Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 38, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 September 1898 — Page 2

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The Ccrcmonv Will Be as Elaborate as the Czar's Coronation. Holland's Girl Queen.

Eft .:.f;.is girl onsen will be crowned n Sept. 0 and she will th'ti really Tfigü over all Holland. J lie ceremonies attending the event will be as elaborate as the coronation of the czar. Queen Wilhelmina will celebrate her 3&r.k birthday, which comes on Aug. 81. in a quiet way with her mother at The Hague. On Sept. " they will proceed to Amsterdam, the capital of Holland, where they will be met by the high of.Icers of state and a great military escort The streets will be deccrated in a splendid manner characteristic a! Dutch art. From the hour of 7 o'clock on the i morning of Sept. C church BUSic will be jdayed from all the steeples of Amsterdam. At 11 o'clock will take place the great - eremony whMl w ill make Wilhelmina reigning queen of Holland. The scene will be the Xieuwe Kerk. which is the nearest approach to a rathedral provided Ly the Calvinist Bitch "burch. The Dutch government has ordered lome from Java all the jewels in the treasury, which have been taken from the rajahs and native rulers of that rast i land, in order to make for the young queen a crown, a scepter and an erb. Among them are some of the tost splendid jewels in the world. The following is the oath which the cueen will take: "I swear to the Dutch people that I will observe and always maintain the constitution. I swear hat I will defend and guard with all nay power the independence and the territory of the empire, that I will protect public and private liberty and the tights of my subjects, and that I will msa every means confided in me by the and individual well-being, as a good SOME PICTURES v.- a should do. And Bttaj Cod help me. Then v!H i o'.ne h' enthr(nb a. ion mt the battäa of the tat et - general, whose oath, taken Urs: presi dent, and tVn by t;.i mem en iadfTidiu:.v will close the ceremony. pageanti and teremoDiea foiiowfr? he cor-:natio:i will be an even greater attraction for the public than i that event itself, If they lack the fearbar e splendor of the czar's eoronatioii. they will make up in orderliness anil eristic beauty. It is also promised taat they will be free from the Vulgar decoration and other iUplfttW2rw to foster and uphold the national ant features whb-h marred the great Selebratlofl Of Queen Victoria's rec ord reign. Everything possible will e ('.one to make then successful by the richest, the freest and the most artistic country of its size in the world. Op. the morning of the 7th the queen i will be serenaded by the Netherlands ; Chora: society. Later she will attend j a great popular festival in the famous Ryx museum. After that she will witness an allegorical and historical procession illustrating the history of Holland from the great war of independence down to the nineteenth century. The day will close with a grand water carnival on the harbor and canals, particularly intended to please the ( hiiiren. On the Sth the queen will Fee more festivals, hear more music, visit more museums. On the 9th the burghers of Amsterdam will out do themselves in a ttnai effort to honor their queen when she departs once more for her palace at The Hague. She will doubtlpss be glad that the ceremonies are over. At The Hague she leads a charming family life, and is loved and respected by all tue court. She has been trained to possess all the qualities of a tymcal Dutch housewife. As a little girl she had a little house of her own, where she did all the housework herself. Her portrait in the national costume of a Dutch housewife, with s linen coif over her head. Is one of the most phasing presentments we have of her. tiueen Wilhelmina is like Queen Vic-

