Leopold9 s Queen
May Also Come.
Now that King Leopold has an
nounced authoritatively that he is
coming to this country and has told
his burgomaster to prepare for his de
parture interest centers in the queen
of Belgium. Will she come also?
There is something about a visiting
monarch that is unsatisfactory at best.
Do what you will and entertain him
as you may, he lacks something of
interest and certainly of grandeur un
less he can show by his side his queen
with her coronet upon her brow.
The tiara worn by the duchess of
Cornwall and York at her receptions
in Canada is so brilliant that it makes
the eyes of the women blind with te irs
of envy, while the duke himself is
quite commonplace in a long coat and
white waistcoat. So will Belgium's
king lack lustPr unless he can bring
with him the queen.
Queen Marie Henriett is onJ of the
handsomest monarehs of Europe. By
no means a young woman, she retains
her figure and some degree of youth,
in her face. Like Queen Alexandra,
she has defied the ravages of time and
comes forth now on public occasions
in much beauty. Her health is imfor- j
tunatoly poor and, as she is a bad j
sailor, it is highly probnble that she j
will beg off from accompanying her !
husband on his trip.
The queen was once an Austrian
princess, living in the atmosphere that :
is so different from that of Belgium.
For many years she longed for her na
tive land and was quite uncomfortable
among the Belgians. But after a time
this wore away and she Is now well
beloved and loving.
It is not in her own land alone that
the queen of Belgium is known. She
has figured prominently before the
public as the mother of Stephanie,
who married Rudolph of Austria.
When Rudolph died Stephanie lived !
alone with her daughter Elizabeth, but
emerged from her retirement to wed j
the Count Lonyoi. Stephanie was I
known as the loveliest royal woman,
the Image of her mother, when the lat- j
ter was married to the king of Bel
gium.
MARIE HENRIETTE, QUEEN OF BELGIUM.
King Leopold is a very interesting
monarch. In matters that advance a
country, contributing to its benefit, he
is supreme; and, during his reign, Bel
gium has made great progress, spe
cially along industrial lines. It is to
still further benefit his own land that
Leopold visits America, for he comes
principally to study our factories and
our commercial interests with a view
to introducing now methods in the old
world.
The king has always enjoyed an oc
casional holiday in Paris and while
: there is known as a very jolly good
| fellow.
M - - - — — J ^ a J. a JB3I ■»»»■
| Li Hung Chang's Distinguished Successor \
* uau itai, wuu 5UCL JUS I.*! filing
Chang, as viceroy of Cnee-Lee, is the
best appointment that could have been
made from all China, according to Mr.
Roekhill, the special commissioner of
the United States to Pekin. He was
minister to Corea.
As governor of Shan-Tung he show
ed surprising ability in tranquilizing
that dangerous province, while his gilt
for diplomacy was exercised fully in
preventing friction between the turbu
lent population of the peninsula and
the Germans when the latter were
steadily encroaching from their origi
nal holding at Kiao-Chow on the
north coast.
Wang Wen Shao, who is made depu
ty viceroy of Chee-Lee, is also a man
irwwmjawiwijumw■wyw.vimnjrgwrn* ■». 'wji1"
tessmn of interest as revealing the ad
miration which this country’s commer
cial carter has excited in Europe. Ap
parently all the strongest of Europe's j
commercial powers are coming to |
school in thi3 country. The visit of
j English railroad men to study the ef
; ficient operation of American railways
j is a nice tribute. A representative
I commercial agent of Germany, who
: does not stand for his government but
is in close touch with it. is now in the
country to make a study of industrial
and reciprocal tariff relations.
Now the French come with an ad
mission that engineering students can
i find a better field of research titan hi
Germany, England, or Belgium, where
| they have been sent hitherto. The
YUAN SHI KAI, NEW VICEROY OF CIIEE LEE.
of marked ability, fortunately l,e
always has been friendly to foreign
ideas and is not a reactionist. Me was
one of the grand secretaries of state
and is at present one of the two minis
ters appointed to form the new Chi
nese foreign office which will replace
the tsung-ll-ynmen.
Europe ('<11111*4 Here to I.e»rn.
The announcement that a technical '
institute will be established in this j
country, probably in Chicago, under
. the direction of the Minister of Com
merce of France, to give French stu
dents an opportunity to study Ameri
can Industrial methods, is anothei con
technical schools of France itself are
no mean places. For an architect to
have had a thorough course of study in
Paris is a high recommendation. Jn
the high-grade technical schools of
this country the courses are rigorous,
but graduates are almost inorr.liy cer
tain to find excellent opportunities not
only open but waiting eagerly for them
on their completion of the school
work.
