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TJ1.B . flOHOLK W.EEKLY NE\yS-JU.URNALFHlDAY , AUGUST 20 1909 , , . K/-V * long Feuds of the Chinese In America Uy JAMES A. EDCEllTON. ordinary American considers THE typical Chinaman as a peaceful , Inoffensive laundryman - man , whose motto of life IH , "No cheekee. no washoe. " In this the ordinary American Is ns fnr ntleld ns \m \ Bret Ilnrte and Hill Nye were concerning - corning the "heathen Chinee" of the bland and childlike smile whom they Inveigled Into a little game. The China man IH n born gambler and a born feud- 1st or , If not born that way. learns these two accomplishments at such nn early age that It amounts to the mime thing. lie can show the average white card sharp more tricks with the paste boards , to say nothing of fantau nnd other native Chink games of chance , than the paleface crook over dreamed wsro In existence. And , as for feuds , the tong wars furnish a case In point. Only the other day five slant eyed citizens of IU > ston wore sentenced to die In the electric clmlr for shooting four members of n rival tong back in 1007. In Philadelphia only a few years ngo the Rev. Frederick Poole wns wounded nnd one Chinaman killed in n tong battle which was but a renewal of other battles previously fought. And Now York Is nil torn up nt this mo- nent over the supposed murder of El- ilo Slgel , n Chinese missionary , whoso body wns found In n trunk thnt had been shipped back nnd forth over two or three states and whose death. It was brought out. occurred In the room of Leon Ling , n denizen of Chinatown , for whoso apprehension two hemi spheres nro now being scoured , nnd the only reason that the scouring process lins not gone farther Is that there are no more hemispheres. Promiscuous Shooters. Now , ns n fancy nrtlst with n wnsh- tnb n Chinaman may bo n penceful enough citizen , but mention to him the name of a rival tong and he bris tles with artillery llko nn nrmory. He is n promiscuous shooter nnd will turn loose In n crowded theater , nn open street or almost anywhere that ho gets sight of his hntod enemies. The usual preliminary of a Celestial shoot fest is the setting off of a bunch of firecrackers , the report of the guns be ing not so noticeable amid the popping of the fireworks. In ono New York war the members of the rival tongs bowed their legs , squatted as low as possible and hopped about like toads , nil the time emitting bullets like a sputtering , asthmatic Gatllug gun. They are not remarkably accurate marksmen , as In this particular fusil lade , In which something llko 100 shots wero-flred , only two brown men bit the dust. The only reason that more execution was not done by stray bul lets wns that Pell nnd Mott streets were as empty as the tomb , the first reports starting nn array of streaming plgtnlls from brown men. who fled in n mnd stampede. The tong members are also quite handy with knives , and during these hostilities many yellow faces with fix ed eyes have been discovered by the police In bnck alleys or hallways , the owners of the faces having long and deep silts In their backs. To make the shadow still darker over the reputa tion for peace of our friends of the cue nnd the flntlron the most pro lific source of trouble between their tongs Is plain graft. It Is the case of the "man higher up. " Gambling Is an offense against the laws , and In order that It may bo carried on somebody has to be paid for immunity. In New York It Is generally believed and stated In print and otherwise that the police nnd Tammany are regularly "sweetened" by the keepers of gam bling joints in Chinatown just as they are , according to the wiseacres , in the Tenderloin. But it Is not this that cre ates the feuds. The head men of one of the tongs likewise get a rakeoff. The head men of the other tong object to this shameless Iniquity unless they can share equally In the fruits thereof : hence the shootings , iuformiugs and trouble generally. Noted Celestial Chieftains. The two tongs in Now York , also In Boston and most cities of the United States , arc known as the Oner Leong and the Hip Sing. In Gotham the head of the Ong Leong Is Tom Loo. mayor of Chinatown , n man who has enter tained LI Hung Chang , not unlike whom he looks , and Is counted n per sonage of parts. The most active man In the Hip Sings Is the redoubtable Mock Duck , who has been on trial