Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 23, 1899, Page 2

The Rerali- E. C. KILEY, Editor. MINNESOTA, Review. GRAND RAPIDS - A servant-girl trust wouldn’t do a thing to the crockery trust. Any actor who tackles Hamlet ought to have at least a ghost of a show. Said a man with the gout: “The pain is something awful, but I can’t kick.” z “Know thyself” and the chances are you’N have one more undesirable ac- quaintance. “Beggars on horseback” is an old epithet that is being paralleled by Chi- cago’s new development of “thieves in buggies.” One hundred thousand words an hour is promised by a new telegraphy sys- tem. Only money and an angry woman can beat this. The notorious W. F. Miller of the Franklin syndicate is said to have stated that his income was $75,000 per day. This is enough to make Cecil Rhodes blush with envy. Recent police records having estab- lished the fact that an’ umbrella may be a deadly weapon it will be surpris- if some legislature with intellect ing to spare doesn’t pass a law. regulating the use of such articles. A writer in the Review of Reviews gives this advice: “If you have a farm, keep it; if not, get one; for the time may come when the population of this country will be largely divided into monopolists, dependents and farmers; and the farmer will be the most inde- pendent of all men, and will be the saving power of our institutions.” We venture to say that it will not depend so much upon the farm as upon the farmer President McKinley, in speaking at a town in South Dakota a few weeks ago, remarked that the little folks now had a good deal of geography to learn that he did not have when a_ boy. This is nificantly true. Africa, in he old geographies, took up little space; it was the dark continent. Australia is also a comparatively new chapter. So is a great part of the United States. South Dakota, where the president spoke, was a wilderness in 1843, the year in which he was born, and he was 14 years old before its first permanent settlement, at Sioux Falls, was started. A valuable but newspaper by the bureau of foreign commerce, and is entitled “Advance Sheet of the Consular Reports.” It has reached its five hundredth number. In its pages are found many interesting glimpses of life in foreign lands, and the range of its matter is wide, as the following list of articles in a single issue shows: “American Fruit in Norway,” “Sugar in Spain,” “Heating and Cooking Stoves in Uruguay,” “Coffee in Ja- “Conversion of Mexican Debt,” “Direct Steamship Connection Syria.” These papers are ex- s from consular reports. They of prime interest to business men, but nearly every issue contains some paragraphs which are curious, amus- ing or novel. This is true of many other government publications, but this daily is exceptionally favored. About ten years ago there sprang up among the metropolitan papers a riv- alry that led to some interesting as well as awful developments. Though the Sunday issues were chiefly affected, the changes did not apply to them alone. It seemed to be—and it was— the effort of some publishers to give in the columns of their daily issues not only the news of the world, but illustrations of the leading events, and pictures of those who took part in them, with literature of all kinds, and its criticism thrown in as a side dish. From a,dozen, the Sunday issues ran up to twenty, forty, sixty, and some- times to a hundred pages. Very often it might almost be said generally— the quantity was offset by a dilution of the quality, and it became a puzzle to discover who read the mass of ma- terial the presses turned out every Saturday. ‘The reaction has been not- ed for some ‘time. Pictures have dis- appeared altogether from the columns of the leading papers, not only in New York, but in other great cities. There has been a return to the older idea that a daily newspaper has an ample field for all its energies ‘in- seeking to give to clean-minded readers all the clean news of the day. With the tre- mendous expansion of the news service of the press—an expansion that ‘has brought the ends of the earth together, $t may be said—this is a task ‘that can maice and with tr: give the greatest energy and enterprise | full employment, and the execution of which ean secure to the intelligent aders of a daily paper the most wrofitable satisfaction. Evidently the mayor of Allentown, a. is an up-to-date business man. jae