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TIIE ILLUSTRATED BEE
May 17, 1903.
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ins eWdon of Mrs. T. J. Fletcher
I 1 of Marshalltown as president of
1 I the Iowa Federation of Women's
Clubs Is a fitting recognition of
the Important part she has had In
the advancement of woman's Interest In
Iowa. Mrs. Fletcher began her club work
In 1879, and has been an active worker ever
since. Realising the advantages of organi
sation, she was among the first to agitate
for a federation of the scattered clubs of
the state and on Oetober 14, 1S92, the club
women of Marshalltown Invited the repre
sentatives of all the known clubs, together
with other prominent women, to a banquet
In that city, where plans for federation
were discussed nt length, resulting In the
called meeting at Des Moines the following
year, when the federation organization was
perfected. With one exception Mrs. Flet
cher had attended all of the biennials of the
General Federation, where she has gleaned
what was beet, and returning set about
applying It to the local nerd. Bhe was
chairman of the State Federation .library
committee at the time the state legislature
panned the elrcnla.lng library bill, and wai
one of the most prominent women In the
movement that secured the enactment of
that benefirient law. For the last three
years she has been General Federation
secretary of lown. In which office she has
kept the. state closely In touch with the
General. Mrs. Fletcher Is a thorough par
llamentarian and her clear judgment and
far-sightedness have made her the valued
counsellor of every executive hoard, while
her clear-headedness, courtesy and tact on
the floor of the Des Moines convention dur
ing the embarrassing complications Inci
dental to the election of officers; her firm
and unselfish withdrawal from the candi
dacy as long as there was a possibility of
Mrs. Bailey's accepting It, won for her the
Episodes and Incidents in
UK Inconvenience of the similarity
between a gentleman's evening
dress and the attire of a waiter
has received yet another Instance.
Mr. Choate, the Amerlcin ambas
sador, was the victim on this occasion. At
the state banquet to the king at the Guild
hall the American ambassador was one of
the few men In evening drers, nearly every
one being in court or municipal uniform.
He was Interested In the pulpit arrange
ments in which the carving was done, and
ventured to ask one of the functionaries a
question concerning them. "Never mind
about old customs," was the reply; "look
lively and clear away the soup plates."
At the cenventlon of toe American Med
ical association held at New Orleans Dr.
Garcelon, ex-governor of Maine, the only
democrat elected to that office In mora
than half a century, celebrated his )th
birthday. His associates In large numbers
gathered at his apartments In the Hotel
Urunewald and extended their congratula
tions to the venerable associate. After a
round of speechroaking Dr. Garcelon was
presented with a magnificent silver laving
cup which bore tha following Inscription:
"To Alonso Garcelon, M. D., on his SOtb
birthday. In loving remembrance from
some of his friends In the American Med
ical association, New' Orleans, 11K&"
Dr. John 8. McGrew of Honolulu, known
as the father of Hawaiian annexation, ha
Obrue to the United Slates for an extondej
tour. He la well alvanc.d in y.ar-, hivlni
been born in Ohio over eighty years ago,
but still practices his profess on. He served
throughout the civil war, first us surge tn
of the Kighty-third Ohio regiment and
later as a steff surgeon of United States
volunteers. Boon after the war he went
to Hawaii and has made his home In the
Islands ever clnce. He made the annexa
tion of the Islands to the United States his
hobby and ever since taking up hi resi
dence In Honolulu has advocated that step
In season and out of season.
Oovemor Odell the other day was up
braided by a "promoter of legislation'.' for
changing his attitude on a bill on whlcn
he had expressed positive opinions, resorts
the N -w York Times.
"Tou were very tenacious ef the opinions
you first express ed," said the man.
"Opinions are not worth expreaalag un
less they are worth holding tenaciously,"
replied the governor.
"But vow changed your opinions."
'At first I was dead sure I was right."
aid the governor. "Now I am sure that I
admiration and confidence of all and Insures
her their loyal support. Mn. Fletcher Is
the wife of Cashier T. J. Fletcher of the
First National bank of Marshalltown, and
is the mother of three children, two sons,
one a business man of Marshalltown and
another Just appointed to a cadetshlp at
Annnpolls, and a daughter now at Welles
ley college.
