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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1898)
- - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - v---- t I i t _ = _ I - TilE OMA1LA. DAILY flEE : U1tIDAY , JULY 1 , 1808. ; $ i QI\YAtNORE \ tERC11UL ? h4Vt the Death 1atc in Battle r tirown Leas. A MORAL EFFECT OF MODERN MISSILES ' ' I ( , 3 r , I tvri Rlnug1lrr nt Tour , . nuil . ' Trnfnlgnr-ArmM 4r TIdfl7 I T I el.it-t. Itit LeNs , a : 1)esrictIe. IIx : hubtired ihotA ft minute ! " What. a lghtftit 1aughtcr must accompany tim tte C thso terribla wenpoflB capable ot throw- 1ng tuth a rehnt1csB haU of Drojectflcat how destructive of lie a mo1- .i cm battle ni'ust ' prove ! . such lB the oxInoi ! one bcar constnntly , exprezed In these days of MflXtflB and dynamlto guns ; yet , iurpr1sng ! as It may eom , an Investigation Into the factB , corn- lug clowp to the bedrock of flgnrca and statatIc8 ! , rcvaIs an entirely different iitate - of. aUaIrs from that uaunlly Imagined , Not only were there mor men actually kflled : ' thobattlSs of o1di times , but also ( ho pormt1rgro : 1ead as often far greater tli d ! n rnodern cngaerncnti. For Instance , ' cOmpare the atto ! of Marathon , which was a fought In the year 391 13. C. and Is one of 'the earliest ot which ( hero exists any nu- ' hontIc record , with ( hat of ha-Shea In the o 4 Chlnb-Japancso war of 1894. In the former 4i 'conflIct out of 'a total of some 10,000 troops J , Pbahgncd nearly 7,000 were left lying on the I fleld/\vhIIe / In the latter only 7f10 dead were c eounte * , though the opposIng forces ) amounted to more than 23,000 men ; a dis- I 'p rlty that seems IncomprehensIble when we : rernerniJer that throughout the war the Jap- t' ' anese % vcre provIded with all the latest I tYpeiof. ttti 11flI ammunition. Some of the tetttles of ancient tImes showed a pro- portion. of 1ead or disabled that cannot be : ccounted for unless we accept the view , . thtilthO wars of those days were waged in . the spIrit of a POlICY of extermination pure , J 'arrditflpIe. : in. the belief .thnt success was not .1sUret1 tint ! ! every cneniy had been kIIlel , iot cdptured with a view to subsequent - . " quent torture and execution. I ' , , Three niemorablo battles took place In . France shortly after the advent of the Chris- tlan era , and the story of each of theni Is L fraught wIth intense interest as making the ' 1 auccesilvd iownfalls of three vowerful races that strove In turn to obtain a mastery over lc , _ - central and western Europe : every one was V a bloody butchery. At Dethmold , A. D. D , i 16,000 nomantroops under'Varus , with some 2&000 cimp-followers , were skillfully sur- I , . , rounded and cut to pieces by a large force of . ' -C- Toutons under Armlniu3 , not one of the Unfortunate descendants of Romulus , It. is believed , escupliig to tell the tale. Four centuries later , at Chalons , Attila , at the head of hIs villainous multitude of rapacIous Iluns , met the allied forces of Itomans , Franks and Goths , 300,000 strong. AttlIa's strength vp established at fully 700,000. The ulghl bolero the great conflict a "skirmish" took place between out-lying pickets In which over 10,000 troops were IcIllel , but ( lie following oven- 3 ing the plain was strewn with ' tlio corpss of the slain to the , , number of close on 250,000. Attila's vast assembly of freebooters fled 111cc ' chaff before the wind when they met the well-discIplined legions at Rome , but . - the cost of victory was great , and its tin- ' mcdiatcvalue , but little appreciated at the _ _ 7 time , It Is worthy of notice that the ( F njmber or the slain in this single conflict I was far in excess of the total of those killed f , , li battle durIng the entiye civil var of . ) 1861-65 , though it has been coinputcd that at least five million men carried arms In the course of the struggle between the north - - - - end the south , The third of the epoch-makIng contests 1 was f6ugh1 at Tours , in the year 732 , and rcthilted In the driving back of the Moors across the Pyrenees , which they had crossed , under tlicleaderslilp of Abderrahiuan , with the Intention , by ene bold stroke , of con- qpering Frankland and crushing the rising ' 'fnlth of ChristIanity that was striding rapidly - idly through western Europe. At the head fr0,000 Arab troops Abderraliman arrived : without encountering the slightest - apposition aul lroceeded to cncarni at a I-I little distance from the ancient Roman city. The thoroughly alarmed Christians 'I , had meansvhlie assembled under the banner I of Charles , . afterward Martel , and , with only I 30,000 followers , the Champion of Christen- ' I dons dcterninod to give battle to the I , srpcit. : rhp cause of the cross prevailed ngalnsr the a1rnost overwhelming numbers of the heathen and the victory was aceom- ' jianled hr the inevitable wholesale destruc- I , tion of tho.vapquislied. If we can belIeve , the accouutaof the monica , the only lila- ' torlans of the perIod , Abderratirnan and J \ . 