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:i General (Nebraska News.
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CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY.
Annual Report Shows a Prosperous
Condition of Affairs.
The ninth annual meeting of the Ne
tira.Mka. Children's Home society was
held in Omaha last w-ek.
The reports slioweil the work of the
fioclety to be in a splendid condition
with a bright outlook for the future.
The reports of the district superin
tendents, all of whom were present,
were highly Interesting ami valuable
a tending to show the importance of
the work which Is being done.
The report of State Superintendent
Quivey showed that eighty-one chil
dren have been received during the
car; eighty of these were placed in
homes, while forty-four were replaced.
Five hundred and twelve cases of
needy and negl'M tod children were in
vestigated, which, while it was inipos
Mible to take the children, much was
lone to relieve their conditions. A
jdications for children were received
to the number of 3:2, all of which were
investigated by the society's workers.
Final palters were filed for the adop
tion of ninety children Into permanent
homes. Three hundred and eighty
thre children, previously placed in
homes by the society, were visited
during the year. The records show
that the society has placed in homes
tl children during the nine years of
its existence. During the same time
over 1 oim cases of neglected children
have been investigated, while about
-'" have been replaced in homes
where their surroundings would bo
more congenial.
The election resulted in the re-election
of the old olliccrs with the addi
tion of V. It. Akers of Alliance, Neb.,
and N. K. (triggs of Lincoln, as mem
bers of the board In place of Kev, F.
I. Wharton of Lincoln and Kev. C.
N. Dawson of Omaha, both of whom
are removing from the state.
DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.
State Veterinarian Asked to Determine
Nature of Ailment.
TAIU.i: LOCK A. A. Widdefield.
who liv-s a little over a mile north
of town, has lost fvo head of catrle
and a third is sick with a mysterious
ailment, on which there is a seeming
diversity of opinion. Some fear a
contagious disease, while others pro
nounce it hydrophobia. A month or
more ago there was quite a mad dog
scare. One cur in town had been shot
after biting ami snapping at several
others. A little while later Mr. Widde
fteld's dog acted strangely, chasing the
cattle all over the pasture. Ho was
tied up. g"t loose and was killed. Re
membering this, a number think it is
hydrophobia. The state veterinarian
has been sent for and is expected to
investigate the matter thoroughly.
Fremont Man Gets Degree.
BALTIMORE. MJ-Albert Johann
sen of Fremont, Neb.. S. I L Diversity
of Utah, 1SDS. was created a doctor of
philosophy by Johns Hopkins univer
sity. The subjects of his study were
geology, mineralogy and chemistry.
The dissertation was on the theme.
"The Serpentines of Hartford County,
Maryland."
Iowa Paszor Is Called.
HUMBOLDT The congregation of
the Presbyterian church, which has
been without a pastor for several
months, has issued a call to Rev.
Smith of I.ennox, la., and it is expect
ed that the latter will accept the place,
assuming his duties at once.
Father Against Son.
TAYLOR Thomas reck, who lives
northwest of Durwell, was arrested,
charged with shooting his son William.
The son was crossing some land which
the elder I'eck had forbidden him
crossing when a tight occurred, with
the result that the son was shot in
the shoulder, making a painful but not
dangerous wound.
Dairying Pays Well.
ANSLKY After a year's trial the
hand cream separator and the cow
have brought to light a great and
growing new industry for this part of
Nebraska. At Mason over $4.m was
paid out to the farmers for cream for
the month of i.ay. and at Ansley a
like amount was paid out for cream.
The U. & M. railway runs on the local
passenger train an extra freight car
three times a week to haul the cream
in. Dairying Is a growing industry.
Verdict cf Guilty for Morris.
OMAHA The jury in the Morris
rnurder case came in with a verdict
of manslaughter as charged in the in
dictment. The verdict involves a
maximum sentence of ten years. Mor
ris killed his comrade. Henry McKee,
at Fort Niobrara on the evening of
September 17. IWZ. but only his un
supported evidence shows the killing
was an accident, while several wit
nesses testified to the fact of unpro
voked murder.
Starts Big Dairy Farm.
ANSLEY John Staate of Leign
jmrchased the Hanna stock farm and
stock, paying $15,000 for the same.
This ranch consisted of 1.000 acres of
deeded land and 48") acres of leased
school land. Mr. Staate will turn the
property into a dairy farm.
Party Goes to Oregon.
