0
ThcJSiottfolkJSleaia
Tho Russians are giving ovidoncu of
advanced civilization Thoy hnvo ro
oontly purchased 700000 worth of rice
for distribution among tlio destitute
OllillOBO
In 1800 tho pooplu of Nubraskn owed
7000000 bank taxes Thoy now owo
but 11000000 another ovidonoo of
MoKiuloy prosperity which should not
bo overlooked
Tho ohiunpion corn hunker is now oc
cupying tho nronn mid issuin hln nn
mini doll to nil comers Ah untinl kohio
nplondidly overgrown whivokorH ixro
being told nhout htm
Tho prohibitionists nro well ploasod
flint there voto in Iowa tlilH yonr wns
0603 Quito u voto to ho sunt hut iw
MoKlnloys nmjority was 1000H thoy
hnvo n fow to gain hoforo thoy can hopo
to enrry tho statu
ThoPnpllHon Times is of tho opinion
thnt if Govornor lSloot Diotrioli nindo
affidavit to contributing to n hnniuot
nnd sotting in P to tho iMiys lio hut
did what every othor candidate for
publlo ollloo him douo but which thoy
will not toll
Tnstioo AndrowH of tho Now York bu
promo court him dooldod thnt Willlo
Wnldorf Astor 1b now n rosidout of
England nnd tho tax gatherers who
listed his porsonal property nt 3000000
in this country hnd no right to do ho
Willio probably noods tho uionoy to
koop pneo with tho Binnrt not of London
Michigan now has olovou boot sugar
factories roprosonting nn investment of
1000000 Michigan in n progressive
fitato and her oitizons worn quiok to
rocogulzo tho bonoflts of tho now in
dustry nnd otiorgotionlly not about to boo
thnt it was firmly nstnblishod thoro
Tholr ontorpriso is to bo oommondod
Tho proposed abrogation of tho liny
Pnunoofoto tronty by tho Bonato does not
npponr to plenso England immensely
This country 1ms n habit of doing things
that nro not plwising to tho British nnd
will probably continue to do as it pleases
regardless of tholr wishes If tho
United States wants a canal aud wants
it fortified it will have it
Safely duvluub galore nro being per
fected for fironrniB tho object of which is
to provont aooidont As long as tho ob
jective poiut of a flronrm is to bo so con
structed that it will go off it will go off
and accidents will happen It wonld
eoem that tho safest way would bo to
remove tho ohnrgo but it is a woll known
fnot that tho gun which is not loadod
often oxplodos
Tho Nebraska Iudopondaut is of tho
opinion that tho Omaha- Nonconformist
is n hoodoo aud that if Mark Ilauua
wishes to curry Texas ho can do bo
very readily by inducing that publica
tion tu icbiiu fiuio that state Tho Non
conformist is not tuo exclusive hoodoo
of the fusion parties nnd to oradioato or
transport thorn nil there would romniu
but a shnttorod fragment of tho organi
zation
The Catholics all ovor tho world are
to observe tho birth of the now century
by services at 12 oclock midnight of
December a 1st Poutificial high mass
is ospooinlly to be celebrated by tho
bishops nnd archbishops Ohurohos of
nil denominations are making arrange
inouts for sorvices on that occasion aud
the prospects are thnt tho birth of tho
now yenr will be generally observed es
pecially by church people
Colonol Bryan announces that he
will start n now weekly paper in Lincoln
to be known as the Oominonnr It
will probnbly bo of n similar oharaotor
us J Sterling Mortons Conservative
but tho ideiiB of tho editors nro not
likely to dwell in harmony together
Imitation is tho greatest flattery aud
Secretary Morton will have this thought
for consolation even though tho colonel
way cut into his subscripitou list
Tho World Herald is offering n re
wnrd for tho best nnmo to bo suggested
for its annual review to lw published
on Now Years One subscriber sug
gests Flowers of Peace aud Prosperity
Now what is the use of rubbing it iu
Election has boon over for tt month or
more nnd it shows very poor grao6 to re
vive such suggestive phrases There is
a sting of ingratitude hidden in tho
World Horalds Flowers of Peace aud
Prosperity
Tho weather 1 Ah what n fruitful
thomo to write n columu about did not
most of our roaders know all about it
To non resident readers wo might say
that we are eujoyiug a typical Nebraska
winter Just cold enough to bo health
ful bright suuBhine most of tho time
roads hard aud smooth as nsphnlt As