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toria in that she inherits the throneafter a monarch notorious for his depravity. Victoria s accession was separated by only a few years from thfl death of George IV., the worst debauchee in Europe. Wilhelmiua's father. King William III., who died in 1881, left an unsavory reputation behind him as the Dutch Don Juan. His intrigues were the talk of the world. He had his favorites, like Louis XV. He was proud or the scandals to which he and they gave birth. He frequented the concert halls, where obscene jokes were made about his adventures. He 'aushed as heartily and applauded as vigo-ously as any one. He had no sense of shame, no conscience, no scruples, no domestic affections. He was a standing satire upon uionarfhy. FIGHTING BOBS" DEFENSE Letter from Cipr. Kv:n About Ilm Religion View and Pratt Ice. Gapt. Robley D. Evans of the battleship Iowa has sent the following letter to the editor of the Index of Williamsport. Pa., says the New York Times. It is in reply to an article published by the Index praising rapt. Philip of theTexas for his "afteraction' prayer" and contrasting Capt. Philip's action with what ie referred to by the paper as the "frequently published profanity" of ("apt. Evans. The letter is dated at tiuantanamo ba . Cuba. July 23: "I beg to acknowledge the receipt today of a copy of your paper which you have been good enough to send to me. I am somewhat at a lo.s to know whether you sent it for the purpose of calling my attention to the 'cuss' OF THE LITTLE QUEEN AND HER words attributed to me la the newspapers or to Capt. Philip's official show of Christian spirit in announcing to his mfui oa fhf quarterdeck of the Texas, after the battle of Santiago, that he believed in Almighty God. As, however, you have seen lit to drag my name in your newspaper I hope that you will publish this reply. that tliose who had read the issue of July 15 may also read what I have to say about it. "1 have never considered it net . ssary. and I am sure that a great majority of officers in the navy do not consider it necessary, to announce to their crews that they 'believe in Al mighty God.' I think that goes without saying. We each of us have the right to show by our acts how much we are imoued wttn tins nenei. i api. Philip had a perfect right to show this to his men as he did; it was simply a matter of. taste. "Now, for myself: Shortly after the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya had struck her colors, and my crew had secured the guns, the chaplain of the ship, an excellent man, came to me and said: 'Captain, shall I say a few words of thanks to Almighty God for our victory?' I said. 'By all means do so; I will have the men sent aft for that purpose,1 and was on the joint of doing so ; when it was reported to me that a I Qnuniah i i t r 1 Sasl Vi i 1 1 vv gssl - "tin; : i tr T n - ward us from the eastward. "My first duty to God and my country was to sink this Spanish battleship and I immediately made preparations to do so. When it was discovered th-tt this ship was an Austrian I found my Khlp surrounded by Iwats carrying dying and wounded prisoners and otherof the crew of the Vizcaya to the number of 250. "To leave thes snen to suffer for want of food and clothing while I called my men aft to offer prayers was not my idea of either Christianity or religion. I preferred to clothe 'the naked, feed the hungry and succor the sick, and I am strongly of the oplnion that Almighty tiod has not put a black mark against mo on account al it. I do not know whe ther 1 shall

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stand with Cap:. Philip among the first chosen in the hereafter, but I have this to eay in conclusion, that every drop of blood in my body on the afternoon of July 3 was staging thanks and prai3e to Almighty God for the victory we had won."

COLONIES OWNED BY EÜROPE. Klient of the rose-dtiim of the Vurlou Coaatrles. Eight nations of Europe possess colonies greater than themselves in extent of territory and four of them Great Britain, France. Holland and Portugal have more inhabitants in their outlying possessions than they have at home. As a colonizer, of course, England stands easily first both for acquired land and for its population. Her little fragment of Europe contains less than 121,000 square miles and lodges only 40.000.i00 people, but she governs besides almost 17.000,000 square miles of good dry land- nobody could tigure out how much water she controls and makes laws for 322,000.000 persons. Not quite all of these millions like the laws, but that's chiefly because the natural man is apt not to know when he is well off. France, too, lias done very well, at least as regards the extent of her colonies and the number of her inhabitants. To her own 204,000 square miles and 38.:00.000 citizens she has added 2.50C.000 square miles and 44.000.000 not too contented subjects. Germany, slightly larger and considerably more populous than France, has colonies that, including Kiau-Chou. aggregate only 1.615.000 square miles, and the 7.500,000 people who live in them suffer a good deal from loneliness, as well as from several other things, especially red tape and lieutenants. Little Portugal holds a precarious title to 809.000 square miles of alien land and industriously teaches official corruption and industrial incompetency to more than 10,000.000 inhabitants. Holland has joined 783,000 square miles to her own 12.600 and has no trouble to speak of in administering the affairs and property of more than 34,000,000 thinly clad orientals. The colonial possessions of dear old Spain have decreased to a poor 17,300.000 square miles aud her pleasant rule is enjoyed by nearly 10,000.000 people. The sway of Italy extends over 240,000 square miles of territory besides her own 110,000. but her colonies have only 195,000 KINGDOM people in them. Last comes Denmark, r uhins the word "colony" all over Greenland, but if everybody whom she rules went home it would only add 100,000 to her population. tfM Bsqshstan Trav : rs in Bsquimauxland relate curious stories of the dogs that are almost the only means of conveyance in that part of the world. The real Esquimaux dog of pure breed fs a rarity. I Ik y are so nearly akin to wolves that the breeds become mixed, and It is found extremely hard to keep them separate. Especially ie this true where there are not excellent facilities for keeping dogs contincd. It is no tinusual thing for the sled dogs to run away and take refuge with the wolves. It is .-aid to be very difficult to make up teams of thoroughbred dogs. In almost all cases there will be several that fihow their wolfish origin most plainly. The wolf cross produces a dog closely resembling the wolf. The creature Is exceedingly vicious, unreliable and hard to manage, but very hardy, swift and enduring. With several well-trained dogs in the band, the Sledge driver take large loads of goods across the country. He travels rapidly and safely, provided he can keep his team in subjection. Occasionally the wolf dogs will gnaw the straps of their harness and break away in spite of every precaution. Some ot these brutes seem to possess almost superhuman intelligence. They appear to read the traveler's thoughts and know just how much they can trespass on hi;s good natura The lash is considered by many persons the only method of government. Moral suasion has been tried, but with somewhat indifiereut results. The animals are so accustomed to force that they seem unable to appreciate or understand kindnesa Possibly, if theee dogs wre takei in hand and gently trained from their birth, something might be done w4th t In m. On her wedding day every woman thinks life will be one grand sweet song, but later, when she has to sing to a noisy pair of twins well, it's a J different tune.