for murder once or twice In New York and at whose dread name a section of Chinatown turns a shade more yellow. Those two Celestial chieftains nre ns different In nppenrnnce ns two Chinks cnn well bo. Both nre mild looking , of course , nnd both nre possessed of slnnt eyes nnd other rogulntlon orlentnl fea tures. But with these marks resem blance , also friendship , censes. Tom Lee Is old. with n spar'o white beard , white tie and a patriarchal demeanor , which he can well afford since he is the husband of a German wlfo and has two strapping sons. Mock Duck Is smooth of face nnd looks like n boy. Yet they whisper they scnrcely talk these things out loud In Chinatown thnt n mere nod from this boyish hend Is enough to sot n highbinder to silt some one's thront or to start n tong war that may result In shooting up nil of Pell nnd Mott streets nnd even n section of the Bowery. The Chinese minister nt Washing ton and consul general nt New York were greatly exorcised In the fear thnt the Slgel murder would cause a tong war. nnd they publicly warned the ntnto department , the police and China town Itself In consequence. As a re sult , n Inrge detachment of bluecoats and plain clothes men Invaded the old battleground nnd the threatened hos tilities did not materialize. With all * < vj - * ' ? / , W , m V * r . \ > u ; * . V , - , . < * * * : \ > rj rK& K&\ > * ' w-s : * % j.U j. > > - * v x v w s v'A ( f % . J A-s ' ! . > > . 5. JJi i i - % < . * rN S&w x * v < Aoy. * V > : r ; " * W % ' " * 'X * X : f JK Five Convicted Chinamen , Warry Charles at Bottom of the Row. these precautions , however , two men who were thought to be important witnesses were found murdered. The population of Chinatown proper in New York Is about V2.000 to 15,000 , while there are twice as many China men in the greater city and its en virons. The killings have been going one for ten years at least , there hav ing been perhaps a dozen open riots , ono of them occuriug in a theater and another near an "L" station in the Bowery. Hot Fight In Boston. The Boston fight was even more sen sational and fatal than any single New York battle. One day In a narrow street somebody started a bunch of firecrackers , and during the confusion a number of Hip Sings drew their re volvers and began firing. At the end of the fusillade four of the Ong Leongs were dead or mortally wounded and several others severely hurt. Nine of the assailants wore captured , and flvo of them have just been sentenced to the electric clmlr. Of these the most prominent is Warry Charles , the load er of the Hip Sing tong. who main tains his Innocence. Charles is theme mo t prominent Hip Sing leader In the east. Like Tom Loe. New York head of the rival Ong Leone ; tong. Warry Charles married a white woman , who H now fighting for his liberty. It was In Nebraska that Charles married his American wife , and there his two sons were born. Both of those now live In Now York , ono a Jeweler and the other a policeman. What a strange conirlom. orate Is this our American life ! Most of the Chinese In America come from the Ponton district and , like the Italians with their Mafia. Camorrn and Black Hand , bring their feuds with them. In San Francisco's ante-earth quake days the graft system and other matters relating to these people on the Pacific coast were In the hands of the famous "Six Companies. " The tongs are not directly a part of the Six Companies having boon started more in the nature of social organiza tions , but in many other cities their province is much the vame as that of this notorious tribunal that ruled the Chinese of San Francisco with an Iron hand. The highbinders are not Imme diately connected with any of these. They are outlaws and assassins for n price. Yet there la lltUo doubt that the hlghUndcre are frequently called In to assist In fighting the wars of the tongs. Resort to Daggers and Pistols. It Is hardly probable that the Amer ican people realize what all this means. Here Is a section of our population living In effect under their own laws or , rather , under the rule of secret or ganisations that are a law unto them selves. Constructively , at least , they tro answerable to American authority and In the salutary case of lUmtou and a few others are actually so. But for the most part they evade the Amer ican courts and settle their differenced , and especially the differences of their organization , with the dagger and the pistol , nil of which most completely shatters the Celestial reputation for peace and docility and recalls Bret Hnrtc : Which I rlso to remark And my language Is plain- That for ways that are dark And for tricks that nro vain The heathen Chlneo Is peculiar , Which the same I would rise to explain. The UlubtriouB Chuck Connors'bears out this view. Chuck himself Is a sort of mayor of Now York's China town , although n white man , or , rath- . r. Tom Lee t.s the real mayor and Chuck Is mayor for purposes of melo drama. He says : Some people think Bret Harte's euchre Kaino poem , with Ah Sin as ti lending character , was Imaginary. It's all right. On the level , I know that wo had such n case In Chinatown a. few years ngo. The bo > s got up a poker game , with a cop as ono of the players. After they had everything arranged they tried to rope a Chinaman Into the same , but he was very slow nnd seemed to take no In terest. The fame stood about this way when things opened up Interesting. One man had three kings to n full house , the nocond man a diamond Hush , the third man had four tens and the cop a straight. 'After they iot the Chink Into the game they lllmllatnmcd him. nnd each man did his little graft at dealing and along at first gave the Chinaman pretty good hands to coax him Into the game to his limit and then do him up. The Chink never said n word , but kept his llttlo monkuy eyes running around his head like marbles In n bowl. The boys thought ho wasn't on to 'em. That was Just his gamu , to hppear Ignorant. Every time ho lost he smiled foolishly , but that was more of his own private fllmflam- mlng. Finally they got n big Jackpot , and It was the Chinaman's turn to deal. He had all of Ills llttlo tricks In his mon key head ready for business. The pot was opened for a dollar and went to three. One of the boya raised it a dollar , the Chinaman raised It two , and so It went on till It came to n raise of $10. And then the boys began to get wet In the face. They looked queerly at one another and then about the room and then at the Chinaman , who looked at no body nnd never said a word. Finally It came to a showdown between the China man , the cop nnd the pot. The policeman had four tens , and then they called for the Chinaman to put up the money. He said : "I don't want to play any more. You get mad If I win. " But they forced him to It , and he put up his money and won J1SO on four aces. You never saw men so astonished. Say , on the level , they searched him all over , but couldn't flnd a card anywhere about his clothes , though they thought he had packs of them. They never knew where he got his four acts from. He had been watching their tricks for a couple of hours , nnd they thought him green and Innocent. Ho had forgotten more tricks than they ever knew. To oblige the boys hto showed some of his tricks for half an hour , things they never dreamed of. Mock Duck's Big Cleanup. In this connection there Is a story now going the rounds of Chinatown that Mock Duck has been away on a little trip through the west Chicago , Omaha and elsewhere and that he cleaned up oh , I do not know how many thousand dollars , but something big "In a game he did not under stand. " As already mentioned. It Is this gam bling proclivity of our Celestial friends that causes the tong feuds , because both want the graft , all of which hears out somebody's statement that all forms of trouble have an economic cause. Paul said It first , however , when he announced that "money is the root of all evil" It certainly Is the root of the tong wars. View of Tongs by an Authority Returning to Chuck Connors , who ought to bo an authority , he does not support the popular view of the tongs In his opinion they are mild and be nevolent institutions. Hoar him : "You hoar a lot about the tongs They nln't nothing but clubs or socie ties of good fellowship. When a Chink gets Into trouble hh tong Is expected to stay with him to the limit. "Hlshblndors are the toughs of every bunch of Chinamen , like our Cherry hill hunch , the Jackson bunch will the Monk Easton bunch. The Lee bunch has always worked with Tammany ard that's where they get their pul and can run their blackmail and gam hllng games to the limit so long as they pay up and keep It quiet am don't lot their doings get to the public enough to force the police to Interfere "In business a Chinaman Isassqunru as a dollar , always dealing honestly with his customers. But when It comes to gambling and crooked deeds , hiding crime nnd breaking the law nobod.v can touch him. " Device to Kill Weeds. A patent has boon granted on a syrlngo-llko machine for injecting pol sons around the roots of weeds with out Injuring surrounding vegetation. Consideration. "You say you once had a home ? " "Dai's what 1 had , " answered Plod ding Pete , "Why didn't you do something i make your folks comfortable nm happy ? " "I did. I left.