Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVIII
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , JANUARY 20, 1910
NUMBER 11
OUTLOOK FOB PEACE
REGULAR REPUBLICANS AND IN
SURGENTS HARMONIOUS.
LATTER WILL ATTEND ACAUCUS
Dwight and Hays See President Taft
and Arrange Matters After Hold
ing Conference.
Washington—The dove of peace
succeeded in getting reasonably near
a perch Friday on the field occupied
by the warring republican factions of
the house after that much sought bird
had been repeatedly frightened away
from the scene by the clamor of the
contending participants. When Rep
resentative Hayes of California, the
mediator for the insurgents, returned
to the house after one of his fre
quent calls upon President Taft, the
news circulated rapidly that a truce
had been arranged and a more or less
permanent peace in the republican
ranks was about to be announced.
This was considered confirmed when
a statement issued from the White
house and another from Representa
tive Dwight, the republican whip, an
nouncing the details of the armistice
The peace pronunciamento proved
premature, however, for Representa
tive Hayes, between numerous con
ferences with his associates, an
nounced that no agreement had been
reached and that the matter would
go over until Saturday.
At this juncture the insurgents,
gathered in the room of Representa
tive Gardner of Massachusetts, issued |
another statement saying that “an
understanding had been reached.”
Statement of Mr. Hays.
The statement which was given out
by Representative Hayes follows:
‘‘It is true that an understanding i
has been reached that we shall attend
the caucus about to be held for the 1
choice of the republican members of ]
the investigating committee. The ques- j
tion of future conferences, however,!
is one on which there has been no
agreement. In fact, I had no author
ity from my associates to enter into [
that question. Of course, this agree- i
ment in no way affects the issue as |
to the present system of control of
the house of representatives.”
Mr. Hayes was asked if the word \
“we” used in his statement meant all
the insurgents in the house. He re
plied that it did and That all of the ;
insurgents concurred in the state
ment.
Statement of the President.
Later the following was given out
by President Taft:
“It has been agreed between the
regular republicans and the so-called
insurgents represented by Mr. Dwight
on the one hand and Mr. Hayes on
the other, after conference with the
president that a caucus should be
held to pass upon the question of the
committee in the interior department
investigation with the assurance that
the insurgents, if they came into the
caucus, would be treated fairly and
that a committee of acknowledged im
partiality would be appointed.
“A further agreement was fore
shadowed that caucuses would be held
from time to time to which all elected
as republicans should be invited to
take up the various measures recom
mended by the administration as per
formance of party pledges, the subject
of each caucus to be announced in
advance.”
Roosevelt Elected.
Cambridge, Mass—The election of
Theodore Roosevelt, Harvard, ’80, as ,
president of the Harvard Alumni asso- j
elation, succeeding Charles W. Elliot,
president emeritus of Harvard uni
versity, was announced by the exe
cutive board of the association.
Gen. Lee’s Birthday.
Washington.—Official recognition hi
a limited way of the birthday of Gen
eral Robert E. Lee^s to be given by
the treasury department. The anni
versary of the birth of the famous con
federate soldier falls on January 19.
Cattle Perish From Cold.
Mullen. Neb.—Many cattle are dead
in Cherry, Hooker and Custer coun
ties as a result of the cold and the
heavy snow which has covered the
range. Thousands more will die if the
severe weather continues through this
month and February.
Date for Land Leasing.
Pierre, S. I).—The state lands board
has fixed the 17th of March as the
date for leasing school lands in all
the counties of the state where no
sales will be made this year. In all
such counties the leasing will be the
da> following the sales. The board
has not yet selected the counties in
wiich offerings wall be made, but they
will be- generally in the eastern part
of the state. Leasing minimums have
not yot been fixed, but the probabil
ities are that there will be a general
advance in most of the counties.
LABOR ELECTION FUNDS.
Report of Treasurer Morrison to
Executive Council.
Washington.—Frank A. Morrison,
treasurer of the American Federation
of Labor, reported to the executive
council of the federation in session,
that the bank account of the organiza
tion showed a balance on the first of
the year of $153,1G6. The amount re
ceived during the last quarter was a
little more than $3G,000, while the
amount expended was slightly in ex
cess of $50,000.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken From Her#
and There Over the State.
