THE OMAHA SUNDAY BKK:" OCTOBEfl 13, 1907.
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BACKAYUTAYlf IMPENLEST-
One Wealthy '.AmeriUn j'WhWboe
Not Cultivate BoyUtyj'r ' -
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HE HOLTS; UKiafa 'DIStlKCTIOU
Mr Lives t to Brut Tradition
ol
. Americans Abroad In 1e; Wiif
Me Spa-tart rlllfr Bt !.
evert hrleaa.
Moekay and his wife have acquired a
unique distinction Vmprig.Ami'rlcans whj
coma orer here to make 1 splbrge," ThY
don't go In for wa.ir) Though tliy
liava met the klnin ".rpoen; on various
occasion, they make no attempts to obtain
tit coveted fvriirliaiiV.nttXijP. hit
jtiftr or -memfteftr of iTojrt htmHy.
'Royalties. Mr. Mackay once remarktd
to a friend"1 "areo douM; most dVeirablo
folk to cultivate. If one want, to et tothe
top of the aoclar ladder. They "can 'boost
you there qanHrc than anybody oh',
far my part I never feel iult at raw? when
talking to tlK.th.''They; arWirroiinoi by
toq much JilglitV'jy.tln'.o'tlquetle.; In . their
presence ow IiM'Wn uncomfortable feel;
that he niay,b- niaklng -wmio aw4 'bad
break without knowing it. " My own coun
try people:adjnjowsfrlentl, are gaud
enough totjf Q O 2t .
f Live l t Traditions.
But though" the "Mtlckayg " differ from
most of thclijirlch country folk in their In
difference toro'yarvjf, fhey live fuiy nip to
the beat Agiwle rijlttai 'tn the .way
they spend mnno. Tliulr flfcototiVsJiOot"
this season c)Mi'hr7gUy. Isn.QQO, They
did the thlijK;T truliii'mjJujjro
14 the acC 'IO!iij!Tiail et kip J 'and-4lper(
and all of'tlt. -ifsuj; gmt apparently Hie
genuine suplj jr ; .running1 ejiorty, for it, was
nwviceu mai some ot l he retainers In the
Wackay eni4ia!TWaV,RtcI wrthv.a
marked Cucjeney ..arnaiit ..and-wcirM-tUfu-
Tartans In a weird fas'ilou, 4Jo ...was
observed' that theiv capacity tor' carrying
whisky without turning" a hair was much
below the jrfgjin,ABfanafcra',,r !'Y ' '
The wlvei of American mttlionotreV.are
usually noted fori ttsi magnificence of their
Jewels. MrS.'MackaV tf.'.fome'dfor:' tlic
originality of uncommpnness "bfi: hers.
What she prizes. laoH ie- a Weird. Fjei ptlatl
re-eklaco worh'thevilsand rtf years agej hj" a
prlncesa of Aha JU.e,, .Tl'W'nanifcnU which
she purchasW(.at,,. ,f4mo"is, sale, in, Paris,
has the rcliion"of proteotlngr Jt owttctr
from any form , of apetrtprjt.. Barbaric In Ha
apiendor, alT'Tlie" ston'ei Kelnft 1 Uhcut,v"jt.
always attraeia-, sporlaV -tUtepHon to, the
wearer. This is the ibnly fae Inr regaTtl to
It which does not appeal 1 txy" 1t'a 'pVeon
owner, who, consequentl-y fr-yrjuontjywearp
It under her gown, for -she le never with-.
OUt.lt. ?' V ! h i.n:i- i-:
Bi.TflMsir.)aJu;;
Lord Brooke, the am oil UL. jriBUlejs erf
Warwick, who Is art -exceedingly serious
minded young" nianT'is'salef bei JlSe prime
mover In an art'stpcratlo'je'axuvi all t,he
members of whloli hiraeiiledged.' themselves
rqt tev visit muslp,hari or musical comedy
pieces' The theaters In w'ljlgh., !raKtdy. and
high class.-eemudyjMrniienavtfd H'rtotK.lt
aeems, come under the ban of the' reform
er!. It is taie4Jtt?!rii ,,dbet'f.
two aons. Lord, IaVfitJHr-(iiiJ tha Ifon, 'tjll
Primrose, Lord Acheson, Lord Lorat;;the
young duke'errelrWaTia Tieveral other
Important bachelms'tfaVe slgrted the pledge.
The central Idea rTfthe league Is, of
course, to rrotcVlf1 ire Interesting bachelor
from the wfljw'o. ttirjisH the hall anel'
the srn'ps.'pf, th;'bp'ufV)U';')'rrtis, alV.l',l.
TTnllke his Ikiotber, dhe ,-00111108! of -M'arH
wlejk, who la a rabid socialist. Lord Brooke
yf at. arlatpcrat to tba,,rliijfNr lips apii.twvs
Apt -moat- bitterly ' her ""spouMng"' and. her
Seneral "gdlng! ort'J with the Mabor party.
