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SATCSS d E3S Mortar J&mi. Mm fliwrt Cayvaa. who. mom her other asaladlee, to bow said to bs lane MM, kaa bMa living In a hmm Isktad eaaltarium for ntanr tfha. where her condition haa bwa worse. The once beautiful Hill ker caraar aa a pubi c Than aba appeared aa Dolly Duttoa ta "Haiel Klrke," nearly tw.n ty years ago. This waa bar nrt Im portant ante am, and sines then, until hr rt,lrsent about three years ago, she has keen one of the leading actress a on the American (Use. After "Hazel Klrke" waa shelved M is Csyvan GEORGIA CAYVAN. played "May Blosaom" with exceeding merit. In thla role ahe woi the un atlnted pralae of public and cii lea. She alao played In "The Wife," "The Char ity Ball" and In other drama) man aged by the Frohmans and A. M. .Palmer. 8be la a. native, of .Maine, and waa born in 1858. In her prime Mlas Cayvan waa a woman of exqulste beauty." Why XUt Ha-Otn'1 IOO.OOO, OOO. President Lincoln, In the first year of the civil war, prophe ld that, if the secession movement could be promptly auppreased, the United Stat a would have a population or 103,108,(03 la 100. He baaed thla prediction on the per centage of lncreaae In population from 170 to 1860. The increase fion 1799 to 1800 waa a little over 85 per cent. From 1800 to 1810, the Increase was 86.06 per cent There waa a decline in the ratio of lncreaae In the next dec ade, but In 1850 there was an increase of 36.87 per cent, and In 1860 an ln creaae of 35.58 per cent, making an average decennial Increase of 34.61 per cent In population for the seven y years from 1780 to 1860. Aasumlng that thli ratio of Increase would be maintained, Mr. Lincoln pre dicted that the United S a'ci wou'd have a population of 42.323 000 In 1870, M.W7.000 in 180, . 76.677.000 In . 4890, 103,208.000 In 1900, 138,918.000 In 1910, 1M.8S4.000 ia XO, and Z&l.fSO.OM) In 1930. But the civil war came, and the per centage of Increase from 1860 to 1870 fell to 22.(3 per cent The percentage of Increase went up to 30 per cent In 1880, dropped to 24.83 per cent In 1890. and to 21.83 per cent for the decade ending with 1900. The population in 1870 . failed to reach Mr. Lincoln's estimate by 3,761, 000. In 1880 the population was 8,811.000 below the estimate, 14 055,000 below In 1890, and 26,913.000 below in 1900. The ratio of Increase for the last decade waa the lowest In ninety years. f Could' 4 rirst 9roKr. James Boyd, who celebrated his sev entieth birthday and his fortieth an niversary as a broker on the New York Stock Exchange last week, was one of the early bankers and brokers of Chi cago, and waa the originator of the term "stump tail" as designating cur rency. He was an extenalve dealer in gold and paper money during the war, and was the only person In Chicago who obtained dally reports on the gold JAMBS BOYD, market In New York. At that time, on account of the expenae, the Chi cago newspapers did not have a t'l graphlc market service from New York, but depended upon Mr. Boyd for ill the Information they received. Tbey banking hoase of James Boyd aV Broth ers, 34 Clark street, waa then the headquarters for financial news In that :lty. Mr. Boyd went to New York son after the war to what appeared to be a wider Held and confl-.el himte f to the New York Stock Exchange, where be at once made a leading place for himself and haa remained In actl-e bualness until now, having practically retired at the age of 70. The first pur chases of stock by Jay Gould on the New York Exchange were mala through Mr. Uoyd. 53 . MWVWWWWMWM Uhc Wcoftfy Panorama. Tho TrobUm of Coeducation. In all that Is said at university com mencements this year nothing will merit snore serious attention than the references to coeducation wh'ci oceir In the annual report read by D. Bos brlgbt at Northwette. n. The Evan ston institution Is not one from which we should expect to hear any doubts as to the advltabl! ty of the systeaa. It haa teen thoroughly comas! tel to t and one or lta most conspicuous ex emplars. Yet Dr. Bonbright exclaims: la the- system of coeducation in Northwestern Ualvers ty still on trial? Perhaps! The facts here, as at Stanford, seam to ahow that It is a system which can not be kept In a state of equilibrium, because the phenomena of the high schools are repeated at the universi ties. The latter tend to become gi.