NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA BRIEFS. I
—
Frank Alliger, the veteran brick
layer of Seward, had the honor of lay
ing the first brick on the court house
foundation at Seward. He is 72 years
old.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy i
company is building a 300.000 gallon
reservoir in the yards at Wymore.
The water will be used at the shops
and roundhouse.
The real estate assessment in Box
Butte, Colfax and Dakota counties
has been raised 10 per cent, 2 per
cent and 10 per cent, respectively, by
the state board of equalization.
A freight conductor and brakeman
had a fight with some tramps at Wood
River the oth*r evening, whom they
tried to put off the train. During the
mixup one of the tramps was badly
beaten.
A barn on the farm of Lambert Van
Hamert. five miles southwest of Bea
trice. was struck by lightning and con
sumed. together with a small amount
of grain and hay. Loss, $600, par
ially insured.
Based on the returns from seventy
one counties, the total assessment of
ail property in Nebraska this year
will be in the neighborhood of $301,
000,000, an increase from a total valu
ation last year of $294,779,244.
At Monterey, Mexico, Hays Tomson.
formerly of Lincoln, was drowned
while swimming. A hasty burial was
necessary because of the climatic con
ditions. The mother was almost
prostrated by the sudden calamity.
The Wymore Driving Park associa
tion is making extensive preparations
for their racing meet next month.
Over $2,000 has been spent in im
proving the grounds and track, and
plenty of sport is promised the public.
Secretary Bassett of the State Fair
board feels much encouraged at the
number of entries at the country rac
ing meets now being held over the
state, and believes this is an indica
tion of what will happen at the State
fair.
The Gage county old settlers’ pic
nic will be held on the Chautauqua
grounds Thursday. August 24. Sena
tor Burkett will be present and de
liver an address. A most interesting
program is being prepared for the oc
casion.
At Republican City the new hall of
the Woman’s Relief Corps and the
Grand Army of the Republic was ac
cepted from the contractor and will
soon be ready for occupancy. It is an
ornamental public building and a
credit to the town.
The first complaint from Dawes
county under the new inebriate law
was laid before the Insanity board.
W. A. Simmons is charged with being
an habitual drunkard. He is now
under bonds in the sum of $500 not to
become drunk for ninety days.
Gurdon W. Wattles of Omaha has
been chosen as the speaker of the day
at the coming annual picnic of the
Cuming County Old Settlers’ associa
tion. and has signified his acceptance
of the invitation extended to him.
The reunion takes place August 24.
John Fankhauser and John Rist,
two well known farmers of Richard
son county, took their departure for a
visit of several months at their native
town, Grindelwald, Switzerland. The
first named party has not visited
home scenes since he emigrated to
the United States in 1847.
Charles Vaneka of Table Rock was
arrested on the charge of petty lar
ceny and fined $50 and costs. He was
suspected of stealing merchandise
from a store in Humboldt. A search
warrant revealed a wagon load of
plunder, evidently taken from Table
Rock peonle and other places.
John Mattes, jr., and John Mattis,
sr.. president and vice president of
the Mattes Brewing company, Ne
braska City, were arrested on a com
plaint sworn to in the county court
by Mrs. Ruth Schoonover, charging
that her 14-year-old son had purchased
beer in the Mattes Brewing compa
ny’s Ninth street saloon. The case
has been continued until August 15.
Only a few years ago, says an Au
burn dispatch, it was thought that
beavers were becoming extinct in this
section of the country, but recent de
velopments bring light that they are
really becoming more numerous.
Those who are familiar with the hab
its of these little animals have found
numerous evidences of their work
along the Little Nemaha in this
county.
Hon. T. B. Dihsmore of Sutton,
errand treasurer of the Masonic lodge
of Nebraska, visited Ashland and pre
sented to Father C. P. Hackney the
medal recently voted him as the old
est Mason in the state. This medal
was held until his recent death by
ex-Governor Robert W. Furnas. With
the voting of the honor to Father
Hackney the grand lodge Also pro
vided him with a pension of $25 per
month as long as he lives, the pen
sion to go to his wife at his death.
The board of directors of the Bea
trice Chautauqua association held a
meeting last week and allowed out
standing claims against the associa
tion. After all bills were paid there i
will be a balance of about $2,000 in
the treasury.