7i,000 of his followers were ruthlessly I , \ butcheed , while the Christian loss was only 1,000 men. I is certnln , at least , that very , .i' few-.of thp. Invaders over returned to Spain , ' " wincO'thOy ' lied started on their ill-starred . exIifcliiofli ' ) IniCttikM' of the enormous lists of casual- I 'tiFin' the batt1ea. of the early centuries , couli he multIplied without dIfficulty , but ) ufllcid'n't lies beba said to show that for ' - cvej man kIlled in a modern flghthunilreds and even tliousands paid the penalty La the mighty hand-to-hand struggles of ancient 1 days , when jirlmitive spears and arrows I ' " tooK thophcq of the mathematically precise , wdapons of today. An interesting table can ' d "I 1' : mqp liIng the percentages otiuin i.i : th'ii : ruiiiper of the most Important battles or hlstoryi.i i ' , 1 / . Tnbla of J'ereeith&es , Date. . , Troops Per. 4 13. C. ' Iattle Eiignged. Slain.Cent. E 410. MnrntlioV , . . . . . . . . . . . 70,000 C.I00 9.5 7' 1 3U. Arbela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' - . 'l- Af. I C 9 , 1)ofhmold . . . . . . . . . . . , 10.000 t3 ' I 0.111. 'Cluctons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000 250,000 25 t. ' 7ah Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.000 371.000 t3' . , f'G..lli8tngs ' . . . . . . . . . . . . 2J0,00d ( 75.000 26.5 ' " 1 ' 1yu : ; ; , Crt'ssy . . . . . . . . . . . . , , 149,000 25,000 25 14 Is ' AgineoLlit . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,000 11,600 18.7 W- 5j3 Fioddeil Fjd ! . 61.000 15,000 23.4 I 1701 , Blenheim , . . . . . . . . 116,000 17.000 15 11 vgii. Friedlapd . . . . . . . . . . . 230,000 . 9,000 3.5 I 1815.Vaterioq , , . . . . . . . , , 140,000 15.000 10.7 Ii 1S62. Antietam , . . . . 130,0 ( ' ) 3.O'J& 3 fr ' * 803 : Uetysburg , . . . . . , , , IGU.000 5,62 3.6 oIt Pin , Yang , . . . , , , . G0,000 5,000 10 _ _ _ _ . 1s0& $ I'ort * Arthur . . . . . , , , 36.000 500 2.2 .197. . - jidli. Atbarii . . . . . . . 49.00 , 8100 6.2 , _ i ies : jilanila l3ny 5,000 5 2.6 i I ' 'IntoinatIon doubtful , \L ; s.jti7 , Jii the recent Greece-Turkish 'I ' "k ! there wore pny ) 604 Greek .otflcera and 1. : .iien killed altogether. y The 2aa . name on the list brings up \ & tlinbt'f the great victory in which the -5 ' 71iatr0Js % Nelson played such a memo- I jbie part. At Trafaigar , in 18O , a llritish B't etit ot tkirty.tlireo ships of the line and . " -4our rlgates ( the armored cruisers of noder fleets ) , ongaifed a combined French b , faInt punls1i iattlo array pf forty ships I , Ind iye .t'Ignto * , and ot the conlllct wlsi1s /1 ' 41Uptd M.Jl'lilers lisa said thot "such a horror at seit haq hover been wit- lpi.i : : ssss4j'4iIhe memory of man , " A. single 1 F" ' bri0e 'from' the Terncralre , a Ilritlsh I ' sdjIp swcp 200 men from' the decks of the 'p-i F Xciloubthblq and hurled them into eternity. i. , & 'I'jiti parleular French ship numb red 572 dead n a crow oL6SO olficers and men , only : \ gtit olitcers e8CApillg of the forty on board , 5 \ 4t ttccTh ! nf.'tti terrible struggle eoyeii. ' ' teu Freuch and Spanish ships bad been cap. 'i' ' . ] ! : id.oiie blowii up , t , itwecn Idiled , wounded , drowned \ajd the losses of the t I1es amounted to nearly 7.000 men ; on the $ egllsb blpa 1,587 sack tars hail surren- , e $ th1r lives , How ludicrous stews the 4 , ' . - - - - taunted destrtictlvenesseot the modern en- ginea of war , when fourteen Spanish ships. In their own hnrbotind backed up by strong shore batteries , could not. make the slIghtest Impression on the gallant lewey's sIx large vessels nor even kill aslagle meal And the recently published , results show that the awful destruction that was ilone among the boats of the lIons , was accompanied by the death ot but sevejity.eight of the sailors sod inarins that rnnued them. SimIlarly , St Atbara , Sir lterbeft } Citchencr , the SIC- Oar , repulsed a iorc . of over 40,000 tIer- vislies , hut the Maxirn , field guns and repenting - penting rifles were reEonsIb1o for but a few hundred of the 3,000 A1jbs who were 1ain ; the greater part of ( hem fell In the hand.to- hand fighting that took place when the BrIt- lab troops stormed the Arab 'zereba" at the point of the baynet. There is hut one conclusion to be drawn from these flgure , nail that IB , that , instead of