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Red Cloud Chief. I'MIIMSIIKD WI2LKLY. fKl) CLOU I). NEBRASKA t44444t thbraska Dotes, l FOR FREE SPEECH Doclaration Made by President Harpor, Chicago Univorsity THE STUDENTUNHAMPERED York Is about to liavo its fourth rural free delivery route installed. Tho farmcrB In the vicinity of Woubb nro commencing to make moves for rural telephones. The cold Biiap stopped building op crntlonB, according to reports in runny Nebraska local papers. Columbus Bccurcd tho next annual meeting or tho volunteer firemen of Nebraska nnd Kb people propose- to oiiikc tho occasion a memorublo one. Near Elk Creek there was h hnavy rain, .and then Bleet covered everything with a coat of Ico which waa so heavy that trees were greatly damaged by tho breaking of limbs. Hastings lins had an epidemic of tho dancing fever this winter. Tho old folk, tho young folk, and tho little folk have all been tripping the light fnn tafltlc two or three nights n week. Several moro cars of matcrlnl for tho construction or tho now steel cells at tho stato penitentiary are yet to nrrlve before tho work of installing the cells can bo completed. The material Is ex pected In tho near rtiture. Taxes or tho Lincoln Trnctlon com pany for tho year 1902 will remain on liio assessed valuation of $21,000. This was an older entered by Judge Holmes revtiBlnp tho action or the county com missioners whon they raised the nlu ntlon to $.'.0,000. A new company has been organized to operate tho Koehlcr hotel at Grand Island. Tho firm has a capital stock of fOO.COO and will be known aB tho knihlcr Hotel company of Grand Island. The Incorporators are S. A. Peterson of New York and T7. D. Jlell and C. 1J. Ryan of Grand Island. Twenty-two counties have made an nual settlement with tho Btoto treas urer and paid whnt is duu in tho form of taxes. DouglaH county paid a bal ance of $K;,ri03. Tho payments have given Treasurer Mortenscn Biifllcient fundB to enable him to redeem warrants and make Investments. Superintendent Fowler has Issued professional life teachers' certificates to the following teachers who took the state examination December 28 and 29: I'rlr-lpal G. II. Graham of Papll llon; Principal Mrs. F. llortha Hosford. of Garrison, Principal L. P. Grundy, of Valley; Principal J. C. Jensen, of Hea ver City; Principal S. L. Johnston, of Leavltt, and Principal Thomas J. Jones of Lawrence, Neb. R. W. Grant, architect for tho peni tentiary, has filed IiIb resignation with the state board or public Jands anil buildings. Tho resignation was ac cepted at tho last meeting or tho board and Warden Beemcr was re quested to act as .superintendent of construction of futuro work at tho penitentiary. The board has decided to order a new power pump and an engine to oporato the same Tor tho penitentiary. A petition Is being circulated for sig natures at Nebraska City and Otoe county, urging Nebraska congressmen to support the Ilrownlow bill appropri ating $24,000,000 as a starter In aid of road Improvement. Tho Trlbuno or thnt city urges that tho petition should ho generally signed to lndlcato that tho local Interest in tho good-roads campaign Is alive, Is genuine and Is positive In Ub demand for progress in this important matter of Internal im provement. Kitty Williams will have to tako a 'bath every day for three weeks If the sentenco given her by Judgo Bcrkn of Omaha is curried out. Kitty was picked up as a vagrant, and frankly told tho Judgo Bho had not woHhcd her face for three months. TJo Judge Bald something about cleanliness and godli ness going hand In hand, and told Kitty Bhe cotilu board with the city for twenty days, and Instructed the matron to bcq that she was given a bath every dny during her stay. They i.ro having no end of trouble at the Omaha public library with peo ple wl.o mutilate books. A number of tho mr.sl aluable refcrenco books have l tn thus cut and practically ruined. Tho old compound englnrs hlthcito in use on tho