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THE O’NEILL FROniitP’
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D. H. CRONIN, Publ.shsr.
KNEILL, NEBKAfiKA
The auctioneer ut one o? the mush- i
room book establishments was enter- |
tabling a large audience with remarks j
on "riches," preparatory to asking some
one to start tile bidding on a book
relating to that subject. "Do you
know,” ho said, “that BO,000 people
. own more than nine-tenths of all the
wealth of tills great country? Yes, our
country has 80,000,000 inhabitants, and
B0,000 of these own the rest. Now.
this book tells you all about them— \
what am I bid?" There was no imme
diate response, and then a cadaverous,
cold looking, needy individual said:
"If it tells how a fellow can get into
the minority I’ll give you $1 for tile
book." -And the auctioneer had to pass
the lot and try his oratory on the
works of an English poet.
Two men were wrangling as to who
Should settle with the waiter for the
Juneheon. When the question had been
llnaiiy decided and the contestants had
gone, the waiter said to one of his reg
ular customers, wh* was a witness of
the scene: "That’s what wo like, for
every time it happens we come in for
an extra tip. The man who couldn’t
get the check has only one way to get
even, and that Is by giving the waiter
something, and nine times out of 10 he
does it and makes the amount more
than lie would have given if he had
paid the cheek. Tills one ordered ex
tra cigars and left the change for me.
We like the ’give me the check' quur- ,
rels."
Mr. Gladstone was once guilty of an
amusing hull in a debate on the ques
tion of disestablishment, says the Lon
don Globe. Dilating on the hold held
on the affections of the people by the
Church of England, he said: "When
an Englishman wants to get married,
to whom does he go? To the parish
priest. When he wants his child bup
tlzed, to whom does he go? To the
parish priest. When he wants to get
burled, to whom docs he go? The House
answered with a roar of laughter, in
which Mr' Gladstone himself joined,
adding: "As 1 was contrasting the Eng
lish church with the Irish, a bull Is per- i
haps excusable.”
Bulgaria I« sufficiently In the public
eye just now to compensate her for a
total eclipse that lasted for three or j
four centuries. Between the oblitera- [
tlon of mediaeval Bulgaria by the con- j
ttuerlng Turk and her very modern ,
resurrection, she disappeared more
completely than Poland ever has. The
very name of Bulgaria was remembered
only by the learned. Sir Charles Eliot
points out that In journeying from Bul
garia to Constantinople In 1834 King
lake must have passed straight across 1
Bulgaria. Yet, when describing his !
travels In "Kothen," he makes no al
lusion to the country or Its inhabi
tants.
Ekokombl, sailing himself n deity,
has appeared among the Congolese of
the Mongo and Ngombe and created
great excitement. He has Issued a com
mand that all charms and fetishes be
destroyed or otherwise got rid of, and If
In his course any are found still In
possession of these they will be tor
tured or killed by some of his messen
gers. This has taken such a hold on
the minds of the people all over the In
terior that strong as Is their belief In
the potency of their charms they have
in most cases destroyed them.
A wave motor the revolving portion
of which resembles a turbine In con
struction and effect, has been Installed
at the end of a 1,160 foot pier at At
lantic City to generate electricity for
the light and power used upon the pier.
The motor is claimed to be the llrst
practical commercial application of the
Irregular but powerful motion ox the
ocean for the development of electrical
power. The motors, of which there are
two, rest on a sea floor of 12 feet un- I
ilor the water.
In the year 11)07 the deposits In the
commercial banking Institutions of the
United States amounted to about $112
per capita of population, while the de- i
posits m the joint stock companies In'!
the United Kingdom unit Bank of Eng- j
land for the same year amounted to j
about $108. Deposits In the banks of j
the United Kingdom for the first half
of 1908 were $4.575,000,000—those of the J
United States $5,895,500,000.
There has recently been completed at
Oreat Kails, Mont., a huge brick chim
ney for carrying away the fumes of the
■melting works, which will take rank I
as one of the tallest structures In the
world. It Is 78% feet In outside disin
ter at the base and 53 feet 9 Inches at
the top. It extends 506 feet above the
ground and 528% feet above its lowest
foundation course. Its total weight is
24,964 tons.
Professor Edward Hull. F. R. S„ who
studies the ancient river channels In
the ocean bed. by analyzing the British
admiralty soundings, has succeeded In
tracing the submarine bed of the river
Adour and the Fosse de Capes Breton I
for a distance of about 60 miles out to
sea, at which point it opens out on !
the ocean at a depth of 1,500 fathoms
<9,000 feet).
