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: : Wonderful Career : :
Pl of Cecil Rhodes f
In 1871 a young Oxford undergradu
ate, broken In health by consump
tion, left England In charge of hU
brother, with the despairing hope that
in the highlands of Natal his life
would be prolonged.
Two years later he had been re
stored to health. He had laid the
foundation Of a meteoric career that
has won for England the south half
of the African continent and gained a
unique place in the history of the
British empire.
Romance has been outclassed by the
life of Cecil Rhodes. There was no
project too great for his ambition and
he firmly believed in the maxim that
“a man can get anything he wants, if
he only wants it enough. The great
struggle now going on in Soutn Africa
is the direct outcome of his gigantic j
plans for the overthrow of all control
save that of England, and the weld
ing together of the inhabitants under
the Union Jack. He lived to see the
vision almost realized.
One of the most gigantic railway
schemes ever thought of was the i
Cape to Cairo railway, which Mr.
Rhodes determined to construct. HU
wonderful powers were exerted on
Kaiser William of Germany, who, i
after a conference with him, gave per
mission to build the road over a part
of the German possessions in Afrlcx.
No other opposition of importance has
been met. The road is projected to j
run through the interior of the conti
nent.
Rivers must be leaped, swamps
drained, morasses made solid, and
mountains bored through. Hostile j
tribes and deadly climates have to be |
Cecil Illioden.
overcome. Rhodes estimated that
50.000 lives would be sacrificed in the
construction. It would require an
army of 500.000 workers. Rhodes’
transcontinental telegraph line is even
now being built.
Mr. Rhodes was born July 7. 1853.
He wras one of seven brothers. His
father was a country parson. Rev.
Francis William Rhodes, at one time
vicar of Bishop Stortford. Hertz.
The man who controlled the des
tinies of Africa and who has been
called the most active man in the
world, never had time to get married.
For all that he was a highly polished
man and shone in woman's society, it
may be that with a wife his gigantic
plans would have sunk to the cares of
the family man and the course of his
tory might have been changed by so
slight a cause.
When the two brothers arrived in
Natal they first went on a cotton plan
tation. Then the rush to the diamond
fields of Colesburg kopje, now known
as Kimberley, began, and the young
men went to the mines and laid out
claims.
As a miner young Rhodes swung the
pick and dabbled in the blue mud
for diamonds. In a surprising short
time he won health and fortune, too.
With health and strength the ideas
of the dreamer became widened.
Wealth to him was but a means by
which to rise to higher things. But
it was absolutely necessary.
He secured a majority of the stock
of the great De Beers mine, with Its
$1,000,000 capital. Other properties
were secured until at last every mine
In the Kimberley district was united
in the De Beers Consolidated, with a
capital of $20,000,000 and a revenue
that has been phenomenal.
The English government had not
been called Into his plans thus far.
Meantime Rhodes was establishing his
political Influence at Cape Colony. He
secured the complete confidence of Sir
Hercules Robinson, the governor. He
impressed him with the boundless
prospects ahead in the settlement of
Africa.
The race for Matabeleland began
and Horn Paul Kruger was defeated
in it by Rhodes,
His soldiers streamed through Be
chuannland and Mashona^nd. He
found Mashonaland harried by the
Matabeles and sent a machine gun ex
pedition against them.
This resulted in thousands of dead
savages and the absorption of Mata
beleland. The Maahonu people were
left to till the soil in peace.
Finally the dominion of his com
pany. which is the dominion of
Rhodes, extended all over • Rhodesia."
He had kicked out the Portuguese an 1
shot out the natives, and his empire
was safe. In this aggression ht was
backed by the Cape Colony govern
ment. because it believed that he in
tended to make of Cape Town the po
litical and commercial center of the
“United States of South Africa."
Germans, Boers and Portuguese were
claiming the country. Mr. Rhodes be
lieved that the domination of an oli
garchy of Dutchmen who resisted nat
ural expansion was doomed, latter on
he acted.
