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RENFREW’S RECORD.
J. P. Renfrew, Pub.
ALVA.
OKLA.
T' PRITORY TOPICS
New Suit Aga.n#' McNabb. — Wfi-
liaui if. Hikci of !>#<an county filed
"Uit lu th«* district court again t rterre-
tary \l< N'atdi and tS* board of a<n
cnihurv «>f (IklAbo ua «of It
Kleiner, l> L AiWins. A T Him Liu*.
W. L Faikrton K»*r* Whit**. Hortr *
Newbury, for |.>,ooo claniag*'S.
Wir.newood Wants Piant.—Th«* ty
nouncfl of WynoevoK) Las ordrn*! an
election to l»c bold Nov* :ulu r 2s to
d<c»d« on isjtiing $2s.« :!«»--y« ar. -r»
|n*r ••cut to build an uj> ' h. jic
ays tens of waterworks. It in Uli^i
♦*d that tl. j « iion will Im «nail. enr*
Ex Governor III. — Ex-Governor Gin
of ili<* Chickasaw naiinn. is dangerous
If ill ai bis home ai Sulphur, I. T,
wilb pneumonia. About two weeks
uyo he injure.| one of his Knees and
hlnod poison resulted. This was ap-
■ pMieuf |y eured w lo n pio.iinioma set
in.
Safe Blowers Secure $400. — Safe
blowers wrecked the safe of the Hank
of Arcadia near Oklahoma City, and
secured alsiui $foo in currency. is*.
Iwtlves are making a search of this
city for three men who reached here
laiely and are KU.-jM-cted of hn.ing
l*een implicaled in ihe robbery.
October Roasting Ears. — A Mr El
'•‘in brought a load of nice juicy
roastitin ears into Tecumstdi ou Or
loher 21, and the Khawm-e Herald
wauls lo know how thai strikes some
of Ihe fellows up north who are shiv
eriiiK around in overcoats and ear
1.1 ll ff s
Firerren Hold Carnival. — The Hr.
nu n of Anudarkn. haviiiK in charK1' a
slreel carnival, will commence No
venilsT I. This will he the Ural affair
of that kind ever held 111 Anudarko. A
large sum of money has Ims suh
serihed for prizes, which will he of
fired ilurliiK Hie carnival.
One Oisaentmg Voice.—The edit u
of i lie Port t'ohh Iteconl comes out
ill opposition to tile idea J.n Kelierally
advoeated that farmers should hold
their cotton for 11 cents. "We have
lived in a colton country for twenty
years, he says, "and never j.av a
man hold his cotton without losing
money on it."
New Guns Satisfactory. — Colonel
" I Ilia in Howe, of Ihe Serond provln
dal regiment of Held artillery, which
has hern stationed ai Foil Sill for four
montha, has completed his reporl of
practice drills and maneuver lie
praises the new nuns, which were P d
I'd here, and also the work of the
troops. I his was the (ir i urllllery
reKlmenl lo 111410 a practical test of
tile new KIIIIS
Muzzle Towards Him. — If |i* \v
I.aollelle of Calnitiet, carries a load
ed shotKUli on top of a load of corn
any more he will have the niuz/.b-
|M)intiHK toward the hack of the wag
oil When he started to town lie tie
elded to take his kuii along. The road
was very rouKh and the Jolting dis-
charged the knh The hot took ef
fe^t In Ids hand, face and ululonten
He has a chance lo recover.
Will Try It Again.—John Al*erna'h>.
w'tio gels a glowing write up in i'resi
dent Roosevelt's uiuKa/ine article ou
account of his wolf hunt last apring,
Is plaimlnK another biK hunt in lh«‘
s itne "hi* pasture,” which is aoon Ui
he opened up fi,r aKricoliural purposes
and will no longer he av labb* for the
coyote chasers The Haul roundup is
lo lake place on November II. It Is
especled Uiai I.oimi uien will partiei
pate.
