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* The Ponca Indians are about to elect their tribal chief in the tradi tional manner—with a buffalo hunt, and for that purpose have purchased three bison. For the sentimentalist there is in this statement the pathetic reminder that both the buffalo and the Indian are almost extinct, and that the coming hunt will probably be the It is intended to make a show of the hunt, and Indians from the tribes in Indian and Oklahoma Territories have been invited. Some have al ready^ arrived and erected their tepees. One of the western railroads expects to run excursion trains down to Bliss, O. T., so that the sightseers may be able to witness the event. While the Poncas are keeping the the details of their plans secret, there can be no doubt that the hunt will not compare with those of the days when there were millions of buffaloes on the plains. In those days a buffalo hunt was. in a measure, one of the most dangerous sports man or horse could enter into. Those who have taken part in these hunts have described them as being unsurpassed in the ex citement they produced. The Indians on their fleet ponies pursued their prey with swiftness, end the spectacle of an immense herd, sometimes a mile long, pursued, and it might be said, with equal justice, pursuing the hunters; dust enveloping the hunters, horses running close without being guided, and apparently entering into the spirit of the hunt as much as the riders was an expe pilot, and his only duty was to carry his rider safely and surely without being told what to do. Time was, within the memory of many living men. who are not so very old. either, when the American bison, or as he will perhaps always be called her*, the buffalo, existed in the west ern country in numbers incalculable. Between the eastern range of the Rocky mountains and the Mississippi river they roved in herds so large as to seem impossible to one who never saw them. There is a well-authenti cated story that the garrison at Fort Kearney actually fired their canon at an immense herd once to prevent them taking the fort in a rush. Many officers and cavalrymen who were i stationed on the frontier years ago tell of traveling for month at a time and never being out of sight of their countless numbers. The bison was particularly numerous in Kansas at one time, owing to the fact that the buffalo grass was there most plenti ful. At times the plains were a solid, moving mass of monsters; as far as the eye could see they were visible in enormous numbers. Trains were of ten delayed while a herd crossed the last to be witnessed on the western plains. There are a little more than a hand ful of the Poncas left; if the white man ever found a good Inlian, which some claim to be an impossibility, the Ponca was a near approach to that ideal. The tribe was part of the Sioux nation, and the original home was near a branch of the Red river and Lake Winnipeg. The Poncas have always enjoyed a reputation for being very peaceable. They were driven from their Red river home by their old enemy, the Chippewas. who forced them beyond the Missouri river. Following them up closely, the Chippewas drove them away once more, when they joined the Omahas, which alliance has had the effect of preventing their annihilation. Although a part of the Sioux nation, the other tribes kept up a relentless war upon the Poncas, as did the Paw nees, Osages and the Kansas Indians. What these wars left, smallpox and the white man’s vices nearly finished, and from a total of about 6,000 there are only about 600 now. The remnant was placed on a reservation, near the mouth of Niobrara river, in Nebraska, and here their ill-luck followed them. This time it was not their Indian en emy, but the federal government which failed them. Uncle Sam neg lected the terms of the treaty made with them, and once more they be came nomads, forced to the hunt for subsistence. Forty years ago, when Chief White Eagle was chosen, there were about 6.000 in the tribe. Only eight survive of those who hunted the buffalo at his inauguration. The Council of Ad visers consists of ten, and since he can no longer draw the necessary quo rum he has retired, and his son. Horse Chief, takes his place at the head of the tribe. In accordance with the traditional laws of the tribe, the chief and his advisers are selected in a buffalo hunt. The coming hunt will bear little re semblance to that of forty years ago. Tpl the arena was the boundless plains; now it is to be an inclosure 3.000 feet long and 1,500 leet wide. Then it took place with herds innu merable; now three bison from the Goodnight ranch, in Texas, will fur nish the sport. __- - - — — — —■ — - ■w w w — third degree in roumania. Sweating Process by