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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
TAYLOR Tries to Hang Himself.

Kansas City, March Bud" Tay-
lor the baseball player who Saturday
killed Ruth Nollard, shooting her with
rifle, attempted to hang himself in
his cell in the county Jail yesterday.
He was saved by a cell mate. Later
a crowd of people surrounded the Jail
entrance, anticipating his removal to
the court room for the coroner's In.
quest. The crowd became so, large
and the looks of the men so ominous
that Taylor's attorney refused to have
him taken from his cell in the well
guarded Jail. The crowd committed
no overt act. The jury recommended
that Taylor he held to the grand jury
on the charge of murder in the first de.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
No Changes Of Moment.

Lincoln, March 5.-Fifty votes would
have elected United States senator
in joint ballot yesterday. only 80 mem
bers being recorded. There Were no
changes of moment.
On recommendation of standing
committees IS bills We're put tpn the
general file yesterday for considera-
ton in committee of the whole. Ham.
ilton's pure beer bill was indefinitely
postponed. and similar disposition was
made of McCoy's bill to raise the sal.
airy of Omaha city officials.
A long drawn out debate in the SEN
ate yesterday on the normal schools
bill ended without definite action.
At the Republican conference last
night several amendments to VanBos-
kinks reapportionment bill We're
agreed upon.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
INAUGURAL BALL.
President Unable to Lead Grand March
Owing to Temporary Indisposition
of Mrs. Mckinley.

Washington. March 5.-The culmi-
mating event of the inaugural festiyi-
ties was the inaugural ball, held last
night in the vast auditorium of the pen
sion Office. with men and women diStin-
guished in every walk of life touching
elbows, dancing and mingling with
the plain American citizen. AS spec
tacular event it was unparalleled in
the history of inaugural balls. in the
sumptuousness of arrangements, in
the bewildering splendor of decora-
lions and of marvellous electrical eff
fects, and in the countless throng tax
ing part in the spectacle.
When the doors of the great struct-
ure We're thrown open at s o'clock an
eager crowd besieged every entrance
and lines of carriages stretched into
the surrounding streets and avenues.
Platoons of police officers guarded the
outer entrances, keeping back the
rush, of curious spectators and bring
ing order out of the tangle of car
riages. Through the long arched en-
frances. hung with bunting and vines,
pdSSSu tue 7uleliN.f pleusule SCChiiis
throng, the women in luxurious
! gowns. with the flash of jewels in theil
| hair and at their Threats.
| The presidential party arrived al
1915 o'clock. They We're preceded
by a glittering array of officers t.
full uniforms.
The crowds on the main floor ha6
been pushed back to make room fol
the grand march and the band was
ready to break into the opening
strains of the march from Tannhauser
But word came that Mrs. McKinle!
was indisposed and that the presiden
would remain by her side. The marcl
consequently was abandoned.
Mrs. McKinley's indisposition was o
brief duration and she was soon abb
to join the president and the brillian
assemblage in an EMPOWERED box over
looking the gay throngs below TIL
president occupied seat at the RICH
at the rail, with Mrs. Mckinley at hi
side.
The presidential party and VIC
President and Mrs. Roosevelt left til
ball at 1915 o'clock. Before leayln
they partook of a lunch with a larg
number of invited guests in the pr
vate dining room The festivities wen
on undated until a late hour.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
Dr. White Appointed Delegate.

Chicago, March 5.-Dr Montagu
White has been appointed by the
American Transvaal league it's dele
gate and envoy to represent the league
and branches in the United States, at
the congress to be. held in Paris,
France, March H. of all societies and
associations existing in any part of
the world to be Il friend and aid the
Beers of the South African republic.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
Harrison Has Clear Field.

Chicago, March D. There was no con
test over the head of the ticket at the
Democratic primaries for the homina-
tion of delegates to the city conven-
tion today. Mayor Harrison will have
a clear field for denomination. Dur
ing a quarrel in the Thirteenth ward
a few minutes before the polls closed
Raymond Farrar, street car CON
ductor. was shot and fatally injured
by John Steen, a carpenter. The men
were working for different candidates.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
Chinese Emperor to Return.