Rather dubiously the village post
master eyed the nondescript dog of
fered for sale as "a valuable watch |
dog." “'Deed he am, boss," asseverat
ed Rastus. "But if he was as good a
watch dog as you make out, how is it
you want to sell him at all?” “Vo' I
see, boss, it am dis way: In dese luird
times I ain’t got nuthin’ to watch.”
The new catalogue of Columbia uni
versity shows the total number of offi
cers of the administration and instruc
tion to be 670; tile total number of
resident students, 5,633 as against 5,159
last year. Since the last catalogue was
published eight special funds have been
created by specific gift or bequest.
News from vessels in the Alaska '
trade will be published in a daily paper 1
Issued on the grounds of the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition. The publi
cation will be known as the Wireless
and will contain both local and foreign
news received In Seattle by wireless.
In the 11 months ended November,
British imports decreased $267,500,000
ar.d exports $295,000,000, a total de- [
crease of $562.non,noo, or $94,000,000
more than the American total decrease
of $468,000,000 for the entire year.
An apparatus is being built In Phil
adelphia for a coal mining and navi
gation company that will pick up canal
boats, lift them 60 feet into the air, and
•dump their contents into a storage pile. I
a wharf, or into another vessel.
Korea will bo represented at Seattle
by an exhibit of brass wares, carved
•woods, linens and silks. An exporter
In Seoul is preparing a fine exhibit for
' the 1909 e xhibition to show the prog
ress of the Pacific country.
Two English inventors claim to save
from 50 to 75 per cent on gas bills by
the use of their machine, w hlch car
burets the air with a small portion of
petrol vapor, producing a highly 11
frtPinatirur nonexplosive gas 1
LOCHINVAR ENDS
ROMANTIC STUNT
BEHINDTHE BARS
Cteals Unwilling Damsel, At
tempts Forced Marriage;
Draws Prison Term.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 15.—A remarkable
series of escapes marked the history
of David L. Horner, who has Just
been landed in the penitentiary to serve
a five-year term for abducting a girl
In Polk county. Horner once worked
for Thomas Roman, and became en
amored of his 16-year-old daughter.
Neither Dornan nor his daughter re
ceived his advances with fuvor, and
hiring a livery team one day last Au
gust he lay in wait and captured the
girl from the family buggy. He went
to Republic county, Kan., with the girl, I
but sho managed to notify the officers I
while he was out getting a marriage j
license. lie was arrested, but twice
escaped, the second time getting away .
with a bullet In his leg. Ho returned, |
robbed a house, and then fled to Guth- |
rio Center, la,, where he burglarized a
depot.
He was not heard of until October
12, when lie ngain appeared in Polk
county. He watched for the girl and
waylaid tier one night while she was ;
returning from a party with a boy
cousin. He tried to halt them, but on
the girl’s entreaty the lad raced with
him. In the dark the girl managed to
slip from the buggy and get Into a
house by the wayside. Horner captured !
the boy and (lie buggy and tried to 1
compel him by threats of shooting
to tell where the girl was. The boy
refused and tying his bunds and feet,
Horner threw him In a shod and drove
away, cutting all telephone wires in
the neighborhood so that pursuit was
impossible. Ho was trailed through
Kansas and finally overhauled in White
Pine, Tenn. He pleaded guilty when
brought back and is now in prison
here. •
CLOSE THE GATE
AGAINST DIVORCEES
Non-Residents Must Wait Two
Years and Then Another
Six Months,
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 15.—The senate
only was In session today. In commit
tee of the whole it recommended for
passage a new divorce law which re
quires one year's residence, save where
the parties have continuously resided
In the state, and where the cause of
action arose outside the state two
years residence Is necessary. No de
cree can be made absolute until after
six months have expired. This will put
an end to Nebraska as a Mecca for di
vorces from other states, as well as
stop the practice of divorced persons
dropping over into Iowa the next day
and marrying someone else.
Hills authorizing tho regents of the
state university to establish a school
of citizenship and prohibiting frater
nities In high schools were recommend
ed to pass.
SHORT IN ACCOUNTS,
SECRETARY OF CHURCH I
TURNS ON THE GAS :
Chicago. Feb. 15.—A gas tilled room in
the rear of the church of wnich he had
been financial secretary; a letter of
farewell written on the back of a map
of the Holy Land which hung on the
wall—this was the closing scene of the
life of Allen Depue, who. despite tho
spelling of his name, said he was a dis
tant relative of Senator Chauncey M.
Depew.
The facts came out at the inquest.