becomIng more inhuthan and ileatnictive SR the centuries roll by , war Is today a far moro merciful game and infinitely less bloody than in the days of flint-lock , crossbow - bow or javelin , Whatever advances have been made In the art of producIng huge guns of Immense fringe and power , and of perfecting appliances for rapid and continuous - uous nrng , equal , if not greater sti'ides Iiavq been made In the science of affordIng adequate protection to both garrisons and crows. .Jtnd moreover , it is riliculous and impossIble to , expect that In the heat and excitement of battle the same accurate re suIts can be obtained whIch are found in the pence and ( luiet of target practice , Rven the coolest brain annot be relIed on to faithfully compute logarithms amid the screechIng of shell and the ( lull , ear-rending roar of big gunA f1t'ci in anger. The moral effect of a bursting shell Is far in excess of the fear Inspired by a whole regiment advancing - vancing at the charge. ONE OF 'I'JItl 3IEItILIMAC ILSOIIOES. Iteiiiln Iccnees of OMlJnrne 1)egnnii VIien lie Vzis hey 'l'ieiiti , I ti 'VeflPi. On on of the heavy supports of the water tank of the Southern l'aciflc railroad at Sabinal , Tex. , may be seen this inscription : S : IOWA SI'UD. 1 YORTFflt FAT. : llound West December 23 , 1592. S $ To the nverng passer-by , rclate the New York Sun , It denoC.es nothing of greater ha- port than the rcgItry of two tramps. Nearly every water tank , tool shed , section house and railroad struCtufe of any kliid in the United States contains entries somewhat similar. Lot it be understood that the man hitting the road yery seldom gives his real name to these whom 'he ' meets. The name of his state or city and some real or ins- aginary characteristic nrc fashioned into a nicicaninc by sonic oh1itr hobo and thus tha tramp is knowii while he remains on the road. It is lila first duty to register at each stop niade. Chance had thrown these two together at Lafayette , La. , 'athera a large number of men of all descrIptions intending to bent their way hail in oc iarity formed the Fraternal Legion of American Tramps. Soy- eral times since haclthey met antI parted. "Iowa Spud" was heii't lad of about 17. This was lila seo4t1 trip. tIe had run away from honse sombtchere In Iowa ( Marshall- town or OttumwnfIf nseinory serves well ) because of duffnecs with a step-fattier and was going to Qregon , where he had an uncle who was a judge. His true name , he informed his companion , was Osborne Degnan. That companion has since written 11. book anti believed that some portions of the story might at least give the Iowa lad a little notoriety , hut now the young man has gone and leaped into fame at a single bound. I"or Osborne Dcgunn , coxswain of the Merri- mae , avas on the tramp in Texas In Decern- her , 1852. The itdtner'of his travels 'a few weeks ago attempted to raise a reglipent in one of New York's interior cities and was meeting with fair success , having three good corn- phnies in pretty fair ahnpe but could not obtain recognition or assistnncetroin Wash- lnton or Albany,4ij1he ( lay that inscrip- tirni was made , di4ithe Snbinal water tank he celebrated his 28th birthday and prior thereto had made a"rneteorie flash across New York statcspolitcal , ( horizon , Had Sablnai kno , w n the past and future history of thcset'wo visitors their reception would undoubthIyjiavo been of a warmer nature. The . ldrfl)5 who lives in the house with a yeranda directly south of ( ho water tank wflrohably be a little ashamed of himself when hi thinks of how hard he made the Meriimac hero hustle with a rake on Isis lawnbfore Ivfhg him that small handout , s'tiich would hardly feed two sparrows1 while'thd.thian who invited the New Yorker to her table will only wish - - , that she might 'lsavd soon I the little fellow round out his frugal meal with the extra piece of pie carrieda'p'ay from her house by his fat partner. . It was three days later that Degnan obtained his . lret mIlitary experience. At Fort Ilnacoclc , wetIstattoned two companies of Infantry and ne of cavalry. The senior captain- ; cthni fl4 ftle post , wu a rnartinet i $ pst'1a.one and a half mites franz the stationanO , iretty tough walking at that. The gldor of the pair of roadsters advanced uponthd fort first. The sentinel on Post No. 1 chalh5ngbd him and turned him over to Usc corporal of the guard. Next. he was escorted tott1i st"ieadquarters , and by the post jommandant sentenced to twenty minutes at the woodpile op auspiclon of be- lug hungry. A Fourth warder stood guard while the job was being Iserformed. and then saw that his fellow citizen of the Empire state satisfied his