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| THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA^]
NEBRASKA BRIEFS
Tobias has let the contract for a sys
tem of water works.
Nebraska horsemen will be consult
ed February 8 in regard to a speed
program for the state fair.
' Women of the Methodist Episcopal
•hurch in Plattsmouth have organized
a women's foreign missionary society.
Theodore Thomas, for the past six
years traveling freight and passenger
agent of the Burlington, with head
quarters at Beatrice, has been promot
ed, with headquarters at Denver.
Several head of horses afflicted with
the glanders have been shot in the vi
cinity of Adams. Gage county, under
orders from the state veterinarian.
' The disease is believed to have origi
nated from a bunch "of bronchos
brought to Gage county three years
■ ago.
W. P. Norcroes. a capitalist of Be
atrice, has made a proposition to the
Dempster company to sink on his farm
a well 2,500 feet deep for the purpose j
of prospecting for coal and oil. For J
this work he has offered $6,000, and it
is more than likely that the well will
he sunk.
A fatal accident occurred fo Delmer.
the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Illlan, who live near Juniata. The lit
tle fellow was frightened by some dogs
and in running from one room of the
house to another fell in such a man
ner and with such force as to break i
his neck.
Elmer Goss, a strange character,
who has lived in the vicinity for a
number of years, was brought before
the examining board of Wahoo, ad
judged insane and ordered taken to
Dinooln. This is the same young man
who appeared upon the streets of Wa
hoo numerous times about a year ago
in the role cf "Jack the Hugger."
Tho Department of Nebraska, Grand
Army of the Republic, filed its charter
for record in the office of the secretary
of state. The officers cf the depart
ment are: Paul Vandervoort, com
mander; Calmar McCune, senior vice
commander; D. D. Wadsworth; junior
vice commander; Joseph Neville, med- j
ica] director; A. J. Combs, chaplain.
The long-talked-of outlet from
Stromsburg to Central City is a sure
ihing now. for the men are on the
ground buying up the right of way,
and it will be but a short time before
the dirt will fly, the rails be laid and
Polk county will have an outlet to the
main line of the Union Pacific on the
west.
a number of smooth fellows, posing
as friends of the farmers, are inter
esting the well-meaning farmers in a
project which, they claim, will save
all concerned barrels of money. They
secure the farmers’ signatures to a
joint note which is to be paid for out
of the profits of a horse stock com
pany.
Owing to the many depredations
committed in and about Wakefield in
the way of horse stealing and rob
beries In the past year, farmers and
citizens have formed themselves into
an organization known as the Hogan
Valley Protective association, which j
numbers nearly 50 members, including '
Concord and Laurel.
John E. Hart, a resident of Sidney
for more than, twenty-five years, was
drowned at Alden, thirty-five miles
north on the Burlington railroad. He
had been in Bridgeport the past few
weeks, where he had extensive con
tracts, and had recently shown a dis
position to melancholia. He left tha»
town during the night and from com
versations with the night clerk at the
hotel it was feared he would kill him
self.
More than 500 miles from home and
with nobody at his bedside save the
trained nurse and a physician, Samuel
J. Barrow, a Denver drummer .who
had been on this territory for twenty
years in the interest of a Cincinnati
clothing bouse, died in a lonely room
at the Pacific hotel, in Norfolk. His
wife, who was traveling across the
<ountrv in an attempt to reach her
dying husband, reached town just too
late to see him alive.
Waukegan (111.) dispatch: Mrs. Wil
liam H. Herbert of Spring Grove. 111.,
has fil#d scuit for divorce In McHenry
county against her husband, now liv
ing at Humphrey, Neb. She charges
mac sne was obliged to leave him be
cause of cruel treatment. They had
six children and a few days ago her
husband kidnapped two of them, An
nie and Josie, aged 8 and 6, while they
were attending school at Spring Grove,
and has taken them to Nebraska.
