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The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
DENVER GETS COLLEGE.
Canon City, Pueblo and Colorado
Springs Made Big Offers.

A committee selected from the Colo
RADIO presbytery of the Presbyterian
church to investigate offers and sites
for the proposed Presbyterian college
decided in Pueblo yesterday to accept
the offer of Denver, which includes
the old Westminster college building
north of the city and 100 acres of
ground surrounding it. with other in.
ducements.
This decision was reached after the
committee had inspected offers and
talked with promoters of the cities
of Pueblo and Canon City. The lat
ter proposed to donate AS much rs Pu-
eblo. which was $loo, 900 and site on
the outskirts of the town. Pueblo
offered in addition to 800, 900 40
acre site south of Minnequa. Colo
RADIO Springs made liberal offer.
The committee is reported to have
given the Pueblo site a thorough IN
vestigation and to have debated the
question for three hours last evening.
after which vote was taken, result
ing as follows: For Denver I, for
Pueblo 2. for Canon City and Colo
RADIO Springs
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
Fargo Entertains Big Meetings.

Fargo, n. D., Feb. lS-Fargo is en-
tertaining the annual meetings of the
implement, hardware and grocery
dealers state associations, the joint
gathering being the largest of the
kind ever held in North Dakota.
The associations will spend three DAYS
listening to reports and discussing
various matters of interest to the
trade. and at the conclusion of the
ladies will depart ON Southern trip
that will take them as far as New
Orleans ad st. Augustine.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
Mckinley County.

In the house the committee on
counties and county lines reported,
recommending new county of the
state to be known as Mckinley county.
The bin as originally introduced by
Van Horn provided for the establish
ment of the county Of Platte, but the
committee recommended that the bill
be amended. making the name of the
county Mckinley. The bill was a
doptes and now goes to second reading.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
She Now Dictates to Him.

New Haven. Conn, Feb. lS-The
wedding of Miss Annie Congdon Gard
ner to Herbert Mason. president of the
Security Insurance company of New
Haven, which took place today at she
home of the bride, Is the continuation
of romance which began ten years
ago. when Miss Gardner entered the
office of the insurance company as "A
stenographer. Pretty. reserved aud
efficient. her work brought her in
direct contact with the head of the
big company. who soon found her SER
vices indispensable. and she WAS prac-
tically installed as his private secre.
tary. A year ago Miss Gardner re i.
signed her position. and whispers were
heard that she was engaged to Mr.
Mason. These were confirmed shortly
afterward by the announcement of the
engagement. After an extensive wed
ding tour the couple will take up their
home in Mr.. Mason's handsome resi-
dence in Whitney avenue.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
THOSE DREAM FACES.
They Were Fetching and Montrose
is Proud Of Them You Betl

The entertainment given at the
opera house oD Tuesday night under
the management of Miss Edna Wright
of Victor was grand success in every
respect. A person who can drop down
into a town and pick out suitable tai.
ent for performance and stage them
in fifteen days and give entire satisfac.
tion to large audience has managing
ability that's worth fortune, and
that's Just what Miss Wright did. =
Montrose Press.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
TWENTY-FIVE DROWNED.
Steamer Sunk by Tornado Off
Virginia Coast.

Norfolk, Feb. ls-A tornado struck
the steamer Olive off this coast today
and the ship went down. Twenty
two people are known to have bean
drowned. and several persons are in a
critical condition from the cold. The
captain and five of the crew who were
saved arrived here this morning.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
Advertised.

Following is list of letters remain |
ing uncalled for at the postoffice at
Florence, during the week ending
February Is. 1903:
Ackerman Ora (2)
Bartlett II w
Bernard G. "
Ellis Vim
Forstnnd Aug
Frazer Frank NJ
Lind Milton
McGee Lydia
Nichols G +
Parker Kate
Rotchie Steve
Raloris 5 d
Steiphouse Eddie
Walker Asa
Yohn Henry W
Parties calling for same will say
advertised. and pay one cent.
w. II. DAVIE. p NJ.
Stop overs will be allowed in Cali
fornia on Colonist tickets via Santa
Fe April list to June 18th, 1903. A.
& Palmer, Agent. I'll
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
Wedding of Oswald c. Willard.

