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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1909)
FIVE TflVlES HIGHER THAW NIAGARA. HOEfflMSGir Star and Garter Auction Fails to Bring Out Bidder. ! -W ith the World9 Selections from Reduced to By J. V. (Being a Icttor from William Gay boy, Just oft tho collogo basobnll team,' to bis brother Bob, written from ft small town In the country.) My Denr Bob: Ilnve you n couplo of twenties you can Bond down lioro Into the bUHh until salary day comes around again? I nm out of the major loaguo class and tho old gontloman has sent me .Into the tall grass until I get over my Chorlcy'hQwe. I am tho ostensi ble manages of ono of tho old gentle man's branch housos down hero, with a dovll of a bookkeeper as the watch dog of the treasury. Ho Is ono of thoao old faithfuls you read about In Pickens, nnd nover n scratch of tho pen will he make on a check until he gets O. K. from tho old gentleman. Ho Is deaf in the sympnthotlo oar, tho bookkeeper Is, and when I go to him for .an ndvnnce on next month'a pay ho gets writer's cramp In his pitch ing arm. Tho old contlomnn is hard as a granite wall this tlmo. Ho says I'm not built forfast company nnd I'll hnvo to play In a bush leaguo un til I get my- hpuJ and am able to lo cate: thorn" whon they como over tho pan nnd don't blto at tho wild 01103. Whon I10 got my bnttlng nvorago from my major leaguo ongngomont he cut 1110 -off -tho salary list nnd oont 1110 down here as extra man. I don't know oxactly what was tho mnttor with my plnylug but tho old gentleman snld It wouldn't do. He sent mo up to Andovor whon I enmo nut of school nnd put mo up near tho head of tho batting ordor with a lot The King's Kibosh By JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS. Onco. upon a tlmo thoro was a king of tho cnBf. Thoro was a chalk lino running around tho earth from north to south, ,"nnd this' nhnlk line was U)0 king's promenade ... Ono. pleasant spring morning ho put ou his little gr'oon hat with tho cuto little bow In tho back nnd culling Don John Kcop, 0110 of tho rotnlncm.ofjtho cnstlo and allr elso that was not nailed down'urid Bald'to hltni , '-'JoliH, 'thou1 knowoat 'that I "nhi a monarch bt, great rank," f "That, don't , bother mo n'ono, your maJPBty," replied John. "You knpw 1 nln't got no sciiuo of smoll." "And thou knoweat, Don John Keop," continued tho king, "that tho king of the west is u haughty and grasping man, rooting whore lio lias "The Kibosh Escaped from Its Den This M.qrnlna." not Rown, nnd butting-In where ho has not been Invited. Now If I could only gqt tho kibosh on him tho world would bo mine." I ."Your majesty, I rcgrot to Inform you flint tho kibosh escnpod from. Its den this morning," , "John!" "Yes, your majesty." t '"Suppose our mothor-ln-law goos for n walk and runo across that -poor kl ibosh! It Ib tho only kibosh In my kingdom nnd I don't know how to Jkeop houso without It" "Why not advertise for it,, your ma jesty?" - 1 i "Very woll, Don John, do that. Whut Is my wlfo'n mother doing this morn lng?" "Sho has boon taking chloroform, your majesty, so as. to bo nblo tq got 8omo rest." "Nover mind, you don't owo .tho kibosh anything, Go ovor nnd call up tho'KIng-of tho West and toll htm that wo havo a sleeping prlncoss ovor horo, and ho must como and awaken hor." Milk ' HUJUHIUU HO UUUB UliniiUlf I1UI, your majesty.'' "Thon ho shall havo hor hand In marrlngo." Later on the King of tho Wost rodo Into the castlo yard and asked to be shown to tho .couch of the stooping princes. "Let mo beg of you not to make this hazardous trial In which your Ufa Is at stake!" begged tho King of tho East, trying to keep a straight face. Great Humorist's -the Writings of the Host Ksiobvn M afters of Mirth. the Ranks FOLEY. of veterans