THE OMAHA DAILY 1VET2 : FttTDAY , MAHOH 2-1
Thrilling Tmo Stories About the Canadian
Mounted Police.
THEY ARE BIG , FEARLESS FELLOWS
How n Tiny Force f 7SO Men Con
trol * > t Territory .Nearly nn lar o
n lluroiio OiUnlttliift
Silting : Hull ,
A tiny force of 756 men , the Northwestern
Mounted Police of Canada , guards nnd con
trols a territory nearly as largo as the whole
of Uuropo. They are big , powerful men
physically , most of them of sturdy Scotch
or Irish extraction , and the morn ! force of
the brilliant red funlo which they wear Is
a minor revelation of the method by which
the tiny British Isles govern an empire. Al
though there are thousands of Indians , and
half-breeds , moro dangerous limn Indians ,
nnd rough , reckless minors and outlaws , In
their domain , they ride itho plains and climb
the mountains and keep the pcaco of the
third of a continent.
In 1873 , ICO men were sent to Manitoba
from eastern Canada. That was 'the begin
ning of the Northwestern mounted police.
During Rlel's rebellion they numbered 1,000.
At present thcro are In the northwest tor-
vltorlcs 548 ; In the Yukon , 184.
Thcro are < three divisions , each with head
quarters near the United States line. Kach
division boa outposts , with from two to ton
men each. It ihas also a superintendent and
two inspectors. Above them are the com
missioner and assistant commissioner. Two
PInpot'B lepeo anl calmly knocked the key
polo out , All the warriors rushed for their
guns , and ono of the biggest bluffs on record
was played toy the redskin.
Hut the sergeant continued methodically
knocking key poles out , and IMapot saw
that Uio game was up. He must either kill
the sergeant stick hla knife In the heart of
the whole British nation or give up nnd
tnovo away.
Ho chose the latter course , for Plapot
had brains.
SHiliiK Hull Outfitted.
After the killing ot Ouster. Sitting Dull
became a moro or leas orderly tenant of
her majesty , the queen. With 900 ledges
ho camped at Wood mountain , Just over
the border from Montana. An arrow's night
away was the northwestern mounted pollco
post. One morning the pollco found six
lead Saltaux Indians , scalped In approved
Sioux fashion. A seventh Saltaux , still
alive , had seen the killing. The pollco
burled the dead Indians , < but took the living
olio to their po t.
With characteristic check Sitting Bull
cnmo , accompanied by chiefs and warriors ,
to demand the seventh Saltaux. In Wood
Mountain there were twenty policemen
backing Sergeant SMcUonnld. With the chief
there were nt least flvo hundred warriors.
Sitting Bull threw his squat figure from his
pony and thrust the muzzle of his gun into
Sergeant McDonald's stomach. McDonald
was typical of the force. Ho pushed the
gun ono slilo and told the chiefs to stop
Insldo the gate , stack their nrms and come
Insldo the shack for a pow wow.
They demurred ; the sergeant was flrm.
Outside , Itwas play day In ibodlam. The
young bucks rode and whooped and fired
their guns.
"Bend your men away , " said the ser
geant to Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull do-
murrcd.
"Send them away ! " repeated the ser
geant , " if you have authority. "
i
INSPECTOR M'DONALD AND SUPERINTENDENT STEELE , STURDY TYPES OF THE
'j ' CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE.
extra inspectors act respectively as pay
master and quartermaster for the whole
force. Pay is not munificent. The commis
sioner gets S2.GOO a year , his assistant ? 1COO ,
superintendents $1,400 , Inspectors , surgeons
and veterinary surgeons $1,000 each , potty
ofllers fn m $2 to 85 cents a day , and con
stables the title of enlisted men CO to 75
cents a day.
Full dress uniform Is a scarlet tunic with
yellow facings , blue cloth brpeches with
yellow stripes , whlto helmet , cavalry boots
and cavalry overcoat. For ln : -r they have
fur coats and moccasiiib. A serviceable
Kihnkl uniform and cowboy hat is used for
rough work on the prairies In summer.
The mission of thcso scarlot-coatod
guardians Is peace. Here are Illustrations ;
they perhaps picture the method :
Tivo Men ARiilnnt H > InillniiM.
When Plapot , restless'quarrelsome , drink-
loving , and his swarthy , hawk-faced follow |
ing , spread their circle of smoko-tnnned
tepees near the construction line of the
Canadian Pacific railway beyond Swift Cur
rent , there was Inaugurated the preliminary
of a massacre , or whatever form of enter
tainment the brain of Plapot might devise.
