
decision of the United States circuit court
at St. Paul declaring unlawful the merger
of the Northern Pa cine and Great Northern
companies. The case is now before.- the
United States supreme court. All stocks
controlled by the Morgan-Kill Interests felt
the blow; and others collapsed in sympathy.
Other contributing factors were the de
struction of the Western Union telegraph
lines slong the ' Pennsylvania railroad,
which provoked a war of revenge by , the
Gould-Rockefeller Interests; the collapse of
the Shipbuilding trust and the scandal it
developed; reduction of the Steel trust
dividend and the wreck of the water power
industrial scheme at Sault Ste. Marie.
Events at Nate.
Cardinal Gulseppe Sarto, patriarch of
Venice, was sleeted pope by the college of
cardinals and was crowned Plus X before
T0.000 people In St. Peter's," Rome,
General Nelson A. Miles reached the age
limit and retired from the heud of the army
on August L and was succeeded by General
8. M. B. Young. -
The Irish land bill was introduced in
Parliament in March, passed In August and
went Into effect In October. This is regarded
aa ths greatest reform effected in Ireland
in over a century. .
Sir Thomas Llpton'a third effort to "lift
the cup" with Shamrock III., In August,
resultsd lit three straight for the American
yacht Reliance,
A tragedy that excited worldwide Indig
nation was the massacre) of Russian Jews
at Klshtneff, Bessarabia. The atrocities oc
curred in April.' The number of dead was
variously given at from 44 to 100. Hundreds
were wounded and homes and synagogues
plundered. The Russian government sus
pended the authorities and several bare
been sent Into exile in Siberia.
The two-mlnutes-to-hamess horse ar
rived several times during thje year. Lou
Dillon, the wonderful mare, opened the
season with a mile In 1:00 flat, and cut It
to X:SH at Memphis in October. At Wloh
lla, October II, Cresccus trotted a mfle in
lt. The pacing record was cut down by
Dan Patch from 1:63 to J.K14- Star
Pointer and Prince Alert also cut the 1:6
record, which stood for seven years.
Poll'lcal laeldeat.
President Roosevelt's tour of the west
began April 1 and ended June 4. In slaty
five days he traveled 14,000 miles and deliv
ered SB5 speeches. ,
Tbs anti-railroad rebate bill, ths creation
f the Department of Commerce and the
Panama canal bill were the most Important
measures passed by oougresa during ths
short session. The extra session, which,
began November t, resulttd in ths passage
of the Cuban reciprocity bill by the house,
and by the senate during the regular ses
sion, December 14. Elections were held In
eleven states November 3, resulting In
phenomenal republican majorities In Ohio,
Iowa and Pennsylvania. George B. MeClel
lan defeated Seth Low for mayor of New
York, in Boston December 15 Patrick Col
Una, dem., waa re-elected mayor by a rec
ord breaking majority. In a letter to St.
Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn
Eagle, Grover Cleveland declared hla un
alterable purpose not to run for the presi
dency again.
Aa upheaval in British politics caused the
disruption of the cabinet and the retire
ment of Joseph Chamberlain, minister of
the colonies, who Is leading a campaign
for tariff ou foreign Imports. ' An arbitra
tion treaty was concluded between France
and England. The caar of Ruaata Usued aa
edict granting religious freedom to his sub
jects. , ,
Jjitxtr Treaties,
Labor troubles reached an acute atage
lu various parts tof the country during the
year. A settlement was effected after a
conleat of nearly a year, between th
Union Pacific and Ita striking machinists
and botlermukrra. Workmen In the bulU
Ug tiade, umlers and reelajraut wait
ers of Omuha struck In Mar, causing a
shutdown of building operations for
months, resulting in a counter union of
employers. Militia Wss called out In Cblo
rnuo, rirginis, Connecticut and LiOUIsiana
to suppress disorder csused by strikes. The
greater part of the building trades of New
Tork City were tied up during the summer
months, causing enormous losses to all.
Bam Tarks and Timothy McCarthy, walking
delegates of the Housesmiths' union. New
Tork City, were convicted of extortion and
sent to the penitentiary. Chicago had a
succession of gtrlkes among teamsters,
freight handlers, street car men, hotel
servants and In the building trades, closing
with the strike of livery and undertakers'
employes.