London, March 5,The Peking cor.
respondent of the Pail Mall Gazette
says: The emperor will return to Pc
king at the end of March. \ body
guard is already assembling at Sian
Flu. The foreign ministers have de-
manded the death of II additional
high officials and the punishment of
90 provincial mandarins. Smallpox
has broken out among the allied
troons -
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
place for Chandler.

Washington March 5.It is under
stood mat the president has under
consideration the name of former Sen
ator Chandler of New Hampshire for
the position of chairman of the Span.
ish claims commission just created by
congress. Mr.. Chambers term as sen
ator expired yesterday.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08

Caracas, March "a new revolu-
ton has been started near Coro, on
the north coast of Venezuela, under
the leadership of Rodolfo Hernandez.
The press of Caracas. under orders,
supposedly from the Venezuelan gov
eminent, is daily attacking the Wash
ington administration. Minister
Loomis and President Mckinley are
caricatured by the lower Venezuelan
newspapers, the former as being the
author of and means of commumica
ton of hostile. but correct. information
concerning Venezuelan affairs to the
American press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
Girl Shot But viii Live.

Deadwood. S. D., March 5-The lit
tie daughter of Martin ]. Albert of
Speartish valley, who was shot in the
head by a revolver in the hands of her
little brother has been removed from
the hospital in this city. She will get
well, although the bullet penetrated
her brain. The case is considered a
remarkable one
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
woolley's inaugural Address.

Chicago, March 5.There was a
unique event at the Western Avenue
Methodist church last night j. G..
Woolley, late candidate for president
of the United States, delivered what
would have been his inaugural lad
dress if lie had been elected instead
of President Mckinley.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
BLIZZARD MAKES ITS VISIT.
Strikes Northwest Nebraska--Cattle lily
Prepared to Withstand Cold Weather.

Strihes NortuWesH NeDraSka--CaCtle lily
Prepared to Withstand Cold Weather.
Chadron, Neb., March 5.--A snow
storm. accompanied by high north
winds, ragged over the northwest yes
terday. A few such days as this will
play havoc among the cattle of this
section. The grass on the ranges is
very short and the cattle are in bad
condition to stand much cold weather.
While the cattle north of here along
the Indian reservation line are in bad
condition and on very short range the
reports from the sand hills southeast
of here state that the range was never
better and that the cattle are in con-
dition to stand a great amount of bad
weather
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
iowa Accepts Pensioners,

Des Moines, March 5.-The state
board of control decided to accept
from 200 to 250 Nebraska prisoners at
the Iowa penitentiaries. The warden
at Anamosa reported he could take
nearly 200 and it is known the peni-
Tertiary at Fort Madison can take a
hundred if necessary. The governor
of Nebraska has been notified accord
ingly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
Takes Turn for the Worse.

Nebraska City. Neb., March 5.-The
of Representative David
Brown shows no Improvement. A
well defined case of pneumonia has de-
yeloped, which his physician states
will be difficult to deal With, owing to
the patients weak and nervous condi-
ton.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
Strike In Bloomington Shops Ended.

Bloomington. Ills, March ;, The
strike of the machinists in the Chicago
and Alton shops is ended and. all the
men will return to work today 1t is
announced that General Manager Bar
rett has conceded the demand of the
men that a piece work system be not
established
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
yillayerde Gives 1t I'm.

Madrid, Harch 5.--Late last evening
Senior Villaverde conferred with the
queen regent. informing her that he
had failed to construct a cabinet and
must decline to pursue the endeayor
further.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-08
river Bill is BLOCKED.
Big Appropriation Measure
Dies In the Senate.
CARRIERS LENGTHY SPEECH.
Montana Senator Announces His Intention
of Talking River and Harbor Measure to
Death and Succeeds In Undertaking--st.
Louis Fair Gill Wins.

