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I Supreme Oourt Finally Bnlea on the Ken tucky OonteeU IT SAYS BECKHAM IS GOVERNOR Cannot rake Case From Hands of the Legislature—-Wot a Unanimous Decision —Four Judges Dissent From the Chief Justice. WASHINGTON, May 22.—The Ken tucky governorship case was yesterday decided by the United States supreme court in the interest of Beckham, af firming the decision of the Kentucky court of appeals. The opinion was handed down by Chief Justice Fuller and the case was dismissed for want of turlsdiction and that the determination of cases of this character, contests for state offices, must necessarily be settled by the po litical branch of the government. That branch had acted in the Kentucky case when t.he general assembly took Jurisdiction. There was no appeal from the assembly’s decision, which waa.favpn»fcde ,i° Goebel.and Beckham , except to t8e tribunal of the people, which tribunal the chief Justice said was always in session. He also said the case Was purely a state case, that Kentucky was in full possession of its faculties as a member of the unjon and that there was no emergency at this time calling for interference. The opinion in the eKntucky case was not unanimous, some bf the Jus tices dissenting. Justices Brewer, Har lan, Brown and McKenna were the dis senting Justices. After reviewing the facts In the case Chief Justice Fuller said: “It is ob viously essential to the independence of the states and to their peace and tranquility and their power to pre scribe the qualifications of their own officers, the tenure of their offices, the manner of their election and the grounds on which the tribunals before which and the mode in which such elections may be contested should be exclusive' and. free from external In terference except so far as plainly provided by the constitution of the United States and where con troversies over the election of state officers have reached the state courts in the manner provided and have been determined in accordance with state constitutions and state laws the case must necessarily be rare in which the interference of this court can be prop ly invoked.” The cnler ustice tnen reviewea we case of Boyd against Thayer, Wilson against North Carolina, Kennard against Louisiana and Foster against Kansas and continued: “The grounds on whlcn our jurisdic tion is sought' to be maintained in the present case are set forth in the errors assigned to the effect in substance: “ ‘1. That the action of the general assembly in the matter of these con tests deprives plaintiff in error of their offices without due process of law. “2. That the action of the general assembly deprives the people of Ken tucky of the right to choose their own representatives secured by the guaran-' ty of the federal constitution of a re publican iorm of government to every state and deprive them of their polit ical liberty without due process of law.” MANY INJURED IN THE RIOTS. Two Workmen Die Prom the Effect of Saber Wounds. BERLIN, May 22.—The strike dis turbances yesterday were mostly con fined to the Roseyhalerthor district. Elsewhere they were unimportant. Order was restored at midnight. Two policemen were severely "ia* Jured and two workmen have died from wounds inflicted with sabers. Fifty others were injured and 103 ar rests were made. The motortnen and conductors on the Karlsruhe Electric tramways struck today for higher wages and shorter hours. Traffic i3 partially sus pended. Carter Harrison Withdraws. CHICAGO, May 22.—At a meeting of the Cook county democrats today Rob ert E. Burke, acting as Mayor Carter H. Harrison’s spokesman, made official announcement of the withdrawal of Harrison as a gubernatorial candidate. Following this declaration the 250 members present endorsed Judge Mur ray F. Tuley as the candidate for gov ernor. ; Nomination* by the President. WASHINGTON, May 22.—The presi dent today sent to the senate the fol lowing nominations: Lon B. Foote of - Arriba, Colo., to be register of the land office at Hugo, Colo.; William R. Ed wards of Fargo, N. D., to be receiver of public moneys at Rampart City, Alas ka; Thorn well Hayes of South Caro lina, to be consul at Rouen, France. Inspecting; Navy Tarda. SAN FRANCISCO, May 22—Rear Admiral Hichborn, chief constructor of the navy, has arrived in this city on a tour of navy yard inspection. He will visit Mare island navy yard be fore leaving for the north. Holy War In Nortb Africa. LONDON, May 22.