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T V
R&VotVcs
Www Fencer to XOed.
Mtmm Si mm ruiimv;, whuse eaaage-
nt to Philip Hark ban Jum. been
aon omcH, ta
known as the awst
xpert all-around
woman athlete la
th United State.
At tke sanse time
Miss potneroy, who
Is wealthy, . la a
favorite In Nw
York society.
Among the feats
which she baa to
her credit l tha ktUink, single-handed
and with one rile shot, of a grizzly
bear near her camp at Glen
wood Springs, Colo. She la also
a famous crosa-oountry rider and
long-distance swimmer. One of
her moat unique claims to dis
tinction In an athletic way is the fact
that tke neat known teacher of fenc
ing In tke country declare her to be,
without exception, tke beat woman
fencer In the United States, "capable
f fencing with any man, no matter
how expert, without expecting that
ravor be shown her because sbe Is a
woman." Miss Pomeroy is a Cincin
nati girl, while ner prospective hus
band. Philip Clark, la a native of Bt
1-OUls.
Vhree to OW MinuU fSrotUrt.
Within, tke memory of living man a
three-minute trotter was pretty sure to
throw bis dust in tke face of anytking
on the road. Then came the period
when "J;0 tall over the dashboard"
wac expressive of the limit of the trot
ter's speed. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
in his poem on "Contentment," re
marked tkat ke would be satisfied with
a nag that could do 2:40, though a few
seconds lesa would bate given him the
pole against all rivals.
But the real attack of tke trotter on
time began wltb Flora Temple's step
ping out of the 2:30 class and estab
lishing a record from which the des
cent kas been almost by single seconds
or fractions of seconds down to that of
iTesceus this year. How the second
nave been clipped off Is shown in the
following table:
18r.fr Flora Temple. , 2.24V4
186 Flora Temple ......2:194
186S Dexter .. .....2:18
1866 Dexter 2:18
1867 Dexter 2:174
1871 Goldsmith Maid .........2:17
1872 Goldsmith Maid .,...2:16
1874 Goldsmith Maid 2:14
1878 Rarus ... .,..2:13
1879 St, Julian 2:11
. 1880 Maud S , ins.
V 1881 Maud 8 ..,.2:10V4
1884 Jay-Eye-See 2:10
1884 Maud 3. 2:09
1885 Maud 8 2:08
1891 Sunol , ...2:08
1892 Nancy Hanks ...,2:074
1892 Nancy Hanks ,,,..2:054
1892 Nancy Hanks ...2:04
1894-Allx 2:04
1894-Allx .. 2:03
1900 Tke Abbot ...2:02
1901 Cresceus , 2:02;
1901 Cresceus , 2:02V4
The most remarkable showing of
this table Is that which gave to Maud
S. her title of "Queen of the Turf,"
which she held for no less than ten
years, the record of Jay-Eye-See not
landing long enough to constitute a
Haw In It.
The present champion of the turf
holds not only the record for the fastest-lime
ever made by a trotter, but
the fastest heat in a race, the fastest
second beat, the fastest two-heat race
and the fastest three-heat race. His
endurance Is as remarkable as his
speed.
JocK Catt $300,000.
Mile. Fagette, who lately made her
debut in Paris, a few days ago re-
' KAOBTTR JACKET,
reived a present of a bewitching bo
lero Jacket, wklch It Is said cost 1,500,
000 francs, about $100,000.
It la covered with diamonds and
pearla, emeralds and sapphires, rubies
and tnnjuol.
It was placad on exhibition In the
,wla)4ow,of a.Jwr In th,Avno de
rOparm, wksn It attract crowds. '
Color m4 the Vrmrt.
Anthony Overton of Kaaaas City,
Kan., dawtarw that "trust kavs hslp
d tk negro. " Mr. Overton, himself
a negro, aaM tkla at the last aaaaloa
of the National Negro Business Leagu
In Chicago Uat friday. Ha eiptalned
that tk great ceatblne had prevented
Hart nations la prleaa, wltb tk result
that the colored 4aaJr could hatter
know hi ground. Tk combine help
ed negro manufactarsrs ahw by reduc
ing competition and In this connection
he declared that the great steel com
bine bad proved a good thing for the
negro.
aWaaaa"WassssssanssWasr
IS he WeeKJy
Panorama.