-Washlngton Star. In Accord With the Weather. Mrs Passe ( to her maid ) How is th weather today , Marie ? Maid Fres and windy , madam. Mrs. Passe Vcr well ; you will please put a health flush on my cheeks this morning , am Eolnjr out. Now York Life. ROCKEFELLER AT SEVE Y BBS , Oil King's Philosophical Views on Life In General. NEVER THINKS ABOUT ITS END Qiver of Many Millions Says Best W y to Prepare For Life's Termination Is "to Live For Others" and That He Is Trying to Be Useful While Alive. Urges More Out of Doors Ljving. John D. Rockefeller , who recently sent nnothor $10.000,000 to the general education hoard , was seventy yenrs old on Thursday. July 8. The president of the Standard Oil company , the richest man In the world , reached the milestone marking three score years and ten without any ob servance other than the reception of congratulatory telegrams which poured Into Forest Hill , his summer home near Cleveland , from friends ami busi ness men all over the United States. lie had Intended to spend the day , as he has been spending all his days since his arrival In Cleveland the other day , the morning on the golf links and the afternoon touring the surrounding country In his automobile , but Instead he made a hurried trip eastward. Seventy Years Young. "How does It feel to ho seventy years old ? Seventy years young , you mean , " said Mr. Rockefeller In a tone of gen tle reproof to a reporter who Inter viewed him a few days ago on his golf links. "I'm seventy years young , not seventy years old. I am In perfect health never felt better in my life. Dr. Blggnr tells me I am going to live to be uluety-flve or possibly a hundred. Perhaps I shall , for Dr. Blggar Is usually right. Anyway , ho says I'm far too healthy for the good of his ex chequer. " There was a merry twinkle In his eye as he said this and a chuckle of pardonable pride as ho swung his bare arms and hit the ball a deftly aimed blow with his brassle. as If to give a practical Illustration of his vigor. ROCKEFELLER'S GIFTS TO DATE. General education board. . $53,000,000 Chicago university . 21,400,000 Rush Medical college * . 6,000,000 Churches ( known ) . 3,100,000 Missions ( known ) . 2,300,000 Baptist foreign mission fund . 2,000,000 Institute For Medical Re search . 8.000,000 Barnard college . 1,375,000 Southern education fund. . 1.12,000 Union Theological semi nary . 1.100,000 Harvard university . 1,000,000 Baptist Educational soci ety . 1,000,000 Yale university . 1.000,000 Juvenile reformatories . . . . 1,000,000 Cleveland city parks . 1,000,000 Nine Y. M. C. A.'s . 845,000 W. R , Harper library , Chicago university . 600,000 Teachers' college . 600,000 Johns Hopkins university. 500,000 Vassar college . 400,000 Brown university . 825,000 Seven small college's . 320,000 McMasters college . 275,000 Rochester Theological seminary . 250,000 Cornell university . 250,000 Bryn Mawr college . 250,000 Case School of Science , Cleveland . 200,000 Oberlln college . 200,000 Spolman temlnary , Atlan ta . 160.000 Newton Theological sem inary . 150.000 Adelphl college . 125,000 University of Woostor , Ohio . 125,000 Children's Seaside home. . 125,000 Presbyterian work In Egypt and the Sudan. . . . 100,000 Cleveland Social Settle ment . 100,000 Syracuse university . 100,000 Smith college . 100,000 Wellesley college . 100,000 Columbia university . 100.000 Dennlson college . 100,000 Curry memorial . 100,000 Furman university . 100,000 Lincoln memorial fund . . . 100,000 University of Virginia . . . . lOO.Cw ) Cleveland Y. W. C. A . 100,000 University of Nebraska . . 100.000 Arcadia university . 100,000 Indiana university . 60,000 Mount Holyoke college . . . 60,000 Shurtleff college . 35,000 School of Applied Design For Women . 25,000 Bucknell university . 25.000 William Jewell Institute . . 25,000 Howard college . 25,000 Miscellaneous gifts prior to 1S92 . 