-ls' colleges. In ten years, fr ej ample, the girls' attendance at Northwestern bss Increased from 36 per cent t? near ly 50 per cent, and tbl year theie are more young women than y.un; men In the graduating class. The gen eral tendency has been incr.aed by the policy of encoui aging gifts for dcr mitoriea for. the young women in pref erence to the young men, and Dr. Bon bright suggests that the girls' enroll ment should be limited by the capacity of the dormitories. A (Tit ltd ScitntUt. Lord Dun more, who crossed the At lantic to attend the grand convocation in Boston of the Christian Science "Mother Church," is the moat Intrepid traveler of whom the British peerage boasts, and he looks It He Is a stern, rugged, grizzled man of about 58, with a big bushy beard, a hard and rather fierce mouth, and a chin that makes hlm'do anything and go everywhere. He lost an eye through an accident during a shoot at the late Lord Lov at's place, and this adds somewhat to his - washbuckHng appearance. His great Journey was to the Pamirs, where he shot the famous Ovlspoll. His adventures In this strange land he told in a book. Lord Dunmore has one son. Lord Flncastle, who weara the V. C. for an act of heroism during the last Indian frontier war. To Giii io-dl rrl: The Duchess of Sutherland Is one member of the English nobility who proposes to throw off the shackles of mourning for the dead queen. Of course charity will be the excuse, but London society will be none the less pleased and relieved for all of that The Duchess has arranged to give a great fete at Stafford House on June 26, the proceeds of which will go to the Life boat Saturday fund, a charity that has suffered considerably since the Boer war began. Ticket will coat 116 each. The number of guests will be limited to 1,200. The fete will Include a per formance f "The Comedy of Errors" and a concert, at both of which only stars of prominence will appear. Lanjtiagt in tht Thilippintt. It waa first reported that Spanish was to be the language of the Fill nino courts for five years, but Judge Taft's code has been amended on m lion of Mr. Ide to that both Spanish and English may be used In court pro ceedings, and the records must be kept In both. This modification was de sirable because the language of the government which controls the coun try should appear In all the official records, but any forcible attempt to make English the language of the peo ple would certainly end In failure and a modification under gentler Influences will require years for its accomplish ment. Though the Spaniards were In possession of the Islands for three cen turies and more, Spanish had not be come the universal language of the na tives when the Spanish rule was ter minated. There were several uinereni languages and between twenty and thirty different dialects, and many of the people knew no Spanish at all. Time had simply sufficed to make It common mar the seats of government. n Current Topics f Commercial Feature of China. The predlctloa cf Jean de B oca that a regenerated China would revolutlos Ise International commercial con el tiona by competing for. the world's markets Is much nearer the troth than the notion that the oriental empire la somehow to give all to other nations and receive nothing in return. The country is not a wilderness of natural wealth which can be absorbed by tba outsider. It haa- an enormous industrial population as well as unequal utter si resources, and because It haa both it presents a peculiar problem. We find our greatest trade with the United Kingdom, whose people poeaaaa a high degree of manufacturing skill, but who dwell upon such a restricted territory that tbey must get their food and the raw materials for their work elsewhere. Tbey took from $640,699, 989 worth of our exports during the ten months ending with April, and sent us $119,994,370 worth of their ex ports.Of the tremendous bill which they paid us no lees than $340,000,000 was for provisions, cotton and bread stuffs. During the same pertod China sent us $15,803,147 worth of exports and took from us only $7,423,348 worth of Imports. The figures look pitiably small after those for the United King dom, and though it is certain that they will be Increased while China is In transition, we have nothing that Is permanently necessary for the supply of China, any more than we have the power to exploit the country as if it were a new and undeveloped land. Haby MarKam. Here Is Virgil:, Markham, the only child of Edwin Markham, the poet. The VIRGIL MARKHAM. Infant already shows his father's love of nature, and the author of "The Man With the Hoe" will buy a farm at Westerly, S. I., to develop his young ster's fondness in this direction. A. mu4tne44 -Education. President Forgan of the First Na tional bank of Chicago, has added his testimony to that of other leading Chl cagoans in regard to the shortcomings of our public schools In teaching the rudiments of a practical business edu cation. In his. address before the graduating class of Lake Forest Uni versity he outlined the educational qualifications which he regards as most helpful In attaining success In a business career. They are few and simple: 1. To be able to write a good legible hand, to make good figures, and to place them correctly the units be low the units, the tens below the tens, and so on. 2. To be able to add, subtract and multiply rapidly and accurately. 