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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
Martin Luther,s Lighter Side.

That Luther's life was not without its
lighter side is attested by many of his
letters, especially those addressed to his
wife. A writer in Good Words points
out such expressions with which he adj
dresses her as MY Lord Catherine" or
my sweet wife, Catherine Luther Won
Bora" or 1.-THE very learned and deeply
profound dame, Catherine Luther" or
emperor Kate" testing at the 0 of
rule common to the sex. In the year
of his death he wrote to his "heart-loved
housewife, Catherine Lutherin Doctress
Zeilsdorforess Lowmarketress and what
ever more she may be. Grace and peace
in Christ, and my old poor love in the
first place" At one time he says
aCatherine, you have a pious husband,
who loves you. You are an Empress,
thank God for it,, His conjugal medita-
lions were often in a gayer mood, as, for
example, IF I were going to make love
again, / would carve an obedient woman
out Of marble, In despair Of finding n
in any other way"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
TO OPEN UTE LANDS.
ANOTHER OKLAHOMA RUSH TO oc-
CUR I'M COLORADO MAY 4.

Home Seekers Will Have a Chance to
Choose Locations From 10000
Acres of Fertile Reservation, Rich
In Timber and Minerals.
Exactly at noon on May 4 a gun will
boom out the official announcement
that the government has thrown open
to settlement over 900, 900 acres of fer
tile land now known as the southern
Ute reservation.
Waiting for the signal will be a great
crowd of boomers and before the echoes
of the gun have died away they will be
dashing across the prairie in a desper-
ate, free for all race, each with a goal
in view. The number of boomers may
be as large as that which crossed into
Oklahoma, but it is probable that it
will be smaller.
Besides the men who will make the
run with the intention of locating
homesteads, will be thousands Of follow
ers who will accompany the settlers on
various errands. There will be mary
gamblers, saloon men and tradesmen.
There will be many miners, too, for the
Ute reservation has not been prospected
as yet and is rumored to be rich in
minerals.
The district to be thrown open is in
the southwest corner of Colorado and
its southern border marks the New
Mexico line. It is the shape Of a long
parallelogram. Through the western
corner flows the San Juan river which
winds its way down through the grand
canyon of Colorado into the gulf of
California. The eastern end of the reser-
walton is traversed by tributaries of the
Rio Grande.
The largest town near the reservation
is Durango, Colo. Traversing the sec
ton is the line of the Denver ard Rio
Grande railroad. The reservation COM
prises parts of three counties of Colora-
Go. Its total area is 636. 900 acres, be-
ing so miles long from east to west and
Is miles in width.
With the exception of the 374 allot.
ments to which the Ute Indians are en-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

nav set up housekeeping together In
the better quarter of the city. Even in
Manila itself there have been times
when these heroic women have been
threatened with danger. They have
been surrounded by treacherous Fill
pinos and have been exposed to the
horrors of fire, many CONGREGATIONS
having swept various districts of the
city.
These women know all about the
tragedy of war. They have seen the
ambulances come back from the front
crowded with wounded, and they have
visited the overrunning hospitals. They
have even heard the whistle of bullets
and from their windows looked out to
see their husbands leading their men
out to the firing lines. Such sights as
these are enough to shake the nerves OF
any but heroic women.
Among the army women in Manila
is Mrs. Fred Funston, wife of the gal
liant Kansas soldier who was recently
made a brigadier general and who has
almost daily risked his life during the
late campaign. Mrs. Funston is a bride
of only a few months too.
Mrs. Funston met her husband for
the first time while on a visit to Camp
Merriam, neal San Francisco. The
Twentieth Kansas was encamped there.
She was Miss Edna Blankard then and
was regarded as one of the prettiest
girls in Oakland, where there are a
whole city full of beautiful girls, you
know.
Her father, who is a veteran of the
civil war. took her down to see the sol
diers. There she was introduced to the
dapper little colonel of the Twentieth
Kansas. Apparently, he is as energetic
N lovemaking as he is in fighting, for
he wooed and won her in the few short
weeks that he was waiting for a trans
port to take him to the front.
1t was just three weeks after that in
PRODUCTION that they were married at
Miss Blankard's home in Oakland, and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
Highest church In Europe.