FREMONT Ten people left here
for Oregon, where they intend taking
up government timber land.
I TKE STATE IN BRIEF.
Spauldlng is doing a great deal Of
building this year.
The Sunday schools of Broken Low
will celebrate the Fourth of July.
"Flag Day" was very generally Ob
served by the schools at Harvard.
Fire at Norfolk caused a loss of
$."00 to the Hospe Piano company.
The dam of the Pierce Milling com
pany was carried out by high water.
An extensive system of rural routes
is to be established in Adams county.
Mrs. Vandevere was hurt on a de
fect i ve sidewalk in Stella and wants
2.r,Ml.
An Omaha Jea:er says that hard
coal is going to be about as high this
year as last.
Broken Bow's summer school open
ed with an enrollment of forty. It
will continue six weeks.
It is announced finally that the na
tional editorial association will cer
tainly meet in Omaha, July 8 to 11,
i inclusive.
Theo. Olson, an Oma-na switchman,
was caught between the cars and lost
both of his feet. He is an old man
and the accident is likely to cause bis
death.
Charles R. Smith of Table Rock got
his hand caught in the cogs of ma
chinery and had one finger so badly
injured that amputation became nec
essary. Tom Frye, a well known farmer of
Richardson county, while engaged in
(tainting his barn, fell from a ladder
and sustained a badly crushed and
broken ankle.
The number of non-commissioned
officers in the signal corps of the Ne
braska National Guard will be reduced
from twenty-five to twelve. An ex
amination will be held July 15.
Twelve banks of Dodge county have
asked to be awarded county funds for
deposit under the new law. All offer
the minimum rate of 2 per cent in
terest, except one which does not
specify what it will pay.
Labor Commissioner Bush is receiv
ing liberal responses to his request
for returns from merchants and manu
facturers. The figures received up to
date show that industry is in a good
condition throughout the state.
A large barn belonging to John
O'Hara. eleven miles north of North
Bend, was entirely destroyed by fire
with the contents, including seven
head of horses and farming imple
ments. The loss is $2,500, with only
$575 insurance. It was of incendiary
origin.
The foundation is being put In for
the new union depot at Fremont, and
a large amount of material is on
hand. The Union Pacific is putting in
a water filtering station directly north
of the present depot. The Northwest
ern is preparing to enlarge and other
wise improve its yards.
The members of the Grand Army of
the Republic post of York petitioned
the county board for privilege to erect
in the corner of the court house
square a soldiers' and sailors' monu
ment. The request was granted and
the old soldiers v,-ill make arrange
ments to erect a monument.
The cornerstone of the new $100,
000 United States federal court build
ing and postoflice in Norfolk was laid
under the auspices of the Masonic
fraternity. The ceremony was per
formed by the grand master, Frank
Bullard. in person, and the oration, an
impressive discourse, was delivered
by the grand lecturer, Rev. Luther
Kuhns of Omaha.
Farmers report that wheat has been
damaged considerably by rust and in
some instances stock has been turn
ed into the fields to graze. Corn is
looking well, but is needing rain.
Corn is all in, says a Fremont dis
patch, and while the prospects on the
Platte bottoms are not the best, that
which was planted early on the up
lands is doing well, but is weedy. On
the bottoms the ground is badly caked
by the rains and some fields will not
be planted at all. Rust is reported
in many wheat fields and the heads
are not filling even.
Princeton (Mass.) dispatch: Major
Church Howe. United States consul
at Sheffield. England, is visiting here
at his birthplace and announces that
at the conclusion of his consulship he
will probably return to Auburn, Neb.,
and make that place his home for
the remainder of his days. Major
Howe was appointed consul at Paler
mo. Italy. Later he went to his pres
ent post at Sheffield. England.
The members of the Humboldt fire
company are practicing steadily with
a view to carrying off some of the
prizes to be hung up at the state fire
men's tOTirnament at Norfolk next
month. The team ranks high as a
volunteer organization.
The Dorchester Farmers' Co-operative
Grain and Live Stock company,
comprising W. C. Endicott, O. T. Heo
shue. J. W. Carper, Franklin Miller
and D. T. Buckingham, has filed arti
cles of incorporation with an author
ized capital of $2,000.
The supreme court has affirmed the
action of the district court in Douglas
county, whereby Alfred Liebscher was
convicted and sent to the penitentiary
on a charge of assault. The defense
relied for another hearing upon the
contention that in such a charge It
was necessary to allege that it was
done without the consent of the child,
who was 12 years old, and who waa
enticed into a room in a hotel and
subjected to indignities.