Athens. Ga, Feb. Is-A wedding
of note here today was that OF Oswald
G. Willard, soon of the late Henry
Willard the railroad magnate. and Miss
Julia NJ. Sandford of this place.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
Red Star Line Service to Boston.

Antwerp. Feb. ls-The Red Star
line inangurated today direct fort
Nightly service be,~een ..ntwrep apt,
Boston. This service is in addition
to the service recently started by the
same line between Boston and Liver
pool.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-02-18
New Jersey Dog Show.

Orange, N. j., Feb. 49, Prize " in :
ming dogs of all varieties fiji the
Orange armory where the New Jersey
Kennel club opened its second annual
bench show today. Many of the blue
rSobon dogs exhibited at the New
York show last week are beuched and
altogether the exhibition is one of the
best ever held in this part of the
country. The show will continue
through the remainder of the week
Sunday excursions TO Cripple Greek
and return every Sunday $500 70.
round trip. Train leaves 2 ;35 p. nj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
An Authentic Centenarian.

From the Spectator.
Last Saturday there died at st. Peters
Port, Guernsey. the oldest English wo-
man." Mrs. Margaret Anne Neve, at the
extraordinary age of Ill years. Mrs Neve
was born on May 10, 1892, and was a good
deal more than "centenarian." AS a rule,
English men and women who have attain
ed the rare age of a hundred years have
possessed few other claims to distinction
They have belonged to classes that have
seen little and done little; often, indeed,
the exact date of their birth has been I'M
certain. They may have died aged 1O1 or
JOB or anything over (or perhaps less than
100 years. In the simple annals of the
poor the baptismal certificate Is not al
ways treasured. But the case of Mrs
Neve is different.
There is no doubt whatever that she was
born in 1892, and during the ITO years
that elapsed since her birth she had seen
and done more than most English women
When she was ten years old she was sent
by sailing boat to school at Bristol. kept
by ladies whose brothers were friends Of
Southey, De Quincy and Coleridge. Her
schoolmistresses numbered among their ac-
quaintances Hannah More, Sir Humphry
Davy, Charles Lamb and Haziitt. She her.
SELF when newly married visited the field
OF Waterloo, where she picked up belt
buckle of one of the dead of the Imperial
Guard. During her married life of twenty
five years and in her widowhood she had
travelled through the length and breadth
of Europe, and actually at the age of
ninety-twenty ysars -ago-she set out for
Cracow to see theiI memorial erected to
Kosciuszko. She walked to and from
church regularly for years after her hun
dredth birthday. and read the Bible in
large print almost up to the day of her
death, and it was only in November last
that her faculties began to fail her. For
forty years, therefore, after she had passed
the threescore years and ten which are
the allotted span Of mans life, she was
able to do what many men and women to-
day are unable to- do at half her age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
ENCOURAGEMENT,
How Little Of It Goes Very Long
Way.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
A little encouragement is so easy to give
and may be so blessed to receive. 1 don't
mean indiscriminate taffy-that is disgust
ing. mean honest encouragement of that
which seems good. You notice that the
policeman on your post is apparently trying
to do his duty. You mention it to your
neighbor, perhaps, but you never speak of 1t
to the policeman himself So far as he
knows you are no better pleased than you
would be if he took no pains. The natural
effect of this is to discourage his efforts.
You ride with a street car conductor who
does something better than the common run
of conductors do it-for instance, calls all
the streets plainly. Every person in the
car inwardly commend him for it. but II
nobody speaks to him about it he Is apt to
think it is not appreciated. Just kindly
word Of encouragement might influence him
to try to excel not only in this particular,
but in others.
Most of us are free enough with our ad-
verse criticisms, especially of persons who
occupy places in the public eye. but we sell
dom take the trouble to pat these persons
on the back even for those things of which
we most heartily approve. If an author or
an editor offends even by the smallest slip
of the pen we are ready enough to pounce
on him, but he may please us till the cows
come home without exciting US to tell him
that we are pleased. The assertion that we
commend him sufficiently by reading his
book paper is no answer at all. If we
would occasionally take the trouble to tell
him what in our opinion he is doing par
ticularly well we would be doing him and
society in general much more good.
once asked Prof. William Earl Brown,
of whom Lamperti says there Is no better
vocal Instructor, how he managed to make
so many good voices from apparently i'm
possible material.
''Why," said he with that quiet modesty
which marks all simple greatness, the pu-
pills do most OF it themselves. I merely
stand by and tell them when they do q
thing WELL That encourages them to do
other things well, and by and by their err
rors are crowded out by multiplied perfec-
tons"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE.
Jews Settling in Holy Land Under
Auspices Of Alliance Israelite.

