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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
RED CLOUD.
NEBRASKA,
An eccentric man Is ono who doc
foolish things, but linn money.
Restored health to tho Hon. WIN
Ham K. Cody. Wo couldn't aware Huf
falo Bill.
Tho homo of n Mr. Arson of Brook
lyn burned down last Friday. It look
suspicious.
If tho leggy Bolglan hnro In to sup
plant tho steer an food, now Is his
time to butt In.
A turf noto doclnrcs that Accfull
has gono Innio; probably ran against
a straight flush.
Whon pneumonia wont against Rus
sell Sngo It was llko a roll of buttor
striking a brick wall.
Many nn honor graduate la forgot
ten whllo yet tho glory of tho burly
hnlfback Is undlmmed.
Tho Panama hat crazo wont through
tho first frost In fairly good shapo. It
will take snow to euro It.
Who will bo tho first socloty bulls
to como out with n ropo of anthruclti
nuggota around hor neck?
That Wisconsin mnn who married a
deaf and dumb girl tho other duy prob
ably had boon married before.
Pcaco hath hor victories no loan re
nowned thnn war. Ono of tho latest
Invcntlunn Is a Catling plow.
It transpires that a toy trust has
been formed. Lot the children havo
It to play with they'll Hinash II.
Mascagnl says that tho best music
Is played by tho hand organs. Mnuy
would glvo tho street piano first place.
Sir Thomas Llpton may as woll
tnko tlmo by the forelock and start
his designer on pl.jis for Shamrock
IV.
Tho attention of the opponents of
footbnll iu directed to tho fact that a
girl has been killed whllo roller
skating.
Jim Jeffries la unable to And any
ono who It willing to fight him; here
1b a great chtiaco for tho miltan of
Bacolod.
Tho Irrigation congress at Colorado
Springs was aj great success. Tho
president of the) body Bpent fC.000 for
Wot goods. ' '
ed ape Esau lias becomo
"ntraniroltr Imtrvin " II.
"TTni.tKjife to lose diamonds Just llko
oiocr actors.
A Rochester farmer killed two rob
lorn and wounded two others. What
n pal ho would havo made for the lm
(mortal Tracy.
An oxchnngo says "a Chicago mnn
has Just died while witnessing a Mex
ican bull fight." Broke a lung yelling
'"fako," probably.
.It seems that President Castro of
Vonctucla was merely shamming In
order to get tlio other fellows to von
'turo within reach.
If the Mad Mullah of Homaltlnnd
docs this sort of thing with nny fre
quency tho English will begin to think
ho has Boer blood In his veins.
Evidently tho law of gravitation In
working with Its usual precision at
Paris, no matter how faulty tho
Ixnochanlsm of Parisian airships may
'bo.
In Russia and in somo parts ot
Germany candles uro used to UiIb
'day for lighting trains and no futilt
Is found by lovers or newly married
couples.
A former typewriter lndy Is now
making a big hit as a Hon tamer In
,Paris. Tho man who used to dlctato
to hor must bo good and proud of
himself now.
The Staten Island maiden who sued
for 15,000 damages becnuso a hair
dresser turned hor tresses tho wrong
color, nnd only recovered $50, Is as
red-hoaded as ever.
Tho plan to put a portrait of tho
angel Gabriel on tho new issue of Chi
cago's city bonds strikes the ordinary
person as leaning too much toward
an attempt to be prophetic about re
demptions. r '
THo political orator, to bo nn artis
tic as well as a business success,
should bo more or less of n mastor
of t phrase, and should therefore glvo
some attention to his syntax nnd not
train entirely for his wind. Judge.
Engineer Fox, who, strlckon with
apoplexy, ran his train n mllo to tho
station at Sioux City, and died tho
como night In a hospital, doservea a
monument rather than somo of tho
statesmen who aro thus honored at
random.
