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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1901)
I Current Topics -A Veteran "Railroader. ' Forty-two yearn of continuous scrv Ico with ono railroad Is not a common record. When It Includes such Impor tant posts ns havo heen held ly Chnrlea E. Perkins, retiring prcHldont of tho Chicago, Burlington nnd Qulncy system, It marks a man of command ing nblllty nnd power. It wan from lho Inconspicuous position of a rail road clerk nt a far western town that Mr. J'crkliiH ioso to tho hend of ono of tho greatest railroad systems In tho world. It took him hut littlo moro than-twenty years to climb from tho bottom to tho loftiest height, but (lur ing that period ho passed through all tho grades. Ho earned promotion on merit, and when ho becamo tho chlof of tho Uurllugtou ho had a broad knowledge of every department of tho complicated business of railroading. Ah cashier, secretary and treasurer ho learned tho Intricacies of offlco work nnd tho principles of flnnnclng. An superintendent and general manngor ho camo to know perfectly everything from ii coupling pin to a fast ojipresn ,wlth a minuteness that mndo him i:ommandcr of every situation In a business full of emcgenclcs nnd of em barrassing problems. Tho knowledgo of both sides of tho business (ltted CHARLES K. PERKINS, him peculiarly well for tho position of president, In which comprchonslvo knowledgo makes for effectiveness. The State Flotucr Question. Another stato Is In tho throes of agitation over tho question of adopt ing n floral emblem, Tho legislature, people, and press of Massachusetts aro divided as between tho trailing ar butus or mayllowor, tho adoption of which Is provided for in u bill Intro duced in tho houso a yenr ago, and tho bluo Hag, known ns flag lily and Ilowor do luco, nnd to tho botanists as Iris versicolor. Tho friends of tho mayllowor urgo that it is emblematic of the punt his tory of tho stato, Its resources aud future promlso, and that It lends ltsolf to artistic uso In architecture. Tho opponents make ntiBwer that tho mny ilowcr, Avhlch is not a May flower but nn April flower, has no association whatever with tho Pilgrim vossol or that namo, ns tho plant docs not grow in England nnd consequently tho vossol could not havo been named for It, nnd that as there aro sovernl plants in Mas sachusetts known ns mayllowers tho nrbuttiH could not havo been named for tho vessel. As to tho resources and 'fUturo promlso of tho common wealth, they do not seo how they can bo characterized by a flower which Is so poorly adapted to tho noil of tho old Bay State, that It la now on tho vorgo of extinction. As to tho artlBtlc uso of tho flower In architecture, thoy nro certainly right In saying thnt Its small and commonplace shapo forhldH It, Tho native bluo Hag, on tho otbor hnnd, is tho most beautiful of tho wild lily faintly. It grows ovorywhoro and 'blooms profusely. It cannot bo extor nilnnted by picking, whllo florists can liroduco It lit any season of tho year, whereas jthe mnyflower cannot he cul tlvated. Moreover, its leaven nro like tho drawn Bword lu tho Btato omblom, its color Is that of tho flng of Ihmkor Hill nnd the old frlgnto Constitution, and for tho purpose of decoration and artistic treatment it cannot be mir- passod. Thoro 1b only ono dnngor "which confronts tho advocates of tho bluo flag. Tho flour do Us was tho monarchical emblem f Franco. At tho proper tlmo tho aunties of Huston will muster in fono ngnlnst its adop tion upon tho ground It will commit the Btnlo to inounrchlstn, "Mayor of Chtnatotun" , Sam Moy, "Mayor of Chinatown." who wna mlsBlng for sovoral days, mndo his hppcaranco In Chlcngo tho other morning. Ho had been vialtlng his brother celcstlnls at Kansas City SAM MOY, for two weeks. As nothing had boon iiieen of him it was feared thnt ho hud met with foul play nt tho hands of tho -."Highlanders." asthe WORLD REVOLVES for Mayor of Chicago. Klbrldgo O. Uanecy, republican nomlneo for mayor of Chicago, Is Judgo of tho Circuit Court of Cook county. Ho was a candldato for tho gubernatorial nomination at tho 13 LB RIDGE O. HANECY. corla convention which nomlnntod (lovernor