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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1901)
i MM XBhe SUOKES-FISK. News and views i r wry & I Current Topics f DEATH REVEALS IDENTITY. A cablegram from London Baya tho Countcsa of Strudbrookc, whore death has Just Uken place In that country, was tho peeress who was tho cause of the arrest of Edmund Yates, tho An-glo-Amorlcan journalist who was tho proprietor and editor of tho London World. It was on her account that ho was convicted of criminal libel and sentenced to a year's imprison ment. Yates would havo escaped tho penalty by giving tho namo of tho writer of tho libelous paragraph. This COUNTESS OP STRADBROOKE. ho declined to do. Tho libel In ques tion was to tho effect that Lord Lons dalo, then, as now, a married man, had eloped from tho hunting field with an unmarried glii, Lady Grace Fano, now Countess of Londosborough. It was a paragraph for which thero was not a shadow of foundation and which originated In tho lively imagination of tho countess. Tho Countess was Miss Helena Fraser, daughter of Gen eral Keith Fraser of tho British army, and was married to tho Earl of Strad brooko In July, 1898. OVER THE FALLS IN A BOAT. Mrs. 'Anna Edson Taylor, a dancing tcachor, has demonstrated that a per son may danco over the great horse shoo fall in Niagara in a barrel and como out alive. But tho proof oho has given has a very limited scopo. Peoplo who would not havo bollovcd that the feat she porformcd was posslblo still havo reason enough to think that tho chances aro overwhelmingly against tho barrel experts and not worth tak ing on tho promise of dlmo museum profits. Whllo tho success of tho woman is not difficult to explain tho possibility of following her courso is quite an other affair. By sheer good fortuno sho escaped a smashing on tho rocks abovo the falls and was carried clear over to tho very deep water under ncath. Tho barrel, which was heavily weighted, sank where sinking meant safety and came out but slightly dam aged, though thero had been somo loakago and the carefully protected oc cupant was severely hurt DEAN FARRAR'S VIEWS. The Dpan of Canterbury says that tho working peoplo aro leavlug tho Episcopal church on account of Its tendency to spectacular ritualism, Dean Fnrrar said that tho church In iluenco over tho poorer people, par ticularly In the slums of larger cities, will soon be lost unless tho church ritual is simplified ana mnny cere monies abolished. Taking exactly tho opposite stand, a largo number of REV. DEAN FARRAR. American Episcopal clergymen insist that it Is tho dignity and grandeur of tho service which influences the peoplo of tho Blums. The Philippine Cable. Tho most stupendous undertaking of modern times, tho laying of the new Pacific cable, will bo undertaken bo fore tho close of tho presont year, and within nine months this country will bo In telegraphic communication with Honolulu and a year later with Ma nila. It will approach a globe-clr-cllng achlovemont, for It will bo the connecting link between tho existing lines that will placo all parts of tho world In communication with each other. And a pretty long link it will bo, for tho distance to bo traversed by tho cablo will bo G.912 miles. The completion of this lino will bring tho aggregate telegraphic system of tho world up to a total of 1G4.B8G miles, all of which, with tho exception of 1C.171 owned by various governments, will bo under the control of private corporations. THE MISSION OF MR. REDMOND. John E. Redmond, member of the British Parliament, has como to tho Unltod States, it Is said, In quest of funtln to defray tho expenses of the Irish parliamentary party, who, under tho British constitution, nrc not paid for their services to the empire. Tho American peoplo havo always been In hearty sympathy with Ireland's aspir ations for home rule, and, although tho feollng of prcjudlco against Oreat Britain that onco prevailed has abated, thero is still among nil Americans n kindly feeling toward tho land from which wo havo derived bo much that Is most valtintolo in our cltlzenshln. and which to long tho victim of rank lnjustlco at tho hnnds of Its stronger neighbor. But