York is preparing to pave
streets.
METCALF LET OUT.
Superintendent of Money Order Sys
tem Removed.
WASHINGTON As a result of al
leged Indiscretion in the award of con
tracts for printing money order forms
lames T. Metcalfe, superintendent of
the money order system of the post
office department, was removed from
office by the postmaster general. A
full investigation will be made later.
The dismissal is the result of acts
opposing the bid of Paul Herman of
Rutherford, N. J., the lowest bidder by
$45,000, and in favor of the next high
est bidder, the Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford
company of New York, of
which Mr. Metcalfe's son is an em
ploye. The story is briefly told in the fol
lowing letter of dismissal signed by
Postmaster General Payne:
"Mr. James T. Metcalfe, Superin
tendent of Money Order System, POSt-
are hereby removed from the position
of superintendent of the money order
system.
"The charges upon which your re
moval is based relate to your actions
in the matter of letting the contract
for money order forms. It appears
from your answer that when the pro
posals of the different competitors for
the contract of supplying money order
lorms were opened Paul Herman of
Rutkerford, N. J. (formerly employed
as foreman by the Wynkoop-Hallen-beck-Crawford
company of New York,
by which company it seems your son
is also employed), was found to be
the lowest bidder, his proposal being
$45,000 below that of the next high
est bidder, namely the Wynkoop-Hal-lenback-Crawford
company; that the
bid of Herman as submitted was reg
ular in form and that he had deposit
ed a certified check for $5,000 as a for
feit. It further appears that within a
day or two the Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford
company filed a protest
against awarding the contract to Her
man, alleging that he was not finan
cially responsible: that a short time
thereafter Mr. Herman called at your
office and you advised him to with
draw his bid and re-enter the employ
of the Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford
company, understanding that at the
time such withdrawal would result in
the contract being awarded to said
company and consequently in a loss
to the government; that you offered
to write and did write a letter to said
company, apprising it of your inter
view with Herman and using your
good offices in his behalf; that you ad
vised Herman that his $5,000 deposit
would probably be returned to him if
he adopted your suggestion. It fur
ther appears that you regarded Mr.
Herman as possessing the mechanical
qualifications requisite to the perform
ance of the contract and that it was
not any part of your duty to pass upon
the question of his responsibility,
financial or otherwise. It also appears
that you did not acquaint your supe
rior, First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Wynee. with the fact that you
had endeavored to have Mr. Herman
withdraw his bid. It further appears
that a hearing had been had before
General Wynee on the question of the
financial responsibility of Mr. Her
man, although it has developed since
the submission of your answer this
morning that you discouraged such a
hearing and manifested a desire that
the contract be awarded to the Wyn-koop-riallenbeck-Crawford
company.
Very respectfully,
"H. C. PAYNE,
"Postmaster General."
Servian Assassins Promoted.
BELGRADE The promotions are
announced of various members of the
military deputation to King Peter at
Geneva. Colonel Popolvlcs of the late
King Alexander's palace guard is cre
ated a general and first aide-de-camp
to King Peter; Captain Kostics, who
opened the palace gate for the assas
sins of the late king ana queen, is pro
moted to be a major.
Charged With Crookedness.
SCRANTON, Pa. A special com
mittee was appointed by the select
council to investigate an allegation
that eight members of the body had
banded together to hold up the Dalton
Street Railway company for $400
apiece. At the last meeting of the
council the franchise was to come up
for passage, but the quorum was
broken by opponents of the measure
Jews Need Not Fear in Odessa.
ST. PETERSBURG General Arsfi
eff, the new prefect of police of Odes
sa, in receiving a deputation of rabbis
recently, assured them that the Jews
of Odessa could pursue their avoca
tions without fearing anti-Semite out
breaks. Jews Denounce Russia.
LONDON A demonstration of
thousands of East End Hebrews was
held in Hyde park this afternoon to
protest agianst the . Kishineff mas
sacre. Speeches violently denounc
ing the Russian government were de
livered in Yiddish simultaneously
from a number of platforms. Reso
lutions expressing sympathy with the
sufferings and "indignation and ab
horrence of the Russian government"
were adopted unanimously.
Robbers Take the Stamps.