The future' ea rl bt "JVarnit-k' SapkA iigoijd
30 year! of age and la strangely severe
In maimer, ndNm'bef fh action for so young
m man. Tlyre,, are, tho who .taV- Jm bs.,
been "crossed In love" though ha tilmself
Insists that )fl'e''ls 'favVcyt.r'erf'nA;,,ehUijie
he showed a great" preference for-tte'sb-chity
of Jmi ReM,' lrMea Miwas quite-an
open ecret,l,h,ijth,d,(he. spirit rotjvad.har
ehe might onii,d4j pi metres of, 'arwlck
caatla. nc','i " 11. -i il'j.rf;
Mnvliif Klllott gnerrva.' '
It IS difficult '.voe'epount precisely for tlie
extraordinary social auccesa of- ,Maxln - El
liott over hers The -Yact'thett she i very
beautiful and, wears her. ct.ott)c fb perfec
tion s not sufticlent to define tl ' spHI she
fit ovor trte'ttt'ie,r tn t'h'iOSatst 'In' 9reat
l " ' ".'n. Wtry' she-'sodld be'JnVUed Vg.tUe
' I exclusive 'houses In London apfllse
e h Te wherehiijari groater .artrewes than
she would not be adrnlttedLtnto the"' very
scullery la passing strange. 4 h '.','
Notwithstanding rxn untlvtfeBtious.i iTlah
origin, she t stttaonltnarlly weir bred.
Her culture Is suprartM .,Bhp aa. t"aiq,aae
that marks' Uv qast ttf Verede-iVRiw. swt
without the very slightest touch of" haughti
ness. Old euu4iUMa wtth.-Kemia.n "blood
In their velna and arregance unbounded go
down before Bel; Vke nlnoptfcif fl1 tJ
tt ls,cetlr,tYA that shf ecrfVes mer t
onymeiis gift ant flower ttnan any actress
since tht days of--M.sry, Anderson.. Tliere
Is no doubt were she not alrtady appro
priated she' migLt imurryi ariVftrw fm.n 'a
aerepe hlghgpss dowpwards and jitbhably
her great ftled. the rtuoheas t)fPuth(,rlund,
wouUi give the reception. -In Je circum
stances 11 is pot. tfiirpri(pg .10 liearjhpw
furiously Jealous ar'.; severhl pf.thfe "leadlnf
ladles" over Maxlpe fclllcitCs soc'al' ponul'ar
Ity which they 'define a "uueanny." ; It, I!4,
to Maxlne. Ther sister" Gertrude,-the wife ofi
Forbes Robertson, owes the fact that' she J
too, la often-JrcwrWt-cr in the -best' houses and '
ha "entcrtahiwl f'vartftu'-' Muchine'' f rcVnt I
time to tliiitj-iiir. lie rt Udt-lio 4! Bedford''
square; but she bus nothing like the ttotd'j
oa society whio'.; Maxipe rpsMjwn'!.; - n I
, Cuintrr llaii DriMia, ..( .., .
The English .O'untiy house visiting aeastMi j
is now in tuU awlrui and no one is-merw
mlased from tiw-Kar and Kiiiciy g atberknts
than Counaulo,cluqheia ef isjKjruiter,,who
Is par excellence .ljUiji bi lgtK and particular,
atar of great partKs "to meet his majesty '
King Edward " Mrs. George Keppel may'
be ciie of jj"-- jttUebt AalUfcriv; Mr lla j
liarcourt may be tun must rl.lo dressnr,
Mrs. Kotiald Crrvlllo and Mrs. Sasjoon may
all be interesting and amueing 4o jKvtr-way
but the story goes that the k1ng misses
sadly his old platonlc chum, the handsome
Duuhesa Counsuelo, who has for so Jnefef !
years been the-e'jrenges tnmes,as In hlg !
sent tier tiac"a peiilptnyy riote'n educat
ing her "ti come hums." Kit, however,
that t':e d'jcheia will Mtn, sai fnotlce
If. unless II pleaM h- to ete-' a, for an
retains to the full the American character
cu me lull -no aiiiviivsii , IIBIHWC1
ind. f4M4 jy.-: ,-:.
he la iWv years . has' fracome
istic of Ind
For th
fad among society folk to have- - apart
aient In '4o, Otia'te Ihs iissjls vwhe.
sol the fasj
lajiiun, wns Murle Nylin-n, , who j
ler.dn '.-very aviilMe ''moment 1
of late st
thore. BI.e Tuil'Tr'cYlrrTfrTsr' Poil-"
rkMirr nice Mieetlng wtire lh(K-ligi suae
to he present, sayhig "she 4ured racing r
aid vantid tu' g t, to her goiid'ola.'' Bhe '
has set up n, -u"r own" I inagnlAoaat r,
sutte of riKims tl err whee sUe tj-eliee
her o se'enf1 tiends who are by ne'
mean ltr parents' a they consist chiefly
of Hi htghlv cultured una j fsmans
"cranks." Muitel l.ie has had a wesk-,.
lies for. ai'' .. , ey yj, elqverX
.-tan' s wlioia Lgaids", espo.ir' in- 1
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Down; the Mississippi
triumphal ..march hr.. water,".; para-
a?x'c1, U m,y T6' tno't P,'y describes
Tu fw"woi da the' unluuo trip Just made by
President Roos-seU from Keokiik to Mem-
ibis, While the. main purposu of the ex-
pedltlon wss to take the president on a
voj uac of discovery that would unfold to
hlru 1hj lati'iit 'pussllitliUc Of the Missis-
slppl as u hlshway. of commerce when fully-
devefoptM uiulnV the fostering oare of the
rtatifnl government the occasion served
td bring together the governors of more
Uiita .half, the atates In the unloa and a .
large number of representative public men '
who would le notable In any gathering.