A mild form of smallpox is quite
prevalent among the farmers west of
Lyons. Quite a number are quaran
tined. but it is so mild that a few
would not call a doctor for fear of
being annoyed by a quarantine.
The Board of Education of Nebras
ka City held a special meeting, at
which it was decided to call a special
election to vote $70,000 bonds for the
purpose of erecting a new high school
building.
Rev. E. K. Love of Missouri has ac
cepted the pastorate of the Presbyteri
an church at Dunbar. The church
there has been without a pastor for
some eight months.
Oshkosh was chosen county seat of
the newr county of Garden by about
200 majority, according to the count
which has been completed.
At the annual election of the North
Platte valley water users’ association
held in Scotts Bluff, the following
were elected: James Whitehead of
Mitchell, president; S. L. Perkins of
Mitchel, and C. It. Taplin of Morrill,
directors. There was a fight between
the west and east ends of the govern
ment canal for control. Harmony was
finally brought about.
In buying life insurance it is a sound
business proposition to buy it in a Ne
braska company. The Midwest Life of
Lincoln issues all the standard forms
of policies. Write the company, giv
ing age nearest birthday, and it will
send you a sample policy.
The Custer club at Broken Bow, an
important social organization, is now
formally started with a membership of
nearly 100. The club, which was need
ed, is composed of lae most influential
people in the city. "Ladies’ Day” will
be observed once a week, at which
time wives, sisters and mothers of the
members will be welcome to partici
pate in a specially prepared program.
William Madgett, who is at the
head of the,movement for the new ho
tel in Hastings, announced that he
has obtained subscription from busi
ness men amounting to $41,000. He
expects to bring the amount up to $50,
000 by February 1. When that sum
is reached the stockholders will be
called together to determine a loca
tion and a means of raising the re
maining $50,000. Tne structure is to
contain 100 outside rooms and to cost
§100,000.
The Midwest Life of Lincoln closed
the year 1909 with $2,000,000 of insur
ance in force, all written in Nebraska.
From a clipping from a daily news
paper published in Madrid, Spain, and
'from a notice received from 'The
courts of the same country, Edward
Stollberg, a prominent citizen of Sny
der, this state, learned that his cousin,
Edward Hlanco Stollberg, a German
by birth had recently died in a prison
hospital in Paris as a result of knife
wounds in the breast received while
resisting arrest in that city as an
anarchist.
KVhalm Skukcele, a Greek laborer em
ployed as a member of a construction
company, was probably fatally burned
at Seward. He lighted the fire in the
stove in the bunk car with kerosene.
The can exploded, scattering burning
oil all over his clothing and the car.
Carl Rohwer, near Blair, raised
ninety bushels of corn to the acre last
year and got second on Ben Davis ap
ples at the Blair show.
Passengers waiting for the early
morning Missouri Pacific train at Au
burn one day recently witnessed a des
perate fight between two freight
brakemen on the top of a box car of
a movinug train. The men had words
and blows followed. Later they
clinched and in the melee both fell
from the top of the car to the ground
but were not severely injured.
The Midwest Life has good open
>ngs for active, progressive men to
represent it locally. Write the com
pany at Lincoln for particulars.
Denver dispatch: R. J. Coddington,
cashier of the Grand Valley State
bank, at Grand Valley, Colo., and for
merly of Kearney, Neb,, was placed in
jail last night on a warrant charging
misappropriation of $3,000 to $5,000
belonging to the bank and to R. O.
Watson of Rifle, Colo., a stockholder.
Adjutant General Hartigan has re
ceived an invitation to take the Ne
braska guards to Fort Riley, Kas., for
the next encampment under the
auspices of Uncle Sam. The encamp
ment will be held some time in Sep
tember.
Through the efforts of Mayor W. L.
Kirkpatrick and others an employ
ment bureau has been opened in York,
where any one, male or female, can
register, stating the kind of work they
wish.
