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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1900)
.T,,Mir SAYINGS and DOINGS rmS 1 nn hnnnrml tnnm. 1 to -S? -3 I ' " ' T U I F T y '-ggmsz. MarK Utuatn Home jrfain. Mark Twain Is home, aftor hla Jong stay In London. During tho years ho ha8 mado his homo nbroad ho has hcon at times reported as Blowly starving to doath nnd at other times as banquet ing sumptuously with dukes, carls and emperors. In 18D7 and 1898 Mr. Clem ens was feted In Vlonna ns no other American had boon feted. On ono of theso occasions ho nddrensod his audl ouco In tho German language. Tho groat humorist Is now C5. but lids not I Famous Educator. Dr. Edward Asahcl Dirge, who will fill the placo of Dr. Charles Kendall Adama as president of tho University of Wisconsin whllo Dr. Adam s la re covering his health abroad, has been nn honored mem ber of tho faculty for twenty-five years. Ho began his labors In 187G as Instructor In natural history mill nnn vmir lnlnr .n tr,a n.n,1 n.. Df. BlrgO, U II lU 1 1 1 U U U f 1 W fessor of zoology. In 1S91 ho was elected dean of tho collcgo of lcttors nnd science. Dr. Blrgo Is not only a scientist of eminent reputation, but la llkowlso nn authority of International noto In his lino. Aftor his graduation In 1873 from Williams College ho spent two yenrs In Hnrvard and re ceived from thnt unlvorslty his degrco of doctor of philosophy. Later ho went abroad for a courso In histology at tho University of Lclpslc. In 1897 ho was mado honornry doctor of sclonco by tho Western Unlvorslty of Pennsyl vania. Ho Is forty-nlno years old. From Society to Factory. Once queen of ono of tho flnsst homes In tho Indiana gas belt, Mrs. George L. Mason la now working as a factory hand In tho Anchor Plating Works at Marlon to support hersolf nnd two llttlo daughters. Her husband has abandoned her. She has been com pelled to send her chlldreu to her mother at Macon, Ga. Still sho hopes that she will get traco of her husband, whom she says she loves. Mason help ed to make Munclo and Marlon famous as manufacturing cities. Ho was one of tho big promoters of tho gas belt, Inducing capitalists to Invest hundreds of thousands of dollars. He mado a fortune. Ho was for n tlmo at the head of a street railway company In Toronto, Canada. Citizens of Marlon wauted him to call his oldest daughter THE ATIONMIERdt SAMUEL L. CLEMENS. (Mark Twain.) f ot laid nsldo his pen. His rccont work shows no signs of docropltudo. Hla financial prospects aro good. Brigadier General Bruco Hamilton, tho captor Of tho Boer Gonornl Olivier, Is ono ot tho fortunate men In tho Brit ish army In tho rapidity of his pro motion. Flvo years ago ho was a cap tain In tho Enst Yorkshire. Today ho is tho youngest British gonoral officer. His ilrst oxperlcnco of warfnro was gained In South Africa, not far from the scono ot his latest exploit, for ho was A. D. C. to his brothor-ln-law, Gen. Sir Gcorgo Colloy, and only Just missed being in tho Majuba dtsautcr. Max Schocnfold, a former Phlladel phlan, now n resident of Rorschach, Switzerland, has glvon $10,000 to tho National Farm School of Doylestown, Pa., to bo used In tho purchase of farms, which aro to bo rented to tho graduates of tho school, thoroby giving them nn opportunity of demonstrat ing tho valuo ot tho Instruction they have received and tho capability of Jewish youth to gain support by agri culture. MRS. GEO. L. MASON. Marlon for tho town. His wife lived In luxury In Marlon." Now sho ls'ln pov erty. Onco tho center of society, aha is now deserted. M. Rostand Is reported to bo at work ipon a now play for Bornhnrdt, which has for Its subject tho persecution of tho early Christians by Nero. Will Bernhardt givo us n new sort of "Quo Vadls," with "Poppaea" as Its sensational central figure? Tho government has in contempla tion tho erection of a memorial brldgo across tho Potomac river at Washing ton to commcmornto tho patriotism of tho American people. It will be n structure surpassing In beauty any other of n similar kind in tho world. The designs havo already been agreed upon and contemplate a roadway sixty feot in width with sidewalks twolyo feet wldo on each side. It was felt by practically a majority of both tho son ato and the house that the tlmo had como when tho construction of such u brldgo as thnt exemplified by tho successful plans should bo commenced. A resolution favoring the appropria tion of $200,000 for tho beginning of work was passed by both houses. A design has been prepared by Architect Burr and Is presented here with. As designed it is n very ornato structure, and yet somo of tho chiof cloments of Its effectiveness nro sim plicity and grandeur. Tho river spans of such unusually long arches possess nn lmpresslvenees as complete struc tures which it is cssentinlly Impossible to reallzo from nny plnn on paper. It has been suggested that the plan