Tlii""--tneTe promotion of j,trsonal. acqualnt
ahcjpr "Kjtw ilii' heads of the state art
nimlsttatiins ami tlie Interchange ulnong
them of Ideas 'reflecting sentiment in their
various communities a4ong nil sorts of lines
affecting public interest,' 'to say nothing of
the subject-ot Imprwed waterways which
headed alt programs, must be productive
of much Rood sad lead to greater co-operation
in tackling', the big problem! that are ,
besetting 1tr people everywhere In much
the same- way. Throw together for four ,
or five days the lenders, u jmbllc action in ,
the larger pafir rif" rt- (vrritory eotnpr sed
within the natUm and a better understand- .
trff of ' woi la be -due and difficulties to
is. overcome niust be inevitable, although '
u may ne some lime wrore any isngioie
ree'iJ1t!i''are'vri "Jjand ('rr.ceii! dlntxftly to
tWs assodatlofl.' - ' V '
""Ivchkuk TifteT hten designated as Ihe as
sembling -point for most of the governors.
Oovernor Eheldon and I arrived ther Mon
day evening after an all'diiy'a rrgm rids
tri$ nferev rtaiclafiy,eseortcd, to he hotel,
wliJ-rV'Oociinor Cummfnfk'of, l'swir did. the
biti(rs s hHt and Jwlierw-' the eveofng' was
wtnL jn. tntcriiiut aoclar vt.nferen. The
Ujkopla of Keokuk rwalizcd what they had
undertaken and had their local arrange-
,s, J. ,., ,.,v
fti.r'the' -Teeeptlon-r-committee for ,- the
president,, to vvliiim. , ,the- , vvero ..pre
sented as he emerged from tiie spe
cial , train that had. c arried . him from
Canton. The president's speech was dellv-
erd tn .open air in . a . place In,, the . park
iviiiiiiid m iiiuuiiu aiiiini c ilea ic-l . .MUOl ui
It .he reaej from .manuscript held . in his
hand, but so earnest was his manner and
interesting ills -address that lis held his
hearers to the end In spite of Intermittent
showers pouring down on thoir beads, Tho
.uo.w.y. "iv orone , iorn nere
s-emedf to be only a starter,.;-The n8t .oon-
splcuous member of the presidential party
was ''General ;Humldlty," who stuck, fast
to hla commander-in-chief all the way to
the . point of destination. The. president,
however. Is a good wet-weather, traveler!
I Fit W . 1 . 1 , 1 r , .
n ueie-ia put ins auaicmcn ui gooa
uu lur ki imp uiiinri ,,v ,, Kin r inn nflipr
tjilt'-of Ms hwlri and exhibiting hla drenched
(Jlothes, with ' this Mntvoducttorr: - "I - am
afraid? you will find my apeech- a little dry,
but I want to "sSirre -you-that that Is the
0rtlj" ary thing abdut m." ,Tt rained on the
presldent also-at Cairo and at Memphis
In fact, ft Was a typical waterways Jour-
ney In aH respect..'"- '! ! -. " ."
When the-prskidefit ewet.t thWUta boat at much on the order of. that of our own. I wai far aliort of expectations, and to those "Auction. The AWts have a metropolitan more waterways conventions before the
Keokuk-, -tnooverner.- and treat of the watched the floats go by from We vantage standing on the floor It must, have -been appearance, the window displays of the fourteen-foot channel Is built. At the
iarty took possession of a special-train ground of the balcony of the Plant, r.' ho- completely loat. I presume the younger Itore. being particularly attractive. It haa ame time, it should bo said that the people
ha; Had aeon chartere! to, tatoe tbem to tel. at which point. It passed twice. The crowd of dancer, enjoyed therhselvee later, two or three good hotela and one first-class of all the towns along the river from Keo
St. touts; Thara were -t-raKevrnvernor. In theme wae "The Drama." with a few tn- tor no .ooner was the new queen duly in- one It. itreet railway aystem is up to kuk to the Delta, with the addition or Chl
he party at this trnts... On arrival the pre- cldental .ubject. thrown In and wa. well stalled than a large part of those preient, date, although each car displays two Cag op the great lakes and Kansas i city on
rlous night, -the Information- had been worked out In about twenty-five float.. It who were .cheduled to help receive the algns. at front and back, reading: the Kaw-are manifesting unlimited en
vouchsafed thtft-' thirteen governor. -would seemed to me that tha float, were moro president In the. morning, made a hurried "Thl. end of the car for ' white paa- thuslasm for the waterways project, ana
ve present at Keokuk; lavishly embellished with electrlo light, exit to get a night , rest In anticipation of .engers." "Thl. end of ' the car cannot understand why Omaha Is not more
" "That vroli-f .dare -me,"- egdlalmed 'Gov- than our.. They were built upon street a strenuous day. " for colored passenger.." Memphl. has a awake to the advantage, wnicn 11 wouia
rnn'KhlKn...1.'va been throuath .tha. aw. rattwav inmU Tchle.h v. th.m a mora The nresldent'a recsntlon at St. L-,Uls business men', club, with over 1,000 mem- also reap from water competition wuntne
Sar-Ben mltlatlon." '. ' -. .
OPESlSGOF'RUSSIAN CHURCH
Sidelights 'i Consecration 'of' Memo
rial to Murdered Czar.
