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Senator Tractor's Coup.
, Scnatbr Retinoid Proctor of Vermont,
jwho haa JUBt acquired tho celebrated
Carrara mnrblo qunrrlca of Italy, has
"by thia coup placed himself practical
ly in control of tho cntiro output of
Buporflnc mnrblo in tho world. Ho is
now in Italy closing tho deal, which
will mako him tho owner of tho ro-
HON. REDFIELD PHOCTOIl.
tiownod quarries, for which, it is (.aid,
tho interests ho represents will pay
tho stupendous prico of $10,000,000.
Senator Proctor was governor of Ver
mont from 1878 to 1880, and slnco 1881,
whon ho was n delegate to tho Repub
lican national convention, has been
eminent in American politics. Ho was
Hecrotnry of war in tho early part of
,PrcsIdont Harrison's ndmlnibtrntlon,
and resigned that portfolio In 1891 to
1 go to tho United States senato as an
appolntco to succeed Senator Ed
munds. In 1892 ho was regularly
elected to succeed himself in 1898.
'' KsricK of Sccdmcn.
Tho seed catalogues of tho country
last year notod C92 different kinds of
cabbages. Tho seed section of tho De
partment of Agrlculturo has been
working on n gcnornl classification of
'American vegetables with tho object
of eliminating all tho duplicato names
which havo been given to vnrlotics,
owing to tho fact that each seedsman
has his own specially named vcgotablo
of each species or variety always de
scribed ns an Improved or moro
solcct strain than tho ordinary variety
offered for salo by tho rest of hu
manity. Tho Department has sim
mered tiicso G9Z cabbages down to a
ltttlo over a hundred actual varieties.
Tho soedsmcn havo catalogued 312
different lettuces, whereas tho Depart
ment can find only 87 nctually different
i kinds. Beans, 'beets, cucumbers etc.,
hnvo likewise been taken up nnd clas
sified nnd each variety has been found
to havo from thrco to four nnmes.
Guy E. Mitchell.
An Indian Millionaire.
' Melvin Dcmpsey is tho richest In
dian n America. Ho Is now In Chi
cago, which city ho left throe years
ago, a poor man, going to Alaska us
MEIiVIN DEMP8BY.
tho agent of n number of capltnlUts
who had confldonco In his ability ub a
wining engineer. Today ho Is n mil
aionalre. Ho lias 15 claims duly ro-
uorded and has JiiRt sold ono for $100,
)00. But ho has dono moro than pros
"pec ting In Alaska; ho has dono roll
glous work, having organized u Chris
tlan Eudoavor Bouloty. Ho is a full
bloodod Cherokee and Is a famous man
among hlb' race, being a chemist, ns
naycr, minor, musician, linguist and
poet. Ho speaks besides his natlvo dl
nlcct, English, Spanish, nnd six In
dlon (llnloots us much dlfferont from
his own Cherokee as Gorman Is un
Uko French. Ho Is a college gradu
uto. Among tho Instruments ho plays
ro tho guitar, piano and mandolin.
Hencbued "Doer Activity,
Tho now nnd effective activity of tho
Boors undor Do Wot and otlior burgher
leaden; is as disconcerting as It 1b ex
pensive for tho British. It thoroughly
discounts tho ofllclnl theory that tho
South African war 1b over; How thor
oughly It does bo may bo seen in tho
ofllclal postponomont of tho Jubilation
with which Lord Roberts wbb to havo
boen received in London on Jnnunry 3,
Instead,.of celebrating tho closo of tho
war it now becomes necessary for tho
war ofllco to consider tho advisability
of soiidlng reinforcements to General
Kltchonor, in splto of tho fact that ho
still has over 200,000 men with which
to fight tho romuant of tb original
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Topics
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Siberia as an Actuality.
M, Plerro Lcroy-Bcaullcu, who ban
just embodied the results of a long
Journey through Asia in his book. "Tho
Awakening of the East," leaves an Im
pression of Siberia which makes it
moro Uko America than any other part
of Europe. Ho even mentions tho mls
crablo streets of Tomsk, ono of tho
leading oltlcs of tho land, as remind
ing him of tho thoroughfares of Chi
cago, they aro so bad. In nil tho larg
er towns tho telephone is In use, and
nt n smaller rcntnl than is charged in
tho country of lis invention. Electric
lighting, too, prevails In the three- or
four lnrgcr towns, and trolley carB aro
far from being unknown; in fact, tho
Innumerable pole?, with swinging,
crossing wires in all tho strcots mako
tho city view n most American one.
In somo things tho Siberian city pco-
plo appear to havo an ndvantago.
