Nebraska Newspapers

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Red Cloud Chief.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
B CLOUD.
NKllllAHKA
Well, whatever cIbo Uio miltan ot
Turkey mny do, ho doesn't drink.
The frost killed nil but nbout 2,000,
000 uuahclH of tho corn In tho western
BtlltCB.
Never worry nbout n Bninll boy'a
hcnlth unlcRK ho 1r willing to stay In
bed on n holiday.
Tho king of Ynp, deceased, left
thrco wives to ynp over tho distribu
tion of IiIh property.
Evon a cnueiiH net could not rauso
moro worry und misunderstanding
than tho new football rules.
Magazine wrllern In describing the
Woman who works ought not to over
look tho man who Ih worked.
A mnn never appreciates what n
versatile creature ho In until ho be
gins to get Into tho newspapers.
Tho Filipinos nro busy organizing n
baseball league. And now they'll be
calling for ucoro Instead of goro.
Hill Dovcry hits tho. null on the head
again In a remark that every guy gets
n finish handed to him once In a while.
An authority on fall fashions says
that n chic effect may bo obtained by
trimming your hat with rooster feath
ers. A woman never knows what a good
man her husbnud Is until bIio has
heard his account of other women's
hiiBbands.
A young Klrl uamod Delia Woods is
loBtiln, Georgia. Sounds' like sho
mtgTit bo rolntod to tho Woody Dolls
of MiRBourl.
Ono of tho most 'recent New York
weddings was between a salesgirl' nnil
a count. Wo suppose sho'got him by
yelling "Cosh!"
f Let window glass go up If It pleases,
so long as it isn't eatablo or drinkable.
An old hat in tho broken pane will
keep out tho cold!
I Tho general usefulness of tho hair
pin is Impressed upon, tho mind by Us
recent utilization as a fUHo to keep au
electric car In motion.
I Whnt a pity that 'tho eighty insur
gontR who nro reported to havo re
pulsed 2,000 TurkB couldn't havo beon
present to defend tho puss at Ther
mopylae! 1 Baldness, wo uro told can bo pre
vented, anil even cured, by going bare
headed. Thus far tho Moxlcau hair
less dog has successfully defied this
treatment.
Tho now Kplscopul cathedral In
New York Isn't to bo finished before
I960, which will bo several years be
fore tho evacuation of Manchuria by
tho nuBslans.
Tho fitness of things seems to bo
pretty well observed in making Lil
lian Ilusscll tho chief feature of
a theatrical performunco entitled
"Whoop-Dee-Doo."
A Chlcngo Justice of tho poaco mar
ried a couple the other evening In
two and one-half minutes. Where Is
tho Justice that can ncgotlato tho cere
mony lu 2:00 flat?
Critical examination of tho Olympla
In dry dock proves whnt was suspect
ed before, that a combination of fog
and rock makes an ideal condition for
navigators to avoid.
When a mnn has been refused four
or flvo times, ho begins to think that
tho newspaper stories about glrlH
bringing breach of promise suits aro
only yellow journalism.
Senator Hoar agrees with 1'crlcles
that ''wealth, not l.onor, lu tho de
light of old men." Well, perhaps they
reallzo thnt they can't havo tho lat
ter without tho former in this Irrev
erent age.
Tho Germans of Gotham engaged in
a "skat" tournament tho other day,
from which tho conclusion Is natural
ly drawn that tho torn cats wore bo
coming too numerous in tho vicinity
of Terraco garden.
In being given tho cholco between
remaining in the Held and throwing
themselves on "tho mercy of tho sul
tan," tho Ilulgnrian Insurgents reallzo
the full meaning of being 'twixt tho
devil und tho deep sea.
' A Chicago woman brought suit for
divorce because her husband sat up
all night to play tho plana Tho only
reason she was not a widow was that
they lived in a lonely pluco where tho
neighbors were out of earshot.
And when tho soldiers had success
fully preventod tho men from Issuing
tho Victor Record, tho wlfo of an om
ployo Btepped In nnd ran tho entire
ofllcc. Antony was not tho last war
rior who was vanquished by a petti
coat. Sir Thomas Llpton boldly announces
that ho expects to keep on being a
bachelor. Sir Thomas fully realizes
tho difficulty that ono would havo In
continuing to-bo a Jolly good fellow If
ho hud to explain overy tlmo ho
missed the owl car.
