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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1899)
HpuvwiPPMiiPi.i, ii 9 i ii hp ppiii MIPUW p' r 4 EX-MAYOR PMNGE WAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S GRAND OLD MEN. Itcccntl-- l'nmcd Anny After "Ji Vcry Uncful Uto Tu-eatr-I'our Tcnra ns Bccrotnry of Ilio Ife-tnoeratlc Xutlonul Couuulttco A Ikoui Jiruuiuioll. Tho lato ex-Mayor Frederick 0. Prlnco was a sort of Bcnu Urummcll, reflecting tho elegant manners and breeding of a tanner .generation of Bostonlans. Once, whan .thoro wns an unverified report around town that tho Prince of Wales had taken to wear ing a bell crown hat .and that faithful New York, of combo, and Boston, per haps, would copy tho royal headgear, a reporter was cent .tn get an opinion on hats from tlie ex-mayor, and In cidentally got a story on tho ox-mayor himself. -Well," said he, " a great many persons will always do what tho prlnco does. They aro fond of aping royalty. And so ho Is wearing a bcll topped high hat? Well, I can't say that there's much Mylc about that, I don't remember the iday they wero worn hero. I was a member of tho Somerset Club for years, up to last April, when I resigned, and .1 never re member seeing that stylo df hat there. I was secretary of tho .national demo- FREDERICK 0. PRINCE, cratlc commlttco for Inoro than 20 years; I attended all tho conventions from 1SG0 to 1884 and I never saw such a Jiat worn. I used to wear a rather odd-shaped, straight-brimmed hat my self until about eight years ago, when I last went to London, and where I took to wearing another style. I re member that whenever I went over to New York and walked down Wall street tho fact was always chronicled ns the arrival of my hat. It was tho satno at tho Democratic conventions. Tho hat waB a feature of them. I ro niembcr wearing It in Paris ono time when Harrison Gray Otis and mysolf wero roaming around the continent. We wero staying at tho Grand hotel. Otis, I must toll you, disliked the hat exceedingly. Ono day It vanished, and in Its stead I found a brand-new, n la modo Parisian hat I was chagrined. Wo went out on tho Champs Elyseo that afternoon, and along toward tho Elyslan field, or tho Bols du Bolognc, as It Is called. And' on tho -way I saw something. 'Otis,' Bald I, pointing to the head of tho man In front of us, 'that lookB like my hat.' Otis only laughed. He had given tho hat to one of tho servants at the hotel and bad substituted tho new beauty. But T never saw a bell-topper in those days tlther. MRS. LOWE AS A LEADER. 6lio Is Ono of the Host Ilouftokocper In tliu World. Mrs. Rebecca J. Lowo of Atlanta, Ga., who was elected at the conven tion In Denver last Juno to tho presi dency of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, serves as an examplo of tho fallacy of tho theory that club women aro not homo makers, says the Philadelphia Times. In addition to her many other accomplishments, Mrs. Lowo has tho reputation of being tho best housekeeper In Atlanta. As a model Vlfo and mother sho has proved a homo maker In tho best senso of the word. Born with all the old southern liking for domestic affairs, sho super intends personally every detail of her own household nnd a visit to hor beau tiful homo is convincing proof of her cfllclency. But her home, well kept us it was, proved too narrow a limit for her broad mind and as hor children's growing up gavo her greater lelsuro Bho turned her attention toward tho broadening, not only of her own life, but that of other women. Before her election to tho presidency a Philadel phia woman asked if she favored a cer tain reform advocated by the society she represented. "I am in favor of anything," was tho reply, "which tends to the advancement of the cause of women." That tho south has appre ciated the honor paid hor is proved by tho largo'number of clubs which have federated during tho year. And in speaking of them a Bouthem woman says: "Tho web of clubs spreading over our states is already doing a very gracious