The loop City Northwestern J~W Hr Bi-El CH. Publisher LOUP CiTV. - • NEBRASKA — A PROBLEM AHEAD Sporting slang at the tlms when Cachet t *m chans plus spoke of one pughust going around another "like a Jooper arunnd a barrel." Bo' not many a«1»n are going arotsnd barrel* non ada;s aara the Toledo Blade. The trtrk la performed hr a machine • hick, fed the material#, tarns oat the Aniofcod prodnct aa the cnginerr regu iatoa the steam Carloads of strap i«a go ima a furnace y ard at one end and roOMT aat la the shape of ingots at the ether, the smears' at hand labor beng proportioned to the faith or die tram the management me- have In ‘sendangled MKitvaana The bottle machine aooa may be making moat d the raancn honaehold utensils, and there are reason that the glass fac tories may cease to manufacture In "andeorent Isent globes, 'he electrical •nil.Allin getting Ibrtr auj ; l* Iron a a«h>isua stack auay in a comer of the plant, where It won't be in the nay and won't host 'kings all up Ma rk tasry runes in Shilled labor de parts or raOcaily changes ns way of working More machinery cornea. The unskilled labor goes. Where util it end? Invention wsli not. cannot be stayed. Esotnuoa proceeds retro me lesslj B hat 1* there abend for the phlkfiiUy trained > Irtertw* (or tbs nonderful fingers at mankind ? Flab meal is aa article now figuring is tbe inprti at tbe l uted States. It la aaed aa a fcrbiurr aad also aa a W for aaiar aad rattle. It U made m Xorway. Kngisad aad Scotland from tbe residue at herring. codlings •ad oilier tan. cooked, dried aad around. Consul Skinner, writing from Hamburg, says. “Swine are said to -no*■■is tab meal eagerly. aad ita use for this purpose ia increasing in Ger maay from ;eror Nicholas did the United States the unusual honor of visit ing the Teasels, and also received Admiral Badger and the fleet officers in the palace in this city. The fleet comprises the battleships Louisiana, South j I'aroiina, Kansas and New Hampshire. 0—T—— -- fpfVftML C«/ aMoaPK 0j?rrL£-j///p Lou&f/Wfi PREVENT MINE FIRES - «J Many Lives Lost in Recent Years' From Accidents. Installation of Comparatively Inex pensive Fighting Appliances, Regulations and Drills Would Help Materially. New York.—Herbert M. Wilson. : i L:*i engineer of the bureau of mines,! in an address delivered at the annual Keeling of the National Fire associa tion in this city the other day, said that failure to appreciate the serious news of mine fires and a lack of ade- I quste fire protection have resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and the : destruction of millions of dollars 1 worth of property in the last few years. He declared that two of the most senous disasters in coal mines in the last two years, one at Cherry, ! 111., in which 2C2 lives were lost and j tne other at the Panc-oast mine, near S< :an ton. Pa., in which 74 lives were i lost, originated from trivial causes I and ought to have been quickly er t:ngu::-!.ed wrhout the sacrifice of hu man hfe. ' The contact of several hales of hay with a blazing torch or an open miners' lamp.” said Mr. Wilson, "emus* d the Cherry nunc disaster with its great loss of life and a total cost of one million dollars, of w hich $50,000 a day was spent in direct fire fighting for several days. “The fire in the Pancoast mine i:.!i-4 74 miners, left 45 widows and 1-T. dependent orphans. This fire is icnown to have started in an under ground room, presumably from some oil-soaked waste. The fire was not thought serious until it had been burn ing two hours. This delay was, in large measure, responsible for the great loss of life "Besides the loss of life, fires have cost much in money. At Deadwood. S. Lh. $ 1 .000.000 has been spent in fight ing fire in a metal mine. Today fires are raging In coal and metal mines In various parts of the country. Some of them have got beyond control, and have been burning for many years, de vouring hundreds of thousands of tons of coal and miles of mine galleries One mine fire near Carbondale, Pa., has burned out such a vast are*1 of an thracite coal in the last ten years as to result in a subsidence of the sur face and destruction of surface prop erty. Near Summit. Pa., a fire which has been burning 51 years is estima ted to have destroyed $25,000,000 worth of coal. Near Jobs. O.. a tract of coal valued at several million dol lars has been burning since 1884. In some of the deeper metal mines at Butte, Mont., fires have been burning In the old timbers since 1889. In the Comstock vein In Nevada thousands *f feet of tunnels which had been opened and timbered at great expense are being burned out. "The mining engineers of the bu reau of mines have made a careful study of