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Col. Alfred H. Blo, the fees ef the.
firm of A. H. Beto Ca., proprietor!
of the Dallas (Texas) News and of the
Galveston News, died A AsherlUe, 8.
C, the other day. He bad been Terr
111 for upward ot three months anl
much of aia time was spent In tbat
part of tbe country, tbe climate ot
which had bee fouad te agree wit
blm.
Colonel Bete had a dtsfingolsned a-
ALFRED H. BELO.
reer as a soldier In the army of the
confederacy and he was one of the most
influential Journalists of tbe South.
He was bora at Salem May 27, 1839,
and was educated in tbe schools of
North Carolina.
He was the first man In the field to
defend with arms the right of seces
sion. He organised and commanded the
first confederate company of the coun
try, served throughout the war in the
army of northern Virginia, was
wounded at Gettysburg and at Cold
Harbor, and was promoted to the
rank of colonel before the close of the
war.
After Appomattox he rode on horse
back to Galveston, where he became
connected with the News. In 1875 he
became the sole proprietor of the pa
per and did much to Introduce modern
methods of Journalistic enterprise In
the South.
Late-it in Airship.
Even airships grow in the delightful
climate of the Ooldcn State, in proof
of which one Is shown below. From
the Inventor's statements he seems to
have faith that airships can be raised
there, too, even when loaded with
passengers and freight, for which he
makes provision In the plan of the ship.
Tbe upper portion of tbe machine com
prises a gas-contalnlng chamber,
which acts as a sort of balloon to sup
port a portion of the weight. The
SAILING ABOVE THE CLOUDS,
main lifting power, however, is ob
tained from the four propeller wheels
(.retired to the under side of tbe ship.
These wheels are driven by a motor,
and by means of an arrangement of
tears can be kept in motion when
tilted in any direction, this changing
the angle of the propellers being nec
essary to aid the ship In rising or de
scending and In passing through tho
air from one place to another. To rise
vertically the whels are tilted Into
a horizontal position, and their lifting
force, together with that of the gas
above, will causo the machine to as
?cend. By tilting tbe rudders at the
desired angle and resetting tbe propel
lers the machine Is made to travel
along In the air, and to bring It to
earth the wheels are made to revolve
more slowly, until the weight of the
ship overbalances the power exerted.
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Honor for ItUoraK,
1 Antonln Dvorak, the Bohemian,
without doubt the foremost of living
composers, has been appointed to the
Austrian house of peers by tbe emper
or, life appointments to that body in
consideration of distinguished service
to church or state being his privilege.
It Is possible tbat a few persons In the
United States appreciate Dvorak suffi
ciently to congratulate blm uptra this
well-deserved honor. To the great ma
jority of people of this country, how
ever, if tbey know his name at all, It
will be a matter of surprise to learn
that he was long a resident of New
York, that he came to this country be
cause of his love for freedom and be
cause of bis belief that his art would
find a cordial greeting and substantial
encouragement, and that he left tbe
I'nlted States a disappointed but a
wiser man. He asked for bread and
they gave blm a atone.
Dvorak during his residence here
was at the head of a conservatory
where young Americans were profiting
by his musical knowledge. He estab
lished competitions Intended to en-
Win.
Topics
courage American composers. He
wrete the finest modern symphonies,
"From the Mew World." rn vhwh h
embodied bis aspirations for the found
ing or an American school of music.
But to what purpose? Realising the
ruuniy or bis efforts, he returned to
Europe and bis emperor hag fitly dig
nified blm with a life honor for his
services to music.
Dvorak's experience will not probab
ly encourage any other leading Euro
pean composer to come over here. So
long as success In music is awarded
to rag time and "coon" songs and suc
cess as a nation is measured by steel
rails, oil, pork, and machinery. It is
not Inviting for the leaders in higher
fine art education. We lead the worlo
in things of the material kind, but in
things artistic we are near the tail of
the procession, -big an we think we are.
Great -Russian Tainttr.
If 1 could have my say in this mat
ter I would give the prize to Vasili
Verestehagln, the great Russian paint
er. The brush is mightier than the
pen. Despite all that has been written
and preached on peace from Jesus to
Nazareth down to the Baroness Von
Suttner there continues to be war al
most as bloody and cruel as that
waged In antiquity and the middle
ages. A dozen painters like Verest
ehagln, however, could not help but
move the nations of blood on the bat
tlefield, against the arming of brother
against brother, and compulsory arbi
tration would regin supreme. Verest
ehagln has convicted the world by the
M. VERESTCHAGIN.
The Russian painter at work on his
' picture of Napoleon.
mighty strokes of his brush of fearful
Iniquity. The misery and sickening
horrors of the battlefield are brought
home to the world. It Is widely differ
ent from the heroic career which the
sanguine recruit pictures to himself.
