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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1899)
THE FRONTIER. rcuLisHEn evkut nirnsPAT nr tub FUONTiEIl 1M! INTI NO COMl’ANY. O'NEILL, - - NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA The Burlington depot of Indianola was destroyed by fire. Arbor Day was quite generally ob served throughout the state. The Kingman Implement company’s warehouse at Omaha burned, eutailing a loss of ?400,000. Sarpy county fruit growers report a fine prospect for apples. Peaches are all killed, however. The fine high school building at Al liance is deemed unsafe by reason of prevailing winds and it is generally believed that it will have to be con demned. At a meeting held by the reorganiza tion committee of company E at North Platte fifteen persons were enrolled as members of the local company, which will be mustered Into the national guard. A plan to establish telephone con nections with the outside world Is meeting with success In Osceola. Twenty-seven subscribers have been secured and only ten more are re quired. Lyons is to have another school building. It was so decided after sev eral meetings had been called at the high school. This building is to be of frame, and built for the lowest con tract price, and to be located down town, near the Catholic church. The postoffice at Yeager, eight miles south of Beaver City, was burned, with its entire contents. The loss was $1,800, Insured In the Central Mutual of Has tings for $1,100. The postoffice was located In the store of Postmaster Yeager, the family living in the sec ond story, and they all had a narrow escape from death. The westbound freight on the Un ion Pacific picked up a man three miles from Gibbon, lying near the track In an unconscious condition. He was taken to the Kearney city hos pital and an examination showed he was injured on the head, temple, on the knees, right hand and spine. He had fallen from the train. The Standard Beet Sugar company at Ames made a lucky strike at the factory site in sinking an artesian well. They are down to a depth of 235 feet, and have secured a fine flow of pure water that is entirely free from alkali. It flows a stream sixteen feet above the surface of the ground that is large enough for irrigation purpos e». \V. J. Scott, a stockman from Mexi co, Is looking over the grazing land near Wallace and 1ms concluded to bring up about 10,000 head of cattle to be herded In the sand hills north of Wallace. Mr. Scott is the representa tive of large cattle Interests in Mexico and means to utilize some of the ranny tnousand acres of land In Lincoln county. The Grand Army of the Republic post of McCook has contracted for a large twelve-foot monument In mem ory of our dead heroes. Standing on the base will be a soldier, six feet high, In the position of “attention.” The unveiling occurs May 31, and upwards of 6,000 witnesses are expected to be on the ground, including the Third Ne braska regiment. April 26 was a red letter day In the history of Curtis, the event being the opening up for business of the new creamery. The ladles of the town served lunch with creamery butter, the first output. The officers and chief dignitaries were present, with several distinguished speakers from abroad, and the affair was pronounced a suc cess and highly enjoyed by all. Arbor Day In Nebraska City, the home of its founder, J. Sterling Mor ton, was given general observance. The banks and offices were closed. Many citizens spent the entire day In planting shrubs and trees and other wise beautifying their grounds. The usual Arbor Day exercises, attended by a large amount of tree planting, were held at the schools throughout the city. House movers are reaping a harvest now moving buildings from Spencer and Butte to Perry, the new town at the end of the new railroad running from Atkinson north. Andy Krickas of Butte met twenty-five excursionists that came to Atkinson over the Elk horn on April 18. They left for Boyd county the next morning to look over the prospects of the new town of Per ry with a view to locating there. ’ This section, says a Callaway dis patch, has witnessed one of the most destructive prairie fires that ever passed through Custer county. Sev eral persons lost their lives and great damage was done to buildings, grain and other property. Seybolt and Alex ander McDonald lost a quantity of corn; John Kennedy, a stable and oth er property; O. P. Olson several head of hogs. The latter was severely burn ed. Two farmers named Coe and Mor risey were burned to death. Last week a special train contain ing 500 or 600 head of young cattle was shipped into Imperial to be rang ed during the summer. They are owned