The Aberdeen Democrat., December 12, 1902, Image 7

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reporter,
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easily.
as I tell him,
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it the leopard
does as I tell
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so docile that
jhtest whisper,
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jungle and have
sof the hunt are
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nan boarhounds
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the throat. In a
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been biting her.
for him, and in a
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shad they been
|ave killed me had
almost to death
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wild tiger, just
he had been
lot like things as
fcage. He would
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|p on rile. He did
Inimals. He caused
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rht. He attacked
|the Busch circus,
where all could
|iing him. As he
Bhe jumped aside.
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he rose on his
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|came the polar
of the best we
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thife little one a
across the cage.
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the throat again,
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l|im.
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|oose in the cage.
at the same time,
brit each other, but
land Puss was bet
rent with the rest,
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WROTE MANY SONGS.
Death of Septimus* Winner Recalls a
Number of Once Very Popular
Compositions.
The recent death of Septimus Win
ner recalls the fact that he contrib
uted many songs to the world. When
he celebrated his seventy-fourth
birthday last spring he also was con
gratulated because it was the forty
fourth anniversary of the publication
of his song, "Listen to the Mocking
Bird."^ The greatest of singers have
sung it, street urchins have whistled
it and the greatest of musicians as
well as the humblest have played it.
Those who remember having seen the
name of Alice Hawthorne given as the
author of the song on its title page
will perhaps wonder why this name
SEPTIMUS WINNER.
(Composer Who Wrote "Listen
to
the
Mocking Bird.")
was given. The explanation is that
Mr. Winner wrote a great many of his
songs over the pen name of Alice
Hawthorne, and he sent "Listen to
the Mocking Bird" into the world over
that name. Another pen name of his
was "Mark Mason." Indeed, most of
his songs were written over names
,other than his own, which is proof of
the fact that modesty was one of Mr.
Winner's most marked character
istics.
Soldiers of the civil war will remem
ber another song of Septimus Win
ner's that was the sensation of the
day when it was first put into circu
lation and that was sung around many
camp fires. This famous old war song
was "Give Us Back Our Old Command
er." It was inspired by the removal
of Gen. McClellan from command of
the Army of the Potomac. Some idea
of the impression the song made may
he had from thg fact that the de
partment of war felt called upon
to suppress it. Mr. Winner who no
tified that he would be imprisoned in
Port Lafayette if he continued to sell
the song, and a public singer, Julia
Mortimer, who was singing it with
tremendous efEect on the stage, was
informed that she would be impris
oned if she continued singing- it. More
than 50,000 copies of the songs were
sold in Washington alone, and its au
thor became one of the most talked of
men of the day.
Mr. Winner was also the author of
that old-time favorite, "What Is Home
Without a Mother?" "Whispering
Hope" and many other favorites.
GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR.
Scepter of Russia May Be Transferred
to the Ambitious Uncle of
Present Canr.
The persistency of the rumors t.f
the approaching breakdown of the I
czar and the rapid decline of his only
brother, the czarowitcli, is attracting,
attention in all the European cap
itals, and the gossips are already dis
cussing the probability of the trans-!
fer of the Russian imperial scepter
to Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of
GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR.
(Uncle of Czar Who May Become Ruler ot
Russian Empire.)
Nicholas. The grand duke is the sec
ond son of the late Eipperor Alex
ander II., and a brother of the pres
ent czar's father, Alexander III. He
has had a good, deal to do with the
direction of his young, nephew's gov­
ernment—indeed,
it Is generally con­
ceded in Russian diplomatic circles
that the famous Franco-Russian al
liance was engineered by him. He is
53 years of age and holds the mili
tary rank of general of infantry.
The fact that he has no pro-British
leanings, as has the present czar, has
endeared him to the Slavophile party,
which has never forgiven England for
humiliating "Russia during the
Crimean war. During the illness of
the czar in 1900 the gfand duke act
ed as regent, and although he then
had no opportunity to show his
hand, it is believed by his partisans
that should he wear the crowai he
will institute a policy of national ex
pansion and aggrandizement more
yjgorous than any that Russia has yet
known.
Consider Silk Unclean."
Mohamiftedans do not wear silk. As
it is the product of a worm, thfiy eon
r-!lun 44 IIIIAl0O.fl.
COUNT HOST TO KING
Boni de Castellane Spends Gould
Money Like Water.