From the Edinburgh Review
Jewish immigration to Palestine continues
apace under the auspices of the Alliance
Israelite, whichsvalone spends LOCO, 900
francs a year on the Hebrew colonies and
schools in Turkey, and other philanthropic
societies. The latest phase of this migra-
ton. known as the Zionist movement. has
for its object to revive the Jewish State by
purchasing Palestine from Turkey. The
movement. though condemned by some as
utopian. and ridiculed by others as senti-
mental In origin, possesses considerable in
terest for the unprecedented observer of
eastern affairs. No one who has watched
its growth can doubt its practical impor-
lance. = Bon
Although the sultan Is not prepared to
grant all that Dr. Herzl demanded, there
is sufficient ground to believe with Dr. Herzl
that the negotiations will most probably
at no distant time, lead to conclusion sat
1sfactory to the SULTAN and the Zionists
alike. This hope is strengthened by the
sultans attitude toward the Jews which
In its beneyolence CONTRASTS euriously with
the treatments meted out to his Christian
subjects. Two years ago, he appointed
members Of the Hebrew community to i'm
portant posts in the Turkish army, while
he attached two more to his personal en-
tourage. On another occasion his majesty
evinced lively interest on behalf of the
same race whose good repute was sullied
by one of the blood accusations periodically
brought against the Jews by the Christians
Of the east and caused the local authorities
to take steps to prove it's groundlessness.
thereby earning the thanks Of the Anglo
Jewish Association.
Perhaps it is to this increasing favor
OF the Jews in the eyes of the sultan, and
the consequent fear Of opposition to Rus
sia's designs in Palestine. that we must
attribute step lately taken by the Rus
sian government. The minister of finance
is reported to have forbidden the sale of
the Jewish colonial trust shares in the
czar's dominions, step which has created
great perturbation in the camp of Polish
Zionists the most deeply interested in the
concern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
WAsHINGToNIANs PROMINENT.
District Delegation in National Con-
gress, Sons Of American Revolution.

