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R. a STROTHER, Editor.
F. K. STROTHER, Manager.
COLUMBUS,
NEB.
The Silent Opinion.
sea hare some silent opinions
about women and most women aboat
aaea. There are certain types of face,
jcertaln kinds of manner, certain,
aietheds of expression even, for which
'many men and women are ntterly
condemned in the minds of some of
jtheir brothers and sisters. A disposi
tion to dislike certain types of face
is at times so strong as to suggest a
.previous existence. We do not openly
say that all women with such and
.such eyebrows are hard hearted or
that a man must be a charlatan if the
'color of his eyes and hair contradict
.each other; but we act continually
upon notions hardly-less unreasonable.
.Educated men with small" vocabular
ies, for instance, are divided as a rule
by clever women into fools by birth
and self-made fools, according to
whether their want 'of equipment be
ascribed to nature or to affectation.
To the first they are indifferent; ,1d
the latter they have almost always a
more or less active dislike. Such men
are often able, a fact taeir own sex
Invariably recognize. The man whosa
words are few and ill' chosen may be
a man of prompt and reasoned action,
who having been brought up among
the silent wise or the garrulous silly
deprecates the waste of pains occas
ioned by the game of talk. All mental
athletics bore him just as physical
athletics bore others. In the same
way, says the London Spectator, the
fact that a man pretends to know no
more words than a savage may be a
matter of awkward though genuine
(humility a fear of pretending to a
'culture he does not possess or an act
of superficial conformity to a passing
fashion among a small set It may
ihave no more to do with his real mind
than an ugly figure or an i.l-cut coat.
Circumstances will sometimes con
.vince even a clever woman of these
facts so far as a given man is con
cerned, but she will never alter her
silent opinion as to the generality.
Clever women are very hard on the
men they imagine to be fools. Able
men, on the other hand, are not at all
hard on women they know to be stu
pid. Where youth and beauty are con
cerned the fact is easily understood;
but youth and beauty by no means ex
plain the whole of this phenomenon.
Many men are inclined to think that
the kind of mental power in women
which we colloquially call brains ex
ists in inverse ratio to their common
sense and serves only to carry them
with fatiguing rapidity through verba
fallacies to a false conclusion.
Countess Castellane Must Give Up
to Retain Her Children
Millions
Has
of Paying Count's Debts or Allowing
Him to Keep the Boys Tragic Ending
International Marriage
Gum Chewing Statistics.
- There is now being passed about a
collection of facts about the chewing
gum industry which is uncomfortable
reading for the fastidious. The Amer
ican man, woman and child, it ap
pears, chews on an average ten one
cent sticks of gum every year. The
allowance would be somewhat larger
if infants below the gum-chewing age
be excluded. This consumption ob
viously means a net chewing-gum bill
of $8,000,000 a year. The chewing of
gum is an undisputed American cus
tom, yet the production of chewing
gum is not only a foreign industry,
but was deliberately made such, so
!far as the raw material is concerned,
after the native, home industry, prod
uct had been rejected. Spruce gum
gathered in Maine was the original
chewing gum. It has still kept a plaee
for itself, but a subordinate one. Then
sweetened wax came into use. It was
a pure American invention and patri
otic stuff to chew. But the Mexican
chicle, introduced originally as a sub
stitute for India-rubber, was turned to
this use some 30 years ago, and has
practically driven its rivals from the
market
Within the past month the mara
time journals have contained the ad
vertisements of three ships and barks
and two brigs offered for sale by their
owners immediately upon their return
from their voyages. The presumption
Is that these vessels will be dis
masted and join the increasing list of
coal barges recruited from the ranks
of the old square riggers. This proc
ess, which has been going on steadily
for many years past appears to be
more rapid than ever of late, says the
New York Post Between 1894 and
.the present time the number of ves
sels of this class under the American
iflag has decreased from 633 to 290.
'The United States commission of nav
igation predicts their entire disappear,
jance inside of 20 years.
The latest statistics on the subject
of clergymen's salaries furnish ma
terial for the conclusion that a preach
er of the- present day must choose be
tween debt single blessedness, race
suicide and a rich wife. But asks the
Boston Herald, what's the matter with
trusting in the Lord?