Carlos, the Fat Raler of Portufgnl, En
tertained in a Way Whose l.av
ishnew Has Set Alt France
.'.to Talking
It is many a year since such a bril
liant private fete was seen in France
as the hunting party in honor of the
king of Portugal given by Count
and Countess Boni de Castellane at
their chateau Marias, near Rambouil
let. Such a display of splendor has
rarely been equaled anywhere in Eu
rope.
A great, deal of fuss has been made
over the king of Portugal by the
French aristocracy, owing to his con
sort being of French birth. She was
an Orleans princess. Her marriage to
the king and several other important
events in Orleans circles at the time
so frightened the republicans that the
famous law exiling the pretender's
family was passed as a precaution
agaiust the then apparently growing
Orleans influence.
Chateau Marias formerly belonged
to the De Noailles family, from whom
Count Boni purchased it when he tired
of his family chateau inTourraine. In
la'ndscape gardening alone he has
spent a fortune and there are foun
tains which rival those of Versailles.
Castellane hns put the chateau's su
perb hunting fields into perfect condi
tion, and the estate is now one of the
finest in France.
The king of Portugal accepted the
count's invitation with pleasure, as he
is passionately fond of hunting. The
affair was royally done throughout.
A special train, luxuriously fitted up,
was engaged from the Compagnie de
l'Ouest, which owns the fine lines from
Cherbourg to Paris and the Havre
Trouville line, which is one of the fin
est in the world.
Count Boni and several chosen
friends met the king at the station in
hunting costume, and the host and his
guest drove up to the chateau in a
landau with bewigged footmen on the
box, an outrider ahead^and amounted
escort alongside. A number of car
riages and automobiles conveyed the
KING CARLOS OF PORTUGAL.
(Reputed to Be the Most Popular Sovereign
in Europe.)
other guests. Countess Castellane met
the king on the porch of the chateau.
After luncheon a hunt, superbly or
ganized, occupied the party until five
o'clock, when a theatrical perform
ance was given in the chateau theater.
This was another example of De Cas
tellane's lavish hospitality. Instead
of having them go to the chateau by
train he sent a number of fast auto
mobiles to fetch them. The entire
troupe of" the delightful operetta
"Chonchette" was engaged for the
performance with Mile. Berhia, the
favorite star for the hour in Paris, in
the leading role.
Following the performance there
was a dinner, and after that a display
of fireworks made especially for the
occasion in Portuguese designs and
colors, and music.
The night was beautiful, and, struck
by the charm of it all, the king turned
to the Duchess de Rohan and said: "I
hear, madame, that you recite verses
in an exquisite fashi'on. Will you not
favor us on this beautiful night?" The
duchess rose to comply with the com
mand -and recited several charming
bits of verse.
At 11 o'clock the king, accompanied
by Count de Castellane and a number
of guests, took a special train back to
Paris.
Although little is known about Don
Carlos of Portugal save his marvelous
marksmanship, I doubt if there is in
all Europe a king as popular with his
subjects or one as thoroughly respect
ed by every one in his kingdom, from
the ultra-royalist down to the most
radical socialist.' Every one, no mat
ter what class or party he may belong
to, doffs his hat respectfully and with
evident liking upon the appearance of
the king.
It is said of him that he has not an
enemy in the world. Like the prince
of Monaco, he is dieeply interested in
the treasures to be found at the bot
tom of the sea, and is constantly taking
soundings aboard his yacht Amelia.
Be is one of the sovereigns who con
lines himself strictly within the
bounds of his constitutional rights.
He never attempts to govern, but sim
ply to call into power as members of
his cabinet the men whom public opin
ion s^ras to favor. This is perhaps one
of the secrets of his popularity.
Bracer Supplied by State. ,•
Itis the-custom in the Belgium parlia
ment, when a member is making a
long speech, to be supplied with brandy
as a beverage, at the expense of the
cnv:
MISS MARIA MITCHELL.
Birlhulnce of/America's FlntWonu
Astronomer to Be Preserved
by Vaasnr Alumnae.
The birthplace of Maria Mitchell, the
first woman astronomer in America,
where all her early years were spent
and her first observations made, in
Nantucket., Mass., is to be preserved
by Vassal* alumnae. Vassar, incident
ally, was the first woman's college to
introduce astronomy in its curriculum.
Miss Mitchell went there as professor
of astronomy and director of the ob
servatory in 1865, remaining until her
death, 23 years later. Harvard col
lege at the time had no telescope bet
ter than that used by Miss Mitchell's
father in his Nantucket home. No
where was tuition in this science then
I
THE MITCHELL HOUSE.
