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Persons, Places and Things MISS MAUDE TALMAGE MARRIED Daughter of th< Celebrated I’reacber Weds at Washington. Prominent among the early spring nuptial events was toe wedding of Miss Maude Talmage. daughter of the Iff ’ MU* Maude Talma&e. Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage, and Clarence F. Wyckoff of Ithaca, N. Y. The wedding took place Wednes day, April 9. On account of the illness of Dr. Talmage the plans for au elabo rate church wedding were changed and the nuptials were celebrated quietly at the home of the bride. 1400 Massachusetts avenue. Miss Talmage is a piquant, pretty girl, who has been greatly admired in Washington society, for her lovable, womanly traits. Mr, Wyckoff is a CoTnell graduate, a member of the Chi Fsi fraternity, a lawyer and a success ful and wealthy business man. He accompanied Lieut. Peary on his late arctic expedition and came back on the Eric. Changed tlie Subject. "I hope you love God.” said the vis itor to the kindergarten for poor children. ‘‘No," cried the flve-year-old pessimist. ‘‘He makes the snow and it gets in the holes in my shoes and Ho makes it cold when I have no coat to wear, and he lets me be hungry when my mamma hasn't any bread for breakfast.” “Show the lady your weaving, dear," interrupted the teach er, wisely judging material matters to be safer for discussion than spiritual in the circumstances.”—New York Ex change. ON A TOUR OF INVESTIGATION Carl Sundhork Sent from Hwedn to Study Condition* Here. With the purpose of informing his Allows of the community of Upsala, Carl Sundbrck. Sweden, of the living conditions of the Swedish-Aruericans Carl Sundbeck. a prominent young Swede, is now study ing in Chicago. He is going soon to Minnesota, where he will be the guest of Senator Nelson, who will aid him in noting conditions among Swedes of the northwest. Sundbeck is a graduate of Upsala university. He was selected to make the tour of the United States in com pliance with the laws of his native state. They provide for the payment of the expenses of travelers who shall report back to the people who pay their expenses. SHARK WAS ALSO BADLY SCARED Flab DUplayed Ktigrrneia to Karape front Proximity to n Diver. A diver found himself closeted in a chartroom with a shark. When op portunity occurred he attempted to r make for the door, but the shark, who mistook his action for an assault and feared the diver as much as the diver feared him, dashed for the exit himself and came out an easy first. ™I WEEKLY PANORAMA VEGETABLES GROWN ON THE ROOF l New Vork Mau Hu HI* Garden on Top of Ills House. Mr. Prato, the candymaker, lives in a flve-story house in West Twenty fifth street, and grows vegetables for his family in a beautiful garden on the roof, says a New York newspaper writer. It is really the only practical vegetable garden on a New York roof. Most of our roofs are dedicated to the sun and rain. They absorb the sun in hot weather and disseminate blister ing heat through the house. Gardens would change all this. Prato's house is delightfully cool in the hot months, while the homes of his neighbors are sweltering. In his garden he grows lettuce, celery, peas, beans, tomatoes, radishes, asparagus and some flowers. Of course the roof is flat and con structed of cement, surrounded by an ornamental parapet with sloping coping. Earth is contained in great rectangles of two-inch beams, eight een inches wide and set on edge, leav ing spaces for walks. There is no rea son why the roofs of New York should not be utilized. We are wasting a vast amount of space. The roof acreage would grow nearly all the “truck’ the population could eat. DR. ENGLISH'S VERSATILE CAREER Toet, rhyilclan. Lawyer, Editor, Legis lator and Author. Dr. Thomas Dunn English, who died at his home in Newark, N. J., recently, I)r, English. led a versatile career, being a poet, physician, lawyer, editor and legisla tor. He was of Quaker ancestry—the family name originally being Angelos —and he was born in Philadelphia in 1810. He began his literary career as a writer for the Philadelphia press, when lie was only 17 years old. In 1843 he wrote the famous song, Ben Holt, which enjoyed an immense popularity, and which came into vogue a few years ago when De Mau rier revived it in his Trilby, wrong fully using it as an old English poem. Singular to say. Dr. English regard ed it as a scrappy piece of work, and we believe at one time regretted hav ing W'ritteu it. MORMONISM SPREADING RAPIDLY Report That Convert* Are Heins Made j at an Alarming Kate. The rapid spread of Mormonism