CLAIM CONSPIRACY
Tho Government Bogino Action
in Court.
MANY GUILTY WILL BE TRIED
Tiro of Indlnnn's I'lonror nnd Ilotom
Frlcmli Face th Fi-doral Court
More to Follow
The first trial under nbout two dozen
Indictments against postotllco officials,
secured In different parts of tho coun
try by tho government, recently, has
begun in Cincinnati. The defendants
nro Daniel Voorhces Miller of Tcrro
Haute, Inrf., formerly assistant attor
ney general for tho postofllco depart
ment nt Washington, and has friend,
Joseph M. Johns, an attorney at Hock
vlllc, 1ml.
Tho government chnrged a conspir
acy between these defendants for tho
purpose of obtaining money from John
J. Ryan, a turf commissioner, with
offices In Cincinnati and St. Louis, for
protecting him from postotllco officials
in the use of tho mulls for his busi
ness. Miller claims nbsolute Ignorance ot
nny trnnsatlon that may havo occurred
between Hynn nnd Johns. Johns
claims thnt ho made nn ordinary con
tract with Rynu n nttorney to assist
In securing a decision from the postal
department after presentation of tho
case.
Doth defendants emphatically deny
nny understanding between themselves
or with Ilyan or nny conspiracy. The
most eminent counsel are engaged on
both sides. Miller nnd Johns aro old
friends, having lived In adjoining coun
ties In Indiana for years, where both
havo been prominent politically, pro
fessionally and otherwise.
FARMERS TO JOIN HANDS
Nabraika and Ktnini Fnrmeri to be Pro
tected by An Aminclatlou.
Tho Farmers' Co-opera'tlvo Shipping
association will .enter the state of Ne
braska and bogin war upon tho grnln
dealers of tho Btate. The association
has forwarded to tho secretary of state
Its articles of incorporation. Tho as
sociation Is incorporated under tho
law's of tho state of Kansas and Kb
principal place of business is nt Topeka.
James Butler Is president of the organ
ization and II. II. Slgnor Is Its sec
retary. The purpose of tho association as set
forth in Its articles is to "purchase, sell,
store, ship and handle grnln, livestock
and other farm products, and supplies,
and to acquire, own and opcrato ele
vators, warehouses and such other ship
ping facilities as the business may re
quire, and to own or lease all lands
necessary to conduct tho business of
tho association."
Tho board of directors of tho Kan
sas corporation consists of twelve,
among them J. R. Goings of Mlndcn,
nnd Dr. F. Englehart or Rising uity.
Tho capital stock is $200,000, divided
Into 20,000 shares nt $10 each. Tho
list of Kansas Incorporators consists
of about eight hundred farmers. In
coining Into Nebraska tho association
expresses a willingness to accept and
abide by Nebraska laws and will fight
for Its own.
Tho association occupies a number;
of elevators In Kansas, buys and sells
Its own grain, furnishes supplies to
larmcrs. u expects to gain a foothold
in this stnto under tho provisions of
tho Ramsoy elevator bill, If the bill Is
found to bo constitutional. It is tho
Intention to, absorb tho co-operative
business associations already doing
business in the state. Tho Incorpora
tion Is for 99 years.
RED DEMON'S DOING.
South llnknta Town In Hint oil to tho
Kxteut of 875,000.