3. To be able to express yourself clearly, briefly and grammatically in a letter and to spell the words correct ly. Elementary as these qualifications are, Mr. Forgan says the young men who possess them are rare. Though he has taken many youths Into busi ness, he says he can remember scarce ly one who could be relied upon to do the simple things just enumerated. Many of them were graduates of high schools, yet they could ' not always write legibly, figure accurately, or spell correctly. Perhaps they could write a thesis on mythology, physiology or biology, but they had not mastered the first rudiments of the business In which they hoped to make a livelihood. Mr. Forgan says there must be some thing wrong with a school system that produces these results, and his belief is shared by nearly every suc cessful business man who employs young men and women. Member TMUppine'4 Supreme Court. , Gen. James F. Smith has been ap pointed a memberoftheSupreme Court JUDGE SMITH, of the Philippines by President McKIn ley. He is a veteran of the civil war and also saw service in the Hispano Amerlcsn conflict He is 68 years old and a graduate of Wett Point V I 1 TUB OF DISASTER ill of Them Doing as Well m OeoLi Ba Expected. SOME LOST ALL Of THIS EITECTS The Basalt ef Taars af ladaetry aad Mlf Oaalal Utterly Wiped Oat MaeaMaa Laaklag Over aa OM Bary lag 0read Other Befcraskn Betas. STUART, Neb., June .26. The vic tims of the Naper disaster are doing well Mrs. Anderson and Theodora are being cared for by ber father and brother; Mrs. Greening and Oaugbtei, the only ones sunlving out of a family of seven, are at Schoenfeldts, kindly attended by friends. Bertha Anderson will not die, as reported. Otto Merta and Henry MeM: a ill get well. . -The Andersons lost everything poultry, stock, bouse, barn and crops. They had two $20 gold pieces in a trunk, which was to defray expenses of furnishing their house. The trunk was splintered and the money lost Mrs. Anderson had been on the claim four years . and, had a good home stead. Their new house, the result of years of Industry and self-denial, was almost ready for use, the shingles be ing just on and the siding done. No- a piece of the building remains and there la no trace of the frag ments. The Mertc boys lost everything. Mrs. Oreening had-some stock and a homestead. Her frienda will pay the funeral expenses. The unforunate people were industrious and worthy. Naper has raised $150 for the suffer ers and Butte $200 for the Anderson family. Stuart will raise a subscrip tion. Nb help outside the vicinity has yet been offered. HUNTING BURIAL GROUND. Elder Riddle and Brother Looking Over Old Mormon Fort. NIOBRARA, Neb., June 26. In 1846 a settlement of Mormons at tempted to make a borne on the oppo site side of the Niobrara river. Traces of this short-lived settlement of the saints still existed when the first white settlement was made In 1856. An old mill burr was found on the island and what waa supposed to be a canal for power purposes existed. An old Mormon elder named Isaac Riddle, from Utah, and his brother. J. H. Riddle of Crete, who were mem bers of the ancient settlement, nave been here for two days. They are In search of the remalna of relatives who are said to be here, also to look over the ground where they had forts. . It is thought that they may be looking for treasures that were bur led here, but this is not credited. They say that they never worked the mill burrs by water power, but by horse power, and that supposed canal was a freak of nature. The history of this Morman settle ment has been try meager and until now no one has been able to tell anything about that part of the early white population In this section. DATE OF THE REUNION. O. A. B. ta Meet at Baatlags the last Week la Aagast. LINCOLN, Neb., June 26. The date of the annual state O. A. R. reunion at Hastings haa been determined by the G. A. R. council of administra tion. The reunion will open August 26 and close August 31. It was deem ed best to select the last week In Au gust because a lull In farming occurs then which will enable farmers to at tend. The old exposition grounds, where the reunion waa formerly held, haa been secured by the citizens of Haatlngs and will be at the service of the G. A. R. department J. J. Bu chanan la manager and T. J. Creeth Is secretary and quartermaster for the committee chosen by the citizens of Hastings. Persons who desire to communicate with the citizens' com mittee in regard to the reunion may address either of these gentleman. Bas Laaek With the President. WASHINGTON, June 25. For the first time since she waa brought home from California In a feeble condition Mrs. McKlnley today was able to go downstairs and Join the president while the latter was at luncheon. She remained at the table for some llttli time and then returned to her room. Will Pinter A ad I tor's Ofllee. TECUM8EH, Neb., June 26. Murry Townsend, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Townsend