by Hon. A. C. Shallenberger of Alma, Neb. Milton Eearl has also received several carloads, and County Clerk McClelland leaves for Arizona to purchase several thousand head more. The ranges of Chase county are the finest in the state and are am ple for thousands of head moya. The new grass is already furnishing good feed. Quite a building boom is on at Cresco. Cattle In this section of the country, says a North Platte dispatch, have come through the winter in splendid condition, notwithstanding the unus ually cold weather experienced, and there are at least five times as many cattle in this localiay now as there were two years ago. All of the stock men are prosperous and It is no unus ual thing now for a farmer, who a few years ago, was groaning under a mort gage of $500 on his homestead, to give check for two or three thousand dol lais for a herd of cattle. F mm Letter of Condolence From Secretary Meikeljohn. fATHER OF DECEASED NOTIFIED. Gallant Ofllccr I.out Ilia Life While Ltadlnf a Charge Cron the Enemy'* Work*—Likelihood that the First Ne braska Will toon Sail for Home. Ihc Late Cul Htotaenherg. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn sent letters of condolence to the father anti wife of the late colonel of the First Nebraska volunteers, J. M. Stotsen bcrg, who died leading his troops In the Philippines on April 23. Follow ing Is the secretary’s letter to Hon. -ohn H. Stotsenberg of New Albany, Ind.: "Information that your son, Colonel John M. Stotsenoerg, First Nebraska, IJ. S. V., has been killed in battle has been received. That he has met the common doom of mankind in the noon time of life and at the entrance of a notable career is cause for deep sorrow and regret. Ruf that he was killed in battle, leading his command In a suc cessful charge upon the intrenchments of the enemy and met death in the way a soldier would choose to >—e is some comfort, tnough inadequate to solace the sense ox personal bereave ment you now feel. “It may be a comfort to you to know t..at this department did not wait until his death to do him honor. When the legislature of Nebraska, the gov ernor of that state and other prominent citizens, laboring under a misunder standing of the great work your son was accomplishing with his regiment, asked to have him relieved of his com mand, the response of this department was: " ‘It would be destructive to disci pline and would Imperil the interests of the service to dismiss from the volunteer army on an exparte state ment an officer with an unblemished record, against whom no complaint lias been lodged by or through any mili tary authority.’ "I have this day closed the Incident of said complaint by endorsing across the face thereo. these wpnla: ‘This officer and soldier was killed in battle at the head of his command while leading a successful charge on the in trenehments of the enemy on April 23, lei99.’ I wish it were within my power to render him and you a greater ser vice.’’ The Cro|i C«n<1 II ion*. The Inst Nebraska crop bulletin pre sents this summary: The last week has been dry and windy, with rn excess of sunshine. The average daily temperature defici ency has varied from about one degree In the western counties to nearly three degrees in the southeastern. The daily maximum temperatures gener ally exceeded 70 degrees on but one day of the week, and then were but slightly above. The weekly minimum temperatures ranged from 38 degrees to 22 degrees, with heavy frosts in most sections of the state. The rainfall has been below normal in all counties. In most of the, west ern counties no rain fell. In the cen tral and eastern scattered showers occurred. The amount of rainfall was, however, very small, generally less than a tenth of an inch, except in a few northeastern and southeastern counties, where it ranged from a quar ter to slightly more than half an inch. The last week has been favorable or farm work and rapid progress has been made in seeding small grain. Spring wheat is now all sown, except in a few northern counties, and there the greater portion of the crop is sown. Oat seeding is well advanced everywhere and practically completed In southern counties. Plowing for corn has commenced in most counties and a lutle corn has been planted in the southern portion of the state. The ground is in goou condition for plow ing and seeding in eastern counties, but is too dry for quick germination and growth, and in some parts of the central western portion of the state seed will not grow until after rain comes. The high winds of the last week have dried the ground rapidly and have been exceedingly unfavor able for winter wheat, and the reports of the condition of this crop are de cidedly less