Fire In tho wooden block known ns
the Old Mlnnekata. Hot Springs, S. D
consumed that building and fourteen
other business places. Tho first start
ed In the north end. In tho bowling al
ley of Stabblor & Co. Their loss Is
$500, no Insurance. Carl Peterson, har
ness and upholstering, $200, no Insur
ance; Pomcry Grocery company, $1,C00
stock, $400 Insurance; Gillespie Plumb
ing company. $2,000, no insurance;
Wooster company, transfer nnd fuel,
$500 and about $500 In samples In
trunks in tho house; Applegute's res
taurant, $4,000, $500 Insurance; Cearn's
restaurant. $300, no insurance; Ted
Hummel, barber shop, $200, no insur
ance; Maiden Brothers, barber Bhop,
$50. no Insurance; F. Hcrrler, butcher,
$1,000, no Insurance; W. R. Taylor, fur
niture, $1,500, no Insurance; II. F. Tho
mas, grocer, $2,100 $800 Insuranco; So
merlndyke. restaurant and grocery, $2,
000. no Insurnnco; Johnson, hardware,
$3,500, Insurance $000; Natlo ial bank,
damaged by water and smoke, $100;
W. J. Smith, Palaco saloon, damage by
water, $100. Total loss In merchandise
nnd buildings, $00,000 to $75,000; insur
ance less than $3,000 on all.
tinnier FUh For Nehnuka Ktreaum.
Through tho efforts ot Game Warden
Slmpklns and Superintendent O'llrlon
or the hatcheries tho government hns
donated 10,000 flngerllng trout for the
purposo of slocking Borne of tho north
western streams of Nobrnska. Tho
gamo warden and Mr. O'llrlcn will se
cure tho fish from Neosha, Mo and
they will bo distributed in tho tribu
taries of tho Niobrara, 'Including tho
White river. Bordeaux, Long Pino, Big
Sandy and Verdigris creeks. The fish
will measure from thrco to flvo Inches
In length.
Will llav Herinanr'a Support.
It Is learned that Blnco tho czar's stay
In Germany a complete understanding
has been reached by which, In tho
event ot war between Russia and
Jnpan, Germany will lend her diplo
matic and moral support to Russia,
with tho view ot preventing England
or tho United States from going to
Japan's assistance. Tho bargain ar
rived nt Is that when Japan Is crushed
Germany will havo a share In tho
spoils. Russia will keep Mongolln,
Manchuria and Korea; Germany will
havo Shantung and possibly a sllco of
contiguous territory.
A NEW OFFICER
Secretary to the Hlute Hoard of Kauai I
mtloii Named.
Ocorgo D. Bennett, accountant in
tho state auditor's ofllcc, has been elect
ed Bccretary of tho Btate board ot equal
ization. Tho election wns Informal
and will bo made ofllclal at tho first
legal meeting of tho board, which un
der tho new rovenuo Inw Is December
15. Tho board deemed It advisable to
make tho selection at this early dato bo
that tho secretary may havo everything
In readiness when tho la w goes Into ef
fect. Mr. Bennett will prepare blanks
nnd schedules for tho board and have
everything ready for compliance with
the law. For this preliminary work ho
will receive no pny, and In the moan
tlmo wlfl continue to hold tho position
of accountant in tho auditor's ofllcc.
As tho meeting of tho board was In
formal no record wns made of tho pro
ceedings. After a brief discussion of
tho revenue law the board balloted for
secretary. Tho salary designated In tho
lnw Is $1,C00 a year. The board com
prises Governor Mickey, Auditor Wes
ton, Treasurer Mortcnscn. Secretary of
Stnto Mnrsh nnd Land Commissioner
Follmer. All members were present.
Seven bnllots were required to mako
tho appointments. Those who received
votes wero W. II. Reynolds of Chnd
ron, Gcorgo D. Bennett, W. S. Matt
ley of Ansley, J. II. Sutherland of Te
kamnh, Mr. i'crslngcr of Central City.
On tho first ballot Mr. Reynolds re
ceived ono vote, Mr. Bennett two, Mr.
Mnttley and Mr. Sutherland each one.
On tho second ballot Mr. Perslnger re
ceived two nnd Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Ben
nett nnd Sutherland ono ench. On
this ballot Mr. Mattley was out of the
running and did not receive recogni
tion thereafter. On tho third ballot
Mr. Reynolds received two votes, Mr.
Bennett two and Mr. Perslnger one.
Tho fourth and fifth ballots we're the
snino as tho third. On the sixth Mr.