who havo been on tho dia mond for in years. I mada good at tho start, drove out a homer or two and cleaned the bases when runs counted, nnd I had a lottcr from tho old gentleman offering mo n placo as playing manager of tho Andover concern if I hold up my average. "Ho la Doaf In tho Sympathetic Ear." Then I got swelled. Lot a follow iiinko a homer in a close sumo ami hn's apt to think ho can go through the season on lilit record, The blench crn will stand that for n while but If you fan once or twice at n critical momont or bunt out a few easy rol "Don't bo a fool!" nnnppod tho King of the West. "If you hnvo ovor read a fairy story you know tho hero Jiovor turns back I Lead mo to her!" "Woll, whoro la sho?" asked tho King of tho West when thoy wore gnth- crod about tho couch whereon re posed tho royal mothor-ln-law. t "Thnfu It." "Aro you trying to hand rao . lemon?" At this remark a shuddorjShook tho form .of tho s)ppplng mohoJn-lnw. "Hor .noflo 'lH crooHodTMcontlnucd tho king. At this romark tho mdthcr-ln-law'a hand wdnt'tb tho sloeplng mothor-ln-Inw's 11030;' "Sin has false todtli!"' ,. "Thbu Host-; caitiff J' hissed tho mother-in-law, with-it batting an eye. "Ami sho Is (Hixiy if" A; nilracfe! The mothcr-ln-lnw awoko The Third By H. M. "I told you, Potor, folks what uses dynamite Is fool3." Bald Clansky, of tho third section of tho Universal BrothorhoHl, leorlng nt his compan ion throuA tho darkness of tho col lar. "Y01 flim't buy picric ncld mid them th 1 11 tn without tho pollcemans got nftor jrou. Gunpowder Is mndo easy, and Ws Just as good, If you mix l( woll nn'l uao onough." "I toll roil I don't llko to do It, Mooster Mansky," hla companion whimpered;. , "What?" hissed tho Russian.; assum ing n minatory attitude, at which his tool oowored Instinctively! "What did you say? Ain't you n downtrod den prolotarlnt?" "Dot's so," muttorod tho Clormnn. "nMintt tin nun 1 In n. A 1 r n slave. Isn't Schmltz a greedy, grasping, bloodsucking landlord? Didn't ho lira you out of your Job bo- enuue you lot tho pollconians Mud you putting that horse Into his snusagoa? Ain't ho turned you out of this very basement, to sturvo in the stroots to morrow, whllo ho fastens llko a leech 011 tho palo throat of tho proletariats?" "Dot's so." Bald, tho Gorman, his face Hushing with auger' nt tho re membrance of his lost Job in tho dollcatosson shop ovorhead whoro Schmltz, Ignorant of tho conspirators below, wns counting up tho receipts of the day, ,TYou oomo to 1110, your frlrniU?'"8ald Clansky. "I said, 'tho Brothorhood Svlll Btnnd by you In your struggle against the capitalists, Wipe your hands In his goro. Got sulphur, char coal, and anltpotro nt throe different shops, und I'll show you how to mix them,' And now you fnltor nnd cringe boforo tho opprossor." "No, I don't, Clansky," snld tho Gorman, llrod to resolution, "Whoro's tho bomb?" "It Is horo," Bnld tho Russian, dra matically, opening tho grip ho had brought with him. With infinite care ho took frqm. It a heavy motnllto ob Joct llko a cannon ball, from ono oiul of which depended a long wisp of fuse. Ho placed It firmly in position against a cross boam. "Down with the capitalists," ho crlod, lighting tho fuse: and with hasty accord thoy sought the rofugo lers thoy'ro apt to rlso up and carol for your release That's tho way It was with the old gentleman. I thought I was tho only ono In tho bunch who could stick better than .300 and It was mo to tho raco courso on aftornoons when tho firm needed good men with tho willow. Tho old gentleman wrote up onco or twice that ho heard I was slow on tho bnso lines and was apt to go out Maying when there wns a gamo on at tho dross goods counter. The fans had mo swelled with the notion the old gentleman wouldn't daro send mo to I tho bench. I wroto