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H WAe W*eXJy Va.nora.ma. rrentl r Urtwrrf a/ Heroism. '• riy & display of much courage and ^Ingenuity Edward Mullvehill, a bag- lipgem aster, saved the life of Mme. ifchumann-Heink in New York the jother day and at the same time pre- :T»nt~d her from falling Into the hands of the police who wished to detain ter as a witness to a runaway. When tfco danger was over and she was safe on. board the steamer on which she .salted for Germany- the famous prima donna rewarded the hero by throwing her arms around his neck and giving Mm a tatss. The question is at once raised whether the ordinary hero woirtd consider himself properly and aafficrentty rewarded for saving the lBfelot an elderly song bird by a single kiss from her ruby lips. If the value eta prima donna's kisses is to be com­ puted on the same financial scale as her high notes the most unmercenary at heroes might be excused if he pre­ ferred to take the equivalent of the ktea in cash. Such an equivalent in the case of so famous and highly paid a singer as Mme. Schumann-Heink might well amount to a sum sufficient te allow the humble baggagemaster to retire from business and live there­ after oct the interest of his money. At Boy rate it is to be hoped that Man­ ager Grau will not prove ungrateful. He should at least send to Mr. Mull- Tehill a check for a sum equal to what Mtoe. Schumann-Heink would earn la a single evening. | Injusttce to a Child. | The Ignorance or stupidity of thd constable and police justice who brought a 13-year-old girl from Matte- jpn. 111., to put her in the county jail in Chicago, almost passes belief. The child is too young to go to jaU for any crime, a fact which both these country officials s h o u l d h a v e known. Moreover, \ > her offense appears JMfc to have been noth- ' ing more than the taking of someeggs from a hen's nest found in the grass along the railroad near her home. A neigh hoB caused the child's arrest, and theretappears to have been nobody ttt defend her. The justice of the peace, vrisose duty it is to know the law in sonb cases and to prevent in­ justices instead of inflicting it, has dis­ played a degree of ignorance that ia higfrfy dsereditable. The mittimus by which httmeant to send the child to the countv jatt charges the prisoner with 'Tarcent aod insoliting a lade." The spelling is merely a surface indica­ tion of tbe deeper ignorance of the duties, of the position he holds. This chiftk appeals to need a little parental care^ andr attention rather than im­ prisonment. Sh& was promptly re­ leased and sent home by Judge Tuley of~Chicaga without trial. US'; >iA« American Count***. *rtiottgh the Countess of Strafford htt been, little heard of since the sud­ den death of her husband a year or so ago„she ia still as popular and as much sought after as ever, and is expected re-enter society as soon as the pe­ riod of mouruing for Queen Victoria is over. "Fife Countess, as is well known, ia an American woman, whose first h»sbaiuL.waa the late millionaire Col­ gate of New York. She married the Earl of Strafford in New York in 1898, and had there been a male heir result- ing^from. the union the countess would now he entitled to occupy Wort ham CSastl&aad tie house in St. James scpiarn l4Kdon, both of which were P«t' in carter with her money. The Earl watf'HHfecl by a railway train, and, • vVifc OF STRAFFORD. heir, the estate all went to hig hHdflSjg, the Rev. Francis E. C. Rjmgsfltte countess visited hef mother, Mra^ Harauei Smith, at the Laurel Hobs% McqwooA, N. J., last summer. ThfeCmmfcess has one daughter by her •,t, HWtodfer a Physical WrecK Cecil Rhodes, hero of London jin- goetan* toe uncrowned king of South Africa, is soon to return to England, •A. physical wreck, tie will leave Cape Town next Wed­ nesday to consult the moat: eminent specialists of Lon­ don and the con­ tinent, but it 1b predicted nothing can rescue him from the clutches of general paraly- «f wMcii he is said to be jfctfan. The change is es~ ****** noticeable in his bent fig- W%Wa drooping lip and his lack- eyes which once shot mag- and were his chief aid in empower ia the dark continent, on which he is to return out for his especial com- E>aMrliat Tl*I4* u< l**«tar« L*aSa Am » »l*h» *hl. Tin* «r th. T«m. A trip up the Whom valley. at any season of tin year, will always Inspire the visitor with a realisation But 1? th#?