Reynolds had two and Mr. Bonnctt,
Mr. Sutherland and Mr. Perslnger one
each. On tho seventh ballot Mr. Rey
nolds received two and Mr. Bennett
was elected with thrco votes to hla
credit. Mr. Bennett did not seek tho
appointment nnd Auditor Weston re
grets to have him resign ns bookkeeper
In his ofllcc. Tho board believed that
Mr. Bennett waB eminently well quali
fied for tho position of secretary, ow
intr to his exncrlence ns clerk of the
Aid board of equalization. 'In this work
ho Is well Informed and there was no
question regarding tho work that ho
could not answer without a moment's
hesitation. He has greatly aided tho
old board in compiling Information and
statistics from tho various countlea
and it Is believed ho will be an Invalu
ablo assistant to the new board.
NO FURTHFR DISPUTE.
Uucle Sam Approve Sale of Land In
Indian Iteierrntlonn.
The acting secretary of tho Interior
has approved deeds for tho sale ot, In
dian inherited lands located in Santee
Indian reservation, Nebraska, as fol
lows: From Mahplyaduta of Georgo
Red Cloud and wife to James G. Kruse,
south half of southwest quarter, sec
tion 31, township 31, range 5, eighty
acres, $1',020; from Pat Henry and
wlfo to Sherman Saunders, north 'half
of northwest quarter of section 25,
township 32, range 5, eighty acres,
$500; also south half of northwest
quarter of section 25, township 32,
range 5, $500; also west half ot north
east quarter, same section, eighty
acres, $500: from Georgo Qulnn to
James G. Kruse, cast half of south
cast quarter of section 35, township 31,
range 5, eighty acres, $480.
Acting Secretary of Uie Interior
Ryan has approved tho selections of
lands made by Wyoming In tho Buffalo
land district, amounting to 5,800 acres,
to bo used by the stnto for charltablo
and other institutions.
Spurlnn tloorin Condemned.
State Food Commissioner W. F.
Thompson has returned from a trip to
Hastings nnd Intervening towns, where
ho inspected vinegar. At Friend, Fair
mont and Hastings he condemned 23
barrels of so-called cider vinegar. Some
of It was eollorcd, which Is an offenso
under the Nebraska law, and some was
a distilled product which was bramled
elder vinegar. Most of this was Bold to
retail dealers at from 3 to G cents a
gallon above the prlco which tho artl-'
lo would bring If sold under Its right
name. Tho retail dealers are lnvnrlably
anxious to deal fairly with their cus
tomers and they were glad to aid tho
food commissioner in his search for
spurious stuff. Most of tho rejected
vinegar was made by tho Myers Vlne
gur Works of Freeport, 111., tho Red
Cross Vinegar Works of Now York and
tho Monarch Vinegar Works of Kan
sas City.
To Hack the Knllrondn.
A proposition to start a lino of river
barges on tho Missouri river between
Knnsas City nnd St. Louis to relievo
tho freight congestion nnd to provide
a weapon to force tho railways to
grant lower freight charges, has been
made. ',
It Is proposed to run tho line be
tween Kansas City and St. Iouls,
where a connection can bo had with
river service from Now Orleans, Pitts
burg and other points, and eventually
tho service may be extended to St.
Joseph. Tho freight system in this
part of tho country has, it Is said,
outgrown tho present railway facili
ties. Tho names ot thoso back ot the
project are withheld.
Call for Kztra Senlon of Coucrex
It Is announced that tho call for tho
extraordinary session of congress to
meet November D'wlll bo Issued prob
ably on tho 20th lust.
Must Khow Up or Oo lliirk.
Of tho 350 or moro Chinese taken
Into custody in New York because they
could not produce registration certifi
cates, about 125 havo beon released,
friends having placed tho required pa
pers before tho federal authorities. .
The others will probably be deported.
A largo number claim that their certifi
cates havo been lost, but tho act of
congress makes no provision for such
loss, and In such cases, tho authorities
say, deportation must tako place.
A man never censes to marvel at
women wuo kiss strange babies. ,7
MOST TOO CUNNING
Mail Pouch Thief Bell Escapes
Officer.
A CLEVER, DANGEROUS MAN
Taken From Dmivcr to Philadelphia,
Without Trouble, the Thief Fin
ally (lot Awnr from Officer.
