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Last week we. requested aU readers
wf the Independent who wish to learn
the game of chess or having already
learned wish tot improve their chess
. knowledge, to write the Chess Editor
t a. letter covering the following points:
: 1. Glre jour name- and address , and
distance from postofflce. 2. Are you
a subscriber to the Independent? 3.
Do yott know the moves in chess? 4.
Do you know the notation describing
'chess mores? 5. Have you a board
and men? 6.' Hare you any book on
chess ? .' 7. Will you . take an Interest
- In this, ehess column If it I properly
conducted? t "We repeat, the. request
this week, because the permanency of
this column, depends upon the interest
manifested by Independent readers.
BEGINNERS.
. Our chess column from this time, on
Will be divided into tnree parts: one.
devoted to the Interests of those who,
knowing nothing about he game,, be
. gin with the Independent's class; to
learn first the moSres and then to play;
pne devoted to those woo have already
learned the moves but do not linden
stand chess notation; and one to ad
Tanced players who delight in solving
problems and in , playing - over the
scores of Interesting games.
. Our diagrams of the board and
'ihessmen'falled to arrive on time for
this week, so we are unable to give
b cut of the different pieces as they
appear set up on the board; but It may
not be amiss to say a few words with
reference to the chess board itself.
- , There are very few people who have
not seen a chass board, it being iden
tically the same as a checker board,
" Young and Howell, in their admirable
, book for beginners, "The Minor Tac
tics of Chess." have this to say: ' "A
chess board is, primarily, one big
" square, which is divided by transverse
t' lines into sixty-four smaller 'squares,
'.all of the same size and alternately
colored white and black. - Red is fre
quently used in place either of the
white or of the black, so that the
squares are red and black or white
and red; and what is called white is
generally cream color, or pale yellow,
or buff; but these variations of tint
. 'are rather aesthetic than material, ana
the two colors of the chess board.
.whatever they may happen really to
be, must be regarded and designated
merely as white and black." Where
, the squares are red and black, the red
squares are called white; but where
they are red and white, the red ia
called black. In any event the darker
color stands for black, while the
lighter serves as white.
A folding chess board, with squares
at least ljxlj inches, should be pro
cured rrom your DooKseiier.
FURTHER ADVANCED
'The Independent has many readers
who know, the moves and can play a
very fair game of chess, yet who do
not know the notation and are thus
deprived . of ejnoyinsr the games of
master players which appear In vari
us papers from time to time.
English chess' notation is a very
J simple ' matter. It ; consists In using
.the initial letters (capitalized). of tne
names of the pieces, except with tne
Knight, whose terminal letter Is added
to distinguish it from the abbreviation
meaning the King. Hence, K stands
for King. Q, for Queen. R, for Rook.
B, for Bishop. Kt, for Knight. 1 for
Pawn.
Beginning at the right hand corner
nearest you when the pieces are all
set ready for playing, and yon have
the White, the pieces are named in
this -notation: KR, KKt. KB, K. Q,
QB, : QKt, i QR. The pawns which
. -.stand in front or these pieces are
named KRP, KKtP. KBP, KP, QP,
QBP. QKtP, and QRP. In playing, it
' often happens that one of your pawns
capturing - one of your opponent s
passes from one file to another; ana
Its name changes In such event. Sup
pose your QP takes Black's KP: that
places your pawn on the King's file
and It-becomes a King's pawn (Kri,
even though you have your original
: Brevity requires that the player or
.-the white pieces be called White; and
the player or the black pieces. Black.
. All chess diagrams give White : the
lower portion and . Black the upper.
In this way you ' appear to see the
toard and position of the pieces from
White's side
" The squares of the chess board take
their names from, the original position
of l the pieces. Thus, you having
White, the square - nearest your right
hand (and Which by the way, must
- be, a 'White square), being originally
. occupied by KR, is called King's
rook's square, but in notation it is des
ignated KR sq or KR 1. The square
immediately in front of that Is called
King's rook's -second, but in notation
this Is abbreviated to KR 2. The next
square In front is KR 3; then KR 4,
KB o, ivK o, &k 7, ana ivk , reacn
tag clear across the board. This sys
item applies to each file (or row of
squares reaching from White's side .to
Black s). The rows of squares reach
lng across the board from right to left
are called lines or ranks, and the row
,pon ; which White's King originally
.stands extending from right to left
Is the first line; that on which his
E- awns stand originally is the second
ne, and so on clear across the board
-to the eighth line, which is also
Black's first line. It is proper here
' to state that each player names the
squares and lines from his side of the
v 'board; hence," White's fourth line la
Black's fifth; ".White s KR 3 Is Black's
JKR & - and so. on.