In 1S00 Mr. Rhodes became premier
of Cape Colony, which office he held
for five years. Under his rule German
ambition and designs had been baf
fled by him single-handed and a vast
territory gained for his native land.
The iron rule of the Dutch premier in
the Transvaal bore heavily on the Eng
lish settlers. Rhodes became their
champion.
That he was connected with the
Jameson raid into the territory of the
Boers is no longer doubted. Its failure
gave the Boers the opportunity to pre
pare for a struggle with the English
when it should be backed by the gov
ernment.
Rhodes never expressed regret for
the attempt.
He declared that he had proof that
the Pretoria government had been in
triguing with Germany.
While the Boer war was raging Mr.
Rhodes was shut up in Kimberly,
while the Boers besieged the place. It
is said that if they had captured him
a ransom of $10,000,000 would have
been demanded, in case his life was
not declared forfeited.
A reward of £5,000 was offered for
his body, dead or alive. To the Orange
Free State ofhcials and the Transvaal
ers his personality and ambitions were
hateful to the last degree. Mr. Rhodes’
escape is well known.
An Englishman wrote of Rhodes:
"He has the face of a Caesar, the am
bition of a iyoyola, and tee wealth of
a Croesus.” As to his ambition and
wealth there can be no doubt. Rhodes
had the scholar's brow and the steely
blue eyes and thin lips of the man of
indomitable will.
Like all successful men he battered
down opposition and forced his ideas
on those by whom he was surrounded.
Those ideas, however, were not nar
rowed to self, but. as broad in their
scope as national British aspirations.
If England ever succeeds in planting a
second America on the soil of Asia she
will owe that treasure to the fact that
the young Oxford graduate was driven
from home by the ravages of dread
consumption. His subsequent adven
tures will ultimately become fabulous.
The “IIop Congress.••
Those bright youngsters who serve
as pages in the house of representa
tives at Washington have formed -what
they call the "hep congress.” They
call it so because the members put in
their time during the sessions of the
real house hopping around from desk
to d»ek on errands for the legislators.
Tile "hop congress" assembles at 9:30
•o’clock in the morning, before the
genuine members are at their desks,
and its deliberations are carried on
with as much dignity and precision as
is the real thing which assembles at
noon. Page .1. H. Hollingsworth of
New York is the speaker of the minia
ture congress and he dispenses his
rulings from the chair which Speaker
Henderson occupies later in the day.
He emphasizes his remarks by pound
ing the same marble slab that Speak
er Henderson pounds. Mr. Payne’s
desk is occupied by the chairman of
the junior ways and means commit
tee and Mr. Dalzell's by the leader
of the committee on rules. The pages
have a sergeant-at-arms and a clerk
of the house and recently legislation
reached such a stage that it was
found imperative to have a Major
Pruden to deliver messages from the
president.
CECIL RHODES’ HOME.
Front of Groote Sclinnr, Rondeboaeh. Near Cape Town.
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
MONUMENT TO BARON KETTELER.
Honor Anitrtlod to th* Orrman MlnUter
Killed at Pekin.
The Baroness Von Ketteler, formerly
of Detroit and widow of the German
minister killed at Pekin, has invited
several friends to attend the unveiling
of the monument to her husband in
Berlin. The baroness has personally
‘ V { H
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>!ar»nena Von Ketteler.
superintended the erection of the
shaft.
The marriage of Miss Ledyard to
Baron Von Ketteler on Feb. 24, 1897.
was one of the greatest social events
in the history of Detroit Owing tc
the fact that the baron was a Catholic
a special dispensation from the pope
was nee'essary, after which the wed*
ding was solemnized.
Cranberry Growing.
Cranberry growers of the United
States had to their credit last year a
crop of 1.000,000 bushels. Of the varied
industiies that have shown unusual
results there are none with a more
notable record, for the crop of 1900 was
569,000 bushels. These facts nipan that
the owners of the cranberry bogs will
have received, when the crop is fully
marketed, marly $1,700,000. Cranberry
raising is an industry which, despite
the popularity of the fruit, has com
manded small attention from others
than those directly interested. Capital
is an absolute necessity to engage in
it successfully, as a productive bog
costs from $300 to $500 an acre to
bring to a state of profitable bearing.
