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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1909)
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF x-v WILL- H OlIAr I CK NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. m ai m v mi w m wr m v & .sr iM A .j.)"V IS.." ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. T Johnson county has decided to hold n fnlr this yenr, sometime- In October. Tho stnto railway commission re fused to authorize tho ton cent rnto of tho Nebraska 'fraction and Power company between Omaha and Knlston. 13y tho will of airs. Mario Steinbeck of Grand Island, which has Just boon probated, tho Nebraska Children's Jlonio Society receives $500. Tho (lrst nnnunl old Bottlers' re union for Cass county was hold at Union and was attended by thousands of people. v At Weston Will Warren's four-year-old girl was badly bitten about the faco by a dog which It Is believed has hydrophobia. At Lincoln death came Instantly to Maurlco Lnughlln, a young lineman ill tho employ of tho traction com pany. Ho was killed by a shock while on top of tho hurry-up repair wagon. City delivery sorvlco will bo estab lished on November 1 nt Aurora with thrco letter carriers, ono substltuto carrier, twenty street letter boxes and ono combination box. T. S. Keltnor of Wagner, who had been attending to Borne business In tho laud ofllco at Droken Bow, was found dead In bed at tho homo of D. M. Amaberry, with whom ho was Btop ping. Death was duo to heart failure. Tho county commissioners of Otoo county have given notico to all farm ers to comply with tho law In tho matter of cutting weeds about their places and unless it Is dono and tho roads kept clear tho work will bo dono and charged up to their property. Pioneer day will bo celobratod Sat nrday, August 28, at tho public park In Florence by tho old settlers of Douglas county. Tho civil war voter nns of Douglas county hold an on campmont of four days at Floronco beginning August 25 and ending with Ploneor day. I'atricK Duncan or uulo found a body on a sand bar flvo miles north of Rulo loft there by tho high water of tho Missouri river. Thero was very Httlo loft of tho body but tho skeleton and no trnco of tho identity of this man could bo discovered by Coroner nenekor. A soparator belonging to William Leonard of Odoll .was burned on tho farm of Frank Hurgor, ton miles southwest of Beatrice, whllo tho har vest hands were eating supper. It Is bollovcd to bo tho work of an Incen diary. Uloodhounds were taken to tho Burger farm to assist in ferreting out tho case. Tho loss Is placed nt $1,000 Charles Bumgard and Clara Powers, who eloped from Sabotha, Kan., wero arrested at Falrbury and lodged In jail. En routo west they stopped 'off at Itockford In tho same county, but upon learning that tho ofllcers wore after thorn, loft on tho first train be fore a warrant for their arrest could bo issued. Great preparations aro being mado for tho annual agricultural fair at Calaway, tho dates for this year being Soptomber 21, 22, 23 and 24. This fair was organized and Is supported ex clusively by tho business men of Cnl laway and tho farmers of tho com munlty, and no financial help Is re celved from olthor tho Btato or county. Frank Larson, who recolvcd a Car ncgio medal about two years ago for saving tho llfo of Httlo Karl Delancy nt Exetor, is to mnrry tho mother, Ono day when young Larson was firing on tho road ho saw a child on tho track ahead of tho onglno which was moving at tho rato of forty miles r.n hour, lie climbed out of tho window and made his way to tho cowcatchor, where ho pushed tho child away from tho track and tints saved Its life. In answer to tho request of tho rail road companies for a postponement of tho hearing on tho classification of freight rates set for tho latter part of Soptomber, tho Stato Hallway commls slon has mado tho roads a proposi tlon to tho effect that If tho railroads will furnish a transcript (if all tho ovhlnnno takon beforo tho court for tho uso of tho commission It will con sont to a postponement until Decoiu ber 1. James J. Hill, chairman of tho board of tho Great Northern, has offered $2,500 in gold as prizes to bo awarded for tho best grains nnd grass os grown in the territory along his lines to bo oxhlbltod at tho National Corn Exposition in Omaha Decomber n to 18. Tho money ifl to bo divided into 200 prlzcB by Prof. C. P. Hull of tho MlnnoKota Agricultural Collogo and Prof. Tho3. Shaw of tho Dakota Farmer. Thero will bo about 10 first nrlzos for wheat, oats, barley, corn, clover, timothy and alfalfa hay. as well as prizes for spoltz and field peas. John Palm, a painter from Omaha, secured work temporarily on tho farm of Charles Smith over on Whlto Hock rreok south of Superior and whllo on tho windmill tower, oiling tho Rearing, ho lost his balance and fell, breaking 'both logs. Joseph Waekol, the 19-year-old son of Nicholas Wackol. a well known farmer of Cuming county, committed Biilcldo by blowing tho top of his head off with n Bhot gun. Tho boy has boon Blckly for flomo tlmo nnd wns parti- ally crippled. At Monowl, Frnnk Jura, in III health, suicided by shooting. vao to HE m itlny ol' 30 Mem bers of tho P h Ulpplno const abu- lary nt Da has brought notico that splendid organiza tion, founded on tho remnants of Agulnaldo's Insur