in New York is attracting the attention of the home missionary societies, the members of which bodies are about to take steps to prevent its further growth in the metropolis. Already the Latter Day Saints own three churches and number 3.000 New York ers as adherents of tije faith. The doc trines of Mormonism seem to attract the masses and converts are being made at am alarming rate. The direct ors of the church claim to have Apostle Smith. Kained 20,000 converts in this country last year. They maintain 2,000 mis sionaries in the field all the time. Speaking of polyganmy, in an in terview, Apostle Smith, who is now proselyting in New York, said it was beneficial, in that It preserved the virtue of the community and gave a homo to every woman. Spooner on Boffu« lint ter Senator Spooner was discussing ; oleomargarine. He engaged in a collo quy with Mr. Money of Mississippi, in sisting that while some men might di gest the imitation butter he was una ble to do so. "The Senator will ad dress the chair,” Interrupted Mr. Blackburn, who was temporarily pre siding. ‘‘Certainly,” replied Mr. Spooner, turning around and addressing Mr. Blackburn. ‘‘And I repeat to you, Mr. President, that, while a man of your active habits might digest oleomargar ine. i could not do it." And Mr. Blackburn did not know whether to laugh or be angry.—Wash ington Post. Current News and Views CHAMPION OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE Mr*. Either Morrl* I’lonrer of the Move ment In nyomluK. Mrs. Esther Morris, who died at Cheyenne. VVyo., recently, aged 88 years, was noted as the “mother” of woman suffrage in Wyoming, and as the first woman justice of the peace. She inaugurated the movement which Mra. Slorrlii. gave Wyoming women the right to vote for President. As justice of the peace, to which post she was appointed in 1869, Mrs. Morris was a terror to wrongdoers, and no tie of friendship was strong enough to induce her to depart from the justice of a case, either in a suit or a trial for infraction of the peace. During the year in which she held of fice she tried about fifty cases, and it is said no decison of hers was ever re versed in a higher court of appeal. Mrs. Morris came from English an cestry, was born in Oswego, N. Y.. was married twice, and lived for nineteen years at Peru, 111., where John Morris, her last husband, was a merchant. He died in Wyoming in 1876. EX-CAPT. CARTER SERIOUSLY ILL Army Ofllrer Convicted of Fmbezzlement May I>le la Jull. Oberlin M. Carter, ex-capta'n United States army engineer corps, who is reported seriously ill in the Leaven worth penitentiary, was convicted in August. 1S9S, of embezzling nearly $3,000,000 from the government in connection with the improvements at Savannah harbor and other incidental irregularities and sentenced to dis missal from the army, to ten years’ o. M. Curler imprisonment, and to have his dis prace published in the papers and in general orders, with notice to all offi cers that their recognition of him in any way would lead to their trial for scandalous conduct. He is now serv ing his term. He was a West Pointer, and at the time of his arrest was mili tary attache at London and a member of the Nicaragua canal commission. Heavy Emigration from Italy* Of the immigrants to this country during the last quarter of 1901. south ern Italy supplied over 26 per cent., Germany 10 per cent, and Hebrews and Poles enough to make up more than half of the whole number. That the Italians head the list, as they have for some years past, shows that the pressure of poverty is greater in Italy than in any other part of Europe. DANA MAY BE MINISTER TO ITALY Humor That I he New York Editor I* to Receive Appointment* It is reported in journalistic circles in New York that Paul Dana, until re cently editor in chief of the New York Sun, will be appointed minister to lta Paul Dana. Iy. Mr. Dana is the son of the late Charles A. Dana. He is a graduate of Harvard University and of the Colum bia University law school. He was for three vcars. MORE WINTER \*HEAT SOWN. Several Counties Repo** an Increase of One-Half in the Acreage. LINCOLN, Neb., April H —Deputy I-abor Commissioner Watson, has re ceived reports from reliable sourcees In nearly all of the winter wneat coun ties in Nebraska and with but few ex ceptions all say that the acreage of the grain this year is greater than a year ago and that the prospects for a good crop are unusually encouraging. Only two counties reported a decrease. Several of the counties show an in crease of over 50 per cent over last year’s acreage and Buffalo county heads the