Cabs ply tho strcots on demand for
sixpence, tho fare, and mako much bet
tor tlmo than most cabs. But ono
striking difference did not fall to mako
its nppcal to this traveled Frenchman:
As In Russia Itself, few persons aro
to bo seen in tho public streets, though
n largo and flourishing business Is
transacted.
Tomsk boasts a thriving university
with BOO students- already enrolled and
tho numbers Increasing annually. Law
Is studied, nnd n school of medicine is
soon to bo added. There Is a library
connected with tho institution contain
ing 200,000 volumes, nearly all pri
vately contributed. At the theater,
while M. Leroy-Bcaullcu was thoro,
an excellent performance of "Tho Tam
ing of tho Shrew" was given in Rus
sian, with "Mme. Sans-Geno" as an af
terpiece. ,
He Defends Slavery.
Major Richard H. Pratt, superin
tendent of tho Carlisle Indian school,
MAJ. RICHARD H. PRATT.
who has created a sonsatlon by writing
a lottor to Francis II. Hill, colored
bishop of tho African Methodist Epis
copal church, In which he defonds slav
ery of tho negro, la an olllccr of the
Tenth United States Cayalry, a nogro
rcglmont. The major was appointed to
tho army from civil life. Ho Is CO
years old, and began hit, military ca
reer ns. an enlisted man with tho Ninth
Indiana Infantry, Ho afterward Joined
tho cavalry and fought with distinc
tion during tho civil war. Ho cntorcd
tho regular army In 1867 as lieutenant,
and was brovotted captain for gallant
services In tho war of tho rebellion.
Major Pratt is u natlvo of Now York
Btato. Ho will rctlro in 1904.
The All-Amcr:can Idea.
Why should England refuse to ac
cept tho-compact that tho senato Is
now formulntlng ns n substitute tor
tho outgrown Clayton-Bulwor treaty?
asks tho Chicago Inter Ocean. Tho
British government muBt understand
by this time that tho Amerlcnn pooplo
will havo an American caual or none.
Lord Salisbury must realize how great
ly tho world position of tho United
States has altered In the last fifty
years. Ho must also realize that to
attempt a perpetual veto of Amorlcnn
aspirations is n task certain to luvolvo
tho greatest hazards for England.
Historic Vessel's Mission.'
Admiral Farrngut'a old flagship will
back up' Minister Lnomls' representa
tion to tho Venczuohm government on
tho biibject ot American concessions In
that country. Tho Hartford was re-
modoled a year ago, and is now n train
lnu shin. She Is lu Venezuelan wa-
tJ.ru.
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Charged totth Looting.
Lady Macdonald, who has been pub
licly chargod In London nowspapors
with looting tho Imperial palace at Po
kln, Is tho wlfo of Sir Claudo Mac
donald, former British minister to
China, and at present minister to Ja
pan. Tho story, which Is indignantly
denied by tho lady's friends and de
nounced ns a malicious nnd brutal at
tack on tho chnrncter of u good worn-
LADY MACDONALD.
an, is to tho effect that Lady Macdon
ald personally superintended a number
of coolies who had been ordored by
her to tako from tho palaco certain
treasures of Chinese art, together with
other objects having religious uso and
of priceless valuo to tho Chinese. Lady
Macdonald, before her marrlago to Sir
Claudo, was Ethel Armstrong Robert
son, tho beautiful daughter of Major
W. Cairns Armstrong and widow of
P. C. Robertson of the East Indian
service.
fnruly Hoys J-or the ffa-Oy.
Tho plan agreed upon In Judgo Tut-
hlll's court, Chicago, for sending somo
of tho boys of tho Johnr Worthy school,
a local reformatory, to the training
ships of the United States navy Is com
mendable Most of tho boys will bo
glad to become naval apprentices, and
two or three years of naVal dlsclpllno
will bo tho making of them. What
they need is a proper outlet for their
superabundant energies. As a rulo tho
lack of parental control rnther than
Innate vlciousness has mado thorn what
they aro. In tho navy thoy will got
plenty of useful activity along with
tho strict control which they need.
They will nt onco hayo a deslrablo
career to look forward to, and thero
Is no reason to doubt that many of
them will win moro than average
honors as seamen and gunners in after
life.
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Henry Cabot Lodge.
Henry Cabot Lodge, who had chargo
of tho Hny-Pauncefoto treaty In tho
senato and who marshaled tho forces
favorablo to ratification, Is generally
accounted a bright and shining exam
plo of "the scholar in politics." Ho
began his public career as a member
of tho fiftieth congress, and has boen
a congressman or senator ever since.
SENATOR LODGE.
Mr. Lodgo Is n lawyer, but, although
admitted to tho bar, never practiced
Ills profession, as ho himself descrlbos
It in tho congressional directory, la
"that of literature" Tho Junior Mass
nchusettK senator Is BO years old.