There are 4.403 members in good
standing In the Nebraska department
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
This is shown by the report of Assist
ant Adjutant General L. M. Scothorn
to the national department. The num
ber is constantly being decreased
owing to death aud withdrawal. The
net loss in the Department of Nebras
ka during the past six months was
thirty-four. Sixty-one members died
since July last, but many recruits have
been received.
Mr. Morteneen, who several months
agg was taken from his home at night
by a crowd of irate neighbors and
soundly thrashed on account of his
alleged cruelty to his wife, has com
menced suit in the district court of
Custer county against his assailants.
Mortensen asks $1,000 damages.
The right-of-way men of the Union
Pacific arrived in Polk county and are
now going over the proposed route of
the line between Stromsburg and Cen
tral City. From Information obtain
able it is assured that active opera
tions will be started on the new line
prior to March 1.
There is a justice of the peace at
Silver Creek who has broken all rec
ords. He has arrested himself, brought
himself up before his own court, plead
ed not guilty to himself, found him
self guilty and fined himself so many
dollars or so many days In jail. And
then he paid the fine to himself.
Convict Boucher, an Indian, who es
caped from the Lincoln insane asy
lum, is to be returned to the peniten
tiary from the Rosebud, Indian agency.
Boucher was sent to prison for mur
der. Soon thereafter he was declared
Insane and transferred to the asylum,
from which he escaped.
TAX COLLECTIONS HEAVY.
Indications of Prosperous Days in Neb
raska.
LINCOLN.—If the final settlement
of county treasurers with the auditor
are indications, these are prosperous
days for Nebraska. Up to this time
forty-nine county treasurers have
made their final settlements and with
the exception of two every county
shows larger collections of taxes than
for the same period of last year. This
is not an indication that more money
has been collected during the year
than last year, but merely during the
last month of the year, as compared
with the same month of the previous
year. The greatest increase was
shown in' the statement from Boone
county, where this year $20,000 Is
shown in the final settlement, white
last year the final settlement shows
only $4,000 collected. Cuming and Da
kota counties show a decrease. The
former collected $6,337 to put in its
final settlement last year and this year
collects $1,984; while Dakota shows
$3,292 last year and $2.DIG this year.
The following tabulation gives a fair
idea of how the collections show up
for the last month of the two years:
County. 1904. 1905.
Boone .$ 4.000 $20,000
Buffalo . 6.000 10.000
Burt . 2.500 0,300
Bullet* . 4.Guo 5,600
Chase . 1.533 2.434
Clav . 5.029 15.354
Colfax . 2.91K 6.387
Cumins . 6.337 1.9X4
Dakota . 3 292 2,130
Dawes . 5.388 5.S65
Dixon . 2.14S 5.619
Dodge . 5.323 1.277
Douglas . 13.546 20.069
Dundy . 1.854 3.071
Fillmore . 7.707 9.37S
Furnas . 4,179 5.751
Garfield . 237 1,123
AID FOR FRUIT PRODUCERS.
Nebraska Congressman Makes Plea to
Committee on Agriculture.
Washington dispatch: Congress
man Pollard appeared before the agri- :
cultural committee in behalf of liis
resolution appropriating $10,000 to 1
make demonstrations for the benefit
of western farmers against fruit tree .
pests, in the course of his argument
Mr. Polard said some of the people in
Nebraska had for the past fifty years 1
been raising fruit only to meet with
disaster at the end, due to scab fungus
nnd codling moth, and as the depart
ment of agriculture had made success
ful demonstrations against certain
pests of fruit trees in the tidewater
regions of Virginia, he believed ii
would be nothing more than right to
have the demonstrations made in the j
western states against, the pests in j
that section. He made a very broad |
statement to the committee that Ne- i
braska today grew as fine fruit in i
quality as any state in the union.
COST OF TAX LITIGATION.
A Statement Sent Out to the Various
Counties.
Attorney General Brown sent out to :
the various counties which were de- !
fendants in the railroad tax suits a de- i
tailed statement of the amount of i
money collected from each county to !
defray the cost of the special exam- i
iner and the amount of money that |
has been paid out. In all there has
been collected from the counties $1,185
and there is still on hand in the bank,
subject to the order of the attorney
general, $552.10. With the exception
of $4.20, which was paid for the collec
tion of personal checks from county
treasurers, the money has gone to
Charles Pearsall, the special examiner.
