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"I nm In full accord with the an
cient Spartan law which compelled a
man to marry by the time he attained
the ape of thirty-six."
Willliuu Astor Chanler, former con
gressman, African explorer, author
and millionaire, thus announced thrco
years ago his views on man and matri
mony. In his thirty-sixth year he took unto
himself a wife in the person of Miss
Minnie Ashley, who has won fame by
her beauty and cleverness on the
stage, being formerly a member of
the San Toy company.
Mr. Chanler met his brldo while he
was at Harvard. She was then on the
stage in Boston. Miss Ashley has a
handsome home at Great Neck, L. I
whore sho has spent the greater part
of her time lately, as it is about a year
since she was Been on the stage.
It Is nnnounced that Mrs. Chanter's
stage career Is forever ended. Hence
forth she will ho a menibor of society
and will he lecelved by reason of her
marriage Into the Inner circle of
SALUTES NOT IN HIS HONOR.
Solution of Incident That Pulled Ed
mund Clarence Stedman.
Edmund Clarence Stedman, the vet
eran author, while on a visit to
Franco stopped one. day on a country
road to admlro the surrounding coun
try. Ah ho stood gazing meditative
ly over tho tlelds ho noticed that sov
eral peasants who passod hlni on tho
road bowed nnd took off their hats
to him. Mr Stedman was nt llrst
surprised nt their salutes in his hou
or, and wondered for whom these po
lite peasants mistook him, but as they
were repeated by peasant after peas
ant he finally concluded thnt his repu
tation bad penetrated farther than he
had ventured to suppose. As ho moved
away from tho spot ho happened to
glance behind him. He hud been
Mantling in front of a statue of the
Virgin.
llfex (T
City Children for the Country.
Tho earl of Meath, n somewhat en
thusiastic British humanitarian, has
t suggested to I ho London school au
thorities that children of the elemen
tary guides be taken from tho city
nnd brought up In model country vil
lages, tho parents to pay only tho bare
com of food, tho county council foot
ing other expenses. Ho urges that In
this way children of the very poor
would hnc nn otherwise unobtainable
chance, to grow up strong, healthy and
good citizens. In addition, ninny of
them would probably stay In the coun
try, thereby helping to repopulato tho
rural districts.
The Problem of Education.
Dr. Ixnils Duncan declares In a
magazine nrtlclo that in this country
technical education is too technical,
"Thcro Is too much Instruction," ho
says. "Wo should not attempt to
make mental storehouses of men, but
mentnl factories. The ability of a
man to work out nny specific problem
depends upon his being able to make
a mentnl plot of the problem and keep
it constantly beforo him. This re
quires an imagination that has bean
developed and not suppressed,"
Book Production.
Stated in figures, tho average of
hoolts produced to every million in
habitants is as follows: German Um
pire, 354; Franco, 344; SwltzerlnnJ,
338; Ilelglnm, 337; Italy, 309; Sweden,
300; Norway, 'Jfi2; Orent Ilrltaln. 175;
Hussiu, 85; United States, 81; Spain,
tin. On tho other hand, an averago
'j periodicals to a million of Inhnbl
tfiAn, tho United States is far ahead,
having 510, nnd Switzerland coming
next with 320.
MARRIAGE TO ACTRESS t
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which Mrs. William ABtor is the cen
tral figure.
There will be family dinners In her
honor on the return of tho pair from
their honeymoon trip. The first of
these will be given by the near rela
tives of tho bridegroom.
William Astor Chanler is a son of
tho late John Wlnthrop Chanler and
a grandson of John Jacob Astor. He
is one of the most picturesque, by rea
son of his nctlve and varied career, or
the young generation in New York.
Ho waB not content' with being a
cotillion leader and tho central figure
at dinners and receptions; instead, ho
is well known in the world of politics;
wa3 prominent during tho Spanish
American war, and spent twenty-two
months in tho heart of Africa, In re
gions never before penetrated by white
men.
As an explorer ho Is honored by
scientific men at home and abroad,
and as a traveler by geographical so
cieties; ns a sportsman ho has often
faced death In pursuit of big game.
LIKE AN ENDLESS CHAIN.
