TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
ESTINfc ITEM * .
Cemmeat * Criticisms Based Up m
tks Haypemiacs f tks Day-Histori
cal and. New * Nats * .
Fine feathers do not make fine birds.
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They make fine hats.
A wink Is as good as a wireless mes
sage to a soda clerk In a dry town.
Politics makes strange bedfellows
which accounts for considerable politi
cal Insomnia.
The man who paddles his own canoe
now finds that he loses stroke every
iime an electric launch passes him.
At most , the best of friends may
travel the same pathway but a brief
time ; so , then , let us laugh and love
while we ropy.
About the time a man decides that
be Isa child of destiny , destiny con
cludes that she will only be a step
mother'to him.
Can it be possible that the day Is
coming when men who hold public
offices will have to earn their salaries
Just like other people ?
As Reed Smoot has but one wife , his
enemies might switch around and
charge him with aiding and abetting
the crime of race suicide.
John D. Rockefeller has visited the
Grand Canj'on of the Colorado , and
there is a strong suspicion that he
intends to buy it and fence it in.
A magazine writer proves by photo
graphs that the woman of fifty is now
as young-looking as the young woman
of thirty. But are there any women of
either age ?
Rev. Dr. Coudlt said in a lecture the
other night that King Edward is a
direct descendant of Abraham. A nice
way to slander poor Abraham , who
can't talk back.
The theory has been advanced that
women are more weather wise than
men. Certainly they are constantly ob
serving atmospheric conditions in order
to determine whether then : hair will
stay in curl.
Schwab has sworn that he lives in
Pennsylvania , thus escaping the pay
ment of personal taxes In New York.
He continues , however , to draw his sal
ary and take most of his meals in the
latter place.
Chicago women threaten to establish
a newspaper and "print anything and
everything exactly as it is. " The
violence and bloodshed growing out of
a paper conducted on these lines would
throw into the shade a Boxer upris
ing. And some prom. cits , would be
among the lynchers , too.
A contemporary makes a strong de
fense of father because he "buys chick
ens for the Sunday dinner , carves them
fcirnself and draws the neck from the
turns afer every one else Is served. "
TEhis may sometimes happen , but it Is
lioticed that pa usually has a nice little
tid bit which he has been casually con
cealing on one side of the platter.
There are April fools and other
fclnds. It was of the other kinds that
Pudd'nhead Wilson wrote in his diary
on July 4th : "Statistics show that we
lose more fools on this day than on
all the other days of the year put to
gether. This proves , by the number
left in stock , that one Fourth of July
Is Inadequate , the country has grown
0. "
Any one who is incredulous as to the
practicability of irrigation on a large
scale or as to its value ought to see
what has been acoinplished by means
of it in Salt Lake City and other places
where it has been applied. He would
then wonder and regret why Congress
should have been so slow to act. With
in a few years the habitable territory
of the United States will have been en
larged by millions of acres.
William R. Day , of Ohio , became a
'member of the Supreme Court of the
United States on the first Monday in
larch. Mr. Justice Holmes , who took
bis seat in December , thus had a re
markably short period of service as
the newest member. More than two
; pears elapsed between the appoint
ments of Justices Peckham and SIc-
iKenna , and still longer periods are
common. As the Supreme Court is
now constituted , two of Its members
( were appointed bj President Roosevelt
velt , one by McKlnley , three by Cleve
land , two by Harrison and one by
Hayes. The President who desires
those whom he appoints to remain
long on the Supreme Bench will select
W men in the prime of life.
It makes no difference what proof
to the contrary is offered , the Ameri
can people will always believe and
maintain that Raleigh once lived in
Virginia , that Putnam crawled into a
den of wild wolves , that Paul Revere
saved , his country by a ride , and that
Barbara Freitchle dared the rebels just
us poets have written ; that Funston
' -did actually swim the Bag-Bag , and
that Roosevelt charged up the hill In
the battle at San Juan In the very
way that Verestchagin puts it. These
things can no longer be considered as
matters In dispute or points of'con
troversy In our history. The belief
In them is as deeply imbedded la the
hearts of all Americans as is the be
lief that Washington never lied or
and that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kick-
\
id over the lamp -which caused the big
fire in Chicago. *
Farming is a better business than
it used to be. Not that it was not al
ways an occupation of which to 'be
proud. The trouble was we were not
worthy of the vocation wherewith we
were called. The point I wish to con
vey is that we have now come to see
what it means to be good farmers.