It Is a savage carnage, more brutal
than the mortal combat of beasts, too
ghastly degrading for the creature of
intelligence, made In the image of God.
Let Verestehagln have the prlza,
though even his work cannot disarm
the nations.
Perhaps some day some ingenious
chemist will Invent a death-dealing
material more destructive than dyna
mite, a small quantity of which will
blow up a metropolis. Since agitation
by word and pen in the legislative
halls, literature and newspapers or the
art of a Verestehagln will not stop
war, mayhap a more powerful infernal
material than dynamite will create
such an awe and fear that a conflict
will be made Improbable. Then the
Norwegian parliamentary committee
need not hesitate as to the deserving
beneficiary. Henri Chevalier.
Mi-t-f Hattie "Rase Lombe.
Young society woman of Huron, S. D.,
is to marry Senator Clark of Montana.
The young Grand Duke of Mecklen-burg-Schwerin,
who has Just assumed
tbe government, Is the only absolute
monarch In Europe outside of Russia
and Turkey. It must chafe the kaiser
o think that there I a ruler In his
own empire who can do exactly a he
pleases, while he himself Is tied down
both as emperor and as king, by consti
tutions and parliaments.
At the census of 1790 New York was
outranked In population by Virginia,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina and
Massachusetts. ,
j THE MABL50R0UGHS
The alleged separation of Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough, as told in th
dispatches from Paris, has created a
world-wide sensation, but not one born
of great surprise. When Consuele
Vanderbilt became the wife of th
yotrag duke, it was well known that
the latter had in view a slice of the
Vanderbilt millions as well as th
bride. There were many predictions
that happiness would be short lived.
Tbey have as children a son and a
daughter.
The Marlborough-Vanderbllt wed
ding was celebrated In New York No
vember 6, 1895, In St. Thomas' church.
It surpassed In beauty and splendor
any other wedding In this country.
Miss Vanderbilt had met the duke only
a year before while abroad. She and
DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH,
her mother were entertained at Blen
heim palace, the duke's ancestral home.
She was courted by the young noble
man from the outset. She must have
encouraged him, for she was not many
months home when he came over the
sea to win her.
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, formerly
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, took the lead
in pointedly entertaining the duke, be
traying the mother's aspirations for
her daughter. Marble House, her
splendid home at Newport, was the
scene of many social affairs of un
wonted brilliancy. The duke paid such
open court to the young heiress ,that
it required no cleverness to tjell that he
seriously contemplated carrying her
away to his English castle.
The real victor in the pleasant inter
national affair was Mrs. Belmont. Her
pretty but shy and unworldly wise
daughter had made as brlllant a match
as any mother might dream of. It was
all practically due to' her skillful gen
eralship, Jn which" the science of di
plomacy had beon carried to Its ut
most, and a tact of the highest order
had been exercised.1" She had won de
spite, her own recent unfortunate do
mestic affairs, which had long kept so
ciety's tongue busy, and which had
finally resulted in her divorcing Wil
liam K. Vanderbilt and following it
hastily by her marriage to Oliver H. P.
Belmont. In this respect she could
meet the duke on somewhat equal
grounds, for there had been domestic
Infelicity in the great house of Marl
borough. The eighth duke had been divorced.
It was then that he married Lily Price
that was, of Troy and New York city,
daughter of Commodore Price, U. S. N.,
i
DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH,
and afterwards Mrs. Louis Hamersley,
widowed and wealthy, of New York.
This wedding was, democratically
enough, celebrated at the city hall by
the mayor.
The Duke of Marlborough went to
war in January, 1900, with Rudyard
Kipling and other notables, and re
turned In July last. He 'was a volun
teer, a captain of the Imperial yeo
manry, and was on Lord Roberts' staff.
He received honorable mention for
several brave acts on the field, one a
particularly thrilling rescue.
The Duchess Consuelo Is heiress to
$20,000,000 or $30,000,000, and Is worth
now $12,000,000. She played heavily
at Monte Carlo last month, while there
with her father's yachting party.
Wotoe-t Lit) Vpon Veer.
Wolves are Increasing rapidly In
many parts of the forest lands of
northern Canada. This Is undoubtedly
due to the large Increase In the herds
ot deer throughout the country- As
these have grown In numbers so have,
the wolves that live upon them. Flee
ing from the ravages of the wolves
the deer have made their way toward
the settled parts of the country, until
In many placet they have become a
nuisance to farmers, In whose fields
of oats and other grain they often do
considerable damage.
