Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Page 2

People and Events

“Passing of a Grand Character. iFrom the Philadelphian: It is no common chance that takes away a noble mind, and the world lost a brave, good, noble woman when Cornelia E. Soovel of 4041 Walnut street died last Wednesday, She was a woman of great mental powers, a speaker of more than ordinary eloquence. In her youth she traversed a great portion of the Holy Land on horseback. She was the first woman who demanded the appointment of matrons at the police stations, and Mayor William B. Smith at once granted her request for this great and humane reform. Over of a century ago she married William G. Moorhead, one of the three famous Moorhead brothers of Pittsburg. As a partner of Jay Cooke Mr Moorhead built the Northern Pacific railway, which developed the great northwest. Two years after his death she married James Matlack Kcovel, of whom Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton said: ‘He was regarded by Abraham Lincoln as an able, „■ earnest patriot, devoted to the suppression of the rebellion.” Mrs. Scovel was a woman of great courage. She many years ago became the champion of the cause of woman; an eminent colaborer with that greatest woman of the nineteenth century, Frances Willard. She was at the very forefront of that great organization for good, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and many tears will be shed over this great, good woman’s grave by those who knew her best and loved her most. She was a Presbyterian In faith, but a broad Christian soldier devoted for life to the liberation of humanity. In Mrs. Scovel’s death the poor lost a benefactor, the oppressed a valiant friend, and God’s cause on earth lost a brave champi.n for the right.

McLean and the Politic ans.

Jtumor has been busy for the past few days with the name of John R. McIjean, proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, in connection with the United States senatorship of Ohio, it has been stated that Mir. McLean would ask the indorsement of the Ohio Democrats as a candidate for United' States Senator, so as to give direction to the vote of the Legislature in case that body should be Democratic when the next senator is elected. When

JOHN R. M’LEAN.

asked about the report, Mr. McLean replied that there was not a word of truth In it. “I have not thought of such a thing,” said he. ‘‘The main fight this year will be on the governorship, and X doubt if the convention will regard it as expedient to make a nomination in any way |or the senatokship. So far as lam personally concerned I certainly do not desire it to.”

Helladotherium Redivivus.

■ Harry Johnston has discovered in the Semliki forests a mammal which, in its living form,, is entirely new to science, says the London Times. It is the size of an ox, and is distinctly related to the giraffe. This remarkable creature, in fact, appears, so far as a cursory examination of its skin and skull may guide us, to be a living representative of the Helladotherium, a creature found in the fossil state in Greece and Asia Minor and supposed to be extinct. The Helladotherium \yas thought to be a relation of the giraffe, smaller in size, with shorter neck, and without any marked development of those horn cores which in the giraffe represent the pedicles from which, far back in the history of the genus, a kind of antler formerly sprang. Sir Harry Johnston has at last secured, through the kindness of the Belgian authorities-at the“ frontier post of Fort Mbeni, a skin and two skulls of this animal, which is now shown to be not at all a horse, but a cloven-hoofed ruminant of extraordinary coloration and appearance, which seemingly is either of the extinct genus Helladotherium, or is some closely allied creature belonging to that somewhat vaguely defined group of which the giraffe is an exemplar.

Lynching Fad Gets a ChecK.

A police official of Connellsville, Pa., is entitled to credit for an interesting and instructive object lesson t in the matter of dealing with lynchers. When a mob the town jail and demanded their victim early the other morning this official resorted to tactics of his own. As the mob numbered about 5,000 he had fairly good reason for considering himself over-

powered and yielding the keys under force. He might have fired at the crowd, which would probably have hastened the lynching along. Instead of threatening the mob, however, he let it be understood that he recognized his disadvantage, merely remarking that while he could not fight a mob he would take occasion to kill the first man who broke in. The mob as a mass was courageous enough to do anything, but as a collection of individuals it was baffled. However many of its members might have been willing to be the second man into the jail, a natural reluctance to be the first made them powerless. The first man failing to make known his presence, the other 4,999 concluded that a lynching would not be worth while. The Connellsville official’s example is worthy of attention by jailers in communities where lynching is a fad.

Attacked a King.

