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THE WHITE HOUSE WEDDING Daughter of President Roosevelt United in Marriage to Congress man Longworth of Ohio EXECUTIVE MANSION A BOWER FLOWERS AND BLOSSOMS Twelfth V/edding in the White house Conceded to Have Surpassed All Others, Both in Brilliancy and the Interest Manifested WASHINGTON—In the beautiful white and gold east room of the White House, a few minutes after noon Sat urday the venerable Right Rev. Henry H. Sattevle?, bishop of Washington, of the Protestant Episcopal church pro nounced the fateful words which united in marriage Alice Lee Roose velt. eldest daughter of the president of the United States, and Nicholas Longvcrth the renresentative of the First district of Ohio in congress. The ceremony, the simple, beautiful and impressive ring service of the Episco pal church, was attended by all the beauty of a cathedral service. It was witnessed by one of the most brilliant and distinguished assemblages ever gathered in the White House, by far the largest that ever graced the White House on a similar occasion. A halo of an hundred years of romantic White House history hung over the bridal counle. Miss Roosevelt was the twelfth bride, according to accepted authorities, to plight her troth within Its classic walls, and the identical room where she joined hands with the hus band of her choice, “for better, for worse," is hallowed in the memory of another White House bride, “beloved Nellie Grant, who thirty years ago. on the same snot, became the wife of an Englishman. Algernon C. E. Sartoris. It had been the desire not only of Miss Roosevelt, who was most con cerned. but of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, that the wedding should he celebrated in a manner comparatively ouiet: that it should be family affair. This d°sire, it shortly was disclosed, could not be gratified. As it finallly developed, the wedding was the most imposing function that ever took place in the White House. The thousand guests hidden to the ceremony began to arrive shortly after 11 o’clock. They entered by the east terrace and passed up the main staircase directly to the historic east room. Beautiful at all times, the famous room was exquisite in its classic snlendor. The warm sun shine of a perfect February day flooded the room, rendering it unnecessary to use the hundreds of electric lamps which had been placed about the apart ment. The floral decorations were more elaborate than anv heretofore have been in President Roosevelt's admin istration. While unnecessary space in the great room was not taken up with decorations, as every inch was needed to accomodate the guests, two huge vases of rare design, each filled with Easter lillies and fern fronds, occupied each of the mantels, and two hand some tables, one each at the north and fcouth ends of the room, bore jardin eres of flowering rhododendrons. In all the rooms and in the main corrider there was a wonderful profu sion blossoms and foliage decorations. American beauties and brides roses and ferns greeted the eye on everv side. The main corridor was beauti fully artistic, with decorative plants, stately palms and tree ferns. Behind a screen was stationed in the vestibule the Marine band orchestra, which rendered a snlendid program that had been selected in most part by Miss Roosevelt herself. A few minutes before noon Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied bv the mem bers of her immediate family, descend ed the main ata’rcase and under the escort of several military aides en tered the East room by the main doors. She was escorted to a position on the left Side of the platform which was re served for the bride’s family. Desig nated memb°rs of the bridegroom’s family, including his mother and sis ters, olreadv had taken the'1- dares on the right side of the platform. In order to keep a way clear for the wed ding party, white saMn ropes were stretched from each side of the main entrance to the East room to nosts lo cated ten feet west of the platform and thence around the platform to points on the east wall. Two or three minutes after the en traivce of M’-s. Roosevelt the bride groom. Mr. longworth. accompanied by his best man, Mr. Thomas Nelson Perkins of Boston, descended the main staircase and entering the East room, took place at t^e foot of the platform to await the arrival of his bride. Bulletin on Imnrgration. WASHINGTON—The immigration from all countries--for January, 3906, according to a statement issued by the bureau of immigration on Monday, was 51,127, a decrease of 9 per cent over January. 