Nebraska division of the Union Pnelllc aro being sent west to tho Wyoming division as fast as the new Atlantic and l'nclllc engines ar rlvo to replaco them Most of the old locomotives arc sent to the shops for repairs and general overhauling before .being turned over. In a "short time tho Eight of ono of theao machines will ho a rarity. The engines ot the Atlantic and Pacific type are built especially for i fast freight and passenger sen ice. Wilbur F. ltrynnt. supremo court re- porter, has been investigating the j S,outh Carolina liquor dlspensarj sys- I tern, concerning tho adoption of which thero was some discussion in Nebras ka a few years ago. and has discov ered, while compiling the references on Bupromo court opinions, thnt a Mate or municipality must pay revenue li censes for each and every dispensary operated. While corresponding In re surd to the system Mr. Hryan received a letter from Senator H. it. Tlllmnn, informing him that the state of South Carolina was irqulred to pay a revenue license, und that, the matter was now pending in tho federal court. " Tho party given for the . visiting i newspaper men nnd their wives, at the Elk club rooms, Lincoln, was a suc cess In every detail and served to bus tain tho lodge's reputation for dis pensing liberal heartfelt, and 'refined hospitality. Jamlo Larabep, a Norfolk lad, lay stunned upon the road with tho tem perature at 15 degreo below zero dur ing the recent cold wnvo, and whilo thus unconscious and freezing rapidly, was robbed of his gloves and saddle. He, had been thrown from his pony and hurt. Tho pony remained faithfully at his side. The llnlvrmllr U Almto'stirh Tiling Ililrrferllic With it Miui'ft Itllflit of Npech. Ollior Xn STANDS UP FOR NEBRASKA Members of tho University or Chl tago faculty may crltlclso at will, fa vorably or otherwise, the oetlons of John D. Rockefeller, the Institution's moBt liberal benefactor, without rear of dismissal. TIiIb announcement wnn made by President Harper to tho senior class at tho "'ilvcrslty In response to a question. It wa asked by one student; "Would nny professor le dismissed for criticising John I). Rockefeller In relation to tho Standard Oil company Mid public affairs?" President Harper replied: "Tl,n mniitlinm nf Mm fm-llltV llflA'ft II right to say as they please. Tho uni versity stands for rreo speech. rso professor has ever been dismissed for expressing hl opinion on any subject. When Dr. von Hoist waa hern the uni versity received numerous letters from all parts of the country Insisting on Lis dismissal, accusing him or utter ing seditious sentiments. At that time tho university Issued a Mntoment that ovcry nmn wbb entitled to rreo speech. The un.'wrslty Is above such things as Interfering with a man's right or speech." THE PENITENTIARY RECORD Colt Eight Ci'iitu n Iy to l'cril Convli-U During tmitmrjr. It casts 8 cents per day, per man. to feed Uio 286 convicts at tho peniten tiary during the month or January, and 10 conta and 4 mills to feed the guards, says tho report ot Warden Beemcr. During the month 10 prisoners were received at the penitentiary. Lincoln county sent tho largest number of pris oners in proportion to its population. Threo men came to Lincoln from there. Dodgo eamo next with two prisoners, nnd Douglas next with 11. Antelope, Dakota and Garfield cadi sent-one. The crimes wero as follows: Murder, 1; as sault with Intent to kill, 1; rape, 1; rob, 2; cutting to wound, 1; Iioibo stealing, 1; forgeries. 2; burglary, C; house breaking, 2; robbery, i; larceny from person. 