tho Ireland of today Is not tho Irelund of forty or fifty years ngo; If It wero Mr. Red mond would bo moro likely to bo now occupying a cell In Kllmalnham than In first class American hotels. The ttmo has probably gono by when tho Irish In America could bo Induced to glvo up their money to promoto 11- luslonary schemes of revolution. Thero aro heavy enough drains upon their liberality without contributing to tho support of professional con spirators, who exploit tho trusting patriotism of their countrymen for their own emolument. It Is because Mr. Redmond is not tho man of that class that ho will receive a hearty wol como to the United States. Brooklyn Times. EDWARD'S SPEOIAL GUARD. William Melville, a member of the famous Scotland Yard police detect ives, has been mndo a special guard for King Edward VII. Ho has under his supervision a squad known as tho Royal Guard, all plain clothes men. WILLIAM MELVILLE. - This guard consists of twonty-flvo of the bcBt detectives In Great Britain. MARRIAGE AND COOKERY. Judgo Deuel of the Essex Market police court in New Yorlc is not only a wise but a closely observing magis trate When Morris Morgalstoln, cs cortlng Rebecca Gross, appeared be foro him nnd declared his wish to marry her becauso sho could cook such "a lofoly dlnnor," tho Judgo consented promptly, and added, "Good cooking will sometimes reach a man's heart when poetry and sentimont won't Old maids might grasp at this as a straw, but all women ought to know It" Of courso they should and most of them do, though they aro usually long tlmo finding it out Morris and Rebecca will enter upon tho holy state of matrimony not looking "through a glass darkly," but aoelng each other "faco to face." They havo no Illusions to bo removed. They will begin wed ded life upon a secure foundation, and so long as Rebecca's hand retains its culinary cunning Morris will bo a de voted husband and sho will bo a hap py wife. It is an ideal arrangement which old maids may well consider and which all women should know beforo It is too late. New York Sun ActreiH nt 80. Mrs. Anno Hartley Gilbert, tho "grandma" of tho stage, is Btlll Indus triously pursuing her profession at tho advanced ago of SO. Mrs. Gllbort is with Anulo Rus sell In "A Royal Family." Sho is frankly and de lightfully old, but tlmo has dealt gently with her and her powers of endurance are re markable. Her debut was made with the old school of actors, when she was a mero girl, and now as an old woman sho plays In a modern company. She has out lived the manager who once called her "grandma;" shf has outlived tho as sociations of youth, but Mrs. Gilbert nt heart Is young, and perhaps that is the secret of her success. Unlqno Ilnnquet for Gurni;le. Next December at Hobokcn, N. J Andrew Carnegie wlil bo given a unique banquot in tho completion ot tho new laboratory of engineering of Stevens Institute, to which ho gave $G5,000. Molds nro now bolng mado for tho bread which will bo used. It will be made In the shape of railroad Bplkcs. The lco cream will bo madu In tho shape of T rails, fried oyBtors will bo taken from a mlniaturo locomo tive, and when the blunt furnace Is tapped thero will lssuo f;om It punch instead of molten iron, THE CRIME OF OZOLGOSZ. Among men of somo degreo of edu cation and of calm judgment there has been lens than might bo oxpocted of that feeling of personal hostility towards Czolgosz which has animated the general public. Thcso more thoughtful persons have esteemed him too Insignificant a creature to bo tho object of personal hate. They have looked on him as an irresponsible In strument In the hands of n malevolent fate. They havo had no moro doalro to wreak fierce personal vengcanco on him than on somo Insect tho law of whoso being It Is to sting as upon a wasp or a mosquito. From tho point of vlow of those persons tho assassin was a poor, wretched, half-educated degenerate. Ho had no employment nnd did not deslro employment Ho was not one of tho "good working peoplo" whoso enemy ho falsely says McIClnley was. no wan n non-moral crcaturo with a brain half crazed by the wild theo ries of violent anarchism. Ho fancied that ho could overturn tho social or dor