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J: H J iJV fa- . i "rV ' r If KjSr-.; A ' ra PRESS JOURNAL. Sy QEO. A. PHIPP8. HAftWISOM NEBRASKA CZTSASXA NEWS NOTES Mia Carrie Harpster of broke her right ankle. one-da 7 farmers' instl- WH held last week at Clearwater. A issti uctive Are was averted at Pa safltoa fey the quick work of the ek3- The) Southwest Nebraska Teachers' will be held this year at Cul- next annual state poultry show e held in Lincoln from January 19 to M, 103. ' Waiter Speck and Prank BoeteL two IWiH boys of Plattamouth, are in jail eamrged with burglary. Postmaster Louis B. Part ridge of committed suicide last week. was short in his accounts. The case against Charles A. Qerrard C Oetumbus, charged with violating law, has been dismissed. Oorernor Savage appointed Fred Eaaslilne of West Point deputy oil ln- Hwctar for the Third congressionaj dis- rtaV, C. K. Lawrence of Elk Creek has sued J. G. Woolsey of Hubbel for $5,000 damages for the alienation, of his wife's affections. . A special meeting of the Western Nebraska Stock Growers' . association was held at Alliance to consider the proposed lease law now pending in congress. A lt-year-old son of C. R. Lee of Bellevue was drowned near the mouth af the Platte river while skating with younger brother. , , ; Renewed efforts are being made by the Independent telephone promoters to obtain a franchise from the Lincoln city council. Mrs. Rena Nesbitt of Nebraska City has sued a number of saloopmen for ; : glO.BOe damages for the alleged ruin or fcer husband. i 1 The contest over the office of sheriff tst Beatrice has bobbed up again, hav- , 1 been taken from the county court to the district court on a writ of error, j F. Coorsey Richards of Lincoln has won oouna. over to tne aistnct court ; of-assaulting hie 11-year- sa ta default of r ' V w aaatiBW cosrt fcas decided that rdssaa, clerk of the court is to a salary of tl.MO a year, not- that the last legislature failed to make an appropriation for the urpo!e. McCook Methodists are pleased with the order of the bishop instructing Rev. L. M. Grlgsby to remain in charge of the Methodist of that city 11 city irlxing 'tah- and rescinding the order autho: his removal to Salt Lake City, V The new navy has cost the ITnite.l Stats J99.803,928 for construction and I $!?,343,25 for repairs on completed ves- ' sels. These figures were supplied In a statement forwarded to the senat? J fcy the secretary of the navy in re- j sponse to a resolution adopted by the I senate in February, 1901. The facts are all given In tabulated form with out explanatory text. In addition to the expenditures made on the vessels now afloat there are several shps in course of construction. These Include the Kentucky and the Kearsarge, on each of wheh are expenditure of M.000 00 has been authorised, and the Illi nois, Wisconsin and Alabama, on each of which an expenditure of 13,750,000 is authorized, 'mere are also several smaller vessels in course of construe tion. which will bring the total u a considerable extent when the v are completed .The itateax- the period froAltW tfc holldaiS-iX'- and Beatosv the 'Ors"- ip ! Story About Senator Dietrich. There are men with charmed Uvea all over the west. Nebraska's new senator. C. H. Deitrich. is one of them. He played a part in the early history of the Black Hills only second to that played by his old friend, Seth Buller, himself, the first sheriff or Deadwood. Senator Deitrich has looked into the fice rjt death :nar.y a time at close range and, as a member of a vigilance committee, he has helped others to look in it through the aid of Judge Lynch. The whole United States Sen ate will not be able to intimidate C. H. Deitrich. The new Aurora, 111. senator came west from He beran to make his own living when he was I years old. He chored for farmers, snatching what schooling he could get from the little log schoolhouse during the winter months. Then he became a black smith and. saving tl2 in 1473 he paid ris expense to Cheyenne, Wyo. Here he bought provisions and blankets and, hiring the provisions transported to Deadwood, he tied the blankets on his back and trudged along beside the wagon that contained his provisions. The Journey was made in the winter and the man who fought his way to the Senate walked 400 miles along a trail that led through Red Canyon in which Just before he went through and Just after, many white