PEOPLE and
EVENTS
WIFE OF COLORED POET.
Mrs. Paul Lawrence Dunbar Also a
Writer of Some Note.
Mrs. Paul Lawrence Dunbar is a
writer, like her husband. Her first
book was published in 1895 under the
title, “Violets and Other Tales,” and
in 1899 Dodd. Mead & Co. brought out
“The Goodness of St. Roque," which
met a very kind reception. Some of
the leading magazines of the country
regularly print Mrs. Dunbar's short
stories. At the time of her marriage
to Mr. Dunbar in 1898 she was a
teacher in the public schools of
Brooklyn. Since her marriage she
has lived In Washington, where she
writes short stories and acts as sec
retary and general helpmeet to her
husband. This picture Is reproduced
from the Illustrated volume, “Twen
tieth Century Negro Literature,”
which contain over one hundred por
traits of prominent colored Ameri
cans. and noteworthy papers by them
on vital topics relating to the Ameri
can negro.
REGALADO A GOOD SHOT.
President of Salvador May Some Day
Find Accomplishment Useful.
Gen. Regalado, president of Salva
dor, is evidently a first-class shot, ac
cording to the New York Herald. He
went the other day on board of a man
of-war for the purpose of testing a
new army rifle. In spite of the motion
of the vessel he hit twice in succes
sion a cartridge shell which was sus
pended from a white thread at a dis
tance of thirty paces.
With this, however, he was not sat
isfied. and. turning to the commauder
in-chief of the army, he said: I now
propose to hit the white thread, and
I shall be much obliged if you will
hold it for me.”
Without a word the commander-in
chief went to the spot where the
thread hung, and. taking the top of It
between his fingers, he held it out at
arm’s length. The next moment the
president fired and cut the thread in
two five inches below the hand of the
man holding it.
He then called the commander in
ehief and asked him to accept as a
gift the rifle he had used.
HONORED WITH HIGH POSITION.
Boston Clergyman General Secretary
of Baptist Young People’s Union.
The Rev. Walter B. Galley of Bos
ton, who has been made general sec
I
retary of the Baptist Young People's
Union of America, and will establish
headquarters in Chicago, is pastor of
Boston Tabernacle. He was born in
Dover, Del., in 1858 of Quaker par
ents. He was prepared to enter the
publishing business, but by attending
services one Sunday in New York con
ducted by the Rev. Isaac M. Halde
man, he was led to adopt the ministry.
He graduated from Crozier Seminary
in 1880. His first pastorate was In
Bethlehem, Pa., and three years later
he took charge of the Philadelphia
mission boards. After nine years he
went to Cambridge, Mass., as pastor
of Charles River church. After paying
off a large debt there he went to the
Baptist Tabernacle in Boston, where
bis work has been greatly successful.
Sign of Advancing Age.
According to Sir James Crichton
Browne the hand begins to lose its
suppleness when the individual is
about 40 years of age. The scale of
wages In the button trade, for ex
ample, Is a good Indication of this
tendency of the hand to grow old
bo early in life. At his very best,
In his prime, a skillful button maker
can make 6,240 Ivory buttons a day
on his lathe. For this be receives
45 shillings a week. When the work
man Is 65 years of age he can seldom
make more than 20 shillings, this pro
viding that he still enjoys sound
health.
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Persons, Flaxes
and Things
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ELEPHANTS AND THEIR WAYS.
Generally Accepted Ideas Found to Be
Incorrect
The average term of an elephant's
life, although there is no precise in
formation on the point, is 70 or 80
years. The elephant is not in full
vigor and strength till 35. The moat
ready way of forming an approximate
idea of the age is by the amount of
turn-over of the upper edge of the ear.