Our Annual lirr IVattt,
In the year 1900 79,249 reported fires
in the United States burned 109,092
pieces of property and caused a loss
of $160,920,805. These and other facts
of our enormous annual (Ire waste are
dearly set forth by Arthur E. Harrell
in the current Leslie’s Weekly. They
show a condition of ignorance and neg
ligtnce which certainly speaks ill for
the intelligence and prudence of the
American people.
Defective flues, overheated stoves,
faulty machinery, and similar products
of ignorance caused 23.13 per cent of
the fires. Careless handling of matches,
lamps, cigars, hot ashes, etc., caused
23.So per cent more. Crime and mis
chief are known to have caused 8.52
per cent. They are conservatively es
timated to have caused at least, one
half the Ares of “unknown” origin,
which resulted in 21.15 per cent of the
total loss. "Spontaneous combustion”
caused 4.25 per cent.
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A TRADE QUID PRO QUO.
According to Washington dispatches
Great Britain has made generous con
cessions in the matter of the isthmian
canal and manifested a eompiaint dis
position as to the Alaskan boundary.
“This generosity, however,” says the
dispatches, “may not lie entirely un
selfish. for Ambassador Choate has in
timated that there is to be a quid pro
quo” in the shape of reciprocity be
tween the United .States and Canada.
If Ambassador Choate has intimated
this he has intimated something which
is not creditable to the intelligence of
those who manage our diplomacy and
shape our national policy.
The implication is that we are to
make some great concession in the
matter of trade with Canada in return
for British generosity in letting us out
of the obligations of the Clayton-Bul
vver treaty.
It is not to be supposed for a moment
that Mr. Choate has assumed the re
sponsibility of saying to the represen
tatives of the British government thal
in negotiating a treaty of reciprocity
with Canada we are going to give the
Canadians any unfair advantage in
trade, it is to be assumemd that in
the matter of trade “concessions” we
will exact as much as we give in re
turn.
PER CAPITA CIRCULATION.
According to the treasury statement
the amount of money in circulation in
the United States on Nov. 1 was $2,24G.
200.542. On an estimated population 01
78.211,000 this was equal to $2*12 pet
capita, which is the highest point the
circulation has ever reached.
This circulation consists of the fol
lowing kinds of money, all as good as
gold:
Gold coin .$633,858,471
Gold certificates . 281,678,659
Silver certificates . 441,810,337
Standard silver dollars. 73,113,520
Subsidiary silver . 83,999,351
Treasury notes of 1890. 41,384,614
United States notes .338,781,028
National bank notes . 351,674,562
It Is a noteworthy fact that the
money in circulation Nov. 1, 1901, was
5107.119,130 greater than one year ago,
despite the fact that there was a re
duction of over $24,000,000 of treasury
notes of 1890 outstanding. The chief
Increase was in gold and silver certifi
cates and national bank notes.
MAY UST LAW'S IfOALITY.
Dig lit to 8ell Hut tprint* Questioned nt
I'reuiont.
FREMONT, Neb., Nov. 18.—An inter
csting question has been raised by a
Fremont, groc. ryman ia regard to the
?ale of butterine. State Food Commis
sioner S. C. Bassett of Gibbon was in
tho city and took the groceryman to
task for disposing of thnt article with
out a state license. The latter imme
diately produced a federal license and
a verted that be was carrying on his
business under that in a manner ac
cording to law. Food Commissioner
Has sett told the dealer that he would 1
havo to take out a license under the !
state laws also or be amenable to the
penalties. The groceryman said that
no would do so providing Armour’s
ind Cudahy's packing plants a*
Omaha were also required to obey the
law.
The chief difference between the fed
eral and state pure food laws is that
the former permits the sale of colored
butterine when properly labeled, while
tlio latter prohibits it altogether. The
local dealer denies that he has ever
sold butterine instead of butter, but de
clarer. his business is entirely open and
above board. If people call for butter
they get it, while if they desire the
butterine at the cheaper price he Bell3
it to them.
AS TO NAUONAL ItOibLATiON
Mca«ure* that Senator Dietrich of Ne
braska Will 1'iifth.