7.000,000 Total 1112,655,000 "As to the termination of life , I never think about it , " he added as he watch ed the Ulght of the ball. " 1 am too busy trying to be useful while 1 live. I am trying to make each day more use ful than that which went before. The best way to prepare for the end of life is to live for others , and that is what I am trying to do. Every one should remember that there IB some thing worth while besides mere money getting.Vhcther actively engaged in business or not , mun should keep their thoughts in channels of usefulness. They should occupy their minds with other things than business , for these other things are those which give a keen relish to life. While a man is in business he should look ahead to what is to be the ultimate result of all his toll and all his success. lie should direct his thoughts to what should come after all his work. " To Enjoy Business Life. "And what should come after ? " "Hospitals , churches , schools , asy lums anything and everything for the betterment of our fellow men. To bo interested , actively and productively interested , In these things is the only way to enjoy business life. " "The vacation season is here. How would you advise people to spend It ? " "Dy living simply , by spending more time out of doors. Nearly every one would bo in better health if he were more gut of doon and llred the almplo life , Business men today are living too rapidly. They would be In better health and live lancer if they would follow my example. " Too Much Wtrrylng. "Peoph1 worry too much. Some com plain of their trials and some even of the sunshine that comes Into their lives. Everybody should try to lx > hap py under all changing conditions of life. Hut llrst of all they should get out of doors , take up some outdoor sport and keep healthy. " There was the very Joy of life In the way ho swung that club and In the glance that seemed to add "like me. " The oil king was In a Joyous humor , and he Joked and laughed throughout the game. Ills llrst drive went into a bunker. "It seems to me that golf Is a game you have to learn over again every time you play , " he said. Ho took a chance with a mldlron out of the bunker , preferring to risk disaster for the possibility of good distance. lie ( jot the distance. He made the first hole In 5. Dr. H. F. nipgar , Mr. Rockefeller's physician , has been a dally visitor nt Forest Hill since the oil king returned to Cleveland from the east , but he has been unable to play golf because of an injury to his arm several weeks ago. Mr. Rockefeller has no need of hb ? professional sen-Ices at present. May Live to Bo a Hundred. "Mr Rockefeller's seventieth birth day finds him In perfect health. " said Dr. Blggnr. "Ho has been In good health for the past sixteen years , but ho has never been In better physical condition than he Is nt present. Ills manner of living Is responsible for his good health today. Ho leads the sim ple life. He eats wholesome and nu tritious foods and eschews iced drinks. Even when he Is busiest he sleeps from nine to ten hours a day. Includ ing a half hour siesta after the midday meal. I don't hesitate to say that his physical condition Is equal to that of a man of forty-five or fifty. We must not forgot that forty Is the old ago of youth and fifty Is the youth of old ago. Barring accident , there Is no doubt that Mr. Rockefeller will live to be ulncty- flvo or a hundred years old. " "Is Mr. Rockefeller working now ? " "Mr. Rockefeller always works. He Is buying and selling big blocks of stocks almost every day. He pays no attention to details , but ho Is buying and selling all the time. "But his work doesn't tear him down. Ho is free from worry. This , coupled with good health , is the great est asset for a long , long life. " New York World. BIG YIELD OF CROPS. Total Value of Form Products In 1909 to Pass $8,000,000,000 Mark. Basing their opinion on the govern ment crop report for July , Wall street experts In New York recently declared that the total value of farm products of 1009. for the first time in the Unit ed States , will pass the $8,000,000,000 mark. The government report has been awaited with great Interest In Wall street , not only because of the Impor tant Influence the harvest will have on the general business revival , but from the fact It Is the earliest report which can be regarded as a fair fore cast of