Then the railway management sent a ro-
monitranco to the powers. The lieutenant
governor Issued an order , nnd two policemen
rode forth carrying her majesty's commands.
Not a brigade , nor a troop ; the officer bear
ing the written order was but n sergeant.
AVlth him was ono constable ; that was the
force that was to move this turbulent trlbo
from good hunting ground to a secluded
spot miles away.
Plapot refused to move. The sergeant
calmly gave him fifteen minutes In which
to bogln striking camp , , Result , fifteen min
utes of abuso. The Indians screamed defiance -
fiance at the sergeant , and fired their guns
under his charger's nose as they circled
about him in their pony spirit war dnnco.
When the fifteen minutes were up the
sergeant threw his picket line to the con-
table , dismounted , walked over to Chief
Silting Bull and his chiefs made toward
the door , but there were Interruptions red-
coated objections. And outside In the yard
the chief's rllles were stacked.
Sitting Dull , llko Piapot , had brains. The
bucks were sent away. Then the sergeant
persuaded the chiefs to listen further
mainly by force the red-coated arguments he
had brought to bear. "Tarry here , my
brothers , " ho said , "until I send Constable
Collins and two others of my men to arrest
the murderers. The Saltaux are subjects
of the queen , Wo cannot allow them to be
killed for the fun of the thing. "
Adventure of Jiiclc ColliiiN.
Then big Jack Collins wild Irishman and
all the rest of it > went over to the Siaux
camp nnd arrested three. The 'bucks jostled
and shoved them , fired pistols over their
heads , but big Jack and his comrades hung
on to < helr prisoners and worked their way
to the post , with no sign of annoyance until
a big buck spat In Collins' face.
A 'big mutton-leg fist shot out , and the
Sioux lay like a crushed moccasin at Jack's
{ cot : "Tako that , ye black baste ! " he
hissed between clenched teeth ; "an ye'ro
made mo disobey orders , yo foul fiend. "
Then ho marched his prisoners Into the
post , and reported himself for misconduct
in striking nn Indian.
Duck lake is the "Tenderloin district" ot
the prairie provinces. It lies an hundred
mllcE rorth of Heglna , the capital of tha
territories. Last year four white men and
three Indlnna lay there dead , that the peace
broken by ono Indian outlaw might toe
whole again.
Almighty Voice , son of John Sounding
Sky , was hungry. He killed a cow , not his
own , therefore a sergeant and a half-breed
guide rode out to bring him before n
magistrate. They came upon him In com
pany of two squaws. Ho had just killed a
pralilu chicken.
' 'Tell him I've como to arrest him for
killing cittlc , " said the sergeant to the
guide.
"Tell him If ho advances I'll kill him , "
answered Almighty Voice.
The guide covered the Indian -with his
carbine , but the sergeant snld : "Wo have
no authority to kill. Wo have come only
to arrest. Tell him > to lay down his arms. "
The eergcant had no choice. Ho could
not retire ; he had no authority to shoot the
Indian ; he had orders to arrest him , even
if It cost him his life and it did. Another
forward pace , and fire belched from the
Croo's gun. Sergeant Colbrook fell , shot
through the heart.
A price was set on the murderer's head.
( A thousand miles west , a thousand mllea !
north , the red-coated riders watched tor
Almighty Voice , who was shielded through ,
many moons by hla Indian friends at Duck
lake.
Hovr AlmlKlitr Voice "Wan CaiiKlit ,
Ono day In June a half-breed scout and
a companion were bringing In n horse thief.
As they came to n clump ot poplars the
thief disappeared nnd Almighty Voice came
Iu view. Soon the scout was galloping for
life with a bullet th rough hla back , and
Sergeant Coltaroolc's slayer , running llko the
wind &t nil horse's heelt , making eavago
clutches ftt the swishing tall.
Low on his horse's neck the scout rode
with reeling brain. The horse gained a
little. The pursuer stopped nn Instant , his
fierce black eyes gleaming along a gun-
barrel. The bullet icut the scout's cowboy
hat nnd severed "the " woven hair brldlo
between the horse's cars. The bit dropped
from his mou'th and under the now freedom
the horse sped faster.
The news was flashed Into Prince Albert.