Some of the men's colleges are pro
hibiting cane and flag rushes. But
nothing is heard from the women's
colleges on the subject of bargain
counter rushes.
It is not true that the diamond is
the most valuable of the precious
Xtones. The relative value of the
finer gems places the ruby at the head
of, the list the diamond second, and,
following this, the sapphire. It is a
very common occurrence to find a per
fect diamond; but av perfect ruby is
jare.
Paris. Anna Gould, the countess of
Castellane, probably will pay $5,000,
000 for her three sons.
Count Bonl de Castellane, father
of the children, demands possession
of the children and gives the daughter
of the first great American million
aire her choice between paying his
debts and giving up her children. Un
less she pays the debts the French
court probably will hold that she can
not take them from France without
the -consent of the spendthrift noble
man who, since March 4, 1895, when
he married her, has squandered over
$9,000,000 of 'Jay Gould's fortune and
now seeks to make it $14,000,000 be
fore he will release her.
That the Goulds will pay the $5,000,
000, settle the -debts of Bonl de Cas
tellane, even those of the usurers who
cept his ability to fight with others Millions to Save Name.
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of his type.
On March 4, 1895, Bonl de Castel
lane,' alleged nobleman of France, mar
ried Anna Gould. She had met the
pink and white, dapper Frenchman by
special arrangement of his own of
which she knew nothing and perhaps
she had loved him, in a way. Perhaps
she dreamed he was her Prince
Charming. The Frenchman came to
America. He lived in a back room
over a dressmaker's establishment
He had come to America to marry
money. He said it himself. And be
fore he married he asked for a mar
riage portion of $5,000,000 and got $3,-
000,000. He hadn't even met Miss
Gould when he privately announced
that he would marry her. He had lit
tle money, but he was determined to
wed. He went to a hotelkeeper and
explained. Then he moved to one of
the greatest hotels in the world and
gave a little dinner, and a "friend"
asked Mi3s Gould to attend. Within
a month the wedding was arranged. A
month later the engagement was an
nounced. The day of the announce
ment Castellane moved to the Waldorf-Astoria
and began buying on
credit
The day after the wedding the bills
began to pour in.
They went to Paris and Bonl de
Castellane began spending Jay Gould's
millions. His first great exploit was
the purchase of a site in the famous
Avenue Malakoff and to order work
men to reproduce Le Petite Trainon,
the retreat of Louis XIV., home of
the famous Mme. de Maintenon, to
copy the most infamous, licentious
court of history. Millions poured into
the building. One bed alone cost al
most a million dollars. Art treasures
were purchased.
One fete given by Bonl de Castel
lane swept away a ninth of the yearly
Income of his wife, which was $900,000.
Millions were spent before they
have preyed off him for years, Is be
lieved by their friends and by coun
sel in the case. If the Goulds remain
firm, Count Bonl will ask the court to
forbid the mother to take her children
beyond the jurisdiction of the French
courts. He will plead that if the chil
dren are given into the custody of the
mother they may be taken beyond the
reach of the courts, and if the court
upholds his contention, as the law
yers believe it will, the count may
win.
The children for whom the countess
may pay $1,666,666 each are:
Bonl de Castellane, aged ten years.
George Gould de Castellane, aged
nine.
Jay de Castellane, aged four years
and six months.
Perhaps every mother in the world
has said she would not take a million
dollars for her baby, and now the
American girl who became the best
known, if not the most famous, noble
woman in Europe through the lavish
misuse of money, has the opportunity
of buying her children at a price little
in excess of what she paid, only a few
years ago, for a bed.
If the final payment of $5,000,000 Is
made, Anna Gould will have paid $2,
689.19 a day for her husband and her
title-rand her children which even
now she may lose.
Children May Prefer Father.
The attitude of the children them
selves toward the warring parents is
rather inclined toward the father.
They are more French than American,
having been raised in France and in
such luxury and extravaganve that
they scarcely know the meaning of
money, the thing that has caused all
or almost all the woes of the
American girl who allied her millions
to a doubtful French title.
Their loyalty to their mother is un
doubted, but between America and
France they choose France, because
the older ones have been trained in
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of nearly a million dollars a year was
in debt
Finds Comfort in Baby.