the old gentle mnn I could drlvo ono to tho club houso whenever I wanted to, but that I was young, with an Inflnlto capacity for enjoyment, nnd If ho didn't crowd mo I'd sottlo down after whllo Into a steady sticker. But ho wroto back that gato receipts wero what counted nnd ho bush-lcngucd mo for fair. Thut's why I'm horo. It's u general merchandise gamo down here. Tho diamond Is small, and tho fenco Is only about 30 feet back of the base lines. Anybody can drlvo ono over. It takes thorn about two wcoks to get tho figures from the big games up on the scoro board and I feel llko Christy Mntthowson In the box against tho high school toam. If I stay hero six months I'll bo nblo to sleep nil through a champion ship sorlcs between the Nationals and tho Americans In tho front row of tho grand stand. Hnvo pity, Bobby, nnd Bond mo tho two twenties. I want to run up to tho city and soo if thoy still got nows by telegraph. Your affectionate brother, BILL. 'Copyrlfilit, 1909, by W, Q. Chapman.) and struck tho door running, nnd It wns tho King of the West whom she was aftor, though tho King of tho Cast loft so suddonly thnt ho did not know this. Ho wont out of tho door going dtio north nnd lie came into his back door, through tho summer kitchen, the Jinllwuy, tho bath-room, tho best par lor, over tho center tnblo and out Into tho hall Just in timo to seo his own coat tails disappearing out of tho front door. As he sat on tho back stops that night knocking thu aund out of his shoes thoro wna a royal flush of plcasuro on his check and ho told himself: "Well I got the kibosh on both of them nil rlghtskyl And I urn Just bound to bo called 'Tho Roosevelt of my generation!' Tho trouble with mo has been that I never hnd the right Incentive to 111 uko that run be foro today." With n sigh of satisfied ambition ho wont upstairs, slopped his wlfo, kicked tho cat and went to bod, and lived "happily forovor after, (Copyright. 1903, by W. CI, Chapman.) Ingredient EGBERT. of tho Btreets. From tho corner' of, tho block thoy awaited the Inevitable explosion, Nothing occurred. Clan sky turned pale. "Meln Gott, bIio'b gono out," hq whispered. "Como back mid light hor ngufh," They hurried Into tho bnsemont, And suddenly a figure loaped out of tho darkness llko n tlgor nnd felled thorn to the ground. "Trying to Btlnk out my business,! you scum, nro you?" roared Schmltz. "Burning your punk balls under my "Where's the Bomb?" doltcntesscn Btoro." And with tho unrestrained fury of 200 pounds of-sln-ow and bono ho trounced them nud Hung them groaning Into the passago way, Tho basemont door slammed In their faces. "You miserable fool, Potor," groaned Clansky, as they nursed their bruises In tho comer saloon. "Tho fuso was right, You must havo bought tho wrong materials. What did you got?" "I got sulphur and charcoal and salt," suld Petor, dolofully. "Salt, you blockhead?" cried Clan sky. "I snld snltpetro. Not salt, but saltpotro, potre, potre." "Ja," answored the Gorman. "You snld: 'Go to throe dlfforont shops aud buy some sulphur, sotuo charcoal, nnd somo Bait, Potor.' " (Copyright, 1903, by W. a. Chapman.) The above Is a photograph of the Kaleteur fall on the Potaro river, Es sequlbo, British Guiana. The perpendicular height of the fall Is 741 feet, or nearly five times that of Niagara. The width varies from 350 feet In the dry season to 400 feet In the rainy season, and the depth of water passing over similarly ranges from n few feet to 20 feet. Even In very dry seasons, the river has a depth of Qb feet about a quarter of a mile above the fall. The face of the fall la of sandstone with a capping of harder conglomerate. It Is suggested that the falls may be used to provide power, and It is pointed out that the chief fall alone would supply 2,125,000 