Depue had been financial secretary of
the Roselamt Central Presbyterian
church at 1094 Indiana ave. Mrs. De
pue, the widow, testified that her hus
band had told her he had been system
atically blackmailed since his boyhood,
but he never told her the details. Re
cently the trustees of the church ac
cused him of a shortage of several hun
dred dollars. After Insisting on his In
nocence Depue promised to return the
money last Monday night. In this he
failed and Ills body was found by tho
pastor of the church Just before the •
evening prayer meeting.
In his letter, Depue wrote:
"I am going through an ordeal :
today that none of you know, and ; |
I hope you never will. For the :
benefit of others I am sacrificing :
a life today that has been spent : I
for others, but l have never fal- : i
tered in well doing. I have failed : i
to present to you that which I :
promised, but I think the time will ;
come when I will be vindicated. :
There are those who have the key :
to my life. If they desire to pre- ;
sent that, It will prove that I have :
done my duty In every respect. :
You can tell my sisters, Mrs. J. B. ■
Lyman, 92 Washington Square, :
Salem, Mass., and Mrs. C. B. •
Sprague, Des Moines, Ta., that :
they are lavishing on the results ;
of my labor. :
"Turn my body over to my •
nephew, C. B. Lyman, Denver, :
Colo., or give it to the Chicago ;
School of Surgery." ;
TOKIO PLEASED WITH
CALIFORNIA’S ACTION i
To’tlo, Beb. 15.—Lengthy cables, eon- '
yeymg troin correspondents In America
the news nf the rejection of the anti
Japuncse legislation by the California
legislature, have been received here
with Intense satisfaction in official and
business circles. The publication of this
information, together with the expres
sions oi favorable opinion by President
Roosevelt and the governors of several
states has greatly improved the situa
tle.ii. Leading Japanese papers today
printed editorials. Americans residing
in the empire are more relieved.
A young Englishman, after he had
hem in Devil s valley for a couple of
months, began to grow thin. Wyoming
cooking did not appeal lo him. Besides
his squeamish appetite there was an
other thing that the natives held
against him—his outlandish custom of
taking a hath every morning. One day
a tri ii l'ady "as discussing him with
' I tell yP what, Sal,” said the vis
tor -hes Jest a-wastin’ away a-griev
.. or 5501116 K&1 back east thar.”
’ Nothin’ O’ tile kind,” said the land
lady contemptuously. “Von mark mv
words, now—that young feller he’s Jest
a washin hisself away.”
FARMER FOUND
BY ROADSIDE WITH
CRUSHED SKULL
Horse May Have Thrown Rider
and Then Kicked Him in
Head, Killing Him.
Bloomfield. Neb.. Feb. 12.—Henry
Kuehl. a prominent rarmer living six j
miles northwest of here, was found on :
the public road about one and one-half i
miles north of town Monday morning j
at 10:80 o’clock In an unconscious con- |
dition, with a deep flesh wound in his i
face. 111 was found by Veterinary
Surgeon Gubler. The Kalur hospital
ambulance was immediately summoned
ami the unfortunate man was taken to
the hospital. Upon examination It was
found he was suffering from a hemor
rhage of the brain from which he (lied
without regaining consciousness. How
tiie accident occurred no one will ever
know, but it is supposed that the horse
became unmanageable and threw its
rider, kicking him in the face. De
ccaserj leaves a wife and eight children !
in moderate circumstances. The funer
al will be held Wednesday noon from
the German Lutheran Dreifaltigkeits
church, and under the auspices of Frei
helt lodge, No. 8, Order Sons of Her
man.
RELATIVE OF LINCOLN
LIVES IN NEBRASKA
Fremont, Net)., Feb. 12.—B. F. Hanks,
u Fremont man; claims the distinction I
if being a blood relative of Abraham
Lincoln. His grandfather was a first
cousin of Lincoln's mother, Nancy
Hanks. Mr. Hanks is a laborer, and
lately, singularly, has been following
the occupation of a wood chopper, ,
which vocation is used so often to typ- i
Ify the humbleness of the illustrious
martyred president. Mr. Hanks was
engaged in chopping wood when a re- ;
porter paid him a call. “Yes,” said Mr. :
Hanks, “£ am a relative of Mr. Lin- I
■oln’s, but I never saw him. I well re- I
member, however, when I was a hoy ;
back in Clark county, Iowa, how proud
we were that we could claim the presi
dent of the United States as our cous
in. I remember, too, when Lincoln
ivas shot and the sorrow of our family
Dver it. My father, I think, had seen
Lincoln. He dabbled some In politics
ind was a justice of the peace." Mr.
Hanks is a nleniber of a large family,
laving six brothers. One of these re
sides In Lincoln. In appearance Mr.