list with an increase of 200 per cent. The Iluffalo county report was received from D. T Phillips, a real estate dealer. He said he found on investigation that some farmers sow ed five times as much wheat as the year before. The counties reporting an increase in acreage over last year were: Ad ams. Buffalo, Cass. Clay. Colfax, Fill more. Franklin. Gage, Gosper, Hall, Hamilton. Harlan, Howard. Jefferson, Kearney. Lancaster, Lincoln. Merrick, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk. Pnelps, Red Willow. Richardson, Sa line, Saunders, Seward, Thayer. Web ster and York. A slight decrease in acreage was re ported by Frontier and Hitchcock counties, while Johnson county was said to have the same acreage as a year ago. In response to the inquiry, "Is pros pect as good as In year past at this time?" replies were as follows: Af firmative—Adams, Frontier, Gosper, Hall, Harlan, Hitchcock, Howard. Jef ferson, Johnson. Kearney, Lincoln, Merrick, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Pawnee, Phelps, Polk. Richardson, Saline. Saun ders, Seward. Thayer, Webster. ASK FOR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. Friends of Rhea Intercede to Save Him from the Gallows. LINCOLN. Neb.. April 14.—Governor Savage listened to arguments for ex ecutive clemency in behalf of William Rhea, who is under sentence to be executed at the penitentiary on April 25 for the murder of Herman Zahn, a saloon keeper in Snyder, about a year ago. In the morning Rhea's three at torneys. George W. Loomis and W. J. Courtrig)it of Fremont and George A. Adams of this city, appeared before the governor and pleaded for mercy, and in the afternoon Mrs. Callen Thompson of this city had an inter view with the governor on the same mission. Mrs. Thompson has been cir culating a petition among the women or the city and up to noon today had obtained several hundred signatures. The attorneys call attention to the fact that Rhea, when the murder was committed, was in the company of older men. They insist that he is only 19 years of age and that under the con ditions existing at the time of the murder was unable to distinguish the difference between right and wrong, or that he was influenced by the older men to do that which he would not have done had he been alone. Mr. Courtright, who is the governor’s cou sin, was retained in the case yesterday and today made his first effort in be half of' the condemned man. Gover nor Savage took the case under ad visement, but intimated that a decision would not be given lor several days. Gamble Bill Passed. WASHINGTON. April 11.—The sen ate passed the Gamble bib authoriz ing the Federal Railroad company to construct a combined railroad, wagon and foot passenger bridge across the Missouri river at or near the village of Oacorna, Lyman county, .>. It. Dies by Her Own Hand. ST. PAUL, Neb., April 14— Mrs. A. I). Baird, living seven miles east of here, committed suicide by shooting herself through the head with a rifle. Despondency on account of ill health is thought to be the cause of the act. Alliance Lighting Plant Sold. ALLIANCE. Neb., April 14.—The property in this city of the Alliance Electric Light and Power company was sold at public sale to R. M. Hamp ton, cashier of the First National bank, by the receiver. May Get Free Mail Delivery. COLUMBUS, Neb., April 14.—The receipts of the Columbus postoffice for the year ending April 1 passed the $10, 000 mark, entitling the city upon peti tion to a free letter carrier service. Official announcement was made at the offices of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad company of the appointment of P .S. Eustis to be pas senger traffic manager of the system. Not Positive it is Gold. BEATRICE, Neb., April 14.—John Billings, a resident of this city, left a sample of black sand at Deputy County Attorney Spafford’s office which he thinks contains particles of gold. It was found on a farm near here, but whose farm Mr. Billings re fuses to divulge. The sand was left in a glass and particles that look very much like gold can easily be detected. Mr. Spafford believes it to be “fools' gold." RYAftf 13 AGAINST WRIT, Rafsrce in Tax Mandamus Case File: Opinion with Supreme Court. LINCOLN, Neb, April u.