Creeks Create a Lobby.—The free
council, in session ut Okmuleee, pass
ed a Idll creailtiK a delegation of four
members to look after its interests I*--
, fore congress this winter lu oonnee-
! lion with llo* settlement of irlhut af
fairs. |*. Porter, principal chief of ihe
; nation, is 10 he a member of the dele-
gal ion, and by virtue of his office as
head of the nation to lie Ihe e* officio
chairman of the dcb-Kallon. The oth-
er members an- to lie chosen later
Extension of Asher Line.—It I n
porled that the dock Island is soon
lo lake up fhc question of an exten-
* Ion of the Asher line, which v.ns
loiill south from Teciniiseh to Asher
by Urn Choctaw, with the idea of an
ultimate extension on south to I alias
and the tlull All work on the exten-
sion was stopped by the Hock Island’s
purcha. e of tin* Choctaw Ihioti sis, hut
ihe line is practically worthless us H
slHiid ■ anti Is saitl to la* lo .iiiK the
eonipany a good sum of money each
year.
Baby Burned ta Death.—Mi- Fran I-'
Watson, a farmer's wife living near
Pnarch, left her two little children in
the house while she went lo thexprlnK
Korop distance away, to pet wnter. He
turniiiK she found the youngest of the
children dying from burnt: received
during her absence. The wind war
blowing hard ami it is supposed a box
of malche* was blown from ihe shelf
and. Igniting, set lire to (he baby's
clothes. The little one lived au hour
Further Preference R.ghts. — The
school land lessees of Word ward conn
ty a lopted resolutions declaring for
the reservation of a preference right
of purchase to the lessees; tliut school
land west of range 1,'i should not be
divided into less than section tracis: ,
that lessees of grazing school lands
should be given preference right of re-
leasing, the same u with agricultural
lands; that the appraising force of the
school land department should be In-
creased to such an extent as 10 Insure
a thorough personal Inspection of each
tract appraised, and that the appraise-
ment should be |es: -ex,
Oklahoman in Alaska.—Lyman Sav-
age, a former resident of Heaver conn
ty. came hack front Alaska last week
to wed an Oklahoma girl. His homo
Is now at Fairbanks, so named on ac-
count of its temperature. He de-
scribes the town as having about 3,1100
people and all of the conveniences of
more moderate climates, being equip
P'-il with electric lights and steam
heating plants. The city also has a
system of water works, made possible
by laying steam pipes alongside the
water pipes lo keep the water from
freezing. All the modern convent
enoes come rather high, but are there
for the people who ran afford them
Ind.ans and the Herd Laws. _ The
Indians of Southwestern Oklahoma
are having a hard time getting used to
herd laws, and In Kiowa eounty ospe
dally the farmers have had much
trouble with their Indian neighbors,
whose fences are usually in notorious
disrepair. If their ponies trespass on
others' property and are impounded,
the Indians usually proceed to repos
spss themselves of their property, re
gardless of legal proceedings. An ef
fort was made to bring the matter in-
to eourl last week by the arrest of
''Old Skinny.” a Kiowa Indian eharg
ed with sueli an offense, but by some
misunderstanding tin- prosecuting
witness was not on hand at the time
Set for the trial and the Indian was
set free.
Anticipating Statehood. — Antic; :
paling statehood this winter, subs'an-
tial farmers are coming to Irdian '
Territory and buying land. Thay at
rapidly replacing renters. wJ;j an
moving off and seeking other I k-:i
thin*. With tins influx of settler- :
there is an increased demand for farm
land.
Father of Triplets. — George Si in
register of deeds for Pottawatomie !
eounty, is a happy man. and he ought
to be. for there are very few men wh
become the father of three bouncin. I
babies all in one day. ,
Lottery Scheme Frustrated. — The
' lid of the Monarch Inn ni-ni Cun
puny s scheme to dispose of town lot.:
at Warwick, in Lincoln count.-, mine
during the week, when Ihe Inis were
disposed of at c'uirt sale to ihe people,
in great part, who wore purchasers
1 of tickets from the Monarch Invest-
ment Company In September, 1901.