DES MOINES Robbers broke Into
the postoflice at Rhodes, Marshall
county, twenty miles northeast, and
cleaned out the place of every stamp
in the possession of the postmaster
The loss will be $1,000.
Rockefeller Gives $5,000.
NEW YORK Mayor Low received
a check for $5,000 from John D. Rock
efeller for the fund for the relief of
the sufferers from the floods in the
west.
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IV.Z UYE STOCK WAntT. J
Latest Quotations from South T
Omaha and Kansas City.
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tiUlTII OMAIM.
CATTLE There was a liberal run.
Out quite a ntrlnjar of the arrivals waa
sonalgned through to tbe north and not
offered for nale. The market on fat
cattle wa rather streaked and sales
were made that looked all the way
from barely steady to strong. The
beef steer market could not be quoted
much more than generally steady.
Some salesmen throught they got a
little stronger prices, while others said
they had to hurry to get steady prices.
As a general thing the light and
handy-weight cattle sold If anything
a little stronger where the quality was
satisfactory, while the heavyweights
were a litt'.e draggy and no mora than
steady. There were exceptions, how
ever, to this rule. The cow market
was also about steauy. x The better
grades sold without difficulty and all
that class of stock was disposed of
at an early hour. Grass cows, how
ever, are difficult to pell at any price
and are selling so unevenly that It is
hard to quote a market on them. It
i.s very evident, however, that they
have been going down hill at a rapid
rate. The bulk of the fair to good
kinds sell from $3.00 to $3.40. The
common kinds sell mostly from $2. HO
to $3.00. Fed cows of good quality are
selling largely from $3.50 to $4.25, with
choice grades from that up.
HOGS Receipts of hogs were quite
liberal, but still there was a decrease
of about 2,000 head as. compared with
the day before. The market opened
about 2 ' ii 5c lower, the greatest de
cline being on the heavy hogs. Trad
ing was fairly active for a time, but
before 100 loads had been disposed of
fiackers became more bearish and the
close was slow and weak. The light
and common hogs sold in about the
same notches with the mixed hogs, or,
in other words, at $5.92 'i and $5.95.
where the bulk of the hogs were
landed.
SHEEP Quotations for clipped
stock: Choice western lambs, $6.25?9
6.75; fair to good lambs, $5.25 ?? 6.25 ;
choice western wooled lambs, $6.7549
7.00; fair to good wooled lambs, $5.50
f?6.50: choice lightweight yearlings.
$5.50 5.75; fair to good yearlings, $5.00
fi5.50; choice wethers. $4.90(5.10: fair
to good wethers, $4.50g4.90; choice
ewes, $4.2504.50; fair to good ewes,
$3.50 (?i 4.23; feeder lambs, $2.50wa.bO;
feeder yearlings, $2.50 ti 3.50; feeder
wethers, $2.50 & 3.50; feeder ewes, $2.00
2.75.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE Market unchanged; native
steers, $3. 5005. 15; Texas and Indian
steers, $2.75 04.25; Texas cows, $2,00 0
3.75; native cows and heifers, $2,00 0
4.40; stockers and feeders, $2.2504.40;
bulls, $2.7603.95; calves, $2.7506.90;
western steers, $2,800 4. S5; western
cows, $2.0002.10.
HOGS Steady, unchanged: bulk of
sales, $5.70 0 5.90; heavy, $5. SO 0 6.00;
packers, $5.65 S 5. 85; medium, $5,70 0
5.90; light, $5.6005.75; pigs, $5.250
5.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market un
changed: muttons, $3.3005.15; lambs,
$4.25 0 6.90; range wethers, $3.40; ewes,
$3.400 5.00.
CLEVELAND TALKS PLAINLY.
Former President is Not Seeking to Be
Renominated.
NEW YORK The World publishes
a dispatch from Princeton, N. J., quot
ing former President Cleveland as say
ing: "It is perfectly absurd to suppose,
for an instant, that I have any desire
to re-enter political life. Nor have I
remotely entertained a thought since
1 left Washington more than six years
ago. The matter is as far from my
thoughts as in 1896, when, all must ad
mit, it was not within my Hearing or
sight. I have no higfrer aspiration
than to pass my days in peace with my
family around me, and take no part
in politics which any private citizen
cannot take with the utmost propriety.
"I have not spoken on the subject
of a fourth candidacy. I have never
written to a single political friend one
way or the other, nor have. I been
written to or spoken to by them.