work." Apothecary Humor. Mrs. Leary "I want to git some qulnolno pills." Clerk "Those with coats on them, I suppose?" Mra. Leary "No; thlm wld thor coats off." Clerk "Oh, I understand. William, bring out somo of thoso quinine pills Jn their shirt sleeves." Accommodating. "Do you send homo your customers' purchases?" inquired tho new custom er in tho wet-goods emporium. "We do more than that, sir," replied tho go nial proprietor. "Wo often send homo our customers." A DAY IN THE QUEEN'S L1PE. How Sho Spent llcr Time In llai-ly 1'urt of Hor KoIru. It may bo Interesting to recall In these days n picture of Queen Victoria's llfo In tho earlier portion of hor reign, says the London News. It is drawn by Crevlllc: Tho llfo which tho qneen lives Is this: She gets up soon alter 8 o'clock, breakfasts In her own room and Is em ployed the whole morning In transact ing business; she reads all tho dis patches and liaB every matter of Inter est and Importance In every depart mcnt laid before her. At 11 or 12 Mel bourne comes to her and stays an hour, moro or less, according to tho business he may hnvo to transact. At 2 sho rides with a largo suite (and sho likes to have it numerous); Mel bourne always rides on Iter left hand and tho equerry-ln-walting generally on her right; sho rides for two hours along the road and the greater part of tho tlmo at a full gullop; after riding she amuses herself for tho rest of tho afternoon with music and singing, playing, romping with tho children, If thcro nro any In the castle (and sho is so fond of them that sho generally con trives to hnvo some there) or In any other way she fancies. Tho hour of dinner is nominally 7 o'clock, soon af ter which tlmo tho guests assemble, but sho seldom appears till near 8. Tho lord-In-waltlng comes into tho drawing room nnd instructs each gen tleman which lady ho 1b to take to dinner. When tho guests aro all assem bled the queen comes In, preceded by tho gentlemen of tho household and followed by tho duchess of Kent nnd all her ladies; she sneaks to each lady, bows to the men nnd goes immediately Into tho dining room. She generally takes tho arm of tho man of the high est rank, but on this occasion nhe -went with Mr. Stephenson, tho American minister (although ho has no rank), which wns very wisely done. Mel bourne Invariably sits on Ler left, no matter who may bo there; sho remains at table the usual time, but does not suffer tho men to Bit long after her, and wo were summoned to coffee In less than n quarter of an hour. In the drawing room she never sits down till tho men mako their appearance. Coffee Is served to them in Uto adjoining room and then they go Into tho drawing room, when sho goes around and says a few words to each, of the most trivial nature, all, however, very civil and cordial In manner and expression. When tho llttlo ceremony Is over, tho duchess of Kent's whist table is ar ranged and then tho round tablo Is marshaled, Melbourne invariably sit ting on tho left hand of tho queen and remaining thoro without moving till the evening is at an end. At about 11:30 she goes to bed, or whenever tho duchess has played her usual number of rubbers and the band has performed all tho pieces on Us list for tho night This Is tho wholo history of her day; sho orders nnd regulates every detail herself, she knows where everybody is lodged In the castle, settles about tho riding or driving nnd enters into ev ery particular with minute attention. THOMAS G. SHAUGHNESSY. Thomas G. Shaughnessy, tho now president of the Canadian Pacific rail road, Is u natlvo of tho Third ward of Milwaukee. He left that city in 1881 with Wllllnm Van Home, to whose chair as president he succeeds. Mll waukeeans nro looking forward to the queen's knighting of Mr. Shaughnessy as she knighted Mr. Van Homo. Tho new president of tho transcontinental steam highway Is only 40 years old. Af tcr leaving school ho entered the em- ' T. G. SHAUGHNESSY. ploy of tho Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul road, and In ten years he bad worked his