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EBQir NICH0US IS1 A FURY
(..--! .. !l S'.'l '. t -.-.- V
Stormy Scene Dorlsg .Wklckr Coartlera
Prevailed I'abn Htm to Rlak
lfe 'Attending Cere- ' . '
ntOBlea. . . : -
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I 'ST. PRTERS&URO, Oct .-(Speclal.)-purln'.
Vhe 'magnificent cerembny 'of the
fonseicriUlon . of , tHe.. Churoh .of the, Re-
peerrmr ine ocnor nay. ine cr ini csar
itza, the queen of Greece and the Russian
grand dukes meekly followed the archbishop
6f' fit, Petersburg, Antony, round the walls
of .the 'building. , The prelate sprinkled the
exterior f the cJi'jircU, wlth .oly water, the
t-riolrang sweet, melodic nT the impenal
party 'and "their attendants bore lighted
candle. In their hand..- Old- they think a.
they passed a glittering group of Cossacks
pof the Imperial octdyg'uard. In flashing sear-
let and pllyw of tha man, Ratlmoff, who
stood there? ' ' ' : -
Who 1. Ratlmoff T H 1. an agent provo
cateur; he lured on to their, ruin the three
men condemned to death for complicity In
a plot which wa. trumped tip with th cun
nmg Cossacks assistance by the govern-
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ul 11 iiiiami. 1111 Or.'""l''l I'eimil aa iiiKimiia 111 1111 uuiiii n a
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I HuMl st . V.lMoTlL'lJtlNEW'C?Kf"H ?,r TH.E SI'DEKMER. '
1 L ,1 fVvr w Mmyry 0f Vaar Alexander H, LiWrawr uf the
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' But Governor Johnson of Minnesota
proved to be number thirteen, and not hav-
Ing had the benefit of any Ak-Sar-Ben In-
cantatlon he fell sick and by the doctor's
advice gave up the trip down the river and
.returned home under the rare of Secretary1
Loan, who wns headed for a vacation on
his ranch In Montana by way of SI. Paul
and the northern route. The twelve gov-
ernors were later Joined by others, so that
the guhernatlonal roster at Memphis fln-
illy contained these names:
Alabama Governor Comer.
Arkansas Governor I.lttle.
Florida Governor Hroward.
Illinois Oovernor leneen.
Iowa Governor Cummins.
Kansas Governor Hoch.
Kent urky Governor Iteckhum.
Louisiana Governor Rlanclisid.
MiHsisHtppi Governor-elect Noel.
Missouri Oovernor Folk.
Nebraska Governor Sheldon.
North Liakota Governor Burke.
Oklahoma Governor Frants.
Oklahoma Governor-elect Haskell.
Oregon Governor Chamberlain.
South Dakota Governor Crawford.
Tennessee Governor Patterson.
Texas Governor Campbell.
'Wisconsin Gov ernor 1 mvidson.
yoiiiliiR Governor Brooks.
In' all this array Governor Soeldon
measured up far above the average and
Nebraska's executive received tils full
,,,arfc of attention. In physical appearance
he towereil high with the biggest and the
' impression he mude upon ' his associates
and others with whom he came In con-
tact was most favorable. Whenever he building on the trading floor, a sky-lighted '"' -" r,ver DnnK n "m 11
appeared. I could hear people asking each court some 250 feet long by 126 feet wide, enough to see, clusters and groups of In
other "Who Is that one? Isn't he fine Around the walls, extendlnr out perhapi Q"live Inhabitants waited, watched and
looking?" and on learning his Identity, twenty feet, were banked up tiers of chalra, waved as the boats passed by.
"Nebraska Is all right. No wonder Bryan'a circus atyle, with a miniature throne In "
state has a republican governor." Tet he the center directly opposite the main en- For the most part the procession con
was'practlcally the youngest In the group, trance, upon which sat the retiring queen slsted of ten beats.. First went the pilot
being outranked for youth only by Gov- of the year before In lonesome readiness boat, then the president on the-Mississippi,
ernor Frantt of Oklahoma, who Is Just
pnat 35 and a year younger than Governor
Sheldon. The Introduction to the presi
dent at Keokuk was the first meeting of
these two, but -It soon ripened Into closer
acquaintance.' When the president dined
on the Alton the next dny, he seized the
opportunity to engage Governor Sheldon In
conversation ami quickly developed a new
hnOil -In IcDfrtlnO1 t h 4 i-tt1 narl atilrllorl A t
arvard ,nd lurtcned to-lecture, by the
same favorite professors. Before the presi
dent departed Oovernor Sheldon had an In
vitation to visit htm on his boat It
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ooaraea vne Mississippi as it lett Cairo
and spent most of Thursday afternoon
with the president discussing a wide range
of -ubiects. Inctudlna the Nehra.k. r..
publican -state platform.
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The sojourn in St. Louis, reached by tie
by special train while the president was
covering the distance by the slower method
of navigation, furnished the opportunity to
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wo.neB 1110 viicm r-ropneis psgeani ana
uml , i wiiieii irmi f-.iiv-.naa inns- nnn ii.
mous. The Institution of the Veiled Pro-
phets; marh older . than that of'Ak-Sar-
Ben; furnished some of the inspiration for
what haa become the annual' tall festival
In Omaha, but. In this case, as In many
others, the offspring has outstripped th.
parent In many ways. .