An .industrious Now York contrac
tor managed to mnko 67,800 square
feet of soda cover 120,000 square foot
of park surfaco In Now York, accord
ing to charges In court there. TIjIb
must havo boon tho "olastlc turf" of
which tho novelists toll,
TO RETURN THANKS
President Roosevelt Issues Usual
Proclamation
MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR
Thursday, November 37, Niunnl as the
Day Itecommcnds Suspension of
Ordinary Occupations nnd Askt
People to Itemter Thank
Tho annual Thanksgiving day pro
clamation wan Issued Wednesday after
noon by President Roosevelt. It notes
that tho people of tho United States
havo had more to bo thankful for dur
ing the past year than any other peo
ple. Tho day sot Is Thursday, Novem
ber 27th. The document says:
"According to the yearly custom of
our people 'It fnlls upon the president
nt this season to appoint a day or fes
tival and thanksgiving to (Sod. Over
n century nnd a quarter has passed
slnro this country took its place among
tho nntlons of tho earth, and during
that tlmo wo havn had. on the whole,
more to be thnnkftil for than ban fallen
to the lot of any other people. Genera
tion nfter generation hns grown to
manhood and passed away. Each has
had to bear Its peculiar burdens, each
to faco ItH special crises una ench has
known grim trial; when the country
was menaced by malice, domestic or
rorclgn levy, when the hand of our
Lord was heavy upon It In drought or
flood or pestilence; when, In bodily dis
tress and anguish of soul. It paid the
penalty of folly nnd n forward heart.
Nevertheless, decade by decade, we
have struggled onward nnd upward;
wo now abundantly enjoy the material
well being and nro under favor of the
Most High; wc are striving earnestly
to nn active moral and spiritual up
lifting. Tho year that hnn Just closed
hns been one of peace nnd of overflow
ing plenty. Rarely hns nny people en
Joyed greater prosperity than we are
now enjoying. For this wo render
henrtfelt and solemn thanks to the
giver of good; nnd we seek to praise
Him. not by words only, but by deeds,
by the wny In which we do out duty to
ourselves nnd our fellow men.
"Now, therefore. I, Theodore Roose
velt, president of the United States, do
hereby designate as a day of general
thanksgiving Thursday, the 27th day
of tho coming November, and do
recommend that throughout the land
tho peoplo cease from their ordinary
occupations nnd In their severnl homes
and places or worship, render thanks
unto almighty Coil for the manifold
blessings or tho past year."
MITCHELL DAY
Miners Celebrate. Anniversary of a
Strike Settlement
A Wllkesbnrre, Pn.. Oct. 29, dispatch
says: John Mitchell, president of the
united mine workers of America, was
today lifted on a pedestal of admiration
In an ofllcliil wny, when his followers,
to tho number or 7,000, with Innumera
ble bands und drum corps, marched tho
crowded streets acclaiming his name.
It was "Mitchell day," observed by the
miners In commemoration or the strlko
settlement a year ago. Along the lino
of parade tho miners" leader was
cheered lustily, nnd at frequent Inter
vals Immense bouquets were thrust
upon him until his carriage was filled
with flowers. Beside .Mitchell sat
Rev. John F. Powers, rector of Immac
ulate Conception church, or Spring
Valley, III., of which Mitchell's fnmlly
are members. The Hue of march in
cludedu many prominent olllclals of
tho mine workers' union. After the
parnde Mitchell and his associates went
to Y. M. C. A. park, where he and oth
ers mndo speeches, which received the
unqualified applause of the enthusias
tic crowds. Other mining towns also
had celebrations, work being suspended
for the day.
UNCLE SAM MAD
Veii'it nt (.'oloiiililiui MliiUlcr uiul May
Nentl lllm Home
Senor Concha, Colomblnn minister to
tho United States, baa been asked to
explnln his action In withholding rrom
this government the answer or Col
ombia to the canal treaty propositions
made by the United States. Secretary
Hay has also cabled United States
Minister Hart at Bogata to ascertain
whether Concha Is acting under tho
authority or his government. If It Is
hinted that ho is not, tho question
of handing him his passports will bo
seriously considered, ns this govern
ment In considerably Irritated over the
delay In the negotiations.
lloer Mot Coining.
The Boer generals havo Issued a
statement, that, In their opinion, noth
ing but good can result from tho pro
posed trip or Colonial Secretary Cham
berlain to South Africa next month
Bnys a London dispatch. They express
a hopo thnt a personal Inspection of
tho country may prove productive of
much additional benefit to tho country
through tho making of further grants.
