Nebraska Newspapers

    pBREASKA EETUENS
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{ REPUBLICANS CLAIM PLURAL-
ITY OF 9,000 TO 12,000.
( Incomplete Returns Showing Rc-
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salt * , iu Various P rts of the St u
Indicate Republicans Generally
- "Wore Successful at the Polls.
Xiincoln : Returns from the election in
Nebraska are suflicicntly complete to in
dicate with certainty the election of Chas.
B. Letton , Republican , over William G.
Hastings , fusion , as associate justice of
the supreme court , by si plurality greater
than that given Judge Barnes for the
jsamc oliio' ; two years ago , which was 9-
(127. ( The Republican candidates for re-
jgents ran .slightly behind Lettou , but the
returns show that the pluralities will
jnot be ir.ateiially reduced from those rt--
ceived by the regents in 1903.
Itwas a quiet election day in Neliras-
Jkaf and a light vote was polled. Espc-
cially was this the case in Lincoln , wheie
there w.-i.s much scratching.
The lippuhlicans elect all their eamli-
/datcs / in this county , but two probate
Ijudgc aid coroner win by nanow nu'.r-
Igins.
Chairman Warner , of the Republican
state central committee , said early Tues
day morning he was not prepared to give
nn estimate , but that Judge Letton was
elected by ; i greater vote than that given
ihe ticket two years ago.
Chairman Alen , of the Democrats , said
the scattering leturns indicated a Ke-
publican plurality of 12.000 for the state ,
vhich , compared with the vote of a yea :
Bgo , he regarded in the light of a fusion
krictory.
Omaha : Practically complete reports
from Douglas County show that the Re
publicans have been successful in every
Instance , electing their entire count.\
ticket and giving a big majority for tho
Republican nominees on the state ticket.
SDhe Democrats held their own in South
pmahn. however , but the vote there did
hot materially affect the ticket. Omaha
complete gives Letton , Republican , foi
fetate supreme judge , 7,874 ; Hastings.
Democrat , 4,491 ; Condit , 344. South
Omaha complete gives Letton. 1,107'
Hastings. 1.195 ; Douglas County , with
three precincts missing , gives Letton ,
J9.93G : Hastings. G.o3G.
! Ainsworlh : The returns here are : Let-
ton , ; 7f : Hastings , 20 ; Abbott , 01 ; Sy-
; ford. (52 ( ; Cole. 2l > ; Lightner , 24.
O'Neill : In 11 oh County , Couley , Fair-
[ view. Gratton , Sanderook and Shamrock
TownsIiips and the Third wan ! of O'Neill
give Letton 248 : Hastings , 209.
West Point : ( 'timing County is Dem
ocratic by over 200 majority. The follow
ing ticket is elected : Sheriff , William
( Molfehow , Jr. : cleric , Joseph F. Kaup
judge , Louis Dewnld ; superintendent. J
A. Stahl ; coroner , E. P. Morgan ; survey
or , G. A. Heller Treasurer is in doubt ,
fcut most probably Charles McDermott ,
( Republican , is elected. Surveyor , G. A.
Heller. The election was very quiet , and
only a light vote was polled.
Norfolk : This county is Republican
by 300. Treasurer. Christopher Schav-
and , Republican ; clerk. George Richard-
ton , Republican : sheriff , Joseph Clem
ents , Republican : judge , Wm Bates ,
iDemocrat ; superintendent. F. S. Per
due , Republican : coroner , H. L. Kindred ,
( Republican : surveyor , A. J Thatcher ,
( Republican ; commissioner , John Malonc ,
IDemocrat.
Neligh : Neligh city. Neligh Town-
chip , Frenehtowu. Blaine , Ord , Clear-
water. Oakdale , Elm. Logan , Elgin , Wil
low aud Ouster Townships give Letton
.760 ; Hastings. 488. The Republicans
-elect Beckwith , county clerk ; Neis , treas-
err ; Wilson , county judge ; Ward , super
intendent : Huffman , representative. Sher
iff and surveyor are in doubt.