(Birthplace of Famous Woman Astron
omer at Nantucket.)
open to a woman, so it was through
her father only that Miss Mitchell be
came proficient in her life work.
She was the discoverer of a new
comet known to the world of science
as Maria Mitchell's comet. Her father
announced the event to Prof. Bond, of
Cambridge. A few years before Fred
erick VI., king of Denmark, had offered
a gold medal to the first discoverer of
a telescope comet. Shortly after the
king's death Maria Mitchell's comet
was seen in Rome, Germany and Eng
land, but the priority of the American
girl's discovery was immediately ad
mitted throughout Europe, and Fred
erick VII. carried out his father's de
sign.
Soon after this Miss Mitchell was
elected to membership in the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and
also made fellow and honorary mem
ber of associations for the advance
ment of science. Miss Mitchell was
lionized wherever she went but noth
ing detracted her from her work. At
that time the chronometers of all
whaleships were taken to the Mitch
ell house to be rated and set Greenwich
time. Nantucket being the center of a
great whaling fishery. Miss Mitchell
helped her father in this work, and
also to compile "The Nautical Al
manac." The latter work she con
tinued after she was called to Vassar.
The Mitchell house was built in 1790,
and during the last 85 years has been
occupied by some member of the
Mitchell family. The lower part of the
building will be used as a museum, and
the upper story for literary and as
tronomical purposes. Miss Mitchell's
scientific library-was left by will to her
brother. Prof. Henry Mitchell, but he
will turn this over, as a gift in-his sis
ter's name, to the library to be found
ed in the old homestead. Many of
these books were gifts, and bear the
names of distinguished persons. The
Maria Mitchell association, in the
hands of which the purchase and
charge of the Mitchell homestead are
placed, is composed exclusively of
the faculty and graduates of Vassar.
Miss Mary'W. Whitney, now professor
of astronomy at the college, is presi
dent of the association,
GEN. PORFIRIO DIAZ.
President of the United States ofMex
ico Will Soon Visit the Capitals
of Europe.
Gen. Porfirio Diaz was first elected
president of the Mexican republic in
1S76, and has since ruled the coun
try continuously, with the exception
GEN. PORFIRIO DIAZ.
(The Venerable and Able President of th«
Mexican Republic.)
of one te£m, when he secured the
election of Gen. Gonzalez, his secre
tary of war. The industrial progress
of Mexico under Gen. Diaz has been
remarkable, as compared with the
advancement of the other Latin coun
tries of America. He is now in his
seventy-third year, but is said to
possess wonderful physical strength,
a wrist like iron and also a will like
iron. His last notable public appear
ance was that made at the celebra
tion of Mexican independence in 1894,
on which occasion an attempt was
made to assassinate him. His would
be murdierer, however, was never
brought to trial. He was torn from
jail by a mob and lynched.
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
Fires.
The fire department of Yankton
was called upon to cope with three
separate fires in different parts of
the city, early one morning, and
there is little doubt that it was the
work of incendiaries.
All of the fires occurred at about
3 o'clock. At that time the night
watchman at the Pierce hotel dis
covered a blaze on one of the floors
of that hostelry. Investigation show
ed that the floor had been soaked
with oil and a match applied in two
places. The department experienced
little trouble in extinguishing it.
The home of J. II. Fall was next
discovered to be on fire. The in
cendariaries were frightened away
before they completed their work.
A hole had been made in the cellar
door, and some excelsior placed there
and lighted. It was discovered be
fore much damage was done. The
incendiaries dropped several matches
while making their escape.
More success followed their efforts
when a barn belonging to Daniel
i'lgott was ignited. It was burned
to the ground, although the animals
were saved.
There is no clue to the guilty per
sons, and there appears to have been
no motive for their work. The police
are working on the case.
Forest Reserve.
The Black Huls torest reserve is
of greater importance than any other
United States forest reserve, accord
ing to data in the report of the com
missioner of the general land office
as compared with data obtained at
the office of Seth Bullock, supervisor
of the Black Hills reserve.
In several respects more business
is transacted yearly on. the Black
Hills reserve than on all the other re
serves. There are in the United
States fifty-four reserves, embracing
a total area of 60,175,165 acres.