encouraging than they were a week ago, tne estimate of most reports this week being from about all dead to about a quarter of the crop alive, while a few estimates in south eastern counties indicate a slightly better condition. New Sugar Factor; Begun. The Stanuaid Beet Sugar company of Ames has a force of men at work driving, piling and excavating for the new factory. Carl Iveonard of Chino, Cal., who had charge of the building of the factory there, is superintending the construction of the factory. Two companies have been organized in Fremont for the purpose of raising sugar beet9. One has a paid up capital stock of $3,000, divided into shares of $50 each. It has leased 150 acres of land east of the city which is now being prepared for seeding. This com pany expects to expend not to exceed $20 per acre in growing the crop. An other company of seventeen stockhold ers, with a capital of $4,000, has leased 210 acres northeast of the city for beets. Other individual beet rais ers will probably increase the acreage of beets in this immediate vicinity to 650 acres. While the ground is dry it is in good condition and the work of planting will be pushed as rapidly as possible. Fromotlon* In First Regiment. The order issued making promotions In the First Nebraska at Manila insti tutes these changes: Captain Frank D. Eager, Company B, appointed major, to rank from April 5), 1899. vice Williams resigned. First lieutenant Harry L. Archer, adjutant, appointed captain Company H, to rank from April 9, 1S99, vice Eager promoted. Second Lieutenant Burt D. Whedon, Company C, appointed first lieutenant and adjutant, to rank from April 9, 1899, rice Archer promoted. rir*l. ItPRlD'.rnt M«y Return. i Friends of the First Nebraska regl I ment have been assured that the regi ment will be returned to the United | States within a few days. Whether | it will be possible for the war depart | Fment to spare the regiment immedi i ately is doubted by many. Brad P. i Cook of Lincoln is in receipt of the I following letters from President Mc i Kinley’s private secretary and Assist i ant Secretary of War Meiklejohn, : which indicate that the regiment may | sail for home May 5: Executive Mansion, Washington.— | Mr. Brad P. Cook, Lincoln, Neb.: fly ! Dear Sir—I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th inst., with enclosure, and to say that it was promptly brought to the atten tion of the president. Very truly yours. GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Assistant Secretary to tire President. War Department, Office of the As sistant Secretary, Washington.—Mr. Brad P. Cook, Lincoln, Neb.—Dear Sir: I am Just in receipt of your let ter of the 15th inst., enclosing copy of a resolution addressed to the presi dent, adopted by the relatives and friends of the First Nebraska volun teers, and have very carefully noted | the contents of same. In reply I take | pleasure in advising you that cable S advices just received from General Otis are to the effect that the return of the volunteers will commence about e.ay 5 and will continue as rapidly as tne accommodations of the transport service permit. I earnestly hope that this action of General Otis will serve in some meas ure to allay the natural anxiety which the relatives and friends of the Ne braska boys feel as to their return, and perhaps the statement of General Otis to the effect that the health and spirits of the troops are good will also have a tendency in the same direction. I trust that my interest in the wel fare of the Nebraska regiment is not lost sight of in the earnest desire for us return to civil life. No efforts of mine have been spared to aid the troops in any way within the power of the government, and it would have pleased me as much as anyone had it been possible to have ordered the return of these troops some time ago, in response to the earnest solicitations which have emanated from the parents and friends of these boys. I trust, however, that the prospect of their early return will be satisfac torily regarded. Very respectfully, * G. D. MEIKLEJOHN, Assistant Secretary of War. l.aml Troubles in the Northwest. There is being developed a condition of affairs in the grazing region of the northwest part of the state that, ac cording to rumors from that section, portend serious conflicts between the present occupiers of government lands and others who are preparing to assert what they contend are better rights to them. In the grazing portion of the state which is sparsely settled there are large bodies of government land which have not been taken up under the homestead or other acts which permit settlers to obtain title from the gov ernment. This land is nevertheless valuable to