has recommended that the city eouncil prohibit the littering of the eity streets and sidewalks by “those who still regard the handbill as a use- fui method of advertising.” Chauncey M. Depew’s salary as a senator for six years will be $30,000. He has leased a house in Washington for a term of six years for $50,000. It is evident, therefore, that Chauncey expects to earn a little extra money by working overtime. little-known daily | published in Washington Se SS hi i Ti vi eS A western lady,who formerly lived at" Cambridge, Mass., writes eutertaining- ly of what she declares was the hap piest Christmas of her life. The climax of this merry occasion was a house party given at the home of her uncle not many miles from Cambridge. The lady writes: “My uncle owned a big twenty miles from town, and every year he invited all his relatives to spend the Christmas holidays with him. He was a widower with two chil- | dren-—a sor 26 ye: | ter of 17, This‘girl, my cousin, Stella, | Was one of the brightest and most fun-loving girls I have ever known. I | was just two years her senior, and be- tween us we managed to s up that | house party to a degree nothing short of startling! Twenty people beside our family were invited, there being altogether about thirty guests in the house. Among them were a young law- yer from New York (for whom [ im- mediately conceived a violent admira- tion), a naval officer, three Yale men from New Haven, my two brothers, an antique female cousin of ours (age un- known), some girls from New York and a young married couple from St. Louis. Before the end of 2 week Stel- la and I had almost originated a di- vorce case, where the young St. Louis couple were concerned. Of course, there were some other people, but they were sort of chaperones, old fogies who | didn’t count much, Well, that year the 25th of December fell on Wednes- day, and the guests were invited from Dev. 23 to Jan. 2, and I can tell you we made Rome howl. My brothers and I, with our parents, arrived at our uncle’s late Monday morning. The snow had bcen falling steadily for thirty-six hours, and was many inches deep, “We drove from the little rickety station three miles ‘cross country to the farm. We were the first arrivals, and we made gocd use of the advan- tage over the other invited guests, The next train, at 4 o'clock, breught them all, and at 5 they came shouting and singing up to the house, an sleighs, wagons and carriages, borrowed from the farmers all over that part of the country. ‘Well, the first evening was passed in the big dining recom, all of us crowded about the roaring log fire. That is, all of us, excepting the young lawyer from New York and—myself. We were seated on a chintz-covered soap-box, off in a dim corner of the room, discussing—er—the possibilities of effeet of mistletoe on--ah-—-mankind. Before the candles were brought in to anuounce the ‘time for digappearing,’ we two had begun to understand each other, It was our first meeting, but in the country, and at Christmastide, peo- ple become acquainted very quickly, place about SOT wh, “The next morning we al! arose at 8 o'clock, and after the jolliest kind of a breakfast, we hauled in great bunches of evergreen, reels of crow-foot mess, and pile after pile of holly and mistle- toc. We spert most of the day on step ladders or tables, hammering and tack- ing the Christmas decorations in place. And in the evening my uncle had a big pine tree brought in and set up in the parlor. We had each brought scores of little packages from town to present en Christmas morning, and these were suspended from the branches of the tree. Mistletoe was everywhere, anid so were the giris. The conse- guence will b= readily understood—the men were not of the variety known as shy. “It was long past midnight when we trooped orf to our rooms and 2 o'clock struck before the last goed night rang down the darkened hallway. As soon as all was quiet, i stole from my room, and tip-toed down the corridor to my cousin Stella’s door, It was locked, Yj, RECEIVED A PAIR OF HUNTING TROUSERS. but I tapped genily, and was soon ad- mitted. We two girls slipped down stairs, where I had told the butler (an old servant of ey uncle’s) to wait for us, And the= we put our three heads together and concocted a grand scheme, for the undoing of everybody in the house. We tugged and hauled that hig over-loaded Christmas tree from the parlor, through