1905. but an increase of 79 per cent oveT 1904. The total Immi gration from Europe for the month was 46,2697; from Asia, 1.374; all other countrif s, 3 484. The largest immigra tion came from Italy, which sent over 11,229 rersons. Hungary was next ■with 11 108, while the Russian empire and Finland sent 10,382. Two Wife-Killers Hanged. EDENSBLRG. Pa.—The first double hanging m Cambria county took place here Fri»dv. when Jacob Hauser and Stephen Fellows were hanged. Because of domestic differences. Mrs. Hauser left her husband and returned to the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Barringer. On the night of January 4 1905. Hauser broke into the house, murdered his wife and her mother, dangerously wounded his sister-in-law, and attempted to kill his father-in-law. The tvearon used was a Filipino bolo. Both men died game. X ' Promptly on the stroke of noon Miss Roosvelt, escorted by the president, I descended by the elevator to the west : end of the main corridor. There awaiting them were the ushers select ! ed by Mr. Longworth. All of them are ' long-time personal friends and sev eral of them were the bridegroom’s classmates at Harvard. Preceded by the ushers, the presi dent and the dainty bride, resting her hand lightly within his left arm, pro ceeded to the east room, the orchestra rendering the magnificent march from Tannhauser. Miss Roosevelt never icoked better. The classic beauty of her face and figure w-as accentuated by er exquisite attire and by the surround ings. Hr bridal dress was a magnifi cent creation of heavy white satin, point lace, chiffon, filmy tulle and sil- ; ver brocade. The material from which ! the gown was developed was manufac tured especially for Miss Roosevelt and the design w2 3 destroyed as soon as the necessary amount was made. The gown had a long court .train of superb silver brocade. The bodice was made high without a collar, was trimmed with rare old point lace and the elbow sleeve? were finished with the same filmy material. The sleeves just met the long white gloves. A voluminous tulle veil almost completely enveloping *he slender, graceful fleure of the charming bride was held in place by» dainty clusters of orange blossoms. The tiny slippers were fashioned from silver brocade and instead of buckles tulle bows were worn, with tiny clus ters of orange flowers. The only jewels w-orn by the bride was fhe superb dia mond necklace, which was the gift of the groom. Over her left arm Miss Roosevelt carried a superb shower bouquet of the rarest and daintiest white orchids procurable. The deli cate blossoms were arranged in ras cf.de form, the stems being tied with white chiffon satin ribbon w-ith long bows. The ushers, who were In couples, separated as they reached the plat form, and the president passed through the two lines and presented his daugh t.* to the waiting bridegroom, who stepped forward the receive her. To gether they ascended the platform, where Bishop Satterlee in the imposing robes of his office already was stand :ng. In low, resonate tones the bishop began. At the conclusion of the re sponses from the bride and groom the '"enerable bishop inouired in a tone :hat filled the great room: “Wh > Eiveth this woman to be married to lh?s man?” The president of the United States ascended the platform, and. taking nis daughter’s right hand, placed it in that of the bridegroom. Thus he gave the bride away to the man of her choice, and by the ring which an in i’: ant later the groom placed on the fourth finger of her le^t hand, she be came Mrs. Nicholas I.oneworth. At the conclusion of the wedding < e.rerrsony the assembled guests were -eceived by Mr. and Mrs. Longworth on the platform and bereath the floral bower, wheie their hands and hearts were joined forever. They were show T-ed with congratulations. The guests then were received to the room by the president ana Mrs. Roosevelt. After the informal recent’on the b-irial breakfast was served in buff form in the state ai d private dining rooms. Appickimately 1.000 guests were in vited to the wedding, but no list of Ibe guests was furnished for publica tion. the president an^ IVVs. Roosevelt departing on this occasion from their usual custom. Tho‘e invRed included certain official classes, aside from (lie. relatives • ’ the president and Long worth families. It was announced off. cially ti e' -he list of guests included the members of the cabinet and their wives, former members of the cabinet who are now in the United States sen ate and their wives, and heads of for eign embassies and mission and their wives, the justices of the supreme court and their wives, the official mem | hers of the Taft Philippine party, the I Ohio delegation in congress, the