** **ricultural reaources. But at thia period in the growing sea­ son, when th« entire stretch of valley, lowland, hill and slope, as far as the eye will carry, brings to View n*hing gr"In* herds and flocks dot­ ted here and there among the living green of pasture, meadow, growing crops, orchard and grove, we is doubly Impressed with the beauty and grand­ ly th'* district of country, whose wealth of soil resources has scarcely an equal in all the agricultural dis­ tricts of the world. i The ,,Elkllorn valley comprises a large district of rich and beautiful ag- 9nnU^nral lan?s> extending more than ^00 miles northwest in the state, where . a®ricultural and grazing lands gradually blend together, forming oats of the greatest combined live stock districts of country, to be found any­ where. The great advantage of an ag­ ricultural or corn raising district of country and a distinctly grazing dis­ trict, lying side by side, is readily ap­ preciated when the cheapness of grow- stock on the low priced lands of the range are coupled with the feeding advantages of a nearby corn country, where the animals are finished for the slaughter at the least possible ex­ pense of transportation and change of climatic conditions. These are the general conditions which confront the live stock grower of Western Nebras­ ka, and the stock Jteeder, in the corn country of the east side of the state. The Elkhorn valley la not a wide expanse of low swamp bottom or un- tillable lands that are adapted only to pasturage or hay purposes; on the contrary it is a comparatively narrow valley where the Elkhorn flows, vary-- ing in width from a mile or two miles, and exceptionally well drained, leav­ ing almost the entire area of river bot­ tom lands admirably suited to culti­ vated crops. "The Elkhorn valley,", used in its broadest sense of meaning, comprises all that district in North and Northeast Nebraska drained by the Elkhorn and its tributaries. Thia embodies hundreds of thousands of acres of the richest prairie lands to ha found in America; lands with every conceivable feature of surface, usual to the western prairie, from the almost level prairie to the gently undulating, the rolling and the hill lands, all of the highest agricultural merit in soil properties for live stock and farm pur­ poses. In no portion of the state haa there been more rapid advancement made In farm improvements and land values during the past Ave years. Yet there are tens of thousands of acres of un­ cultivated lands scattered throughout this district, held by non-residents, that sooner or later must be turned into improved farms. These lands, if purchased now and started with the ordinary western fafm improvements, will double in value" within the next ten years. At no time in the history of Nebraska since the east side of the state was open to homestead entry, has there been a better opportunity for speculation in farm lands than now. The good agricultural lands of the east half of Nebraska are just as sure to advance to $50 per acre as that a succession of favorable crop seasons follow, such as represent the average for the past twenty-five years in this state. The present indications for a good general crop over the Elkhorn district could not be more encouraging, unless the growth of corn were advanced about two weeks beyond present condi­ tions. In stand and color the present conditions are all that could be de­ sired. The influence of a late spring and the cold weather, after planting, is apparent here, as in all portions oI the corn growing country of the Mis­ souri valley. The Elkhorn country, especially that portion dividing the corn lands and the buffalo grass range districts to the northwest, known to the commercial hay trade of the country, as the great hay flats of North Nebraska, is in a most prosperous and encouraging con­ dition of hay crop. The heavy rains which have visited this portion of the state during the past spring, and up to the present time, have been ample to keep up a vigorous growth of the hay grasses on the valleys and hay flats; not alone on these distinctly na­ tive hay meadows, but also over the ; adjoining sand hills and table lands, where thousands of tons of hay can ; be cut of excellent quality and in pay­ ing quantities. • The great growth of pasture grasses all over the range portion of West and Northwest Nebraska, will guaran­ tee a better general condition of all classes of cattle this fall. It will also ) encourage the carrying over of a larg­ er number of young cattle and feeding ; stock, than would have been possible | with a short hay crop and scant paa- \ turage conditions on the range. It is \ also reasonable to believe that the ' marketing season for the grass fat cat­ tle will commence sooner and continue longer than usual, that the stock to be marketed will come more uniformly as the demand requires and better prices be maintained for thia class of range cattle. The small grain outlook from one end of the Elkhorn to the other indi­ cates that the usual reputation of a satisfactory yield will