the hall into the library, and then we exchanged the names on all the presents. It was almost daylight before we finished, but we were amply repaid for cour trouble. “By 9 o'clock everybody was dressed and down stairs, exchanging greetings and gifts. Stella and¢I were the last to arrive, and our entrance was the signal for a grand rush to the parlor And lo! the big Christmas tree ha flown. My uncle was enraged, the guests much excited, and the young lawyer from New York looked very much amused. <A search was prompt- ly instituted, and of course the tree was found in the library, standing in stately solitude. “Who on earth there? No one knew—and no could guess—Stella and I were particu- larly obtuse. And after awhile the presents were distributed. The young married woman's card was inclosed in a bundle cf embroidered flannel petti- coats to ‘my darling husband,’ and ‘darling husband’ presented his ‘little love’ with a volume of Mother Goose tales, and a red bathing suit; my old maid cousin received a Dutch pipe and a pair of hunting trouse’ my uncle got a half dozen tulle veils and a pair of gold garter clasps.” THOSE CHRISTMAS CHILDREN. The little folks at our house—they talk like anything® ‘Bout Santa Claus comin’, an’ what he’s goin’ to bring; An’ mother never has to scold, or tell ’em ’bout the noise— They're just the sweetest little girts— the best of little boys! could have put it 'Cause why? They know that Santa Claus knows ever’thing they do, An’ while he’s loadin’ up his sleigh he’s watchin’ of ’em, too! An’ them that minds their mother, they gets the most o’ toys— They're just, thessweetest little girls— the best o’ little boys! They’ve just been writin’ letters to Santa Claus each day, An’ tellin’ him just what they want, an’ showin’ him the way To where our house is, so’s he’ll know just where to leave the toys Fer just the sweetest little girls—the best 0’ little boys! They’re longin’, longin’, longin’ fer the days and night to go, An’ all o’ them are happy, an’ they make their mother so! She never has to scold ’em, or tell ’em *bout the noise— Cause they’re the sweetest little girls —the best o’ little boys! Use Pienty of Paper and Cards, No child of today would consider a present half a present—except, of course, those that Santa Claus with his own hands hangs upon a tree or thrusts into a stocking—unless it were hidden in manifold paper wrappings at the bottom of a box with a bright col- ore Christmas card lying on top of it. Anyone accustomed to being with chil- dren will appreciate the pleasure that the accessories of their Christmas gifts give them. Every scrap of ribbon, the tiniest card, the very scraps of bright wrapping paper, are all hoarded, and | used somewhere for decoration, The little girl makes sashes of the ribbons and dresses for her paper dolls of the tissue wrappings, while the cards serve as priceless works of art on the walls of ner playhouse. The lucky man is the,man who sees and grasps his opportunity. one | “ | mine explosion at Carbondale, Wash. THE NEWS RESUME EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM. A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week From All Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Criminal Record. Joshua L. Craft and Ed Karsh, con- victs, escaped from the Missouri pen- itentiary. Craft was recaptured after he had been shot in the head. Gov. Pingree of Michigan has pa- roled Thurlow Kauhn, sent from St. Clair county in 1893 to state prison for eighteen years for wife murder. in the second degree. Stephen P. Anderson, a wealthy architect and builder at New York, committed suicide by shooting himself. ‘There is no known cause for the act. | He was forty-two years old. J. N. Blinkiron, a wealthy stockr was killed by C. I. Har s per man at Belden, Neb. resulted from an article regarding Blinkiron which appeared in Harris’ paper. | T. D. Tanner, one of the best known | members of the improved order of Red Men in the United tenced at Easton, Ps days in jail for embez a local tribe. Jay A. Buck, the defaulting treas: of Midland lodge, Amalgamated A ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Wor of Muncie, Ind., pleaded guilty sentenced to fourteen ling funds from and u's in on. | Accidental Happenings. Fire in A. P. Letherbee & Co.'s lum- ber yard at Boston caused a loss of | probably $60,000. | The French ship Louis Pasteur, now out 131 days