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J. -J j I i- r t i i f '- j THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT BABTLEY'S TRIAL Jta Attaaap t Drik tba Jarara tha Coa-l-tla a4 fcrataaea t Tatjr Yaar la tit I"aaf laallaxy Th ease was trl'-d In Douglas eo un ty durine June of ItOl and lasted for J early two week. AV.orz.r GsraJ C J. Smyth and JL II. lialdrtfe, attorney for Douglas ruutty. prtcuted the case. T. J Ma tocj (4 Oxaaha aaJ C O. Whedon of IJa-rcla nrrt Bait5yi attorneys. The J?ry tlcfc found Hartley guilty was ia2e up ae foIJowi: A. P. Fry. J. V. hliipief. G. IL Wahlrren. Chris Steig tr. Her. Wthlers. Benjamin Trumbull, Jean V. Stilt. Job a A. Finch. C. A. Roberts. Fxe4 C Anthony. Charles A. Ttorzt and Henry A. Ho nan. The trial be?ao June 8. A day later Jcu.h a. Writt confessed to taring attempt! to bribe one of the Jurors and a senunced to the penitentiary for two years. His admission cf guilt rreatel a feat sensation and It was jj thought that ether perrons would be lrarlicai-d the attempted jury brib ery. lct Wrleht refasd to disclose any li icroaton concerning the persons r-fco employed Lira. The cae wa tried before Judge Barer t the dlitrict court. After be ing e-ut arrestee hour the jury !tousht In a verdict agalnrt the de fendant. Nine ef the J art rs were for conviction from the Srst and the other three hunt cut. Chiis Ste'grer -as the last J'arr to be won over by the majority. A rerdlct was returned June 22 and on June 25 Judge Ben jamin S. Baker sentenced the ex -treasurer to twenty years imprisonment at hard lator. Immediately afte. the an nouncement of the verCct Judge Baker r!a3 Bart ley's bond for h!s ap pearance la court and remanded the defaulter to Jail. Motions for new trials were over- j nald and the case was appealed to the j sustained by the higher court in a de cision handed down January C. 1SSS. Attorneys for the defendant were af terward allowed to submit additional argument, tat without arail. Bartiey remained In the Douglas county jail antll July f. 1$:S, when he was taken to Lieccia penitentiary by Sheriff McDonald. race has made In America. Of course the Christianizing and civilizing pro cess went forward, In a degree, and af ter a fashion, before the emancipation of the slaves. But no race can be up lifted and developed in a condition of servitude, and it is only within the last third of a century that the negro has had an opportunity to show his capabilities. The belleYerln .the su periority of the white race over the trowu, black and yellow races will nd little in the history of the Ameri can negro to sustain his theory. Of course the ultimate test has not been made. The negro has oaly begun his upward career. But it may safely be said that no race of people has ever exhibited a more rapid development than have the American negroes. Buf falo Times (dem.). Get What You Ask Fori Vhen you ask for Cascarets Candy Cathartic be sure you get them. Genuine tablets stamped" C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. A substitutor is always a cheat and a fraud. Beware! All druggists, ioc THE CONGO NE6R0 Bala a Great CariaaJty ta taa a rated a4 CltUd AacritM Calarad f'aaaia The presence cf hundreds of highly educated colored women la Buffalo to attend th sessions of their national association brings to mind one of the most striking obejct-lessons of the advance of the negroes In America that we bare erer seen. Out at the exposition grounds there is a colony of barbarous Africans from the Congo Free State. They are totally ignorant of the ways of civilization-except that they have become very fond of smoking tobacco pipesand when they came here they had to be In duced by the exposition authorities to ptt on enough raiment to save the sensibilities of spectators. These uncivilized blacks are obejets of great interest to the American negroes, and the contrast when a par ty of them risits the African village is striking. On the one hand is a lot of half-clothed men and women be&tmg tom-toms, executing uncouth dances and uttering dismal howls and gut Ural grunts, which is their notion of making music. Then turn to their cousins of America. There you see a party of men and women with skins as lUrk as the others, but there the sim ilarity r.ds. They are clothed in the garments cf civilization, their fea tures show intelligence and the re sults cf education, the language of the Congo b'acks is as foreign to them as it i to ail others, their ideas and no tions cf rel'gion and morality and so cial regulations are as different from those of the barbarians as their lan guage. The American negroes gaze Ith astonishment on the antics of the Afrkans; and well they may, for, excepting color and race, there la noth ing in common. One class is Chris tian. ciniz.