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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1903)
' - - . , " 11'- - - . . . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' \ ' " ' + . . ' 'I'I''IIf " ' . , , . 'Y'\ , . . : 'TOPICS OF TIlE PI ll H. . .A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER. : ESTING ITEMS. I : 'ConIDJent. and Crltlcl.m. Based. Upon i I : the JInppenlnJl : . or the Vn-llidori. cal and New. Note. . I I Ne\"er enter n guessing contest In , .competltlon with Il doctor. To pro\"e Its right to atn tChood ! Okln. ! bolUn ralsed'two cI'ol1S of potatoes Il1st ; : rear. I V The ' , 'trunlul1nlters hl1.\"e ( ormCd ! n , , , : trust. 'thus tlghtCnlng ! the grIp of the octopus. People who think the world Is going to the hud gene1'UlIy Ieep husy helping Jt ulong In - Utat direction. . . f Major Glenn has bCell ! acquitted. "I'J.'hls will : nuke It hmwcessary for hlru 'to , hlle 01' lecture ahout It. It Is not sUl'JI'lslng thnt molasses should pro\"c to hc good food ( or . .horses. Chlhlren hlH'e thrh'cd on It for many 'curs. Do not put 'our light undcr a bush- 'cl , but kcep It In a can whCre ! It may .glvc light to all that arc In the house- , nt so much per. . - A mlll { dealcr has given up his busl- 'fless because he has beeome COllverted. JiJvldently he didn't put wnter enough In the milk to wash nwuy his sins. It now nllpenrs that WlIllam K. Van- derhllt's house , It1le Hour , Is built on sand. Why should a man with so 'many "rocks" make such a blunder ? ' .rhere Is this to be said In favor of Cardinal Gibbons' plea for stricter dl- "orce la ws-a good many people would not get marrlod if they figured they were In' for life. 4 A woman , talking to women , lately Ij enuncIated tIle Interesting proposition : "If you can't get your vote , you can nlways get your voter , and 'ou can In- JIu nce him In his vote. " 1\11' , RocltCfeller's dally man now consists prlnclpully of letters advising him how to get a new stomach. If ho undertook to read thom ho would soon have moro heudache than stomach - ach ache. Sousa gu ye buclt $3,000 to the pur- chusers of concert tlclCts ! In order that he might play before King Edward \ and the royal family of England , Sousa hns eYllenUy ! dlscoyered that adyertlslllg pays. To establish a limit of $10,00,000 as IJ the maximum a1110unt any person may acquire or lawfully hold we .fcar ) would rcsult In Uncle Russell Sage pacldng his grlpsack and emigrating to some other country. , , . . , A Chlcllgo bo ' c0111mltted suicide be- causC ! his fntwr ! wouldn't Ive him lIYe cents , 'l'hat ho ' shou1l1 have t r taken to heart thc noble lesson glyen J , out b ' "oun , Tohn D. Hoclwfeller , who SIl 'S thn t monl ' Is not all. I ; 'l'hc powers 111111ntaln that Chlnl1 will ( he Ilble to tJu ' that Indemnlt ' In gold I br the exercise of duc econom ' . It t wIll ve observed that the justice of c1 the clulm 1I0lS not entcr. ' 1'he sole I question Is what the 'utl1c will benr. ! i Col. Pope's declaration thut cessa- J tlOI1 of \"ertlsln ! : was responsible for the wreck of the bicycle trust oITers 11 ) suggestion to the associated trust lIust- I ers ut Washington. Let the111 pass a , law forhlddlng the octopuses to ndyer- : Use. What a pltr It Is that our learned llnthropologlsts neyer dlscoyer tbn t a man bus cl'lmlnul e 'es , mouth. cars and nose unt1l unCI' he has committed 'I . fl murder ! 