The famous anthracite arbitration court,
organised by President Roosevelt in the
fall of 1902, rendered a decision in favor
of the miners In March. An Injunction for
bidding a strike by the train operatives c.f
the Wabash railroad was granted By the
federal court at St. IxjuIs, but wne on hear
ing dissolved. A strike affecting M.OOO per
one In the textile Industries of Philadel
phia collapsed in a few weeks. Cotton
operatives in the New England mills ac
cepted a 1 per cent reduction of wages in
November.' Eighteen thousand men In the
building trades were locked out in Pitts
burg. It la estimated that l.WO.000 men
were affected by strikes during the year.
" Flr( Flooel aa4 Storsn.
Phenomenal rains In the middle west In
May caused widespread damage to prop
erty In Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Mis
souri. Weather bureau reports showed that
from May SI to May II fifty-three persona
were killed and 100 Injured by tornadoes,
and four times as many by flood. Floods
extended from Topeka to Kansas City and
alonr the Missouri south, and from Des
Moines to St. Louis . and beyond. North
Topeka was overwhelmed and Kansas City,
Kan., and suburbs. At these points there
waa the highest flood known, and at St.
Louis the flood rivaled the high record of
1841 The May rainfall in Omaha waa 1 22
Inches, against an average of 4.15 for the
lsst thirty-three years. Killing frosts oc
curred on the 1st and 3d. The property loss
by flood In May ranged from 115,000,01)0 to
$25,000,000. ,
The heaviest rainfall ever recorded by
the weather bureau In Omaha occurred on
August X!, when 7.23 Inches of water fell
in twenty-four hours. During the first four
days of the last week of August the pre
cipitation was 1.59 inches, nearly one-third
of the annual average for this region. Much
damage was done to crops and homes and
roade on the lowlands bordering streams In
eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
On. September In New, Tork City and
vicinity 6.42 inches of rain fell In twenty
four hours. Streets and cellars In New
Tork and Jersey Cly were flooded. The
City of Paterson was engulfed and great
damage wrought. Life loss from this storm
was placed at Jwenty-flve. A winter gale
of uncommon severity sweptVver the east
ern portion of the country on Christmas
day. From I a. m. to p. m. the tempera
ture fell from 37 to 2 In Omaha, a fall of
S3 degrees In twelve hours. The storm ex
tended) southward beyond St. Louis and
eastward to Washington, produclng'equslly
sudden change in temperature. Snow fell
in many localities. On the tth the storm
reached the Atiantlo coast with undimin
ished force.
A tornado and cloudburst at Gainesville,
Oa., in June, killed 12S persons and de
stroyed $800,000 worth of property. ' In
July ft, like visitation at Paterson, N. J.,
destroyed property worth $2,000,000.- Five
hundred Uvea and $1,000,000 worth of prop
erty were destroyed by cloudburst In Hepp
ner. Ore.," in June. A similar disaster at
Jeannette, Pa,, in July, drowned' seventy
five persona. Storms on the north At-.,
lantlo coast in " September ' snuffed' out
sixty-three lives Hurricane In Florida,
same month,' took thirty-seven lives and
strewed the coast with wreckage.
- Mine disasters caused the death of 235
miners at Hanna. Wyo. nine at Summit,
Mont.: tTUrteen at BonansaT Ark. ; twelve
at Dunbar, Pa.; sixty-four in 'Japan.
Fire destroyed railroad shops at Ports
mouth, Vs., valued at $750,000; 260 houses
at St. Hyacinths, Que., $400,000; four lives
and $230,000 of property in Omaha; $1,000,000
In Philadelphia; $V,0C0 at Racine. Wis. ;
Hammond plant, St Joe, Mo., $1,000,000;
$230,000 at Baltimore; twenty-five lives tn
a New York tenement; thirty lives In
a boarding house at Lilly, Pa.; four lives
and $1,009,000 In property at Aberdeen,
Waah.; $1,760,000 at Rock Island, arsenal;
nine perrons In hotel. Cedar Rapids, Is,;
$2,000,000 at Cincinnati.
Railroad wrecks scored twenty-three
lives at Rockflsh, 'Va., seventeen at Tren
ton, N. J., sixteen near Indianapolis,
thirty-one at Kent wood. La.; 100 In the
Paris underground trolley line, twenty
four at Vail station, Arizona, nineteen
children at grade crossing, Newark. N. J,
eight at Fort Scott, Kan., sixty-five at
Connellavllle. Pa., nineteen at Grand Rap
ids, Mloh. ' -
Earthquake lit Asiatic Turkey, In May,
killed 800 persons. In one day in June a
hot wave killed forty In New Tork City.