All Have Lockjaw.
PLATTSMOUTH.—At the home of !
William Shippard, four miles soutn or
Murray, Mrs. Shippard and son Nelson
and Edward Wood and Jim Wisdom,
hired employes, are suffering from an
acute attack of lockjaw. They were !
doctoring a cow and contracted the
malady.
Fat Boy Is Dead.
BROKEN BOW.—Don Stanford, the
phenomenal fat boy, who was only 12
years old and weighed 240 pounds,
died of pneumonia at his home in
Merna. The boy was well formed and
no taller than the average youth of
that age.
Accidentally Kills His Wife.
BENKLEMAN.—Mrs. Edward Ken
nedy of Max lost her life as a result of
a revolver falling from the pocket of
her husband and being discharged.
Inherits a Big Fortune.
ALBION.—Thomas Pullen, formerly
resident here, now in Southeastern
Texas, has fallen heir in England to
an estate of 200,000 pounds.
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Ranchman Drowned.
OGALALLA.—William Brown, a
ranchman, fifteen miles west of here,
was drowned in the South Platte river.
Postmaster Seventeen Years.
OAKLAND.— W. W. Hopkins, who
has been appointed postmaster here,
was appointed in 1889 by President
Harrison, having filled the office con
tinuously since that time and making
his service seventeen years.
Hardware Men Meet in February.
The Nebraska Hardware association
will meet in Lincoln February 13, 14
and 15, and the program has been
mailed out. Reduced rates have been
secured from the railroads and a big
meeting is anticipated.
To Oust Insurance Companies.
LINCOLN.—Alleging that eleven of
the leading fire insurance companies
have violated the anti-trust statutes of
the state, attorneys for B. H. Shoe
maker and C. A. Shoemaker filed an
action with Auditor Searle and will
seek to prevent the companies from
securing licenses in Nebraska.
Assessors Invited to Lincoln.
The Commercial club has issued an
Invitation to the county assessors of
the stats to meet In Lincoln some
time during February.
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Alice Roosevelt’s Wedding Trousseau
All of American Manufacture
Miss Roosevelt's wedding gown—
in fact, the entire trousseau—is 6f
American manufacture. The material,
of heavy pearl white satin and bro
cade, was designed especially for the
White House bride by a firm in Pater
son, N. J. This same firm designed
and manufactured Mrs. ' Roosevelt’s
famous inauguration gown brocade.
Miss Roosevelt selected her own de
sign. It is a fine cross pattern with
a crescent scattered at irregular in
tervals. This brocade will be used
in the full court train of three yards,
while the plain satin will make the
bodice and panels.
Nearly all of Miss Roosevelt's trous
seau is in the hands of a Baltimore
modiste firm that has gowned three
generations of the Washington and
Baltimore set.
Miss Roosevelt will become Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth Jr., in a princess
robe, built on severely plain lines. Her
robe will be fashioned according to
court regulations, for it is to do dual
service, first at the wedding and then
at the court of King Edward VII. The
train will measure three yards and
will come from the back widths and
swell into billowy folds, with a soft
ruffle of chiffon peeping beneath.
Miss Roosevelt, who has gained the
reputation of being one of the best
gowned women in America, has spent
much thought on the details of her
bridal robe. The bodice will be em
broidered in seed pearls and a wide
leaf design of soft silk. Some rare
old lace which has adorned the wed
ding finery of several generations of
the Lees, the maternal ancestors of
the bride, will be draped on the
sleeves and form a bertha effect A
veil of tulle and orange blossoms will
complete the toilet, and Miss Roose
velt may carry an ivory prayer book,
which her mother used when she be
came the bride of Theodore Roosevelt.