Exchange of Ears May Go On In
definitely. Tho man who recently sold his ear
to a western milllonalio for $5,000
offers $1,000 for an aural appendage
to replace tho one he sold. At least,
so says Dr. C. V. Stebblns of Iron-'
wood, Mich. A Hungarian miner
from Hurley, Wis., called on tho (lot
tor and said ho had received a letter
from a friend In the enst making the
offer named. Tho caller, whose nunio
tho doctor refuses to divulge, miulo
many Inquiries rogurdlng the opera
tion of cutting off au ear and was ad
vised that no great danger attended
such a process. The man's manner
Indicated that h might In tho end
submit to tho knife, but apparently ho
desired further communication with
his friend In tho east befoic doing so.
Chicago Chronicle.
Good Qualities of Apache.
One of the mo.st admirable diame
ters among all tho Indians in Okla
homa is IValcho, the war chief of the
Apaches. U was largely through his
Influence that Gcronlmo hcramo a
church man. Naiche is a kingly fel
low and In natural ability would be a
leader among educated white men. lie
has n flue sense or honor and Is lova
bio and gentle In disposition, lie hns
boon a mouther or the Dutch He
formed church about thiee .veins, but
tho temptation of whisky causes him
to stray out of the nnriow path occa
sionally. Gen. Jones' Real Philanthropy.
Gen. Kdward F. Jones, formerly
lieutenant governor of New York
state, has made an offer to the school
board of Blnghumtoii to pay tor the
examination of the eyes of pupils in
nil the public schools of tho city, to
furnish glasses where thoy are found
to be necessary or to furnish treat
ment for tho eyes of poor children
that may bo found necessary. Sev
eral years ago Gen. Jones began to
lose bis sight, and In splto of the or
forts of tho most eminent oculists
ho has become totally blind.
Mrs. Hanna'a Taste in Dress.
Mrs. Marcus I latum has acquired an
air and society manner generally to
which sho was a comparative st rainier
when tho sonator first becaino piomi
nent In public life. She has fairly mas
tered the fine art of dress. In the
pnst bho was noted for i at her too
striking color schoines, but now she
has a fondness for black and white,
Her hair, which Is silver gray nnd
plentiful, is worn In a high knot, and
her hairdresser waves it becomingly.
SIGNS OF PEACE
Venezuela nnd Columbia Listen
ing to Minister Bowon
HIS SERVICES APPRECIATED
Itfcnrtlnl A nn f mpiirta n t Ktent To-
vmriln Ponniliieint l'l-ura In Nor
them 1'nrt of hontli America
Through the efforts of Herbert W.
Uovvcn, tho American minister to
Venezuela, that country and Colombia
nro on the verge of an agi cement by
which they will renew diplomatic rela
tions. Mr. Ilowen, who Is In Washing
ton on his way back to Caracas from
Tho Hague, whe.ro ho represented tho
peute powers beforo Tho Haguo tribu
nal, has hnd a conferenco with Oeneral
Reyes. Colombia's special minister In
Washington, and ns a icsult that ofll
lal will table President Marroquln
urging an adoption of the plnn pro
posed by tho Amcilcan minister. Mr.
Bowen will use his good offices with
President Castro to follow the course
ho tins outlined. It is believed that
tho presidents of Colombia and Vene
zuela will agree to tho Bowen propo
sition. In lonvcisntlnn with a representa
tive of tho Associated press regaullng
his visit from Minister Bowen, General
lleyes said:
"l want you to sny for me how deep
ly 1 am ImprcFhod with tho broudnilnd
cdncss nnd nblllty of Mr. Ilowen. 1
shall, upon my return to Colombia,
tell my people what a frlund not only
Venezuela, hut nil of the Americas,
have in tills nblo diplomatist. Ho is
working for tho good of all Ameiicn
mid I nm sine his service will be ap
preciated." Colombia and Venezuela have for
some time, been on bad forms, each
country nrcuslng tho other of aiding
i evolutions against its neighbor, and
tho feeling finally grew so bitter that
diplomatic relations wero broken. In
pan-Amerlcnn circles the iiowb that Mr.