—The Algiers correspondent of the Daily Mail says: There is little doubt that a holy war has been proclaimed in the south of Algeria and Morocco. Probably this is due to the movement of French troop3. Orders freight Rates l>own. LINCOLN, May 21.—Taking advan tage of the federal court of appeals’ decision at St. Paul, whtcn denied the injunction asked by the Burlington company, the State Board of Transpor tation today took steps to put into ef fect its order for a reduction of freight rates 10 per cent on cattle, 5 per cent on hogs and 30 per cent on foodstuffs. When the order wa3 made last winter the Burlington, claiming nonjurisdic tion, appealed to the United States district court. The decision wag ad verse to the company and it took the case to the court of appeals. s THE DEMOCRATS ARE REJOICING. Highly Elated Ormr the Decision of t'i* (7. 8. Supreme Coiirt. FRANKFORT. Ky.. May 23.—AT»a announcement of the eupreme court decision at Washington in the gov ernorship contest was received here with the wildest demonstration on the part of the democrats. Taylor sol diers. who have been In charge of the state capltol building and grounds since January 30, the day Governor Goebel was assassinated, evacuated and turned the Btate grounds, the Gatling guns and military equipments over to Assistant Adjutant General Murray (dem.), who took charge while the democrats of the city were already Jollifying over the decision. The Taylor soldiers, before giving up their sovereignty on the state capltol square, were lined up by Adjutant General Collier, who formally notified them he had orders from Governor Taylor to dismiss all the soldiers and that the evacuation would begin at once. Before the soldiers left cheers were given for the deposed governor, W. S. Taylor, ex-Governor Bradley, Charles Finley, Caleb Powers and others. The fire bells were rung, cannons boomed and the city was put in holi day attire in honor of Governor Beck ham. A touching incident of the day occurred when 2,000 people marched to the cemetery, each wearing a flower, which was cast upon the grave of the late William Goebel, making the little mound which marks his last resting place a vast bank of flowers. There were no ceremonies at the grave ex cept a prayer by Rev. T. F. Taliaferro of the Methodist church. The republican state officials other than governor and lieutenant governor are holding a conference here. Ex Governor W. O. Bradley, chief counsel for Governor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Marshall, says the contest over the minor offices will be carried up to the United States supreme court also. These officials maintain that there are issues Involved in their cases which were not decided in the gover norship case and say they will carry their cases to the United States su preme court. INSURGENTS GETTING ACTIVE, American Troop* In Coast Towns Con* •tsntly Harrassrd. MANILA, May 23.—General James M. Bell, commanding the hemp prov inces of southern Luzon, has Issued on order to his officers not to attempt to organize the municipal govern ments as prescribed by Major General Otis in his recent order, on account of the disturbed conditions. The Amer icans occupy only a few coast towns, which the insurgents surround, con stantly assailing the garrisons, which are too small to attempt operations in the surrounding country. Major Wise, with two companies, is in Donsol, an important town of Sor sogon, surrounded by a thousand in surgents. The Americans occupy trenches and are constantly exchang ing shots with the enemy. Several regiments are needed to control each southern province, but they cannot be spared from their present stations. Another squadron of cavalry will be sent to General Bell. TO ATTEND G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. President McKinley Accepts Commander Sliaw's Invitation* WASHINGTON, May 23.—General Albert D. Shaw, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., in company with Mr. Patrick of the G. A. It. committee oh legislation, called on the president and invited him and Mrs.,M£X*m;y ft &' t«nd thq. satibuai encampment at Chi "ffago on August 27. The president as sured him that if nothing occurred to prevent he would certainly be pres ent. General Shaw also has-received" the acceptance of Mrs. U. S. Grant and her daughter, Mrs. Sartoris. of his Invitation to be present on that oc casion as the guests of the Grand Army. BOERS LEAVE LAING’S NEK. Road Now Open for General Bailer to Enter the Tranivaal. LONDON, May 23.