might be more ornato In character. Tho structure Is estimated to have on It about $1,000,000 worth of statu ary and carving. Indeod, the great river arches, with all their lmpresslvo- mtiBt bo simple and harmonious with the structural olemcnts ot design, nnd tho successful plans nro pre-eminent In this ndmlrablo kind of excellence. A comprehensive examination of tho entire design shows that tho composi tion of the bridge as n wholo nnd Jn Its several parts Is dictated by tho re quirements of tho problem and -that it Is a common senso solution, possessing the essential qualities ot good engin eering nnd architecture. Masonry construction was chosen on account of Its more monumental and lasting qualities, and this necessitated tho nrch motive. Tho portion over tho river proper requiring free passage for tho current, as well, as for lco in tho winter, Is of comparatively open con struction, consisting of graceful seg mental arches of long span. Tho ap proaches nro of entailer and semicir cular arches, the very costly construc tion of the river portion not being ra tional at theso points. The difference of function of tho river and land parts Isthus sharply expressed, adding very much to tho truo artistic quality ot the composi tion; moreover, tho points at which the thrusts termlnnto nro re-enforced by masses of masonry built up into monuments, which by their weight add to tho stability of the structure Tho eight heroic groups placed rlcd out nlong tho wholo length of tho roadway, whero bronze statues of celebrated men aro to bo placed on each side, nnd these, together with, very elaborate electric light supports, will hem In the approach to Arlington' with tho most artlstto surroundings, Tho sculpturo and ornament upon tho, structuro hns been placed whero tho artistic requirements call for it and. without regard to expense Tho char ncter of tho structuro has been always kept In mind, and vulgar ovcrorna mentntlon avoided as being worso than useless. Tho ontlro structure ns deslgnod, In cluding tho embankment approaches nnd tho granite arch masonry portions, has a length of a llttlo over ono mllo and would form a much-needed lino ot communication between tho Na tional cemetery at Arlington, tiio ad joining country, nnd tho city of Wash ington. Its roadwny and . sidewalk surface, eighty-four feet In width, would constitute, with tho tributary avenues nt each end, one of tho most Impressive and beautiful nvenucs in tho world. Nothing could ho more fitting as n memorial to tho lofty sen timent of Amerlcnn patriotism than this suitably embellished great brldgo structure between the capital of the nation and the city of its heroic dead. Che Lai John B. Hudson. John E. HudBOn ot Boston, tho pres ident of tho American Boll Telephone company, died suddenly tho other morning In the Boston & Mnirio railway station ot Bevorloy, Mass., while waiting for his train. For 4 many years Mr. Hudson was a pro yN feasor of law In tho . II J iTr,7l," IJlllViliU UlllVUIOIl Collier's Sad Death. Whllo Investigating noises in tho rear of his resldonco In Atlanta', Ga tho other morning, Charles A. Collier, one ot tho best known men In tho south, fell down tho steps of tho back porch. Ills pistol was discharged, and tho bullot entored tho left breast near tho heart. Tho nolso of his fall and tho pistol shot aroused his family. Ho was found lying nt the bottom of tho steps In tho yard In an unconscious condition. Mr. Collier was lorn In Atlanta, fifty-two years ago. Ho was educated at the university ot Georgia nnd was admitted to tho bar in 1871. Leaving tho profession ot tho law he engaged in banking with great succoss. Ho was president of tho Piedmont exposition John E. Hudson. law school. Ho b'o- enmo the gonoral counsel ot tho Am erlcnn Boll Tele phone company In 1882 and was tho logal champion ot tho compnny In tho days ot Its early litigations. In 1880 Mr. Hudson beenma tho gonoral man ager, nnd In 1889 ho was oloctcd prcal dont, which position ho hold up to tho tlmo ot hla doath. A. Startling JfoDcl. Miss Halllo Ermlnlo Rives, cousin to tho author of "Tho Quick or tho Dead," hns wrltton a novel thnt makes tho ntory of tho Princess Troubotskolo seem absolutely frosty nnd colorless. "A Furnnco of Earth" Is tho name ot tho latoat production from tho pen ot tho southern girl who two seasons ngo uhockod tho public by "Smoking FlnX," nn nntl-lynchlng talo that provoked criticism frpm tho Atlantic to tho Pa cific. Aftor Miss Rives rend what tho papors said concerning "Smoking Flax". sho wopt horsolt Into a condi tion thnt caused hor frlonda to put hor into n sanitarium. Hor rocovcry must havo boon complete, for "A Furnnco of 35arth" surpasses in Intensity nnd jfrankness anything that hnB over bcon written by nn Amorlcnn. It will causo SZola and Oulda to feel envious pangs. San Francisco's Grotuth. San Francisco docs not seem to bo discournged