Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTHWESTRN
UNO. K. HKNSCoOTKK, MIMt I'ub.
LOUF* CITY, NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
Til* Trrumseh poultry show ocunra
November un, tv and >0.
A woman's relief corpe ha* been or
ganized at Newman tlrova.
Sknatom Ai.i.kn will leave for Wash
ington the latter part of the month.
Amimhimijoi' Iuulanii lectured In
Omaha last week to a large audience
on "American * Itlxenahlp. ’’
IM kino a murder trial In Lincoln one
of the Jurora became suddenly insane.
The panel had to he discharged
Mamin. Wii.son, a young woman of
Omaha, died last week as the result of
an al<ortlon prod need by herself.
Tiimik were several ties on the small
er office* In Omaha The candidates
will have to shake dice for the pot
I't.AUI., the little daughter of tieorge
brown of Arcadia wasaevcrely scalded
in a pun of hot water, and little hope
la entertained for her recovery.
Tun executive committee of the He
atrlce Industrial league have begun
taking subscriptions to raise ill,BOO Ui
secure the location of the King I'reae
lirill company.
In the federal court at Lincoln the
Jury acquitted Hunker Nichols of I.Itch
field of the charge of passing counter
feit money. The court adjourned uu
til January.
An epidemic of whooping cough lias
Men raging In Ord for some time,
which has greatly reduced the attend
ance at school, twenty-seven being ab
sent from one room.
A n officer of the United Htatee secret
service was In Lincoln for several dava
trying to Hud some of the VI hills
which have been raised to tens It la
said he found several
Kphaii Howaiiii, editor of the I'aplll
i. _ ft . _l..... ..A it.. I.....
bouse of the Nebraska legislature, lias
tendered ill* reslgnatiou, baring been
elected county judge of Harpy county.
Aimiiam (Ikhmiai. It a Kiev basin
augursted a more intended to secure
for the Nebraska National iiuard the
Improved Springfield rlllea, now I wing
replaced In the*rmy by the Krag-Jor
genssn arm.
Is a freight wrack on the Missouri
I'acide railway near ( onnera, Kus,, M.
M. DeWltt of Omaha, who wita besting
bia way. wa* killed The body wa*
taken to Kansas City and his wife noti
fied of bis death.
Tmr. governor lias denied the appli
cations for pardon of Convict* 11 K.
'I uttlc, sentenced from I'awnee for aa
sault; William Thompson, tent from
Dawson for rape, ami I'eter I'elcrson,
sent from Johnson for Incest
TilK Slate university'# new building,
the library, will be formally o|>eiied at
the time of tli* annual meeting of the
board of regents, December HA The
building has been accepted and will lie
occupied during the next week
Khku Si intor.nr.k. tha veteran miller
of Cedar Creek, Co** county, has turned
hie clock of goods and the mill over to
creditors The llabdities will aggre
gate about §l»l,Ooo. while the assets
will fall considerably short of that sum
IIktwkkn 4 and t o’clock in the morn
ing the liosper county court house was
totally destroyed by tire The records
•re in the vaults and safe* and It la
generally believed that they are not
damaged. The Insurance amounted to
§4. MW.
H. 1C Vimir.au an Omaha Insur
ance man. attempted to jump from a
car at Loup City before the platform
wa* reached lie missed his footing
and fell, his right hand being caughi
under the wheels and horibly mangled,
the fingers torn off and only the thumb
left
“It ia staled that a few citizens cor
ralled about dfty wolves on a sand-bar
in the I’lalte river recently, und at
tempted to hold them there until Uie
June rise, wbich it is hoped wonld
drown them.'* The above fable mu*
issued by Nat Small* of the Fremont
Herald
Thk 7-year-old daughter of John
Walker, who live* about two miles
south of McCook, was drowned in the
Meeker irrigation ditch. The water
This la the MeoBd fatality aince Ilia
ditch waa put io operation
John A SwAXaon. a saloon keeper of
Oakland, waa called from hi* bed by an
unknown man. who knocked at lua
window and told him hia aaloon waa ou
fire. Aa Swanson started to hi* place
of business. a masked man entered the
houae and held up Mr* Swsusoti for a
pur*r. which contained 9U).
