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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
GEORGE A. cronk.

E1l1s of Park City, Utah, was given
the first prize for the best display.
Each member was arrayed as a miner,
and each had with him a burro laden
with all the supplies necessary to a
prospector miner. The Cotton
Pickers" of Greenville, Miss, with
black faces and CARRIED in outIandiSh
rags of a southern plantation negro,
cake walking and dancing, and fol-
lowing a float laden with cotton bales,
was awarded second prize.
The grand lodge chose Baltimore as
the place of meeting for the annual
reunion of the grand lodge in 1903.
George A Cronk, Omaha, was elected
Grand Exalted Ruler.
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which prevent scourges that before
his discoveries yearly claimed thou
sands of victims AS tribute to his
memory, statue was unveiled re-
Gently at his birthplace-Do1e. Jura.
France-and impressive exercises
marked the event. Pasteur's death
occurred in 1895.
Pasteur was the first to definitely
establish the presence and role in the
human body of the micro-organisims
concerning whose existence savantS
had disputed for centuries By cu1-
tivating germs, studying their deyel-
opment and following out their mode
of life, Pasteur created, in all it's main
outlines, new scientific, bacteriO1-
ogy-a science which has since, n
his hand, yielded the richest results.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
Where the Llama Is usefut

In Bolivia, one of the highest In
habfted countries on the gIobe-Ia
Paz, the capital, being 1900 feet
above the sea 1evel-much use is made
OF that graceful and invaluable pack
animal, the llama, which will travel
farther and with even less food than
the burro but will not carry more than
15O pounds The llama is some re-
spects resembles the camel kneelfnr
in camel fashion to receive its load
and 1T viii not arise if more than $50
pounds are placed on its back.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
New SIX from South Africa.

Gold and silver silk is coming from
South Africa, says an English pub1ica-
ton. The dbres are spun by two re-
markable spiders of Rhodesia, and an
experimenter has found that the crea-
lures may be reared in captivity and
that the silk can be utilized. Both
hlaments have a brilliant metallic 1uS-
ter and are very fine and strong, the
fneness of the golden silk being about
that of the silkworm's thread, but the
strength being much greater. A thread
of steel of the same size, in fact, has
only two-thirds the strength of this
spiders thread.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
SORROW IN YOUNG GIRLS LIFE
Elizabeth Croker, Married at II,
Travels Thorny Pathway.

Elizabeth Croker, Married at II,
Travels Thorny Pathway.
EIopem -Quarrel--cr1minaI ac-
ton for nonsupport OF the wife-tears
and reconciliation. This is the story
of Harleigh Holmes and Elizabeth
Croker of Denver The whole little
drama has been enacted since Febru-
airy. The nonsupport case came one
day and the next the wife, with misty
eyes, on the arm of her husband, was
seeking the dismissal of the case. The
story began at LOretto convent in Den
yer in February, when the 17-year-old
girl eFoped with her 21-year-old hus-
band. They then went to live on
Curtis street, Denver, where her guar
dian, summoned hastily from Chicago
by the news of the secret marriage,
found them. They left for the south
and lived in Albuquerque, N. NJ, for
a time. Their return to Denver and
quarrel we're recent. In reply to his
wife's charge of nonsupport, Holmes
averred that she was SO indo1ent that
she slid not take care of the house
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
A Free Criticism.

Some time ago Sir Charles Wynd-
ham presented London's Green Room
club with chair that had been the
property OF David Garrick. 1t hap
pened to be at the time when Wynd-
ham was acting the part of Garrfck
in the play of that name at the Cri-
terion theater, and had settled down
for a long run. At luncheon one after
noon soon after the presentation.
sWyndham was discovered sitting in
tinctly belonging to the period of peri
wigs and knee breeches. BY his side
stood a famous critic and q famous
poet.
..Ah, wyndham.'' remarked the
critic, admiringly. you grow more
and more like Garrick every day.
And less and less like him every
night growIed the poet.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
WOULD HAVE ALL MEN MARRY
Chancellor Andrews Gives Advice to
CHICAGO University Students.