The Bt. Louis electrical narade la verv
aubatantlal appearance and moved mar
L " .' . :' w jar r a .
Lf h . f'-eXJi 7'.' -V VT "i-V' - tV
t .-"i J e T Kt V:-- " ?
Of KUlfm JJT 1MB wtw ti i Ken yjr xiixj iv jE,p,icn
Czar, Caarltsa, Queen ot Greece and Rutalan Grand Dukea Marc! 'ng in Procession
ment At .the moment that the car re- and believed that the aacrlflce of hi. young
celved Ratlmoff'. salute bis victim, were life would Increase, the devotion, and the
lying In a. dungeon of the terrible fortress affection of the Russian peasantry for their
ui ti. - f-eier anu dc faui, waning raimiy
and without fear for Che moment when
they should be taken to the sallows to suf
fer for a crime they never even contem
plated. Did the cxaritza, beautiful as a flower,
not long to grant a mother'a prayer and
obtain for lieutenant Nlkltenko the pardon
a broken-hearted woman had sought for her
on, her eldest boy? Buxely .he did. But
for reasons of stale It was thought better
that the brilliant young officer should die
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River With
smoothly and closer together and with
fewer bands of music. Each float was
headed by four horses, yet I am not
aure but that they were propelled by elec-
trlclty with the horses attached merely for
effect. The figures on the floats were (lis-
gulsed with the same ugly m.-tsks univer-
.ally adopted The "nonters" went through
all aorta of antics to kuep the crowd In
good humor, altheugh some of them rep-'
resented eharaotera iunml to ha atat.l
and dignified. The streets were practically
without Illumination except from the reg-
ular electric signs along the sides, but a
pretty effect was secured by a sort of
spraying Roman candla carried along by
footmen at different rs.lnts In the nroces-
slon.
Altogether tl.e. parade was a pleasing and
impressive! sight, niari-i.il by only one In
cident. An adjacent balcony of the hotel
WUS WV-ll!llMf hv m l-nnvlvlttl Cnmnhn nt .
men and gorgeously dressed women, who hlpment that goes out . of Bt. Lou's by
persisted In opening champagne while the r"- from 8t' Lout-V10 Omnhn. from ft.
parade was passing and drinking it In full to Kansas City, or from St. Louis
public view, tipping off tonsls In the flB- tl Chkago.' showing eoncliiBlve ly that
ures on the flop's l-elow. The .llsplav was Omaha occupied a place on the pre.-ld.ntl.il
so out of , lae thiU It fauseel 'Jtifetvoialile ")an and th"t ' '"tu"' lt"'1' .
c omment on all sides, but the participants " :" a'1 "f Kansas City unci t hi
sppsiently were guile unata-hed. ,"' w1""'1 ,: ""'imhoai t-.rocess.on lutev
in the afternercm set cut clown the river
By way of contrast th. V.ll.-d Prophet fro,n 9t- Loul' t" lovtP WRB asR'n p"0,le(,
ball proved to be far Inferior as a spectacle wlth W' of the,n mi " 10 "s;rv"llvc
to our Ak-Sar.Hn ball. Th M !.!. .f. RUess. while the whistles shrieked, loco-
fair la held in the Merchants' Exchango
tn lntrod.nr Hfr aor-coaai
Sections of
these seats were reserved for tho ladles In
wailing and the matrons of honor, for the
masked "floater " for tho official roost a
of the evening and tho rest thrown open to
the women In attendance. The ball was
supposed to begin about 9;:W. Although It
was after 10 when I reached the hall, there
was nothing doing, except that the bnll
room, barring a few reserved seats, a-us
completely filled, the people standing be-
lng .0 numerous as to occupy tho whole
floor. .
Rf Tni. aim hntria in tho nlan which
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v a n Ornah, 1r.no- aim larilail nf Ktulhfr
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obh ana me mum parane on vne same
eve""1K- w l"e con.equenv ueiays
ani trouoiesome overexesrMoii. jc. was aicvr
before the procession, headed by the
Veiled Prophet and four trumpeters,, made
a formal entrance. To give them room H
wm necessary to force the crowd back to
lenve an aisle, perhaps ten or twelve feet
p.nnh . .
t-ropnet passea.
and later by
wide, through which the
L. .. t. annAWa
iuowru oy hip wio v j
ilia uucm. a uc lUBiua unu 1 1 n uuorii. mi,: .
her robe held up by four child pages. There
were soma louvenlrs passed out by the
Veiled Prophet to the women on the
throne, concluding with the diadem for the
new queen, after which an unsuccessful ef-
fort was made to dance the royal quadrille,
sadly marrrea oy lacg ot noor spare.
f .v,.- ... ,h
pbIbo niotforma th. anertaciilan, re.t u.
marked-the cllmaa of the trip. Thousand,
4!
. csar.
I
Prensotlna Loralty.
v They have curious ways of promoting loy-
alty ln Russia. Laat night a notice wa.
published by the governor of St. Petersburg
to inform the police that he had noted that
the Inhabitants displayed flag, which were
extremely dirty outside their house, on
tne birthday, and name.' day. of member,
of the imperial family. But people who do
t Hacorata thalr house when ordered tr
the police are fined, end naturally nobody
takes the slightest trouble about the mat
ter. Even on government building, may be
seen flags and draperies which look more
suitable for funera'a than festivals. Now all
thl. is to be changed and there are to be
fines for people who do not show their loy-
alty with nice clean, decorations. Moreover,
j the governor la annoyed that the town is
not more gaily Illuminated on those happy
day. when all the world seems filled with
the sunshine in the )oy of felicitating some
member of the lmpt'il house on the glad
occasion of a blrthdty. Benzoline Illumina
tions, the cheapest obtainable, do not please
the governor. Henceforth there must be
festoon, of lamp, in the streets and the
police are net to get It Into their stupid !