way up to tho position of storekeeper. In 18S2 Mr. Shaughnessy beenmo purchasing agent of tho Cana dian Pacific and began tho circum spect, economical and saving policy that has won him tho presidency. From purchasing agent he rose to tho posts of assistant general manager, assist ant to the president and director of tho rood. Few railroad men nro moro ef ficient than tho new head of tho do minion line. I'xrcptlon Worth Noting-. Ono of those positive men who are prolific in inaximB for tho general guidance of mankind was holding forth to a group of listeners. "Nover toll your dreams," ho said. "They in terest nobody but yourself, and It they have any significance nt all thoy mere ly indlcuto somo mental weakness on the part of tho dreamer." "Yes," re plied ono of tho listeners after a pause, "what a fool old John Bunyan was to tell that long dream of his about tho pilgrims!" After this thoro was an other and longer pause. The Congo river has at ono place 32 waterfalls within a distance of 154 miles. mmwn& iss?; : BLAND AS HE WAS. ONE OF THE PLAINEST MUN IN THE COUNTRY. Ill lUcent Dentil t'nturri Whlnipri-iitl b. row l'liiln i:t-ryriny Farmer Who Cmiio Near to n r-MlilenUal Nomina tion, Tho late Richard Parks Bland was born near Hartford, Ky., Aug. 19, 1833. Ho received an academic education. He moved to Missouri In 1855, thenco to California, and thence to that por tion of Utah now Novada. He located at Virginia City and practiced law. Ho was Interested In mining opera tions In California and Nevada, He was county treasurer of Carson county, Utnh territory, from 1SG0 until tho or ganization of tho state government of Nevada. He returned to Missouri In 1865, and located In Holla, whero ho practiced law with his brother, C. C. Bland, until he removed to Lebanon, In August, 1S69. He continued his practice there. He was elected in tho Forty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty first, Fifty-second nnd Fifty-third con gresses. Ho wns elected to tho Fifty fifth congress as a silver democrat, re ceiving 24.G05 votes, against 19,751 votes for T. D. Hubbard, republican, nnd 1,467 votes for J. II. Stolnciphcr, populist He was elected to the Fifty-sixth congress by a handsome mar gin. Mr. Bland was nover moro lntcrcst- ing than at tho time of the democratic national convention In 1896. As every ono knows he wns a strong figure be fore the convention. At ono time there was a belief that ho stood a strong chanco to become tho nominee. At that tlmo Mr. Bland was at his home, two miles away from the town of Lo banon. Ho had no telegraphic or tele phonic connection from his comfort able home to the towa near which ho lived. Instcnd of rtmalnlng close to menns of direct communication with tho exciting scenes in Chicago, ho con tinued to pursuo his dally habits on tho farm. Along toward tho evening of one of the most exciting days of the convention there were elgn3 that thoro would be a Bland landslide. In tho minds of the knowing ones in the con vention It may be that this wad not jo but, this impression got abroad nnd was felt In most parls of tho counlry. Every telegram that reached Lebanon said something about It. The same thing, in a m&derato way, had hap pened a number of times in tho two or threo days' proceedings. Each tlmo thero had Dcen a ruah for Bland, and each tlmo ho astonished tho rush ers by showing them that his concern wan much less manifest than theirs. On this particular evening an effort was made to make Mr. Bland como to town. Ho had been In for tho mall In the afternoon and had purchased somo groceries, hut ho nnnounced to his friends, beforo starting for homo, that he would not como back except under extraordinary conditions. Somo ono told him that tho conditions were ex traordinary, and that his nomination was imminent. Mr, Bland shook his head and smiled. "If I am nominated tonight," ho said, "I will hear about It In tho morning." Accompanied by two or three of the children he climbed slowly Into his not too gorgeous equlppago and drovo out the