Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 15, 1902, Page 4

4 yea pay $20,000,000 each year to for- ‘Brana “Revies Poeraite*tRevidr Published Every Saturday. By Ez fee KILEY & SON. O DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE qntered in the Postoffiee at Grand Rapids Minnesota, as Second-Class Matter ! Paver“of Tiascc® County, Village erGrend Repide and Deer River Hl 7 SPS Their Importance in the Transpor- tation of Perishable Products. YHFOUNDED OPPOSITION TO SUBSIDIES. Value of Gcean Myers to the Gov- ernment im Time of Peace or War Up the Nation’s Ocean le and Augment Its Naval Power. {Special Corréspondence.] Washington, D. C., Jan. 16. Considerable opposition to the payment of subsidies te swift American steamships loped in the press of the country. sment has been widely circulated ships merely carry passengers spend Americam money, and to < wines and silks for luxurious eit- i that such ships, so employed, are p to American commerce. What | these opponents declare, is ear- , the low-powered steamships dev ver they are consigned, ablished lines. And these they go on and assert, that eat Britain her preeminence me power. lausibie, and somewhat , if not analyzed by those hav- the facts, helps to create favorable and hurtful sentiment: to- 1 the shipping bill now pending in whieh properly considers swift as well as slow ores. | is from the United States that are + valuable, and, in many cases, the j Were it not for the fast alifornia fruits — a growing -—cou'd not be exported to Europe; , the exportation of Pacific coast y grows and prospers. Al! d ham, bacon, lard y of agricultural or s carry the mails; and it is es- be carried with the t ships are "ines, and frequent voyages to ir terminal points. The swift- r. the more powerful the ships, | re praftab e their use\is to their re- terminal countries, but the truth remunerative they all are to their They carry the most expensive oes that go both ways, the m ‘ac- hich iabor and skill have been expat. and which return the largest to their producers. these are the ships, the large, pow- erful, swift ocean flyers, that are most use- ful to the nation in time of war, They are at once available as carriers of important | dispatches, in ¢ where celerity.is of the utmost importance: hey are useful as aux- iliary cruisers, they can be quickly trans- formed into cruisers and then prey upon afid destroy the enemy’s commerce; they van act as scouts for fleets, and keep them informed regarding the movements of the enemy, keeping in touch with the enemy and eluding capture through their ‘swift: ness. This was well illustrated by the four ips of the only American line in the Atlantie trade, during our war with Spain. They were steaming at full speed between 500 and 600 miles a day, far ont upon the Atlantic, keeping wateh for Spain’s cruisers, ready to report them to the. flying squadron at Hampton Roads. It was this scouting .werk, so effectively done, that compelied Spain to send Cervera far to the south, when but for them-Cervera’ might have threatened if not seriously and irreparabiy injured our great Atlantic and Gulf staports. The swift steamships are the nearest at- | A iy ‘ | Spremberg, and is a widow with one tainment to the ideal, the consummation of the highest hopes of the artists engaged in | their construction, atonce an effective dein- onstration of man’s best handiwork, and at the same time an invaluable aid Au the na- | tion when most in need of aid. Such ships } ere the final outgrowth of noe estab- lished lines where a trade bas been built | ap at great expense, after many years of faithful effort, and through a service that ia ! thorough, complete and attractive. They | arethe best of their kind and a nation whose people fail to appreciate them does not | grasp the full significance nor the full value | of sea power. The so-caljed tramp steamships, the ves- | sels tHat carry cargoes wherever destined, | are merely the carriers of the surplus car- | oes that accumulate after harvesting, or at exceptional times, when the regular lines are avererowded. But it is the regular lines \hat build up a nation’s trade—never tho 4ramps—and they often do it for years at a | Xoss, until they are thorough!y established | and have accumulated a paying business. «ind Britain’s sea power lies in her great steamship lines, not in her “tramps.” \’ tf the agents of foreign steamships are deliberate y working to defeat the pending | -shipping bill—ns is heing said all over the ; vountry—Congress shouldbe ararned. The | American peopie are nat in the mood to eee | legislation he. pful to a greatpAmerican in- | dustry defeated in the Jnterest sof foreign- ‘ The back of the opposition to the | shipping bill was rather broken when the re | publican leaders in the senate got together and united in‘favor of a bill which they could all enthusiastically support, and the passage of which at the present session is | now assured. } 7 After all has been said and done, if congress don’t legislate in the interest of | quiring turn of mind, strayed away | Kain on the subject of asking for dis- | tures of the Wrench school of 1830, | '\ CAT SEEKS DEATH. Keautiful Angora at Elgin, Ill, Mourns Loss of