New York delegation in congress, imme diate members of both families and the personal friends of Miss Roosevelt and | Mr. Longworth. « Immense Loss to Farmers. VICTORIA—The steamer Oorangi, which arrived from Australia brought news of disastrous bush fires in New' I South Wales, causing immense loss to farmers and others. Reimbursing Ex-Postmaster. WASHINGTON—A favorable report was made on Representative Ken nedy’s bill reimbursing Joseph Crow, former postmaster at Omaha, for loss sustained by the embezzlement of Stamp Clerk Alfred Olsen. The amount appropriated is $1,029. New Chilean Railroad. SANTIAGO, Chile—The first section of the Transandine railway was inaug urated Monday. The line reaches to the foot of the Andes, where the tun nel begins. Union Pacific Dividend. NEW YORK — The directors of the Union Pacific Railroad company de clared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent on the company's common stock. This ih an increase of one-half of 1 per cent as compared with the last semi annual declaration. THE HEPBURN RATE MEASURE LIKELY THAT CHANGE MAY BE MADE IN THE SAME. Adinmistrat'on Republicans Are Not Certain That They Will Have United Support of Democrats WASHINGTON—"We have heard as many opinions on the railroad rate question as there are members of the committee and each man is afraid to bring the court review feature to a a vote.” said Chairman El kins, when the senate committee on in terstate commerce adjourned until next Thursday without having taken a vote on a bill or considered an amendment for Judicial review ot orders of the Interstate Commerce commission. This statement was made in the presence of Senators Dolliver and Clapp, who are contending for the Hepburn bill in the form that it came from the house. It was said in jest, but it is believed that nt more nearly expressed the situation than any pre vious alleged authoritative announce ment. The committee agreed that im portant amendments will not be voted on until Friday of next week. Ostensibly the committee adjourned because Senator Tillman was suddenly taken ill with threatened pneumonia and could not be present and because Senator Cullom will return from Flor ida some time next week and cast his vote in the committee. The real rea son for adjournment is believed to be the attitude of certain democratic members in not disclosing their posi tions on the court review feature. Neither republican faction in the com mittee was certain of the outcome and a vote therefore was not insisetd upon Supporters of the house bill were en couraged, however, from a telegram received today by Chairman Elkins from from Senator Cullom asking to be counted against amendments to the Hepburn-Dolliver bill if a vote were taken todav. Without taking up the question of judicial review of orders of the com mission, the commission considered many amendments offered to other sections of the house bill. Senator Carmack offered an amendment in creasing i_e Interstate Commerce com mission from five to nine members. This amendment was adopted by a vote ©f six to five as follows: Affirmative—Elkins. Aldrich, Kean, Carmack, Foster and Crane. Negative—Foraker, Dolliver, Clapp, McLaurin and Newlands. It was agreed, however, that Messrs. Cullom and Tillman may have their votes recorded on this amendment and this may change the result, though this is not believed likely. PAT CROWE NOT GUILTY. So Says the Twelve Men Constituting the Jury. OMAHA—"We, the jury, find the de fendant not guilty,” was the verdict in the Pat Crowe case returned to Judge Sutton in the district court Friday af ternoon. The same curious crowd which had attended the trial throughout was there and when the verdrct was read the morbid spirit broke into lusty applause and some of the men and women pressed toward the man who had said he and he alone kidnaped young Cu dahy in a frenzied attempt to congrat ulate him, to shake his hand. But Judge Sutton could not tolerate such demonstrations. He vigorously rapped for order administering a stern rebuke for applauding a vedict so disgraceful. As if a deadly pall had fallen upon the assemblage the morbid manifes tations ceased and absolute quiet reigned for a minute. Then mutterings of approval could be heard from the lips of another class of men grouped over in an inconspicuous part of the room. Judge Sutton would not recognize the customary formality of thanking the jury for its service, having just reprimanded the crowd for cheering its verdict, nor would he allow the defend ant to thank it, specifically fobidding it Crowe was at once arrested on the charge of robbery in connection with the holdup of a street car in Council Bluffs and hurried over to the Iowa city in a hack. STANDARD OIL COMES NEXT. Federal Officers to Take It Up After the Packers. PITTSBURO—The Post today says: Indictments of Standard .Ml and rail road officers by the federal authorities after the manner in the beef trust leaders have been dealt with and ac tion to this end immediately following the termination of the packers’ cases now in progress in Chicago are the possible result of the investigation of railroad rates by the government, the final and one of the miitt important steps of wnich was 'finished in Pitts burg yesterday. Nebraska Suicides Abroad. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Despondent be cause he had been served with a dis possess warrant, effective Friday, and was penniless and therefore unable to engage other living quarters, Alexan der K. Holder, aged Thirty-seven, re cently from McCook, Neb., entered a vacant car in the car barns at New stead and Finney avenues and fatally wounded himself with a revolver. The bullet entered his right temple and lodged in the car woodwork. He was taken to the city hospital, where he died shortly afterward. John A. McCall Is Dying. NEW YORK—The last rites of the Roman Catholic church were adminis tered to John A. McCall, former presi dent of the New Life Insurance com pany, at Laaewood, N. J., where he has been ill for some time. Father Healy of the Church of Our Lady of the Lake, which the McCall family has attended whenever at Lakewood, officiated. Mc Call had had a sinking spell and the doctors had been hastily called. His condition was such that his family was advised by physicians to be prepared for the worst CHINA’S BOYCOTT. Discrimination Against American Goods Extending. WASHINGTON—From the many re ports received by the state department from its representatives in the east relative to the anti-American boycott, its extent, the prospects of its continu ance and the amount of injury it has inflicted on American trade, two, se lected at random, from the north and south have been made public. In neither is there any hint of violence, and the movement, it is stated, is con fined strictly to trade limits. The report from north China brings the history of events up to the close oi 1905. At that date the boycott move ment had been “nearly all talk’’ in the principal cities, says the correspond ent, who adds: “The student class as the willing workers of the boycott organization, has done its best to keep the issue alive, and to some extent has suc ceeded, much against the wishes of the merchants, who have had enough and never want to see another boycott. But this talk and undercurrent of agi tation has not been shown to any great extent in the business affairs re lated to American products. There has been timidity in buying and in some instances cancellation of orders under the spur of threats, but despite denials from some Americans it is well known to the majority that such conduct on the part of the Chinese buyers has not been the rule. This statement, nowever, does not apply to the product of the Standard Oil com pany, which has been opposed in many places outside of the principal cities in northern China. As to that condition, it can only be said that thorough investigation will prove that trade competition has as much to do with it as Chinese antagonism. That underhand methods have been employ ed against the Standard Oil company and the British-American Tobacco company is becoming plainer every day. At present the attack on these two companies is apparently centered in and around Hankow, where ob scene circulars have appeared and also many evidences of unfriendly intent. “But at Soochow, Chinkiang, Chang chow, Wuhu, Kiukiang and many oth er places tributary to and on the Yangtse there has also been more or less antagonism of late. The mer chants are against the boycott, but un der the lash of the guilds that must give a half-hearted acquiescence, at least, if the officials so desire, they can squelch the recrudescence of the movement in this section and by so doing will gain the support of the mer chants. But, again, there is the now powerful student class, which, under the teachings of the foreign educated Chinese and perhaps others not friend ly to American interests where they conflict with their own, has developed an influence recognized by officials, guilds, merchants and laborers.” LONG LIST OF LAND FRAUDS. Louisiana Leads All States in Num ber of Cases. WASHINGTON—Light was thrown on the land fraud investigation by Sec retary Hitchcock at an executive hear ing before a sub-committee of the house appropriation committee on Fri day. In view of his estimates of $27. 