In young animals, sometimes up to
the age of 8 or 9 years, the edge is
quite straight; it. however, then be
gins to turn over and by the time the
animal is 30 the edges lap over to the
extent of an inch and between this
age and 60 this increases to two inches
or slightly more. Extravagant ideas
are held as to the height of an ele
phant. Such a thing as an elephant
measuring ten feet at the shoulders
does not exist in India or Burma. San
derson. who is admitted to be the best
authority on the subject, says the
largest male he ever met with meas
ured nine feet ten inches and the tall
est female eight feet five inches. The
majority of elephants, however, are
below eight feet and an animal rarely
reaches nine feet, the female being
slightly shorter than the male. The
carcass of an elephant seven feet four
inches tall weighed in portions gives a
total weight of 3,900 pounds, so an ele
phant weighing two tons should be
common enough. The skin was about
three-fourths of an inch to one inch
thick.
FEW MEMBERS OF COLONY
Consul and His Wife the Only Ameri
cans at Guadaloupe.
Louis H. Ayme, the United States
consul at Guadaloupe, who is now in
Chicago, and his wife are the only
Americans who reside at all perma
nently in the Island of Guadaloupe.
Mrs. Ayme is at the present time
alone in this unusual distinction, her
husband, who will be remembered as
the first man to notify the world at
large of the dreadful volcanic disaster
at Martinique, having been in this
country since the middle of June on
official business. There is a vice
consul at Point-a-Pitre, but as he is
a Frenchman Mrs. Ayme doesn't con
sider him as really the representative
of the United States, and conse
quently will allow’ no one but herself
to raise the Stars and Stripes above
the consulate every morning at 6
o’clock or to lower the colors at sun
Bet. When Mr. Ayme is at home he
says he invites the entire American
colony to dine with him seven days
a week by simply announcing to Mrs.
Ayme that dinner is ready.
The Porcupine Fish.
Among the Bermuda fishes Just re
ceived at the Aquarium is a porcupine
fish, which has been placed in the
tank with the boxflsh.
The boxfish has all over its body a
large number of fixed, spiny protuber
ances. The porcupine fish differs from
it in having scattered thickly over its
body many sharp spines that are cap
able of shifting in position. Ordinarily
these spines lie fiat against the fish's
skin, but when the fish inflates itself
with water, as it can do, until its body
is also globe-shaped, its many sharp
spines rise up like quills upon the
fretful porcupine.
Hence the name of this fish, which
is sometimes also called hedgehog.
A Little Way They Have.
Most men have a habit of compar
ing one woman with another, and it is
not long before they begin to per
ceive that beauty is only skin deep,
as the saying goes, and that, although
a woman of from 30 to 35 is not so
pretty as those with whom he is ac
quainted. who are some years young
er, yet she is more interesting and
sympathetic in character than the
latter. This is because the older wom
an has had more experience of the
world. Her character has developed,
and she realizes that a woman needs
more than personal beauty to win
ami retain a man’s love.
|as THE WORLD|
1 REVOLVES |
COMMAND NOT NEW TO GOBIN
Soldier Has Many Times Been Sent
to Awe Strikers
Gen. John P. S. Gobin. who Is in
command of the militia sent to quell
the rioting and keep the peace among
the striking miners at Shenandoah,
Pa., has been prominent as a leader In
the state guard for many years and
is himself an old soldier and past com
mander In chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic. Gen. Gobin was com
mander of a brigade during tbe wai
with Spain and was elected lieutenant
governor of Pennsylvania in 1898. He
has the full confidence of Gov. Stone
and has had experience in preserving
peace in the mining districts in the
time of strikes.
HAD TO SEE THE RING.
Indian Soldiers Visiting England
Make a Request.
A striking aud hitherto unreported
incident occurred at the reception of
the Indian officers given by Lord
George Hamilton.
When the visitors had been present
ed they doffed their turbans and with
great solemnity laid them at Lord
George Hamilton's feet, while one of
their number in the name of all prayed
that the secretary for India would
allow the Indian troops to remain in
England until they had an opportuni
ty of seeing their emperor the king
face to face.
The 1,000 Indians who are in Hamp
ton court say they would willingly
forego every penny of their pay for
the next two months if they were per
mitted to stay until the king is able
to review' them.
