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Tanner Was a Self -Made Man.
John R. Tanner died suddenly at
Springfield, 111., the other day. An uu
Icoked for death has removed from tee
stage in the prime of life a man who,
during a long term of years, held im
portant offices and exercised much po
litical power in Illinois and who bad
been the subject of blame which was
not always merited and of praise which
was not always his due. The ex-governor
was one of the self-made men of
Illinois. All that he was he owed to
himself. Fortune denied him advan
tages in youth, but he had native en
ergy which enabled him to make his
way in the world without them. He
had force of will, shrewdness, and per-
Blstency. Thanks to them the unedu
cated farmer's boy became a dominant
politician and governor of his state.
Operator to Vreident.
Among the presidents of the large
western railroad systems none enjoys
a higher reputation for ability and
sound judgment than Albert J. Earllng,
president of the Chicago. Milwaukee
PRESIDENT EARLLVO.
and SL Paul Railway company. The
present prosperity of the road is due
principally to two men, Chairman of
the Hoard Itoswell Miller and Presi
dent Earllng. Mr. Earling is a self
made man. He commenced service on
the Milwaukee and St. Paul as a tele
graph operator In 1866, when he was
advanced to train dispatcher, assistant
superintendent, and assistant general
superintendent, general superinten
dent, general manager, and second vice
president
When Roswell Miller resigned the
only 18 years old, and step by step he
presidency of the road. In September,
1899, Mr. Earllng was unanimously
elected his successor.
Public Obunerjhip in frujtia.
Prussia, It is reported, will national
ize some of her coal lands as a meas
ure of self-preservation, and on Henry
George's line. A fair price will be paid
to the present owners. The state will
thus acquire sufficient fuel to operate
the most important railways and It
will work the mines on a system of the
Abandons Society for Stage.
m ....aaeiejeieiBaBMMftr' y ' l .
Mrs. Uetmlo Delaney, a Chicago soci
ety woman, Is the latest recruit to the
ntagc, having recently left her home
for New York, where she will Join a
theatrical company In a new produc
tion soon to be presented there. Mrs.
Delaney Is the wife of J. 11. I)elary,
a prominent railroad man, and their
home Ik one of the elegant one of the
North Shore.
utmost Justice to the miners. The
step, if taken, will be the first official
confession that Prussia feels the ap
proaching diminution of the British
coal deposits, a fear emphasized by
the suggestion In high quarters that
an export duty be put on German coal
to keep it at home.
Descendant of Lafayette.
Marquis de Lastyrlc ia the great
grandson of lafayette and the present
representative o f
the Lafayette fam
ily. He resides at
Lagrange, the old
family estate,
which has been in
the possession of
the Lafayettes for
800 years, with iu
castle, moat, draw
bridge, etc., about
forty miles from
Paris. lie Is a
Frenchman of the
old regime, with the traditions of the
ancient nobility of France too strong
for assimilation with the present order
of things; hence, ho lives very quietly,
taking no active part In politics or
public aftairs. Personally, he Is one
of the most charming and genial of
men, and has a strong hereditary lik
ing for the Pnlted States and for
Americans. He has paid one visit to
this country, when lie went to Mount
Vernon to see the home and tomb
of Washington, but his visit was made
as quietly as possible, as he Is exceed
ingly unobtrusive in his tastes and dis
likes publicity. He is married to the
granddaughter of one of the dukes of
Lelnster, and has two sons Louis and
Guy.
Gtatgotv Xni'Oerilty.
Professor Albert H. Smyth, of Hav
erford. Pa., will sail on June 1 for
Scotland to attend the celebration of
the four hundred and fiftieth anni
versary of the founding of Glasgow
university. He goes as official repre
sentative of the American Philosophi
cal .society of Philadelphia, the oldest
learned society In America, and he will
deliver a Latin oration in behalf of
that body.
Lady Mary Sacfifille,
The en
gagement of
Lady Mary
Sackvllle to
II a m 11 ton
Dent has
been an
nounced i n
London.
Lady Sack
vllle ia well
known to the
400 of New
York and
Washington. She visited America last
spring and rumor had it that she was
to become the wife of Frank Gould.
The Union Lead and Oil company of
St. I-ouIs Is Just a little bit of a ..rust,
but It has Increased Its capital from
115.000,000 to $50,000,000, merely to be
In the fashion.