0 Science ! how many frauds arc perpetl'Uted In th ' helpless name ! : \ark 'l'wuln said , of the Legion of Honor thut It was a decoration which i few people now eSCHIIC , 'l'lw saUle thing must he true of the Gel'man order "I " "pour Ie merlte , " ' .rhe Kaiser has tal , . -t ! en to decoratln { runhonts with It , thus r In lcatln that it has uh'elIl ' hln \ cOllfCrrcll ! upon eYer 'hod ' whom there 'i Is the slightest excuse fOl' Ilecoratlng , \ : ; .A man with a taste fOl' stlltlStlCS be. r-all ; , early In Novemher , to Ieep n rec. ord of the corlora tlons , cmplo 'ers of I lahor , which because of the coal short- I J ; . . nge had undertllken to fm'nlsh fuel to t their emplo'es at cost. In three weels , r. by the bell ) of the newspapCrs ! , 11 ( ' ti found , more tha n t\\'o hundred such 'j cOI'poratlons , InchHlIn ! ; se\'eral trustH , J find this was only the beginning ot n , . moyemCnt ! which , whln colder wl'l\ther . came , assumed wldcspn'all 11ropoI'Uon8 , to ' 1'110 willingness of these corIIOl'a thms I II I , to extend such help , at the cost of ( 'on. ilderablo bother lIud expense , ou ht , not to be forgotten , i' i't t Compulsor ) ' CllUllliJwss mny , of , course , be liS dltllcull to attain us COIll- I 11\11 SOl' ) ' morlllltr , but Hhould oue he A : mulle posslhle tlw other mloht ! follo\\ ' , ' Alreallr , In the mllllis of some Ilhllo o' ( lhers , ph'slcul nud 1I10ml clellullness grow on the sl\mo stem , al1l1 to thcm a ticI'ubhlug' brush Is not a mere sCI'ub. Ling bl'ush j It hrlstlcs ! with moral pos , : slbllltlcs ! anll wipes out spiritual I\S well 118 ph'slcal stains. EYor ' houlie. teepel' Imo'Ws the splrltuul exaltation J Iha t to1\ows \ the slH'lng cleanhu ; , nnll " ' \ It Is said that a woman Iff ne\'er 60 : apahlo of heroism aR when shu Is con. i , elous that hm' puntry sheln's lire n , pecIless und her curtulns tresh trom ! , lhc wash. ' 1'0 such houseleellera the I Ikeletll In the closCt ! Is not ' 0 mach ' . / ' " " . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . , " " . . , - to hI. ! Ilre'alll'lI liS thllt moro shamotul \'llIltllut , Ihlst , nnlt they would , , "elcomo flU ' I1l11uhl'1' of. ghORtI ) . 11re8(1nccs pro- yllI11 thl' ( ' ) o ( lts oITt'I''d nothlll In the Wllr of dl'orl1er to cutch n ( I 111\11 to 111 ' 'e. I SOll1e one wnnts to Imow more ubout the life of Aln'um S. Hewitt , who tlIeli the othel' dllY , In ulmost CYtJI' ) ' city 'ou can find at lellst enC ! rich 1111111 who has looked ulon his wealth ml'O as 11. h'ust than liS n pel'sollal Ilosses. slon. Hewitt CIUllO UII fl'om the Boll , the 811me liS nellrl ) ' cr ) ' fumous man this couutr ' hns Imown. We have poets 1\111 pln 'erR , Presidents nntI war. rlors , fl'om the farms. 'l'he 0111 men of now who ! tny ! ; rl8 < : .n nbo\'e thell , ' lei- rows el'o cnrl ) ' nil count.ry bo 's 'e rs ngo. n the peuceful ntmos- phere of n tJOusaUlI'Ulnre ! : clo \ ' to nature , the ' lenrnetI how to Ih'c , ' .rhey hllblbCd ! clenn mornls with the ult. the ' brenthed : they Inhel'ltetl honest } ' und ruggell IH'lncllles ( , UUlI wel'l. ! tuught h ) ' fathel's nlld mothers who hdlo\'ed that , nftt ! ! ' God. th h' lIr8t tlul ' wus relll'ln theh' chlhh'l'n ' right. Hewitt went through u1tllut. \ . lIt. ! W/HI / born In u log cabin , wOl'kel1 on II fllrm , ot nn educlltlon , because he fclt that 1m must hn'e It to succeed In lift. ! . In college he ] 1II1d his wn ' hy tutoring , find worl'ed so hllrtl that he Injmed his health and slghl fOl' life. Did It' ' PIlY ? Depends on how 'ou 1001 , at It. In buslnCss ! he mul1e a Im'ge amount of money , und he used u fortune In making It casler for other boys , who were as poor as he hatl heen , to gain an education , NeW' Yorlt never Imow a man fairer to his employes. lie trletl to put himself In the other fCllow's ! place , and jutlged uccortllngly. When he died no one thought about his money. There was no person to blllck- en his Jllemoryj no scandal was at- tractcd to llis nume. ' .rhe world tlropped a few tearsj the poor placed Hewers on his tomb , und humanity knew tbat a really good Cll1n hud done his work and quIetly passed on. That is about all tbl\t Abram S , lIewltt ac- compllshed. Has any man done more ? It Is a commonl . exprCssCtl ! ! opinion that the rnllroad business of tlle coun- ky Is being overtlone-that too many lines are being built and too much money being put into hnproyements. Exactly the reyerse is true. RailroadIng - Ing In America is yet In its Infuncy. Vast as Is its present extent , and seemIngly - Ingly complcte as Is its equIpment , the systems of to-day w111 only proyoko smile from the nen generntlon. Our grnndchlldren w111 wondCr ! bow wo ovcr manuged to get around and do business - I ness undCr ! our present crude trnnspor- i taUon facilities. Not only wllI the trunk lines of the future be douhle- tracked separately for freight ancll1as. i senger traffic , but they wlll be fed by electric lines running In all dlrectlon In every well-settled communlt . . 