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t'0 TUB OMATtA DAILY BEIJt STTNiAAY , JUNE 26 , i8F18.
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/ ( I IN 1TjG SPAIN'S ' Ii 1IOR ILIIS
Impotent Work of thn Secret Bervieo in the
Prcf ent War.
SPY DOWNING TILE FIRST OF TILE LOT
ClrlefVllide 'rc1IN of the Clever Op-
crnllonN or Ills Nt-f rnnt Jour-
Lint lNnt to the Jlnnngctucnl
of SleutIIN.
The war power'ot the government Is generally -
erally understood to coliAist of the army
and navy only. There Is , however , another
clement belonging to It , an element corn-
paratlvely lnsigniflcant In numbers , but of
great worth In point of personal bravery
and value to the government. ite members
tire selected because of their rare combina-
llon of unmeasured daring , shrewd Judg
II went , coolness and untiring energy and
slerlness. Their loyalty , of course , is tin-
questionable It is not minqueslloncd , however -
ever , tilt It has been tried and not found
waallng.
Itefi rence is had to the secret servlco and
Its pprnonncl , It Is a most powerful arm
in time of war. Men go into it unknown ,
i 1 are aunt upon some perilous duty which Is
' often more likely to result In their death
than In Its suceesaful accomplishment. And
whet ) auccessftil accomplishment of the rev
suit , the name of , the hero Is seldom binz-
oiled forth in the public press. These men
t of the secret service go about their work
quietly. It is necessary that they shold.
Their lives and the success of their under.
taking depend on It. There Is no crowd of
prcud conhpnnlonn looking on to cheer them.
There is no martial music to welcome their
triumphant return. There is no regiment
or ship's crew to mourn their death.
Their death , unless they are killed while
their discoverers are hot with wrath , Is
+ generally the Ignominious one of the rope.
09 For they are spies. And spies are consld
ered by the law of nntlons to be the legitl-
male prey of the dbbet. Being spies , ninny
pcoplo are prone to look down of them.
hut it must be conrldercd that enies hl
time of war are absolutely necessary. And
It should be remembered that some of the
bravest anti most honorable men of the rebellion -
bellion were at one time or another detailed -
tailed for ofd went an spy duty-many of
whom never came back. These men of the
secret service must be ready at any time
to go anywhere and without regard to the
danger Incurred. If they succeed , well and
good. If they fail , they seldom get blamed ,
far they Aeldum come back.
The secret service ihring the present
war ltas been mostly employed In discovering -
ing au th thwarting the efforts of Spain to get
Infomalhm and gain certain ends In this
country by means of secret agents. That
the sreret servlco has been successfulhas
Lieu attested by Lieutenant Carranzn , for'
nteriy of the Sunfish legatlon \Vashing- -
tou and the head of the Spanish spy system -
tem In this country. In his published letter
f + setting forth his hopes , plans and experiences -
ences he referred to the work of the secret
service thus ;
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t + ; "The Americans are showing the most
; , extraordinary vigilance. They have cap-
Utrcd my two best men. " And he might
f have added : "In n moment one of their
t mien will come into this room , take this
letter , send it to John Wilkie , chief of the
L secret service of AtnerienJlthw1W thereby
lw Informed officially as if 1 were to confess -
fess to Minn myself , all that 1 have don
f and all that 1 hope to do. "
Am Illustration of limn neatly the secret
' ; service does Its work was given to coo
today
day by Chief Wilkie himself during a con-
vcrsatlon In his private omco. There was
no boasting in the chief's tone , He spoke
tl
jj In the key of casual talk.
1'h ( . lit ) 'nine Case.
"The Downing case was taken up by us
and we disposed of him , " Chief Wilkie begun -
gun , "in less than one week. I was wanted
that George Downing , a former sailor on the
cruiser Brooklyn , had entered the Spanish
spy service. He was located on arriving in
Toronto , When ho went to pay his first
call to the attache of the Spanish legatlon
my inn was within earshot and heard every
word ( lint passed between them. IIo heard
all of the instructions 1)owniug recelvedond ,
when Downing left the room , my man met
t t ltim as if by chance and asked him for n
match to light his cigar. lie walked with
Ilium to the hotel epic. , got a good look at
hlnm , followed him to his hotel , learned his
nssnnred name , got a tracing of his hand-
wrltuhg froth the register and later shadowed
hlui to the train , 't'hen he telegraphed me
that Downing hail left \Vashinglon on
the 5 o'clock train , sent me a full descrlp-
i lion of hint and when thin trait arrived
here three of my boys spotted him. They
followed him to a boarding house , where he
left his grip. Then they followed him about
towtt anti back to his house. After an hour
or so ho came out and walked to the post-
otllce. When ho dropped a letter to his
Spanish employer in Toronto , through the
f peslntflco receiver , the letter fell Into the
hands of one of my operatives math was
brought at once to me , while the other operatives -
eratives followed Powning back to hits boad-
lug house , I opened the letter and upon
reading it , communicated with the War tie-
t partnlent , which decided upon a military ar-
rgst. Soldiers were sent for , and taking n
few operatives with me , vu went to Down-
Ing's house. lie was still there and wo
Thoroughly
healthy girl.