Brother. Refuses te Partake of Any Nourish- ment and Is Slowly Starving to Death—Efforts to Divert Him Prove Unavailing, Teddy, a beautiful Angora cat, the property of Mrs. J. O. Myers, of Elgin, Ui, is slowly starving himself. His unwillingness to eat or to take nour- ishment of any kind dates from the death of his brother, Mack, on Septem- ber 14. Since that time he has refused anything in the way of eatables, and has iost weight until he has dwindled froma’ 14-pound) beautyfto.a mere skel- eton, Weight and a desire to eat are not the only things which have left him. Before the death of Mack he was as lively and frisky as any cat could be, Now no amount of coaxing, Rot even the most tempting morsel, can per- suade him to leave a large arm-chait ia which he has esconced himself evi- dently determined to end his days there, While the repubtican cofvention was being held in Philadelphia iast sum- mer, at which: the late Presiden Mc- Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt were nominated to lead the republican ticket, two cats were presented to Mrs, Myers. In naming them she deter- mined to call them candidate cats. hence Mack and Teddy. On the day of the death of Presi- dent McKinley, Mack, being of an in- from home. He had gone only a short distance when the inevitable bad boy appeared with a small caliber rifle. Mack, with his beautiful tailand bushy head, caught his gaze, and Mack was a corpse. His absence caused anx- iety in the Myers family, and when his lifeless body was laid on the floor in the sitting-room there was general sor- row throughout the house. Teddy’s impatience at the absence of his brother showed no abatement when Mack refused to respond tothe earesses which he showered on him as he lay cold in death. Teddy mewed and mewed and refused to be pacified... Teddy was a part of the funeral pro- cession when Mack was laid away in the Myers bac rd. Heimmediately retired to the arm-chair and has since been, slowly wasting away, and his ceath is now y expected: xo LONGE mR SR ALLOWED. Mend of Catholie Church Decides That Dixpensations Cannot Be Had by Telegraph, Some time ago the ecclesiastical court of jurisdiction at Rome was ap- ; pealed to on the question whether it would be considered sacramental and valid to hear confessions by telephone. The decision was in the negative. An adverse decision'has been. received from the same source by Archbishop pensations from canonical laws by cabJe and telegraph. In American haste and hurry the custom has been steadily growing of bishops sending cable messages te | Rome asking permission to do this or that act which would be contrary to a strict interpretation of some eccle- siastical law. The answer from Rome is that this practice shail no longer obtain and that it is now specifically condemned. ‘The church does not mean by this to set herself against the use and de- velopment of the agencies of modern science. An adequate reason must be given for every dispensation asked and this cannot be done by telegraph or eable. Marries in a Strange Tongue. Mrs. Anna/Kempff, of Berlin, Gers inany, and Fred Spremberg, of Sweet Ij}ome, Ind., were married at South lend, Ind, the other day, Oscar Tippmann, a friend of the groom, act- iug as interpreter. Mrs. Kempft is ister of the deceased. wife of Mr. caild. Mr. Spremberg has several small chiidren, and ‘soon after tae | Geath of Lis wife he thought that he would like to marry again. Know- jag that his former wife’s sister was « widow he corresponded with her, all his letters being translaied into German, and proposed to her, never having seen her. She accepted and irrived in the city two weeks ago, her only stipulation being that. she should. live in the home of,her future husband ‘or two weeks before definitely settling whether she would marry him. The acquaintance proved satisfactory and they sere married, Fine Art Ceiiection, The collection of Dr. Preyer, eapell- meister of Vienna, which Seaator ark, of Montana, has just bought for 1,600,000 frais ($320,000), aceording to the Paris correspondent of the New York Herald, is composed of 40 works by old masters and 26 modern pic- which are of considerably grester value than the old masters. This is ihe opinion of M. Kleinberger, a deul- er in old masters. There are four pic- tures by Troyon, one of which, an important work, is “La Descente de Montmartre.” ‘fhe old masters in- clude.some fine exampTes of Luini, the be: irgin and Child,” a portrait of a*woman by Holbein, a panel of the school of Memling, a landscape with figures attributed to Rembrandt and three Small sketches by Rubens. | It's Ill Wind, Eie, A-train loaded with wrecked in New Jersey t Ee ‘American ship the America: series led—no one knows bite much wign ships for carrying American importa export | Says the Chicago Record-H repered that severa? boardi }on their imports. ‘to his present rank. AUTOMOBILE IN MINIATURE, Nine-Year-01d George Gould, Given Small Machine for Christmas, or, When little nine-year-old George Jay Gould, Jr., opened his eyes Christmas morning at his multi-millionaire fa-— ther’s country seat, Georgiana court, Lakewood, N. J., they gazed upon what. probably was the eystliest and most up-to-date toy Santa Claus gave to any