Explosions of powder magaslnes at Lowell,
Mass., and on lona Island, Hudson river,
killed four and wrecked property valued
at $700,000. Ten persons were killed by
fall of a bridge crane at Pittsburg. Hur
ricane In Jamaica killed fifty and destroyed
$10,000,000 in property. One hundred and
twenty persons were crushed to death
by falling rock at Turtle mountain, B. C.
Tidal wave engulfed 1,000 persons on So
ciety islands.
Hatoel Crltaaa,
Several tragedies attracUng mora than
local interest crimsoned the record of the
year. Chief among them was ths assassi
nation of King Alexander and Queen Draga
of Servla by Servian army officers, who sub
sequently proclaimed Prince Peter Kara
georgevltch king. C. E. L. Burdlck waa
murdered in Ills bom in Buffalo, N. Y..
and three days later Arthur R. Pennell andl
his wife wers dashed to death while auto
mobile riding. Pennell was named as co
respondent in Burdlck'a suit for divorce
from his wife and was believed to know
something about the crime, but court In
quiry failed to solve the mystery. James
E. Marcuru, a prominent lawyer, was the
thirty-second victim of a Kentucky feud.
Two of the murderers Were convicted after
an extraordinary struggle between law and
outlawry. Orlando p. Dexter, a New York
millionaire, was myaterlously assassinated
In the Adirondack. . N. G. Gonsales, edi
tor, was shot and killed by James lfr Till
man, in the streets of Columbia. S. C. TIU-
maa'a trial reaulted in acquittal. Andrew
H. Green, lawyer and philanthropist, famed
sa "the father of Greater New York." waa
shot and killed by an, insane man. A negro
tn Texas, convicted of assault, was sen
tenced to 1,000 years In prison. Chicago po
lice captured in northern Indiana, after a
fatal fight, three noted robbers and mur
derers. Death Retard. .
Th grim reaper gathered the usual har
vest In the higher vocation a First on the
roll of churchmen, acholara and worldwide
Influence la the name of Pope Leo XII I,
who died July $0. Other eminent church
men on the list are Rev. W. H. Mllburn,
blind chaplain of the United State senate;
Gustave Gotthell, noted rabbi. New York;
Rev. John Fenwlck Kltte, biblical scholar,
London; Bishop John F. Hurst. Washing
ton; Cardinal Parrochl, subdean of the
Hacred college. Rome; Very Rev. William
Farrar, dean of Canterbury, Eng.; Cardinal
Herbert Vaughan, London; Archbishop
John J. Kaln, St. Ixuls; Mrs Ezr-tna
Booth-Tucker. Salvation army; Binhop
John B. Brondeil. Helena. Mont.; Mrs
Photos R. Gilford, oldest Quaker inlcUttr,
Frovldence. R. 1.; Dr. Marcus M. Jeslrow,
Hebrew scholar and rabbi Philadelphia:
Rev. Dr. H. C. Trumbull, editor Sunday
School Times; Bishop Arthur Temple, Lon
don.
The world of letters lost William K. H
Lerky, English historian; Theodore Momm-
sen, uerman scholar and hintorlnn; Julian
Ralph, American correspondent; Henry De
Blowlta, Parts correspondent of the London
Times; Wllhelm Jordan, German poet;
John Forbes Rob! neon, art critic, London
Prof. B. F. Mnrsb. Tale; Mrs. A. J. Bad
Her. author. New York: Paul du Challlu
African explorer and author; Richard
Henry Stoddard, poet and novelist. New
York; Dwlght Benton, artist and author,
Rome; Paul Blouett (Max O Rell). Paris;
Phil May, artist -author, London; Noah
Brooks, author snd Journalist, New Tork;
Charles H. Smith (Bill' Arp). author;
Henry D. Llovd. writer on economlo sub.
Jects. Boston; Richard Henry Savage, sol
dier, lawyer, author. New York; Henry
Seton Meirhnnn (Hugh Stowell Scott), nov
elist; Mrs. Harriett H. Ayres, novelist,
New York; Gustavo yon Moser, German
dramatist; James M. Gllmore (Edmund
Kirk), novelist. Glen Falls, N. T.; Herbert
spencer. English philosopher.