'Irty years from now electric car tracks will be almoRt as numerous us Ure wll on roads today , The furmer of the future wllI load up his car , instea of his wagon - on , upon a spur running to his g1'l\11- ' ' will his ' and be a 1' ) , adjust tl'olley whh'led awa . to marlet or to the fl'elght depot In the twlnldlng of nn e 'e. 1i'arm produce , coal und groccry supplies will be dellyered In 'our alley fl'om street whllo ' railway spurs 'et enl . seryants I\re awulw , ElcctrlcIty will tl'llnsport fr m producer to consumer - sumer dll'ect , PI'lIctlcnlly "without I'hClnge of cars. " A nlclwl In the slot and 1l1achlner ' will do the rest , ' 1'ime , too , will he IInnlhllated. Already nn electric specd of one humh'ecl 1\1111 forty miles I\n hour has bcen attnlne In IH'actical ollel'l1t1on. A Chicago suh- urhan s 'stem Is eyen now reguh\rly olleratln under 11. nlncty-mlle Hchedule , With double tracls , airlines und rock- hallnsted tracks , there Is practlcully no limit to what ma ' bo attained through the Inyentor's genius and the mechan- ic's skill , acld'b ' unlimited capltnl and Yunlwe cnterprIse , 1i'I'om coast to coast In three da 's ? It wllI be done , A railroad at your ver ) ' door ? Aye , all that , and more , Where there is 11. mile of tracl { toda ' there will be tIfty us mUl : ' 'cllrs from now. ' .rhe rnll. road Industry oycrdon ? Forget u- the Infant has hut just bCgun ! to shC ! Its swaddling clothes. Good Servlco. : \unr good stories huye from time to thiw been told of the Hey. ' 1'homas lIunt , the temll'l'Ilnct. ! O1'a t 01' , who WIIS a well-I\I1own tIgme In the ear ] ' hlstol'y of the "T "omlng Valley. During the Clyll 'VIII' he enlisted , and served ns chapluln In one of the reglme.nta of Infantry raised In the Ylllle ' . Ono dnr In the midst of a llCI'ce ! hattle a mlljl1r rode up In front of the regiment , 111111 to his nmazeIUent found Fnther lIunt ut the head of the rUllis. "Chaplllln , what are 'ou doing here ? " he I1slel1. "Doing ? " echoed the old minister , hrlsJd ' . "I'm trying to cheer the hearts of the I.n'a'e alld loolt out for the heels of the cowards. " And It was so eyldent tbnt be was Iwrformlng both parts of this self.ap. pointed tasl. that the major asked 110 11101'0 lJuc , > tlons , hut left him to his worl , . A ] ) onhtflll COUlllImcnt , lIe brought her a present. It was a dream of a little teapot-thl china with plnl. roses und gold hClId- ! IJnll / oyer It. "Oh , 'ou dear I" she cried , holding It up from Its wrappings. "Isu't It Just the IH'etUest thing ? " " 1' . ' " be sll.\d \ " ' < 3 , absentlyj "It's n pret- t ' tl'IIPOt. ' It reminded me of you wben 1 bought It , " And she didn't know wheUler to throw It at hlnl or not.-Phlladelphla Bulletlu. ' , ThostJ persons you would really 111'0 to talk witll are always golnll' the otll , 01' vn.r : , . - . . I , . . . , NOT It\UCII FOR snow. lIouse Allows $35,000 For St. Louis exposi- tion-Elevator Dill at Last. Lincoln , Neb. , Mnrch :11.-Measures : of reat InlClcst w ro disposed of In the l ( ' lslature Momny. ) 'l'ho hOllso reduced lhl' I1pproprlatlou tor the St. Louis exposition from $7iiOOO to $ : IfJ. . . 000 , refused to concur In the senate amendmrnts to lho enernl re"enue hill and nppIJJ'III'd [ ( : ssrs. .1Joultlas , 'l'hompson an Iorsman as u confor. enco commlltel' . Goyernor Mickey sent a speclat hill to the house for the purpose of enablln countlos to collect dellnqllcnt taxcs by the sale of pwperty for taxes. I 'l'he scnate hns not 'ot nppolnt.ecl confercnce cOllllnltteo to conshlor the re'elUlcJill ) , It Is pro able tlltlt I ho joint ccnel'ence w1l1 recmunond that the maxlmllm sl ate le\V remain at 7 ml1ls as determined by the house , Instcad of i mills as called for U } ' tIll\ senate amemhn nt , . 