Chancellor Andrews Gives Advice to
Chicago University Students.
Chancellor E. BENJAMIN Andrews of
the University of Nebraska, in a lee
ture to summer students at the Uni
versity of Chicago, told his hearers,
most of whom were unmarried school
teachers, that the marriage relation
was the only one in which the in
divfduaI became fully developed He
said that in an ideal society there was
small place for the Individual, and
that history had proved that nine
tenths of the crime committed in the
world had been done by the hands of
the unmarried He pointed to Wash
ington, Lincoln and Mckinley as ex-
amples of men who had accomplished
a great deal, and these three men
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
Parisians Excited over Nothing.

Paris papers of saffron hue are in
du1ging in serious comment over a
chameleon horse said to be in the
Jardin des P1antes. This horse is
reported to have changed his color
in a single night. Inquiry at the Jar
din des PIantes finally brought forth
an official explanation The authori-
ties explained that this geological
marvel is simply a wild horse, which,
like many other animals, loses its hair
at certain periods. The horse in ques-
ton is now changing it's coat, which
is at present slightly lighter in hue
than formerly. So much for the
chameleon horse" and now Parisians
expect a sea serpent in the Seine
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
Certainly Was Familiar.

vacation was in the habit of writing
a number of sermons for the winters
use, came down from the chancel one
Sunday after service to speak to one
of his vestrymen about some parochiaI
matter, after which he said, Il had
an idea while preaching my sermon
just now that it sounded very familiar
and I have been rather worried lest
I might have preached it already I
trust that you did not have the same
impression Did you ever hear it be-
fore?' only last Sunday was the
laughing answer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
Powerful LIGHT for London Street.

A portable street light Of great IL
Eliminating power is the device of the
Westminster County Council for les
sening accidents from London fogs. A
cylindrical tank eighteen inches in di-
ameter and two feet high is charged
with twenty-five gallons of petroleum.
and compressed air forces vapor from
the oil into standpipe provided with
a burner. On igniting the torch flares
up eighteen inches to two feet, with
a power of 1000 candles
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
LAST OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE"
Sole Survivor of Famous Charge Liv-
ING at Sharon, Mass.

Sole Survivor of Famous Charge Liv-
ing at Sharon, Mass
Sharon, Mass, enjoys the distinc
ton of having a resident Blair Ir-
win, who, as far is known, is the
sole survivor of the gallant 500 who
made the famous charge at Ba1ak1aya
during the Crimean war, an exploit
which was immortalized by Tennyson
in his poem 1.-The Charge of the Light
Brigade
Mr.. Irwin was a soldier in the Brit
ish army for more than 10 years, at a
time when it was seeing some of its
most arduous service and achieving
some of its most glorious results He
participated in the four great battles
of the Crimean war, Alma, Sebasto-
pol Ba1aklava and Inkernan, and his
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
Mrs, Corbjn.

ston, his aid. and Gen. Young, will
leave for Europe in few days to be
the guests of Emperor William in
witnessing the German army maneuv-
ers- Mrs Corbin is one of the most
popular hostesses in the national cap
ital, and her absence will be noticed
in the round of festivities.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
Plan Great Enofneer,roE

The Strait of Canso, between Cane
Breton and the mainland of Nova So
tia. is to be bridged- The task is an
immense one. involving great enef-
neerIng difficulties, and the outlay of
ABOUT nve million dollars The bridge
VIII De cantilever, with a span Of
1,so0 feet, the longest in the world.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28

Famous French Physician Well
Named "BeneSactor OF Mankind-''
Suffering hEaksnity owes to no one
a greater deb. Clan to Louis Pasteur
the ..benefactor 70 mankind His
researches into the mysteries of sci
ence, as the w@oIe world knows,
brought about results which enable
the physicians of to-day to successful
ly cope with maladies which once
bafned the medical practitioner and
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28

Cyrus Hall Mccormick, the presi-
dent of the newly organized Interna-
tiOnal Harvesters' company, is the son
of the late Cyrus H. Mccormick, the
inventor of the famous reaping ma
chine which bears his name. Mr..
Mccormick was born in Washington,
D. c., and was graduated from Prince
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
Mrs. Mcclure.

photograph of Miss Cassin, published
in a magazine, that attracted the at
tention of MIR. Mcclure, who retraced
his steps half way across the CONT
nent to secure an introduction, which
latterly resulted in marriage
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ton in 1879. Since that time he has
been connected with the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine company, of
which he has been president since
1884 He is one of Chicago's most
influential business men, and has been
prominent in club life, particularly
in that of the Commercial club.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28

Meeting at Salt Lake City Most Sue
cesSfuI One.