be realized. There is no insect damage reported over this portion of the state and growing conditions are favorable for harvest, even if there should be no jpaore rainfall. G. W. HERVEJV Joseph Ladue, the founder of Daw son City in the Klondike, died fault week at his home in Schuyler JTalis, N. Y. He had not been well since his return from Alaska and spent last winter at Colorado Springs In a vain search for health. He fell a victim of consumption, contracted in the se­ vere northern climate. He leavea widow and one son. The adventurous career of the pros­ pector Was begun on a farm near the northern end of Lake Champlain where he was born. In his early man hood Mr. Ladue went to the far north west and finally located on the Upper Yukon, having been attracted by the fine woodland in the neighborhood. Here he bought 160 acres of land, built a sawmill and established an embryo trading post. It was upon his land that gold was first discovered in the Yukon region, and Ladue'a trading poet became the prosperous city of Dawson, the north­ ern city of gold. His estates in the Klondike region, with the property that he has sold are said to be worth several millions of dollars. Mr. Ladue returned to his home near Plattsburg in July, 1897, and told strange stories of the gold-mad colony in the North. Love for Miss Ann* Mason of Schuyler Falls, N. Y., led the gold king back to civilization. She had been engaged to Mr. Ladue for many years, and the marriage had been postponed from time to time, awaiting the day when the lumber business on the Yukon would justify the union. Fortune was the ally of romance and Miss Mason became Mrs. Dadue a few weeks after Jher fiance's return in 1897. Before Mr. Ladue strayed into the Yukon Valley, ixi 1882, he had spent MtemC^MftrV Municipal Trams* Xft 1SK, oa» year after Glasgow had ttos successful operation of its ***§!•<$*• tfceOIty of Manchestsrbe- •gvt# isiiis the wfsdoia of similar •J®*®- The matter was carefully con- •jpi** for two years, and it was fln- m decided to municipalize the tram- Way ®**ylce of the city and install the overhead electric system in place of horse traction at the expiration of the ®P«rating company's lease of the trM&g lft 1WL The company endear- ornd to withstand this project before parliament, but its effort was unsuc­ cessful, and a few days ago the first reconstructed lines, comprising about eighteen miles of single track, were opened by the city with appropriate ceremonies. Electrification of the other lines is proceeding. Samuel Gomper* Murk'" Samael Oompers, president of tha American Federation of Labor, is lying HI at Ms home in Washington, D. Q. suffering from concussion of the brain ahd a possible fracture of the skull. WhHji! Jiia condition Is critieaJt fels THE LATE JOSEPH LADUE, FOUN DDR OF DAWSON OXTT. several years In the Black Hills during the gold excitement in that region, and In Arizona and New Mexico. Upon his return from the Klondike in 1897 he brought with him gold nuggets worth |3,000. He carried them about with him and made no secret of it. As he was passing through Chicago on his return West a pickpocket stols tha nuggets and they have never been found. Mr. Ladue was 46 years old. He wai a typical miner in speech and dress. Uneducated, but naturally of keen in­ tellect, he was a leader in each mining camp that he visited. Designs for JVaxJal Medals. us- naval «v CAMMIGr' tNTHi WJNNtJ 1696 WltUAH THOMAS hP30N CHitr Itlfl# KcrtJr Carolina ranked third psptiatloEt oft all the sfitisi. Ifovr fifteenth. mmm T')/. / sad LittU Kaindropp, -; T&e Paris Meteorologist society has undertaken the laborious task of measuring the dimensions of rain­ drops. It is found that the largest are about one-sixth of an Inch and the smallest one-500th of an inch in di­ ameter. They are larger in summer than in winter, and larger in hot than in cold climates. At the moment of condensation of the water vapor to the liquid state great numbers of extremely small drops are formed la close proximity. As they fall they come together and coalesce in conse­ quence of mutual attraction, and so what we call raindrops are formed. Congress ordered that two medals be struck to commemorate the achievements of the United States navy in the campaign in the West In­ dies during the Spanish-American war; of these one is to be known as the battle medal, and the other as the meritorious service medal. Acting upon the unanimous recommendation* of the Naval Board of Awards, Secre- "Russta and th• Bounty. Unless Russia actually pays her sug­ ar refiners to export their product our law does not subject her sugar to dis­ criminating duties. But she does not pay them. She simply refunds them the amount they have already paid in domestic