“But if we do not see the emperor,'’
said a native officer yesterday, “we
shall be disgraced. Every one in In
dia will laugh at us and scorn us as
the men who were not allowed to
see the emperor. Yes, we will stay
lor the coronation if it can be in Sep
tember; but, at any rate, we must stay
until we see the king."—London Mail.
TO WED A MILLIONAIRE.
Pretty Telephone Girl Wins Heart of
Albert Edward Tower.
Although the date for the wedding
has not yet been fixed, preparations
are already under way for the mar
riage of Miss Mary Bogardus. a tele
phone girl of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to
Albert Edward Tower, millionaire pro
prietor of the Poughkeepsie Iron
Works. Miss Bogardus has resigned
her position in the telephone office and
with her sister is visiting relatives in
the country.
If the wedding takes place early in
the fall, which is the arrangement at
present, it will occur little more than
six months after the wife of Mr. Tower
fatally shot her 14-year-old son and
killed herself in the palatial Tower
home in Poughkeepsie.
The acquaintance of Miss Bogardus
and Mr. Tower began when the manu
facturer’s telephone became one of
those which Miss Bogardus answered
in her work. Mr. Tower was charmed
by her voice, sought an introduction,
and proposed marriage. The engage
ment was to have been kept a secret
owing to the recent death of Mrs.
Tower, but now that it is out the
preparations for the wedding are in
progress.
The Home of England’s Wealth.
The Bank of England generally con
tains sufficient gold, In 161b. bars, to
make 20,000,000 sovereigns. The Bank,
which stands in three parishes, covers
three acres of ground, and, as the
current price of land in the vicinity
works out at £1,000,000 an acre, it
is easy to form an idea of the money
value of the home of England's
wealth. The ratable value is about
£1,000 a week, the Bank employs
about 1,000 people, pays a quarter
of a million a year in wages, and
£35,000 a year in pensions. There
are £25,000,000 worth of notes in cir
culation which have been handed
over the Bank's counter.
SET ASIDE SALE OF LANDS.
Collusion Reported Among Bidders
for Omaha Indian Realty.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11.—S. G.
Ruby, an inpector of the Department
of the Interior, who was sent to
O’Neill, Neb., for the purpose of in
vestigating charges made in relation
to the sale of certain isolated tracts
of land in the Omaha Indian reserva
tion that were sold at the O'Neill land
office on May 4 has submitted his re
port to the secretary of the interior.
Mr. Ruby finds that a combination
was formed between prospective bid
ders and that a fund was raised to
pay certain other prospective bidders
to refrain from bidding upon the lands.
Mr. Ruby endorses the recommenda
tion of the register and receiver of
the O'Neill land office that the sale
be set aside, in view of the collusion,
which on the face of the returns is
apparent. Acting Secretary Ryan of
the interior department, after a re
view of the inspector's report, imme
diately ordered that a public hearing
be granted those persons who were
unable to bid at the sale and directed
that the register and receiver should
hold an open court for the purpose
of inquiring into the matter and that
said register and receiver should be
empowered to set a time and place for
such public hearting and that persons
interested in the sale should have the
right to be represented by attorney.
REQUISITION NOT HONORED.
Men Who Violated State Game Law
Cannot Be Brought Back.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 11.—Chief
Game Warden Simpkins returned from
Jefferson City. Mo., minus the two
Kansas City men who were wanted
at Red Cloud for hunting in Nebraska
without a license. Governor Dockery
refused to honor a requisition, saying
that the offense was merely a misde
meanor and he did not want to have
his men haitled about over the country
for such a crime.
C. T. Hazleton and R. W. Stoner
are the men wanted. Their three
dogs and ammunition were confiscated
at Rod Cloud and sold. The fine for a
non-resident hunting in Nebraska is
$100 or sixty days in jail. The men
had killed over sixty prairie chickens
out of season and it is believed a
total of $500 could have been piled
up against them. Another effort will
be made to bring them back. Mr.
Simpkins offers a reward of $50 to
any one who will arrest the two men
on Nebraska territory.
Nebraska Prohibitionists Nominate.