Recently Mrs. Delaney made her
stage debut In the production of "Tho
Silver Shield," given by students of
Chicago Musical College, and this de
cided her upon a stage career. As the
result of the negotiations with several
theatrical managers Mr. Delaney has
gone CHAt. She first made her appear
ance before an audience at a church
entertainment In Chicago.
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SAYIIKS and DOINGS
Trince-is J-f a Trodvial.
Because she could not resist the
temptation of every little furicy that
crossed her mind and was given al
most to inconceivable extravagance,
Clara de Ulqutt, formerly Princess de
Chlmay, and now the wife of the fa
mous hunchback gypsy musician,
Jancsi KIgo, was last week declared a
spendthrift by a jury in Judge Cut
ting's court at Chicago and deprived
of the right to manage her own estate.
In consequence of this ruling her
uncle and trustee, Thomas R. Lyon,
was appointed her legal conservator,
and In the future will only give the
prodigal princess such money as is ab
solutely required for her living ex
penses. This action was taken as a result of
a petition filed In the Probate Court by
Mr. Lyon, in which he set forth that
his niece was a spendthrift and utterly
incapable of managing her own finan
cial afTalrs. The petition further sets
forth that the Princess Chimay in ad
dition to her annual Income of $35,000
had, during the last seven years
through useless extravagance, spent
more than $450,000 of her principal and
that unless some immediate step was
taken she would soon be reduced to
want The evidence adduced showed
that instead of paying her legitimate
expenses with her Income she had
wasted it on harmful extravagance and
had left her debts to be paid out of
her estate. In view of these facts Mr.
Lyon asked the court that he be ap
pointed conservator of his niece's in
come and person. As the petitioner re
lated the remarkable story of the prin
cess' prodigality and riotous life since
she left her mother's care some ten
years ago, the six jurors sat and gazed
at one another In amazement and when
he had finished they hesitated a few
seconds before they ventured to speak.
Notice to the Totvert.
The opening of the Pan-American
Exposition furnished an appropriate
opportunity to emphasize the position
of the Monroe Doctrine as part of the
public law of the western world, and
It was well Improved by Vice President
Roosevelt and Senator Lodge. Mr.
Roosevelt was especially happy. Speak
ing to the visitors from Latin America,
he said:
To you of the republics nouth of us I
wlxh to nay a spi-clul word. I believe
with nil rny heart In the Monroe Doc
trine. Thla doctrine 1 not to be Invoked
for the ajTKranillnemerit of any one of ub
here on thin continent. It ehould be re
fcarded nlmply na a nre.it International
I'aii-Amerlran policy, vital to the Inter
ests of all of us. The t'nlted States linn,
and muKt ever have, only the desire to
Bee her Pinter republics In the Western
Hemisphere continue to flourish and the
determination that no old world power
shall acquire new territory hero on this
western continent. We of the two Amer
ican must be left to work out our own
falvatl'in alonn our own linen, and If we
are wise we will make It understood as a
cardinal feutnre of our Joint foreign pol
icy that on the one hand we will not sub
mit to territorial. aKKrundlsemcnt on thla
continent by any old world power, and
that on the other hand amoiiK ourselves
each nation must scrupulously regard tho
rishts and Interests of the other.
TOomari JVo-OcI Tlea.
Tho Marchioness of Anglesey, who
has astonished English courts by ank
ing that tho decree of divorce granted
her on Nov. 7 last be rescinded, Is a
daughter of Sir George Chetwynd, and
was married to her cousin, the fifth
Marquis of Anglesey, in 1S9S. It waa
said at the time that by the marriage
property was inherited which other
wise could not have been touched by
either of them. Within a month after
the marriage they separated, and the
marquis agreed to give his wife $25,000
the first year, $30,000 the second, and
so on until her allowance reached $50,
000 a year. The Pagets, of which fam
ily the Marquis of Anglesey Is the
head, are connected by marriage with
several American families. The mar
quis is a cousin of Mr. Almerlo Hugh
Paget, son-in-law of Mr. William C.
Whitney He is 26 years old, and sue-
ceeded to the title In 181)8 on the death
of his father, who married as his third
wife Mary Livingstone, daughter of
Mr. J, P. King of Georgia, now the
Dowager Marchioness of Anglesey,
TAKES TO
Cuban Constitutional Convention Finally
Approves Piatt Clause.
VOTE IS FOURTEEN TO THIRTEEN.
Radicals Fight Hard at the FluUh and
Abuse Conservatives Senor Tainayo
Designates a Traitors Alt Who Vote In
Favor of the Amendment.