I’Moltam.t never before >n the hixtory
of snundrra county have there be. u
such great extreme* In the crops a* Iht*
year some farmer* have practically
nothing, while in older localities tin
crop ta enormous. Alex Vallier re
ieutly husked out six acre* of corn ou
the Atikl smith place that turned out
too bushel* to the acre
Mom t M*to». a I.Vyeai-old girl.wax
nrrcxted in South Sion* ' tty for horxe
stealing It was learned ai the trial
that she had l«*li taken ill, and w pil
ing <<> go to her mother who wa* I'm
m.ha away, ah# took a horse from a
stable and rode It the entire distance
i * mg almost dead when she arrived
(here She wax discharged
At Nebraska t'tty loin Maher, a well
known character, shot aud pro!-ably
fatally wounded Miss Maude I easier
The shooting occurred iu the I edigh
block, at a dance which wax iwmg
given by Mill Irttabla Maher had
been drinking heavlit and enraged at
the sight of Maud* I easier preparing
to go home under the escort of another
fellow be shot her twice I he woman
will probably die
I ni staio Hanking board has author
uni ta* Hank of \t tlaoavill# to proceed
under *e» lion 11 of the new banking
law and close u,i it* basiaeaa. under
tx'Od of Hj\ix,at I he steel* t tty bank
• iisli re call) went Into vwluata>y
Ixik datioii has Iw*n granted the »aum
pti« i leg*
Ttstt sets* iMoi •**!* gallons of
lMi*r bane been haul. I wa the Indian
reaertattww bi the way of i.ywa* t«> be
sold V* ike Indian* la satietpainm of
ib* coming any meat of immxiu l a*
payment ka* Wen poatm-aed until Jan
wary I, and the bard cider traftte among
ta* roaorvatc u boot -*gg#r* will now
l* a ini*ak*w for a while
Thanksgiving In Nebraska.
Governor lloleoiub ha* Issued the fol
lowing:
In harmony with a custom as old as
'>nr government and conforming to tha
proclamation of tin1 president of tha
United States, I. Silas A. Holcomb, gov
•rnor of the state of Nebraska, by vir
tue of the authority In me vested by
law, do hereby designate and set apart
Thursday, the ttstli day of November,
A. IX, lftli.’i, a* a day ol solemn and pub
lic thanksgiving 10 Almighty Hod for
Hie bUseing* to u* as a (icoplr, a state
end a nation, and I earnestly request
that on that day all manner of secular
work may lie laid aside and our people
assemble together In the usual pieces
»f public worship, and in their homes,
tnd In such manner as may be approved
by their conscience, render thanks to
eur Heavenly Father for ilia manifold
nieasing* enjoyed under the beneficent
Influence* of iii« rnUghtcned Christian
civilization of the present day.
The people of Nebraska have Indeed
great reason lo feel a deep sense of
gratitude to the Liver of all good. In
the midst of universal depression in tha
bnslnesa world the people of Nebraska
have enjoyed a fair degree of prosperi
ty during the year now drawing to a
close. I’rovldsiu e lias a/alu smiled on
our fair land, blessing the toll of the
husbandman with crop* sufllelcnt to
meet ordinary want*, anil peace and
contentment prevail through the land.
Let us also on this day remember tbe
poor and unfortunate among ua, not by
prayera alone, but by arts of charity
and benevolence manifested In such
sulistantlsl manner as will make the re
cipient* thereof most happy and con
tented.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto subscribed my name and caused
to be efllged the great seal of tbe elate
of Nebraska. ,
Hone at Lincoln, the capital of the
state, thisfitli day of November, in the
£ ear of our Lord, Hue Thousand Light
lundred and Ninety-live; of the slate,
the Twenty ninth, and of the Inde
pendence of tlie United States, tbe One
Hundred and Twentieth
(Seal) Hit,as A. HobOoMU.
jly the governor
J. A. Fif'KM, Secretary of State.
Murdered bf mu I'nknuwn Mun,
A WUwnrUlli Neb., dispatch to the
Omaha lire says; Albert Major*of lie
vi/.cs. eight ruiies south of here, fume
to town tills morning unit l"hi s inis of
s coolly plunned slid executed murder
that occurred at that place at about
sunrise in tbs morning Ths facts In
the case, as related, srr these:
l ust evening u mun unknown lu the
neighborhood of llevi/es culled at thu
home of John Nelson and inquired for
Albert Applegate, saying hr was unold
friend of his aud that he hud known
him on the range In Colorado, lie
stayed with Nelson overnight, but did
not give bis name. In the morning
early he started for the Held near by,
wiieru Applegate was husking corn.
