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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1901)
People and Xncouthncss in the Army. Qonornl Miles 1ms acted wholy In Issuing a general order Intended to promote a moro trim nnd soldierly ap pearance on tho part of tho men In tho United States army. All tho Amer ican oa woll as all tho foreign critics of our regiments in tho Chinese expe dition ngrood that tho American sol dlcra, wbllo second to nono In courago and efficiency, wero dcflclont In drill and slouchy in appearance Oonoral Chaffoo recently Iiuh found It neces sary to issuo an order on this subject to his mon In tho Philippines. Now Oonoral Miles calls tho attention of tho wholo army to "a cortaln uncouthncfls of exterior and laxity of mannors," which seem to bo affected Intentbnally by Homo of tho troops under tho mis taken idea that these aro soldierly characteristics. Tho commanding gen eral says offenses of this kind must atop. ThlB carelessness In dress nnd disci pllno appears to havo crept Into tho army at tho tlmo of tho civil war. Up to that tlmo tho regulars wero modols of punctilious propriety. No European ofllcore woro moro insistent in matters of discipline and pipeclay than thoso of our army beforo the 'COs. Tho civil war called into tho field vast bodlos of untrained volunteers, who in tlmo be came an efficient fighters as tho rogun lars, but who never acquired tho per fection of drill or tho rigid habit of keeping their uniforms in spotless condition. These volunteer regiments, with their splendid fighting and their carolcss dressing, sot an cxamplo whoso offoct. upon tho regulars, romnlns, no ticeable to' tho present day. Ex. A Liberal Gitier. Oonoral William J. Palmer, whoso gift of 11,000,000 to ofllclals and cm- WILLIAM J. PALMER, ployes of the old Donver and Rio Orande and Rio Grando Western roads hu just been made public, came west from Philadelphia in I870. He was the first president of tho road, which be built in 1871. Ho founded Colorado Springs July 13, 1871. Evor since ho baa, made his homo, at Glen Eyrie,- a picturesque canyon Just north of tho Garden of tho Clods, Uiroo miles north west of Colorado Springs. In Juno last ho sold his control of tho road to the Gould Interests of Now York, re ceiving $0,000,000 therefor. Ho has given liberally to Colorado College Ho is principal owhor of tho Antlors Ho tel. Recently he gave tho city Austin Bluffs about 1,000 acres for park pur poses. Ho saya ho has retired from railroading and will probably invest his mllllona in building up Colorado Springs and in othor public enter prises. Ho is yet in mlddlo life. Ho Is ayerse to notoriety, but no Colorado pioneer has greater claims for distinc tion. France's Ex-Empress. Bx-Bmprew Eugenie la making a tour of the west coast of Scotland, a region she haa never boforo visited, facUeatally Bhe will visit the Glas gow exposition, She ! much gratified by .the scaat attention she receives EX-EMPRESS EUOENIE, (Taken in 18C9.) from the Scottish people, for sho has) for years avoided public notoriety. Pope Leo is an omnivorous reader, He has recently perused "Quo Vadls," and the author, Henry Slenklewicz, has received a letter from tho Vatican ex pressing oatlsfaction for tho Catholic wea expressed in tho novel. Tho Polish autbor has also received from Leo Xm a marble tablet of tho lima of ConstantlBe recently found in the Ustrlaao cemetery, the scone of some i or te laeweau of "quo Vadls." XcJHMBbbbV i V AsiheWo ReVolHJej Stvam tJUteltfe Miles, Miss Mndgo Johnson, daughter of Dr. Johnson of Sag Harbor, I I., tho other day took n Bwlm of twelve miles. Sho was in tho water sovon hours. Miss Johnson is nbout 23 years old and is dovotcd to nthlctlcs. She swum nway from Sag Harbor at 4:40 o'clock in tho morning to get tho benefit of tho tido. Miss Hulsoy and Miss Sav age nccompanled her in a rowboat. Sho reached tho bench at Orccnport. twelve miles nway, nt 11:40 o'clock. Through out her long Bwlm her companions de clare that sho never sought help or rest in tho boat and that sho swam tho MADGE JOHNSON, ontlro dlstanco without any outsldo aid. Irish Emigration XVtll Go On. Michael Davltt says in substance that tho Irish in America nre helping tho English In Ireland' by "encourag ing our peoplo to desert our country" Ireland. Mr. Davltt sayB that during tho last fifteen years G00.000 young mon and women havo come from that island to the United States to stay horo. Thus Ireland has lost a quarter of n million fighting mon. That Is eight times tho number of tho Boera who havo been fighting England for two years and who are "still unconqucred nnd unconquorablo." "Unless this drain Is stopped," says Mr. Davltt, "tho Celts in Ireland will bo in tho ralnorltyr which nioans'thabtho conquest of our country nftor its hundreds of years of rcslstanco will havo been all but con summated." Mr. Davltt has made- great sacrifices for tho cause which Is dear to his heart. Thoro Is no sucrlflco probably which ho would not mako to further what ho takes to bo tho best interests of his natlvo land. But ho cannot reasonably expect Irishmen who have become citizens of America to bo as dovotcd to the cause as ho is or to mako as many sacrifices for it. So bo is not fair whon -h taxes them with "helping England," nnd upbraids thoro, for doing so much loss than Mr. Davltt thinkB thoy ought to havo done to holp. on tho cause.