Custer county is larger than the
state of Rhode Island and according
to statistics would make twelve coun
ties like the ones adjoining it. Custer
county ranks third in population of
school children in the state, Douglas
and Lancaster are the two counties
ahead of it.
James Jones, who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for shooting and kill
ing J. B. Rowley in Chase county, has
appealed to the supreme court for a
reversal of the verdict of the lower
court.
The people of Hastings are demand
ing better train service between that
city and Red Cloud and they have ap
pealed to the State Railway commis
sion to get it for them.
Governor Shallenberger received no
tice from the secretary of agriculture
that the quarantine against Boyd, But
ler and Dawson counties against
scabies imposed by federal authorities
has been raised.
John L. Webster of Omaha has oeen
elected president of the state histor
ical society.
Winter wrheat in Johnson county is
said to be In fine condition.
LIVELY WEEK IN LEGISLATION IS
ANTICIPATED.
INSURGENTS WILL BE ACTIVE
Dissensions Have Spread to the
Seriate but Lull Expected When In
quiry Committee is Appointed.
Washington.—No matter how satis
factory an arrangement is made for
the selection of the joint committee to
investigate the Ballinger-Pinchot con
troversy, the insurgent fight promises
to occupy a prominent place in the
congressional situation this week.
Dissensions between the insurgents
and regulars in the house have occu
pied the center of the stage for a fort
night, although some measures have
been passed. The bickerings have
even spread to the senate, and legis
lation there has been at a standstill.
That there will be a lull in hostil
ities in the house as soon as the Bal
linger-Pinchot committee is appointed
is conceded, but those who are anx
ious that legislation may proceed
without delay are not oversanguine of
their efforts to keep the insurgent row
in check. They look for renewed out
breaks whenever any question affect
ing the Cannon rules is interjected
into the proceedings.
Second in interest to the discussion
of the battle between the republican
organization and the insurgents in the
house is the gossip in both branches
of congress’ as to what will be the
fate of the several administration bills
to put into force what are now known
as Taft policies, as differentiated from
Koosevelt policies. These embrace
the program for the amendment of the
interstate commerce law, the Sher
man anti-trust law, and carrying into
effect measures for the conservation
of natural resources.
I.ittle oppot*Uon has been heard to
the administration measure for the
strengthening of the interstate com
merce act. On all sides it seems to
be conceded that some such measure
as :s proposed by Mr. Taft will be en
acted.
1 he insurgents of the senate expect
to hold a conference at an early day
to consider what is to be their attitude
on the administration bills. In the
meantime the senate committee on in
terstate commerce will take up the
subject of amending the interstate
commerce act at a meeting to be held
Friday, while the Taft measure will
have to run the gauntlet of opposition
in the house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce.
The message of the president bear
ing upon the question of enacting a
voluntary federal incorporation law to
offset the interpretation placed upon
the Sherman anti-trust law by the
Standard Oil company dissolution
case, and a possible affirmation by the
supreme court of that decision, has
attracted little attention in the house.
Members of the senate judiciary com
mittee have read the bill which Presi
dent Taft and Attorney General Wic
kersham have drafted, and will pre
sent to the senate through Senator
Clark of Wyoming.
Nine Deaths Due to Storm.
New' York—Nine lives w'ere lost and
six persons injured in one of the
worst storms that ever visited New
York City. The total snowfall when
the skies cleared, was 14% inches,
second only to the blizzard of 1899,
when 15%. inches fell.
Crisis Created by Army.
Madrid.—Premier Moret announced
his conviction that a crisis had been
created by the military agitation
against the government. The A. B. C.
declares the number of discontended
officers exceeds 2,300.
ZELAYA SECURE IN MEXiCO.
Extradition by United States Impossi
ble, Says High Authority.
Aiken, S. C.—In an Interview former
Senator George F. Edmunds of Ver
mont, one of the highest authorities
on international law in America, de
clared that in his opinion the United
States could scarcely demand the
extradition from Mexico of former
President Zelaya ef Nicaragua, as Ze
laya was guilty of no crime. Even
had Zelaya personally executed Groce
and Cannon he suggested there would
be no reasonable legal ground on
which to demand his extradition from
Mexico. Diaz's asylum to Zelaya is
not an act unfriendly to the United
States, he declared.