( V Inasmuch as the opposing forces
staJid exactly opposite to each other,
'both TTTxlte and. Black agree upon the
, i files. Nvhlte's: King ; stands on the
.fourth - 8!auare" from the bright, hand
corner on TVthe first line ; and Black's
-K stands clear,. across the board oppo
site-. White'ev Q -stands beside her K
uare from the right
f hand, on the first line, it being a white
'colored squareN:" and Black's Q stands
joppostte on a black square.- This fact
.gives rlse-to"wtber jexpresslon.'r "The
queen 'on her color. It 'will be ob
:served that the BUvsk Q stands at the
5it of her K.
getting up- the pieces, the rooks
the corner squares; next to
vt knights; next the bishops;
nd Q are Y)laced to con-
tlons give A before.
chess . moves, the
Ares are given in con
r White or Black
White mores F
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to K 4 (but this is Black's K 5); then
Black mores P to K 4. (which is
White's K 5): White. plays KKt to KB
3 (which Is Black's KB 6), and Black
replies by QKt to QB 3 (being White's
QB C). . - .-- ' - r
Problem: In order to, test your un-i
derstanding of -the foregoing, let each
student draw a diagram of a chess
board (the squares need not - be col
ored), and in the proper square write
the letter , designating each : piece
named, below. It might be well to use
red Ink -for White, and black for
Black. - . i
White: King on King's knight's
serenth; queen on queen's knight's
eighth; knight on queen's fifth. . u
Black:- King on King's rook's sixth;
queen on King's rook's eighth.
Send your diagram to the Chess Edi
tor, who will make any needed correc
tions. Also set up the position on
your chess board and see In how many
mores, giving White the first more,
you can mate the black King.
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Annual . Meeting of the. United Mutual
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The United' Mutual Hail Insurance
Associafldn held its annual meeting In
this city Tuesday.' A large number of
farmers f rom . the eastern part of the
state were in attendance. , On account
of ' the heary loss by hail during the
past season and the consequent heary
assessments a lirely time had been
predicted at the, annual meeting.. In
some localities considerable resistance
had been made to the f agment of the
assessments. When the secretary's re
port of the business for the year was
read and considered ereryone in at
tendance was entirely satisfied with
what had been done. The company
enters the field for business the com
ing season with a better record man
any mutual hall company In the state.
Of the heary losses during the past
season It has already paid 80 per cent
and has on hand $27,000 of good ac
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the amount necessary to pay losses in
full.- It is expected-that collections
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The following officers; were elected
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J. F. Zlmmer, Lincoln; W. C. Fleury,
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MAY BE CIVIL WAR
Luting of Kentucky Lcgicl
, turc Prevent'
Grmev Tyir twrrrolamtia
to Mmt Felkrmiry 9, t I.oiidanf r
t Laurel CoMtrrrOthe T$w. .
' A dispatch, from Frankfort, Ky,, da
ted Xhuriday - jwrning February- J,
says that at 1;10 ftfr, doebel was asleep.
His physicians retired and nobody i in
the aiclc room except nurseflki ; 4
The state chouse . and grounds ' at
Franhfprt, ky.V, swarmed Wednesday
with soldiers. ' Gorernor : Taylor is
guarded in his. private blBcei which he
has not left since , Ooebel was . shot.'
Wednesday momtng he i"wue4 ? pro'
clmation adjourning- the legislature
to meat February '6 at London, Laurel
county. ,"i . " - " - 4 f ; ,
-Laurel county i on the edge of the
mountains and i r strong republican
county. The constitution gires power
to the governor to.adjouyn the legisja
ture tQ another;, town in , cse v of ani
epidemic or insurrection. ; - v
Speaker ' Trimble has ignored the.
proclamation and issued a call tor the
legislature to meet in Frankfort -at the
Opera house. L J r- fJ .'
The depaocratio legislature '"t met at
the Capital hotel and started W sr
the capito in body. They were met
by Adjutant General Collier and troops
and Tay loa proclamation adjourning
the legislature was read to them. They
then decided to meet at the opera
house, but the , troops prerented them
from entering. -They went back to the
hotel, and two companies of militia'
filed up In front. -Collier said that , if
the attempt was made to hold a meet!
ing in the botl he would take it with
the militia, and if they attempted to
meet at " any place but London the
troops would follow and prevent. !