Frank Kudrna of Colfax county has
been obliged to pay a fine of $25 and
costs, amounting to $28.50, for illegal
fishing in a stream near Schuyler. He
had not yet caught any fish, but the
state game and fish commission charg
ed him with imprisoning fish in a
seine when water was let out of a
mill dam. intending to spear them.
Circulars have been distributed in
Nebraska City requesting all the
members of union labor organizations
and their friends to boycott the Freese
Hack and Baggage company, as that
company was unfair to union labor.
The company has refused to discharge
non-union drivers.
At Ainsworth Sheriff Lampert ar
rested Oscar Thurlow, Ed Berry and
John Hall for grand larceny commit
ted at Long Pine. The parties were
arraigned before Judge Ramsey and
pleaded guilty to petit larceny and
were sentenced to thirty days In the
county jail
THE COMING STATE FAIR.
Preparations for a Fine Educational
Exhibit.
LINCOLN—The board of managers
of the state fair has issued the follow*
ing information concerning the big an
nual show: The south wing of Mer
chants’ hall, including the centei
space, has been reserved for the edu
cational exhibit. This gives three
times the space before allotted to the
schools of the state. Five times the
usual amount is offered in prizes. The
amount of cash prizes is unusually
large. Eight hundred and twenty dol
lars' worth of prizes and ninety-twc
diplomas are offered. Of the total 721
prizes twenty-six are general. 219 are
for town and city schools and 476 are
exclusively for rural schools. Col
leges also come in for prizes and in
dividual work has not been overlook
ed.
Several new departments are added.
In addition to the regular school work
an exhibit of improvements in school
grounds and buildings will show the
best school buildings and grounds in
the state. One department will ex
hibit by photographs the best rural
school building and grounds in each
county.
The school gardening department
will show school and home gardening
by pupils of the public schools and
school gardening by teachers in the
summer normal schools. An exhibit
will be made from the five junior nor
mal schools.
Colleges and academies also have a
department where photographs ol
buildings and grounds, class work,
etc., will show what is being done in
the colleges of the state.
The Girls’ Industrial school at Ge
neva and the Boys’ Industrial school
at Kearney will have a full exhibit
showing manual training, cooking,
sewing and other lines of domestic
science.
A model rural school will occupy
the center space opposite the south
entrance. This will be up-to-date in
seating, lightine. heating, blackboards,
maps, charts, libraries, wall finishing,
decorations, desks, etc. Work of pu
pils will be on exhibition as in an
ideal rural school and teacher, who
will explain to visitors any features
exhibited.
A school teacher made of Rock
county grasses will be in position tJ
keep an eye on all who enter and a
school boy made of York county corn
products will be present every day.
Box Butte countV will illustrate its
products of horses, cattle and pota
toes by figures made of potatoes and
Perkins county will be on hand with
the "staff of life” represented by the
castus plant as trained in the west to
furnish food for hogs, cattle and
horses.
PROTESTS ON ASSESSMENT.
Union Pacific Says All Property But
It? Own is Valued Too Low.
LINCOLN—The Union Pacific rail
road company, represented by Robert
J. Clancy, assistant tax commissioner
stood up for Nebraska, by protesting
against the low valuation of all the
property in the state except the Union
Pacific Railroad company, and in the
matter of this latter named property
the company demanded of the board
that its assessment be reduced from
said "excessive valuation and assess
ment." The railroad company also
"demands” of the board that it give
force and effect to the rule of uni
formity prescribed in the constitution.
The protest was filed with the secre
tary of the board and it was signed
by Robert J. Clancy, assistant tax com
missioner; Vice President and Gen
eral Manager Mohler and W. R. Kel
ley. general solicitor.
The protest asserts that the grand
assessment roll for 1905 in respect to
property other than railroads is an
assemblage of under valuations, there
by doing great wrong to the Union
Pacific railroad and intensifying its
burden of taxation. It is asserted that
real estate was valued and assessed
in 1904 at not more than one-fifth of
70 per cent of its actual value, so that
instead of real estate being assessed
at 20 per cent of its actual value it is
assessed at not to exceed 14 per cent.
New State Bank.