Which Confes sions Are Forced From Prisoners. “The prisoners in our country are treated like kings and princes as com pared with those of Roumania,’ saui John T. Ekalls of Portland, Me. “I chanced to be in Roumania about six months ago and saw a man arrest ed. Being curious, I determined to , watch and learn what they did with j him. He was not tried and released the next day, as he would have been in this country, but was subjected to medieval tortures. He was whipped with the so-called sand sausage, a bag filled with wet sand. This instrument of torture inflicts terrible pain, but leaves no marks whatever on the body of the culprit “This particular prisoner was tor tured in order to wrest, from him a confession whether or not the kissing of an actress had been the result of a preconcerted conspiracy. He denied it and was then treated to the Joys of the ‘ash bag’—that is, his head was put in a bag filled c-ith ashes. The jailers beat with a stick upon the bag, causing^the ashes to penetrate ricnce never to be forgotten. So fas cinating did the chase become that the more it was indulged in the keener grew the enjoyment, until, as some hunters will confess, it finally became a passion. In the eagerness of the chase every muscle quivered, every nerve was at its fullest tension, every faculty was keenly on the alert, and the excitement brought with it the glow of health and the vigor of Ia Ponca wh/7 ! vSrrs in Cox/ncitj youth. When the firing began the reins were dropped over the horse's neck and not touched again by the rider until he was through firing. The horse had to avoid obstacles in his path without suggestion from his rider. If there was a hole in the ground, he must detect it and jump over it; a rock, he must overcome it in the same manner. He was the into the eyes, mouth, nostrils and esrs of the prisoner. “The process was then wound up by what is known as the ‘truth finder,’ a sort of wooden forceps by which the temples of the prisoner are com pressed. This was too much for the man. He confessed a lie. “I» was glad to learn a few days later, however, that the torturers had been removed from office for their un seemly work.”—Louisville Herald. Appropriate. One summer when William Carey was at Narragansett Pier he was in vited to a dance where the guests were requested to appear as charac ters from the Bible. - The coming party was being dis cussed at the Casino when a young man, who was an object of general ridicule because of his habit of pad ding his legs when in golf costume, said to Mr. Carey: “What would you advise me to go as?” “Oh,” answered Mr. Carey, “I think 'the fatted cal.F would be about right for you.”—New York Times. tfacks of the Union Pacific railroad At one time they roamed all over the country. Naturally migratory, the Indians knew their wondering habits, and followed them. They were in those days of the greatest value to the Indians. They supplied nearly all of their food, and millions were slaughtered each year for the suste nance of the red man. Not only did the buffalb supply food, but furnished the robes and hides for clothing and dwellings. Buffalo hunting was a science, and was only to be engaged in sarely by those who thoroughly understood the methods of their prey. In the hunt ing, as has been stated, the horse was a quantity of no insignificance. In killing these animals the hunter rode boldly into the fleeing herd, his horse running only as fast as the buf faloes. Then, selecting the animal desired, he fired directly behind the fore shoulder, as this was the tender est place, and a shot entering at this point was most likely to strike a vital part. This threw the buffalo down, and after the hunter had exhausted his ammunition, or had selected a suf ficient number, he returned and killed those he had already wounded that were left lying on the prairie. With the Indians the hunt was much more simply conducted. They did not always penetrate a herd, but often fol lowed it and picked off the animals in the rear. The hunt for which the Poncas have made such elaborate preparations will, of course, be a tame affair compared with the hunts in the days gone by, and, of course, the sixty braves let loose upon them will not at first attempt a killing, or the sport would be of short duration. In any event, the last buffalo hunt is one of great interest, and as the beasts are now scarce and costly, it rtfaiy without fear be called the last. Then, also, the breaking-up process of the Indian relations is nearly completed. In a few years the hostile red man will be a legend, he is fast succumb ing to civilizing influences, his hunt ing grounds are blossoming with pop ulous, thriving towns. The Poncas are most likely about to inaugurate their last chief, as well as to hunt for the lasc time the monarch of the plains.