The area of the Black Hills reserve
is 1,211,680 acres. The total area
burned over. during the year on all
reserves by forest fires was 87,799
acres, of which 1,121 acres was on
the Black Hills reserve. The total
expense of fighting fires on all re
serves was $3,278. The expense on
the Black Hills reserve -was .1169. The
amount received from the sale
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timber on all reserves was $25,431.75.
The amount received on the Black
Hills reserve was $20,269.55.
Sunk by Rats.
Navigation on the Missouri river is
still fraught with perils, some
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which arise from unexpected sources.
This was the case with the ferryboat
which carries freight and passengers
to and fro on the "Big Muddy" at
Wheeler.
The boat suddenly sprung a leak
and ,'n a few moments sank to the
bottom of the river, the captain and
crew narrowly escaping death by
drowning.
The boat was a comparatively new
one, and what caused it to sink is a
mystery. The only explanation
which can be offered as yet is that
rats, which are known to be quite
plentiful on ferryboats, gnawed a
hole in the bottom of the boat and
caused it to sink. If this is the cor
rect solution, it is probably the first
instance on record in which a Mis
souri river boat has been sunli in this
manner.
Ask for Help.
An effort will probably be made to
have the interior department make
exceptions in the recent ruling, com
pelling able bodied Indians to work
for their livelihood, in favor of a
large number of aged and indignant
Indians occupying various reserva
tions in South Dakota.
Reduced to#bject poverty, no long
er able to supply themselves with the
means of subsistence because of the
depletion of all game preserves with
in their reach, they make ^dramatic
appeals to the Great Father to fur
ther reimburse them for the Black
Itills, which they ceded to the whites
by the treaty of Sept. 26, 1876, and
which they now claim was signed by
a large majority of them without
lully understanding its purport.
Resigned,
Nie Phillips, ex-warden of the
Sioux Falls penitentiary, well known
throughout the state, has resigned a
position as private secretary to Sen
ator Kittredge, to which place he was
appointed immediately after Kitt
redge's elevation to the senate. Phil
lips' successor will not be selected
for a week or more. Who will secure
the place is not yet definitely known.
Killed.
Horace Ross was instantly killed
in the Pluma mine at Lead. He fell
from a platform forty feet to the bot
tom of the shaft, striking on ms head.
This was to have been his last sni
as he had purchased a small business
in Lead,- and was to take possession
immediately7. Mr. Ross was the first
white child- born at Vermillion, S.
D„ where his parents reside. He
was a member of Grigsby's rough
riders in i898, anu had also spent sev
eral years in South Africa, in the
mines.
News Notes.
The overturning of a load of logs
resulted in the death ot John Thomp
son, a teamster, at Rapid City.
Thompson sustained a fracture of the
skull.
Harry Gilmore, Edward Carr and
Daniel O'Connell, convicted of rob
bing the Duffner jewelry store, at
Watertown, last duly, were sentenced
to the penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
Gilmore was let off with a sentence
of only one year and four months.
O'Connell was given two years and
four months, while Carr received the
heaviest sentence of all—three years
and six months.
The mild* winter and healthy cqn
dition of stock on the ranges is caus
ing alarming trouble among stock
men, especially sheepmen, on account
of wolves.
Judge Bailey Madison is a canui
date for sergeant-at-arms of the state
senate and has the support of the
Black Hills delegation. He held that
office in the Minnesota state legis
laiure for two terms years ago.
Martin E. Rudolph, the newly-elect
ed state senator from Lincoln county,
is critically ill. His condition is such
that unless he. improves speedily he
will not be able to attend the legis
lative session.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Dec. 0.
Mrs. Malinda Lovell died at Bedford,
Ind., aged 105 years.
The little town of Ward, S. D., was
nearly wiped out by fire.
George Bear, an Indian, was
hanged at Sioux Falls, S. D., for mur
der.
Mont Pelee, on the Island of Mar
tinique, has resumed its dangerous
activity.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt cele
brated the sixteenth anniversary of
their wedding.
Mrs. Carrie Nation is in jail at To
peka, Kan., 011 the charge of disturb
ing the peace.
The American league is to have
Sunday baseball only in Chicago and
St. Louis next year.
Chicago's anthracite coal supply is
1,000,000 tons short and suffering is
likely frotn cold weather.
The coinage executed at the mints
of the United States during Novem
ber amounted to $5,246,950.
The schooner Wesley M. Olear was
wrecked 111 a storm off Hatteras in
let and the crew of ten urowned.
The president has appointed Rob
ert M. McWade, of Pennsylvania, to
be consul general at Canton, China.
