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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
A DISTINGUISHES cENTENARuAN

Since the death of the venerable Lady
Carew the distinction of being the old
est gentlewoman in England is borne
by the centenarian Lady Glentworth
This active but aged lady keeps Christ
mas as high festival for her tenantry
at Markham, near Sandringham, the
country home of King Edward and
Queen Alexandra The tenantry indeed
includes all the villagers. as the place
belongs entirely to her. This rival in
age of the late Lady Carew was a very
well known society dame fifty years
ago, but it is many a day since she
quilted Markham House, the picturesque
place which came into her possession on
the demise of her brother. Mr.. Vile
bois.
viscountess Glentworth has been
married twice and celebrated her gold
zen wedding with Colonel BaiIlie, her
second husband, three or four years
ago. Markham is quite near King Ed
wards Norfolk home. and Lady Client
worth's predecessors, Mr.. and Mrs.
Villebois,- frequently had the honor of
entertaining their iIlustrious neighbors
both at Markham and in London. Lady
Glentworth is much crippled by rheu-
matism and is now more or less of q
social recluse.
The present Lady Carew, whose hus-
band is a grandson of the late centena-
rian dowager Lady Carew is beauti-
full Irish woman. with a thoughtful
rather serious face and great grace and
dignity of bearing She is much trav-
eled lady and when quite child was
taken by her parents to Persia to visit
relative who was British minister at
the court of the shah. This eastern po-
tentate was considerably fascinated by
the young Irish girl and presented her
with an enormous uncut ruby. This
jewel is one of Lady Carew's most priz-
ed possessions
The chatelaine of Castle Boro-one Of
the most lovely of Erin's many pic
turesque country seats-is very fond of
the land of her birth and is only occa-
sionally seen in London. Both Lady
Carew and her sister. Mrs. Clifford
Cory, are prominent in Dublin society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06

II
I'M Emily Hobhouse has been in
u the Boer war, yet with diff
ference. Miss Nightingale's
efforts were chiefly directed toward
lessening the sufferings of sick ana
wounded British soldiers. Miss Hob
house has striven to alleviate the
miseries of the captives from the
Boer ranks, the starving, sunerlng
and dying ones in the reconcentraoo
camps. And to her honor as well as the
honor OF the great British people them
selves she and they have succeeded
This slender, gently bred woman, Win
the British public behind her after she
had won them to her side, forced the iron
Kitchener and the obstinate EngilSh
government to change altogether their
policy in the matter of the Boer recon-
centrado camps.
Who is Miss Hobhouse?
She is the daughter of an Engiisn
archdeacon and the niece of a noble
lord. Her family includes judge.
bishop. a member of parliament and a
noted literary man, but not all these
rolled together have done as much as
this pretty little female Hobhouse who
makes no pretensions to being anybody
| at all.
We are told she began by doing
parish work. among the poor of her
| fathers district. That is apparently
| the refuge of well educated and well to
do English women who have no nus
band and children to take up their
| time. What the refined British single
| woman would do without this parish
work" to keep her from dying OF dull
| ness it is hard to say. At any rate Miss
Hobhouse began that way, and. hav-
| ing once started in philanthropic en-
deayor her heart became greater and
warmer and her intellectual horizon
| widened year by year. In 1895 her ia
| Their died Then Emily Hobhouse sail
ed away from England to the new world.
/ During her parish ministrations at
home she had become acquainted with
| some mighty Cornish miners who with
their families lived within the circle of
her benevolent enterprises. They mi
! grated to America.
After time Miss Hobhouse followed
| them to Minnesota to see how they
we're getting on, for they had interested
her deeply in the old country. The first
| thing she found necessary was to go to
| preaching temperance to them with all
ner might. Whether she would have
| made them teetotalers cannot be
| known, for presently the Minnesota
| mines were closed down, and the elo-
| auent young woman preacher returned
to England.
/ The Journey to the United States
| broadened her heart and her horizon
vet more At length in October, 1899
the great war drum doomed out over
| England and woke all the land from a
sleep. Nobody had thought there
| would be actual war; nobody was ready
for 1t, least of all the British govern
ment. As it progressed stories of the
suEerings of soldier and Boer captive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06

became known Brodrick. Joseph Cham
berlain and the other officials in hot
haste gave orders for the breaking up
and scattering of the Boer pest camps
and for the relief OF the prisoners.
So Emily Hobhouse trfumphed in the
name of humanity and triumphed most
of all when she seemed utterly defeat
ed. ALICE w. MORTIMER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06