Ilowen had succeeded In bringing the
two countries togother has caused con
siderable comment, and It is regarded
ns an important factor toward tho es
tablishment of peace In tho northern
part of South America.
former ISeutrlce Man In IlnrU Lack.
Tho Jury in the trial of Charles A.
Thorn, alias W. M. Montgomery, ac
cused of the murder of J. L. Emerson,
jailer of Ixgnn county jail, at Guthrie,
OUIb. May 14 last, returned a vordlct,
after being out twelve hours, finding
him guilty of manslaughter In tho first
degree. Thorn waa arrested in Okla
homa City in April and brought to
Guthrie to answer to tho chargo of
bigamy, in a jail break May 14 be
escaped, killing the jailer and i(8
caught four days lator.
Ho formerly reeldsd at Beatrice,
Neb., at which place he waa married.
Ho Is also said to bare been married
in Sioux City, la., Chleago, 111., mnri
Seward, Ohio.. At the preliminary hear
ing In July he was defonded by Attor
ney L. W. Colby of Beatrice, Neb., and
Judge A. II. Houston of Guthrie. Ills
mother resides at .iue Springs, Neb.
C'omul DatIs Toll! the Truth.
The United States legation's latest
advices regarding the Alexandretta af
fair oonfirm the leports of the violence
of the police and tho attack on Consul
Davis, who hud only used his en no In
uclf-dofenso.
It appoaru that Attarian, the natur
alized American, who had asked for
the consul's assistance to cnnblo him
to embark for Kgypt, was arrested by
means of a btibteiiugc. Alter ho had
embarked on tho consular boat with
Mr. Davis, Attcrlan was invited to land
to undergo fumigation, whereupon the
man was suddenly selr.ed by three po
licemen and promptly locked up. Mr.
Davis, In attempting to interpose, was
assaulted by the police and was obliged
to defend himself with his cane. At
tarian la still a prisoner.
rrlirn for St. I.niil Exhibit
The following persons havo heen
awarded special premiums by tho Ne
braska state commission in tho com
petition for tho best sheaf grain to be
exhibltod at tho World's fair at St.
Louis nest year:
H. Smldtli. Benulne'on: W. J. Win
lngb, Broken Bow, .'. Moulton, Elk
City; J. Wilt. Bennington; G. Cocn.
Burwin; S. Miller illoken Bow; II. J.
Laughron. Albion; W. James, Pleasant
Hill: J. Brown, Bennington; O. Bush,
Nemaha; G. Dierks. Bennington; S.
Fee, Irvlngton, H. Gran, Elk City; J.
I.uchen, Irvlngton; C. Gran. Bonnlng
ton; S, K. Hulnes, Broken Bow.
Tho winner of the special prize for
tho best collection of nntivo grasses is
Mr. C. C. Wright, of Shcdford, Neb.
A Knnmm Hhorlff Held lip
Charles Ualn. sheriff of Cherokee
county, was held ' and robbed in the
depot at Baxter Springs, Kan,, by
Claicncu Cunningham, au escaped pris
oner from the Colombia, Mo., jail, and
a companion. Having rocognUed Cun
ningham, the sheriff followed him into
tho depot nnd oiderert hlni to surren
der. Cunningham did not move, but
his companion Immodlatoly pointed a
revolver nt tho aherlff, who thirroupon
throw up his hands. Ualn wm relieved
of his watch, revolver and money.
Cunningham and his companion then
robbed the station agent, took a team
of horses and a buggy from a livery
stable aud escaped.
Pardoned far Telling- an Other
John Barbaglla, of St. Louis, Mo.,
who wa3 recently sentenced to serve
three years in the penitentiary for
conviction of complicity in naturaliza
tion frauds, was notified that he had
ben pardoned by President Roosevelt
on rocommendation of tho court be
eaiiBo he had turned witness for tho
United States and thrco others had
been convicted of naturalization frauds
largely upon his testimony. Barbug
lla had not bean se-nt to the peniten
tiary as he waa soilously III,
THREE BAD WRECKS
Two town Afi-hlmM nod One In ITut
Vlrglui"
1-'1vp persons were hilled and ten In
lured In a wreik on the Chicago, Bur
lington X (Jiiiuo lullioiul tin eo m lie--wcut
of Alliln. la The west-bount!
passenger train was in some miiutici
derailed while miming onto the Cedar
creek bridge and live curs were wrecked
by collision with the steel girders of
tho bridge The wreckage look lire
and sovetal of tho victims wcio badly
burned.