Indiana Banks Fails.
Evansville. Ind.—The Citizens Na
tional bank of this city will not open
for business Monday morning. After
a, meeting of its directors, a notice
was posted on the front doors that
the bank was closed, but it was be
lieved its depositors would be paid in
full.
President Taft's Bills.
Washington.—President Taft’s bills
on various branches of conservation,
as prepared by Secretary Ballinger,
were discussed in a meeting of the
bouse committee on public lands, in
which Chairman Mondell expiated up
on the reasons for his declination to
introduce the measures in the house.
Mr. Mondell objects to the Ballinger
bill for classification of public lands
as entirely unfeasible. Some of the
others he regards as impracticable.
There are half a Cozen of the conser
vation bills in the batch.
ROADS MAKE A PLEA.
Applies to State Board for Lower As
sessments.
In its application to the state board
of assessment to reduce its valuation
in Nebraska the St. Joseph & Grand
Island railroad in Nebraska says that
for the year ended June 30, 1908, it
had pail in taxes an amount equal to
5 per cent of its gross earnings, while
other roads, it says, have paid no more
than 3VZ per cent.
In discussing the physical valuation
of the road the report says last year
the company constructed in Kansas
6.79 miles of road through a hilly coun
try for a total of $18,700 a mile, ex
clusive of equipment.
Were the bridges now on this road
twenty-five years old, instead of new,
and had they not been replaced during
the period, which is the condition of
the bridges on the Nebraska part of
the road, the report says, the deprecia
tion would have been 50 per cent, or
approximately $26,000. The Kansas
line traverses a hilly country, so more
than twice as much grading had to be
done on it than would be done or had
been done on the Nebraska line, there
fore half the cost of grading, or $23,
1S5. should be deducted from the value
of the Nebraska line on that account.
This, the report says, wfould leave the
present value of the line, if built under
the same conditions as in Nebraska.
$77,854.58, or $11,000 a mile, without
equipment.
The equipment, the report, says, if
twenty-five years old, would be valued
at approximately $2,830 a mile, making
a total valuation per mile of $13,830,
including equipment. The average
cost of constructing a similar railroad
in Nebraska, the report says, is as
follows: Eighty-flve-pound steel, $10,
897.80; seventy-five-pound steel, $9,
577.80; sixty-pound steel, $8,926.
To this should be added the cost of
the right-of-way, which in Nebraska
should not exceed $75 an acre or $900
per mile.
The report says this road is purely a
local road and is not a part of any big
system and does not act as a feeder for
a system. The average amount of
freight handled per train during 1908
was 228 tons. The traffic handled in
Nebraska was 25 per cent less than on
other parts of the road or 170 tons.
The gross earnings per mile of pas
senger train, according to the report,
was 70 cents. The road has paid no ,
dividend on its capital stock since j
1001.
Lincoln Has a Complaint.
Lincoln is complaining because Oma
ha is receiving extra consideration at
tlie hands of thp railroadman the way
of new buildings and no preparations
are made for the Capitol City. It is
pointed out that Omaha is to have
two new headquarters buildings and
two new freight houses and improve
ments to the t'nion station, while noth
ing is to be done for Lincoln. In the
complaint Lincoln avers that it has
given and received larger tonage from
the railroads ‘in proportion” than the
city of Omaha.
Notary Public Discriminates.
S. S. Gregory, a defender of the
flag in the days of civil strife in the
United States and now a pensioner at
the hands of Uncle Sam, filed a griev
ance against E. Berlin, a notary pub
lic and merchant of Brownville be
cause of refusal to attach his signa
ture and seal to pension papers. The
old soldier buys his groceries and
other supplies abroad, hence dis
crimination by the Brownville mer
chant.
Railroads to Have Inning.
Permission has not yet been given
by the supreme court to docket the
case filed by the attorney general
against the Union Pacific and the
Burlington railroads for permitting the
sale of liquors on trains. Instead the
court instructed the attorney general
to notifiy the railroads of his action
and give them an opportunity to be
heard if there is objection to the case
being brought in the supreme court
rather than in the regular order of
business.