Edwards stables at Sandringham. The
animal occupied special stable car at
taclled to all imperial trains. and she
has place made for her on the impe-
rial yacht
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-06
COSTUME OF PEARL GRAY HEMsTITcHED YELLING.

M gray en-
s
The Conservative, 1902-02-13
CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES.

United States Export Association, has
made the following statement before
the ways and means committee of the
house of representatives, in regard to
the tariff Oh Cuban products:
am interested in this subject pri
marily as question of the good faith
of the United States toward Cuba;
second, to voice the interest of Amer
lean producers and manufacturers, who,
under proper conditions, would find a
very valuable market in Cuba; and
third, the interest of American con-
sumers of sugar.
For many years, l was one of the
largest distributors of sugar in the
United States, and am familiar with
that industry For the past five years
have been president of the United
States Export Association, whose OBJ
iect is to widen the market for Amer
ican products, and whose membership
comprises leading houses in SO princi
pal lines of industry, situated in "a
states.
During the past year L have had
occasion to make a special study of
the tariff relations between Cuba and
the United States; with the result of
arriving at the belief that the greatest
good to the greatest number of people
of both countries will be subserved by
placing Cuba, so far as our tariff re-
lations are concerned, as nearly as
possible OH the same basis as Porto
Rico and Hawaii; and the same may
he said of the Philippine Islands.
Strange as it may seem, the Dingley
tariff imposes on the chief Cuban pro-
ducts-sugar and tobacco-a duty
amounting to about 100 per cent,
while OH the dutiable products, of all
other countries, imported into the
United States, it averages about 80 per
cent. This is anomalous in itself, and
is rendered still more so by our
changed relations to Cuba, which
virtually makes her the ward of the
nation. She has accepted the Platt
amendment, which imposes upon her
duties and obligations which prevent
her from making advantageous treat
les with other countries and, as stated
by President Roosevelt, "every con-
sideration of duty and interest de-
mands that Cuba should have liberal
treatment at our hands. This is op-
posed by our domestic beet and cane
sugar interests, who have been max
ing enormous profits under the excess
tive protection afforded them by our
present tariff. The beet-sugar in
terests are OH record, over their own
signature, in a letter to their bank ers,
that they could prosper under absolute
The Conservative, 1902-02-13


tariff on Cuban products, which is
somewhat like arguing that the tariff
should be high enough to make the
growing of bananas, under glass, profit
able. I am republican and a pro-
tectionist but there is reason in all
things and believe that there should
be power above unreasoning protec
tionists to say what is reasonable. The
permanency of a protective tariff will
largely depend OH this; and contend
that it is shortsightel on the part Of
our protected industries not to recog-
nize changed conditions, and unless
they are recognized, there will come
ground swell of public opinion which
will go to extremes on the other side
and be disastrous to all our industries.
This was the view of William Nc
Kinley, who could not be considered
an enemy to American industries. 1t
is especially shortsighted on the part
of our domestic sugar growers not to be
willing to make liberal concessions at
the present time in the tariff OH Cuban
products. There is an influential ele-
ment in Cuba today in favor of annex
alton to the United States, and, if this
is strengthened by disastrous indus
trial conditions in Cuba that day will
be fastened, and, with absolute free
trade between Cuba and the United
States, our beet sugar industries would
be in the position of that man whose
"last state was worse than the first,
although it would undoubtedly be a
blessing to the consumers of sugar in
the United States, and our fruit grow
ing, canning and preserving industries,
which would greatly develop and
prosper with cheap sugar.
"The representatives of the beet
sugar industries have industriously
spread the report that the demand
for reciprocity with Cuba was inspired
by the sugar trust; that it had large
investments in Cuban plantations, and
hoped, with free raw sugar, to break
down our domestic sugar interests. !
have made diligent inquiry as to the
truth of this, and can not find that
there is any truth in it, except poss-
IDLY, that some individual stockhold-
ers in American Sugar refining in.
terests also own small amounts of
stock in Cuban sugar plantations but
these same individuals are much more
largely interested in Porto Rico and
Hawaii, whose sugar comes in free OF
duty.
II am in no way interested in the
sugar trust, and am not disposed tC
believe that the human nature EN-.
bodied in it is an better or worse thai
that embodied in our domestic beef
The Conservative, 1902-02-13