General Dcwet will return to tho Cape
Saturday next, but Botha nnd Dehirey
will remain a short while. Thoy havo
finally abandoned tho Idea of vIbIUiik
America,
TostuI Iteport Issued
A total of 2,370 president postmnstcrs
wero appointed last year according to
tho annual report or J. L. Brlstow,
fourth assistant postmaster general. Is
sued Wednesday. This Is tho largest
number appointed In any ono year In
tho history ot tho postal service. Tho
report shows that hurgl.xrles of post
olHccs and tho robberies of mall boxes
aro on tho Increase. Of tho total or
1,721 persons arrested for violating tho
postal laws, 30-1 were connected with
tho postal sen ice, Including ir; post
UNITED STATES TO BENEFIT
Hlinrcs 'Willi Othr,' Powers In .lapiiB
Property night
A Washington, Oct. 30, dispatch says:
Tho United States will participate In
nny benefits that may bo derived by
Germany, Great Britain and France
In tho arbitration announced yesterday
In Paris by M .Delcasse of the ques
tions as to the foreign holding or lands
nnd property rights in Japan. As
United States citizens had similar
claims to thoao of tho nations named,
tho Japaneso government ngrecd to
glvo them tho benefit ot auy decision
or the arbitrators.
Tho question whether as the draw
back paid by Russia on sugar exported
from that country Is n bounty under
tho meaning of the Dlngloy tariff law
Is in a fair way to bo decided at an
early day by the supreme court of tho
United States. This point Is raised In
a case which has been brought Into
that court by Robert F. Downs and
upon which argument was begun to
day. The caso growB out of tho action
of tho treasury department in impos
ing a contervalllng duty upon Hus
sion sugar to meet tho drawback and
the retaliatory step on the part of Rus
sia by which that country Imposed tho
maximum duty on American goods.
Mr. Downs challenged the correctness
or tho position ot tre United States
und took tho caso Into the courts.
DECLARE IT ILLEGAL
Jndlclal Decree Declares Steel Trull
llmid Issues Untiarrttntcd
At Newark, N. J Vice Chancellor
Emery decided tho stilt brought by
Hodge and others ngalnst tho United
States Steel corporation iu favor of tho
complainants, and allowed tho order
restraining tho bond Issue. The vice
chancellor decided thnt tho meeting of
directors at which tho resolution was
adopted providing for a bond conver
sion, was prematurely called and that
the retirement of stock must therefore
bo enjoined. The decision agrees with
that of the court of errors.
Change In Style
Robert Woodward, colored, was un
mercifully rawhlded by a mob of white
men In tho jail yard at VIcksburg,
Miss. Woodward had been arrested
for entering the Jailer's home and
roughly using a twelve-year-old sister
for refusing to glvo him food. A mob
was formed nnd, after scaling tho wnlls
of tho Jail. overiHiwercd the Jailer and
gave tho negro a terrible whipping.
Hhnot Into i Crotril
Henry Stelgclmaler. middle nged nnd
onc-urmed, stood nt the top of tho
stairs or an apartment house, at Gene
va, N. Y., and tired five shots Into n
crowd or persons standing In the lower
hnllway. The talking annoyed htm and
ho warned the people away. Refusing
to niovo tho man opened fire. Helen
Hawley and Charles Newton, wero
wounded, but not fatally.
HERE AND THERE
Happenings nt Home nnl Alironil of
More or Less Interest
Snow fell at Buffalo. N. Y. The
thermometer registered 34 degrees.
Read Admiral Robley D. Evans has
assumed command of the Asiatic squad
ron. The German rleehstag passed a min
imum duty of nbout $U.G0 per double
hundred weight on pigs.
At Independence, Kns., C. W. Hooper
shot and killed his wife nnd then killed
himself. Tho woman had Just secured
a divorce.
It was announced that tho budget
ror tho city ot New York Tor 1903 will
bo $9.1 111,031. a decreaso or $1,500,509
from the expenditures for 1902.
Prince Von Pless hns been delegated
by Emperor William to represent him
at the opening or tho new building of
tho Now York chamber of commerce.
Notice hns been received by the cab
inet officers that tho president will hold
tho first meeting of tho cabinet In tho
new executive office Friday.
About two thousand English ship
yard Joiners on tho northeast coast
havo struck work as a protest against
a n per cent reduction In their wages.
Former Judge James A. Logan, gen
eral solicitor of the Pennsylvania rall
road company, tiled suddenly nt his
home in Bnla, a suburb ot Philadelphia.
Miss Florence Slilllcut, eighteen
years ot age, was murdered near Little
Rock, Ark. Sho skull was crushed. Her
body was round in an old field. Ono
suspect has been arrested.
Prof. Herman V. llllprecht. head of
the ocheologleal department of the uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Is now in pos
session of the richest collection ot Bab
ylonian antiquities In the world.