the owners of herds of cat tle and the luxuriant grass upon !t is turned into dollars through the me dium of the cattle that are fattened there every year. The cattlemen do not own this land and no one else has cared to purchase it. The lines defining the ranges are pretty well defined and the rule that no one will trespass on another's range previously occupied by him, is well es tablished. Tnus the use of the graz ing ground is by unwritten law of the range, made the property of the par ticular ranchman almost as much as if he had purchased it and held a writ ten title to it. Two years ago the national congress passed a law making certain provis ions concerning lauds belonging to the government which are included in the zone known as the semi-arid region, where irrigation and other devices for the distributing and saving and stor ing the water from streams are utiliz ed to assist in the raising of crops or providing domestic animals as well as men with water for ordinary domestic purposes. One of the provisions of this law is that whenever a person or cor poration builds or constructs a reser voir on or near this unsold govern ment land in the Irrigation region, that so much of this land shall be set apart and the constructor of the reservoir shall have the right to use it. The amount of land that a company or person may take possession of is dependent upon the size of the res ervoir, its capacity to hold water and supply the surrounding land with the necessary element for human liveli hood. The reservoir men do not get a title from the government to the land, they simply have the sanction of the law for their occupation and use. Recently there have been several companies formed for the purpose of building reservoirs in the grazing sec tion of Nebraska and filing made for the use of large bodies of this govern ment land. The promoters of these companies are said to be principally eastern people, but Nebraska citizens are also in this business. The point where the trouble is likely to arise is when these claimants to the right to use the land try to oust the /.'anc.hir.en w'iio have heretofore held it. The prospect for conflicts of this sort are said to be more than like ly and if the reports that are coming In to the state capital of the fooling among the old possessors are not ex aggregated this does not seem to be far from wrong. Weaver’s livery barn in Schuyler, burned to the ground. The fire broke out about 3 o’clock and in less than thirty minutes was completely con sumed. Twenty head of horses were burned, besides twelve carriages and a lot of harness and other parapherna lia. Gibson & Fiddles had the barn rented and owned most of the contents. Messrs. Flynn, Sixta, Grassman and Neihart lost five horses and buggie^ which were kept in the barns. Tha total loss is about $6,500, of which Weaver's is about $3,000 on buildings and the balance is a loss on personal property within the barn. 'RING A Otis Improves Lull in Fighting . to Strengthen Position. REPAIRS BRIDGES AND TRENCHES Natives Are Cfteerfnl Over Prospects of Returning Peace — Filipinos Ask Vs ‘-Would You Fight While We Are Dis cussing Peace'.’”—A Slight Skirmish With the Insurgents. MANILA, May 1.—While it is the general expectation among Americans that the Filipino emissaries will re turn with revised proposals from Gen eral Antonio Luna, Major General Otis is not letting this prospect inter fere with his preparations for pushing the war. Yesterday he ordered Major General Lawton to return to Angat, a few miles northwest of Norzagaray, and not tc advance aggressively while the negotiations were pending. Gen eral MacArthur is apparently acting on the same policy, but he is repairing bridges and strengthening the lines cf his force, which is stretched out with a four-mile front, and within a quarter of a mile of the enemy. The possibilities of peace are gratifying to a great majority of the army, which has regarded the war as an unpleas ant duty that must be performed ac cording to American traditions. Manila is cheerful over the pros pect of a return of normal life, though there are skeptics who remark that a truce would enable the insurgents to rest until the rainy season, upon which they have been depending as an im portant aid. The prisoners report that there are 75,000 refugees north of San Fernan do. This is not impossible, consider ing the thickly populated region which the Americans have cleared. It seems also that smallpox is spreading among them. The so-called Filipino congress will meet at San Fernando tomorrow. When Dean C. Worcester of the United States Philippine commission, who accompanied the Filipino emis saries from Calumpit, said to Colonel Manuel Arguelles that the Americans were under no obligations to refrain from fighting, the Filipino officer said: "Would you fight while we are dis cussing terms of peace?’’ Mr. Worcester responded with the suggestion that an armistice would give the Filipino leaders time to es cape. "My God. where would we escape to?” the Filipino exclaimed, referring in this to menacing hostile tribes be hind the Filipino line. Colonel Arguelles told the corre spondent of the Associated Press that he was much disappointed in the re sults of his mission. He said also that Aguinaldo expected Calumpit to be the cemetery of the American army. Lieutenant Colonel Wallace of the First Montana regiment, Major Adams and Major Shields, who slept on Fri day night in General Luna’s camp, where they went to inform the Fili pinos that their envoys would return in safety, found the Filipino com mander cordial, the Filipino troops re moving their hats as the Americans passed. The Filipinos complained to them that the Americans used explosive bullets, which is not the fact. The American officers retorted that tfe copper shells used by the Filipinos are worse than explosive bullets. General Luna said he regretted being obliged to kill Americans, but that was his business. General Wheaton entertained Colo nel Arguelles and Lieutenant Jose Bernal and provided them with horses to return to their camp. In the course of the conference yes terday, Jacob Schumann, chairmen of the United States commission, toll Colonel Arguelles that if the insur gents would lay down their arms he and his colleagues of the commission would consult them regarding the plan of government to be submitted to President McKinley. He said he would not promise that all their sug gestions would be adopted, but he could assure them that there would be a presumption in favor of their sug gestions, adding that the commission ers would be especially desirous of satisfying the legitimate aspirations of the Filipinos. When Colonel Arguelles protested that unconditional surrender would be humiliating, Mr. Schumann re plied: “There would be no humilia tion in treating our brother Filipinos as General Grant treated our brother Americans at Appomattox.” Mr. Schumann said yesterday to the correspondent of the Associated Press: “I believe Colonel Arguelles is per sonally sincere and honest, though I have no means of ascertaining the sen timents and aims of the authorities behind him. The Filipino people, peo ple, like other Asiatic peoples, have no trust in mere words, without force be hind them, but with force I consider a conciliatory spirit of the utmost im portance.” Kush for lTte Lands. DENVER, Col., May 1—About 5C0 homeseekers who desire to locate in the TJte reservation are already here and more are coming daily. The rule allowing settlers to go upon the sur veyed lands and make their selections in advance of the opening obviates much of the trouble experienced at previous openings. The only rush for these lands will be at the land office. Settlers desiring claims on th6 unsur veyed portion are allowed to examine the country in advance, but must re time from it before noon, May 4. At that hour they may line up and make a run for the claims that they have selected. They have ninety day3 in which to file on these claims. Madman In a Theatre. MADRID, Maay 1.—At the Comedy theater Friday night where the queen regent and Infanta Isabel were pres ent, a man dressed like an American was cbesrved walking up and down the corridor with a dagger protruding from his pocket. On arrest a loaded revolver was also found. He gave an incoherent explanation. A card was found with the name Patricia Char mon, a military veterinary surgeon. It is believed he is mad. ADVANCE ON MALOLOS Mr. Harrison (irey Irlls of the Advance on the Rebels'** Capital. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—Released from quarantine today, Brigadier Gen eral Harrison Gray Otis, U. S. V., who arrived from Manila last night, on the transport Sherman, is a happy man at being again at home. This veteran of three wars is a civilian in time of peace and as soon as he foresaw the termination of hostilities with the fall of Malolos he asked to be allowed to resign. He expects to leave for Los Angeles tomorrow and will at once as sume his position as editor in chief of the Los Angeles Times. He was interviewed today by a reporter of the Associated Press. Speaking of the po sition held by his brigade during the campaign, General Otis said: “In the advance upon Malolos, begun at day light, March 25. my brigade constitut ed the center of the general line and its orders were to pierce the enemy’s center, which was done the same day. After this movement