The Commercial State bank of Es
tina. Saunders county, has filed its
articles of incorporation with the
state banking board. The capital
stock is $15,000. of which $5,000 is
paid up. and the stockholders are E
E. Lyle. L. H. Lyle, B. E. Hendricks
H. A. Lyle and Anna J. Lyle.
Nebraska's Exports GrOwinq.
Statistics on shipments, compiled by
the State Bureau of Statistics, show
that Nebraska has exported surplus
nroducts to the amount of $208,110,
576.95 during the year 1904. This is
a nincrease of $34,261,369.95 since
1901 when the last report was made
of $173,849,207.
Alliance Sailor a Victim.
ALLIANCE—L. M. Kennedy receiv
ed word from the Agnew sanitarium.
San Diego. Cal., that his son, Ward
V., one of the Bennington victims. wa<
very low. but still had a fighting
chance. Mr. Kennedy was one of. five
young men who entered the nava
service from here last February. Three
of them are on as many different ves
sels, while Ward Kennedy and Ches
ter Mumper, also - of this city, were
assigned to the ill-fated Bennington.
Mr. Mumper was uninjured.
Under the inheritance tax law enact
ed by the last legislature providing
that money paid into the state treas
ury by reason of the inheritance tax
shall be distributed back to the coun
ties and used for road purposes. State
Treasurer Mortensen has on hand for
distribution $9,914.08.
PLATTSMOUTH — A, Childers, a I
fisherman residing along the Platte |
river north of this city, captured a
catfish which tipped the scales at 100
pounds. The fish measures five feet
in length.
BARON KOMURA IN READINESS
FOR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Baron Komura
Baron Jurato Komura, Japans peace envoy, is now at Portsmouth,
N. H., ready to open treaty negotiations with the Russian representatives.
The preliminary meeting will take place about August 5.
LUXURY OF NO USE.
Mahogany and White Marble of Little
Value to Railroads.
On American railways the interiors
of stations are sometimes finished in
white marble, and parlor cars are
done in mahogany. Take a trip into
Mexico, and on the Mexican Gulf rail
way you will find mahogany sleepers
under the metals and whole bridges
built of beautiful white marble. Ma
hogany and marble are so abundant
along the line of the road that it is
cheaper to use them for construction
than to import from far away
forests and quarries less expen
sive material. In West Mexico an
other railway ballasts its line with
silver ore, drawn from mines along
side the right of way. Such luxury is
of no use; the rock ballasted line is
smoother and more comfortable than
this ore-built roadbed. The iron
bridges of our roads are stronger,
firmer, more easily repaired. Many a
Cuban land owner wishes soft pine
would replace the sometimes valuable
but to him worse than useless, hard
wood that covers his estate.
COUNTRY AWAKE TO DANGER.
Social Conscience Beginning to Make
Itself Felt.
Conscience in many respectable peo
ple consists in denouncing the sins of
other people. What respectable citi
zen likes to call himself a rascal? He
never bribes. He is held up by labor
organizations, city councils and state
legislatures. He does not graft. He
does not expect to apply the Sermon
on the Mount to business. He con
tributes to no corruption fund. He
only helps to save his country' with
his money. Other men may water
stock. He simply capitalizes his com
pany on the basis of its earning capa
city. There are bribers and corrup
tionists and stock gamblers. He la
ments the fact and writes essays on
the -morals of the country in which
such evil men live. And he is worse
than the men he condemns. He is a
hypocrite. We are just now seeing
the social conscience awakened to the
dangers from such respectability. It
is a movement which cheers the opti
mist and even halts the cynic.—The
World To-day.
Gullibility of Americans.
The cynical Labouchere, writing in
London Truth, asserts that “the
Americans, in spite of their reputed
shrewdness, are the most easily gull
ed of any people on earth by those
who know how to get at them.” Is
this merely a railing accusation with
out foundation, or has it a modicum of
truth? Verily, there have been times
when it seemed that certain elements
in our population were easily snared.
Get-rich-quick schemes, promising
100 per cent profit every year have
found no lack of patrons. But this is
only vulgar finance. It is in the realm
of high Stance and promoting that
the lambs are shorn with neatness and
dispatch. Still, Americans are not
more gullible than their cousins
across the Atlantic. Hundreds of
frauds and imposters ply their trade
in England and gather in rich spoils.