Tho national association of builders
reelected John S. Stevens of Philadel
phia president nnd William II. Say ward
of Boston secretary and treasurer. It
was decided to meet next year In St
Louis.
It Is snld thnt Stewart & Monzics,
of Glasgow and Lloyd & Lloyd or Bir
mingham, two ot tho largest steel tube
firms In tho united kingdom, havo
nmnlgamated, with n capital ot seven
and one-half million dollars.
Tho glue corporation ot Jersey City,
was Incorporated with a capital ot Blx
million dollars. Tho company Is to
manufacture gluo or any artlclo In
which gluo enters ns a part. Tho In
corporators aro Now York and Now
Jersey mon.
John O'Cnllaghan. national secretary
ot tho United Irish league, at Boston,
received a cnble messago from Joseph
Devlin, M. P.. from North Kilkenny
that ho would sail from Queenstown
tor New York on tho Teutonic to re
sumo his work ot organising branches
ot tho league here.
Tho British admiralty Iiok ordered
tho construction ot two new cruisers
which It la claimed will bo tho most
powerful nnd probably tho fastest ves
sels of their kind In tho world. Their
speed is expected to oxcecd twenty-one
knots.
Edward Blew, senior members of tho
commission firm of Blow & Armstrong,
pleaded guilty nt Mlnncnpollo to forg
ing a bill of lading on which he secured
nn ndvanco at a local bnnlc. Ho was
sentenced to seven nnd n half years In
tho penitentiary In splto of his attor
ney's plea for clemency. His partner,
Thomas F. Armstrong, will plead to a
similar charge.
SAVETHEiR SCALPS
Cornhuskers Defeats Athletic
Haskell Indians
THE SCORE WAS 28 to O
Ited Hen Outclassed lijr the Scurlct Mini
Cream IteprcscntatUes Attendance
at (Inino Win Six Thousand
Hooters Wild (lirr Victory
Twenty-eight to nothing in Nebras
ka's favor tells the story of tho foot
ball game Saturday with the Haskell
Indians. This Indicates plainly that
tho two teams arc not In tho same
clnss. A slightly lower score on Ne
braska s part would indicate tho rcln
tlvo merits of the opposing teams. Tho
Nebraska men were at their best und
the Indians played In hard luck, losing
two of their crack players, Including
the captain at the outset. In Conch
Booth's historic words, however, "The
iieiii leum won.
Not since the Thanksgiving gnmo
with Minnesota two years ngo hns
there been so much general interest
In Lincoln and surrounding towns In
any single game of football. The at
tendance tested tho capacity of tho
grounds nnd mtide plain tho need ot
additional seating accommodations.
There were 0,000 spectators. Neighbor
ing towns sent In their quotas by hun
dreds to swell the number nnd all
Joined In shouting ror Nebraska.
The Hnskcll game has been looked
forwnrd to as the supremo test of tho
Nebraska eleven for tho year. The
Thanksgiving game with Northwestern
has not caused any terrors becnuso of
this team's poor showing. Ilnskell's
continuous lino of victories up till yes
terdny made her formidable. By her
prowess of a year ago, she becamo
recognized ns a worthy foe. One year's
strenuous work with the aim or do
fontlmr Nebraska mndn hor furmidniiio
Nebraska rooters did not conceal their
trepidation.
Fast playing tested tho endurance of
tho cornhuskers. They were well
trained or they never would have
stood the game. Whirlwind tnctlcs by
tho Indians onco or twice enme near
accomplishing something for them, but
the doughty cornfed warriors stood
like adamant with nn impregnable line,
impossible to pierce.
Tho Nebraska goal wan not once In
danger during the game. The occa
sional spurts ot the redskins were
taken when the ball was towards the
center ot the field nnd availed little.
Tho team then went to smash and
substitute after substitute was put in.
Big Rcdwnter finally came to tho side
lines played out and In a few minutes
tlmo was called, with the score so high
thnt Coach Outland felt sick when ho
thought of It.
Nebraska could not have shown up
In finer form. She proved her power In
nearly all tho ways It Is tested on
the football field. As she had the ball
so much of the tlmo, her men wero In
play more than usual. Her opponents
forced the fight from the klckoff and
mndo her hustle. The slightest Im
perfection In preparation would have
shown glaringly. There was nothing
but perfect teum work and head work
of a superior quality. Never did one
man depend on himself. Ho had tho
support of the entire team behind him.
wnen me iNcurasun mneninc wns sei
In operation nt the signal by Benedict
It went through the maneuver to the
end without n break, throwing Indians
out of the hopper at the proper vents
llko a huge thresher eating up a stack
of grain.
