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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1901)
n 5ECY GA6E Nut unexpectedly Russia, actuated, of course, by hor own sugar trust, lias retaliated against tlio United 8tates be catiBo ot our government's treatmont of Russian licot sugar. RusBla, It Is contended, pays a bounty to Its sugar growers on all sugar oxported by thorn. iTho Dlngloy tariff law of tho United 'States provides for a countervailing duty on all foreign beet sugars receiv ing an oxport'duty, tho amount of tho duly to bo tho Hamo as Iho bounty paid by tho exporting country. A cargo of Russian beet sugar brought to this country has caused tho onforcomont ot this tariff provision by tho secretary of tho treasury. Tho amount of tho duty levied against tho Russian sugar Is Htiniclent to oxcludo it from our markets. In retaliation Russia has terminated certain preferential tariff IwciivrAiiv a Ad trs contim- i TlOtfThc mittcm of internal Utxa- J i (fo)i in Ilmsla amounts to a bounty on J i tvynr and therefore vuthen the exported X j suyar subject to a countcrvalllna dtUy. $ India Threaten Hettolt. I Tho nows from tho far oast Is not encouraging to England. Tho mighty cmplro of India Is gottlng ready to ro volt and boforo long tho coast cities held by tho British may bo roduced by overwhelming numbers, I Thoro aro In India C50 native statos I groat and small. Thoy are govornod ,by their own princes and chiofs with jtho advlco and help ot Drltlsh real Idents, representing thu supremo gov ernment ot India. Somo ot theso rul ers administer tho Intornnl affairs or their respectlvo states with almost .comploto Indopondonco. Tholr author ity, howdvor, Is limited by tholr Indi vidual troatlcs and engagements, Tho suzerain power dooa not allow thorn to go to war with ouo nnothor, nor to .form alliances with foreign powers, and it intorvoncs In cases of bad gov ernment or oppression, exorcising a f "-.U MOSQUE AT BEH TROUBLE WITH advantages herctoforo conceded to tho United States. This action amounts to creating a prohibition ngalnst tho Im portation into Russia of American Iron and steel and machinery. A tariff war between America and Russia may cost America many mil lions a year besides tho general good will of Russia, which in past emer gencies has been steadfast. Tho traditional friendship that has existed between tho United States and Russia Is an assurance that 111-fcellng will not bo cngondercd between tho peoples on account of commercial rivalry. When tho revolutionary war broko out Russia was quick to send aid to tho struggling fleets. When thu civil war was on and hostilities were threatened with England on account of tho arrest of Mason and Slldell, Russia did another friendly act that for a con 11 Intr fmirit has never been sui- passcd In history. England sent n fleet to New York for tho purposo ot making a hostile demonstration. Al though Its departuro from England was shrouded In solemn secrecy as to des tination, it had hardly been nnchorod off New York when a moro powerful Russian fleet sailed in nnd took up a position between tho British fleet and tho city. Tho Russians began to clear tliolr decks for action. Noticing this tho British admiral sont a messngo to tho Russian flagship, tho same being a request for an explanation, Tho Rus sian sent buck word that he was morely going through tho customary practlco drill. Very suddenly tho Drlt lsh squadron sot sail. It was followed by the Russians. Tho Russians had probably saved Now York, but It was years afterward before tho truth bo came known. Tho lato Czar of Russia, whoso brother was in chargo of tho fleet, confided the story to Dr. Tal mago. Again In 1893, when tho United States treasury was being depleted of gold and exports of tho yellow metal threatened tho Btahlllty of tho nation's general control in tho direction of peace and contentment. Theso feuda tory rulers possess revenues and arm ies. Tho gross Incomo of tho princes of India Is .CI 5,000,000 ($75,000,000), tho sum ot tholr trlbuto Is 600,000 ($3,000,000 )por annum.and they main tain in nil 80,000 natlva troops In ad dition to thOBo thoy furnish for tho Imparlal service. Tho relations between Drltlsh nnd natives have until latoly boon perfect ly amicable. All are equal bctoro tho law. A natlvo can earn exactly tho samo wage ns a Drltlsh workman. Dut inasmuch as Europeans havo a far greater capacity for work than tho natives nnd aro ablo to do moro work In a shorter time, a consciousness ot superiority sometimes produces arro gance, which Is a fruitful sourco of racial disputes and probably Is at tho bottom of the prosont disturbances. MIES-FANATICS' HEADQUARTERS. ! j pi lor to exportation is not a bounty ' i Ji oti xutjar. 