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N Till', death of Luther W Oslxirn
iln' consular service of lh'
I lll'I'll Slnll'H IllHl 11 llllltl Will)
was looked on liy llii Slain do
parlmciit nl Washington iih Inval
mm
uable lie liail Hiireonsfully carried through
i cgntlntlons whlrh. while apparently Irnlg
lillleanl. were really of file threaten! Impiir
lame ami of Hie niiiHt ilellealo nature. Fur
a long lime piople were Ignorant Ilia I
Uiere iih micli a thing In Ainerlean ill
plouiaey iih a Samoa n question. Tlie Islands
were best rememliereil as being tile place
whcio tlie Tientoti ami other steamers
Wen Inst III a terrible storm. P.igo-Pugo
wim heanl of occasionally III emineet Ion
with Hie elfortH of the navy to eHlnhllHh a
coaling station there. In IS!l7. when Judge
IIhIioiii wiih appoliiteil consul lo Samoa,
Kughinil, (leruialiy ami the Culled Stuton
with all liiteriMleil In seeming concessions
for coaling stations In Hie Samnan group,
Two chiefs u-plred to lie UIiik. Itcplcscn
tallveH of the three gteat natlniiH hehl n
coin I of liiiiilry mill Dually gave the posl
lloii of king ) Malaafa. Tills illil not Hiilt
the followers of MnlliiliM anil they ro
hilcd Then 1 1 n 1 Sninnan question blazed
It THRU U OSIIOHN OF HLAIlt, LATH
I'lllKF Jl'STICn OK SAMOA, WHO
HI 11 IN AIM A ON Of'TOIIKIt 27, 1001
nil Into I it 1 1-1 1 in 1 1 1 1 M I importance, anil
Judge OOmii'ii giuo evidence of his groat
ahllity iih u illphuuatlHt. When the icp.
riwenlatlveH of (ieruiauy anil F.nglnnil wlth
ilrew In their war ships Mr. Oshorn re
niuliii'il on Hhore anil licpt the ling Hying
vcr IiIh coiiHiilale. Ills dimness ami tact
pi event! il a iiinsHacio of I he ilcfealeil
MaliiafaiiH. ami In Hie complication which
foMoweil IiIh Judgment went far towaril sc.
curing a happy solution of Iho quotdlun.
l one time llie inatter was hd HorlotlH that
II thrcatcm il to Invidvo Gmiuiiiy In a war
with the fulled Stales ami Fngluuil In
recognition nf the signal ahlllly hIiiiwii hy
Judge OHhorii ilurliiK the Hettlemeiit he was
i i i i i i i i I i i i ( i i h 1 chosen chief Justice of the
Hiipreme ciiurt of Samoa, a lioily coiiHlltiiteil
by Hie three meat nation to govern the
iHlamlM. TIiiih a NcbriiHKa iniiu practically
ln'cniuc "king of the cannibal IhIiiiiiIh."
('. II, Anderson, the new cashier of th"
Oiualia National bauli, has been n HiieeesB
ful banlicr during all IiIh business life. Ko?
ten enis he wiih connccteil with the na
tional hank at DeWltt, which he organized.
A firm believer In commercial expnnslon, h"
established a slate hank nt Staiuforil anil
another at Plymouth. Then he went to
Crete ami associated with T. II. Miller In
establishing Hie Crete State bunk, nml Inter
Hie Conservative InvcHtiucnt coinpany. Mr
Anderson Is a public-spirited rlllen and
found time during IiIh residence at Crete to
act iih a trustee for Doane college, a meni
ber of the Hoard of Education and In other
capacltlcH. Pollllcally he Is an ardent re
publican and wiih n delegate to the national
.ouvenllon which nominated William Mo
Klnley for the first time.
fold weath-r always In Inks something "f
Miffciiug to Ihe pour of a groat city
Charity caumit reach all the needy nud
some must help themselves. Kuel Is tho
great tliltiK needed, for Ihe poor must have
lire to Keep warm and to cool; their scanty
fare. Much of Oils fuel Is gathered by
gleam rs of Hie switch yards. " who, with
hislii'l or hag or box on wheels, follow the
railroad tracks in en her the bits of coal
Hull jostle fioiu Ihe tendets of paining eu
Klnes or fioiu Ihe heavily Indcn cats Hint
are hauled In loiw trains thrnuuh the
yards. Now and then a koihI nalured lire
man dropH a chunk of coal where It will
do the uiikI Kood and some Kleaner slrlkei
a windfall, llm iiicte are many In Klean
and the wliiiirnlls are f( w. ho the Ir.i-Ks
are kepi well pIimiiciI of eonl or anything
elfii. that will bum. It occasionally hap.
r ANIli:itSON, NKW CASIIIHIt OK
U OMAHA NATIONAL HANK.