immigrant were killed by Indians. Early in lift Senator Deitrich helped to build the first store in Deadwood. "The Pioneer." After It was built Deitrich delivered merchandise all over the Deadwood country, traveling t night most of the time to avoid the Indians. In 17 Deitrich helped to lay out the town of Spearfish. Indians came down the gulch and stampeded the ponies of the town builders. Chase : was given and some of the ponies were , recovered and though many shots were fired no one was killed on either side j In the winter of 1876-77 Deitrich and his two partners located the Aurora mine. It became famous because of ( numerous attempts to dispossess the three men who located it and the stanch resistance made. The owners of the Hidden Treasure and the Keats ; were the men whom Deitrich blamed for the trouble made for him and hie partners, In those days all prospectors were tresspassers and the man in possession wa, tne man who tne cncn on the situation. The owners of the Aurora were wett entrenched. They publicly ,uted what would happen were at. tempts made to drive them out. The opposition was afraid to make open assault, . The Aurora people had built sod house aod sunk a shaft. They kept one man on guard all the time. This saan heard a pebble fall from the hill side above the cabin. A man he saw and challenged, gave no answer and ran away. The man dropped some thing. It was a giant powder bomb. It was learned afterwards that It was the man's intention to ignite the fuse, drop the bomb on top of the Aurora cabin and blow the Aurora outfit into kingdom come. There was a lull in the fleht for a ; w, The, ' oJR.ed m w idtfilined to Thin the Aurora people were 000 for their mine. They sell. So the conflict re- opened Tunnels were run and ' it was the opinion of the Aurora people that fail- ure b'ow them up from above was to have been followed by an attempt to blow them up from below. So Just - their night shift went Into the Hid- den Treasure to relieve the day shift. Detrich and his partners and their men lined up at the mouth of the 4aaa.aJ TT-No Breakfast Cure. akfast" the- Hidden Treasure tunnel and refused to let the day shift out. This was after Cephus Tuttle had been shot and kill ed and Dietrich himself had been shot twice, one bullet cutting his forehead. When the owners of the Hidden Treas ure found the Aurora people had laid powder mines above the tunnel and eouli blow up the shift in the mine, if so disposed, there was a capitulation. Dietrich sold his interest la the Au rora to Brown A Thun. bankers, and to Senators Roacoe Conkling and Thos. Phut of New York and ex-enator Oeo. A. Spencer of Alabama. Then Dietrich became a member of th vigilance committee which took the nlace of the conventional court of the east. The first case the vigilance commit tee handled Impressed Dietrich great ly with the charm under which his life is protected. D. Thomas Smith was the culprit. His wife had been a moneyed widow of Denver. Smith went to the Black Hills to swell her roll. He began to drink and lead a disorderly life. In he fall of 1S7 his wife came on. WORK FOR A WRONGED WOMAN Sbe said be had deserted her and their child and taken all ber money and had finally refused her support when she as last established communi cation with him. The committee was called together and the woman told her troubles. Then the acting: marshal. Con Stapleton, and Dietrich were ask ed by the committee to find Smith and bring him to trail. They found Smth at Belle Union, where Wild Bill was killed, and, call ing him out. told him what was want ed. Smith said he would not go. So forte had to be applied. In the strug gle Smith drew a knife and cut Diet rich between the fingers and in the abdomen. Smith was tried by the committee and the verdict was that all the property known to belong to Smith money he had loaned out. property be had bought for a woman for whom be had a fondness had to be turned over to Mrs. Smith. After that was don? Smith was to leave camp before 10 a. m. the next day or suffer the penalty, which was death. "I slept that night in 'a cabin owned by Judge Lynch Forman," Senator Dietrich was telHng not long ago. "There was only an old piece of blan ket at the door. I was sitting In the cabin Just thinking about turning In for the night, when the blanket at the door was pulled aside suddenly and Smith stepped In. He had a Winches ter in his hand