Hie court sale v.-as made by bloc!
and tracts, the blocks selling from $r.
lo $5tl each, nml the tracis from $Ml
to $.11 each. The majority of the
blocks sold from $13 to $::o each, or
for scarcely enough to pay the court
costs of this famous ease.
Many New Osage Towns.—The ael
of emigres* providing for m , town-
in the Osage Indian reservation pro
vidod for the sale of dpi acres for Paw
linska; Iliu acres for Fairfax. Pin acres
for Hominy and two townslte. of Pin
acres each on the line of the Midland
Valley railroad adjacent ip stations on
said line, not less than ten miles from
PawhusUa, to he appraised anil sold
as provided, etc. Tile townslte south
oi here lias been selected and named
"Blgbeart. which said name* will
perpetuate the name of an Osage in
dian who for many years was aggres-
sively Identified with ail that pertain-
'd to tin- welfare of his people as a
nation
Thoufl It It a Hotel.—a Kaw Ind.an
and his squaw. who pad tilled up on
Hre water," lauded in jail at Ponca
Pity the other night. The Lucs was
locked in a ceil and a bed wa-> made
up ou the floor for the squaw. Next
morning she offered the jailer <5
Ceuta in itaymeDt for her lodging and
breakfast.
No Settlement With Choctaws. —
The Chickasaw legislature iu si-.-ion
ai Tishomingo after a lengthy debate
killed the report of Ihe special com
niittee appointed to adjust finance*
1**1 ween the Chickasaw and Choctaw
nations, growing out of coal and Pin
Iwr royalties. The report recom-
mended that $ 1 b.eiiu |,(. accepted It
i alleged that lin- Choctaws owe Ilia
Chickasaw s $70,(Mid.
Largest Gin in Territories. — Thw
largest cotton tom press in the terri-
tories has J 111st been completed at
Paul s Valley, and begun to bandit*
fall business. The plant cost $50,000
and has a rapacity for handling So.oOO
bales this fall Ow-ltig to frosts the
cotton of tliis section is damaged 20
l**r cent and not to exceed 40,000 bales
will be handled. Four gins here reisirt
that greatly increased acreage will
hold up lie* record of lasi year.
Santa Fe's New Line.—The Aletiis
<ui. Topeka and Santa Fc railway com-
pany has asked the court ut Musko-
gee to appoint an appraising board to
condemn a right of way from Tulsa
to Shawnee. Okla.. one hundred and
twenty miles. This will connect ilie
brunch between Independence, Kan.,
ami 1111.-. 1 and tin Oklahoma lint's in
•Shawnee The plan will make this
place the Junction of two and possibly
four Santa Fc lines.
Condemned Man Dying.—Grant VVil
liums, Hie murderer in the South Me-
Alerter prison who is sentenced tc
hang, i said by the officials to lie
lowly dying He has refused to talk
and lias eaten practically nothing
' luce the sentence was passed upon
him four weeks ago. It is believed
■hat Hit- president will delay iht* sen-
tence for a short time. It being the be-
lief that the condemned man will -li*
a natural death.
Hite Will Hold Over. — My the de-
cision of Attorney General Simons,
who was appealed lo in the matter,
County Treasurer M. L. Hite, of Caddo
couuty. holds office until Ills sneers-
: or shall be 1 iecled and qualify. Jo
i fill Haskell was elected last fall to
itcrr. d Hite. Init died before fie quali-
fied, and Mr. Simons hold* this leaveg
Hite in charge of the office, unless (lie
county commissioners should declare
li e office vacant, which fhe^y refuse tc
PASSING. OF AUTOCRACY LOOKED UPON
AS THE ADVENT OF GREAT NATION
MvTCCRATIC GOVERNMENT AS IT
WAS IN RUS8I* YCSTERCAY.
Absolute Power of trie Czar.
Popular Representation a Farce
Peasants Practically Slave:.
Personal Liberty ce-d.