1. Ono convict was returned from parole, one escaped from parole was returned, two wero relenscd on parole and tho sentences of flvo expired. It. wnB necessary to dlsclpllno and pun ish nine convicts, for insolence, tam pering with machinery nnd refusal to work. They cither wero placed in inc "brig," reprimanded or fined good time. William Nntlon, who violated his parole to get married, was lined eleven months good time. .luilK" lniM(cup mi tint "I'l-mtU." Judge Peter S. Grossctip of Chicago, beroro tho Fourth ward republican club, Minneapolis, talked on the neces sity or tho taking or Immediate steps by tlio republican party in tho legis lative control or the largo corporations, now formed and being formed In this country. Ho said In part: "The main object to bo aimed at Is not uenoral and promiscuous publicity, hut Is a repopularizlng of tho Indus tries of tho country and this can only be accomplished by a corporate policy under which a corporation dishon estly conceived cannot be organized at all .and n corporation dishonestly ad ministered will pass at once, before tho evil Is irremediable, into tho liands of -tho courts or some depart ment of tho government." Jurist llnlmrs CJuolcn 1'iioti Concerning Xclirituka'a Orlnilnnl Itcronl, Judge E. P. Holmes, at tho meeting of tho state board or charities and corrections at tho First Christian church, Lincoln, cold: "It is not truo that the number of crimlnalA In Nebraska Is on tho in crease, or has boon In tho last rew yearn, and It In proven by statistics that tho number of persons In tho re formatory Institutions of tho Btate has been decreasing at a rapid rat. "Thero Is nothing tho matter In tho homes or among tho people in general. In 1892 thoro was an average ot SCO prisoners In the stato penitentiary and up to 1898 this average waa held, but that year it fell to .'iOO. "In 1902 thero wero only 290 crim inals behind tho bara of tho peniten tiary, and In l'JO.'l tho average fell to 270. Tho number of Inmntes In tho industrial school at Kearney is gradu ally on tho deciease. At present thero aro about HO boys there. In 189(5 thero were ninety girls In the Industrial Echool at Geneva, In 1899 thero wero dxty-slx, In 1901 thero wero forty-two, in 1902 fifty-seven, and ror tlie year !90:t tho average was forty-five. "This can not mean anything other than that crlmo In Nebraska Is on the decrease. At tho Bamo tlmo tho popu lation Is on the Increase, henco there should be nothing to discourage tho workers for rerorms, or cause them to think their state Ib becoming more wicked every day. In 1890 there wero fewer persons In reformatories in this state than In ulmost nny other, state in tho union, iind Nebraska is making a moro rapid decrease In tills number than tho great majority of states. Tho pcoplo ought to reel that this state stands first, and not last, In Ub success in dealing with criminals." NEBRASKASHOOTERS FIRST Scorn SSI out of UBO TurfoU mill Wln uIiie t'.ntj. The Nebraska' state team won tho race at 250 targets at the Interstate shoot at Omaha, scoring 221. St. Jo seph marlcBmen were second with 217 targets broken. There were seven en tries Omaha. Neb.; St. .losepn, mo.; Iowa and Kansas. Tho winning team was composed or Ixju T. Reed, Ohio wa; I. D. Ilroz, Columbus: J. H. Slovcrson, Wlsner; W. A. Wadding ton, Beatrice; W. Veach, Falla City. Second place men wore: F. B. Cun ningham. rFed 11. Arnold, Zlm F. M. Llbbc and J. R. Stafford. High runs In tho race wore O. N. Ford of Central City, In., und J. II. Slovcrson, Wisner, each breaking forty-seven out of fifty. Tho winner of tho shoot-oft tomorrow will get the Cooms trophy. The high gun for tho day was William Veach, Falls City, with 13S; J. H. Slovcrson, second. 137; J. W. Burnham, Linden, la., third with 130. BRIDGING AN INLAND SEA. . "i Ono of the Most Stupendous and Difficult Feats of Railroad Engineering Successfully Accomplished. Wo have in times past been told much of wonderful feats in railroad building, and much has been written of tho engineering skill nnd daring that directed tho course of tho Iron horse across the plains nnd mountain)! that lio between the" Missouri rlvor and tho Pacific ocean, nnd magnitude of tho Union Pacific-Central Pacific has never been equaled. Tho energy and perseverance with which tho work was urged forward and tho rapidity with which it was nxeeuted. arc without u tlon or the use