Randolph : Nearly the entire Republic
an ticket will be elecled in Cedar County.
The renter of interest here was an at
tempt to defeat Henry Iloese , Republic
an candidate for treasurer. The estimat
ed majorities at Randolph follow : Let-
ton , Republican foisupreme judge , 30 ;
! Beste , Democrat , lor county treasurer.
? S ; Itosenberger. Republican , for sheriff ,
23 ; Curtis * . Republican , for count } * super-
jntc'ident. 41 ; Hollc , Republican , foi
county clerk , 30. The balance of the
{ Republican ticket polled majorities here.
It looks as if the Democrats have elected
( McFadden for ijieriff.
Pender : Returns from seven out of
nim piecincts show a clo.e race for the
offices in Thursion Count } ' . Winnebago
and Dawes preincts remain to be heard
from. County Judge John King , whoir
Rev. Joseph SOiell. the priest at the res-
ervation , is trying to oust from office for
maladministration , will probably be re-
elected. Ho LOW has 498 votes against
30S for J. M , Currey. Returns of the
other offices , the Republican candidate
being nau > .r.-d first in each instance , air
as follow-
Sheriff--if. M. Young , 4(52 ( ; Patrick
Ticnsuvor ! iL M. Neumann , 310 ; H
if. ilniK'Ocl. 481.
ClerkB. . F. McDonald , 315 ; L. W.
Fangler , f 71.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
C W. Huhbard , 304 ; Ellen M. Austin
-3O4.
3O4.Oonuty
Oonuty Commisionpr , Third District-
Frank Thompson , 417 ; Joseph Laraere.
343.
Grounds for Action.
Scribbles Have you seen my new
'feook ?
Criticus No ; what's the title of it ?
Scribbles The "Uamnsking of a Hum-
ing. "
CriticuR What ! Do you mean to tell
ne that you have written your auto-
In Pegti , lower Burma , may be seen an
JBuglish eatry keeping guard over a Bur-
pnese idol. The Burmese believe the idol
5s asleep , and that when he awakes the
.end of the world will come. The sen-
[ try's duty is to prevent anyone disturb-
Sag him.
.Uk
In Arizona.
Stranger What's that crowd across
he way ?
; Native That's our string band.
Stranger You don't say ! Going to
jgive an entertainment , I suppose.
Native Yes ; going to string up a boss
jthief.
Public story tellers still earn a good
{ livelihood iu Japan. la Tokio alone GOO
, of them ply their trade.provided with a
jsmnli table , a fan and a paper rapper
Yto illustrate and emphasize the points of
jtbeir tales.
McClellan and Jerome Win Bil
ter Fight in New York.
HEAEST TO CONTEST.
Wholesale Fraud Is Charged and
Courts May Have to Decide.
Victory for the Rcfornier in
Philadelphia Republicans Alo
I.ONC ilie State by n. Large 3fa-
Jorily Roofievclt'H Plurality of
5O4OOO Is Overturned l y Fusioii-
intK Democratic XiandKlidc in
Ohio.
In New York McClcIlan was re-elect
ed Mayor by a plurality of 3,000 over
Hearst. Jerome defeats Osborne for
District Attorney by about 1,377.
The Good Government ticket was
elected in Philadelphia by 50,000. The
great reform wave carries in Democrat
ic State Treasurer.
John M. Pattison , Democratwill be
the next Governor of Ohio , and his par
ty associates on the State ticket have
also been elected. The Democrats
carried Cincinnati , and Tom Johnson
was re-elected Mayor of Cleveland.
The entire Republican ticket was
elected in Massachusetts , Guild by 33-
000 and Draper by 2,000.
Gov. Utter , Republican , "was re-elect
ed in Rhode Island by a slightly in
creased plurality over Dr. Garvin.
Virginia is Democratic by a reduced
majority.