HAVANA, May 29. The Piatt
amendment was accepted by the Cuban
constitutional convention by a vote of
15 to 14. The actual vote was on ac
cepting the majority report of the
committee on relations, which embod
ied the amendment, with explanations
of certain clauses.
The radicals made a hard fight at
the last moment and Senors Portuondo,
Gomez and Tamayo bitterly arraigned
the conservatives. Senor Tamayo was
particularly vindictive and declared
that everybody who voted in favor of
tho Piatt amendment was a traitor to
his country. The convention com
pelled him to retract this statement
On several occasions personal encoun
ters seemed imminent
Senor Gomez spoke for more than
an hour and his speech undoubtedly
won over Senors Castro, Robau and
Manduley. He appealed to the pa
triotism of the delegates and rehearsed
the long light for independence, de
nouncing as perjurers all who favored
the Piatt amendment on the ground
that they had sworn to draw up a
constitution for an independent re
public. Several conservatives arose and re
quested Senor Gomez to retract, but he
refused.
The following delegates voted against
the majority report: Gomez, Gener,
Portuondo, Lacret, Manduloy, Cisneros,
Ferrer, Fortun, Robau, E. Tamayo,
Sllva, Castro, Zayas and Aleman.
Senors Rivera and Bravo were ab
sent. The convention will convene its ses
sions, which will be devoted to draw
ing up the election law.
La DisctiKsion In an extra this even
ing exclaims: "Now will come im
mediate Independence."
By a decree to be issued in Havana
the terms for paying mortgages will
be extended four years, the debtors
paying each year respectively 10, 15,
35 and 40 per cent of the principal and
accrued Interest. It is understood that
both sides are satisfied with this ar
rangement. The sewer bids will be opened to
day. There are twelve in all. The
bidders are required to deposit $500,
000. CANNON TO AID THE FARMERS.
French I'se Them to Fight Hall, Frost
and Urasshoppers.
WASHINGTON, May 30. The
French agriculturalists intend to fight
frost and grasshoppers as well as hail
storms with cannon and smoke, ac
cording to an Interesting report re
ceived at the state department from
Consul Covert Lyons. It has Just
been determined to hold an interna
tional cannon congress at Lyons in
November next and Consul Covert was
authorized to extend an invitation to
Americans to take part. The success
that has attended the experiment of
firing at approaching hailstorms to
prevent their ravages upon French
vineyards, has prompted steps for a
still further extension of tho usage of
cannon In agricultural society circles.
The theory in some quarters prevails
that it is not the frost Itself which
blasts the budding fruit, but the sun's
rays following a night of frost, which
find the grape, already sensitive to the
cold, an easy victim to the heat Can
non fired horizontally over vineyards
at A3tl at sunrise produced interesting
results. A strip of vineyard 500 feet
wide, over which the smoke from the
two cannon had been spread, was en
tirely protected from the effects cf the
frost, while the vines on either side
were badly Injured.
An Invasion of grasshoppers Is an
nounced to occur this summer In
southern Algeria end the cannon
mouths are to be turned against them
also.
Nebraska Kihllilts for nnffulo,
LINCOLN, May 30. The Nebraska
exhibit for the Pan-American exposi
tion will be shipped to Bufralo at once
and soon after Assistant Commission
ers H. R, Randall of Lincoln, T. E.
Hubert of Adams and Miss Leon a
Butterfleld of Omaha will go east to
direct the work of Installing It In the
agricultural building.
Negro Hboots Two Others.
SIOUX CITY, la., May 29. Because
he was called a "cheap skate" at a
colored church sociable, Harry Buker
walked a mile, procured a revolver, re
turned to the churrh and shot three
other negroes, one of whom, Jim
Askew, will die. The others, Charles
Watklns and Ixmis Cloyd, are not dan
gerously wounded. Rivalry for the at
tentions of a colored girl and statement
that he could not buy Ice cream roused
Baker i anger.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas Cltv.
BOl'TH OMAHA.
Cattle There was a good, liberal run
of cultle, and In view of the liberal re
ceipts packers started in to buy their sup
piles for a little Iessoney than they did
yesterday. Sellers, however, held for
steady prices, so that while the market
was hlow In opening, not much change
was noticeable. Beef steers made up the
bulk of the receipts, v?,e same as has been
the case for some Uttle time. It was a
little late before many sales were made,
owIhk to the fact that packers were bidding-
lower, but after buyers and sellers
Kot together the cattle changed hands at
a rapid rate at Just about yesterday's
prices. The heavy weights continue In
the best demand, but still the lighter
grades. If of desirable quality, sold with
out difficulty. It was the light common
stuff that was slow sale. Cows were In
light Bupply and good demand and no ma
terial change was noticeable In the prices
paid. Packers bid good, steady prices
and bought up what was offered In good
season. Choice heavyweight heifers In
particular moved freely. Bulls also were
In active demand this morning, and any
thing at all desirable in quality sold In
good season at steady prices. The same
was true of stags and calves.