Albert E. Bell, tho mall pouch thief
and forger, who was taken from Den
ver to Philadelphia by Deputy United
States Marshals G. H. Baker and Al
vah Davis, eluded bis guards and Is
now nt liberty. When tho train
reached tho Pennsylvania railroad sta
tion Davis nnd Bell went to tho toilet
apartment of the Pullman car and
whllo tho deputy mnrshal was per
forming his ablutions tho prisoner
calmly walked to the platform of the
car, mingled with the crowd of passen
gers and disappeared. For nenrly
threo hours after the swindler had
mndo his cscapo DavlB anil Baker wan
dered about In search of him, and
finally notified tho local pollco authori
ties. Bell wns arrested while ho was HI
In a hospital at Denver some tlmo ago.
Ho confessed to having stolen a mail
pouch containing about 1,200 checks
from an express train on tho Pennsyl
vania rallrond at Germantown Junc
tion. Philadelphia on tho night of Sep
tember 8. Ho wns held in $10,000 bail
for his nppearanco In tho United
States district court.
In custody of Deputies Davis and
Baker the prisoner left Denver for
Philadelphia. As ho was still suffering
Trom the effects ot tho Illness, which
took him to tho Denver hospital, tho
officers did not deem It necessary to
ohucklo him. Ho was accompanied as
far as Pacific Junction by Mrs. Sharp,
who was arrested with him. but later
discharged. Tho trip to Philadelphia
was uneventful until that" city was
reached. Deluded by the tractablllty of
the prisoner, tho deputies failed to
guard him carefully and his escape was
rendered easy.
Shortly after the disappearance of
the' mall pouch Rojl'passlng "himself
as F. H. Crosby, and Mrs. Sharp,
known as .Mrs. Crosby, were located
at Asbury Park. Ho deposited a num
ber of checks with a bunk there payn
blc to his order and drawn by several
Philadelphia firms.
It was discovered that tho nmounts
of the checks had been raised, but
when tho postal inspectors.' depart
ment took up the matter Bell had left
Asbury Park. Ho was later located In,
Denver. Bell Is also known as Ham
mond and Crawford. Ho Is suspected
of having stolen a mall pouch at
Springfield, 111. Ho secured $2,400 from
tho Lincoln Trust company in St.
Louis by means of alleged checks. He
Is also suspected of numerous post
ofllce robberies in Now York, Buffalo
and other cities. He Is supposed to
havo realized' $500,000 from tho rob
bery committed In Philadelphia.
WHY LAND WAS WITHDRAWN
Statement Oiitllnliic IlrnefltK to Settler
tho Ileal Ciiuae,
Commissioner Richards of the gen
eral land ofllcc, Washington, has given
out tho following statement concern
ing tho policy and practice of the land
oflico in tho matter of the withdrawal
of public lands from settlement:
There seems to be a misapprehension
respecting withdrawals of public lands
from entry under ceitaln of the land
laws and suspension of final nctlon
upon certain classes of entries already
made. Generally speaking, tho land
Is withdrawn from, entry la order to
prevent its being appropriated In a
manner or for a purposo not contem
plated by law.
In caso of a proposed forest rcservo
a withdrawal is made of all tho land
that will probably bo included In its
boundaries in oilier to guard against
speculative entries for tho purposo of
obtaining other land.
Withdrawals under tho irrigation
net aro for the purposo of reserving
tho Innd for homestead entries tho
only' kind permitted by tho act, and
opposing speculative entries.
Occasionally certain areas are with
drawn from entry under tho desert
land act upon evidence that tho land
Is not nrld land, being productive
without Irrigation and which can not
bo taken under said act.
Final action Is often suspended upon
Individual entries or a class of entries
In certain localities pending Investi
gation. In November. 1902, there was such a
suspension of final nctlon upon entries
mado under tho timber and stono act
In Washington, Oregon and Califor
nia. This suspension wbb mado upon
ovldcnce of collusive entries In thoso
states whereby individuals and cor
porations were obtaining tltlo to largo
arras of valuable timber land, whereas
the law provides that tho entry shall
bo mado for tho exclusive uso and ben
efit of tho cntrymnn.