The countess was not happy but
then Bonl was born and came to com
fort her. Her husband continued his
wild extravagances until even Paris
marveled. Millions seemed to have
turned his head. The nursery for his
heir in Petit Trianon was furnished
at the expense of more than the ordi
nary man makes in a lifetime.
The year 1898 was marked by Cas
tellane's duel with Henri Turot and
bis blackballing in the Jockey club.
But still, with her two sons, the lit
tle countess was busy and found
solace in them, even when the ex
travagances of her husband and 'his
wild actions caused doubt as to his
sanity. His eccentricities and his half
In 1900 financial troubles were at a
climax. Castellane had openly slurred
the Goulds, especially Helen Gould.
His family openly charged that Anna
Gould was "bourgeoise." Bonl was aa
reckless as ever. - Petit Trianon was
incomplete. Bonl came to America
again to get money and failed. The
countess' chateau at Dumarais was
ordered sold for debt and only an ap
peal to her family saved it. Trades
men openly insulted the Castellanea
and dunned them in public. George
and Edwin Gould gave $1,000,000 to
save the family pride. Bonl had spent
$3,000,000, besides his wife's income,
and owed over $4,000,000.
In 1901 the courts took a hand to
save the fortune of the little Ameri
can. A receiver was appointed in the
person of her brother. George. The
family paid $4,700,000 of Boni's debts
and held the countess' fortune to pro
tect her and themselves. By order of
the court the income of the Castel
lanes was reduced from $900,000 to
$200,000, but they fought in court and
got the entire income.
Debts were piling up again and the
Goulds were stubborn, refusing to
hand out more millions to be thrown
away.
With her three children to comfort
her and keep her busy, the countess
did not care. But in 1904 the real
trouble began, the trouble that changed
the countess and made her a woman
and a mother, instead of the reckless
follower of a more reckless husband,
Boni Unfaithful.
Boni set up a bachelor establish
ment and the countess began to hear
of "ces dames" the count entertained,
actresses, models, midinettes the
women he could not invite to his
home. The countess could do nothing.
Paris would laugh if she paid any at
tention to them. They were beneath
her. But at last the American woman
was cropping out Her renewed devo
tion to the children and her more
Impressive appearance revealed a
change.
Still the money went furiously. The
king of Portugal was their guest and
nearly a quarter of a million dollars
was spent on him during his visit
The countess had stood much. But
finally. In 1905, the break came. "Ces
dames" were one thing but a woman
of her own class was another. The
name of the Duchess d'Uzes was cou
pled with that of Castellane. The
duchess, in her way, is as eccentric
as Castellane. The countess suffered
in silence no longer. She separated
from her husband and then brought
suit for divorce.
The suit was the signal for the cred
itors to pounce down upon Boni. In
France the wife is responsible for
certain debts jointly with her husband
and the creditors feared the Gould
millions would escape. The Goulds,
having lavished nearly $10,000,000 on
the count refused to pay mora Boni,
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insane desire for notoriety amazed
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French schools, and. deeper than that I , ,, , JL, ,
because they have been reared in the
religion of their father. If the choice
lies with them it will be France and
the Roman Catholic church on one
side, and the love of their mother
and money on the other. The coun
tess herself has become almost
French.
Story Is Tragic
The story best can be told by years;
the story of the little girl overbur
dened with the wealth that Jay Gould
had won by fair and foul means in
the railroad world and the stock job
bing market who married a French
near-nobleman, noble in name and ig
noble in almost everything else ex-
ed against the president of France at
the races at Auteuil, and he and his
wife were among the chief actors in
the comedy-drama which cost them a
fortune.
Boni was becoming ridiculous. He
proved himself skillful at fencing,
wounding one adversary. Even his
title was attacked; he was ridiculed
openly in the chamber of deputies, and
at the end of the year, when he came
to the United States to get more
money, he was charged with fleeing
from creditors.
The countess came with him, bring
ing her two sons, the only solace she
had, and they had an argument on
the ship neither of them knowing
the American flag when they saw it
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WASHINGTON. There, is .always a delight
ful expectancy relative to' the debutantes of a
Washington season, and this year's crop presents
unusual features in many ways. There are rich
girls and poor girls, pretty girls and homely girls,
accomplished girls and athletic girls, but there
is no gainsaying that they are all highly interest
ing girls, and each possessed of many endearing
young charms.