In New Jersey the Republicans were
Buccessfnl in the main.
Bookwalter , Republicanwas elected
Mayor of Indianapolis.
Louisville went Democratic.
Schmitz , the Union Labor Mayor of
San Francisco , was re-elected.
Bridgeport and Ansonia , in Connec
ticut , defeated their Democratic admin
istrations.
The disfranchising amendment in
Maryland was defeated.
The States are gradually abolishiug
the "off-year" elections , regarding
them as so much waste of energy and
money. As a 'rule the people are apa
thetic iu such elections and the vote is
Email. This year , however , was a
striking exception. The State and local
campaigns just ended aroused the
keenest interest , chiefly on account of
the prominence of the issue of good
government versus corrupt boss rule.
It is a remarkable fact that directly
or indirectly every local election turn
ed on the question of graft , while ihe
State elections involved issues that
afforded unusual scope to the exercise
of independence.
Governors were elected in Massachu
setts , Rhode Island , Ohio , Virginia and
Georgia. Some States elected new
Legislatures. Maryland voted on the
Gorman constitutional amendment de
signed to disfranchise colored men ,
but which was so drawn as to threat
en tens of thousands of white citizens.
The notable county and municipal con
tests were those of New York , Phil
adelphia , Cincinnati , Cleveland and
San Francisco.
Interest was almost wholly centered
in the struggles made in the munici
palities. There party lines were not
closely drawn , but graft , bossism , mu
nicipal ownership and. other kindred
issues which have absolutely no rela
tionship to national party platforms
were put to the test. The principal
fight , which attracted more attention
throughout the country than any sim
ilar contest in this generation and
which almost approached a presiden
tial election in interest , was that of
Jerome in New Xork , with the Hearst
effort to get into the mayoralty upon a
semi-Socialist platform scarcely sec
ond.
ond.In
In Massachusetts the leading issue
has been tariff revision , though "cor
poration influence" in legislation has
been a prominent charge bandied by
the candidates.
In Rhode Island constitutional re
form and popular versus corporate rule
were the issues. The Democratic can
didate for Governor was Dr. Garvin ,
former Governor , and the Republican
nominee was Governor Utter , who fa
vored conservative organic changes.
In Ohio Governor Herrick was op
posed by John M. Pattison , and each
appealed to the independent voter.
Boss Cox of Cincinnati has been an
Issue in the campaign , but Taft and
other influential Republicans advised
scratching.
That the Republicans would poll a
much smaller vote than usual in Ohio
had "been known for several weeks , but
the extent of the decrease is a sur
prise that will keep the politicians
busy explaining for some time to come.
Last year Ohio gave Roosevelt a plu
rality of 253,000. Its plurality for Mc-
Kinley in 1900 was about 70,000 and
for nerrick two years ago 114,000.
This year this stronghold of Republican
ism was lirst placed in the doubtful
column on the strength of early re
turns. The Democrats , however , won
Pattison's election by a good plurality.
Tom Johnson has been re-elected in
Cleveland , and in Cincinnati , the homo
of Boss Cox , a Democratic mayor is
elected.
Iu Georgia and Virginia corporation
control has bncn made the issue , but
the reciprocal charges have been
vague and general. In Maryland many
Democrats opposed Gorman
>
In Philadelphia the City parry , r -
enforced by the Democratic organiza
tion , fought the Durham riug and gov
ernment for and by looters. In Cleve
land Mayor Johnson ran for another
term , aud iiis opponent , Boyel , made
charges of spoil and graft. In San
Francisco there was fusion against
Mayor Schmitz , the labor candidate.
Early reports indicate that the vot
ers displayed remarkable independence
and that old-fashioned labels and pleas
fell on deaf cars.
The Re-inltw.
New York George B. McClellan has
been re-elected Mayor of New York
by about 3,000 plurality. WfcUe Mc
Clellan swept the
citj" , James W. Os-
boriie was defeated
by Jerome for Dis-
t r i c t Attorney.
