| AS THE WORLD!
ji REVOLVES i;
AMERICAN WOOS A PRINCESS.
Romance in the Love of Spencer
Eddy and Elizabeth de Marenburg.
A dainty, romantic love story, sad in
Its hopelessness, thrilling in its situa
tions and action, and, above all, great
in its reality, hides away behind the
report that the Czar of all the Russias
is about to request the Sublime Porte
to secure the removal of Spencer
Eddy, the first secretary of the Ameri
can Embassy at Constantinople, from
the field of European diplomacy.
It is the story of the love of Spen
cer Eddy for no less a personage than ,
the cousin of the Czar himself—the i
Russian princess. Countess Elizabeth j
(de Marenburg. sister-in-law of the
Grand Duke Michael the son of the
Grand Duke Nicholas.
His is the story of love that tri
umphed over almost insurmountable
obstacles from the first time he met
the young woman until he passed
them all but the Czar himself.
In London the pair first became ac
quainted, and here the Grand Duke,
who had heard of their mutual admi
ration, interposed and the young
Countess was hurried away to Nice.
Undaunted. Eddy followed ,and with
in a few days of his arrival rescued
his sweetheart from a runaway auto
mobile. So assiduously did he press
his suit that at last, reluctantly, the
Grand Duke and his wife gave their
consent and blessing to the engage
ment of the young people. All seemed
well.
On the horizon of their happiness
suddenly appeared a cloud. Slowly
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but surely it spread over the whole
sky, and the voice of the Great White
Czar was heard manifesting his dis
pleasure at the union of his kins
woman with an American.
For a time his protests were dis
regarded and the man whose voice
rules one hundred and fifty million
people stood powerless before the two
lovers.
Now out of the silence which sur
rounds him the Czar has issued his
final mandate, which he Intends shall
break oft the engagement.
Spencer Eddy must leave Europe.
This is the substance and meaning
of the request that he has made of
the Sublime Porte to remove Eddy
from diplomatic service.
Has the final chapter of the aspira
tion of the American citizen for the
hand of the Russian Countess been
written, or will the Sublime Porte dis
regard the wishes of the ruler of the
Ru3sias?
Deserves a Monument.
P. J. Francis, a public-spirited resi
dent of Bozeman, Mont., proposes to
erect a monument over the grave of
Henry T. P. Comstock, the man who
discovered and located the famous
Comstock lode at Virginia City, Nev.,
from which the late John W. Maekay
and James G. Fair took many millions.
Discouraged, ill. and without a dollar,
Comstock in September, 1870, shot
himself through the head. His body
was buried by the county in the cem
etery just east of Bozeman, where it
has remained up to the present time
in an unmarked grave.
THE LATEST NEWPORT WEDDING
Families of Van Alen and Cooper
United by Recent Marriage.
The wedding of Miss Sara Stewart
Van Alen, daughter of James J. Van
Alen, and granddaughter of Mrs. Wil
liam Astor, to Robert J. Collier, son
of Peter F. Collier, of New York, took
place at Newport, R. I., last week.
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There wore practically two ceremo
nies connected with the nuptials. The
first was that celebrated at Wake
hurst, the summer homo of Mr. Van
Men, where only the immediate fam
iiy of Miss Van Alen were present.
The marriage ceremi yy was per
formed in the tapestry ballroom,
whiok was decorated with stately
palms anti tree ferns, among which
were placed massive silver vases,
filled with giant stalks of deep pink
hollyhocks and feathery variegated
grasses.
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SUICIDE OF CHICAGO MERCHANT.
Abraham M. Rothschild Kills Himself
in Fit of Despondency.
Abraham M. Rothschild, millionaire
and former president of A. M. Roths
child & Co., committed suicide at Chi
cago last week.
Insomnia from overwork indirectly
caused Mr. Rothschild's death. Always
a hard worker, he was obliged to re
tire from business on account of ill
health last May. Since then he had
been suffering from the disease which
was the indirect cause of his tragic
act.