Captain Allen and a detachment of pollco
rode eighty miles that night. In the mornIng -
Ing as they reconnoltered , Allen saw three
blots scamper Into a bluff on nil fours llko
a. deer. They surrounded the Muff. As
Captain Allen patrolled the bushes ho leaned
far down the side ot his horse but too
lato. Ho heard the bone in his right arm
snap llko glass. Almighty Voice's bullet
had smashed It at the shoulder. Thrown by
the shock the officer crawled a llttlo way
through the thick grass , then raised himself
on ono knee , only to look into the eyes of
Almighty Voice.
"Throw me your cartridge belt or I'll kill
you ! " ho said in Cree.
"Never ! " answered Allen. Just then n
bullet spat against the trunk of a poplar.
A constable had sighted the Indian. The
latter Jumped back among the trees.
They tried to 'burn ' out the Indians , but
the growth was too green. Then three men
crept in to try and unearth the desperadoes.
Those on guard outsldo heard at Irregular
Intervals the rifles speak , but no message
came out of the deep shadow. No fleeing
Indians darted Into the open , no smoke-
grimed policeman struggled forth holding n
dark captive.
( At last there was utter silence. The
watchers grew heavy-hearted. Oameruderlo
is strong in the force , almost as strong
as courage. At last characteristically two
men undertook what thrco had failed to do.
They were O'Kelly and Cook. Crawling
flat upon his stomach O'Kelly discovered
three runways made by breaking down small
bushes , and ending In a death-trap a pit
the outlaws had dug with knives. At the
ether end of each runway was an Indian
with a leveled rifle. It WBI la thssa run-
waya the flut tbroa policeman had be n
shot.
Suddenly O'Kelly became aware of a pair
of Khaki-colored legs in front of him. As
ho seized upon them they were wrenched
from his grasp and disappeared over the
em'bankment ' into the pit. lAn Indian sprang
up to get a better shot the 'bullot from
O'ICelly's Tlfle crashed through ( his brain.
The constable flattened out and hugged
earth as though ho loved it , yet a shot
from Almighty Voice toro a spur from off
his heel.
A FlKlit In n. ThleUct.
All night they guarded the bluff. Next
day the figiht was like a Roman spectacle.
A near hill was covered with Indian and
halMjreed spectators. The old tan-faced
mother of Almighty Voice sat there and
crooned a weird death song , and cheered
her boy to fight to the death llko an In
dian brave. She screamed defiance to the
police her son would slay many more ot
them.
Ills end was drawing near. A field gun
brought up from Reglna threw a few shells
into the ibluff. When the smoke cleared
away the pit held three dead Indians , and
It was "lall quiet along the Saskatchewan"
once more.
Now a llttlo ns to the physique of the
northwestern mounted pollco. In height
tholr average is five feet nine Inches , with
a chest measurement of thirty-eight Inches.
Men and horses are subjected to a most
searching medical examination before being
taken on. The regulations of enlistment
are framed , Indeed , "to make It a most
difficult force to get 'into ' , and an easy one
to get out of. " Result , a flno body ol
contented men , and few desertions.
Besides keeping the peace the police
gather for the government Information upon
every subject under the sun at least the
sun which shines from the forty-ninth
parallel northward , Stringent laws exlsl
j against the setting out of fire on the prairie
1
lands , and summary justice awaits the of
fender. Sometimes there are fierce battles
between the flro fiend and the constables ,
It is a stirring picture two policemen with
wet blankets 'knotted ' together , and trailing
upon the ground , galloping one on clthet
sldo a line of leaping , hungry flame. Mile *
and miles of fire they put out in .this . fashion ,
Every constable has authority to call upon
civilians to help 'him ' fight flro.
The Hell Ili-bclllon.
During the Roll rebellion the police were
always at the front. It was at the taking
of Batoche that Jack French , a big hard-
fighting Irishman , inspector of police , be
came Immortal. After a hot scrimmage :
wounded policeman was left on the field
Jack French saw him and shouted In c
brogue with the music of an organ In it :
"What are you doln' there , Cook ? "
"I'm wounded ! " came back a faint call.
"It's mesllf'll carry you , thin ! " and down
"A BIO MUTTON LEO FIST SHOT OUT. "
ho marched , whistling , though two bullets' '
cut the skirts of his tunic.
"They're gettln' pretty close now , " mut
tered Jack ; but ho was only a few feet from
Cook.