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Song of Songs. I have no wish to tell in song Of splendid victories at sea; Let them to whom great gifts belong Exult o'er v <ir s wild revelry. There may te epics still to write When Homer's cantos are forgot. And fame may he for them who smite The lyre to tell how heroes fought. Let them whose talents are supreme Go steep themselves in classic lore And in ecstatic trances dream And sing the splendid iegends o'er In measures worthy of their praise Whose acedemic souls demand Such flowery odes and loftv lavs As only they may understand. For me no splendid, lofty flight Beyond the vision of tne throng. But O that it were mine to write ’ The simple, homely little song That in the hearts of high and low Is ever sweetly lingering, The common song tnat all men know And only lack the W'ords to sing *_-S. E. Kiser. The Retort Courteous. Sergt. Ballantine relates the story of a barrister who had been supplant ed by Adolphus, an Irish lawyer. The one who was losing his briefs, in a fit of spleen, remarked to Adolphus: “You remind me of the three B’s— blarney, bully and bluster.” Instantly the Irishman retorted: “You did not complain of my b(eejs until they sucked your honey!” &Ujo£' to tfyz. fae&ya. c Vt o&, mIa^jk jfatL I U ans-cjiA? C&? jjaZn^ Him |) “Wave#* ill (sand in, caraidand at thlj. i \ \ Co five. Co rrx? c£^r! <£e£ xtu^cadi ipnr \«j«4- !\ \ C^ciot, rvu cwtv ! <&*- this ^Jaxcjiti<ul V \ \ Ql&ifi ZtvZiC ifk&u QAXtesl'^U jd &<ytri0:Kf4 ^ Tuw pax t£oocr-6 tzttl ^Wj f^§*£! cfosc £& c&iaxc! 'Jkerz U nGX^kt ^Tru^tV--^ to in*! dcwx on-^-y i^oivt J4r<St Ccc^lcU*! / C&! t4> ^COClt £7l&^fw j ^zl&x a\*£ &e (Urciujkty «^o«e/i. it^==a?ui ‘'Jtat! j J The Last of Gretna Green, A 8cete That Wa* Common Enough a Century Ago, When Eloping Couple* Sought the AW of the Gretna Green Blacksmith la Joining Thom in Matr.i^pp/, With Mrs. Margaret Parker of Clif ton Hall. Westmoreland, who died a few weeks ago at the age of 88, the last of all the hundreds of brides who were wooed and carried av^y across the border to Gretna Green disap peared, and one of the most romantic chapters in Cupid’s history was finally closed. It is just sixty-one years ago since Mrs'. Parker was carried borderwards swift as an impatient lover and horses’ feet could take her. and for more than forty years she led an ideally happy life with her romantic husband. Mr. Parker, it is interesting to note, was no novice at runaway weddings, for he had made one previous trip to Gretna Green with the daughter of Col. Youngson of Bowscar, who was just on the eve of being sent to India to be married to a young army officer. On this first adventure the"rate fath er, in true fiction style, gave hot chase and arrived at the scene of the bridal a few minutes tco iat« to disappoint his son-in-law. Another interesting survival of the romantic days of elopements was Car oline Margaret, dowager marchioness of Queen sherry, who died quite recent ly at the age of 83. The marchioness was the youngest and prettiest daugh ter of Gen. Sir William Clayton, hart., who objected strongly to Lord Drum lanrig’s ardent wooing of his 19-year old child. What could the young lov ers do in face of such implacable op position but hurry away across the border, where obdurate parents could safely be defied? So one night in early June, 1840, Miss Caroline and her lordly wooer mounted their horses and never rested until the obliging blacksmith at Gret na Green had made them one. The marchioness always retained her romantic notions. Years after her own runaway match her maid ran off with the coachman, also on a matri monial errand. The coachman bor rowed the marquis’ favorite hunter for the journey and unfortunately lamed him. with the result that Lord Queens berry in his wrath dismissed them both. Whereupon the marchioness in terceded—and successfully—on behalf of the young coupld, reminding her lord that “you would not have minded how many horses you lamed tfhen you eloped with me.” At Gretna Green every facility was offered for the invading lovers. Im promptu parsons were plentiful; and if the blacksmith was by chance en gaged, the ferryman, the tollkeeper and landlord of the village hostelry were ail ready and eager to assume the priestly role and pocket a wel come fee. Indeed, the tollkeeper—the first “priest” an eloping couple would 1 be likely to encounter—did the best j business of them all, uniting, so it is i said, as many as 2M> couples in a single year, a record which made the j blacksmith, who has had too much of the credit, green with envy. It is said that half the British peer | age derives its origin rrom one or oth | er of these border unions; and, al- 