HE WAS V TRI E HERO. I

IN LIFL AND IN DEATH WAS BRAVE. HE Gave tli rie:inrs of the I'irst to 6t !mt- and Suffered the Agonies of the Latter to Sae ilassSM Lives Say Not Th tt Mankind in Refcrogrraiag There was a lurch of the boat a cry a splash a call for help and the party were struggling In the waier. lake Winnepesaukee has witnessed may a tragedy, but none sadder than the drowning of a young man whose nanie ought not to be forgotten, C i'. GiddingS of Boston. He was one of the summer philanthropists who sacrifice their own vacations that they may give help and recreation to others. This young man had taken charge of a party of boys who needed friends, and while bravely trying to saw one of them from death he lost his own life. Some time ago Mr. GiddingfffAad decided to devote him-elf to the culture of boys, just as some people spend their lives in the culture of roses or of bees. To conquer a morose disposition, to bring out unsuspected nobility in a desperate nature, to make a man of a brute such an endeavor was of more interest to him than anything else in the world. It ggi his horizon of pleasure, and made his total of happiness. At the time of his death Mr. Giddings was devoting himself, body and soul, to the moral, religious and physical development of the young people under his care. All of them had been born under adverse conditions. There, on the shores of the la.ke. beautiful transformations were taking place, with none but God and nature to observe the marvel. Hut few observers grow tired of watching an ugly caterpillar change into a gorgeous butterfly. How much more intense is the interest in watching a repulsive character change into an attractive one. By his close assoc iation with successive groups of city boys, to whom the beauties of nature and of character were sealed books. Mr. GiddingS became a skillful and impressive interpreter of the good and the elevating in the souls ihat were under his charge, as well as of what was beautiful in nature about him. It was when hJ? method was no longer an ex per intent, and when his future was full of promise of great and. peculiar usefulness, that his iast act of self-abandonmeni tool: place. Without a moment's hesitation he gave up his life for the leasJ of those tor whom lie lived. No man c:?n do more than that. Il died a hero's death. And yet, is that the final test of the highest achievement? The heroic sacrifice, the self-forgetfulne.-s of this man. began long before the fatal leap for rescue. It is more heroic to give life than to give death. The creating of a new philanthropy; persistence In it despite urgent protests: the silent conquering ol opposition by consistent adherence to principle, and by faith that even the meanest soul Is worth a lifetime of patient and loving study to save thee are the qualities of the highest heroIsm, of which the final sacrifice of this Christlike man was only the natural llcwer. Such patient, godlike endeavor comes within the province of every o;;e of us. We need not run to the shore or to the weeds; our neighborhood will furnish many gnarled characters to straighten, many a turbulent heart into which tbt divine !ifj may enter. SWORD FOP, DEWEY. More Thnn Fifty l si;iis Submitted :o the Mnrjr Depart ment. Washington Star: The sword to be presented to Admiral Dewey, under the act ot' congress providing for this special mark of distinction for his bravery at Manila, will be one of the most beautiful weapons ever made. Already the artistic ingenuity of the best Bwordmakers and jewelers of the country, and, indeed, of the entire world, has been excited, and the navy department has already more than fifty designs for the "Dewey sword." They are marked by great beautiy of design, some of the blades being wrought with figures emblematic of the famous battle in Manila bay, while the hilt and Bcabbard of steel, gold and silver are studded with jewels and highly wrought marine emblems, such as Neptunes, dolphins, mermaids, capstans, anchors, etc. Thus far the department has not taken up the matter ot selecting a design. The board to select the design will probably consist of Acting Secretary Allen, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, and one of the professors of the Annapolis Naval Academy. The same board will decide upon the designs for the medals which Congress has authorized as a mark of special distinction to all of the officers and crews on the ships tak ing part in the battle of Manila. A Natural Kxelaniat Ion. Little Barbara, on seeing a dish ol lemon jelly placed on the tablet exclaimed: "Oh. mamma, see how ner ous that Jelly is!" - Modem Society. Not All KU it or. "What's a civilian?" "a civilian ii a man who stays at home and thinks up ways for the army commanders 1 run the war." Chicago Record. Not Dissent He (indignantly) hope 1 know my own mind! She (sweetly) -Yes! You Eurely ought to know as much af that! Pick-Me-lTp. No person in Norway may spent nore than threepence at one visit to t public house.