LINCOLN. Aug. 11.—The prohibi
tionists of Nebraska have placed in
nomination the following ticket: For
governor. S. T. Davies, Otoe county;
lieutenant governor, Isaiah Liglitner,
Platte county: secretary of state. D.
D. Norton, Adams county; treasurer,
W. H. Maddock, Richardson county;
auditor, John Dale, Douglas county;
attorney general, W. Bert Clarks,
Saunders county; land commissioner,
J. M. Dilworth. Johnson county; su
perintendent of public instruction, A.
E. Howard, University Place.
Old Folks’ Romance.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., Aug. 11.—Mrs.
Mary G. Ferguson of this city, aged
70, was married to Lyman Whitcomb
of Iowa, aged 72. A touch of romance
is lent to the marriage by the report
that it was brought about by corre
spondence through a matrimonial
agency. The present is the bride’s
third matrimonial venture. The new
ly married pair will make their home
in this city.
New Factory for Kearney.
KEARNEY, Neb., Aug. 11.—It is
proposed to turn the old cotton mill
here into a strawboard factory. E.
B. Shaw of Richmond, Va., has broach
ed the plan to several of Kearney’s
business men and they are in favor of
the idea. Over $150,000 would be in
volved in the deal and a number of
men would be employed the year
round.
Burned to Death.
BROKEN BOW, Neb., Aug. IE
Nine hours after he was injured John
Schroder, a laundry proprietor, died
from terrible burns on the face, head
and body. Shroder exploded a gaso
line tank while pumping air into it.
Judge Ely is Dead.
FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 11.—Judge
W. H. Ely, aged 81, and for forty-five
years a resident of Nebraska, is dead.
The deceased had been in good health
until the death of his wife a year ago.
Since then he had failed rapidly.
Will Rebuild Elevator.
BLOOMFIELD, Neb., Aug. 11.—The
farmers have decided to rebuild their
elevator, which was recently burned
here, and for that puri>ose have raised
over $2,000. The insurance was $3,
500. A reward of $1,000 has been of
fered for the apprehension of the par
ty starting the Are, and diligent in
vestigatto*. will be made. A number
of hogs were stolen from the stock
yardB of the farmers’ association the
night before the fire.
THE SOUTH OMAHA MARKET.
First Seven Months of the Year Shows
a Steady Growth.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 9.—Ab a cattle
and hog market, the last report of
receipts at South Omaha shows that
it has gone upward for the first seven
months of 1902; while as a sheep, and
horse and mule market, it has reced
ed. As a strange contrast, for the
month of July, there was but a slight
increase in cattle, and a decrease in
hogs as compared with July a year
ago, while good increases wrere shown
in the receipts of sheep, and horses
and mules.
Receipts of July, 1902, against July.
1901, were: 2,182 cars, containing 55,
525 cattle, against 2,181 cars, contain
ing 53,502 cattle; 2,488 cars, contain
ing 173,214 hogs, against 3,292 cars,
containing 235,081 hogs; 459 cars, con
taining 115,553 sheep, against 860
cars, containing 92,365 sheep; 268 cars,
containing 7,895 harses and mules,
against 247 cars, containing 7,232
horses and mules. The total receipts
by cars were 5,397, against 6,081—a
decrease of 684 cars.
Receipts for the seven months end
ing July 31, against the correspond
ing s^ven months of 1901 were; 16,916
cars, containing 420,318 cattle, against
16,265 cars, containing 395,135
cattle, an increase of 660 cars and
25,183 cattle; 20,430 cars, containing
1,504,637 hogs, against 20,460 cans,
containing 1.454,680 hogs, a decrease
of 3o cars, but an increase of 49,957
hogs; 2,305 cars, containing 535,412
sheep, against 2,564 ears, containing
603,510 sheep, a decrease of 259 cars
and 68,098 sheep; 869 cars, contain
ing 20,829 horses and mules, against
1,000 cars, containing 26,047 horses
and mules, a decrease of 131 cars and
5,218 horses and mules. The total re
ceipts by cars were 40.520, against
40,280, an increase of 240 cars.