Friends and relatives believe that he
was temporarily deranged. That is
the only explanation offered as a solu
tion of the suicide. The merchant was
prosperous and happy in all of his rela
tions.
He was recognized as one of Chi
cago's self-made men. He was born In
the village of Nordstetten, Germany, in
1853.
In December, 1882, Mr. Rothschild
was married. His wife was Miss Gusta
Morris, daughter of the Chicago
packer, and Melville Nelson Rothschild
is the one child of the union.
Do the Dying Never Weep?
“I have stood by the bedside of
hundreds of dying people,” said an
old physician at Topeka recently, "and
I have yet to see a dying person shed
a tear. No matter what the grief of
the bystanders may be. the stricken
person will show no signs of over
powering emotion. I have seen a cir
cle of agonized children around a dy
ing mother—a mother who in health
would have been touched to the quick
by signs of grief in a child—yet she
reposed as calm and unemotional as
though she had been made of stone.
There is some strange and Inexplica
ble phychological change which ac
companies the act of dissolution. It
is well known to all physicians that
pain disappears as the end ap
proaches. And nature seems to have
arranged it so that mental peace shall
also attend our last lingering mo
ments.”
BRIDE OF A VANDERBILT.
Miss Kathleen Neilson to Wed the
Heir to $12,000,000.
The formal announcement of the en
gagement of Reginald Vanderbilt and
Miss Kathleen Neilson is expected
soon by friends of the young couple.
It is said the announcement has been
delayed solely because it was desired
by the Vanderbilt family that the
young man graduate from Yale first.
He is already in possession of the $12,
000,000 left him by his father.
Miss Neilson Is one of the most
beautiful girls in society. She is 20.
Several years ago the devotion of Reg
inald Vanderbilt to her was the sub
ject oi gossip in Newport and New
York. Of late Mr. Vanderbilt has made
frequent visits from Yale to take Miss
Neilson out driving and escort her to
social functions.
Miss Neilson is tall and graceful,
with a beautifully modeled, expressive
face, a wealth of light brown hair and
a dazzling complexion. She possesses
many accomplishments. She is a niece
of Frederick Gebhard, and her sister
is Mrs. Arthur Kemp. She was the
acknowledged belle of the season in
which she made her dehut.
Compulsory House Service.
Probably compulsory domestic ser
vice will have to be resorted to some
day. That will not only help to solve
a difficult problem, but it will also
lift the social stigrna off the kitchen
industry by main force. Compulsory
military service for men Is common
enough, and even Australia will al
most certainly find it necessary some
day. Compulsory domestic service for
women—say from the age of 19 to 21
—is no greater a hardship. There is
the same reason for compulsion in
both cases—a great national demand
and an Insufficient supply.
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Persons, Places
and Things
FOR READING AT NIGHT.
Special Beds Provided, With Electric
Bulbs at Headboard.
Speaking of new things, there is a
French bedstead which provides for
the individual who reads after going
to bed or during wakeful hours in the
night.
There are single iron beds, and in
the top of the rather high head is set
an electric light. A reading desk is
attached to a bar. which crosses the
head of the bedstead and can be
raised above it when required. There
are disadvantages to this light, which
must shine in the eyes as well as on
the book or paper.
Better arrangements are made In
some of our big hotels. There is ar
ranged at one side of the bed an arm
with an electric light attached, which
can be pulled over the bed at the will
of the occupant, and is below the
eyes, though quite high enough for
the light to fall upon the book.
The top of the electric light globe
is covered with a dark green shade,
and none of the light can go up.
ROYAL PAIR TO MARRY.
Prince Arthur of Connaught and Prin
cess Beatrice Betrothed.
Prince Arthur of Connaught and
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, whose betrothal has just been
announced by cable, are both grand
children of the late Queen Victoria.
Princess Beatrice is the daughter of
the late Prince Alfred—Duke of Saxe
Coburg and Gotha—who was succeed
ed by his nephew, the young Duke of
Albany, in 1900. She was born at
East well Park in 1884, the very year
that gave to the world the present
ruler of the ancient Saxon duchy.