Censorship of the Press.
Privacy of Mails Unknown.
Education a M.ke Believe.
POPULAR GOVERNMENT AS IT
EXISTS IN RUSSIA TO CAY.
A limited Monarchy.
A Cabinet Responsible to the People.
A Parl-ament Chosen by the People.
Immunity of Person.
Freedom of Press.
Right of Habeas Corpus.
Freedom of Education.
The tii -dietuin that the czar would
grant Russian. a ronrtiiu'lnnal gov-
ernment, or something like unto It.
ha ti 1 11 verified Fount de Witte'*
The peasant* are rapidly being euii '
\» rted to belief in the creed that ihe
land belong.-, to those who tiil it.
TLeir educe 1 ion ha*. gum mi far that
peasant roueresse* are held in which j
'ho lu ge land owners the state offic-
ial*. and tile priests are denounced as !
< Ueuiles Keen If yean*- shall be re-
stored ill fhe cities the increasing pop-
, ulatlon will rinizin to lie dealt w-th.
Tin- letorois in government coined- |
ed by the czar ought to pacify, and
probably will pacify, the educated
classes They will gain all that they
tan reasonably ask lor The* should
place Ihemselyts on the Hide of the '
igovernntni as against the s<*-lal
democrats and revolutionary -ocial
j isis The latter will not -abandon
j iheir campaign for "land and liberty."
It may lie ihat ihe clly workmen who
are imbued with socialist ideas will 1
• ‘fuse to 1* pacified. It is possibitt
that their leaders will reasou that
further agitation will secure mon
( uUct'hsiulje.
There la greater hop* for Kuss.a
than there was last week, but one
raiiiuH say positively that the xnr*1
it over. Tht foreign ''ankers w bo
have been at Petersburg tw discus-
the placing of a new loan have pos;
polled negotiations. They aiv to
leave St. Petersburg to-morrow Man
ib ally they have not sufficient con-
fidence in ihe stabilliy of the govern-
ment 10 lend it a large sum ai ties
lime. Notice was served on them
some tint* ago by the revolutionists
that future loans made while the
autoeracy was in power would lie re-
pudiated after It was overthrown. Th»
bankcra seem to ihink it may be ou r
thrown.—Chicago Tribune
DYNASTY OF THE ROMANOFFS
MICHAEL ROMANOFF
(1613.)
NICH0LA6 II.
(tm *
THE PRESENT:
NICHOLAS II.
(Eighteenth of the
Line.)
Count Sergius de Witte.
Horn in Titlis. ('.me *ia 1 .* 41*.
I>• -(.** rflani of family V! Dutch « mi-
81 .flit* to Kmsia.
<*Jr-idiiatt <! tn>ni n.atlif iiuitical >•« i« n< » ~
df^arlrnt nt \H\ni'.\ ruiv« i>it\ 1 mTi»
p
tloii ili’ft ti; iii;* til -ill-. >.:• S"t;lii
WcsUrn laihv.iys, 1n77-1n>v
Director i.iihva.v *l«iKir t:u»*nt mintstrx
©! liriaiKv. US'.'
PioNifW nt t.uiiT oommisxion. l s'.i.
Minister of wav> and oinmunioaiio'
The Komanoff dynasty lias ruled Russia for 392 year*, or through ueai-
ly foul’ whole centuries, marked by bloodshed, massacre, assassination,
intrigue, conspiracy, and war.
Minim* 1 ••( tin*nee, ISJlMNH.
Financed and 1 »i* i I ( *1’. an -Sibt rian i.ii!
w .
Cf or;-Mni.."4i Hu sl.m linamcs. • staMish-
ii , Kolfi Kt;uidaid.
Sicutary «»f ?-tutf to the izi", UVti
l’liv.N (•« uiu ilo:’,
I*i• dvlcnt of council of ir.inistfis. llci::
Oj i iisfd v\*ii with Japan. 1 !•«»:!-1!««f4.
•
Iface willi Japan. 19or».