Hunks is enough like Lincoln to be a
mother. He is large, awkward and an
jular.
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► DEATH WARRANT ♦
► FOR MURDERER ♦
► ♦
► Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 12.—R. +
► Mead Shumway, the Gage coun- 4
► ty murderer whose appeal for a 4
i- rehearing was denied by the su- 4
► preme court, must hang Febru- 4
ary 19, unless the governor in- 4
► terferes. +
► The supremo court has re- 4
► Jieved itself of all jurisdiction 4
i- by issuing the death warrant 4
► required, which has been deliv- 4
f ered to the warden of the peni- 4
► tentlary. -f
► Under the warrant Shumway 4
► is decreed to be hanged shortly 4
t after the noon hour of Febru- 4
► ary 19. 4
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MRS. GOULD JUST BOUGHT
iVHAT SHE REALLY NEEDED
New York, Feb. 12.—The suit of Malcolm
Sutler, assignee of the Lichterstein Mil
inery company, to recover $2,980 for hats,
vaista, dress goods and supplies for Mrs.
Toward Gould, came up for trial today
>efore Justice Dugro and a jury. Mrs.
lould was in court, in mourning for her
ather. Mrs. Gould asserts that her hus
>and was responsible for the bill, as all
ihe had bought was in the nature of nec
‘ssary articles of attire comporting with
he station in life of herself and husband,
dost of the bill was run up before she
ind Howard Gould separated, since when
;he has been drawing an allowance of
25,000 a year.
Mary F. McEnroe, saleswoman, testified
ibout the sale of goods, which include a
076 sealskin coat, a $700 caracul skirt, a
250 cape, $100 crepe de chine dress and a
95 waist.
TRAGIC FINALE IN
QUARREL BY PHONE
New York, Feb. 12.—Seated in his
elaborately furnished office in the
rooms of the Universal Medical tnstl
lute, 30 West Twenty-ninth st., Albert
Bellgaudill, proprietor of the institute,
ivas vvraging over the telephone with
his wife. Although married only six
months ago the couple parted and the
ivlfe had called Bellguadill up to up
braid him about the payment of her al
lowance. Finally the man shouted;
"You are driving me crazy. I will
kill myself. Listen to this!”
Thereupon he drew a revolver from
his pocket, pressed it against his left
breast, and pulled the trigger. As the
cartridge exploded the man fell hack
In Ills swivel chair and tumbled over
:>n the floor. This sudden tumble saved
his life, the bullet glancing just aside
from the heart and Inflicting a deep
flesh wound in his side. Humbert
Bellguadill, brother of the wouldbe sui
cide. in an adjoining office had over
heard the telephone conversation.
When he heard the pistol shot he
rushed into tlje office and carried the
unconscious man to an outside room
md ordered clerks to get an ambulance.
It was said at the hospital that the
man probably will recover.
GUSTAVUS SWIFTS
DAUGHTER DIVORCED
Ghicago. Feb. 12.—Mrs. Ruth May
Swift Everz. who was left a fortune of
55.000 000 by her father, the late Gus
tavus Swift, was granted a divorce
roin her husband. Ernest H. Everz, by
Judge Gibbons today. The charge made
igainst Everz was desertion.
ENGINE BLOWS UP;
WRECKS A TRAIN
Bellingham. Wash., Feb. 12.—It is re
rorted here the locomotive drawing
he Great Northern "Owl" train, due in
Seattle at 7 o'clock this morning, blew
jp a short distance south of Everett
his morning, killing the engineer and
Ireman and wrecking the train.
A telephone line is being construct
id over the Alps which has the highest
lltitude of any telephone line in the
.vorlu.
i
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
MEETS DEFEAT;
Fails to Receive Three-Fifths
of All Votes in the
Senate.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 13.—Woman suf
frage in the shape of a constitutional
»
amendment failed to pass the senate to
day, lacking three votes of tho neces
sary three-fifths. The vote was 17 for,
15 against.
The Randall bill, granting municipal
suffrage to women, was also defeated,
18 against, 15 for.
The bill asking Carnegie to place the
University of Nebraska professors on
his educators’ pension list passed, 25 to
8, in spite of Bryan’s written pro
test.
In the house, the committee on Sol
diers’ home severely criticised the man
agement of the state soldier's home.
in committee of the whole a bill ap
propriating money to buy monuments
to mark the Oregon trail was de
feated.
Among new bills are:
Fixing a maximum freight rate for
carrying oil; providing for state prohi
bition, to be suspended by a three
fifths vote of any municipality; fixing a
limit of 25 cents on 10-word telegraph
messages anywhere in the state. Fix
ing a standard number of men for pas
senger and freight crews.