Yates. Horn on n fnrm In Dodgo county, Wisconsin, fifty years ago, bo camo to Chicago In 18C9 nnd secured a position as clerk with Field, Letter & Co., and later was a sales man In tho establishment of John V. arwcll & Co. Ho began reading law and was admitted to tho bar In 1871. n 1893 ho was elected Circuit Court udgo and In Juno, 1897, was re-elected. Donations to Libraries. Should tho donations for libraries contlnuo during tho present year upon tho generous ratio which has marked January and February they may oc cupy first placo In tho year's totals. During theso two months tho gifts to libraries havo amounted to $3,148,000. Of this Inrge amount Andrew Carncglo has contributed $2,400,000 for twonty soven libraries at Aurora, Decatur, Jacksonville, Lincoln, Springfield, Cen- tralla, and Oalcoburg, 111.; Senttlo and Tncoma, Wash.; Syracuso, Mount Ver non, nnd Port Jorvls, N. Y.; Conneaut, O.; tho Upper Iowa University and Sioux Falls, la.; Goshen nnd Marlon, Intl.; Lcwlston, Me.; Manknto and St. Cloud, Minn.; Grand Rapids and Snult Stb. Mario, Mich.; Easton, Pa.; Orcon Day, Wis.; Cumberland, Md.; Jackson, Tonn.; nnd Norwalk, 0. In addition to these amounts T. L. Jenks hns glvon $45,000 to Conway, N. II.; Jarvls ''ord, $20,000 to St. Joseph. Mo.; 31lshn Converse, $125,000 to Mnlden, Mass.; Oswald Ottondorfer, by will, 120,000 to New York; Mrs. Vnughan, $00,000 to Ashland, Wis.; Charles F. morson, $100,000 to Dixon, 111.; Georgo F. Perkins, $50,000 to Akron, and M. A. Ryorson. $150,000 to Grand Rapids, Mich. In smaller amounts $18,000 hns been contributed to various localities. Milton JS. Ailcs. Who succeeds Mr. Vandcrllp nB as- Blstant nocrctary of tho treasury. A Sensible Verdict. Somo tlmo ago tho Now York World printed a story telling how a woman had Induced a young German to gtvo her nearly tho Inst dollar ho had In tho world, promising In roturn to glvo him a lucrntlvo position an n teacher n hor school. Tho woman failed to hoop hor promlso, und tho victim, hav Ing roached tho end of his resources, committed slucldo. Tho woman brought suit against tho World for libel, and tho caso was tried and submitted to a jury a few dnys ago, with tho result that a verdict for yio defendant was returned within five minutes after tho Jurors had left tho court room. Not only was a verdict rondored for tho dofendant, but tho Judgo awarded tho World an extra ullowanco of $500, besides tho regular costs of tho action In tho trial of tho caso tho World pleaded Justification, and brought for ward a lnrgo number of witnesses who sworo that they had been defraudod by tho woman In a similar way. Tho tlmo waa whon tho uverago Jury was disposed to mnko a newspaper pay heavy damages In libel cases on al most any sort of pretext, but thcro has boon n markod chango In this respect In tho last few years. Juries aro now beginning to rcnllzo that newspapers aro tho Bafeguardo of tho nation, and to look to them for tho exposure of frauds of every kind that threaten tho public welfare, A verdict llko this Is a healthy sign Thoso who go beyond tho pale of th law must expect to bo exposed, and tho soonor thoy ronllzo tho fact tho bottor It will bo for them. NowspnperB will contlnuo to oxposo frauds, and If Juries will do their duty when evil-doors, who mnnngo to got through tho meshes of tho law, tur about and bring ault for damaged rep utatlou. all will bo well. SAYINGS and DOINGS Consul Wildman's Successor. The new consul general to Hongkong, W. A. Rublce, is n tall, nthletic-lbok-Ing young man who Is apt to impress strangers as ono whom it might bo unpleasant to trlflo with. Mr. Ruhleo will not bo a stranger to his now work. He served four years as consul general at Prague during tho administration of I' resident Harrlaon. His ablo management of tho offlco won for hi in high commendation from the stato department. His reports wero considered models of information, clenrness and style. Ho has tho good fortuno to possess a newspnper training. His father was for many yenrs tho editor of tho Mil waukee Sentinel, nnd tho son hnn had eight years' experlenco an an cdltorlnl writer. This training has given him an especially good Insight into Inter