American boy ‘this year. That joyous holiday morning Master | Gould was the most enviable boy in America, for chief among his gifts was a real automobile in miniature, as | complete xin every ‘particular as his father’s ponderous Panhard. ‘Thé toy was his mother’s Christmas gift, and this: is how he happened to get it. Mr. Gould’s chauffeur, Charles Plennet, told Mrs. Gould that Master George had to be constantly watched to keep him from jumping into his fa- ther’s Panhard, putting on the power and dashing down the+roadway and around the drives of the esiate. For a nine-year-old boy he showed a precocity in automotile ha ng that was wonderful and displayed a ecurage that would do credittoaVournier. He suggesied that young George’s auto- mobiling enthusiasm might be divert- ed into a less dangerous channel if a smal: automobile co be built for the young chauffeur. Mrs. Gduld thought the idea an excellent one and commis- sioned Plennet to have one buiit. 5% ‘The result is the handsomest and most complete electrical. automobile in miniature yet turned out from an American shop. The tiny . vehicle weighs but 200 pounds. Its length is four feet over all and its height from the ground to the seat is two feet. ODD RELATIONSHIPS. Indianapolis Society Puzzled by Com- plications Arising from Coming Marriage. Several months ago D. P. Erwin, one of the wealthiest men of Indian- apoiis, wedded Miss Demia Townley. Now the engagement of Miss Mannah ughter of. Mr. Erwin, aid rnley, a brother of. Mrs. nounced. All are prominegt a society much amused © z j g sister. anit als: wife. Wie Mr in-law to his er to be Cond sisicrein- law to Tf a so be born to Mr, and Mrs. Erwin, the boy would be grand- nephew to his father, his unele would be his brother- . his aunt would be a sister- and his mother would be his sister-in-law. Women who take delight in figuring out the various relation 3s say That a thou- saud other complications might be quoted from this mix. Will Sing at Coronation. Miss Mary McFarland and Miss Marie McFarland, twin sisters, of Den- ver, Col., who are well known as much for their beauty as for their talent as songsters, have been chosen to sing at the coronation ceremonies of King Edward VII., to be held next summer. ‘The Misses McFarland have been great travelers and it was upon one of their ‘journeys through Europe that- they met the present king of England, at that time prince of Wales. It is stated that the royal command to sing at the ceremonies proceeds directly from the king and is not the outcome of the plans of the committee which has this matter in hands This is felt to be an additional “honor and the residents of Denver. who have watched the careers of the twin sisters with a kind- ly interest are greatly pleased over the matter. ~ J F Trade in Russia, Tn a special report to the state de- partment Consul Heenan, at Odessa, says: “The sale of American agri- ‘cultural machinery’ and implements | during 1901 was the largest on reéord”® in this country. One well-known American firm, which has been long establighed in Russia, did a business which passed ‘the million mark. Other American firms also did-a large | trade. The inereaséd tariff exacted: | on certain Ameriéan. products. has not thus far made much impression It is probably too early to deter: E Ghutare Oheach! chief engineer ‘ot the imperial Japanese, navy. has just ived at New York. He-is on his home to Japan by. way of San anaisco.” “I have been to\the dif Fr ferent countries of Eurcpe on mat: ters of state,” he said. “Yes. part of my mission has been to look into the latest development’ of subinarine } navigation for the Japanese favy.” Mr. Ohdachi. was chief.engineer cn { the battleship Furojin the China Japanese war, and dn its termina- tion was promoted for his services Quaint Southern Epitaph, A Charleston-(S. ©): churchyard con- | tains the dust of many eminent men and several queer epitaphs. The epitaph of Charlotte Elford, who Hee on May 9, 1817, says that—_ > She was Obedient. Virtuous, © Humble. In Childhoca iT WAS 4 GIRL'S W AY. Written for This Paper. It was a pretty affair, that bachelor’s cak endar, which Santa Claus had wished to de posit in the worr. sock of a handsome and (shy young man. The children had been in- creasing so rapidly that it had been impos- \ sible for the dear old man to get around in his sleigh to make his annua! cal! on the’ elders, so he had to use the mail. Put asthe | young man opened the various packages j which the mai] maa Santa Claus had left ‘had occupied so much of his thoughts for a year and allowed his mind to wander back ‘paint had gottem onte the new methods of the post office department, but had de posited the toys and sweetmeats intended ‘for him in the long stocking, usually one ‘home fireplace. Those were happy days, and then he thought of what other days might be if he could but muster the courage to speak to Eva, proyided,-of course, that she would say “yes” to bis pleadings, of which he felt not at all certain. “The new way is better ‘or me after a! be said, “fer 1 fraid the goodies wSuid run out of tie hole ia that and bé glanced at the protruding mem. which had worked its way through the sik sock, and which had not yet Leen cov- ered