of Tecumseh, has accepted a cerkshlp In the office of State Auditor Weston, and has gone to Lincoln to enter his new field of work. Arrange for Rarl Delivery. TABLE ROCK, Neb., June 26. The mall boxes for the two new rural mall routes out of Table Rock nave arrived and arc being distributed. TEE UVE STACK MA32T. Ktet Qaalatlaas freas Seath -Ow.ha aad Baaaae City. SOUTH OMAHA. Tattle There waa a liberal run ef cat tle and as a result packer did not have to hurry In order to get all the supplies they wanted. It was late before the mar ket opened and the tendency was to pound down prices all around. Receipts included close on to ninety cars uf beef steers. Buyers went tha rounds and bid lower on nearly everything. Hellers were holding for steady prices, ao that It was lata before much of anything was done. Some of the better grades sold at a rea sonably early hour at Just about yester day's prices, but all others were very slow and In most cases a little lower. Packers did not seem to care much whether they got the cattle or not, so that It was rather late before the bulk of the offerings were out of flrt hands. Cow stuff alao sold lower unless In the case of some of the choicer grades of heavyweight cows and heifers. They were not far from steady, but the light stuff and the commoner kinds, and par ticularly the grasserfl, could be quoted very slow and 510c lower. Choice bulls were about steady, but others were lower. The same was true of veal calves and stags. The light receipts of feeders continued today, and, in fact, there were not enough offered to make a test of the market. The few that changed hands did so on a basis of Just about steady prices. Hogs There was a fairly liberal run of hogs and buyers went In from the start to get their hogs for less money. The opening market was weak to 2'c lower, and after the first round it was gener ally 2c lower. The close was weak at the decline. On the start some of the packers went around and picked up the better loads at and some at 85.95, and as high as $6.00 was paid. The bulk of the hogs, however, sold at $5.90 ani Sheep There was not a heavy run of sheep and the market held just about steady. Trading was not particularly act ive, but still most everything was out of first hands early In the morning. A bunch of grass yearlings and wethers sold .'it $3.35, while a bunch of native fed weth ers brought $3.85. KANSAS CITY. Cattle Best beef steers and heavy feed ers, steady; others, Iai5c lower; cholcs dressed beef steers, $5.35(65.80; fair to good, $4.85fft'5.30; Blockers and feeders, $3.25 4R?5; western-fed steers, $4.755.50; Tex ans and Indians, $4.205.25; Texas grass steers. t3.1S4j4.15; cows, $2.754.50; heifers, I3.50e6.15; canners, S1.75&2.65; bulls, $3.00 4.50; calves, S3.5O&5.O0. Hogs Market 2'c lower; top. $6.10; bulk of sales, $5.9(Kg.05; heavy, $6.006.10; mixed packers, S5.90&6.05; light, $5.70(9 5.86; pigs, $5.5095.65. 8heep and Lambs Sheep, active and steady; western lambs, $4.50&5.25; western wethers, S3.50&6.O0; western yearlings, I4.28tj4.78; ewes,, S3.25&3.75; culls, $2.&03 3.00; Texas grass sheep, $3.2563-90. BOERS ARRIVE AT BERMUDA. Datch and European Prisoners Waiting to lie Landed. HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 29. The British transport Armenian, hav ing board the first shipload of Boers prisoners to be quartered on Darrels end Tuckers Island near here, arrived In these waters today. ..The Armenian bad a good passage of eleven days from the Island of St. Vincent. The prisoners sricm to be in good spirits, though rather ragged In appearance. There was no infectious dlseaaes on board and tJit ship was allowed pratique. The prisoners are a mixed lot of native Dutch and Euro peans. The water supply of the new arrivals is scarce, as the weather has been exceedingly dry and the condens ing apparatus of the camos has not been erected. Krnpp Wants Another Test. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jue 29. The Krupp works have applied to the navy department for the test of another group of their new armor plate for war ships, a group of this plate hav ing failed to pass a test held at the Indian Head proving ground a short time ago. High Praise for Oar Amy. LONDON, June 29. Dunne the de bate on the army reorganization bill In the house of commons today Lord Welleeley declared that the United States army was the finest of Its size In the world. He said its superiority was due to good wages. Omaha Boad Hulldi r Dead. HUDSON, Wis June 29. H. L. Preston, a master builder of the Om aha road, was found dead in hi room today, having expired while dressing. Mr. Preston was one of the best known railway men In this part of the coun try. Violation of Oaaaa Laws. MARSHALLTOWN, la., June 29. At the result of the watchfulness of the officers and members of the Marshall town Fish Protective association, three arrests were made