May It bo remembered to the credit of
the half-breed rebels that , when they rea
lized what French's mission was , they
ceased flre. And when he swung his com
rade upon his broad shoulders nnd started
homo with him a oheer ran along the whole
rebel lino.
Jlo brought Cook In safe , then went back
to the fighting. Hla reward \\ns not the
Victoria Cross , for In half nn hour ho WAS ]
dead. Cook still lives. Ho Is In the government -
ment employ.
I In the annals of the police there are
heroic stories enough to fill n mighty vol
ume ; perhaps oven stranger tales than I
have told here.
Italian Olllccr ITiirmHp ( n Mniilla.
SAN FRANCISCO , March 23. Lieutenant
Ferruclo Vltall , military attache of the ,
, Italian embassy at Washington , has arrived
hero euroute to the Philippines , where ho I
i will watch the military operations as the
military representative of the Italian govern * I
ment. Ho has been assigned comfortable '
quarters on the transport City of Pucbla ,
which Is to convoy part of the Jx'lnth Infantry
to Manila.
LITUIIARY MTI2S.
"Physics for Beginners" Is the title of a
work written for Use In college anil secon
dary schools by Heiiry Crow , Ph.D. , pro
fessor of physics In the Northwestern uni
versity.
Cassell & Co. arc about to rclssuo their
National Library. A number of new vol
umes will bo added to the series nnd the
best of the older volumes \vll bo reprinted
from entirely new plates.
"An Introduction to the Poetical and Prose
Works ot John Milton , " by lllram Corson ,
LL.I ) . . professor of Kngllsh literature In
Cornell university , will be published at an '
early date by The Macmlllan Company. I
Mr. Max I'emberton has Just completed a '
new romance , "Fco , " which Is to run as a
serial In the Puritan. Messrs. Dodtl , Ulead
& Co. will publish In book form next month
his story "The Garden of Swords , " which
Is now appearing from month to month In
Munsey's Magazine.
The early spring output of the Now Amster
dam Dook company Includes Sir Charles
Dllko's work , "Tho British Empire , " oud
A. J. Cornish's volume concerning "Animals
of Today. " This Bamo liouso announces a
new edition of several of Poe's tales , Illus
trated by A. D. McCormlck , the llrst of
which to appear Is "A. Gordon Pym. "
Solomon's declaration that "there Is noth
ing now under the sun" Is exemplified In the
, translation of the Book of Ezoklel , the latest
volume In Prof. Paul Haupt's "Polychrome"
bible , which Dodd , Mead & Co , are bringing
out. It appears that the ancient Assyrians
had a method of Inflating skins , which cus
tom was the forerunner of the pnoumatlc
tire of today. '
The recent announcement by The Mac
mlllan Company that they have arranged
with Mr. Hamlln Garland to bring out a
revised edition of "Tho Rose ot Dutchcr's
i Coolly , Main Traveled Roads and Pralrlo
Folks , " together with his now book , "Tho
Trail of the Gold Seekers , " perhaps maybe
bo taken as an Indication that he Is to be
reckoned with as a permanent force in llt-
oraturo.
Mr. Robert P. Porter's Important book on
Cuba is promised some time next month ,
and will be regarded as a soml-olllclal state
ment of the Island and Its people as they
are today. Mr , Porter , backed with tha
authority of a special commissioner of the
president , possessed opportunities for Inquir
ing Into the Cuban situation which no other
man enjoyed , and his book ought to present
an accurate , plear and valuable picture.
It will be welcome news to a host of
readers to announce a complete edition in
English of the works of Alphonso Daudet ,
which will bo Illustrated by full-page photo
gravures made by Goupll from now designs
furnished by French artists. Brander Mat
thews Is writing a general introduction ,
while Katharine Prescott Wormeloy , who
made herself famous through rendering into
English the Roberts edition of Balzac , will
do the Tartarln series , and several othur
volumes. It Is hardly to bo doubted that if
this complete edition of the novels , roman
ces and literary reminiscences of Daudet
comes up to expectations It will have a very
I wide sale. The books will bo published in
I Boston by Messrs. Little , Brown & Co. , and
in New York by Croscup & Sterling com
pany.
MIGHT STRIKE IN HALF HOUR
Preparedness of Germany to Meet n Too
on the Rhino ,
VAST ARMY MARKING TIME AT METZ
CDtild Stnrt HO.OOO Men for ( lie I'rnn-
tlcr In Thirty Jllnutrn , 10IOOO ( In
Tnolve Hour * nml llulf n
.Illllloii In Three Dnyn.