hunger at the barracks mess ball. Just as "Fat" was being escorted to the gate , he espied the future hero marching from headquarters upon the woodpile under the escort of Corporal Fitzgerald , The punishment wan the same. The confinement now being undergone by Degnan will not be an entirely new thing In his varied cagr. For on that Texan trIp ho was seized at San Antonio and thrust into the iloxar county jail for ic period of ten days for daring to stretch his tired limbs In the grass near ( lie I , & G. N. railroad freight house. Thu other uu narrowly escaped a similar tab by sprintIng toward Mexico slIghtly in advance C two policemen. The last thee two yorthies saw of each other was In Tucson , Ariz , 'flicy had met again after a separation at El Paso. The go- lug between those two stations 'lied bean pretty bad for both , Ttjo younger had received - ceivod a heIr of shoes from a klnd-liearteih housekeeper , but the size was fault. An attempt to fit the second , pair of feet again disclosed a dIscrepancy. This ( the shoes were as much too small as they bad beep too large for the boy's feet."Yorker Fat" nianaged to attach himself' to a freight brakeman on a fast live stock tralu , 'and from bctwccn the bumpers waved a last farewell to "Iowa Spud. " Au up-state lawyer felt his bosom swell with rardonablo pride the other day when he read 1hia his old pard's road laya were over , and ( lint Uncie Sam would lsrobabiy provitle for all time comfortable berth for the lad who seine years agone bad helped him sing , "W'hei A broke In Texas In le ernber 92. ' , , IIoV WAre Deceiveti , Chicego Post ; "Truly It Is a sad and dia- appointIng worldVeaiii the red-headed phil. osopher thoughtfully. Thereupon they all stoppeil smoking long enough to look at him inquiringly. "I was thinking , " ho paId , "that ( he swce voice that cornea to you over the telephone very often is about tbo only stock in trade of a wahl-ey4d girl vbo Is lomely enough to scare the chIckens out of a barn yard , am ! that the iire add pctlte little thIng that you admire on the treot or in a tableau somewhere may turn out to have a voice sail a temper that , are Iotti 'closely nhitcd to a buzz.aaw trying to cut its way through a. gutlroadspikv trnbd4din a tog Of Wood. " LONG FJCIIT ACAINST LMV Oontcst of' the Mlsaouri Judgts , t. Defeat Collection of a Dobte CASE ThAT HAS 11/ID NO PARALLEL Continuous itit , ! Unrelentisig Fight for ' ' ' Yenrs-ttOiirt 11c11 lit 1'tteii-LiIgIi ( - ' ' Lte In I the % % 0oti'Jtiii1& PrIs.n froni Choice. The case of the St. Clair county judges , two of whom are now In jail at Kansas City , is probably the most remarkable Case of its kind in the world , says the Kansas City World. Sometimes one , sometImes two and sometimes all three of the judges of the St. Chair county court havd been 8eflt to jail by federal judges for contempt in ignor- lug their mandates to levy a tax to VaY the bondholders of the 'l'ebo & eoslidrnIlrodt1 , for whiCh never a pound of Iron was i hh down In the county. During the twent- eIght years the famous anil unIqueboi1d case has .1een in liUgation twelve jail aentence have been serveil by judges of that court , twojudges having suffered twice the ma.rtyrdrom' of incarceration , as they con shier it , because they refuse to rob thu people of nearly p1,500,000 to pay for5a imiser raIlroad. Perhaps the most unIque of the many interesting - teresting circumstances whIch continUous litigatIon has ground out of the case were those connected with the tmprlaonment of only one of the county judges nearly twenty years ago. 'l'ho court met in thu woods , erin in out of the way places down along the river , out in the fields , sometimes at dead of night , and transacted whatever business was necessary to keep the mill of cqunty nffalrs grinding. Two iiion , Presiding Judge Philips and AssocIate Judge S. F' . Scott , made nIl the necessary levies , but not a red cent for the ratiroad bondholders. Philips reigned willingness , so it Is said , to make the levy , but he was the minorIty , so it made no dIfference , Accordingly was the spokesman for the court , 'VIto "Svzt till ) Scott , the "Swamp Fox , " as be was known , "took to thio brush , " and'fom two years eluded the federal omcers , who wanted to jail him. It cost tim bondholders 1,20O to chase him , but he , was never nearer the strong grip of the law than ( lie opposite side of the Sac river. lie swain across it one time when a deputy marshal was after him and 8111)1)0(1 away through the brush. The presiding judge would sead for him or go out into the woods and meet him \1ienhvcr there was any county business to be transaeted. tt one time he