That this action did not hinder or
interfere with entries under this net
Is shown by tho fact that whllo there
were 2,197 timber nnd stone entries
mado In tho states named during tho
fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1902, there
wero 8,145 such entries mado In thoso
states during tho flscnl yenr ended
June 30, 1903, nnd of this latter num
ber 3,544 ontrles wero mndo after ian
unry 1, 1903, whllo tho order of sus
pension was In force, whllo but 2,197
entries were. mado In tho entire Apical,
year 1902. t
As fast as tho entries In these stittes
enn bo examined all of thoso which
havo been properly mado aro passed to
patent, whllo the suspension continues
as to tho others ponding a hearing In
tho local land ofllcc. No chanco Is
mndo upon a report cf a special agent
until opportunity for a Bpecial hear
ing has been afforded the entrymnn.
The sailors of tho Austrian cruiser
Arpnd. who, whllo on shore leave at
New York, sang tho Magyar hymn be
fore tho Austrian consulate, havo been
condemned by a court martial to four
monts in prison. Tho verdict Ib cau&J
ing the greatest Irritation In Hungary.
HEADING FOR WASHINGTON
Member of Congreftii Aiixlotii to lln On
tho Orotind In Time,
Some of tho more prominent mem
bers nro mnklnc nrrangcment to ln
ndo Washington in tho near future
and Hon. Joseph G. Cannon of Illi
nois, the next speaker of the house,
will bo there this week. Tho extra call
for the assembly of congress In ex
traordinary bcshIoihI is the prime causo
for present activity. Tho early assem
bling Is supposed to bo taken ad
vantage of by members for tho pur
pose of talking over tho various com
mitteeships and vacancies.
Whether Nebraska will havo a can
didate for tho ways and means com
mittee Is contingent upon whnt com
mlttco Is given Elmer J. Burkctt ot
tho First district. Mr. Burkett stands
very closo to Mr. Cannon. Ho hna
been his lieutenant on tho commltteo
on appropriations for two years. Ho
Is able, exceedingly careful and gives
promise of being ono of tho big men
of tho Fifty-eighth congress. It la
understood that Mr. Cannon would
like very much to seo Mr. Burkctt nt
tho head of tho postofllco and post
roads committee, but he may possibly
havo to forego his desire for geograph
ical reasons. In the event then, thnt
Mr. Burkctt Is not made chairman of
tho postofllco and post roads commit
tee, It Is though that ono of tho va
cancies on tho ways and means com--mltteo
will go to either lowa or Ne
braska. Indiana will demand a pluco
on the committee by reason of the va
cancy created by tho retirement of.
Mr. Steele, but ns the delegation has not
had a meeting to parcel out the com
mittee places It Is Idle speculation to
name any ono of the Indiana members
for thnt place. Congressman Recder
of Kansas Is anxious to succeed' Sen
ator Long on the committee. The va
cancy caused by the transfer of Mr.'
Ncwlands from tho house to tho sen
nto will in all probability bo filled by
tho selection of John Sharp Willlnms,
who Is regarded as certain to bo a min-l
orlty lender. James D. Richardson of
Tcnncsseo has long ago announced
thnt ho would not bo a candidate for
that place, which ho has filled for the;
last two congresses.
IN GLITTERING ARRAY.
Tho Hold lorn Kncnmpmout nt Fort ltlley
tho Orentent Ever.
The largest military camp ever
formed In this country In tlmo of peaco
is now locnted at Fort Riley, Kas., on
tho government reservation. About
12.000 men are there. ;
Tho general scope of tho maneuvers,
will bo tho most comprehensive that
has yet been arranged and practically
every situation a soldier can be called
upon to face In time nf war, save dan
ger of death and lack ot rations, iB
comprised in the program.
From a sanitary point of view 'no'
bettor camp was ever designated. Every
poselblo arrangement has been mado
by Major C. B. Baker, chief quarter
master, who has laid miles of water
pipe, built bathhouses and provided,
seemingly, for everything.