Nebraska's gains were made through
the Indian Hue almost nt will. End
runs by Bell. Shedd. Cortelyou und
Bender with lino smnshes, bucks and
hurdling by Mlckel constituted the
tactics used by Ncbras-n. Kicks by
tho Indians were returned with Interest
by Benedict. Trick plays consisted or
double nnd delayed passes seemed to
fool tho visitors. The revolving tan
dem was used with effect ngalnst tho
redskins' line. And through it all the
Nebraska line stood firm. Archlquett
rammed time und ngaln nnd was able
to make an occasional sprint around
end, but when the Iudinns tried end
runs they rarely matlo continued head
way. Nebraska's vigilant men were
always on hand to prevent.
Tackling wns made on both sides
with n vim that almost Binaekcd of tho
vicious.
OMAHA AGAIN DEFEATED
Lincoln High f linol F.lcvcn Too Much
for Metropolitan
An Omaha, Neb., Nov. 1, dispatch
says: Eleven husky lads of tho Lincoln
high school bucked up ngalnst tho
Omaha aggregation at iVnton park to
day and trailed me colors or tlto iiomo
eleven In tho mud. The score was 18
to 0, and the defeat n decisive one.
Torpedo lloat I.uuneheil
Tho lake submarine torpedo boat
Protector was successfully launched nt
Bridgeport. Conn. Tho Protector Is de
signed for harbor dofensc. Sho is sixty
reet long, eleven feet beam and has a
displacement of slxty-flvo tons sub
merged. Her mptlvo power is elec
tricity when submerged nnd gasoline
when cruising awash. A trap dor In
her bow will ennblo a diver to lenvo the
boat for tho purpose of cutting cables
or mine connections. Her builders be
llovo sho can destroy the submarlno
defences of nny harbor In the world.
Collision lii Yards
A north-bound Illinois Central pas
senger train collided with a Bwltch en
gine in tho yards at Jackson, Miss.,
seriously Injuring ono passenger and
slightly wounding twelve others.
Holler Kxplodr
Three trainmen wero almost Instant
ly killed by tho explosion of n boiler
of a Baltimore & Ohio locomotive nt
Hnlcthorp, seven miles west of Balti
more. Traffic wau delayed three hours
by tho accident.
RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY
Wlfe-Mnrdercr Nlcgcnllnd Fount! Guilty
Hy the Jury
A Pierce, Neb., dispatch says: Tho
Jury In the case of Gottlieb Nlcgcnflnd
tho murderer of Albert Breyer and
Anna Peters, brought in a verdict of
murder In tho first degree.
Nlcgcnflnd heard tho verdict with
bowed head and did not display tho
least sign of fear. Attorney Kclley
for the defenso then filed a motion ror
a now trial. Judge Boyd thanked tho
jury far their verdict nnd discharged
them. Nlegenflnd waa then led back
to his cell.
Tho verdict meets with approval of
tho citizens of lPcrce. It is learned
from good authority that most of the
tlmo tho Jury stood eleven for hanging
to ono ror lire imprisonment.
HAVE RETIRED TO INTERIOR
Colombian llcvolutlnntsts I.citve the
I.lne of ltullrnud
A Colon, Colombln, Nov. 2, dispatch
says: A representative or tho Associ
ated Press traveled over the railroad
lino between hero nnd Panama this
morning. No revolutionists wero seen,
they having nil retired toward tho in
terior. Tho railroad stations between Taver
nllla nnd Culebra are at present oc
cupied oy government troops.
A Kingston. Jamaica dispatch says:
The British steamer Trent arrived here
today rrom Colon, Colombia. She
brings reports thnt tho Colombian
rebels were still to bo seen In tho vi
cinity ot tho isthmus and that they oc
casionally appeared In the towns along
the railroad line.
Considerable indignation was felt by
tho Colombians nt the tlmo of sailing
because American guards wero still
maintained on tho line.
Ofllelnls or the Colombian govern
ment clnlm that what they term tho
Interference of the Americans prevents
them from dealing effectually with tho
rebels, who occupy certain towns where
they collect taxes and make seizures of
property.
The revolutionists. In their turn,
claim that the presence of tho Amer
icans prevents them from bringing
nbout a, final coup in the revolution.