I' hood nwane
ll happy wife.
s PL/ hood and Ca-
. pablc motherhood. A
, t , ' new fangled prudery
prevents inany girls front
learning things that they
ii ) ought to know before they
i i assunie the ditties of mal-
riptouy and inn toruIty.
Athletics alone will not
i tanks a young woman timer'
oughly healtiiy. The wise
counsels of a good mother
or some older woman are
indi + pensable.
The best and noblest uds
slot of a woniau is to bear
and rear healthyy intelligent children. In
order to do this , sie must be healthy and
strong in n womanly way , ] loth time Intel.
lectual and physical future of lien children
depend largely upon the mother. Ur.
Pierce's letvorjte I'rescription is the best
of all medicines for maids , wives amid moth-
ers. It is intended to do but one thing and
does that one thing thoroughly. It acts
directly on the delicate and Important or.
gins concerned in wifehood and nether.
hood and makes them strong , healthy ,
virile , vigorous and elastic. Taken dun.
ing the tittle of preparaliot , It bauisliea the
trials and dangers of maternity. It insures
the well being of the mother and the robust
health of cite child , It is the greatest of
serve tonics and nl rve builders. Thousands -
sands of women have told the story of its
marvelous accomplishments , Good nledi
sine dealers sell it and will not advise ti
substitute in place of it.
In a letter to Dr , Pierce , Mr. C. A , Mcfoald ,
of No , imp N. Chestnut Street. I.oa Angeles. Cal.
.3y a ' At Junction City I became acquainted
wih W , C Lee , M , D „ an old praclllioter , Re
sold lie was a college chum of yours , but that you
wept tit Europe to the beat hoppitata , while he
eomtnencert practice ; that for thirty years you
were considered one of the leading pltydclana
in Nrw Vork Stale , anti lie couihderett your rem'
tdies bttter than all ollren , and preacribal them
daily in his practice. On the strength of timid
commendation I tried your 'I'atoritc lrrscrip.
floe' and the' Pellets , ' The' i'aynrite t'rescnlp
lion' haa acted like tragic is cares of irregular
and painful monthly { crioda , a Sew ( moara only
being artesian ) ' to restore the natural function.
7hel'dleta' have proven as infallible cure for
del' and bilious headache , "
In paper covers , 21 one cent stamps ; cloth
binding , ten cents extra. Dr , Pietce's Coin-
fuon Sense Medical Adviser , Addresa Dr.
L V. Pierce , Dulr.N , Y.
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tiun of the visitors to tote aeeuuu. u
walled tail the extinguished lights told us
that he bad gone to bed ,
"Then , " the chief continued , "we knocked
al the front door. The mistress of the house
thrust her head through time window and
declined to let us in till I threatened to
break down her door. Then , very much
frightened , she ndmitted us. Leaving the
soldiers below I look two of my men and
bidding the landlady go before , went up to
his door , I bnde the landlady knock and
tell Downing that some friends from Chi.
chgo wanted to see him. She could leave
the rest to me. She did so. Downing bit
at once and we could hear him dressing.
The hall was dark and we stood on either
side of lho door , \Vhen he opened the door ,
he was in the best possible situation for
capture had he been disposed to put up n
fight , tot ha was In the act of pulling on
his coat and hnd one arm through his sleeve
and the other only half through , so that he
couldn't have used either to advantage. I
grabbed him by the collar and explained
our errand brleily. Instend of tight ha
wilted like an Icicle on the Washington
pavement in July. Entering his room we
found his effects , the cipher ho was to use
In telegraphing to his Spanish employer ,
some destroyed correspondence , In fact
overylhing necessary to make out n perfocl
case , lie never recovered from his collapse ,
lie had brains enough to ace that it was
nil up with him. We turned 11tH over ti
the soldiers , who took him to the military
prison anti there after a severe attack of
melancholic ho contnilted suicide by h ang-
Ing. "
Wilkle'N Ill. . . ' It. the Sericc ,
Chief Wflklo is a young man , under 4t
years of age. Ile is the eon of the lads
distingulshed journalist , Franc Wilkie ,
whose articles in the Chicago Times when
C Ri1 jKS IVI 'II \\T \ \ R SCIIE IES
Many Erratlo Patriots Willing to Save the
Ootlntry.