Among the men eminent in noiltlcal af
fairs are the following: Lord Salisbury.
formerly premier at England; ex-Premier
tsagasta or Spain; Daniel H. Hastings, ex
governor of Pennsylvania: A brum Hewitt
ex-congressman and ex-mavor of New
Torx; ex-Senator John B. Allen, Washing
ton; ex-Congressman John W. Rumple,
Iowa; ex-Senator Henry W. Dawes, Mas
sachusetts; Duke of Tetuan. Bosnian mln.
ister of foreign affairs; Sir Charles Oavan
Duffy, Irish revolutionist and former pre
mier of Australia: E. Ellerv Andereon. law
yer. New Tork; Conrad N. Jordan, ex-
treasurer United States: Jamea H. Klnnnt
ex-congressman and Hawaiian commis
sioner: ex-Senator Oorhett. Ortmn' ii.
ander Ramsey, first governor ' of Minne
sota; De Forest Richard, governor of Wvo
mlng; ' A. Mabinl, "brains of the Filipino
rebellion;" ex-Senator Charles; B. Farwell,
Illinois; Wilson 8. Blssell, Buffalo, post
master general under Cleveland; Robert
WHcox, first territorial delesrata from Ha
waii;, John E. Russell, ex-congressman.
Massachusetts; John R. Proctor. Units,
States Civil Service commissioner, Wash
ington. ...... .
The last tattoo beat for the follnwlnr
army and navy leaders: Rear Admiral
Frank Wildes. U. S. N.; Major General
William Farrar Smith.
General William D. Frariklln. U. S. A;
General Hoctor MacDonald, British army
near Admiral L. W. Robinson, U. 8. N.;
Jeneral. William H. Jackson.
veteran; Rear Admiral George E. Belknap,
u. B. .; Colonel E. ,C. Bainbrldge, U. 8.
A.; Rear Admiral David Smith. U. 8. N.j
General Alexander McDowell Mcfoolc TT
8. A.; Major General Frank Wheaton, U. 8.
A. ; General Bradley T.. Johnson. Vlra-lnia
General William P. Carlln. U. 8. A.; Rear
Admiral Lester Beardslee, V. 8. N.; General
unoe-urlbe, Colombian revolutionist; Ma
jor Alfred B. Taylor, U. 8.. A; General
Henry Kyd Douglas, noted confederate of.
fleer, Hagerstown, M.
Others of eminence in various activities
wiere: Robert Plsnquetta, composer of
"The Chimes of Normandy:" P. WX. Arthur
grand chief of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers; Denis Swenie, ex-ohlef
of the Chicago fire department; Edward P.
Clark, editor of the New Tork ! Evening
Post; Dr. Richard Galling, Inventor of tha
uatung gun; Gustavus F, Bwlft,. founder
and head of the Swift Packing company;
E. Buttrlck. originator of n,rik
terns. New York; Henry Van Brunt, noted
architect; Irving M. Scott, builder of the
battleship Oregon, San Francisco: Stuart
r, . . . .. u
iwuaon, acmr; cenjamin r . jonca, ramous
steel manufacturer Perihsvlvania: Hvhti
Saundcrson,' opera' alngerG. O. Wllilams,
president Chemical National haul
York; Major James B. Fond.liead of Pond's
lecture bureau, New York; William B.
Dodge, philanthropist. New York: Freder.
Ick I Olmstead, landscspe architect; Sam
uel E. Mors, editor Indianapolis Sentinel;
Gordon McKay. Inventor of shoemnkina-
machinery, Newtort. R. I.; Sir MIchsel
Herbert, Britlfh ambassador, London: Wil
liam P. Granger, civil engineer Hoosac
tunnel, Boston: Chief Justice J. J. B. Me.
Collum, supreme court, Maine; Mrs. Dwlght
U Moody, Northfleld, Mass.; Henry Dlstln,
musician ' and music cubllaher Philomel.
phla; Henry J. Jarrett, theatrical manager,
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Elklns, capitalist, Philadelphia; Julian Rlx,
landscape painter. New York; Mrs. Harriett
M. converse, "cnier or the Six Nations,"
New York: Jules Levy, cornetlst. rhlcarn-
Frederick R. Coudert, famous lawyer, 'New
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Yoke waists are among the notable fea
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In a variety of attractive forms that vie
with one another for popular favor. Thia
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and can be made from one material or
wlta a contrasting yoke, aa preferred, but
is shown in maise peau da cynge . piped
with panne velvet. The fronts and back
are tucked, the former to yoke depth, the
latter to give a tapering effect to the fig
ure, and are made full length, so that the
yoke, attractive aa It Is, can be omitted
when a plain waist is desired. The trim
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touch and the sleeves are the favorite
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tucked to fit snugly at the upper arms,
with cuffs that match the yoke.