Thrco trainmen wore killed and five
Injured In u freight collision on tin!
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road
near Adel. la. A double-header west
hound ami au etia fi eight east-bound
came together In a deep cut on a sharp
curve. Three engines and fourteen
enrs were entirely demolished.
Klve men were killed nnd seveinr,
eeverely lnjuied by the overturning of
two engines, attached to a heavy Balti
more & Ohio freight train on the "sev-
entten-mlle guide," near Piedmont, W.
Va.
Nliilo ndllnr' Kpiui- ViiiiiiiiI Itrport
A total of $..yss.ii:i:.71 lu state wnr-i
rants Is at piescul outstanding against! ,
tho state and thawing lute-test, nccoid
Iiir to the MMiii-niiuuul icpoit of tht
stale nuditoi. filed with the governor i
lecently. The jeporl is for the peilod;
iroiu .nine l i!ni:s, to December I, lUti::
aud the total was taken I rum the lei
old of the auditors otlii e on Mini da
Of this amount. J2.Jii:i.l77 l'l is in geiu
eral fund w at ranis and the leiiiuliiiler)
on Bpcclnl funds. ei on tho Hist daj
of June, HHi:i. tbeie was outstanding Iir
general fund wiumnis iigiilusi tho stiitd
and thawing inieieet the sum of $1 h
1197,1171 ys The he.iv.v in. lease of $1!m.-i
ftO.Vja In ItitcicM-liciuIng geiietal fundi
wnriunts is accounted tor by the appro-,
piitttlons iiuiile by the Inst legislature
mid tho slowness with wlihh taes are
being paid into tin tountv ticasutlis!
by the Individual iapuets.
Tim t'nlmiiN Do Not Line lit
Only u few Cubans wero present at'
Guantniianio. Cuba hen the American
flag was hoisted ashoie and those who,
wero present weie some distance from!
tho point where tho United States
naval forces landed It was cmrently
reported that the local Cubans were
not Inclined to mini Hon by their pres
ence an act which they chose to con
sider woh unjustly imposed on them
by a stronger power
Sonor Portunoundo. chief nnginrei
at Santiago, who ropiescutcd the gov
ernment of Cuba at the formal trans
fer of tho Giiantnnnmo site, and u Cu
ban lieutenant accompanying hlni, wo n
cordially lecelved by Bear Admiral
Barker on board the flagship Keai
sarge. Mecroaa Will Form I'olltlrul fitrtr
Aa a result of u moetlng of the negro,
leaders of Tennessu and other south
ern states held at Chattanooga last
week, the committee on platform has
given out tho declaration of its princi
ples and asserted its Independence of
other parties. It declares that condi
tions In the south are such ns to de
manda separate negro party.
The Ollvn Branch In MIrIU
Peace between Riisnla and Japan is
now belloved to ho assured as the re
sult of the actlpn of the c.ar at TBar
koe Selo, where he and foreign minis
ter Ijimsdorff have- cousidHind tho re
ply to the Japanese proposals. If
Japan la willing to accept some modifi
cations there Is nothing to stand lu
the way of a complete agreement.
Tim Ottawa School llnnrd MnndnuiDtedi
Mnadamus action bus been filed In'
tho district court to compel the Ottawa
hoard of education to reinstate Kred WJ
Biiukcrhoff in the Ottawa high school.
Brlnkerhoff and live others weie le
cently suspended for Insubordination.
flood (.'It lien C'lnli at Creln.
The Good Citizenship club, or Crete.
Ncb held Its annual meeting and1
electod the following officers: Albeit
Johnson, president; A. B. Fnlrchild,
vice- president; J. N. Bennett, secre
tary; Conl Aller, trensuier. Rev. Mr.
Wilcox was added to tho above officers
to servo on tho executive committee.