'rho senate did a bl day's work In 0110'ShOI I. aftel'l1oon. 1 t approved the Hamsu } ' lle\'ator ! hl1l III cQmmlttee of the whole , passed a hill apPl'Oprl. atlng $100,000 for the rebulldltl-f ! of the Norfolk asyllllU and In commltteo of the whole apllro\'ed an appropriation - ation of $100,000 for Itllpro\'emellts at the a rlcllltllrat college. Milch to , the surprise of e\'cry ono the university - sity authorities aslwd that the amollnt be talen flom thQ one mill lo\'y tLmtfoes ! to the unl\'erslty. 'l'ho bill was amended accordingly. 'l'he talclng 01' this money from the fund raised by taxation Instead of Crom the general fund of the state w\ll \ probably consume the entllo fund and the 0\'c1'l10r will not recomme1Hl a decrease In tbo lev ' . It will delay the construclon of bulldhl-fs ! at the colleJte farm ono year. A t the end of the two years If the one millle\ ' } ' under the now revenue law p1'o\'es excessive - cessive it can bu roduced. 'rho house spen t a large portion of its scsslon } 't.sterday ! In the consideration - ation of the St , Louis exposition ap- I propriation. 'l'he bill for this ap- ! IJIOprlation as Introduced by 1\11' . House carried a $ j , OOO rant from the state. 'l'ho house aner decllnlnJt too imletlnltely postpone thc measure . first yott.d ! dowll a proposition to ap- llroprlate $ 5,000 and then yotcd down a proposition to appropriate $50,000. 'l'he sum of $ :15,000 : was then agreed to. On roll call on a propJsi- ; tlon not to agre to this sum but to postpone UlU IJ\II \ , 25'oted aye and 41) voted no. .A lIumher of members de. clined to'otc wllO wlll l' 0 placed OJ. ) record on the linal passagc of the measlll'e 'l'he house declined to alllend no bill proYlding 1'0r strict cxamlnatlons o ! applicants for doclOl'S ceri flcates. A proposition to exempt fl'Om examination - tion those g- cad IMtes from sta tt. ! col. leges who ha0 matllcula ted under the present law. was kllled. ' 1'he amendment was championed hy Douglas of Hot' " cOllnty and was I I quite ylgo1'ously opposed by the 11hy- slclans on the 11001' ot' the lIollsc. , ' 1'he house appolntcd a conference committCe ! on t.l1O . senate amcndments to the 1'cvenue hilI. SpeakCl' 1\Ioclwtt namln-f ! Doug-Ias 01' HOlIk , ' 1'hompson , Jf Merrick allll Iorslllan , of Douglas on his committee , 'I'IH' senate wlll appoint three ml'lIIhers of the revenull committee fOl' this IHI1 10SO when the rcquest Is made for a t'onft.1'encc ! to- 'Jay , Husband 15 Shot Dend. New York , 'llar\l ( \ :11.-F\IIed : \ wll,11 Jealous angel' at IIncllnganot.1wr man Iwlng C'ntCl'talned hy his wife this afternoon , \\'llllalll \ , J. Peppler , of gust One-Hunlh'pd and Nineteenth street threw the \'Isltor Olll Into the hal1 , fought him from the t.hlrdlloor to the front dool' of the apartment house in wllit'h he IIYl'd , with the wife screaming and weepingat their heels , and WIIS there shot dead by the man who he thou ht hacl wronLed hlm1'hls - - , ' 1'hls mi\11 was \\'lIlIaml \ arl Dohson , a cashier In a stol"-hrolwr's olllcl' , TIc lied and t.he pollco hllvl' ' sent 01lt a g-eneral alarm for 111m , PC'ppler was a1 > out twenly-slx ) 'pars old and a l'lrrk. He had 1Iot heen nHu'l'led long' . After hcln W\'h'l'd Mrs , Peppier , who had falntrd , said that she IInd Dohson were tO l'lher when her 1I11s. hand returned , llIH1xpl'etellly from work and a fI ht followed , 1'csultllll : ! In Dobson bllll UIl'Own out of the room alllI PI\1SIII'I1 \ down st.ull's uy hel' hllsband. III the lownr hall the 1IIen c'lInehed aJtaln 11I111 Iohson fired one shot" A fter . . " that t.hn woman remem. herl'd nothln , for she fainted , Dohson Is salcl to he a mUl'rled man with a wlft ! ancl two children lI\'ln omewhere InOlUI Carollna- Kent IIcl < y n I ncrtl nllY Strll < e , LoulsYlIle , Ky" March : I1-'l'he 1'0 presentat h'es of operators ami minors of western ( { cntlIclQ' , who spent rll'arly nil of last w'c.'k Inlln III tempt to settle the wagc qucstlon f'or tllo comlnj. ; year , resll med tlll ! 