.ih that tho Kleaner becomeB laoro enur
,,1'tii: than honeHt and a raid Is made, on a
loaded car. Thesi el'lorlH usually end In
the police court.
Viewed from the ground the nures
carved III tho facade of the now IIIkM
school biilldlnK seem Hinall and well fin
ished. A HtalT photoKrnphcr (ilnibed to tho
Fcnffobl where tho sculptor was at work
putting tho flnlHhliiK touches on tho Ur
ines. Here he not a picture that Klvos n
Kood Idea of Ihe relative sles of the llmircs
anil the num. The apparent roughness In
tho detail shows very plainly In the pic
ture, bill Indicates what Is necessary lo de
ceive the eye at the distance frniu which
tho design will ordinarily he viewed.
Font hall Is the one spurt which the pro
fessional has not been able to capture from
the amateur. Through all tho time It has
been played It has remained essentially a
game for those who love sport solely for
Hport'H sake and not for Ihe money there
Is In II. lis history dates back many years,
although Ihe game wo have today Is prac
tically new, having been developed within
a dozen years. It Is the outgrowth of
progress, changes In rules made to meet
iiioillllcatlous In play having brought about
a complete transformation, until only the
naine resembles the game of a few years
ago It Is Iho spirit of tlie game that at
tracts people to It. Tlio young athlete at
school sets his anililtlon to "make tho
team" and his less brawny, but equally en
thusiastic. inatiM set (heir ambition to aid
the team lu winning. No more Intense
partisan exists than Iho foot hall "rooter."
He can see only one side and that is Hie
Hide represented hy his colors. This la the
spirit of the game and Its followers. Much
has been said In condemnation of modern
foot ball on account of Its brutality. To
eliminate Ihe danger of tho game many
changes lu the rules have been made, no
that there Is innrh more open play now
adays than there was three or four years
ego. Still tho "maHs" plays are used a
great deal and "lino plungoB" nru common.
The Hee this week shows some pictures
of the Held nnd Incidents of the gnme dur
ing a recent match played hot ween the
'varsity teams of Nebraska nnd Missouri.
These give mi excellent blen of the Interest
felt by the people In the game.
One of Omnhn's chnrltles Is tho Klowor
Mission, Its object being to provide tho
unfortunates nt tho hospitals ami elsowhero
with such glimpses of outdoor life ns nro
suggested by beautiful Dowers. Theao dow
ers nro gnthered from ninny sources of Btip
ply. one being tho greenhouse nt Hnnscom
park, where tho park plants nro enred for.
Hero nil manner of blooming plants nro
rallied. Just nt present the roynl Jnpnneso
llower, the chrysanthemum, In having Us
Inning. A photograph of ono of tho tables,
taken recently, shows tho extent nml gives
a faint notion of the bennty of tho dlsplny
there at present.
Willing to Please
Washington Post A certain lawyer
It re In lown employs a stenographer who
bus ihe most wonderful collars nnd the
most elaborate pompadour III nil tho bust-
(MIItYSANTIIMMl'MS AT HANSCOM PARK
THE ILLUSTRATED BKE.
ness world She has a personnl theory of
. mutilation and her t Mini; Is market
with fiikiikIiik orlKltiallty but she's so
ven-teinpered that only nn absurdly carp
IliK poriiiin would take notice of such cc-
ccntrlcltlcH. One day she laid before her
employer a, neatly typed letter to n south
ern correspondent. Ilefore hIkiiIhk It h'j
Klnneed over It.
"See here," he said, "you've spelled
suar 'MiiKKiir.' "
The typewriter Klaneeil at the sheet and
smiled.
'"Dear me'" said she "How careless of
me' Why, I've i ft out the Ml.' "
About Noted People
G
i:.i:itl, Al.tilMt In his hook, re
cently published tells i;f a unique
request that caiiie to the depart
ment fiom a young lady lu HoUoa
dining the Spanish-American war.
tea
He says. "Her note paper, handwriting ami
rhetoric vouched at least for the culture of
tho writer. Her request was slmplu nnd
plainly worded. With much uiifelgnul earn
estness she stated her case. The press dis
patches had announced that the volatile r
regiment of which her brother was u mem
ber wiib to leave Cuba on a fixed date. Hut
the brother's birthday occurred two days
after tho date assigned for his embarkation.