was employed as a farm hand by Phillips. Everybody knew him , anti whenever ho wanted to be concealed over night ho was always secure and had as ninny meals of victuals as be could stow away included In his keep. , . The other judge that terns , 13. F. Il. Copenhaver , was sent to jail at Jefferson City by Federal Judge Krekel for refusing to make the levy , the same rdasnn as always. The next term after that all three of the judges , Judge Hoyt , J. F. Tandy and Sam Peeden , were sent to jail at Jefferson City. Williani Chapman , U. 13. Grimes and J. F. Tandy , the county judges next elected , were let alone by the federal authorities. Quite frequently that policy has been followed by the federal authorities , seeniingly In the hope that sentiment against paying the bonds would change. Judge Copenhaver served his second term in jail four years ago in Kansas City. ordered there by the federal judge who , has just Sent Judges Thomas Gill nisil Thomas Ncvitt of 'the vresentk court.to. jail. With him were Judge NevItt , who is the other ruan who has twice represented the people of St. Clair county In jail , anti Judge George Lyon. Judge Copenhaver came near dyilg in jail of heart failure , after lie hail been here a very short time , and so ho was al- iowed to go home. He worked Isis farm and grew better. Judge Lyon heard of. this and , thought It would be fair for Copenhaver to come. back to jail and let him get out. lie was just about to fix up a cock and bull story about being willing to aflike the levy when the federal judge said : 'I believe I'll send you to the Henry coun.ty jail. The change will do you good. " The change was all Lyon wanted , so he kept still. lie had simply got tired of the bare , oblong room on the north floor , ilortheast corner of the jail building , in Kansas City , uhere only the lights of the saloon across the way'sent a few dim rays across the darkness against the ( lull ceiling , from which hangs a dead electric light wire. 'I'itLIeitii the JuIges. This is the room in which -Judges Gill anti Nevltt are now allow ci their frceaom , no- cording the Instructions of the federal judge , after Judge CIII nearly succumbed to an old attack of heart trouble in the close cell Thursday nlgbt. Thei'c they eat , sleep , read , smoke , live and draw their $2 a day In fees 'from the county. Fm' court is still in sesslomi. There also the federal judge tries to keep them frpzn being in- terviewod by newspaper sca every nhinute or tao. A World reporter chiatted with thorn a long time Friday evenIng , as Judge Gill lay on Lila strong , but not fancy , cot , and Judge Nevitt , with his feet on the window - dow sill , sucked a now corncob pipe. Judge Gill , who is presiding judge , is a typIcal Mlssourian , of samidy complcxloji and lofty stature. Ho is not quite so talkative as Judge Nevitt , isis brother-in-mw , who is hearty and jovial and has a displacement of about 200 pounds , JUd'gO GI1h"lIy clght miles south of OsceOla , and Juild' Nevitt thirteen miles southeast. ot'llio ' county seat. Judge Robert S. Lyon , who was not sent to jail because ho was willing to submit the propisitlon of the federal judge to set- tie at $100,000 , lives at Lowry City , Federal Judge Phillips told aVorld reporter - porter Friday that lie found out the day after the judges came to Knusas City , May 2 , to hear hIs proposition to compromise at 28 cents on the dollar , 'that' the court had met at midnight just before coming and ordered the regular levy. 'Thoy sat here in nsy chianibers and never told mc that , " saitl lme , "but they are sorry , I imagine , for I found it out. " - SaId Judge Nevltt on ( lila point : "The first Monday in May was court ( hay and as the train which could get us here by 11 o'clock , the time set , left at 6 o'clock , we had to convene early Monday morning. We dId not matte the regu'ar ' lpvy to. evade any instructions Philips mIght give us , but the peOllO ) bed a susiieion that we would be sent to jail and denianiled a levy for current - rent expenses in ease wo ihbuld be locked up. " , - Ordering itit lilectinmi , After their appearance in court the first Monday in May ( hey went back to St. ClaIr county with the instructions to submit tue 28 cents proposItion to a vote , .Juiy 26. The propositiomi bath been ordcredoii an dppllca- tion of about 100 citizens of time county. The law requires that It be submitted it flft sign , "Tliero was a remonstrance from as high 'is Judge Gilt can reach to floor , de- mendIng ( lint the ones who signed time up- pllcatlon foot the bills , " said 'Judge Neyitl , "Most of the signers were from ( he 'King- dorn' of Speedwell , as they call their