1 01l forenco t.oclay , 'rhe miners' wil'e ! : scale ex , pires It ! midnight tOll1orlOw. If the joillt committees fnll to reaeh : r set- tlelllent the miners say they will strll\ ( ! for an Illcrouse of 1,1 per cent , but the operators lire IIOt willing to concedl' thIs much. ! - ' ; _ . _ . . . " - ' ' ' iiiiil1- ' = ' ' : : " " ' - - ' ' ' : : ' . ARICH MAN IS GONE IWSvus P. SWIFT DII ! : ' AT 11:5 : CUlC" . GO IIOftU1 : - PACKER 'ADE ' nULLIONS PIONEER IN SIIIPPING OF I P IGE"ATOI1 MEATS I . LEFT ABOUT $10.000,000 , _ ' . .w . Inlrlatcd AD Interprjse WhIch Mnde tortuau for 'ouy-Dcmlse Follows Simple Sur- IIlcol Operntloa. Chicago , Ill" March : JO-Gllstm'm 1'l'a ; I1k 11 II Swift , pres\clent \ , of the Swift } 'acl\lllg compIIIY : , died lit his lIome , ,1848 ] llIs a VellUl' , carl } ' todaJ of Internal hCll1onhages , resultln from a sllrglcal ollerntlon performed 6en:11 ! : days u o. lr , Swift wu- . slxty-threo } 'eurs old. ' .I'he Itell10nhllge which cansi'll Mr. Swift's death IcslIIled from all opera. tlon fOl' IIn InfecLion of the all hlad. del' , pNformed Mal'ch 2 . Ills death was entlrol } ' unexpected both hy Mr. Swift's ' family and his ph'slcians. lIe had gl\'en over } ' hldlcntlon of 1'0. covery , and all danger \Vl1S considered passed. Mr. wlft had been sulTerlnlJ for some lime with bl\llder : \ troublu nnd a week ago un operation was de termlned IJpon to gl\'o him relief. It was not expected that the operation would prove especially dangerolJs , and nothing happCued ! to cause a change In this hopeCulncss until this morn. Ing. Ills hnprO\'clHt.ut ! was stopped suddenly by a hOl1lol'1'halO which the doctors \\'ele unable to checl { and which caused his death In a short time. Gustavus I.'ranllIn Swift. began his business career us lI' utcIlCl' and died leaving 11. tortuno eslll1lated at trom $7,000,000 to $1OOO , OOO. He was born lit Sandwich , Mass. , In J UIIC. 18m. : TIe opened a. sl11all butcher shop In his natlvo town , lie removed to Boston - ton when he was ] C5S than thirty years old. He I'omalned In Boston untl11875'uen ho came to Chicago. In this city lIe enaa ed In the sILmc buslnes : , .vhlch he had left , In Massachusetts - chusetts and de"elopod the department - ment of shipping live catlIe to easL- ern mnrlets. 1 n 18jj ho e\'ol ved plans 1'01' the tlrst rcfrlgeratlug- , and dressed nll' : . . lustead of I1vo animals - imals , wcre shil I to eastel'n cl tics. 110 was the ph er in'thls kind ot business and It wus not. long before others saw the ad yan tae ! of his 11I0th- od and they Imltatcd him. 1\11' . Swift was not ollly the oldcst "pacl- t.r" ! at the time of his death , llt he was the origluato1' of the method that has made l1Iany large fOl'tuues. .lJ'rom the s11lall plauL stalted in 1877 has de\'elol1td ! a gll'at corporation - tion with luau"hes 11.1 St. Louis , Kansas - sas CitySt..Joseilh , Omallllt. : . 1'aul , and ForL Worth , Texas , with Ills- Ulmllng oll1el's In o\'ery Impol'tallt city and towu In tile United States , and with ff'tll'eSl'ntallyes 11) ) the leading cl tle lIl' Europe , Asia aud Africa. Its 0' . , ployes nlll1l1 > l'I' 2G07. Upon Its eapltal stock of $2iOOOOOO : the sales of lnG2 excceIJed $200,000,000 , Narrow Escnpc For I'cgro. l\Iuscatlue , la. , March aO-j'lIlnk Brown , a negro , ual'l'owly cscaped death at Ole hands of lliOO el1luged men tonlA"ht , and was rescued by ol1lcers al'tel' he ltad twelity only re- cel yed a seyere 1)/1 ling' , ' 1'ho 11I0b souJtht his life Jccauso ho had slJOL and pl'Obahly fatally wouuded 1I11rt'Y Holtzhaul' ( , a but.lou . cutter. 