Lincoln, Neb., Febv 13.—The members
of the committee that was appointed
to frame a uniform bank guaranty
measure have completed their work
and have made a draft of the bill
and it was submitted to the two gen
eral committees on banking at the
meeting this afternoon. The bill
as framed by the subcommittee with
the assistance of Judge Albert, pro
vides for an immediate payment and a
guarantee fund of 2 per cent of tho de
posits. Instead of an entire revision
of the banking laws such as have been
recommended In the bills of both Wil- |
son and Volpp, the subcommittee has
framed a measure that will add a sim
ple guaranty clause to the present law.
A number of changes had to be made
in the law as it exists at present so
that the guaranty feature could be
added, but the laws in general have not
been altered. The measure permits the
national banks to take advantage of
the provisions of the law.
The bill as it has been trimmed and
pruned by JudgQ Albert and the com
mittee is of a much less bulk than the
former measure and all of the super
flous provisions are said to have been
removed fxom the measure.
The belief that Judge Albert would
get no money for his work on the bill
has been disproved by the decision of
Attorney General Thompson, who has
decided that the judge is an employe
of one of the houses and as such will
be paid in the same manner as any
other employe. The only doubt in the
case is that tho houses have not yet
approved his appointment.
JAP SCHOOL BILL
IS VOTED DOWN
California Legislature Recon
siders Yielding to Pressure
From Government.
4 THE PRESIDENT If i
4 IS DELIGHTED. 4 ,
4 4 i
4 Washington, Feb. 13.—A tele- 4 i
4 gram received by the president 4
4 from Governor Gillett, of Call- 4 ■
4 fornla, was given out at the 4
4 White House last night without 4 J
4 comment. It reads: 4 i
4 "The segregation bill killed in 4 ,
4 the assembly today by a vote of 4 ]
4 41 to 37.” 4 '
4 The president replied as fol- 4 1
4 lows: 4 1
4 "Accept my heartiest congrat- 4 '
4 ulatlons. All good Americans 4 j
4 appreciate what you have done. 4 ,
4 Pray extend my congratulations 4 t
4 individually to all who have aid- 4 t
4 ed you. I feel that the way in 4 i
4 which California has done what 4 <
4 was right for the nation makes it 4 *
4 more than ever obligatory on the 4 j
4 nation in every way to safeguard 4 ,
4 the interests of California. All 4 ,
4 that I personally can do toward 4 (
4 this end, whether in public or 4 j
4 private life, shall most certainly 4 f
4 be done." 4 1
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Sacramonto, Cal., Feb. 13.—Yielding 1
to the pressure brought to bear by j
President Roosevelt and Governor Gil- J
lett, the California assembly retired ,
from Its previous position on the anti- f
Japanese matters by reconsidering the *
former vote on the segregation of Japa- J
nese students in the public schools, and t
finally rejecting the measure by a vote j
of 41 to 37. An effort by the suporters s
of the bill further to reconsider was c
lost by a tie vote, and the assembly is J
now clear of any anti-Japanese moas- *
ure objected to by the national admin- *
istration. j
"I am highly pleased with the action
of the assembly,” said Governor Gil- f
lett. "The East has been deeply con- t
cerned In the measures pending here, t
and I feared that if the anti-Japanese e
legislation were pressed at this time it I
would have a disastrous effect." *
JAPS LEAVE AMERICA. 1
New York. Feb. 13.—The number of
Japanese of all classes who left the f
United States for Japan in December, j
1808, exceeded by nearly 700 the number F
who entered this country during the I
same month. These figures were given f
out today by Kokichl Mtdzuno, Japa- f
nese consul general here. The Japan- 1
nese who returned from this country to ?
their native land during the month in
question numbered 1,007 according to
the consul s figures. Of these 805 were
male and 102 females. The number of
Japanese who came into this country
during the same period was 113 males ^
and 187 females, of whom over one- t
fourth were the student and merchant v
class. \ a
Women will soon be admitted to the
members' gallery In the British house (
51 commons on the same terms as men,
if the recommendation of a committee
in the subject is accepted. Heretofore
women who wished to see the house In 1
session have been compelled to do so ?
seated behind the grill of the women’s ,
gallery. The committee argues that F
permission tp sit bealde their male re la
Jves and friends will make the prlv- ®
lege of listening to the debates more. P
tighly prized by women. The report “
s said to have been a severe shock to
he older members of tho boose of J.
sommona c
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ROOSEVELT’S TRIBUTE
TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Laying Cornerstone of Memor
ial on Farm, President
Makes Fine Address.