Louis Fair Gill Wins.
Washington, March 5.-One of the
most notable occurrences in the MS
tory of congressional legislation
marked the closing hours of the last
session of the senate of the seth con-
gress. Senator Carter (Mon.) signal
lied his retirement from the senate
after six years of brilliant service 10y
talking the river and harbor bill to
death He occupied the floor, construc-
lively, for nearly 10 consecutive
hours, although in the aggregate about
three hours of that time We're devoted
to other business.
After the senate conferees on the
river and harbor bill had reported
disagreement, Senator Carter began
his speech. Apparently in a facetious
vein he began his attack upon the
measure. Sdenouncing t5as vicious and
Z pernicious legislation. unwarranted by
Conditions and unsound in principle.
# Allison submitted further disagree
ment on the sundry civil bill, the item
in contention being the appropria-
ton for the three eXpositions. From
this the senate receded and then passed
the st. Louis exposition bill Tillman,
who has championed the appropriation
for Charleston throughout the session,
made final appeal to the senate to
save the Charleston item, but he real
lied that the Missouri senators We're
more powerful than he. BY vote of
IS to 10 the senate receded from the
Charleston appropriation and the bill
was passed.
Carter resumed his speech, finally
announcing it was his intention not to
permit the river and harbor bill to
become law, il his strength should
hold out and saying that at that mo-
ment he was in excellent physical CON
dition. With the exception OF a brief
intermission while a quorum was be
ing secured and recess of half an
hour Carter spoke practically con
tinuously. He yielded the floor only
after the ceremony of the induction
of Vice President Roosevelt into office
had begun.
In retiring as the president pro ten
of the senate. Frye in response to {
4 resolution OIL lIldllhS lol MS NoullSSs
and impartiality. delivered brief bu
feeling address to the senate.
At the conclusion of the session O
the seth congress, Vice Presiden
Roosevelt Immediately called the sen
"a ate Of the 57th congress toSorder
IT. was a simple but beautiful and I'm
pressive ceremony The new senator
were sworn in in groups of four.
The courier., 1901-08-03
The Making Of a Marehioness

Mrs. Frances Hudgson Burnett,
whose last name is something else
now, name by which she will never
be identified by any body not in her
immediate circle. has written a story
which appeared in the Century maya
zine Of June, July and August.
Think Mrs. Burnett is at her best
in the long short story. The Max
ing of Marchioness" is story of a
woman who, first Of all, was exquisite
ly kind. She had an income to live
upon Of about hundred and fifty
dollars year, which was left her by
an unpleasant old woman who en-
ployed Miss FoX-Seton as a compan-
ion. Miss Fox-Seton had been a
governess. She had cousins in the
peerage but no income whatever be.
fore the death of the old lady. A
gentlewoman's struggle with poverty
is always pathetic; and when, as in
the case OF Miss Fox-Seton, the com.
bataut is so brave and sweet, so capa.
The courier., 1901-08-03

OF course maids, being women, en-
joy bargain. | know a laundres'
who reads the Sunday papers weeE
after week to find out just what she
can buy at bargain on Monday. In
order TO get her wash" out in time
she rises long before the specified
hour OF half past five. She buys with
discrimination, too; discrimination
which Is constantly growing. She
brings her purchases home and eX-
hibitS them with a wholly feminine
and pardoLa able pride in her grow
lug capacity 10 adjust her purchases
to her needs. She no longer buys
things that she does not need because
they are cheap. She buys them be-
cause they are within her means and
she recognizes the correspondence be-
tween them and her own reasonable
wants. 1t is not fair that the hired
girl should not buy her things in as
cheap market as her mistress buys
them, and rule " is not unreasona.
bic, considering that Monday has been
adopted by the dry goods stores as
bargain day."
The hired girl can make the house
hold aIhappy and ailing, or she can
make the household happy and heal
thy. In order to prepare healthy
food she must either be a natural
cook or she must have learned the
art. The latter method is very much
more reliable and satisfactory. The
time may arrive when to protect it.
self the union will demand proof of
ability before granting card of as
ISOLATION to new members. In such
period the union will have the dig
nifty and prestige Of a hrst-class or.
ganization. In the tope OF such a
development, as we'll as on account
of desire for the improvement Of
every woman's lot, the thoughtful
mistresses Of Chicago encourage their
hOussmaidS in the timid attempt they
are making to enhance the dignity Of
their trade. Mrs. Henrotin, whom
all club women love, is inclined to
believe the movement happy one.
Nevertheless the efficient and faith.
ful hired girl who knows how to cook.
launder. sweep. dust and perform
skillfully the hundred and one house.
hold labors. does not need the pro-
lection OF q union. She can almost
make her own terms, because she is a
rara avis, and sought for as the Ar
gonauts sought the golden fleece.
The few such honorable and hohored
servants whom have known occupy
a unique position in the regard of the
families whom they serve and love.
When the final rewards are made
these faithful, competent ones will
receive larger need than they ever
fancied theirs. In the ruck of sloven-
ly girls who do not realize their mis-.
sion. the few who have dignified their
trade are likely to be forgotten by the
fretful women whose dishes have been
broken and whose tempers have been
ruined by the incompetent and un-
faithful. A tribute to the few is
hereby offered by an editor whose
pages they are not likely to see.
= =
The Independence.
The courier., 1901-08-03