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WHY TELLS STORY
Father of Kidnaped Boy Gives Testimony
in Criminal Court
K ITERATES FORMER STATEMENTS
The Trial of toe Alleged Kldaapar Drawl
Great Tbrang Tba Yoathfal Vletlm
TakM tba gtaad and UelatM His -parlance.
OMAHA, Neb., April 25. Edward A.
Cudahy, sr., and Edward A. Cudahy,
jr., father and son, testified at the
trial of James Callahan yesterday.
The story of the kidnaping and the
subsequent payment ot the $25,000
ransom, as related by Mr. Cudahy, sr.,
was a repetition of the reports of the
affair as published at the time in the
news columns of the Bee. The tes
timony of the boy, giving the details
of his abduction and imprisonment,
also tallied with the reports hereto
fore published in this newspaper. In
no detail did the evidence given by
Mr. Cudahy and his son differ with
the authentic and exclusive stories of
the crime printed.
Yesterday forenoon was taken up
with the opening statements of coun
sel and a visit by the jury to the
scene of the crime, and In the after
noon the taking of testimony began.
Young Cudahy was placed on the
witness stand at 4 o'clock and when
court adjourned at 5:30 o'clock his
evidence had not reached that point
where he is expected to positively
identify Callahan as one of the' kid
napers. It Is apparent that the pros
ecution is leading up to an identifica
tion, for the boy was made to relate
in detail the numerous conversations
he had with his guard during the
twenty-eight hours he was confined in
the Melrose Hill house. It is the in
tention,,' evidently, to show that young
Cudaby had become sufficiently famil
iar with the voice and the peculiari
ties in speech of his captor and guard
to recognize the same when heard by
him at some future time. As previ
ously published, after Callahan was
arrested the Cudahy boy was given an
opportunity to hear a conversation be
tween him and Chief Donahue in the
letter's office, after which he declared
that Callahan's voice and peculiarities
of speech were tbe same as those of
his former guard. It is therefore pre
dicted that the prosecution will today
ask young Cudahy to identify Calla
han by his voice and articulation.
So far as given the boy's testi
mony describes his captor and guard
aa a dark man with a stubby black
moustache and black hair. This" de
scription may be fitted to Callahan, al
though It is extremely meager and
Callahan's moustache at this time is
long enough to support a small curl
at each end.
When the trial was resumed In the
morning the court room was crowded
with spectators, public Interest having
been revived by the announcement
that the Jury had been completed and
and the relation of the story of the
kidnaping would begin. Edward A.
Cudahy and the son for whose release
ho paid the $25,000 ransom were in
court, occupying seats directly behind
those of County Attorney Shields and
General Cowln. Callahan appeared as
bright and cheerful as he was the day
before and displayed keen Interest in
all the proceedings.
PLACED IN MARBLE CRYPT.
Remains of Lincoln and Other Meinben
of Hli family Moved.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., April 25. Un
ostentatiously and without any cere
mony, the remains of Abraham Lin-'
coin and the other members of his
family, which, since March 10, 1900,
when the work of rebuilding the Lin
coln monument commenced, have been
reposing in a temporary stone crypt
In the monument which has been re
built by the state of Illinois at a cost
of $100,000, were removed to the newly
erected marble sarcophagus in the
crypt of the monument.
Mosquito Fleet at Catlte.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 23.
A cablegram received at the navy de
partment today announced the arrival
of the Mosquito fleet at Cavlte, Phil
ippine Islands. The four vessels of
this little fleet will be utilized in pa
trolling the coaBts of Luzon and the
lower Islands of the Philippine group.
Women May Vote.
ALBANY, N. Y., April 25. Gover
nor Odell today signed the bill au
thorizing women taxpayers In villages
and towns to vote on propositions
to expend money for public purposes.
Conger Isn't Through Vet.
VANCOUVER, April 25. The
Shanghai Mercury publishes a state
ment, ostensibly from a confidential
frlenl of Minister Conger, explaining
that his application for leave was due
to the fact that, having spent the last
three Jears In Pekln, he desired a fur
lough at this time. It Is added that
Mr. Conger would feel obliged to de
cline the nomination for governor of
Iowa because he had no desire to re
tire permanently from the work.
WILL ASSlCf PMTECTKl
talaeaa Nealaoteattarlat Are Wllllag ta
Give Gaamaty. .