Prince Arthur is the son of the Duke
of Connaught, the fifth child of Queen
Victoria. His mother was Princess
Louise of Prussia, and young Arthur is
just one year older than his fiancee.
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He is the heir presumptive to the du
cal throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Expensive Cigars.
One reads from time to time of the
fabulous sums paid for cigars. A fav
orite story is that Mr. Chamberlain
never touches anything cheaper than
a 5-shilling cigar, and that every time
1 Lord Rothschild smokes ten shillings
vanish into the ambient air. Accord
ing to Mr. Weingott, the well known
' tobacco merchant, all such stories are
the purest invention. As far as mere
quality of tobacco goes, the best cigar
in the world can be purchased for 1
shilling sixpence, and anyone -who
gives more than this sum is paying
for size, peculiar shape or for some
peculiar brand which is only valuable
for its rarity and not for its excel
lence. Those torpedo-like cigars which
•one sees in tobacconists’ windows in
cased in glass sheaths are mainly
traps to catch the unwary. The most
remarkable thing about them Is their
size and their startling variation in
price according to the locality in
which they are sold. In the West End
they are priced at anything between
£1 and 15s; in the less gilded pre
cincts of the city they are sold for
7s 6d apiece.—London Tatler.
Politicians in Quarrel.
The breach between Senator Quay
and Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania haa
been widened beyond bridging possibil
ity by the announcement from Wash
ington that Miss Sue Quay, daughter
I of the senator, is to christen the ar
| mored cruiser Pennsylvania when the
vessel shall be launched from the
Cramps’ shipyard. According to long
established precedent. Miss Jean
Stone, the governor’s daughter, should
have been selected for that honor, but
the Cramps, doubtless acting on a hint.
from influential quarters, has chosen
Miss Quay to officiate.
STATE FRUIT GROWERS WEET
Nebraska Horticultural Society Con
venes In Teeumseh.
TKCITMSEH. Neb.. August 2.—Th<
summer meeting of the Nebraski
State Horticultural society convene*
here with a large attendance. Th«
Chautauqua management turned tin
grounds over to the horticulturist!
from 10 to 4 o'clock and at noon s
basket dinner was spread.
The leading features of the prograrr
in the morning were the address ol
welcome by Mayor Washington Hold
and the response by President 1,. M
Russell of Lincoln for the visitors
Prof. R. A. Emerson of Lincoln gav*
an address on “Renovation of the Or
chard," H. E. Snodgrass of Johnsor
on “Pruning the Orchard," and H. J
Snyder of Auburn oil "The Growing ol
Small Fruit on the Farm.”
After dinner ex-Governor R. W
Furnas delivered an elaborate ad
dress on the “Life and Character oi
J. Sterling Morton.” in which he very
fervently eulogized the memory ol
the father of Arbor day.
Mrs. E. G. Jury of Teeumseh jnade
some pertinent remarks on "The
Adornment of the Farm Home.” I)r
Hungate of Weeping Water gave hit
experience with 1,000 strawberry
plants and C. S. Harrison of York gave
his on "The Growing of Evergreens
from Seed.'
Mrs. O. A. Corbin of Teeumseh told
of “Small Fruits for Profit and the
Home Table,” and Prof. Lawrence
Uruner of the State university lectur
ed on “Bugs."
YOUNG FARMER A SUICIDE.
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Wealthy Bohemian Hangs Himself at
His Home.
BEATRICE, Neb., August 2.—Frank
Pribble. a young farmer who lived
three miles south of Odell, was found
dead on his plate. He had hanged
Umself. He was one of tne wealthi
est Bohemians in the county, owning
nearly 500 acres of land in the vicin
ity of his home. No cause for the
let is known unless a brief illness
can be said to have c aused a tempo
rary fit of insanity.
Mr. Pribble left home at daybreak,
celling his Wife that he would return
in two hours, but if he did not she
need not worry about him. He said
.le was going to see a neighbor. He
did not return and a search at 10
O'clock revealed his body hanging to
i tree with a bullet hole in the head.