The highest church in Europe-in point
of situation. not rituals said by the
English Home Magazine to be the pill
grimage chapel of s. Maria de Ziteit.
above Salux, in the Swiss canton of
G%raubunden. 1t lies 2,434 metres above
tha.sea le~vel-nearly 5000 feet high above
the forest, near the limits OF perpetual
snow. 1t is only open during the sum
mer time of that region-or, as the folk
whereabouts reckon, from st. John the
Baptist's day to st. Michael's day-and is
used only by the Alp herders, who re-
main there through the summer with
their cows and goats, n occasionally
by hunters in search Of the chamois and
marmot. AL the Inhabitants of Salux
climb up thither on midsummer day TO
assist at the first Mass and hear the first
sermon OF the year, and there is also a
crowded congregation on Michaelmas
day, at the last service Of h year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

Every week Mrs. Funston posts a
bulky letter in Manila. 1t is directed to
the white haired mother of the new
brigadier general, who lives in Allen
county, Kan. The missive tells the old
folks there all about the doings of their
soldier son, whose name has become a
synonym for personal courage all over
the land. Generally, there are a few
lines written by the brigadier himself.
Some of the women who went to Ma
Mia with their husbands are now wear
ing widows weeds. Among them is Mrs.
Stotsenberg, widow Of the late Colonel
Btotsenberg, who lost his life during
the charge at Quinguna.
Another wal widow who left Manila
only recently is Mrs. DR.. McVay. Her
husband was a surgeon in the regular
army, and died of fever in Manila after
being worn out by overwork in the hos
pital.
Mrs. J. F. Lucey, wife of a lieuten-
ant in the First California heavy artil-
lery, was in Manila when the Filipino
revolt broke out. Accompanied by two
other ladies, she engaged a launch and
went as neal to the fight as possible.
The grandest thing of the whole fight.
she has decided. was the effective work
Of the monitor warships.
sThis was the first time that I ever
saw bloodshed, ;" said Mrs. Lucey. cit
is all very we'll to talk, but when you
see our darling boys shot down you get
TO hate these Filipinos. and when you
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

titled, the whole tract will be subject
to entry under the desert homestead,
timber and town site laws, and the
laws governing the disposal of coal,
mineral, stone and timber lands.
Many of the timber allotments will
be leased by white men at reasonable
rates. The lands embrace both valley
and mesa or uplands, but the supply of
water for irrigation is many times
greater than will be called for. The
soils are the semiadobe, sandy loan and
red, the former being peculiarly adapt
ed for the growth Of grain and grasses,
while the soils last named are un-
equaled for the growth of vegetables.
alfalfa and fruit trees. Owing to the
percentage of gypsum in the bottom
lands, the yield Of clover is as high as
81 tons to the acre.
Aside from the agricultural feature
of this great area, the stock industry
gives promise of almost unlimited
growth. The plateaus afford range for
tens Of thousands of heads of cattle,
horses and sheep, while tributary min
ing camps supply an abundant market
noted for good prices.
Under federal enactmeDt Ute Indians
who so elect may accept allotments in
severalty. The lands allotted to the
southern Utes aggregate about 60, 600
acres, divided equally between agricul-
ture and grazing lands, and allotments
are generally in compact form. The In
dian may lease his allotment for a period
of three years for agricultural and ten
years for mining and grazing lands.
The advantages of the leasing system
are:
First.-The lands are exempt from
taxation and free from cost of water
charges, as the Indians own the canals
and bitches.
Seeond.-The rental is in most in
stances a small amount in cash and a
share Of the crops-one-fourth or one
third.
Third.-Indians can be hired to work
at small wages and spend their money
at home, thus keeping the money in cir
culation in the community.
Fourth.-The Utes are paid $50, 600
annually by the government. The treaty
provides that this payment shall con-
tinue 'sforever.' This money gees into
circulation in the immediate region
where it is distributed from the bounti-
full hand of Uncle Sam.
The act Of congress requires that a
cash payment of 90 cents per acre must
be deposited at the land office at DH-
range or at such temporary offices as
may be established in the region for the
accommodation Of settlers.
The act says: "And shall be subject
to entry under the desert, homestead
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

