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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

Nicholas. The grand duke is the sec
ond son of the late Emperor Alex
ander H., and a brother of the pres
ent czar's father, Alexander III. He
has had a good deal to do with the
direction of his young nephew's gov.
ernment-indeed, it is generally con-
ceded in Russian diplomatic circles
that the famous Franco-Russian al
lance was engineered by him. He is
SO years of age and holds the mill
tary rank of general of infantry.
The fact that he has no pro-British
leanings, as has the present czar, has
endeared him to the Slavophile party,
which has never forgiven England for
humiliating Russia during the
Crimean war. During the illness of
the car in 1900 the grand duke act
ed as regent, and although he then
had no opportunity to show his
hand. it is believed by his partisans
that should he wear the crown he
will institute a policy of national ex-
pansion and ACKNOWLEDGMENT more
vigorous than any that Russia has yet
known.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12
COUNT HOST TO KING
Boni de castellane Spends Gould
Money Like Water.
Carlos, the Fat Ruler of Portugal, En-
tertained in a Way Whose Law
ishnesY Has Set All France
to Talking.

1t is many a year since such a brill
liant private fete was seen in France
as the hunting party in honor of the
king of Portugal given by Count
and Countess Boni de Castellane at
their chateau Marias, near Rambouil-
let. Such a display of splendor has
rarely been equaled anywhere in Eu-
rope.
A great deal of fuss has been made
over the king of Portugal by the
French aristocracy, owing to his con-
sort being of French birth. She was
an Orleans princess. Her marriage to
the king and several other important
events in Orleans circles at the time
so frightened the republicans that the
famous law exiting the ~pretender's
family was passed as a precaution
against the then apparently growing
Orleans influence.
Chateau Marias formerly belonged
to the De Noailles family. from whom
Count Boni purchased it when he tired
OF his family chateau in Tourraine. In
landscape gardening alone he has
spent a fortune and there are foun-
tains which rival those of Versailles.
Castellane has put the chateau's SUI
perb hunting fields into perfect condi-
ton, and the estate is now one of the
finest in France.
The king Of Portugal accepted the
counts invitation with pleasure, as he
is passionately fond of hunting. The
affair was royalty done throughout.
A special train. luxuriously fitted up,
was engaged from the Compagnie de
fOuest, which owns the fine lines from
Cherbourg to Paris and the Havre-
Trouville line, which is one Of the fin
est in the world.
Count Boni and several chosen
friends met the king at the station in
hunting costume. and the host and his
guest drove up to the chateau in a
landau with bewigged footmen on the
box, an outrider ahead. and a mounted
escort alongside. A number of car
riages and automobiles conveyed the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12
MISS A r
birthplace ofiAmerica's First Woman
Astronomer to BE Preserved
by Vassnr Alumnae.

: The birthplace of Maria Mitchell, the
first woman astronomer in America,
where all her early years were spent
and her first observations made, in
Nantucket, Mass, is to be preserved
by Vassar alumnae. Vassar, incident
ally. was the first woman's college to
introduce astronomy in its curriculum.
Miss Mitchell went there as professor
OF astronomy and director of the OBJ
s%ervatory in 1865. remaining until her
death. % years later. Harvard col
lege at the time had no telescope bet
ter than that used by Miss MitchelTs
father in his Nantucket home. No
where was tuition in this science then
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

open to a woman, SO it was through
her father only that Miss Mitchell be-
came proficient in her life work.
She was the d]iscoverer of a new
comet known to the world of science
as Maria Mitchell's comet. Her father
announced the event to Prof. Bond, of
Cambridge. A few years before Fred
erick VI, king of Denmark, had offered
a gold medal to the first d~iscoverer Of
a telescope comet. Shortly after the
kings death Maria Mitchell's comet
was seen in Rome, Germany and Eng
land, but the priority of the American
girls discovery was Immediately adj
mitted throughout Europe, and Fred
erick VII. carried out his fathers de-
sign.
Soon after this Miss MITCHELL was
elected to membership in the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and
also made fellow and honorary mem
Der of associations for the advance
ment of science. Miss Mitchell was
%lionized wherever she went, but moth
ing detracted her from her work. At
that time the chronometers of all
whaleships were taken to the Mitch
ell house to be rated and set Greenwich
time. Nantucket being the center of a
great whaling fishery. Miss Mitchell
helped her father in this work, and
also to compile "The Nautical AL
manac." The latter work she con
tinued after she was called to Vassar.
The Mitchell house was built in 1890,
and during the last IS years has been
occupied by some member of the
Mitchell family. The lower part of the
building will be used as a museum, and
the upper story for literary and as
Economical purposes. Miss Mitchell's
scientific library was left by will to her
brother, Prof. Henry Mitchell, but he
will turn this over, as a gift in his sis
ter's name, to the library to be found
ed in the old homestead. Many of
these books were gifts, and Dear the
anne of distinguished persons. The
Maria Mitchell association, in the
hands of which the purchase and
charge of the Mitchell homestead are
placed, is composed exclusively of
the faculty and graduates of Vassar.
Miss Mary W. Whitney, now professor
of astronomy at the college, is presi-
dent of the association,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