There will always be men who are
above ( or perhaps I ought to say be
low ) their business ; but the man who
Is farming because he feels that he
loves the work , and must do It or die ,
is to-day the man the world looks up
to and envies. You can now scarcely
find a man in any-line of business
who does not dream of the time when
he can own a little place in the coun
try. There he fancies he can live with
his car close to the heart of nature ,
rest at night , make a little money , and
bring his children up in the way they
ought to go. To-day the farmer is
the king of the world. Without him
men in the cities would go about hun
gry , cold and in rags. And they know
it , too. They no longer talk abour
farmers as "hayseeds ; " they take off
their hats to him when they meet him
on the street ; they like to stop and
talk with him , for they know he is
sound on most topics uppermost at the
present time. The farmer is making
some money , too. He is probably not
making it as fast as some others do ,
but there are ten men now with a little
nest-egg laid up in the bank where
there was one a short time ago. That
makes him more contented and happy.
Any man Is more so with a dollar in
his pocket. So farming is taking its
place with the best callings of the
world.
The scientist usually lives in a little
world of his own. His walls of books
or shelves or bottles separate him from
the noisy , selfish , scheming life about
him. His mind is concentrated upon a
printed page , or the mystic contents of
a crucible or a distant star. His heart
is as pure as his life is simple. He
knows nothing of greed and lust and
malice and envy. They are not in his
world. And it is a good thing for the
world at large that it is so. The scien
tist , who looks so innocently at us out
of his mild eyes , could play hob with
the rest of us if he wanted to. Take ,
for instance , Professor Dewar , the dis
coverer of liquid air. Had he desired ,
he could have enslaved his generation.
He had a terrific force at hand , which
no other man could not comprehend.
He could have made bombs to kill
kings and shatter whole cities , without
a fuse or even a detonation. He hud a
poison more deadly than prussic acid ,
destroying tissue , muscle and bone ,
and yet leaving not the slightest trace
of itself , and this he could have used
with impunity. He could have mysti
fied and terrorized the world and
brought it quivering to its knees be
fore it knew not what nor whom.
Marconi , had he kept the secret of his
wireless telegraphy to himself , to fur
ther dishonorable ends of his own
might have made millions on the stocfc
exchanges and bourses of America anu
Europe by the secret transmission of
information. His discovery , kept se
cret and combined with a selfish ,
scheming disposition , would have been
of infinitely more value to him than
it is since given to the world. Suppose
Professor Roentgen , the discoverer of
the X-rays , had chosen to become a
professional thief. His secret would
have been to him a sixth sense , pos
sessed by no other man in the uni
verse. The man who found out how
to split Bank of England notes into
two sheets , and immediately gave the
Information to the directors of the
bank , and the man who discovered
how to imitate exactly the water mark
ing on letters of credit and similar
documents , and at once warned the
bankers' association here might have
been a precious pair of counterfeitei
and forger who could have fixed tlieii
aim upon any amount of money and
got It. Most truly typical of all is the
case of Fremy and Verneuil , , who dis
covered how to produce valuable rubies
artificially. To these two savants the
discovery represented merely a scien
tific fact. The possibilities of private
enrichment were not to the point. I *
is , indeed , well for the world thai
scientists are absorbed in their pur
suits. If they turned from their books
and crucibles to look out of their windows
dews upon the world with covetous
eyes , they would need only to extend
their hands to snatch from us all our
proud pomp and display. And It is
well for the world in another way that
scientists are not worldly. It is only
by their close concentration upon their
single purposes that their mastery of
nature's most elusive secret is attain
ed. To them the one .object is every
thing , as with the busy bee the whole
world is honey and flowers.
The West a Condition.
The West , somehow , has come to bi
a condition rather than a place. Aftei
days in a luxurious train , the casual
traveler finds himself in the cities ol
the Pacific with the feeling that here
are not the differences , the strange
ness , the Westernness that he had ex
pected. The real West which lie haa
pictured so fondly , the free , the hearty ,
the fascinating , seeins in some degree
to have escaped him. And presently
ho discovers that the condition which
we call Western is singularly mis
placed in the West ; that the most
Western of American cities is not
Portland or Seattle , but Butte City , six
hundred miles to the east of the coast
Century.
We have always had an idea that the
birth of twins is as big a surprise as
any one ever knew anything about.