by Its loss of relative rank nmong tho cities of America. The cen sus of 1890 showed It to bo the eighth city, with n population of 298,997, while that ot 1900 makes It ninth, with 342,- 782 Inhabitants, having been passed by Cleveland and Buffalo. Enthusiasts of San Francisco says that the gain tor tho decade has been made largely since tho annexation of tho Hawaiian Islands and the opening of trado with Japan, China, Asiatic Russia and other por tions of that continent. Quoting Son- ntor Davis' declaration that the trade with the east will give the Pacific coast a population of 15,000 people, It nssorts that with tho dovolopment ot trade with Asia San Francisco will show n rapid gain In population, nnd tho next census will show It higher In the list, and It Is only a question of time when it will rival New York. DESIGN FOR THE GREAT MEMORIAL BRIDGE. CirARLES A. COLLIER, of 1887, nldorman In 1887 and 1888, and mayor pro temporo of Atluntn In 1889. His most notablo achievement has bcon hiB work in tho Piedmont exposi tion, which greatly enlarged tho com mercial prestlgo of the city. Ho was president ot tho Cotton States and In ternational exposition of 1890, presi dent and nctlvo head ot tho Capital City Bank,from which position ho re signed only a few months ngo, and was recently mado chalrmnn ot tho board of, county commissioners. Ho served ns ono of tho twelve commissioners from tho United Statos to tho Paris exposition ot this yenr, nnd was n mombor of tho Lafayotto Monument association. Carried Mail Many yeas. For several years past MrB. Harriet L. Upton of Fnlrport, Lenaweo county, Mich., had tho contract for carrying Undo Sam's mall between her homo town nnd Adrian. The Institution of tho rurnl freo delivery, howovor, has thrown hor out of business, nnd Mrs. Upton's familiar figure Is no longer soen along tho routo. Not content with handling tho mnils exclusively, Mrs. Upton constituted herself nn errand boy nnd when any body nlong her routo wished small pur chases mado "In town" sho would make them for n small consideration. Then, too, largo purchasos for largor consldorntions wore somotlmcs made for hor constituents along tho plko; nnd when homownrd bound Mrs. Up ton's mall cart on many n night was Jammed full of purchases and tho driver looked llko a female competitor of Santa Clans. Sho had hor city cus- ness nnd long scries ot beautiful ap-1 prouch arches on each side ot tho river aro admirably adapted to the recep tion ot such emblematic figures, statu ary or carving na may be suitable to give It nny desired intensity of expres sion us a memorial to American pa triotism. This additional embellish ment need not necessarily bo given to tho bridge at tho time of its construc tion, but could be ndded from time to time In the future as historical events or epochs In the history of tho country might require. There aro many pedes tals along the entire courso ot the structure which could receive from time to tlmo in the future statues of patriotic Americans, as was Indicated In tho letter of transmission which ac companied the orlglnnl plans. In con nection with this entire mnttcr of or nato treatment. It should bo remem bered thnt the foundation! elements of the design for tho best artistic results against the nrchways nro emblematic I of such subjects as patriotism, valor, concord, etc., nnd will be groups ot grent size and elaborate compositions, nnd aro to be executed in stone. The spandrels ot the arches will be fitted with subjects emblematic ot tho nrmy nnd navy, etc. On tho sides of tho towers will be shields nnd plaques in scribed with nnmes of battles, nnd the whole will bo crowned with bronze victories heroic in size. Tho towors will contain stairways or elevators ad mitting people to tho top over tho arch and In the rear of tho balustrade Tho whole will form two triumphal archways, elaborately ornamented and rich in detail, although In perfect harmony with the severity of tho great brldgo structuro of which thoy aro but ono of tho structurally essen tial members. Tho memorial nnd monumental character of tho brldgo Is further car- Prof. Jacob H. Hollander of Johns Hopkins University, tho treasurer of Porto Rico, has just returned to Balti more on n short visit. ''The peoplo as a whole," ho snys, "aro paying little nttentlon to the furore that the politi cal situation in this country has raised nnd seem perfectly contented. The raising of fruit in tho Island, which heretofore hns not been practlcod so extensively, has become quite an in dustry, and with encouragement and n llttlo time should do well there." Tho United States are known In China ns Noi-Kwo, or "tho beautiful country," though tho Chinese masses today always call nn American a Kwa Kee Kwoh Yui, which may be trans lated as a "countryman of tho flower flag." The reason of this is that when first the stars and stripes were seon in Canton harbor