1 1 I credit, Russia, through hor present flnanco minister, Sergo Yulevltch Do Wltte, proffered a loan of $500,000,000 in gold, to bo paid back at any tlmo wo saw fit. Tho proffor was docllnod and bonds issued instead. It wus during tho civil war that tho Alaskan purchaso camo up. President Lincoln reminded tho Russian minister that wo woro short of gold. Ho was In formed that Russia was In no hurry for tho money that wo could pay when wo were nblo and without any Interest chargo whatever. Wo havo had many friends among lha nations of Europe, but with tho exception of Russia nnd Franco, thoy havo been "fair weathor" ones. In times of adversity Russia could always be depended upon. Armour's Generosity. As Is well known, P. D. Armour was always deeply lntorested In young men and whenever ho had an opportunity of encouraging their ambitions ho did so. This has beon well Illustrated by moro than ono incident. Ono day while traveling between Now York and Chicago, ho becamo interested in a col ored boy, a slcoplng car porter, whom ho saw trylnrc to read a book. Ho named tho boy "General Forrest." "General," said Mr, Armour, "I'll glvo you a 5 bill If you will read one lino of that book without stopping to spoil out tho words. Tho boy grinned, but accepted tho challenge, and read out a lino without hesitation. Ho not only received tho ?5 nato, but on further questioning stirred Mr. Armour to still creator In tercst. Ho disclosed a dcslro for knowledge that impollod Mr. Armour to proposo a way for his education. Soon afterward "General Forrest" re LORD CURZON. Blgned from tho sleeping car Bervlco and wont to Oherlln colloge. where ho was educuted at Mr. Armour's oxpenso. Tan American Exposition Flag Tho ofliclnl flag of tho pan-American, exposition at Buffalo was solcctod from) 300 drslgiiH and Is tho production or Miss Adelaide J. Thorpe. In the uppor' comer Is a slnglo whlto star, on a bluo. Mold, typifying North America; on n red field In tho opposite corner aro four ctars, representing tho southern cross; constellation and South America. Tho contor of tho flag is a diagonal whlto bar, bearing tho golden oaBlo of Hbrr-: ty, vlth a green scroll In its tttous, Kccrlbod, "Pax, 1901." Dlnck walnut canes woro given to tho caVlnot memberB Tuesday by tho presi dent. Tho canes wero sont tho presi dent from Illinois, and woro cut from a walnut treo on tho farm formorly tho prcporty of Abraham Lincoln, In Har vls:ovrn township, Macon county, 111, George Gould9 I J The magnificent Eagle-Dragon group which was brought over from tho Paris exhibition by Tiffany & Co., of New York, and Is now being exhibited at their establishment, has been pur chased by Gcorgo J. Gould and will b3 added to tho grand collection of works of art at his Lakewood, N. J., home Georgian Court. This Is probably ono ot tho most remnrkablo examples of wrought Iron work ever seen In this country, It was ordered by Emperor William II. to crown tho center of the Court of Honor of tho German section at tho Paris exhibition. It represents a great eaglo of heroic slzo, with out spread wings, struggling with a gigan tic dragon, which Is held by tho eaglo's talons. Tho group symbolizes tho con test of liberty nnd truth with oppres sion nnd superstition tho oaglo being tho emblem of freedom. Tho englc measures twelvo feet from tip to tip of tho expanded wings and six feet bIx Inches fiom tho benk to tho end of tho tall. Its weight is 4,200 pounds. Iho dragon measures twenty-two and ono halt feet In length, though much folded and colled and weighs G.000 pounds. Tho total weight of both pieces Is thereforo 10,200 pound's, A Famous Old House Even tho Indian Territory Is begin nlng to havo its "ancient" landmarks. In Fort Gibson stands a houso built In 1833, which Is old for that region. It waB onco tho homo of Dushyhcad, formerly chief of tho Cherokee Nat.on. Tho houso Is now occupied by nn In dian family, distant relatives of tho old chief. It was built about tho time tho Chcrokcc3 wero romoved to tho Territory and for years it was pointed out as "tho finest residence on Grnnd River." It has sheltered somo of the biggest men In tho country. Under lt3 rafters havo stopped President Taylor, James G. Dlalno, General Sherman nnd scores