The average woman can spot an old-
style dress by the shape and size of the
sleeves.
PREVENTED MURDERING
Grand Inland Man Disarmed and Crlnu
Averted.
Grand Island , Ueb. , May 20 J. P.
Arp was upon murder bent last even *
Ing , but fortunately was disarmed
before any damage was done. Arp
has been employed at the Union
Pacific shops. Among several othen
he was discharged yesterday for be
ing drunk. The discharge angered
him and he went to bis home in an
ugly mood. On the way home it i
presumed he drank some more and
was under the influence of whisky
when he arrived. He complained
about the discharge and took down a
Winchester , 32 calibre , and began to
make threats. His wife pleaded with
him but could not induce hei bus *
band to desist. The foreman , tem
porarily , who bad dismissed the man ,
lives not far away. His name is Mr.
Love. Mr. Love and family resides
in the residence of W. F. McLaughlin -
lin , a councilman and formerly em
ployed as a blacksmith with the
Union Pacific. McLaughlin boarded
with the Love family , in bis own
home , and suddenly was called by a
vigorous knock to the door. He
heard c < nsiderable commotion. Arp
stood outside , his wife clinging to
him at one arm and his child al the
other. When McLaughlin opened
the duor he at once saw that some
thing was up and quickly disarmed
the belligerent and called the police
authorities , who promptly arrested
Arp , keeping him in jail over the
night in order to allow him to cool
off. He is still under arrest and it
has not as yet been definitely decided
what complaint will be entered
Against him.
One Against Fifty
, May 20 Lieutenant Walkei
of the constabulary , who yesterday
was reported missing after the recent
fighting in the island of Cebu was ,
it became known today , killed by a
superior band of fanatics which sur
rounded Lieutenant Walker's party
Two of the constabulary were also
killed and three captured. Two of
these prisoners were murdered. One
of them escaped.
William Ballon , formerly a private
in the Fifteenth cavalry , is the name
of the cavalryman who , alone , checked
the second rush of the insurgents at
Suclatan , island of Mindanao May , 15
and defended the American dead and
wounded until relieved.
It was at Suclatan that Capt. Clough
Over ton and Private Hairy Noyea
were killed and Private Harlow was
wounded by fifty insurgent prisoners
whom I they were guarding. The
fourth member of the party was Will-
Ballon , who was not wounded.
The situation in some of the dis
tricts of Cebu is regarded as serious.
It is reported that the total of the
bands of insurgents in the field ex
ceeds 1,500. Colonel Taylor of the
constabulary reports that the enemy's
forces are dispersing. He says the
constabulary is capable of suppres
sing the disorders and predicts an im
provement in the situation. It is be
lieved here that the adoption of en
ergetic measures will be necessary to
upress the disturbance.
Telephone Girls Go Out.
Tecurnseb , Neb. , May 20. The
four central girls in the employ of
the Nebraska Telephone company at
this point are striking. They want
more pay or less hours , The girls say
they have been working nine hours
per day each for sixteen dollars per
mouth. They demand of the company -
pany that the hours either be cut
down to seven , or that they be in
creased to twenty dollars per month.
They claim tbej gave the company
notice of their demands some ten
days ago. and thieatened to quit last
Friday night , Tne local manager
prevailed upon them to remain at
work , whioh they did until 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. At that time
those at the switchboard 4efb fehe
room and the others refused to go
to work. Manager L. A. Denny of
the local station says there has been
a misunderstanding between the
girls and the company. He seems to
think the girls do not intend to work
in any event. Auditor Mussleman
came down from Lincoln yesterday
ana intended to settle the matter ,
but without success The company
says it will fill the places made
vacant by the striking girls at once ,
in fact two operators from out of
town arrived this afternoon and it
is said they are now at work.
Struck By a Wild Engine.
Wellington , Kas. , May 20. North
bound Rock Island passenger train
No. 36 , due in Caldwell at noon , was
struck by an engine from the Caldwell -
well yards a mile south of that sta
tion today. Wilber Burkett , of Cald
well was killed and several others
were badly injured , among them
Postal Clerk Myers. The engineer
and fireman escaped serious injury by
jumping. None of the coaches left
the tract.
MANY DIE IN WIND
CKNTBAI , NEBRASKA HARDEST HIT
IN HER HISTOBr.