This week The Bee mves a picture of a
carload of western Nebraska ponies which
were recently shipped by P. a. Cooper of
Crawford, Neb., nn extensive and well
known horseman, to the West Point Mili
tary academy, to be used by the cadets
as polo ponies. lie fore being accepted by
the government each animal bad to stand
a most severe and critical examination
by Lr. C. D. McMurdo of Fort Robinson
and Colonel John W. Palmer of Omh
and Captain W. C. Short of West Point.
The ponies must be absolutely sound In
every way, 14 hands 1 Inch high and able
to run one-rlghth of a mllo In thirteen
seconds. This Is the first time Nebraska,
ever furnished ponies for this purpose to
the United States government, but on an
other occasion Mr. Cooper furnished ponies
to private parties In New York and other
eastern states, and they made such fine
animals and good records that the. au
thorities, when they were in need of ponies,
turned to Nebraska. It will be remem
bered that the historic cowboy race with
western ponies from Chadron to Chicago
during the World's fair attracted consid
erable attention all over the country, and
especially of horsemen, as it put to a se
vere teat western horseflesh of the pony
kind end brought them Into competition
with thoroughbreds, but the western pony
won the race and made for Itself a name.
On Palm Sunday, April 6, Rev. Hoffman,
pastor of the German Lutheran church of
Rattle Creek, Neb., confirmed a class of
nineteen young people, the greater num
ber of whom nave grown up In the town
under his ana Mr. Doerlng's care and
guidance. A finer lot of young people It
will be hard to find. They reflect credit
on themselves and their parents, who are
representative business men of Rattle Creek
and farmers living In the vicin
ity, who for their children's wel
fare have been content to forego some
pecuniary advantage in order that they
might keep their young folks In the In
fluence of the church and give to them
training to meet life later on. Rev. Hoff
man came to Battle Creek In 18X7. He had
wrdhg, and you can't make wrong
right by sticking to it"
"But you might be consistent," protested
the man.
"I prefer to be concUtent with right
rather than to be consistently wrong," said
Mr. Odell.
They tell this story of the time when
l4rd Randolph Churchill was tory leader in
the Commons. A number of members of his
party were displeased with Lord "Randy's"
way of doing things, so they deputed one
of the lot to rail on his lordship and diplo
matically state thulr views. Lord Randolph
listened until his visitor had concluded and
then said: "Let me ask you, sir, are you
leader of the conservative party or am XT'
The grumbler had no reply handy to such
an unexpected query and his lordship, after
waiting for a few momenta, rose to his full
height and shouted: "Go to , sir." The
startled tory hurried away.
Mrs. O rover Cleveland does not view with
favor the renewed talk ot her husband
being ones more a candidate for the pres
idency. To a citlsen who recently was a
guest of the Clevelands at their home In
Princeton, N. J., the former mistress of
the White House said that her present
quiet life suited her admirably, while If she
went Into the White House again there
would be nothing to look forward to but a
great deal of annoyance, the surrender of
all privacy and little compensation for ex
changing the dignified ease and comfort of
Princeton for the excitement nnd publleity
of the White House. She added that Mr.
Cleveland, who, by the way, was present,
was no longer a young man, and as he
already had served the party twice she
thought he should be allowed to spend his
life in peace.
The elevation of Sir George White to the
rank of field marshal puts Ireland In the
position of furnishing three field marshals
to the British army, or four. If the duka
of Connnught Is Included. This Is probably
unparalleled In the annals of the English
army, according to the London Chronicle.
Then. Sir T. Kelly-Kenny, an Irishman, Is
adjutant general; Sir Ian Hamilton, a
Scotsman, la quartermaster general, and
Sir Bdward Ward, permanent under secre
tary of the war office. Is also a north
country man. And Lord Kitchener, tha In
dian commander-in-chief, la of Irish birth.
Taking Into consideration the cabinet, with
Its four Scotsmen and three Irishmen, the
archbishops, both Scotsmen, and so on. It
must be admitted that Lord Salisbury's
"Celtic fringe" looks as If it Intended to be
come ths entire, mantis of state. The navy
been stationed there during the four years
from 1878 to 1882, thus making twenty
years of church work in this town.
Through the last sixteen years lie has had
the happiness of confirming 2H0 children
and of seeing the church grow to 701 mem
bers. The church was organised In 1871,
and now has the distinction of being the
largest congregation in the state. The
school in connection has eighty-two schol
ars and has been under the Instruction of
Mr. Doerlng for seventeen years, a record
not many teachers can claim.