1I0ltz- hauer strucl. HI u\\'n In the face dur- lug a quarrel anl Blown drawing a 1'\'olver ) , shot Hultzhauol' In the breast. Hundreds of men gathered arlJund the fallen lIIau and Hrowu ran followed by se\'eral Ilollcelllell. ' 1'he t'rlencIs of HoltzhauCl' joined in the ) ) \\\'sul \ \ t. ' 1'l1e i10lIcelllcn wern 0111- , distanced hy the drllllns , Wl10 cau ht Browu. A scorc or l1Iell l'ell to beat- In him with their lists , ' 1'he pollee' men , reinforced to twenty men , churged the assailants wi th clulls and le\'Oly01'S aud. al'ter Imocklng se\'t.'Ul ! \lICU \ down , rescued the negro. Bid the Prc5Hlcnl Uood-hyc. Washington , March : IOft's , Housorelt and the chllch'cn w1l1 take t he projected erulse 011 the presl- den L's 'acht , . .1110IayJlower ; , dllrlng the comln wee ! < . ' 1'lwy hade good h'o ton Igh t 10 the Ill'eshlen I. , w 110 leares on his western trip Wednes. day morning , an ( ] lIwv then oardecl the iIlIyJlowCwhich \ hils been lying lit the nl'Y yard here for sOllie days. - - - - ( Jovernment Sends Police , V1etorlu , B. C. , laI'ph : lO.-n rlow of the fact that trouble Is expected aL Fornlo , In the event of non.unlon men helng imported hy the OI'OWS Nest Coal comllany , the HI'IUsh Columbia goyornment has rCIUested ( the domlulon government to sl'llIIa detachment of mounted police to 1'cr- ! nle , the center of the strll < c , and a sqIacl of tI fty men hus heen o\'dered \ to proceed from Calgary. L ' - . . . . - , . " _ . . : . . . . . . . . - NOT SUCH DAD LOT. Worse Pee le ThoMS4)'S ; ; C. t.ln Peub' lOll-Writes of ProereuM.de. , WlIshlnltton. March 28.-Captatn John J , l'orshlng , } I'trteenth lufan- lry , who has been In command 111 tbe Moro cOUl1tr ) ' , hns written [ \ letter litHicI' clate of Cump Vlcl\Crs , Jt\I1U- nl' } ' 28 , to personal trlend III the war dcpartmelltJ , In which ho ga\'o In 11l'tall many Intercstlng lacts In con- . lIection with the d . Istu.rIlce . ! tn II\1l11\I1no \ \ , Captain ) ) ershlng SI1)'S that ntler M' \\'IIS \ 1111lccd III charge oC lore by Gon- 1'1111 Dtwil uect\\lso he ( Pershing ) I P" 1lIlI'antl } ' cOllld et alonl { with them , 'e worlwd on tlte theory that It Is necessary to establish lIIutual conti. ellco bctween the Morog and the United States\f \ we arc to HOlorn hem wlthoul. , a lot , of trollble.II lIe endeavored to del1lonstrato . .to hem that the United State Is their friend , IH\\'ln no dc1 re to carry them elY Into sta\'er } ' , or to talw an ' . hln lJeton ln to them without pay- In for It. 'l'hls , ho writes Is all can. rary to what tile } ' ha0 1Ieon accus. Lomed to In the past. 'fho Spaniards 111111 the Mores could not gel , alolll { tn. l1ether wt.tI. ! ' 1'ho Mores Were , "cry Jealous of their rcllglon alld the Slmnlmls : tried to civilize them by seizing and baptizing some ot them. l'hero were atrocities committed on both sides as u result ot these dllTel'- cnceS. Captain Pershing says t.hat the Mores do not reatlzo any other Idncl of o\'ernmenL than a one-man pow or. , lIe says ho has been able to teep all the promises ho 1m made , which has cnabled him to be moro sucessfulln command of that district , ' 1'huy Ie- gard him I\S \ rOl1resentlnlt the president - dent of A mel'lca , and uro somowhut uneasy as to what his successor will do. do.'rho question of slavery Is Intimately - ly connected with their religion 111111 Is something of a vassaln o or serf- lom , IInd noL slavery , as Imown In this country. Ho thinks It II subJe' t that should rmualn untouched until it Is understood better , ' 1'ho Mores , ho writes , should have a go\'ernment which they can understand - stand , IInd It should bo the 110tlCV of the United Stlltes to let It IIlono , butte to make cach sultan and datto 1'0- sponslblo for the actiJ of his people. I . "We cannot alTord , " ho says , "to tear down their established form of ( otol'crnment without giving thom I spU1cthln better , and I fear It will be a long tlmo botore this can be I done. " 'rho Machi cumpal n has hnd u convincln clTect as to the possibility of natl\'es'eseaplng punishment when they commit dellredatlons. Captllin PlJI'sltlng says the Mores ha\'e some admlmlJle Im Its of char- actor. "Onco a friend they all go to Ute limit for you. " ' 1'hey are Indlls. trlous and ha ye splendid rice Ileds ] and other agl'lcultural crops. 