WASHINGTON, April 24. It It un
derstood here that the Chinese pleni
potentaries at Pekln, Hen Cblng and
Li Hung Chang, are prepared to give
a guaranty to tbe powers tor tbe pro
tection of all foreigners In China, If
the foreign troops now stationed there
are withdrawn. Thus far the reten
tion of the foreign forces has been
urged as necessary In order to pre
serve order and protect foreigners, but
tbe Chinese authorities say tbat or
der has been so far re-established tbat
the Imperial government is fully able
to direct the Chinese troops in such
a way as to secure complete safety to
the interests of all foreigners. This
is understood to be the basis of tbe
withdrawal of 10,000 French troops
and it is earnestly hoped among Chi
nese officials that this will be followed
by a similar movement on the part
of the other foreign forces in China.
PRISON FOR TWENTY YEARS.
Sentence of Dr. Uoddard, Wbo Shot
Jackeon Affirmed.
KANSAS CITY, April 24. A special
to the Star from Jefferson City, Mo.,
says: The supreme court today af
firmed tne twenty-year sentence ot
the lower court against Dr. Jefferson
D. G-oddard of Kansas City for the
murder in 1897 of F. J. Jackson, a
well-to-do laundryman. Jackson, who
was partially blind, accused Goddard
of being intimate with Mrs. Jackson.
The men quarreled at the Woodland
hotel, where the Jacksons lived, and
Goddard shot and killed Jackson. Jack
son's daughter took the stand in the
defense of Goddard, wh had been t'e
family physician. Goddard was tried
three times, the first trial resulting in
a hung Jury; on the second he. was
given sixteen years, but a Hew trial
was granted on a technicality. Jack
son was formerly' in business in Chi
cago. CALLS DOWN LI HUNG CHANG.
Cinperer Holds 11 1 in Responsible for Ad
vance of the Germans.
LONDON, April 24. A dispatch from
Pekin says that Li Hung Chang has
been censured severely in a special
edict because, after the French and
Chinese had agreed upon boundaries,
the Germans, who have no concern
with this matter, marched west and
threatened the Chinese. The edict, It
is said, orders Li Hung Chang to pre
vent the expedition and says that If
he fails the responsibility for the con
sequences will rest cn him.
The emperor, in the edict, says that
Viceroys' Lig Kun Yi and Chang Chih
Tung were appointed Joint negotia
tors with Li Hung Chang arid Prince
Ching, but tbat Li Hung Chang spurns
their opinions. Hereafter, it is added,
Li Hung Chang must consult with
them on all important matters.
BREAKS RECORD IN KANSAS.
Onion Paclfle Files Tapers for Hundred
Million Increase.
TOPEKA, Kan., April 23 The state
charter board today had presented to
It the largest charter proposition Jn
tis history when A. L. Williams, gen
eral attorney of the Union Pacific
Railroad company, came with an ap
plication to increase the capital stock
of the Union Pacific $100,000,000. The
Union Pacific capital stock at present
is $190,000,000. The $100,000,000 addi
tional about to be issued, bringing
the total capital stock up to $296,000,
000, la to pay for the interests bought
up In the big deals that have been
made on the Southern Pacific, a large
part of which is represented by the
purchase of the Crocker interest in
the Southern Pacifls, giving the Union
Pacific the control of the Southern
Pacific.
Spenk at Floyd Dedication.
SIOUX CITY, April 24. John A.
Kasson, of Des Moines, has accepted
an invitation to deliver the address at
the dedication of the monument erect
ed In this city to the memory of Ser
geant Charles Floyd, a member of the
Lewis and Clark expedition, who died
near here and was buried at Sioux
City on a bluff overlooking the Mis
souri river. The dedication will be on
May 30.
Election In Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 24. At
midnight it appears that the con
stitutional convention movement car
ried by 3,000 majority. In several
counties where the negro vote predom
inated the negroes aligned themselves
with the populists and defeated the
democratic nominees for delegates.
The city of Mobile went against the
convention, but it Is expected the dem
ocratic candidates have been elected.
From Fourth to First Class.
WASHINGTON, April 24. The
postofflce department has ruled that
the marks of description and other
Blmllar permissible additions to
fourth-class matter must be confined
to the wrapper or cover or tag or
label accompanying such matter. The
act of June 20, 1888, authorizing such
additions, does not authorize the plac
ing of such marks on the matter It
self. Postmasters throughout the
country luwe been notyied.