Sultan Is Tender Hearted.
It would appear from a recent lncl
dont that tho sultan of Turkey Bhnrcs
with his satanle majesty tho dlstlnc
tlon of not being so black as ho 13
painted. A theatrical troupo appeared
In his prlvnto thcator and gavo
"nthollo." When tho moment enmo
for tho murder of Desdemoun the aul
tan was bo affected and struck with
pity for her that ho called out and
forbade thnt alio should no smomoreu
A Jio-dct XOcdding Gift.
Tho daughtor of Mr. Souvorln, tho
woll-known editor and publisher of tho
Nnvnn Vromvn. St. Petersburg, has
ooon mnrrted to Mr. Mlasoledoff-Ivan
hoff. tho Bon of tho minister of wnya
and communications. Tho bridegroom
Is to enjoy tho dally proms oi ono oi
tho adverting pages ot tho Novoo
Vromvn. nnd this curious weiuung
i.ift in cnnslnc consldornblo amuao
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ment In St. Petersburg.
Mrs. Stephens' Tortratt,
A nortrnlt of Mrs. Lon V. Stephens
hns been hung In tho executive man
Blon at JofTorson City, Mo. Portraits
of former governors nro moro in
niontv. but thero wcro nono of tholr
femalo relatives, so that ot
Mrs. Stephens is thoMlrst to bo hung
'li hH
thoro.
3 ome . JVebv War Monuments
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. hOfiUntHT'
Of tho
nation's four great monu
tho northern soldiers of tho
mcnts to
civil war, Now York ha two or,
rather, it will have upon tho comple
tion of tho Templo of Fame on Rlver-
Ido Drive, tho corner stone of which
was laid the other day In thnt cltv.
Tho other memorial Is the beautiful
arch at tho Plaza entrance to Prospect
Park In Brooklyn. This cost tho old
city of Brooklyn $250,000, whllo New
iorks monument will cost flOO'.OOO.
Cleveland has a soldiers' monumnnt
tho actual cost of which was $240,000,
though legal fights over tho site, etc.,
brought tho total cost uu $40,000 mnr
And finest and most costly of nil is tho
lowering shaft which Indiana has Just
completed In her capital city of In
dianapolis, and which cost tho state
$700,000.
Tho present site ot New York'3
monument is the fourth which haa
been agreed upon.
Cleveland Monument.
Cleveland passed throuKh a lnnr
and bitter fight before Cuyahoga coun
ty s monument was erected and fal
cated. Tho nroJect Was lirnnphml fi-.
in 1879, and tho site suggested was tho
center of tho Public Squaro or Monu
mental Park. For eight years the t,?n
of a civil war monument languished
imu tu jooi mo project wns revived by
tho choice of tho southeast section of
mo squaro, winch necessitated the ro
moval of Commodoro Perry's monu
ment. Tho mon of tho O. A. R. and
tho county commissioners who had
control of tho public parks couldn't
agree on tho slto or upon tho designs
lor mo monument nnd Its erection. Tho
controversy was taken Into tho courts,
rn" r s 1 " M ".I . ssain" tnjJnKVWSfrMjaoo'aoafty arch i
i S&HEJVG&H MACHINE.
Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent, director ot
tho gymnnBlum at Harvard university,
haa Just brought beforo tho scientific
world a strength machine which em
bodies In an Intrlcnto and wonderful
manner all tho forms ot oxcrclso which
go to tho highest development of man.
Tho mnchlno is called an inomotor. It
has as yet been seen by only a tow
physical exports, but by them It is pro
nounced n wonderful machine.
Dr. Sargent worked on his invention
four yenrs, and ho feels that In It ho
has n plan of cxcrclso and dovolop
mont which will revolutionize gymnas
ium work. Tho mnchlno Is described
best ns a pair ot lovors conncctod by
tour adjustable rods with a sliding
Roat and a sliding footrcst, which are
.
and the various decisions sometimes
favored ono sldo and sometimes the
other, but the final victory was won
by tho G. A. R. In tho spring ot 1891
the monument commission took pos
session of tho site, and then began a
year's light, sometimes hand to hand,
in which tho police several times took
part. Actual work on the site -was be
gun In August, 1892, and on tho tenth
of tho next month came tho anniver
sary of Perry'B victory. Now It was dis
covered suddenly that Perry's statue
had been neglected shamefully for 30
years, and tho opponents- of the slto
for the soldiers' monument mado a v.io
outcry over tho coming removal of the
Perry monument, nnd Cleveland awoke
on the morning of Sept. 10 to find that
for tho first tlmo in 32 years the Perry
monument was decorated with flowers.