rectionary nrmy In tho early days of tho American occupation. For tho last night eight years thoy have given to tho Blands a season pf law and order and to vnrlous (rlbcs of our new er domain a re spect for tho maj esty of tho great patlon of whoso firmy they form, though Indirectly, iin Important pnrt. Tho mutiny, In Itself, nmountod to Httlo. Ono American planter was killed by tho bullota of tho mu tineers nnd thoro wero two or three men wounded. Then tho loyal members of tho constabulary, with tho backing of small dotebmcnts of tho Twenty-third nnd Twenty-fifth united States Infantry, chased tho would-be revolutionaries back Into tho fastnesses of tho Davaoan hills and, within 48 hours of tho first no tico of tho difficulty reaching head quarters tho first Internal scrloitB troublo slnco tho organization of tho corps was at an end. Tho Phlllpplno constabulary was organized Just nino years ago. At tho conclusion of tho Insurrection of JS99-1900 tho military governor of tho Philippines, Gen. Arthur McAr- thur, Issued tho following order: "In order to encourago among tho pooplo tho Idea of self-protection against robbers nnd roving bands of criminals, with which tho country abounds, department commanders aro authorized to arm tho local pollco in towns where Buch action, in their Judgment, would bo prudent nnd expedient. For thla purpose requisitions may bo submitted to tho division headquarters for caliber .45 Colt's revolvers and nn ndequato supply of ammunition. This arm will be replaced at an early date by a moro sultaulo weapon. "For tho bettor performance of tho duties contemplated It is desired that tho organiza tion of pollco be Bystomatlzod nnd, If possible tho scopo of action extended bo as to mako theso constabulary bodies, by means of mount ed dotachments, conservators of tho peace and snfety of districts, hiBtead of confining tlielr operations to areas limited by tho boun daries of towns nnd bnrracks. "Department commandors nro empowered to enforce tho provisions of this order by appro priate instructions." Dy tho autumn of 1900 somo organization of tho constabulary had been effected nnd In February, 1901, tho Phlllpplno government had, In addition to tho army and tho nntlvo Bcouts then on duty, nn embryo of tho present efficient constabulary force numbering 2,571 men. Tho newly organized body hnd an nmusing complexity of personnel and diversity of or moment. It Included evory rnco and every color, every language nnd every degree of civilization, from cultured Cnstillans of tho Malecon drlvo to tho dusky snvago of Minda nao and Ncgros. Tho cntuloguo of their weap ons wns fully as mixed ns their rnclal ufillla tlons. Tho organization grow In numbers and in popularity. At first tho ill-disposed wero prono to tnko chances with tho Httlo "coppers." They had seen them as soldiers of tho army of Agulnnldo driven from point to point by the husky soldiers of tho United States until they had become Imbued with tho Idea thnt running was their chief and only accomplish ment. It took but a few brushes with them to show thnt they had gained something of Undo Sam's determination to do things In his own way and when tho way of tho preserver of order and tho nntlvo dlsorgnnlzer ran counter something had to drop, and drop hnrd. Gradually tho good work of tho constabulary became understood nnd with tho spread of their reputation for keeping things strnlght tlfo minor disorders of tho urban and agricul tural communities beenmo fewer and fowor. When at tho last pacification of tho civil ized and scml-civillzcd portions of tho Islands became nn established fact tho constabulary took up tho work of teaching tho hill tribes, the head hunters and professional ladrnnes thnt the plying of tholr various forms of nefo rlous business or pleusuro anywhere near a constabulary post was a highly unwholesome pastime. When tho htllmen and others got enough of going out on troublo hunts tho con stabulary organized Httlo (rips on their own nccount nnd wont back Into tho woods to drag out tho real bad men nnd tench them tho art of behaving themselves oven under their own vines and banana trees. Ono of tho most remarkable things about the organization of tho constabulary has been their oxtromo nincnnblllty to discipline nnd their readiness to asslmllato western ideas of conduct and deportment by tho mombors of thq force. In the illustrations will be noticed photographs of a detachment of Moro and Su bnno recruits. Theso pictures of tho samo group of mon wore tnken only four months apart. Ip tho first tho barefoot, dlahovolcd, turbnned baud had Just ontored tho sorvlco as tho veriest of rookies. In tho second picture, strnlght, trim, clean, well-drilled nnd act up lit to make oven a regulnr look to his laurels, thoy aro presented again. In n third of a year they havo been converted from Eoml-savngory and aro roprcsentntlvo members of ono of tho best disciplined bodies of troops In tho world. Tho Philippines havo been divided Into districts by tho constabulary nnd each of theso districts thoro aro five in nil contains about a thousand of theso soldier policemen. Tho force numbers, In addition to tho sub dlBtrlct of Palawan and tho Constabulary school at In trninuros, Manila, something over 5,000. They nro under tho command of Hrlg.