Some of the evening gowns which
Miss Roosevelt is having built may
give Londoners and Parisians a new
idea of American fabrics and Ameri
can dressmakers. One gown is pale
green tissue built over deep yellow
moire with drapery of frosted leaves
and exquisitely • embroidered bodice.
Another evening gown is a fetching
combination of fine silk lace, tulle and
satin in deep cream, with drapery and
combinations of t-he most effective
style.
A broadcloth gown of old rose trim
med with sable and Persian embroid
ery is another of the handsome toil
ets being prepared by a Washington
tailor for the trousseau. In the mat
ter of lingerie. Miss Kooseevelt has
been equally patriotic. Ail the dainty
entbroidery and stitching has been
giveh to a girls' industrial home in
Washington.
WILL HAVE OFFICIAL WEDDING.
President Yields to Wish of Daughter
in the Matter.
The President last week gave out
the following:
“The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
have sent out Invitations for the wed
ding of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Mr.
Longworth, which has already been
announced to take place on Saturday,
February 17.
“The invitations are limited to the
immediate family connections, a
small official list and the intimate
personal friends of Miss Roosevelt
and Mr. Longworth.’’
The announcement indicates that
the invitations will be limited to 800,
the capacity of the east room, in
which the ceremony is to take place.
•The “small official list’* refers to
the cabinet and ambassadors and min
MISS ROOSEVELT*
isters and ladies of the diplomatic 1
corps, showing that Miss Alice's will j
has prevailed; that is. she will have
an official wedding, gold lace and all.
and not a private wedding, as her
father had planned.
ROYALTY SENDS COSTLY GIFTS.
Presents from European Monarchs to .
Happy Bride.
Rescued from the dust heap of j
banned phrases, "the weddings gifts ;
were numerous and costly" may rear
its horrid head in the accounts of Miss !
Alice Roosevelt's bridal, though the ,
yarns about wonderful jewels coming
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; yarns. Still, It is certain the pres
ents to her will represent a lot of
money in the aggregate.
The President has decided to make
public a list of the more costly gifts
and those from organizations and for
eign rulers.' Only three European
monarchs thus far have given a sug
gestion of their gifts. The Emperor
and Empress of Germany will send
a set of gold embossed china and
ornaments for a dining room. The
Czar and Czarina will send bronze
ornaments and the President of
France some Gobelin tapestries.
PRESENTS TO BE MAGNIFICENT
Tiffany’s Most Skillful Workmen Are
Preparing Gifts.
At the New York shop of Tiffany’s,
as well as at their Forest Hill plant,
skilled workmen are engaged night
and day, under the direction of Super
intendent Von Posai, on a bewildering
array of jewels which friends of Miss
Alice Roosevelt are having set in
special designs as wedding gifts for
the daughter of the President.
One of the handsomest is a pearl
collar of ten strands, the largest ever
made by Tiffany, and worth $31,000. A
diamond tiara, containing 500 stones,
is another, and there are also two dia
> WEDDING GOWN
mond collars and two bow knots of
diamonds.
The names of the persons who will
present these gifts <o Moss Roosevelt
are. of course, being kept a close
secret, but at least two of the gifts,
two diamond lockets, are being made
for Secretary of War William H. Taft.
Miss Carew. sister of Mrs. Roosevelt,
is also having some jewelry made,
as is also Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sis
ter of the president. Most of the gifts
r.re being made for well known per
sons living in New York, Washington
and Ohio.
At the Forset Hill plant.'two of the
largest presents which in all proba
bility Miss Roosevelt will receive, are
being finished. They are a magnifi
cent silver service, one of the most
beautiful ever made by TifTany, which
has been ordered by the Rough Rid
ers’ association; and a Krag-jorgen
son rifle, fashioned of solid 22-karat
gold, an exact, full-size, working mod
el, to be presented to Miss Roosevelt
by the officers of the United States
?rmy.
Senator’s Wife Skillful Painter.
Mrs. Heyburn, wife of Senator Wel
don Brinton Heyburn of Idaho, as
Miss Geraldine Yeatman of Philadel
phia, was a famous portrait painter.
