Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 27, 1903, Page 40

REV. VERSITY, WHO CELEBRATED PRIESTHOOD LAST MONDAY. THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. CHARLES COPPENS, 8. J, OF THE FACULTY OF CREIGHTON UNI- HIS GOLDEN JUBILEE IN THE Recalls Chicago’s Infancy N RESPONSE to an Invitation of Chicago's centennial jubllee com- mittee Mrs. W. W. Gordon, gr nd daughter of John Kinzie, the (irst settler in Chicago, arrived .n that city last Fr.day. Mrs, Gordon was Eleanor Kinze, daugh- ter of John H. Kinzie, and is the wife of General Willi.m W. Gordon of Savanu.h, Ga., who saw service in the war of the rebellion and the Spanish-American war General Gordon accompanies his wif: ou ber trip north, Although Mrs. Gordon comes of a family 80 closely ildentifiel with Cnicago's ecarly history, most of her life has been passed in the east and south, While a scacolgir! at Miss Ely's academy in New Haven, Conn,, she me! Wil ie" Gordon of Savannah, then a 8 udent at Yale col.ege. There the court ship began, to be coniinued later In Chicago, where Miss El anor Kinzi: was a bel.e, The wedding took place in Chicago, and the newly married couple went to S8avanaah to live. Mr. Gordon was engiged in th cotton export trade, which he nccessarily gave up when the civi. war broke oui. He entered the confederate service and rose to the rank of brigidier general. During the Spanish-American war President McKinley gave him the same rank in tho United States volunteers, and he was one of the Last “Terra Incognita” (Continued frofn Page Four,) his friends, *“‘is with that which nothing when compared remains undiscovered in those regions They are an inexhaustibie mine for the botanist, the the anthropologist The greal republic of Brazil of nearly 3,260,000 of square as big as that of the United BStates-is largely unexplored. Its very boundary line is In dispute with most of the ten conter- minous republics and colonies. The vast valley of the Amazon and its aflluents, as well as those of many other great Braszillan rivers, are practically un known In the Royal Geographical so clety's rooms in London there of outline maps showing the unexplored and explored parts of the world. The for- mer are black and (he latter white. These maps represent the central part of South America as the least known sectlion of any continent. A big black blotch indicates the Amaszon river basin. Narrow, white lines zoologist and with its arca miles—almost is a series commissioners who received the surrender of the island of Porto Rico. . Mrs. Gordon has been a leader in south- ern rociety and has taken a promi ent part in the atiairs of th: Daughters ¢l the Amer- fcan R volution. £he gave convincing evi- dence ¢f her patriot.sm in the Spanish war, as the soldiers of the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana regiment can test fy. When a sick train of thi; regiment passed thPough Savannah on its way no-.h the granddaughter of John Kinzie chunced to enter one of the cars, Struck by and herself the lack of dociors, medicines comforts, she immediately app.i.ted nurse t¢ the he pless invalids and them on their journey. Ice, food and other neccssities were so2- cured through Mis. Gordon's eff rt., and the body of one fr.e:dl:ss lad whe died on the train was sent to her own home for burial. Later in the war she extemporized a hospital on her husband's farm, w.ere eighty-six sick soldiers were nursed buack to health, Mrs. Gordon's last visit to Chlcago was made during the World's fair, when she came as a guest of the exposition. She has accompanied fresh many relatives there. Mrs. Gordon re'ains clear recolloctions of early Chicago events, here and there, showing explorers have journeyed up the They have not been able to pene- overiand to any considerable tance and discover the mysteries of over 1,000,000 square miles of jungle and moun- tain run through It where rivers trate dis- Who can tell what secrets the untrodden forests hold? There is room in them for half a dozen Inca empires There may be new beasts, like the okapi recently dis- covered by Sir Harry Johnstone in Central Africa, and the great sloth found by Mr, Hesketh Prichard in Tierra del Fuego the other day Certainly there is boundless wealth in minerals and forest when once the country is opened up and developed This is proved by the