the natives flocked to the shoro, hailing it ns tho Kwa Kee Cheun, or tho "flower flag3hlp." Arch HocK. to Be Wotem 1p. Old tlmo music lovers will recnll tho unique concert performances In tho early MOs ot tho Hutchinson family, which aroused papular enthusiasm In thlB country nnd Englnnd. John W. Hutchinson, tho only survivor of tho family, Is now 80 years old and Uvos n secludod life in u small Minnesota town. Shag rock No. 1 and Shag rock No. 2 In San Francisco bay having been dis posed of, contractors nro now busily engaged In work preliminary tb tho domolltlon ot tho still moro famous Arch rock In tho same mnrltlmo thor oughfare Tho forty-nlnor cannot re call the day when this picturesque wionaco to navigation was not anathe matized by tho sailor man. Many a tlmo Its destruction has been suggested nnd Its demolition would have been ac complished long ago but for tho aontl- mentnl opposition of a few veteran Cnllfornlans. who hated to eco their odd-looking old friend dlsnppoar for ever, Residents of Snusallto havo al ways been particularly avcrso to Its de struction, their cry alwayB being that It was ono of tho sights ot tho bay. Eventunlly continued ngltatlon by pi lots and others interested In shipping bore fruit, and now Arch rock must follow in tho way of the two others. Contractors nro working hard getting ready for tho coming explosion. Tho Eooncr tho work is done tho sooner will tho government turn ovor tho final payment, nnd upon the length of tlmo It takes to got this money doponds in somo dogreo tholr profit or loss. Moro explosives will bo used In blowing up Arch rock than were necessary In tho case ot tho other two combined, but no alarm Is felt In San Francisco over tho coming blast. Tho moro timid cit izens thoro wero much exorcised pre vious to tho blowing up ot Shag rock, but tho concussions In that case hardly Jarred the city. In early days of California's history It was a favorlto amusement for young men to wait for an unusually low tldo and thon pull a boat through tho nrch. So far as is known tho first tlmo this feat was accomplished was In 1857, whon Capt. Frank Murphy, ono of tho best known pilots of his day, rowed a small boat through. For a few years tho daring trip was occasionally mado or attempted, but eventually a couplo of young fellows, in trying to do tho trick, wero dashed against tho arch by tho heavy swell. Tho boat was smashed and tho young men lost tholr lives. Since that tlmo row boats havo glvon Arch rock a wldo berth. MISS HALLI13 RIVES. Tho author, who 1b about 2C 5 ears old, Hvc3 with hor father, Col, Stophon Rtvca, on a fine old plnco In Christian Coucty, Kentucky, whore Bho Is tho horror of nil tho staid matrons nnd prim young women, for in dress nnd manner Miss Rives is qutto as uncon ventional as In her writing. Mrs. Wllllnm F. Apthorp, wlfo of a musical crltlo prominent in Boston, has invented a Bounding bonrd ot pinto glass, which wilt bo ono ot tho novol features ot tho now Chlckerlug Hall In that city, Electricity Jor Johore, His highness Ibrnhtm, sultan ot Jo hore, has ontorod Into a contract with tho Gonornl Electric compnny ot Schcnoctndy, N, Y to furnish htm an electric plant costing butweon $700,000 and $800,000 to transmit power ninety eight mlics from a cataract to tho gold mines belonging to tho govornmont, and tiio company Is sending nlno of Its experts to Johore for tho purpose ot sotting up the plant. Thoy are un der contract to remain In tho employ of tho sultan for n term of years until his own subjects have Joarned tho busi ness. Tho agents of ibrnhtm nro now contracting for tho rest of tho mnchln ory, which will cost In the neighbor hood of $230,000. Robort Hoc, the mnnufneturor ot printing presses, has had a modal de signed to commomornto tho flvo hun dredth nnnlvorsary ot tho birth of Gutonborg. MRS. UPTON. tomcrs, too. Strictly fresh eggs, spring chickens, nnd gllt-cdgo dairy butter could bo engaged of Mrs. Upton, who counted theso luxuries among her "slilo lines." Whllo a comparatively young woman her hair Ib as white ns snow, and la mado to look still Whiter by nn omni present black capo and a very smnll hat. Although tho freo delivery man has cut her perquisites moro than half, Mrs. Upton goes to Adrian ovory Sat urday. She recently Bald to a corre spondent: "I guess I'll turn put farmer nftor all. 1 havo dono everything on tho farm except plow und cultivate corn. I havo gone right out Into tho field nnd I tell you It has been pretty hard work to get In thirty-odd tnllca of mail carrying evory day bosldoa.' Tho contest for the United States sonatorshlp in West Virginia 1b rather a family affair. Senntor inophon B. Elklns U n candidate for re-election, and ho Is opposed by Honry G. Davis, his fnther-ln-lavj and predecessor la tho senate. V t ARCH ROCK, NOTED LANDMARK IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY, TO BE DESTROYED.