dusty street In the direction of his home. Mr. Bland had another reason at this tlmo for sticking cIobo to tho farm. "Holp" Is scarco down that way, and at that time Mrs. Blnnd's "hired girl" had left her, leaving only a mere slip of a child to assist In tho largo amount of general work and tho care of tho children. So It becamo n part of Mr. Bland's duty to assist about the house when ho could, and this duty ho performed. About that tlmo somo friendly biog rapher wrote to him tints: "Though ho wears soolu, ho does not wear a collar excopt on Sunday. lie wears knee-high boots, and his trous ers aro two or throe inches too short RICHARD P. BLAND. Ho chews n quarter of a pound of to bacco a day. Ho U poor, honoat and In dependent He lives on a farm neni Lebanon, which, ho says, he would sol, for the value of tho Improvements, lilt house is built of red brick and Is twe stories high. His family consists or & wife and six children. His oldest child a girl of 20, Is at school In Washing ton. Tho younger children run around barefooted and are healthy and happy. Mr. Bland Is 61, and his wife, who Is 43, has the placid, quiet face of a Madon na. Sho believes that her husband' chances of landing In tho whlto house aro slim, nnd so far as sho Is concerned sho would rather contlnuo to llvo on tho farm. She does all tho housowork herself. One hired man la kept, nnd hi eats -with tho family. Tho great silver agitator is plain-looking. Ho has a plain, sallow face, with a squaro fore head, running Into a baldlsh expanse surrounded by blondo hair. Ho has a rough, brown beard, slightly touched with gray, cut In the plainest way, nnd tho hoarse voice which comes ovor It has a sort of twang In It which car ries out tho plainness of Its owner. Bland dresses plainly, and ho prldci himself on being ono of tho plain peo ple. He Is ono of tho few Congress men who mako farming pay. Ho hai one of the largest apple orchards In this country, and for somo years hn been making moro out of his apples than his congressional salary." SEEKS THE NORTH POLE. Prince Lulgl, tho Duko of Abruzzl, who is now on hta way to tho north pole, is the only royal pcrsonago who has ever undertaken that very hazard ous Journey. Tho prlnco sailed in his good ship Stella Polaro (Polar Star) on Monday from Chrlstlanla, in Norway. Ho Is accoApanlcd by tho Crown Prince and Princess of Italy, who will go with him as far as North Cape. Prlnco Lulgl bolongs to tho house of Savoy. Ho Is a nephew of tho King of Italy nnd the son of tho lato Prlnco Amadeo of Savoy, Duko of Aosta, and for a tlmo tho King of Spain, Lulgl was born on April 30, 1873, nnd la al ready distinguished as a traveler and explorer. In 1897 ho ascended Mount Ellas, on tho- hordor between Alaska and British Columbln. Prlnco Lulgl Is taking with him twenty-ono persons, including Count Quiil, n lieutenant in tho Italian navy; Dr. CnvHU-Molinclll, two Italian sailors, four guides, ten PRINCE LUIGI. Norwegian sailors and ono Eskimo, Tho Stella Polaro was formerly tho Jason. Amrrlran Hpuulih. Mnnlln Correspondent Now York Tribune: What seems remarkable to mo Is tho caso with which Americans pick up Spanish and tho confldenco thoy seem to havo In their linguistic abilities. Many of them appear to think they are moro masters of Span ish than It would bo jHwwlblo for any Spaniard to become master of EngllHh. Mr. has only been In Manila a few months, not moro than a half dozen all told, and tho ease with which ho rattles off Castillan Is something amaz ing, as tho following will show: Mr. (to a Jeweler on tho Escolta) Mo watcheo rnucheo brokeen, muchee dlr tec, mo wantco watcheo flxeo. You sabo, seo? Jeweler Yes, I understand, Tho gentleman over thero will fix yoqr watch, TO JOURNEY ALONE. PADEREWSKI WILL NOT BE TEMPTED UY QUPID. Tho Ituinnr Recently Clrrulntcd founded on n Divorce L'nio Ho In Moro In-tort-Mori In Agriculture Than Ho Js In MurrliiRc. Tho latest rumor of Isnace Pndorew- Bkl'a marrlago hnd as llttlo foundation as tno various reports of his cngngo- mcnt to tho