The scathing editorial of William O’Brien, the Irish leader, in a recent issue of his paper, the Irish People, in

WILLIAM O’BRIEN.

which he spared neither King Edward nor the dignitaries of the Catholic church, created a world-wide sensation and brought conspicuously before the public a man who has been self-sacrificingly patriotic, and who has endured much for his political principles. As journalist and parliamentarian he has achieved a splendid reputation for ability arfd independence and even those who have disagreed with him and have deprecated the •means he has at times employed in behalf of his native land could not but admire his pluck and genius. William O’Brien is about 50 years of age. He began his career as a reporter of the Cork Daily Herald in 1869, and filled this position for six years. Then he became, an editorial writer for the Freeman’s Journal, later founded the United Ireland and more recently the Irish People. His achievemennPlri journalism were responsible for his election to parliament in 1883 as a representative of Cork, and for twelve years he was one of the leaders of the Irish party in the house of commons. In 1895 he retired, owing to dissensions in the party, but last year returned to parliament. O’Biden has been prosecuted nine times for political offenses, and has spent two years in prison.

A Seward Centenary.

At Florida, Orange ' county. New York, the other day, tribute was paid to the name and deeds of one of New York’s sons, whose ability and high character made him one of the eminent men of his day and whose statesmanship and patriotism were mainstays of President Lincoln in the most critical period of American history. One hundred years ago that day there came to the home of Dr. Samuel S. Seward

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

the son who was to attain such richness of intellect, such firmness of principle and such political courage and strength that his name would be accounted among the immortal ones of his country and his memory would be revered while the nation lived. The span of his life was 71 years, and into that time he crowded so much of achievement, so much that should furnish inspiration for the young man of ambition that a review of it is now fitting. The celebration at the place of his birth including addresses by his son, Gen. William H. Seward, and by Rev. Jamuel S. Seward of New York cite

LAVNCHING OF THE BATTLESHIP OHIO.

The* illness of the wife of the president very naturally attracted the attention of the public from the event that brought about the presidential journey namely the launching of the mag n i ficent battleship Ohio. The new implement of sea warfare is not the first vessel of our navy to be named after the Buckeye state. On the 22d of May, 1820, just

eighty-one years ago, the old line of battleship Ohio was launched at the Brooklyn navy yard. It was for that day the finest war veseel of its class afloat, and was famous for its perfection and beauty. When fully ready for sea* it carried 110 guns and -spread 16,000 yards of canvass. With its sails spread it presented the handsomest spectacle ever seen afloat. Our country was at peace then with p.ll the world, and it was eighteen years before this vessel was put in commission or made a voyage. It started on its first cruise October 16, 1838, bound for the Mediteranean, under command of Commodore Isaac Hull, he who had won reno\yn as the commander of the Constitution in the war of 1812. The cruise in the Mediterranean was equivalent to a triumphal progress.

The Outlook for France.

The speecn made last week in the French Chamber of Deputies by M. Delcasse, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, can hardly fail to attract attention all over Europe. He declared that the relations of France and Russia had never been more cordial, and*he intimated that the recent reception of Italian warships at Toulon might have important political consequences. The fact that M. Delcasse’s visit to St. Petersburg hqs been followed by ar-' rangements for placing the new Russian loan in Paris shows that the Russian government can continue to count upon the financial resources of the French people. Just what is the quid pro quo to be given for renewed pecuniary aid M. Delcasse forebore to say, although he was interpellated on the subject. It is certain that, ostensibly, Russia alone has been a gainer thus far from the alliance with France; but it is -probably more than a coincidence that, simultaneously with the issue of the new Russian loan, the Berlin government has ordered that the German forces stationed on the Russian frontier, shall be signally increased. So formidable is the Russian army now quartered in Poland that an aggressive movement on its part would compel Germany to array against it a large part of her military resources. When the triple alliance ends its career in 1903 the great German Empire will be menaced on all sides.

Quay to Quit Pubilc Life.

The declaration made by Matthew Stanley Quay, Senator of the United States from Pennsylvania, in a speech at .the magnificent dinner given in his honor by the Republican clubs of that state at Philadelphia the other night, that he will never again be a candidate for or accept any official position, may be of passing interest to our readers. For Quay has been a national figure. As chairman of the Republican national committee in the campaign of 1888 his remarkable political generalship did much toward the election of Harrison, and the long line of acrimonious political combats which have centered about him in recent years in Pennsylvania, resulting finally last January in his re-election to the senate, has kept his name conspicuously before the country. His statement, therefore, that his political race is run is of more than ordinary significance. It means that with the expiration of his present term in the senate in 1904, if he lives, will come at last the end of the Cameron dynasty. Simon Cameron was elected to the United States senate from Pennsylvania in 1845. He served one term. He served again in the senate from 1867 to 1861. From 1867 to 1877, a period of ten years, he was again in the senate, when he transferred the man-

THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. M’KINLEY. Some pictures of the President and his wife taken at different periods the past thirty years.