town. ship. "Remonstratora came in person from Fairview , Doyle and Collins townships , and us I believed , anyway , that most of the IOU signers put their names down because they bcfleved it 'ouid be less expensIve to have the test vote than to bet us go to jail , I voted to put off the vote until lecernber 3 , "Judge ( Jill reted against ft at all times and Lyon voted for when Vliillps eald , The federal judge couldn't ace that with the general election coming on In November , the bond levy would be made an issue anth itll the feeling toward a compromise would be counteracted , " "The feeling was sure growIng , " added Judge tiill from his cot "nail in another year it Philips had let us alone we would ima'a fixed the whole timing up. believe the 'people ' would -vote oow to pay the original anhount of bonds , $5OO00 , inlntis the $19- 000 that were cancelled twenty odd years ago. lInt now PhIlIps has stirred up a hornet's nest , and ho wouldn't get as warm a welcome it he ihiould go down there now as ho did six wecksiago , I can tell you. " The rotund membsr of time incarcerated court shook the asb out of his pipe , refilled - filled it , and tolil tui story not for gospel truth , but the way 1sjhnil often heard it , he said : Thu judges ithat signed the bonds twenty-eIght years ago were named Mitchell , Collins antI Itobison.n Tue bonds , as first nmatlo out , were to bpaid one-third when the railroad was flaished one-third of the way across the county , another one-third when it. WflS finishtii another one-third of the way , and the remainder when it was all Colflpleted. Time roatibed was irnrtiail graded , that was alI ( 'but the bondholders made some arrangement b which part of ( lie bonds became Uuo immediately. % 'flM SIC ilntoxIcited t The storc goes l'that Presiding Judge Mitchell signed the.boaria in the back room of a saloon while he was as nearly in- toxiented as a native Missourian ever gets. The bonds have been bearing 10 per cent interest ever since and costs have been piling tIIJ until the amount is now more than the countr can pay without bankrupting every property owner. There is no doubt that the bonds have kept settlers out of the county and retarded the progress of the county. The , rnnjority of the bonds are held by John 13. hendersOn of Washington. Ito Is said to be ( ho only one of ( ho holders who is not opposed to the federal judge's proposition - sition to compromise for $409,000. Twenty- eight cents on ( lie dollar hooks mighty small to thus others \vhien they consider that Cass county compromised for 70 cents and Ileisry county for 75 cents on the bonds of this same railroad. Tile other bondholders are D. 13. Overall of St. Louis , the Ninth National - tional bank of New York , two Now York capItalists named Gilroy amid Skinker and a few who have atmialt amounts. The judges now in jail were asked if any attempts to levy had ever been made. "Once in a whIle a judge has weakened , " said Judge Nevltt. "There have been two levies , Personal property , horses In both cases , has been brought in to be knocked down tohe highest bidder , but there was never a bid. People were afraid to , even if they had wanted to , because there were so many in the crowd with big guns , ready to ' 'do' whoever did bid. " Judge Gill roused UI ) at a question whether it is not difficult to get candIdates for time county court. "Not by a d-n sight , " ho exclaimed. "There are somewhere between five and twelve candidates right now. We are all out next fall , you know. " "So l'lmilips calls me a liar , does lie ? " lie added , picking up Friday evening's World. "All I want to say is that I have heard a hundred people any he advised the county to resist payment. I have been there only fifteen years myself. " A singular feature of the present status of the case Is that Judge Nei'itt , who has twice gone to jail from St. Clair county , formerly lived in henry county and moved out when time compromise was effected , I'ItOMINE'i"l WCS'L'ElN JdIUCA'i'OItS. H. E. Kratz , superintendent of the SIoux CIty schools , is a natIve of Ohio , and prepared - pared for college in the public schools of thOt state. lie-graduated from-tlse UnIversity of 'Voostef , Wooster , 0. , in 'Th74 , taught is high school principal evral years , and was superintendent of city schools iii Ohio , Michigan - igan and South Dakotacfor about eight years. Before coniing west Ihe went abroad two years , residing for themost part in London , Eng. , studying English schools , libraries , museums and the people. In June , 1896 , he was elected lsonorary fellow of Society of Science , Letters and Art of London ( Sng. ) Whilq in South liakota tie