One of the works of her skillful brush
is the portrait of Tjiomas F. Bayard,
which adorns the stateliouse in Wil
mington, Del. Mrs. Heyburn has re
cently completed one of the daintiest
of mjniature plates, which shows the
daughter of a friend in various ages
from 8 months to 18 years. The heads
are miniatures in oil on a Limoges
plate, arranged in soft azure' clouds
all around the edge. There are
twelve heads, all finished in exquisite
detail.
On Stage for Fifty Years.
Mrs. Samuel Charles, the oldest
actress on the stage in point of actual
length of service, gave a reception in
New York recently in celebration of
the fiftieth aniversary of her profes
sional debut. Mrs. Charles was born
on a Mississippi steamboat, made her
first appearance on the stage at the
age of four in a pantomime with the
elder Holland. A six months’ journey
from St. Paul to California in a prairie
schooner drawn by oxen and a stop
over in Salt Lake City to fight a law
suit with Brigham Young are among
her early recollections.
Spend Money for Golf.
Never has so much money been ap
plied to the propagation of any game
in one year as there has been applied
lo golf in the year which has just
drawn to a close. Twenty thousand
pounds spent by the Tooting Bee
club, £12,000 by the Bournemouth cor
poration, scores of cases where sums
of from £2,000 to £5,000 have been
expended, and now £0,000 by the peo
ple of North Berwick—these are but
a few items in the golf expenditure
of the season.—Golf Illustrated.
Woman in Man’s Attire.
•For a woman to masquerade in
man's attire is no new thing. In
Wells church, Norfolk, is the grave of
Elizabeth Clayton, who died in 1808,
after dressing and working as a ship’s
carpenter for many years. According
to a periodical of the time, “she
drank, swore, chewed tobacco and
kept company only with the workmen.
She was a strong and healthy person'
and would employ her tongue or fist
as mush to the danger of an opponent
M Uw boldest man.”
Training of Jap Soldiers.
The Japanese official organ, the |
Kokumin. comparing the Japanese !
with foreign soldiers, says: "They ;
are brought up in the idea that it is ;
their common duty to serve with the |
colors and die in the defense of their
country in case of emergency, so that j
they can rise in their valor and fldel- j
ity above those of other countries, |
who either make fighting the occupa- ,
tion of their caste or follow it as mer- i
cenaries. England is not quite up to
Japan in the matter of this principle.”
Have the Marrying Habit.
M. Arconet, a farmer of Buzeins, St.
Afrique, and his wife, together have
been forty-six times at the altar. He
has just been married for the twenty- I
seventh time.
The man is 69 and his twenty
seventh wife, Mme. Octavie Gallu, has
married no fewer than eighteen hus
bands.
He is a poor man and says in his
simple fashion that ail his money has
been spent in marriage feasts and fu
neral-baked meats.—Stray Stories.
First Signs of Age.
If one be watchful there conies a
time in the life of every man and
woman when one or more discoveries
are made. The walk is not. so brisk,
the shoulders have got into a way
of slumping forward and the back is
not so erect as formerly. Now is
the time to cry “Halt!” It is the.
time to drill the body, the time to
revise sleep, diet, exercise, occupa
tion, relaxation and all habits. Everv
son and daughter of humanity should
refuse this gradual yielding to decay.
Mathematics and Engineering.
Mathematics lead,, thinks Dr. S. 9.
Christy of the University of Califor
nia, in the engineering school. He
has always found that the students
who do well in mathematics do
well in everything else requir- '
ing close thinking. Instruction in
physics and mathematics should go
on side by' side, and the two courses
should be so arranged that the mathe
matical principles may be at once ap
plied to physical problems of a use
ful nature.
Christian IX, Aged King
of Denmark, Is Dead
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Christian IX, king of Denmark, dean
of the crowned heads of Europe, fath
er of King George of Greece, of
Queen Alexandra of England, and of
the dowager Empress Maria Feodor
ovna of Russia, grandfather of the czar
of Russia and of King Haakon of Nor
way, .and related by blood or by mar
riage to most of the European rulers,
died with startling suddenness in the
Amalienbdrg palace at Copenhagen,
Jan. 29, in the eighty-eighth year of
his life and the forty-third year of his
reign.
