Nebraska Newspapers

    - TheValentine Democrat
Valentine , Neb.
1. M. Rice. Publisher
A CLASH IN MOSCOW
LAST WORD BEFORE THE WIRE
BROKE WAS OF BATTLE.
Ueaguo of Leagues Makes an Ap
peal to the Masses for Support
Railroad Trains at "Warsaw Are
Manned by Government Troops.
St. Petersburg advices say that the sin
gle telephone wire working to Moscow
Thursday afternoon brought grave re
ports of serious disorders and collisions
between the troops and the people.
Since noon Thursday the streets hav <
Ibeen filled with troops , especially thoso
in the industrial section. The railroad
stations arc in the possession of the mili
tary.
tary.Wholesale arrests of the leaders of the
workmen were made Wednesday night.
It is reported that the police include in
their captures the members of the second
workmen's council , who were placed in
the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul
with the members of the iirst council ,
who were arrested Saturday night. A
third council , ] however , promptly took the
i place of the second.
' The League of Leagues has issued an
appeal to the public asking for liberal
jsupport of the proletariat , "which , is
Ibearing the brunt of the struggle for the
emancipation of tho nation. " The aP-
, pcal says there is bound to be much pri-
vation. starvation and even death from
'cold , and not only asks for material aid ,
'but proposes the inauguration of free din
ing rooms for workmen in all pails of
the city.
Moscow is already cut off from St. Pe
tersburg and with the provinces gener
ally and no communication can be main
tained.
According to the latest information
, the Lithuanian insurrection has extended
jiuto the province of Vitebsk , across the
borders of Vivonin.
At Kogtinhuseu the chief of police and
Ibis assistants wcrp tried by a revolution
ary tribunal and were executed.
The main interest in the strike of the
railroad men centered in the Warsaw
( station , where the government was to
make a test of its ability by moving a
train for Berlin. The depot was packed
with troops. Promptly at noon there
ivas a wild hurrah , accompanied by a
jroar of escaping steam , and a few min-
jutes later the railroad men walked out
of the yards in a body.
In the manufacturing fflstricts beyond
jthe Warsaw and Nerva gates , in the
Schusselburg district and in the sections
on both sides of the Neva , the workmen
generally obeyed the summons to strike ,
and promptly at 12 o'clock thousands o/
them emerged to the streets.
HIGH MAN AS STREET CLEANER
Cincinnati Millionaire Makes Ap
plication lor a City Job.
Cincinnati will have a millionaire for
Superintendent of her street cleaning de
partment. The now official will be .To-
Beph S. Neave , a retired capitalist , who
was prompted to apply for the position
tccause of ' 'is desire to devote his time
siud ability to some useful department of
municipal affaiis.
After the recent election , in which the
reform forces were successful , Mr.
Neave's friends among the independent
Republicans urged him to give the public
the beneGt of his time and experience ,
Being an enthusiast on well kept and well
paved streets , he applied for the place of
superintendent of the street cleaning de-
jpartmeut. He is a mechanical engineei
and an executive of recognized ability.
The salary attached to the office is $2-
400 a year.
TRIED TO FIGHT BANDITS.
Details of tbo Killing of Two Amer
icans in Mexico.
An El Paso dispatch says : Details of
the murder near Diaz , in the state of
Chihuahua , Mex. , of Robert Rutherford
and M. C. Murray , of Philadelphia , and
the wounding of H. L. Finstad , of Los
'Angeles , and another man whose uamo
lias not yet been learned , shows that the
four Americans were returning home
from Diaz to Rutherford's rancli when
they were beset by bandits and com
manded to give up their valuables. The
men attempted to escape , but seeing
flight was useless gave battle. The ban-
bits , outnumbering them several times ,
fclosed in and mercilessly shot them down ,
taking their valuables and escaping.
Mexican officers are on the trail , but
fthe bandits have evidently escaped in tho
jrough surrounding country.
Dual Buffalo Tragedy.
Driven to desperation by the refusal of
hiswife to live with him ever since the
lay they were married , William McCoy ,
a. seaman on the lakes , shot atid killed his
Trife and then shot himself , at Buffalo , N.
, Y. The couple was married two years
'ago last March.
Sioux City Stock : Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
( City lire stock market follow : Butcher
( Steers , $3.25@4.65. Top hogs , $4.00.
Unable to Find Fields.