American women ho mot on hlB visit to this country threo yeara ago. His relations with tho Gorskl family havo long been well known. His invalid son lived with tho Polish vio linist nnd his wlfo during tho years that followed tho death of his mother, nnd ho has been their Intlmato friend, nt times mnklng his homo with them when In France. When Mmo. Gorskl nnd her husband wero divorced, thero wbb no change In the famous pianist's relations with tho family, and his son has lived with Mine. Gorskl recently, and hor llfo hnB been In n largo measure devoted to tho enro of him. It Is not bollovcd by any of tho pianist's frlonds In Now York that ho has been married secretly or in any other way to Mmo. Gorskl, who PADEREWSKI. Is somewhat older than ho. Tho rumor of his engagement to a Now York woman was so persistently reported threo years ago thnt her father had to mako a formal denial of It, saya tho New York Sun. As a matter of fact, tho ncqualntanco between tho two wns slight Tho pian ist has llttlo moro1 tasto for society than tho avcrago musician of his em inence. Ills only appearances In that way during tho recent visit to London wero In tho drawing room of a tnnn of wealth, when ho received J5.000 for his contribution to tho program of n musl cnlo and at tho farm of a titled agrlcul turlst Ho 1b moro Interested In agriculture than In anything olso snvo his profes fllon. Ono of tho mistaken reports con corning his American tour is tho state ment that ho is to rccelvo $250,000 from a manager hero for 40 concerts. Ever since his first tour here tho pianist has come on his own responsibility, and will contlnuo to do ho in tho future. Padorowakt Is now at his Poland es tate. He was hastily summoned thoro by his lawyer as a consequence of tho defalcations of one of his principal clerks, whoso books show a deficit of eoveral thousand pounds. CARDINALS. J'ono Leo Hus Soon It I Die In m roiitlllriite. Romo Correspondence London Lend tr: Tho Romans havo a popular tra Jltlon which, curiously enough, is often confirmed by facts, thnt when u mem ber of tho Sacred Collcgo dies two of his colleagues quickly follow him. At u few days' distance two Cardinals, Bausa, Archbishop of Florence, and Krcmentz, Archbishop of Cologne, havo departed this llfo, nnd now good Romans nro quite In a lluttor of ex pectation speculating with cheerful resignation as to which Torporato will bo third. Apropos of tho death of Car dinals, It Is a curious fact that tho most likely cnndldato to tho tlnra, such as tho lato Monaco la Valletta, Gnllm hortl, Dl Rondo, Sanfollco, appear to havo bean specially singled out by denth during tho pontlflcato of Leo XIII., no fewer than 124 Cardinals hr.v ing died during tho 21 yearu of his rclgn. Indeed only four of tho Car dlnnls created by Plus IX. Bitrvivo, and should they prccedo tho nged Pontiff into tho tomb, Leo XI. I. will bo nblo to say to his Cardlnnls, as Urban VIII. did: "Non vos elcglstls me, sed ego elogl voa." (It Is not you who chose me, but I who choso you,) There aro now 16 vacancies In the Sacred Collcgo. Aluminum In tho KlUthen. A recent investigation lu Germany of tho suitability of aluminum for cooing utensils raises tho question whether any danger attends tho uao of such vessels. While aluminum Is but slightly affected by weak acids when they aro pure, It Is rapidly at tacked In tho prcsenco of sodium chloride by sulphur dioxide, acetic acid, and even ulum. Bui says Sci ence, it remains n mooted question whether tho amount dissolved would do Injury to tho system. Experiments Indicate that aluminum salts havo a somewhat detrimental effect on diges tion; yet on tho other hatiu, alum wa ter Is often bcncflclnl to health. A Olnno Um-ntlon. Dick Isn't It always good to havo a cIobo friend? Jack Not always. Sup pose you want a loan for a fow days. Do you think a close frlond would be tho ono to typroach? STRONG DRINK Snvci! ttto I.lfo of ii Woman Fulltnn Sixty root. Now York Trlbuno: Falling a dio- tnnco of five floors, fully 60 feet or more, nnd through