The supposition of those who found the
body are that the murderer sneaked
upon his victim in u draw which ran
very near where he was husking and
commenced firing when he hud reached
Shooting distunee Applegule. after
the first shot, is sup|K>»ed to have de
cided to clinch the mun and started for
him. pulling tils eoat as he ran. Four
shots were ITred. but thst one struck
bim—the fstul shot—Justus he reached
the murderer is known from the fact
that his face was burned with powder.
The shot struck him Just above the
cheek bone, causing inslant death.
No one knows who the murderer wus
or the cause for the crime, but he is
supposed to be a man with whom Ap
plegate had had trouble while living In
Colorado, lie told Majors last summer
that he had caused the separation of a
man and his wife in Colorado and the
husband had aworn to follow him and
kill him if It took twenty years. The
msn who committed thu deed Is prob
ably the one who hud vowed ven
geance. lie has never been seen since
the murder wus committed. Applegate
is well known here us u sober, Industri
ous insn.
All stale Pair Hills Paid.
Ths board of managers of the stall
board of agriculture, at a meeting held
in Omaha, comp'eted checking up ac
counts of the late state fair und after
the lost of the bills had been paid
found a good four figure balance on the
right side of the cash book. All thu
members of the hoard expressed them
selves as well pleased with the reuull
and as confident that the fair next year
will be larger and a still greater sue
oes*
Chairman Ihusinore and Secretary
Furnas were appointed delegates to at
tend the meeting of the western and
easiern fair aesociattous and the Amer
ican shorthorn llret-ders' annual con
article on sugar beet cultivation to be
read before the annual meeting of the
atate fair board in Lincoln next Janu
ary. During the annual meeting of the
board, the annual eorn show, which
promiae* to exceed all previoua allows
of the kind, and the annual mealing of
the Mate farmer*' institute will also
be held In Lincoln
4hmIIi»t I»um f»r Trow Me
Lincoln dispatch: There la a new
cauae for disagreement belwreu \t nr
den Leidigh of the penitentiary and
the stale board of public land* and
building*. The new cause of disagree
meul between these contending par
tie* arises from the reported sale by
the warden of some of the hogs, a ear
load, which were raised on the peni
tentiary ground* and are the proiwriy
of the state the member* of the
board say that *H* selling of atate
property by the head of a atate Insti
tution without the consent of the
board i* without precedent, and in
direct violation of the rule which
govern* aueh mailer* The board l»
supposed to be rr*poa*lb e for ail Hf
rh*s«* and sales of property, and II
says It |a aupp>*ed that the member*
ahali know of such transactions
•*,iW ..
|MU| Nsil 1*1
Judy# Mura* unlay. »»>* a l.incoii
dispatch rendered hi* deewhm lathe
; ea*< > herein Albeit Malkin*. at re
1 c*ivci fin the I Vara National bank,
sought to bava a trauafer of stock by
li d I', D >aey tw I rank money act
a*id* t'kr re- euer allege,l that I • anh
i thus*« wa* insolvent and the ti sutler
•1 before the failure of the bank » a*
le» t i• I' I U io,
III if ass*, mu nt 1 he . *>uel set *» ,1,
the transfer and lb* judgment incite*
that It h I Ixieaey Uiwat pae the a*
sea*meuts which amount to Id) per
mat
TURKEY STILL KIL
1DSSULMAN3 ENGAGED IN
BLE WORN IN ASIA NINI
I
REPORTS ARE APPAl
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flight Hundred 1’arauaa Nlalu Aim
|>nt aad Right American I
Mulldlaga bached and Hurd
Kurd* Annihilate Tbooaad
bear tiurae—Tba Powtd
rra|>arlng for Action.
I
CowrrAgriMorLR, Nor. I Hi'
*00 per huh were imtaaarrcil
Munaulmuua at Kherpuland 4
of twelve bulldlnga bolonglu
American in Union a ware am i
turned. The mlnnlouarlea, I
em-uped. Thle wga lo eplte 0
aui uiu'ea of the |>orte to Unlt4
Mininter Alexander W. Teri
the Uvea and property of tin)
cana would be protected, and, 4
It wua announced that Turkl
urinea had been detailed to if
(ulnnlon Mr. Terrell ban not)
portc that the United Htatea I
it reaponalble for tne lire* of
•lonariea.