fires In mines, and have trached the conclusion that the Intro duction of comparatively inexpensive fire fighting appliances, the adoption of proper regulations and the institu tion of a reasonable system of fire drills may minimixe fires and confine others to a brief period of time with little damage to life and property. The engineers of this bureau have had much success In combating mine fires through the use of the oxygen helmet. This is an apparatus that entirely protects the head, and through which air is furnished artificially, thus en abling the wearer to explore the vi cinity of a fire under conditions of smoke and gas that would render his approach otherwise Impossible. By the use of such an apparatus a num ber of fires have been promptly extin guished which would doubtless have spread and perhaps extended beyond control. Chemistry, through the quick an alysis of gases at frequent Intervals I— lu the neighborhood of the fire, has proved a most successful adjunct In lighting fires. It seems almost unnec essary to call attention to the neces slty of providing at each mine ample storage of water properly conveyed in protected pipes to possible danger ] points, the desirability of using larger ! amounts of fireproof material in place ! of wooden mine timbering or wooden ! doors, the proper disposal of waste, fireproof manways and air shafts and the use of fireproof material as far as I possible in all surface structures with- ! in fifty to one hundred feet of the i main opening to the mine." PAPA GANDER ATTACKS BOY — Defends Goslings Which Mrs. Goose Has Just Hatched Out When Youngster Gets Inquisitive. San Antonio, Tex.—Shaughnessy, five years old and adventuresome, got too well acquainted with a wild gan der near the deer range in the Bronx zoo, and as a result he will have a sore chin for a few days. Harry and his brother William went to the zoo and spied the gan der and his mate. The mate has just hatched out some goslings. The boys admired the goslings and tried to pick up one. While -Mrs. Goose chased William through the fence her indignant husband grabbed Harry by the chin and had worried him along ten /eet when an attend ant rescued him. The lad's face was lacerated and he was taken to the zoo office, where t‘e wound was dressed. City Builds Sidewalks. New London. Conn.—This city will be the first in New England to under take a uniform system of sidewalks at the municipal expense. The project will cost nearly $150,000 and work is to begin at once. ARE WED IN SPEEDING AUTO Couple Married While Being Whirled Under Palm Trees in Westlake Park. Lcs Angeles. Lob Angeles. Cal.—A novel wedding occurred the other day when Max Botefuhr and Miss Avis C. Doebler. daughter of William Doebler, a re tired capitalist, were married In an automobile as the car glided under the palm trees In Westlake park. The ceremonies began at the Sev enth street entrance and when the car arrived at the Sixth street en trance the happy young couple were man and wife. When the automobile entered the park Rev. Cassius Morton Carter, pastor of the First Baptist church, arose with book in hand. “We are standing here together in the sight of God and man—” "Go a little slower,” said the bride groom-to-be. “We want it all to hap pen in the park.” The minister continued: “To join together in the holy bonds of matrimony this man and this—” "Oh, my hat!” exclaimed Miss Doeb ler. as the palm leaf became entan gled in a ribbon. The minister continued: "If anyone can show just cause why they should not be joined together, let him now stand forward or forever—” "Don't stop the car!" said Bote fuhr, "I want it to keep moving." “Hold his peace.” the minister was looking pretty serious. “Do you. Max Botefuhr, take Avis Doebler to be your beloved—” “I wish papa was here." said Miss Doebler, “he would enjoy this!” “Wife to honor and cherish until death do you part?" "I do,” said Botefuhr. "Do you. Avis Doebler. take Max Botefuhr to be your beloved huBband. to honor and cherish until death do you part?" “I do.” said Miss Doebler. The car was within ten feet of the Sixth street entrance when the min ister said: "Then I pronounce you man and wife.” SCHOOL FARM A MODEL _ .V.. Walla Walla's Unique Institution Has Space for Playground. Chief Feature of Building Is Its Flood of Sunlight, There Being as Many Large Windows as Could Be Put in Four Walls. Walla Walla, Wash.