A Flood Cmo Brought hjr Merrhnnl
McCnll Bros. & Llnvilie's department,
store, or Belolt, Kan., has tiled suit
lu Judge O. B. Scnnlaiid'rt court for
$210 against the Union Pacific Hallway
company for goods shipped during the
Juno floods. Tho consignment is said
never to have i cached the store of tho
plaintiff!!.
IlniKRlMd Will llavn lo l'y Daintier..
Mnrshal Allen is authority for the)
statement that suit will be filed In the.'
district court by Mis. Douglas A.l
Churchill for damages against ceitain'
druggists in loin. Kan..who, she claims.!
illegally sold Intoxicating liquors to
her husband, Dug ChuichlU, the drunk
ard recently sont to tho Insane asy
lum. Mine. Nonllru Wan In u Divorce
It Is announced that papers hnvct
been filed In New York In a suit to bo
brought by Mine. Lillian Nordica, thti
prima donna, for legal separation from'
her husband, Zoltan Doemo, tho Hun
garian tenor. They were married My
2(J, 189C, at Indianapolis, lud,
Uhlrajio (let Kepiilillrun Convention
Tho next republican national conven-.
Hon will meet at Chicago. Tuesday.
June 1!1, 1904. This was the decision
of the national committee nt Its ses
sion in Washington.
Colonel McSIIrhael flolilt IlU Jol
As a result of an investigation ofl
alleged violations of the civil atrvlcej
law by Postmnstnr Clayton McMlehael
of Philadelphia, Pa., tho civil servient
commlsBlou unanimously recommended!
to tho president hl removal from that,
office. Colonel McMlchnol made am
explanation to the president of his acte'
which wore called Into question, which!
Is understood to ho satisfactory to Mr..
Hooscvelt and Colonel Mc.MIchae will'
not be removed.
FAMOUS MASTERPIECE OF
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BTl'aWTaWJali
ZYZ CXJXT2XQK
HERBERT SPENCER IS DEAD.
Was One of the Intellectual Giants of
the Nineteenth Century.
Herbert Spencer, author and phil
osopher, and the last of tho great
thinkers of tho Victorian age, died
Dec. 8 nt Brighton, England.
Mr. Spencer was 8S years of nge,
and his denth was due lo old age. He
was the contemporary friend, nnd co
worker of such Intellectual giants ns
Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, and I..) ell.
He was born nt Derby, England, April
'J7, 1820. In 1841', when 1!2 years old.
ho began tho publication In n paper
called the Nonconformist of a series
of letters on "The Proper Sphere of
Government."
In 1848 Spencer secured a position
iipon tho Economist, of which paper
lo afterward became subeditor. Ho
held this post until 1S52. The fol
lowing two years ho wrote "Social
Statics," dealing with social prob
lems lu nn original way, which was
.-ousldered radical by many Britons.
This work brought him into contact
with Prof. Huxley ami other prom
inent literary men and women, Includ
ing Georgo Eliot, the novelist, to
ivhom, It Is snltl, Spencer proposed
marriage.
Spencer begnn bis connection with
.he Westminster Ilevlew about this
lime, mid It was lu theso pages that
lie began the publication of elaborate
eshiiys, which marked his entrance to
the philosophic, woild. In 185.r he
Issued a treatise on "The Principles
of Psychology," and In 18ti0 Sponcer
began his great work. "Synthetic Phil
osophy," which he completed in 1897,
after nearly rorty years' hard labor.
He revised the great work In 1900,
Spencer lived and tiled u compnra-
Herbert Spencer,
lively poor man. Ills deep wiltlngH
bioiighl htm little money. Not long
ago a Loudon paper estlmnted thai
during tho forty eurs tho philosopher
labored on his greatest work the
gross leeclpts from his books were
less than $150,000.
MRS. STANTON A PHILATELIST.
Collecting Stamps a Hobby of Noted
Woman Suffragist.
That Mrs. Elizabeth Catly Stanton
was a philatelist of many years' stand
'ng has Just come to light by tho dis
covery of a Ktamproom In her old
homo at Woodcllff, N. J. In a recess
of ono of the rooms more than 18,000
itnmps were found hung on tho walls.
Portions of the walls nnd the ceiling
were covered with stnmps of every
country, and somo of them are of
proat value, according to the estimates
uf stamp fanciers. No two nro alike.