for illegal Ashing. World's Fair Site Approved. ST. LOUIS, June 29. The World's Fair National commission at its ses sion tonight approved the Forest park plto and adjourned. Peyton's Pint Wife Is Late, SPOKANE, Wash., Juuo 29. The suit of Mrs. Helen M. Peyton of Den ver against Colonel Isaac N. Peyton, a wealthy mining man of Spokane, ended today In a decision by Judge Richardson, finding for the defendant on all points. The plaintiff, who was the first wife of Colonel Peyton, sued for $500,000, or half hie property, claiming the divorce he atcured was not legal, end asking that it be set aside,.. " , WM Spain 8o Far Forgats Ear as to Utmngt Tnda, CCUNTIY li. CEKERAl R2tttS Baawakealag aad Bagsasratlaa I Be Aat to rllw the Uaaarai I lag tip aad Bead) Maeat that She War Braagbt Aawat, WASHINGTON, Jane 27. In spite of the dia:rimliatiD tariff, vtbe out look for United States trade In Spain la hopeful, according to Consul Gen eral Lay at Barcelona, in a report which makes up the greater part of the latest extract from "Commercial Relations,' made public by the bureau of foreign relations, State depart ment. Since the old trade treaty waa can celled with Spain no new compact baa been effected to take its place and hence Spain Is obliged to impose max imum tariff duties on American goods, which amount to discriminatory rates. However, it is thought that the ef forts of Mr. Storer, as minister to Spain, will soon bear fruit and that mutually satisfactory traderelattona between the two countries will be es tablished. In aplte of the drawbacks, American goods at elevated prices And ready sale in Spain and any feeling against the United States as a nation engendered by the late war la fast disappearing. Consul Brown, at Carthagena, states that he had hundreds of applications during the past year from young Span iards who are desirous of settling in Cuba. He also says it is a positive fact that Spain, with the burden of past reverses still partly upon it, fc advancing with slow but steady strides on the road to prosperity The poor er classes are getting higher wages, all classes pay more taxes and have more money to pay them with and the entire regeneration of the country has begun with commendable vim. CARS PILE IN REAP. Calvert Near Para, lad., Gives Way Coder Wabash Limited. PERU, Ind., June 27. Thirteen per sons were killed and about fifty vere seriously injured in a wrrck of train No. 3, the westbound Wabash limited, nine miles west of this city, at 12:30 a. m. today. The dead are mostly Italian emigrants, en route to Colo rado. Many of that Injured undoubt edly will die. Two sections of train No. 3, one coming from Detroit and the otber from Toledo, were consolidated In thla city into a train of eleven cars, making up the flyer for Its Journey to St. Louis. ' It consisted of a com bination baggage and express, com bination baggage and smoker, day coach, emigrant coach, three chair cars, three sleepers, and the private car of General Superintendent William Cotter, Iron Mountain railway. Hav ing left thla city one hour late, the train was speeding westward at a high rate, when at a point nine miles west the engine plunged through a tres tle which had been undermined by the recent heavy rains. The embankment on both sides of the little stream dropped at a sharp degree a distance of fortv feet Ow ing to the momentum of the train the engine appeared to leap nearly across the abyss, plunged into the soft earth on the opposite side and fell back to the bottom. Engineer Butler and Fireman dama were thrown from the cab, but not serious ly hurt. The express car and the first chair car were telescoped. The emi grant car, followed by two chair cars, went down on the left side of the track and the first sleeper pitched forward upon the mass of debris. Its windows and trucks were broken, bnt none of the occupants were injured. The remaining cars also left their trucks, but were not badly damaged. It was in the emigrant and day coaches that most of the death and Injuries occurred. Heavy foliage lin ed the banks on both aides of the cul vert, the approach to which waa over a "reverse curve." Iasaaa froas Cigarettes. OTTUMWA, la., June 27 Thomas Colllngwood, 19 years of age, waa ad Judged insane today and ordered taken to Mount Pleasant. Colllngwood had been employed at the Dnln Manufac turing company's plant und ia said to have been forced to give up bis work on account of the excessive use of cigarettes. Henderson Chats With Kins. LONDON, June 27. David B. Hen derson, speaker of the United States house of representatives aald to a representative of the Associated Pross this afternoon: "I have never enjoyed n greater half-hour Interview than the one I had with King Edward yester day. Ho was perfectly frank and. tble. He looks forward f even more cordial relations than now exist be tween the Engllsh-speaki:g nations. America has a Arm friend In him."