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PLANS WHITE HOUSE FUNCTIONS,
Major McCawley Hiui Charge of State
and Social Kntertninmenti.
i Major Charles L. McCawley, who has
1 been specially detailed to arrange and
superintend state and social entertain
ments at the white liotfse, is planning
some elaborate functions for the sea
' son.
Major McCawley first leaped into
fame by leading Miss Alice Roosevelt
\\v
Sltijor Ulcftwlejr. ^
out to dance at the ball at which she
made her debut.
This uonor has fallen to him also at
each subsequent entertainment of the
kind.
Trust In Fancy Ilnrsna.
Few of the wealthy members of
trusts who are buying high-class
horses at Lexington, Ky., are aware
that a trust controls the blue grass
horse market.
The business runs into the millions
of dollars. a3 from 7,000 to 8,000 horses
are sold annually by the trust, which
is composed of about twenty leading
fancy horse dealers, with headquarters
near Lexington. They have agents in
all parts of the country buying young
horses, which are shipped to Kentucky
and handled until ready for sale.
Each week a car load of fancy horses
Is shipped to New York and Chicago
and many to Atlanta, Ga.
Dwarfs In French Draft.
The dwarfs as well as the giants are
caught in the net of French compul
sory military service, and the last con
scription ha3 brought out a recnlt of
very diminutive size, his name is
Francois Finas, he comes from Mont
median, his height is 3 feet 3 inches,
he weighs only t stone 3 pounds, he
cannot carry a Hag or keep step with
his comrades, but trots after them as
they march through the town. It re
mains to he seen whether the medical
officers will reject this warrior as un
fit.
TAXING RAILROAD PROPERTY,
Ctate 3oard of Equalization Ready for
Assessments.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Ai>rl! 7.—The State
Ecard of Equalization will meet nest
month to make the annual as.essmor.t
of railroad, telegraph anil telephone
property for purposes of taxation.
The law requires the work to be com
pleted on or before May 15. or as
soon thereafter as a majority of the
board shall have made and determin
ed the valuation of the property of
the various companies.
Several reports on valuations have
already been received at the auditor's
office., but with one exception they
show no material change from the fig
ures of last year. The St. Joseph &
Grand Island railroad was assessed
last year on a valuation of $583,485,
wrile this year the valuation, us re
turned by the company, is $-145,190.
It is shown by the report that only
a portion of the rolling stock of the
company is included in the list of tax
able property, the stock being divided
as to Nebraska in proportion to the
mileage within the state. Last year
all of the rolling stock was assessed
by the board .
The Kansas City & Omaha railroad
shows a decrease in total valuation
since last year from $503,480 to $502,
205. The Pullman company values its
standard sleeping cars at $104,122.43
and its tourist cars at $8,028. Last
year the standard cars were assessed
at a valuation of $99,041.53, and the
tourist cars at $7,621.49.
THE RHEA MURDER CASE.
A Grave Question Comes Up for Con
sideration.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 7.—The ar
tion of the supreme court on Rhea’s
motion for a rehearing lias left open
for dispute the grave question of
whether or not a man committing mur
der during the perpetration of a rob
bery can be convicted of murder in
the first degree. Rhea, with other
men, entered a saloon in Snyder, Neb.,
and demanded all persons therein to
throw up their hands. One of the
trio then rifled the cash register of
its contents and during the commis
sion of the robbery Rhea shot and
killed Herman Zahn, the keeper of
the place. A third man remained on
the sidewalk In front of the saloon
and participated in the robbery by
preventing the bartender from escap
ing through the window. The evi
dence, it was maintained by the
state’s attorneys, showed conclusively
that robbery was intended.
The statute under which Rhead was
convicted and sentenced to he exe
cuted was severely questioned as to
the provision which was held by the
attorneys for the state to provide for
conviction in the first degree where it
was shown that the murder was com
mitted during the commission of a
robbery. The contention was support
ed by Judges Sullivan and Holcomb.