PLANS FOR EXTERMINATINGTHE SPANIARDS
SnLnrnrtnc 11on1N nntl Gut. . . , Viying
711nehlnr , I'Ingne GI-rSr1N aiul kindred -
dred Sehrme. for Carry Ing
the \Vnr Into Cohn.
"In the name of God , amen , I dedicate
this idea to the united Stales. " This Is
the solemn beginning of a letter received in
the Navy department the other day , lnaa-
much as the writer went on to outline a
totally impossible scheme for exterminating
the Spanish foe thin language seems a trifle
sacrilegious. Nevertheless time letter was
carefully laid away In the department files
in company with thousands of others ,
For every man who 1s willing to carry a
musket in Uncle Sam's service there Is another -
other who prefers to save time country by
planning scone novel war scheme watranted
to bring contusion on the hosts of Spain.
Most of these plans are of the sort that
would bring joy to the heart of the writer
who describes invasions from Mars or deals
in other Interplanetary fiction. The Navy
department has been the greatest sufferer
from this pest. When the zealous but misguided
guided patriot out on the plains , who has
never seen the ocean , sits down after a
hard day's work and plans bow to add luster
to his country's glory and Incldenudiy to
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CHIEF JOHN WILKIE IN IllS OFFICE AT TILE SECRET SIItVICE BUREAU.
Wilbur P. Story was alive were largely Inv
strmnental in tlm success of that newspaper -
paper , John Wtlklo followed In time pro' I
fession of ] his father , For a number of
years Ito vvns city editor of the Chicago
Tribune. Ile left Journalism to become
manager of Low's Exchange in London and
went from there to the secret service.
Not long ago Secretary Gage asked Wilkie
to do a bit of special work for him , The
work required much shrewtlncss and nerve.
Wilkie performed the task so quickly and
sattsfactorlly that Gage almost took \tilkie's ;
breath away from hhn by offering lilnt the
high position lie now holds.Vilklo had no
thought of time place and was skeptical of
his ability to all 1t. But Gage was confident -
dent , and that the selection was good has
been abundantly demonstrated by the short
time it has taken the young Chicagoan to
practically break up the Spanish spy system
here by capturing its chief operatives nod
exposing so co mplotely the identity of its
chief that the latter , according to time
present outlook , will have to leave hla snug
harbor In Canada and quit this hemisphere.
During limes of peace the secret service
is engaged In looking after criminals wool
take to counterfeiting for a living. That
pursuit in itself is spicy enough in variety.
lhtt the demands of war lend additional
bits to the spicy tpinltty of the service.
Shortly after the Spanish legation left
\Vasidngtom the War doparhncnt received
minnmrous reports concerning Spanish spies
and asked Chief R'Ilkle to look after them.
President MclChmley placed $5,000 to Wil-
hie's credit mud hater $50,000 more to his
credit to carry on bls operations. lie was
times enabled to secure a large and co -
petont force la cover the country thoroughly -
oughly , amid tv'Ith the knowledge that there
! s plenty more money where time last caume
froth.
Chief \Vilklo Is naturally dlsincllned to
spsalt of time operations of time secret service -
ice during time wnr. After the war Is
over , he says , there will be a number of good
stories for publication. But when , as for
Instance at present , lie has one man in a
band of Spanish cutthroats In thin south
w ho tlmink that lie is one of them mud who
would slit hits throat in an bmstant were
they even to suspect him , it Is not wise to
time service nor fair to the tuna hm question
to mention the case or for similar reasons
to say anything of others.
Nominally the State department lots
charge of the secret service men in Cuba
and other Spanlslm territory , But tlmere Is
good reason to believe that all of thhem are
under Chief Wllkie's control , though he
lmhnself refused to admit that there arc
nay secret service men on Spanish soil ,
If time records uro ever published , however ,
It is dollars to doughnuts that forcknowl
edge of time operations of time Spanisim forces
during this war huts come to this goverir
meat from secret service operatives at time
front ,
A week or so ago "Dilly" Pinkerton , the
famous Chicago detective , was seen to corns
front Chief Wilkie's room and sn'aigimtway
time report went forth tlmt Pinkerton hail
been engaged to assist \Vilklo in runuluk
down Spanish spies , The report is wholly in.
correct , In limo first place time government
Is proldbiteti lmy statute passed by congress
just after the homestead riots front enmploy
lag time Plnkertons , In the second piaco ln
stett of conming to help Wllkle with advice ,
I'lnkerton came to clear hla skirts of all
suspicion of being iii any way connected with
the Spanish spy sysiern , Prior to thin war
Pinkerton was to the employ of tin Spanish
legation and by ids detective ability many
filibustering expeditions were foiled , It was
therefore not unnatural to lhdnk that he
nmlght still lw retained by Spain. it is but
just to Pinkerton to say that lie dr'mom-
strnled to Wllkle's conmpleto satisfaction
that be' is a loyal subject citizen and has
now no connectiom whatever with Spain.