other guests. Countess C%asteHane met
the king on the porch of the chateau.
After luncheon a hunt, superbly or
ganized, occupied the party until five
o'clock, when a theatrical perform
aEce was given in the chateau theater.
This was another example of De Cas-
tellane's lavish hospitality. Instead
of having them go to the chateau by
train he sent a number of fast auto
mobiles to fetch them. The entire
troupe Of the delightful operetta
"Chonchette" was engaged for the
performance with Mile. Bertha, the
favorite star for the hour in Paris, in
the leading role.
Following the performance there
was a dinner, and after that a display
of fireworks made especially for the
occasion in Portuguese designs and
%colors, and music.
The night was beautiful, and, struck
by the charm of it all, the king turned
| to the Duchess de Rohan and said: 81
hear, madame, that you recite verses
in an exquisite fashion. Will you not
favor US on this beautiful night? The
duchess rose to comply with the COM
mand and recited several charming
bits Of verse.
At II o'clock the king. accompanied
by Count de Castellane and a number
of guests, took a special train back to
Paris.
Although little is known about Don
Carlos of Portugal, save his marvellous
craftsmanship, / doubt if there is in
all Europe a king as popular with his
! subjects or one as thoroughly respect
ed by every one in his kingdom, from
the ultra-royalist down to the most
radical socialist. Every one, no mat
ter what class or party he may belong
to, doffs his hat respectfully and with
evident liking upon the appearance of
the king.
It is said Of him that he has not an
enemy in the world. Like the prince
of Monaco, he is deeply interested in
the treasures to be found at the bot
tom of the sea, and is constantlytaking
soundings aboard his yacht Amelia,
He is one of the sovereigns who con.
fines himself strictly within the
bounds Of his constitutional rights.
He never attempts to govern, but sim
/! ply to call into power as members of
his cabinet the men whom public opin-
ion seems o favor. Thisis perhaps one
of the secrets of his popularity.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12
GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR.
to the Ambitious Uncle Of
Present Car.

The persistency of the rumors Of
the approaching breakdown of the
car and the rapid decline of his only
brother, the czarowitch, is attracting
attention in all the European cap.
itals, and the gossips are already dis
cussing the probability of the trans
fer of the Russian imperial scepter
to Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

EA HE
of one term, when he secured the
election Of Gen. Gonzalez, his secre-
tary of a The industrial progress
of Mexico under Gen. Diaz has been
remarkable, as compared with the
advancement of the other Latin coun-
tries of America. He is aow in his
seventy-third year, but is said to
possess wonderful physical strength,
a wrist like iron and also a will like
iron. His last notable public appear
ance was that made at the celebra-
ton of Mexican independence in 1894,
on which occasion an attempt was
made to ~assassinate him. His would-
be murderer, however, was never
brought to trial. He was torn FROM
jail by q mob and ly7ched.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

when 1 was train
rters she jumped
rman b~oarhounds
At could they do?
the throat. In d
a. She turned to
u been biting her.
for him., and in a
we're in his throat.
ers-big iron bars
care? She would
had they been
have killed me had
almost to death
1t was the tiger
ig wild tiger, just
e he had been
not like things as
cage. He would
Dat me, though he
hp on me. He did
lnimals. He caused
because he was al
ght. He attacked
the Busch circus.
where al coulu
hing him. AS he
she jumped aside.
Her teeth were in
- he rose on his
her claws into his
Ike a bulldog. We
p, but she paid nc
n. She would not
ION with teeth and
Ter gurgled and fell
came the polar
e- of the best we
Id temper. He did
he was told. Puss
Ehe time came, for
Tar thought it was
4e this little one a
across the cage,
the throat again.
bars, the dogs went
! but she chung ,un-
him.
ehe etah-that was
rainer's eye lit up
1.-THE cheetah, too,
PIX. And she, this
afraid. They. quar-
Ire playing in Wen
loose in the cage.
at the same time.
bit each other, but
land Puss was bet
went with the rest.
her windpipe where
and her body was
avs. Puss was al
keath by us again,
let go until the
king"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

tits the-custom in the Belgium parlia-
ment, when a member is making a
long speech, to be supplied with brandy
as a beverage, at the expense of the
government.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12
GEN. poRF1R1o A
President of the United States of Mex
leo Will Soon Visit the Capitals
of Europe.

