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Indian Attach Near Lexington and
Plum Creek Described in History
A vivid and startling account of
tho wrecking of the Union Taciflc
train near Lexington by Indians in
J 867 and the railroad attack of Tlum
Creek in the same year, is (riven in
"Nebraska Hintory and Pioneer
Days."
On the night of August 7, 1867,
the railroad wreck, which took place
about S 1-2 miles west of the present
site of Lexington, occurred. About
nine o'clock, shortly after dark, the
wrecking was done by the Indians.
The section men had been working at
that point during the day and hrd
left their tools alongside the track.
The Indians, who had been on the
lookout, watching the men from the
islands in the Tlatte river, took the
tools, pulled out the spikes, and
raised the rails to a height of three
or four feet. They then took down
the telegraph wires and fastened
blocks of wood to each rail.
Operator Discover Trouble
As there was only one wire used
for the telegraph, the agent discov
ered at once that he could not send
or receive mesages and hd therefore
ordered the section men to. go and
find the trouble. So seven men went
out on the hand car. They noticed
first a fire built on the north side of
the track, on the opposite side of
which the Indians were hiding in
some tall grass. The hand car hit
some blocks of wood which the In
dians had tied to the rails, and it
jumped the track. Then about forty
Indians on ponies appeared, and
started yelling and shooting arrows
and guns at the section men, who
were armed, and returned the fire.
When the men made a break to get
away from the Indians, who were
riding in a circle around them, one
of the men was captured. The In
dians took their tomahawks and cut
him to pieces. They scalped the next
man caught. Another man was shot
in the hip, and three made their es
cape uninjured.
About this time a freight train ran
into the trap. It had about twenty
five cars; the first four or five filled
with dry goods and provisions. The
engineer and fireman were killed in
stantly when the train was wrecked.
The conductor, who was uninjured
ran back on foot toward Plum Creek,
stopped another train which was com
ing along and backed it into that
station. The next day the two
brakemen appeared at Brady Island.
' When the Indians heard the noise
of the wreck, they left the section
men and ran to tho train. After
plundering the cars and taking all
the merchandise, they set fire to
them and hold a big Pow-Wow, or
Indian dance.
Word Received From Omaha
That same night, the conductor of
tho train received word from head
quarters at Omaha that it was not
safe for the men to stay in Plum
Creek. Ho took all the men and their
families on the train with the excep
tion of two men who remained to
guard their property, and went to
Elmcreek for the night. The next
morning he received orders to return
to Tlurn Creek to see how things
were. The women and children were
sent on to Grand Island.
One of the eye-witnesses of the
scattering of the Indians relates it
thus: "When we got back to Plum
Creek we could see a black smoke
where the wreck was. The conduct
or hooked a flat car on the front of
the engine and we all got aboard
with our guns and ammunition and
started toward it. We stopped about
a mile away, because there were In
dians around and we were afraid of
being surrounded. With bolts of
calico tied to their horses' tails, the
Indians were riding around in circles
and a bunch of them were gathered
around two barrels of whiskey.
Brother Patrick being a crack shot
and having a long range rifle, 50-70
calibre, was delegated to pick off
the leader, which he did with the first
shot. This caused the Indians to
scatter and leave for the islands in
the river. We then moved the wreck
and pulled the caboose away from the
burning cars. We found coffee, su
gar, dry goods, and other provisions
scattered about; boots with the tops
cut off the Indians cut the tops off
and put them on their legs but they
wouldn't wear the bottom part in
fact we picked up about three car
loads of merchandise that was left
on the ground."
LYtlAH IS NATIONAL
COUHITTEE IJEUBER
Pharmaceutical Curriculum Ai Given
In Colleges Will Be Revised
By This Body
Dean Rufus A. Lyman has recently
been named a member of a com
mittee of five of tho most prominent
pharmaceutical educators in the
country, known ns the Curriculum
Committee of Commonwealth Fund.
It has recently completed a study of
Pharmaceutical Education in tho
United States.
The work is to be directed by Dr.
W. W. Charters of the School of
EdwsHon University of Chicago;
The t of the committee is to
rev' y present pharmaceutical
curriculum as given in the various
colleges in the United States. This
will be done along lines made neces
sary by the facts which have been
found out in the commonwealth fund
study of pharmaceutical practice in
the United States.
Other members of the committee
are :
Dean Edward Kraus, University of
Michigan; Dean Julius Coch, Univer
sity of Pittsburg; Dean W. F. Sun-
dro, University of North Dakota;
Dean C. W. Johnson, University of
Washington.
Rebirth of Youth
Is Topic of Forum
(Continued Prom Tage One)
ART EXHIBIT IS DELATED
Pass Resolution
Defending R. O. T. C.
(Continued From Page One)
training is nothing new. It has
merely taken a new form. Its the
same wolf in another sheep's cloth
ing, a black sheep this time.
You know what happened in the
war of 1812. la 1814 we called to
the colors 235,000 men, but at the
battle of Bladenburg we could assem
ble but 6401 men, who in the pres
ence of the President and his cabinet
were defeated by 1,500 British witW
a los to the Americans of 8 killed
and 11 wounded. The result was the
burning of our capital.