In personal appearnnco time chief of time
secret service is a dime specinmen of young
Aumerican manhood , lie is above medluni
height , just escaping being tall , ills shoulders -
ders are square and broad anti his back ,
head mmd hips on thin perpendicular , Ills taco
Is intelligent and strong and his walk firm
and swinging , Ills voice Is magnetic , his
handslhake full of feeling , aid nllogctlmer hu
is as fine a chap as you would meet In a
day's walk.
Nut GunI for time lloyN ,
Chicago I'ost : Time otticer shook lda head ,
"I think , " he said , "that sweets of that
sort are not good for thu boys , That khni
of a diet gels then out of condition , Of
course we are very grateful to you for , rev
monbering us , but I really umiak It would
be a serious mistake to let the boys have
them , "
"But what shall I do with all that I have
brouht thnnl" asked the visitor to the
catuti.
"Utn-well-ah-er.-you might-leave It ut
the ofYcers' Quarters , you know , "
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his own none , be is pretty sure to devise
a submarine boat , or a diving apparatus , or
an inmpregnlble war ship , Whatever his
schema Is , It grandly surmounts all the
dttficultles that have bothered the natal experts -
perts for years. It is not surprlshmg that
these experts should be skeptical about the
value of suclm suggestions , but the hopeful
inventor is no doubt pained by time jealousy
which prevents them from recognizing merit
outside their own rattles.
About nine-tenths of the letters contain-
lag war schemes which come to the depart-
menta are of the "crank" order. They relate -
late to almost every conceivable subject
and Indicate nil degrees of mental aberration -
tion , There are iii time navy files at least
150 separate and independent plans for sub'
marine boats , nil unworkable. They are to
be propelled by every kind of power that
has ever been utilized and some ! rinds that
are entirely net. They are to roil on the
bottom of the sea , dart beneath the wares
or nmerely simile below the surface and blow
imp any hosllle ship that happens to pass
above them , One very Insistent genius ,
wino made a trip to Wasldngton mid haunted
the departments for several days , wanted
the governmdnt to build a boat of the latter
class for which he agreed to provide the
Plans. If his suggestion was adopted he
proposed to take his craft to the entrance
of Santiago harbor , sink it in the channel
anti blow up the ships of time Spanish fleet
one by one as they attempted to emerge.
The government was obliged regretfully to
decline this undertaking and the genius
finally departed for his home in Wisconsin ,
convinced of time ancient truth that republics
are ungrateful ,
Sihmutrlue Gun from Georgln.
There is a man in Georgia who has several
times called the attention of the Navy de-
partiucnt to a product of his brain which , he
nedeslly says , "will completely revolutlon-
izo modern warfare. " This remarkable
weapon is a submarine gun , which , according
to the triumphant statement of its sponsor ,
"haa uerer failed to go off when it was
expected to. " Tlme inventor closes lilts offer
to the Waslmhtgtom authorities with the sug-
gestlon that if they do not care for the
submarine gun there are doubtless European
nations who know a good thing when they
see it.