—Baltimore Sun.
Career of Father Cavanaugh.
Rev. Father Cavanaugh, the new
president of the University of Notre
Dame, has been at the head of Holy
Cross seminary since 1899 and is one
of the most scholarly men in the Ro
man Catholic church. He is 35 years
old, was born in Leetonia. Ohio, was
educated at tfce parish school in that
town and at Notre Dame, to which he
now comes as president, and was
ordained in 1894. For the last twelve
years he has been assistant editor of
Ave Maria, is a well known lecturer
and has been an industrious contribu
tor to the current magazines.
Clothing Money is “Pickup.”
Col. G. W. Darling of Dayton, Ohio,
recently sent his discharge papers to
Washington for correction. He has
just received them, together with a
voucher for about $200, clothing
money which was due him during his
term of service. This was the first
intimation that Col. Darling had that
anything was coming to him. While
in service he was so small that his
mother made his clothing and the
government furnished him none.
' WAR BALLOONS WELL STOCKED
Occupants Enabled to Forward In
formation at Once.
The war balloon of to-day is sup
posed to last five or six years, and is
protected with many thicknesses ol
j material in vital places, such as the
top and bottom, where the valves are
I let :n. A balloon of 500 cubic meters
capacity will cost about $1,500. The
network is of hemp and the basket of
Spanish reeds. The observer has, of
; course, wireless telegraph apparatus
and telephones, as well as flag signals,
megaphones, and other instruments.
His sketches, written notes, maps and
negatives may be sent down in a tin
can along the cable. *His telegraph
instrument is fastened about his waist
on a belt, and the telephone receiver
is always at his ear. German officers
in small balloons carry an instantane
ous camera screwed to the stock of
a rifle, so that the observer can put
the stock to his shoulder, as though
about to shoot, bring his sights to
bear on the object to be photographed
and make an exposure by pulling the
trigger.—W. G. Fitzgerald.
LAND-GRABBERS TO BLAME.
Pittsburg Dispatch Talks of Emigra
tion to Canada.
The somewhat startling information
comes from the west that the decreas
ed population in many communities
can be traced directly to land-grab
bers. Securing large acreage, these
corporations and individuals are hold
ing it at prices so high that young
men have been compelled to seek em
ployment in the cities or emigrate
to Canada, where land is good and
cheap. This sort of thing has been
the curse of the west. When it be
gan there was no indication that it
would reach that point where it could
affect the population. But the drain
commenced then has been steadily in
creasing, and the natural increase in
population has been lost in the num
ber of emigrants. When boys grew
to manhood and no longer cared to
remain at home they found that they
were unable to buy the lands taken up
by the grabbers. Canada and cities
opened their arms and there they
went as their individual tastes dic
tated.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
COMFORT IN SUMMER HEAT.
Simple Process to Cool and Dry Air
of Rooms.
John Arbuckle. the rich Brooklyn
manufacturer, has invented a method
of cooling and drying the air of rooms,
no matter how hot and humid it may
be outside. The plan consists of
pipes containing brine, which is car
ried around the room, being forced
very much like the heat is forced in
winter, and the more intense the pres
sure the lower will become the tem
perature. The secret of it is that the
moisture is taken from the air. be
ing congealed on the pipes, from
which it is then removed, and the
humidity is thus done away with. No
ipe nor chemicals .are used. This
method of cooling has been experi
mentally demonstrated, and those
who have seen it in operation say it is
a great success.
Truly Cosmopolitan Dinner.
S. A. Dangel, a Polish resident ot
Scranton, Pa., gave a decidedly cos
mopolitan dinner to some newspaper
men of that city recently. The din
ner was prepared by A. E. Fumagalli,
an Italian chef, and served by Jacob
Castor, Franco-Prussian. One of the
guests of honor was a Welshman
named Kelly, and another was an
Irishman named Welsh. The menu
was a combination of French, Italian,
German and American dishes, includ
ing spaghetti, Hamburg steak and
green peas. A Polish wine punch,
made of wine imported by Mr. Dangel,
was the principal drink.
Debutantes Rule Newport.