Hogs There was a very heavy run of
hogs, over lj,000 head being on sale. The
demand, however, was equal to the occa
sion, as js shown by the fact that every
thing sold In good season, with the mar
ket averaging only a shade lower. Pack
ers started In bidding mostly $D.C0, or 2V2c
lower, but sellers held on for steady
prices, and for that reason the market
was a little slow In opening. Finally, how
ever, packers raised their bids and began
paying 15.60 and $j.C2'4- At those prices
the hogs moved toward the scales at a
rapid rate and It was not long before
practically everything was out of first
hands, 'the choicest grades sold largely
at J.'i.CS, and as high as $3.75 was paid for
a prime load.
Sheep There were only a few cars of
sheep and lambs here and the market on
the lighter weights of lambs was fairly
active and just about steady with yester
day. The clipped lambs sold mostly from
to fc.KO, which prices average up
about the same as yesterday. There
were no choice wooled lambs offered. The
helvywelght clipped stuff was slow sale
this morning and a little weak.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Native and. Texas beef steers,
steady to a shade higher; Blockers and
feeders, slow; cows and heifers, steady to
10c lower; choice beef steers, $5.50it5.&5;
fair to good, $S.(X)f'ij.40; Blockers and feed
ers, $4.00fM.5U; western yearlings, $4.50
5.5.'); Texans and Indians, JI.5Wi5.50; Texas
grass steers. $3.4'fii4.23; cows, $n.2."'?4-"5;
heifers, ttCMiS.35; canners. $2.25'fi3.15;
bulls, $3.5ttt4.50; calves, $4.Wi'66.50.
Hogs Market steady to 2Vic lower; top,
$5.90; bulk of sales, $5.rfi.K5: heavy, $5.80
f5.90; mixed packers, $5.651.5.85; light, $5.40
i5.75; pigs, $4. Willi. 35.
Sheep and Lambs Market Tofi'c lower;
western iambs. H.60ti3.5O; western weth
ers. $4.0Ofr4.5O; western yearlings, $4.5 (3
4.50; ewes, $.'.7.1fj 4.25; culls, J2.75fi3.50;
Texas grass sheep, $,1.50fi4.C0; Texas
lambs, $4.25'd4.60; spring lambs, $5.50'(.iS.25.
SURGEON ST. JOHN IS KILLED.
Company A. Twentieth Infantry Meeta
llund of Insurgents.
MANILA, June 1. Thirty-three men
of Company A, Twentieth regiment
United States Infantry, recently en
countered Segovia's band near Para
cale, North Camarlne province. Sur
geon St. John was killed. The in
surgents lost five men killed and had
two wounded.
Doniels has been again attacked anil
reinforcements have been sent from
Marindique.
As a result of the Investigation of
the shooting affair at Camp Stotsen
burg, May 21, Lieutenant James How
ell of the Sixth artillery will be tried
b)y court-martial. Second Lieutenant
Charles R. Lloyd, jr., also of the
Sixth artillery, and Dr. Overton, who
dressed the wounds received by Lloyd
at the hands of Howell, have been re
leased from arrest.
Runaway Husband.
BLOOM FIELD, June 1. A. S. Ken
drlck, of Floris, who sold off his prop
erty and left his wife and skipped to
Kansas with the money, and who has
been confined in the jail here, was
given a hearing in the justice court.
His attorney worked hard for a com
promise, and finally accomplished his
plan. Kendrick agreed to give his
wife $2,350 and allow her to make ap
plication for divorce on the ground of
cruel and inhuman treatment. Mrs.
Kendrick withdrew all former charges
which she had preferred agalnBt him.
Hljr Theft at Singapore.
LONDON, June 1. The Dally Mall
has received the following dispatch
from Singapore:
"Bank notes to the value of 50,
000, mostly in 50 notes, have been
stolen from the Singapore branch of
the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank.
There Is no trace of the thief.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 1.
Today's statement of the treasury
balances In the general fund, exclu
sive of the $150,000,000 gold ,ln the
division of redemption, shows: Avail
able cash balance, $101,537,698; gold,
$92,923,024.