Shamrock, a prize bullock at the
stock show in Chicago, was sold at
56 cents a pound, bringing $1,010.80.
The sixth annual convention of the
National Live Stock association will
be held January 13 next in Kansas City,
Mo.
.Weekly trade reviews say that busi
ness activity continues throughout
the country in excess of previous
years.
John H. Ilodder, publisher of the
Aurora Beacon and the pioneer news
paper man of Aurora, 111., died sud
denly.
A. B. Anderson, of Crawfordsville,
Ind., will be appointed United States
district judge to succeed John Baker,
resigned.
An injunction against Cleveland la
bor unions to prevent boycotting of
a restaurant has been made perma
nent by Judge Ford.
The German emperor in a speech
to a deputation of workingmen at
Breslau said socialists were the foes
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the wage earners.
Caleb Powers, convicted in the
Goebel murder conspiracy in Kentucky
and sentenced to life imprisonment,
has been granted a new trial.
The November fire loss shows a to
tal of $10,558,300, against $14,801,000 for
1901. Loss for 11 months. $123,667,000,
against 4152,000.000 for 1901.
It has been decided that the America
cup race shall be sailed beginning Au
gust 20, 1903, and continuing on al
ternate days until concluded.
Dr. Henry S. Cutler, composer and
musical conductor, credited with in
troducing vested male choirs in this
country, died at Swampscott, Mass.
The three men who are supposed
to have robbed the bank at Bridger,
Mont., and
escaped with $3,738 we're
captured after a wild ride of 300 miles.
A well-known New York financier
says that of 80,000,000 silver dollars
now in circulation it is likely that
not less than 40,000,000 are counter
feit.
Sir Hiram Maxim', British inventor
and gunmaker, will start for the United
States soon to begin flying machine ex
periments that will ex'tend over two
years.
The government receipts during
November amounted to $43,599,001
and the disbursements $43,040,257,
leaving a surplus for the month of
$588,741.
A girl aged six years and an in
fant of two months, children of Mrs.
Ainsley Bowers, of Saginaw, Mich.,
were burned to death while their
mother was absent from the house.
The United States navy began a war
game in the Caribbean sea. Rear Ad
miral Summer's fleet sailed from Trin
idad to effect a landing on American
West Indian possessions. Admiral
Higginson's fleet is on guard.
The government monthly crop re
port shows winter wheat condition
promising and the cyop making rapid
growth. The Hessian fly is causing
extensive damage in early sown grain,
but the late grain is unaffected.
THE markets
New York, Dec.
LIVE STOCK-Steers 50 6 25
Hogs 6 CO 6 70
Shec-p 3 50 3 75
FLOUR—Buckwheat 2 30 2 35
WHEAT—December SO 8014
May :.. 79Vi8 79%
RYE—State 64 E4U
CORN—December 60%@ 61
OATS—TMtck 37 42
BUTTER 20 29
CHEESE 13V4# 13V4
EGGS 18 29
CHICAGO.
CATTLE—Christmas Beeves *7 20 8 00
Texas Steers 4 25 & 6 20
Medium Beef Steers 5 00 5 95
Gdriimon to fair 3 20 @500
Bulls 225 @485
HOGS—Light 6 15 @6 40
Heavy Mixed 6 26 6 46
SHEEF .• 3 25 4 25
BUTTER—Creamery 18 28
Dairy 17 22
KGGS_„._^._. 20 21
48
16 00 @16 12%
9 67%® 9 72V4
POTATOES (per sack)
MESS PORIC—January
LARD—January
RIBS—January
GRAIN—Wheat, December..
Corn, December
Oats. December
Barley, Choice
Rye, No. 2
MILWAUKEE.
GRAIN—Wheat, No. 1 $
Corn, May ....:
Oats, Standard
Rye, No. 1
Barley, No: 2
KANSAS CITY.
GRAIN—Wheat. December.. 63
Corn, December 39V*&
Oats, No. 2 White
Rye, No. 2.-.
ST. LOUIS
CATTLE—Beef Steers
Texas Steers^
HOGS—Packers'
Butchers'
A* j.,
2S&.
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(ffi 6 30
OMAHA.
CATTLE—Native Steers ..
Cows a'nd Heifers ......
Stockers and Feeders-..
HOGS-Heavy
SHEEP-Wethers
$3 50 & 6 25
3 00 4 00
2 60 4 40
I
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S 25 & 6 30