TEARS A WIDE PATH
THBEK COUNT1KS VISITED AND
FIFTEEN DEAD.
TWENTY INJURED
HOUSES TORN TO PIECES AND OCCU
PANTS MVNGLED.
Towns Singular y Escape , and Force of
tne Stoi m e-peut in farming Dla-
tricta Property Damn go
Veey Large.
Hastings , Neb , A series of heavy
storms , two of which developed into
the worst tornadoes that have visit-
southern Nebraska for years , passed
over portions of Clar , Franklin and
Keainey counties Monday. Fifteen
persons are known to have lost their
lives , twenty odd were more or less
seriously injured and a number of
others received minor injuries. Every
dwelling and outbuilding in the path
of the tornado was blown to pieces
and the financial loss thus far ac
counted will reach about 860,000. A
list of the causualties is as follows :
Near Norman , Dead.
DANIEL H'CURDY.
EGBERT M'CURDY.
MRS. JOHN WELLEVER.
MRS. EARL BACON.
C. W. TIPPLE.
Injured :
Mrs , George Jmeer , badly hurt.
George Jmeer , arm broken.
Icey McCurdy , leg broken.
Eobert Chambers , badly hurt.
E. E. Bacon , John WEELVER ,
Mr , and Mrs. Kinear , not serious.
Near Upland. Dead.
LUTHERAN MINISTER.
MES. JOHN PETERS , farmer's
wife.
wife.MRS.
MRS. CHEIS LAMEES , her moth
er.
er.The
The injured :
Chris Lahmers and two children.
William and Minnie Schultz.
Fred Poh and mother ,
Mrs. Isaac Casper.
cNear Pauine Dead.
JAMES MUM AW.
MES. JAMES MUMAW.
THEIR CHILD.
FRANK QUIGG.
FLORA PALMER.
JOHN PALMER.
At FaJrflelcl Injured.
Mrs. W. A. ' Broderick and child ,
seiiuus.
John McEeynolds , internally in
jured.
Mrs. Nobe Lindsey.
Charles Taylor , caught by falling
cbimneys/serJous.
Near Norman , at the home of Dan
iel McCurdy , a number of relatives
and friends were spending the day and
not an inmate escaped death or serious
injury. Two miles east of Upland
German Lutheran services were being
held in a scbool house when the storm
struck and demolished it , killing four
of the occupants , iuc uding the minis
ter , and injuring a number of others.
The storm was equally destructive
at Fairfield , but the people were
warned of its coming and sought cel-
lers for safety Six dwellingswere blown
to pieces at that place , but their oc
cupants escaped injury with a few ex
ceptions.
Tornado Strikes Iowa To"n.
Des Moines , May 26. One life lost ,
a child perhaps fatally injured and
property damaged to the value of sev
eral thousand dollars aie the results
of the worst storm that has ever vis
Ited this locality.
The fatality is reported from Eolfe ,
seventy miles northwest of here. Fong
Fee , a Chinese laundryman being
killed at his place of business on Main
street. The nrne of the little child
was not learned. Wires are down so
that it is impossible to get full partic
ulars from the storm-stricken town.
According to an eye witness of the
destruction the tornado struck the
town at the Eock Island depot about
5:15 : yesterday afternoon. The build
ing was completely turned around and
blown through a machinery house in
to a livery barn. The latter was
wrecked.
The fallowing losses are reported :
State bank , Garlocb & McCune , badly
demolished ; general store , Mike Cray
on , almost ruined ; Jones' livery , heavy
loss : Hotel de Main , com pletely ruined ,
Eock Island depot , blown from foun
dation.
These are general items of damage.
Dwelling houses in every part of the
city were-injured , as were also nearly
all the business blocks. Fong Fee
wasstruck , on the head with timber
near his shop and instantly killed.
FATAL FIGHT OF ITALIANS.
.Freedom , Pa. , May 26. In a shootr
ing affray on the street last evening
three men were shot , one fatally.
They were Leo Orenzo. shot above
the heart , through the right shoulder
and left arm , cannot recover ; Tony
Orenzo , shot in the right ; shoulder ,
Angelo Tureinzo , shot in the back.
The men were all Italians and were
intoxicated and quarreled over some
trivial matter. There were many
narrow escapes for pedestrians.
INDIAN COURT OF JUSTICE
ITUIL BLOODS WHOSE OECISIONWABE
SELDOM QUESTIONED.