-d. educated: the other is hevthen or Mahometan, barbarous and ignorant. No one can listen to or read the pa peis presented at the sessions of the National SJUfoclatioa of colored women without marveling at the strides this Philippine Lepers Among the other things that McKin ley has undertaken to benevolently assimilate are 30.000 leiers. An ap pended report to General M'ac Arthur's review of the civil affairs of the Phil ippines for the last fiscal year gives some rather startling facts regarding prevalence of leprosy in the islands. According to the estimates of the Franciscan fathers, says Maj. Guy L. Edle, the writer of the report, there arc no less than 30.000 lepers in the archipelago, the major portion of these being In the " Vlscayas. Leprosy was introduced in 1633. when the emperor cf Japan sent a ship with 150 lepers on board to the Philippines aa a present to be cared for by the Catholic priests. Thus the seed was planted, and as no practical methods ever were adopt ed to eradicate the disease or pre vent its spread it has taken firm root. A house-to-house Inspection begun last January found more than 100 lepers concealed in dwellings. These were sent to San Lazaro hospital in Manila, but many others escaped into the surrounding country. A commis sion Is now engaged In the work of se lecting a suitable Island or islands for the purpose of isolating all the lepers in the archipelago. Palpk-tatioa, fluttering or irrcjrular pulsa tions arc an indication of weak ness cf the nerves or muscles of the heart. A weakness long continued produces deformity and organic disease. If your heart action is weak, make it strong. Build up the muscles and strengthen the nerves with the greatest of all heart reme dies, Dr. Miles Heart Cure. Th least exertion cr exdte tsect caused tnr heart to throb an. J jaa4 asd 1 bad smothering ftjell. pi?a and pa.pitatlon. Three bottles cf Dr. Miles Heirt Cureertame all tbee di&turb tvaee as4 taad e rose we IL" ilUk. J. A. COCTf, Dr. Miles' - Heart Gtsse quiets the nervous heart, rrgu Utes its pulsations and buuds up its strength as nothing else Sold by druggists en a guarantee. - - v " ' ' Xfc. 2Iiks Medical Co, JCJ&art, led. Man Behind the Gun The difference between a "man" and a snob is shown when a comparison Is made between the letter written by Admiral Sampson and the following extract from an article in July Success by Admiral Schley are put side by side. Admiral Schley says: "I am unalterably in favor of giving the men of the navy every opportunity for gaining commission's. Upon this Butject I recorded my opinions in an official report published in 1887, while chief of the bureau of equipment. The man behind the gun in the navy ought to have the same privilege as his com rade in the army to gam a commission. I am in favor of granting to him, after gaining his promotion, the opportunity of a course, of say, two years at the academy, that he may acquire suffic ient knowledge of mathematics and other sciences and not be at a disad vantage with the graduate of the naval academy in matters, of professional technique. "I do not pretend to discuss the de tails of the plan that should be adopt ed, for they may be left safely to the authorities; but I have thought, for many vears. that the men of the navy who are so intelligent, so capable, and so true, ought to have the same chance of reaching Its highest grades as would te open to them in business or profes sional life in civil employments on shore. A man or a boy who undertakes a naval career ought to be able, through industry, meritorious per formance of duty, and skill in his pro fession, to reach a commission and by application to his duties, good con duct, sobriety, or heroic performance of service, to be advanced, afterwards, from grade to grade to the highest. "Once establish the fact that the way is open from the forecastle to the quarter-deck, and the details of promo tion will soon adjust themselves, and I feel sure that the men of the navy will not be found wanting in ability to reech the highest place by improving every opportunity for distinction. I