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Comanche Wants More Water. —
The farmer* In the northeni pari of
ilo* county aro agitating a proposition
to have ip# reclaniaiion depar; ment of
tin* I luted States construct another
irrigation system in their vicinity out
of the Jl.jilo.OHO aiipropriated by con
gross for irrigation purpose< in Wost-
*-rn Oklahoma. The plans call for the
construction of a darn on Medicine
creek neat Mount Scott, -which will
hack up enough wati r to supply
1 ri.000 acres of farming land. An
engineer of the gcjlogical survey has
recommended this system, and will go
to ( arlsliad, N M.. to confer with
Supervising ICnglneer It M. Hall, to
secure his recommendation of tiiepro
jeet to tin- department.
New Mill For Goltry. — Plans have
Jus’ been completed whereby Goltry
is assured of securing a 125-barrel
llouring mill to east 915.01)0. The Go!
try Milling Co. is financed by repre-
sentative business men of the town
and farmers of tin* surrounding conn
try and by A. II. Rife and A. Kirby,
of Dallas City. 111. The mill will have
the finest and best equipped outfit in
the west, us Rarnhard A: Leas I’lau
Sifter machinery is conceded to be
tlie lies! made. The engine will lie an
immense 150 horse-po.ver affair, cost-
ing over $4,ooo. and is capable of oper-
ating an ice plant, an electric light
plant, or a system of water works in
conjunction with the regular mill
work. The company will also .Derate
a regular grain shipping husine:: 1 and
will also do custom and merchant
grinding.
Enid Man Miss ng.—Jesse White, a
prominent Enid business man. who
left two months ago for a tour <>l the
northwest mysteriously disappc.uo-!
wo weeks ago from Seattle, and hi
friends are greatly worrit* 1 about him
He was no: a man who ever made an*
dlspl ;y ot money un i would not have
attracted the attention of thugs in tha-
way.
Killrd in Ardmore 5:r::t—1. > \>
Kenzic, aged 2d years, was shot a -
' stantiy killed on East Main stre 1
'■•S’ George Ewing. Roth men are n
■■ i s. Ewing was placed in jail.
Indian Terr tory Teachers. — There
will be a meeting in South Me Alester
November IS of the superintendent,
supervisor.; and teachers of Indian
rorr.tory schools for fhe purpose of
formulating the ideas «,f these school
men into a memorial to congress stat-
ing wliat 1 <-ir experience lias might
them is the I est plan for a school sys-
tem oi meet the unusual conditions
that have grown up in this country on
account ot the different races.
Lawton Bank Dividend.—A dividend
of 2u per cent was paid to the credi-
tors of the defunct Bank of Lawton
by Receiver 1C. ('. Knappe. Ben H.
McDuffie, vice-president of the bank,
now a prominent broker of Wall
street, New York, made good a defi-
ciency amounting to nearly $4,000,
Tliis is tin third dividend the credi-
tors have received, making in ail 75
per cent. They will get more at Hie
February term of the district court.
Shot With H 3 Own Gun. — A. L.
Kennedy, forniei postmaster at I’ale,
was shot by 11 .1 Hughey, a black-
smith. liughey and Kennedy were
having a settlement. A dispute arose
over L» cents difference. Hughev pro-
duced a knife and Kennedy a ritli,
which Hughey took away and then
shot him with it. Several residents
ol Dale attaeke I liughey and Ik-a’ him
over the head with a weight, indict-
ing serious injuries, before he was
captured.
New Land Contest Point. — \ new
qiRstloti to be solved in 11 land con-
test comes from Beaver eounty, where
Oscar Nore. is contesting the right
of George Woody to a claim, alleging
that Woody visited the claim only
once in every six months. Woody,
however, claimed sickness in his
family and stated that lie had applied
for a leave of absence and obtained
the same from the department, but
after the contest bad been filed
against him Will such a leave or all-
sence stick-'.’ Probate Judge Meese
lias the deeisiou under)consideration
Made Good in Philippines.—it. 1 Ed-
wards of Norman, who went to the
Philippines a couple of ytars ago to
ate ti.e government service, has now
been advanced to responsible inisi-
Hon in 'he in- ilar treasury at Manila,
with good proipeet for still further
.11 'motions.