'l'ho : country Is capable 01' great things from an agrlcllltul'al standpoint. ' 1'he country Issolllewhat 1lIw the 1\Iollllwk \'Ulley and the whole 11Istl'lcL can he . compared to tlillt about Lalw Georgo. ' Captain Pershing says that he be- lIey03 the troops could march around the lalw now and bo received in 1\ \ friendly spirit everywhere except lit. Bacolod. Ilo has a numbCr ! of relIable - lIable secret servlco Mores and the " inform him of the conditions and feelings amon-f ! their countrymcn. lIe says there arc about 75,000 peo. I , pIc that , IIvo In that re lon and they . are In a fall' way to hecomo reat friends. lIe says thIs is an achlovomont he , would ho proud of , Ilnd Is almosl , readv to premise I t , adding : " 'l'hough wo may encounter some I old har headed savaHo to whom wo I shall have to administer a severe , lesson , In order to teach him andl others what wo can do. " I Captain IJershl1lJt , In concluslon'l says It Is the most Intercstlng wmll ho has yet had In the army and he. hopes to romaln and be pCl'Inlttcd ! to work out the prohlem. He thlnl , ! ; that military government Cor u long tlmo to eomo Is the only one for the Moros. In reply to the Inquh'y of the sec. rotar' : of Will' stating that the uress had alleged that go\'ornor 'raft had dysentery , a cahlegram was received trom Governor 'raft today containing the Information that he has lwen un. del' treatment for weels recovering from an attacl { of dysenetry. Bxam- Inatlon last Satmday ludlcated that tllC t.\'C'atment \ had heen succesfu1. J.Jat.el' eXllmlnatlon Indicated tllilt he needed rest and hy the advlco of his physician wo1l1l1 lel11aln In bed lor II couple of weeks to secure It. Ills strenJtth and allpetl to were reported oed , On' on Murdcrer 111l11 ed , POltland , 01'0 , March : ! ! t-A. f.J. lP1lI1ng ! was han ecl III t.he , 'ounty Jail } 'arcl this mornillg , 110 died In seyonteon minutes ufter t.ho drop tel1 , Belding murdered his wife , his mother. In-law , Mrs. McCroslcy and Franl , WoolwardJuly ( I , the 1\lllIng bClng ! clue to jealousy of BoldlnJt , who resented Woodward's attentions pI' Mrs. Belclln-f ! , 10Idln atso shot ls I'athor In-law , Lemuol McCroslwy : Hlt tailed to 11Il him , . . . . .1 < . . ; . . . . . . . . " . : " .A. , . ' . . . . . . . . . . . : . ' IIO.j. : " . . , II' I I' I'I - 8ehraska Notes . . The postonlceo nt Birch , Pierct county , Nob. . has been dlsconUnued. CIlludo O. Campbell ot Clay Oonter , hns been appointed rnUwt\y mall . clerk , J dwln H , Pellse has been nppolnt. cd substltuto clerk ilL the 1I're\11on' . , \ \ . . postonIcc , Mil ) ' i9t I\n nddltlonnl tree dellvc'l ; route will o established nt GrcLl1u , In Sharp ) ' couut.y , I 'l'ho Omaha JJull crs' Exchnnl : ' with n cnpl till slocl { ot $ GOOO was 111 I corporntcl1lost w cl { , Henry IJ. Lowery hns been appolntJ cd postmaster at HlchfHd , Shnro1 county , \'Ice A. Heclor resigned , , .Articles of Incorporation hn\'o eon Ilted by the Samll ! On and QUillin Mln- InJ.'t Co" of O\11ahn \ , 'l'ho allltnl stock Is Jlxell aL $10,000. .T , W , .Tones , the BurJn ) ton yard master had his hnnd bad ! ) ' crllshed while maklnJt cOllplln , lIe will lese the third and fO\lrt.h Hngors. o 1\01'1101' l\Ihkey \ : signed II. n , No , \ 1 2 which redllces the mcmbers or , the hoard of education from nIne to . ' JI\e : members , I\nd the bill Is now a law , Joseph 1I'ehringer of Humphroy will probably 10so his I\rm I\S the result ot tallhlH from the wagon IInd brealdng It whllo on his way homo trom town. the othcr night. 