thing, further, the result would be good in bringing the navy closer to the peo ple of our country. But, over and above all else, no man who enters the navy should, for that reason, lose any of the chances of rising to the higher places, as oe could do, under similar circumstances. In civil employment. This Is more In harmony with the true rpint cf our institutions, which offer to every man opportunity for ris ing to any position in our land through talent. Industry and worthiness." AN ENGINEERING CAMP. Otch Air School Included In Itenrvla Harvard Unlraraltjr Coarse. - "Going to school outdoors has re cently become a popular feature -of modern education, and that It Is also a permanent feature may be gathered from the fact that Harvard university has this summer established a camp of engineering among the hills of New Hampshire upon a tract of wild land bought especially for this purpose. At this outpost of the university 04 young men from the Lawrence Scientific school are now living In tents and for eight hours a day are doing the practi cal work of surveyors and railroad en gineers. The reservation, which will hence forth be known aa the Harvard Engi neering camp, consists of 400 acres in the township of Moultonboro, on the shore of Squani lake, once a favorite camp ground for the Canadian Indians on their way to attack the early set tlers of New England. The camp Itself is not far from the foot of Red hill, fa mous among geologists for its record of ancient times, and from the reservation it la possible to tramp 20 miles inland -without finding a human habitation. Squam lake. Immortalized by Whittier, Is remarkable' for its romantic beauty and Its encircling peaks, above which Cbocorua stands majestic The instruction given during the three summer months at the camp has this year been made a part of the regu lar course of the engineering depart ment of the university. In fact, through the efforts of Professor I. N. Hollls, it has been decided to transfer to the res ervation all the instruction in survey ing, geodesy and railroad engineering. Although the young engineers are this year sleeping in tents, permanent camp buildings are being erected which will provide accommodations for 100 stu dents. The field work, which begins with elementary surveying and trian gulatlon. Includes also the more diffi cult problems of railroad construction, and in a few years the surrounding wilderness will be covered with a net work of Imaginary lines which succes sive classes of students have surveyed. THE AMERICAN INVASION. "McKinley," the Joplin rag picker, is still shouting "prosperity under Mc Kiciey" and asking for charity. There are many like him. Joplin Globe. There are many men In this poor beggar's situation. Shouting "pros peritr" merely because they hear oth ers making the same kird of noise. So long as the present mprecedented flw ct gold continues f ro-n the minos, ro long as the government coins all the silver It can get ani so ion? as bank currency continues to be issued in an ever increasing stream, we shall have, until over-speculation causes a crash, prosperity for those who con trol the furnaces of the country, pros perity for the trusts, but for the great maojrity the prosperity 13 like that of this rag picker, who shout3 "prosper ity" while he begs for bread. Central City Democrat. - What Briton Saya About the Use of "Yankee Notions." In the domestic life we have got to this, says a writer in the London Mail: The average man rises in the morning from his New England folding bed, shaves with "Williams" soap and a Yankee safety razor, pulls on his Bos ton boots over his socks from North Carolina, fastens his Connecticut braces, slips his Waltham or Water bury watch in his pocket ,and sits down to breakfast. There he congratulates his wife on the way her Illinois straight front corset sets off ber Massachusetts blouse, and he tackles his breakfast, where he eats bread made from prairie flour, possibly doctored at the special establishments on the lakes; tinned oysters from the Pacific coast and a slice of Kansas City bacon, while his wife plays with a slice of Chicago ox. tongue. The children are given "Puri tan" oats. At the same time he reads his morning paper, printed by Ameri can machines and possibly on Ameri can paper. He rushes out, catches the electric tram (New York) to Shepherd's Bush, where he gets in a Yankee elevator to take him on to the American fitted electric railway to the city. In his of fice everything, of course, is American. At luuchtlme he hastily swallows some cold roast beef that comes from a cow in Iowa and flavors it with the latest New England pickles, fol lows with a few Florida tinned peaches and then soothes his mind with a cou ple of Virginia cigarettes. 