Next to the submarine schemes aerial
weapons and enghtcs of destructiveness arc
most numerous , There are air ship plans
by the hundred. One man ht Daughoregon ,
Md „ writes ;
"I lute an Intention of a motive power
whereby I obtain rower from controlling
centrifugal force and directing it in such
manner that it returns its power within
the circle. I can show this to anybody by
a model which I have. I also can nceoni-
pllsh a prnblem which has never been done
before , Tlmt Is , I cart , by dividers and rule ,
square a circle accurately , by which prln
ciplo I obtain this force , "
Time gentleman who squares time circle
goes on to say that his motlva power is
particularly applieablo to air slips , as all
the \relght of the cars , machinery and passengers -
sengers Is converted into power. Therefore
the greater time number of passengers time
greater the apeed of time air-vessel thus
equipped , lie proposes that the government
shall build 100 large airships of this type ,
enchh carrylrig 1,000 mot , and use then in
the Invnalot of Cuba , For supplying the
Itica he asps only $1,000 on each shill , or
$100,000 hm n lunmp sum , lie explains that
he would not mmake even this slight requirement -
ment were it not that ho is a poor man
with a large faintly ,
1)IdPtVmnt 'tVIfe to ICnoty ,
Attolher ilying nmachino mar out in Illinois -
nois writes tlhnt "all the machines tlmt have
been built in this country , England , France
and Germany , are an good , " but that he can
build an airship , at a cost of $2,000 , which
will carry a party of twelve persons around
the world if teed be without once alighting ,
Carolina Is hula favorite power , lie advises
that one or two of these nmachines , loaded
with high explosives , ho sent on a trip
across Cuba , dropping bombs into otma after
another of time Spanish fortifications and
blowing theta to bits. Tads letter concluded
with one of the most naive and touching
passages Inmaghmabie. It read :
"if you write to me about this , call 1t a
steanm pump , as any wife will get mad If
you say flying nmachine , "
Not all the war suggestions submltled to
the depnrtmenta are iii time hue of Inven-
tlona. Not long ago a letter came ( roam a
New York man who signed himself "Pre
feamor" and clahned to be a scientist , lie
said that during time plague in India lie had
visited that country and had secured a
choice assortment of germs of this disease
I which he hind since maintained by a process -
cess of culture ,
I For a suitable consideration he was will-
jag to make a trip to Cuba , unloose his
germs amid would guarantee them to kill
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Prior to taking our usual St d11 ANNUAL IN\'ENTOItY ( July 1) ) we make deep
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Dcd Rootn Suites will go at 112.60. , cte , etC. , ITuntireda of articles of witch we have
only 1 or 2 era left will be cut AWAY DOWN. Seeing 1s believing-COME ,
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1 rice . . , . . . . . . , , Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IIc ! utd beveled alrrnr , I're'
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1300 Child's Crib , Pro inventnry '
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$1-.50 Carriage , 1
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I rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
jf $3,60 Ruffled Nottingham Curkhlua , l 're-In-
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$4.50 Bamboo Music flack , , ' ' Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
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I Jill GO DDS On a bull of $30.00-$2,00 per weep : or $ S.lO per month , GOODS and xtyiislm , pro 5
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_ I _ On a bill of $200.00-Ef.00 per welt or5.o0 / per mouth , er , worth
\ , I Garden 15 dose q weclt- . X2,35 , : r
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worth tads Plc wcolt- 15c ; $1.fi0 teeck- 32.85 ; this '
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E1.2a Cnno Scnt Dining tcurlh $ . .ah tec , to $2.5ks ,
Roan Chaim' , antique , Yrcthis week- s w celt--
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6orc ' u ' 31.25 Pre An'enlnry Prlen . . 95
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off the healthiest Spaniard in the Island.
The germ mnu was advised to destroy his
dangerous property as quickly as possible ,
and was particularly warned to give thu
department building a wide berth as long
as time germs remained in his possession.
These are only samples of the suggestions
which have been received at the War and
Navy departments by the dozen every day
shoe the war began. A few of them are
feasible and are kept for future consideration -
tion ; the ethers are tiled away where dust
will accumulate upon them until they are
forgotten , A curious sinmilarity is poled
about the letters lu one particular. Nearly
all the inventors and strategists admit that
time country should have the ber i. t of their
Ideas gratis , They apologize f4 asking a
paltry $50,000 or $100,000 for ilia use of their
brilliant schemes and invariably adduce as
a reason for doing so their own poverty and
the fact that a large family is dependent on
them.
"I have read at least 1,000 letters , " said a
department cleric the other day , "and Imave
came to the conelusiom that the only class
of citizens aillicted with freak war schemes
"
are poor men with large families ,
D1O\'ID 'I'IIrSi 'l's. ) 'I'H.ItS.
IImv RenrenyI i'Inyed SIii"Star
Spaogied Ipnrrter" sit Shniu&luri.
The tragic death of Edouard Remenyi ,
which occurred in San Francisco , recalls a
patriotic demonstration , which took place
upon the occasion of his playing la a concert
cert to Shaughni , China , cloven years ago ,
when ho was making a tour of the Orient.
It rivaled in wildness of entimusinsm anything -
thing that has occurred here , even In these
troublous times ; for , war or no war , It Is ,
perhaps , only when one is separated fromn
one's native land by thousands of attics of
land and sea that ho can realize or appre-
elate the thrill , the wave of enthusiasm that
surges over one at the sight of his flag or
the sound of a national anthem
The last number on the program that
night was a medley of national airs. The
nudlence was composed of English , French
and a few Americans ,
"The Mnrselllalse" came first. The
Frenchmen rose in a body , shioutlmig anti
waving their Imudkerchlefa , and many a
let was taken hone that night , brulsed and
battered , time result of laving been pitched
high in the air ,
"God Save time Queen" came next , when ,
as with one accord , rose up time English par'
lion of the audience , who screamed and
shouted until they .