s,nted being used for such a purpose.
When the owner Of the tail-end boat
came TO Newport, not pennant dip
ped, not a gun was fired and the
atmosphere in his nsighbOrhoOd was
very chilly.
Mr.. Lawson lives in Boston, but he
is not of it, and to man Of his push
and ambition for a prominent place
in society, the closed doors Of the
aristocracy are very annoying. The
great-grand-son Of a man like Mr..
Lawson. if the money remains in
the family. might be received by des-
cendents Of the men who sailed in
the May Flower, but a faster rate
than that is unknown TO Boston.
We cannot quite analyze the coz
tempt We feel, or justify it either, for
the man or woman who tries by ad-
ventitious means to obtain a place in
society. society is not willing to grant.
To attain an honorable place in the
world and the esteem and society Of
the best people is laudable ambi-
tion: vet no one is laughed at so much
as the man who shows that he is will
ing to pay large sum Of money for
position and countenarce. Mr.. Law.
son dllowes himself to talk to report
ers about his love OF art, about how
he spends his evenings at home, etc.
He said recently: "As rule we all
work behind a mask and the two
thirds Of us We conceal is generally
the best in US. 1t is that twO-thirdS
that 1 will not show the public. 1t is
my home life, my tastes. my diver
sions." All this is so much a matter
of course that it would not occur to
one to the manor born to say any
thing about it. Paragraphs taken
from an interview granted to an in
genuous writer who was preparing a
special article on Mr. Thomas W.
Lawton for the July AinsIee's, illus
trate what meao. and it is an ex-
ample of the ridiculous sort of stuff
that is being written about rich men
by those who know better but who do
not use their knowledge However
the article in question may be a paid
advertisement in which case l with
draw my structures on its author:
THE door opened softly, and Mr..
LawSon's secretary placed a vase IF
long-stemmed pink flowers on his
desk. His face lighted. Those are
the Mrs. Lawson pink, he said. Are
mt they beautifUl?' As he spoke I
noticed a new note in his voice.
"Just then Mr.. Lawson adjusted his
curious gold chain. On the end was
a locket, on one side was carved a
gypsy's head, the other contained
miniature Of Sweet-faced girl.
"'It is the picture of my wife he
said, extending it, at the time We
were married. Her name is Gypsy.
Yun will notice that each Of the beads
in this chain-there are three hun
dred and thirty-three-is carved with
gypsy's face-just little fancy of
mine. that's ALL
AT that moment Mr.. Lawson's
carriage was announced"
- -
The Making of Marehioness.
The courier., 1901-08-03