The waist consists of the fitted lining,
that can be used or omitted, as preferred'
the fronts, back and yoke. The fronts
and back are tucked and etitched with
silk and are finished with a regulation shirt
wal.t plait. Ths yoks Is In one piece,
fitted by means of shoulder darts, and Is
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ming atrap making a finish at tha front
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each and are tucked at both upper and
lower edges and finished with the cuffs.
The quantity of material required for the
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yards 27 Inches wide or i y,rd, 44 inches
wide.
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HOME AND FOREIGN CANALS
Frosrresslv Devclwpsneat of Water
Highways Overcosalaaj Katare's
Obatraetleas.
Tbs Bues esnal Is usually considered the
most Important example of ship canals,
though the number of vessels passing
through It annually does not equal that
passing through ths canal connecting Lake
Superior with the chain of great lakes at
the south. In length, however. It exceeds
aTny of the otTier great ship canals. Us total
length being ninety miles, of which about
two-thirds la through shallow lakes.
Ths canal connecting the Bsy of Cron-
stadt with Bt. Petersburg Is a work of
great strategic and commercial Importance
to Riuwia. The canal and sailing course In
tbs bay are about aixteen mUes long, ths
canal proper being about six miles aud tha
bay channel about ten miles, and they to
gether extend from Crorstadt, on the Oulf
of Fir laud, to Bt. Petersburg.
The neat of the great ship canals connect
ing bodies of salt water la the order of
date of eonatructtoa la the Corinth canal,
whith connects the Oulf of Corinth with
the Gulf of Atj-tna. The ranai reduce th
CLaiauie from AdrU ports about 175
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miles, and from Mediterranean ports about
100 miles. Its length Is about four miles.
The Manchester ship canal, which con
nects Manchester, England, with the Mer
sey river, Liverpool, and ' the Atlantic
ocean, Is thirty-five and a half miles long.
Two canals connect the Baltic and North
seas through Germany, the first, known as
the Kaiser Wllhelm canal, having been
completed In 1895 and constructed largely
for military and naval purpose, but prov
ing alio of great value to general mercan
tile traffic. The other is the Kibe and Trave
canal, which was opened In 19U0.
Three ship canals Intended to give con
tinuous passage to vessels from ths head
of Lake Superior to Lake Out it to and th
Bt. Lawrence river ar the Welland canal,
originally constructed In 1823 and enlarged
In U71 and 1!00; the St. Mary s Falls canal
at Bault Pte. Marie, Michigan, opened in
1?&5 and enlarged In lbKl and 1!M, and the
Canadian canal at St. Mary's river, opened
In 1835.' In point of Irai jrtance, measured
at lesst by their present use, the canals at
the St. Mary's river by far surpass that of
the Welland conul.
Th Welland canal connects Ltka Onlari 1
and Luke Kr'.o on the Canadian alle of the
river.
The c&nals of Bault Ste. Marie, l'.K.l,iun,
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and Ontario, are located adjacent to tb
falls of the Bt. Mary's river, wide n, con
nects Lake Superior with Lake Huron, and
lower or raise vessels from one level to the
other, a height of seventeen to twenty feet.
The canal belonging to the United Etatvs
was begun In VSA by the state of Michigan,
and opened In lhafi, Its length being (,T4
feet. Tb Canadian canal, one and 'one
eighth miles long, 1G0 feet wide and twenty
two feet deep, with lock 00 feet long, sixty
ftet wide, with, twenty-two feet on the
miter sills. Was built on the north aide of
the river during the years IteS to 1895. The
number of vessels pasalng through the
L'nited Statea canal in 1WJ was 17,fS8, and
through the Canadian c inal 4,201. --Harper's
Wtrkly.
Weak Li.
- Those who have weak lungs canuot be
too careful about taking cold, as, Unless
promptly treated, pneumonia, Is likely to
follow. For the cure of colds and as a
preventive of pneumonia, no one could wish
for a better medicine than Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. The success that ha at
tendid its iim everywhere shows that It
csn alays be rlled up'jn. , It 1 pleasant
and safe to tnke and coala but a quarter.
Large stae fifty cei.ia.
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