Horn; Grown Orangjs. — Thorns-
orris. - -eretarv of the Oklahoma live
-toe' \ .i;i:ir,rv tommi-- id. par .lfi-is
the item reeentlj printed regarding
"klahoma grown lenoi . by exhibit
ina a cr ;> of oranges which werf
rown on li s place at Guthrie.
counsel has been heeded. The people
ore to be given some 'inalienable
lights"—the right of assembly free-
dom of the press, and the writ of
habeas corpus. The national as.-emb-
l> l> to he converted Into a real legls-
lature with much greater powers than
tbos - given the dotuna. The suffrage
ii- to lie much extended. This should
pacifj Russia, but it may come too
late.
It is munifes that the policy of
coercion could not longer li< adhered
to. Tin* reports as to the unreliabil-
ity of the armj are more detailed and
conn- from more points O u* hears
of soldiers who refuse to fire on the
people, who desert, who mutiny. It
is evident that Hie leaven of discon-
tent is working among the troops, and
Hint the right arm of the autocracy
is weakened. The people are losing
their fear of the soldiers as well as
of the priests. Every sign of timid-
ity on the part of the autocracy em-
boldens them.
No concessions ihe czar will con-
sent to make will have much influ-
ence on the social democrats and the
revolutionary socialists who have en-
gineered the extensive strikes and
demonstrations which are reducing
the government to impotence. Their
simple creed is "laud and liberty.”
They demand for the peasants the
la those four centuries tin- Romanoffs fought wars w ith 11. arl\ every
fit op!*.* in Europe. They fought Sweden, subdued Roland, subjugated th**
C : Itr.ean provinces, overrun Livonia, dismembered Poland, and sent their
('-.'.-sacks like u scourge across the Caucasus until they had conouered
the center of Asia as far as the tomb of Tamerlane, ano added all of Siberia
to the realms of the czar.
In those four centuries the Romanoffs fought wars witli Sweden. Kne
I- 'id. France, Italy. Prussia, Austria. Hungary, Turkey. China, and Japan
ITi'-y fought with and against Napoleon. They helped Prussia against
France, and In turn joined France in crushing Prussia. Time times the>
"led I" conquer Turkey. Twice they tried lo invade Persia. Their hand ha-
le 111 against almost every nation, and ruler, and people in Europe. They
have been better hated and better feared than the members of any
reigning family that ever held a thionr in modern Europe.
And yet these same Romanoffs, whose throne has been washed wiili
the blood of a million murdered subjects, until its steps were as crimson h
the velvet canopy above it, found Russ:;* a horde of Half oriental barbarian',
to a modern nation, one of the recog to a modern nation, one of the recog
nixed powers in the world. They developed commerce, established uni-
versities. gridironed the empire with railroads, rostered religion, cultlva
ed art and science. Their ships ply every sea. Their railroad* cross fwo
continents. They are rivals with England and the United States In man?
lines of commerce. Their lawyers are recognized in the International
courts of the world, their scientists are quoted in every laboratory, thei:
literature is In every modern library, and their music Is recognized among
the classics.
Tlie firs: Komanoff was Michael Feodorovitz who ascended tin throe
in 1 til3, after the assassination of Feodor I„ last of the house of Hurik
which had ruled for 7d0 years. He crushed a rebellion and ruled umil
Ui45 in comparative peace. He was succeeded by his son Alexis, who in
bis turn crushed a rebellion by hanging, burning, ami torturing 7,000 pris-
oners.
Then came the son of Alexis. Feodor 111., who ruled from 1676 to 1682.