from Limerick for San Francisco, is believed to have been | lost. At Enfield, N. H., the Baltic mill, owned by the American Woolen Mills company, was partially burned. Loss, | $100,000. Mrs. Jane Newton, an aged woman | of Limestone, Ill., slipped off a back | porch and dislocated her neck, dying instantly. A Grand Rapids & Indiana freight | train was derailed at Avilla, Ind., and twenty-three cars were wrecked. A | tramp was fatally injured. | ‘The west-bound Union Pacific passen- | ger train was wrecked at Grand Is- | land, Neb., by an open switch. The | engineer and fireman were seriously | injured. | During the fiscal year just ended forty-nine men were killed through ac- cidents in’ Montana mine: cording to the annual report of the state mine inspector, John Byrne. Thirty-two men were killed by a | The Baltic mill Enfield, N. H., owned by the American Woolen Mills company, wis partially burned. Loss, $100,000. Sporitns. Miller and Waller win the New York | bike race by two laps. Spike Sullivan got the decision over Young Kenny, the Chicago light- | weight, in the sixth round in what was | scheduled to be a twenty-round bout 188 pounds before the Capitol Ath- letic club at Hartford, Conn. The Athletic Association of the Uni- ity of Pennsylvania has definit to send the Vennsylvania track team to Europe next year to take part in the Olympian games to be held in Paris during the exposition. Foreign. Before closing the extraordinary ses- sion the Peruvian congress approved the e& audition treaty with the United State: It is announced that Robert Tabor will manage the Adelphi theater in London from the pring of 1900 to 1901, starring in romantic roles. During a performance at a theater at } Marcia, Spain, a bomb was exploded, fire broke out and the theater w: le- stroyed. ‘The audience, however, es- caped, The governor of. New Mexico, in his annual report, estimates the population of the territory at 260,500, and says this year’s record will exceed almost all former years in the revenue de- veloped from produce, sheep and cat- tle. The report renews the plea for statehood. A committee of Philadelphia Friends has begun the shipment of 35,000 pounds of food, clothing and supplies for the Doukobors, or Russian Quakers in Canada. ‘They will require much tance during the winter as their first crop last summer was nearly ruined. Personal. Rev. Robert Cosman, Jr., St. John’s church, Boston, bishop of the Protestant Epi: ocese of Maine. The New oYrk World states on what it calls excellent authority that Julia Arthur will retire from the stage at the end of the present season. Gen. Jasper Packard, commandant at the State soldiers’ home at Lafay- ette, Ind., and a prominent Indianan, died at that place after a brief illness. Sir Gecrge R. Kirknatrick, ex-lien- tenant governor vu vc. and ex speaker of the house at Ottawa, died at Torcnto. He had been ill some time. N. N. Ravlin died at Kaneville, Ul, aged seventy-seven. He had resided in Kane county since 1845. He was postmaster, and many years in the leg- islature. The Rev. Daniel Shepardson, D. D., founder of Shepardson college for wo- men at Granville, Ohio, is dead. Dr. Frank Shepardson, of the University of Chicago, is his son. Louis, Straus, of the firm of Lonis & astor of chosen opal di- | hold their From Washington. n. Wood succeeds Gen. Brooke | itary governor of Cuba. . . Organized rebellion no longer ex! in the Philippines, according to Otis. Senator Cullom has introduced his pill to amend the interstate commerse law. z Secretary Long has taken the first step towards carrying out his project for the consolidation of the naval bu-— reaus utider one head and has prepared a bill to be introduced immediately in congress for that purpose. Attorney General Griggs has made @ ruling holding that the abolishment of free delivery through the reduction of gross receipts balow the minimum re- quired by law to entitle a town to free delivery is compulsory and not option- ‘al with the postmaster general. Let- ter,carriers thrown out by abolishing free delivery are not, under the civil service rules, entitled to reinstatement on restoration of free delivery. Otherwise. Many young Irish-Americans will go to Africa to fight the British. Canadian banks withdraw their mon- ey in New York to loan in London. Connecticut cotton manufacturers re- cently advanced cotton operatives® wages The Rothschilc Alamedan