—Judge Robert* Ryan, as-referee in the Omaha lax mandanius case. Inis recommended to the. supreme court that the appli cation of William (i. Shriver and Geo. T. Morton for a peremptory writ of mandamus be not allowed. He holds that while the relators are entitled to the writ prayed for, it shomd not be issued because of the defective method provided by the statutes for the assess ment of property of the kind and char after involved in the action. The relators. Shriver anu Morton, sought in this suit to have the court issue a peremptory writ to compel the city council of Omaha to sit again as a board of equalization to hear their complaints against the assessment of five public service corporations. Judge Robert Ryan of this city was appoint ed referee and his official report and opinion were filed late this afternoon in the office of the*supreme court. In the report Judge Ryan recites in detail the issues of the case and gives his findings. In the opinion the vari ous authorities are taken up and dis cussed. The opinion also embraced an exhaustive discussion of the meth od of assessing public service corpora tions for purposes of taxation in this state. BLACKMAILER GETS NO CASH. Uses Threats to Extort Money from Franklin Man. FRANKLIN, Neb., April 12.—A blackmail system of making money was tried here, but ended in the cul prit making good his escape with an empty sack. William Carpenter, proprietor of the Commercial hotel, received a letter through the mail which contained the following: ' "As l want to leave and am unable to get work. I want you to put $50 in a sack and place it on the corner post one block west of the hotel at mid night. In case you fail to comply you will be out of business tn less than twenty days.” Mr. Carpenter fixed up a package and placed it on the post, and in com pany with Frank \V. Barber, James Me Courtney and several others laid in wait to capture the culprit. At 4 o’clock in the morning the fel low' came for the money and as soon as he had taken the package from the post the watchers rushed after him and ordered him to halt, but instead he ran. Nine shots were fired at him, hut with no result. Swindlers Abroad. FREMONT, Neb.. April 12.—Another swindling game lias just been worked here with considerable success by a couple of unknown men. They called on a number of Fremont housewives and exhibited largo bars of fine white soap as samples of what tney were selling at the rate of 25 .cents a dozen. They took a multitude of orders, col lecting the money in advance. When the soap consignments arrived the liars were found to be of sucn small dimensions that the price paid for them was three times their value. Fleak Must Stand Trial. SCHUYLER. Neb., April 12.—The application of Madison Fleak for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the district court here today. Fleak is the man held on a charge of crim inal carelessness in pushing two wo men off the Platte river bridge March 18. In the coroner’s inquest over the body of one of the women the jury re turned a verdict in which no blame was attached to young Fieak. Colored Boy Killed by Cars. HUMBOLDT. Neb.. April 12.—A young colored man, David Carther of St. Joseph, was killed in the railroad yards here. He was stealing a ride in a box car of lumber. He had been here a few days visiting. He started to Omaha. The lumber pinned him down while switching cars and his life was crushed out. He was taken to the undertaker's and the coroner sent for. Store at Wausa Robbed. VVAUSA, Neb., April 12.—The store of Bosse & Larson was entered and about $100 taken from the sale. The entrance to the store was made through a back door. The supreme court has decided to hear arguments on April 14 upon the application of the state of Washing ton to take jurisdiction in the case of the Northern Pacific and (Beat Northern merger. Cair Repairer Crushed to Death. FAIRBURY. Neb., April 12.—Roy Hartman, a car repairer in the employ of the Rock Island, was crushed to death between the bumpers of two freight cars in the yards here. He was working on a car that stood on the repair track when another car was switched against it at a time when he was not on his guard. Some one was at fault, as the usual warning was neglected. tHSrerVE STOCK MARKET. Bale • Quotations from Sc**tta Omaha and Kansas City. MOt'TM OMAHA. (‘attic -Thefe vra* by tin m>HHP.( heavy supply (i fi st tie, but still receipt.- fbr the week to i rae .