In a memorandum filed by Judge
Sedgwick the opposite position is tak
en. The expression of Judge Sedg
wick will be one of the grounds upon
which the plea for executive clem
ency will he made.
Boy Loses a Leg.
FULLERTON, Neb., April 7.—
Rush Ford, a son of J. H. Ford of this
city, while hunting with a companion,
Clyde Reynolds, was accidentally
shot by the latter in the leg. The
wound is of such a nature as to ne
cessitate amputation of the leg below
the knee.
Beet Sugar Factory Astir.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April 7—It
is announced that the Grand Island
factory of the American Beet Sugar
company will be operated this year
and that new' machinery for the ex
traction of sugar from syrups will he
added to the plant during the sum
mer.
Winter Wheat Outlook.
ASHTON, Neb., April 7 —Winter
wheat looks tine. A large acreage
was planted last fall. Very little
spring wheat has been sown this
spring. Farmers are now busy sow
ing oats.
Old People Wed.
GRENVILLE, Neb., April 7.—The
event of the season occurred here
when Harm R. Schmidt, aged 76 years,
and Mrs. VVubke Steenblock, aged 72
years, were united in marriage. The
grandson of the groom drove the team
which took them to Clay Center,
where they were made one. the groom
not feeling able to control a livery
team because of his age. Judge I’al
mer tied the knot and the old people
were warmly congratulated.
Shooti Himself in the Head.
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., April 7 —
Alex Henderson, who recently came
here from Omaha to work in the Un
ion Pacific blacksmith shop, killed
himself by shooting himself in the
head with a revolver. He was suffer
ing from some trouble which caused
him extreme pain in the head, and at
times made him blind, and it it
thought he committed the rash act
while temporarily insane from the ef
fects of his malady.
SMAU1P0X IN THE STATE.
Number of Saaes In Each County Re
ported by Doctor*.
LINCOLN. >M>. April 5. Dr. (Jen.
At. Brash, aetretary of the board of
health, flli’il a .atjHirt from physicians
tbnuighont iS»e situ*. giving the num
ber of smallpox uses found during
the month of Matvfi The total num
ber of oases reporifcd was S2t>, as
against 7til for February, Indicating
that the disease is spreading Instead
of decrra-slug. Ht some counties there
is an Increase Hint in others the de
crease is great. The following shows
l ho number of cases reported in Feb
ruary and March:
Counties. Feb.
Adams . 20
Antelope . t
H.'nne . It
Movd . I
Buffalo . H
Burt . .1
Butler . fit
Cass . N
Cedar . 4*
Chase .
Cheyenne .
Mar.
4
5
4
:t
s
H
M
1
( IH V .
Colfax .
Cuming _
'nsler .
Dakota .
I »!l WMI .
[lawann ....
Dixon .
Dodjep .
Douglas ..
Fillmore ..
Furnas .
' 5a ire .
Hall .
Hamilton ..
Holt .
Jefferson ...
Johnson ...
Kearney ...
Keya Paha
Knox .
I.aneaster .
Lincoln _
Madison ...
Merrick ....
Nance .«
Nemaha _
Nuckolls ...
Otoe .
Pawnee _
Phelps .
Pierce .
Platte .
Richardson
Saline .
Sarpy .
Saunders ..
Seward .
Sheridan ...
Stanton _
Thayer .
Thurston ..
Washington
Wayne .
Webster ...