Many Peace Societies
Since the war a great many peace
societies have been active throughout
the United States under various
names. At one time over sixty were
in operation. You recall the one
that adopted a resolution in its na
tional convention asking) that the
youth of this country take an oath
never to serve the country in any
war, the girls to rwear that they
would not become nurses or make
bandages for the wounded or in any
way help in case of war. When they
were smoked out and the people were
shown the true import of their pro
gram, the society died under that
name but the same people formed
a new society under another name.
"Would a rose tinder any other name
smell as sweet?"
As you all know there is now a
very active campaign looking to the
destruction of our present system.
It now takes the form of opposition
to the R. O. T. C. Initially it tries
to remove the compulsory part of
the teaching of military science in
the Land Grant Colleges, and other
schools maintaining the R. O. T. C;
if successful in that step it advances
to the proposition that all military
training is injurious and seeks to re
move it, as is shown in the action in
the campaign to remove military
Cleveland schools where a junior R.
O. T. C. unit was maintained.
Aim At Root of Reserve Corps
You can see how it thus strikes at
the very root of the Reserve Corps as
embodied in the National Defense
Act. I do not have to go into the
value of military training for the
college youth. You have all had it
and know the basic principles taught.
Greater self reliance, discipline, in
itiative and above all command and
leadership. If we teach nothing else
I believe that the course of Mili
tary science well justifies itself in
teaching of these subjects.
This movement has been injected
into student affairs. A number of
colleges have taken a vote on the
subject.
You can readily see that the only
means of combating sue a propa
ganda is by the presentation of the
facts of history.
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iwnij-ior vju raining Will Ue
Huns; Later in the Week
The School of Fine Arts announced
yesterday that due to the delay in
receiving the exhibit, the Art exhibit
planned to start Thursday, will pro
exhibit will not be hung until the
last part of this week. This exhibit
especially planed for a college circuit,
will consist of twenty-four oil paint
ings by contemporary American art
ists. Among the more prominent
artists whose works are to be dis
played are Emil Carlson, Ben Foster,
Childe Hassam, and Hayley Lever.
The Fine Arts college purchased an
original last year by Lever and it now
hangs in the Art Gallery.
war that we can hope to do some
thing.
"There is a great peace educational
movement in Holland. It has swept
the Scandinavian countries. It has
a firm hold in England. A new Tur
key hns taken her democratic form
of government from Switzerland.
She has broken loose from her age-
old customs and traditions and turn
ed her face toward tho new future.
Action in All Countries
"Gandhi has inspired India to work
for freedom but not to hate Eng
land. Without the use of war, China,
by boycott, drove tho Japanese from
China and removed tho stranglehold
they had taken on China economic
nlly. It resulted in the youth of
Japan siding in with the Chinese. A
wave of liberalism swept Japan driv
ing the old feudalistic militarism of
the past from power. The youth of
Japan is now fronting forward.
"But they are becoming discour
aged because America is entering on
the greatest war-machine program of
the world. Japanese jingoes point
to America's war program, her vast
expenditures for equipment and her
soldier training program as an indica
tion of our intention to crush her.
They are unable to believe that Am
erica has peaceful intentions in viev
of our preparations for war.
"South America took her govern
mental forms from the United States.
But today she fears the overshadow
ing hand of the economic imperialism
of the United States.
Must Learn to Live Together
"We must build a new program
through the youth of the world, one
of tolerance and of justice. It is es
sential that troubles be removed.
They cannot be settled by .modern
scientific methods of warfare. The
possibilities of gas warfare make all
nations feel that they must be pre
pared to strike first.
"The great factor in the renais
sance of youth is their realization
that we must learn to live together.
We must adjust our economic prob
lems. We musjt establish interna
tional organizations to administer
justice based on the outlawry of war.
jit is the bringing about of economic
and political Justice which is the
hope of the world.
"The safest boundary line in the
world has always been that between
the United States and Canada. Why?
Because it has never been guarded.
Build Peace on Justice
"We must build peace by under
standing. We must build peace on
justice. We must create a willing
ness to grant justice.
"Wo have no right to turn the
world over to the future generations
without bringing about the aims of
our recent 'war to end war.' "
Following Mr. Harrison's address
a lively discussion session ensuea,
lasting until almost two o'clock. The
extent of the youth movement, its fi
nancial support, rights of free speech,
academic freedom, compulsory mili
tary drill, compulsory chapel, necess
ity of armed defense internationally
or domestically, and connection of
United States to the League of Na
tions were brought into the discus
sion. About ene hundred and twenty
five were present at the meeting in
cluding representatives of those ad
vocating tho repeal of compulsory
military training at the University,
and officers in the military depart
ment of the University.
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'Seventeen yetrt ro S. S. Kmge,
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me the nm good fortune now
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Lewltburg, Pa., havlngtaken their
Engineering Course. The prevtoui
vummeri 1 had apent In construction
work on the D. &. W. R. R.
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