There will be at least 40 to enjoy the Bache
lors, the Sixty Couple and the numerous subscrip
tion dances, and there are more ballrooms to be
open next season than ever before in this city.
Usually a girl has established a reputation for
dancing before her formal presentation, and even
thus early in the game it is not unusual to hear
some well-seasoned bachelor remark that a cer
tain girl of his set is almost as fine a dancer as
was her mother or perhaps her elder sister.
There is no longer such a thing as surprising
the social world with some shy beauty who has been kept housed, sheltered
and almost smothered with accomplishments and learning. Not much. The
oud of to-day generally has a generous foretaste of the world for at least a
season before she is launched, just to make her easy and at some, you Know.
She dances throuch a winter. romDs through tennis and golf on the open field
in the summer, rides with all the old beaux, and is even pretty well introduced
abroad before formally making her bow here, and sometimes even presented
at court abroad just to give them experience.
Most all of the girls will make their debuts in December, and, so far as
now known, the old-fashioned afternoon tea will prevail, with a charming
exception, such as a pretty ball like the one at which Mrs. Gaff introduced
Miss Zaidee Gaff two winters ago, or the series of dinners, which method
was adopted by Mrs. Postlethwaite in presenting her daughter, who was mar
'ried Wednesday, October 3, to Henry Ives Cobb.
There is quite a little story connected with that series of dinners of Mrs.
Postlethwaite's, however, which was revived by her daughter's marriage. All
of the guests bidden to the first dinner Rtere surprised not to find the bud
there at all. Then ensued an explanation to the effect that Mrs. Longworth,
then Miss Alice Roosevelt had' telephoned over to Miss Postlethwaite saying
that the President and Mrs. Roosevelt were dining out and that she would
like the debutante to come over and enjoy dinner with her and a few of her
friends. Miss Postlethwaite, now Mrs. Cobb, in her charming manner ex
plained to Miss Roosevelt that she was having a dinner at home that night
Mrs. Postlethwaite, however, who took 'a different view of the situation and
looked upon Miss Roosevelt's invitation as an order, insisted that her daugh
ter leave her own guests and go. So Washington had its first experience of
a debutante dinner without the debutante, an event quite as cheerful as a
wedding without a bride.
CAPITAL BEAUTIES IN GREAT VARIETIES.
There is a delightful variety of girls to be
presented. One cabinet girl. Miss Erma Shaw;
one diplomatic girl, so far as known. Baroness
Elizabeth Rosen, who astonished the North Shore
with her expert swimming, strong tennis and de
lectable horsemanship all' last summer.
There are more than a half dozen girls from
the army and navy sets, and others from official
and resident society.
Newest of all the girls in Washington who
will be presented this season is pretty, tall, wil
lowy Katherine Jennings, who is one of the most
winsome girls ever introduced from what is
known in Washington as the "South African con
tingent" She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hennen Jennings, who last year, as they will this,
occupied Mrs. A. C. Barney's residence in Rhode
Island avenue, near the French embassy, from
which Miss Zaidee Gaff made her debut two years
ago.
The daughters of chairman of the Panama canal commission and Mrs.
Theodore' P. Shonts, Miss Theodora, and Miss Marguerite, have the double
advantage of having been presented at the spring court in London this year,
where they were much admired, and a good share of the entire season under
the chaperonage of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, but they also have many friends la
Washington.
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. PinkhaaVs Vegetable Coaaponnd.
Women who are troubled with pain
ful or irregular periods, backache,
bloatiar (or flatulence), displacement
of organs, inflammation or ulceration,
can be restored to perfect health
and strength by taking1 Lydia S.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all aide women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. .Her experience
is very great, and she gives the benefit
of it to all who stand in need of wise
counsel. She is the daughter-in-law of
Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty -five
years has been advising" sick women
free of charge. Address, Lynn. Mi
MISS KATHERINE
JENNINGS.
The wife of a asan whe playa the
races never has to waste any time fig
aring on what she will do with the
iey he wins.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES coat bat
16 cents per package and color more good
auter and brighter colors.
The average doctor weald die ef
starvation if his patieats had no more
confidence in him than he has ia hiav
self.
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INTERESTING FIGURES ABOUT SALT.