—A dispatch from Pietermaritzburg, dated Monday, May 21, says tne Boers are reported to have entirely left Natal, leaving Laing’s nex free. If this 1b true it leaves the way open for General Buller to advance into the Transvaal as soon as the repairs of the railroads are suf ficient to insure good communication. Lord Roberts Is still at Kroonstadt, reorganizing* his forces. Concede Demands of Plumbers. CHICAGO, May 23.—Communica tions from fifteen members of the Mas ter Plumbers’ association have been received by the plumbers’ union cen ceding the demands of the union aud asking the men to return to work. President Clinch of the union says that 300 men will be at work thi3 week, leaving out of employment about 40 men. MeBnnery and Foster for Senate. NEW ORLEANS, May 23—The dem ocratic legislative caucus at Baton Rouge tonight united upon Senator Samuel D. McEnery atm former Gov ernor Murphy J. Foster for the United States senate. The legislature is sol? idly democratic and -he candidates will be formally elected tomorrow. No Message From Kroger. LONDON, May 23.—The Associated Press is able to say that no message from President Kruger direct or indi rect ha3 recently been received by Lord Salisbury or by any department of the British government, nor, it may be added, is any communication from him dealing with the question of ces sation of hostilities expected by them in the Immediate future. The prox imity of peace, according to the gov ernment point of view, will remain a matter of military progress. How soon the latter may bring about the former 1« still too supposititious for a serio«v, forecast. STATS BOARD CAN AW Injunction of the Burlington Bail road is Hot Granted. > m afpcal heard at st. pah • «„»,,! . ■ » ■ . 1 DmIiIoi Lnin tka Nebraska Board of Transportation la Poaltloa to Act—Will Now Proceed With Inves tigation—Miscellaneous Nebraska New and. Notes. LINCOLN, May 23.—The stockhold ers of the Burlington road who asked Judge Munger for an Injunction to prvent the board of truVportatlon from Interfering In any manner with railroad rates were defeated In Cue appeal case In the United States cir cuit court of appeals at St. Paul, Minn. Attorney General Smyth re ceived a telegram notifying him that the decision of Judge Munger hvi been affirmed. The decision of Judge Munger was that the Burlington road was not entitled to an Injunction- to prevent the board of transportation with railroad rates. This decision leaves the state board of transporta tion in a position to do some haifcl work. Further appeal by the Bur lington is not considered possible be cause in such cases an appeal cannot be taken to the United States su preme court without special permis sion, which is rarely granted. Attor ney General Smyth said that the board would proceed with an investiga tion and a hearing will be set, at which time the roads will be required to show cause why the order of the board should not be-enforced. The order of the board was that rates on cattle should be reduced 10 per cent, the rate on hogs 5 per cent and the rates on corn and feed stuffs 30 per cent. This order was issued by the board after a hearing in which the road contended for the right to charge for live stock by the hundred pounds instead of by the carload. *116 board decided that rates per hundred pounds were more equitable for all concerned, but that as the change re sulted in an increase the rates per hundred pounds should be reduced 10 per cent on cattle and 5 per cent on hogs. Now the board will grant a hearing and evidence will be taken bearing on the justness of the de crease. Some contend' that the de crease should be greater if the board desires to make the rate equal to the old carload rates, while railroad men contend that the decrease is unjust and that it will work a hardship to soma roads. Growth of the Unlvcrtltr Llhnry. LINCOLN, May 23.—During the year just passed the University of Ne braska library ha3 grown more than in any previous year in its history. An amount very close to $10,000 has been expended in books, binding and periodicals and the accessions to the library have numbered 4,650 bound volumes. The sources from which books are added to the library are as follows: Most of the books are bought already bound. 'I he library takes regularly nearly 600 current periodicals and these are annually bound, forming nearly as many volumes. Several hundred volumes are also added by do nation. The United States govern ment is the largest single donor; but many of the states, institutions of learning and individuals are included in the list of gifts. During the same time the library has also received Sev eral thousand pamphlets, which are bound into volumes as soon as enough " • hm/.n «kI IlMr i.