pOuuu prOHC OH sugar, TeHulug III
terests have varied from nothing to
three-quarters Of cent pound profit,
averaging perhaps one-quarter to
three -eighths since the formation of
the sugar trust. In the early days of
the sugar refining industry the differ
ence between raw and refined varied
between two and three cents per
pound now the average difference is
perhaps one cent pound, with all
actual cost in the process of perhaps
five -eighths of cent a pound, leaving
margin for profit of about three
eighths. This is doubtless the reason
why under all tariffs, notably the Nc
Kinley, the Wilson, and the present
Dingley tariff, our sugar refining in
dustries have been protected by a diff
ferential duty on refined of perhaps
one-half cent per pound, and this,it
should be remembered, inures as much
to the protection of the beet-sugar in
terests as it does to our refining inter
ests, for the beet-sugar manufacturers
make refined sugar.
"Now, as to what concession should
be made to Cuba; I believe it would
be to the interest of the Cubans, and
American flour and provision interests
and American fruit canning and pre-
serving interests, and the interest of
all American consumers of sugar, If
what the Cubans ask could be granted,
viz: free raw sugar and one-half the
present duties OH tobacco and cigars.
But if in your wisdom you think we can
not go as far as that at this time, then
the very least concession which should
be made should be SO per cent OH all her
products; and with this, it should be
remembered, it would still leave her
products subject to a duty equal to the
average on the dutiable products re-
ceived by us from all other countries.
This would lower by one-half the high
tariff wall which we have erected
against our ward. And if she in re-
turn would establish tariff averag-
ing so per cent. on her importations,
she could reduce that one-half on her
importations from the United States;
and this would enable her merchants
to buy all of their supplies in the
United States, three -fifths Of which
they now buy in Europe. This would
not violate the most favored nation
clause in treaties with other countries,
because no country could offer Cuba
such inducements as we would offer
her by such an arrangement. And it
would still give her sufficient revenue !;
because her present tariff, established
by our War Department for Cuba,
averages about 25 per cent. American
products would still enter the Cuban
. xl E l. L. lA
Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-06-12
TOO MUCH ALCOHOL

Tom Chervestad, a farmer living
near Thompson, Grand Forks county
was struck and killed with a rolling
pin by another young fellow named
Ole Thoen. An account of the affair
says that five young people of the
neighborhood, including two girls.
called upon young Larson. bachelor
for a little social time. BY 10 o'clock
two of the men, Larson and a young
fellow by the name of Chervestad were
so intoxicated that they were 'sunde1
the table, Tom Chervestad was in
toxicated, but not laid out. He was
drinking heavily and was insulting
and disrespectful to the girls. Ole
Thoen had not been drinking and was
endeavoring to protect the girls from
Chervestad's s indecent advances. One
of the girls got his bottle from which
he was drinking and threw it through
the window. While he was out after
it they fastened the door. He emp
tied the bottle and using it as club
broke in the window and crawled in
to the room, at once attacking Thoen
Thoenwas no match for him physically
but he managed to break away and run
up into the loft and fastened the trap
door behind him. The infuriated
drunken man pursued him and with
almost superhuman strength pushed
his way up through the trap door,
breaking it Like an egg SHE'LL The
struggle was renewed and the drunken
man was getting the best of it, when
the girls handed Thoen an ordinary
rolling pin. He struck Cheryestad
with the culinary weapon, knocking
him down stairs He at once ran
down and assisted him to chair. He
sat up and seemed to be all right, sober
and in ordinary mood, except that he
was somewhat stupid. Shortly he be-
came drowsy and fell asleep and con-
tinued In that state until o'clock
when he died There seems to be
some reason to believe that he died
from the effects OF the strong alcoho,
which he had been drinking but this
cannot be ascertained until the verdica
OF the coroner's examination is made
public.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-06-12
A KINDLY ADMONITION.