4i The United States consumes 26.872.700 bar
rels of salt annually, or a barrel for every three'
persons in -,uie ianu. iasc year u went aDroaa
for only 1,151,133 barrels. In 1880 63.5 per cent
of the salt used in our country was of home pro
duction. Last year 95.7 .per cent of the product
consumed was produced within the borders of
this country. In 1S80 the consumption in this
country was only 9,384,263 barrels. Thus we see
that the people of the United States are using an
nually three times as much salt as they used 26
years ago.
Only 5,961,060 barrels were produced in this
country in 1880, and the consumers were forced
to go abroad for 3,427,639 barrels. Last year the
total production at home was 25,966,122 barrels.
The tariff act of 1894 placed salt on the free list
and the importations increased to nearly 560,000.-
000 pounds the following year. The tariff act of
1897 returned salt to the dutiable list, and salt In bags, barrels or other pack
ages is now subject to a duty of 12 cents a hundred pounds, or 33.6 cents a
barrel.
The chief salt producing states are Michigan and New York. Statistics
recently gathered by the government show that the combined output of these
two states amounts to more than two-thirds of the total production of the
United States.
No attempt has ever been made to ascertain what per cent, of the salt
consumed in the United States is used for culinary, purposes. The annual out
put is largely consumed in the industries of meat packing, fish curing, dairy
ing and the like.
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the man who had refused to pay debts
of honor, calmly offered to make
terms.
And now unless the creditors are
satisfied, he will use the children 'as
his last weapon and force a settlement
German Army Discipline.
French military observers of the re
cent German army maneuvers say the
old "rigid, mechanical, rigorously pass
ive discipine, once characteristic of
the German army, is disappearing,
though mention of acts of insubordina
tion are carefully repressed, or, If
very flagrant much minimized.
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NO MORE HOME-MADE BREAD.
It
la Shortly to Be a Relic of Dead
and-Gone Days Beyond Recall.
Some one who claims to be an au
thority on the subject offers the sad
information that it will not be long
before home-made bread will be as
much a relic of the dead-and-gone
days as homespun clothing and home
made soap. By the observing, who
have noted the conditions in the aver
age home, it has for some time been
known that home-made bread has al
ready nearly reached a state" of 'In
nocuous desuetude." On a careful
estimate it has been asserted that
there are 1,500,000 loaves of machine
made bread baked in New York city
every day. not counting rolls, buns
and biscuits. This is the day of the
"paper bag housekeeper." In thou
sands "of homes there is no kitchen,
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The department of commerce and J " m.cw. -
a-w ucpuuu . stove and the chafine dish have
labor has decided that chorus girls pusned mtove8and nsi&a out
do not labor and therefore cannot be to imik ieapm Breakfast comes
galled laborers. Any ase manager to a paateboard box, and luncheon
delicatessen shop and only have to
be warmed up.
This is the way things are done
largely in the cities, but the same
"Down and Out"
The man who wins In the flsht for fame,
Who wins In the war for gold.
The welkin rings with his lauded name
Yherever bis deeds are told.
Not mine to Jeer when I hear him hailed;
I'm proud of his heart so stout
But what of the fellow who tried and
failed.
The fellow that's "down and out?"
Shall nought be said for the man who
tried
The goal of his hopes to gain?
Who faced the battle with patient pride
And fought though the fight was vain?
Whose spirit in one weak moment Quailed.
Who fell at the last redoubt
Ah. many a hero heart has failed.
So here's to the "down and out!"
ceaM have told them that
sad diaaer coaw ready-made frost a )-Daabj a. MeaxthxLiaE, Tr Sum,
The man who wins, O, honor him well.
And give him the praise that's due.
But don't forget the other who fell
Ere ever his dreams came true;
Yes, honor the man whose will prevailed.
Who baffled despair and doubt
But give one thought to the maa who
failed.
I The fellow that's "down and out!
conditions are prevalent to a great ex
tent throughout the rural districts. It
is an exceedingly small and remote
community that is not visited' by a
baker's wagon at least three times
a week. The average girl of these
days "hates to cook." 'She may excel
in the concoction of a certain kind of
cake, but aside from that her gastro
nomic achievements are limited to
two or three indifferent chafing dish
preparations and fudge. When she
marries the chances are that her hus
band prefers the machine-made food
to her painful experiments, and so
the home cooking is disappearing.