And then as time niajrstfe notes of "Time
Star Spangled Manner" struck time air 'tmer-
lea was heard from , There was but a boxful
in the house , and of these three were wotaeq ,
but time noise that they made was quite
equal to that whielu greeted either of the
other airs.
One of the ladles pilhltsl from her breast a
entail Anerlca ) flag , which had lain there ,
close to her heart , over since leaving her
own country. In her excitement , site had
gleaned far over time. edge of time box , anti
there rho remained , waving that flag , the
tears streaming over her cheeks , until the
last strain of the glorious old hymn had
died away'
So great had been , time uproar , that little
more than the Orst notes of each hymn had
been heard , but Remcnyl stood there , lmis
holy swaying to the tousle , frantically saw'
log the air , while louder and morn furious
grew time shouts of the almost ( renzleti au
tileee ,
Only a Great Oue Could Iu it ,
Chicago Post : "Is he a great poet ? "
"lie certainly regards himself as one , "
"t\'iq' da you say that ? "
"Because he bas undertaken to muko
'dumb' rhyme whim 'home , ' and no titan
would dare do that unless he considered
himself a great poet. "
1
t II lilt to ' 1'howe N'hu lhn'u Datvrl
5. ' , , am pius list ,
Mr , John Deyins , editor of the Press , An-
than Iowa , says : "l have used Chuinber-
laln's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
1n toy fanllly for fifteen years , have recan-
rncnded It to hundreds of otbere , and have
never known it to fail In a single instance , "
I
; CR011 jMM ; 1 IIR GIRL QUEEN
All Holland Preparing for the Great Event
l in September ,
A TALENTED AND LOVABLE WOMAN
Ilan't'llhctmhu tile Iieirds of
the IlullttudetsGain Se + taeu of
Royal CererttumIen , curd Popular -
ular Dertnnlst r trtois { , .
Eurpo is already looking forward to another -
other gala week such as It has witnessed in
each of the last two years in the corona-
tiot of the czar of Russln , and in the
queen's jubilee. The coming event is the
coronation of the girl queen of Iolland [ ,
I Queen Wlllmelnminn , daughter of the { ate
King W'ihiiam III. Time throne is at present -
ent occupied by Princess Emma , his second
wife , who is acting as queen regent until
the young girl becomes of age. Thla occurs
on August 31 , though the coronation will
not lake place until September 0.
To grow up wilts the eyes of n nation
watching for the girl to develop , anti re-
jolciug as olio changes front a Pretty child
Into an unusually attractive woman , is a
lot tint any one might envy. Such has
beets time life of SVlllmelnllna. Ifcr budding
beauty has been rated over and written
about as few other young wornom's looks
have been ; says the Pblladelphin Times ;
her mental qualities have been praised in
' ale way to tufn thin head of n less 'alum
young person-and , in a word , sue has been
I time idol of the nation and the pride of
every Dutchman in the Netherlands since
site first won their hearts as a cute child
of 7 , riding a pretty little Slmellnnd pony.
I Now that limo time has route when she is
'
to leave cllldlmood belhhul mind become limo
h
wommnn and the queen , the picture she lire-
seats Is one that the nation respects as
well as loves. For Wilhelmina is a digul-
I fled hiss , who knows how to deport herself -
' self when time public eye is upon her and
great funclloterles of slate are paying her
homage.
She will have need of all her self-pos.
session on September C , however , for time
ordeal svtll be a trying one. As n usual
thing , boy's and girls of tutu Netimerlantla
do not cone of age until they are 23 , but in
this case Wtlheimina , being a queen , Is
alloyed to cone of age on her 18th birthday -
day , On August 31 , therefore , the queen
regent will cease to rule and Wllhelmina
will become queen of the Netherlands ,
'I'Ire Cert nroui , ,
The program is already arranged and It is
nu interesting one. Time queen and time queen
regent are to leave Time Plague , where time
blrtildny of limo formmer will have been suitably -
ably celebrated a few days previously , an
September 5 , early In the nfternoon. Arriving -
ing at the Weesperpoot station , at Amater-
dam , they will be met by the lendirhg citizens
u and representatives of time government , and ,
accompanied by an escort of hussars , will
be driven to the palace by a route sufll-
ciently circuitous to enable a vast concourse
of spectators to witness the procession. In
every street to be traversed time decorations
will he of the most oriudo description , anti
loyal greetings will meet her majesty's eye
at every turn , wimllu a portion of time route , It
is expected , wlil be lined by representallvea
of "labor corporations" carrying their no-
spective banners , 11etween time hours of 7
and 8 o'clock on the following nerning-
Septrnmber C-curious music will fall upon
the ears of citizens , for from time stcepka of
ale different clnrches tranpetera are to
play excerpts from sacred works-surely a
novel departure in reveilles.