Disciplining a Fraternity.
The first fraternity of the State uni
versity to feel the effect of the new
restrictions imposed upon the Greek
letter chapters is Alpha Tau Omega.
15,» refusing to have a chaperon at its
recent party the Alpha Tau Omega
violated one of the university regula
tions governing social affairs, and the
penalty imposed for its misconduct is
that it shall not be allowed to enter
tain any young women at its chapter
house until after the Easter recess in
April.
Installation of Telephone.
The railway commission ha3 issued
an order against the Missouri Pacific
railroad company to install a telephone
of the Plattsmouth Telephone company
in its offices at Murray and Nehawka
before January 21 or by January 25
show cause why this has not been
done.
New Light Company.
The Orleans Light & Power company
of Orleans has received permission
from the railway commission to issue
stock to the amount of $10,000. This
is a new company just organized.
Cherry County Case.
The supreme court gave leave to
docket the case of Jordan against
Quibble from Cherry county to settle
wh»'her a woman elected treasurer of
Cherry county may hold the office. The
answer day is set for January 21.
Last is First.
York county's treasurer is the first
county treasurer in tbe state to make
his annual settlement with the s‘ate
treasurer. He remitted S2.930. which
is the balance in taxes due the -tate
from York county for the year 1909.
NEW HOME OF SCIENCE IN WASHINGTON.
Carnegie Temple, which was recently completed and dedicated in the
national capital, and which is desig ned to promote extensive research.
WHITE SLAVE FIGHT
MANN AND BENNET PREPARED
FOR A BATTLE.
Ballinger-Pinchot Quarrel Is Another
Matter Which Washington Expects
Will Enliven the Proceedings
in Congress Soon.
Government officials, statesmen and
the people of Washington who pay
close attention to the doings of con
gress, now that the holidays are over
and the lawmakers are down to solid
work, are looking for a pretty fight
when Representative James R. Mann
of Chicago, chairman of the house com
mittee on interstate and foreign com
merce, and Representative Bennet of
New York, representing the house
committee on immigration, attempt to
settle the jurisdiction of their respec
tive committees over the two “white
slave” bills now pending in that body.
Mr. Bennet had access to the rec
ords of the immigration commission
for ammunition for his campaign,
while Mr. Mann tvas originally the po
litica- sponsor of District Attorney
Edwin W. Sims of Chicago, who has
done more than any one man to make
it hot for the “white slave” dealers.
Inasmuch as both bills introduced con
tain in them not only a reference to
violation's of law relating to interstate
commerce, but also to immigration.
Speaker Cannon will have a nice point
to decide.
Incidentally, Mr. Bennet has played
his cards well to date. Not only did
he secure a unanimous report from
the immigration committee for his bill,
but to attain this end he obtained the
collaboration of Representative A. J.
Sabath, a Democrat of Chicago, from
whose district the main testimony
about “white slavery” was produced
in the recent trial of former Police
Inspector McCann in Chicago. On
the other hand, there probably will be
a minority report in Air. Alann's com
mittee from the Democrats. The main
danger in the situation lies in the pos
sibility that the two proponents of the
bills now on the calendar may get into
such a wrangle that neither bill will
pass. Air. Alann is a notorious scrap
per for his rights, and Air. Bennet is
somewhat of a scrapper himself.
There is likely to be a conflict in
the senate over the resolution to
investigate the Ballinger-Pinchot row.
Under ordinary circumstances it might
be assumed that the proper committee
to conduct this investigation is that
of public lands, of which Senator
Knute Nelson of Alinnesota is the
chairman.
On the other hand, there is the sen
ate committee on conservation of the
national resources, of which Senator
Joseph AI. Dixon of Alontana is the
chairman. As at present constituted
the public lands committee contains
eight Republicans, every one of whom
comes from west of the Alississippi
river, and six of the eight come from
the mountain states. On the conserva
tion committee, six of ten Republican
members come from west of the Mis
sissippi, five of whom are from the
mountain states. In either event, it
is plain to be seen that all of the ills
of conservation, such as have been
complained of by western members of
congress for many years back, are
bound to be exploited when the in
vestigation is under way. Both Sena
tors Nelson and Dixon are tremendous
pluggers when on a hot scent, the for
mer, however, having a slight advan
tage over his younger colleague in the
investigation business.