was under way the First brigade advanced west of the railway track, running north, and at right angles to it, while the Second brigade advanced abreast on the east side of the same track. The usual reg imental formation adopted in all the movements in line of battle was to post two battalions on the firing line, with one battalion in support.” “In the advance upon Malolos. how was your main line constituted?” “I have already described its forma tion. If you will examine the map of the region it will perhaps make the respective positions of the two divis ions of the Eighth army corps clearer to yott. he First division, with the ex ception of Wheaton's brigade, was on the south of the Pasig; the Second di vision and Wheaton’s brigade were north of that river. The Malolos assault, as a whole, was made by the Second division, Ma jor General MacArthur commanding, supported by Wheaton's brigade (the Third) of Lawton’s First divison. The entire column was strengthened by the divisional artillery, made up of regu lation field pieces. Hotchkiss cannon and a vicious little rapid-fire gun. All the guns were manned by men from Dyer’s Sixth United States artillery and Young’s battalion of Utah light artillery, under their respective offi cers. A squadron of the Fourth Unit ed States cavalry was the only mount ed force in the column. Fart of the regular cavalry was mounted on big horses, the remainder on ponies. “Our general infantry advance was a long, superb sweep northward by a thin line cf troops in extended order of battle, deployed so as to cover near ly the entire country between the bay | of Manila on the west and San Juan on | the east. “To go back a little, the movement } began at 5:30 a. m. of March 25, with Hale’s advance on the near right. His ■ movement was taken up at 6 a. m. by my brigade on the center. Wheaton, with the left, advanced later. “On account of the boldness cf the enemy on his left. General Hall was kept busy there and did not advance with the general line. He had been di rected by the corps commander to se cure the safety of our extreme right, also the road beyond the peradventure of a doubt. “The fighting itself—well, I cannot, go into that in detail; it would re quire much space. There is no trou ble about the fighting on our side. Make a fairly good plan of battle, send the soldiers in under their officers, hold them well in hand, give them good rifles and keep them supplied with plenty of ammunition, maintain strict fire discipline, show them the enemy’s position and the men will do the rest. “The nameless man behind the gun and the all too obscure line officer have far more to do with the winning of victories than many poorly inform ed civilians seem to understand.” “The start—how was it made?” “The first advance was partly through the opening across rice fields and cleared ground, partly through timber and underbrush, across marsh, lagoons, dry barras and streams of carying degrees of depth. The river Tuliahan was passed by the Third artillery and the Twentieth Kansas of my brigade, while yet the day was young and by the First Mon tana later on. The enemy’s center had been pierced. And then the victorious march continued right along, day after day, until Malolos was reached. The rivers were crossed by the infantry, either by fording or on improvised rafts or temporary bridges; the ar tillery and supply trains passed the streams on the railway bridges, which the enemy could not burn and had been unable to blow up for want of time, because his burning parties had been chased off promptly by our troops. Be sides the stream lagoons and marshes that had to be crossed or flanked, bamboo thickets, dense banana forests and difficult stretches of tangled eh; p parral must be penetrated and cleared under fire. Havas:fit by Storm and Fire COLERIDGE, NEB., May 1—A prai rie fire, burning in the hay flats along the northern tier of counties of Ne braska, ten miles from this place, yes terday afternoon, passed over into the track of the tornado, and was swept with the speed of the wind diagonally across the county for twenty-five miles destroying everything in its path. The only lives lost, so far as known, were those of Mrs. Rolla Livingston and her five-year-old boy.The woman saw the fire coming and ran to a pas ture to release the family stock. The boy followed her. Both were knocked down by the terrified animals. The fire passed over them before they could get out of the way. The body of the boy was almost consumed and Mrs. Livingston lived but a few hours. A great many cattle were overtak en and burned. A large number of farm houses were destroyed and the families escaped by seeking refuge be yond the track of the flames. The path of the fire was nearly one mile wide. lliothig by Strikers. SPOKANE. Wash, May 1.