A New York dispatch says : Acting
President Cromwell , of the Mutual Life
insurance Company , announced that the
inessenger whom frouier President Mc-
Curdy sent to California to look for An-
ilrew C. Fields hns been unable to find
Fields and has returned without informa
tion.
Canal Bill Signed.
-i .bill appropriating $11,000,000 for the
Panama canal. This is the first bill pass-
Dd by congress at the nrc'sciit _ session.
DISASTER IN CHICAGO.
One Man Killed and Several Per
sons Missing- .
One fireman was killed and several em
ployes may have lost their lives in a fire
which destroyed the enamel sign factory
of the Charles M. Schonk Company , 7 to
15 Park Street , Chicago. Tuesday night.
Until the ruins of the building have been
searched it will not be positively known
whether any of the employes were kille-1
either in the explosion , which started the
fire , or by the falling of the walls and
floors which followed soon after.
While the fire was at its height one of
the walls suddenly collapsed and a num
ber of firemen were precipitated in the
debris. With the exception of Lieut.
Henry Bassett , of truck company No. 74.
who was crushed to death , all of the em
ployes were injured in the panic that fol
lowed after the fire broke out , and for a
time there were all sorts of rumors as to
the number of persons killed.
There were forty girls and thirteen men
and boys employed in the factory , and
according to the officials of the company
all but two persons have been accounted
for. The police and firemen , however ,
declared that several of the employes
were unable to make their escape and
were in the building at the time the floors
and walls collapsed , and until the debris
is cleared away the number of casualties
will not be positively known.
The employes who are said to be miss
ing by the officials of the company are
Margaret Becker and Henry Saute.
The employes were distributed in all
parts of the building. The majority of
the girls and boys were employed on the
upper floors , and considerable difficulty
was experienced in rescuing them , as the
fire spread very rapidly on account of the
combustible material used in the factory.
When the firemen arrived the younger of
the employes were panic-stricken and
were vainly endeavoring to reach the
street down the fire escapes. A number
became jammed together and were unable
to make any progress. With the help oC
the firemen and the police , however , or
der was soon restored and the majority of
the employes were soon assisted to tho
street.
The employes who were injured were
ihurt in the jam on the fire escapes , but
'the condition of none of them is serious.
Fireman Bassett was killed while run
ning away from the building in an effort
to escape from a falling wall. The outer
edge , however , caught Bassett , and IIP.
was crushed to death. The body was re
covered a few minutes later.
The loss of the building which was de
stroyed and the contents was estimated nt
$250,000.
TAKEN OUT ALIVE.
XVorkmen Caught in a Tunnel in
New York.
Two men who had been in the East
River tunnel of the Pennsylvania Rail
road in Long Island City , L. I. , nearly
forty hours were taken out Tuesday af
ternoon.
The rescuers.penetrated the tunnel in n
boat , while other workmen were attempt
ing to force a hole through the cement
roof of the tunnel.
When the rescued workmen had recov
ered sufficiently to speak they said they
were the only men caught in the tunnel ,
and the 200 rescuers , who had been work
ing desperately to dig the men out , ceased
work.
The men were imprisoned by a cavein.
The tunnel is being built tinder the East
River to Manhattan island.
DANGER NOT OVER.
American 3Iarines "Will be Landed
at Shanghai.
Armed guards and patrols are main
tained at Shanghai , China , to cope with
a possible renewal of disturbances. The
streets are open , but looting is greatly
feared.
The United States cruiser Baltimore
iwill land a force at once. The Britisli
cruiser Diadem is sending 500 men
ashore. Other warships are expected ,
and it is reported German troops are com
ing from Kiaochau.
The Chinese newspapers say the row
dies proposed to take advantage of the
mixed court dispute to attack and loo }
the foreign settlement.
Explosion in New York.
Three were killed and seven injured by
an explosion of dynamite in an excava
tion for a new building opposite the Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel at New YorkTues
day. The explosion was caused by work
men attempting to redrill a partially drill
ed hole in which several sticks of dyna
mite had been left.
Lincoln Man Shot.
Oliver H. Tibbetts , an old soldier living
at 133G O Street , Lincoln , Neb. , was shot
and dangerously wounded Tuesday morn
ing. His wife was arrested and charged
with the shooting. Domestic strife is
supposed to have been the cause of the
trouble.
Reform Scbool Burned.