Already members of congress are
beginning to figure on the date of the
final adjournment of this session. Dem
ocratic and Republican members alike
unite in saying privately that upon
the record of this congress depends, in
a large degree, the probable political
complexion of the next house. _
complexion of fhe next house. Repub
lican leaders have no hesitancy in say
ing that a record will have to be made
before adjournment, both for congress
and the Taft administration, if either
is to be of assistance to the other
after the congressional elections next
year. It is somewhat astounding to
bear the comments on this situation.
"If President Taft were to write me
a letter of recommendation for re
election to-day,” said a Republican
member of congress from a middle
west state, "it would defeat me. There
is much good in the Taft administra
tion if it can only be written on the
statute books before this session of
congress quits.”
There has not been a time in recent
i
years when Republican members ol
congress were so fearful. Individually,
of their chances of re-election. On the
ether hand, the Democrats freely ad
mit that the political situation is fa
vorable to them, if they can make the
most of it.
Nor have the Republicans forgotten
the saying which was conveyed from
the White House to the capitol last
winter, just after the house had taken
action unfavorably to Mr. Roosevelt's
secret service message.
'There will be a lot of members of
congress who will be looking for let
ters of indorsement from me two years
hence, who will not get them,” was
the remark Mr. Roosevelt was alleged
to have dropped at that time.
NO WOMEN ON THE STAMPS
Post Office Department Thus Far Has i
Ignored D. A. R.’s Request for
Honor to Sex.
Some time ago the Daughters of
the American Revolution submitted to
Postmaster General Hitchcock in
Washington a request that the like
ness of Martha Washington be placed
on one of the United States postage
stamps. The request was based on
the ground that women have a right
to such recognition and that Martha
Washington is the logical character to
receive the honor.
It was suggested that the then
proposed new 12-cent stamp, designed
to cover the increased registry fee
and the ordinary letter postage for use
in the registry division of the postal
service, furnished the desired oppor
tunitv to honor the wife of our first
president. However, a brief bulletin
was posted in the post office depart
ment to the effect that the Houdon
bust of George Washington would be
placed on this issue of stamps, no
comment being made regarding the
recognition of woman. Inquiry at the
bureau of engraving and printing anil
in several branches of the department
revealed an entire dearth of informa
tion as to why the suggestion of the
D. A. R. was not adopted. Nobody
could be found who would admit the
slightest knowledge of the subject.
The inquiry still remains unan
swered. A bust of Martha Washing
ton appeared on the four-cent stamp
for a long time. Former Postmaster
General Meyer ordered that its use
be discontinued.
DON'T WORK BY THE CLOCK
Employes in Department of Com
merce and Labor Get Down Ear
lier Since Nagel Came.
Time was when everybody about
the department of commerce and la
bor In Washington felt they had given
the government a full day s work
when they reached the office at nine
o’clock and left at 4:30. But they
have had a different idea since Secre
tary Nagel took hold.
This energetic cabinet officer is
likely to drop in any time between
seven and nine in the morning and
may leave any time between 4:30 and
seven in the evening. Of course, his
immediate clerks do not want to be
far behind him, and it is understood
that by arrangement with the watch
man the clerks are notified by tele
phone.
“He’s here,” goes over the wire, and
a little later the clerks drop in, casu
ally, just as if it were the most nat
ural thing in the world. “They cer
tainly are Industrious out in St.
Louis," remarked one employe of the
department, "that is, if Charles Nagel
is a fair sample.’
Hamlin Loses His Coat.