I heads that Illuminations on the Nevsky
Prospect will suffice. It sounds like semet
; thing In "Alice In Wonderland." In fact It
might have occurred to thu queen, who had
a hablf of shouting "off with his head" at
the smallest provocation.
Hard Blow tu Liberty.
The worst blow ever struck to liberty In
Russia was undoubted!;- the murder of
Alexander IL Ho bad freed the serfs and
he died on the eve of granting a constltu-
tlon to hla people. There still are people
In Russia who believe that hla death wa.
caused by reactionaries, who urged on rev-
, olutionlst. for their own ends. That ter
rible day In Marclu ISJtl. when the great
czar fell, made an Impression on the pres
ent monarch which ho la never likely to
lose. Por nights afterward, th. little grand
duke'. English tutor had to sit by hia bed
side for houra because the future csar lay
In bed trembling, expecting that he would
be aaaasalnated aa hla grandfather had
been. Alexander II waa aa brave a. hi.
grandson is timorous. After an attempt on
hla life he would drive about the capital
unattended, cheered by the populace.
"We simply adored Alexander II." said
a cultivated w.man the other day.
In 1181 .he wept at hia death; ahe la now
a revolutionist The plain truth I. that
Nicholas II is his own greatest enemy. No
nihilist, no terrorist, no maximalist In Rus-
j.,. doe. ao much to advance the r.volu-
tlouwy caus. a. hi. majesty NichoUa IL.
J uouarjr eauaa aa W Piajeely, NU-hol. IJ
the Presidential Party
upon thousands of people massed upon the
leree to watch his debarkation at the boat
landing and many thousands more lined the
streets along which his carriage was to
go to the Jla Alal building on the World's
fair grounds, where he was to speak, and
they stood there und terreel by the rirenrh-
inf.- rain that f;ll in torrents. When ilia
president appeared before the audience
that filled this laige hall from c enter to
circumference, he was wet to the skin, but
(food naturedly set his audience at ease by
perpetrating the sally above quoted. The
Bt- Lou's address was the best of the series
silvered by the president. It was mere
comprehensive that the others. The prcsi-
"lent seemed to enter thoroughly Into the
spirit and broke away front his manuscript
with explanations and apt illiiHtrnt ions. In
one esse where he was trying to emphasise
the effacement of state lines In Industry
and commerce he said, 'Take the usual
motives tooted and steamboats saluted. All
the' Waterways commis-ilon on tha MacKen-
lie. the governors on tlie Alton, the con
gresslonal delegation on the Tennessee,
.,uh .,h.. .i,rlnn bnnt from St. Louis.
Kansas City, Peorln. etc. At Cairo the
novelty was encountered of a steamboat
fitted out with a steam callope W hich In-
crssantly puffed out 'the tunes of (he good
ol( Crc.ug time. On the second nlRht out
a gcvere storm was encountered, tying the
hoat, up from two to three hours, but de-
,plte tnftt the flnal destination at Memphis
wag reached practically on schedule time,
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ways convention ana nmoe oi toc io
the Louisiana canebrakes, traversing the
final atage by special train.
1,. nt iQfiri rated MeniTihla and
The census of 1900 rated Memphis and
Omaha with almost Identical population.
Memphis now claims 200,000 and Is probably
entitled to upward of 180,000, some of thl
growth being due to Its annexation of till
territory within reach which could add
popuittt,0n. Memphis, therefore.
population Memphl
... .. . . . . .
" . " " Zih nlh. Lhinrf hut
vim"
has thl! drawback from the standpoint of
business that not less man one-mira or
lt! population consists of blacks. Memphis
has at least half a dosen akyscrapers In
the form of steel frame office buildings,
towering ten or more stories high, and
two or three more are In process of con-
bera, comfortably housed in a beautiful
''rr1-
.X
jvi 01, miaiwDLnu. r
Round the Newly . Completed Edifice.'
Sunday', proceeding, revealed In startling
fashion tha relation, between the "adored
n,onarch and hla people..
I Nicholas II stole into hi. capital by
stealth. The newspapers were forbidden to
announce hia coming under pain of fines of
j
' J- W. IJvWOON. THE
i U to Bucharest on the Invitation
j luslruclor . lo the Colony for tha
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building erected by and for ihe club, most
of the cost being already paid for. It has
another more exclusive social club, called
the Tennessee club, and two or three 1
country clubi. Its p.ibllc buildings are j
cotnniociloiiH and imposing. It Is a thrlv-
Ing, prnjjreKslve city and prides Itself most
thnt Its advance ban lx en slcuilv and not
spismoelic. 1 noticed particularly that the
business rectlon centered .bout a beauti
fully parked square, thickly Inhabited by
squirrels and pigeons, and that the best
business Mocks faced right on tills square.