A boy's reform school located some
distance outside of Washington , D. C. ,
caught fire early Tuesday morning and
the main building , in which were housed
300 boys , was totally destroyed. The loss
is $50,000. No lives were lost.
La Fo He tie's Resignation.
At Madison , Wis. , Gov. La Follette at
noon Tuesday sent his resignation as gov
ernor to the legislature to take effect the
first Monday in January.
Became Bride of Another.
Gracefully eluding William Newman ,
of Blair , Neb. , who had come to Omaha
to marry her , Miss Nora Whitlock has
tened to Lincoln Tuesday afternoon and
married Willard S. Teter , a barber. Miss
.Whitlock fell in love with Teter while
nursing him at an Omaha sanitarium.
Kills Wife and Shoots Self.
August Ruchnewicz , a bricklayer , shot
and killed his wife at Chicago Tuesday
morning , and then fatally shot himself.
Domestic uoiibi ° s > were the c j-p
RUSSIAN SITUATION WORSE.
Workmen in the Big St. Petersburg
Iron Works Join the Strikers.
A St. Petersburg special says : The
strike promises to be on a far more exten
sive scale than any previous movement
of the kind. It was ascertained Wed
nesday night that many of the largest
works , including the Putiloff and Nobel
concerns , will cease operations imme
diately.
Almost all the papers suspended by
the censorship are appearing under new
names and are meeting with huge sales.
It is said that the insurgents have
seized the state treasury at the Tucum
province of Courland.
The railway union at Moscow has re
solved to run troop trains from Man
churia and to convey grain to the famine
stricken districts.
On account of some confusion a general
strike was proclaimed at Moscow at noon
Wednesday , instead of Thursday , with a
complete suspension of street railroad
service. The government enters on the
new struggle greatly crippled.
The helplessness of the government in
this crisis is demonstrated by tho inability
of Interior Minister Durnovo Wednes-
day night to get through instructions to
arrest the members of the workmen's
council of Moscow. He attempted to use
the railroad wires , but the operators obey
ed the dictum of the council and refused
to send the message. The government
is even unable to forward instructions
to Gen. Linevitch , commander of the
Manchurian army.
The situation in the Baltic province- ?
is growing steadily worse , and in the
Caucasus a renewal of the outbreak of
Tartars and Armenians has produced an
other reign of terror. The inhabitants
of Tillis and other cities are begging the
authorities to furnish them with arms
for the purpose of organizing militia for
self-protection. At Sebastopol new mu
tinies have occurred and 1,000 soldier
have been disarmed and are under guard.
The tioops at Kharkoff have revolted.
The weather has become very cold. It
i believed a few days of hunger and
privation will drive the people to desp--
ation and provoke uprisings and attack1 ?
on the strikers and perhaps pillage.
BIG WRECK LOSS.
Thousaiiels in Money and Jewelry
" \Yas Destroyeel.
Besides the loss of life in the Santa
Fe wreck at Lang , Kan. , Tuesday , there
was about $5,000 in gold and $9,000 in
currency and many thousand dollars'
worth of jewelry destroyed by the ex
press car attached to the train taking
fire.
fire.An
An Emporia , Kan. , special says : There
is no doubt here that the ditching of the
Santa Fe passenger train at Lang Tues
day , in which Engineer Harry Davis and
Express Messenger Elmer Derrick wen >
frilled , was the work of train wreckers.
It has been discovered that the tool house
near Emporia Junction .vas broken into
and a claw bar and wrench stolen. The
wrench and claw bar were found in a
meadow near the scene of the wreck. A
claw bar and wrench were stolen from
the same tool house when a Santa Fe
passenger train was ditched near hero
last May.
MONTANA BOY MURDERER.
A Youth of Nineteen Confesses to
Many Crimes.
James Sherman , a 19-year-old boy of
Lewiston , Mont. , accused of the murder
of Sam Studinski. a uawnbroker , on the
night of August 2. ! , has confessed , stat-
of Sam Studinski , pawnbroker , on the
himself alone , as well as the dozens or
more of mysterious burglaries in Lewis-
ton during the past year , and also the at
tempted poisoning of the county attorney
and his family Dec. L Russel Hartop ,
David Atkinson and Walter Goosch havs
been released from custody and Dr. E. A.
Long is expected to me released soon.
LAWYER HUMMEL CONVICTED
Sentenced to a Year's Imprisonment
and Fined.