-uit' accumulate on any one suojucv.'-i.L instance of this are the volumes on “Imperialism,” and it is safe io say that (the Unlve’raity library has the best collection of the minor literature on the subject in the state. Big Transfer of Stock. CHADRON, Neb., May 23.—A deal of larger than ordinary proportions was made in Chadron more than a month ago. It was between Charlie Coffee and Bartlett Richards' and in the trade the former became owner of the beautiful Richards home in this city and of a large share of the stock of the First National bank here. The bank, which was one of the strongest in the country, is now stronger, as Mr. Coffee is a millionaire stockman of Nebraska and Wyoming. The prin cipal stockholders cf the bank are now Mr. Coffee, Mr. Richards and his brother, the governor of Wyoming. Mr. Coffee’s ranch was overstocked and he sold to Mr. Richards two thou sand heifers, which the latter will place on his large ranch In Cherry county. State Capital Note*. LINCOLN, May 23.—The Modern Woodmen of America have appealed from a judgment for over $3,000 in favor of Mary Kozak of Gage county, the mother of John Kozak, who com mitted suicide while holding a $3,000 policy in that fraternal insurance or ganization. The company contends that the policy should not be paid be cause it contained a clause that the policy would be void in the event the insured took his own life. The board of public lands and build ings met and rejected all bids on a Are proof building at the Hastings asylum for the reason that no bid came within the appropriation of $30, 000 available for the work. The low est combination of bids was $7,605 more than the appropriation. Young Coll (Jains Liberty. CHADRON, Neb., May 23.—George Coil, the young man recently convicted of the murder of Tom Ryan on the range in Dawes county, and taken to the penitentiary at Lincoln, has been given the privilege of his liberty'upon a $10,000 bond by the supreme court until that body can pass upon a ques tion of rehearing. The bon$ was signed by a number of inhuentlal stock men of Dawes county in the sum of $50,000, and was promptly approved. M. E. Ford of Lyons will appear at the penitentiary and ask for his nephew. THE EROST CASE NOT ENDED. Coroner's Jury Will Not Report rally for line Time Vet. YORK, Neb., May 25.—The fact that Mrs. Margaret Frost has been released from jail under order of the coroner's jury has given rise to the erroneous opinion, whtch is quite general here, that she will never be formally charged with the murder of her husband. It is thought tlv.t she was liberated either because the report of the chem ist who analysed the dead man's stom ach was not consistent with the the ory of her guilt or because to further prosecute the case would, drag in com jrttcatton* which the coroner's Jury wished to suppress. This view of the situation is entirely incorrect. Mrs. Frost’s release from Jail has absolutely no significance touching her gutlt or innocence. It does not mean that the case will be dropped. It doesn’t pur port a change of mind on the part of the jury or any of its members. On this point George W. Poet, foreman, says: “The coroner’s Jury is simply wait ing for further information from the chemist. The case before us stands now as it has stood ever since we began our investigations. So far as I know, there has been no recent change of opinion with any of the jurors. Mrs. Frost is today regarded by the jury in the same light as be for eher release was ordered. That fact has no significance as to the Jury's opinion." The order under which the woman was released reads as follows: “To W. R. Knapp, M. D„ Coroner of York County, Nebraska: We, the un dersigned jurors who were summoned by you on the 27th day of April, 1900, to hold an Inquest upon the body of Charles W. Frost, say that we have ex amined a largo numheriof witnesses and caused an autopsy to be held, at which a portion of the body was removed and placed in the hands of a competent chemist for chemical ex amination and analysis. The chemist has not yet submitted a complete anal ysis of the parts of the body so placed with him, and for that reason the Jury is unable to complete its work and reach a verdict at the present time, and it will be necessary to adjourn the Inquest until the final report and analysis is completed and submitted by the said chemist to the jury, and as several days may elapse before that time, we therefore request that you, as coroner, instruct Mr. J. H. Affler baeh, constable,- who has in his custody Mrs. Margaret Frost, to release her and give her her liberty until further finding of the Jury. George W. Post, W. K. Williams, Charles A. McCloud, Edward B. Woods, George W. Shreck, George E. Chilcote.” Chances in Nebraska National Guards. LINCOLN, May 25.