- Chicago Trlb uno. "Domenico Morttli. Domonlco Morclll, tho, celebrated Itallun painter who died in Naples last DOMENICO MORELLI. wcok, had a political as woll as an ar tistla career. Ho was born at Naplos in 1820, and took up nrms against King Fordlnnnd in 1848. Ho did not begin bis studies as a palntor until 1854. nnd then ho was tho temporary pupil of Ouorrn. Morolll won medals In 1861 nt the Neapolitan exhibition, nnd In 18G7 ha was uwnrdod a gold modal at tho exposition in Paris. Tho lato King of Itnly decorated him with Bovoriil orders and ho was highly hon ored in his own country. Among his best works nro "Christ Walking on tho Ben," "Tho Asconston," "Tho Nativity," "Tho Entombment," nnd othor paint ings illustrative of tho Ufo or Jesus. His best known historical painting Is "Caesaro Borglu nt Capua." Morolll was highly ndmlrud by tho French critics. UrlcK for a Tioy. Horo la n trick that Is almost Im possible for u boy .to do, but. Btrango to say, tho girls llnd it qulto easy. In tho first placo, stand facing trio wall, with both toes touching tho baso board. Now meua uro back three of your own feet, nnd placo u chair bo tweou you nnd the wall. Bond over tho chair until your head touches tho wall. Now ralso tho chair, and, with out moving your feet or touching tho chair to tho floor or wall, regain your standing position. Don't uo discour aged with one trying. t f I Current Topics f Clark. Against Eight Hoars. "I would rather let tho grass grow in tho streets of Jcromo," says William A. Clark, "than grant my men an eight-hour day." Accordlnclv he has closed tho United Vcrdo copper mines. "Thoso who know Clark," says tho dis patch announcing tho shut-down, "know ho will keep tho mines closed a year rather than surrender." Tho United Vordo mines, according to tho latest statistics, produced 22,000 tons of copper annually. They produco moro now, for when those figures wero given out now smelters wero building. Thoy have paid dividends as high a 43.5 per cent. They aro estimated to add $12,000,000 a year to Clark's' pri vate fortune Tho number of men' em ployed Is not stated, but comparison of their product with that of similar mines shows that It Is from 1,500 to 2,000. Yet rather than diminish In tho least his enormous gains by granting an eight-hour dny their owner shuts-thorn down nnd coolly announces his inten tion of making a desert of tho town whoro thoy aro situated. Has Hettard in Old Age. Henry Michael, a retired farmer of Mattoon, III., Is an odd nnd noted char acter. Ho Is 97 years old, yet as spry and nlert an many mon of CO. His memory Is unimpaired and ho narrates reminiscences of early dnys in Illinois with n dramatic effect. Ho has lived in Coles county, within n few miles of Mattoon, for threo-quartcrs of n cen tury. Although unable to read or wrlto bo HENRY MICHAEL. Resident of Mattoon, 111., 07 Years Old nnd Can Do tho Manual Labor of a Man of 50. A Unlquo Charac ter. amassed a fortuno of $50,000, which he divided among ten children when ho recently retired from "tho farm. His sagacity in a land or cattle trade was notorious and ho could computo finan cial transactions Involving thousands of dollars to the penny by mental proc esses quicker and moro accurately than most men by uso of figures. Tho; Michaels camo from North Caro lina. iThcy walked tho ontlro dlstanco, tho Journey requiring" three- years.' Mtchaol's parents had six children, all of whom walkod with them. For dnys thoy had no other food than their father could sccuro with his rlflo. The family was among tho first to till tho prairie at Klckupoo Point, where sav ages yet roamed, and .wild beasts woro in possession. Schools woro unknown and thrlco envied was ho who could read his bible. Czar's Sister Married. An Important event of last week In Europo was tho marrlago of Grand Duchess Olgn Aloxandrovna, youngest sister of tho Czar, to Prlnco Oldenburg. Thoro was somo opposition at first to tho union, which Is n love match, but Nicholas II. is so fond of his sister that bo gave in after a llttlo persua sion. Princess Olga has Inherited tho Hlmplo mannors of hor fathor, Alex- GRAND DUCHESS OLGA. under HI-, and is tho favorite bt tho Imperial .family. Mrs. Q..H. P. llolmont was forced to abandon lior proposed ''patont mod' iclnu quailrlUo," which was to havo boon a featuro of hor danco nl Now port recently, flho was compelled to take thlfl step owing to tbo avnlancho of lottors and telegrams which tho an nouneoiuont of tho ontertnlnmont brought down upon herself and. upon her Invited guests from tho proprietors of patent