was more or less engaged in lecturing and instructing In Institutes - stitutes , and was three times elected to the presidency of the Stdte Teachers' assocta- ( ion. In 1580 tie wast called to the State University of South Dakota to the chair of Pedagogy , wlilch.was created for him by special request of Dr.'Oison : ' , then President of the university.Vhhle connected with the state university he took a thorough postgraduate - graduate course in philosophy and peda- gogics in the University of Wooster , and re- celved the degree of 'Ph , D. The subject of ilis thesis was "Natqralisrn in Peda- gogy. " lie was elected to tile superintend- ency of the schools of Sioux City seven years ago , and has brought up the schools to a high degree of emciency. lie has been unanImously re.elected for another term of tvo years. ho Organized the Iowa Society for Child Study , and is now its president. Ho was also elected vice president of the Child Study department of the National Educational association. John F. Keating is a graduate of time Ohio Wcsleyan university , with the degree of l3A. 1892. He Is at present the superb- ( endent of the public schools at Pueblo , Cob. , to whIch position ho was elected in 1896. Ho first served as principal of the schools at Conover , 0. He was next elected to the superintendency of time Aspen , Cob , , city schools in June , 1803 , and served two years ; was elected again to a like position in tile Central City schools of the state in 1895 and served one year , I'rof , ICeating's , specialties are English gramnma r , pedagogics and physiology , He is regularly matriculated in the University of Colorado , doing work with a view to the degree of doctor of philosophy. Louis 13. Anderson , superintendent of pub- lie instruction of Idaho , was educated in the schools of Kansas and Hanover cal- loge , Indiana , lie began teaching school in 'Woodson county , Kansas , In 1872 , and taught in Kansas with the cxcc-ptbon of ono year in Wasliiimgton county , Arkansas , until 1883 , when lie emigrated to Idaho , where lie has boon continuously since 1883. Mr. Anderson was ejected county superintendent of Public Instruction in Latab county , In the eighteen months h has held the office he baa traveled in , the dischmnrge of his official duties , 23,045 miles and delivered more than fifty public addresses on educational - tional topics. William Stryker , the state superintendent of public instruction in Kansas , came from New Yurk , Ills early educational advantages - tages vero secured under great dllllculties , By teaching and attending school alternately a classical course was completed. As a teacher over since his success bias been re- mnarkabbe , as his thousands of pupils , who are all his friends and admirers , testify , The eight years preceding hIs term of office he was president of , the Central Normal college at Great liendI ICan , His efforts to got the text book .Ia.'w enacted in Kaimsas was the occasion eLI iii memorable struggle. The measure resulted. in the saving of an immense sum of money to the state , and although repeated attempts have been made to cast Mr. Stryker'is admninistrdion ( into disrepute be is a man universally respected - spected , William \S'Irt Fondergast , state auperin. teadent of public instruction of Minnesota , was elected to his prsent position iii Sep. tember , 1893. lIe iwas born at Durham , N. IL , in January 1.823. lie was fitted for college at Phillips' Radter academy , Durhmamn academy and the Sprtngflebd , Mass. , High school. He ntered flowdoin college In 1800 1nud now holds the degree of A. at , from that . ----.5- instItution.After leaSIng college ho taught in the gT5ltl schools of Ameabury and Essex , Mass. , gaIning the reputation of being a successful teacher. In 1856 Mr. I'cnder- gnat came to Minnesota anti took up a homestead - stead mtI fl'uthtnson , where , ( he following year , he built the first school house nn(1 taught the first school , With eight other young men he was at Fort Snelling to enlist when the news of the Sioux outbreak was received , Mr. Pendergast was placed in command of the "Home Guards. " They die- tifmguielsed ' thet-nselves for heroisnm. For twenty ycars.Mr , i'endcrgast was in charge of the hXutchinon schools , eight years of which time be was also superintendent of schools for Meteod county. In 1881 ho was chosen assistant superintendent of public in- atruettoam C , . position which he held for seven years , when ho became Principal of the School of Agriculture. 