ot other well known whlto men, besides many ot tho most prominent Indiana In tho country. When tho gov ernment first established Fort Gibson this houso was used as officers' quar ters. All tho big social "functions" of tho officers' society woro given in it. Mnnv women In tho exclusive circles of Wnshlngton society have In their younger days danced beneath tho rcor of this houso. It was In this building BUILT IN 1833. that Upton did much work upon his book of tnctlcs. In tho houso havo linen sinned somo of tho principal treatlos mado by tho Chcrokees. Hero, too, havo been laid plans for tho In dians 10 tako tho war path, and In it havo been signed pence ngroemonts. Fort Gibson Is now n city ana me houso stands In tho part of it known as "old town." There is a legend among tho Indians that when Upton was. sta tioned at Fort GlbBon and occupied tho houso ho got many valuable hints for Ma tnntics for at least for tho revis ion ot them) from Chief Ross and oth er Cherokee chiefs. TopularUy of Alexandra. At n. tardon nartv In tho grounds of tho royal jmlaco at Tokyo tho question of tho moat popular woman on or nenr tho throno was being discussed by somo members ot foreign legations who woro present. Tho Empress Hn ruko happoned to overhear tho dis cussion and gavo U10 honor to tho Princess of Wales, now Queon Aloxan dra. Tho Empress Ilaruko haB a great admiration for tho English court nnd regnrdB tho now queon ns an Ideal among royalties. Sho has nlso n pro found admiration for tho Emprcas Frederick, with whom sho has carried on nn Interesting correspondence. Vtirchase, This is exclusive of the iron ba3o and rock mound on which it rests. Their weight Is fifteen tons. When mounted tho group is sixteen feot thrco inches high. This was tho most important group In forged Iron shown at tho Paris ex hibition of 1900 or any provloit3 ex hibition, and Is of great artistic merit ns well as a wonderful pleco of me chanical technique and Ingenuity. In slzo It far surpasses any similar worlc beforo executed. Tho eaglo and dragon aro beautiful ly wrought In artistic detail. Tho modeling Is wonderfully strong, and each Individual feather possesses nil tho variety of form and slzo ns would an eaglo's feather. That painful do tall so often present In work of this character Is pleasingly absent. The group Is a happy combination of ideal ism and realism, nono of tho strength of tho latter being lost In tho blending with tho former. Tho Japanese iron eagle at tho Co lumbian exhibition of 1893 measured twenty-six inches across tho outspead wings, while the famous iron uagle in tho Sclenco Art department ot tho bouth Kensington museum measured twonty-olght inches across tho wings Uhe Superimposed Turret Tho reported accident to tho thlr teen inch gun of tho battleship Kcar sargo, which has the superimposed tur ret system, undoubtedly will hn thnr oughly Investigated. At least It should u. mo ueiaws cr inn accident are not yet known, nor 13 it known whnth er tho guns wero disabled, as It was claimed would bo tho case should an accident hnppen to nnv of them. In this conneotlon It would also be interesting to know whnt has caused such a radical change of opinion on th part of tho Board of Naval Construe tlon. It is not long since tho ouporlm posea turret system was rejected by mo uonrrt upon tho Kround that dim cultles In operation of tho two turrets ana tho danger that tho samo shot might dlsablo both rendered Jts adop tlon unwise. Now ten out of tho twelvo members of the board havo voted not only to abandon tho old tur rot system adopted for tho battle.shin: Virginia and Rhodo Island, but also to equip all of tho seven new battloshlp3 authorized by consross with sunerlm posed turrets, It Is also intimated that tho new system may bo used on the Illinois, Maine, Missouri and Ohio, now bolng built on th,o old lines. This ac cording to tho latest Judgment of tho board, would secure a homogeneous now fleet, nnd henco tho greatest ef ficiency. Ex. O-Ocrdoing Expositions. In vlow of tho various expositions which havo been hold slnco tho Chi cago world's fair and tho projectod plans for still other expositions, there would seom to bo at least somo danger of overdoing the matter. To mention only tho fairs which aie to bo held In tho near futuro, Duffnlo will open its Pan-American exposition this spring, tho South Carolina Intorstato and West Indian exposition is echeduled to open next December nnd tho St. Louis centennial exposition In com momorntion of