Hodgenville, Ky., Feb. 12.—In tile
presence of several thousand people
Including a host of men highly dis
tinguished In American life, the cor
ner stone of the marble memorial struc
ture which will shelter the log cabin
where Abraham Lincoln was born, was
today laid with appropriate ceremon
ies by President Roosevelt.
The tent which served as an audi
torium was roped off from the crowd,
which gathered around a hallowed spot.
In the center beside the platform for
the speakers and the machinery of the
corner stone laying, Is the cabin itself,
a little building not over 16 feet square,
built of logs, notched and laid together,
pioneer fashion. The logs are worn
smooth where the bark has peeled off
and retted and now they are a dirty
leaden gray.
Five special trains from Louisville
to this little hamlet during tho morn
ing brought hundreds of people and at
11 o’clock tho arrival of Governor Will
son and staff, the procession formed
at the station and wended its way to
the farm on which the log cabin is
located three miles away.
A steady rain fell during the cere
monies, but had no effect upon the
crowd, which found protection under a
tent.
The exercises were opened by an in
vocation, following which former Gov
ernor Folk, of Missouri, president of the
Lincoln Memorial association, delivered
some Introductory remarks. He was
followed by President Roosevelt, who
laid the corner stone. Governor Will
son then spoke on behalf of Kentucky
for her greatest son. General James
Grant Wilson then spoke for the fed
eral army, and General Luke E. Wright
for the confederate army. The presi
dent and other dignitaries left Hbdgen
ville at 2:30 p. m.
President’s Address.
President Roosevelt paid a touching
tribute to Lincoln. He said:
We have met here to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the birth ef one of the two
greatest Americans: of one of the two or
three greatest men of the 19th century; of
one of the greatest men in the world s his
tory.
This rail splitter, this boy who passed
his ungainly youth in the dire poverty of
the poorest of the frontier folk whose
rise was by weary and painful labor, lived
to lead his people through the burning
(lames of a struggle from which the na
tion emerged, puritled as by fire born
anew to a loftier life. After long’ years
of Iron effort, and of failure that came
more often than victory, he at last rose
to the leadership of the republic, at the
moment when that leadership had become
the stupendous world task of the time
He grew to know greatness, but never
sase. Success came to him, but never
happiness, save that which springs from
loing well a painful and vital task Power
was his, but not pleasure. The furrows
deepened on his brow, but his eyes were
undimmed by either hate or fear His
gaunt shoulders were bowed, but his steel
thews never faltered as he bore for a bur
len the destinies of his people. His great
ind tender heart shrank from giving
pain; and the task alotted him was to
pour out like water the life-blood of the
foung men, and to feel in his every fiber
:he sorrow of the women.
Disaster saddened but never dismaved
him. As the red years of war went" by
hey found him ever doing his duty in
he present, ever facing the future with
tearless front, high of heart, and daunt
ess of soul. Unbroken by hatred un
shaken by scorn, he worked and suffered
'or the people. Triumph was his at last
ed barely had he tasted It before murder
ound him, and the kindly, patient fear
ess eyes were closed forever.
Compared With Washington.
As a people we are Indeed beyond
ncasure fortunate In tile character of the
wo greatest of our public men, Wasliing
,on and Lincoln. Widely though they
Uffered In externals, the Virginia landed
gentleman and the Kentucky backwoods
nan, they were alike in essentials, they
vere alike In the great qualities which ■
endered each able to render service to •
lis nation and to all mankind such as no
ither man of his generation could or did
ender. Each had lofty ideals, but each
n striving to attain these lofty Ideals was
ruided by the soundest common sense
Oach possessed Inflexible courage In ad
versity, and a soul wholly unspoiled by
irosperity. Each possessed all the general
-lrtiies commonly exhibited by good men
rho lack rugged strength of character 1
Cach possessed also all the strong quail- ■
les commonly exhibited by those towering i
naster of mankind who have too often <
hown themselves devoid of so much as -
he understanding of the words by which
re signify the qualities of duty, of mercy '
if devotion to the right, of lofty disinter- *
stedness in battling for the good of oth- *
rs. There have been other men as great
•nd other men as good; but In all the his- 1
ory of mankind there are no other two i
:reat men as good as these, no other two ,
ood men as great. Widely though the
roblems of today differ from the problems
et for solution to Washington when he 1
ounded this nation, to Lincoln when he
aved it and freed the slave, yet the 1
ualltles they showed In meeting these 1
roblems are exactly the same as those we ]
hould show In doing our work today t