1 1 though this is doubtless an exaggera tion, there are scores of aristocrats to day who would have been nonexistent but for the temptation Gretna Green offered to their headstrong ancestors. Many an embryo peer of the realm has stood before the improvised altar in the blacksmith’s shop or tollhouse and left in a happy man. The houses of Villiers. Coventry, Paget. Fane, Beau clerk and many another noble and his toric name have had their destinies shaped in the Dumfriesshire village. One of the most historic and ro mantic of all elopements was that of John Fane, tenth earl of Westmore land, with pretty Sarah Child, the only daughter and heirest of “Old Child,” the wealthy banker of O^" ley Park. It was the daughter of union. Lady Sarah Fane, who brought the Child money bags to the noble house of Jersey, and in many another case has Gretna Green introduced new blood and wealth into England’s great families. True and False Ambition. True ambition is the eager desire for something above one. and better; false ambition seeks what is below one, and worse. Many men are proud of their ambition, without stopping to consider its object. By as much as a true ambition is honorable and en nobling, a false ambition is ignoble and corrupting. There is the greatest need to distinguish between the two. Powerful New Poisonous Drug. Lascellus Scott of England has re cently published some startling facts about cyanid of cacodyl. It is a white powder, melting at 33 degrees and boiling at 140 degrees, which, when exposed to air, gives off a slight vapor, to inhale which is death. Its effect is so powerful that Mr. Scott states that he has seen the one-mil lionth part of a grain of the drug in stantly kill four dogs when they were introduced into an airtight cage with it. While but little known, it was made many years ago by a noted French chemist, Cadet. He combined potassium acetate with white arsenic, producing a fuming liquid, oxid of cacodyl. This, wiien combined with cyanogen, a radical of prussic acid, produces cyanid of cacodyl, thousands of times more poisonous than the pure prussic acid.—Albany Medical Annals. Name Gun for Kaiser. One of the twelve-inch guns of the .Italian warship Brui is to be named “Wilhelm II,” after the kaiser. It is the first compliment of the kinfi paid to anybody outside of Italy. Good Scheme of Colored Women. It has remained for colored women in Los Angeles to devise a new form of philanthropy. They have proceded to organize the Southern California home association and floral invest meht company. The object is to pro vide a pleasant home for aged negroes and orphans of the colored race. The support of the home is to be de rived from the sale of carnations and other flowers. The old people and the children, not being strong physically, could not be expected to perform hard labor, but the growing of flowers for the market will supply them with light and profitable occupation and they will find themselves amid pleas ant surroundings and with comforts. Progress in Malay States. With railways leading up from ev ery port, with telegraph lines every where. and the telephone much em ployed, the Malay states residents are in nowise behind the times nor out of the world. They are so up to date, in fact, that the stage coach has been supplanted by the automobU' NEBRASKA STATE NEWS SETTLERS DEFEND TITLES. — Several Answers Filed in the Bayd County Land Cases. LINCOLN.—Defendants in the Boyd county land suits have filed answers asserting that they settled the prop erty in controversy in good faith. They allege that they have complied with the law. and ask the supreme court for relief. Stephen W. Tanner, A. T. Mc Cright and Frand Bedner have filed answers. After setting forth that the land was a part of the Fart Raudall military res ervation. the settlers assert that the board of educational lands and funds authorized ex-Land Commissioner Ja cob V. Wolfe to proceed to this reser vation and select certain lands as in deminity school lands, and that among the lands so selected were those oc cupied by the defendants, prairie: that the said Jacob V. Wolfe did not intend to select in behalf of the state of Nebraska any lands in said reservation actually occupied by any settler, but net knowing the sec-1 ticn lines or the section corners or the and by mistake, selected the premises occupied by the defendants as indem nity school lands. That he thereafter reported the said lands to the secre j number of sections, he, through error ‘ tary of the interior, and advised him ! that he had selected the same in be half of the state as indemnity school lands, and it was so recorded upon the books of the department of the inte rior.” The answers contend that the legis lature of 1901, learning