modlclnes and from their advertising agents. Eager to avail thomaolves of such a favorablo oppor tunity to ndvortlso their "cures" among tho "four hundred," thoy of fered not only to duslgn tho costumes worn to represent each particular rem edy, but hlBO to defray all, the expenses in connection thorowlth, somo oven being lmpollto enough to offer mone tary considerations If tholr proposal woro accepted. TALK WITH f J MAJ. GEN General MacArthur, who has Just returned from tho Philippines, ex presses great satisfaction over bis work in tho Islands. Ho says: "While tho condition is not perfect, it is gratifying. A few groups of armed Insurgents aro still at large, but they must surrender, as tholr power Is broken and they aro not be- ZShe Life of a LocomotlDe. Tho English onglno, built in 1870, has run 4,000,000 miles and Is still in service. Tho managers of tho road to which It belongs are proud of this rec ord. In tho United States a first-class passongor engine mnkos from 100,000 to 110,000 miles a year, and at tho end of twenty year's is supposed to bo ready for thotscrap heap.' Seemingly, Amer icans aro more extravagant than Brit ish railway managers, but tho former do not think thoy are. They boliovo their policy is tho moro economical one. As soon as a locomotlvo is put In service in this country it is pushed as hard as 1b posslblo In doing proflt ableswork on the assumption that by the time It has been driven to death there will bo so many Improvements in locomotives that It will bo uneco nomical to keep the old one In service even It It can bo rebuilt. Thus whon slaves were cheap a Cuban plantor would reason that it was moro eco nomic to work a slave to death and buy a now one than to exact loss labor from a slavo and thus have his ser vices for a longer tlmo. In England an engine is taken great care of. It Is rested occasionally. Its life is pro longed as much as possible. Hence it Is that an engine can bo kept In ser vlco for thirty yenrs. Tho mon at the head of American railways contend that so old an engine must be an ex pensive ono becauso it cannot do the cheaper work a modern englno is capable of. The American policy Is vindicated by its tosttlts. Freight rates on American roads have gone down becauso of tho foarlps use of mechan ical Improvements by their managers. Freight rates In England nro high, and do not como down. Ono reason is thnt tho mnnagors of English roads have falqo Ideas of economy. As Man to Man. President John Mitchell of tho MIno Workers urgues cogently in tho cur ront Independent In favor of the frank recognition by employers of tho trades' union as tho agent of tholr employes. Into tho details of Mr. Mitchell's argu ment It is needless to go farther than to clto ono striking fact: In tho bitu minous coal industry, where the union Is lecognlzed, thoro has bcon peace for threo and one-half years. In tho an thracite branch, whoro tho union Is not recognized, thero nro frequent strikes nnd constant uncertainty. More Interesting to thoso who seek to find genornl principles upon which tho relations of capital and labor may equitably and easily be adjusted is a remark near tho closo of Mr. Mltcholl's article. "I havo never known an In stance." ho says, "whoro tho repre sentatives of capital nnd labor havo failed to agreo when tho two Bat down together, put tholr foot under tho table, and told ono nnothor tho nbsoluto truth. I am confldont that ovory great strike which has taken plnco in our country could havo bson nvoldcd If each Bldo had bcon roasDnablo nnd hon est with tho othor." turning lp raper Money. A cranky' old man In Minnesota has diroctod in his will thnt his ndmlnis trfltbra shall gather up nil his cash In bank and hum It till nothing Is loft but nshes. Ho wlshod to splto his heirs a brother, slstor, anil nophow. His heirs do not wish to bo spited, nnd thoy aro going to fight tho will. They nro going to contond, among othor things, thnt an admlnlstrntor has no moro right to destroy money by lire than to destroy buildings or crops. Thoro Is a mntorlal difference. Tho burning up of buildings Is a destruc tion of values. It takes something from tho wonlth of tho community. When paper money is burned thero Is no destruction of values. There Is merely the wiping out pt cortaln evl- M'ARTHUR. 