—Flanked by converging roads which lead past fields and orchards and homes to the city, and facing miles of rolling prairie mottled with gardens and groves and farm houses, stands a building unique in the development of the land of Marcus Whitman—Walln W’alla's first model "country-life” school backed by the enthusiasm of a united school board. Among Walla Walla’s dozens of substantial school houses which everywhere mark the interest taken in educational matters the Prospect Point school, soon to close its term, is one of the best. Larger plans are being entertained for the development of Prospect Point school and It is semi-ofificlally in charge of the State Country Life Commission, of which J. L. Dumas is_ a resident member. The building is of red brick, two stories in height, surmounted by a tower. It contains four large study rooms, basement lunch rooms for both boys and girls, library, auditorium, spacious halls open to the sunlight, and storage room for fuel as well as furnaces and lavatories. The chief feature of the building is its flood of 8uniighL which is let tn through as many large windows as can be placed within the four walls. The library Is tucked away oft the stair at a wide landing, and auditori um ia provided by opening sliding doors which throws two large class rooms into communication with a small centrally located room where is a starge. The cloakroom feature of the open halls is improved by the situation of the doors, which make it possible for the pupils to come into the building, pass through the halls and enter the schoolroom without confusion. The school is supplied with a li brary of 200 volumes which Is to be soon increased, with maps, charts and a globe, and facilities for instructing the eight grades assembled there un der the direction of three teachers. Playgrounds, gardens, lawns will be laid out on the five-acre tract. With plenty of land fo~ a rough-and tumble playground, tfc-.- board baa felt Instilled in making a lawn around the building, and this will be done next year and preserved as a beauty spot Back of tbe lawns wlh be an ample playgrounds and the teachers' cottage. The cottage will i»j surrounded by a lawn and flower beds. One of the finest features of the site is a water right which the dis trict obtained with the five acres. Out of it Is to be developed a water sys tem fcr the schoolhouse and teachers’ cottage which will supply drinking water from a spring not more than two miles away, and irrigation for lawns, gardens and flower beds with out any expense except Installation. Roosevelt, Jr, Wins Prize. Cambridge. Mass.—Quentin Roose velt has won a prize for being tbe second highest in standing in his class at the Groton school. However, he does not feel the weight of his honor. "That is nothing." he 6aid. "I bad much rather be good at baseball and football." Fortune From Common Egg K’lUtfbtnv, Pa.—While working in the kitchen of Ryan Brothers, at Ply mouth. Charles Dllg, a cook, found an egg which bore the name of Miss Bertha Garrett of Huntsville. Madison county. Arkansas This egg brought him the acquaintance of the young woman, her love and now a legacy of $3,000 at her death. Although he had written her only a half dozen letters, and bad not even heard her voice, she decided on her deathbed that Dllg should be remem bered. and attorneys tor the estate are now busy arranging to carry out her bequests. Upon finding the egg five years ago Dllg went to his boarding house. He sat down at once to write the girl ot his discovery. A short time later he was delighted and surprised to re ceive a letter from the girl, in which she said she was the daughter or a wealthy hardware merchant at Hunts ville. Her letter said she had a girl friend whose father was in the poul try business, and while there she con ceived the idea of writing her name and address on the egg. This was five years ago. and in the meantime Dilg had forgotten his expe rience until it was recalled by the an nouncement of the girl’s death and | of his inheritance. 1 y£/tT\ I OR many w ee k s plans for celebrat ing the anniver sary of the Declar ation of Independ ence as a great civic festival have been In prepara tion. Varied and ex tensive e n t e rtain ment should be supplied so as to make the day as sume the character of a community fes tival. llut the reck less use of danger ous explosives by children, too young to realize their own peril, is not necessary to the nation's | expression of gratitude that it is free and independent. This sentiment has at last erystalized into a movement for i a sane Fourth, and throughout the j country various cities have made ar rangements by which It is hoped child ! life will be better protected than it has in preceding years. It was on the third of July, 1776, that John Adams wrote to his wife, | Abigail, the letter, since often quoted 1 as a prophecy, concerning the future celebration of this period as a national festival. Despite the fact that he was one of the most important