BILE and helpful, an author mas nc
trouble in making her heroine and
her adventures very interesting in
deed. Mrs. Burnett has the faculty,
so vainly striven for by so many of
her contemporaries, of writing an in-
teresting story. At the very begin.
ming it is no effort to identify her
characters and remember their names.
Acquaintanceship with them pro-
gresses more rapidly than with new
people in real life: but she does not
skip any Of the stages. By which
recognition Of the laws Of the mind
she avoids confusion. An aspiring
author with concepts Of the in 1ividu-
ais of his story, but who fails to diff
ferentiate them. forces the reader to
do his work. For instance. in this
weeks edition Of The Courier there is
story written by young girl who
has neither studied the art of COM
position nor has she any intuitive
knowledge of it. The influence Of
cheap and untrue literature is ap-
parent both in the style and thought.
The Mrs. Holmes novels are vicious,
not because Of the presence Of the
element for which novels are locked
away from the jeune femme, but be-
cause of the entire absence Of refine
ment of view, and for the falseness
with which all aspects Of life are pre-
sented. Youthful readers look in
real life for what they read about in
these books. Not finding it, they
imagine false reSemblanceS or make
up love stories long before the time
for that sort Of thing has arrived.
The commOnneSS of mind which the
Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Southworth
novels develop and encourage is ap-
parent in the first creative effort Of a
constant reader Of their unfortunate
tales. But all this is another story.
Miss FoX-Seton is an elderly, un-
romantic English woman. Her lover,
who does not prove t. be her lover
until the last page Of the story. is also
elderly, without the favor OF romance
unless romance may be said to cling
to every member Of the English peer
age. He possesses a magnificent tiara
and ruby 'aS large as a trousers
button" which the Walderhursts for
generations have given to their fam
Gees at the moment Of acceptance.
Like an occasional big trout in q
much-tished brook. Lord Walderhurst
has been chased and frightened from
one cool retreat to another by inde-
fatigable mothers and daughters,
until he has made up his mind to
snap. with his eyes wide open TO the
hook, the very next alluring bait that
is dangled before his sophisticated
old nose. Only he is positive that he
does not want to bring up a beautiful
girl, used to conquests and to audible
admiration. Such being his state Of
mind, Of course there are only old
maids and widows left.
At the house party in the country,
where most Of the action takes
place, there are two beautiful girls,
one spinster, Miss FoX.Seton, thirty
four years old. and a widow. The
widow writes stories and talks in epi
grams. and naturally she has no
chance. Miss Fox Seton is an ador.
able example Of Christianity actively
exerting itself for the happiness Of
neighbors. She is rewarded for her
unseltishness and for the unconscious
practice Of all the virtues by an offer
Of matrimony from one OF the richest
The courier., 1901-08-03

In nef veins, anu sue taxes Such good
care of her clothes and selects them
with such unusual (fOr an English
woman) discrimination for color and
style. that in spite Of her poverty, she
is distinguished looking. And it does
not affect ber dignity that she runs
on errands and serves as purchasing
agent for the rich people who employ
her. Breeding has Sifted the coarse
ness out of her ancestry for ten gen.
erations. and the fine product which
cOursed through the veins Of Miss
Fox-Seton. fiowered into acts of kind
ness to all the world.
Not until the book is finished and
meditation sets in does it occur to the
reader that Mrs. Burnett has written
the story with moral purpose
reward Of virtue. 1t is Old-fashiOned
nowadays to reward hero and
especially middle.aged heroine by
allowing either one to make good
match. 1t used to be the style, years
ago, when Sunday school books were
more popular than they are now, to
reward virtue and punish vice. The
method satisfied our consciences and
our notions Of what should be and
what should not be. The modern
writer to certain extent ignores
these crude, primary instincts in the
people whom he expects to buy and
read his books. And we do not like
it. Henry James satisfies his sense
of what he owes the people who pay
dollar and half for his works by
arguing that art demands that the
good die ia unrewarded discourage
ment or lead colorless lives in cOnse-
quence Of the early commission Of
magnanimOus and painfully self
sacrificing acts. But he does not take
his audience with him, not if We
know ourselves he does not, and he
has lost his prestige with the common
people-the only kind Of people that
there are enough OF to make the pro-
fessiOn Of writing profitable. The
good must live happily ever after
ward, and the wicked must be rolled
down hill in the modern equivalent
for Grimms' barrel filled with sharp
spikes. Otherwise the authors sales
fall Off
Upon Mrs. Burnett the modern
rules in regard to leaving single
lady in unremitted spinsterhood. to
contemplate for the rest Of her life
the very meagre rewards of being
good to fussy old women, have had no
effect whatever. Very subtly and
without directing attention to what
she is doing. this author rewards vir-
tue and lets the disagreeable receive
the need of vulgarity. For in Mrs.
Burnett's mind it is not only wicked
to be untruthful, selfish, dishonest
and overbearing, but it is also vulgar
and underbred. This is sound view.
POlitenesS is Christianity and the
meek will inherit the earth.
The Making of a MarchioneSs" also
teaches girls that the most glittering
and truly valuable matrimonial prizes
are not to be caught by conscious eff
fort. but only by the practice Of wO-
manly virtues at all times and not
alone in the sight Of the man whom
they are calculated to impress. Miss
FOx.SetOn was the only woman in the
holse-party who had no designs upon
Lord Walderhurst; but after living in
the same house with her for a week
he sent his man to London for the
trousers. button ruby. This action,