'l'ho PO ! tol1lco at Rescue , Sa\llldeC8 county , and Olson , } I'romont count,1 have been rc-octahllsheLl with Mary } ) alensl < y and 1rred n. Morris post- f musters , respectively , ' , 'l'ho Hev , I'ather ! Carno1 , priest or St , J'ohnls chll1'ch at llntt.'lluouth Is very Ill , A n a ttncl { ot the grip \V 9 followbed by er.'sl1elns ] and return of heart trollhle , and It Is ! eared tlmb ho cannot recover , Artor llIarrled lIfo of ono weole , Tohn Johnson 78 years of age , a resl- dun of Mcnd , left his bride who JU\d been Chrlst lnl\ Petersen , slxt-two yearS oldanLl passed to CHl'hat bourne trom whence no traveler o'er returns , ' 'rom 1IlmbU\'lor \ anel John Kellc.r the two l11en who held np and robbed I \'e'ott Carmlchaol of $180 in Wy- moro 'recentty were each sentenced to three yCars ! In the penitentiary b1. Judge StuH , Oharles MIlIcI' n hey ot sixteen yenls of u e , who was ImpU- catCd ! In the robbery , was sentenced to the rel'orm school. Annollt1cemCnt ! has IJcen mnde 01 the secret marrlu o In TIocldordMd , . / , on March 10 ot Bmest IJ.Coolh ) o of ' : Waihln ton and : MIss , Tean M. Thurs- j tOIldaujthter 01' former United States St'lmtor 'l'hurston of Nobruslm. In a , satCll10llt made hy MI' , 'J hurston , the : brIde's father , It wus said the young couple hall heen engajted tor some tlmo Wl1,11 the entIre approval at their respective families. Miss ThuNlton is 17 yea I'S old. 'nlo ltl7.ens' State Dank at Wisner have Iwen authorIzed to con- vel't Into the Citlzells National Dnnk of Wisner , with $ iiOOOO capItal , Norman 'I. Bliss , a promInent farm01' was shot 'and Instantly k1l1nd hy WllIla.l11 ' 1' . 'l'urley , ' 1'110 kUling occured on Bliss' farm , three miles uorth of Sherton , and was the culm 1- IHlllon ot a quarrel o\'er Do number of , hoJts , which wore trespassing in DUss' corn field. Bliss and 'l'urloy occupy adjoining farms. When the body'of ' ! J' . p , Bloom , the steel , farmer of Stewart , who was tound dead at hIli homo , was oxamlaned by tbo coroner , n bullet 11010 was discovered In the right templo. 'l'ho Jury returned I verdict qf slllcl o. } ! 'Ire entailing a loss ot about 110.000 destroyed the plant ot the Norfolk Press and ballly dnmn"ed tbo sur. . rOllndln-f ! property. 1'he nowspapcl ol1lce and equipment WIlS totally des.- troyed. ' 1'he hulldlng was owned b1 G , A , Lul1llI1rt and 1' . Jr. 8preachor. 'l'ho luttel' was also proprlotor ot tbe paper. 'l'he loss on bulldln 1nd con. . tents Is cstlmated at about WOOQ with $ .1,000 Insurance , MONEY TO COOKS. ' 7.CiOO.OO Donnted , to B. Di'l'lc204 Amen ! : J'IIIIII1 , . Cook. . 'Tho R\lIII of $ i , OO.OO will be dl.trlb- , utell hutweel1 110W ! Inti midsummer nmon. fUllllly cool , , ! , III jl : : prize. ranglnr fro. : ! Of to : j : , OO , 'I'll ill If ! dUl10 to sllmulato better cook. . In ! ; 111 the fl1l11l1y kitchen. The contell ; 18 01)11 to pl1ftl cooks. ( drop the nnmll "hlt'cll 111'1. ; " cull them cooks If th8" d. . . BI\"e It ) ot' to the 1II1strcilB of the honlo- hold If Hho Iloes the cooking. The rule. for coull'st are plall1 nn simple. Ettcl& oc tlw im : wll1l1ers of mouey prlzell will nlso rced'oIn en raved certlficnte ot 1I10rit or dilliom/l nR .n cook. The dlploo 111ml onr the hi ! ; gilt senl nnd Bllnatura of the mot flimOll ! ! footl compau , . In the worltl , ' 1'h" Potum ! Cere1 : Co. , Ltd. , of Untllc CI'clkllch. : . , the wpl.lmowQ ml\kel's of l'o tllm Colfeo and Gmp. . utf ! . WI'lte them /lnd nddroll CooklllJ' ' DO't. ! No. 18i , for full purtlculnrs. 'l'hls remarlnhle coutest among cook. to win the money prizes alld dlplomu will gl\'o thollsltn s of families bettor Itnd 1110re delicious meal. as well . . clenner kitchens IInd a ienoral hnprov. . mcnt in the cullnnry department , for the cools must IIhow marked , kill aud bottlE' " mont In Hl'1'\'Icc to win. Great 8um. o. . mOlley dCTotcll to .uch enterllriJlu .1. . WIt1 ! res lilt In puttlna : human It , . furth. . nlollon \ the rand to civilization , heal cowfort aod happloe. . . . , , . . . . ; " : ' - ; M.I I _ "