of the plight of these settlers, adopted nn act for their relief, calling upon the land commis sioner to execute a deed of relinquish ment. Pursuant to this act, the deeds ; were signed by the governor and sent to Washington, and the government now stands ready to give other lands In lieu thereof. The defendants ask that they be adjudged ’he equitable owners of the land, and that the case of the state of Nebraska be dismissed REPORT OF THE TREASURER. Mcrtsrsen Says No More Bonds Will Bs Bought. An increase in the state funds and nothin? in the conscience fund—these were the two features of the ninthly and semi-annual reports of the state treasurer, just issued. There is also a big increase in the permanent funds. Mr. Mortensen stated that he was not looking for any more outside securi ties for the investment'of the school funds. The report follows: Balances Balances Funds, 'lav 1. ’04. Mav 31. '04. General .$ 7.067.S0 $ 10.244.0’ Permanent school. 131.878.94 296,235.36 Temporary school. 340.OSS.47 170.006.95 Permanent uni_ 1.247.40 2.212.40 AgT. Col. end’wm't 3.595.21 13.166.23 Temporary uni_ 15,339.52 46.958.21 Hospital insane_ 1,739.23 46.958.31 State library . 3.182.35 4.407.35 ] University cash_ 18.303.31 17,462.66 ' Normal library ... 176.45 176.45] Normal endov. m’t.. 2(">. 9 1.700.00 j Normal interest_ 2.054.29 2.144.29 i Inheritance tax— 4,206.33 4,697.36 Pen. special labor. 2 246.15 2.346.15 Balances Balances ! Penitentiary land.. 3.5S5.CO 3.585.00 Acr. & Mech. Arts. 5.452.51 5,040.01 U. S. Ex. station.. 3.039.83 2.473.29 Total .$543,900.87 $585,993.60 By cash on hand..? 1,015.43 By cash on deposit 584.979.17—$585,393.60 Child Falls Thirty Feet. BANCROFT.—The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. D. Leap fell from a window in the third story of the Wat son building to the ground, a disfunce ; of thirty feet, and was uninjured. The ' i ground on which the child fell had ! been recently covered with blue glass sod, which made a spongy cushion. j Refuses Requisition. j Governor Mickey refused to honor ; the requisition for the return of Dr W. H. Disbrow of Creighton to What com, Wash. The executive decided that the Washington authorities want ed to get service on Disbrbow in a civil action. Corn Rotting in Ground. HUMBOLDT.—Showers continue in this section at irregular short inter vals. and seme of the farmers are be coming discourag ’d in their work of replanting the corn, which the long drawn-out wet spell has caused to rot in the ground in many fields. Tilden otes School 3cnds. TILDEN.—At a special election held here bonds were voted to put up a new $6,000 schoolhouse. The bonds carried by an overwhelming majority. The building is to be completed by October 1. New Yorkers Got Bonds. LINCOLN.—Koontz Bros, of New York secured $65,000 of municipal lighting bends offered for sale by the city. The firm made a bid of accrued interest and a premium of $1,079.75. Will Prosecute Parents. LINCOLN.—The constitutionality of the new compulsory education law is to be tested in Lancaster. County At torney Caldwell is .now drawing up complaints against several Lincoln parents on request of Truant Officer George W. Davenport. Many of the cases of disappearance from school come from among the Russians, who have a habit cf taking their children from srhool early ia the spring in or der that they may work in the beet fields. In the fall they do not rf:arn until long after school Logins. —i_ Court to Interpret Report. LI1NCOLN.—The Bankers’ Union of I the World Insurance company cannot j continue business in Nebraska until the supreme court has interpreted the j report filed several days ago. The re port has been inspected by Expert Ex- j aminer Wiggins, Auditor Weston and Deputy Auditor Pierce, and they have decided to present the report to the supreme court for interpretation and review. The report was made to show that the Infringements of the Insur ance laws have all been corrected. NEWS IN BRIEF. Greenwood will have a public cele bration on July 4. Hins Josephine Abbott, principal ot the Hartingtoa High sektai. and Mrs. S. J. Athen, assistant principal, who were recently re-elected for the com ing year, have resigned.to accept oth er positions. The trog leg industry promises to beat out the beef trust in Norfolk. Ruduolph Resenke, a lad of 10 years, is earning no less than $3 a day kill ing frogs and selling them. He gets upwards ci 25 dozen a day from the lake banks. A comparison of the assessors* schedules in Beatrice with those of last year shows a general increase in valuations. On business blocks the increased valuation seems to be fairiy proportioned, and while all such blocks will jiay a higher tax fer this year, the increase seems to be about evenly dis