Everywhere the vessel went it was visited by thousands and was universally agpiired and praised. She outsailed' everything that came in competition with her, and became a model for other nations to imitate. In the Mexican war she saw her only war service, and was the flagship of the American fleet at the seige of Vera Cruz. When the steam era began she became effete and took her place with the old Vermont and the old Constitution as a receiving ship. Finally in 1883 she was sold to be broken up. She had long been as useless in war as the galleys of Julius Caesar. Such was the Ohio of 1820, and now enters the Ohio for 1901, a magnificent ocean steel fortress that depends on neither wind nor tide, but can steam out in the face of a storm as easily

tle to his son, J. Donald Cameron, who served continuously for a period of twenty years—namely, from 1877 to 1897, when he retired from political life. The aggregate number of years served by the father and son is fortytwo —twenty-two years did the father pass in the senate, and twenty years did the son. In 1887, with the help of the junior Cameron, Quay was elected to the senate, and with the expiration of his present term will have served seventeen years, with the exception of one session in the senate in 1899 when the Pennsylvania senate failed to elect. So that since 1867 to the present time either a Cameron or Quay has been in the United States senate, and if Quay fills out his present term it will complete a term of service by these three gentlemen of thirtyseven successive years; or, including the total time of this triumvirate in the senate, a period of fifty-nine years. To one of his trusted lieutenants, after his withdrawal from official position, Matthew Stanley Quay will doubtless delegate the power of leadership, and thus as he nears the end, as the memories of his strenuous political conflicts become fainter and fainter and the inevitable impairments of age dim his vision, the influence of the Cameron dynasty, begun over half a century ago, and the long his own matchless leaderhsip will yet be a power in the ranks of the Republican party of Pennsylvania, and

Pan-American Exposition.

One of the attractions at the PanAmerican exposition at Buffalo is the casino and boat-house. As you enter the exposition grounds from Lincoln Parkway your eyes rest lingeringly on the Albright Art gallery, built of white marble and costing upward of $350,000. To your right is a beautiful ex-

as the old Ohio could sail with favoring winds. The wooden walls of the first Ohio would be splintered into fragments by a single shot from the new vessel, while all the guns of the old vessel that could be brought to bear could no more injure the sides of the new than if they were so many pea shooters. Nothing so vividly illustrates the marvelous advance that has been made in the art of naval construction and naval warfare in the past four-score years as the contrast between these two vessels. Nor would it be strange if, after the lapse of another eighty years, the parallel then made would be as much to the disadvantage of Ohio 11. as it Is row to Ohio I. Progress is now advancing more rapidly than ever.

the magnetism of that silent figure ■will be felt even in the years after he has passed away.

Submarine Photography

M. Louis Boutan has made a study of submarine photography. He has discovered processes that make it possible to secure good negatives at a depth of 150 feet. The same arrangements will serve, no doubt, for much greater depths. Scientific men will use these processes for many researches on the life of submarine' animals that have been impossible. Their applications to certain practical matters are also very important. Submarine divers will find their dangerous and tedious business expedited, and the repair of breakages in flooded mines will be made more easy and safe.

Iron Ore and Coal in Alabama.

E. O. Hopkins, president of the Sloss-Sheffield Iron and Steel Works of Birmingham. Ala., appeared before the Industrial Commission at Washingto the other morning and described the operations of the Sloss-Sheffield company, an enormous corporation of extensive scope. He said that Mr. Schwab’s opinion, that the supply of American coal and iron ore must soon be, exhausted was not capable of demonstration. In Alabama there was more ore than could be “worked” in twice sixty years, and coal enough to last ten centuries.

CASINO AND BOAT-HOUSE.

panse of lake and facing on this is the casino and boat-house. As the weather grows warmer this place is destined to become immensely popular, for a row or sail on the placid waters is soothing relief to those wearied of walking among the beauty palaces of the exposition.

AS THE WORLD REVOLVES

Called to I*aris. Miss Clauae Albright, tne clever little contralto from New Mexico, has just been offered a position abroad. M. Carre, manager of the Pari3 Opera Comique, has tendered Miss Albright the position of leading contralto in his company and she will accept. Miss A bright has been a resident of Chicago for three years and has been studying in the Gottschaik Lyric School, where she has won many friends by her vivacity and charming manner. Her voice is especially adapted for the roles of Amneris, Carmen and Fides in the opera “Pronhet." She is a de-

cided brunette and possesses a voice which for power seems marvelous for one so slight in build.

A Disappearing Town.