The regiments now in camp are
as follows: Missouri Provisional
regiment, Colonal C. A. Sinclair; Texas
Provisional regiment. Colonel Henry
Hutchlns; Second Nebraska, Colonel
J. W. McDonnnell; First Kansas, Col
onel W. S. Metcalf; Second Kansas,
Colonel P. V. Holslngton; Fifty-fifth
Iowa, Colonel J. II. Lincoln: Battery
A, Kansas Aitillcry. Captain Downing;
Battery B, Kansas artillery, Captain
Fnttlson.
The regular troops comprise tho
Sixth, Second Twelfth and Twenty
first regiments, eight squadrons each of
tho Fourth, Eighth nnd Tenth regi
ments of cavalry; battalion of engin
eers, under Major Leach, and tho fol
lowing batteries of light artillery:
Sixth. Seventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-fifth, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth.
The force Is divided into four
brigades of Infantry, commanded re
spectively by Brigadier Generals Grant,
Bell and Harry of tho regular army,
nnd Hughes of the Kansas national
guard.
A greater number qf foreign mili
tary attaches are In attendance than
upon previous similar occasions. Col
onel Raspopoff of tho Russian army,
and Colonel Foster and Colonel Blrk
beck of the British army were at Fort
Rlloy soveral days before the army as
sembled. Lieutenant Colonel Montc
verdo of tho Spanish army arrived in
a uniform that put to tshamo anything
that was ever seen on tho plnlno of
KansaB with the possible exception of
the midsummer sun. His cap and
blouse wero dark blue, covered with
gold lace, and his riding trousers of ex
pansive pattern wero of a vividly sug
gestive scarlet, seemingly intrusive
enough to leave a glow behind him af
ter ho had turned a corner. The col
onel, who Is a courtly gentleman and a
soldier of excellent record, is receiving
every attention by General Bates and
his officers.
Thlngi llunc High In Ilitnrnon.
A special from Dawson says:
Winter Is closing In quickly and sev
eral thousand tons of freight will not
reach Dawson this season. Freight ratea
aro exceptionally high and prices of
cortaln staples are going skyward. Hay
In Dawson Is selling for $130 per ton.
Snow Is soveral Inches deep In Mnyo
district and tho streams nro freezing.
Tho gold output will only bo about a
million less than last year, despite tho
extrcmo drought, which cost tho min
ers six weeks' loss of time. It is be
lieved there will be activity lu mining
circles all winter.
Many peoplo are Icavng for tho out
side, earing a severe winter. Tho num
ber qf thoso going out exceeds that of
Inst autumn by several hundred.
Church I.onrn Ills Sum.
The Rev. Jqhn P. Peters, of St. Mi
chael's Protestant Episcopal church,
New York, has announced that tho de
falcation of church funds by Henry T.
Edson, treasurer of tho parish, who
killed Mrs. Fannlo Pullon und com
mitted suicide several months ago,
amounted to $59,000. Of this amount,
$10,000, tho rector stated, has been re
turned to tho church by tho wlfo 01
!Mr. Edson In making over to tho
church two llfo Insuranco policies. A
part of tho remainder will fall upon a
bank through its liability In connec
tion with tho forgeries.
MADE USE OE MICE
DRILLIANT IDEA OF THRIFTY
SCOTCHMAN.
Dumfermllne Man Had Scheme by
Which Household Peto Could Be
Made to Fun.hh Motive Power to
Run His Thread Mill.
Thrift is generally acknowledged to
bo ono of tho loading characteristics
of tho native of Fifoshlro, and it nover
was more forcibly exemplified than lu
tho person of David Hutton. n. nnMvn
of Dumfermllne, who nctually proved
that oven mice, thoso acknowledged
pests of mankind, could bo mado not
only to cam their own living, but also
to yield a respectable Incomo to their
owners.