OMAHA, Nov. 18.—On matters of na
tion;!! legislation Senator Dietrich pro
poses to push a bill making the carna
tion the national flower. “The carna
tion is a mighty fine flower,” he said,
•'vari-colored and ornamental and a fa
vorite in all sections. To make it the
national emblem will be a fitting trib
ute to the martyred president, William
Kinley, whose favorite flower it
W C 3.”
The senator will also lend his aid
to the project of western irrigation un
der the direction of the federal gov
ernment. “I believe at this session,”
he said, ‘‘we can make at least a start
along the line of leasing government
lands and applying the proceeds to the
construction of irrigation reservoirs.”
OMAHA FEDERAL BLHLDINO.
Vermilion Asked to 1’roceecl With Ils
('onstriietii D.
OMAHA. Neb., Nov. IS.—Superin
tendent of Construction Murdock of
the Omaha federal building has writ
ten to the supervising architect at
Washington for permission to resume
work on the annex of that building
pending a settlement of the negotla- j
tions now in progress between that ^
office and Senator .Millard regarding j
the change in the plans which the
senator suggested some time ago. At
the present time a few men are em
ployed in straightening up work which
was begun some time ago, but the
superintendent is of the opinion that
a full force can be worked upon the
north and south wings on work which
must lie done, the completion of
which will not interfere with the con
struction of the western corridor upon
any plan which may lie adopted.
(election (expense*.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 18.—A num
ber of election expense statements
were filed with the secretary of state.
Conrad Hollenbeck, defeated candi
date for the office of supreme judge,
admits that he is out. $10(1, having do
nated voluntarily $50 to the demo
cratic state committee and an equal
amount to the populist committee. E.
C. Calkins, successful candidate for
regent, went back $3, which he gave
to the local campaign committee.
Eleventh judicial district, spent $9fi.50
for the honors of the office.
Tems Cowboy'* Endurance.
ALLIANCE, Neb., Nov. 18— E(1
Loomis, an employe of the Spade
ranch, was brought to an Alliance
hospital nearly dead. He had been
thrown from a horse, both bones of
one of his legs being broken, and was
so exposed to the cold that when found
he was too exhausted to speak. He
had crawled four miles.
To Tap the River.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. IS.—John Mc
Donald of Benlileman has filed an ap
plication with the secretary of the
state board of irrigation asking that
he be allowed to tap the south fork
of the Republican rl\;er in order to
secure water for a ditch two miles
long, to run on to his farm.
Sixty New Cell*.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 18.—The State
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
will meet here soon to award a con
tract for sixty new cells at the state
penitentiary.
Suffrage* Elect Officer*.
LINCOLN, Nel>., Nov. 18.—At the
session of the convention of suffragists
the following officers were elected:
Mrs. Clara A. Young of Broken Bow
was re-elected president; Mrs. Aman
da Marble of Table Rock was again
chosen vice president. The associa
tion re-elected Miss Nelly Taylor of
Mrs. Ida L. Denny of Lincoln record
ing secretary. Mrs. J. A. Dempster of
O'tnaha was the successful candidate
for treasurer.
T
MAY RAISE PREMIUM RATI
State Official* seek a Method to Invent
More Sa'liool Fund*.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 13.—The
scarcity of securities of the kind avail
able under the law for the invest
ment of the permanent educational
funds of the state hno caused the
ytate Board of Educational Lands and
Funds to consider raising the usual
premium rate which has been paid by
Treasurer Stuefer. State warrants,
which draw interest at the rate of
5 per cent, are being bought for the
permanent fund at a premium of one
half of 1 per cent and the premium
usually paid for county bonds is of
a size that will leave the state a rev
enue of at least 3 per cent. These
rates are governed largely by competi
tion. There are innumerable bidders
for both state warrants and county
bonds and oftentimes the state loses a
big bunch of securities through the
higher bidding of outside persons.
Former Treasurer Meserve frequently
paid as high as 1 per cent for state
warrants and when the rate of in
terest was 5 per cent the premium
sometimes was 2 per cent.
THE LAND LEASING TOIR.
Everywhere Th«*r«* Is Good Denmml ami
the Itldillns: Spirited.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 16.—Land
Commissioner Fullmer and Deputy
Eaton have returned from their sec
ond land leasing tour in southern Ne
braska ana next week they will be
gin the holding of auctions in ihe
northwestern part of the state.