national affairs and will bo of much nsslstnncc to him In preparing his re ports. Mr. Rublco Is now 40 years of age. Ho graduated from Harvard and W. A. RUBLEE. has mastered tho German nnd French languages. His family consists of a wlfo nnd ono child. Home's Graphic "Picture. Of Professor Talt, who has resigned tho chair of natural philosophy at Edlnburg university, J. M. Barrio has drawn a graphic picture in his "Edin burgh Eleven." "I havo his figures beforo mo," ho writes. "Tho small twinkling eyes had a fasclnntlng gleam In thorn; ho could concentrnto them until thoy hold tho object look ed nt; whon they flashed around tho room ho seemed to havo drawn a ra plor. I hayo scon aman fall back In alarm under Tnlt's eyes, though there wero a dozen benches between them." Professor Tnlt onco demonstrated mathematically to his own satisfac tion that n golf ball could only bo driven n certain distance. Tho cal culation held good until his own sou drovo a ball thirty yarda farther. An Actor's Child. Miss Loulso Drew, whoso debut In tho part of Betty Taylor In "Richard Carvel" has Immensely pleased her father, John Drew, belongs to tho third gonorntlon of tho family which has furnished bo many distinguished members to tho theatrical profession. Hor grandmother, tho Into Mrs, John Drew, wna known ns tho "mother of tho American stage." Miss Drow haB Just comploted her twentieth year. She mudo hor bow in society last fall at her father's homo In Philadelphia. lAt that tlmo there was given In her honor n reception at which nearly 1,000 persons wero present. Tho charming actress was not wholly now to tho stage when she mado her essay In "Richard Carvel." Sho had onco boforo appeared In a minor part. This was about u year ago, whllo her father was playing "Tho Tyranny of Tears" LOUISE DREW. at Philadelphia. It had been, howover, her nolo experlenco ns an actress until her formal debut tho other ovonlng. Cottagc of Tetcr the Great. Tho cottage where Poter tho Groat dwelt when ho was learning tho trado of shipbuilding In Zaarndnm, Holland, sttll exists, though somewhat dilapi dated. It contains tho rudo furnlturo which tho great Peter used a bed stead, tablo and two chairs. It Is en cased In a building erected for tho pnrposo nnd over tho mnntol Is a tab lot erected by Aloxandor of Russia in 1811, A Woman in London. Miss Kathleen Haydn Green, daugh ter of London's lord mayor, Is a writ er of very promising vorso. Sho has Just been elected a vlco president of tho Society of Women Journalists of Loudon. FOR MA.IJVE HEUOES. PROPOSED MONUMENT FOR A monument to tho memory of those who lost their lives on tho Mnino In Havana harbor Is to bo orected in New York. Tho enterprise has 30 far pro gressed that tho contract has already been nwarded and tho work will bo be gun at an early day. The sum of $110,000 has been subscribed and is In tho hands of tho treasurer, and enough has been pledged to increase tho fund tOhat Might Ha-Vc Heen. At tho Geneva arbitration in 1871- 72 to scttlo tho claims of tho United States against Great Britain for tho damages to our commerce caused by tho cruisers built In English ports William M. Evarts, Caleb dishing and Morrison R. Walto were counsel for tho United States. Charles Francis Adams was tho arbitrator on behalf of tho United States. At that tlmo Mr. Evarts ranked among tho greatest lawyers at tho American bar, had filled a conspicuous placo In national politics and was' prominent In civic affairs. Mr. dish ing wns a much older man, with a va ried political experience In nil pnrtles, a brilliant man, versed In diplomacy nnd possessing great learning on al most every subject of human study. Mr. Watto was a Toledo lawyer with out reputation beyond tho limits of Ohio a quiet, conservative man who had rejected high political honors und was devoted singly to tho law. Tho brilliant results of tho arbitra tion an award of $15,000,000 to' the United States was duo in n great measuro to tho powerful argumont of Mr. Evarts, who was easily tho leader in tho debates beforo the. arbitrators. When the counsel for tho UItod States returned homo they received tho highest popular applauso for their successful