a winter resort Nebraska ia maintaining
her reputation in great shape Come to
Nebraska for health wealth and associ
ation with the best peoplo on earth
Albi n News
Dr Joseph Parker of Loudon Eng
land is experimenting on the editing of
r the Eveuiug Sun of that oity according
to christian ideals and is issuing a daily
similar to that recently publisbod by
Uov Sheldon In Kaunas Tho nows
papor mon of that oity regard it as a
lint failure from n nowspnpor standpoint
nnd chiirnotorlzo the editorinl opinions
intolorahly dull nnd trnot liko
Thnru may bo n Hold for n ohrlHtinu
dally but it hurt not yot boon dincovored
in Loudon or Kansas What tho people
doiunud 1h nows
Mr Ilryun proposes to outline the
future policy of tho domocrntio party at
tho annual banquet of tho Omnhn Jack
Houinn club to bn hold January 7th aud
nil democrats will probably ho oxpacted
to bow in humble submission to his
dictates He has provon his pnwor dur
ing tho past two campnlgus nnd is
doubtless ready to reassert it in tlino
for tho campaign of lflOl Other demo
crats are HiippOBod to have some ideas
about the future of tho party but they
must stow them until Mr Bryan aud
his followers are through with tholr ex
periments
Tho latest fashion fad is tho kanga
roo wnlk nnd stylo of dress Tho dear
Indies nro endeavoring to imitate that
ungainly animal in alout everything
but its awkward leaps whioh may bo tho
smart thing to do but tho malo man
finds It hard to understand whero the
beauty of tho thing oouios in Tho
question that agitates him is how the
slaves of fashion will succood in imitat
ing a ronl lady aftor thoy have acquired
tho kangaroo Rhapo nnd oharaoteriptics
An oxohnngo is of tho opinion thnt tho
stylo to very easily acquired by chopping
tho kiudllngcarrylug tho coal and taking
in washings
Tho sllllost of all wash ooncornlng
tho dofent of tho fusionlsts tho 0th of
Inst month is thnt it was beoauso tho
trusts woro being fought by that organi
zation nnd supported by tho republicans
when it was conclusively shown that
trust mngnntos supported Brynn en
thusiastically It is oortaiu that thou
sands of voters votod for tho republican
candidates who had no intorost in tho
trusts whatovor and were not inlluoncod
by thorn As a matter of fnct tho re
publicans hud n good record during tho
proccdiug four years domooratio asser
tions to tho contrary notwithstanding
nnd tho people chose to support thoir
principles and polioios
Webb Hayos son of Kx Presidont
Hayes has returned from a years ser
vice in tho Philippines and China He
in common with almost everyone who
has boon on tho ground is a stnuuch
supportorof this governments policy
iu tho far eaRt Iu nn interview Mr
Hayos Bald I bring hook with me
from tho oriont n firm belief in two
things One is that the course of the
United States government iu denliug
with Ohiua has boon a vast honeflt to
our interests thoro and has given us a
prOBtigo that years of diplomnnoy in
times of ponce could not have effeotod
Tho othor is thnt tho Philippine islnnds
nro ours forevor aud with tho time
aud patiouco necessary to subduo tho
murderers and bandits who pass as
patriots wo will come into a horitago
thut any other nation would give much
to possess
Those interested in oleomargarine nre
endeavoring to lino up tho stockmen
against tho Grout bill nnd are also en
deavoring to crento tho impression thnt
it is a sohomo of tho dairymen and
oreamorymon against tho poor man who
has found tho colored article a very good
substitute for butter If this bill is do
feu ted In the opinion of The News it
will bo nn official sanction from a high
source of adulteration substitution and
imposture Oloomargnrino should bo
givou its propor placo and no law should
permit it being offered in its colored
form as n substitute for butter The
poor man if ho wanta it should be al
lowed to purchase tho uucolorod article
at a minimum cost nnd bo permitted to
color it to suit himself if ho so desires
for his own uso hut he should not be
compellod to buy the colored nrticle nt
buttor prions nnd made to boliove ho is
gettiug the finest dairy product As a
matter of fact the city hotels aud
restaurauts are probably tho most largely