—Adjutant Gen eral Barry has Issued the following orders covering changes In the Ne braska National Guard: The resignation of Second Lieuten ant Samuel H. McClary, Company L, Second regiment, Is accepted. The commanding officer of Company L, Second regiment, will notify his com mand at the first regular meeting of the vacancy existing in the office of second lieutenant and shall proceed to an election to fill the vacancy in ac cordance with section 24, Military Code of state. The following members of Company A, Second regiment, are honorably dis charged from the service of the state: Sergeant L. A. Downing, Musician Al len E. Elssworth, Private Lenord Hale, Private Ben J. LaRue, Private Guy D. Frame, Private Thomas A. Pickrel and Private Gus A. Robinson. Prof. Backus Wanted East. 'av^RON, Neb., May 25—Pro/, W. CHAi/i^jjj^ij, - laid*.-thi ^Q.J>ill li B. Backus, superintendent ~<ff the Chad ron city schools for the past two years, who was formerly a practicing attor ney of Omaha, where he had won fame for winning' lightning divorce cases, had declined a re-election here, has been elected superintendent of the Bellevue schools at Pittsburg, Pa., at |2,000 a year. The professor has not accepted the election as yet, but as he is going to Washington city next week, will go by the way of Pittsburg and personally look over the situation be fore deciding. Mr. Backus longs to re turn to the practice of his profession and- may go to Omaha and do so, after returning from the Paris exposition. I Asks Requisition for Nelson. LINCOLN, Neb., May 25.—Governor Poynter has issued requisition papers on the governor of Missouri asking the return of John O. Nelson, who was convicted of burglary in Clay county, but escaped from the county jail. Nelson is now supposed to be confined in the county jail at Car thage, Mo. The requisition was granted. Fell Dead on the Street. COLUMBUS, Neb., May 25:—John Bucher fell dead on Ninth street from heart failure. He came from Califor nia, which has been his home for a few years, ten days ago to take charge of the business of his brother, Wil liam Bucher, for several months, and the latter left Monday for the Paris exposition. 8ife Cracker* at Phillip*. PHILLIPS, neb., May 25.—Safe crackers wrecked the strong box of the Bank of Phillips, but failed to get the cash. Bloodhounds have been unable to get the trail of the robbers. Motion for a Rehearing. LINCOLN, May 25.—Attorneys for the plaintiffs in error in the case of William A. Paxton et al. against the State filed a brief in the supreme court concerning the procedure on the mo tion of the attorney general for a re hearing of the case. They contend that neither the constitution nor the statutes provide for a rehearing or re view by the supreme court of its own judgments. This is the case wherein fc’ie ttate seeks to recover from the bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Bart ley the money lost by the state through his defalcation. WILD PAYS IN KANSAS TOWN WHERB MEN DIED WITH BOOTS ON. For Mor* Than Two Town H»y» City VTtu Baled by Ik* Oak Ud Score* •r Um ffero Wiped Oak—Wild BUI Blekok. , The recent decision of Congress to give old Fort Hays to the state of Kansas for use as a branch of the State Agricultural College has started a flood of reminiscences about the town of Hays City, which sprung up to the north under the protection of the garrison. Hays City started with the building of the first trans-continental railroad across the plains. All the border char acters who had followed the construc tion of the railroad westward went to Hays City, then known as Fort Hays. There was neither law nor order there for two years and a half after the town sprang up. There were murderers by the score in Hays City. Wild Bill Hlckok was the boss-killer-in Hays City. He boast ed that he had killed 17 white men in his day. Over In a sun-baked ceme tery on a side hill, west of Hays City, lie all who died in the town until 1880. There nre about 240 graves, and near ly 90 of them were filled by tragedies of some sort. Only slight provocation was needed for murder. The Empire Hotel, a frame structure with a few bunks and much room for a saloon and gambling, was the scene of a sample shooting affair. One day in December, 1873, a gambler named Lewis, from Chicago, had a dispute with the