The inhabitant* around
are In u atate of if real diatr
hunger and if cold weather al
in auddeuly there would be int
aulTerlng and coiiaiderable lot
Kroiu (iuran, in the village i
where tbe Kurda have been li
t.ooo Aruieuiana, It ia repor
all the Armeniana are maaaacj
iu tbe diatrict of Mardiu
there la a large • hrlatiaii no ;
ill Chaldean* and ISyriaus, a nl 1
village* have been burned i
ground and the people are i '
and suffering from sicknus* d i
posure and hunger.
These outrage* confirm
doubt the impression whloli
vailed here for a tong time -
movement has now assume!
tious beyond the control of <
ish authorities even if the tut
really desirous of punishing
suliimus fur massacreiug Ac
in fact it is considered very l
whether the Turkish troop* v*
oil Mussulman* if they idioul
dered to do so.
No definite action is know!
been taken by the uinl.asssdo
powers, but It is reported t
will join In a note, informing
tan that m spite of the reumi*
and recoinuieudatlons of th<
matter* liave now reached a i
Asia Minor where it i* e v i < t.
the sultan's authority is not l
to quell the recent disturbauct
has become necessary for the f
In the Interest of Christianity i
inanity, to out an end to llie*<
der* by occupying Jointly vario
tloiin of the Turkish empire unt
shall be fully restored and a
system of government be inaug
Tiie police here continue to
unexplained arrests and not
Ksse* without revolutionary i
ing placarded on the wall*
tributed on the streets. The rei
of affair* cannot lie ascertained
representatives of the einbassic
less by representatives of the
but it in currently stated tli
softs* (Turkish theological sti
have recently been arrester!
cause of their imprisonment is
be (neir refusal to return U
home* wi'.bout, receiving tiie
due to them from the governm
their expense* in undergolufi
course of study; but another an
iikelv version is that the studen
been Droved to be imp'icaled i
ing the revolutionary placards.
The Porte is also said to I
anxious about tiie attitude of t
Itary cadets, who are said
strongly imbued with the revt
ary spirit which prevails in thi
and usvy.
A massacre of Christian* is rt
from Aiexaudrutta, Northern
in the presence of 300 Turkish sr
who did not render any assi
lb IN ailUVIl VHMV »HV MWi V|n •
dent* of Alexuudretta are iu <
Ottli ial dispatches received he
tained additional uccounta of .
inn lawlessnesn. It ia report*
the Armenian* have attacked t
lage* of l-'orakn, Hitchli and Be
near Xeitoun and lnime.1 lift
house* They also burned the
of Kurbel, aud out* Mohammed
burned alive. Eighteen MuukuIi
both sexes were killed and
woundeit by the rioter* at Telit
biaaar which was totally deatr>
the rioters Several Mussiilm
lages have been sacked iu the
and Tehoktiierxemcnk district*.
Sultan lias scut fresh pcreiu|il
struct ions 10 the vails of the d
districts where the disorder* hi
curred. as well as to the milita
uiaudrr*. telilug lhem that tha
promptly restore order by tl
and equitable treatment of but
tian* and Mohammedan*
kharpil • rrislwnw. Uissl
liosmv Nov Is News of t
sacie at and devastation of I hi
own mis*tor at Kbarput was r
at the room of the American l
f. lelgn missions I'onimissivnv r
and caused consternation. a» i
•ion was aot only oae of tfe
prosperon* and successful in
but was also coa side rest 'h
secure from trouble. fbe iw
deal rayed are tbnaa of tha ii
Iswrd Sbarp.it is ,hc uit es Sm
of f.ioruum sad about twei I
.vest of the Euphrates It is 1
tet of a large number olid..,
•nag an esteuded plain, an I
luting the only aectkto of A
where the Armenians can laid,
to esmsttlate a majority of tb*
lion The city Itself ba* i
Turkish population but the
almost enlirelv Armenia* I
mat of Kupbtatea college
out stattoas lie within ten mi *
city The Aral ahir 8* 4 on tl
, was joined to b hat put ia I**.',
fallow lag teai tbe laigaat par
, 11 a bebt* 8eld on tha «w«*lh
now the limit* of the station embrace
n district nearly one-thinl a* lar/e a*
New Kngland. Tlie llrst mi*s!onary
to occupy till* htati' n was Mr. Dun
more, In Ifl.'iS. lie ieU after three
year*, and during tlie civil wur in
America he became a chiiolain in tlie
army and wa* killed. 'I he first church
ws* formed in 1 M.'.tl with two mem
ber* Now there are tweutv-flve
chnrchea which have u membership of
more than 3,000 persons. Tlie present
living membership i* a little more
than 1,700.