As no revolver was at first found it
was believed to be a case of murder.
I^ater the revolver was discovered in
a field nearby. It is believed he shot
nimself and the bullet failing to kill,
he walked some distance to a fence
and hanged himself to a tree.
Bountiful Harvest at Lexington.
LEXINGTON, Neb.. Aug. 2 - Oat*
are very heavy and will yield from
sixty to eighty bushels per acre. The
orospeets for the best corn crop ever
grown here are assuring. Fall wheat
is yielding from thirty to fifty-five
bushels per acre. No spring wheat
threshing has been done yet. Two
heavy crops of alfalfa have been cut,
with the prospects for two more.
There is a large number of land sales
being made, land ranging in price
from $20 to $50.
Railroads Buy Lands.
FREMONT, Neb., August 2—The
Union Pacific and Elkhorn railroad
companies have made arrangements
for acquiring title to all the land they
need for the new union station without
having to resort to condemnation pro
needings, and as soon as a few defects
in titles can be fixed up will commence
to clear the ground. The buildings
of the Fremont fence factory will be
moved to make room for the station.
Goes Through a Bridge.
EAGLE, Neb.. August 2.—Theodore
Wachter had a narrow escape Sun
day afternoon. While crossing a
bridge that was in bad condition a
plank broke, letting the horse fall
nearly twelve feet, bruising it up
quite badly. He escaped by jumping.
Found Dead in His Shop.
WEST POINT. Neb., August 2 —Au
gust Hichultz of Aloys was found dead
in bis blacksmith shop, having taken
strychnine the evening before with
suicidal intent.
Dies in New Mexico.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., August 2.
—I. B. Manson received a telegram
announcing the death of his wife at
Las Vegas, N. M., where she has been
for the past year for her health.
Increase Elevators’ Capacity.
THAYER. Neb.. Aug. 2.—P. Van
Wickle, owner of several elevators in
York county, is building large addi
tions to each elevator. Mr. Van
Wi( kle says that the crop In York
county will he the largest *in the his
tory of the county and that he, at
well as other elevator owners, are
obliged to increase their elevator ca
parity so as to be able to handle the
large crop now about harvested.
PLANS FOR IRRIGATION.
State Engineer Dobson and Assistant
Looking Over the Ground.
LINCOLN, Aug. 4.—State Kngineer
Dobson and Assistant Forbes returned
from a trip inspection through the
Platte valley of eastern Wyoming and
western Nebraska. They made the
trip with a view to ascertaining the el
evation of the land in the various sec
tions along the river, preparatory to
the formulation of plans for irrigation
work.
“I am confident that if the govern
ment builds reservoirs for irrigation
in this section it would be better to
have them in Wyoming than in Ne
braska,” said Mr. Dobson. "This of
course is on account of the elevation
of the land. The conditions in the
Platte valley between Guernsey and
the state line are more favorable to
the storage of water than is Nebras
ka.”
Mr. Dobson has been notified that
Mr. Mead, chief of irrigation investi
gations of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, will be iir Lin
coln on August 7 to consider irriga
tion matters. It is understood here
that the investigation Mr. Mead pro
poses to make will be preparatory to
the work of the government under the
new irrigation law. Mr. Mead wrote
as follows:
"I expect to reach Lincoln on the
7th of August and would like to have a
conference with you and such of your
irrigation board as can be got together
to talk over our work in connection
with interstate and reparian rights.
I also wish on this trip to take up any
other matters connected with our in
vestigations which may be of general
interest. You can say that 1 come to
Lincoln for a conference with you and
that I intend to go on to the western
part of the state to look after our in
vestigations after the conference is
over.”
No Right to Transact Business.
LINCOLN. Aug. 4.—Deputy Insur
ance Auditor Babcock has addressed
a letter to George H. Work of Hast
ings, Informing him that the Interna
tional Agency company, which has an
office in the Rialto building inChicago,
is not authorized to do an insurance
business in this state and that Insur
ers in the company can have no re
sources through the courts for losses
sustained.