-rtb'W I (.it little change' from isst week. The finality <(f the cbT'dlng* whs* not <4with .is good on the tvhsN* at* yesterday. :-s that the more d-sVrnblo grades sold rVhdlly at very satisfactory price*. Cattle fold for about as much on tin' close as they would have brought at any. time. There were fewer choice cat tle on sale to»„iy than for some llttl* time past. There’ whs not much life t<v the cow trade and the tendency of price* was undoubtedly (townward, Packer* complained of the fact that the pew mar ket In too high here, as compared with otilier |Miints. and for that reason they are slow to pay the prices tbev have been for the last several weeks. Th« medium grades arid eanners Were also neglected, and were hard to sell at any price, but that lias been the case for so Iona that that Is tin longer a feature of the trade. Bulls, veal calves and stags sold at right close to steady prices where the quality was at all good. The Stocker and feeder trade was very slow, owing to the rain, which speculators thought would keep buyers at home. The quality of the offerings was also rather Inferior and prices lower all around. llogs—There was a light run of hogs, and in view of the lilierul demand on the pa11 of local packers the market opened active and rstrloe higher, and closed up a big dime higher. After the llrst round trading was very active and It only took a short time for everything In the vards to change hands. The qual ity was only fair and light hogs advanced fully as much as the heavyweights, timid, heavy hogs sold largely from $6X5 to $ii.B5. and as high as JT.OO was paid. The medium weights went mostly from IH.75 to 16.*5, and the lighter loads sold from 16.75 down. Sheep—There was not a heavy run of sheep and lambs, and as the demand on the part of local packers was In good shHpe the market ruled fairly active and just about steady on good stuff. As high as $6.75 was paid for Iambs, and some clipped wethers sold at $5.60 and $5.65. Packers all seemed to lie anxious for good stuff, hut the commoner kinds they were slow about buying. As compared with vesterday, there was little change noticeable In the prices paid for either the choice or the common kinds. KANSAS err7. Cattle—All slaughtering grades were strong to 10c higher; Stockers and feeti ers were steady to lower; choice export and dressed be»f steers. $6.,7Vy‘7.0o; fair to good. $Ti.is)®G.50; stackers and feeders. J.‘!.5tKJ5.3e; western fed steers. $">.20'ijtj.2u; Texas and Indian si ers, |a.0Otr>.O5f cuws. ri.T.'/n.'i.7"-; native cows, t.1 ~*)fa.7.77. heifers. tt-Ofl&O.iiO; emitters. calves, $4.75 St 5.75. Hobs Market :*t 10e Higher; top. $7.10; hulk of sales, ftt8.Vb7.05; heavy. $1795717.10; mixed pack) rs. $t>.?or<i7.(«>; light. $rt.tKK<jt».85; pig1-'. $5-85® t>.G5. Sheep and l.amhs- Market steady: nn tlvc lambs, $ti.50ijt7.flo: western lambs, »tl.40<ifP.,S5; native wethers, $5.17/U5.90; west ern wethers. $.'>.,VK't 7f5.M>. NEW PENSION COMMISSIONER. Kansas Man to Succeed H. Clay Evans in that Position. WASHINGTON. April 12— Eugene F. Ware of Kansas has been selected by the president to succeed H. Clay Evans as commissioner of pensions. Mr. Ware is from Topeka, Kan., ami is a member of the law lirtn of Wars Ac Gleed. Eugene F. Ware has lived for many years in Kansas and lias always been prominent in republican politics, al-i though he has never been an office: seeker and has seldom hejd office. He formerly resided at Fort Scott and represented Bourbon county in the state senate. Since his removal to To peka he has devoted his entire time to the practice of law. .Judge Peters and ex Congressman Blue were the men urged by Kansas politicians for the place and the name of Ware had not been mentioned. As ne enjoys the personal friendship of the president, it may probably he con sidered a personal appointment. Mr. Ware is not identified witu either of tiie Kansns republican factions. The new commissioner has achieved considerable reputation in t..e literary world over the nom de plume of ‘Tron qufll.” One of his best known produc tions is a poem entitled "The Washer woman's Song.” Former Nebraskan Selected. WASHINGTON, April 12.—It is re ported that A. H. Hayes, formerly an attorney at Lincoln, Neb., and now district attorney at Ogden, Utah, will be appointed district judge of Alaska to succeed Arthur B. Noyes. Harriman Re-Elected. NEW YORK, April 12.—E. H. Har riman was re-elected president of the Southern Pacific by the hoard of direc tors of the company at a meeting held here today. Death Penalty for* Busse. DES MOINES, In., April 11.—The jury in the Russo murder case at Wa verly returned a verdict of guilty in the first degree and ordered a sen tence of death by hanging. General Wade Hampton Dead. COLUMBIA. S. C„ April 12.—Gen eral Wade Hampton died yesterday at 9 o'clock. His death resulted not from any disease, but ivas the result of a general break down. General Hampton celebrated his 84th birthday last week. A month ago he had a se vere attack and his children wore call ed to his beside. He rallied, however, and was out driving a week ago. In the last few days his condition rap idly grew worse.