000 for a continuance of the prosecu tions Mr. Hitchcock explained that six hundred indictments and four hundred convictions already have been obtained by the interior department in nineteen states. To the great surprise of the sub-com mittee Mr. Hitchcock said that Louisi ana leads in the number of land frauds uncovered by his department and has more than Oregon, Washington, or any of the states which are supposed to be the chief offenders. California also shows a long list of frauds. SHOOTS BUSINESS PARTNER. Percival, la., Man Objects to Him Calling Upon His Wife. PERCIVAL. Ia.—Henry Parkinson ^hot and seriously wounded his busi ness partner, Jack Cabenaugh, after coming home and discovered that the latter had called on Parkinson’s wife. Five shots were fired, but only one took effect, the bullet lodging in Cabe naugh’s abdomen. Parkinson has been arrested. His victim was sent to a hospital at Council Bluffs. He may die. Funeral of Miss Thurston. WASHINGTON — The funeral of Miss Grace P. Thurston, eldest daugh ter of ex-Senator John M. Thurston, was held from the residence of the family Thursday.* Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, pastor of the Metropolitan Me morial church, officiated. The services were marked by a degree of simplicity, while the floral offerings were exceed ingly notable. In addition to the im mediate family, including Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Thurston, the sena tor’s daughter, Jean, and her husband, there was an exceedingly large repre sentation of the Nebraska colony pres ent. Nicholas Missed His Vest. WASHINGTON—Ten Ponca In dians, who came from Oklahoma to present Representative Nicholas Long worth with a buffalo skin vest, were very much disappointed at not finding Mr. Longworth in the house when they visited the capitol. The Indians were especially painted and dressed in beaded buckskin clothing in anticipa tion of an elaborate presentation cere mony. Their gift for the president’s prospective son-in-law is made from the hide of a young buffalo. Bells Ring at Boston. BOSTON—The bells of Boston pealed at toon Saturday in observ ance of the wedding of Miss Alice RooseveP. This was by direction of Mayor Fitzgerald, who arranged that for five minutes the bells should be sounded. Farmer Kills Himself. „ ’ CREIGHTON —' August Schenzel, who came here from Wisner two weeks ago and bought a farm, killed himself with a butcher knife because t he regretted having bought the land. COMMITTEES APART OITRATE Bill NOT LIKELY THAT THEY CAN GET TOGETHER. Judicial Cause in the Measure Ap pears to Be the Parting Point Between Factions. WASHINGTON—In the senate com mittee on interstate commerce the line between the faction which advocates the passage of the house bill and the faction contending for the court review feature has been drawn so taut that all thought of compromise has been abandoned. All conferences were be tween senators thoroughly harmon ized for one position or the other and have been for the purpose of lining up for a passage at arms. Nearly a hun dred amendments to the house bill are pending before the committee and nearly a score of these bear on the ju dicial review of orders made by the in terstate commerce commission. If. many of these amendments are con tended for with stubbornness, a vote on the bill itself may be delayed for several days, despite the agreement in committee that a vote shall be taken Friday. It is not improbable that both factions may be willing to transfer the contest to the floor of the senate and that no roll call will be had in the committee. ii outward appearances may De dc lieved in the face of the manipulations to corner votes, the Hepburn bill can not be taken from the committee by a majority vote. This is not conceded by Senators Dolliver and Clapp, al though they admitted that they have not a majority of the committee votes corralled for the house bill in its pres ent form. They asserted, however, that they will not accept an amend ment of any character specifically pro viding for judicial review of the orders of the commission and that they will bring out a minority report if a major ity of the committee cannot be se cured. On the other hand Senators Aldrich, Foraker, Elkins, Kean and Crane, the leaders of the faction de manding less radical legislation, insist that they have enough votes in the committee to amend the bill. They say, nevertheless, that they do not propose to substitute a measure for the house bill nor to adopt an amendment which would delay an order from the com mission from becoming effective. Under the Hepburn bill, it Is pro vided