Mayor McClellan
carried t ii e bor
oughs of Manhat
tan and the Bronx
b y 10,000 , a : yl
Richmond by 3,000.
Hearst c r r i e-d
G. n. M'CLELLAX. Brooklyn by 15,300
and Queen's borough by r 00 , mak
ing McClellan's net plurality 3,000.
William 11. Hearst asserts he was
elected and counted out , and that
30,000 fraudulent votes were cast for
the Tammairy candidate. Tammany
will control the City Board of Esti
mate , but * the opposition has elected
three of the borough presidents and
Avill have three votes on the board.
Jerome's plurality is between 3,000
and 4,000.
Philadelphia. The local fight in
Philadelphia was over county officers
sfceriff , coroner and two county com
missioners. The candidates of the
new City party also appeared on the
tickets of the Democratic , Independ
ent , Lincoln and Prohibition parties.
The victory over the regular Republi-
cas ( machine ) ticket Avas complete , the
majorities being about G0,000 for each
of the candidates. Many arrests
were made for attempted fraud at the
polls , and in several instances blood
shed resulted from clashes between
the reform and. gang forces.
Chicago Nine Republican candi
dates for Drainage Trustee and sis
aspirants for the bench were swept in
by comfortable pluralities , and , de
spite close contests in three instances ,
the Republican sanitary-judicial tick
et was elected from top to bottom.
The vote was light but decisive. Fewer
than 50 per cent of the total registered
voters appeared at the polls.
Pennsylvania Popular uprising as
a result of the recent bank-graft ex
posures placed the powerful Repub
lican State organization , headed by
Senator Pcnrose , on the defensive. The
Republican leaders relied on the vote
of Philadelphia to pull their ticket
through , but this failed them when it
was needed most. The Republicans
elected a justice of the Supreme
Court and three justices of the Supe
rior Court , the Democrats electing
their lone candidate for Superior
Court judge , nominated under the mi
nority representation regulation. Both
State tickets were indorsed miscella
neously by minor parties.
Ohio John M. Pattison , Democrat
Avill be the next Governor of Ohio. His
party associates on the State ticket have
all been elected. Precinct returns and
county plurality figures received up tc
noon Wednesday showed this result
although the exact figures were not
known. Cincinnati overthrew the Cox
machine by electing Dcmpsey , Demo
crat , Mayor over Gordon. Republican ,
the figures being 40,373 for Dernpsoj
and 34,372 for Gordon.
Maryland The Republicans elected
their candidate for Comptroller , Ilerf-
ry M. McCullough , over Gordon T. At
kinson , Democrat , while the Demo
crats elected Chief Judge Ilarlan.
Massachusetts The entire Repub
lican State ticket was elected by plu
ralities averaging 30,000. with the ex
ception of Lieutenant Governor , the
plurality of Eben S. Draper , Repub-
licas , over Henry M. Whitney. Demo
crat , for second place being only 3,942.
The Republican disaffection centered
on Draper , and the radical tariff revi
sionists supported Whitney.
In Other States and Citlea.
\
Toledo The city Independent ticket ,
headed by Brand Whitlock , was elected
by 2,000.
Cleveland Tom L. Johnson again
was elected Mayor over W. H. Boyd ,
Republican.
Nebraska The Republicans elected
an associate justice of the Supreme
Court and two State university regents.
Indianapolis Mayor Bookwalter , Re
publican , was elected by 3,000. Both
sides in the campaign promised enforce
ment of the saloon laws.
San Francisco Eugene E. Schmitz ,
Union Labor , was re-elected Mayor over
John S. Partridge , the candidate of the
Republican-Democratic fusion forces , by
a majority of 11,800.
Salt Lake City Ezra Thompson , can
didate of the American or Anti-Mormon
party , was elected Mayor , defeating
Mayor Richard P. Morris , a liberal
Mormon , who sought re-election.