"We have held auctions in nearly all
counties in the two southern tiers west
of Clay and Nuckolls counties and
have leased approximately 25,000 acres
of land," said Mr. Eaton. "Every
where there has been a good demand
and the bidding has gone consider
ably higher than we expected. The
farmers in the territory we have vis
ited are well satisfied with the pros
pects and are enlarging their farms
wherever they can Snd vacant land
conveniently situated. The bonuses
offered vary in different sections, but
are unusually high considering the lo
cal crop damage of the last summer.
Next Monday we begin the leasing of
land in the extreme western and
northern part of the state and from
there we will work eastward into the
Elkhorn valley country.”
NEBRASKA’S BlTFALO EXHIBIT
A Handsome lialuuce After All Expenses
Are Paid.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Nov. 1C.—"There
will he a balance of approximately
$2,000 left in the treasury after all
expenses of our exhibit at Buffalo arc
paid.” said E. L. Vance. Nebraska
commissioner in charge of the state's
exhibit at the Pan-American exposi
tion. Mr. Vance was in Lincoln dos
ing up the affairs of the commission,
preparatory to paying the last of the
bills outstanding.
"I canit give exact figures, but I
believe the total expenses of the corn
mission and exhibit, including salar
ies, will not be over $8,000. We have
< ouducted our work economically and
are confident that we gave the best
possible display for the amount ex
pended. Aside from a few of the
showcases, practically all of the ex
hibit was disposed of at Buffalo.”
So«l iind laojj School House*.
LINCOLN, Neb.’ Nov. Id.—The at
tention of Superintendent Fowler was
celled to an article which recentlj
appeared in an Omaha newspaper and
which was said to be a description of
the only log school house in Nebraska.
This structure, according to the story,
is on Bellevue island, hut will soon
he torn away to make room for a
more pretentions building. In a vol
ume soon to he issued Mr. Fowler will
describe 112 other log school houses
In this state and 505 in the same
territory that are made of sod.
ISiir^lurn Invade Cornel.
COZAD, Neb., Nov. 16.—Thrpe rob
beries took place here. The general
store of Banks & Eoff was broken
into and about $500 worth of goods
taken, consisting of overcoats and
clothing. The meat market of H.
Burnts was also looted and consider
able meat and provisions taken, also
the flour and feed store of J. H. Dar
ner was entered and some flour and
potatoes taken.
State Kank of Nrmnlm.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 16.—Secre
tary Royse has issued a charter to
the State bank of Nemaha, Nemaha
county. It is capitalized for $5,000
and the incorporators are: William
Campbell. Frederick E. Allen and El
mer E. Allen.
Cuttle Interest In Dawson County.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 16.—“We nev
er had so many cattle In Dawson
county as at the present time," said
Senator Owens to a reporter. “Stock
is being shipped In for the winter
| and the shipments to market are very
\ light. We have an abundance ot
rough feed in Dawson county and are
j able to take care of lots of stock that
I canot be wintered in other places,
j Alfalfa and buffalo grass produced
' good crops.
i
I
TUT l!Vf STOCK WARKfT.
Latest Quotations From tooth Omaho T
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cnttlo—Cattle rcelpts continued Whet tt.
making the receipts for the week to unto
compare favorably with last week, anti
also with the same period of Inst year.
Tho demand for the letter grades »’is
active, so that th" market was br:-k
and no important changes in prices were
noted. There were about twenty-five ears
of corn-fed steers in the yards, and the
quality of the offerings ns a whole was
good. Receipts Included about fifty cars
of cows and heifers. The demand was a
little more active on the In ter grades
than It was yesterday and the market
could be quoted steady. Bulls, vent
ealves and -tag* sold without material
change from yesterday's quotatl ms.
There were not many desirable grades
of Stockers and feeders on sale, so that
anything answering to that description
was picked up In go.xl season at steady
prices. The demand for the common kinds
was limited, the same as It has be^n for
somo time past, and sellers bad consld
! erable difficulty in disposing of that doss
of cattle. There was an active demand
for western range beef steers and as a
result the fifteen cars offered sold at
good strorg mice*
Hogs— Receipts of hogs were fairly lib
eral. making the supply for the four
days of this week considerably In excess
of both the corresponding days of last
week and the same days of lnct year.