; : QOEBEL WORN mt i v ;
Oath Qf OJBca AdintiiUtrel to tfa
William Goebel . waa shortly before
9 o'clock Wednesday night aworfc in as
governor pt Jtentucky, , and J. C. W.
Beckham, a few minutes later, took
the oath jf lieutenant governor: The
oath waa administered to both men by
Chief Justice Hazelriffg of the court of
appeals, ' '
A statement had beenrprepared stat
ing that the' boards which had - heard
the contests for governor and lieuten
ant governor had. decided in " favor of
Goebel and Beckham(.that : the c boards
intended to report their findings to the
legislature, but that they had .'. been
prevented from so doing by the action
of. Governor Taj .r in , declaring the
legislature adjourned. It also called
attention to the fact that the members
had been driven from place to place by
the militia, and threatened with ar
rest. This statement was circulated
among the democrats, and each man as
he signed the paper announced that he
voted for the adoption of, the majority
report of the contest boards, which de
clared Goebel and Beckham to be the
men rightfully entitled to? the office.
The statement is signed by a majority
of the members of both houses.
After the signatures had ' been se
cured word was sent to the residence
of Chief Justice Hazelrigg'of the court
of appeals. He came at on.ee to the
Capital hotel passed directly up stairs
to the room of Mr. Goebel and . admin
istered the oath of office. Mr. Goebel
was propped up with pillows and was
able to raise his hand only . with the
greatest difficulty as he listened to the
words of Judge Hazlerigg. r .
V When., the oath' had been given Mj
Goebel sank back exhausted, the effort
haring been almost too much for his.
strength. " . '.-.', i,
'"Immediately upon leaving the room
where he had sworn in Mr. Goebel
Judge Haselrigg went to ah adjoining
room, where he swore in Mr. Beckham
as lieutenant governor. . .This done he
returned to his home, after making the
statement that the proceeding was
entirely legal and proper. ,
Mr. 'Goebel, as soon as he was as
sured that he was legally governor of
Kentucky, took prompt action regard
ing the military arm of the service.
Two orders vfere quickly prepared for
his signature, the first of which dis
charged Adjutant General Daniel Col
lier from office, and, appointed Gen.
JohnB. Castleman of Louisville as his
successor. V f.; i'-;.. .:.;
Tbe second was directed to the com
manders of the military now stationed
at Frankfort, flirecting them to return
to their homes. ;-. There may be trouble
over the matter ' of control, of state
troops. The regiments of the guard
have lately been reorganized and - are
for the most part made up of republi
cans and personal followers of Taylor.
'i Ei-Gor. Bradley's Ttw. , ." -.
Ex-Governor Bradley, who is Gover
nor Taylor's counsel, says the attempt
ed assassination of, Goebel was the
foulest crime ever committed in the
state.' '
Gvebel Dcotared Elootad. "
While William Goebel lay at the
point of death in his room as . the re
sult of an , assassin's bullet, the con
testing boards, which for two weeks
had been, listening to the evidence in
his con teat for - the ' governor's chair,
declared him entitled to the seat. .
The same action, was , taken in the
contact for the r lieutenant governor
ship.-.'".-. :'T'. ;': '.'''""-.-" "''--
The Glafow nteamers State of Ne
bracka and ' Hthlopia, nineteen and
twenty daycovt, respectfully, hare not
yksaCi "
Failure of tlati:nal JCtiurcti' IMutuaf ?
The National Church Mutual Insur
ance company of Lisbon, Iowa, has gone
out of ; business. The concern did
larare underground business throughout
the country, complying, only ,-with the.
Iowa Jaw& It - made pecialt - of
churches' and schools and secured a con
siderable line of business because of its
name, 0, T. Herald. ; . - ;
Church mutuals . have flourished m
some parts of the country for, some time
past like a green bay .tree, but several of
inew haye gone toe way ot au ine earw
of IntA si nH -rfmtrtkrt nf tVo oamA f.imA tVlRti
mutuals, even under the sanctity of the
uipit, are no ezcepuon w tue iuio.