with a pistol shot, or that he could gain by making tho attempt to do it a notoriety honest labor never could sccuro for him. a pieco of wood or iron or oven n wi-ctchod Insect might disarrange cost ly nnd dollcato macblnory. Tho whole.. fabric might bo thrown out of gear for n tlmo or oven wrecked. It might havo to bo repaired at great cost, while many men wero thrown out of employ ment. Senslblo peoplo would not spend their tlmo in storming ut tho causo of tho damage. They would ro- palr tho works and endeavor to do vlso methods for protecting tho wa. chlncry frqm disturbance by other such Insects or Interferences In the future. Czolgorz has been properly execut ed. No one should say his punish' mont was Inadequate. It was tho pun' Ishracnt Impassive justice has pro scribed for his offense. Ho was a Yen omous worm differing In Infamy from tho other anarchistic worms in that ho sought notoriety by murdering ruler whllo thoy talked of doing it. Tho notoriety ho coveted should bo denied him ns far as posslblo. A matter of moro Importnnco than tho denunciation of Czolgosz has to bo attendod to. That Is tho devising of methods for tho bettor protection of futuro Presidents from small anar chistic croaturcs af tho Czolgosz type. Chicago Tribune. . LAST OF CIVIL WAR, REOORD. Tho ono hundred and twenty-eighth and last volume of that stupendous government publication entitled "Tho War of tho Rebellion; A Compilation of, tho Official Records of tho Union and Confederate Armies," has gono to press and will bo Issued soon. On this work, which has been In progress for a third of a century, the government has spent nearly threo million dollars, Quito oxpenslvo books havo been printed by this and other governments though nono which has cost so much as this record of tho great civil war in tho United States. Tho striking and novel featuro In tho caso Is that It should bo deemed worth while to print an of. flclal record. There have been Euro pean civil wars which niado somo In terestlng military history, such as tho Hungarian ono in 1849, for Instance. But tho Austrian government did not do for the Hungarians what tho United States has dono for tho men who fought under tho Confederate flag, It must bo admitted that the war be tween the Btates was a moro serious matter than any which Europe has known slnco the days of Charles I. of England and the Long Parliament Furthermore, In tho wars of an earlier day thero was no such multiplicity of reports from major and brigadier gen. ernls and colonels as there was be tween 18G1 and 18G5. Formerly gen. erals sent homo bulletins Instead of detailed reports. Tho historian bene flted thereby. Ho did' not havo to toll through a vast mass of contra dictory material. Tho futuro military historian of tho civil war will have to agonizo over 128 volumes of official documents. Chicago Tribune. SOUTH AMERIOA FOR AMERIOANS. Tho German naval officer who would order Americans to keep hands off In America and who would build a fleet to enforco his order' probably had at, least ono stein too much on board when ha Indulged his warlike humor In menacing speech. Such vaporlngs t ar unoiit as scnsiuio as those that used to emanate from British naval heroes up to a quarter of a century ngo. They aro no Indication of the purposes of the German government. which will not set up German Inter csts in tho five republics of Centra America with gun and sword; they ex clto no sympathy among German lm migrants in any part of America. Wherever Germans go thoy become loyal citizens, just as thoy do In the United States, and nn interesting case in point Is furnished by Brazil's ox pcrlence with them as It Is doscrlbod by Colonel Bryan, our minister to that country. Colonel Bryan ostlmatco tho German population of Brazil at a quarter of a million. Many of tho Immigrants, ho says, havo becomo Bra. zillan citizens nnd are taking an no tlvo part in Brazilian politics as Bra zlllans. They nro not plnnnlng n e cession of tho state or states whoro their InMucncq In greatest so that they may thus attach themselves onco more to tho German empire. Thoy bellova In Brar.ll for the Brazilians, In Anier lea for the Americans. N. Y, Time. "Ed" Stokes