Wearing the prison stripes and
keeping the lock step of the convicts,
the delegates from Joliet, Ill, to the
meeting of the grand lodge of Elks
marched in the monster street parade
of the Elks at Salt Lake City. They
attracted much attention and we're
awarded third prize in the contest for
the oldest uniform. To the Park City
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
PHOTOGRAPH LED TO MARRIAGE

Romance in Life of Miss Anna Cassin,
Now Mrs Mcclure.
Mrs Archibald T. Mcclure, who
was Miss Anna Austin Cassin, is now
in Newport, the summer home of our
American aristocracy. 1t was the
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
NAY SUCCEED HIS FATHER
Eldest Son of James Mcmillan Talked

of for Senator.
There are rumors that Gov. Bliss
of Michigan will appoint w. c. Nc
MILAN to the seat made vacant by the
death of Senator Mcmillan. w. c.
Mcmillan is the late senator's eldest
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
coRslN TO VISIT THE EMPEROR

Will Be Accompanied by His Wife
During Trip to Germany.
Adjutant General Corbin, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Corbin and Col. John
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-08-28
OF PUBLIC IfTERFST


PAsTEuR's WORK FoR HUMANITY
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25

sit down at the head of the table as
though he had just stepped in from an
adjoining room.
The main tunnel in the labyrinth is
2,640 yards long and is built of brick
with marched roof 1t is lighted from
above by circular windows of plate
glass twelve feet apart, between which
are. gas jets for night illumination.
The skylights stand about two feet
above the surface of the ground and
have the appearance of huge eyes. An.
other tunnel was planned for a car
riagesway. There is maze of private
tunnels, through which three persons
can walk abreast. They are comfort
ably heated and are lighted like the
main tunnel. All this is a remarkable
monument to human eccentricity, but
none of the late dukes friends appar-
emily suspected that remorse was
gnawing at his vitals or that he had
constructed the wonderful and splendid
labyrinth as a refuge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25
Miss Georgia Caxvan.

Thousands of theater- goers in all
parts Of the country have regretted the
loss the stage suffered when failing
health compelled the retirement of this
popular actress. Miss Cayvan is New
Highlander, the town of Bath, Maine,
being her birthplace. She graduated
with honors at the Boston School of
Oratory, and began her public career
as reader. Mr.. A. M. Palmer, then
probably the foremost theatrical man
ager in America, induced her to give
up this for the stage proper, and under
his management she became one of the
permanent leading ladies in America.
Afterward she played under the man
agement of Daniel Frohman.
In both emotional and comedy parts
Miss Cayvan was a perfect mistress of
her art. A starring tour which she
undertook after leaving Mr.. Frohman
was unfortunate, and soon afterward,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25

Reverting to the old query OF what
does the public want in a dramatic
tense, we seem to find an answer, not
N the stars, which really are not in
touch with practical matters, but in
the actual conditions prevailing in the
theatrical world. Just now, at the be-
ginning of the new year, with its joys
for some and overwhelming burden of
SORROWS for others, we may look about
and take courage over the artistic
prospect. There is evidence every
whore that the people want the best
that can be had in the dramatic mar
kets of the world, and that they have
outlived, even II they ever really de-
sired, smutty and degrading plays.
The year begins without one pan
dering vulgar play on any important
stage in the United States. The wave
OF suggestive farce comedy, of partially
deodorized but still putrid French
farces, has receded, leaving an acute
sense of disgust rather than any desire
bestiality. II a single example of
pruriency remains to any important
stage in all this broad land we do not
know where or what 1t is. On the con-
trary, evidence is discovered on every
hand that managers and stars are con-
corning themselves in the noble ambi-
ton to provide artistic and wholesome
plays, with no faint of the gutter in
their composition. The one play sent
out this year with the hope of winning
favor through its suggestiveness failed
miserably both in first and second at
tempt to debauch the public with evil
thoughts, and has been relegated to
the garbage box, where such offal be-
longs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25
ROPES OF HAIR.