Abraham H. Hummel , a New York
' wyer , was convicted Wednesday on the
charge of having conspired to have the
divorce of Mrs. C. W. Morse , from
1 Charles W. Morse , declared void in order
to nullify her marriage with Morse.
Hummel was sentenced to a year's im
prisonment and fined $500 , the maximum
penalty.
Immediately after the sentence Hum
mel was taken to the Tombs , preparatory
to being taken to the penitentiary.
"Press Agent" Cared For.
President Itoosevelt Wednesday ap
pointed Joseph Bucklin Bishop as a
member of the isthmian canal commission
.to . fill the vavancy caused by the resigna-
aion of Chief Engineer Wallace. Bishop
'has ' been secretary and historian of the
commission.
$10OfOOO Fire in Washington.
At Washington two fires in the commis
sion house district early Wednesday
morning destroyed several buildings and
threatened the destruction of the Majes
tic theater. The loss is $100,000.
Shanghai is Quiet.
All was quiet in Shanghai Wednesday.
Business has been resumed , but the vol
unteers and sailors landed by the Avar-
ships remain on duty as a precaution
gainst a renewal of rioting.
Beaten to Death by Negro.
Ora Bee , a young negro , beat two white
men to death near St. Joseph , La. , with
a piece of iron pipe and fatally wounded
another and seriously injured a fourth ,
using the same weapon. Kobbery of $45
and the clothing the men wore prompted
the crime.
Nebraska Man Hornoed.
A Washington special says : President
Roosevelt Tuesday noinnated William P.
Warner , of Dakota City. United'States
marshal for the district of Nebraska.
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Apportion School Money State
Fund Yields Trifle Over $2G8OOC
Some Districts Don't Get a Share
Douglas County Heads the Liisi
Monday State Superintendent McBrier
at Lincoln announced the December ap
portioument of the temporary school
fund , which amounted to $2(53.411.85
when the state treasurer made out his cer
tificate Dec. . The total school poptda
tion entitled to participate in the appor
tioument is 375'M4 , making the per capi
ta for the apportionment $0.701787. The
superintendent says that several hundred
districts were excluded because of non-
compliance with the law , although those
which were unable to keep school the
minimum period prescribed by statute be-
cause of the failure of the railways tc
pay taxes are exempted when the affida
vits are made to that offect.
The total amount of t'hc apportionment
is less than it would have been had the
railways paid their taxes. Last year thf
December apportionment was $272,000 ,
The state officials have not made any
compilations to show to what extent the
railway suits have diminished the fund.
The returns made to the state superin
tendent in response to his request for fur
ther information as to the authentication
of the enumerators"census reports did
not indicate that any of tho large dis
tricts , which have been charged with pad
ding , failed to make sworn statements.
The smaller districts have been thrown
out for various technical defects in then
statements.
Douglas County leads in its share of
the apportionment , which is $2S , . M4. . ' ' 2.
based on a school census of 40.74 , " } . Lan
caster County receives $14 , ( > . K > .8. . on 'i
school census of 20,88. ) . The next largest
shareroes to CJage County.S7.2.K5.4S. .
based on a school population of lO.'MO.
The fund was derived as follows : State
tax. $ (50,074.47 ( : interest on school and
saline lands sold. $22.028.0. ) : interest on
school and saline lands leased. 877.020.05 :
interest on bonds. $ ( ii.81)2.'JS ( : interest on
state warrants. $ o . :577 : : fish and game li
censes. $2.810 ; from assets Bank of Or
leans , $1.200.
FEE LAW BEING TESTED.
/
Action Started in Supremo Court
Against County Clerk Drexel.
"Wednesday the supreme court at Lin
coln granted an alternative writ of man
damus against County Clerk Drexel of
Douglas County , on the relation of that
county , to compel him to account for all
fees of his office in excess of $1,500 ; i
year. The writ is returnable .Tan. 2.
The suit , which was filed by County
Attorney Slabaugh , is intended to test
the validity of a new enactment of the
last legislature , which requires that fees
in excess of $1,500 be paid into the coun
ty treasuries. The legislature , through
an oversiht. failed to include a provi
sion excepting the counties having a pop
ulation of more than ( JO.OOO from its ef
fect , and the result is to scale the sala
ries of the county clerks , sheriffs and
treasurers in Lancaster and Douglas
Counties.
It is agreed that the suit shall be a test
case for all of the officers affected.