This square Is Just such a square as
would bo created her" In Omaha by the
adoption of the new court house plans, and
In Memphis It has proved no detriment to
ti-Mjc. as seems to la- feu rod by some of
our obstructionists. Tin- fntmi'ation of
Memphis' business prosperity Is of course,
the cotton crop, and cotton brokerage
there holds the forefront Just us a live
stock nnd grain business does with us.
Memphis Is said to hnve raised nearly
f-.'5,nm hv voluntary subscription lo take
care of the convention and presidential
rec.ptie.ii. Its streets and btt'ln -ss hums
we.ee lieautir.'.lly decorated. At several
street Interrec! Ions sinking inches ht-el
U-en erected, one of t'leni 'niaile of eVHe.n
bales carrying deep slcnitlcanci". Only In
the mutter of stivef illuminations did It
fall behind what we In O'ceiha have been
accustomed to do on similar occasions.
'As to the waterways convention, the
proceedings were strictly according to pro
gram and consisted chiefly of set speeches
by the president, the governors and a few
other public men. Only when the resolu
tions came up for adoption wns thore any
general dlscussslon. To an outsider tt
would seem that while the consensus of
opinion favored developing the waterways
and beginning with the channel of thn
Mississippi, the (mention of ways and
means is docldedly chaotic, nnd much more
systematic study and agitation wl!l be re
quired before practical results are
achieved. Congressman Champ Clink hit
''" nil' on the head In n little short speech
which he Interjected:
Y,6 have been running this show wrong
ou hav-e'had J ent g'ahixy ol I governors
here speaking and the whole gang of them
have not a sinifle solitary vote in the con-
ar.. , ,-Pl,alpK . E.va vu
SrCHF Ol ell
apiiroprlalion
The irrat nrolect that this convention
has In cliarao will ne ver h realized and
worked Into fruition until this committee
on resolution proposes an adequate and
comprehensive jilan, not only of Improving
th Mlf,sis.lpl), 'rlver Hnd uiKKng this chan-
nr fourteen feet deep, hut to Improve
every tributary of that river, every one of
1 l.Ata. tk MiaiknllHl t a ' l"4 1 Tl A u B AA D Ull All
tliem, the Missouri, the Tennessee and all
the rest of them. You have got to get
nearly 200 votes in tl.e house of renreso
tatives to pass this measure through. V
tW P-OI"e uml 'ou W1" nev
resen
ou
never
get them
I went (town the river on the Tennessee
will, tlie congressional aeiegaiiem ana 1 mu
.afJ ,n gayg that these remarks reflect
the entmLnt of the majority of the mem-
ber8 of the i10UBe who were there. 8enator
uanKhead of Alabama, who is also a mem-
w- - tie waterways commission likewise
nr4W out a hint when ho exclaimed, "You
wnl have plenty of time to hold several
rallroadm
.VICTOR BOSEWATER.
8,000 roubles or three months' Imprisonment
for unruly editors. Up to the last moment
It was unknown whether he would come
or not. Down at Peterhof a curious scene
took place between him and his courtirs,
tha aoverelgn declaring that nothing would
Induce him to run the risk of being assas
sinated and his entourage telling him that
It would 'be nothing short of a public
scandal If he atayed away.
Soldiers Swarmed Everywhere. ,
And what an entry Into the capital It
was! Everywhere swarms of soldier., Cos
sacks, police and detectives to protect the
"adored monarch" from his loving subjects;
no salue fired from the fortress lest revolu
tionary soldier, should charge the cannon
with shrapnel as they did on a famous oc
casion two years ago; the loving subjects
kept at a long distance from their Little
Father; nervousness at auch a height that
even the British ambassador, whose house
la near the place where the czar landed
from hi. yacht, wa. politely requested by
the police to close hi. window., apparently
on suspicion that someone might hurl a
bomb from the 'embassy; the Inhabitant,
forced to decorate their houses with flag,
to avoid fine, from the police. Thl. I. how
the autocrat of all the Ruaslaa came to hi.
people!
BUND CABINET MAKKR.
of Uie Ouecu t Houinai.ia
fctlnd Which UUe la festal
la to Act
Ublisblng.
CABINET MAKER FOR QUEEN
Blind Man Acts at Instructor foe
Sightless at Bucharest
SKILL RESULT OF SELT-TEACHIKO .
t'armea Kylva la Kstabllahlna Colon y
for 1'eonle hoar lh Is
I,rcL I n m Iear I pt Ion
of Qaren.
LONDON. Oot. 11 iSpeclaL) At th ex
press Invitation of the queen of Roumanla, ,
J. W. Lawson. a blind man. 30 year. ol,
living In Leeds, ir going to Bucharest ta
net as Instructor In cabinet-making In th
settlement for the blind, which the gooo
queen Is establishing there. Lawson'.
wife, who has the use of her eyes, chanced
to see some montha ago a letter from th.
queen's private secretary. Baroness voa.
Kranlchfeld a blind woman by tha war-
which whs published In an English news
paper, describing the plana for the .ettloa
me ut. Riie thought the -queen', .chem.
ir.:ght afford her husband an opportunit.
to obtain a congenial position and stead?
employment. So she wrote to the baroness,
After some correspondence Lawson waa,
engaged, and will go to Bucharest in tha,
spring. After that had beeii settled, "Car
men Sylva," as she is known to the literary
world, sent Lawson a letter.
Letter froaa tke Qneen.