quick Jose, Cal The Sicux City & Northern railway Ww od to J. Kennedy Tod & Co. of Ngpy York. ¢ American art space at the Paris ex- pesition will permit the hanging of 250" oil paintings. The Prohibitionists have decided to- ational convention in Chi- cago June 27. The tional Jewish home for con- sumptives, located at Denver, has been: formally dedicated. It is sought to make Montreal the seaboard terminal for an all-water~ route for grain from the West. Joseph R. McPhee, associate superin- have purchased the lvyer mines,. near’ Sam | tendent of the Salvation Army, is to erect a poor man’s hotel in Baltimore. An advance of 10 per cent was an- nounced in the wages of the Slater c ton mill employes of Worcester, Mass. A new strawboard trust will be- launched at Terre Haute the first of | the year in-opposition to the old trust. “Buffalo Bill” says Roberts should: iven his s in congress. He is indignant that anyone should ob- . ©. Frick will build steel plants near Pittsburg, Chicago and Superior and on the Atlantic seaboard. Carne- gie may sell out. It is reported at Memphis that a movement is on foot to form a combi- nation of all of the big cotton gin man- ufacturiyg concerns of the country. of internal The commissioner pye- ; nue has decided that aerated distilled water is entitled to exemption from ax even if advertised as a remedy or- umatie version of Hen Si- “Quo Vac received’ its- 1 production at MceVicker’s th “ago, recently, and was r a success, The executive committee of the anti- trust conference decided to hold an anti-trust meeting in Chicago Feb. 12. No formal call has been issued as yet for the meeting. The claim is made that the banking business of Detroit suffers from oy capitalization, and an effort is being le to consolidate, making one bankk 000,000 and surplus $460 G00. An uphes among the manufactur- ers of iin plate is proposed with am early change in the market, the over- throw of the trust and the forr of an organization to take its plac The National Protective Society Michigan has applied for an injuncti to restrain Insurance Commis O’Shaugh: from canceling its li- cense to do business in Minnesota. Senator J. L. Rawlins and others, representing the Utah Volunteer Mon- ument ass: i invited the pre: one to be erected in honor of the Utah volun- teers. Dr. H. Baxter Wilson was sent from Chicago to the Chester im for in- sane criminals. He was once a well- known physician in New York and was made the surgeon of Roosevelt's rough riders. Lieut. Stacke of Tennessee, on land- ing in New York from Manila, made the startling announcement: ‘The Philipine soldiers fight like h-1.” It is understood the lieutenant has der a galling fires Acommittee appointed by the gener- al conference of the Methodist Protest- ant church at Kansas City in 1806, to make a thorough mination of the discipline of the church, has begun its work at Baltimore. According to the preliminary s ment issued by the board of agricul- ture the total yield of wheat in Great Britain for 1899 is estimated at 65.259,- 225 bushels, compared with 73,028,856 bushels lest year. The bar of Keokuk county, Towa, passed resolutions urging Pr« McKinley to appoint Hon. Judge R. Dewey of Worthington, Iowa, to succeed the late Judge John S. Woel- son, of the federal bench. As soon as several patent suits now pending upon fruit jar glass blowing machines are disposed of a trust of fruit jar manufacturers, it is said. will be formed. Ball Bros of Muncie, Ind., are engineering the concern. ‘ Trades unions embracing all of the building trades at Pittsburg, with a combined membership of 12,000, have decided to make a demand for an eight- hour day. ‘The employers will be given until April 1 to grant the demand. The statement of the exports of do- mestic products for November of this year, prepared by the bureau of statis. ties, shows that the total exports amounted to $644,026. 3.340, as against $696,500,235 for the same month of 1898, That tbe American Steel and Wire company will build its immense $6,- been un- 000,000 plant on Neville island, a sub. _ urb of Pittsburg, is now a settled fact, Gus Straus, one of Lexington’s lead- ing and wealthiest clothiers, died af- ter a protracted illness of Bright's dis- ease, dropsy and heart trouble. . Ground has been broken for the first of the 600-ton Bessemer furnaces to be erected. When complete the works — will employ over 5,000 men. : |