horsepower. WANTS MEN FREED Aged Minnesota Ex-Judge Would Ease His Conscience. Ei'IlS. . After Thirty-Four Years He Seeks the Release of Two Negroes Whom He Prosecuted and Had Convicted. St. Paul, Minn. Bowed and bent and only n memory of his former bril liant self, Judgo James Egnn has lift ed n weight which litis lain upon his conscience for 31 years by appearing boforo tho state board of pardons and pleading for tho releaso of two ne groes, Borvlng life sentences for mur der. Thoy wero Incarcerated when Judgo Egnn was only a young prose cuting attorney. Between tho jdny of their Judgment nnd now lies n life time, and now tho prosecutor con fesses that they wero unjustly Impris oned nnd asks their freedom. Behind an act which casts a shadow on an exceptionally brilliant career lies n dramatic story. Tho two nugroes, R. L. Underhlll nnd Georgo Washington, wero nr rested nnd tried principally upon cir cumstantial ovldenco. A houso upon Summit nvonue had boon robbed nnd tho burglars, escaping In tho dnrknoss of a storm and overcast night, shot at n policeman who attempted to Inter cept them. Ho died without being nble to mako a coherent stntement. Later, nftor two vngrnnt negroos had been Jailed by the police, n woman living In the houso whoro tho robbery had occurred, Identified them us the burglars. She admitted that sho had caught but a gllmpso of tho mon nt work, and that In the dark. As Prosecuting Attorney Egnn vigor ously pressed tho enso against tho two men, nnd with tho city deeply stirred by tho crime convicted them and sent thorn up with llfo sentences. Years passed and tho prosecuting nttornoy beenmo a Judge, noted for his koon wit, his marked ability and a clear far-seeing Judicial mind. After many years Judgo Egnn rotlred, and for nearly a decade had not been n llguro In public llfo. Boforo tho par don board a bont and enfoebled old man, his mind clouded on many sub jects, but entirely clear on this, begged that tho governor and the mombers of the pardon board freo his soul from the weight of tho knowledge that the two mon woro frightened Into making false .confessions und un justly committed to a llfo of harsh contlnomont. Tho bonrd was astound ed by tho confession and has taken tho caso under advisement, to thor oughly Invostlgnte It. GIRL TO FLY IN AN AIRSHIP. Berkeley (Cal.) Young Woman Is En thuslastlc Promoter of "Heavier "Than-AIr" Machine. Borkoley, Cal. Miss Bernlco Cun ningham, the 19-yoar-old daughter of James It. Cunningham of this city, is an enthusiastic promoter of a new fly- Y- lng mnchlno now being constructed In a suburb nnd has announced her Inten tion of making n flight ulono In tho air craft. Miss Cunningham Is enthused over tho flying machine nnd haunts tho shops at Sather station. Fruttvale. where the machine is being construct ed. She has mndo herself familiar with every part of tho craft and be lieves alio will experience no dlfllculty In mnnnging tho machine In the air. Tho inuchlno, tho Invention of Peter English of Alamedn, is a combination of a hollcopter, or self-lifting mnchlno, and an aoroplano, nnd differs radically irom any flying mnchlno yet Invented. It Is provided with two Immense propellers, which supply tho lifting nnd propelling power, nnd hns a greater aoroplano ourfneo than tho Wright brothers' mnchlne. It has a tested lifting power of 1,700 pounds. English ussertB his machine will fly Just as woll nt n height of three feet from tho ground ns at n greater alti tude. Find Old Fort Became Barn. Greoly, Col. Fort Latham, built near hero In tho early 'GO'S for do fenso against tho Indians, wn3 not de stroyed yenrs ago, as has been sup posed, but Is still in existence and is used ns a barn. A fow days ago tho fort was found on tho ranch of O. A. Gordan. It is built of sod. Many n