they took their bridal trip on the trans
port in spite of army regulations and
the auartermaster's orders.
During the fighting around Manila,
Mrs. Funston has seen but little OF her
husband, but occasionally he found
time to run back from the firing Inns
and cheer her up with the assurance
that the Filipinos couldn't hit the side
of a barn, and that there was not the
slightest danger in all the thrilling
things be had been doing. Then he
would kiss her goodby and go back to
the front to swim a river under fire or
lead a little squad of his men against an
overwhelming body of insurgents.
OF course Mrs. Funston has realized
that every time she parted from her
husband it might be forever, but, as far
as the gossip from overseas goes, she
has sent him away bravely with only a
ca~utionary, NOW do be careful, Fred"
just fancy telling "Scrappy Fred
Funston to be CAREFUL And just imagine
sneh . honeymoon. will you'll
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

and town site laws and the laws gov
erning the disposal Of coal. mineral,
stone and timber lands, but nc home
stead settler shall receive a title to any
portion of such lands at less than $1.25
per acre and shallsbe required to make
a cash payment of 30 cents per acre at
the time filing is made upon any Of
Baid lands"
The advas- .ges of cash payment Of
so cents per acre are many. It shuts
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

Company B Of the Twentieth Kansas
volunteers, has been mentioned in Ma
Mia dispatches and will probably get a
commission.
Private Trembly is me Of the two
men who accompanied Funston in his
notable swim across the Rio Grande.
AS a matter of fact, he swan ahead of
his colonel. He carried the rope which
was made fast on the side occupied by
the enemy and formed the nucleus of a
raft ferry on which the Kansas boys
were carried over to victory. This swim
was made under the hottest kind of a
fire from the Filipinos, who were in
trenched on the coveted bank
Private Trembly is 90 years of age
and is the only son Of a widow, Mrs.
Agnes Trembly, 622 New Jersey ave-
nue., Kansas City. He was for several
years a newspaper carrier, hut at the
time Of his enlistment was working in
the stockyaTds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
A CRADLEOF GENIUN
NEWSPAPER OFFICE WHERE RuDj
YARD KIPLING WoRKED.

John IT. McCutcheon Describes HIS
visit to Lahore, Which was xAS
Scene of the Famous Authors EnRTN
Struggles In Literature.
Every lover of Kipling, if he did moi
know it before, has learned during the
recent Kipling mania that the famous
author laid the foundation for future
greatness while working as a reporter
on The Civil and Military Gazette in
Lahore, India.
1t was while grinding out the daily
grist of local happenings that Kipbng
found time to create that immortal triod
Mulvaney, Ortheris and Learoyd, who,
as we now know, existed in the mills
tary environments of Nuan Nicer, only Q
few miles from the Office of this Indian
newspaper; hence Lahore and all Of its
surroundings become objects Of interest.
John T. McCutcheon, the artist cord
respondent of the Chicago Record, visi
tied Lahore not long ago while on hi4
way back from Manila, where he had
been chronicling the doings Of Dewey
and, like the inspired news getter that
he is, gathered some very interesting
facts about the cradle Of Kipling'a
genius. In q recent issue of the Chicago
Record he writes as follows:
Lahore and the northwestern part
of India are full of Kipling, for tho
greater number of his Indian tales zes
late to Lahore, Simla and the Pnn5aH
frontier. When he was a young MAN.
he started to work on The Ciyn and
Military Gazette - Lahore, and foH
seven years was connected with that
paper, doing all kinds of work.
1.-THE newspapersofice is about the
same as it was in those days. Many
members of the mechanical and buHii
ness stafs are STILL associated with tho
paper, but Kipling5to them is merely a
former half forgotten.emplnyes who has
since made something of a repusation-I
1t seemed singular to them that ann
one from America could be interested
in him or have a curiosity toisee where
his early work was done. It certainly
appeared to me that Kiplinsg was lesa
known in Lahore than in America. I
"The newspaper plant-two loW
spreading bungalows in al6roadscom|
pound-was very differentSfrom one'a
ordinary conception of a newspape1
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
A PRIVATE.
Swan Ahead of Funston In Crossing
a River Under Fire.