SWANS In the Hebrides Utilize TAsn
sweethearts' Crown of Glory
, The young fellows who make their
living by gathering the eggs OF sea
fowl on the rocky island of st. klloa'
one of the Hebrides, consider them
selves rich IL they are possessed OF
rope made of hair from the mead Oh
the girl they love. They use these
ropes in swinging from the precipltons
cliffs of the island. They vary IN
length, one of forty or fifty feet pelns
especially priced. The usual KIND ls
stout hempen cord, wrapped round
and round with Sleeps wool. over
this is coating of horse hair and mn
ally one of human hair. To manurac-
ture such a rope is the work OF years.
but the st. Kilda girl saves her comb
ings religiously. A curio collector who
wanted to buy one Of these ropes OF
fered $125 for it, but the offer was re-
fused. The cord In question was COW
cred with e veneer Of red hair the
result of thirty years collection from
the heads OF parents, aunts and eou-
sins
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25
Stranger Than the TichbOrne Case
Druces TO Duke tIandsT Title
% o Facts eIbckA bbeysM Mystery

being permitted to approach him.
There were drawn for him every day
two quarts of beer and two of ale, but
he never drank them. He was sup
posed to have been bachelor all his
life and to have died childless. 1t was
public rumor that he was leper,
which may be the foundation Of Mrs.
Druce's charge concerning the offensive
skin disease of Lord George. But the
ownership of large part OF London
and city rent roll bringing in $780,
eco a year in time led the world to
accept the dukes eccentrieities as
matter Of course.
It is largely because of the under
ground apartments constructed by the
duke that Welbeck is to-day one of the
greatest curiosities in England, The
duke had a passion for architecture,
and much of his vast income was spent
on the estate and its buildings. 1t is
estimated he spent from $10,000,000 to
5,000,0 900 on his subterranean works
alone. The usually accepted theory for
the creation of the wonderful system
of underground chambers and roads
was the desire of the duke to give en-
ployment to the neighboring poor, to-
ward whom he was always conslderate.
Welbeck is an immense, stately and
sad looking building, and the tunnels
burrow beneath the park in every d.
rection. There is a subterranean pic
ture gallery that is larger than any
other private gallery in England.
Among the other underground halls
were large riding room, dining
room, ball room, chapel, and baths
like those of the Romans. 1t was re-
ported that 1t was no uncommon thing
for the duke, after an absence, to reap
pear in the dining room at dinner and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25

the splendid abbey he made his way
into the Baker street bazaar through
one of its hidden tunnels and became
transformed for the time being into the
tradesman, Charles Thomas bruce.
After attending business for time the
merchant would disappear by way of
his labyrinth, be gone for several
weeks, and then return to resume the
conduct of his affairs, as though he had
been absent only few hours. Mrs.
bruce, in short, maintained the duke
and the merchant were the same per-
son and the father of her husband
She made desperate efforts to have
the coffin of the elder bruce unearthed
for examination, stalking her case on
the belief that it would be found to
contain quantity of lead pipe instead
of the remains of human body One
would suppose the man who inherited
the bruce fortune would have acceded
to such a proposition for the purpose
of disposing of the controversy then
and there, but he fought 1t at every
step, and succeeded in preventing the
elimination even after permission had
once been granted. This seemed to
lend color to Mrs. Druce's charge of
bogus corpse.
The fifth Duke of Portland, who died
in 1879, was an exceedingly eccentric
character. He succeeded to the title
and vast estates in 1854, and for a
quarter of a century he lived the life
of recfuse, so far as the outside world
knew. He was never seen at court and
did not mingle in society. Even his
lawyers were not allowed personal In
terviews with him. His attire was ex-
traordinary. He sported an immensely
tall hat and wore his trousers hitched
up at the knees with strings after the
fashion in favor among London nav
vies, who, being accustomed to pad
ding about in mud and clay during
most OF their working hours. had some
reason for the shortening Of their
breeches.
The duke never started out, whether
the weather was fine or stormy, with
out an old umbrella. He would invari-
ably drive aloae, no one but his valet
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25