tnat an order of the commission shall go into eflect within thirty days. They say that while it is not contem plated that a law shall be passed which shall take away the right of common carriers to apply for an in junction on the ground that the rate fixed is confiscatory, the thirty-day povision will have the effect of forcing injunctions, as this limited time will not permit of a review that would de termine whether the order is confisca tory. The senators are contending for an amendment that would correct what they would term an injustice, but in sist that they are not holding out for any particular phraseology. Having ascertained that an amendment to that purpose no matter how worded, will not be accepted by supporters of the. Hepburn bill, it was agreed that con ferences between the two factions are a waste of time. To Check Jap Fishermen. WASHINGTON — Japanese fisher men are the special target at which the Cushman bill, to prevent aliens from fishing in Alaskan waters, is named. Representative Cushman, Wash., ap peared before the house committee in support of this bill, and stated very frankly that the Japanese are so near to Alaskan waters and so extensively engaged in fishing fhat some law to check their activity is required. General Matos at Paris. PARIS—The presence in Paris of General Matos, who headed the last revolution in Venezuela against Pres ident Castro, leads to reports that Ma tos might again take measures to stir up an insurrection. He is receiving no recognition, official or otherwise, but the French government is aware of his presence here. Matos was asked whether there was any truth in the re ports that he is organizing a revolu tion and emphatically said that the re ports are entirely baseless. MAKES A BIG DEAL. Harriman Gets Control of the Illinois Central. TACOMA—Negotiations between the Union Pacific Railroad company and the St. Paul and Tacoma Land com pany have been closed whereby the Harriman interests ■ have acquired seventy acres of tide lauds, forming an ideal site for railroad terminals and having a frontage of about 1,500 feet on the bay and about 1,400 feet on the Puyallup waterway. The property is the highest priced land on the tide flats and cost approximately ?1,000,000. Want Appeal Dismissed. WOOSTER, O.—Attorneys for Cap tain Taggart filed a motion to dismiss Mrs. Taggart s appeal in^ the circuit court, "because the case sought to be appealed is not appealable under the laws of the staie,” and "because this circuit court has no appelate jurisdic tion in said case.” Congressman Smyser, Mrs. Taggart's attorney, has written from Washington asking that the Taggart appeal be continued to the second week of the term, which will be next week. Beavers Pleads Guilty. WASHINGTON — In the criminal court Geo. W. Beavers pleaded guilty to the indictments charging him with conspiring with former State Senator George F. Greene of Binghamton, N. Y., and W. D. Doremus, to defraud the government in connection with the fur nishing of postal supplies, and also bribery, and was sentenced to two years in the Moundsville, W. Va., peni tentiary. rie was al once taken into custody and will be conveyed to Moundsville with the (hot batch of prisoners going there. MIKADO’S WEDDING PRESENT. Valuable Piece of Embroidery Sent to Miss Roosevelt. WASHINGTON—The wedding pres ent of the emperor of Japan to Miss Alice Roosevelt consists of two silver cases and a valuable piece of Japanese embroidery. The embroidery consists of a piece qf silk of about eight feet square. Its corner shows the back ground of heavy gold thread, but the greater part of the piece is embroid ered with chrysanthemums, done in white silk and gold. Secretary and Mrs. Bonaparte have sent as a wedding gift a handsome piece de millen of repousse silver. In the center of it, several fanciful fig ures have been wrought and the edge of the piece is open worked. WILL WIPE OUT INSULT. Turkey Gives Assurance to Minister Leishman. WASHINGTON — Representative Ryan, N. Y., was advised today by Sec retary Root that the Turkish govern ment has assured the Uni ed Minister Leishman at Constantinople, that everything possible will be done to wipe out the insult recently offered to the United States in the arrest of Miss N. C. Stern, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Miss Anna Snyder, of Cedar Rapids, la. These women were taken into custody by Turkish officials and held at a Con stantinople police station for four hours, regardless of the fact that they were provided with necessary pass ports vized by the Turkish consul at New York. Mr. Leishman demanded the dismis sal of the officer who made the arrest