taxes. She doesn't even do that completely. She gives them cer­ tificates of export which may be used ill paying their taxes a year later, but which are worth 8 per cent less than cash on the spot. If Russia did not col­ lect any tax on sugar at all nobody would contend that she paid a bounty on exports. If she had a system by which sugar designed for export was .shipped directly abroad without pay- j^ng a tax, while the tax was collected on ffiat* retained, it would be a bounty. But because she collects her domestic taxes from all sugar alike, and then gives them back to exporters, 'not in cash, but In the shape of certificates receivable for next year's taxes, Mr. Gage Insists that she pays a bounty. If the remission of a tax is a bounty we may as well prepare for a tariff war with every country on earth, for there is not one of them that does not give its exports that chance to com­ pete on even terms in foreign markets, says the San Francisco Examiner. tary of the Navy Long has just ap­ proved of the above two designs for the battle medal. In its report to Sec­ retary Long the board on awards took particular pains to point out that the battle medal is not conferred for ser­ vices rendered on any one engagement, it is, as congress ordered, intended for all the men who participated in the West Indian campaign, and so it will go to those who were at Santiago, or at Ponce, or at San Juan, or at Ma- tanzas, or at Cardenas, or off Clenfue- gos, or to the fortunate few who were in all of these battles. The board stated that it placed Sampson's head upon the medal be­ cause he was commander-in-chief of the West Indian squadron, as the bead of Dewey was placed on the Manila medal. But the medal will not be known as the Santiago medal in par­ ticular, for the reason that it will bear upon the reverse the name of the de­ cisive battle in which the recipient participated. The additional battles will be represented by separate bars attached to the suspending ribbon, the latter red, white, and blue, one bar for each battle. Thus in the case of an officer like Wainwright, who figur­ ed in many engagements, the bars will be almost as conspicuous as the medal. The Sampson portrait is in profile taken from a likeness made just before the outbreak of the Span­ ish war. On the face of the medal the inscription reads: "United States Naval Campaign in the West Indies* 1898--WilUam'Thomas Sampson, Com­ mander-in-Chief." The suspending bar above bears the American eagle over a design in oak leaves. The reverse of the medal marks the government's recognition of the splendid services of "The Man Be­ hind the Gun." Surrounding the pic­ ture on the rim of the medal is a handsome laurel wreath. The in­ scription would read like this: 'iSan- tiago (or Cienfuegos or San Juan, etc.) July S (or the appropriate date), 1898,, John Smith, seaman, U. S. S. Texas." 1AMUEL GOMPERS. physician Bays he probably will recov­ er. He was injured as he alighted from a car on which he had been taking his two children for an outing. A Prompt Lmsson. The city of Philadelphia has just of­ fered for sale |9,000,000 of 3 per cent bonds and has failed to find a pur­ chaser. Only one bid of $5,000 was re­ ceived. Some bond experts think that the franchise scandal has impaired the city's credit, as it well might. Others say that the rate of interest offered is too low. But however, that may be, if Mr. Wanamaker's original offer had been accepted the city would have had to borrow only $6,509,000 instead of $9,000,000 and might reasonably have expected better terms. And if this new offer should be accepted and the stol­ en franchises be put up at auction, an amount might be secured that would prevent the necessity ot issuing any bonds at all. -fc-ag- --.T T ** Wood*, wod^s WtiHm TTwii whose death May it, ltfT, tt Farmlngtsn, >iar,i>*u *sna. He left th» the other, two Mflg Ctrls. At the age of four mwjtteWOlaai Alton Woods' father 25* ** 10 of age 1# took his share of the work on the fam and continued for four years. He was then sent to Wabash College, from ̂ which place he graduated ia 1889. After ' J leaving college ha taught school at Marlon, Ind., which was broken up by the outbreak of the war. He began th* T practice of law in 1873. Judge Woods* Hor*t wtth Jftratv Hat* "Boat For German Cat!airy. Study In* a Grwt •< . Paul du Chailiu, the explorer and writer, recently sailed for Russia, where he intends to make an exhaus­ tive study of the great empire and ita people. He will spend three or four years In his investigations. . StUl 1. D».r«r. , ughtnlng has not been dofelfl&lcitl damage in the South. It recently, through some mistake, struck a Geor- (ia mule, and is not convalescent jit •^Atlanta Constitution. The