With your kind permission, Mr.. Ed
itor, I wish to- say few earnest words
to the members of the Woman's Relief
Corps, auxiliary to the G. A. R. OF
North Dakota, in regard to the observ-
ance of Memorial day. The w. R. c.
as originally organized in 1883, limited
its membership exclusively to the
wives, widows, sisters, mothers, aunts
and nieces of old soldiers with un-
blemished records in the civil war.
Membership in the w. R. G. then
carried with it the honorable histinc-
tion of being near relative Of some
hero of the civil war, just as member
ship in the G. A. R. carries with it the
distinction of having been a sfaithful
soldier of the same.
But the movement was popular and
many loyal women not related to the
old soldiers wished to join it and assist
in peapetuating the memory of the
deeds of the brave men who had saved
the union, and they prevailed. although
a number of us contended strenuously
against the innovation. We claimed
that to make loyalty the test of eligi.
bility would destroy the distinctive
character of the organization an6
cheaper the honor of membership jus1
as surely as, to let down the bars in the
G. A. R. and admit any loyal man who
cared Ito join, would destroy its distinc.
tive character as an old soldier organ.
ization. But our protest was disre.
CARED. 1t was argued that the ladies
OF old soldier families, who would WORK
actively in the new auxiliary were
few; that they were growing old; thai
many We're not society ladies, and had
not the experience in the work re.
quired in the new organization whose
object was to sustain, and assist The
comrades OF thee. A. R. in perpetual,
ing the patriotic purposes OF their ordeu
and to give assistance and comfort Ii
infrm and destitute old soldier, ant
Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-06-12
RAMSEY COUNTY CONVENTION
SENATOR HANsBROUGH'S VIC
TORY OVER THE OPPOSITION IN
HIS HOME COUNTY,


TORY OVER THE OPPOSITION IN
HIS HOME COUNTY.
Devils Lake, N. D., June 9-The
first gun in the senatorial fight was
fired in Senator Hansbrough's home
county Saturday when the republican
county convention nominated three
members for the legislature, favorable
to him and at the same time named
delegates to the state convention who
will jealously guard his interests.
It was one of the bitterest political
fights in the history of Ramsey county
and there have been many warm
ones up here. Senator Hansbrough
was opposed by Judge Cowan, the lat
ter claiming to be candidate for the
position of United States senator. Mr..
Cowan was supported by such old war
horses as H. M. Creel, P. J. McClory,
Ever Wagness and a score of other
good fighters, who have more than a
local reputation as shrewd politicians
but public sentiment and good citizen
ship-decided that Judge Cowan should
remain at home and try to fill the po-
sition to which he was elected two
years ago.
Mr. Cowan conducted his own cam
paign, and personally visited every
precinct in his county. He was gen
eral of his own forces on the floor OF
the convention, while Senator Hans
brough sustained the dignity and re-
spect of his official position by being a
spectator.
There was no place in the fight where
Mr.. Cowan could entertain a hope OF
succeeding, although both himself and
friends insisted UP until the last min.
that they were in the majority.
The Hansbrough forces named the
chairman, secretary and committee:
and the first ballot for candidates tt
the legislature gave him a clear ma
jority of thirteen votes. The mex
ballots brought his majority up III
twenty EIGHT, which stood solid on ev
cry proposition that in any name
affected the senator's interests.
There were eighty-one delegates il
the convention and the Legislative
ticket nominated is Geo. w. H. Davis
Charles Baker and R. H. Aslakson
The Cowan candidates were H. M
Creel, James Mccormick and P. Sol
berg.
| Saturday evening the band turnet
out and gave Senator Hansbrough ;
rousing reception and rally in th'
courthouse. Speeches were made b,
the senator, Colonel Plummer, Attor
ney M. H. Brennan and others.
The result of the fight in Ramse.
county will have a strong tendency tt
dampen the ardor of the senator's ere
mics in other parts of the state ant
the people generally look upon tn,
situation as an easy victory for>Sen
ator Hansbrough to succeed himself.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-06-12