figures in the stirring events of that historic I time, he wrote two letters to her on | that day. In one he said: “Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever debated in America: and a greater perhaps never was nor conceded that Jefferson wrote the Dec laration, which was reported and dis cussed until July 4, when it was adopted. Copies were prepared and sent to the states. Pennsylvania was the first to receive its copy, and on noon of July 8 it was read to a crowd of citizens in the statehouse yard. It was read from a wooden platform erected in 1769 to enable David Rit tenbcuse to observe a transit of Ve nus. Some in the concourse who list ened to the reading may have realized that a new constellation had ap- j peared in the firmament of the na tions. Only (he president of the congress. John Hancock, and his secretary signed the Declaration on the day of its adoption. The final signatures of i the fifty-six who signed the original document were not affixed until No- j vember. Three of the 5fty-six signers lived to see the fiftieth anniversary of American independence. They were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and . Charles Carroll. Adams and Jeffer son died on the fiftieth anniversary, July 4, 1S26, leaving Charles Carroll the sole surviving signer. Jefferson and Adams had both served as pres idents of the republic which they had helped to form. A third president, Monroe, also died on July 4, but five years later than these two. Posterity, though it has fulfilled Adams' prediction, selected the fourth instead of the second of July as the day for celebration. The corner stone of the Washington monument at the national capital was ///dependence /is// ♦ View From Chestnut Street Side of the Historic Building. will be decided among men. A reso uticn was passed, without one dissent ing voice, that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states." In the other let ter he wrote: "The second day of July. 1776. w ill be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. 1 am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, bells, bon fires and Illumination from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore." The resolution for independence was, as these letters show, really adopted July 2. But the formal De claration of Independence was adopted July 4. and copies of this declaration, prepared by a committee of five head ed by Thomas Jefferson, were then sent to the states. The resolution adopted July 2 was presented to con gress by Richard Henry Lee of the Virginia delegation. June 7, 1776. It read: "Resolved, That these United Colonies are and of a right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown; that all politi cal connection between them and the State of Great Britain is. and ought to be, totally dissolved.” Prompt action in so serious a matter was not to be expected' and congress put it off until July 2, when the reso lution, much to the joy of Adams, who seconded Lee’s motion, was adopted. In the meanwhile Lee, the mover of the resolution, was called home by the illness of his wife. Otherwise he would probably have been made chair man of the committee of five appoint ed to prepare a formal statement. This committee was composed of Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Frank lin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. It is usually laid July 4, 1S50. It was a very hot day. President Taylor, who was pres ent, was exposed to the heat of the sun for three hours. On his return to the White House he drank freely of ice water and iced milk and also par took of some cherries. Shortly after ward he was taken ill and died July 9. Benjamin Franklin, the oldest sign er, was seventy. Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, the youngest, was twenty-seven; Jefferson was thirty three. The average age was forty three years three months. Many oc cupations were represented, but law yers. of whom there were thirty, were in the majority. The first public celebration of the event was that of Pennsylvania, July S. On July 9 Washington, comman der in chief, annnounced in general orders. "The honorable Continental congress, impelled by the dictates of duty, policy, and necessity, having been pleased to dissolve the connec tion between this country and Great Britain and to declare the United Colonies of America free and lnde pendent states, the several brigades are to be drawn up this evening on their respective parades at 6 o’clock when the declaration of congress showing the grounds and reasons ol this measure, is to be read in an au dible voice. The general hopes this important event will serve as fresh incentive to every officer and soldier to act with fidelity and courage, as knowing now that the peace and safe ty of his country depends, under God solely on the success of our arms. And state possessed of sufficient power tc that he is now in the service of a state possessed of sufficient power tc reward his merit and advance him tc the highest honors of a free country.' Mean. “He took a mean advantage.” “In what way?” “When she sued him for divorce he got the judge to give him the cus tody of her lapdog.”