At 11 o'clock on the name day , according to
present arrangements , the coronation service
tvlll take place in the Nleuwe Kerk , but time
details of the ceremitonial have yet to be ills.
cussed and brought to completion , In the
afternoon the queen will again drive through
r
the town aid will visit , among other ills-
trick , the Jordan , this being lime Jewish
gnnrler. With line fall of night the city Is to '
be iilaulnnted , a brilliant display being anticipated -
ticipated , while it is also expected that the
queen herself will be driven through tine
streets , in artier that she may see time bright
mid radiant devices prepared in imer hobo' .
The following morning , like the tiny previous -
vious , will be ushered in with musical
strains In the manner described , while at 10
ma , m. Queen Wilhcludna is to he serennded
by the Nelhurlanda Choral society , The
afternoon will witness the great i npular
festival , already ndverted to , near that wondrous -
drous mtnseum tvimlch contains Retnhrandt's
mnaterplece , Fran the square the queen ,
acconpahled by her august ntothcr , will witness -
ness an allegorical anti hiatorieal procession
which is hieing organized ou an elnborntle
scale , with time flew of Illustrating ht Picturesque
turesque fashion when time mnmentons tint
arrives the principal episodes anti stirring
events ( rota the period of the eighty yea a'
wnr down to the nlnotcenth cettlury that
. ] lave marked the history of a nation , which ,
despite its many and stnhngo vicissitudes ,
bas attained such solid glory ,
Cnrnttul on tit \Vnttr.
After this interesting pageant lms passed
before the eyes of the people taw men , wonmen
and children of Amsterdam are promised an
opportunity of making merry over a "water
'
carnival , " In conuecllou wIth wgdch the craft
the harbor and canals will be gaily nod
tastefully illuminnted , Fromn n pavilion to
ho erected on the \Vest Ilulinn pier the queen
will view this festival , and on the next day
-September 8-she will , it ! s believed , pay
a visit , In company with her nholher , to that
section of the Ryx museum whichi Is de.
Noted to objects of Interest connected with
the house of Orange. Another exhibition
will probably be visited during the afternoon -
noon , wile their majesties have also arranged -
ranged to attend a "nhalinee rnttsicnle , to be
given by the Dutch Musicians' association
in the concert hail. At night there le to be
a gala performance 1n the town theater ,
which will ho beautifully decorated for the
occasion. On the following morning-Sep-
tember 0-tbe departure of the queen and
queen anther will be mnde from the central
station , and there will he an end to revelries
and rejoicings. It renmhms to be seen to
what extent Englishmen and oilier "foreign-
era" will nnnko cot incursion into Baltonl on
the occasion of time approaching festivities ,
but It is certain Hutt no nun who embraces
this opportunity of hetoning acquainted with
0 that interesting country will leave it whin
i the words employed by Voltaire to express
hula cynical indifference to its undoubted
0
charms.
It Is worthy of note , by time way , that In
ccutnin streets grand stands are to be erected
by the locus ! authorities for the benefit of
"tine People , " and for these seats a fixed std
nonlnal sum will , it is understood , be
; charged , rn tint nil her majesty's subjects ,
to roar its tvcll as line wealthy , any be
afforded time opportunity of sharing in the
public rejoicing. It is also a remnrkahfo
fact hi connection with time forthcoming
event , that the townspeoplembmdful , donht-
Jess , of their city's ninny claiuls to plc'
turcaquenesa , and its vaunted affinity in Its
amain attributes to line queen of the Adriatic-
are huslly concerting measures by which It
is loped to bring a harmonious scheino
of mouse-to-house decoration , Tluere Is a
strong ( ceiling among prondnenl citizens that
such an occasion as the canning of ago and
the coronation of their queen should afford
a rare opportunity for an artistic anal bril.