—A Ward j r.er, Idaho, special to the Spokesman - I Review says: Wardner has been the | scene of the worst riots since the dcad | ly labor war of 1892. One man is dead, j another is thought to be mortally wounded and property valued at $250. 000 has been destroyed by giant pow i der and fire. CENEKAT. news notes. Father Baraada, Santiago, Is con firmed by the pops bishop of Santiago. The British government has decided to contribute to a British Columbia Australian cable. Twenty thousand cigars were se ! cured at Knoxville, Tenn., by revenue [ collectors, boxes having counterfeit i stamps. The Japanese war ship Hiyei has arrived at Esquimalt, B. C., w'here its crew will be richly entertained by res ident Japs. Roland Quentin, secretary of the Eagle Boat Store company, St. Louis, now missing, is found to be short $10,000, with more appearing. The verdict for $10,000 has been set aside and a new trial granted in the suit of J. M. Mawell against Nat C. uoodwin, involving the right to use the play, “Ambition.” Captain Urias Rhodes, who is to sail the yacht Defender in the trial racSs, has spent all his life on the water and is a friend of such old sailing masters as Norman Terry and L. A. Jeffrey. James H. Merrill, mayor-elect of Oshkosh, Wis., bears a striking re semblance to the cartoons of Uncle Sam. He is a lawyer and has a state reputation for his after-dinner speeches. James P. Taliaferro, the newly elect ed United States senator from Florida, was a private in the confederate army. He is a party leader in his state, but was never a candidate for office before. Robert H. Hitt, chairman of the for eign relations committee of the last congress, began life as a newspaper reporter, went to Washington as a correspondent and then entered the diplomatic service. The Canadian government has been advised from the Yukon to allow the military contingent to remain there pending the settlement of the bound ary question. No action has been taken in the matter. Nearly 3,000 claims for pensions on account of disability resulting from wounds and disease have already been l.ied by the Sixteenth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, which took part in the Porto Rican campaign. General Arthur MacArthur. when appointed adjutant cf the Twenty fourth Wisconsin volunteers in 1862, was so small of stature and of voice that he was familiarly known as “the Boy,” a name which still sticks to him in the Philippines. \ Mr. Du Paty De Clam, who is in volved in the Dreyfus scandal, is re ported to have remarked to a friend: “My fate is written in my name. Pati, in Latin, means to suffer, and clam, secretly, in silence, without saying a word. I am following out my destiny! I suffer in silence.” Harry Irwin, the son of May Irwin, the actress, has received an appoint ment as a cadet in the United States Naval academy and will undergo his entrance examinations early next month. Harry is a bright boy of 17 years and greatly resembles his mother in appearance and disposition. Honolulu has one theater, a ram shackle building, in which various crude performances are given by na tives. Once in a long while a dra- ; matic company makes the trip from San Francisco, the latest doing so last summer without pecuniary profit. Single entertainers stop there on the way to Australia. Colonel Uyehara, Captain Sakamo and N. Ariga, delegates on behalf of Japan to the peace conference at The Hague, were interviewed at Vancou ver. “It is by no means a foregone conclusion that we will advocate uni versal peace,” said Ariga. “It seems that we are livng in martial times. Great issues are at stake, particularly in the orient, and the Japanese em peror would not at this critical stage wish to give voice to any sentiment thereon which might afterward em barrass him.” Not since tne days when the last spike was driven in the line of rail road connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific coast has there been built a railway of such tremendous and far reaching influence as the Trans-Sibe rian railroad. In Ainslee’s Magazine for May Hon. John W. Bookwalter of Ohio supplies the first extensive ac count of this railroad from the view point of an American. Mr. Book waiter’s paper is charmingly written and replete with news about the vast plains of Siberia, which are so like our own far and fertile west, about the comfort of the Trans-Siberian cars, the luxury of the stations, etc. These interesting and important details are further enhanced by a rich collection of illustrations from photographs never before published. 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