A birthday box of cake, Jellies, pies, etc.,
she Knld, had been forwarded to him and
would not be received If the regiment left
on the date announced She naively asked
that the regiment be detained until the
sweetmeats arrived, as she was sure It
would make no difference to the govern
ment, whereas It would bo 'oh, such a dlh
nppolntinent to my brother!'"
Tho youngest college president Is said to
be John II. McCrncken. who, at ".". presides
over Westminster college nt Knlton, Mo.
Jerome Hall Raymond, president of tho
University of West Virginia, was elected to
that olllce when -S years old. President
Pontile Colwell Davh of Alfred university,
New York, wns elected when 32 years old,
and Itev. Huriis A. Jenkins was two years
younger when he became president of tho
University of Indianapolis.
A remarkable story Is current with re
gurd to (ieueral Sir Ian Hamilton's spec
taclei. It nppenrs that Oeneral Hamilton
lost a pair of spectacles In the battle of
Majuba Hill. They were apparently picked
up by a liner whom they milted and who
kept them for twenty years. In tho early
part nf tho present year tho spectncles
wore found on the body of n dead Uoer. The
enso had (Jeneral Hamilton's name on It
and the glasses were In duo course returned
to their orlglunl owner.
A story which explains the liking of the
late president for red carnations Is told hy
Miss I.ucy Treadwell of Newcastle, Pa.
Klght years ago, when she was a student nt
the l'alliesvllle (O.) college, Mr. McKlnley
visited there. A bevy of girls mado him an
honorary mrr.ihoi' of their class and pinned
a bright red carnation on the lapel of his
coat, the llower being the c'.ass color. Mr.
McKlnley lu thanking tho girls said he
would thenceforth make the llower his own.
Uvery year tho class sent a box of red car
nations to him. The Incident occurred on
the evening of November 1!, ISM, while Mr.
McKlnley wns governor of Ohio.
Some amusing stories are being told which
Illustrate Knlser Wilhelm'B preference for
hnvlng things represented as they are rather
thnn ns they might he. When the llerlln
sculptor, Schnst, was cominnndeil to model n
statue of Krlodrleh William I af Prussia to
ho placed In the Imperial palace, he made
the mistake of Idealizing the monarch In
his desire to produce n line work of nrt
nnd tho result wns that the first sketches
laid before tho kaiser represented a majes
tic and cnlmly dignified figure which totnlly
lacked tho characteristics of Krledrlch Wll
helm. "My denr Schnst," was Knlser Wll
helni's criticism, nftcr closely Inspecting
tho sculptor's production, "you must rep
resent tho king more forcibly ns Inexorable,
simply; after nil he vn a bearish fellow.
Well, make him one." Schnst followed tho
ndvlco nnd produced n cast of the stattto of
tho king which was full of energy, powerful
nnd blunt. "Famous," exclaimed the knlser
on beholding It; "mako him thus, only tnko
his hat off Where court customs reign ono
doffs tho hat, even when ono Is Inconsid
erate and a king"
ClHRHNUOl'SR Photo by n Staff Artist
CAKVINO TI1K FKU'UKS ON T1IU FACAOi: OF TIIK NKW OMAHA 1 11(11 1 SCHOOL
Photo by n Staff Artist.
Head of the Great
Gould Interests
W
HUN I first saw Oeorge tlould."
said an Omaha man recently, "ho
wns In his shirtsleeves, porchtfl
Iftl on a high stool nt n desk In his
father's nfilnn. nnd there wns
nothing about him to distinguish him from
nny of tlie other clerks In tho omce."
Probably tho greatest difference be
tween young tlould nnd his fellow
clerks nt that time w.ih that the future
hend of the Onuld family wns then earning
$1,000,000 n year, although oven he did tint
know It. When It wns stntcd that the
salary of Charles M. Schwab as head of the
great steel corporation was to bo $1,000,000
a year much wonder wns excited nnd n
great deal of comment was Indulged In.
Hut (icorge Could hnd nlready been paid
that amount annually for several years
His fa'her for several years prior to his
death had left the management nf his great
Interests largely In tho hands of his son.
It wns generally supposed that this was
merely training, so that the young man
would ho properly equipped to tnko up tho
burden when It would finally slip from the
shoulders of tho elder. Training It was.
most essential training, too. but when Jay
Could laid down his life work ho left n
will, the first provision of which set apart
$.,.000,000 to bo paid to fieorge Jay Could
ns Mlnry for tho flvo years he had had
control tinder his father of the Could In
terests Nn such salary hnd ever before
been paid, hut tho executors of the will
accepted tho new scale of wages without
question nnd tho new head nf the family
took his pay without n murmur.