Louisville Paul C. Barth , the Demo
cratic candidate for Mayor , received a
plurality of 5,000 over the fusion ticket
headed by John T. O'Neal. The fusion-
ists made their campaign against a
"wide-open" town.
Kentucky The Democrats carried the
State by a majority of not less than
15.000. It was not possible on early re
turns to tell whether the Paynter or
Blackburn forces liad carried the Leg
islature.
Rhode Island George H. Utter , Re
publican , was re-elected Governor over
former Gov. Garvin by 3,000 plurality
and the entire Republican Stato ticket
was successful. The Legislature will
be Republican in both houses. Clarence
A. Aldrich , Democrat , a brotherf Sen
ator Aldrich , was defeated for Mayor of
Providence by former Gori Elisha Dyer ,
KROflSTADT ON HEE.
GREAT RUSSIAN NAVAL PORT
REPORTED IN FLAMES.
Soldiern mid Sailor * Join
in Revolt , Loot the City and Com
pel Inhabitant. * to Flee Flames
After
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
that the sailors of the Russian squad
ron at Kronstadt mutinied Wednesday
night , overpowered their officers , land
ed and attacked shops , public build
ings and spirit stores. Troops were
called out and lighting ensued , in
which machine guns were used and
many persons were killed or wounded.
In addition a number of houses were
set on fire. The lighting lusted all
night The British embassy in St.
Petersburg requested General Trepoff
to protect British subjects at Kron
stadt.
Authentic accounts received at Odes
sa from various points in Bessarabia
show that the anti-Jewish outbreaks
there followed the same lines as at
Odessa , varying only in the number o *
victims. At Kishenev the disturbances
were preceded by inflammatory
speeches , gendarmes and city officials
near the Governor's house asserting :
that the Jews had attempted to take
the life of the local bishop and intend
ed to loot the treasury. The mob was
thus incited to the bloody work.
Carrying ikons and portraits of the
Emperor , the 'mob proceeded to Alex-
androvskaia , Pushkinskaia and Gostin-
kaia streets , devastating and pillaging
unhindered. Attempts at self-defense
were prevented by the troops. Ninety
per cent of the killed and wounded
were victims of bayonets and rifle
bullets.
DANGEROUS SPORTS AT FAIRS ,
Statistics Show Lone List of Accidents
for Season Just Closed.
County fair accident statistics gath
ered by the Chicago.Tribune for the sea
son just closed point to the driving of
trotting horses by amateurs as the most
common cause of injuries. The most
dangerous injuries are received by aerial
performers. For childreu attending fairs
the danger is in riding on merry-go-
rounds and in standing close to the run
ning track.
Taking the States of Illinois , Indiana ,
Iowa. Michigan and Wisconsin , the Trib
une asked 450 county seats for informa
tion as to accidents to performers and
spectators at county fairs and street car *
nivals. Fifty-five counties reported a
total of seventy persons injured , the re
maining 395 counties reporting no acci
dents. Of the injured forty-live were
performers , professionals or amateurs ,
and twenty-five were spectators. The in
juries range from broken ribs and legs
to bruises. Of the forty-five perform
ers injured , twenty-six were hurt by the
collision of sulkies in driving races and
in being thrown from running horses.
The most serious accident to a driver
took place at Atlanta , 111. , where Ed
ward Stubblefield , president of the Lo
gan County Fair Association , was
thrown from his seat in. a collision with ,
a sulky , and for a time was near death.
"The slide for life , " a feat in which
the performer slides down a wire from
the top of the court house dome or other
high elevation , laid up three men , and
"leaping the gap" and "looping the loop"
claimed five victims.
Five of six aeronauts injured hav
faulty parachutes or bad luck in landing
to blame for their injuries , ranging from
a crushed shoulder to a sprained ankle.
One-woman dressed in red tights landed
near a bull , aud another fell into a tree
top.
top.The
The crush of vehicles at the gates to
fair inclosures and the frightening of
farmers' horses by the noise and unusual
sights at the grounds were responsible
for the overturning of buggies and wag
ons and the resulting injury of six per
sons.
sons.The following table tells the nature of
the work ii * which performers were en
gaged when Injured :
Number
injured.