After every one had a good laugh over
this and It was thought that peace
had been restored W. D. Hoyt of Man
chester, N. H who owned property on
tho square, Bought to enjoin tho com
mission from putting up tho monu
ment on the ground, as in tho recent
New York case, thnt It would cut off
his light and air, and he was defeated
speedily, and In the spring of 1893
work wns resumed and carried on so
expeditiously that on July 4, 1894, the
monument waB dedicated. Tho legal
fight had cost the city $40,000.
Indianapolis Has the Finest.
Tho first appropriation for tho mon
ument in Indianapolis was mado in
1887. Early In the following year tho
commissioners selected from among 70
designs for tho monument that sub
mitted by Bruno Schmidt of Berlin.
Work began that year, nnd In August,
1889, tho corner stono was laid. Tho
In turn connected by a power applying
crank to crank on a gear or sprocket
whcol. It alms not only to strengthen
the principal muscles of tho body In tho
best nnd most natural way, but also
to bring them into action nt ono tlmo,
so that tho heart nnd lungs will got
plenty ot work to do without fear ot
ovoroxortlon or strain. Every movo
mont ot tho feet, arms, trunk nnd legs
ndd to tho propelling forco; tho cxcr
clso Is pleasant and enjoyable, and tho
muscles of tho operator may bo used
simultaneously or relaxed at will. In
addition to these qualities tho machine
acts especially on tho back, walat and
abdominal regions, which boom tho
weak points of tho American people,
nnd does away with round shoulders
monument stands In Governor's Circle,
two squares east ot tho Capitol. It
rises to tho hoight of 2C8 feet, and at
220 feet thero is a lookout which af
fords a flno view of tho city. Tho
monument has Its own electric plant,
which furnishes tho power to run tho
elevators and for tho lights. Tho
monument takes tho form of a shaft,
surmounted by a bronzo flguro ot
"Miss Indlann," twenty-eight feet high.
On the cast and west sides of the baso
of- tho shaft aro tho groups of statuary
representing War and Peace, and which
aro the largest groups of figures cut
from the rough stono In tho world.
About theso groups are figures cast In
bronze, emblematic of tho army and
navy. On tho plazas surrounding tho
monument nro bronzo statues of
George Rogers' Clark, tho explorer, and
Governors William Henry Harrison,
Oliver P. Morton and James Whltcomb.
The "Brooklyn Arch.
The designer of tho Brooklyn Arch
was John H. Duncan, tho man from
Now Orleans who designed also the
magnificent Grant monument on River
side Drive, Now York. Work was be
gun on tho arch In 1889, nnd It was
dedicated In October, 1892, tho cere
monies aiding in tho celebration ot the
400th anniversary of the discovery.
The material is granite, and tho arch
stands eighty feet high, tho total width
being tho Bame, and tho archway fifty
feet high and thirty-five feet wide.
Tho arch Is crowned by a group of
statuary by Macmonnles representing
tho navy. On either abutment of tho
sldo ot tho arch that faces tho park
will bo a group of Macmonnles' statu
ary. Ono of these groups is in place,
but Is notJcompleted.
Host on in the Cup "Race.
Tho announcement that Boston wifl
bo represented in the trial races for
tho honor of defending tho America
Cup against Sir Thomas LIpton's
yacht has created something llko a
panic In tho New York Yacht club. At
first there was most decided onnosl-
tlon manifested nmong the members to
any contestant not sailing undor the
auspices of that club, and It wns ar
gued It was not according to tho regu
lations in any event, ns tho prospective
owner of the now contestant Is not a
mombor of tho club. Tho liberal spirit
of somo of tho members, however, as
well as tho sharp protests mado in tho
press, has sllonced tho remonstrants,
and there will bo no further opposition
mado to tho boat now building by
Crownlnshicld for Lawson. Most un
questionably fear has had much to do
with this opposition. Tho coast from
Eastport to Cape Cod swarms with
yachtB a hundred to ono that sails In
Now York bay. In the sea coast towns
thoro are not only a largo number of
professional yachtsmen, but nlmost
every man, woman, boy and girl is
more or less expert in tho fine points
6f sailing. Tho wholo atmosphero of
that coast Is ono ot yachting, nnd
every day In tho season, fair or foul,
its waters aro covered with the whlto
wlngod flyers. Tho Now Yorkors,
therefore, havo every reason to fear
Boston, much more, in fact, than thoy
havo to fear Llpton.
Lady Kenmaro, who has dono so
much for the poor pcoplo on Lord Ken
maro's Irish estates, intends next year
to porsoiinlly superintend tho hotel on
tho lovely Lake of Klllarney, which Is
tholr proporty. Klllarney house, their
own residence, is exquisitely situated
on the samo lake at no great distance
from tho hotel.'
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