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A A A AA AA W YVVV i ' ' t jl, ixnarni au communication inimata a a for this department to the Ches Editor j X IoHpetidDt. South 25th street, Lin- 2C X coin, Nebraska. X July 18, 1901. (The Chess Editor is absent this week, taking a wee vacation and asks the indulgence of his correspondents for a time.) GAME STUDIES. (Continuing the criticisms on the play in the late cable match.) Score of game played in the cable match. Third table. John F. Barry, of Boston, on behalf of the United States, played white against Lee of Great Britain. v IRREGULAR OPENING. 1. P K 4, P Q B 3. 2. P Q 4. P Q 4. 3. P K 5, B B,4. 4. B Q 3, BxB. 5. QxB. P K 3. 6. B K 3, Q Kt 3. 7. Q Kt B 3, B Kt 3. 8. Kt K 2, Q R 3. 9. Q Q 2, Kt Q 2. 10. Castles (K R), Kt K 2. 11. P Q R 3, BxKt. 12. KtxB, Kt K B 4. 13. P B 4, P R 4. 14. B B 2, Q R 4. 15. Q Q 3, Q B 2. 16. K R K, Kt B. 17. P K Kt S, Kt Kt 3. 18. P R 3, Kt (Kt 3) K 2. 19. Kt Q, Kt B. 20. Q K B 3; P K Kt S. 21. P K Kt 4, PxP. 22. PxP, Kt (B 4) K 2. 23. K Kt 2, Kt Kt 3. 24. Kt B 3, Castles (Q R). 25. P Kt 3, R R 2. 26. R R, Q R R. 27. RxR, RxR. 28. R K R, RxR. ' . 29. KxR, Q Q. 30. Q R 3, Q B. 31. Q R 7, Kt Q 2. 32. B R 4, K Q. 33. K Kt 2, K K. 34. Kt K 2, Kt K Kt 35. P Kt 4, Kt K 2. 36. Kt Kt 3. Q Kt, 37. Q R 6, Kt Kt 3. 38. Q Kt 5. Kt (Kt 3) B. 39. P R 4, K Q 2. 40. Q R 6, K K. 41. K B 2, Q B. 42. Q Kt 5, Q Kt. 43. Q R 6, Q B. 44. Q Kt 5, Q-Kt. 45. Kt B, K Q 2. . 46. Kt K 3, K K. 47. Q B 6, K Q 2. 48. P B 5, Kt PxP. 49 PxP, Q R 2. . 50. PxP eh, PxP. 51. K K 2, Q R 4 cn. 62. K Q 3, Q R 2 ch. J 53. K Q 2, Q K 5. 54. P B 3. Q Kt 3. 55. QxQ. KtxQ. 56. B-Kt 5, Kt-K 2. V 57. Kt Kt 4, Drawn. "The third game of the match merits the close attention of the student. Mr. John F. Barry, of Boston, is well known as the avowed champion of the synthetic . method of chess-play, laid down in the chess books written by Franklin K. Young. Five times has Mr. Barry defeated the opposing Brit isher. This time he only drew the game for the reason that when the win came to his hand, he was compelled to make three moves in one minute. Con sequently he had no opportunity to correctly calculate the winning process. "In this game the English player, Lee, defended against the open game byt 1 P Q B 3, one of the worst possible moves for black. As the re sult, Barry, at his thirteenth move, had established his men In the forma tion known as the major right oblique enpotence, having the open game against the close game, and by far the superior position. In fact, black, who was debarred from castling K R, was in a critical situation and to avert al most immediate defeat was forced to play the distressing move, 13 P K R 4. At his 22d move Barry echeloned his major front and opened the K R file. To save his king, Lee castled Q R, and Barry exchanged both rooks and secured possession of the open K R file with his queen, hav ing a won game on his 31st move. "The situation, however, was very complicated; the constructive pro cesses by white requiring great care in selection and exactness of calcula tion. Nevertheless, on his 38th move white, had he played BxKt, would have won the game and the match and per manently the Newnes trophy. But no blame can be charged to Mr. Barry. With only one minute, to make his next three moves, it was not possible for him to calculate the winning pro cess. We leave this problem to our solvers with the assurance -that Mr. Barry, before playing 38, Q ivt 5, stated that the synthetic method pointed to a win for white by 38. BxKt, but that he did not feel justified in going headlong into a combination which he could not see through at the time at his disposal. Therefore he played 38. Q Kt 5. This move per mitted black to draw the game. "At his 48th move Barry formed the major right , oblique aligned and en potence, and attempted to break through the black lines. Lee, how ever, had posted his pieces according to the 'Grand Tactics of Chess;' his pawns occuuie. the formation termed the minor left oblique refused, rein forced by-the minor crochet and with his king properly posted at the exr tremity of a straight line drawn from the center cf his strategic front. "Consequently, his position being sound',' there was no reason why it should be forced. Barry's attack did not succeed in disturbing the statu quo; an exchange of queens and pawns resulted and the battle ended for lack of combantants, white's pieces in the closing situation being posted by the major right : oblique with crochet aligned, and black's few . re maining men grimly maintaining what was left of hi3 minor left oblique re fused. , , "Mr. Barry, we learn, is perparing an elaborate analysis showing how white could have won the game by 38. BxKt." Our solver, Mr. D. F.