tho Louisiana purchase is to be opened In 1903. Tho Ohio Cen tounlal nnd Northwest Territory ex position, which was to havo beon held in Toledo in 1902, has bscn abandoned, but Now Orleans haa n fair In prospect In tho remote futuro in celebration of tho Interoceanlc canal. Hen Jfc)is MaKjng "Records. Ben Novls still continues to mako records. Its latest effort In that direc tion Is In tho wny of rainfall. In the month of December thero foil a llttlo over forty-threo lnche3 of rnln on tho top of tho mountain. This Is no les3 than twenty-eight Inches nbovo tho average for tho month of December nnd flvo Inches nbove tho largest quantity of rain that foil boforo December in any month slnco tho obsorvntory was opened thero. Forty-eight Inches Is moro than doublo tho quantity of rain thnt falls ovor the greater part of tho United Kingdom In tho courso ot a year. A Vigorous Treacher Tho Rov. F. W. Macdonald, a cele brated London preacher, Is an unole to Rudyard Kipling. It Is probably n surprlso to a good many people that tho great author over had nn uncle. Tho Rev. Macdonald Is a prominent Methodist, said to make ns choice and' vigorous uso of good Saxon words as his famous nephew. Ho Is a brothen to Rudyard's mother, tholr father also being a minister. Thus It will bo Men that the talented author comes rightly by such of tho serious material as. on- RE.V F. W. MACDONALD. tors into the composition ot his work. Whero ho got tho other sort la as no hlmseir might say, another story. The Ethics of Tie. Probably no other nrtlclo of dally food has been so frequent a disturber of tho household peaco as pie. So ad mirable are tho qualities of good plo and so dangerous aro those of bad pla that It behooves housewives to study and master tho art of plo making. An unfortunato couple wero beforo Judgo Crano In New York tho other day. Tho husband was charged with Ill-treat ment of his wlfo nnd tho wlfo was thero as a prosecuting witness, though they had been married only a year. Tho wife's complaint was, In brief. that her husband not only called her names because of her alleged poor cookery, but on ono occasion when Bho served him with mlnco plo ho not only opened tho window and throw It out Into tho street, but pulled her hair and Informed her that she was a falluro as a plo maker. He did not taunt her for not making as good plo ns mother made It, but for utter, abject Ignorance of tho wholo subject, nnd ho pathotlc rlly Informed tho court that his con duct was Justlflablo becauso the plo tasted as If It wero made of sawdust. Judgo Crane, it must bo admitted, took a wise view of tho subject, says tho Chicago Tribune. Ho did not lecturo tho wlfo for her lgnoranco nor punish tho husband for tho assault. Ho la from Massachusetts, whore tho plo wa3 first known, if not invented, In this country. Ho told tho youthful pair ofi tho excellent mlnco plo of his boyhood and that ho could not find such plo anywhero savo in his own houso, for Mrs. Crano had tho recipe. Ho ap pealed to tho wedded pair to make up their little quarrel and go homo and1 he would sond them tho reclpo. They consented and left the court room arm In nrm, and peaco has prevailed in their homo ever slnco tho arrival of tho Judge's plo prescription. Heiress of "Rossana. rmong tho many beautiful portraits painted by that celebrated artist, George Romney, Is ono that has.hoen recently exhibited ns a typo of Irish beauty. That type so often sung by Tom Mooro and depicted by many an TYPE OF IRiarf BEAUTY, artist, with matchless eyes of bluo and raven tresses, Is hero personified In tho vlvld portraiture of Miss Elizabeth Tlghe, tho holrcss of Rossana, who flourished about 100 years ngo. It was fortunato for lovers of tho beautiful In art that sho attracted tho attention of one of whom Lord Thurlow said: "Reynolds 'and Romnoy divide tho town; I am ono ot the Romney fac tion," and who was so successful that ho mado by portrait painting moro than 117.000 a year. Sur-Ot-Oors of Three Wars. With Mr. Roosevelt Installed a3 vlco president thoro Is in tho senate tho survivors ot thrco wars tho Mexican, tho civil nnd tho Spanish-American. General Bato of Tennessee Is tho only senator who Baw servlco during the Mexican war. Though Senator Pettus ot Alabama was in tho army during! that period, ho never got to tho front. Thoro aro twonty or moro venerablo. senators who wero on one Bide or 'iho; other during tho civil war, but Mr. Roosovelt 1b tho only veteran ot Ihoi Hnanlsh-Amerlcan conflict.