intorobted iu tho defoat of the bill as
tho colored oleomargarine fits their re
quirements to a nicety and tho guests
aro the oues imposed upon Tho Grout
bill is all right If thoro is a markot
for oleomargarine let it be as that article
iu an uticolored form and not as an imi
tation of butter
A season of progress and improve
ment is at hand and is evidoucod along
all lines but more especially In railroad
euterprisos For somo time past those
companies havo been making good
profits a portion of whioh is sot aside
for improvomont to thoirliues There is
ono improvement that could be made in
Norfolk that would be very satisfactory
to tho patrous of tho roads entering
here and it would aeem that it would bo
of great convenience and advantage to
the companlos and that is the building
of a union dopot Thobusiuess of the
different companies here requires that
thoy aot together in a greater or leos
degree aud it would appear that this
would be greatly facilitated by a union
depot It has been suggested that such
a building might bo constructed ou the
vacant ground between Sixth and Sev
enth streets and Norfolk and JMadisou
uvenues Most of the trains as it is
pass by that plot and but slight
THK NORFOLK NEWS FIUDAY DECEMBER 21 1H00
Mon of tho tracks would ho necessary
Beyond tho cost of oreotlng tho build
lugs therefore tho expetiso would bo
slight It would perhaps bo inoro sat
isfactory if tho union depot could bo so
arranged that tho main lino trains of
tlio K K M V could nlso use it but
this would probably bo too oxponslvo to
bo considered by tho companies Any
uniting of facilities however would bo
appreciated
There is hardly n day passes tint that
tho press disputation record a robbery
or a burglary or sovornl of them most
of which nro characterized by their
boldness nnd whioh usually tnko placo
In tho larger cities How to provont It
in puzzling tho brains of loading polico
officers and it is becoming n sorious pro
Idem As n gonornl thing theso robbers
nre fellows who chooso to llvo iu luxury
nnd dissipation without work Thoy
nro adopts nt tho art too nnd aro seldom
caught Whnn ono oity will not ouduru
thorn longer they are passed along to
tho next This class furnishes more
criminals than all nthors combined and
is a menace to tho country It is n no
torious fact that thoy nro recruited from
tho ranks of young mon who aro brought
up to bollovo that thoy aro too good for
ordinary work aud not getting positions
which thoy consider compatible with
thoir mistakou ideas thoy subsist on
what their family or friouds can afford
until this source of support is removed
or thoy consider it not good enough
whon thoy commouoo to drift as tramps
usually and nro quickly lauded iu n lifo
of crime nnd dlscipation nt iwhich thoy
becomo oxport nnd chronic It is or
should bo n duty ovory pnront owes his
country to lay a foundation for his
child that will not load to this sort of
lifo This would remedy tho evil in tho
future For tho prosont the Idea of nu
eastern pence officer might notJboJiou
tirely bad His opinion is thnt a man
without a compotonco who doosnt liko
work nnd refuses to work should bo
mado to join tho army and dojservice iu
the Philippines or somo othor distant
part aftor a season of training on some
God forsnkon island It is certain that
tho class coucorned is of no benefit to
thoir family or thoir country and ifthny
conld bo converted iuto practical nse it
would bo just to everyone and the
country at large Certainly no ordinary
porson uot born with a silver spoon in
Iub mouth can hope to attain aninde
pendenco or wealth without beginning at
a low plane and by hard and persistent
effort work himsolf up Norfolk aud
evory other town has yonug men who
are swiftly and surely tending toward
this claBs and will reach it as sure as
fate if their ways arejuot ohauged
Tho wrong to industry andsociety should
be corrected without the excuse of a
robbery or murder to start suchcorrec
tion Citizens should do thoir part
toward preventing it iu the future and
the governmont should see that some
effort is made at correcting it as it
exists
now
From IMniu mil to Colonel
Whon nn humble individunl sat down
this morning to a breakfast of gruel aud