was really the cause Of this association
being organized. One Of the Plaza's
situated in the heart of the city was
transformed from an eye sore to
beautiful spot, and today we find palms
and trees, the grass green and the
walks graveled and iron seats where
one can rest and enjoy a beautiful
view of the broad Sonoma valley.
Many other improvements have been
made such as having the poles of the
electric company all painted white and
the city hydrants painted red. This
is something Lisbon has accomplished
without am improvement association
They have found that it is by these
little things that strangers Judge a
community, and if people only realized
that by identifying their property they
are increasing its value, what lovely
homes we would have. Organization,
perseverance and common sense in
spending the money on one object I'M
TIL finished is what is needed in these
societies. 1t is said that paint and
prosperity seem to come to a mans
house about the same time, and fresh
paint and bright flowers will make the
home attractive. gs a. +
In Thomasville, Ca, the society has
been able to imbue the town with a
.
sense of civic pride and they went
about it in a common sense way, get
ting the cooperation of the children
and urging them to be careful about
throwing down anything which could
disfigure the streets, and by having
wire baskets placed along the streets.
Through their improvement associa-
tdons, the Twin cities and Winona have
parked their river banks, which hereto
fore have been the dumping grounds
for the cities. Northfeld has also
done excellent work along this line
not only have her river banks been
improved, buk vines have been planted
on the public buildings, thus softening
aned halmonizing them with the
landscape. AnOka is not far behind
these other cities, as a deserted hay
market has been changed into pretty
park and many other improvements
made. -..-
The Woman's Civic League of St.
Paul, which was organized in 1899, is
doing most excellent work along sew
eral lines which Include cooperation
| with the city health department in
matters pertaining to cleanliness and
public health; cooperation with the
park boards in matters pertaining to
the care of streets, street lawns, and
the planting of trees and the improve
Inent of vacant lots; cooperation with
the board of education in fostering the
], interests of the public schools.
Time forbids me to speak further or
what other clubs are doing, but thu
knowledge of what women in othe
! cities have done and the wonderful re
| suits obtained have inspired thv
Woman's Club of Lisbon to take ul
this work and see if some steps coult
not be taken by which our own cit.
could be made more beautiful and at
tractive. l believe one will be sur
prised at the opportunities for worl
which can be found as soon as one set.
about looking for them. To educate
public sentiment is one of the very
best things a village Improvement as
sociation can do, and while nothing
great was achieved without enthus
iasm" it could we'll be supplemented
by make haste slowly" in village i'm
provement work.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-06-12
WEEKLY REPORT,


Flax seeding is progress all sectons being nearly
finished in the southern portion and less advanced in the
northern portion
Corn has about all been planted, and up
looks verygood.
Milletis still being sown as late forage crop
Grasshoppers to be in the valley
particularly IN Cass county, where it reported they
doing slight damage and causing great uneasiness
account OF their probable action on the crop
The grass crop excellent; has already been
for temporary feed the central portion and prospects
for a large crop of hay seem unusually good.
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oats and barley all half
all kinds making rapid growth ShaonSeeding fax
milst stl in progress; all crops making rapid growth
which doing planting nearly finished
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coming up we'll
and barley seeded sg5*s@
done except little
barley grain that is up looks fne
and barley looking fines fax about all
Park growth oi the week phenom
lands being seeded 70 fax and barley doing
We miet be yet look good
quite wedy; fax being
especially that early late quite thn fax and
barley being 5ss
looking WE'LL aax about all wheat
and covers the ground.
WELLS-Twst and looks seeding progress;
looks fne. DelgerCops looked better this time OF
sl an they do now.