Lincoln saw into the future with the I
irophetle imagination usually vouchsafed 1
nlv to the poet and the seer. He had 1
-l him all the lift toward greatness of 1
he visionary, without any of the vision- <
ry, without any of tho visionary's fan- i
ticlsm or egotism, without any of the e
Isionary’s narrow Jealousy of the prac- i
leal man and inability to strive In prac- ,
leal fashion for th6 realization of an ideal 1
fe had the practical man's hard common f
ense and willingness to adapt means to '
nds; but there was in hlin none of that t
lorbid growth of mind and soul which
llnds so many practical men to the high- f
r things of life. No more practical man -
ver lived than this homely backwoods *
lealist: but ho had nothing in common ;
lth those practical men whose con- ’
rdenoes are wariied until they fall to dls- c
Ingulsh between good and evil, fall t
p understand that strength, ability, c
hrewdness, whether in the world of busl- f
ess or of politics, only serve to make
heir possessor a more noxious, a more
vil member of tho community. If they ,
re not guided and controlled by a fine and '
igh moral sense. 1
We of this day must try to solve many c
oclal and Industrial problems, requiring t
5 an especial degree the combination of
ldomitable resolution with cool-headed „
anlty. We can profit by the way In which
incoln used both these traits as he strove
>r reform. We can learn much of value *
"om the very attacks which following 1
mt course brought upon his head, attacks
like by the extremists of revolution and J
y the extremists of reaction. lie v
ever wavered in devotion to his prin- ,
[pies, in his love for the union, and in His ,,
bhorrence of slavery. £
“The Slave Hound.”
Timid and lukewarm people were always .
enouncing him because he was too ex
-eme; but as a matter of fact he never J
ent to extremes, he worked step by step: i
nd because of this extremists hated and o
, GREAT CELEBRATION IS I
CARRIED OUT IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Feb. 12.—Fifty public meet
lgs, the city fairly buried beneath
age and bunting; portraits "of Lincoln;
now windows filled with civil war rol
s and Lincoln mementos, streets C
rowded with marchers and military a
ands—this is the spectacle that Chi- o
igo presented today in the celebration 'I
[ the hundredth anniversary of the s
Irth of President Lincoln. a
Federal, county, municipal depart- 1
lents, and many branches of business
osed to make the holiday a proper n
intax to the Lincoln centennial week, t
f Enounced him with a fervor which n<y£
i seems to us fantastic in its deification orgr
the unreal and the impossible. At the very*,
time when one side was holding him up;
as the apostle of social revolution becaus*.
he was against slavery, the leading abol
itionist denounced him as the “Slav*
hound of Illinois.” When he was the sec
ond time candidate for president the man
jority of his opponents attacked him be
cause of what they termed his extreme
radicalism, while a minority threatened tty
toolt his nomination because he was not;
radical enough. He had continually to(
check those who wished to go forward too
fast, at the very time that he overrode the
opposition of those who wished not to go«
forward at all. The goal was never aim
before Ills vision; but he picked his wajr
cautiously, without either halt or hurry*,
as he strode toward it, through such a*,
morass of difficulty that no man of lew
courage would have attempted it, w hile It.
would surely have overwhelmed any man*
of judgment less serene.
Vet perhaps the most wonderful thing of
all, and, from the standpoint of the
America of today and of the future, tno
most vitally important, was the extra-*
ordinary way In which Lincoln could light
valiantly against what he deemed _ wrong
and yet preserve undiminished his love
and respect for the brother from whom h*
differed. In the hour of a triumph that,
would have turned any weaker man's*
head, in the heat of a struggle which/
spurred many a good man to dreadful
vindictiveness, he said truthfully that soj
long as he had been in his office be bad
never willingly planted a thorn in any
man’s bosom, and besought Ills support-,
ers to study the incidents of the trial,
through which they were passing as phil-,
osophy from which to learn wisdom and;
not as wrongs to be avenged; ending with
the solemn exhortation that, as the strife
was over, all should reunite in a common,
effort to save their common country.
Had Supreme Vision.
Ho lived in days that were great and
terrible, when brother fought against*
brother for what each ncerely deemed to'
be the right. In a o< lest so grim the
stiong men who al< can carry it
through are rarely ah. to do justice to
the deep convictions <>i those with whom
they grapple In mortal strife. At such
times men see through a glass darkly; to
only the rarest and loftiest spirits Is
vouchsafed that clear vision which grad-1
ually comes to all, even to the lesser, &$
the struggle fades into distance, and
wounds are forgotten, and peace creeps
back to the hearts that were hurt. But
to Lincoln was given this supreme vision.