pant street display , and the various con'
nttleea that are now at work in time different
districts , and act in association with a central -
tral committee , arc taking steps to Insure ,
I wherever possible , a uniforwjty In the color
scheme , and in line general features of the
design. The decorations alone will mmnonut
to fully l0,000-it not more-aid toward
the amount required $25,000 $ has already been
, contributed In private subscriptions , $1,000
by the Holland railways anti large donations
by time leading baumking eutabllsllments , com-
mnereial houses , business firms and time varl-
ous public bodies ,
'Vise Coronation Cliurcls ,
The Nleuwe ICerk , la which the coronation
"
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corenmodes will take place , is uulcompronmis
hug fu its plahutcss , hint possesses , apart
frown a slnhple dignity that at once BuIress ca
time visitor , not a few ntenmorinls , beautiful
mm themselves , and also interesting as hies- J
tralive of deeds of glorious valor inn the history -
tory of tine couuuy. There is still to ho
seen time laurel wrenth , lung since faded ,
whichh the Gerumn emperor hhnselt , on tine
occasion of bis last visit , pinced ou the moo- ' ' "
7"
unheul of Adumlral De Ituyter , while another
notable ntemorlnl is that erected to per-
peluato time heroism of Lieutenant vim Speyle ,
who , as tine hhscrlption in Dutch recalls ,
blow uu mini shim , hefnrn Antwerp to save time
honor of his country's flag. In unllclpatlon
of the solemn service of September 0-the
dnto of time 'hnstalitmllon"-acne Inmportant
internal nlteratious are now being carried -
ried out , notably line removal of time wooden
seats innnedlntely frotlog the brass acreen
wimfelt tilvldes the "Court of Marriages"
from the Cody of time clhurch , A site will .
thus he provided for tine dais upon which
the queen will sit , surrtnuulel by time ntem
burs of her government and tine high ufilcials
of her court dnrhmg the service. Upon this
oecaslon will he ttnvellod , on time aotntil side
of the edifice , time slniucd Rinss cammenmo'a-
live window , dcplcling the queen'a flies-
trlous nuccstors of the lmousu of Orange ,
which is to be placed ht the church by public -
lic subscrlptlon as a mark of time city's loyally -
ally and affection.
On time side facing the exquisllely carved
chalice shaped pulpit are the pesos which
will he occuplcd respectively by time queen
regent , wipe her maids of ] manor , the mothers
hers of the queen's court and time nutyer ,
with the civic olllclals
nccompanying him.
Escorted by the highest dignitaries of state ,
anti preceded by the ohilclnls to when falls
the honor of cnrryhig tlho crown , the
sceimtrc , time cross-surmounted koldoi ball
turd the other glittering symbols of authority ,
her nmjesty , enterhmg by time doors reacimed
from the Nlouwezgds Voorburgwal
, will
walk up time center of the tone , ninth thml
take ier place on tam dais , -Bern , after. m
sernmomm has been preached , prnbuhly by the
oldest of tine fnur utinlsters apachel to thin
kerk , Quern Wilhehnina will title t/nu / oath
In the words prescribed liy euatoai , sweuring
to "defend and preserve with all her , power
the Independence anti tet rllory of the kingg
torn , to protect the general and indivblual
llbertles of lien subjects , anti to eltiploy all
the nmeahs placed within her power by line
constltuliou to malnlaltt iuul promote the
welfuro of lien people. " 'Phis and other for ,
numlitles over , the first king-at nrws will
duly proclulint1'lllmelntIina IId tin a Pauline
Marla to hu queen of the Nolherllrnds-end a '
flourish of trumpets , a roll of military drum ,
nod line clanging of chmurclm bells will an +
nomco to line lnhabilauts of time city that
the great aid eventful euronorny bas reached
the close ,
urn rd ld ft.
Chicago Trlbumio " 1 Ilko the building well
enouglm , " sold the house hunlem to the
agent , who hnd spent hail an hour showing
him over tine prendses , "but I uum nut cer- t
iatin about the sunouudiugo , its it a quiet , , , -
lmelglmborlmood " -
? ,
"Qukl ? " andl the agent. "You can't find
a quletem' pla'c iii time whole city. "
"Still , 1 suppose time uowuboys come
around here bright and early Sunday morn- '
Inti , juat when a nman wanly to alecp time
soundest with their ' '
, yells of 'Morulu' pa-a-
a per ? "
"No , ear. Newsboys uneven come on this
street at all. "
"Thou 1 think I'll look a little fturther , I
want a quiet neighborhood , but I don't want
one that's dead : '
MIi
Ik laud u Itruaoa ,
Chicago i'ost : It was evident heat sonne ,
thing puzzled her.
"John ; she said at last , "why do you
persist In calling mu n torpedo bout ? "
"Don't you rernethmber thut , It writs after
mnldnlght when 1 got Inoue last night ? "
lie asked by way of reply ,
„ Yes , but"
"And don't you also recall that you
blew mu up ? "
Arnold's Dromo Oclory turn hoadacba ,
toe , 26c , 50e. All druggiata.