PLANNING FOR IRRIGATION.
Guernsey May Be Sarting Point of
Nebraska Canal.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 9.—El wood
Mead, expert irrigationist and chief in
vestigator for the department of agri
culture, spent a day in Lincoln with
State Engineer Adna Dobson and mem
bers of the state board of irrigation.
Senator Dietrich arrived to confer
with Mr. Mead. It is now believed
that the governor will accept the rec
ommendation of those who recommend
the construction of a reservoir on the
state line in Speek Hill canyon and a
canal running from Guernsey, Wyo.,
to a point near North Platte.
As contemplated, the canal will prob
ably be extended to North Platte, but
the Intention now is to build the canal
only from Guernsey to the Nebraska
state line at a point on the Platte.
As projected the canal will furnish an
abundant water supply for the whole
of Scotts Bluff county and the greater
portion of Cheyenne county. Two res
ervoirs will be constructed near the
state line if the project goes through.
This portion of the canal will be about
fifty miles in length.
Arrested on Eve of Wedding Day.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Aug. St.
John and Nicholas Adams of Dawson
county were arraigned before United
States Commissioner Bode on the
charge of scdling beer in violation of
the United States revenue laws. Nich
olas was released, but John was bound
over to the United States district
court at Omaha and the bond fixed at
$500, which the defendant was fortu
nately able to furnish—the more for
tunately for the reason that it was
the eve of his wedding day and he
had to hurry back to Dawson county
in order not to postpone the nuptial
event.
After Illegal Hunters.
RED CLOUD, Neb., Aug. 9.—Three
thoroughbred bird dogs and a quantity
of shotgun shells wrere sold here by
Sheriff McArthur, it being property
abandoned by C. T. Hazleton and R.
W. Stoner of Kansas City and cap
tured by Game Warden W. A. Scett.
Warrants were issued for the owners
of the property, but they made their
escape.
Polk County Fair.
OSCEOLA, Neb., Aug. 9—C. D.
Stoner, secretary of the Polk County
Agricultural society, with his corps of
assistants, Is busy in an effort to make
the coming fair the best that the coun
ty has ever had.
Seriously Injured by a Fall.
SYRACUSE, Neb., Aug. 9 —H. Peck,
the contractor on George E. Brown s
new brick building, fell from a scaf
folding a distance of about eight feet,
alighting on his head and shoulders.
His injuries will likely prove fatal.
Oregonian Robbed in Depot.
GRAND ISLAND. Nob., Aug. 9.—
.1. A. Morton, a stockman of Ontario,
Ore., was robbed in this city while
about to transact some business at
the depot. He stepped from the train
and when in the crowd felt a band
on his trousers pocket. He grabbed
the hand and tried to hold the man,
but the stranger got away In the dense
ly packed throng. Morton’s loss In
$1,200 in paper and checks and $115
in currency.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. f
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOl'TH OMATIA.
CATTLE—There was onl" a fair run of
5u.ttle, but for the week to date the sup
ply Is considerably In excess of the same
fays of last week and also of last year.
Buyers took hold in good shape of all
desirable grades of both killers and feed
ers, so that the general market was about
steady with yesterday. There were only
a few cars of cornfed steers on sale, and
the same as has been the case of late,
they were shortfed cattle and nothing
strictly choice was qffered. The cow
market was also about the same as it
was yesterday. Supplies were not exces
sive and anything at all desirable met
with ready sale at stendv prices. The
common stuff, such as sells halow $3.00
was about steady. The demand for the
better grades of stockers and feeders
was active nnd the market could be
quoted steady. While good, heavy cat
tle und prime yearlings are In active de
mand the common and thin stuff is neg
lected, and if anything was a little lower
today. There were not very many range
beef steers of goad quality, but the mar
ket held just about steady all around
and was fairly active. Cows and feeders
also sold at good, steady prices where
the quality was satisfactory, hut common
stuff was neglected
HOGS—There was a small run of hogs.