There Is much suffering on tho
Isthmus and tho position of civilians
there Is becoming intolerable.
CONDITION OF FALL CROPS
Month of Ootohcr Generally Favorable
for Their (ironing
The following summary of crop con
ditions for tho month of October has
been Issued by the national weather
bureau:
Tho month, as a whole, was very
mild, with rainfall generally sufllclent,
ami while latter was excessive over a
large part of tiro Atlantic, coast and
guir districts, but little injury resulted
thererrom. except iu the early part of
the month. In tho central valleys tho
conditions wero generally favorable for
hardening corn, but a considerable por
tion of the crop In tho lake region and
over tho northern portions of tho Miss
issippi and Missouri valleys is yet soft.
Rains caused considerable Injury to
cotton during the early part of the
month, especially In the central and
western portions or the belt The
weather of the middle nnd latter part
of tho month was more favorable.
Winter wltent seeding matlo satisfac
tory progress ami was largely complete
by tho close of tho month by tho prin
cipal winter month slates. Tho early
sown has, as a rule, germinated well,
good stands being generally repotted.
Fly is, however, qulto extensively re
ported irom me states or Olifo and
central Mississippi valleys.
INSTANTLY KILLED
Angust Kartells, a Thresher, Meets With
Fatal Accident
August Bartells, a prominent Ger
man farmer of near Newman Grove,
Neb., while helping his neighbor, Mar
tin Paulson, at threshing, met with nn
accident that resulted in his death.
Mr. Bartells was pitching bundles Into
tho rectlor when his pitchfork was
caught by the driving belt and wrested
from his hands, tho end of tho fork
handle, which wns thrown with terrific
force, striking him In the abdominal
region nnd knocked down. Dr. Frlnk
was summoned nnd found tho mnn was
bleeding to death from Internal hemor
rhage; in fact, tho pulso was gono upon
tho arrival of tho doctor, the blood
having gathered and formed a great
pouch to tho right of the navel. An
exnminntlon showed thnt tho bowel
had been torn from the stomach.
He leaves a wife and four boys, tho
oldest about twelvo years of age, In
comfortnhlo circumstances.
To Test Ordinance.
The village of McCool, Neb., has filed
complaint In county court against
James C. Marshall for driving a thresh
er engine over u culvert and breaking
not only the culvert, but a village ordl-
nnni'O Hint wivs tinfm-n nnaclntr nvoi.
a culvert In tho village all culverts
must be securely planked by the owner
of such engine. This case will bo
watched with a great deal of Interest
as it Is to test the validity of tins ill.
lagc ordinance
Clothing Torn From Ilody
James Christ, who works for E. P.
Van Wickle, stnrted up a ladder In the
elevator at York, where there Is JtiBt
room for a man's body to pass. When
ho reached this point tho shafting
caught his shirt and nt once com
menced to wind his clothing around It.
Ho clung to the ladder until every par
ticle or clothing was torn rrom his
body In shreds. It was a most miracu
lous escapo Irom a tcrrlblo death.
Unable to Move Coal
Fully 90 per cent or tho railroad coal
mines in tho Pittsburg, Pa., district aro
closed on account or a shortage of cars
and tho railroad companies are unablo
to promise nny relief. Tho outlook for
next week Is unusually gloomy and It
Is believed a number of Iron and steol
mills will bo forced to suspend opera
tions. Of the fcaty-slx mines along tho Pan
handle railroad, but Blx are being oper
nted. When theso mines are running
full, 1,500 rallrond cars aro required
dally, but today lees than 200 wero
available.
WORST Of THE LOT
Agent Irwin Says Educated In
dians are No Good
THINKSSCHOOLING WASTED
Declare! Men From Colleges Return ta
Amended to Loaf anil Drink Se
verely Arraign Present System
and Would Change It
A fjevero arraignment of tho Indians
on the Ponca, Otoe and Oakland reser
vation In Oklnhoma Is made by Agent
Erwin, In chnrgo ot the reservation,
In his annual report to tho commis
sioner or Indian affairs. Ho says: '
"Hardly any of the young Indians,
those who have graduated from non
rescrvatlon schools, as well as those
who have attended Tor a number nt
years, do any work at all. It can be
set down as a perfectly safe rule that
aa a class tho young educated Indiana
nro tho most worthless ones In tho
whole tribe. Nearly all of tho work
done by the tribes Is performed by tho
middle-aged, able-bodied ones, who
cannot write or speak English.