There is not a political leader of any
prominence endeavoring to advance
any movement to nominate me in any
state, so far as I have been advised,
nor do I anticipate than any such ef
fort will be made by any leader,
prominent or obscure, in any locality."
Murdered by Negro Bandits.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. John New
man, bridge carpenter of West Plains,
Mo., was shot and killed and Robert
Moss, a bridge carpenter of the same
place, was shot and seriously wound
ed by two negroes on a Santa Fe
freight train early Friday. The white
men had just quit a bridge gar.g and
were making their way to the harvest
fields. The negroes attempted to hud
t hem up and a fight followed.
Famous Iowa Man Dies.
NEW YORK William C. Van Ben
thuysen of the editorial staff of the
World died Friday. He was about 47
years of age and leaves a widow, three
sons and two daughters. .
Czar Takes Kroushevan's Book.
ST. PETERSBURG The czar, the
Novoe Vremya announces, has accept
ed a copy of the book on Bessarabia,
written by M. Kroushevan, the editor
of the anti-Semitic organ in Kishinev.
It was announced from St. Petersburg
June 17 that M. Kroushevan was at
tacked by a party of Jews in a street
at St. Petersburg that day and was
stabbed in the heck by a former stu
dent of the polychnecal school at
Kleff.
Investigate Cash Register Deal.
NEW YORK The federal grand
Jury In Brookljn Friday commenced
an inquiry into the sale of cash regis
ters to the United States government
for use in postofflces.
Judge Shiras to Retire.
DUBUQUE, la. Judge Oliver P.
Shiras of the United States court for
the northern district of Iowa announc
ed that he would retire from the bench
November next.
DUNCAN CUR.RY THINKS WELL
OF MPTON'S
Writing in the Chicago American.
Duncan Curry, the yachting expert,
says:
Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger
for the America cup, Shamrock III,
the hope of Britain and the apple of
Designer Fife's eye, was dry docked
at the Erie basin June 10. For the
first time her graceful hull and pow
erful lines were revealed to American
yachtsmen in all their strength and
beauty.
The new challenger made a favor
able impression to everyone, and the
more you look at her the more certain
becomes the conviction that she is go
ing to be a hard boat to beat under
any and almost all conditions.
When the waters of Gowanus Bay
fell away from her snow white enam
eled steel hull, it was as though some
one had pulled a dirty brown curtain
In an art gallery and revealed some
ancient Grecian marble statue. As the
dock slowly emptied its foul water
through the sluiceways, exposing her
beautiful lines to view, there was a
general murmur of admiration, and.
as one designer put it, "she is a won
derfully modeled boat of absolutely
fair lines and beautifully finished."
This does not mean that the cup is
lost by any means, but that bur
yachtsmen will have to be up and
doing to beat this new challenger is
certain; and if the Reliance can beat
this boat very much in going to wind
ward, the writer and several other
people will be surprised. But to get
back to the boat.
Shamrock III is a beautiful creation
and is well put together. She shows
beautiful deck lines, looking from her
taffrail forward. She has a nice sheer
and a view of her sheer plan would
probably bear a strong resemblance
to that of Shamrock II, although her
lateral plane has not been cut away
so much. Her lateral plane appears
to be cut away to about the same ex-
Missouri's Oldest Inhabitant.
Mrs. Sarah Snook of St. Joseph is
Missouri's oldest inhabitant. She is
103 years old. She eats pie, ice cream
and other things; walks a mile every
day for exercise; can see as far and
read as well without glasses as many
young people and remembers well
many great characters of this coun
try almost a century ago. She cele
brated the 103d anniversary of her
birth at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Agnes Jacquay. Mrs. Snook is a
native of Louisville, Ky., and spent
many years of her life in Kansas.
Society Woman Shows Courage.
Harvest hands on the farm of Col.
Charles L. Daugherty, near Bowling
Green, Ky., went on strike a few days
ago, demanding an increase in pay.
The Colonel was away from home, but
Mrs. Daugherty, a club and society
woman, refused to raise wages. Near
ly all of the farm hands left, where
upon Mrs. Daugherty mounted the
binder and aided by a few men who
remained, cut twenty acres of wheat
before a new force could be secured.
Good Men Among Asiatics.
Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, secretary
of the Presbyterian foreign missions,
says that the five men who impressed
him most profoundly on his recent
journey around the world were all
Asiatics: Chatteyee of India, Yuan
Shih Kai. then governor of the prov
ince of Shantum, China, and now the
successor of Li Hung Chang as viceroy
of Chee-Lee; Kataoka, the president of
the lower house in Japan; Chaolaleng
ko, the king of Siam, and last, but not
least, a subject of that king, Boon
Boon.
Mrs. Harrison to Take World Tour.'
Mrs. Mary L. Harrison, widow of tho
late Benjamin Harrison, former presi
dent of the United States, will start
shortly on a trip around the world.
She will first go to Japan via San
Francisco and thence travel eastward.
Mexican Carriers.
The cargador, or carrier, of Mexico
is a remarkable individual. Nothing
seems too bulky, nothing too heavy for
him to carry, and it Is wonderful how
he manages not only to lift, but to bal
ance his cumbersome loads.
NEW SHAMR.OCK
tent as the Reliance's, but its area 13
greater.
The beam of the challenger is much
farther forward than in Shamrock
I, and her run has been carried out to
a wider taffrail than was shown in
Shamrock II.
She has a well-turned bow, fairly
sharp, although there is an outward
curve all the way down. Her en
trance must be good and she Is not
likely to be stopped up by a head sea
in a light air. This curving of her
sides is carried clear to the end of
the counter. Her bilges are very easy
and at the midship section the curve
seems very moderate.
The depth to the rabbet is greater
than in any challenger since Valkyrie
III, giving considerable more dead rise
than might be expected in a modern
cup challenger. With this quick rise
there Is flatness of floor, a soft curve
being carried to the turn of tbe bilge.
In all she is a yacht to be greatly ad
mired, even more so, perhaps than our
modern American racers, with their
bodies constantly approaching the out-and-out
scow form.
Has Seen Good Work Spread.
Richard C. Morse, for thirty-three
years general secretary of the inter
national committee of the Young
Men's Christian association, one of
the first members of the world's cen
tral committee and a member of the
committee of the World's Student fed
eration, has completed a tour around
the world in which he has visited the
associations which have grown up un
der his eye and care until they now
number 6,500 organizations, with 600,
000 members. In the 1S2 days Mr.
Morse traveled 33,000 miles.
A Question for Humorists.
Robert J. Burdette was discussing
the new organizations of American
Press Humorists with a friend at his
home in Pasadena recently. "I told
them," he said, "that there were only
seven original jokes Instead of thir
teen, and one of the crowd asked me
who wrote the seven. And do you
know," he said in his quietly humor
ous fashion, "to save my life I couldn't
remember who it was who wrote the
other two!" New York Times.
. Knocked Out by Girl Athlete.
Miss Mary McEntee. a society girl
of Morristown, N. J., drove out a day
or two ago in quest of a servant. A
drunken fellow named Tlerney at
tempted to get into her carriage, and
Miss McEntee warned him to desist.
The man refused to go away, but in
stead tore the sleeve of the girl's dress
and wrecked her new hat. This was
too much. Miss McEntee, who Is an
athletic young person, promptly hit
him on the head with the butt end of
her whip. Tlerney fell like a log, and
was in jail before he recovered. Later
he was fined $10 for disorderly con
duct. New Leader of Tammany.
One of the newly chosen sachems
of Tammany hall is John Jerome
Kelly, son of Croker's predecessor.
Mr. Kelly is a broker, however, and
does not aspire to the degree of po
litical leadership attained by his dis
guished father.
Miners of the World.
More than 4,500,000 persons are en
gaged in mine3 and quarries the world
over.
HUMOR OF THE WEST
"OWDOY8 NOT ALWAY PAR
TIAL TO CILK HAT.
That Particular Headgear Savored
Too Much of Eastern Civilization
How the Wearer of One Mads
Himself Popular With the Crowd.