Gen. Porfirio Diaz was first elected
president of the Mexican republic in
1876, and has since ruled the coun.
try continuously, with the exception
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

consider silk Unclean.
Mohamlnedans do not wear SILK. AS
it is the product OF a worm, they con
slider il uncleen.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12
d RULES
es Him to Be
90.
He Recounts
Most Fero-
re. He

the king of
nan Boyer, the
On wild things,
reporter.
am not afraid
easily.
as l tell him,
netimes. When
iss seat he sits
tut the leopard
does as l tell
ling him. Sup
"a, I would not
to him. Some
I'VE is upon him
me. Watch the
Mention to the
leopard is UNI
gays watching
make trouble
nimals well. He
from the jun
make the lions
of Bengal, and
es so docile that
IHghtest whisper.
have not been
Jungle and have
Of the hunt are
!. He wants only
re always long
always full of
with all others
he loves Puss
When she en-
Railways in a bad
she has teeth
VA then she uses
IKE to hear her
81 the king OF
Puss can kill any
rne so yet. Per
@6o one has given
has killed other
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

. she has teeth
ia then she uses
IKE to hear her
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12
II MASTER.

kS w 0 EN-.
pts That She Has
claws.)
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

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The year 7
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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

News Notes.
The overturning of a load of logs
resulted in the death IT John Thomp-
son, a teamster, at rapid City.
Thompson sustained a fracture of the
skull.
Harry Gilmore, Edward Carr and
Daniel O'Connell, convicted of rob-
bling the Duffner jewelry store, at
Watertown, last July, were sentenced
to the penitentiary at Sioux Falls.
Gilmore was let off with a sentence
of only one year and four months.
O'Connell was given two years and
four months, while Carr received the
heaviest sentence of all-three years
and six months.
The mild winter and healthy con.
dition of stock on the ranges is caus
ing alarming trouble among stock
men, especially sheepmen, on account
of wolves.
Judge Bailey Madison is a candi.
date for sergeant-at-arms Of the state
senate and has the support of the
Black Hills delegation. He held tina,
efice in the Minnesota state legis
lature for two terms years ago.
Martin f. Rudolph, the newlyeelect
ed state senator from Lincoln county
is critically i'll. His condition is sucl
that unless he improves speedily h,
will not be able to attend the legis
] lative session.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

Is Cory
lsel Of St1
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sentence
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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12
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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-12-12

When she en-
in a bad
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-26

General GtllllIel,
minister of war, that Dreyfus, in sign
ing petition for pardon, had practic-
ally admitted his original guilt. This
assertion contrasts strangely with the
former statement OF General De CALI
fet that he took office in the Waldeck-
Rosseau cabinet solely because of his
belief in Dreyfus' innocence and be-
cause of his desire to see Justice done
and the Dreyfus scandal eliminated
from Frances pathway.
1t is needless to say that Dreyfus in
dignantly denies De Gallifets charge.
In letter to the Journaf des Debats
he explains at length the circumstances
under which he was induced to with
draw his appeal from the second court
martiars verdict, under urgent solicl-
tation from De Gallifet himself, who
represented that the best interests Of
France called for the lapsing of the
bitter discussion, and also upon the
equally earnest representation of his
brother, who represented that Dreyfus'
one chance OF ultimate vindication lay
through gaining his liberty. regaining
his wasted health and conserving his
energy for final appeal.
II was, indeed" the unfortunate man
writes, utterly exhausted by five years
of atrocious physical and moral tor
lures. / wanted to live, to fulfill my
duty to the end, to pursue the revision
of my case. After a long discussion
x,,it !, l,rp har I fn wv
my appeal. l did not, therefore, ask for
my pardon; / accepted it, Must / add
that on quitting the prison l protested
my innocence and my inflexible resolve
to strive for the legal revision of my
case?"
The explanation advanced by Drey-
fus' friends for De Gallifets singular
change of base Is that since his retire.
ment from public life he has chafed in
secluson and is now counting Il return
of popularity by an alliance with the
anti-Jewish party. From a distance
this seems hardly to accord with the
eX-minister's reputation. No one here
tofore has accused him of cringing to
public prejudice or valulng lightly his
honor as Il man. But from this dis
tance it is clearly impossible to make
head or tail of the Dreyfus affair.
Taking into account the greatest good
for the greatest number, the one sure
thing Is that IA reopenng OF this acri-
monious controversy without new and
conclusive evidence and simply with
the natural effect of rekindling smould-
ering prejudices would be an interna-
tional misfortune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-26
QUOTES HERBERT SPENCER.
Editor of The Tribune

Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Dare you print the words of Her
betr Spencer in his last work entitled,
Facts and Comments?" "'rhe men who
pursuing what they think their trade in
terest, trample on other mems freedom
surrender their own freedom while doing
it. The members of trades union who
assault non-unionists for Offering to work
on lower terms than themselves, thus
denying their liberty of contract, have
themselves yielded up their liberty of
contract TO the majority of their fellows"
(P. 1891.
lie also says that "fhose who, joining
a trade union, surrender their freedom TO
make engagements on their own terms.
and allow themselves to be told by their
leaders when to work and when not to
work, have no adequate sense of that
fundamental right which every man pos
sesses to make the best OF himself, and to
dispose of his abilities in any way he
pleases." Up, li3). Respectfully.
IL |. Bunnell.
Carbondale, Aug, 25.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-26

l.
United States of Colombia
and from adjacent territory
leave little doubt that the
revolution which has been in progress
in that country with varying success
since 1899 Is at last becoming formid-
able. This revolution has n double in
terest for Americans.
In the first place, and unlike many
South American uprisings, 1t is senu-
Inc protest against fragrant misgovern-
ment and is prosecuted by men OF high
character and ability. Its success would
mean a gain for civilization by insti-
tutng in country of indescribable
natural wealth and amongst a teach
able people modern ideas of govern
ment founded OH individual freedom
and the natural rights of man. The
generalization is too sweepinsly made
in this country that Latin-America has
no future. There are races on the sister
continent of our hemisphere the capac-
tiles of which are fully supplied by
the mongrel relationships commonly
thought of when South America is
mentioned. Those races are principally
the product of Spanish nter-marriage
with negro and Indian tribes. Vene-
zuela is such an instance. Venezuela
not in thousand years will get much
above the Castro type of adminstra-
tion. But the bulk of the population OF
Colombia is pure descent from the
original Incas, one of the most charm
ing peoples of which there is any rec
ord. Long years of oppression by the
Spaniard and his degenerate offspring
has not crushed out the native delicacy
and capability of these pure -blooded
Colombans, although it has to be said
that as a rule they are lacking in the
fire and spunlt that resent maltreat-
ment and that battle bravely for the
right. But for this they would long
ago have thrown off their bonds.
But apart from the broader aspects
of the Colombian revolution it has for
this country a special concern mas
much as it's leaders are for the greater
part exceedingly friendly to it and
anxious to cultivate closer commercial
and fraternal relations. The kind Of
government at present in vogue in
Colombia. representing sixteenth GEN.
tury methods and ideas. is fatal to
growth of trade and decidedly unpleas-
ant to contemplate in view of our in
tentions with regard to the isthmian
canal. The construction and proper
maintenance of that great waterway
will be difficult enough at best with
out having continually to contend with
lot of ignorant reactionarles tempor-
arily in the enjoyment of official power.
Whatever weight attaches to the as
sertions of General Tribe in another
column regarding the questionable title
offered to us by the French Panama
canal company, the desirabilty Of
having at the head of Colombian affairs
men who are acquainted with the
United States and friendly to its pur-
poses is self-evdent.
Both for general and for selfish inter-
ests we may well hope that the reports
of insurgent successes now coming in a
roundabout way from the scene of con-
flct in Colombia are accurate and that
they foretell speedy rehabilitation of
the Liberal party in the control of the
Colombian government.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-26
Hugh Miller.

"HE centenary of the birth of
Hugh Miller was celebrated
Il few days ago in the will
a age of Cromarty, nesting
above.th picturesque waters of the
Moray Firth, on the northeast coast OF
Scotland. We wonder how many globe
trottiIE Americans have made pill
grimase to the scenes of the boyhood
of the most remarkable self-taught
man Of genius which Scotland has pro-
duced, and she has given the world a
good many. They must be few, for
while literary and quasi-literary jour-
nails are deluged by contributions from
the pseudo -worshlppers of Scott, Burns,
Carlyle, Barrie and those OF the Kali
yard school, the name OF Cromarty in
association with the lifework and fame
of Hugh Miller is not even as much as
casually remembered.
Miller was the son of eoasting
sailor. His father is said by the biog-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-26
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State.

State.
Governor-S w. PENNYPACKER.
Lieutenant Governor--W. NJ. BROWN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs-1SAAC b.
BROWN.
County.
Congress-WILLTAM CONNELL.
Judge-A. A. VOSBtTRG.
ommissioners--JOHN COURIER Mof-
RIS. JOHN PENMAN. ,,,,
Mine spectors-LLEWELYN M. EV-
ANS, DAVID r. WILLIAMS.
Legislative.
First District-JOSEPH OLIVER.
Second Dstrict-JOHN SCIIEUER, JR.
Third District-EDWARD JAMES.
Fourth District-P. A. PHILB1N.
Election day, Nov. 4.