Is dylng-dylng U old gc, and perhaps regrets. In a few days, as day go, ho will croia to that inknown to which he sent ' Jim" Flak thirty years ago. Ther will be left hen of n trio only n woman a bro ken-down woman, "Joslo" Mansfield. Thirty years ago, "Joslo" Mnnsflold triumphed over tho honor, tho busi ness affairs, tho reputations and tho eternal happiness of "Ed" Stokes nnd Jim" Flsk. Sho plungod tho affairs at tho Erlo railroad hnd Jay Gould into a whirlpool ut litigation, scandal and flhamo that ended In murder. Flsk Is dead. Gould Is nt rest. Stokes Is dying. The Mansfield lives abroad In Paris. From 1SC0 to 18G7 Bhc 11 veil In Bos tonIn good society, Bho always claimed. In 18G7 sho secured a dl- vorco from hor-husband, a man by tho name ot Lawlor, and went upon- tho stage. Sho could not net, but men could look at her and her tigress beauty. Sho appeared In New York, but did not succeed. Sho solicited an audlenco with "Jim" Flsk. Sho was penniless then and only possessed tho A MEMORABLE CABINET. When tho Confederate States gov ernment was organized, in February. 1861, Jefferson Davis named nB his cabinet Robert Toombs, secretary of Btate; Charles G. Mcmmlnger, secre tary of the treasury; L. Pope Walker, secretary of war; 8. R. Mallory, secre tary ot the navy; John H. Reagan, postmaster general, and Judnh P. Ben- amln, attorney general. Beforo tho year ended, R. M. T. Hunter had suc ceeded Toombs as secretary of state, and Judah P.. Benjamin succeeded Walker as secretary ot war. "n 18G2 Benjamin becamo secretary Df state, James A. Seddon eecrotnry of war. and Thomas H. Watts becamo at torney general, to bo succeeded In 18G3 I by Georgo Davis. In 1884 Gcorgo A. Trenholm luccecded Mcmmlnger nB secretary of the treasury, and In Jan uary, 186G, General John C. Breckin ridge becamo secretary of war, Seddon resigning because of criticism by tho Virginia legislature. All of these cabinet officers, except Reagan, aro dead. Toombs died In 1886, Hunter In 1887, Mcmmlnger In 1888, Breckinridge In 187G. Of tho cab inet officers with Mr, Davis from first to last, Mallory died In 1S73, Benjamin In Paris in 1884, aud Reagan, the solo lurvivor ot them all, Is reported by tho daily press to bo fighting IiIb last fight agalnat death, at tho ago of 83. Benjamin was tho only ono of tho Dnvls cabinet who declined to accept the situation after tho war. Ho went abroad In 186G and lived abroad until his death. Hunter acted with the Democratic party, and Just beforo his death was appointed to n Federal of fice, by President Cleveland. Reagan waa tho only member of tho cabinet captured with Mr. Davis, but eoon after his capturo ho wrote an open letter to tho peoplo of Texas ad vocating lawH which should grant no groes civil rights nnd political rights with an educational qualification. ThU letter greatly excited tho Democrats of Texas, but In 1874 thoy elected Mr, ftaagan to congress, whoro he becamo conspicuous In lntcrstuto commerce legislation. In 1M7 he took his seat In tho Unlttd Stales senate, and since that time hnn been one of the most .JAME TtfK J clothes on her buck, but her nnlmal beauty lcmalncd with her. Ho built her ii palaco nt 329 West Twenty-third street, nnd thero ho nnd his friends leveled night after night, and thero In tlmo camo Edward 8. Stokes. Stokes was of good birth nnd breeding, a Wall Btreet clerk ot hnnd somo personality nnd features, whom Flsk took a fancy to' ono day and made hie protege. Flsk thought that Stokes waa about to betray him. Ho therefore forced down tho stocks In which the latter was Interested. Stokes wns thus al most financially ruined. It wns said nt tho time that the woman in tho ease told Stokes to kill Flsk. However this may havo been, Stokes left her houso the nftcrnoon ot Jan, 6, 1872. Ho went to the Grand, Con- trn! Hotel, where he stationed himself in tho corridor of tho parlor floor, carelessly walking up and down, and not appearing to bo lntorcotcd In any thing In particular. Tho main stair case was In, front of htm. Thus stationed ho saw Flsk enter nnd start up the stairs. Tho latter pronounced nationalists In tho South. All ot Mr. Lincoln's two cabinets are dead, so that