or these engines will mean the saving or nt least $1,500 a day In operating expenses and also a snvlng of several hours in running time. The nrlir'tia' "fi'ii" of the cut-off was conceived by the late Collls P. In .tho grandeur i Huntington. The plans wero perfect- the undertaking. I cd after the Into Col. Huntington's death nnd approved by Mr. Ilarrimnn when ho nssumed charge of the line. Active work wns commenced In 1902. and thus tho almost Imposslblo tnsk was completed In about 22 parallel In history" wero the state-' months. The last pile was driven dur- "Tho work Involved In this plan has been supervised by Messrs. Hnrrlman and Kruttschnitt of tho Southern Pa cific, and Messrs. Hurt and Berry of the Union Pacific, and those two rail roads have spout in tho last three years somewhere near $130,000,000 In ropalra nnd improvements nsldo from the expenses of operation or mainten ance." Colossal Crowds. In an introduction to his "Digest of tho Results of tho Census of England and Wales In 1901." Mr. Wllllnm San- The Lucln "Cut-Off" Across the Great Salt Lake. ments of the special government com missioners to the Secretnry of the Interior. Thirty-five yeais ago there was no time to spend on work similar to that which has Just been completed. Then tho world was watching while tho builders of tho Union Pacific and Cen tral Paclfle raced for supremacy. It was a magnificent contest, but nowa days the owners of the road have been brought to consider other problems. Ono of these necessitated the solution of tho grade question ami the straight ening of tho track. One of the most Interesting and clif- Ing tho Inst week or October. This great work has cost over $ 1,200,000. The cut-orf inns from Ogden west firtcen miles over level country be fore reaching the lake proper, then across tho oast arm or the lake nine miles to Promotory. Then live miles of solid road bed und then nineteen miles west over the west arm of tho lake toward Lucln and thence ncross tho Great Salt Lake desert to Lucln, Nevada. Across the east arm of tho lake, It will bo almost a continuous fill-in supported by trestle. Nenr tho middle of this will he a gap of 000 foot of open trestle work left for the Bear New The.itrn for Lincoln. David Bolasco, tho well known the atrical manauer of New York, an nounces that ho will this spring build a now theater to present his own at tractions in Lincoln, Neb., and eight other different cities In opposition to tho so-cnlled theatrical syndicates. Asked about his plans und location for the theater In Lincoln, ho said: "I am not In tho habit of building theaters on paper, nor don I ear to boast or my plans. I am ready to Btart work, however, nt once. I will not submit to any unreasonable demands, but will build a many houses as the situation In different cities demands. Already I have New York. Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Ixmdon." Relnsco Is backed by a largo syndi cate of rich capitalists who havo wit nessed his success. Waul Ireland to Ilitve Full Nlmrr. In tho house of commons George Wyndhanr, chief secretary for Iroland, replying to John Redmond, tho Irish leader, denied that he had ever pro posed Irish legislation with tho view of giving homo rulo to Ireland, or as a concession for tho purpose ot chang-tun- iim vIpwk nf tho nationalists. Ho also denied that ho had any under standing with the Irish party for any purpose. He had been cnrcrul not to dcludo tho Irish by rosy, ambiguous periods, but ho would insist that Ire land derive a ralr share or tho finan cial resources or tho empire. Mr. Wvndham did not believe tho Irish question would bo sottlcd Tor nt least fifty years. Even If rleland bad her own parliament sho would not. In tho present state of the money mar ket, find $7r)0,000,000 for tho purpose of carrying out tho provisions of the land act. ,, . Tho debate continued until tho sit ting waB suspended at 7:30 p. tn., a number of Irish members participating. 