Perhaps it has occurred to many
folks, in regarding the general lioniz-
ing of Brigadier General Funston, that
some of the men in the ranks must be
entitled to a lot of credit as well. While
there is no doubt as to the heroism of
the gallant officer who has led his men
to such deeds of daring the fact remains
that without brave men tc go with him
he could have accomplished nothing but
his own destruction.
Here is one of those men. His name
is William B. Trembly. Less than a
year ago he was a laborer in the Kan
sas City stockyards, with no thought of
being a hero. Now he is a private in
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
AN "ANTL."

Edward Atkinson,sthe. Famous Boss
tom statistician and Economfst.
Edward Atkinson, the famous Boston
statistician and . political economist,
who has incurred the displeasure Of the
government by his aggressive antisim-
perialistic crusade, is a vigorous old
man who has many times before run
amuck in popular traditions and battled
popular ideas. He does lot mind being
q minority. He rather likes it. But in
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

With our army in the Philippines are
many brave American women, wives CT
the officers, who have accompanied
their husbands to the front. They have
been prompted to go half way round
the world by the desire to be as neal as
possible to their loved ones in the hour
of danger. In SO doing they have been
in some danger themselves, but they
have not finched.
Most of these soldiers wives are stay
ing at Manila hotels. Some of them
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
I'M MEMORY OF THE MAINE.
Design Of the Chapel to Be Erected
at Annapolis.

Design Of the Chapel to Be Erected
at Annapolis.
A feature of the So, 900, 600 improve
ments which are to be made to the Ma
tional Naval academy at Annapolis
will be the erection of a handsome new
chapel which is to be known as the
Maine Memorial chapel. Plans for this
structure have just been completed by
Ernest Flagg and have been accepted
by the government.
The new chapel will occupy the high
est point of the extensive grounds and
is meant to constitute 3 noble monu-
ment to those who peSSshed with the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15


Mrs. Spence instantly stood between her
husband and the man, and there received
the Ghazi's attack, whip in hand, cutting
at him and his mare and calling out for
help. By making vigorous use of her
whip she kept the Ghazi off and drove him
away. A second charge the Ghazi made
was similarly repulsed, except that on this
occasion the Ghazi's cuts same more peril
ously near, and Mrs. Spence was knocked
down. BY this time Captain Spence had
extricated himself from beneath the Wheel
of the trap (where he sustained several
severe bruises and a cracked rib) and came
to his wifo's help, and when the Ghazi
made his third rush he. was driven of by
Captain Spence, when he made off at a
gallop, but the pursuit was taken up, and
he was ultimately run down and shot.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

It is estimated that England's stock
North Americas 600 years. 1t is not
likely, however, that these supplies will
ever be needed. as 1t Is probable hat
before many decades have passed pow
er will be gained In other ways.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