As all the world knows , Metz and Sinus-
burg , the outposts of the German army ,
face watchfully toward the west , soys a
correspondent ot the London Mall. From
the gates of Metz the roads to Paris taper ,
through wall after wall of entrenchments , [
which end In the heights above the stricken
field of Qnxvolotte. Thence to the frontier |
of France Is only a short walk across the :
grave-cuv red ground , a walk that In the |
course of eome Investigations for the Dally t
Mall I have lately made. From Met ? to (
France Is Just ono long "glacis" unassall- i
able by the Invader. Above It rise the fho
great sentinel forts which surround Mots ,
and from the high ground on which these
stand you may clearly see , ilfteen miles to
your nest , Vorduui , the nearest French for
tress , the threat of France.
When you have 'been ' half an hour In
Motz and Strasburg you sco that jou are
In the entrenched camp of an army ready |
for war. Infantry , cavalry , artillery ami |
the rest of two complete army corps are i
all equipped as If for instant active service.
What General Leboeut untruthfully said of
Franco In 1S70 is true of Germany In 1S9D
"Not a shoelace is wanting. "
Touch the right button in Berlin , nnd In
half an hour 30,000 men will bo marching
from Metz , nnd within twelve hours 100,000
men the frontier Held force of Alsace-Lor
raine will bo crossing the border ; while the
system in accordance with which the rail
roads tap all the great cantonments of Ger
many , and then converge on to the frontier ,
will land 500,000 men near Metz In three
days. In a week 2,500,000 men will bo on
and 'boyoml ' the frontier ; In n week -1,000,000
Germans will 'be under arms.
In Metz nnd Strasburg stores nnd food
and fodder lie ready In the magazines , the
transport animals stand harnessed by the
wagons. All the appliances and munitions
of modern war are at hand , and would bo
on the road in a few minutes. When the
troops go "route marching" they carry with
thorn three days' food and three days' am
munition ; their clothes are In their knap
sacks. They can carry no moro la war. .
1 Oirpimlvo Slrntciry. '
I The strategy ot the great staff in Berlin
Is offensive. The German army Is ready
for attack. It Is merely marking time.
Metz and Strasburg are the Impregnable
"advanced bases" of the frontier force ,
which stands alert along the rim of France.
Thence it can launch itself across the bor
der , or stand and bar the way to Germany.
The German army is ready for defense ,
too. Metz and Strasburg are really nothing
| more than comfortable European "zarebas. "
, On three nldes ot both are the most per
fected of entrenched -works , andlng every
where In glacis , smooth and tended as a
lawn , gently sloping downwards towards
the -west ; while on the fourth side Is a river ;
and In reserve , In rear of iboth camps , Is
a third mobilized army corps across the
Rhino ; and In rear of that all the organized
resources of the Fatherland stand unobtru
sively ready. And , as a "zareba" Is lined
by the troopa defending it , so the garrisons
of Metz on-d Stra&burg line their allotted
parts of the entrenchments. The outeldo
circle of defense at Motz is a chain ot forts ,
some of them all but Invisible. These are
armed with none know how many ' heavy
guns for none may enter tout the great
staff Itself. This circle Is three miles from
the city , its center ; the forts arc about
three miles apart , and so the fire from each
would cover the epace which lice between
them. That Is to say , except you pass
through the iflre zone or smash one of the
links of the chain you can assuredly not
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enter to attack Met a Itself. Dnch fort
statute on a hill sloping smoothly ami gently
downwards towards France.
llefenic * tit Melr ,
No enemy cnn approach within four miles
of the chain of forts unless ho first demol
ishes the forts , and as these are dug from
the Inside of the hills and offer no brooder
target than the muzzle of their dins you
v.-lll conclude that Metz Is practically Im
pregnable. I Appronohftl one of these forts !
as close as a sentry would allow mo. The |
garrison of two regiments of Infantry nnd
one regiment of artjllery live In nn exca
vated barrack which Is entirely under
neath the surface of the ground and com
pletely hidden from view. Ai seen from '
the French side , nothing whatever shows
except ono long mound , from which protrude -
trudo io\\s of loopholes of various sizes.