- Logan, Nor ton, Kas., writes: "I xnote comments on the Pillsbury-Blackburne game. All right, but, of course cold-blooded analysis, with nothing at stake. Is dif ferent than sitting at the board with your (for the moment) hated antagon ist against you. It's like shooting at a target in time of peace and making a better score than you might if someone was shooting back." Plots In South America. - The recent statement in these col umns that differences among, the South American, states were probably being fomented - by European nations is in a fair way of being speedily veri fied. Since Venezuela became enraged at the United States over the Trini dad asphalt case, her government has been .flirting with Europe. A war ves sel of a European country was re-' cently-, discovered making soundings near the island of Trinidad. The gov ernment of Colombia, which is very friendly to. the United States and with other American republics, impressed with the Importance of maintaining the Monroe-doctrine as the only salva tion of the Latin-American republics, made some r diplomatic protests to Venezuela and demanded an explana tion. The reply was that the conces sions were purely of a commercial na ture, not involving the foreign gov ernment officially, but only some of its citizens. The ' answer was in no wise satisfactory to the Colombian government, which .is .making prep arations to prevent even the alleged commercial concessions, . though it be necessary to uphold its contention by force of arms. Colombian troops are being concentrated on the border, and, prospect. ' Interest Is added to the situation by the fact that the com mander of the Colombian . army Is an American and a graduate of West Point. He also holds a commission as a general in the armies of the other Central American states. In these dis putes or possible Wars between the Latin-American states Is- a reminder that a severe test to the efficacy of the Monroe doctrine is impending In the, not distant future. . In the mean-, time, let the work on our battleships progress with all possible speed.- Denver News. .- t . Do Him Justice . r ; - The Independent saw a statement In a weekly paper to the effect that Prof. Royce had been in the town and that, he had been appointed to a? federal office. It was not "a statement made ' editorially," but that it had been so announced. . Now we are in receipt of a letter signed by . J. A. Boyce (not Royce) saying that he has not been given an office by McKinley ar.d that, ae has joined the socialists. It' is hardly likely that readers of The In-; dt.endent care whether he has joined the socialists or was still operating as a republican assistant as a mid-roader. Mark Hanna knows that the mid-road business has played out, in this state and they will get no' more of his money. He is now trying to play; the socialists. He evidently thinks that there is more in that this time. 'The announcement of going from the mid roaders to the socialists does not at all signify a change of masters. It is the same 'old ' thing. - That this distin guished Individual may not have a chance to claim that nn tniuct-oa Won 'been done nlm, The Independent prints uis letter in run. it was as follows; Kearney, Neb., July 8, 1901. Editor Independent: In the last issue of The Independent the statement wan made editorially that I had been given a po sition by McKinley. The statement is false.. As the populist party is dead. I have Joined the socialists, and be lieve that all who were not ; office seekers. In the populist rankj will eventually join ,the only real move ment that is opposed to the two old capitalistic parties. Hoping that you will do me the jus tice to publish this correction a to my positidn, I am, yours truly, --..I J. A. BOYCE. 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