poet llmls determined by tho rhyme. his convictions exigencies of WIFE OF WISCONSIN SENATOR. I'boloirrtpti copj-ltfbl by CllnwIlD-t. Wuhlagtoa. tK O. The above Is from a recent photograph of Mrs. Isaac Stephenson, wife of United States Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin. Senator Stephenson Is one of the wealthiest senators in the upper house of congress and during the Washington social season she entertains lavishly. House Once Was Resort of Dandles and Many Royal Persons Have Been Entertained In tho London Hostelry. London. For tho second tlmo with in two years tho Star nnd Gardon hotel, Richmond, wns offered for snlo by auction tho other day at tho Mart, following the- snlo of tho furniture of tho hotel three months ago. Thoro was no bidding nnd consequently no sale. Albert Chancellor, tho auctlonoer, mado an eloquent speech, referring to the hotel ns "a far-famed hostolry, a palace of pleasure crowning tho hill of delight." "The vlow from this spot Is," ho said, "the finest in England, perhnp3 In tho world. You can motor down from London In a few minutes. "Yes," Interposed ono of tho com pany, "and got locked up." Tho hotel hnd cost $700,000 and could bo used equally well as hotel, hydro or skntlug rink. As a pro visional bid the auctioneer suggested, tho "trifling sum" of $150,000, and? then $125,000, but there wero no offers and tho Item wns declared not sold. It Is Just 100 years since tho Star and Garter was opened, nfter being for five years left to decay. Perhaps somo clover hotel-keoper may find n good augury In thnt circumstance. In 1809 Christopher Cream, who had beon tho duke of York's cook, beenmo proprietor of tho hotel, even then 70 years old, and ho succeeded In mak ing It a favorlto resort of tho period tho period of bucks and dandles, of heavy gambling nud quick quarrels, of four-hour dinners and wonderful feats In the consumption of port. The popularity of the hotel contin ued throughout tho century. Queen Victoria and tho prlnco consort, Louis Philippe, Napoleon III. nnd Emporor Mnxmllllan wero among its many royal patrons. In tho 'GOs and '70s tho Star and Garter nttnlned the zenith of its fame. Tlinckorny mentioned it moro than onco In his novels; Meredith made Richard Fevorel talk to Bellonn there, and W. E. Norrls makes It tho scene' of somo of hlB cleverest chapters. But tho real revcnler of tho charms of tho Star and Garter was "Oulda." Who can forget thnt pago In "Un der Two Flngs" In which tho water party at Richmond, who pay sovem guineas apiece for their dinner, nro pelted with brandy cherries by Zu Hu, hnve their best cigars "thrown away half smoked by pretty pillagers" and listen to Lauru Lolas Blnglng a barcarolle? And who does not re member that even more dramntlc scene nt the Stnr and Garter In which beauty meets Lndy Guonovoro? G0ULD-FISK THEATER SOLD. Famous Grand Opera House Which" Shielded Magnates from Mob Brings $1,000,000. Now York. The famous old Grnnd, opera house nt Twenty-third street' and Eighth avenuo has beon sold to n company by the executors of the Jay Gould estate for 1,000,000. Many memories of Jay Gould and "Jim" Fisk and incidents of the Into 'GO's nnd oarly '70's aro linked with tho famous theater. It was horo that " Gould and Fisk took refugo from the mobs on "Black Friday" In 1873. In the building Is n vault of heavy masonry extending from tho basement to tho roof, the floors of which nro reached by n narrow circular stairway in the stones. Fisk said that ho and Mr. Gould concealed themselves in this vault when tho Infuriated crowd attacked their offices In Wall Btreet district. Ono of tho boxes In tho theater is known as the Gould box and Is kept locked. It seats 20 to 30 persons, but has nover beon occupied except by mombers of tho Gould family.