On the start the market was a dime
lower than yesterday, but later in the
morning it become evident that the-re
were not enough hogs to till packers' or
ders. so that In spite of the fact that
< 'hlcago was quoted 10615c lower, thfn
market Armed up and closed active, with
half of the loss regained. The hulk of
all tho sales went from $7.25 to $7.30. and
us high as $7.40 was paid.
SHEEP Quotations for dlpiied stock:
Good to choice yearlings. $3.6064.00; fair
to good, $3.3063.60; good to choice weth
ers. $3.2563.50: fair to good wethers. $3.00
63.25; good to choice ewes, $3 0063.25; fair
to good ewe*, $2.8063.00; good to choice
spring Iambs, $5.0065.25; fair to good
spring lambs, $4.7565.00; feeder wethers.
$2.7563.10; feeder yearlings, $3.0063.35;
feeder lambs, $3.506 4.00; feeder ewes, $1.25
2.25.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE — Natives and quarantine
butchers’ stuff, steady; stockers and
feeders, Rteadv to lower; choice export
and dressed beef steers, $7.7568.30; fair
to good, $3.8567.70; stockers and feeders.
$3.0065.50; western fed steers, $4.8565.10;
Texas and Indian steeTs. $2.7564.15; Texas
.’ows, $2.2563.00: native cows, $1.2564.75;
native heifers, $3.0064.00; canners, $1,504$
2.25; hulls, $2.756 4.75; calves, $2.2565.25.
HOGS—Market 5610c lower; top, $7.55;
hulk of sales. $7.2567.45; heavy. $7.1067.55;
mixed packers, $7.2567.40; light, $7.00#7.35;
yorkers. $7.256 7.35; pigs. $6.5067.10.
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market steady
to 10c higher; native Iambs, $3.4065.75;
western lambs, $3.1065.00; native, wethers,
$3.0564.00; western wethers. $3.0064.09; fed
"wes, $3.1564.15; Texas clipped yearlings.
$3.5064.15; Texas clipped sheep, $3.00© 3. ao;
stockers and feeders, $2.406 3.00.
CABLE WILL NOT BE CUT.
United States Decides to Ta«e a Hand
in the Haytien Trouble.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.—The Uni
ted States and Haytien Telegraph and
Cable company has appealed to the
state and navy departments here to
prevent the cutting of its cable at Cape
Haytien.
According to Information received
by the cable company in New York,
the Haytien gunboat Create-a-Pierrot,
which is under the command of Ad
miral Killick, who has allied him
self with the revolutionary govern
ment under General Firmin and who
has been appointed secretary of war
and the navy under the revolutionary
government, intends to sever the com
pany's cable between Cape Haytien
and New York.
The company appealed to the au
thorities here to instruct Commander
McCrea of the gunboat Machias to
protect the cable from violence, and
directions were sent to prevent cut
ting of the cable.
NEGOTIATING WITH MORGAN.
Britain, However, Not in Position to
Make Announcement to Public.
LONDON, Aug. 9.—As indicated in
these dispatches, the announcement
made in Belfast that an agreement
had been reached between the admir
alty and the Morgan shipping com
bine was premature.
Negotiations on details of the agree
ment are still proceeding, and, it is
believed, with every promise of suc
cess. In the house of commons this
afternoon the premier. A. J. Balfour,
said the government had been engaged
in negotiations connected with the for
mation of the shipping combine. “Un
fortuaately we are not yet in a posi
tion to make a statement to the pub
lic,” said Mr. Balfour.
“The accident to the colonial sec
retary, Mr. Chamberlain, has caused
some delay, but I am confident that
when the house meets again we shall
be in a poslJoa to tfcke It Into our
confidence.”
Keep It in the Family,
LONDON, Aug. 9.—Official announce
ment was made today that Austen
Chamberlain, son of the colonial sec
retary, has been appointed postmaster
general, vice the marquis of London
derry. resigned. The appointment of
Sir William Hood Waldron to be
chancellor of the duehy of I^ancaater
In place of I-ord James of Hereford ■«
resigned because of ill health, also waH
officially announced yesterday.