The Washington delegates to the national
congress of the Sons Of the American Revo-
luton. which was held last week in New
Haven. Conn, took an important part in
the proceedings. DR. John w. Bayne the
president of the local chapter of the or
ganization, was honored by being elected
one of the vice presidents general of the
society. and Mr.. A. H. Clark of this city
was elected registrar general
Shortly after the beginning of the bust
ness meeting of the society Judge John
Goode of Washington, d. c., called atten-
ton to a movement inaugurated in Vfr-
ginia to celebrate May 49, 1907 at James,
town the three hundredth anniversary OF
the first permanent settlement in America
by the English-speaking people. Mr. Goode
said:
From the old colonial records we learn
that 1t was there the first church bell awak-
ened the echoes of the primeval forests
jamestown was the cradle of the American
republic. 1t was there the first white man
met the trSt red man. 1t was there the
hrst village became the first state capital"
The congress passed a resolution approx
ing of the celebration and recommending
its support.
a pro rata tax was laid upon the various
state societies for the fund as the S. A. r.
contribution to the prison ship martyrs me-
mortal at Fort Greene, N. Y. Col. Griffith
OF Maryland. the chairman of the monu-
iieil Hiiittee, received SUBSCRIPTIONS
amounting to $1,000 for the fund About
$1,000 more remains to be raised
Mr.. James T. Dubois of this city offered a
resolution to the effect that inasmuch as
great many people of the United States
were not familiar with the words of the
Star Spangled Banner 1T be recommended
by the national congress that all societies
during the exercises in which the American
flag is unfurled sing the national anthem
The resolution was passed
Gen. Edwin S. Greeley of New Haven was
elected president general of the society
The other. officers elected. besides those
named. were: Vice presidents general, Ar
thur w. Dennis. Rhode Island Daniel M.
Lord Chicago i'll: Ira H. Evans. Austin.
Tex: John ]. Hubbell. Newark, N. j.; Ed
ward Parson Cone of New York was elected
secretary general; Nathan Warren of Bos-
ton, treasurer general; George Williams
Bates of Detroit. Mich, historian general
and Rev. Rufus-W. Clark of Detroit Mich,
chaplain general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
MAJOR BINGHAM's WORK.
What He Accomplished During the
Past Six Years

Major Theodore A. Bingham, who has
just retired from the position of officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds,
after six years of service, accomplished
many things of interest and benefit to the
District during that period Under his d.
rection many things relating to public
buildings and grounds were DONE all tend
Ing to the improvement of Washington
He began by reorganizing the force under
him so that an appropriation would pro-
duce the best results, and when he left his
office it was a systematfzed concern It
was he who introduced electric lights into
the Executive Mansion grounds, Monument
Park, Lafayette Park Franklin Park Ju-
dietary Square, Lincoln Park and the prop
agating gardens. and who recognized the
park police force, uniforming and disciplin-
Ing the squad.
While in office he had charge of the
building and unwilling of many statues
among them those of Logan, Pike Web
ster, Hahnemann and Rochambeau and
the pedestal for the Sherman statue to-
gether with the laying out of the grounds
for the last. statue
He took charge of sixty-four Of the
smaller unimproVed reservations contain
Ing about fourteen acres in the aggregate
and gave them the first steps to future and
better Improvement.
Major Bingham devoted a great deal Of
time to the study and adoption of a def
ilIte plan LOT the development OF the prOpa-
eating gardens, both as the feeder for all
the parks of the city and as a source of in
formation for the public on horticultural
subjects as distinguished from agricultural
He saw to the construction of storehouse
Office and shops at the propagating gar
dens
The elevator in the Washington monu-
ment has been changed in the last few
years. The old steam plant was replaced
by an electric one that is capable of much
development.
Major Bingham gave many hours to the
study of plans for the beautificat ton of Po-
tomac Park, the driveway of which when
completed, will be the finest in the District
He obtained money from Congress and
had begun operations on an extensive plan
for the Improvement of the grounds sur
rounding the Snonument.
Major Bingham procured legislation bv
which the legal status of the office of pub
lie buildings and GROUNDS was clearly de-
fined. and the disputed question Of jurisdic-
ton over parkings was settled The same
act also provided for necessary police reeu-
lations in connection with the public
grounds of the District. He initiated a
plan for marking the smaller unimproved
reservations to define them as the property
of the United States.
Major Bingham also prepared plans for
the improvement of the water front of the
Potomac river between the grounds of
Washington barracks and street south
and for connection between Potomac and
Geological parks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
SHEPHERDS WORK.
Washington's Beauty Due to His Civic
Pride and Ability.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Today there will be buried in Washington
the man who is more responsible for its
beauties than any one since Major l. En-
FAINT. who laid out the original plan of the
city. Thirty-odd years ago Shepherd was
the boss of Washington. He had the
prophets vision and the glorious gift of
Imagination He looked forward to the
day when Washington would be the richest
and most beautiful capital in the world. and
all his plans were a large scale. He
spent money 1avishly, and in the end was
driven out on charges OF recklesSness and
worse, which were never proved. Indeed,
Shepherd was not only legally acquitted,
but time has shown that he perceived Alright
and that he is the author of the present
city's beauty and responsible for its future
expansion along proper lines.
There are certain persons who think that
the element of beauty is only a luxury to be
enjoyed after every other consideration has
been attended to. On the contrary, beauty
is one of the fundamental necessities of life
and ought to be developed in every way
possible. 1t is not only Intellectually, moral
ly and spiritually stimulating, but to put
1t on no higher ground. is profitable
Beauty always pays dividends. There are
certain mossbacks who hold-up their hands
in horror at the thought Of this city spend
ing few million on boulevards. They think
1t waste of money. Aside from any
eStnellc cOndltlonS the city cannot make a
better financial investment. The increase
in the price of property will soon pay for
the works. while the people will always
have beautiful avenues for their own enjoy
ment and for the attraction Of outsiders If
the work had been undertaken ten years
ago as proposed it would have been a great
saving, but it is none too late now
The fact that Washington will give
magnificent funeral to the man who was
once accused of extravaganza and worse
and who is now hailed as its greatest bene-
factor ought to be lesson to this city The
man with large ideas is the man that wins
This city is growing. and, as it is the best
IN many respects. SO it ought to be the most
lea in he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-04
THE SUPREME COURT
AN ADJouRnMHrt TAKEN UNTIL
NExrMEDAY.
Statute Regarding Bribery Of Voters
Held to BE Unconstitu-
tfonal.