Thurches tnav 'be al I ricrht ' to nrotect
people from . nre in the - world to come j
but 'they evidently miss- their calling
when they tackle the iue i fiend io this
Worl4-: Such ihstitutions as church rou-
uais are usually gotten up oy some rei
Iow who steals ihe liverv nf Haven to
serve .the devil in. and he or they do not
1 j ' n x i i ! a. 3
jiBHimw w neece xne unsopoiawcave,
meek Church member if they can. It is
wise to steer clear of anv man Who seeks
business bv cnnnMintr himsalf with
some church or society of any kind,
A here, are plenty of fellows, it seems,
who may be described , a "a , wolf in
sheep's clothing." "Once in a while.'.
Leasing School Land
The commissioner of public lands and
buildings w ill offer about 1,700 acres of
school land for lease at public auction at
Lincoln,' at the county treasurer's pfflce
beginning at 2 p. m February 23, 1900,
under the following provision of the new
school land law: " ;: ; v
'.'If, after using dtie dilleepce-. to lease said
land, at an aanual rental of ei por cent upon
the appraised Taluatioa, the commissioner . is
unable to do up, he may offer the same for lea
at less than the apbraised - valuation and lea
it to the person or persons , who will pay six per
cent pn tlje highest offered valuation, as annual
rental, if, m nia iudgment, it is to tne best in
terests of the state to accept such bid. . i
Persons desiring to examine the lands
to be leased may secure, lists of the
same showing the present appraisement
thereof, as well as any other information,
upon application to the county, treasurer
or by , addressing the commissioner, at
Lincoln, At the beginning of. the auc
tion, the commissioner will . gladly an
swer all inquiries in regard to the school
land business or the workings of the
new. law, -. "' - - ' I ,
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BULUER IN GREAT DANGER
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Bans CJreat Clsk of Having Comnmnlca-
" '"" ' Won Cut Off.
A London dispatch to the New York
Evening World says: BullerV danger
ts now forcing itself iipon ' the military
experts. , A committee of national " de
fense ha? already taken it up and is
gravely considering it. Lord Roberts
himself Kis communicated his an
xiety, it is said. r" V ;
He has, it is reported,, cabled the
committee that unless Buller and, his
forces arrive' safely from their present
position to the south of the Little Tu
gehv river they will be in imminent
"danger of having their communications
Lord Roberts has" pointed rout itbat
Buller has with him an immense trans
port train, carrying his ammunition
and supplies. This interferes with the
mobility of his army, "
Buller's main force is now -about 22
miles from its base, at Frere and Chiev
ely. It is ' between the Big Tugela
river, over which it has retreated, and
the Little Tugela, over which it has to
retreat in order to begin " the march
to its base.
WHITE'S POSITION PERILOUS
Must Surrender or .Jtfake a Break for
, Freedom Through Boer Lines.
v Advices from London indicate that
military associates ot General White
are of the opinion that he will make a
desperate attempt to , break through
the Boer lines and escape from Lady
smith; that though such a movement
would cost a tremendous sacrifice of
life, it would be preferable to sur
render to the Boers. - The statement
.that Lord Roberts advised the aban
donment of Ladysmith is not - general
ly credited in London, but in view of
the fact that the supply of provisions
will not hold out more than, a week
longer, it is not probable that any aid
can be rendered to General White in
side of that time and he will have but
two . courses open surrender, or cut
his way out. ; Several military experts
in London are of the opinion that the
British in Kimberley, at Modder river,
and on the Tugela will also be left to
work out their own salvation.
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each organization. ' WTien the cost of
the reception to the returning First
Nebraska regiment was figured up it
was found that there was a surplus in
the fund raised for that purpose of
nearly 31,000. This was due to the
fact that only a small part of the regi
ment was entertained in Omaha, when
preparations had been made to receive
the whole regiment.
After conferring with a number of
citizens as to the best disposition . to
make of the money, it was decided to
dispose of it ' in the manner ; above
stated. The portion given to the high
school cadets will undoubtedly be used
to purchase " additional rifles for the
battalion,which has long been needed,
but which the cadets were unable to
obtain from the board of pd'ication.
MAN Kl LLEDIN A RU N AWAY
Fhelpe County Farmer Thrown From a
-- UTagon and Falls to Revive. -
C. Ji, Malm, a farmer living three
miles northwest of Bert rand, started
for town to report the death of the
six-months-old child of Ed Powers, a
neighbor, He was driving one of Mr.
Powers teams, which ran away with
him, throwing him out of the buggy
onto the hftrdToad, striking the back
of his head. When picked up he
unconscious, and died later. . '
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Kentucky Affair Shocks the Rational
Capital.