Kvcn as Been from the roar you can get i
no moro Idea of what is within than you j
know what are the contents of tx coal mine '
when jtm have only stood nbo\o the shaft , |
All 1 know was that there , within the
earth , woi-o hidden nearly three thousand i
men \\th ! three thousand rifles and about
a 'hundred ' heavy guns not to speak of
machine guns. All I saw were mounds of
smooth , green earth , out of which stuck
the tips of the muzzles of their guns , point
ing westwards , nnd outside wall upon wall
of llanhlni ; entrenchments ( to meet the
emergency of Uio fort being turned ) , and
In rear of each fort mngrazlno after maga
zine of shells , each magazine .being cut out
of the earth Just llko nn Kgyptlnn tomb.
Supposing that you nro an imatlcr , and
that you have passed this chain of forts ,
you find yourself In n space of open ground
some two mllea broad. Kven then you
arc only on another glacis , for you nro
now within the lire-zone of the batteries
In the ilrst line of the entrenched works.
which Immediately surround the city Itself.
In the front line of these works nro , nt
Strasburx. the heavy slego guns ( I feared
to ask how many ; ) the gunners live within
thu earthworks themselves ; while on
cither flank and Immediately In the roar are
entrenchments and infantry linen ; In rear
again , moro entrenchments , and the lines
of cavalry and field artillery. Close to
each are their several magazines , which
contain all they need ; while In rear of all
I are the engineers , with their depot and
I "park , " 'the ' commissariat , and telegraph and
' hospital corps , with their depots , the artil
lery workshops.
; Slorclioiisr ,
In Strasburg lie the stores and Impedi
menta of two army corps for two years.
And thus , In the midst of the circle of
rifles and cannon , the civilian element
considerable at Strasburg , small at Mct7.
pursues its life ; the shopkeepers and
merchants go about their work In the old
French cities. But If you , among the shops
of Strasbuig , nro ever Inclined to deny that
you are In n camp of troops ready for instant
(
stant war , then walk far enough In any ono
direction and you will soon como up to the
gray and blue circle of soldiers In which
you are. The Gorman army is ready for
defence. It is merely marking time. In
the 'barracks , even In winter , every man Is
up nt 4 , and from dawn to sundown the
recruit of the first year is drilled and
drilled and drilled. From 6 to 12 It
Is .the . "goose-step" In various evolutions
singly , by fours , by sections , by companies ,
by battalion * . Hour aft.r hour It Is noth
ing but tup lalslng of h'gs ttll tlicnr > at
rlfrht angle * to hacks , otuct as posts , wlnlo
aulnlterus ami cnrntAlns direct , cerrtU ,
repeat do the work which our aubnltrrn.4
nnd onptalns loiuo to thflr drill wrftciiits
But Uio Gorman officers nro the Onll
sergeants of tholr army ; ihoy t > Hi * whaol
mailers of a people who o education Is
war ; the ptirtrdlnns ot n Germany \\ho.o
safety Is its military supremacy of n
country which la prepared for war because
it wants peace. In the Afternoon , from 1
to 6 , there Is an Incessant musical drill ,
( ho men , keeping tholr foot firm , sway thlr
bodlei backwards nnd forwards , or tn I. ft
nnd right , or else Uioy nilvnnra or retire on
tlptoo , or on all-fours , or they iloublo to
their front or ttl their roar. You wonder ,
ns you look , that no moro agreeable moan *
\ias \ as yet boon found In Germany by which
the bodily activity of Us soldiers and the
mobility of its military "units" can ho In-
crcasod. Those of moro thr.n a year's
service shoot at the butts , nnd shoot nml
shoot ngaln all the morning till tJiey linvo
attained n certain standard of markman-
ship In every poaslblo attitude ; or else thov
are drilled In less elementary formations ;
or clso Ihoy garrison the outpost forts.nd
In the evenings nil nro instructed by ths
non-commissioned otllcors out of the ofllrial
manual of Hold service : and thus till 9 ,
when the long day Is done.
And so the pront wnr-mnchlno Is kept
oiled nnd smooth-riinnliiR. nud the Gorman
'army ' marks tlmo. But jot , In spile of nil
j this , Met ? nnd StrnsburK convoy no throat ;
they Poem merely to bo loinlmlliiK tholr
I neighbor ( If what Is past ; thny socm merely
to bo n recognition ot French Instability.
1
they are just n proof that Gormnny cannot
forgot lllsmnrcU'B maxim : "Never trust
Franco. " The sword hangs over France ,
but It will bo the fault of the French them
selves alone If the thread which upholds it
Is cut.