Debutantes are having things their
own way at Newport, according to all
reports, and the full-blown beauties
will be crowded to the wall unless
they can manage to think of some
way to get the better of these enter
prising buds. Most of the festivities
that have been given so far this season
have been for the benefit of the young
er set, who have had enough homage
paid them to turn level heads.
EMPERORS IN CONFERENCE
PUZZLE THE DIPLOMATS
Where the Emperor of Germany and the Czar of Russia met in conference,
the meaning of which puzzles European statesmen.
DIPLOMATS IN THE DARK.
Can Make But Vague Guesses at
Meaning of Conference.
According to private advices the
picturesque meeting between the Rus
sian and German emperors in the Gulf
of Finland ended with a gala luncheon
on board the German imperial
>acht Hohenzollern, after which
Emperor William's yacht sailed
seaward, escorted for a short
distance by the Russian im
perial yacht Polar Star. Imperial
salutes were exchanged and the Polar
Star put about and returned to Peter
hof. A flotilla of torpedo boats, tor
pedo boat destroyers and small cruis
ers hovered about the imperial yachts
from the time they met until they
parted.
The meeting of the monarchs nat
urally created intense interest in dip
lomatic circles. In some quarters
there is a disposition to attach the
deepest political significance to it,
and all kinds of theories are advanced.
They are, however, largely specula
tion. It is officially announced that
the visit was only a "visit of courtesy’’
made by Emperor William before
leaving the Gulf of Bothnia. In the
circumstances diplomats cannot be
lieve that such a meeting was devoid
of meaning to the world’s political
chessboard, no matter what the result
may be.
The conference presented opportuni
ties of which the foreign correspond
ents have been prompt to avail them
selves. As nothing is known of what
was said or done, the only official in
formation vouchsafed being that the
visit of the kaiser to the czar was one
of courtesy, speculative correspond
ents have a free hand. They can set
out in detail all the advice that Wil
liam may have given to Nicholas, anu
his reasons for giving it. They can
say without fear of contradiction that
it is possible the czar was urged deli
cately to make a few reforms to se
cure domestic peace and was given
some information as to the best way
in which a ruler by divine right
should keep his subjects in order. It
is possible that the war with Japan
and the question of Russia’s future
status in the orient were discussed.
It is possible that the emperors talk
ed about their families and the
weather.
After all the possibilities have been
recapitulated the conference remains
a mystery. Neither William nor
Nicholas will speak, and if either of
them keeps a diary it is not accessibly.
Future events may reveal what they
talked about, but at present there is
silence. The men who manage af
fairs of state in France, England, and
other countries may brood over the
mystery, but they cannot solve it.
The conference must have been an
interesting one. The two monarchs
had not met since the fall of 1903.
Then the commanding position of Rus
sia was unchallenged. Germany look
ed at her with respect and perhaps a
little fear. The kaiser knew himself
to be a far abler man than the dreamy,
uncertain czar, but the latter wielded
the then unbroken and overestimated
forces of a great empire. At that time
the czar might have resented advice
or hints. Matters have not gone well
during the last year and a half, and
the czar ought to be willing to ask the
capable ruler of Germany for sug
gestions as to what should be dorp
at this trying moment. It is possible,
as the correspondents say when in
the dark, that the czar did invite the
conference and ask for advice.
Hudson an Arctic Explorer.
The promoters of the Hendrik Hud
son celebration in 1909—the tricen
tenary of the discovery of the Hudsor
river—have asked Gov. Higgins and
Mayor McClellan to appoint a commit
tee of 100. The stout old Dutchman
was an Arctic explorer like Peary.
Though he died at about the age of 40
he had made four voyages, in ever}
one of which he had first turned the
prow of his vessel northward, his
object in his first voyage, as in his
last, being “to discover the pole and
to sail across it -to -the islands of «pi
cery or Cathay.” It is known also
that in his first voyage he reached,
on July 23, 1607, 80:23. the highest
latitude he ever attained.
Admiral Schley’s Strong Cigars.