the ultimate yield. The conditions shown In the report indicate satisfactory conditions of all crops. Even winter wheat , which had In an earlier report shown serious de terioration , showed an Improvement of over 2 per cent nt the time of har vest and turned out to be substantial ly better than the corresi > ondlng crops of 1008 and 1007. The corn crop will be the largest In the history of the United States , while the nveraea of other crops shows the total yt ld of grain in the United States la 1009 will be abundant. The average * point to a total wheat crop of 063,000,000 bushels and a corn crop of 8,204.000,000 bushels as compared with 2CS8G51.000 In 1008. The com crop li the greatest money producer. Wheat cornea next. The prtc s of grains are abnormally high this year , so the garnering of n big crop moans unusual prosperity for the farmer. The amount of wheat re maining In the hands of farmers July 1 was the smallest in many years. It was estimated nt only 15,002,000 bush els as compared with 33,977,000 a year ngo nnd 54,853,000 two years ago. Blackmail by Carrier Pigeon. Blackmail by carrier pigeon Is the very latest novelty in Paris , France. On a recent Sunday night a tradesman received an anonymous letter the writ er of which declared that he would disclose certain secrets of the trades man unless he received $800 , to be sent by carrier pigeon. "On Tuesday morning , " ho was told , "four carrier pigeons will be sent to you. Each bird carries under Its wing a little case. In which you will place ? 200. You will then sot the pigeons free , nnd if they do not return to me by midday I will know what to do. " New Department at Harvard. In recognition of the growing Im portance of the subject of public health and preventive medicine Harvard uni versity recently announced the estab- llshment of a department In Its medical school exclusively devoted to those subjects and the election of Dr. Milton J. Roscnau of Washington ns professor of hygiene and preventive medicine and head of the new department. Dr. Rosenau will begin his service nt Har- vnrd with the opening of the next col lege year. More Cautious Now. "Yes , " said the popular nctor , "I had to refuse the port. It wns beyond my powers. " "That's strange , " replied his friend "There was a time when you would undertake any part" "Ah , yes ! That was when I was an amateur , nnd amateurs , you know , will attempt anything. " Exchange. The Unsophisticated at Sea , According to a local paper , ono of the petty otlleers of a man-of-war nt the Ni w York navy yard recently1 * miidu a iv.iulsltlon to the paymaster's oil ! ' e for two "horse pipes. " The story goe.s that the poor man meant "hawse pipes. " Now. any ono who knows what hnwso pipes are will wonder what hoaiited with them. 1 suspect pome ono wns playing a practical Joke on him The same paper gives nnothoi alleged occurrence which shows how llttlo Is knoun by some of the naval recruits of nauMcal terms. The recruit In question got a monkey wrench , a donkey engine , the dogwatch and the cathead so confined In his noddle that lie called for "a watch dog to stand by the cat engine" and referred to the captain as a "donkey head. " As a re sult the voracious chronicler doposoth that the offender was committed to the ship's brig , thorp to repent and learn better Moth jnrns are probably of the typo usually "told to the marines , " but nevertheless It Is a fact that many ludicrous mistakes of the kind are made by those whose knowledge of the sea Is limited , nnd many practical Jokes of which they are the butt nro made on the unsophisticated. Ship ping Illustrated. A Good Verdi Story. Hero Is a charming story about Ver di : A farmer living In the depths of the country was very desirous to hour one of the Illustrious /composer's op eras. So. bettor Into than never , he took his ticket , traveled up to Milan and. securing n good seat , heard Aldn. " The farmer wns very much disappointed and wrote to Verdi to say so. adding that ho did not llko the music nt all and that under these cir cumstances he hoped that Verdi would BOO the reasonableness of at once re turning him his money. There were his railway fnre. his ticket of admls- jlon and his supper nt Milan , for which ho Inclosed the bill. The grand old maestro entered fully into the humor of the situation Ho wrote back n polite letter regretting that his music had failed to