and the chief of police. He also de manded that the governor of Para come personally to the American lega tion and apologize. The Turkish offi cials have agreed to comply with all these demands. PROMOTION FOR MAJOR DUVALL. President Will Appoint Him a Briga dier General. WASHINGTON—President Boose velt has decided to promote Major William P. Duvall of the artillery corps and now principal assistant to the chief of artillery, to fill the vacancy in the grade of brigadier generals. Ma jor Duvall is entitled to a vacancy in the grade of lieutenant colonel, and will be flr^j; given that rank and then promoted to the generalship. Major Duvall is a native of Mary land and graduated from West Point in 18159. He served in Cuba and the Philippines. FEAR CONFERENCE WILL FAIL Progress of Algeciras Negotiations Unsatisfactory. LONDON — Telegrams from con tinental capitals and editorials in the London papers this morning reflect the renewal of uneasiness, over the anticipated failure of the Algeciras conference on Moroccan reforms in consequence of the deadlock on the French and German contentions with regard to the question of police. A long Algeciras dispatch of a semi-offi cial nature, published in Paris, seems to foreshadiw an abortive result, if not the actual rupture of the confer ence, and declares that the lines have been reached beyond which it is im possible that France can go. EARTH SHOCK TERRORIZES. Causes Serious Damage in Three Towns of Italy. ROME—An earthquake shock last ing eight seconds caused serious dam age in Calabria, and especially at Can tanzaro and Monteloen, the popula tions of which places became terror stricken, left their houses and camped in the streets notwithstanding the stormy weather. Mitchell Says Dolan Lies. PITTSBURG, Pa. — The Pittsburg district miners reassembled, with President Patrick Dclan presiding. National Vice president Lewis read a letter from President Mitchell to the delegates, in which he reiterates the opinion that the convention ha^ the power to remove President Dolan, and declares that Dolan’s allegation that Mitchell said to him at the Pittsburg convention of the American Federation of Labor that Mitchell would be satis fied with a renewal of the present agreement, is a deliberate, malicious anu premediated falsehood. Favor Old Age Pensions. LONDON—While declining to make rash promises Premier Campbell Bannerman and Chancellor of the Ex chequer Asquith declared entire sym pathy with a deputation which called on them to advocate the establish ment of a national system of old ago pensions. Cong'itulat'ons trom Abroad. VIENNA—Empero- Francis Jo3>’ph las sent s congratu'atc ry ta’eg~vn couched in tl e most cordial ter^is to President Roosevelt in connection with the marriage of his daughter. Want Surplus Lands Allotted. ARDMORE, I. T.—The Chickasaw legislature in special session at Tish omingo has adopted a memorial ask ing congress to allot each Indian eighty acres of the surplus lands of the Chickasaw nation. Indian to West Point. BENTON HARBOR, Mich—Paul Knapp, a half-breed Indian of this city, whose mother was a daughter of Chief Peter Pokagon, of the Pottawat tomie tribe, has received an appoint ment to enter West Point. Arranging for Convention. CHICAGO — The board of directors of the national federation of women’s clubs met here to make arrangements for the national convention, which will be held in St. Paul'in the latter part of May. Helped Found Omaha Bee. SAN FRANCISCO—Henry Gerald, a well known newspaper man, is dead in this city, aged seventx-si'x years. Ger ald, together with its present proprie tor. Edward Rosewater, founded the Omaha Bee. WOLVES ARE HARO TO SHOOT.' Seen for Only an Instant, They Seem to Melt Into the Landscape. The wolves now found in Jackson county are in size between the coyote of the western plains and the big wolves found in the Ozark region. In general appearance they bear a re semblance to the Scotch collie dog. They live in unfrequepted places generally in the timber or along the streams, and a favorite abode is iu caves or under overhanging ledg<?3 of stone. Scratching out a shallow hole in the ground they line it with small sticks and dry leaves. Here the mother wolf takes care of l}er young, while the father is scouring the country for miles around in search of food. He is rarely seen by day, and then only for an instant, for he seems to melt away like a mist into the weeds or brush, his tawny hide making it easy for him to disappear from sight His skill in eluding his enemies, es pecially human, is remarkable, and this is one of the most aggravating things about him. If a hunter suc ceeds in getting within gunshot of him the chances are 10 to 1 that no damage will be inflicted. His hide is so thick and tough and is covered with such a heavy coat of fur that an ordinary discharge from a shotgun has little or no effect. With an ease that is exasperating he sim ply lopes out of danger and is soon lost in the brush.