Drivers and riders in horse races 26
Aeronauts , in making parachute descents 5
Aeronaut , by explosion of gas machine. 1
"Leap the Gap. " on bicycle 2
"Slide for Life. " ou wire 3
"Looping the Loop" 3
Diving into tank 1
Trainers lacerated by lions 2
Hit by falling tent pole 1
Tight rope performer 1
Spectators were injured as follows :
Number
injured.
In driving accidents while entering and
leaving grounds 6
By race horses breaking through fences
and into crowd 0
Eyes injured by "confetti" at street
carnivals *
Thrown from merry-go-round 5
Gored or kicked by animals on exhibi
tion 3
Falling over seats
COMPLETE PLURALITIES IN
LEADING CITIES AND STATES.
States.
Plurality.
Pennsylvania Berry , D 100,000
Ohio Pattison , D 55,000
Massachusetts Guild , R 23.116
Rhode Island Utter , R 4,342
Nebraska Letton , R 18,000
Citicx.
Philadelphia Reform 43,333
Indianapolis Bookwalter , R 1,001
Salt Lake Thompson , Am 925
Louisville Earth , D 2.500
San Francisco Schmitz , Lab 11,504
Jersey City Fagan , R 3,200
Providence Dyer , R 1,400
Newport , R. I. Cottrell , R 50
Telegraphic Brevities.
Mrs. Joy , wife of ex-Congressman Joy
of St. Louis , plans a § 1,000,000 univer
sity for the study of occult science and
the problems of the soul.
A new trial was asked in the case ]
of ex-State Senator Ennnons of Califor
nia , convicted of bribery , because liquor
had been served to the jurors.
Dr. Adolfo Rossi , royal commissioner
of immigration of Italy , has begun : n in
quiry in New York into the padrone sys
tem and later will visit Chicago aud oth
er cjties .
MASSACRED IN A CAVE.
fcliosiouariea ut Licuchow Pursued by
an Infiiriutcd Mob.
Bishop Mcrel , of the Catholic Church
at Hongkong , has received a letter con-
firming the news of the massacre of
American missionaries at Licnehow
and giving the following particulars :
Dr. Machle requested the removal of
a street theater near by the hospital on
account of the noise. This request in
censed the Chinese , who becoming vio
lent attacked the hospital. The mob
then paraded the street exniblting the
stceleton used in the instruction of the
medical class and alleging that it was
an example of the foreigners' inhu
manity to the Chinese people. Becom
ing frenzied , the crowd burned the nos-
pital , the girls' school and the resi
dences of the misisonaries.
Dr. Machle , Mrs. Machle , tnoir 10-
ycar-old daughter , Mr. and Miv .
Pearle , Dr. Chestnut and Miss Patter
son took refuge in a cave. The mob
pursued them and killed all except Dr.
Maehle and Miss Patterson , who es
caped to the yamcn. Dr. Maehle was
badly wounded. The American gun
boat Calao and two Chinese gunboats ,
with members of the American board
of missions , proceeded to the scene of
the massacre.
Advices from Canton decl.ire that
the measures taken to suppress dis
turbances in the provinces are inade
quate and that the native officials will
not give out any information on the
subject.
The Catholic converts have writte-i
Bishop Merel to petition the vicoroy
of the province for the protection of
the French mission at Lienchow.
It is declared that the boycott head
quarters at Canton received' the first
news of the massacre of the American
missionaries at Lienchow , but the na
tive gentry assert that the boycottcrs
are not connected with the slaughter.
RIBUTETO MORTON.
jSi'Prcsident Cleveland Eulojrfzea His
Secretary of Agriculture.
In the presence of 5,000 persons , and
with elaborate ceremony , a. statue of J.