Tie United States Supreme Court today
adjourned until. MoAdhy the 18th instant.
when it will meet to announce opinions and
hear motions, but not to listen to argu-
ment
The court in an opinion by Justice
Brewer delivered in the case of United
States Marshal James Of Kentucky against
Henry Bowman, involving the validity of
section 55O7 of the. Revised Statutes. re-
speeding the bribery of, persons protected
by the fifteenth amendment
The opinion affirmed the decision of the
United States district court Of the western
districtof Kentucky, declaring that statute
unconstitutional. Bowman was indicted for
pr1bing negro voters in connection with the
congressional election in the fifth congress
sional district Of Kentucky in the election
of 1900. -
Being arrested he sued out writ OF
naDeas corpus on the ground that the
statute was IN contraventfon of the federal
constitution. The district court thereupUn
discharged Bowman. and the government
brought the case to the Supreme Court
which affirmed the opinion.
In announcing the opinion of the court
justice Brewer said that no point had been
made OF the fact that the persons who
were bribed were of color. Speaking Of the
statute he said:
ION It's face 1t is clearly an attempt to
exercise power supposed to be conferred by
the fifteenth amendment in respect to all
elections, and not in pursuance Of the gen.
eral control by Congress over particular
elections. Z
To change this statute enacted to punish
bribery of persons named in the fifteenth
amendment at all elections, to a statute
furnishing bribery of any nature at certain
elections would be In effect judicial legis-
lation."
The petition of Mrs. Helen Wilmans Post
mental science practitioner, under arrest
In Florida, for a writ of ha beas corpus was
presented in the United States Supreme
Court today. She is charged with the mis-
use of the United States mails.
The court reversed the decision of the
supreme court of the state Of Minnesota
in the case of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company VS.. Townsend, involving the right
of an individual to locate public land with
In the Northern Pacific railroad grant.
The state courts decision was favorable
to Townsend's contention. but the federal
court reversed that judgment on the ground
that the grant to the Northern Pacific was
equivalent to a congressional adjudcat
An opinion was delivered in the case of
Keen agt. the Calumet Canal Company in
volving land under non ma vigable waters in
northern Indiana. The decision was favor
able to the company.