Hiceniantt of Hero in Want.
James Lawrence, Commander of the
frigate Chesapeake In ins war of
1812, won an Im
mortal place In
history when, in
the fight with the
British man-of-war
Shannon, he was
mortally wounded,
and, with his dying
breath; cried out:
"Don't give up the
ship." A splendid
monument to Cap
t a 1 n Lawrence
stands at the entrance
Triinity
church in New York.
Meanwhile, three little boys, Clar
ence, letter, anil Isaac Lawrence, 8. 6,
and 4 years old, great-grandsons of the
famous sea captain, have been living
for more than two years In the St
Barnabas Home, an institution for de
pendent children on Mulberry street,
New York. The boys arc half-orphans,
their father being dead and their
mother at present working as a ser
vant in a New York family.
Terpetual Motion Machine.
An improved automatic or self-acting
gravity wheel is the modest title
of an Invention by Herbert Rose of
Australia, which has recently been pat
ented all over the world, ami which, if
the claims of Its inventor arc realized,
promises to supersede steam as a mo
tive power, '
The Invention relates to the con
struction of a gravity wheel, with con
centric rings, secured to arms radiat
ing from the center. These arms or
weights act as balance and driving
levers and are so nicely arranged-
those on the downward grade being
two-thirds heavier than those on the
upward grade in action that a natural
falling of the weights on thn fornmr
grade insures perpetual motion.
A cessation of the driving force can
only be effected by preventing the
weights from falling, and thin Is done
by a very simple contrivance In the
form of a spring which acts on all the
weights simultaneously. Taking a
wheel forty feet in diameter and three
feet wide, jt Is estimated that it will
carry 1,050 weight and that the driv
ing power will be equal to 1.443 tons
from the center of the wheel. The
THE MOTOR WHEEL,
cost of construction I about one-sixth
the coat of machinery for steam power,
and it Is also claimed that the new
motive power will reduce the working
expenses 95 per cent.
The working model has been sub
jected to continuous texts, an it is ap
parently capable, like the brooks, of
"going on forever," which of course is
what is expected of an invention
claiming to constitute a xolutlon of
the secret of perpetual motion.
tfhe young Man' Chance.
A western weekly of national circu
lation has an interesting symposium in
reply to the question, "What are the
young man's chances?" The conclu
sion of the contributors, in which the
editor Joins, Is that "a young man's
opportunity In the business world were
never more numerous, attractive or
conspicuous." The Conservative, how
ever, warns young men against the
false "notion that success can be at
tained without hard work, and espe
cially doe it warn them against spec
ulation, in which where few succeed
thousands fall. The successes are
biasoned to the worid, the failures are
seldom heard of; they are the wrecks
that strew the wayside to which small
heed Is paid In the fierce competition
of life.
A SiO.OOO Camera.
A Arm of manufacturers of photo
graphic apparatus In London, Eng.,
have recently completed for the Sultan
of Morocco two cameras, one a quarter-plate
and the other a half-plate,
which hold the record as being the
most elaborate and expensive ever
manufactured. The half-plate Is
mounted in silver while the quarter
plate fitting are all solid gold even
to the screws and plate holders, the
caanera Itaelf being ' enclosed - In a
dalaty case of white Morocco leather.
The half plate coat 900. and the
quarter plate no leas than 2,100.
9he "Huge" for Athletic.
President Barrows of Oberlia be
lieve that the "rage" for athletic will
be overruled for good; that we'll form
the outdoor habit and be the healthier
for It. "If I had the ear of the lead
lag business men of America," be says,
"1 would whisper In It as the wliest
counsel I know to men over fifty year
of age, Oolf first and hustne after
ward.' This means longer lived, more
successful, happier and better Ameri
can citizens."
to
People and
T Events
Exhibit a Myotic Totver. .