a skylight scarce ly wldo enough to ndmlt her body,. Mrs. Knto Hayes, 35 years old, of No. 235 East Sixty-seventh strcot, landed on tho ground last night, receiving only somo minor scratches to ehow for her trip. But tho whole neighborhood know what happened within a short tlmo. Tho woman's screams in parti tho crashing of breaking glass and the.' shouts of tho rescuers broko tho silencer of tho Sunday afternoon and n large crowd gathorcd quickly to assist in tha- rcscuo. MrB, Hayes, her husband, a. small child nnd a boarder llvo on the fifth floor of No. 235. Between their tenement house nnd No. 237 thero la an open space of bIx foot or there abouts. In this latter Bpaco Theodore Cowcs, a roal cstnto mnn, has con Btructcd n temporary office building of corrugated Iron, not moro than CxlG nnd only a story high. Tho ofllco ia lighted by a skylight 2x7 foot In longth.. n mere silt of glass In tho iron roofl All that Is positively known is thut Mrs. Hayes enmo through Utat sky light, nnd enmo fast, an if sho had at long start Sho was found lying on. tho lloor Bcrenti.lng at tho top of her volco, nnd tho door of tho real cstnto otllco hnd to bo smashed In beforo Bho could bo taken out Sho was cut about tho head, and hnB a gash In hor loft leg, but moro than that sho escaped'. Sho was taken to Flower hospital. Tho doctors nay her Injuries aro trivial They Bay Mrs. Hayes had evidently been drinking, and tho rolaxatlom ot. tho muscles Incidental to Indulgence.' In stimulants, thoy declare, Is responsi ble for her escape from Instant death. 8TATUE OF GEN. ARTHUR- Tho Btattio of tho lato President. Chester A. Arthur, which has Just boon unveiled In Now York, Is ono of thai best creations ot Sculptor George EC, Blssoll. Tho monument Is, In lta ox trcmo measurement, Bcvcntcon feet eight Inches high. Tho bronzo figure ltflolf Is nlno feet high. Mr. Blssoll portrayB Arthur standing nml In an nt tltudo as If ho wero about to begin a. speech. Behind tho figuro is a Greek: chair, from which tho president hast apparently Just arisen. Over ono ana of tho chair la a drapery suggesting: tlu toga which, as presldont of thai sennto, Mr. Arthur might havo worn.. Tho pedestal Is of gray marblo highly polished nnd devoid of ornament snvo for bronzo wreaths on tho sides. Oa. tho front block Is this Inscription; "Chester Alan Arthur, Twenty-first. Presldont of tho United States or Amorlca." Tho donors of tho monu ment nro eminent Now York cltlzonB, nmong whom aro Cornelius Biles and Iovl P. Morton. Tho stntuo Is at tho. northeast cornor of Madison Square;, nnd faces south. Tho pcdcstnl was de signed by James Brown Lord. Tho. dedication Tuesday wns attondod by nr largo numbor of persona, including: Mrs. John E. McElroy, a sister or; President Arthur, who presided at thot Whlto Houso during his term; G'inr. and Mrs. Hownrd Carroll, Miss Mantcn; President. Arthur's nlcco; former Mayor William L. Strong, Gon. G. H. Shnrpe, Charles E. Tiffany, Warner Miller, EUhu Root, Cornollus N. Dllsa and George W. Lyons. Mr. Bliss pre sided. Tho statuo was formally pre sented to tho city by Mr. Root, who mndo nn eloquent address eulogistic oC President Arthur. At tho conclusion of tho address nil In tho lnclosuro aroso, McElroy unveiled the statuo by drawing a cord and loosing tho Amor lean flag, whoso folds had hidden thes handsome pile. Tho statuo was accept ed on behalf of the city by Randolph Gttgenholmer, president of tho council,, in a brief address. Tho Muln Tiling- to I.oArn "To mako a success at this bust" ncss," said the experienced traveling;; salesman, "there Is ono particular fea ture at which you should atrlvo to bo como an export" "And what 1b that?" anxiously asked tho young drummer. "It Is to bo ablo to explain satisfac torily to tho firm whon you como In. off- of n bad trip Just why you havea'f' sold more goods." Ohio Journal. Ovoritoliifr It. "They sny that Perkins loved http neighbor ns ho did himself." "Ho did more than that. Ho loved his neigh--bor's wlfo and got a horsewhipping." i' it .vr. r