The Kharpat Trouble «uiillriurd.
Wasiiiix«toi», Nov. Ih. —A message
from Mlnlater Terrell today confirm*
the report of the Kliurput ina**acre.
'I’lie place i* far inland and beyond
the reach of a man of war, which
would lie obliged to pus* the Darda
nelle* and enter tlie Itlack sea to ap
proach even the neighboring coast.
There I* reason to believe that Mr.
Terrell, In udditlon to strongly Insist
ing to the Porte upon the protection
of the American* there. Itu* urged
them to come to tlie coast where they
cau lie more readily assisted by the
American men-of-wur As flic inis
eionuricn themselves have escaped
the massacre unharmed, it is probable
Unit the amends required from
the Turkish government by
the United State* will be con lined to a
demand for payment on account of the
property destroyed. it was at Khar
put that tlie State department sought
tocMfuhllsh u consulate, in which pur
pose It has been defeated so fur by the
refusal of the Turkish government to
issue an exequatcur to Mr, Hunter,
si'ut there as the first consul.
LABOR AND TEMPERANCE.
Ilsneral Muster Workman Sovereign Ke
pi leal to u W. V. T. V. Ili-legtale.
Wasiiiwotom, Nov. Is.—When the
Knight* of Labor general assembly
returned its session* yesterduy Miss
Anna K. Iteiler, representing the na
tional W. G, T. U., spoke for half an
hour on labor and temperance topics
and also read a communication ad
dressed Ut tlie resolutions committee
of the uHsa-rribly, saying that the W.
C J. U. would lie glad if
the Knights could Indorse the
movement for “Sunday closing,”
“equal standard of morals,” “equal
pay for eijual work, regardless of sex"
and “the enfranchisement of women.”
General Master Workman Sovereign
replied in part as follows: “This order
spends more of its time and money
and talents to tiie upbuilding of tiie
men of thin country than any other
organization. While we are not
pledged to the prohibition of tiie
liquor truffle, we draw tlit* line at the
saloon-keeper ami tiie gambler and all
tbc influences that corrupt the muss
of tiie people.”
The Committee on Laws yielded to
the Committee on Grievances and the
report of the latter was considered ut
length, unusual secrecy being ob
served. us it deals with (icrsonal griev
ances within the order, ino->t of them,
however, of minor Importance.
fr. HUGE THEFT.
fllroHsIs Hank Kalibnl of Two sud a
Half Million Hollars
Hill s*vi s, Nov, IS.—The board ut
director* of ilie Hociete Generate, a
banking institution of this city, re*
,jceiitly discovered that it hud been
tubbed of Slf.hoo.ooo. The cashier was
ubscquently arrested in l’aris, con
tfessed to stealing the money and at
tributed his losses to speculation on
the bourse
1 Threw Himself Hefore an Lnglne.
i M km i’ll is Tenn., Nov, Is.—II. H.
'Talley, formerly ticket agent of tlie
,Chesapeake. Ohm & Southwestern rail
tread, at this point, attempted suicide
this morning by throwing himself in
, Front of a switch engine on tiie levee,
ijli* skull was fractured uud he will
idle. Despondency over businesN re
verses is thought to be the cause
m| . ... —. ...—
1 Will Hull Herr Kras to M. Louis.
Uiikks Hav, Wis., Nov. 18. — K. Ilow
brd und .1. Malouey, two young men
of this city, sturted ut 3 o clock this
.afternoon to roll two beer k.-gs from
jiere to St Louis. They were escorted
,iput of town by a brass band.
SI
Shut lllinself liy Accident.
It New (mu.kami, l,a.. Nov. 18. Hubert
rti. Hay, cotton factor, scholar unit
ibr'ist. u son of the lute .lames 1. Ha.v,
''dim! from a wound received last night
_‘Vv the accidental discharge of hi*
''pistol while he was searching Ids
’'house for a burglar.
ul Held for the Hetrolt Kiplnston.
,i Dktmoii, Mich., Nov. 18.—The grand
„|ury returned au indictment uyainst
vfhnuia* M. Thompson, engineer of
aid>c wrecked Journal building The.