The market at this point opened up in
good season, with prices a good nickel
! higher thin yesterday's average market,
l As the morning advanced tit* market took
oil more life and prlt-s grew stronger at
j a rapid rate. At the close an advance
I of 71 .tf/IOc over yesterday's average was
' noted. The early sales wi *'■ mc-cly at
j J5.it?;. Rater on the bulk sold at $3.67,i
I and on the close $.7.67'/ an l $5.70 were the
jKioulnr prices.
Sheep—1There were quite a few sheep '»
j and lambs on sale, but nearly everything
1 offered was feeders. There were a few
I ears, however, of native corn-feds, which
1 sold at good, steady prices. Packers seem
to Is artcious for supplies here, but they
claim that prices are too high In com
parison with other prints. The feeder
market was not very brisk, as the num
ber of buyers was rather limited. Somn
of the better grades soli at just about
steady prices, but aside from those the
market was dull and weak. Old ewes hi
particular are hard to move, and prices
are now considerably lower than they
I have been in some time past.
KAN PAS CITY. .. . .'
Cattle—Corn-fed steers opened 10c hlgh
! er and closed steady; Texans, 10c higher;
gthers. steady; choice export and dress-d
| beef steers. 5S.70tfMi.25: fair to good. $4.30tfi
j 5.61); stackers and feeders. #2.30tfM.25; west
' ern f' d steers. *4. IOtfti.50; western range
steer.- $3.25tft 1.50; Texas ami Indian steers.
T it . T. ::«* cows. S2.uKi2.lir>: native
cow's, $2.50tfi 1.25; heifers, $1,251)5,33; can
nors. $1,301/2.40; bulls, *2.2.>fi3.S'Q; calves.
$::.<irir:..25. *
Hogs—Heavy. 3c higher; light and pics.
3o lower: top. $5.l»3; bulk of sales, $5.3 *9
5.S5; heavy, $3>3tfi5.9.5; mixed packers, $5.33
1. 3.: light. $4.Mtf(",v‘l; nigs. $1.25tfi4.73.
Rbf-r-p and La miss—Market strong to
10? higher; native lambs, $1,001(4.60; west
ern lambs. $3,731/ t.J); native wethers. $:>.26
ii'J.CO; western wethers. $j! 631(3.33; year
lings, $3.23''/3.80; ewes, $2.3u'd3.23; cul.s,
$1.30^3.25.
NO PROMISE TO BRIGANDS
l'nlteri Ha* Not Guarantee#! Them
Immunity From runinliment.
WASHINGTON. Nov. in.—It is said
at the state department that no au
thorization has been sent Consul Gen
eral Dickinson to promise exemption ^
from punishment of the brigands who ^
kidnaped Miss Stone, as one of the
conditions of her ransom. in fact,
our government has not authorized
any promise whatever to he made
that would bind its hands In dealing
with the subject in the future, or that
would prevent it either from insist
ing on the punishment of the brigands
or from lodging a demand for full in
demnity for the money which may he
paid over as ransom for Miss Stone.
There is no disposition to disavow
any of Mr. Frick in son’s acts, hut the
officials here are confident that lie
has not compromised the case. Be
cause of his diplomatic rank it is left
to Mr. Spencer Eddy, United States
charge at Constantinople, to make any
necessary representations of a diplo
matic character, and that he is exer
cising his functions in that direction
is exhibited in the dlv-mtches publish
ed today disclosing the character of
the representations he has been
making to the Bulgarian agents at
Constantinople.
NEELEY IS SQUIRMING
Audit-mill Itcrominend* Scntciice lo Cur
bun 1’uHt il Fraud Case*. ^ .
HAVANA, Nov. 16.—The defendants
in the Havana postofflce fraud cases
have been granted an extension of ten
days in which to file their answers
to the charges of the fiscal.
A dispatch to the Associated Press
from Havana said that the indict
ments in these casees sent by the au
dieneia implicated Rathbone jointly
with Neeley and Reeves in defraud
ing the government and recommended
that each of the accused men be fined
$130,000 and that ltathhonc be sen
tenced to twenty-five years, Neeley to
twenty-five years and six months and
Ref ve3 to twenty-four years and six
months’ imprisonment.
_
Territories Send it I.obbv.
MUSKOGEE, I. T., Nov. 16._Six
delegates to Washington, who are to
remain in that city during the present
session of congress and work in be
half of statehood for Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, were appointed as a
result of the statehood convention just
held here. Oklahoma elected ex-Gov
eruor Barnes, Charles F. Barrett and
Thomas H. Doyle, and Indian Terri
toi> decided upon three prominent
men who will undertake to act. V