Wherefore the average man considers
it a treat to go to a restaurant aa
often as possible to get something
to eat which is melancholy when one
considers the average restaurant And
even here it is only another variety
of factory food that is serveC to him,
The subject is a painful one.
REHABILITATING "OLD IRONSIDES."
Under an act of congress, "Old Ironsides" is
to be rebuilt once more and refitted for sea serv
ice. The work is to be done where she was orig
inally built Boston and the money is being
raised by the Massachusetts State society, United
States Daughters of 1812, through an appeal to
patriotic Americans for the preservation of this
historical object lesson, which will once more
cruise under "Old Glory" as a training ship for
naval apprentices. The original plans of this old
fighting ship were recently unearthed in the East
Indian Marine Museum, Salem, Mass., and will
play an Important part in the rebuilding.
In 1830 it was reported in the newspapers
that it was the intention of the government to
destroy the Constitution, together with a number
of other ships.
But the very announcement met with a public
clamor of disapproval, as did Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte's recommenda
tion, late last year, that she be used for a target.
The Constitution was built in Boston in 1797, a frigate of 1,576 tons and
designed to carry 45 guns. ' She was one of. the first ships to see active service
in the war of 1812.
Small wonder indeed that the New Englanders were moved to recite the
career of the famous old ship to the navy secretary, inasmuch as it is the
only real relic of that branch of American arms that preserved the United
States in her second war with Great Britain.
The "Old Ironsides" remained in active commission until the advent of
the real ironclad, when she was used for auxiliary purposes.
At last, having no utility, even as a training ship, her destruction was
ordered, and had been begun when the wave of popular dissent, voiced in the
poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes, forced the navy department to desist
Since that time she has been lying in the Boston navy yard her decks
roofed over like a nondescript building.
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, le
a successful hunter of big game. Oa
one of his trips he had for his guide
Bill Murray. They were oat looking
for bear or defer one day, when Mur
ray suddenly threw up his rifle and
fired. The senator saw aa animal
fall heavily, and called: "We've got
him this time, BilL"
"We!" sneered the guide. "There's
ao we aboat it I killed aim plaia
enough."
Quickly making their way to where
their quarry lay, they found a flae
specimen of Jersey calf.
"We've, killed somebody'a calf!"
yelled the guide.
Senator Spooner gave him a with
ering look and said: "William, yoa
should be more particular in your
choice of pronouns. 'We" isn't adapt
ed to this particular instance." Mil
waukee Sentinel.
NERVOUS COLLAPSE
Forgiving.
"Is she of a'forglving nature?"
"Very. She even forgives her
friends for the Christmas presents
they give her."- Judge.
SAYS UNITED STATES OWNS CUBA.
Congressman John James Jenkins, of Wiscon
sin, chairman of the judiciary committee of the
house, insists that we have absolute sovereignty
over Cuba. He says:
"Cuba is domestic and not foreign territory.
Under international law, independent of all treaty
obligations, ' Cuba became domestic territory at
the close of the war with Spain. But after the
ratification of the treaty with Spain Cuba became
domestic territory by virtue of the treaty and
subsequent action of the United States.
' "The United States can only divest its sov
ereignty over Cuba by an act of congress. That
has not been done. The supreme court of the
United States in Neely vs. Henkel sustains my
position by holding that in June, 1900, the Island
of Cuba was occupied by and was under control
'of the United States and that it is still so occu
pied, and control cannot be disputed.
Congressman Jenkins has represented the Tenth Wisconsin district at
Washington since 1895. He served during the civil war with a Wisconsin
regiment He was born in Weymouth, England in 1843, and came to America
at the age of nine years. s ,,,,,,,,, ,. ,
At the time of the insurance scandals last spring Mr. Jenkins, as chair
man of the judiciary committee, reported that, after an exhaustive study, they
found that 'congress had the power to regulate insurance companies. Mr.
Jenkins has spent most of his life in Chippewa, Wis., where he has held the
offices of city clerk, city attorney and county judge. In 1876 he went to
Wyoming for several years, having been appointed United States attorney for
the territory by Presideat Gnat.
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Mrs. Lizzie Williams, of No. 416 Ce
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At the beginning my strength would
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