An Elevator Burns.
BLOOMFIELD, Neb., Aug. 4.—The ele
vator owned and operated here by The
Farmers’ Grain and Live Stock associa
tion was burned with its contents. The
fire is supposed to have been incendiary
and the feeling here is intense toward
the fiend who would commit such an
outrage. There were two cars burned,
one containing lumber and the other
corn. There were $1,500 insurance on
the elevator.
Omaha Aeronaut Injured.
SCOTIA, Neb., Aug. 4.—Prof. Sam
uel Murphy, an Omaha aeronaut, was
badly burned here as he was ready
to ascend, his balloon catching fire.
In rescuing an assistant the profes
sor’s hands were seriously burned
His assistant was slightly burned.
The fine balloon was entirely con
sumed. More than a thousand people
witnessed the accident.
Farmer Injured in Runaway.
M’COOL JUNCTION Neb.', Aug. 4.—
While Thomas Reardon, a pioneer
farmer of York county, was cutting a
field of alfalfa his team of mules ran
away and he narrowly escaped being
killed. He was taken from the field
and carried to town, where he receiv
ed medical attendance and is reported
to be much better.
Mysterious Disappearance.
STUART, Neb., Aug. 4.—James E.
Stewart, for twenty years a resident
of Holt county, mysteriously dissap
peared some days ago and has not
been found. He has recently suffered
financial reverses that seemed to have
affected his mind. The horse he rode
when going away has been found. It
is thought he has either suicided or
wandered away.
Beatrice Canning Plant Sold.
BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 4.—The
Dempster Mill Manufacturing com
pany has purchased the I^ang Canning
company’s property adjoining the
Dempster plant on South Sixth street,
the consideration being $4,500.
Beatrice Holdups Fined.
BEATRICE, Neh., Aug. 4.—Elmer
Cain and Charles Pennington were
fined $100 each for attempting to hold
up Mrs. John Marlow, a prominent
resident, of this city.
Claims Damages for Husband's Death.
BEAVER CITY. Neb., Aug. i.—Susan
R. Groathouse filed a petition in dis
trict court suing Furnas county for
$5,000 damages as a result of the death
of her husband who was drowned in
a canyon south of Oxford July 1. The
petition alleges that the county was
negligent, in the matter of the repair
of a small bridge and that as a result
the deceased came to his death. The
defense will be that Groathouse was in.
toxicated.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latent Quotations from South OmJlfi
and Kansas City.
SOl'TH OMAHA.
CATTLE—The supply of corrtfed steers
has been very light all the week, and In
fact there has not he* n enough good stu •
on sale to test the market. It is safe to
quote the market strong, however, on
anything desirable. The cow market has
been In pretty good shape all the w -ek.
and good stuff Is right around 25c higher.
The general market I* anyway l.>«(25o
higher unless In the ease of something
very inferior. Hulls have not sold any too
well this week, and except. In the case of
something good the market is a little
lower, Tlie demand for reeder bulls ha*
been limited. Veal calves and siags have
sold none too well. Stockers and feeders
h ive been strong all the week, and If any
thing are a little higher. Tidy cattle In
particular are stronger and yearling? of
good quality are selling considerably
higher than they were a week ago. The
same Is also true of short twos. West
on range cattle have mad.? up the bulk
of the receipts this week, and some South
Dakota cattle sold at $5,511. Stet rs of good
quality are probably 15c higher for the
week, and In some cases 25c higher, t'ows
arc also fully 154(250 higher for the week,
and idockers and feeders ire strong.
HOGS—There was Just a fair run of
hogs, but as other markets were all quot
ed lower, prices took a drop, amounting
to a good dime as compared with yester
day's general market. Trading was none
too active at the decline, hut Instead of
Improving as the morning advanced tin*
market seemed to weak, n and a. good
many hogs on the close sold 104jl5c lower.