TEE LIVE STGCX MJCTIT.
tVatsat Qaotatloaa frees Seat Os
sad Baasas Oltv.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle There waa another liberal run
of cattle, but packers took hold In good
shape and the market did not show much
change from yesterday. Trade waa act
ive and the bulk of the supply waa out
of first hands in good season. The mar
ket could be quoted Just about steady.
though In some cases sellers thought
they had to take a shade lower prices
than they did yesterday. The weaker
feeling waa, of course, more noticeable'
on the medium kinds of cattle. There
were only a few cows and heifers on
sale. Fifteen cars would about cover
the receipts. In spite of the light sup
ply buyers did not take hold with quite
as much life as they have been doing,
and the trade did not have the snap to
it that has been, noticed of late. Bulla
sold in abouityesterday's notches, but
they were not any too active, veal
calves and stags brought steady prices
also. The few stoefcers and feeders of
good quality that were offered today
were" picked up at fully steady prices.
Stockera weighing 406 pounds Bold at
$5.10. The demand from the country is
not wnat might be called heavy, out
still It Is large enough to take all that Is
coming at good, strong prices.
Hogs There was a big run of hogs.
making the supply for the four days this
week the heaviest in some time past.
Packers started out and tried to buy
tlielr droves at steady prices, but sellers
were holding for higher prices, and for
that reason, the market was slow in get
ting started, and not very many sold at
the early bids. Finally, however, pack
ers raised their hands a little and the
hogs began moving toward the scales at
a shade stronger prices than were paid
yesterday. The bulk of the hogs today
sold from 15.75 to 15.80, with the long
strong at t5.774.
Sheep There were only about a dozen
loads of sheep and lambs on sale and the
quality of the offerings as a whole was
common. The market opened up about
steady on the better grades. Clipped
lambs brought 14.45, which looked about
steady, and wooled sheep sold at $4. GO.
which was also about as much as the
same kind would have brought yester
day. The last end of the market, how
ever, was very slow and weak, as pack
ers did not seem to want the common
stuff that was offered.
KANSAS CITY MARKET.
Cattle Medium weight native enl
Texas steers, steady; other cattle, eas
ier; choice dressed beef cattle, $5.255.50;
fair to good, $4.705.15; stackers and
feeders, $4.105.05; western-fed steers,
$4.5065.25; Texans and Indians, $4.25
5.15; cows, $3.34.50; heifers, $3.50'4.9O;
canners, $2.50(ffi3.25; bulls. $3.505.00;
calves, $4.50(&6.0.
Sheep and Lambs Market steady;
western lambs, $4.755.00; western weth
ers, $4.50f;;4.&0; western yearlings, $4.65
4.90; ewes, $4.104.50; bulls, $3.50'5.00;
western, lambs, $5.0O5.50.
CABINET MEMBERS SANGUINE.
Hopeful that the Flatt Amendment Will
He Accepted.
WASHINGTON, April 27. The cab
inet meeting today, the last one be
fore the president's departure for the
coast, waa occupied almost exclusive
ly with - the discussion of the visit
of the Cuban commission. Secretary
Root,, who has been conducting the
conferences with the commission, sub
mitted rather ixhaustively an account
of the interviews he had with them.
He told the president and the cabi
net of the objections which the com
missioners raised to the Piatt amend
ment and of some of the misunder
standings regarding it.
There was a general exchange of
opinion among the members of the
cabinet regarding the situation and in
lignt of the views expressed, Secre
tary Root will hold another conference
with the commissioners before their
departure. The president will not see
them again, except to formally bid
them farewell. While there are one
or two points upon which some of tbe
members of the commission are in
sistent the general feeling of the cab
inet, as reflected in their exchange of
views today, was that the result of
the commission's visit could not but
be beneficial in relieving erroneous
impressions which it is expected are
entertained in the constitutional con
vention regarding the purposes of the
United States.
Altogether it would not be too much
to say that the cabient generally Is
hopeful that the convention, after
hearing the report of the commission,
will be much more disposed to ac
cept our terms than it has been here
tofore. ADELBERT HAY QUITS POST.
Son of the Secretary of State Resigns
Consulship at Pretoria.
WASHINGTON, April 27. Adelbert
Hay, son of the secretary of state,
has resigned his post as United States
consul general at Pretoria. The resig
nation takes effect tomorrow. His
successor has not been selected.
In view of the great expense of liv
ing at Pretoria, it Is possible that the
offices will be left vacant until con
gtess can have an opportunity to act
upon a recommendation from the ex
ecutive looking to an increase In the
salary of the office of consul general
at Pretoria.
Robbers Torn. Bold Trick.
ANACONDA, Mont., April 27. A
most audacious robbery was commit
ted here early by two burglars, who
secured $10,000 In gold. The burglars
entered the Alaska saloon by fore- '
Ir.g the main street door. Bodily pick
ing up a 300-pound safe they loaded
It onto an express wagon. Driving
outside the city limits, they broke the
ate open and secured $10,000 In gold.
Putting the broken safe back Into the
wagon, they made good their escape.