He did not hate the man from whom he'
differed. Weakness was as foreign as
wickedness to his strong, gentle nature;'
but his courage was of a quality so high?
that it needed no bolstering of dark pas-1
sIorV.*.He saw cIearJy that the same high
qualities, the same courage and willing
ness for self-sacrifice and devotion to the'
right as It was given them to see the
right belonged both to the men of the]
North and to the men of the South. Ajs|
the years roll by, and as all of us, where-*
ever we dwell, grow to feel an equal pride1
in the valor and self-devotion, alike of the;
men who wore the blue and the men who
wore the gray, so this whole nation will,
grow to feel a peculiar sense of pride in
the man wrhose blood was shed for th#
union of his people and for the freedom'
of a race; the lover of his country and oft
all mankind, the mightiest of the might#
men who mastered the mighty days.
Abraham Lincoln.
SPRINGFIELD BANQUET
BRINGS IN TIDY SUM OF $17,50»
Springfield, III., Feb. 12.—Springfield,
the home and burial place of Lincoln,
is profusely decorated with national
colors and with pictures of the eman
cipator. Today’s exercises include th<*
dedication of a memorial tablet on th<y
building where Lincoln had his law
■Ifflce; the planting of a Lincoln eiml
it the court house where Lincoln tried
law cases; the dedication of a memo
rial tablet at the Presbytorian church.,
ivhich Lincoln attended; a monsters
mass meeting, at which W. J. Bryan!
spoke; a reception by the local chapter!
jf the Daughters of the American Rev-'
elution at the old Lincoln home1 a ban
iuet for women at night.
The crowning event of the eelebra
:ion is tonight’s banquet. 700 plates for1
which have been engaged at 825 each.
Addresses will be delivered by Sen
itor Dolliver, William Jennings Bryan,
ind Ambassadors Bryce and Jusserand.
BOUTELL DELIVERS
EULOGY IN HOUSE
Lincoln Entered Congress on,
December 6, 1847, Passing
40th Birthday There.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.—In the
Jouse yesterday Representative Bou
ell, of Illinois, delivered a eulogv of'
tbraham Lincoln. 1-Ie spoke of Lin
■oln's entry into the body as a member
,n December 6, 1847. Here in this,
louse, he said, attending to its routine,
luties and responding to numerous roll
alls, Lincoln passed his 40th birth
lay.
Mr. Boutell said it was altogether
Itting that there should be put on ti.»
eeords of the House "some memorial
f the greatest member of this na
lonal assembly of the people’s repre
entatives.”
"No ruler," he said, "ever faced s®
lard a task, or one beset with so,
nany pitfalls as that v ’..ich confronted
Jneoln when he entered upon the j.res
dency. During all his term of servir®
le had to deal, not only with open ene
nies, but with secret foes, thought less
riends and unscrupulous rivals. H»
ndured the whips and scorns of tim®
ilth unfaltering patience and serenity
ometmies diverting the force of th®
icaviest blows with the shield of hu
nor, and day after day he bore without
murmur a load of care that would;
,ave crushed a spirit that nad not beea
obly consecreated.
"But in the night watches, wheiv
eep sleep falleth upon men, he trod
lone the loftiest heights of human,
bought, communed in solitude with
lod, drank deep from the cool Cistern
f Christian charity, and came, back to
he burdens and the heat of another
ay with his soul purged of all envy
atred and malice, and with the ii»-ht
f inspiration in his deep set eyes, w®
hall search in vain the messages lit
ers and speeches of Lincoln for on®
npatient, harsh or contemptuous word
irected against those who sought t®
Invart his designs.
•The war powers vested in Lincoln
ave him the Influence of a dictator -et
e never used his power to destroy-'or
i humiliate a personal enemy or a pc
tical rival."
When the ": -eat conflict" was ended
Ir. Boutell said, Lincoln had only
ords of kindness and welcome far
rtose that had taken arms against the
overnment, and for the stricken south
e cherished naught hut feelings op
?nder compassion and brotherly af-i
action. The universal verdict will b®
tat among the world’s greatest men
)r moral elevation and pure nobility
f spirit, Abraham Lincoln had no peer
IDWARD AND WILHELM
KISS TWICE AS THE
VISITORS DEPART HOME
Berlin, Feb. 12.—King Edward and
lueen Alexandra le^t here for London,
t 5 o'clock this evening, after a visit
f four days in the German capital
hey were accompanied to the railroad
:ation by the emperor and empress
nd their military suites and Prince
[enry ol! Prussia.
The leaye taking jvas affectionate hial
tajesty kissing the gmperor iLm>
mes on the cheek. ”
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