and he threw it to his shoulder.' It seems that Smith had a quick and powerful man to deal with, for Diet rich tore the Winchester from Smith's hands and grappling with him soon had him under control. Then he took Smith's word that he would leave town at once and let him go. Early the fol lowing morning Smith met Con Stapli ton, who was talking to another man. and blazed away at Con. The bull. mlwed Stapleton and killed Ihe irmri Stapleton was talking with, a profes sor from an eastern college. Smith was afterwards killed in California. "- 'To show you how honorable west ern men are, Dietrich said, "I must tell you that there were many men in the gulches who had borrowed money from Smith or who had property be longing to him, who were unknown to Mrs. Smith or to anyone eise save Smith. So soon as they heard the ver dict of the committee they came into camp and yielded up the property or paid the money they owed." When the heart Is filled with faith the hand will be filled with sood works. so injurious. A small run nt -nira after dinner Is all the coffee I drink. "My breakfast at noon consists of poached eggs, bacon, broiled al coffee. During the three apples. Thee Nent. "but coun- sase formed At 7 h, FRILLS OF FASSiOI. An odd and pretty foia 2s the entire center, or crown, of green leaves and the edge set around with black rows. fashionable dinner and tea table cloths are edged and inserted with re naissance, cluny and guipure laces and the prices for the best qualities range vehy high. Napkins to match are very xpenslve. Corduroys is baving-a-gTearnrgr Paris in tones of brown and pearl gray, trimmed with fur and Japanese embroidery. Lace laid onto fur is a suitable trimming for such gowns. Light flannels with narrow satin stripes have been introduced for shirt waists. They are simply made .and worn with the double white linen col lar and soft silk tie. The bolero shows no signs of leaving us. but If It does it will yield to full bodices in soft fabrics, the fullness wrinkled into gathers in a slanting di rection and held In place by handsome buttons. If belts are made of the same material as the bodice they are very narrow. . A pretty, simple, and stylish hat- a wide sailor, broad of rim and rather high of crown of a fancy straw, bound with another fay straw, is trimmed with black crepe ribbon with a black satin edge. This ribbon is wide and carried snugly, but in accidental folds, around the crown of (he hat, and fin ishes on the left side with a big ro- n. tle-like bow. There are white frocks for children made of the all-over embroidery pat tern gowns they are, perhaps, but j these are never very satisfactory in the machine work and seem entirely out of place upon children. When a little feather stitching, which is so eay to do,' will give an air of hand work, and is as popular as It is now, It is too bad to put children Into ma chine-worked frocks. TALK ABOUT WOMEN. Mrs. Bettie Dandridge. a daughter of General Zachary Taylor. 77 years old, lives In Winchester, Va. She was educated In Philadelphia. Mrs. SIcKinley will shortly receive a copy, sumptously engrossed and bound. of the resolutions of congress on the death of her late husband. Mis. Oliver Ames supports, at her own expense, a full brass band at the Oliver Ames High school . of North Easton, Mass., an Institution of her own planning and provision. Mrs. M. qk, Crosley of Indianapolis has Just started on her ' twenty-tlrst tour of the world. She made her first In 1883. Sbe has crossed the Atlantic ocean seventy times, ascended the Pyramids a doxen times and has ex plored nearly every interesting nook of the old world. i y Senora Juana Ross de Kdtvards Is the Hj?len Gould of Chile. She shows her love for her country by building schools, churches, asylum, hospitals and dwellings for the poor. Her grandfather and her husbands were Americans, who helped the Chileans to win their Independence. , The two oucceRsful bidders for the furnishing of the woman's hotel to be erected in New York are both women one, Mrs. ...Mason P. Davidge, a daughter of Bishop Potter, and the other, Mme. Molka Kellogg, an opera singer. Both fitted up model rooms as a sample of how beauty and com fort could be comliined and both were so much liked that the contract was divided. It is expected that the most resplend ent diamonds at the cofing coronation will be worn by ' Lady Londonderry. For several generations