tributed. Insurance Auditor Pierce has receiv ed the report of the Bankers’ Union of hte World which- was called for by the supreme court. Insurance Examiner Wiggins is now checking the state ments off and it wull be published as soon as verified. Detailed statements of all information required are given in the report, and it is claimed that all the corrections by the court have been made. Miss Katherine M. Shepherd of Hol drege has received a verdict of $7,500 against the Lincoln Traction company in the district court. Miss Shepherd was injured by a fall caused by a car starting as she was stepping from iL It is alleged that the base of her brain was injured, and that the trouble ia spreading, threatening to cover the entire brain area and cause impaired mental power. Jacob Goldburg, alias Edward JCing, alias Quinn, wanted at Kalamazoo, Mich., for burglarizing a general mer chandise store af Balding, that state, has been identified as one of a trio sentenced a few days ago in police court at Fremont. Sheriff Bauman worked a confession out of him and later telegraphed the sheriff at Kala mazoo, who is now on the way to take his prisoner back. Miss Eva Thompson of Lincoln, re ceived letters from her brother, D. E. Thompson, and Mrs. Thompson, tell ing of their arrival in Brazil. The par ty sailed from Now York April 5, and reached Rio do Janeiro April 23, after a decidedly rough voyage. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson went on at once from Rio de Janeiro to Pctfopolis, where the headquarters of the United States minister to Brazil are located. At Lincoln Judge Waters, ordered that Frank Sutters, a 14-year-old boy, be sent to the Beatrice institute for the Feeble Minded. The boy has been attending the public schools in Lincoln for the last five years, but has failed to advance furuther than the second grade. He stuttered badly and it is said that his schoolmates teased and harassed the boy consider* ably to detriment of his disposition. According to the report of Labor Commissioner Bush, the products of the packing houses of the state reach ed a grand total of $73,453,031.74 for last year. The total capital invested in this business is $3,600,455.54, a large percentage of it being in Omaha and South Omaha. During the year 3,629.586 head of live stock of all kinds were killed. Of this total 2.319,943 were hogs, 549,426 cattle and 760,217 sheep. The Plattsmouth board of education has elected Miss Amelia Martens to fifill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Miss Margaret Farley. Miss Mamie Lacy of Weeping Water has been selected to take Miss Laura Kin kead’s place. William Erast, one or the popular I stock raisers of Johnson county, was I injured by an infuriated bull. The | bull booked him in the face, inflicting a deep gash. Miss Jessie Mac's, a servant girl employed at the home of Br. J. W. : Bullard, in Pawnee City, attempted : suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. The family was out in %he evening, and when Mrs. Bullard returned about 6 o’clock the girl was found lying on the floor in an unconscious condition. Br. Bullard at once began work and finally succeeded in restoring con sciousness. It is not thought she will 1 recover. > j Frank Fox of Fort Crook r.-adc a ! deliberate attempt to commit suicide. He took off his coat and vest, neatly folded them up and laid them aside. Taking a razor, he then attempted to j cut out his heart, but the blade glanced on his ribs. Several ugl> gashes were made before the groans | of the man attracted attention and h® was disarmed, all the time making an effort to cut himself. Fox was taken to the hospital at the fort, where his injuries were attended to. 9 Sheriff Carrig of Platte county tsok Carl Smith to Lincoln to enter upon a three years’ sentence for horse steal ing. Smith was convicted at this term of court of stealing a team belonging to J. F. Seims, a farmer who lives im Grand Prairie township. The Odell Independent Telephon® filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk. The capital stock of ths company is placed at $10,000, and th« incorporators are John E. Murphy, Thomas W. Stanoschek, Frank J. Truxaw, J. B. Renard, Arthur William* son and James Colgrove. 4 Two brakemen in the employ of ths Northwestern railroad, running out of Chadron, were hurt last week. Fred Vanocken and William Schroeder each had a foot pinched, the former bo se verely it had to be amputuated. Both, are at Deadwood hospital at present. While descending from a windmill tower at his home, J. E. Howland of Silver Creek fell about thirty feet, fracturing a wrist in two places and receiving a severe bruise on one side. He was rend.ered unconscious for a time, but It is not thought he was In jured Internally.