York .
t:t
:t
12
12
g
ft
189
1
1ft
4i
4
20
17
1
14
7
ft
9
1
12
1
19
S'
1
10
21
2:t
6
i*
1
1
3
4
1
13
2ft1
(I
49
5
20
13
4
8
5
12
l
71
t
11
1
4
is
.1
1
11
12
9
17
1
5
1.1
Total
7ft*
S2ti
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Called to Meet at Lincoln on Wednes
day, June 18th.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 5.—Follow
ing is the text of the republican con
vention t all issued by State Chairman
H. C. Lindsay:
Republicans of the state of Ne
braska are hereby called to meet in
convention at the Auditorium, in the
city of Lincoln, on Wednesday, June
18. 1902. at 2 o’clock in the afternoon,
for the purpose of placing in nomina
tion candidates for the following of
ces, to be voted for at the next gen
eral election, to be held in the state
of Nebraska. November 4, 1902, viz.:
One governor, one lieutenant govern
or, one secretary of state, one audi
tor of public accounts, one treasurer,
one sperintendent of public instruc
tion, one attorney general, one com
missioner of public lands and build
ings, and for the transaction of such
other business as may regularly come
before said convention.
The basis of representation of the
several counties in said convention
shall be the vote cast for Hon. Sam
uel H. Sedgwick for Judge of the su
preme court, at the regular election
held on November 6, 1901, giving one
delegate for each 100 votes or major
fraction thereof so cast for the said
Samuel H. Sedgwick, and one dele
gate-at-large for each county.
Farmer Saves the Train.
TRENTON, Neb.. April 5.—Burling
ton train No. 12 was saved from be
ing wrecked by a farmer living two
miles west of town, who stopped it
from running on a burning bridge. It
is supposed the train was set on fire
by an early morning train. The sec
tion men and train gang were imme
diately sent out and soon had the
bridge in such shape that trains could
pass over it.
Farmer Parts With Money.
BEATRICE, Neb., April 5.—Robert
Pretzer, who lives about five miles
northwest of the. city, was swindled
out of $150 by liglnning rod agents. It
was the same old story. Pretzer sign
ed a contract for $27 worth of fixtures
for his barn, but discovered later on
that he had been duped right, and
had to put up $150. Mr. Pretzer is
still looking for the agents who got
his coin.
Horse Endangers Man's Sight.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. April 5.—
Edward Meridith, a farmer eight
miles southwest of town, was kicked
in the head by a horse and it is
thought he w ill lose the left eye.
Commits Suicide at Seventy.
RED CLOUD, Neb., April 6.—Wil
liam Manigraine, southwest of Blue
Hill, committed suicide by hanging
himself ia the barn. He was 70 years
old.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Hatfest Quotation* from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA!
Ha Wit—There was not mi over-supply of
catt b* for thin time of the week. but
packer** fit I Veit to take holil with an much
life a** usual mul a slow, weak market re
sults'], Hi* 11 era were not willing to take
off imii-h from yesterday's prices. anil as
a result It was late before the pens were
cleared. ,v good proportion of the offer
ings consisted of beef steers, and the
quality was exceptionally (food. In fact,
some of the sab stilt n considered the qual
itv tile best today «f any dav tills year.
buyers started in from the first to pound
the market and were bidding fully a dime
lower titan yesterday, and in some cases
more. Cow stun was In hi good deni inil
as ever and sold at fully steady prices.
The better grades in particular com
manded fully steady prices, anil in some
cases sales were wade that looked higher.
There was not enough change in tho
prices paid for bulls, veal Alves ami
stay," to be worthy of mention. HIoo.kers
and feeders of good quality sold freely at
.steady prices, as compared with yester
day, but I lie common kinds, and espe
cially common Stockers, were as much of
a drug on the market as ever, and prices
were certainly no more than steady.
Mo«s I tifi'f wits a rairiv active uniumu
for tvuoil weight hiiKS, ami the market on
suell kinds was steady to strong. The
light hog*. however, were rather slow
sair, anil If anything were a shade lower
than yesterday. The ranee of prices was
not much different from yesterday, anil
the hulk if all the sales went from Jti.liS
to $i;.75. Heavy hops sold largely from
*•>.70 to J6.S0. and as high as $«.S5 was
paid. The medium weight* went from
*6.till to $6.70. while Hie Mahler loads sold
from |il 67, down. The bulk of the offer
ings was disposed of to good season.