The jtower to move inanimate ob
jects by sheer force of will is generally
discredited by people who have not
seen the performance with their own
eyes. Viggo U-iche is a Dane 23 years
old. He arrived at Alto Paso, III., re
cently from Copenhagen to visit his
uncle, C, Jensen, a fruit package man
ufacturer there. .
Lelche had been there only a short
time when his weird mental powers
began to "astonish the natives." He
Arxt performed In a drug store down
town, ttays a telegram from Alto Paso.
His nude beard of it and scouted tho
idea of IU reality. A few evenings lat
er he repeated his "show" In his
uncle's home and completely routed
thai worthy man's skepticism regard
ing his power. Tn performing at his
uncle's home lie used an iron poker
aeveral feet long and quite heavy.
Standing it against the wall at an angle
of 4ii degrees, he seated himself a few
feet distant, focused his eye on tke
top of the poker and within a few sec
onds it began trembling, then gradu
ally rone to a perpendicular position.
After standing still a moment it moved
toward him in short jumps. He can
afreet any wood or metal object such
as umbrellas, canes, etc., in the same
way. A short time . before going to
bed is the only time he can be induced
VIGGO LE1C11E,
(Youth Who Moves Inanimate Objects
by Will Power.)
to practice his strange power, as it
makes him deathly sick unless he can
go to sleep a short time afterward.
Minitttr Wa en Woman.
W'a Ting-fang, the Chinese minister
to Washington, is showing that he Is
at home in almost any field of ora
tory. One of his latest effort was
made at a dinner in New York city re
cently, when he wag called upon to
respond to "The Ladies." In the
course, of a whorl but exceedingly
graceful speech he said:
"When 1 see so many beautiful wo
men confronting me and I am called
upon to be the gallant of the moment,
what can I say but that I wish for that
moment only that I were not a China
man. I Khoulri like to be an Ameri
can as stand here, so that each
one of you would appear as beautiful
to nic an you actually must when seen
through your countrymen's eyes. Alas!
the slight difference In the forma
tion of my orbs cannot do Justice to
the impression you make upon me, in
dividually and jointly and severally,
hut there are some well-nourished fig
ures and forms among you that really
appear to be an fine as the best that
my own fertile country has produced.
And your intelligence and souls, I am
told, which are hidden under your in
tricate fashionable apparel, are more
beautiful even than your forms. May
you all feel the depth and sincerity of
my admiration, and may your youth
ful looks and honorable years always
walk hund in hand."
Mr K.ppel to See "Race.
Mrs. George Keppel, the noted Eng
lish society woman and special friend
of King Edward, who arrived on the
steamship Etmrla the other day, came
expressly to witness the yacht races.
She is a close friend of Sir Thomas
MRS. GEORGE KKPPEL,
(Popular British Society Leader la
Attendance at Yacht Races In
New York.
Upton ami. of course, Is anxious that
he should lift the America's cup.
Mr. Keppel i a fleautlful and ac
complished woman who wield great
Influence in Ihe court of St. Jame. She
Is as courageous as she Is pretty, a
wa shown during the recent accident
on the royal yacht, when she and the
king almost lost their live by the fall
ing of a mast across the deck. She
displayed great coolness and did not
mint, a did some of the other women
on board.
National Secretary MaxwtU Hai Some
thing to Say on the Subject.
INTEREST AWAKENED BY DROUTH.
Much Csa Ba Dob la Jiebrwk Without
ioeruutatal latarvmtlM Burning
f thn ataatoa BolUr Mills Nlcl
laanous Nebraska Mactnra.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 28. George H.
Maxwell, secretary of the National Ir
rigation association, was in the city
on his way from Chicago to Denver,
where he is to attend the National For
estry congress which will be in ses
sion in that city.
Speaking of the progress of the sen
timent on the subject of irrigation
among people in the east, Mr. Max
well said:
"The drouth of the month of July
has increased the interest in the sub
ject of irrigation in all parts of the
country. I addressed the Missouri
State Press association a few weeks
ago when the drouth was at its worst.