OFFICE OF THE CIVIL AND MILITlAkK S413
zETTE, CRADLE o FKIPLsSG'S FAME.
From a sketch by John t. Mcousdheonl 4
Office. In one of the buildings were The
editorial offices and in the other. the
printing presses, composing rooats and
business Offices.
SIN the former was .Kiplingss old
room, where his storiesSwere written
1t was a high ceilinged, bookish look}
ing place, with imposing stacls Of
books and files standing high agsinst
the walls. He had first occupied a httla
corner wing, but the ceilings were low,
and the heat of the summer made it
uninhabitable. So he wass moved f1std
the larger room.
"Mr. Stevenson, the assistant editord
who now occupiesiMr Kipling's forme4
desk, showed me many Of the old files
of the paper with the%author's early
stuff in print. A greater portion OF,
the more famous stories and poems
have been clipped out, but I ran across
occasional pieces that I,had W. seem
in print before.
"There is veryslittlesto indicate that
Kipling was any mores popular person
ally in those days than he is now. ln1
deed many of his former acquaintance
were distinctly uncomplimentary in
the tone of their "reminiscences, but
there was a general respect forhis clev1
erness and genius and among some a
great increduiity thatpeople werereally
buying 800 KIpling editions.
.tOld Rookun-udd-in, the foreman or
the pressroom of the paper, wasprofess-
edly a profound admirer of his former
associate and am early prophet of the
young editors future greatness He
seemed delighted to talk Of him and
pointed out places in the pressroom
that have been mentioned in, Kipling'S
stories. Here was the table at which
Kipling sat IN that awful hot night
when Daniel Dravot, the man who
would be king, and his pal, Peachy
Carnehan. came to get information about
Kaferistan. Three years afterward, inl
the same ~pressroon1, Peachy C%arnehan
came back and toldsthe wonderful story
OF their adventures, as kings.
.sOut beyond the little compound
garden which fronts the editorial and
press rooms of The Gazette is the broad
mall where Peachy satstwo hours in the
blazing sun. A mile away is the big
Delhi gate from where the caravan
started to go north into A~fghanistan
through the Khyber pass, with Daniel
disguised as a mad niollah and Peachy|
disguised as his mute servant"
For all of which information the emil
thusiastic collectors of Kipingania
ought to be duly thankful to MIR. Mel
Cutcheon, who ISL apioneer in the field
where many f~eet.are.sure to follow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
MISS GRANTS PRINCE


Proud Old Russian Family.
Prince Michel Cantacuzene, the
young Russian nobleman whose engage
ment to Miss Julia Dent Grant, grand
daughter Of General U. s. Grant and
daughter of .Brigadier General Fred
Grant, was recently announced, is the
latest scion of royalty to surrender to
the charms Of an American beauty.
Miss Grant met the prince in Rome
three months ago, just after her visit
to Egypt. The prince Is 20 years old,
and until recently has been military
attache of the Russian legation in
Rome. He has large estates near Mos
COW.
The family Of the oantacuzenes is
one of the most famous in southeastern
Europe. It's founder was the Byzantine
Emperor John Cantacuzenus, who was
prime minister in the reign of andre
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

A lump Ct erris root put in the water
in which undcrcfothing il boiled will give
them a delightful fragrance. It q be
used over and over again.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

Among the most exclusive of New
York's smart young matrons it is at pres
ent quite the proper thing to wear a ring
fashioned as Indicated in the above head
line. The woman who first wore one or
these mysterious rings told all about it
the other day to a girl friend. VINO was
admiring it and wanted to copy it. She
SAID
why the little white stone wouldn't be
considered a gem to any one but me- 1t
IS only one of my baby girls pearly while
tooth not long ago, and as it was too
precious to me TO throw away, I took It
be set in a ring. And here is the results
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15
To the Glory Of God.
In Memory of
The u. S. S. Maine and Its Crew,
Who We're Destroyed In Havana Harbor,
February l5, 1898.


Congress has already in the last two
sessions made 81, 500, 900 available for
the immediate prosecution of some of
the most urgent improvements at An
napolis. and estimates will be presented
in December next by the naval author
tiles for nearly So, 600, 900 additional.
Aaron Burr at one time attended a
church in Albany where all the a~ristoc-
racy of the town was to be found on
Zach Sunday. Soon he fell INTO the prac-
tice of being late. and finally the wardens
of the church asked the minister to repri-
mand. him openly. On the next Sunday,
when Burr entered late as usual, the min
lister stopped in the middle of his SER
mon and said, .Sir, I shall appear at the
Judgment seat against you'll" Burr gazed
at him ~placidly and answered, Sir, in
all of my practice I have found that class
of criminals that turns States evidence
the most to be despised.'' There were no
more public reprimands in that church,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-15

In Paris the street paving Is about
evenly divided between stone and wood,
there being but a small percentage Of as
phalt. The wooden blocks, mostly pine,
some of the pitch pine of our Southern
States, measuring about six inches square
n five inches high, are laid on a con-
crete foundation. Within the last few
years some of the hard woods from the
tropics. such as the teak and kauri of
Australia and Java, " been tried, but
the experiments are of too recent date to
be Of value for purposes of comparison.
The wooden streets Of Paris ave cost
upward of S3.Q00.000.