czar wants peace.

fuvites Other Towers to a General Conraltet ion. By order of Emperor Nicholas, Count Muiavieff. the Russian foreign minister, on the 2 Ith inst, handed to the foreign diplomats at St. Petersburg a note declaring that the maintenance of peace and the reduction of the excessive armaments now crushing all nations is the ideal for which all governments ought to strive. The czar considers the present moment favorable for the inauguration of a movement looking to this en I, and Invites the powers to take pari in an International onferenc as a nu-ans of thus Insuring real and lasting peace and terminating the progressive increase of armament, The President UTentcra Tri. The president' western trip will be made the latter part of Septem her. Mr. j McKinley having already made arj rangement, to visit the Omaha expoI sit ion. lie may conclude to extend his trip on that occasion to the Pacific eoast. Deelars for Gold Stsstsnrd. The South Dakota republican state convention nominated Kirk Phillips for governor. The platform declares unequivocally for the gold standard of money and commends the president's course in war and diplomacy. Three i; :;i im ni 1'omiug Horn. It has been decided to send the Fourth Pennsylvania, the Third Wisconsin and Th? Third Illinois volun teers home from Porto Rico without delay. There are 600 men now in nospital quarters. Report Fighting in 'uln. A dispatch from Madrid says there has heen serious fighting between the Spaniards and insurgents in Cuba, in which the insurgents lost 500 killed and wounded.- The report annot be confirmed. Three iniriiers Were Killed. A train on the Louisville & Nashville road bearing the battalion of the Sixty-ninth New York regiment was wrecked near Newcastle, ten miles from Birmingham, Ala. Three soldier? were killed and eight injured. For Governor of California. The California state republican convention nominated Henry Gage, a L.os Angeles attorney, for governor. The platform reaffirms adherence to the national platform adopted in St. Louis in 189C. No Ultisaatssü V;. -v-nt. The editors-in-chief of the leading London newspapers declare there ;s no truth in the story that an ultimatum has been sent to Russia. I Not a Candidate. James L. O'Connor, ex-attorney-general, announces that he is not a candidate for the Wisconsin gubernatorial nomination. French i miaer hi Safe. The report that the French armored ruiscr Bruizhead foundered in th-? Indian ocean was without foundation.

NIECE OF REAR ADMIRAL W. S. SCHI.EY.