bartender, Jim Daly, about how rich was a friend of theirs in a dance hall down the street. Lewis ran to the door, and, turning, drew his revolver and fired at Daly. The latter snatched a pistol from be hind the bar and returned the fife. This was kept up until both men had emptied their pistols, and then Daly, being mortally wounded, went to the back of the saloon, laid himself out upon the billiard table aud died. While the shooting was going on a little stage driver named Frsgland decided' to take a hand in the tghting. His only weapon was a single-barreled, muzzle-loading pistol. Taking this in his hand, he rushed up behind Lewis, and, at the distance of only a few yards, shot him squarely between the shoulders. Then, without waiting to see the result of his shot, he dropped the weapon and fled. • Lewis, who happened to be wearing a heavy overcoat, did not even know that he had been hit, and continued his main fight as if nothing had hap pened. When about a mile from town the fleeing Freeland met some men and reported that he had killed Lewis. Then he continued his flight, and from that day to this no human being is known to have seen him alive or dead. No story of the exciting days in early Hays City is complete without something about James William Hlc kok, better known as Wild Bill. He was a notorious desperado and man killer, and on that score was hired to keep order as city marshal in Hays City. When a salary of $200 a month was offered him he put on a silver star and took two huge loaded revolv ers and started out on his new duties. His revolvers were very heavy, and bis favorite way of using them was by clubbing. Grasping the handles, he ..would pound an obstreperous cowboy soarliueni.—Uaft'daie oUt&.Lthe^utmost intowTfisensfBfTfty1 OffR®ce of in-j-^ ease. He never let up for a moment in his endeavor to keep order. His treat ment of his old companions among the cow punchers and saloon men made him many enemies, and they de clared they would have his life. He never walked on the sidewalk, know ing there might be an armed foe lurk ing for him. His bitterest foe was Philip Cole, who declared he would shoot him on sight. One day Hlckok stood" in front of the Daisy saloon. Cole came up the street and neared the sidewalk. There was a shot fired at the marshal, whether by Cole or some cowboys nearby will never be known, but in an instant Wild Bill drew both his revolvers and placed two bullets in Cole’s breast. The holes where they entered were not two inches apart, although the men were twenty feet fi-om each other. The shooting emptied the neighboring sa loons and 100 or more men were on the spot in a moment. Hickok or dered them to disperse and be quick about it, and they dispersed. Before the bystanders had fallen back far Mike Williams, who bad heard the shooting, came running up from an other part of the town. Either Wild $ill did not recognize him, cr thought that Williams had turned against him, for, with the same unerring aim that he had just exhibited, he leveled both revolvers again and two more bullets found their mark. Williams sank, bleeding, to the ground. President J. H. Raymond. President Jerome H. Raymond of the University of West Virginia, under whose presidency marvelous things have been accomplished, has felt con strained to resign because some of his important recommendations were not acted upon by the state board. Most men who had accomplished so much as he has in five years would think themselves in great luck, but Dr. Ray mond has high ideals, and prefers not to put in his time and energy unless all conditions are favorable. No man of his years has made such a record as his has been at Morgantown, and all who are familiar with his work there will follow him into whatever f.eld he may enter with great inter est.—Journal of Education. CAT DISPLAYS STRATBOV. FaUna Ingenuity Worthy a Military Export. It was not his else or his beauty which made him remarkable, though his possession of these attributes of feline superiority easily made him prominent among the cats of the neighborhood, with whom he waged unrelentless warfare, but the fact is that he possessed a controlling mind and a strategetic ability that would hare made him a great commander had he been born in a more exalted sphere of life. For this cat with true_^. diplomacy, made friends with the dogs of his particular domain and went forth to battle attended by a body guard whose appearance inspired re spect and assisted him in his com bats. An English mastiff, a bird dog, and a small cocker spaniel shared bis meals, and