VJiiarge is manslaughter
nr NEWS BREVITIES,
ff
ivi Uoao llaglista Hu Silva lerrao He
'Vtarvalho Martens, Portuguese ambus
v |* lor near the |hi|m< and fattier in law
iplf tile I'oriuguese minister to this
i dounlry, is deu I
Kansas t». A 11. ..Hirers assert lliul
here are ?ft,uoo veterans iu that state.
“■ baiu> and snow have helped * eniral
>e in.it. w heal to a creditable standing
1 •' llenry Waiter sou is going to Kitrn|w
>•» [> write a booh „n the life of Lincoln.
“4 Thomas Iloyd. aged lr’>, one of I In
ti one*”* •«( > aliaway eoumy Missouri,
M i dead
e t . Matter Huncaa of Kiagdshrr,
iu ala was u.-.|ultte«t of tlteehaigejif
mrdt ring M. i.Uhan
'tit | houtas Hi * i ts 'if Ttioewiavitie Pa .
»* tt the thrifts of his two ehddrvn
d* 1,4 tto n attempted vuWuie
' Iteputy MaisUa IVaa Tompk ns
9 At killed |.t mooashtuers <n l uwWr
riian» phisIv heatuchy
t n Tour iu. tt attempted to ft He * ta*». *
t , | Vttastsheld 'Hint t ney fa< «d in
l„, tat attempt but rob'ed the she* if
• The I, >ui> ana i ct lr c Light t *m
>■« say one of the largest of it* hind ia
l I* |r istiuth was dec ared asoivenl
»* Lota Harve.v. Helen i.ttwgae John
* ' .-littdv the .a1 • r tender e»t...*«r
' ' K si .K ha a«d other* are !*• *p. *•
>M i» reform v afe-ence ai • n'n.tetie
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NO SHAPE FOR WAR.
| UNCLE SAM MUST NEEDS BE
STIR HIMSELF.
Admiral Walker Corroborate* All that I*
Hot Forth by liaoeral Mila*—Tbl*
Country Oerlured to ba at tha Merry of
Foreign Foa#—Crgent Need of War
■hip* a* Wall a* Coast Fortification*.
In Tima of Tear# Prepare for War.
Washington, Nov. Id.—Admiral
Walker adds hit testimony to that of
General Miles concerning the weak
ness of the government coast defenses.
"I am a good American," said he,
"but 1 cannot shut ray eyes to void
facts. We are not prepared to-day to
engage in war with- any first class
power. We are in the position that
China occupied in her recent struggle
with Japan. We liuve a vast popula
tion, great wealth, boundless resources
and endless patriotism, but we cannot
maintain an offensive or defensive at
titude against any one of a half dozen
foreign countries. What General
Miles says about tiie defenseless con
dition uf our coast cities is entirely
correct. It is true that New York and
Han Francisco are better protected
than our other commercial cities, but
even they would be helpless against
the assaults of a dozen powerful
iron cluds. Ho far as the re
maining cities are concerned they
have no protection whatever.
Congress ought to make liberal
appropriations for coast defenses, and
for additional ships of war. More
than anything else we need a strong
navy, if wo had a dozen battleships
of the Indiana cluss on the Atlantic
coast we could defy as powerful a
maritime country as Great Britain.
We have now four battleships build
ing and two others have been appro
priated for. We need at least acven
more. With anything like a fair sys
tem of coast defenses we would be be
yond the probabilities of war. There
would be no more Coriuto incidents;
no more talk of foreign aggressions on
American soil. The United Htutes
would he pre-eminent on the American
continent. The greatest preventive
against war is to be fully prepared
for it."
THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
A Strong Movement Toward THIS Kn<f In
Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 10.—A petition bear
ing 00,GGO signal urea, aud asking that
the reading of the Bible be restored to
the public schools will be presented
soon to the board of education. It
was circulated by the Woman’s Edu
cational Union of < hieago. The union
held a meeting lust night to consider
the outlook for tlie movement. Re
ports from the committee having
charge of the petition were encourag
ing, and it was announced that mat
ters were in such a shape that the doc
ument could be presented to the board
of education in a short time.
Mrs. C 1-'. Kimball read a paper on
the subject of reading the bible in the
public schools, and giving a history of
the work done by the union since the
organization in 1880. Khe quoted
letters of indorsement from Mgr.