Sterling Morton , Secretary of Agricul
ture in the last Cleveland cabinet , and
founder of Arbor day , was unveiled at
Nebraska City , Neb. Principal of those
present at the ceremony were former
President Grover Cleveland , former Vice
President Adlai E. Stevenson , Gov.
Mickey , Hilary A. Herbert , David R.
Francis and others associated with Mr.
Morton during his term of office. There
were six addresses , principal ofwhich ,
was that of Mr. Cleveland , which was a
touching eulogy of his former cabinet
officer and personal friend. Mr. Cleve
land said in part :
This Is but to testify to his lofty civic
righteousness , his simple and sure standards
of public morality , his stern insistence on
oliicial honesty , his sturdy adherence to
opinions deliberately and conscientiously
adopted , his generous concession to others
of every result of their efforts , and his pas
sionate desire to serve the best interests of
his fellow countrymen.
lie believed that the same care and good
faith exacted by a trust undertaken for an
individual were due to the people from
those who assume official responsibilities ,
and he believed that waste in public ex
penditure was sin.
The noxious atmosphere of governmental
extravagance could not blind his eyes , nor
could the ridicule of those who had learned
to scoff at official economy , or the threats
of those who perfidiously contrived to ap
propriate public funds to private gain ,
drive him to compromise with wrong.
Thus it was that our friend's line moral
perception and his love of rectitude shed a
bright and unwavering light on the path of
official obligation ; and thus did his clear
discernment of duty lend impressiveness to
his efforts towards the highest usefulness
in public office.
Our friend loved nature with constancy
and delight ; and through nature he was led
to a reverent love of the maker of the uni
verse. He served the purposes of God on
earth and taught his fellow-countrymen to
realize their relationship to nature and the
father of all created things , when he es
tablished the planting of trees as a custom
of general observance among our people.
Xo beautiful crest or elaborate coat of.
arms would so well Illustrate his grand
simplicity or typify the spirit in which this
project had its rise and completion as Its
syrnholization by a growing tree surmount
ing the homely legend , 'Plant trees. '
None of us should go from this place
untouched by the lesson which this statue
teaches. Here we should learn that char
acter , uncorruptcd by the contagion of ig
noble things and unweakened by the corro
sion of soundness and monev "madness , Is
the corner stone of every truly useful life
and of every genuinely noble achievement.
We have fallen upon days when our
people are more than ever turning awav
from their old faith in the saving grace
of character aud flocking to the worship of
money making idols. Daily and hourlv in
the light of
investigation and exposure
characterless lives are seen in appallin- '
numbers , without chart or compass , crowd
ed upon the rocks and shoals of faithless
ness and breach of trust. How 111 have
these wrecked lives exchanged thf infe
course and the harbor of honor and useful
ness which character and rectitude point
out for a wild and headlong rush over un
known seas In a consuming search for
pelf.
If our people ever return again to their
trust In character as a steadying force in
our restless enterprise and immense mate
rial growth it will be when thcv take'to
heart the full significance
of snch
a com
memoration as this. We memorialize a
man who not only earned the lasting honor
of his countrymen , but whose life In nil
things worthy of high endeavor , was abund-
nntly successful.
Notes of Current
John D. Rockefeller is learning to run
his own automobile.
The whaler Gayhead returned to San
Francisco with 400 barrels of oil and
2,000 pounds of bone.
The Sylph , Lieut. Evans commanding ,
which did duty at Oyster Bay and Now
York during the summer , has returned
to Washington.
The Navy Department has been in
formed that the Russian transport Lena ,
interned at Mare Island since last spring ]
has sailed from that navy yard for San
Francisco.
The Secretary of the Interior lias or
dered the withdrawal from entry of
300.000 acres of land in the Cheyenne ,
Wyo. . land district , with a view to cre
ating a forest reserve.
Italy's consul general at New York
lias been instructed to take the sworn
evidence of J. Pierpout Morgan , with a
view to discovering the original vendor
of the stolen pnpel cope.