8 , N. hopkins , superintendent and cx- officio audItor of the Oklahoma territory schools 4t Otmthrie , is a native of Ohio. At an early ago his parents sent him to the North Missouri State normal at Kirksvliie , where h auntie rapid progress , Vpon returning - turning home he engaged in tepcbslng , and ho has lersistently , earnestly and quite sue- cesstully followed lila chosen vocation up to the present. Ito thisplayed such executive school ability that time people of his county early elected , young Hopkins county superintendent - intendent , to which position ho was re-elected year after year Until ho was finally attracted to the new region of Oklahoma , At 161 ileno he was called to preside over thecity's school interests , lie held that. position until transferred to the high and honorable 1)051- ) ( Ion of territorial superintendent of public instruction anti ex-officio territorial auditor , the dual office , which carries with it more responsibilIties than any other office in time territory , That his piornotion came to lilui by reason of lila promimmence among the educators it cannot be out of place here testate state , There were several aspirants for the position , but a petition signed by 1,000 professors - fossors , teachers and scholars tolls more than could a column of encomitmnis. Stuart N. Hopkins has but just begun a career which , when Oklalmoma becomes a state , that thse people wilt look toward this painsta1tin and careful loan to bestow higher amid more enduring evidences of their esteem of his worth , Dr. James MeNatighton of the Advisory Dearth of the Traimsmleeistppl Educational Congress , now presidC t of the Arisona Normal school , is a "native of Cliautauqtia county , New York , lie 'acquired ' his primary education in the tnibh1t schools , and made sucic additions thereth at ElhIngon ncad- cniy as were necc5saf to fit bin : to enter college. lie purstmckl collegiate studies at Allegheny college thld Michigan University , receiving the degre'd ' A. U , on graduation , and hater the degreces , A , Id. anti Ph , 1) , , for cognate graduate work , Teaching has been lila calling , and to that he has devoted himnacif with a tireless application anti a clearness of conception that Imavo remmdercd him an acknowledged leader among ettuca- tors. lie served several years with eminent success as superintendent of Public schools in Iowa-eight years of time time at Council flIuffs. lie resigned timat position to accept tIme more distinguished one of president of the normal school at Mayvtile , N. I ) , I'tmlntonary affliction leading the fanilly to seek a drier climate , ime accepteti , three years agO , time Position he now holds , and has built up for Arizona an institution which has become deservedly popuhar , and which is already felt In ( lie upbuilfilng of her public schools and in the educational spirit of time territory. John ilnmnilton ( Ibotfelter , superintendent of the Atchison , Nan , , schools , imas won rank among the best successful superintendents of tIme west. Ills leadership of tencimera is strong anti inspiring , and his policy has always been safely progressive , lie was born in Tazewell county , Illinois , October 29 1860. ills education was provitled by thio common schools until the ago of 16 years , when he emitored time Illinois State Normal utmtverslty. In 1885 he was grathu- ateti tromn the university , having tnughit four full years and married previously. lie spent one year in the scientific tlopartnment of the same school as a imat-graduatu , was made superintentlent of tlme public schools DRUGS. R chardsi Drug Co. 902-906 Jackson SI. 7. 0. RICHARDSON , Prest. 0. ' . wELLIIa , V. Preet. The Mercr Ohemic ! Co. Z'fr. , tc.nt5wd Pliarnaaoomitical Prepar - fleas. Hp.Otai Forusula , t'repured to Qdtr. ? endfvrCutoLoius. I.aboratomi , 1112 howard SI , . Omaha. EI : . Bruce & Co. 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Joseph Kennedy of the department of lietlagogy and principal or the ) IbIIusU department in time University of North Do- ' kota1 'was brought up near St. l'eter , Mba , , where hmo attended the higlmacbooi anti later began teaching in the countrydiatrbcs ( for several terms. tie entered the University- of Minnesota and was griuhimated in 1SSO. lie was soon after called to ( lie principat still ) of the hiilisboro , N. U , , schools , wheret ho served two terms. After two terms ita county superintendent of sclools iii , TraIlL county , North lakotn , lie was called to his present position in ( lie University ot North Dakota--professor cf petingogy nnt' principal of the norimial depcartmuent. Prof. ' - itennetly tins conducted teachers' 'intitute ' III the state since 1887 aiid U summer school of ( ho university , lnspedtor . .1.Y. . 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