XIMV IMuiNo III liiililm'r dims
CHICAGO , March 2Tho.o ! ) wns , \ now
development In the Ger.iJd Lnplncr kidnap
ing caw ) today. According to n Btntvriunt
undo by the boy's fnthor. Mm ln < ; ev ell ami
John Collins , the nllt-M'l nbilurlors. had nc-
compllcos in Chicago. ! t It r\ia I hat Gor.il I
was brought to Chicago last October nud a
propo. Illon mndu to t'irii him ovr-r to h'3 '
. parents upon the payment ot a heavy r.in-
I son , . It Ib claimed by Lnplnor that u prom-
11'UMil lawyer and thn mnn who R.IVO thu
I Lnpli.ci family the fir-r rl. w iu to the > lls-
nppcarnni.e of dir.ild on Decoration day hail
charge ot the Chlcn o end of t' o iios"tU-
tlon ? .
lnlior Sii ] > | ilv , IN Miori.
NB\V COMRIISTOWN. O. . Mnrch 2:1. : An
muiBiml condition prevails hoio In thnt suf-
llcloit men cannot bo secured by the local
manufacturers. The James 11. Clew { i- Sons
Pipe v/orks , the Novelty Brick and Tllo
works nnd the Huckhnnnon Coal compiny
are hiring everybody In the town win will
ocnspt work , and still they nro nimble tu
moot their demands. The business bema 'a '
most pronounced.
Trust lliMlllutrN SnK.
COLUMBUS. 0. . Mnrch 22. The Central
Trust company has brought suit In the
| United States court ngnlnst the Ohio Mining
and Manufacturing company to have a ro-
cclver appointed for the I'orry County Coal
company. It Is claimed that the company
owes the trust company $700,000 and Inter
est. The amount is secured by mortgage .
Soak your bicycle
lamps and chains in Pearline and hot water.
Lamps will give more light ; chains run
easier. Dirt's to blame when they bother you
and Pearline is death on dirt.
A little box or bottle of Pearline ought
to be in every tool-bag. Takes little or no
room ; is the best thing in the world
for mud or grease stains. cro
Millions Pearline °
OK OMAHA.
DRUGS.
902-906 Jackson Sf.
t. O. RICHARDSON , PrcaU
a F. WELLBR. V. Fr at.
. Bruce & Co.
Druggists and Stationery
"Qu D Bee" QpectaUlM.
Clyaro , Wines and I3randei ,
Ooraci t4tk tail Ilaraer > trt&
CREAMERY SUPPLIES
Creamery Machinery
and Supplies.
Pollen , Engines , Feed Cookers , Wood Pul >
leys. Shafting , Beltlnc , Butter Puck-
uses of all IcIndB.
W7-W3 Jones St. -
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
Electrical Supplies.
Kleotrlo Wiriner noils nnd Una LtyUtnn
Q. W , JOHNSTON , Urr. UIO Howard at.
von.
ELECTRIC LIGHT
and PO WER PLANTS
424- South 15th St.
HARDWARE.
Wholesale Hardware.
Bicycles and Sporting Goods , 1219-21-23 liar-
ney Street ,
HARNESS-SADDLERY.
Si Haney & Go.
, UAUULKO AND COiLAHt
Jolbcrt of leather , Saddlery Xrttfan , M j
Wo iollclt your order * . 1816 Howard Bt. I
BOILER AND SHEET IRON WORKS
SncccNNorn "VVlUoii UraUo.
Manufacturers boilers , smoke strults nnd
treechlnES , pressure , lendcrlnjr. Bherp dip ,
lard nnd.rator tanks , boiler tubes con
stantly on hand , second hand boilers
bought and sold. Special nnd prompt to
repairs in city or country. 19th and Pierce.
BOOTS-SHOES-RUBBERS ,
M'frs 1 Jobbers of Foot Wear
TTKSlEnN JlQENTSrOIl
Til * Joseph Bonigau Hubbor Co.
II Spragw ® ' 9
Rubbers and Mackintoshes.
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Boots , Shoes and Rubbers
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CARRIAGES.
Estab
lished ,
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j.U . -.auiiiitiu No HorEe Motion.
Get a Simpson Uuggy with Uio Atltlnaou
Spring best ana easiest rider in the world.
l-lOU-ll Uuduu titroet.
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Drotrer * nud manufacturer ! of all forma ol
Ctilccry Omaha-Fremont'O'Nelt.
DRV GOOD .
Importers and Jabbari of
Dry Goodft Furnishing
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