Missouri up to this time has been
generally opposed to government ap
propriation for irrigating purposes, but
since that meeting I have noticed
that many of the influential papers
of the state are advocating the idea,
"I believe that much can be done
in Nebraska toward improving the
conditions existing without govern
mental Intervention. I recently wrote
for the Bee an article In which I fa
vored the plan of building pools and
damming the draws and ravine bo
that the rainfall could be stored. I
believe that if the state would offer
a small mounty for each acre of land
flooded by this mean it would be the
means of reclaiming from drouth a
large part of the farm lands of the
western part of the state. I was talk
ing to Henry Fox of Nelson on this
subject and he says that, leading from
the rivers in that part of the state,
the country around Nelson is too rough
for Irrigation, but that there is con
siderable land which might be Irri
gated from ravines and pools. He
also advanced . an idea which should
prove of advantage, and that Is where
a roadway is built over a ravine it
should, be built in the form of a dam,
with drainage pipes several feet above
the bottom of the ravine, so that they
would form a dam at little additional
expense, and thus create the storage
reservoirs when the road was being
built.
"At the meeting of the forestry con
gress I shall talk upon the subject of
'Irrigation and the Forests,' taking the
position ' that the government should
immediately begin the process of re
foresting large acreages In the west.
This can be done easily and it is the
generally accepted belief that forests
increase the rainfall, so that the gov
ernment could bo doing two admir
able things at one time."
! Hat Grant Cnrtlncmt.
HARRISON, Neb., Aug. 28. A de
cision of Importance to school teachers
of Nebraska was handed down by
District Judge Westover, who denied
the petition of Prof. George W. Mey
ers asking for a mandamus to compel
County. Superintendent Burke to issue
him a certificate. The force of the
decision is that the superintendent
uses hi dicretlon in granting certifi
cate and the court has no jurisdiction
under the petition.
, Braenlla'i Body Borl.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., Aug. 28. John
Denis of this city has received a sec
ond dispatch from his brother Edward,
who was in the Islander shipwreck,
August 15. off the coas of Douglas
island. The message was sent from
Seattle, and states that efforts to re
cover the body 'of Bracelln were suc
cessful and that Interment has been
made near Juneau, as It was not pos
sible at that time to ship the body.
Tlstvril ii Bunting Tklii.i
OGALALLA, Neb,, Aug. 29. Detec
tive Vlzzard of Omaha Is here In the
interest of the Union Pacific. Bridge
timbers and tics have been reported
stolen In large numbers. It Is reported
that some of the stolen property has
been located, and arrests will be
made.
Requisition for ilaaiti Toman.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 28.-Rqulsl-tion
paper were signed by the gover
nor for the return of James Toman
from Cedar Rapids, la., to Omaha,
where be Is to b tried on the charge
of assault with intent to kill.
Chart With BahMsllag.
BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 28. R. D.
Stover, former manager of the West
ern Unloa Telegraph company here,
wa brought back from Kanaa City,
where he had been arrested,1 charged
with embezzling $298 from th com
pany while acting as It agent. Sto
ver was turned over to Sheriff W al
dington and had hi hearing before
Judge Enlow, He was placed under
bonds of 00 t!) appear for trial Sep
tember 2,
AS TO IMi BART LEY PAROLE.
Got. Baraga State Conditions Cpon
Wblrh It W HhimI.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 2, 1901. As
more or less controversy has resulted
f.nm mr nntl.n in ,.., iit i n" o lir.ittit
parole to Joseph S. Hartley and as
I desire that the public may have
an Intelligent understanding of the at
tending circumstances, I will state
briefly the substance of the conditions
upon which such action Is based.