by either supper or shoe. ~ The youns mi for most of the year that wus ciasing Like many another of buf kind ke iad Joved, he feared unw sely but toe well. True the girl had never vatitnvied that his tions were afiything but the most ac- ceptadie, indeed she had even encouraged’ them so far as she could with propriety. But the young man had not the taint of zonceit that is necessary someti to make euch encouragement plain-to°him. Time end again he had determined to end the misery by having his fute decided and know once for all whether she was to be his or not, but as often had his courage given way before the words were spoken, He thought of these things, ana of what a wonderful zt she only would. It was while his thoughts were engaged in this way that the maid brought him the package containing the Pretty calendar. As he opened it he wondered who could have gent such an elaWorate alfair, hand painted; pwitlr the litle niouthly calendars, two on eaci page, and around-them pretty bunches of bachelor buttons ard scenes from a bache tor’s life, and at the bottom of each ) Lage a eppropriate little-verse. his attencion and the stopped to redd it be- fore turning the next.- It was: “The year is young, L will not hurry, Why should a bachelor want to inarry, Maids are many and maids are fair, “The year is indeed young,” he mused, “but just row is the time to begin a new life Now I wish I could. Why, indeed, should a bachelor want to marry? Why should aman want to go to Heaven? would not want to marry if he had the op- portunity of getting as sweet a little woman as Eva? Maids may be many, but maids like Eva are not. endar, anyway?” He turned the page to the next verse, and read: “The bells a peal are ringing, hark! Go straight and what they tell you mark, H they say ‘yes’ wed and be biest, if ‘no’—do as you think best.” “The bells say ‘yes’ to me, but to wed and be blest is another matter. How mutch 1 should wed if | could but ask anid iva, wd-] would certainty be blest if | dia. 8 Ue turned another page, and read the next verse. It was: “With a chaffing dish we can cook our food, Phe laundry takes care of our washing, it oh, for a self sewing needic and thread, fo-mend the big-hole in our stocking.” “Whit he!pless creathres we men are, any- Women eré an absolute necessity to otk would not be thers stead ofa bachelor. Evi woul! Id nevekepermit. such things, | am sure. save a-large amount in a year mical wife such as Tam | wonder who could vhing, @9. vivant” turned’ and here ther of verse.” They were: have sent me th Another pz were but two lin “See these worn clothes Where's the gitt to take other pine.” q “I would take more tha one stitch to save my clothes from conplete ruination The laundry is playing havee wath them, That is but another one of the many ways in which a man with aw !as the poss:hility of always T teil you a wife is an ab- solute necessity to a man these days My | clothes are in a worse condition, if pe: 4 than the‘ones the artist has pictured here, but that would be changed if F had Eva. 1 wonder if my courage will never reach that point where T can ask her to be mine? | “Another page, the next to the last, waa ; turned over, and on it he found: “He either fears bis fate too much, * Or his deserjs are small, That dares not put it to the touch, “To gain or lose it all.” hand save the | money, as we! | looking decen: “That’s me exactly. It must have been written especially for my benefit. ‘Ile either fears his fate too much,’ that’s me. afraid she might say ‘no’ that I dare not try to win at all. And then I guess my deserts are smail besides when | compare them with Eva's worth. Whoever sent me this did me a kindness, for J am going to muster up the necessary courage to stake all and try to win. But when? “That isa question that is hard toanswer. I have been saying thé same | thing for almost a year, and still | hesitate.” } found a surprise. There was a picture in’ water colors of Eva and below it ans twa } lines: Had i har, spoken the word in time. “Did Eva send me that? I don’t think she did, but if she did what did she mean. But | one thing is sure I am not going t girl by. not speaking the word in ui speak it to-night, ever “if U fail.” is to be a benedict in. a month, not yet found the person who mit a the: calendar His Eva was very ind ighent hey wed that it h her, and it topk more the sto sooth her ininr for him, he forgot for a time the girl who. to the days of his childhood before the old | | borrowed from mother, hung beside the old | d heen ipa quandary | Christmas present Eva could make bun if he little verse on the first page attracted: | And bargsins are promised us everywhere.” + Who but a fool | Who could have sent this cal- | e would save® ible,” lam so | He turned to the last pece on which he, AL mpc of the girl who might Ne vbeen 5 And he did, and the Chrietmas ache a “The N Here yoa will find the bis w bra. on geovsesonenieacneseedceeeas Aucesastesesoessoncenasn A SAE A ae ee a Ae ea ate te Me a ata eae e me agra ae te See ee teat eae ee eon a aE over distilted. including’all the most famous Cabinet Rye Wiskey | ‘NOR THERN CAFE ; | Ta connection—open day and <night. 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