Revival at Reynolds.
Reynolds is experiencing a great relig
ious awakening in the shape of a revival
in the local Methodist church. The
crowds are phenomenal , people coming
nightly for miles. The church is packed
nightly. The ' 'men only" meetings Sun
day afternoons are record breakeis in at
tendance and interest. Evangelist Ens-
low , of Chicago , is in charge. The wave
of religious enthusiasm that is sweeping
over that section is without an equal in
the history of the town.
Clemency for Prisoner.
Wednesday Gov. Mickey issued a com
mutation to Frederick Sargent , a Madi
son County man sentenced in 1803 to
twenty years in the state penitentiary for
wife murder. Sargent , who has served
twelve years and is the oldest inmate of
the prison in point of service , will be re
leased on New Year's day. lie has been
: i trusty for several years. He killed his
wife in a rage over her alleged unfaith
fulness.
Found Dcael in Beel.
Leonard Huffman , an old and highly re
spected German farmer , who lived some
nine miles west of Table Hock , was
found dead in his bed. Death is sup
posed to be from natural causes. DIo
was 75 years of age and had lived in that
vicinity for about forty years. He leaves
several children , all grown.
AVins Seed Corn Prize.
Two hundred prises have been awarded
in the seed corn and cooking contest ar
Lincoln. For the best seed corn exhibit
Robert Engel. of Saunders County , has
won first prize. His postofliee addre'ss
is Fremont , but he lives in Saunders.
lie will get a cream separator worth
$100.
Crowds Greet Corn Special.
A large crowd was at the depot to meet
the corn special , which arrived at Frank
lin on schedule time. The"crowd was
made up mostly of farmers , and they no
doubt will be much benefited by the inter
esting lectures which were given. A large
amount of literature pertaining to corn
growing was distributed.
Morjjan Goes to Emerson.
Ex-State Senator W. II. Morgan , of
South Sioux City , for many years a mer
chant at Allen.Neb. . . , has accepted a po
sition as manager of the Emerson Mer
chandise Company.
Safe Blown at Clnrks.
Burglars blew the safe Tuesday night
in the general merchandise store of St-ui-
ley & Knight at Chirks , obtaining about
$200 in cash and a number of negotiable
notes and other business papers. The
work was cleverly performed.
Lincoln Man Wnnn'lod.
Oliver II. Tibbetts. an old soldier living
.at 1330 O Street , Lincoln , was s'lor : iid
dangerously wounded Tuesday moniing.
Hi wife was arrested and chirked with
tile shooting. T'onrcstie ' < tri" ' : : sui :
ui to have been Le . : > . : : so . . .Le j-luy.Ir ;
BEATEN BY A
Man TVho Abused His Wife Beater
Almost to Death.
A Hartington special says : Ilenr :
Haack , the Coleridge wife beater , was
given n dose of his own medicine. Abou
two weeks ago Haack was lined J0 an <
costs on the charge of beating his wif <
while intoxicated. He was also admou
ished to leave town for good. He cam <
to Hartington , and. wishing to effect ;
reconciliation with his wife , he returnee
to Coleridge. As soon as it got noises
around that he had returned a vigilunci
committee was formed of twenty mei
and boys and he was marched out o ;
town and unmercifully beaten. For a dis
tance of four miles he was driven like i
wild animal. He was kicked and ham
mered with clubs until he was unable t (
move , and a sympathetic farmer broughi
him to Hartington more dead than alive
His nose was broken , his jaw fracturec
and his head pounded so both eyes wer <
swelled shut. His left ear Avas broker
and there were black and blue spots al
over his body.
While there is no one who justifies his
treatment of his wife the best citizens ol
Coleridge condemn the action of the men
who participated in his punishment.
CONGRATULATIONS POUR IN
United States Marshal for Nebraska
Flooded with Telegrams.
William P. Warner , of Dakota City
who has been appointed United States
marshal for Nebraska by President
Roosevelt to succeed T. L. Matthews ,
will 0 to Omaha immediately to execute
his bond and assume the duties of the of
fice.
fice.Mr.
Mr. Warner war. flooded with telegrams
of congratulation Wednesday , and also
with applications for places. He an
nounced that all the present ollice force
and th deputy United States marshals
would be reappointed , if such appoint
ment is agreeable to the persons now
holding the oilices. The present depu
ties are : Karl Matiiews. ollice deputy ;
.L O. Moore , of Palmyra : James Allan
and Henry A. Iloman. of Omaha , and
.John A. Sides , of Dakota City.