I was actuated in granting a parole,
limited to sixty days, because I had
knowledge that after Mr. Bartley's
retirement from office he maintained
that If given a year's time in which
to realize on his arrangements he
would be able to pay the state every
dolalr due it. The fact in a space of
about forty days after he surrendered
the office to his successor he paid in
over 1150,000, $20,000 of which was
paid on the day of his arrest, strength
ened both by bis statements, repeated
ly made to me, that he would pay back
every dollar of his shortage, and my
belief that if given an opportunity at
this time he would undertake to carry
out his promises, with tbe object in
view of relieving the taxpayers and
of removing this painful account from
the pages of the records after four
years of expensive litigation from
which not one cent has been recovered
from either the principal or bonds
men, I granted the parole with the un
derstanding on my part that he, Bart
ley, was to proceed to reimburse the
state and in addition was to render
an accounting of the funds lost in
banks from which he was unable to
recover, which materially reduces the
amount published by the newspapers
as having been misappropriated. Hun
dreds of people of various political
affiliations had petitioned me to grant,
not a parole, but a full and uncondi
tional pardon, and among the peti
tioners were many of our oldest and
most respected citizens, but I was un
able to justify in my own mind such
an act and granted a parole for sixty
days only, conditioned as above stat
ed. I have given Mr, Bartley an oppor
tunity to right the wrong and my ac
tion as regards the extension of fur
ther clemency in the premises shall
be conditioned solely upon his compli
ance with my requirements as herein
set forth.
(Signed.) EZRA V, SAVAGE,
Governor.
Tha OIlst Comrade.
HASTINGS, Neb.,! Sept. 2. One of
the men to be expected at every re
union is Comrade Henry Masterman,
who is said to be the oldest soldier in
the state and certainly the oldest upon
the camp grounds of Camp Law ton
last week. On the 8th of this month
he will have been chaplain of Farra
gut post No. 25 at Lincoln for twenty
two years. He was elected chaplain
at the organization of the post and
has held the position by unanimous
vote of the post ever since. He held
the office of department chaplain for
one term. He has officiated at the
funeral of 159 comrades. During the
civil war he enlisted in Company G,
Twenty-eighth Iowa infantry, and was
the oldest soldier in that regiment.
His son also enlisted in the same reg
iment and was the youngest soldier
in the regiment.
Boa; Manainri by Can.
TECUMSEH, Neb., Sept. 2. The
southbound Portland express train on
the Burlington route run into a drove
of hogs near Smartville. A number
of the animals were killed, their car
casses being ground into the machin
ery of the locomotive in such a man
ner that a half hour delay was oc
casioned at this point to give the
trainmen a change to extricate the
sausage.
Will Balsa a Uuoil Torn Crnp.
CALLAWAY, Neb., Sept. 2. Corn In
this locality Is way above the aver
age over the state, and a groat deal
better than was anticipated a few
weeks ago. One farmer, who a short
time ago gave up his corn crop, says
that the same field will, since the
late rains, yield from ten to twenty
five bushels to the acre. Similar re
ports come In daily from others.
Killed In Wlifeln of Thresher.
BLOOMFIELD, Neb., Sept. 2.
While working near a threshing ma
chine west of Bloomflcld Monday Wal
ter Clements was caught In the wheels
of the machine and terribly mangled.
His right arm was severed from the
body. He died soon after. Mr. Clem
ents was 30 years old. He was un
married. -
Civil War talarna I lead.
PLATT8MOUTH, Neb.. Sept. 2.
William Morrow, an old veteran, died
from the effects of a gunshot wound
received during the civil war. He
served with the Fifteenth Iowa regi
ment for three years, was a member
of one of the companies which acted
as a bodyguard for General Sheridan
nt the famous battle of Shlloh, and
took an active part In several other
noted conflicts, Me was wounded In
Ihe battle of Atlantic In 1807. '
Nebraska Republicans at Lincoln 3om
inate Him en Fifth Ballot
fIVE BALLOrS TO MAKE A CCOICf
Mr. Sadgwlek of Yrk Cent Will Lea!
tha Tlebat for So pram Jug Tke
Noailu for Kgnt af tha tnte
University.
For Supreme Judge
S. H. SEDGWICK, of York.
For Regents
II. R. GOOLD, of Ogallala.
C. J. ERNST, of Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Aug. 29. The republican
slate convention, held yesterday, plac
ed in nomination the: above ticket.