plca e and Inclosing the railway faro and the prlco of admission , but he added that as the farmer would have to provide himself with supper nt home ho could not admit the justice of that port of his claim and ho absolutely declined to pay for his supper nt Milan. Zeko Was Right. A farmer employed a boy to guard his strawberry patch from birds. The berries fancy fruit as big ns ponchos kept disappearing , nnd the man BUS pected the boy of eating them. S ( ono morning ho came down to the patch , looked It over nnd then said : "I know you don't touch these berries , my lad. but Xoke says you do. To day I'll test you just to convince Zeke. " He took out a little lump of chalk and pretended to chalk the boy's lips but really It was only his finger that he rubbed over them. "Now. " he said , "when I como down hero this after noon we'll see who's right nbout you. Xeke or I. " And with pretended carelessness lie tossed the chnlk on to the ground. On his return , some hours later , It wns plain who wns right. The boy's lips were chalked with n white , stiff layer half an Inch thick. Los Angeles Times Northwest Weddings. Miss Frances Beeson and Butler Hart of Edgar were married nt the home of the bride's parents at Lynch. Miss Fannie S. Gee of Albion nnd Charles Duncan of Omnha wore mar ried last Friday morning at the home of the bride at Albion. Pilger Herald : On Tuesday of last week Pearl Layton left for Oregon , where , on the llth of this month , he will be married to Miss Anna Mortz , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mortz , who formerly lived west of Pilger and Inter lived in Stanton. NELIGH RACES NEXT. Program Planned for Wednesday , Thursday and Friday. Next week's rnces in the north Ne braska circuit will bo held nt Nellgh. The races begin Wednesday nnd end Friday. Nellgh hns prepnred a big program of other events , besides. The horsemen will come from O'Neill to Nellgh tomorrow and next day. Nellgh Teachers' Institute. Nellgh , Neb. , Aug. 14. Special to The News : The Antelope county teachers' institute closed yesterday nfternoon with a total enrollment for the week of 121 teachers. Superin tendent Ward believes this to have been the most successful institute in the history of the county. On Monday evening J. L. McBrion , ex-state superintendent , gave an address - dress at the Methodist Episcopal church on "A Whllo With Great Men , " which was especially well received. Ho also gave a rousing talk Tuesday morning at the chapel hour. Tuesday afternoon Miss Lally gave an excellent talk in her usual pleas ing way on "Tho Schools of Great Britain. " The tnlk was from observa tion during a thrco months' visit last fall to Franco , England and Scotland. Wednesday morning Rev. E. T. George conducted the devotional exor cises at the chapel hour nnd gave n Bhort , emphatic talk on personal Influ ence. Miss LHa Fletcher nnd G. A. Sellery rendered n vocal duet that WBB pleasing to the audlenco. Professor Reuse gave an address in the evening at the Methodist church on "A Teach er's Reward , " which was full of per- sonnl interest nnd Inspiration. The mandolin club furnished several excel lent selections , as also a vocal solo by Mrs. C. O. Mollck. Thursday morning Rev. Mr. Brook of St. Peter's Episcopal church , was present at chapel and took part In the exorcises. Superintendent Ward and A. E. Fisher rendered a vocal duet and Miss Blanche Putney gave her favorite reading , "Naughty Nell , " with which she won first' prize In the state declam ntory contest a your ngo last spring. On Thursday evening the silver niuilut contest came off with Mint * Looim Shonofolt ns winner. Mr. Wnrd , wild a few well chosen words presented Miss Shonofolt with the prl/o. On Friday morning Dntm Cole presented - sonted to the mtdlonco , "How Ruby I'lnyod. " Ho has given It n number of times slnco capturing the 11 rut prlr.o .it the stnto contest nt Alllnnco. Misses Conory nnd Sollory gnvo n vo cal duot. The newly elected county aHsoclu- ( Ion olHIIlcerH were ns follown : Presi dent , Superintendent E. R. Schremnn , Onkdnlo ; secretary , Miss Cynthia Rot ors , Clcnrwntor. Attorney Chase's Statement. Stnnton , Nob. , Aug. Kt. Editor News : I observed an Item In your pnpor under dnto of August 11 pur porting to be Infoi matloii furnished you by Deputy Unmo Wnrdon J. B. Donovan , to the effect that ho censured mo for refusing to prosecute one