population of Idaho has in­ creased 82 per cent since 1890, that of Montana 70 per cent. North Dakota 67, ^Wyoming 48 and Washington 45. Ne­ vada is the only state which shows an Actual decrease in Its population since 1890. Held Guilty of Treaeon. The Marquis de Lur-Saluces of France has been found guilty of trea­ son by the senate, which sat as a high eourt of justice. The verdict, how- over, was found with extenuating circumstances, and the marquis was sentenced to only five years' banish­ ment. The mar­ quis adjudged gull ty of treason In January, 1900, and was at that time sentenced to ten jrears' banishment from France. He -did not put In an appearance before his tribunal, and the term for that reason was probably made longer .it would have been otherwise. Last month the marquis suddenly appeared in Paris and was arrested. The sen­ tence of today is a milder punish­ ment, softsaed, as It has been, by the | accused making his appearance in The royalists, who dote on mk These new lance boats have but re­ cently been adopted for the German army. When packed two boats weigh about sixty pounds and can be carried by a single horse. All that is needed for the lance boats' Is a water-proof cover, from twelve to sixteen lances, and a few cross-sticks. The lances forming the framework can be tied together by the troopers in five min­ utes. In another two the cover is fastened on and the boat is ready for launching. Oars are made, a lance and a blade composed of canvas fast­ ened to stout pieces of stick. Some­ times, to secure further stability, lances are laid across two boats, bind­ ing them together. One horse can eas­ ily carry two boats when packed up. On the old system it would require the outspoken and conspiring ex- deputy, fully believed that their hero would be acquitted for his courage in facing his trial, and they are corre­ spondingly depressed. The marquis was conducted to the frontier "n'W guard. Ruskin's burial place in Ooniston Churchyard England, has been marked by a headstone from the design of W. G. Colltngwood. The monument is a tall cross of the simple early English type, which would have been approved by Ruskin himself, hewn from the hard green stone of Coniston. It stands some nine feet from the ground and bears carved figures representing symbolically the activities of Ruskin, poetic, artistic, ethical and social. Lord Wantage is one of the most extensive landowners in England, owning over 50,000 acres, located In five counties. He it a generous land­ lord, has allowed several reductions of rent In times of agricultural depres­ sion and was never known to dispos­ sess a tenant for being in ftrr*ar». 2,000 men and 3,500 horses merely to look after the transport of the boats if every squadron were supplied with two boats. With the nerw boats, how­ ever, only 500 horses are needed. Gift* to SJat* and Harvard. Commencement week is the time when the colleges "take stock" like business firms and reckon up the finan­ cial receipts of the year. The presi­ dents of Yale and Harvard have mad^ announcement showing that the year' has been one of remarkable prosper­ ity for both institutions. In the last twelve months each has received gifts aggregating about $2,000,000. No fur­ ther proof is needed to show that the remarkable new era of educational donations and of university expansion continues unabated. The moBt strik­ ing announcement is that of J. Ftor- pont Morgan's offer to erect a group of buildings for the Harvard Medical School at a cost of about $1,000,000. The buildings are to be a memorial to Mr. Morgan's father. The now archi­ tectural bulldiag and an endowment of $300,000 for that department have been given by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Robinson ot New York. In additloo to these Important gifts President Eliot was iMc to annonnoo that SMure than $710,000 tn cash had been given te Bacm* ^University fe Uis How ar» jmt, Mr. Horse? I «ae You wear a new straw hat, And it is quite becoming to You, too, I'll tell you that; X watch you plodding down the street. And as I stand and gaze I think ot those old ladies who Wore shaken and looked much like you-- .Back ia 11M glad, old days. THE LATE JUDG® WOOD*. Itttocass at the bar was rapid. In 1871 J* was sleeted to the office of Circuit Judge of the Thirty-fourth. Circuit of Indiana and was re-elected in 1878. I* MS0 Judge Woods was elected to th# Jtate Supreme Court bench. In 1881 President Arthur appointed Judg# Woods as United States District Judg«L succeeding Judge Walter Q. Gresham, On March 17, 1892, President Harrison appointed Judge Woods Judge of th§ United States seventh judicial cirlf cuit, which he held until his death. Besides a widow, two children survival- him, Floyd