Me left two sons, Ivan V. and Peter I. — half brothers. They ruled jointlj
Ihe real empress being Sophia, mother of Peter I. Sophia gave Russia the
bloodiest reign history had ever knowi. up to that time. It all ended in
1096, when Ivan V. died. Then Peter I asserted himself, and put his mother
In a convent.
The history of modern Russia really dates from the reign of Peter 1.,
foi he was that most famous monarch of all Russia, Peter the Great. He uip
l.ali/^d liis entry into power by beheading 5,0ti0 of his enemies. He was a
wonderful, enterprising, broad minded, cruel, bloodthirsty monarch, who
banged, burned, tortured, an 1 drowned his subjects, until all Russia was
<>no vast orgy of blond. And yet Peter the Great built St. Petersburg, estab-
lished the commerce of Russia, introduced modern culture, and died after
poisoning his own son.
Catherine I.. wife of Peter the Great, succeeded him in 1725. She was
ns famous as she was infamous. She was succeeded by Peter II.. and then
by Anne, daughter of Ivan. Anne was the first ruler of Russia to banish
prisoners to Siberia. She thus exiled 40,000 of her subjects, and sent la
1100 more to the scaffold.
Anne was followed by Ivan VI.. who was exiled and then assassinated.
A coup d'etat called Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, to the
throne in 1741. and she reigned through twenty years of intrigue and as-
sassination.
Peter ill. mounted the throne it 1762, only to be murdered by his w ife's
favorite in a few months. Then his wife, Catherine II., grasped the scep-
ter and ruled, a dissolute empress, until 1796. Her son Paul succeeded her
and in 1801 he was assassinated.
Then came Alexander I . the emperor who burned Moscow to preven'
its capture by Napoleon, and who afterwards marched his army to the
gates of Paris, compelled Napoleon to abdicate, and sent him an exile to
Elba.
Nicholas I. came to the throne in 1825. He was a warlike ruler, and
his armies fought on every battlefield of,Europe for thirty -years. During
his reign 1.000,000 of his subjects perished in foreign wars.
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crown lands and those held by the
grand dukes and the large landed
proprietors. They demand universal
suffrange without distinction of race
or sex and the transfer of the powers
of government to a national assembly.
Alexander II. began to rule in 7833. He was the most enlightened
ruler of the Romanoff dynasty. He liberated the serfs, and is remember
ed as the czar who sent a fleet to New York during the civil war to cheek
England’s threats of recognizing the confederacy. He was assassinated in
1881 lust as he was about to grant Russia a constitution.
Alexander III. ruled from 1881 until 1894 as a reactionary. He was suc-
ceeded in 1894 by the present czar. Nicholas II.
Live the Simple Life.
Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes, bride of
the millionaire reformer, has solved
the servant problem by being her own
cook and housekeeper Though they
might keep a large establishment and
many servants, the rich settlement
worker and his wife live, simply in a
modest six-room apartment on the
East Side of New York city. .Mrs.
Stokes' kitchen is in white enamel.
Not a speck of diri can be found in
the whole flat, and she has made it as
homelike and artistic as a little nest
for two can lie.
Monument Wet. Dcseived.
In New Haven a me*, irial is to be
erected in memory of Cornelius S.
Hushnell. through whose efforts the
government was persuaded to accept
plans of the Monitor presented by
Ericsson. Connecticut has appro-
priated $5,ooo and moie than that
sum has been raised by popular sub-
scription. Tin- monument will be
eighteen feet high and be surmounted
by a carved eagle with outspread
wings and bearing a suitable Inscrip-
tion on its shaft. The sculptor is
Herbert Adams.
Biped and Quadruped Hogs.
The Arabians may beat us on
horses and the Scotch on sheep dogs,
but when it conies to swine, America
takes the cake. Our breeds are nu-
merous, but all are fat and gifted with
enormous squealing power. Witness
the squeals of the railroad hog when
it is even suggested that he is getting
rather more than his share of swill
But there are others. There is the
private car hog. the steel hog, the
street railroad hog, the insurance hip
—all fat and ready for the butch *r.—
Portland Oregonian.
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