experiences of one of the best and bravest of all South Amer- ican explorers—the Colombian general, Don Rafael Reyes Speaking to an assembly of South American geographers in the City of Mexico recently, he said “In the extended forests in which can- nibal savages were wandering when my brothers and 1 made our explorations, only products a few years ago, there exi:-ts todey portant commerce of some Yabarl river. voured by cannibals, fortune plorers have tained courage yet he is unknown rave to a small circle of South Am rican geographers, who hold Rim Don Washington to him, speaking of Central South America: “That region is a new world, destined for the progfcss and the welfare of humanity.’ There is country is even properly explored, to say nothing of its oped way, which is to unite all the exlsting sys- se tems on the American centine less Already the surveyors throwing South finished and every branch of the line is In working the country will be Reviving River Boating If the brethren not, the Mississippi river traffic of the o!d days gaining first steamboat to carry passengers through from St When sucesstul not man) fere new and larger boats will be built and fitted up to carry a class of travelers who HON. CHURCH HOWE IN HIS OFFICE September 27, 1008 AT SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND-HR HAS RECENTLY BEEN CHANGED TO BE CONSUL GENERAL AT ANT- WERP. Kendall Young. Jane Young. FOUNDERS OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT WEBSTER CITY, Ia. an im- teng of millions dollars and towns of thousands of in- habitants have been establi-hed Reyes has never been a spectacular ex- plorer. He his country and science, not for fame, His explorations of years with his Henry territories which are watered by the Ama- zon The main navigable has worked for the good of extended and were brothers, Reyes, over a long period made in conjunciion Don Nestor and Don They covered the immense and the Parana and their tributaries. three brothers their enterprise—to waterway Co ombia to succeeded in discover a for steamers from the Amazon and they also found many un- known dearly for their heroism tribes of Indians. But they paid Don Henry died fever while exploring the Don Ncstor, lost in the for- of Putumayo, was captured and de- Don Rafael spont his and ruined his have suffered given a finer maligrant health fow ex- more than he; few example of long-sus- “and devoidon to his task; honor. met President recently and the the highest Rafael Roo evelt in latter raid much to be done before the being commercially devel- The proposed inter-continental rail- 'L t, will dou t- civilizing for that many dark c and when their have a powerful road @ rners of work is light on America order section of much circum cr.bed. the unexplored since of keep pushing and faint is bound to be restored. It is every day The now Mississippi this into service last week by St week followed Louis, the Louls to New these Orleans in experimental years. voyages prove months will pass be- MAJOR JERAULD A, ] demand boats ure as it is on the tco much changing of names of boats with tendeney. bad L cral. cent 10,000 deaths to 1.70 in 1500 bronchitis are pared reduced phthisis from 3249 to pneumonia Crease years ago OLMSTEAD, WHO WILL IOWA NATIONAL J A. (RETIRED), NSTRUCT THE iUARD, These sarety luxurious accommodations. must, however, guaraniee One burning or sinking of a river boat is a dis missionary work of a year many ster that will overcome all (e good There are too rickety old boats on the river. They will have to be superseded by new and safe Is which will make passer r traffic as lakes, and there is Globe-Lemo~ reputations.—8St. l.ouis The Causes of Death IX. Gore presented tables to the re- cor s of actuaries that 1871 deaths from have showing heart disease increased from 7 per 10,000 in the cities America to 12 from 3.41 per have de« apoplexy has risen 10,000 to 5.82; liver troubles ecased from 3.14 per 10,00) to 2.61; paralysis has slightly decreased, while can- entry of St cer Paul, the largest steamer ever run on the 5.56 upper has increased from 3.44 per increased 10,000 to from .91 per Deaths from stationary, as com- typhoid fever has been from 450 per 10,000 to 28, and 19.16 from have shown the heaviest in- as compared with 1460 thity Public Opinion Suicides have about with 1871; Deaths 224