It was a slow, draggy market from start
to finish, but as supplies were limited the
bulk of the offerings were disposed of in
fairly good season. The better grades of
hogs sold largely from $7,454(7.50 find as
high as $7.65 was paid.
8IIKKP-Quotations for clipped stock:
flood to choice yearlings. $1 Wu 115; fair
to good. $3,004(4.20; good to choice wethers.
$.1 304(4.10; fair to good wethers. $3,604(3.80;
good to choice ewfs, $3,501(71.75; f(Ur to
good ewes. *3.35412.50; good to choice
spring lambs, $5 254(5.50; fair to good
spring lambs, $5,004(5.25; feeder ethers.
$3.7563.10; feeder yearlings. $3,004(3.35;
l-eder lambs, $3.0 4(3.00; feeder ewes, *1.25
62.25.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE—Native steers. $5.1568.10: Tex
as and Indian steers, $2.50(14.25; Texas
cows, $2.2563.00; native cows and heifers.
$1.4' 6 2.13; stockers and feeders. $2.0065.50;
hulls. $2.2564.10; calves. $2.2565.35.
HCK5S— Steady to strong; hulk of sales.
47.406 7.70; Khfavy, $7.656 7.75; packers, $7.35
67.60; medium, $7.406 7.65; light. $7.2f>@7.55;
Yorkrrs, $7.45 6 7.55; pigs, $6.3067.13.
81IKEP AND DAM US -Steady; mut
tons, $3.6064.60; lambs, $3.7566.00; range
wethers, $3.4064.GO; ewes, $3.406 4.50.
CATTLE FOR EXPOSITION.
Endeavor Made to Secure Exhibit from
Royal British Herds.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.—When Sen
ator Harris of Kansas, who sailed from
New York a day or so ago on Majestic,
roaches London, he will begin, through
the United States ambassador, Mr.
Choate, diplomatic negotiations of an
tinttsal character with the king of
England. Mr. Harris has gone to Eu
rope as the special commissioner of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition and
lie also bears credentials from the
-tate department directing United^
States diplomatic and consular officials
to co-operate with him in his plans,
llis mission is to arrange with Euro
pean traders and breeders of live
. tock for exhibits of their blooded ani
mals at the St. Louis fair. Among
the stock of famous pedigree for which
ho will negotiate are the two royal
herds of shorthorn cattle, one of which
is owned by King Edward, now at
Sandringham, and the other by the
oirs of the late Queen Victoria.
Toth herds have been exhibited at the
royal agricultural shows and Senator
Harris will endeavor to arrange with
King Edward for the exhibition at St.
Louis.
PRESIDENT’S QUIET SUNDAY.
Family Attends Church in Morning,
Then Remain Indoors.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y„ Aug. 4 — Pres
ident Roosevelt and his family passed
a quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill. No
official visitors were received. The
president and Mrs. Roosevelt, accom
uanied by four of the children, attend
ed divine service at Christ Episcopal
church. Scarcely had they reached
home when the most severe thunder 4
XT
storm o' tne summer broke over thitf
y>art of Long Island, forcing them to
remain indoors during the greater part
of the afternoon. Special Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reid, who
have just returned from England, will
f.islt President and Mrs. Roosevelt to
day.
Cattle Rustler Killed.
BILLINGS. Mont., Aug. 4—J W.
Perry, known throughout the East
ern Montana Range as “Black Perry,”
a notorious cattle rustler, was shot
and killed by James Ilnynte, foreman
of the Hysham Cattle company, at
Sanders station.
Prominent Iowa Lawyer Dies.
DES MOINES, la., Aug. 4.—John
Francis Duncombe, a pioneer settlor
of Fort Oodgo and prominent In legal
nd political circles throughout tlie
•tate, died at his home bore last night,
aged 71. years.
Murder at Colorado Springs.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug.
4. - K. R. Taylor, proprietor of a hook
store, shot and killed Frank L.
ShadeF, a railroad brakeman. Taylor^
surrendered.