GUH Wogonor , whom ho caught using a solno some tlmo ngo. The fncts of the cnso BO fnr ns mn > terlal nro that Donovan and his pron- pecttvo complaining witness , whono name nt present I nm unnblo to ro- cnll , cnmo to Stnnton for the purpose of swearing to n complaint fharghiK Gus Wegcnor with Illegal fishing un der the gnmo law , stating Hint ho waa using n solno. On IntorroKntlng th complaining witness ho stated thnt ho wns some dlstnnco from Wogonor nnd he did not know whether ho had nny ( Ish or not , nnd would not swear that he had caught n fish. Section 21 HO , Cohbey'o Compiled Statutes of 1909 , provides , among oth er things : "It Is hereby declared unlawful to catch , kill or destroy nny fish In nny of the public wntors of this stnto. other than by the use of n hook or line , having not more than llvo hooka thereon. " Then provides a penalty fern n violation. Any Intelligent person will rondlly see thnt the proper construction oC this law Is that It Is no offense to "use" a seine , but the offense IB the "catching , killing or destroying" oC fish , whether It bo done by the use of a seine , gun , club or other device , ex cept the hook or line provided for. The only penalty the law Imposes upon n man for having a selno In his possession IB the summary destruction of the snmo by the game warden , treat ing It ns a nulsnnco. This I advised Donovan to do , but for reasons un known to mo ho did not nppenr to be over zenlous to adopt this course of procedure. Donovan made n mlstnko in making this arrest , which Is not an uncommon thing , In cases where the law permlta arrests to be made without first hav ing procured a warrnnt. Then , In or der to shield himself from any liabil ity that might flow from an Illegal arrest ho Insisted on mo prosecuting without considering the probability oC getting a conviction. And when I re fused to take a gnmo warden's con struction of the law Instead of my own he censured mo through the columns of your paper. I well recognize that the law enjoins upon me the duty of prosecuting all violations of the criminal law commit ted In this county , and I stand ready and willing at all times to do so. But the question of whether or not there has been a violation of law , la for mete to decide , and I propose to enforce this prerogative aa against the judgment of nny erudite game warden that has yet been presented to mo. Respectfully , D. C. Chase. Rifle Team Goes East. Ashland , Neb. , Camp Wm. A. Poyn- ter , Aug. 14. Special to The News : The competition of riflemen for a place on the Nebraska state rifle team was completed. The team Is chosen from the national guard to compete In the national rifle competition nt Camp Perry , Ohio. The team will bo ac- lompanled by the following officers : Mnjor E. H. Phelps of Lincoln , tenm : aptaln. Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Birkner of Lincoln , team coach. Captain C. L. Brewster of Beatrice , range officer. Captain Gage of Fremont , sipTial corps , team spotter. The tenm composing the regular team and alternates , are as follows : Major C. E. Fraser. Madison , First regiment. Captain I. S. Johnson , Stanton , Com pany B , First regiment. Captain C. L. Anderson , Norfolk , Company D , First regiment. Captain II. B. Ilobbs , Madison , Com pany F , First regiment. Lieutenant Dale McDonald , York , staff , First regiment. Lieutenant E. II. Mullowney , Lin coln , staff , Second regiment. Sergeant F. W. Nye , Stanton , Com pany B , First regiment Sergeant L. E. Reuse , Schuyler , Company K , Second regiment. Sergeant II. M. Anderson , Norfolk , Company D , First regiment. Sergeant A. C. Melsenbnch , Wilbur , Company E , First regiment. Corporal A. E. Ronken , Crete , Com pany H , First regiment. Corporal R. H. Cleveland , Omaha , Company I , Second regiment. Artificer Fred Gunlock , York , Com pany A , First regiment. Muslclon Enrl Mclxel , Company H , Second regiment. Private D. .C. Gill , Bentrlco , Com pany C , First regiment. The tenm lenves Lincoln this nfter noon nnd will travel in a private Pull man sleeper. They will arrive In Camp Perry , Ohio , Sunday evening. During the coming week they will practice nnd prepare for the national matches , which commence on Mon day , August 23. Store advertising nowadays Is ad dressed to the sober business sense of the render nnd should not bo over looked by people who are cultivating that faculty.