STORE ROBBED AT WISNEFL
Merchant ! ise Valued at $1OOO
Stolen from August Dorrnan.
August Doiman's general merchandise
store at Wisner was entered by burglar ?
Saturday night , the intruders gaining nc-
cess by means of unlocking the front
door. About # 1.000 worth of goods WOK
taken from the store consisting of line
dress goods , silks , embroideries , laces ,
cloaks , furs , shirts , overcoats , skirts and
notions.
There is no clue to the parties com
mitting the burglary , but it certainly was
the work of experts , probably the noto
rious gang that has operated in that pait
of the state for a number of years. The
Wisner ollicers and the county sheriff arc
making a strenuous effort to obtain i
trace of the perpetrators of Saturday
night's bur-dary , which is the largest hauJ
of the kind in the history of Wisner.
WEALTHY FARMER SUICIDEb
Thomus Webster , Living Near Os
mond , Shoots Himself.
Thomas Webster , of Osmond , aged 40.
committed suicide at . " o'clock Monday
evening at his home five miles west o !
town , by shooting. He was in a room
alone at the time , his wife and children
being in another part of the house. He
shot himself in the head with a revolvei
and was dead when found by his wife ,
who hurried to the room as soon as she
heard the shot.
Webster was one of the most prosper
ous farmers in the community , owning
an entire section of land , and was not
known to be involved in any way. Tha
cause of his suicide is a mystery.
Sheriffs Must Pay
Nebraska sheriff * in the future will not
be allowed railroad fare for bringing per
sons to state institutions when they ride
on passes or other than actual ' 'paid
transportation. * ' Acting on an opinion of
the attorney general. Auditor Searle at
Lincoln issued an order doing away with
the payment by the state of railroad faiv
for sheriffs. The riding is one of the
most drastic ever made by the depart
ment and in a majority of the countie.
of the state will reduce the income O'
the officials more than 50 per cent.
Hurt by Gasoline Engine.
Claude Seivers. who is employed on
one of Hon. G. W. Holdrege's ranches
near Madrid , came very near being killed
while operating a fifteen horse-power en
gine. The engine had been stopped tc
enable him to reach through the flywheel
and make a needed repair to the machin
ery , when a spark from the electric bat
tery caused the wheel to suddenly re
volve. Mr. Seivers received a double
fracture of the jaw bone and his right
arm was broken just above the elbow.
Minden Man in Trouble.
A prospective Christmas wedding at
Kahnnaznn. Mich. , has been indefinitely
postponed by the arrest of the intended
groom , James MeCormick , of Minden ,
Neb. , where he was running a hotel. Tin ;
charge is robbing a hotel at Kalamazoo.
The biide. a Laporte. Ind. , school teach
er , will continue her work and wait for
the outcome of the charge.
Blooil Poisoninjr is Fatal.
Michael Konz. aged 22. son of Matt
Konz , a prominent farmer near Ran
dolph , dir-d at an Omaha hospital from
blood poisoning. About a week ago the
young man got hi * right hand in the year
of a corn sheller while oiling the machine ,
and his right thumb was amputated ,
I Hood poison resulted.
To ft rind Oay ant !
The York rol'er ' mills , owing to a iarue
increase in bn < 5nc < . have installed ii ir
own electric Iteht system and the
grind both day and night.
\ Vebiter"H J infant"
In the absence of the t-oioner. Sheriff
.Tones uulriated at the inquest 'at Plain-
view held over the body of T. it.Veb -
ster. a well to do fanner. The verdict
\vis tht ( he dei , isvd mine to his d-arh
J y a revolverhot tired by his own hand
wlih temporarily insane.
Dien : it the- Aiof 1 OH
fohvaid I.oney. grandfather of K. EL
I.oney. who was one of ibv oldest settler *
of ( 'umiiir County , living on a homestead
! ; ! ? ! ! ! for many ye-ir < . is dead at
. .I : : . . ! . C : < . : . < thege ; of 102 years.
Herbert John Gladstone , the nevr
Secretary of State for Home Affairs it *
Liberal cab-
the Cnmpboll-Kaunermau
the Fifty-ninth Con
gress , ha.s served
the First Minneso
ta District iu tho
House since 18 ! ) : ,
and had previously
served two terms- .