'iff generally aided by tho natives. Theso natives havo cotno to bco that surrender does not mean death, and they nre coming in every week with their rifles. "Throughout northorn Luzon tho in surrection has been over for somo tlmo and there 1b much freedom of movement. Still, a largo criminal donees of Indebtedness, lust an If nrnm Issory notes instead of bank bills woro thrown Into tho Ore. If tho adminis trator should be allowed to obey In structions, and should burn up $50, 000 In United States currency of any kind Jhls 1b tho amount In bank to tho credit of tho estate then tho United States Treasury would $e $50,000, better off than before. Prac tically tho national government would bo the heir. If national bank notes were burnt up the banks which issued them would bo tho galnors. Therefore, I tho will shall bo sus tained It will bo in tho power of the bank where tho. money is deposited to determine who shnll be the legatee. It can hand over to tho administrator its own notes, if it have any in circula tion, tho bills of other banks, or Unit ed States notes. Or it may hand over gold coin and Invito tho administrator to burn that to ashes. Tho court before which UIs will is to bo contested may well sot It asldo on tho ground that the testator prac tically left it to tbo bank to determino tho real legatees. If tho court does not care to do that, it can set tho will aside because the testator was not of fig- Sue Infanta Etilalia. MRS. CHARLES T. YERKES, WHO INVOKES. THE LAW'S AID TO SE CURE SOME DRESSES SHE HAS ORDERED AND WERE PURCHASED BY THE INFANTA EULALIA, 1 "I'll teach that Infanta a thing rv two!" exclaimed Mrs. Charles T. Yorkes, whon tho Paris correspondent of an American paper called to in quire into tho meaning of tho legal proceedings sho had ordered lnstitutod in tho French capital Jointly against tho Infanta Eulalla of Spain and tho noted Paris man dressmaker, M. Ar mand. Tho Infanta visited New York and othor cltle3 of America, it will bo re membered, during tho Columbian ex position as representative of tho Span ish royal family and acquired some thing of a reputation for her eccontrlo Itles. Mrs. Yorkes is tho wife of tho Amer ican traction magnate who is about to start an electric underground railway in London. Mrs. Yorkes declined to talk mucb about, the case, but tho cor- class thcro commits depredations on Amcrlcnns and natives alike, though tho latter suffer tho most severely. "Tho natives aro eagerly seeking tho establishment of civil government thnt they may root out theso bands pf crim inals. Thcro is every reason to bo Hovo that tho whole country will Boon bo perfectly safo for travelers. "Tar haB wrecked tho Philippines and I laid wasto wholo districts. The peoplo in many districts havo relapsed into, barbarism. Tho best conditions provnll in northorn Luzon. You; may say hat tho -wholo territory is pnclflcd but not trnnquilized, but It will not bo many months beforo Inw and order nro observed everywhoro. "At present thoro Is still somo troublo in Samar, but General. Hughes, with, a large and effective force, han goon after tho insurgents and will soon bring thorn to their sensos. Sa mar Is tho worst section, but tho troublo is not interfering with tho coast business. In Ccbu and Bohnl and occasionally in southern Luzon thoro is a slight outbreak, but it is confined to tho criminal olement. "Tho civil commission was about to put in forco somo excellent Ideas for the municipal government of Manila when I left. Tho city is in excellent condition, especially in its sanitary, departments, and its growth in busi ness has bcon enormous." Mucb to the regret of many of his subjects, King Edward is raptdly doing away with many customs to which bis mother was attached. Her Hindoo at tendants wero Bent back to India as soon as tho funeral was over and now a stop has been put to tho services In Gorman in tho German Chapel Royal, which dato back to tho early Georges. sound disposing mind. It is easy to reach that conclusion. Mrs. Tom Mooro, or "Zeeko," is one of tho oldest Indians on tho Pacific coast. Sho is a Makah Indian woman of Washington, born nnd raised nt Noah Bay agoncy, and 1b without doubl moro than 100 years old. Tho first thing she will nek a stranger for is to bacco, which sho eatd with great rel ish. She is nearly blind and can Just tell daylight from night Her husband haB "boon dead for; over thirty yoars and sho has no relatives living, being supported by rations furnished by the government Besides writing a nnmber of stand ard legal works,. General Stlllman F. Kneeland, a Now York lawyer, finds time for his two bobbles, painting and violin playing. In his office aro two marines which be has painted. James Angus; a collector of curios residing at West Farms, N. Y., has given to Rogor Williams park at Prov idence, R. I., a collection of corals and polished agates valued at $15,000. respondent, learned that tho princess nnd tho dross'maker aro charged with conspiring to prevent tho delivering to Mrs. .erkes of a!numbor of dresses sho had ordored and had tried on several times. It sooms that whon Mrs. Yorkes' gowns, eight in number, wero ready thoy wero shown to tho Infanta as specimens of tho firm's work Tho princess foil n lovo with two of tho Jnf,eVnAd 0rorcd t0 bu thn Pro vided M. Armnnd would not duplicate them for tho American millionairess. M. Armand promised and offered Mrs. Yorkes two other modes gratis. But tho American woman rebolled vio lently and refused to accept any of tho gowns unless tho wholo original lot woro delivered to hor Immediately . u lwo days' argument back and forth sho decided to sook legal rodrcsa. uPPPJPBSBkPPPpSr 'BBBBBKS&pBBBBBBBJP&K ,.-ty."i.'