"Oh, how I feel for the blind," .he wrote
"I cannot tell you. But I hope to make
many of them happier. Herr Mou.ka and '
I are already ararnglng your future noma
here a little house and a nice workshopi
and there are two men who knaw a Ilttla '
English already. Those you will begin
with. . ,
"Every master ha. hi. own workshop
and his own people. . In less than a year
we hope to begin the colony with a larga
kitchen, dining-room and music hall and
the fairest cottaes. The dining-room with
bow windows, for reading and playing ,
games after diner, and the muslo hall with,
chapels all around for tho different serv
Ices. We have already got six religion,
and nine languages In our luminous hearth,'
and In the evening they make muslo and
sing together, and the people .top In th.
streets to hear the beautiful sounds coma
ing out of the gardens. The wives worll
together with their husbands, ao thai
they may be always together, and they '
seem as happy ns possible under that
dreadful trial. We shall be so happy to
have yon. Just time to prepare your llttl. ,
home and workshop, and then money fol
your Journey will come. In the beginning
of spring we shall be ready for you. 8.
welcome to our bright home a. .oon oa
your are ready to come. ELIZABETH."
Not a Hootln 8anraa-lat.
A queen who writes like that must be a
charming woman, and one well calculated
to Inspire affection among those brought
Into association with her. In her letter
to the Lawsons the baroness lauded het
to tho Bkles. "She Is a real woman," ah.
wrote among other things, "not a hooting
suffragist, but a helping angel, a saint,
too, in character. No pride, no .tiff, cold
airs, so you need have no fear of hen.
She Is a queen, every Inch of her, but not
one of the common herd of queen, who
wear crowns of gold on brainless heads.
She ha. a master mind and yet no vanity. .
She doea thing, naturally and unosteu
tatlously." Some of the "common herd of queen."
might be disposed tb resent the allusion
to their "brainless heads," but that doe.
not concern Lawson. He I. satisfied that
he will find a good mistress and a billet
that will Just suit him. Lawson deserve,
hi. good fortune. He ha. had a hard
struggle and his marvelous skill at cabinet
making and other work ha. been entirely
the result of .elf-teachlng. He wa. M
years old when he lost hla eyesight. H
went home from school ope day, feeling un
well, and went to bed. When he woka
up In the night he thought it wa. tha
blackest he had ever seen. It wa. blacll
because he had gone stone blind, but; that
dreadful fact wa. not revealed to him
until next day.
Skill at aa Early Ac.
He had a strong natural bent for me
chanics which, before fate dealt him suctt
a terrible blow, had often led him to play
the truant at achool that he might prowl
around workshops and factories. When
he wa. 14 he made himself a bench and.
a turning lathe, but lack of money pre
vented htm from pursuing hi. hobby, and
he took to the frequent resort of the blind
piano tuning a. a mean, of making a
precarious livelihood. '
It wa. through what might be called aa
accident that he came to take up cabinet
making. Two young women who were at
tending the Leeds university, tn despera
tion at being unable to And a bookcaaa
such as they had been commissioned ta
purchase, suggested to Lawson that h
should make one. At first he scoffed at
the idea, but at lost consented, stipulating
that If It did not prove satisfactory h.
should get nothing for it. 'He did th
work .0 well that he wa. given 12.60 mora
for it than the price acred upon. Th.
bookcase now stands In the library of
Leeds university, where also I. a reading)
desk , and a letter rack which he wa. sub
sequently commissioned to make. 1
Ifomcroa. Iaventlena.
After that he made tables, chalra, ward
robe., over-mantela, and. In fact, nearly
every variety of furniture. 111. work being
marked by exquisite workmanahlp and
finish. He has invented a foe signal which
only lack of mean. ha. prevented him from
perfecting.
In the course of time the queen of Roua
mania expects to establish a small city
for the blind on a tract of land on tha
outskirts of Bucharest which ha. been
given her by a wealthy sympathizer with
her work. Provision ha. been mad. by
which the afflicted may move In from
their village homes to occupy the cottage
which are to be erected for them. They
will receive instruction In the trade, and
art. which are particularly adapted ta
the sightless.
Mineral Waters
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The mineral water business ha. for
many years been a specialty with our
firm. We buy our waters direct from taa
springs or If a foreign water, direct from
the Importer. We are thus able to make ,
the lowest possible price, and to abao
lutely guarantee freshness and genuine
ness. We sell 100 kinds. Write for cata
logue. ROMS MXVZKAXi WATI1 PKICXS.
Maaitou Water, dozen, 12.00; case,' B0
quarts. 17.00. .
tioro-Lithla Water, duxen, I2.S0; cas
BO quarts, 18.60.
Nek-iok Li tli la, dozen, 13.00; case, LO
quarts. It. CO.
Crystal Lltlila Water, l-gallon Jug, IX
Kubinat tjorre (fcpaln), bottle, SScJ
dozen, 14.20.
Indanba Water, dosen, J2.60; case, C
quarts,. $.t0
liatborn (Saratoga), dozen, 12.00; casa.
4t pints, 27.50. ,
Pure Distilled Water, case, 12 "4-gata.
2 2 6. .
S-.al. Jug Crystal Lltlila, $2.00.
Allowance fur return of empties.'
HEBI&aJf ft KoCOIVZU DUO CO,
Cor. ltlb and Dodge.
OWL DKUO COMTAJBT,
Cor. Itth and Haraer. -