Satolli and many other prominent
and high churchmen. There were
also letters from Bishop Fallows,
President Rogers of the Northwestern
university aud President Harper
of the Chicago university. In his let
ter Mgr. Satolh expressed solicitude
for the movement and indorsed the
East lubo^ of the union, expressing
imself as in favor of reading selected
portions of the bible. "I would like
to say,” said Mrs. Kimball, “that we
have received a great many communi
cations from the Catholic clergy, and
in no instance have they opposed the
move, so long ns it is strictly non
aectarian in its nature.”
It is the plan of the union to select
passages of Scripture for use in the
public schools, which shall be entirely
nou-sectarian. The selections are to
be made by a committee composed of
<1 WVow<.ii( wiillfflnnu ilnrwtminutinna
NATIONAL GRANGE.
A I'libile Krt-epilon With Noted Speaker*
— Drgrrre Conferred.
Wohckhtkh, Musk., Nor. U—Yester
day afternoon the National Grange
reception in Mechanics’ hall was at
tended by t’,000 people. Dr. George
A. Bowman, Master of the State
Grange of Connecticut and chairman
of the general committee, presided.
Speeches wero made by Mayor
Henry A. Marsh, Governor Cleaves
of Maine. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Wolcott of Massachusetts,
N. J. lialctieUler of New Hampshire,
secretary of the board of agriculture;
Governor Coffin of Connecticut, ex
Governor Goodeli of New Hampshire,
Colonel ,1. 11. Itinghaui of Ohio, master
of the National Grauge; Aaron Jones
of Indiauu. Alpha Messer of Vermont
und Mrs. ha rah G. ttaird, master of
the Minnesota state Gruuge After the
reception the notable visitors were
entertained at lunch at the Woscester
club b> Mayor Marsh
In Mechanic’s hall in the evening
the sixth degree of the order was coa
| ferre.l on several hundred candidate*
After the work illustrations of the
tir»l. second, third and fourth degree*
were giveu by officers of the Grange of
Worcester county lu Horticultural
halt there *o a conference of repre
sentative* of chambers of commerce,
S boards of trade and delegate*, at
which a resolution was passed recom
mending to the tongiessof the United
i Hi ate* and the American people what
is known as the l.ubin proposition for
j the protect I m of American agrieel
: ‘aval shipping
WIU !-*«•«» m NSW tMt
Kssssa Cm, Mo. Nov 14—It will
not be torg before a man mat speak
tme a telephone in Kansas t tty word*
wKieK will be Keard in New lull,
Boston and other eitie* along tKe At
Untie nail TKe American TelegrapK
and Telephone assiaky, wMeK ossa
tbc I las- between K-aliis, K*W \ orK
and Chicago K**. M month*, keen
looting V> K«a-a* t tty a* a point to
whiek it meat asm »#*#*. and * **•
• tiendibg It* line toward tki* vity
l, tuiai t u t telephoae awn espeel
u,*< tke sutNlsa with the Kad wilt
I k* ai u m a tear
TO DISCUSS IRRIGATION.
Approach Inf roiwontlon to ho H»W ••
Kidney, Neb.
Sidnkt, Neh,, Nov. 16 —Hon. I. A.
Fort, president of tho State Irrigation
association, was here, giving directions y
about the third aonual convention to
bo held here December 18 and 19. Tbn
executive committee in charge of all
preparations for the entertainment of
viaitors is working hard and leavingr
nothing undone. It is expected that
more than tVOO delegates will be pres
ent, besides hundred* of visitors. Tho
railroads will make cheap rate* and
many will come hero to see the prac
al demonstration of irrigation. Invita
tions will be sent to all the county and
municipal bodies in the state, irriga
tion associations, and all newspaper*
Colordo and Wyoming will send emi
nent speakers. Nebraska's orators will
be fully represented, and a flood of ex
cellent thoughts will be brought out,
showing the value of united action
upon this Imporlont enterprise. Thou
sands of dollars will be expended in
western Nebraska the coming year
upou wind mill and pump irrigation.
'1Tie large canal companies arc already a
reaping the benefits of their work and ^
tiie valleys are producing vast amount*
of the necessaries of life.
It i* a revelation to visit an irrigated
farm and see what nature can unfold
when supplied with water. The water
wasted every year in the Finite valley
would irrigate 6,000,000 acres of land.
Tho coming convention will lie a
thorough educator and will demon
strate to the people how to utili/.e this
vast body of water, which at the pres
ent time benefits no one.