The labor troubles In Omaha hnve under
gone little change during the last week,
save that a few more union men have
been locked out and the number of Idle men
hns thus been augmented. The pictures
shown in this number were taken on the
streets cn Wednesday, May 8, the day
the transfer companies undertook to re
sumo operations without the aid of union
drivers. The crowds shown were merely
drawn by curiosity, as in no case was there
any disorder or more than good-natured
jostling In the crowds. The police were
In readiness and were active In the whole
sale district, where most of the crowds
had assembled, but there was no call forw
any especial action on their part. Since
that diy more terms have been added to
the number working, about seventy-five
nonunion drivers having been brought to
Omaha to take the places of the union men.
There has been no disturbance of any kind.
Jcfferson county. NebrtsVa claims the
distinction of numbering amongst Its citi
zens the only surviving voter at the first
election held In Nebraska; one antedating
the election held at Rellevue October 11,
18E3, at which Hadlcy D. Johnson was
elected delegate to congress. At that time
the present states of Nebraska and Kan
sas were unorganised territory, known as
Nebraska; and at a convention held on
July 2i, 18S3 at Wyandotte City. Nebraska
Territory, now Wyandotte, Kan., a call
for an election was made as follows:
"Resolved, That the citisens of Ne
braska Territory will meet In their re
spective precincts on the second Tuesday
of October next and elect one delegate to
represent them In the Thirty-third congress
of the United States." and William Walker
who signed himself as "provisional gov
ernor of the Territory of Nebraska" Is
sued his proclamation calling for such
election. Under this proclamation the
Bellevue or Traders Point (both names
were used In the call) election was held
the Lives of Noted People
has been purely English up to very recently,
but an Irishman is now head of the fleet
which defends the Channel.
Joseph L. Brlstow, fourth assistant post-
master general, and Senator Burton wero
political enemies out In Kansas, and are
yet.
As soon as Mr. Burton was elected to ths
senate he went to Washington to ask the
president for Brtstow's scalp.
"I am glad to see you. Senator Burton,"
said President McKlnley, "glad to see you.
It is a good thing to have strong young
men in the senate. I shall be glad to do
anything I can for you."
"That. Mr. President," said Senator Bur
ton, "brings me to the point I want to
make. I desire to speak to you concerning
ths federal patronage."
President McKlnley knew what was com
ing. He had been warned. "Certainly, Sen
ator." he replied suavely, "certainly; when
ever you have' any good man you want
placed, any good man like Brlstow, for In
stancecome and see me. Good morning."
Bristow Is In the department yet. and
just now strong In the put die view from
the Investigation he Is conducting.
An amusing illustration of the linguistic
capability of ths educated Chinaman comes
from Berlin. On the kaiser complimenting;
the new Chinese minister on his excellent
German, the man from the Orient, replied:
"I can do better I can apeak the Berlin
dialect One day during the occupitlon
of Peking 1 encountered a number of your
majesty's roldlers, one of whom, tl.liklnj
that I would not understand him, took the
liberty to address me us follows: 'Wait,
you Chinese baggage; If ever I citci you
In the dark I will twist yo ir QU-ue fc
you. 'Shut up, you Berlin weiss beer pot.'
L replied In his own vernacular, 'or I will
knock all your teeth Into your bread
basket' Your majesty ought to have sm?h
the soldiers' faces," concluded the min
ister. "If you yourself had addres'el them
at that moment without warning they
oouldu't have been more astonlshel unl
frightened."
Stuart Rohson, who d el the other day,
used to tell a strange story of l,aur
Keen, with whom he played In the "0CU.
"The sight of a bottle of red Ink ai
enough to upset her for a week," he sys.
"On one occasion we were playing s
farce called The Lady and the Devi,'
An Important scene of It was when she
was sitting at a table preparatory to writ
ing a letter. I as her servant s o id at
the back of her chair. In placing the Ink
before hsr osjs evening I upset the bottle
and on the same date, October 11, were held
at Wyandotte and several points in the
vicinity of the mouth of the Kansas river.