black coffee to all intents and purposes
he was only an ordinary citizen and
rather a dyspeptio ordinary citizen at
that But unbeknown to him the
hand of fame had already marked him
for distinction as was proven when he
opeued his morning mail finding a let
tor whioh rends as follows
Lincoln Neb Deo 17 Hon W N
Huao Norfolk Nob Dear Sir In
view of tho fact that complications are
arising in this country aud we ore liable
to be precipitated into general warfare
and needing someone on my staff having
a repiitatiou of being a warrior brave
and bold I therefore extend to you the
appointment of colouel on my staff and
hope you will accept the same
Sincerely yours
O H Dietbicii
Accept Dear governor the train
doos not travol fast enough to carry the
mossugo of acceptance for fear you may
change your mind Of course he will
nooept Did anyouo ever know of a
political job being tendered him that he
did not take with the one exception of
candidate for state auditor True that
was tho only other time auythiug polit
ical was over offered but now ho pro
poses to cling to this colonelcy lika a
drowning man to a hoard Of course
the governor is laboring uuder a wrong
impression us to the bravery of the
warrior aforesaid but let it go at that
Many things are not all they seem iu
politics ob elsowhere
It would appear that a real live
colonol ought to have at least a slight
idea of things militnry but what
the new colonel does not know about
those affaire would fill a large
leathor bound volume fastened with
an iron clasp Howover as an emer
gency exists ho propotes to atoncecom
meiico a courso of instructions under
tho dirootiou of Colouel Tracy which it
is hoped by the time of the inaugural
ball will enable him to give the military
salute aud grand hailing sign of distress
Then by keeping an eye on the dress
suit of Ross Hammond who has also
been made a colonel by the governor lie
will undertake to perform tho weighty
duties devolving upon him in a manner
whioh will not bring disgrace to the
governor
Friends might drop around when
they have leisure aud offer oougratula
Uoub and a cigar but dont forget to ap
proach with a certain deferenthl air and
remember that hereafter nothing goes
but Colonel
Thero nro but two weeks more of this
century loft nnd you should bo prepnring
nu extra lung list of good resolutions
with which to opon tho century
Tho lion nnd tho lamb aro about to
lie down together Kx Presidont Grovor
Olovoknd has expressed his hearty ap
proval of utterances recently mndo by
Ex PreMdont Benjamin Harrisou re
garding tho expansion quest Ion
Grovor Cloveland Is not uoiirly as
bashful aud modest as ho was I e fore
ohCtlon Ho has recently expressed an
opinion on tho situation of tho demo
cratic party and is of tho candid opinion
thatitliOH not been fatally disorgan
ized but it sailly noods rehabilitation ou
purely democratic lines Ho roiionts
his warning that tho party must conso
wandering off after strange gods and
return to first principles whon it may
hopo for success Tho pirty has ignored
tho old gontlomous ad vice several times
now but tho time may come when it
will honrtily ngroo with him
Tho result of tho consus regarding Ne
braska cities of more than 2000 inhabi
tants and lens than 25000 is uot as sat
isfactory to Norfolk as might bo do
sired but is very good whon compared
with other cities of tho snmo class
Tho disappointing fonturo is that claims
which havo boon mado for Norfolks
population wore quite largely exagger
ated but tho city shows a vory satis
factory gain over tho consus of 18JO
In that year its population was given ub
30158 This yoar tho figure is 888 or
a gain of 81f people Thoro nro but
six cities iu tho class that made greater
gains aud but ono of these is larger than
Norfolk Most of tho larger cities show
a disastrous reduction over tho census
of 1890 aud happily Norfolk is not of
this class Iu tho statement published
it is shown that sovou oitios iu the class
havo a reduced population aud 17 show
gains Tho soven cities show ndecrense
in population ovor the census of 1890 of
22433 while the 17 smaller oitios show
a gain of 11010 It is worthy of con
gratalation that Norfolk shows 845 of