later enabled him to gain victories over his hated rival, the gray cat across the street. This cat had ” had many a contest with that gray cat, but the combat always resulted In a draw, because of the guerilla taotlcs of his wary opponent, who pre ferred a short fight and a rapid dash towafety to a prolonged conflict where the superior weight and fighting abil ity of the cat with the controlling mind would have a decided advantage. The thought that victory, undisputed, had never yet perched upon his ban ners, vexed the soul at the diplomatic feline and embittered his milk and beefsteak with the wormwood of ven geance long delayed. But at last di- _ plomacy triumphed and retribution overtook the gray prowler and dis turber of midnight slumber. One day la a fatal hour the gray cat Invaded the precincts of the feline Bismarck when the allies of the latter were at> hand. When he struck a sudden blow and ran. a smile of Joy parted the whiskers of the cat with thereon- r> trolling mind, and with him the dogs joined the chase. Because of their superior numbers the dogs easily caught and brought to bay the gray cat and then formed a ring about him while the avenger entered the arena and began the bat tle. Continually driven back into the ring by the three dogs, the gray cat was unable to .pursue his favorite tac tlcar and the result, after one of the prettte*t~“cat scraps" that that ward had ever seen, was complete victory for the cat with the diplomatic incli nations. Only when the gray cat, by a flying leap over the heads of the dogs, escaped did he let up in the work of righteous retribution. Then In the consciousness of victory, the conquer or returned, accompanied by his al lies, to his repast of milk and beef steak, lord of his own domain. And the surrounding neighborhood as far as three blocks owned his undisput ed sway.—Grand Rapids Herald. . v U|>1 BpelUoK* Under. the heading “What the Puerto Rican Bill Provides” a Repub lican newspaper says: “Misunder standing and misconception of the Puerto Rican tariff measure, which ha» just become a law, are prevalent to a most unfortunate extent.” That is so, and this newspaper is an ex ample of the fact. The bill referred to provides that the name of our in sular colony—as It is made by the act of Congress—shall be spelled Porto Rico, and not “Puerto Rico.” There never was any reason why the Spanish spelling of the name should have been preserved. It was a mere affectation and fad of the class of intellectual dudes who persist in pronouncing .Paris “Paree” and fall to understand I rest opportunity ft b3<£&^^9therj)rj>tH»|L_ ^ that all geo^ftifftifcal anif *®DO***®^’ names are anglicized in our~da$i)r* versation and in the official papers’^ the government. It would be just im proper for us to speak of Spain an “Espana" or Vienna as “Wien” or Brunswick as "Braunschweig” as to retain the Spanish spelling and pro nunciation of Puerto Rico. Through out the Puerto Rico bill the anglicized spelling is retained.—Chicago Chroni cle. Phoniest A Brookline (Mass.) family was sim ply horrified recently when a small daughter of the house broke forth into song with the words, “To hell with the birth of Christ.” The amazement was intense, and they very naturally put a stop at once to such irreverence. Upon questioning the child, they learned that she had been taught the song in school, and an investigation quickly followed to determine what manner of teacher had the oversight of their own little darling and of other children, as well. It was soon learned that the teacher, a most competent and careful one, had been instructing her pupils in the words of a Christmas carol, which were: “To Herald the Birth of Christ." This was different! The innocent young one, not under standing the meaning of the correct words, had sung them as they sounded to her. Did this happen, or is it sim ply a bit of jollying at the expense of Superintendent Dutton? Probably the latter.—Journal of Education. i -j An Indian Child's Prayer. Miss Mary P. Lord, a teacher among the Sioux Indians, tells U3 this beau tiful little story: "An Indian baby was dying. It lay in its father's arms, while nearby stood another little daughter, a few years older, who was a Christian. ‘Papa/ said the little daughter, ‘little sister is going to 4 heaven to-night. Let me pray.’ As she said this she kneeled at her fath er’s kuee, and this was the sweet lit tle prayer which fell from her lips: ‘Father God, little sister is coming to see you to-night. Please open the door softly, and let her hi-. Amen.’ Ram’s Horn.