Dead wood , S. D. , May 23. Judg *
John H. Burns , who recently visited
Pine Ridge Indian agency , says Ma
jor John B. Brennan , the agent , has
organized a court among the Indians
whose practice is decldely unique.
The court is composed of four full
blood Indians , none of whom can
speak the English language , but they
deport themselves with exceeding
dignity. Ther all wear black broad
cloth and clerical Prince Albert
coats on all occasions. Their author
ity seems almost unlimited , and in
the distribution of the pronerty of a
decendent they act without regard
for the white man's right of dissent ,
depending altogether on their na
tive sense of right and justice which
is rarely tmught into question.
The chief justice is Thunder Bear ,
and the associate justices are Fast
Horse , Standing Bear and Iron Ctow.
While Judge Burns was attheagenc ?
be attended a sitting of the court on
a very important case , and he says
the Judges seeded greatly impressed
with the solemnity of their duties.
Th3 case was against Sam Black
Wolf , seventy-three years old ,
charged with the desecration of the
grave of Louisa Pretty Cloud a young
.woman for whose hand he had for-
msrely striven. The young woman
had refused to marry the old man
and shortly afterwards had married
another man. Her death occurred a
, little while after her marriage , and
she was buried , according to Indian
custom , in a solitary grave , on a hill
top. A few days after her burial it
was found that the body had been
exhumed and stripped of all its cloth
ing. Part of her burial robe nad
been a cape decorated with elks teeth
worth several hundred dollars. This ,
while somewhat damaged had not
been taken away from the grave , so
it was concluded that rcbbery had
.not been the motive. Black Wolf
bad been seen at a cabin near the
'grave about the time the body was
taken up , and had borrowed an axe ,
Iwithout a helve , putting in the
handle nimself. This was found at
the grave , and these with other cir
cumstances indicated that he was
the culprit.
After hearing all the evidence the
judges sentenced the old man to six
months in the guard house at the
agency , a severe enough penalty
under the circumstances , owing to
the condition of the guard house.
Judge Burns says when the justices
of the court become bothered over a
law question they refer it to the
"Little Father , " meaning the agent.
Drowned at Sterling.
DSteriing , Neb , May 23. A futile alj
tempt to cross the Nemaha river on
'a weakened bridge in the edge of
town resulted yesterday morning in
the death of three persons by drown
ing. The victims were Mrs. Ed.
Puhlke , her six-year-old son and the
woman's brother , Frank Hams , who
lives on the Puhlke farm a few miles
south of tt > wn.
The three left home early in the
morning to drive to town. They found
the approaches to the bridge sub
merged by a flood resulting from a
heavy rain storm last night. The first
approach was crossed in safety but the
earth had been washed away on the
other side and Hams drove unsuspect
ingly into a deep hole , the horses
plunging in over their heads and drag
ging the wagon and its luckless pas
sengers after them. Their plight was
witnessed by several persons , but they
were too far distant to render assist
ance. Harns is reported to have made
a valiant effort to save his compan
ions , but without avail , the trio final
ly going down to death.
Searching parties two hours later
recovered the bodies about two hun-
feet below the bridge , using hooks to
drag the bottom. These caught up
the clothes of the victims and brought
theirbodies to the surface. The bodies
are now resting in an undertaking es
tablishment in town , awaiting the
abatement of the fl od so that the be
reaved ' 'amily can get across to claim
their dead.
The rainstorm which was responsible
for the flood was unusually severe for
many miles up and down the Nemaha
bottoms , and all low lands adjacent to
the river were under several feet of
water today.
Thieving Tramp Arrested.
Long Pine , Neb. . May 23. . Yes
terday morning while Anton Spemn ,
a tailor , was out of his shop for
a moment , a tramp with a longing
for cleaner clothing entered his es
tablishment and stola three pairs of
hose from the show window , The
loss was soon discovered and the
marshal located the man in the rail
road yards. After a short confine
ment in the village jail he was
turned loose and hurried out of town.
Shot Himself.
Ulysses , Neb. , May 23. Jesse Moore
of this place shot and killed himself
Friday afternoon at the home of Larry
Ramsey , about five miles southwest of
of here , where he was employed as a
farm hand. He was found sitting in
chaip la his room with a rifle between
his knees and part of his head shot
away. At present it is impossible tote
to tell whether the shooting was ac
cidental or a suicide. Moore was
about twenty one years old and single.