As a smoker of strong cigars there
are few who can toe the line with
Rear Admiral Schley. He smokes the
very strongest obtainable, as becomes
a gallant old sea dog. His favorite i
brand he has especially imported
from Cuba for him. The other morn
ing he presented one to a reporter
with the remark: “This ‘snipe,’ my
friend, has none of the monotony of
the Havana. You’ll find it full of
variety and incident.” And it was.
That weed put the scribe out of busi
ness for three solid hours.
Edison’s Life.
“Although I work a good many hours
a day.” says Inventor Edison, “my life
is a very quiet and restful one. I do
not worry; I am fond of fun, and I
like good fellows. I do not want to
deal with mean men or men whose
lives are devoted to getting money.”
Lese Majeste in Prussia.
The number of persons convicted in
Prussian courts last year for lese
majeste was 164, as against 198 in
1903.
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HELD ON TO DOUBLE PAY.
Gen. Gallieni Tco Much for French
Colonial Minister.
Gen. Gallieni is at one and the same
time drawing pay as governor general,
as a general officer and as general
commanding the troops in Madagas
car, so that or the whole he receives
180,000 francs per annum. But this
abnormal state of things worried M.
Bumergue, the late minister for the
colonies, though he did not venture to
order Gen. Gallieni to conform to the
rule, because the general is in power
at the colonial office and is, more
over, considered indispensable in '
Madagascar, in spite of the fact that
two or three highly placed men are
doing all they can to step into his
place. M. Dumergue, therefore, wrote
privately to the governor general and
begged him to see that no officer in
the Madagascar army of occupation
transgressed the rule. The minister
flattered himself that he had put the
case very cleverly, but he had to
acknowledge himself beaten when he
got the delightful answer: “Sir, I have
the honor to inform you that not one
of the officers under my orders is
drawing double pay.” Gen. Gallieni,
therefore, continued to receive his
180,000 francs.
Loafing in House of Commons.
T. P. O’Connor, the brilliant pub
licist and member of parliament, says
in a late article that the house of
commons is a house of loafers. He
contrasts the “dog's life” of a mem
ber of the house of representatives
in Washington with the idleness of the
average M. P. Men noted for their in
dustry in literary, professional or
business lives entering parliament are
at once struck with the unbusinesslike
methods prevailing. They struggle
against the feeling of inertia, but
gradually become so “accustomed to
the creaky, unwieldy, cumbrous, im
mutable parliamentary machine that
they lose courage, hope and even
faith.” It is impossible to do any
work in the house of commons. Mr.
O’Connor asserts from experience and
observation, although he notes one or
two exceptions to the rule.
The Danger Spot in India.
It seems rather strange that at the
very time Russia appears utterly ex
hausted by a disastrous war the Brit
ish empire should be carefully and
systematically strengthening its de
fenses in India. That it has been
always Russia's ambition to reach
the open sea through the conquest of
India is a fact too well known to be
even called into question. That her
defeat at the hands of Japan has in
any way altered that determination is
not at all probable; on the contrary,
the failure to secure the coveted ports
in far east Asia has probably increas
ed the desire to secure them else
where, either on the peninsula of In
dia or in the Persian gulf. An at
tempt in either direction England
would be compelled, in self-defense,
to oppose.—New Orleans Picayune.
Emigration from England.
“There is a double stream of emi
gration from England.” says a writer
in the London Graphic. “Our poof
emigrate to the United States or the
colonies to improve their circum
stances, but there are every year
some thousands of comparatively rich
families among us that remove to the
continent to live cheaply. This sec
ond stream is growing in magnitude
every year, for prices in England are
continually increasing. It was from
the ranks of the ‘moderately rich’
that we used to get most of our of
ficers for the army; but the sons of
these ‘emigrants’ now become ac
quainted with foreign languages and
find better employment in commerce
and often on the continent.”
Conversed Easily by Signs.
Mme. Paille. the accomplished
, French mute, who has done so much
in France for those afflicted like her
self, has been investigating the sign
language of the Crow Indians in the
southwest. She was amazed at the
facility with which she could con
verse by signs with the Indians, their
intercommunication being compre
hended as easily as spoken language.
Togo's Inadequate Salary.
It is said that Admiral Togo’s salary
in American money, is about $3,200 a
year. Something inharmonious may
be detected in the fact that a vaude
ville performer has secured an engage- j
ment in New York at $3,000 per week,
or nearly as much as the famous Ja
panese sea fighter gets for twelve
months’ hard work.