Congressman Hamlin lost his over
coat the day -congress convened. After
the house had adjourned he stepped
into the Democratic cloakroom to get
his coat, which had been left in
charge of a trusted Ethiope. The
black man got a large coat and start
ed to put it on Hamlin, who protested
that it was not his. “ ’Deed, marster.
dats de same coat you left heah’’
Hamlin donned the coat and walked
out. He was met at the door by Con
gressman Rucker, who greeted him
thus: “Hello, parson. Where do you
preach to-night?" “I don’t preach at
all,” said Hamlin, “and this coat ain’t
mine. The nigger says it is mine
and I’m going to wear it this time!
but I never saw it before. However
it is a lot better than my own ccat
and I’m wondering what the other
fellow is saying."
SAIL WAGON K
Wmd to Propel New Vehicle
Made In Germany.
Department of Commerce and Labor
at Washington Interested in Idea
Which Way Appeal to Fancy
of Sportsmen.
Washington. — The sail-wagon ha1?
arrived. It is chaperoned by the Unit
ed States department ot commerce
and labor. Mechanical experiments,
pneumatic tires, ball bearings and
good roads have paved the way for it.
The idea was "made in Germany,” and
the department of commerce and la
bor is showing the photograph repro
duced on this page as proof of the
actual progress of the idea beyond the
mental stage.
The sail-wagon was talked of as
much as the steam wagon in the early
days of the horseless carriage, and
both alike promised but little in the
way of practical usefulness. But now
that the smooth and hard road, the
ball bearing, the pneumatic tire and
other improvements have arrived,
conditions have so changed that the
land sailboat is coming into view
again.
The German inventor has patented
a simple and usable four-wheeler. It
makc-s good progress over roads of
the modern kind and over such sandy
stretches as the sea beaches afford. It
is a very light vehicle and its steer
ing apparatus is novel and effective.
The four wheels are well separated
as in the automobile, and arranged
diamond-fashion, one at the fore, one
on each side, and one at the rear. Tho
peculiarity is in the connection of
these wheels with one another. There
is a rigid connection between the rear
wheel and the right side wheel, also
between the front wheel and the
wheel at the left side. Then these
two bars are joined to each other by
means of a cross-bar or axle, but tho
connection is not rigid, but is made
by a hinged attachment.
The rider mounts to a saddle and
rests his feet on this cross-bar or
transverse axle. He steers by pres
sure upon this bar, thus altering at
Ths German Sail Wagon.
will and instantly the relation of the
wheels to the main axis of the frame
work. 'I'he whole frame is very light,
supporting merely the saddle and the
mast for the sail, and this device by
which the steering is done by the feet
leaves the hands free to manage the
sail or to use the brake.
The t’nited States consul at Chem
nitz. Thomas H. Norton, who sends
the facts about this new vehicle, says
“the whole device has a certain light
ness ad elegance which will appeal
probably at first to the lover of sport.
Contests of speed will involve but lit
tle of the danger accompanying com
petition with cycles or automobiles,
but will afford play rather for the
quickness and deftness required of the
‘mariner’ in utilizing to the utmost
the surrounding atmospheric condi
tions.”
What the new sail-power motor may
accomplish in the climbing of hills
and off the level stretches upon which
it will make of course its greatest
demonstration of speed is not stated
but the consul does send word that
the vehicle promises to be of con
siderable use on smooth roads in flat
regions. As yet the four-wheeled boat
seems to be too new to have been bap
tized with a name.
Royalty and Salvation Army.
The aged dowager queen of Sweden
Is an invalid and deeply religious. She
is a patron of the Salvation Army,
which, owing to her support, has had
considerable success in Sweden. At
one time, short of actually wearing
the uniform, she was an out ond out
member of the Salvation *Army, and
contributed very largely to its funds.
She imparted her religious views to
her son. Prince Oscar, who often
took an active part in Salvationist
street meetings and processions.
Queen Sophia is idolized in Sweden
for her simplicity and sincere piety.
Saw Chance for Graft.
An amusing incident was related
the other day by Lord Airedale, for
merly Sir James Kitson, the famous
Iron and steel manufacturer When
he was raised to the peerage two
years ago. and it was announced that
he had decided to take the title of
Lord Airedale, he received a com
munication from the Airedale Terriers
society saying it was understood he
had selected his title from their club,
and therefore they hoped he could
see his way to present a good cup to
the society His lordship did not re
spond to the request.—Tit-Bits.