Since tho denth of his father Oeorge Jay
Could hns occupied a considerable sharo of
tho public's attention, nlthnugh not neniiy
so much ns tho founder nf tho fortune he
hns mnnaged so cnnservntlvely. Tho elder
Could wns essentially a speculator, the
younger Is essentially a business man.
While the foundation of the fortune was
laid in Wall street, tho superstructure has
been roared on the development of the
property left by tho great financier to the
management 0f his oldest son. Whero his
father operated on the "street," Oeorge
Could hns given nttentlnn to the manage
ment nf the rnllronds nnd other Interests
in which tho Could millions nro Invested
t the time of Jay Could's death ho wns
thought to own from $110,000,000 to $100,
noflfiOO Cnnservntlvo estimates now plnce
the combined Could fortunes nt douhlo the
figures left by bequest.
Other names have crowded that of Could
out of tho financial columns of tho news
rnpers Morgan. Hnrrlmnn. Whitney, Hill
nnd the like nro dally handed hack and
forth In connection with tho manipulation
of tho great transportation or Industrial
enterprises whose formation hns kept the
omtnerelnl world ngog during the Inst few
tears Occasionally In these acrnunts
"onio mention Is mado nf the "Could In
terests " nnd the render Is loft with no
more light nn what the Oouhl Interests nro.
U present Oeorge J Could Is president
of railroad companies whoo combined
mileage nmounts to nearly 10.000 miles
which reach from tho Mississippi riVcr
south tn the Culf nnd west to the western
November 17, 11)01
slope of the Heckles In these companies
tlio Coiibls hold the control. He Is also
president of the Mnnhattnn Klevnted, one
of the wealthiest urban railroad companlj
In tho world, and Is heavily Interested In
the Wabash, the t'nlon Pacific, the North
ern Pacific and other great railway systems
of tho country. "Could Interests" mean nu
immense nmoiint of property, nearly If no'
quite as much ns Is managed by any other
one man in the world. Oeorge hn the ns
slslnnce of his brothers, IMwin, Frank and
Howard, In the handling of tlie properties
In which the family fortunes are Invested.
Ceorgo Could Is one of the great mil
lionaires of the country concerning whom
little hns been written. Ills life has been,
fo far ns Is known, Hint of nn honiMt
American gentleman who delights In his
home circle, who has his friends and gives
up what time he can spare from buslnrs
to tho pursuits of mnnly nml healthful
sport. His homo Is nt Iikewood, N. J.,
where he goes dally from Ills olllce in New
York, It was to obtain the ndvantago of
country training for his children that he
built In New Jersey the magnificent plnce
known as Ceorglan Court. It Is not so
pretentious In extent as somo other
homes nf millionaires, hut it has
tlio comforts of n homo as well as the
luxuries of a palnce. Surrounding tho mnn
slon nro spacious grounds, laid out In n
park, n polo ground, a paddock for the
Could horses nml ponies, with walks nnd
drives where the Coulds tuny hnvo their
open air without Interference. A theater,
ns perfectly appointed as any of tho modern
city playhouses, which seats only 12.1 per
sons. Is pnrt of tho equipment of this coun
try home, and a casino, with a race track
ns lnrgo ns that of Madison Squnro Garden
has Just been ndded. In this casino nro
forty rooms nnd hnlf nB mnny baths, so
that qulto a largo hotiso party can he nc
commndnted thero In ndditlon to thoso who
might ho quartered In tho mnnslon. Mr
Gould gives much tlmo to riding, nnd has
his stnhlcs well stocked with hunters nnd
polo ponies, so ho may cither gallop across
country or chnso tho polo ball ncross the
field. Ho Is nlso prominent In ynchtlns
circles, and hns been commodore of the
Atlantic Yncht club, tho great rival of the
New York Yncht s!ub.
Mr, Gould has visited Omaha and tho west
many times, his railroad Interests In this
section of the country frequently requiring
his presence. Ho has mado many friends
among western men by tho modest, unas
suming way In which ho goes about his
business. His friendship for Omaha wns
wen illustrated In 1808. when throunh
Influence) tho Missouri Pnclfic donnted
$10,000 tn nsslst tho Transmlsslsslnnl nnd
International Imposition. Recently ho made
n tour of Colorado to Inspect tho rtlo
Grande inllroad system, his latest acquisi
tion. While he was In Colorado tho sale
of tho Omaha & St. Louis Uno to tho Wa
bash was completed, giving tho Gould In
terests n Korond entrnnco In tho Oate City.
The Missouri Pacific has long been one
of tho city's principal transportation lines,
nnd twice tho I'nlon Pacific has been under
Onuld control, so Hint tho Interests of tin
fnmlly In Op aim are extensive.