mate son. Mrs. bruce brought suit
60 have Thomas G. Druce's estate
awarded to her son as the legitimate
heir, but she has just been defeated in
the Probate Court.
In support of her suit Mrs. bruce set
up the remarkable claim that Thomas
@. bruce was really the fifth Duke of
Portland, who did not die until 1879.
she asserted that the alleged burial of
Druce in 1864 was a fraudulent affair,
and that the coffin was loaded with
lead pipe instead of a corpse. Her ex-
PLANTATION Of this double life was as
follows:
"The marriage on Oct. 80, 1851, at
New Windsor, Berkshire, between my
late husbands father and mother, in
which the names were recorded as
Thomas Charles bruce and Annie May,
was in reality between the Marquis of
Titehfield. afterward the fifth Duke of
Portland, and the illegitimate daugh-
Der of the fifth Earl of Berkeley.
"The marquis and his brother, Lord
George Bentinck, were both in love
with the same woman, and while the
younger's suit received the appreciation
of her father the latter not only dis
couraged the desire Of the eldest son
but treated him with insult and re-
ferred in very gross terms to skin
disease from which he suffered. The
climax to the quarrel between the two
Brothers was reached Sept. 81, 1S48,
when Lord George was found dead
near Welbeck Abbey-it was stated
from a spasm of the heart. Whether
this was the true cause of his death
will never be known, but it is certain
that from that time my husbands
father suffered the keenest remorse and
abject fear He was nearly always in
"a state of abject terror.
HE took various courses for his
protection, and adopting the name of
Thomas Charles bruce, transferred to
himself as bruce an immense property
from himself as Duke of Portland.
You know the manner in which he
undermined Welbeck Abbey with sub
terranean apartments. He did precisely
the same thing with the Baker street
bazaar, his desire in each case being
that he might always have ready a
place of refuge.
"Realizing the risk Of exposure to
which he was subiecting himeelf by his
double existence, he deterpi 10 end
his life as bruce and caused coffin
to be buried with his supposed re-
mains. Even after this his fears were
not quieted. At last he determined to
assume madness, that, should he ever
be accused of crime. he might have
the plea of insanity to fall back upon
Ealing the name of Harmer and con
Quoting himself in the most extrava
giant manner, he caused himself to b
v1aoed under the care of DR.. FORBES
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25

IL William John Arthur Charles
flames Oavendish-Bentinck sleeps more
soundly than formerly there is good
reason. His right to the title and Prop
srty of the Duke of Portland has been
confined by British tribunal. The
claim OF Mrs. Anna Maria bruce. that
her son, Sidney George bruce, a sailor
boy In Australia, is the rightful duke,
has been repudiated. William John
and SO forth retains famous Welbeck
abbey and the title of Marquis of
Titchfield. Earl of Portland, Viscount
Woodstock, Baron Cirencester, knight
of the Garter, ETC., etc., not to mention
trif1ing income of 100000 year
from the dukedom No wonder he
rests easier.
But back of this simple statement is
weird, romantic story. In support Of
her claim to the dukedom for her SON,
Mrs. bruce has unfolded a marvellous
tale of mystery, love, crime, leprosy,
ecoentricity, feigned insanity, bogus
burial, underground labyrinths and Pc
riodical disappearance of an English
duke, leading the double life OF a
naughty nobleman and despised
shopkeeper. The story is amazing even
for simple republicans.
The dukedom is one of the proudest
In Great Britain, its estate among the
richest. The present duke succeeded
20 the title on the death of the fifth
duke in 1879, and his right was not
questioned until Mrs. bruce appeared
on the scene. Mrs. bruce is the widow
OF legitimate SON of Thomas Charles
bruce, who was merchant, running
a bazaar on Baker street, London. The
elder bruce is supposed to have died in
1s64, leaving will bequeathing his
property to Herbert bruce. an illegiti-