Northwich, the center of the salt industry of Great Britain, is one of the queerest towns in the world. The whole underlying country is simply one mass of salt. The mining of the salt constitutes the staple industry of the district and from Northwich alone 1,200,000 tons of salt are shipped annually. When the industry was started it. was considered that only one stratum of salt existed and that was only a few feet below the surface. Fresh water found its way to this extensive salt deposit, with the result that the salt dissolved like snow. A huge subterranean lake of water, charged with 25 p~r cent of salt, was thus formed. Pumping engines were installed to convey this brine to the surface to large evaporating pans. The result of this extensive pumping is that Northwich now rests, as it were, upon a shell of earth, which at times proves insufficient to support the weight of the town with the consequence that the building are constantly collapsing in every direction.

Society Actress as Camille.

~-iSb ELeanor McKee, formerly a society girl of Grand Rapids, Mich., and a daughter of Major McKee, well known in Michigan, will add one of the new faces to the footlight favorites the coming season. She is known in private life as Mrs. Edward Dvorak. Her husband, the dramatic teacher,

married Miss McKee about two years ago. Miss McKee makes her professional stage debut shortly as “Camille” and later as a star in a new play now being written for her. As she has great vbisatility and t&lent her south side friends are predicting a brilliant career on the slage.

America at Sea.

The stockholders of the Leyiand line of steamers have unanimously cc:ifirmed the sale of the line to M . Morgan. Mr. Mattinson, who P"e:.:Je,i at the obsequies, remarked that ’ the Americans were evidently in the t nsAtlantic trade to stay.” Mr. M:*t.til- - hit upon the precise truth Africans used to be in the trans-Atlantic trade, and would have remained i it but for circumstances beyond +hcir control. Those circums arc n rave disappeared. There is no long': oy reason why we should not acqur e * he same supremacy in shipping that we have gained in almost everyth! ->g e'te. If we can send locomotives, which a-e land ships, all over the world, a d sell them in competition with eva-v----body, we can compete equally we 1 in ships, which are sea locomotives.

Home for Louisiana Lepers.

The Louisiana legislature has appropriated $25,000 for the purpose of purchasing a home for lepers. It is announced that a purchase has been made of the Gustine plantation in Jefferson parish, about eight m las above New Orleans. The plantation is 1,000 acres in extent, quite isolated and well adapted to a leper home in all respects. The lepers are now being cared for at Indian Camp plantation in Iberville, but sentiment is so much against it that it will be remnved.

Trick of Lawyer's Trade.

The average layman who may attend any of the more conspicuous trials in the civil or criminal courts Is usually amused at first by the wrangles and tilts of opposing counsel, but in the end he becomes bored and wonders what is the point of all this furious recrimination. Some light was shed on this matter the other day by a prominent criminal lawyer, who said: “I never engage in any of these controversies without an object. When I have a witness who is going along swimmingly and keeping his head, I never mix it up with my opponent, but when my witness begins to get rattled under cross-examination, for instance, I am pretty apt to Interject a remark that will bring a retort from my learned friend on the other side. One word leads to another and in a jiffy we are at it hammer and tongs until the court stofts us. Meanwhile my 1 object is accomplished, she witness’ mind is diverted, he gets a chance to recover himself, and, if I happen to have had the better of the argument, he feels reassured and his confidence is restored.”—Chicago Journal.

Cold-Food Cure Fad.

A new cure has appeared in Paris which is said to be much in vogue, especially among members of the smart aet. It takes the form of a special diet and the particular malady at which it is aimed is overstoutness. The idea of this diet is that everything, or nearly everything must be eaten cold; and even hot coffee, tea or soup is forbidden to those following the regime. The early breakfast of toast, cold game or hard-boiled eggs and ham is accompanied by a cup of cold milk. At luncheon, again, there is nothing but cold meats and cold puddings, with bread and cheese or salad; while again, at night, the meal may consist only of mayonnaise of fish, cold entrees, and entremets.

Geronimo Charges for Photographs.

Geronimo, the noted Apache chief whose bloodthirsty career as a raider in the southwest was ended years ago by his capture, is now 80 years old and lives near Fort Sill, Okla. Tourists who wish to photograph him must pay $5 for the privilege and the old sinner before facing the camera always gets himself into war paint, strikes a ferocious attitude and looks as fiendish as possible. ' Gen. Lew Wallace, author of “BenHur,” says in his. introduction to “Tarry Thou Till I Gome,” “In my judgment, the six greatest English novels are Ivanhoe, The Last of the Barons, The Tale of Two Cities, Jane Eyre, Hypatia, and this romance of Croly’s.” “Tarry Thou” is a historical novel dealing with the events from the crucifixion to the destruction of Jerusalem. It is the most vivid portrayal of those events ever written.

The great serpent mound in Ohio been transferred to the Ohio Archaeological and Historical society.

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