-Gon. Henry II. Hnndholtz, who holds tho title of director. Thoro is nn assistant director, two Inspector nnd a stnff of nbout n dozen ofllcers nttached to tho headquarters at Mnnlln. Thoro is a director for each of tho general districts of tho archipelago and theso districts In turn are divided into subdlBtricts nnd minor stations, somo or tho smaller statioiiB having only half a dozen policemen In chnrgo. In tho early days of tho forco the officers of commissioned rank wore all Americans. A largo porcentngo, a majority, in fact, nro Btlll nntlves of tho Stntes, but thoro 1h always op portunity for tho ambitious and educated Fili pino to reach n promotion if by diligence, fidelity nnd good hard work ho desires to ac complish It. Tho forco at first appeared in n groat va riety of uniforms, everything from tho cast off bluo and whlto drill of their formor con querors, tho Spnnlnrds. to tho rusty bluo Han nol Bhlrts and khaki breeches of tho Amorl enn volunteers, who put Gon. limlllo Agulnnl do out of business. To day thoy nro all uni formed nllko and tholr nppoaranco Is dis tinctly natty. Khnkl for Borvlco and general wear, with shoulder cords nnd facings of artillery red, caps or campaign hats, In ac cordance with tho season, wool puttees nnd comfortable canvas shoes comnloto tho rig. For dress occasions tho ofilcers wear snowy duck nnd tho onllsted men nro privileged to provide tnumsclvos with a similar costumo for fiesta days and Sundnys If thoy so desire. Tho Mahometan members of tho organization wear the tarboosh or fez Instead of tho cap, as may bo seen In tho picture of tho Moro do tnchmont. which Is known officially as Com pany A. Fifth district constabulary. Tho foz 1b of crimson folt and tho tnssnl which hangs to tho oyobrows 1b of yellow silk. A portion of tho forco 1b mounted. It Is the hopo of tho Phlllpplno government thnt, ns tho Islands become moro nnd moro orderly and tho nccosslty for tho retention of regulnr cavalry has passed, thoy will bo ablo to mako nearly tho whole constabulary a mounted organization. Horses or tho Httlo Phlllpplno 3FFORE A30NTOC G0RR0TL AFTER ponies hnvo been used most of the tlmo, ono of tho pictures shows what tho men havo been put to at times of fiood, tho enrabo, the unlquu Phlllpplno boast of burden, having been used ns a Vavalry horso on more than ono occasion. When on Innd his progreBS is perhaps a trlllo slow, but ho Is a mud horso of high degree, a splendid wndor and an oven bettor swimmer. Somo of tho Americans who havo had occasion to use tho enrabo an n menus of locomotion any that they would bo almost willing to nttompt the crosBlng of tho Pacific nstrido his bony shoulders. As a supplement to tho nrmy of occupation and a go-betwcon thnt is not military In any thing save nrms nnd discipline nnd which tho insulnr government enn uso ns It will nnd whnn or whorovor it 1b needed tho Phlllpplno constabulary stand comparablo to any Irregu lar forco In tho world. They hnvo much In common with tho Indian pollco mnlntalnod for much Blmllar purposes by tho viceregal gov ernment of British India, but thoy are moro the Boldlor thnn ovon thnt famous body of conserves of tho law. Tholr discipline has improved with rapid btrlden and has kept pneo with their elllclency and uBofulncsfa. The constabulary maintains tho finest mili tary band In tho lslnnds. It was tholr band which participated in tho Inauguration of President Tnft and which later toured tho United Stales, giving eoncorts. CURIOSITIES OF BIRD-NESTING An authority says: "It Is not at nil nn uncom mon thing to find tho first nnd sometimes sec ond egg of n young bird nbnormnlly small, but I camo across a cnBO somo fow years ago which was qulto unique. In April, 1901, I waa hunting for a few clutches of tho carrion crow In somo small woods, which wero tholr favor ite nesting places in that district. 1 walked right through the first wood without succobs, but on leaving It I saw, perched on n troo somo dlstnnco awny, two crows. Guessing thnt I hnd disturbed thorn nnd thnt thoy wero wutchlng me, I wnlked on for Homo dlstnnco, still keeping my oyo on thorn. Sure enough, nB soon ns thoy wore satisfied that I was leav ing, ono of thorn mndo off strnlght for n largo oak treo at tho oxtromo end of tho wood I hnd Just left. On returning I discovered tho nest and tho reason I hnd missed It. It wns built nut on tho oxtromo end of tho lowest limb of tho tree, within 10 feet of tho ground, nnd hidden by tho undergrowth bolowa most unuRual position. I climbed to tho nost nnd wns much astonished nt tho contents, In It wero four miniature crow's eggs, very little larger than blackbird's eggs, and in shapo nlmost round. On blowing them I found tho Hholls were nbnormnlly thick and tough Tor tho slzo of the egg nnd thoy contnlncd no yolk. Knowing that crows Invariably remain In tho snmo locality year after year, tho fol lowing bcuhou 1 went to look, for my frlonds again nnd to my great delight found tho nost In n very similar position In another oak troo within 30 yards of tho first noHt. It contained flvo cjjgs, f-ur exnet counterparts of tho first clutch and ono of normnl sl.o, tho only ono to contain any yolk. Tho following senson I found thorn for the third time again quite closo to tho previous nests; this tlmo thorn woro four eggs, only ono small ono nnd three full size."