Notes
Frank Farmer and G. W. Ireland
flrst and second tenor of tJje Wee *
leyan quartet are at home till Juno 1
when they start on a summer toot
) f chauEauqu s.
A few days ago while Ike
) f Falls City was descending a laddef
tie stepped on a rusty nail , which
went thiougb the sole of his shoe
and into the bottom of bis foot. H
Is laid up and in a very bad condition.
*
T. A. Butcher , who has served at
principal of the Ashland public
icbools for the past year , has bee *
ippolnted instructor in the junior
uormal school at North Platte this
summer. Mr. Butcher is a gradual *
5f Weselyan in the class of 1900.
* *
Miss Anna Day , a young lao >
in the Beatrice public schools , is m
candidate for the nomimation of
jounty superintendent of school at
thd bands of the republican party. *
She is at presanb principal of tb
East school.
* *
The Exeter State bank is a new
concern which will start business all
Exeter , Neb. , within the near futureu
The bank has riled articles with th
secretary of the state banking boards
Phe incorporates are H. 0. Eckeiy
W. W. Taylor and J. N. Cor.
* * *
The marriage of Miss Etta Foot * ,
formerly tf Lincoln , and Mr. Harijj
Sevier , of Bristol , Tenn. , occurred al
Sreenville , Texas , last week. Misa
ZToote was formerly engaged as bookH
keeper at the Lincoln hotel and Mr.l
Sevier is a prominent young businest
nan of the Lone Star state.
* * *
Erble Murdock , only daughter oi
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Murdock of Wy-j
more , was drowned this afternoon id
Fink's lake , wheie the ninth gradai
of the high school was enjoying a *
outiug. The body was recovered. !
Maude Burright , another member o |
tne class narrowly escaped drowning
* * *
TheEev. Edwin H. Jenks preached
the baccalaureate sermon in the nor j
mal chapel at Peru , His subject was !
"World Winners , " and he presented !
it in an able manner. Many of the )
members of tne alumni are coming )
in for commencement. Dr. Clark atH
tended a meeting of normal school
principals held in DeKalb , 111. I
* * * . !
Governor MicKey went to Osceola
Tuesday evening on private busineMJ
and returned to Lincoln Wednesday
morniag./ Wednesday evening he de
livered bis lecture "Ctristian Citizen
ship , " at the college settlement !
Lincoln. Thursday he departed toff
Peru.
* * *
The Eev. Duke Slavens , forme * ,
pastor at Falls City but now pastor all
Adams , Neb. , delivered a lecture 1J
Interest of the Epworth League Mo * (
day evening , it being the anniver-i
saryof the irganization. After tb
lecture a reception was tendered Ber.i
Slavens.
*
Postmaster Hyers , of Harelock ,
decorated his office for the visit ot
Congressman Burkett. In a large
frame profusely decorated with tht >
national colors are the pictures of
President Eoosevelt , D. E. Thomp
son , minister to Brazil , and Con
gressman Burkett. The decoration
hangs above the mailing table in the
postoffice bailding.
* *
T. E. Stewart , of Button , and HUM
Emma L. Anthes , of Clay Center ,
were married yesterday at 11 a. m.
at toe parsonage of Trinity H. XL
church , Lincoln , the pastoi , Dr. H.
A. Martin , officiating. Mr. Stewart
is a well known school teacher
Clay county.
* *
The Omaha Association of Confia-
gational Church met in Fremont in
thirty-first annnal convention. At
the first bussness , session Ira Z. >
Williams is Wisner was elected mod
erator ana the Eev. A. W. Ayers of
Beemer , scribe. Dean Edward I.
Bostwick of Oberlin conducted th
morning devotional exercises and de
livered a lecture in the afteraoon. ID
the evening Principal Waterhoas * of
the Omaha High school delivered a
address on the subject , "The Ghnrch
and the Public Schools. " Papers
were read and discussed daring the
day. This morning reports are be *
ing heard from the different charchef
of the district. About sixty del *
gates are in attendanct.
* * *
. The Blue Yalley association of the.
Congregational churches held a three
days'session in Exeter. The-pro
gram for the association is quita
long and comprises a number of ex
cellent papers and addresses. The
meeting is represented by delegates
from this district , which compUsei
tbe territory between Crete and
Hastings and York and tbe state
line of Nebraska on the sonth. The
Doane college glee club will sing to
night.