A. and Alice, both of In­ dianapolis. He gained celebrity by Istf tulng the Injunction against the rail# way strikers in 1894 and sentenced Eugene V. Debs and other officers oil the American Railway union to Jail. | ---------- , ^ Gen. Gomex* Vi*it. General Maximo Gomez, the greatest-/ * soldier of Cuba, came to the United States with words of gratitude to the» American people. He expresses tluite* opinion that if the Cubans had under­ stood some things better there would not have been so much delay In theiv action of the Cuban convention, and s adds: "Our people simply want an op- ' portunity to develop their possessions: and live in peace, freed from the gall-; ing yoke which has held them hereto-" fore." Undoubtedly Maximo Gomes is one ** * Ah, good old horse, I'm glad to That some one carta for you, That some one c..res for you, As I and others do, Kind hands still smooth your mane, that they For whom you strain and sweat Know that you have the sense to feel The pain of woe, the Joy of weal-- And* knowing, don't forget * " --Chicago Record-Herald. Highway* V*r*u* 'Railtuay*. An average speed of forty-five miles per hour, exclusive of stops, was made by'the winner of the first run of 282% miles in three days* automobile race from Paris to Berlin, which is to be finished today. Does this mean that the ra|Jway is to yield to the highway? ' In an exceedingly suggestive article In the June North American Review Mr. H. G. Wells foretells the recon­ struction of modern cities in this coun­ try through the automobile moving over new systems of broad, smooth roads, carrying freight as well as pas­ sengers, eclipsing railroads in enter­ prise, comfort, adaptability, and speed, and lengthening the limit of the one hour's ride, and so the radius ot "urban district," to 100 miles. Michael Da*)itt'* Tour. Michael Davitt, who will soon begin th© United States,, is Otie of the leading Irish statesmen mnd journalists of, the United King- jj dorn. Mr. Davitt.1 after a long and honorable career la parliament, re­ signed from that body in 1899 owing to his intense con- . vlctions concern- lag the Injustice * ® of the Anglo-Boer war. He has the distinction of having been elected a member of parliament while he was a political convict under sentence in the Portland prison. Of course he was disqualified by the house. Mr. Davltt is an eloquent or* ator and a writer of great force. Bs is now in his flfty-flfth year. W. O. Brown who has just been sleeted vice president and general manager of the Lake Shore and Michi­ gan. Southern road started tn life ia a GEN. MAXIMO GOMEZ. of the remarkable men of the age. His career as a revolutionist in Cuba was oqe of strange adventure, of many sacrifices endured with indomitable fortitude, of desperate courage in guer­ rilla warfare and of moderate opinions as expressed since the freedom of the Island was secured through the help of the United States. - - Problem of L*abor on the Farm. Economists and students ot indus­ trial conditions who "view with alarm" the constant invention and multiplication of labor-saving machin­ ery in this country will find food for thought in the present efforts that are being made to coax the idlera and hoboes from the cities to the western wheat fields. It is the same old Macedonian cry for help from the farmers of Kansas and Dakotas. The harvest is ripe and the reapers are few. Vast fields of golden grain are already overripened and the farmers are threatened with heavy losses through inability to se­ cure the necessary help to harvest the crop. Employment agencies and rail­ road companies are making the most tempting offers to the unem­ ployed. In some instances wages as high as $3 per day and free transporta­ tion are offered. But the idlers prefer the overcrowded city with a meager and uncertain livelihood to good wages and plenty to eat on the harvest fields of the Dakotas. Fact* About Joe Coon, The recent death of Rev. Dr. Joseph Cook recalls to mind the facts of his brilliant history. Twenty-five or thirty years ago lis was the man most prominent on the stags as a lec­ turer, but he was more than that. He was a great orator, a reformer of the best rank and a leader of opinion with countless follow­ ers. His oratory wss wonder­ ful, with cyclonic force and per­ suasive in fiuence. His exploits as a traveling lecturer .were tremendous. One day he would tSverpower a Bostoxs audience with his tremendous rhetoric, the next he would astound a FtiTladsl phta audience with the «** lightning of his oratorical diopiaytfc and the next an audience in some other distant city would sit before him amazed at the wonderful power of hte voice, the splendor of his language and] dke magnetism of his presence. . i- .Jf," t?