Sheep—There was not a heavy run of
shut ,i and lambs and packers look hold
unite freely and bought up what was on
sale at very satisfactory prices. Imintia
in particular sold well and If anythin*
were a little higher than yesterday. As
hi'th as J6.7U was paid for some t'olorados,
which looked higher than yesterday's
market. Sheep and yearlings mixed of
only fair quality sold up to $5.6.5, and
ewes brought $5.15. t'llpiK-d yearlings sold
as high aa «5 .VI.
KAN8A St MTV.
fat tie—Market steady to 10c lower;
choice export and dressed b**ef steers.
*6.4(ffi6.S5; fair good. *7».6l>tff6 40; stoek
eis ann feeders, I3.S085.10; western fed
steers. $7i.0Utfj 6.5.5' Texas and Indian steers,
»,5totfi '.25; cows, JT.jMtft 5.25; native cows,
ui; • heifers, $4,004/6.40; cunners. 12.50
4/5.50. bulls. |3.50tfj3.U0; veal calves. *1.504/
Hogs Market loo lower; top. *7.00; bulk
of sales, *6.454/6.85; heavy. Jij.8otfi7.iiO;
mixed pack rs. *6.554/6.80; light, *6.45tf/>
6.8.i; pigs $7i.i5l>it; lo.
Sheep and Lamls Market strong to 5c
higlfi-r; native lambs. JO.50tfiti.9U; western
lambs. J'i. 4.54/6. V); native w ethers, |5 .V tfe
5.Ml; western wethers. *5. HJtftu.75; year
lings *5.9i'4/6.25: ewes. J4.5uft5.2&; stockers
and feeders, *'i '.54i.;.25.
MISS STONE SAILS FOR HOME.
Will Begin Lecturing in Aid of Mis
sions Upon Arrival.
LONDON. April 5.—Miss Ellen M.
Stone, the American missionary, sail
ed for New York on the Hamburg
Ametican line steamer Deutschland,
which left Southampton today. Her
departure from I .ondon was quiet.
She was accompanied by R. S. Mc
Clure and It. S. Baker. She will be
gin lecturing, in aid of the missions,
alniost immediately after her arrival
in the United States. The rest which
Miss Stone had in England lias im
proved her health, though she was
obliged to refuse countless invitations
to speak before religious and other
bodies. Mr. Choate, the United
States ambassador, and Mrs. Choate
are greatly interested in the mission
ary. They entertained her at the em
bassy at tea Thursday, where Miss
Stone gave the diplomatic party a
graphic, yet simple, account of her ex
periences.
McKinley Funds to Herrick.
CLEVELAND, O., April 5-—Judge
William It. Day, president of the Mc
Kinley .Memorial association, has
made a request that all contributions
to the memorial fund be forwarded
to Myron T. Herrick, treasurer, at
Cleveland.
Driven Out of Hayti.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 6.—A
second batch of Haytiau exiles ar
rivod here today from Jaemel, Hayti.
The government of that republic is
ordering scores of suspected conspir
ators to leave the country.
Eddyville Women Smash.
LEXINGTON, Neb., April 5.—Twelve
women, followers of Mrs. Carrie Na
tion, heavily veiled, raided a joint at
Eddyville, smashing the large mirror
and other furniture and destroying
several cases of liquor.
Fall on Sidewalk is Fatal.
WINSIDE, Neb., April 5.—Mrs. M.
J. Stenner of Pierce, Neb., who fell
on a defective sidewalk in Wlnside,
died from the effects of her injuries.
Dumont on the Way.
LONDON, April 5.—MSantos Du
mont, the Brazilian aeronaut, was a
passenger on the Deutschland for
America, sailing today.
Cholera in Manila Prison.
MANILA, April 5.—Two cases ol
cholera have occurred in the Bulibid
prison. Consequently all the prison,
ers there have been discharged and
will he taken to a detention camp,
which has been quarantined. The to
tal number of cases of cholera report
ed here, up to noon yesterday, is 140,
and there have been 115 deaths from
,the disease. In the province thirty
two cases of cholera and nineteen
deaths have occurred up to date.