1 N -- - Jlfa - mm der3 gives the following curious sta tistics: "If all the peoplo of England and Wales had to pass through Ion ilon in procession, four nbreast, and every facility were afforded for their fieo and uninterrupted passage, dur ing twelve hours dally, Sundays ex cepted, it would tako nearly four months and a hall for the population to file through nt quick march, four deep. The length or this va3t col umn would be 3,7S8 mlle3. To count thorn singly nt the rate ot one a sec ond would tako nearly two years and a half, assuming that the same num nor of hours dally wero occupied, and that Sundays also wore excepted." View of the Track Across the Great Salt Lake. Committee of 1'oiir In I'lmri:. - Tho suh-rommlttoo on arrangements of the democratic national committee met at St. Louis to complete tho ar rangements for tho natlonnl conven tion. Committeemen Oamiwiu of Michi gan, Mack of New York. Johnson of Kansas, and Secretary Walsh of tho national committee, will net as a sub committee of tho committee on ar rangements and will servo in conjunc tion with tho local committee or the business men's league, visiting St. Louis frequently. Before adjournment tho members of tho committee expressed themselves as perfectly satisfied with tho arrange ments made by tho local committee. They declared tho Coliseum adequate for tho purposes of tho convention and that It in every way meets their ex pectations. Withoo iKRiim Srliool llomM. The Wnhoo, Nob., board of educa tion oted to Issuo $8,000 bonds of one hundred dollars ench with interest at 4 icY cent, pnynblo In 1914, with nn option to pay any nmount after 190C, home purchasers to ho given prefer ence In tho falo of the same. Tho board also voted to build all walls of tho now ward building of tlu eamo material, an addltlounl expense of $200. Brick lias been hauled for the build ing and ground for tho foundation will be broken in n few days. Itinmln MnhliiE Cnrclon. Tim liiwue Russe. Paris, says it has just received authoritative Informa tion showing that Russia Ib resolutely maintaining a pacific policy and thnt in tho note about to bo transmitted to tnnnn Khn has made all tho conces sions compatible with dignity. Russia will declare therein, uie paper i tlnues. that her interests In connec tion with tho rnllroud aro too great for her not to Insist upon occupying a po sition which will enable her to protect this costly enterprise, but she recog nizes also tho right of Japan to de velop, oxtend and creato outlets In Manchuria, as well as in Korea. The contents of tho Russian note, the Re- vuo HUEFc nvers, are inu" "". whero thoy havo created a most fa- vorablo Impression, in ony cbmc, wib paper concludes, Russia has decided not to ongngo Japan unless sho Is di rectly attacked. The Matin quotes what It terms a "high Fnglish authority" for tho fol lowing statement: "If Japan toeks to begin war b .e Jectlng Russla'B forthcoming responfo Grent Britain will uso all her Inlluence to hold her back." flcult feats of railroad engineering river, lich Hows into the arm of the over undertaken has Just been com- lake. plctcd the building of a bridge across t Across Promotory Point runs live tho Great Salt Iako between Ogden, inllos of solid road bed. and here dim- Utah, nnd Lucln, Nevada. i cult work was encountered, n cut of Tho work being practically com-j 3.0UD feet long in sand and nick of plcted. the new track was formally barren blurt being necessary. At ibis opened last Thanksgiving day when I point, the most bcnutiriil on this In Mr. K. H. Harriman. bead of the Hnr- t land sea, surveys havo been mado for rimnn lines, and a big part or railroad 1 nil Imniciibo summer resort. .,,.,.... t.iu iirlniil: .f 'I'l.n .1 l.-C-U-lli - I Afl'O.SS tilt! WOUt il V III III t!l( IflKf 1st dny dinner in the middle of Great Salt . eleven miles of trestle work with a Lake. ilii-m approach oi lour miles at each i through which it becomes possible to The Ogdcn-Lucln "Cut-Off" Is 102 j end. In completing tho work of span-I give out Impressions. Expression, to. miles In length. 