There ure Indications thnt most of the
ttnrapa wore detnehod from letters ro
solved by Mrs. Stnnton herself. Sho
carried on a voluminous correspon
dence with friends whose homes wero
located In almost every part ol the
ilvlllzed world.
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ARCHITECTURE IS FALLEN
Tho roof of the famous cathedral ol
Toledo, Spain, regarded as one of tho
world's masterpieces In mvhllrrture,
fell In Dec. I The strut lure, which
was Marled In the jenr r.'27i and not
completed until the seventeenth cen
tury, bus been (rumbling, but the re
cent iiitastrnplie was not expected.
The tulhedrul was the thittl largest
cliurih lu Europe, being exceeded lu
sl.o only by the t alhetlial" of Milan
llhtl Sev llle.
OF 7W2tto
GAVE MUCH FOR PATRIOTISM
Men of Ability Who Have Made Great
Sacrifices.
At tho annual hantuet of tho Mid
lessex Bar association lu Doston lust
week Congressman Saniuol L. Powers,
spoke of tho value of lawyers In tho
national legislature. He declared thnt
aa a whole congress wiih composed
of inost earnest nnd loyal men men
who have made gieat sacrifices by
remaining In house and senate. Mr.
PoweiB Instanced Senator Hoar, who,
when he went to Washington, wan
worth $100,000; now he Is nblu to llvo
only by exercising the closest econo
my. "Congressman Hepburn of
Iowu," he said, "has been lu cungrcsH
twenty yearn, Is now 70 years of ago
nnd Is worth not more Ihiiu $2,000.
Hntl theso two men remained nt homo
they would now bo leaders of tho
bar in their lespeotlvo states."
DAYS OF OLD RECALLED.
Recent Death of Capt. Pharr of Ber
wick, Louisiana.
C'Hpt. John 11. Plinrr, the wealthy
sugar planter ami lumberman who
died nt bis home lu Berwick, l.n., tho
other iluy at the age of 7o veins, waH
the lending flguie in one of Ihu most
exciting electoral (iinleMs ever held
In Ixiuislana. In 189(5 he was nomi
nated for governor by the Republi
cans, but was defeated bj Murphy J.
Foster, the Democrat e candidate,
though the race was very close. Cnpt.
Pharr alleged that KoMer had won
by fraud perpetrated In tho negro pnr
hihes and carried the care before tho
legislature, declaring lliat he would
inl.e the governorhhlp by foice If pro
nounced elected. The legislature, how
ever, declined to go behind the re
turns. Open to Discussion.
Michael Clancy, a Now Yoik con
tractor who has become lie'., bought
home race lioihes and entered them nt
tho recent Saratoga meeting. Ho
runs his horses for fun and seldom
bets, but one tiny he hail a good thing,
ro ho backed it for $10. When tho
horses got away Clar.e stood In tho
grand stand watching them through
his field glasses. Some of his friends,
knowing or his $10 bet, crowded about
and began to joke him. "Whoro'H
your horse now?" Clancy was uskod.
Clancy surveyed iho field earofully.
"I can't make out," he leplled, "wheth
er he Is last In the third race or first
lu the fourth."
Eats Lonely Christmas Dinner.
Aliinsoii Penny, captain of the life
saving crew at Shlnnecock, Long
Island, has been lu the coast guard
service for seventeen years, but never
during all that time has ho boon able
to spend Christ inns with his wlfo nnd
children. His stullon is about throo
miles Horn the mnlnland, across Shln
necock bay. and on his dnyB off at
Christmas for seventeen yenrB tho
Intervening water has always heen im
passable because of broken lco or sea
loo heavy for anything but u larger
boat than Is available.
Split In British Society.
There is trouble ahead of tho jonng
duchess of Roxburgh, formerly MIbs
Goclet. It Is understood that she will
endeavor to assume her jiositloii au
promlero of tho Srottlflh duchesses,
and should kho do so she will nrouso
tho antipathy of the powerful duchusH
of Buccleugh, whoso dislike of all
Americans Is well known. It Ih
thought In England that the now
duchess 111 afllllnlu with the klng'B
set, which Is regarded au Interior by
tli Buccleugh's faction.
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