labors. In a monarchy thoy would have been ennobled and received other marks of royal favor. Thoy wero paid well In money, but their only further immedlato reward was tho approval and congratulations of tho people of tho country. In 1873, howover, Salmon P. Chnso, chlof Justlco of the United States, died, leaving a vacancy in that ofllco which Is tho object of the highest ambition cherished by American lawyers. It was supposed that President Grant would appoint to tho placo William M. Evarts, recognized as ono of tho great est lawyers at tho bar and tho leader in tho contest boforo tho Geneva tribunal. For somo renson never ex plained Morrison R. Wnlte, instead of Mr. Evarta, was appointed, to tho Burprlso of tho bar and tho general public. Judgo Walto held tho ofllco until 1883, whon ho died suddenly in March of that year. Tho great prize was drawn by Molvlllo W. Fuller of Chi cago, who still holds tho ofllco and Is in exccllont health. if President Grant had appointed Evarts Instead of Walto to tho chlof Justiceship ho would havo hold it until another republican presldont was In offlco. Tho tenure of a slnglo life changed the occupancy of this great ofllco for at loast a scoro of years, per haps for moro than a gonerntlon. "Diminishing Outdoor "Relief. The current number of Co-operation, tho weekly organ of tho Bureau of Associated Charities, rovlews the de cline which has been taking placo in recont years In the policy of giving outuoor rellof In tho principal Amor ienn cities. What might bo styled tho nbolltlon movomont with respect to such rollof began In Brooklyn in 1878, whon Mnyor Seth Low stopped nil public payments to poor families In their homes. Now York, Philadelphia, Daltlmoro, Washington, Snn Francisco nnd Kansas City havo slnco followed this cxnmplo, nnd St. Louis nnd Now Orleans glvo but "trilling" amounts in this way. Tho majority of tho moro Important cities of the country con tlnuo giving outdoor rollof, Chlcngo lending tho list In point of population, and being followod by St. Louis and HEROES OF THE MAINE. to $125,000, tho estimated cost of tho shaft. Tho monument will bo erected in Long Acre square, tho roomy trlanglo which takes in tho combined width of Broadway nnd Seventh avenue nnd ex tends from Forty-fifth street on the south to Forty-eighth street on tho north. It will stand In tho center of a clrclo which will bo situated about mid- Boston. But from a report on tho suh Jcct covering twenty leading American cities it appears that their disburse ments for thin purpose havo decreased 33 1-3 per cent since 1897. The ten dency, which is so marked in tho largo cities, is also observable In smaller towns and In rural sections. Public opinion appears thus to bo drifting In favor of leaving tno caro of needy peoplo in their homes to prlvato initiative. It would be Inter esting to know to what extent this is duo to a doctrinnlro feeling that tno public should not bear tho burden of nrlvntn want, and how much to tho conviction that practically this can bo and Is moro wisely ministered to by prlvato than by public agencies. Mr. Hcbuitt to the "Rich. A month ago ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt of Now York delivered an ad dress urging rich men to devote moro of their money to effective charity. A few days ago ho spoke on tho same subject again, in spite of the fact that tho only immedlato result of his former effort was to Inflict upon him self several thousand begging letters. Mr. Hewitt rightly contends that char ity is doing enough for Individual cases of poverty, but not enough Is being dono to improve tho environments that foBtcr poverty and criminality. Ho says thoro can bo no hope 'for future purity or good government in our great citieB until society has abolished tho degrad- General "Botha9 XOife Mrs. Louis Botha, wlfo of the com mandant goneral of tho Boor army, who Is reported to bo working for tho peaco of South Africa ny trying to effect a conciliation ue- tweon hor husband and Lord Kltchon or, commander ot tho British forces, Is related to tno family of Robert Emmet, tho dis tinguished lnsn patriot. Sho is. a woman of culture, having passed her girlhood days lh school