72 miles on laud and ning tho lake one great dilllciilty wns her mind, is to bo a largely deter- 30 nillen of treble work and "fill-Ins" I encountered ncross tho east arm by j mining factor in the future progress Savage Courtehlp. Among the Ona Indians cf Tlcrra del Fuego courtship is not precisely a tender affair. When the g'.rl Is from a friendly gioup fie gallant presents her with hit hunting bow. If the girl returns it by her own hand it is a sign of acei'i-Unco. but if by the hand ot a messenger It 13 a refusal. But refusals are not common. The perse vering brae watches for an oppor tunity which brings him alone with the object of hl. affections. Ho then commands he r to follow him with all speed through the bush to his own camp. The girls are prone to yield prompt obcdlcnca, for a disappointed suitor may cinphnsl.o his displeasure by an arrow directed lightly at tho thigh or at her calves the especial vanity ot an Ona belle. Education in Expression. livery person has an inborn dcslro for i-prfssion. but this desire is yield ed to only by children or savages. Adults hclinol themselves In repres sion, which U called culture, snys Mivt. Stebbins in tho New York Tri bune. Shu went on to explain that when prisons thrill and vibrato to tho sound of grand music, or at tho sight ! of a imperii picture, it is tho re sponse of the hor.l to beauty. Mrs. Stebbins advocated tho study of tho technique ot expression ns a channel Ailmlritl Hclilcy Hn IJrliii. Admiral W. S. Schley Is confined to his homo In Washington by an attack of grippe. Monti"! ot SIlMonrl IlnlldlliK. Tho Missouri world's fair commis sion has nnmed Mrs. Richard Parks Bland, widow of the lormer miunn congressman nnd free silver leader, as hostess of tho Missouri state building. llttrtlltlnii'" New Syitrm. M. Bcrtlllon. of Paris, has devised a now method for tho better Identifica tion or unknown bodies taken to the. morgue. Tho foct that photographs ot dead persons do not always well por tray those persons a uu-y mihh. . whon niivo creuiuu uim.uiu. - Thcso M. Berttllou overcomes by tho Injection or glycerine Into the eyes or tho body, whereupon tho Has open, tho eyes becomo llfellko, the lips red don and tho whole faco seems to re vive, making It possible to tako a pho togranu resembling the person I ii i ll iiiii.. in i ii , liniiitffi IIMMMMMKW JIMW.Mftaft.il I'll t'- over the waters of Grent Salt Iako. It presents a practically level track ex cept for it short distance on the west end near Lucln, Nevada, whero a slight grade is encountered. The uso of this cut-off will throw out tho Iraus-cDUtlnentiil traflle over the old linn from Ogden to Lucln, Nevada, around tint lake. This strip of track Is ono of tho most expensho of tho Hnrrlman system, tho maximum grado over tho long Promotory lilll Is li)4 feet to tho milt) and helper engines uro always necessary. The elimlna- Railroad Officials at Formal Opening of the Ogdcn-Lucln "Cut-Off " T nl.i It II. rt QHlllln.. V .til I . . ' uiu ni-iiiuiK in im-ins ami irestio work. . ()f ti10 wnri,i This was caused bv thn k,ii nf ., I ... ."c..worl'1 flow of tho Bear river having collected for centuries over tho bottom or tho lake and having formed a salt wall of 100 roet. It took 1,000 tons of rock In piles which appear to have reached the bottom of tho lnko proper and which hns resulted in a firm and splendid road bed. In a speech which ho made at tho Aim Club. Salt Lnko City, on tho ove of tho opening of the "Cut-Oft," Mr. Harriman snld: To lllimti-nln lior Rill), Jeet, .Mrs. Stebbins gavo a selection from "Idyls of tho KlnK." Curtails Work, in an Insurance oillco whore It w&ti formerly necessary for a forco ot ciurkn to copy imme:i on rofer'jflcu cards to t,o m,.,i jn various place's, ono clerk now writes tho name on a KliiKle card with metallic. Ink, clamps " In a holder with u number of blanlc cards and llushea an x-ray through thfl prick.