1800-1)1 , in the Min
nesota State Son-
ate. Tho son of a
Gettysburg ( Pa. )
blacks m i t h , he
inet , is much more-
tlmn the son of ili&
"Grand Old Man"
of England , for iix.
his own right he is-
accounted one of *
the sturdiest statea
men of the United'
Kingdom , and sincd-
1S99 has been rec
ognized as the best
of. eitbec-
ji. GLADSTONE. party in many ,
years. He was born at " 12 Downing
street , " the famou5 * ministerial resi
dence , and was educated at Eton an < 3f
Oxford for the career which he lias
pursued with such consistent energy
and honor. For a'"Sine after his school *
days he was a lecturer at Keble Col
lege , and then entered political life as
his father's secretary. He held suc
cessively tho posts of financial secre
tary to the war office , under Secretary
to the Home OHicc and President or
tho National Recreation Society. As
Liberal whip lie was noted for cour
tesy , and stories ntv told imlicntin ? his
honorable demeanor toward Salisbury , ,
leader of the Conservative * . *
S. S. Wertof Altoona. Pa. , is tho
proud possessor of a watch onee owned
by Lafayette.
" '
Congressman .lames A. Tawnoy. who
hns been promotc-d to tho chairmanship
of the Committee on Appropriation--
" " " "
worked at his falliT" , . v
J JV > I i
* -V * - * * * *
er's anvil for sev
eral years. lie Avent to Winoua ir
1ST7 , where lie worked as a machiif str
while studying law. and was admitted
to the bar in ISS2. ile lirst attracted
attention during the passage of tin
Dingley tariff bill , by having inserted
a provision placing a tax of 10 per rent
, on all bonded goods shipped throutrk
Canada to the United States , thus fir-
ting oft"a most productive line of rail
way traflic from the Canada railro.uK
and giving it to the American I5ii * s.
He is 50 years old.
The real name of the famous
tenor. Max Alvary. was Achenbach.
King Carlos of Portugal , who for a.
week was tbo trttost of the Count an'l
Countess C'astolbuio in Paris , is a royal
personage in more
ono--he-
ways than - -
is a royal hunter. , i
royal s p o r t. an'l ,
above all. has JL
royal appetito. It
is said that ho oats
four regular meals
a day , has a lunch
every h o u r. an'l
oats c n o r m o u s
i quantities of t h e-
c YKI.OS. richest food. It
costs something to entertain such a
guest , and it has been heralded tint
the Castellanes spent Anna Gould's n-
i tire annual income last Aveek , amount
ing to § 200,000. King Carlos has many-
gifts. He is said to be the most ac
complished linguist , the finest shot ,
the most eloquent speaker , and the
most royal "liver" in Europe. As the-
Duke of Bragan/a , before his acces
sion to the throne , it is said that he-
used to go "incog * ' to the bull lights in.
' Lisbon , and that on more than ono oc
casion he actually donned tiie tor i-
{ dor's attire and went into the ring.
I He is a huge man. weighing nearl ; . ' 'GO
i pounds.
Daniel C. Oilman , of Baltimore. M'L ,
\vlio has been re-elected provide : t of
the National Civil Service i : H-MI
i League , is proini-
' uont in educational
{ and scientific lields
Ho has boon presi
dent of Johns Hop
kins University for
many years. Ho
Avas born at Nor
wich , C o n n . . it.
1831. From IST.f ; t
Ib72be was profov
sor of physical and
political geography i . \ M. . . . i , , , \t . „
at Yale and from 1872 to 1S7. presi
dent of the rniversity of California. .
He has been an oflirer of the AiKorli-.ni.
Oriental Society. Archaeological Ii sfi-
tute of America. Educational Fund So
cieties and of many important com
missions , lie is an author of repute-
and is well known in foreiirn si * -
circles.
Tolbert vonVit nu. who recently e
listed in the n-irular iii-iuy at St. Lo.
is a. cousin of Austria's military attat
his father is ot'J-
at Washington , and an -
cer in the Austrian army. Private von
Watson speakami writes nine lan
guages.
_ *
- -
Dr. Sven Iledin is on liis way to Per
sia , where lie proposes to explore thor-r
oughly , from a scientific point of view ,
of Dasht-i-Kavir and
the salt deposits - -
Dasht-i-Lut. iu the eastern part < < f that
country.