—Judge. The Slow Luncheon. Mistress—Why have you been so long. Marie? I told you we wanted the lobster for lunch, and it is now past one o'clock. , Maid—It's on account of your hob ble skirt you gave me, madam.—Pele Melc. Worried. "I’m afraid my wife is going into a decline.” “Don't worry about that, old man. She’ll come out all right.” “Yes. but what if she shouldn’t? I’ve got all arrangements made to send her east for the summer.” PRESERVED BY PHONOGRAPH 4 Records of Old Mojave Indian Songs to Be Kept by University of California. Berkeley, Cal.—Achorn Hungara, a Mojave Indian from Needles, Cal., will enjoy the unique distinction of having his voice preserved in phonographic records for time immemorial, by the anthropological department of the University of California. The branch of the anthropological department that is preserving these records is especial ly detailed to work up the historical features. Achorn Hungara is unabla to speak English, but he has as his companion and Interpreter Captain Jack Jones, who is also a Mojave In dian. Achorn Hungara will spend about five hours a Hay for the nest few Achorn Hungara. weeks singing into the phonograph the songs of the Mojave dialects. The Indian singer can sing songs in nine different dialects and he knows over three hundred different songs. Some of the songs are along historical re citals and it takes several days for a single song. Many of the songs have been handed down from father to son for generations, and it is hoped that the early history of the Indian race in the southwest may be amplified through these songs. After the songs have been sung in the dialect into the phonograph they will be translated into English by Captain Jack Jones. The university will then have not only i complete historical record, but it will also possess a musical record showing the cadences adopted by the Indian singers and also the words they use. This record may or may not be uf tremendous value in establishing the connection between the American Indian and oriental people. THE PRINCESS KAWANANAKOA This Beautiful Hawaiian Is a Distant Cousin of Young Jay Gould's Bride. Honolulu, H. I.—Among all the rep resentatives of royalty present at the coronation of King George in London was a lady who, though of royal de scent, gladly bows to the Stars and Stripes and readily recognizes the authority of Uncle Sam. She is the Princess Kawananakoa of Hawaii, a member of the family which ruled the Sandwich Islands previous to the more recent dynasty which stepped down to make room for the Ameri can flag. She is a cousin of Queen Llliuokaiani, who still makes a claim upon Uncle Sam for the loss of her royal prerogatives; and she is also a cousin of the Miss Anna Douglass Graham who recently became the bride of Jay Gould, the son of George Gould. Mrs. Gould's mother is now Princess Kawananakoa. Mrs. Hubert Vos of New York, but she was K .ncess Kaikilani before her marriage. The Princess Kawananakoa attend ed the Gould wedding and her pres ents to her cousin were unique and beautiful. Within a few days after the wedding she sailed for London to attend the coronation. She carried with her many beautiful gowns, but the most gorgeous and valuable of her sartorial possessions is a cloak made entirely of the brilliant plumage of fpecies of small bird which is now nearly extinct Americans Learning Spanish. Boston. Mass.—Pupils desirous of learning Spanish in the schools are numerous. During the last term at Columbia university, conferences were held in that institution in the lan guage of Cervantes. The mayor of - Boston recently compelled all the school masters In his jurisdiction to include Spanish in the school curricul um and it may safely be affirmed that there is hardly a mercantile firm of any importance In the United States that does not possess an employe who can both speak and write Spanish fluently. The reason of all this is not fat to seek. The United States in its anxiety to find new markets for its products has set its eyes on South America and hopes to find a new field there and also in Central America among its many republics, an] they are satisfied that in the long run they will have them all under their con trol.