In Paris. In Propria eho was recognized as a so cial leader, while her husband was a member of tho Boor parliament. General and Mrs. Botha lived on a farm somo dls tanco from tho capital, and wore In Pretoria only during tho road sessions. In tho early days of tho war it was Mrs. Dotha's custom to visit hor huseband frequently on com mando, whero hor presenco always had a cheering of tcct upon tho burghers. Sho was a dashing woman and a fit com panion for tho gallant leador of tho Farmor Fighters. Whon Protorla was occupied by tho Invaders' Mrs. Botha remained in tho city. She met Lord Roberts a fow daya after tho capitu lation, and offered to try to mediate. r way between tho two streets named. By tho tlmo tho monument Is In placo tho two large hotels which tho Astora havo planned to erect facing tho square, ono on tho east nnd tho other on tho west side, will havo been com pleted. Other Improvements soon to bo mado In that locality lncludo tho building of a flno theater. Tho monument proper will be fash ioned of Tennessee mnrblo and will riso to a height of slxty-flvo feet, measuring from tho base to tho tri archy. The baso will extend a consldcrablo distance to tho right and loft of tho shaft If tho upright portion can prop erly bo called n shaft and havo a width of eighty feet. At the foot of tho shaft thoro will bo somo beautiful sculpturo In bronze, symbolical of tho two great oceans which wash tho shores of tho United States. Tho figure of a young man of athletic build will havo a placo along side tho running water, which will represent the Atlantic; on the opposlto side will bo tho figure of an old man, of apparently sluggish temporamont, nnd a moro placid stream, symbolical of tho Pacific. In all. there will bo ton bronzo statues, including two heroic ones, representing, respectively, power and Justice. A group which promises to bo very offectlvo will bo an additional em bellishment of tho lower part of ono side of tho monument It will consist of a Roman galley, typifying tho bat tleship Maine, and this will bo drawn by a youth intended to represent thq strength of tho nation and tho prldo of tho latter In tho men and ships ot its navy. Tho crowning beauty ot tho monu ment will bo a largo bronzo group sur mounting all, and which Mr. Plcclrllll calls "Columbin Triumphant." Tho beautiful goddess will bo doplctod bearing tho wreaths of victory in hor arms and her galley drawn by two sea-horses. Upon tho baso of tho monument will be perpetuated tho names af tho bravo fellows who went to tholr death in tho doomed battleship. Ing surroundings In which thousnnda of children In tho slum districts aro reared. Tho proper way to begin this work Is to build decent tenements in which the poor can bo housed for tho same rents thoy nro now paying for hovels. Conditions provnil In certain slum districts of New York and Chicago that would have been intolerable a century ago and that aro doubly dis creditable and dangerous now. Tho enormous increase ot wealth in tho nation has left theso barracks of pov erty worse than before. Mr. Hewitt la correct when ho says progress is a falluro If it can do nothing to help tho poor or to nbollsh conditions that breed vice. The life of a rich man is a failure If he does nothing for tho general good of society. Happily Mr. Hewitt Is also Justified In saying that rich men have never before been bo much Inclined as at present to regard' their wealth as n trust fund which they aro under obligations to adminis ter rightly. Ho will do nn excollent service if ho can Induco somo of his millionaire friends to turn their dona tions into tho channel of tenement house reform. In Algeria a river of ink is formed by tho conjunction of two streams, ono of which Is Impregnated with iron and tho other, which drains a peat bog. with gallic acid. Tho mixing of tho Iron and tho acid results In Ink. A passport was provided hor and th& meeting was effected. "If It is to visit mo you come, I am deljhted to seo you," said General Botha., "but If you come to Implore mo to cease this struggle you only shamo mo." Mrs. Botha said nothing moro about her mission, nnd nothing camo of tho ne gotiations tit that time.