"Tho educated Indian coming from
the schools usually gives the excuse
that ho has nothing with which to
work, neither money, Implements nor
stock of any kind. This is true, but
I notice that they manage to livo on
their annuities and lease money nnd
buy horses, buggies, etc., on credit nnd
borrow money rrom tho banks with
very little prospect of ever being able
to pay their tlcbts. Any able-bodied
man or woman In able to obtain work
nt fair wages. Many of tho peoplo are
addicted to drink and both men and
women arc Inveterate gamblers. They
havo practically nothing to do. Their
days are spent in almost utter idle
ness and vice and debauchery uro
rampant. The degradation of those
peoplo will continue and lncreaso until
they are made to work and live by tho
result or their labors."
As a remedy for this condition of
affairs the agent recommends that the
Indian children be educated only nt
reservation hoarding srlinnls fnrMme
education being 90 per cent waste of
effort and money, and that tho schools
under tho Jurisdiction of the Oklahoma
government be established among
thoso Indians so that tho latter can
come Into constant contact with white
children. Ho says that the payments
by tho government from their trust
funds now In tho United States treas
ury should bo used to enable them to
start In farming and stock raising.
HERE AND THERE
Six miners wero seriously injured by
a premature blast in the Wnlpolo mine
nt Iron Mountain. Mich. Tho injured:
Capt. Ben. Martin. Charles Anderson,
William Beard, Ed. Wllllnms, Charles
Sorden and one other unknown.
A dispatch to tho Portland, Ore.,
Merchants' Exchange from Astoria
says a British bark in ballast Is
anchored in tho breakers off Ixmg
Beach, Wash. Her sails havo been
blown away and distress nlgnnls are
flying. The llfo saving crew has gone
to her assistance.
J. E. Riley, tho canal promoter, was
In Plattsmouth. Neb., Friday for a con
ference with the officers of tho Platto
River Canal company. Ho is still hope
ful of winning out In the controversy
for water rights, and stiitna thnt. iu
expects to take an appeal to the dis
trict, coun irom tne decision of tho
state Irrigation board, which favored
Andrew Rosewnter's project.
Daniel Nenl and Stanley Buford wero
Instantly killed and William Rousch
wns fatally injured by a Big Four
freight train whllo asleep beside tho
tracks near Lafayette, Ind. They nnd
tired or school and loft their homes
three days ago. Becoming weary after
a long tramp tho boys sat down on the
tracks to rest and fell asleep.
General Miles disembarked at Manila
at 10 o'clock Friday morning. A salute
In his honor was fired rrom Fort San
tiago. General Davis and n squadron
ot cavalry met General Miles at tho
landing place In n.Mnila and escorted
him to tho Malacanan palace, where
Governor Tnft and tho other members
of tho civil commission awaited the
visitor. General Miles has accepted
Governor Taft's Invitation to livo at
the palace while here.
A Washington, D. C. Oct. 31, dis
patch says: Tho nineteenth annual re- .
port of tho United States civil servico
commission for the last fiscal year has
been submitted to the president. It
announces substantial progress In the
competitive system and general observ
ance of tho civil servico law and rules
during tho year. Tho Inclusions In tho
competitive system during tho year
wero tho rural freo delivery service, a
considerable portion of tho field ser
vices of tho war department, tho cen
bub ofllco permanent employes and the
employes appointed because of in
creased work during tho war with
Spain. There were 2,029 persons ex
amined for places and 4.9S3 personB ap
pointed, reinstated or transferred, a
largo lncreaso over any preceding year.
Tho commission recommends legisla
tion applying tho competitive system
to the District of Columbia. A now
revision of the rules to supplnnt tho
present obsolete provisions and tho
disjointed arrangement or numerous
amendments will soon bo submitted
to tho president.
Nearly tho whole or tho business
portion of Prlraghar, county seat of
OBrlcn county, Iowa, was destroyed
hy fire. There was no Are protection
The loss is estimated at $50,000.
William L. Quackenbush, clerk In
tho appraiser's ofllco in Now York, has
been discharged becnuso ho refused to
work on Saturday. He is a Seventh
Day Adventist. For somo tlmo his
wish not to work on Saturday had been
compiled with, but when the increase
of work In the appraiser's ofllco neces
sitated hla attendance on that dny ho
decllnea to work and was accordingly
diomlased.
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