this gain Omaha and Liucolu assist iu
increasing the size of the minus fig
ures while the smaller towns nnd
country help to overcome the showing
nnd make an iucreaso for the state It
will take some time to overcome the
disastrous effects of census stuffing but
it may bo expected that with the set
back given tho state by the present cen
sus thut of 1010 will give a gratif ing in
crease It is a severe lesson to those
who favor the counting of population to
mako a big showing not stopping at
fraud and one which is not likely to be
soon forgotten
JESSIE MORRISON GETS OUT
tier Friouds Succeed In Persuading Court
to Admit Ilrr tu 85000 1111
Eldorado Kun Dec 10 Judge
Slilnn yesterday agreed to admit Jes
slo Morrison to bail In the sum of
5000 pending her second trlul for the
murder of Mrs Olln Castlo Bonds
men have not yot beon secured but
tho prisoners aged futher et Judge
Morrison expresbed the hope thnt he
will be able to spcure them within a
few dnys The case cannot come up
until next spring mid It is believed an
other jury cannot be secured In the
county Her release will probably
end the ease
Miss Morrison was In a very happy
mood when she entered court with her
father and bounded out of her chair
lightly after Judge Shlnn had an
nounced his Intention to accept bond
It Is said that she will go to her old
home in West Virginia when released
CURE FOR STRIKES
Conference at Chicago Names Peaoe
Arbitration In
General Condemned
Chicago Dec 19 The conference
on arbitration and conciliation which
passed into industrial history with Its
adjournment lust night was enlivened
during the day by a debate between
Samuel Gompors president of tho
American Federation of Labor and
Hugh Lush ex inember of parliament
of New Zealand
At the evening session the commit
tee ou resolutions submitted its re
port The resolutions recognize the
fnct thut compulsory arbitration
aside from nil other objections urged
against it is not nt this time a ques
tion of practical industrial reform
and thnt such systems ns are now in
vogue do not seem to fully inert the re
quirements of tho different Interests
The resolutions further recommended
thnt the presiding officer of the confer
ence nppolnt a committee to serve for
one year to be composed of six roe
sentatlves of the employer class and
sir of the employe class for the pur
pose of formulating some plnn of no
tion looking to the establishment of n
general system of conciliation that will
promote Industrial peace
Bounds Way for Thurston
Lincoln Dec 10 F M Dorrlugton
of the United States land office at Alli
ance arrived here last night and It Is
quietly rumored that his vlnit Is for
the purpose of ascertaining whether
there is any sentiment among newly
elected members of the legislature fa
vorable to the re election of Seuator
John M Thurston
South Dakota Hank Robbed
Mllbank S D Dec 10 Word was
telephoned yesterday from Albee that
Gold Cos bank ut thut place was
robbed of 1500 while the cashier was
at dinner The cashier nogleeted to
lack the door
N HOB H
Powers Practically Accept Eng
lands Alterations
RUSSIA AND JAPAN SIGN
Puking Correspondent of PH Mntl Oa
r tit IaioUh nu Ilin Hark HldoDon Not
Think Thnt 111 Situation In China Has
Improved
London Dee 10 Great Britains
proposed alterations in the preamblo
of the Joint note have been practically
accepted by nil tho powers says the
Peking correspondent of the Dally
Mall Moth Russia and Japan whoso
support was regarded us doubtful huvo
signed Only the attitude of the Unit
ed States remains us yet not clearly
defined but the acquiescence of Amer
ica Is admitted mid It Is apparent the
Joint note will be signed and delivered
to tho Chinese plenipotentiaries In two
or three dny The iormau minister
has warmly supported the British pro
posal
CHINA STILL GETTING ARMS
Uuehurd That Allien Alunt HnOlvrii Wider
hcitpo Iu Military Operations
London Dec 11 A Peking dispatch
to the Iall Mull Gazette dated Dec
17 snys
The situation has not Improved by
the representatives of the powers hav
ing reached an agreement as the
scope of the negotiations Is limited
nnd the effect is neutralized The al
lies have neglected to close the ar
senals and factories at Hankow and