Frederick VIII was proclaimed king
of Denmark next day in Amalienborg
square in front of the palace.
Was a Notable Ruler.
King Christian for nearly half a cen
tury was one of the notable monarchs
of Europe in spite of the fact that his
kingdom was one of the smallest. But
his relationship to so many of the
great rulers of the continent gave him
an influence in old world powers
wielded by but few men.
No European monarch—excepting,
perhaps, Victoria—counted more rela
tives in the royal families of Europe.
King Christian’s eldest daughter is
queen of England. His second daugh
ter was czarina of Russia and the
mother of the present czar. His third
daughter is duchess of Cumberland
The Late King Christian.
and heir to the throne of Hanover. His
eldest son succeeds him on the throne
of Denmark. His second son is king
of Greece. .One of his grandsons is i
czar of Russia, a second king of Nor- i
way, and a third lord commissioner of
Crete.
King Christian was not a hereditary !
ruler of Denmark. He was an elected
king and ascended the throne exe- !
crated by the Danish people. Iu fact,
lie was mobbed an hour after he was I
proclaimed king and stoned on the j
streets of Copenhagen.
Christian IX was the fourth son of
Duke William of Schleswig-Holstein
Sonderburg-Glicksborg, and was born
on April 8, 1818. He was the son of
poor parents and with his family was
inured to poverty during all of the
years of his life until he ascended the
throne. He was educated as a soldier
and until he ascended the throne was
an officer in the Danish army.
In those earlier years of his career !
Christian hnd his wife lived in an old
house in Amalia street in Copenhagen.
He had a small country place, five j
miles out of Copenhagen. His pay as
an army officer was his only income
and his family always knew the pinch
of actual hard times. His wife and
daughters did the housework and
made their own clothes.
It was in these days that the young
prince of Wales, now Edward VII of
England, chose Christian’s daughter,
Alexandra, for his wife. She was then
19 years old. A few years later Chris
tian’s second daughter. Marie, was be
trothed to the czarowitz of Russia.
With these royal betrothals the for- i
tunes of Christian began to mend: but i
even then he continued to reside at 1
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the little village of Boms'orfr 3-.*
miles out of Copenhagen.
In 1863, the poor captain of infantry,
with scarcely an hour's warning
found himself transported from a hum
hie dwelling to a palace, his ca.a
sword changed into a scepter, an 1 :
officer’s cap for a crown.
Early in November of that y»ar ol
King Frederick VII of Denmark d.
and without heirs—the last of hi
house. It developed upon the Dam
parliament to elect a new king. T
the surprise of the Danish people pa
liament’s choice fell on Christian, duk
of Glicksborg. Christian himself wa
equally surprised.
The king's ractics were to remat
perfectly quiet, to make no manife^
no attempt to win popularity for ih
moment, but to remain shut up in hi
palace and let the storm blow over
This line of conduct met with su<
cess, and after brawling about the
streets of Cejienhagen for a few da> -
the mob settled down by degrees, ac.
began to wonder whether, after ail, it
might not be perhaps advisable to se
what the new king might be worth be
fore condemning him.
The earlier part of Christian's re:?:,
was filled with troubles. Simultane
ously with his accession rival claim
ants arose for the duchies of Schles
wig-Holstein, which had been part of
the possessions of King Frederick VII
of Denmark. The extinction of hi-,
dynasty, it was assorted, and the gut.
stitution of a new one bad entiiei
altered the rights of succession in
these provinces. After diploma;:
wrangles, which closed in an appr a
to arms. Prussia, Austria, and Ger
many all took a hand In the fish', an
the first of these countries succeeding
in taking from little Denmark th
three duchies of Holstein. Sch!»»rw.
and Lauenberg and attaching them to
her own dominions.