Recently tho telegrams brought
from Kagan, Texas, a story of bow
the town roughs had set upon and
killed a Bible agent whose sole of
fense was that he won; a bjng tailed
coat, patent leather shoes and a plug
hat. Commenting on tho story, tho
Wellington (Kun.) Mall declares that
"a similar Incident occurred In the
early days of Caldwell." However,
the plug hat shooting In Caldwell
was a different affair from that of
Kagan. In April, 1N72. one McCarty,
a local "bad man," entered a store
In Caldwell and found there Dr. An
derson, who was known throughout
the Southwest as "the plug hat man,"
because he wan UKiially udorncd with
that kind of headgear. Anderson was
not a "tenderfoot." He had been a
prominent member of the llutlcr
county vigilantes, and it was known
that McCarty had a grudge against
him. When McCarty entered Thomp
son's store and found Anderson there
ho pulled a six-shooter and Kftld:
"Watch mo put a hole through that
hat." He did put a hole through tho
hat. and when Anderson protested
he fired again, this time putting a
hole through Anderson's head and
causing his Instant death. McCarty
was pursued by the Indignant citW
zens of the town and took refuge at
the ranch of Curlcy MarHliall. When
tho ranch house was surrounded he
refused to surrender and then the.
house was net on fire. In the run
ning fight which followed, he man
aged to escape, after wounding sev
eral of his pursuers, but a few days
later ho was overtaken and his dead
body was left on the prairies.
There Is no well authenticated ac
count of a killing in Kansas on ac
count of the wearing of a plug hat,
though it is popularly supMKed that
the incidents were frequent. It Is
quite true that when a stranger ap
peared in one of the border towns
wearing this kind of head covering,
he was always greeted uproariously,
and the hat came to grief, but the
affair usually went off in the best, of
humor. The first plug hat worn Into
Hays City, for example, w;ih on tho
head of the late Council Henley, who
died at that place a few years ago.
In 18C8 he went to Fort Hays in be
1 clerk In tho quartermaster's depart
ment. He was a good dresser, and
when he stepped from l lie train lie
wore a tall silk hat. At once the
town loafers and josbers and Tillers
congregated at the depot. They said
aothing at all to Henley, but they
formed close behind him a proces
sion, and whenever he walked they
talked, keeping up the lockstep. The
foremost man walked so close to
rlenley that he could not even turn
iround to see his tormentors, and It
vas a sight that procession solemn
y moving along, oach man with his
lands on the shoulders of the one in
'ront of him and all keeping step.
Then an inspiration seized Henley,
md he steered straight for Tom
Drum's saloon, the most popular
Mace in town. Walking up to the bar
te set his silk hat down, bowed po
itely to the barkeeper, and said:
'These are my friends, and tbey are'
ill drinking with me."
It happened that there was a big
owl of torn and Jerry on the bar.
5ome one emptied it into tbe plug;
iat and some one else got a dlpperi
ind passed the drink around. I'res-'
;ntly the liquor soaked through the
p of the hat, and thereupon It was
(laced on the top of a post, and every
nan in the crowd took a shot at it,
'iddllng it Into rags.
Henley came off from tho encoun
ter with every man his friend. He
lad met the rude introduction of tbe
Ve6t with good nature, and his place
vas made. Kansas City (Mo.) Jour
lal. Largest of Overshot Wheels.
The largest overshot water wheel
itill in existence is said to be that at
he Great Laxey mine, on the Isle of
Man.
According to a description in Lon
lon Engineering this wheel is 72 feet
n diameter and capable of developing
ibout 200 horse power. It has for
nany years driven the pumps for
training the mine, but In the extension
if the workings a greater quantity of
vater was met than the pumps could
landle, and the mine has been flooded
o a total depth of about 1,000 feet.
A temporary steam pumping plant Is
iow to be installed to unwater the
nine and later a permanent electrical
lumping plant will be Installed.
Natural Reduction.
Chief Milliken That lady in red
joing down the street is evidently a
;rass widow.
Inspector Casey Why do you think
to?
Chief Milliken Every time she goes
lear a horse it tries to bite her.
The Child's Reasoning.
Marcus M. Marks tells this story
)f his four-year-old boy who, noticing
!or the first time a lock of gray hair
)n his father's head, asked:
"Papa, why are some of your Lairs
;ray?"
Thinking to drive home a moral les
son, the father answered: "Papa
gets a gray hair every time his little
joy is naughty."
The child seemed lost In thought,
jut after a short pause said naively:
"Well, then, grandpapa must have
lad awful naughty boys." New York
Times.
Victoria's Gold Output.
A return prepared by the Mines de
partment shows that the yield of gold
in Victoria, Australia, for tho month
Df March amounted to 5G.126 ounces,
or a decrease of 9,932 ounces as com
pared with the same month last year.
The yield for the last three months,
however, gives an increase cf 19,788
Dunces over that for tno same period
of the previous year. The amount
of gold yielded during the present
fiscal year In Victoria reaches 182,
2G5 ounces.
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