the London derry diamonds have been hi full biuz-. As far bark as IVSi it was re corded by a fashionable diarist that "Lady Londonderry as Cleopatra was In a dress literally embroidered with emeralds and diamonds from top to :oe." . . e PERSONAL NOTES. Mr. Schwab has three kings in hand. If he draws another he can safely stay in the game.' Should Uncle Sam take In the Danish West Indies the deal will offset the There Is a Flanigan 1s- MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. Advocates of municipal ownership and operation of public utilities have muck) to be encouraged over when l!.i" review-lit liUry of he pust 5V4 years. It is scarcely over a half a score years ago since the agitation for municipal ownership and operation of public utilities commenced. At that time it was considered a dream and) Its advocates were called rainbow chasers, but when we stop today to analyze the result of this few years agitation we And in the British Isle hrHhat 70 of the municipalities own their own street railways, controlling tot miles of track, against 107 private cor porations who have only til miles Most of the water companies outside of London are now under municipal ownership. One-half of the gas made in the British Isles Is by the lunlci pallties. The reports from the baited States also are very encouraging. In It the commissioner of labor made an investigation in tne cities of over 1,000 population. He found that 1.7T7 of the cities owned their own water works. He found 4t0 of the cities own Ing and operating lighting plants, 14 municipalities had their . owa gas plants. The encouraging side of the Investigation Is this, that the claims set forth by the advocates of municl pal ownership were true, for In every Instance the price was cheapened to the consumer, while the wage and eon ditions of the employee was increased and benefited. Another point, that should not be lost sight of, political corruption had decreased where mu nicipal ownership has been carried Into effect. This, we state. Is encouraging to those who took up this agitation In the face of such opposition a few years ago. From now on the move ment mil llncrease and grow rapidly, and we predict that the nezt ten years will see municipal street railways In operation In America, so let the ad vocates of municipal ownership take courage, sharpen their swords and continue the battle more fiercely than ever. ! TALK ABOUT VARIOUS PEOPLE. x , Prof. William G. Williams, Instructs of Greek at the Ohio Wesleyan unlver sity, who died February L was the old- pst teacher In service in the Methodist church hi Amelra. Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Green, of Cedar Rapids, Ia has been chosen as the or ator at the grave of Washington la April by the Sons of the American Revolution, at the society's triennial meeting. It Is stated that since the pope fa vored the French republic donation from the royalists of France to hid holiness have fallen off and that erman i.mnonrs are more than those, of any other country. , The Baptists of Colorado have re newed their efforts to place the woman's college at Montclalr, near Denver, on a working gasls. There le a fine stone building, nearly completed with twenty acres of land, the whole valued at about WO. 000. Benjamin F. Jacobs, who was th. originator of the International uni form lesson series, which v.as adopted at the Indianopolis convention in 1172. has Just retired from Sunday School work after a service extending over forty-six years. Rabbi S. Schaffer of Shearlth Iral congregation of Baltimore has received a call from a congregation in Rossenol Russia, but says he would rather be rabbi of a smaller congregation In this free country than be In a position of Influence. In despotic Russia- Bishop William R. Derrick of New fork, who Is over the 300 African Methodist churches In Pennsylvania, New York. New Jersey and the New England states, will deliver the sermon at the 353d anniversary of the Hugenot church in Canterbury, England, In July. , i Rev. C. II . Emerson, a minister on e Pacific coast for nearly fifty years, di(d last week. He bore the distinction, fur some time, of being the only living member of the original chapter of "D. K. E.," a fraternity be assisted In organizing while a student ,..