After this loss of one-third of • .
kingdom internal trouble? am->
that portion of his dominion' wh
still remained to King Christian Ki'.-t
and parliament could never ngr* ,
characteristic that both retain
most to tbe day of the king - d- . ;
But in spite of the bickering- »
his parliament. Christian bee an: to
universally loved by the Dani.'h ;
pie. His democracy, his simpl. - -
his personal character, and h s fa
all combined to make him fcapp;
There was not a black sheep ;n fc
family. Never a scandal shocked tfc
Danish people. Tbe king's sons 4n
daughters led simple lives untt! the
were married—and when they marri
generally it was to qscend a thrum
King Christian was a familiar tignr
in the streets of Copenhagen H~
went everywhere without a guard o:
any of the fuss and trappings of royal
ty. Dressed as an ordinary cit.zen of
the middle class he visited the mar
kets, wandered through the park
stopped on the sidewalk to chat with
acquaintances, or watched the erec
tion of new buildings Frequently he
would be seen at a table of one of the
outdoor cafes, drinking a glass of bee
and eating a black bread sandwriefc
He rode on a street car ofteuer thau
he did in a royal carriage.
Has Served His State Lang.
When Senator Blackburn of Ken
tucky retires from political life i- will
be to go -to the farm of 2:>0 acr-1'
which originally belonged to Black
burn’s family and has been given to
the senator by a generous friend, the
joted horseowner, r - Harper. Mr.
Blackburn’8 service in the senate cov
;rs a quarter of a century and there
ire only eight men left there who
tave served without interruption dur
ng that period. They are Morgan of
Viabama. Barry of Arkansas, Teller
>f Colorado. Cullom of Illinois. Frye
ind Hale of Maine. Aldrich of Rhode
sland and Allison of Iowa. ,
THE NEW STATES. AS PLANNED
OLD AND NEW BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED STATES. ARIZONA AND
OKLAHOMA.
On the Map Old Boundaries are Indicated By Light Dotted Lines and New
Boundaries by Heavy Lines.
The house statehood bill was report- |
3d favorably to the senate Jan. 29 by
Mr. Beveridge, chairman of the com
mittee on territories. The bill had
been under consideration in the com
mittee for three days. No announce
ment was made by Mr. Beveridge in
reporting the bill.
Ball of the Dresamakers.
A somewhat curious ball marks the
jutset of the Paris season. This is
<no«n as the "Bal de la Couturiere.”
Tickets are taken by all the women
who go to the Rue de la Paix for their
iresses, for at this ball the big dress
makers vie with each other in exhibit
ng all the novelties in the shape of
jail room dresses. The dresses are
worn by “mannequins”—girls with
shapely figures and handsome races,
who do the dancing while their lady
mstomers come to look on.
Rich Senators Well Lodged.
The new Connecticut senators are
much better fixed financially than
heir predecessors. Gen. Hawley and
Mr. Platt. Senator Brandegee has
jeen spending $60,000 on two houses
m K street in Washington, which he
proposes to throw into one to make
>is Washington home. Senator Bran
legee's new establishment is in a sec
ion of fine old houses and Secretaries
Moody and Root. Senator Hale, Gen.
draper and Representative Hitt live
learby.
Shower Kieses on Baby Prince.
The young Crown Prince Olaf of
Norway, son of King Haakon VII. is
the object of much popular attention.
In the charge of his nurse, he is
usually taken out for a daily run in
the Queen’s park, and has had to
pay the penalty of fame in the form
of kisses showered on him by assem
blies of admiring ladies, who con
front him at every turning- Tu such
an extent has the practice been car
ried that the park has been closed to
the public by order of the queen. ,
Arrests in New York.
Of 42,26<f persons arrested in New
York in the second quarter of 1905.
intoxication was charged against 6.
918, intoxication and disorderly con
duct were jointly alleged 'against 2.
024, while plain disorderly conduct 's
was the complaint in 10,988 cases. Ev- j
ery trade, business and profession
was represented on the police station
blotter. Of the-women arrested near
ly half were married, but of the men A
only 9,740 were married, while 22,961 1
were single. I
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