Rev. Francis E. Clark Recovering.
Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., found
er of the Christian Endeavor move
iment, is now at Grand Beach, Port
land, recovering from a recent severe
illness. He is able to attend to a
small amount of business each day,
but will not fill any public engage
ments for some time.
Belva Lockwood’s Law Practice.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, Ae only wom
an who ever ran for president of the
United States, is a member of the Dis
trict of Columbia bar. At present she
is engaged in the Cherokee Indian
case, among the most important that
ever came before the United States
court of claims.
NEW HEAD OF G. A. R.
Gen. John R. King Succeeds the Lata
Gen. Blackmar.
Gen. John R. King, the new com
i mander in chief of the Grand Army of
tfce Republic, is one of the oldest
members of the organization, and
holds the position of pension agent in
Washington. He was born in Mary
land, and at the age of 17 became a
soldier, and participated in many of
the battles fought by the Army of
the Potomac. For six months he was
a prisoner of war, and three times
was wounded. Gen. King took an
active part in organizing the Boys in
Blue, which organization was subse
quently merged into the Grand Army.
In 1900 he was unanimously elected
commander of the department of
GEF-JO/W-P-MMs
Maryland, and now is a member of
Wilson Post, No. 1. He announces he
will not be a candidate to succeed him
self this year.
True Bravery and False.
In contrast to the foolhardiness of
two men who risked their lives in a
swimming match through the rapids
of Niagara stands the humanitarian
feat of a Wyoming doctor who raced
100 miles by relays of horses to save
the lives of four men injured in a
mine explosion. In contrast also Is
the true bravery of Frederick Linen
kohl, who rescued a boy and a girl
from the swirling eddies of Hell Gate,
and the quick, purposeful work of
George King and Edward Maher who
dragged three girls from the Hudson
river after the overturning of a row
boat. Here are three instances of per
sonal courage put to noble uses. Glo
ver and Graham, who swam Niagara,
merely wrote their names on the
scroll of notoriety. Their feat was
remarkable, but it served no sane
purpose. They are familiar types of
men who cast human life in the bal
ance against insane sensationalism.—
New York World.
Power of Public Opinion.
The man who defined public opinion
as “the stupidity of one multiplied by
the stupidity of many” preferred epi
gram to truth. It is sometimes the
outgrowth of an impulsive “jumping
at conclusions.” But public opinion is
fundamentally honest, and when it
jumps at conclusions it is usually
found condemning something which,
at the time, has the appearance of
evil. The man who is scrupulous in
his business dealings and who
evinces a fine sense of morality in
the conduct of public office need never
fear public opinion. This has the pow
er to help along public morality by
demanding a closer adherence to high
ideals than the law can possibly pro
scribe.—Louisville Courier-Journal. •
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■ PAID MUCH MONEY FOR BOOK.
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Among the victims of the alleged
New York blackmailers is Mrs. Collis
P. Huntington, wife of the multimil
lionaire railroad promoter, who is said
to have paid $10,000 for a copy of the
book “Fads and Fancies.” l^rs. Hunt
ington may be called upon to appear
before the grand jury to tell how she
came to pay this amount for the work.
Criticism of Senator Lodge.
Savoyard writes thus of Senator
Lodge in the Washington Post: "Sena
tor Lodge’s narrowness is a little dif
ferent from that of his late colleague.
He is decidedly provincial, but the
genuine American idea i3 a blend of
provincialisms from every community
—north, south, east and west. The
sole difficulty with Senator Lodge is
that he does not think provincialism
from South Carolina or Kentucky or
Iowa or Texas or Oregon is any ac
count and he will not consent to mix
his first-rate provincialisms with the
second and third rate provincialisms
of these inferior communities. New
England is the most provincial section
of our great country, not excepting
Manhattan island, but it is the most
aggressive, self-assertive, obstinate,
pertinacious provincialism in the
world.”
New Russian Author Popular.
Leonid Andreyev is a new Russian
author whose work is taking its place
alongside that of Gorky in popularity.
He was born in 1871, and his literary
career did not begin until seven years
ago, after his failure as a lawyer.