Mr. Reagan Is tho solo survivor of all the cabinet officers of rhq, great , war period. Tho distinguished Texan 1b a typo ot southern gentleman thut Is rapidly passing away. He was born 85 years ago In Tenncssco, and drifted, when almost' a boy, into this section of tho country. In 18DG Texas sent him to CongrcsB, and four years later ho re signed his scat to becomo postmaster EX-SENATOR REAGAN, general and secretary of tho treasury in Mr, Davis' cabinet. THE RIOH MAN AND THE OHUROH. President Blnnchard of Wheaton col lege in an address delivered tho other day at a meeting of tho Congregation al ministers ot Chicago, was unusunlly sovoro against the tenderness and con sideration with which somo ministers treat their wealthy parishioners, All tho nhcop In tho flock should be treat ed allko or If nuy distinction Is to bo mado It should, bo in fnvor of tho poor. Tho rich, having moro of tho root of evil in their hemtn, nro presumably moro ovll in their lives and should bo urged as often as possible to obey tho apostolic command by "going to" was seven stops up when ho saw Stokes, his right arm resting on tho standard at tho head ot the stairs, at pistol In his hand. Without speaking Stokes fired twice. The first bullet took effect In tho nbdomen, tho second In tho loft arm. Flsk fell to the floor. Stokes walked away, but was captured beforo ho could leave tho hotel. Flsk was carried upstairs, and Jay Gould and "Boss" Tweed enmo to his bedside. Ho died tho next day. tout "Joslo Mansfield was not with hint. Instead enmo his wlfo and his broth ers, and they remained, with, him to tho end. Colonol "Jim" Klak was burled with honors such as New York bestowed upon few men. Tweed blubbered aud oven Gould cried. Stokes remained In prison. Ho hired tho, be9t Counsel In EDWARD STOKES. tho land and wns tried threo times, tho last tlmo being convicted of man slaughter In tho third degree. G rover Clovoland pardonod him from prison in 1877 nfter ho had served four years. Something of his fortuno was left, and on that ho has lived an earth pariah ever since. Ho Is at tho homo ot n sister, now dying. Tho Mansfield woman fled to Boston after Flak's death. From thero lm removed to Paris. In 1891 sho mar ried Robert L. Rendo, formerly of Min neapolis and Now York. Slnco then sho has lived In comparative obscur ity. She-is wealthy most of her mon ey camo out of Flsk and Stokes. In order that thoy may "weep and howl." Nor will any harm bo dono If they arc reminded on Sunday morn ings that tho Magnificat still contains, tho remark about tho-rich haying boon.' sent empty away. Mr. Blanchard's wishes In this mat ter aro unexceptionable. They pro coed upon tho oxccllcnt principle that things temporal should bo ot alnor importanco In a religious body whero tho object of ondeavor Is to bo found In things eternal. But It would1 scum that beforo this principle, excellent as It Is, could bo put In operation, thero would hnvo to bo certain chauges in tho organization of a groat many churches, especially In tho larger cities. But what can bo dono about It ns long as tho congregation will not mako up Us mind to get along without tho money for which It payB bo heavy a prlco? Women In New York. ' The Women's Municipal League or Now York In nctlvoly engaged in raid ing funds to further tho Interests of tho fusion campaign against Tam many. They nro distributing pam phlets showing how vlco is being pro tected under Tammany rulo and it Ik for UiIb purpose chiefly that they ara raising a campaign fund. Occupation In Norway. Sixty per cent of tho population of Norway live by agrlculturo, it por'eenL by manufacturing and lumbering, 10 per cent by commcrco nnd trade, 5 per cent by mining, nnd tho remainder ar in the professions nnd tho nnny and navy and engaged in different employ ments. Professor W. D. Glbbs of tho Ohio Statu University hns been elected pro fessor of agrlculturo and director of tho oxporlment Btntlon nt tho Now Hnmpshlro Collego of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts nt Durham, N. H. A postal card sent from Paris tw Paris via Moscow, Vladlvostock nutf San Francisco, mado tho trip around the world In eighty days, at n cost of 2 ccnta.