-.11 .. U u, I., sted, A Presbyterian minister said at a meeting of the Chicago Presbyterian that the book of discipline of the church Is "the worst book ever pub lished." referilns apparently to errors and ambiguities. "That's right," re sponded a voice from the rear of the room, but when a gray-haired brother aroe to protest a wave of laughter swept through the assembly and ended the incident. Portland Oregonlan: The methodlsts liber nearly 1,000,000 of the 27,000,- religlous communicants In the led States, the Baptists comlna tith about 4.(00.000. The Rowan .number about The copal UNCLE REMUS' VACATIOST. During the present summer Joel Chandler Harris, the well known writer of many delightful folklore stories anil other fiction, has been trying the ex periment of spending his vacation at home, Tn the quiet suburb of West End, on the outskirts of Atlanta, Uncle Remus, as he is called by bis friends and readers, began .his vaca tion with the idea that he would escape the newspaper interviewers and other strangers who, with the best inten tlons. have heretofore kept him in a flurry of embarrassment and dread on his occasional trips to foreign parts, or, to speak within bounds, certain lo calities in the east and west. "My wife la away," he said, "and as nobody will be likely to call I can spend my time in dreaming, and In planning some literary work for the fall ana winter. I'll loaf about In my garden and Imagine that I'm out la the coun try." The second morning after his tempo rary retirement to his pleasant suburb an home he was unexpectedly surprised! by the sudden appearance of a young newspaper woman, who ran him down and halted him . not far from his front door. She Introduced herself and told him that she was sent by a northern dally to describe the confederate reunion and write up the old south, but the moat important object of ber visit was ta get a column of fresh gossip about Uncle Remus. Would he aid her? No he would not He shook his head positively and drew bis big straw hat down over his eyes. He did not know anythlnk new about himself; was cer tain that no gossip about him could interest the public, and, la abort, he had no story to tell. 'Everybody Is Interested In you as m literary man,' said the visitor, "anit they would like to read something of your tastes, your method of work, your favorite authors, etc." "Don't know anything about It," re plied the victim. "You've got me down wrong. I'm no literary man I'm only cracker." The newspaper girl whipped out her notebook. -That's good!" she said. "What klnj of cracker are you?" 'Just a plain, ordinary, Georgia cracker," answered Uncle Remus In amazement. Better still!" commented the later- . viewer. "Now what Is a Georgia crack- r?" - " The persecuted stoT" ri'sr could) stand It no longer. With a trumped -sat excuse he bowed to hls'tormeater aae) fled around a cofaer, ostensibly te catch a car. ' 1 Do you know 'What I did then? asked the newspaper woman, after re turning to Atlanta. "I called on the- neighbors and Interviewed them about Uncle Remus. I questioned the chil dren about him. and also talked to the negro cooks. 0, I've got enough about Im to fill several columns. One little- child told me that he had three names. Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus nd plain Mr. Harris. This youngster nid me with an important look that . Uncle Remus rarely ever noticed the prown people out there, buf he always layed with the children, i. Is said hat he generally runs from ladies, hut not always. For Instance, there Is a ludy at West End who said that she oulrt not read his nepro dialect sto ries. After hearing this he declared lie was a very sensible woman, and hfr frequently had strawberries and flowV ers sent to her from his garden.But I'm not going to tell you the good tilings I heard. Walt till I write my ketch." One mornijr there was a violent ring t tils door, and as the servant did not not immediately answer It, uncle Re mus went forward. A genteel-lnoking man stood th with a box or soap. "Ten cents a cake worth twe best toilet soap you ever the man. Uncle Remus said th suuDlieit with soap. T spoke of his hard luck he was almot on the tinn. W hy, your roa mine," remarke by wsn'9 i prosperous." Tears rushed I and his voice tre , "If you had see he, '"when she bil morning and did appear presentable so." "I beg four pard' Remus. "I spoke say that soap Is Blanl I want. Give me If Tou say yoi; All right, Ju nee. h? f )' PL .a-.-i-f- .IT' V "P iiaSsTte"; ... i5 Jir .e ' - K nz. s - i