State Chairman Lindsay lowered tbe
gavel at 2:25 and the delegate came
to order promptly. The official call
was read by L. P. Uidden, acting as
sistant secretary, and Chairman Lind
say then Introduced Judge Baker, wbo
had been selected by the state com
mittee for temporary chairman of tbe
convention.
Judge Baker addressed the conven-
4 ; .. , i .1 nu. 1 . 1. -
delegates as submitted to Chairman
Lindsay were accepted as tbe accred
ited lists of delegates. L. P..Ludden.
John T. Mallalieu and W. S. Haller
cf Washington were elected assistant
secretaries. On motion of John C. F.
McKesson, Chief Justice Norval was
made permanent chairman.
Cu assuming the chair Judge Norval
raid: "I appreciate more than I can
explain the high compliment you have
paid me and I thank you for it from
the bottom of my heart. You do not
want me to make a speech; wbat.
you want is to nominate our candi
dates and formulate our platform. I
am personally acquainted with all of
the candidates now before this con
vention and I am confident that which
ever one you name will be elected.
I thank you again and ask your fur
ther pleasure,"
Chairman Norval announced the ap
pointment of th.' flowing for the res
olutions committee: J. C. F. McKejs
son of Lancaster, A. E. Cady of How
ard. E. Rosewater of Douglas, W. T.
Thompson of Merrick, Rosa Hammond
of Dodge, T. O. C. Harrison of Hall,
J. F. Presson of Seward, Francis Mar
tin of Richardson and C. B. Lutton cf
Jefferson.
On motion of N. D. Jackson of Ne
ligh the convention proceeded to vote
formally for a nominee for supreme
judge. The first ballot disclosed five
candidates Barnes, Calkins, Davidson,
Keysor and Sedgwick. The result of
the first ballot was: Davidson, 352;
Keysor, 301; Barnes, 243; Sedgwick,
206; Calkins, 171. Necessary for a
choice, 640. Judge Dickinson, not
withstanding his withdraway, received
four votes, these coming from Adams
county.
The second ballot also failed to nom
inate, the vote being: Davidson, 387;
Keysor, 312; Barnes, 221; Sedgwick,
196; Calkins, 148. On this ballot Da
vidson gained thirty-five votes and
Keysor increased his strength by elev
en votes. Sedgwick lost ten votes.
Calkins twenty-three and Barnes twenty-two.
On the third ballot Madison coun
from Barnes to Sedwick. Boone coun
ty's twenty-two votes were cnaugHi
ty also transferred eighteen votes
from Barnes to Sedgwick. Antelope
and Dodge made similar changes. Tbe
vote was: Keysor, 408; Davidson, 403;
Sedgwick, 329; Calkins, 124; Barnes.
14. Necessary ror a choice, 640.
On the firth ballot Judge Sedg
wick was nominated.
Judge Sedgwick addressed the con
vention as follows: "The court of last
resort is of high importance In a free
state. It is independent of either
branch of government. No man is
too capable for such a position. No
one could hope or expect to perform
the duties of judge of the supreme
court perfectly. If the people of this
state ratify your action I will certainly
appreciate the responsibility of the po
sition and do all that I can to justify
you In nominating me. Gentlemen
of this convention, I sincerely thank
you for the high compliment of thin
nomination."
The roll was then called for two re
gents of the University of Nebraska,
resulting as follow: F. L. Goold,
Ogallala, 1,130; C. J. Ernst, Lincoln,
1,027; Rising, Ainswortb, 605. Brnat
and Goold were declared elected.
J. C. F. McKesson, chairman, re
ported for the platform committee, aad
after debate the resolution were adop
ted by a vote of 99 to 168.
Fusbm Bt War Oaaartmant.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Director
General Fosr.ss, In charge of the Dis
part men t of Posts In Cuba, was at tbe
War department today. He stated
that It waa exepected " the trial of
Charles W. Neeley, charged with tbe
misappropriation of Cuban postal
funds, would begin at Havana aboat
October 1. Mr. Foane I here on a
vacation, but Is consulting wltb ib
authorities on affairs pertaining fcj
tk postofflce department f OntML.