Shanghai and have failed to check
the transmission of supplies of am
munition of the Chinese Tung Fun
Slang thus has every opportunity of
rallying and equipping his army He
has secured the position of dictator
terrorizes the empress and controls the
whole movements of troops It will
be necessary to give the military oper
ations of the allies a wider area
BISHOP MCABES ITINERARY
Blethodlst Prelate Outlines His Journeys
In South America
Omaha Dec 10 Bishop McCabe of
the Methodist church at a reception
by the local ministers yesterday after
noon ut the Commerclul club gave out
the Itinerary of his coming trip to
South America The bishop will sail
from New York Jan 8 He will first
go to Iquique iu Chile and meet there
with the West Coust conference
From there he goes to Valparaiso and
by train to tho summit of the Andes
mountains and to Mendoza He will
then journey to Montevideo where a
meeting of the ministers and teachers
of the East Coast mission will be held
Afterward he expects to visit Buenos
Ayres Kosarlo and go up the river
to Asuncion Paraguay
AT WAR WITH OSTEOPATHS
Iowas Medical Examiners Refuse Certifi
cate tu Graduate of New School
Des Moines Dec 10 The state
board of medical examiners yesterday
refused to grunt a certificate to a
graduate of the state college of oste
opathy of Des Moines to practice med
icine In Iowa and employed Attorney
General Remley to defend the board
Iu the courts A law was passed re
quiring the board to establish a stand
ard for colleges of osteopathy and
this was done but the board has never
yet examined a college which comes
up to the standard set for such col
leges and all applications from grad
uates have uniformly been refused
The board will make a fight In court
to prevent any osteopath from re
ceiving a certificate to practice medi
cine iu Iowa and will declare them all
Irregular and subject to prosecution
ROBBERS MAKE RICH HAUL
Crack a Itauk Safe Secure Slft000 and
Make Their Kscape
Shelbyville Ind Dec 10 Kennedys
bank at Hope south of here wus en
tered nt 12 a iu the safe blown open
with nltro glycerine nnd 1000 car
ried off by two men who were seen to
leave the building by the night oper
ator hi the telephone exchange Tho
robbers hnd a confederate posted out
side In u caniuge In which all es
caped
A posse has been organized by the
citizens of Hope and has started out
after the robbers
Hope Is only five miles from Flnt
Rock where the safe in tbe postotllee
was blown open early Monday morn
ing nnd 200 taken It Is presumed
thnt the operators In both cases arc
the same
Switchmen and IJrnkemeii May Go Out
Topeka Dec 10 Santa Fe switch
men and brukemen here say they will
strike If tho demands of the telegra
phers are not grunted by Third Vice
President Burr The conductors an
nounce that they will stay by the road
hut It Is assorted that they will be in
duced to join In the strike If one Is
ordered The engineers and firemen
have not yet said whether or not they
would strike Considerable pressure
has been brought to bear on them
and they show much sympathy with
the strikers
Girl Forger Arrested
New York Dec 18 Nellie Moffat
15 years old waa arrested yesterday
In the Mechanics and Traders bank
while presenting for payment a check
for 100 bearing the forged signature
of Miss M B Leary manufacturer of
childrens clothlug Prior to thli the
little girl had cashed similar checki
for sums ranging from 20 to 80 on
the same bank She was arraigned In
the Center Htreet court and committed
to the care of the Childrens society
for further eMmlpaUotii
BRABANT AGAIN DEFEATED
Ills Iorco and Cape Itlflps Flen Before
IIokis Who Kutercd Cape Colony
Capo Town Dec 10 The Boers who
crossed the Orange river into Capo
Colony west of Allwal North on Sat
urday encountered the Cape rifles and
Brabants horse which retired with
loss
Detulls of the defent of tho British
at Nooitdegacht Indicate that General
Clements entire force had a not row
escape from capture The Boers plans
were splendidly laid If the main
British column hnd turrled n llttlo
longer there would have have been a
complete success for the Boers who
exposed themselves umliutuilly yell
ing nnd waving their arms Their
rushes were only stemmed by artillery