—Kansas City Star. HE 13 THE TALLEST SOLDIER. Lieutenant in Kaiser’s Bodyguard Is Over Seven Feet Tall. Undoubtedly the tallest soldier in the world is Josef Handel, who has recently been made a lieutenant in the kaiser’s famous bodyguard. During the past year and before he became a soldier he was exhibited under the simple name of “der lange Josef’ in the Berlin Panopjtikon and other places of interest in the large cities of Germany as the tallest youth on earth, a distinction to which he is easily entitled, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. Handel Is not 22 years old, yet he stands 7 feet 8 inches in his stockings. Though he was earning a big salarv he did not hesitate a moment when the kaiser called him to his body guard in Potsdam. He would never have been given the honor if the kai ser’s physicians had not pronounced him perfectly proportioned physically and of sound health. A remarkable fact is that Handel’s parents, who live in Leipzig, are people of ordinary size, as are also his brothers and sis ters, of whom there are seven. Handel makes a picturesque figure in his guard uniform and the high helmet makes him look a veritable Goliath. Frederick the Great would have given his best pipe to have added such a giant to his guard of 4all soldiers. The Horseless Age. A Yankee down East thus sizes up the horseless age. “I pity the man who says the automobile w-ill drive out the horse. There is all the differ ence in the world between the hor3e and the machine. The difference be tween the living and dead; between the game, resolute, do-or-die spirit of the horse that compels admiration, and the inanimate machine that does not. Take a clock that has stopped forever, even a faithful clock, and you can't wring a tear out of the chil dren with a force pump; but they'll cry as if their hearts were broken over a St. Bernard that's passed on to the animal heaven. The steam engine and the trolley haven't put horses out of commission and the automobile won’t; still, I hope for their sake, that it’ll take a few of them out of the hands of the brutal and ignorant who don’t know how to use them."— Providence Journal. Sees Faults in American Women. “Nations differ in nothing more than in their women.” says Dr. Emil Reich, the well known Hungarian scholar, who becomes very bitter on the subject of American women. “I would like to state that I have not the slightest intention of being disagree able. I do not blame them, I do not praise; t only say, and I say so em phatically. that the American woman is not womanly; she is not a woman. In America woman commands man. Man does not count there. She lives so that she can have a good time; she lives for sensations. She wants to be alone and she cannot be alone with out dabbling to-day with chemistry, to-morrow with physiology and the day after with Buddhism. She is made up of restlessness and fidgeti ness long before she is 25. But she is very beautiful; she has the best com plexion in the world—better than that of any European woman.” An Old Letter. An old. old letter of days gone by. With words of love on each faded page: Words which have made women smile and sigh; Words which have served sinner, saint and sage. Words over which bright eyes have wept Or Hashed in scorn, as the ease might be; A treasured letter carefully kept In a sacred corner where none might see. But why does her face shown signs of Ire? Is the writer false? Is the writer cold? Not so. He calmly sits by the fire. And she holds him as dear as in days of old. But she can't quite forgive that luckless note, Though years have vanished since first rend. He had to go out of town, he wrote And he went to a gay stag racket in stead. He returned to his home in the rosy morn— He doesn't know yet what became of h a hat; And though grandchildren have since been born He hasn't yet heard the last of that. Less Trouble. The ambitious country lad had been reading the town papers. "Dad,” he said at breakfast, one morning, “I’m tired of this here farm life. I want to go to town and be a corporation law yer or frenzied financier or something of the kind.” The old man frowned. "Don't talk such nonsense,”’he re monstrated. "If - you really have a strong ambition to go to jail you can steal somebody’s -fig right around here without going to all the expense of going to town.”