About the year 1820 this gcntloman
actually erected a small mill at Dtnn
fermllne for tho manufacture of thread
a mill worked entirely by mice. It
was whllo visiting Perth prison In
1812 that Mr. Hutton first conceived
this remarkabio Idea of utilizing
mouse power. In an old pamphlet of
tho time, "Tho Curiosity Coffee Room,"
ho gavo an account of the way In
wwcn tho Idea dawned on him. "In
tho summer of tho year 1812," ho
wrote, "I had occasion to bo In Perth,
and when luspectii g the toys and
trinkets that w:oro manufactured by
tho French prisoners In the depot
thero my attention was Involuntarily
attracted by a Httlo toy house, with a
wheel In tho gable of It that was run
ning rapidly round Impelled by tho
Insignificant gravity of a common
houso mouse. For ono shilling I pur
chased house, mouse and wheel. In
closing it in a handkerchief, on my
Journey horaownrd I wns compelled to
contemplate its favorlato amusement
But how to apply half-ounce power
(which is tho weight of a mouse) to a
useful purposo was tho difficulty. At
length tho manufacturing of sowing
thread scorned the most practicable."
Mr. Hutton had ono mouso that ran
Iho amazing dlstanco of eighteen miles
a day, but ho proved that an ordinary
mouso could run ten and one-half
miles on an average. A halfpenny's
worth ot oatmenl vas sufficient for its
support for thirty-live days, during
which It ran 73C miles. Ho had ac
tually two nileo constantly employed
in tho making of sewing' thread for
moro than a year. The mouso thread
mill was so constructed that tho com
mon houso mouso was enabled to
mako atonement to society for past
offenses by twisting, twining and reel
ing from 100 to 120 threads a dny.
Sundays not excepted. To perform this
task, tho little pedestrian had to run
ten and one-half miles and this Jour
noy it performed with ease every day.
A halfpenny's worth of oatmeal served
one of thoso thread mill culprits for
tho long period of five weeks. In that
tlmo it mado 3,350 threads of twenty
five inches, and as a penny was paid
to women for every hank mado in the
ordinary way, the mouse, at that rate,
earned nlnopenco every six weeks,
Just ono farthing a day, or seven shill
ings and slxpcnco a year.
Taking slxpeco off for board, nnd al
lowing ono shilling for machinery,
there was a clear yearly profit from
each mouso of six shillings. Mr. Hut
ton firmly Intended to apply for tho
loan of tho empty cathedral In Dun
fermline, which would havo held, ho
calculated, 10,000 mouso mills, suffi
cient room being loft for keepers and
somo hundreds of spectators. Death,
however, overtook tho Inventor beforo
this marvelous project could be car
ried out. Edinburgh Scotsman.
HARD ON THE CLERK.
But the Merchant Had to Try to Save
a Customer.
A merchant having a lady customer
whoso account did not appear satis
factory, recently Instructed his clerk
to writo for payment. To this re
quest tho customer sent a pollto note,
saying thnt somo money would bo
sent. A fortnight, meantime, elapsed,
during which tho bill crept up a fow
moro dollars, and, no money coming
to hand, another Iotter was forward
ed, threatening extromo measures un
less tho account wero promptly net
tled. Tho lady, however, having re
ceived some money, Immediately sont
tho amount required, together with a
curt Intimation that sho intended to
closo tho account.
"Now, what shall wo do, father?1
said tho daughter, who was clerk,
private secretary, cuHhler, etc. "That's
another customer lost."
, "D.?r. r01,1Ic'1 th0 ol(1 mnn Prompt
ly. Why, write to her nt once, and
nay that tho thick-headed clork wroto
to tho wrong customer, and that bo's
discharged for such disgraceful care
lessness." Ways of Long Aqo.
Last night I dreamed I wns iiwalto
Tli...,. wiiklni; up, I dreamed. '
L'TL'A11 Jur.' w,'nt without a bronk
1.0 wlu-ro tho wntorn Klounud
And dimpled down boal.U 0 road
I Raw the willows trull oaU'
AloriK Urn Mtrnim, Ju.st like I knowed
I saw tho tfctfr-titii wnoweu.
And heard tho lilui-Jny cull nnd rnll
And mw tho t-UdlI'3 snlnir '
hL"V ,h0 orL,,lnra loailol "down
A'U,h,V.,Vy ,,r!1'"CllOH HWUIlli,
ndte7,rBat&rtA'nU
"&,! back
AWno won-rompinberti rack
AY0f ca.n.,llear. tho inn ,i,oa
And feci Uio r lythmla Hwiinr
That used to lull our tired oios
When mother usod to bIiik
J. M. Lewis In Houston TojU.
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