With only a small effort the farmer
can be educated and taught how to
handle the water. There will be
plenty of hotel aceonimodut.ona. The
ladies of Cheyenne county are also en
listed in the cause and will endeaver
to entertain witli a lavish hu':d. j
ANNUAL REPORTS COMING
uetb Becretsflss Smith and Morion Will
Discuss Mullers of Interest.
Washington, Nov. lb.—Ti.e report
of Secretary Smith will be one of the
most interesting made by a Secretary
of the interior for several years. Mora
interest centers about the recommend
ations the Secretary will make for
the settlement of the Faciflc railroad
debt* than anything else. it is
known that lit* believes in a con
ttnuous line of Pacific marts from
Omaha to the Pacific ocean, and that
he think* such a line can be oper
ated to advantage. Home time ago
he held up ull patents of land* to the
Pacific railroad* which were bond
aided amounting to 7,00o,000 acre*.
Whether this i» an indication that he
intend* to make some radical recom
mendation* to Congrea* is not known,
but it is a fact that he ha* been secnr
ing statistic* relative to tbe earninge
of the road* and their capac ty to earn
enough to pay a moderate interest
upon tbe present indebtedness. It is
expected tnat Congress will undertake
to legislate upon tbe subject of tbe
Pacific railroads' Indebted ness daring
the coining session, and the Secretary
will no doubt recommend a plan of
settlement.
Secretary Morton will complete hie
ennnal report early next week. He t
makes a feature of tbe system of gov- ’
eminent inspection of meats and will
fioiut out some of tbe defects in It a*
t now exists.
A FORCER FROM CHOICE
Billot a. Ktjnolda of Fort Seott tVssto#
Fonss and Fortuo* Through Crime*.
Fobt Scott, Kan., Nov. Iff.—Attor
ney Elliott 8. Reynolds, who was put
in the Bates county, Mo., jail yester
day at Rich Hill, is a member of tbe
Boarbon county bar, a member of a
fine family, a handsome, dressy young
man of dignified mien, and well edu
cated. lie is a criminal of singular
tendencies, which many attribute
to a mania. The affluence of his fam
ily has palliated more than a dozen
felonious offenses, which date as far
back as his boyhood, and the fortune
left by his late father has been spent
for his liberty. Six years airo he was
sentenced to three years in the Mis
souri penitentiary for forging a note
on \V. T. Smith, a merchant at Spring
field. but the case was appealed and
for some reason he was allowed to ior
feit a bond of |i,0o0 and go free He
it now being prosecuted by the Kan
sas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
Railroad Company for another luttmrw.
SENATOR HARRIS’ VIEWS p
The Taaaaaaaa Statesman on ikt Mlvar
1 »an«a la tba Neat t'emimtsa.
Washington, Nor. Id.—Iu a if
ter from Senator Harris of lon
uossee to hie free silver col
leagues here be says: "In the
light of recent election revolt* there
ia, in my opinion, no hope of Demo
eratie auocraa in ISbd unless we can
succeed in so organizing the biro *tal lie
Democrat* a* to secure in the national
convention a plain, distinct aud unmis
takable declaiation in favor of the free
anil unlimited coinage of both silver
aud gold without regard to the finan
cial policies of any counter, and,
therefore, it appears to me that we
should redouble our efforts to secure
such organiaation. **
An llmiasi Mraihar shut Dee*
CMK'atto, Nov. id -Last uight fid
ward l»ia, n private detective, who wes
after Clarence Vthlte, leader uf a baud
of house thieves, shot Fraan White,
the outlaw's brother, a elern of good
repute, by miatahe. aud has baeu ar
i resled he claims that t lareuea was
1 with Frank at the lima and that »«*
j of the two men fired at him fira*
Aa laOtaa »S>e» ta Me anas g
Kt r*vi a. lad Ter , Nee It - tars
nay fiochota. whu was eoavteted of
Ureeay fur the third time In the Ku
tnuin district laden court yveterdey,
: In accordance ant the t reek law waa
sentenced w> be shut. m
r-n« Si«si Mruwl a.«a.i teas Vj
ItAfiIHI. MeC It A steam laua h M
be i eng mg t« the Mriltsh arutec« Mger t
‘a ivpctal to hnee bean lost In Japan
eae waters ant forty aighl man who
were an board wf her are antd to have
been drowned