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A few weeks aj:o all the country was Startled by the rumor that Miss Jessie Schley, niece of Commodore Winfieid Scott Schley, had gone to Madrid to try to persuade the queen regent Rl bring the war with this country to a close. Miss Schley is a mem her of Society for the Promotion of Peace, and at one of its meetings she was selected as the person to call on ITesi-, dent McKinley and Queen Christina to ask them to put an end to hostilities. The queen told her that she WM unable to do anything without the aid of her ministers, and that Btlas Schley Intlte Th-ir Old Knemlt4. The officers of the old Se venth Ohio cavalry sent an invitation to the surviving officers and soldiers of (Jen. .Wdin Morgan's Kentucky division of Confederate cavalry" to Beel them as their guests at tiieir reunion in Ciniunati. Sept. 7. KteMnaa Rpglmpnts Cnmlnc Homo. The Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan will he sent home ns soon ao they are out of eletention camp and can safely be moved.

THE PEACE COMMISSION. Strung MtMi Appointed t Prssldsai Mr Kinlet. The peace commission appointed by the president is as follow.-: William It. Day. present secretary of state, chairman: Senator Cuaaman K. Davis of .Minnesota, chairman of the fenn relations committee of the senate; Senator w iiliam P. Prye of Maine, se nior member of th committee on foreign relations of the senate; Associate Justice B. D. White of the United States supreme court : Whftelaw Reid. editor of the New York Tribune and former minister to France. CLAUDE MATHEWS DEAD. stroke of Parnlyftifl I Pntnl to IndlnaO F-i or MT Claude Matthews, ex-governor of Indiana and the leading candidate of the Indiana democracy for the United States senate, died at the country mansion of Isaac M. Meharry, a Crawfordsville, Ind.. to which he was taken Immediately after receiving a stroke of paralysis while addressing the old art tleis' meeting at Meharry's Grove.

Paste During Kleetrie Storni. In a mad rush from a rcve near Columbus. Ind.. where the county fair i was being held, to an open field dur ing a severe electric storm, two persona were killed, and several more o7 lOBS injured. More Troops at Manila. The transports Pennsylvania and Rim Janeiro arrived at Manila with more American troofi. No deaths occurred on the voyage from San Francisco, and the health of those on hoard is good. Alleged Hank RolUier Arretted. Georg Whitney, an ex-convict and a skillful safe blower, was arrested by Chicago detectives charged with having participated in the robbery of the bank cf Richland Mich.. Aug. a. Pythinna Kleet Supreme OfttoerH. The supreme iodge Knights of Pythias elected Thomas G. Sample of Allegheny. Pa., supreme ehancellor. and Ogden H. Feathers of Janesville. Wis., supreme vice-chancellor. To tacmnss Ov Army. One of the important matters which will occupy the attention of congress at its next sessi.m will be legislation to increase the strength of the permanent military establishment. Will Not lie Scattered. The navy department has decided that the North Atlantic squadron, under Admiral Sampson, will not bf scattered until peace ha formally i.een d elared. Steamer Sunk in AJnsfcn, The Btern-wheeler Stikine 6hiei wat sunk in Alaska, and the crew and passengers, numbering forty-three persons, were undoubtedly lost. ileal to Bs st r ixt lieucd. Admiral Dewey's squadron at Ma J nila is to be re-enforced by at least three or four of the crack vessels of j the North Atlantic fleet. would have to consult them. The next day the niece of cur commodore saw a member of the cortes, but her mission seemed to be almost fruitless, and, besides, the news readied the residents of her presence in Madrid, and s!.e had to be secretly taken from the city under a strict guard for fear of a raid upon the convent. Miss Schley is a beautiful young woman and her line of ancestry is a long and famous one. She has a soft, sweet voice, charming manners, and is a person of great versatility. Ireland to He Cardinal. Archbishop Ireland is to he raised to the cardinalate. In this way Top leo intends tO express publlclj his ap precis tion of Archbishop Ireland's efforts for the prevention of war between Spain and the I'uited Btaten Movement 1 ProgreKwlm; Slowly. The movement from Camp Thomas is progressing much more slowly than Hen. Hreckinridge and his officers expected, and much complaint is expressed on all sides.