It Restricts Oleomargarine.
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 1. Gov
ernor Stone today Rlgned the Snyder
Harris oleomargarine restriction bill.
The new law regulates the manufac
ture and sale of butterlne and similar
products, forbids oleomargarine from
being colored, prevents dealers from
selling oleomargarine for butter, and
makes It compulsory upon each dealer
to secure a permit from the Agricul
tural department before handling
oleomargarine.
Ths Nebraska Boy acd Others Want
Back to Wert Point.
ONLY WAY HE CAN BE REINSTATED
The Toon; Webraakan and Other Cadets
Claim They Are the Victim of In
Jmt.ce An Appeal for Observance ot
Flag Day In Nebraska Other Mawa.
WASHINGTON, May 29. Henry I
Bowlby of Nebraska, one of the five
cadets recently dismissed from West
Point Military academy for alleged in
subordination, came to Washington
with his classmates who were dismiss
ed with him, and had an interview
with Secretary Root.
Cadet Bowlby, who was appointed
to West Point by Congressman Stark,
is a likely young fellow and looks
every inch a soldier. He refused to
say anything about the trouble at
West Point, except to say that the sen
tence was exceptional in its severity
and he hoped it would be remanded.
The dismissed cadets claim that they
have been tried and condemned with
out a hearing and without knowing
the testimony against them or bavins
an opportunity to reply to it.
Senator Hawley of Connecticut and
Cockrell of Missouri are interested la
the case and called upon Secretary
Root in behalf of the young men, who,
besides Bowlby, are John A. Cleve
land of Alabama, T. K. Keller of New
York, Raymond A. Linton of Michigan
and B. O. Mahaffey of Texas.
Senators Hawley of Connecticut and
senate committee on military affairs,
and who has had much to do with,
drafting legislation for West Point,
believes the case should be reopen,
but the law officers of the department
who have looked into the matter say
there is no way in which the dismissed
cadets can be restored to the academy
save by reappointment through a rep
resentative of the district to which,
each is accredited.
TO CELEBRATE FLAG DAY.
General Order No. Issued to the Grand
Army of the Republic.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 29 In general
order No. 2, issued by the Nebraska
department of the Grand Army of the
Republic, an urgent appeal is made
for the observance of June 14 as "Flag
day," that being the one hundred and
twenty-fourth anniversary of the
birthday of the United States flag. The
order Is as follows:
"Headquarters Department of Ne
braska, Grand Army of the Republic,
Lincoln, Neb., May 27. General Order
No. 2. Comrades: On the 14th day
of June will occur the one hundred
and twenty-fourth anniversary of the
birthday of the United States flag
the only flag that has written upon it,
"Liberty, Fraternity and Equality,"
three grandest words in all the
language of men; a flag that was
given to the air in the revolution's
darkest days. It represents the suffer
ing of the past, the glories yet to be,
and like the bew of heaven, it is the
child of storm and sun. It means that
the school house is the fortress of
liberty and that the continent has
been dedicated to freedom.
Therefore, let every comrade dis
play the flag on his own house and
place of business and also to use his
utmost endeavor to have all his
neighbors and fellow townsmen do
likewise. Furnish every member of
the school with flags, so that this day
may be one always to be kept blight
In their memories. Where schools
are not closed let the teachers and
children meet and carry out the pro
gram as outlined in the 'Address to
the American People.'
"Let our colors fly, boys;
Guard them day and night;
For victory is liberty
And God will bless the right."
"R. S. WILCOX,
"Department Commander.
"Official:
"MART HOWE, Adjutant"
Mniln Galore.
It will be furnished all during the
month of June at Omaha, when the
celebrated Bellstedt band will give
fifty-six concerts under auspices of the
Omaha Musical Festival association.
Entertainments take place twice each
day in a big tent specially spread for
the purpose.
Henry Hawthorne, an Inmate of the
Soldiers' home at Dayton, O., has been
left $2,500,000 by Mrs. Joseph Kelat
of England, whose life he saved in
1854.
Frenh Water for CapltoL
LINCOLN, May 29. The eapitol
building will soon be supplied with,
fresh artesian water from the state's
own well. A large force of men Is at
work on the eapitol grounds, near the
steam heating plant, boring the wells
and one shaft has already been low
ered 125 feet below the surface. At ft
depth of forty feet 'he diggers struck
solid sand rock. The contractor ex
pecU to obtain fresh water In unlimlt
ed vUanUty at a deptb of 110 feet