The first reports from Kentucky say
ing that Senator Goebel. had been shot
caused a flurry of . excitement at the
national capitol and ther "were many
who were, anxious to give the affair a
political significance and 'who' said it
would affect the next presidential
election. ' .' -: " ' . -' ' , 1
News of the shooting was received
at the white house while the cabino
waa in session. Upon reading. the bul
letin the president expressed his sor
row and remarked that it was. a great
calamity.' He was much distressed at
the news, and so were all the mem
bers of the cabinet. All agreed that it
was a lamentablei occurrence,' ! "
A great many senators expressed a
fear that there would be a . bloody out
come on account of the bitter feeling
that has heretofore existed and which
continues to grow in intensity. 1
In the house the news spread like
wildfire, and was for a time almost the'
sole topic of conversation.. The mem
bers gathered in groups to .discuss it,
and there were everywhere expressions
of horror that the bitter political con-,
test had culminated in attempted as
sassination. . : , -
Senator-Eleet Blackburn, who is at
Washington, telephoned to Kentucky
urging democrats to remain juiet, and
take no rash action of ,ny sort.
WAHOO TO HAVE SOLDIERS,
Company of National Guard to Be Or-
" -: T ! ipaiiired. ' - '
Adjutant General Barry has issued
an order giving permission for the or
ganization of a national guard com
pany at Wahoo. : He has authorized
J, L, Sundeen of that place to organ
ize; the company, - , As the Second regi
ment is full it is taken for granted
that the new company is to be assigned
a place in the First regiment, there be
ing a vacancy in that regiment by the
failure of the Thurston Rifles to re
enter the regiment. ' v .
ti 2 1 L: Bryan's Statetoent. ." ' .
When' shown the dispatch announct
ing the tragedy in Kentucky, Mr. Bry-
an, who was In Boston, made' the fol
lowing statement: -' 1
' ."It is shoeking,' shocking! -1 trust
that the shot wiU not prove fataL Mr.
Goebel ; made a great fight against
fierce opposition," - and feeling was
wrought up' to a high ' pitch, but I had
no thought of assassination being re
sorted to. It probably was the indi
vidual act of some bitter political op
ponent." I cannot assume to believe
that any considerable number of re
publicans or anti-Goebel democrats
would counsel or excuse such an act. I
sincerely hope that the democrats wiU
not allow excitement or resentment to
lead them to acts of violence. Let the
law deal with those who -violate the
law." ; ':-.-
Harves tins the Ice Crop.
While the quietude of winter is felt
in many ways a large force of workmen
were picked up along the Elkhorn line
last week who are now- at work at
Valentine harvesting the railroad's an
nual crop of ice. Ia the neighborhood
of thirty cars are loaded daily.
The republican delegation from Ne
braska held a meeting at Washington,
and at the suggestion of Mr. Thurston,
Mr. Mercer was selected as the congres
sional committeeman for Nebraska
position he has held for some time.
Will Use oid BuUdlnr-
The electors of Douglas, county will
not be given an opportunity of casting
their ballots for or against the erection
of a new court house at the election to
be held this spring. The couniy com
missioners have decided to let the mat
ter go over until next falL
When the commissioners " convened
at Omaha there was a disposition to
submit the 5500,000 court-house bond
proposition. The proclamation had
been drawn and was ready to be of
fered. A conference was held and af
ter a short discussion it ; was decided
to drop the matter, owing ta the fact
that some opposition had developed.
Barn and Horses Burned.
R W. Woods' stable at Greeley Cen
tre was burned together with three
horses, all his harness and some ; other
articles. .Part of his hog house waa
also destroyed. A lantern in the hands
of a boy exploded, causing the fire.
The boy tried to save. the horses, waa
burned and would have perished had
not his mother brought him out. She
herself was scorched, but not serious
ly injured. There was no insurance,
Xmj Resolution on the Table.
The house committee on banking
and currency Wednesday disposed of
the bill proposing to prohibit the hold
ing of national bank stock by any sec
retary of the treasury by., laying the
measure upon the table. 1 -."
Mr. Rob't C- Druesdow, special agent
r the mutual- life . of l New York will l
for
open an office in this city in - a ahcrt JL
time. -:.';.vv-.:-;a--',
dood short stories will be a feature e
the Independent hereafter. Road those
on pages 2 and 6 this week.
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