The enterprising residents of Old Fort
Kearney, now Nebraska City, got ahead
of time, however, and on Monday, October
10, 18S3, held nn election as is evidenced by
the following copy of the poll book, as it
appears on page 60, volume. 3, second se
ries, of Nebraska Historical Report:
"I certify that pursuant to a call for an
election to be held on the second Monday
of October, 1863, at Old Fort Keatnney com
mencing at 12 m. and closing at 4 o'clock
p. m., for u delte)gate to congress for Ne
bras)ka Terlt(or)y. 1. H. P. Downs; 2.
Thomas Helvey; 8, John B. Boulwane; 4,
William C. Follies; 6, Joel Helvey; 6. Isham
Holland. I certify this is a correct state
ment of an election held this 10th day of
October, 1S53, given under my hand as
above stated. Joel Helvey. judge of an
election; H. P. Downs, clerk of an elec
tion." It is not apparent from the above return
for whom the six votes were cast, but the
date shows that the electors of Old Fort
Kearney (or western Iowa) were twenty
three hours ahead of their neighbors.
Thomas Helvey, whose name appears sec
ond on the poll-book came to Jefferson
county with his father, Joel Helvey, whose
name is subscribed to the above -return, in
1859, and located a ranch on 'the line of the
overland route from Fort Leavenworth to
the newly discovered gold fields of Cherry
creek, now Denver, Colo., and now resides
on a farm in the vicinity of his first set
tlement forty-four years ago. At the time
of his first vote In Nebraska he was only
19 years of age, but trifling discrepancies
of that sort were not allowed In those
days to interfere with an American cltizea
exercising the right of suffrage.
William Lulnson. wno died April 17, 1903,
at Council Bluffs, la., was born October
15, 1818, at London, Kngland, and married
to Mary Ann Argles June 24, 1843 at St.
George's Parish, Hanover Square, London,
Eng., and came to America October L
1857 and to Iowa November 30, 1X73. To
this union was born eleven children, nine
sons and two daughters, six of whom are
living: Mrs. A. J. Gilford of Miller. 3. D.,
William H., A. T., G. J. and F. J. Lalnson
of Council Bluffs and 15. C. Lalnson of
Papilllon, Neb., all were In attendance at
his funeral. Had Mr. Lalnson lived until
June 24, they would have been married
sixty years.
and Its contents trickled onto the lap of
her satin dress. The Ink was b:ool red.
The next morning at rehearsal she told me
I wan doomed to 111 luck the remainder
of my days. She called the company to
gether and gave them a description of tho
'awful scene' the night before occasioned
by the young man who would never make
an actor. She told of a terrible dreim
she had had in which some greit person
had been foully murdered before her eyes;
how she had attempted re?cu without
..avail; how he had fallen 'dead at her feet
and how his blood had slowly o med Into
her lap. It was two years after thrs that
Miss Keene was playing at Ford's theater,
Washington, on the occasion when Abra
ham Lincoln was shot. Miss Keene was
the only person who seemed to realise the
situation. Bhe ran to the lox and In a
moment the head of the dying ma a was In
her lap, while the scene of her dreum
being piteously enacted."
Golden Rule Jones, mayor of Toledo, 0-,
visited Mayor Low not many moons ago,
reports tho New York Sun. He walked
rapidly through the corridor of the city
hall to the door of the mayor's office. There
he met Secretary "Billy" Moran.
"Low in?" said Jones.
"Yes, Mayor Low la In. Card please!"
said Moran.
"I'm Jones," said the mayor of Toledo.
"Walk right In, Mayor Jones!" said
Moran.
The secretary hnd never seen the Golden
Rule, not even a picture of him, but by one
of the lightning mental calculations for
which he Is famous Mr. Moran worked out
the identity of the man who had said, "I'm
Jones." The Golden Rule and Mayor Low
had a long talk.
When Hetty Green was living on her fsrrs
in Vermont she bad for a neighbor a par
ticularly crusty bachelor. One day while
threshers were at work the winnowing' fan
broke and she sent over to borrow one
from the bachelor. He sent back word that
he never allowed implements to be takes
from the barn, but Mrs. Green could bring
her grain to have it winnowed. Some
months later the eld bachelor sent his hired
man over one mcroing to borrow Mrs.
Green's side saddle for the use of a visiting
relative. "I shall be only too glad to
favor him," was the word sent back by
Mrs. Green, "but I never allow anything
I own to ha carried off ths farm. My saddle
U hanging across a beam In the barn loft.
Tell Mr. Browne to send his sunt over.
She may ride there long as she likes."