After the British retreat the Boors
held a prayer meeting Their hymns
could be heard by the retiring British
All uctounts Indicate a heavy Boer
loss
MOORS SETTLE CLAIM
Threat or Visit Prom Uncle Sums Warship
Iluriies Up PHmunl of Iiiileuiulty
fur Kszagui Minder
Washington Dec 10 A messago
from United States Consul Gummery
nt Titngiors Informs the state depart
ment that the Moorish government had
settled the claim of the United States
for 50UO Indemnity on account of tho
murder of Marcus Kszagui a natural
ized American citizen in Morocco lust
year
Hszngul was of French birth but tho
fact that he was nuturalizcd ns nn
American citizen relieved the French
government from the necessity of join
ing In the demand for indemnity Tho
Moorish government pleaded ns a
basis for its first declination to pay tho
fact that the man was killed not by
Moorish officers but In a tight with
the rabble The claim for Indemnity
however wns bnsed on the failure of
the MonrWh government to make nny
effort to arrest or punish the perpetra
tors of the murder Tbe navy depart
ment nt the Instance of the state de
partment was mnking arrangements
to send a naval vessel to Morocco to
give moral support to the denim d of
the Americnn cnnul for n settlement
POLYGAMY THEIR THEME
Women Kxprens Feur of Crowing Political
Ponvr of the Mormon Church
Philadelphia Dec 10 A meeting of
women to protest against Mormou po
lygamy wus held here lust night the
principal speakers bclug Dr S J El
liott an Episcopal deaconess aud Rev
W E Campbell a missionary among
the Mormons Dr Elliott in tho
course of her remarks said Polyg
amy is spreading with Mormonlsm It
is not confined to Utah but exists iu
Idaho New Mexico Arizona Wyom
ing Nevada and Colorado If four
more states are added to the nine In
which the Mormons already have polit
ical power it will be Impossible to
legislate against them
Resolutions were ndopted urging con
gress to take prompt nction In favor
of an amendment prohibiting polyg
amy and making its practice punish
able by disfranchisement
WEDDING CAUSES RIOT
Marriage of a White Man to Colored
Woiiiuu ICesults Iu Clash at Pittsburg
Pittsburg Dec 10 The murriago
of a white man to a colored woman
caused a good sized riot in lower Alle
gheny and may yet result Iu death or
serious injuries to the principals
William Zeller a traction em
ploye yesterday married Jen
nie Hoy a colored woman and
went to his home on Laurel street
Richard Zeller a cousin of the groom
together with the father tried to break
Into the house wher tho couple were
while the large crowd numbering near
ly 1000 encouraged the besiegers with
shouts of kill them lynch them
and kindred phrases Tho bridal
couple aro ban leaded in their home
under police protection
Death- of Colouel Luia
Iowa City I a Dec 10 Colonel H
W Lueai died early yesterday morn
ing after a long illness He was tho
son of ex Governor Lucas tho first ter
ritorial governor of Iowa
Transferred to Turkey
Washington Dec 10 The president
yesterday nominated John C A Lclsh
man of Pennsylvania now minister to
Switzerland to be United States min
ister to Turkey
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
Wllllnm Ilanna aged 73 a promi
nent manufacturer of Monmouth Ills
was killed in n runaway Tuesday
Senator William V Sullivan of Mis
sissippi and Mrs Maris Atkins of
Washington were united in marriage
Tuesday
Herman G Ilaugen land commis
sioner of the Chicago Milwaukee and
St Paul railway has been promoted
to tho position of comptroller of the
road
Two unknown men each about 30
years of age were found dead In the
Hull houso oil mill at Muskogee I T
Tuesday Death had beeu caused by
ouffocation
Coroner Voorhees rendered bla ver
dict In the deaths of Andy Bonlck and
Mary Laczah at Cambridge 0 Uudlng
that they came to their death from
drinking Jamaica ginger
At tho convocation exorcises of the
University of Chicago Tuesday Presi
dent Harper announced thut John D
Rockefeller had made another gift of
1500000 to the institution
The Western association tho new
baseball league a proposed ally of the
American league will Include Grand
Rapids Detroit Toledo Indianapolis
Minneapolis St Paul and Kansas Oity