A decapitated human body has been
found a mile east of Glyndon , Minn.
Documents upon the body disclosed tho
name of .Toe Modjiski. en route , evident
ly , from Spokane to Hastings , Jlinn ,
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1290 England banished Jews and con
fiscated their property.
14SC Henry Stafford , Duke of Bucking
ham , beheaded.
1493 Columbus discovered land he call
ed Dominica.
1502 Columbus entered Porto Bello.
1519 Spaniards under Cortes entered
Mexico.
15SO Sir Franns Drake arrived home
from his voyage around the world.
1G74 John Milton , poet , died.
1G91 The ship "Hannibal" of London
arrived at the Barbadoes with a
cargo of negro slaves from Af
rica.
1755 Many killed in an earthquake at
Lisbon , Portugal.
17C2 Peace papers signed at Fontaine-
bleu between England and
France.
17G5 Stamp act went into operation.
1771 First newspaper to be published
in Albany , N. Y. , issued.
1773 Liberty Hag raised on Harvard
Grove , Boston.
1774 Declaration of rights by Ameri
can Congress.
1775 Gen. Montgomery captures fort
at St. Johns , Canada.
177G British abandon Crown Point.
17S3 Washington issued his farewell
address to the army.
17SS Deborah Godfrey , said to have
been the mother of thirty-eight
children , died at Stepney , Eng
land.
1793 Louis Joseph Philip , Duke of Or
leans , beheaded.
1S12 French defeat Russians at battle-
near Wiazma.
1S13 Neutrality of Switzerland pro
claimed.
1818 First steamboat on the lakes left
Buffalo.
1S25 Albany , N. Y. , celebrated opening ;
of Erie canal.
1847 Meldenssolm , the famous musi
cian , died.
1853 First Presbyterian Chinese church
organized in San Francisco
Russians defeated Turks at OI-
tenitza.
1SG1 Seizure of Confederate commis
sioners on the steamer Trent.
18G7 Stars and Stripes raised over
Alaska.
1884 Grover Cleveland elected Presi
dent of the United States.
1893 Anarchists threw bomb in thea
ter at Barcelona , killing thirty
persons. . . .Voorhees repeal bill
passed by House of Representa
tives United States Senate
passed Chinese exclusion act
Free silver men issue an appeal
from Washington.
1894 Alexander III. of Russia died
Lieut. Dreyfus of the French
army arrested on charge of trea
son.
1898 Russia mobilized fleet at Port Ar
thur.
1901 Li Hung Chang died.
1902 Fireworks explosion in Madison
Square , New York.
1903 Panama declares its independence
of Colombia. . . .Panama recogniz
ed by the United States Irish
land act went into operation.
1904 Theodore Roosevelt elected Presi
dent of the United States Rus-
sian Baltic fleet left Vigo , Spain.
Perhaps Japan will yet get that in
demnity out of American tourists.
The broiled steak has to work over-
tune to pay the beef trust's $2o,000 fine.
If a battleship is out of data before
she is completed , what's the use of build
ing 'em ?
They may yet. through The Hague
channels , make football a fit Sunday
evening parlor game.
What we didn't know about the bfo
insurance companies a few months ago
would fill a cyclopaedia.
Yet the Carnegie commission left out
of the list of heroes the life insuranc *
president who died poor.
Maybe it is only an attempt to make
a digest of the language that is contin
ually upsetting the Hungarian Diet.
John W. Gates admits that an auto
mobile overtaken for speeding is no
place for holding an opea-air prayer
meeting.
And it all sprang from a French din
ner given by James Hazen Hyde last
spring !
Senator Burton is still raising demur
rers to those indictments against him ;
after all it is natural to demur to an in
dictment.
The family physician of a life insur
ance president doesn't always have to
marry the daughter to take up with a
good thing.
As another evidence that it is trying
to reach our high standards oE civiliza
tion , Japan reports that it has a grafting
politician.