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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The Russian Church. which has
been in process of construction during
the last ten years on the Mount Of
Olives. is now finished
Five hundred students of Harvard
University recently assembled in the
Globe Theater. Boston, for a Sabbath
evening prayer-meeting.
Berlin has population of 1000.
600. only two per cent of which go tn
public worship. With nearly 400. 600
people in Hamburg, only 5000 at
tend service.
Sunday schools are growing in
favor and making their way in Italy.
Spain. Bohemis and other countries
where they have been. until quite re-
Gently, almost unknown.
The Universalist churches have
decreased lis per cent. since 1850;
the Unitarian churches have increased
SO per cent. As a question of fact the
Universalist and Unitarian churches.
relatively to evangelical progress. are
far in the rear.-Missionary Reriew.
One grand encouragement to eff
fort in foreign missions is the state
ment that 1.-THE idolatry of the world has
diminished more during the last fifty
years than in the thousand years pre-
ceding them" -Standard.
Thanks to the kindness and gcner-
osity of their young lady relatives or
friends, the rooms of some of the Har-
ward and Yale students are museums
of quaint and pretty things. and it is
their pride and boast that society homes
can not duplicate or initiate their dec
orations. Perhaps it is just as we'll
"A well-known lady of high posi-
ton in Lowell. Mass, called on the
treasurer of the fund for the proposed
French Protestant College and said
that she wished to contribute $500 for
the fund if the promise was made that
her name would never be revealed. The
promise was given and the money was
forthcoming.
"A novel idea is to be carried out at
Presbyterian church at Bethany. Pa.
at date set for celebrating the lifting
of its mortgage. Amock funeral serv-
ice is to be held and the mortgage is to
be solemnly cremated. amid the thanks
giving of the congregation. after which
the ashes are to be deposited in an urn
prepared for that purpose. A funeral
Grafton will be delivered and the pas
tor will recite a memorial! poem.
in the world. the PrOtestants. in
Guiding the Baptists, occupy over five
hundred separate mission fields. In
them they have more than twenty thou
sand mission stations. supplied with not
less than forty thousand mission
aries. One million communicates are
enrolled in congregations gathered
from among the heather. OF the
l. 433, 100000 that people the world.
1876. ZOO. 600 are nominal Christians.
1t is not long since Toxic and the
rest of Japan were thoroughly pagan.
Now we hear of great Christian re-
vival in that city. with no fewer than
five hundred conversions in a single
month. The whole city seems stirred.
and missionaries. native pastors and
even theological students are busy
gathering in the harvest. Everybody
is interested in Christianity. and no
body speaks against it. This is rev.
olution of itself -Indepe,sdenk
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-05
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

THE EMPRESS OF BRAZIL denOunces
the slaughter of birds for ornament.
Mrs. MARY a. LIvERMORE will he
in New England the rest of the season.
Mrs. j. ELLEN FOSTER is lecturing
in Iowa, on the Irish question, to large
audiences.
FRANCES E. WILLARD has gone to
Washington in the interests of pending
bills to secure better protection for
women. and the prohibition of liquor
in the District of Columbia.
Miss HANNAH TAGGART, OF North
cumberland, Pa, with her mothers as
sistance. dragged her unconscious
father from burning room. when 4
few seconds delay would have been
fatal.
Mrs. SARAH X. Bolton is engaged
upon new volume. to be entitled
Famous American Statesmen" 1t
will give short biographies of men who
have been prominent in the history OF
this country.
Mrs. JEANETTE THURBER, who pa
triotically sunk SO much money in the
American Opera. has given a musical
education to numbers of poor girls in
New York, and sent them to Europe
to complete their studies.
REV. FLORENCE E KoLLocK, pastor
of Englewood QlL) Universalist
Church, lately commemorated the
twelfth anniversary Of her entrance
upon the ministry. During her pas
tOrate, the society has increased from
fifteen members to two hundred.
Miss FLORENCE MENKMEYER, the
young pianist and composer over
| whom musical circles at Vienna are
going into raptures. is grandniece OF
Rubinstein. and a pupil of List Her
playing is said to be wonderful. and
she has already composed an opera.
She is only eighteen.
Miss MARY L. BooTH has translated
more than fifty works from the French.
She earns IS, COO year by her transla.
tons. in addition to her salary of
$1,000 as editor of Harper's Bazaar. 1t
is related that once. when Scribner was
in great hurry for Angenor de Gas
parin's Uprising of Great People. :"
Miss Booth translated the whole book
in five days.
Mrs CHRISTINA F. HALEY. of New
York, has made comfortable fortune
in a business rather unusual for a
wOman-the examination of inventions
and patent claims. She is described as
very quiet and retiring. and is said not
to look nearly old enough to be tho
mother of two grown sons. She is
chairman of one of the committees of
SOrosis.
LADY MACKENZIE has opened bon
| net shop in London. The family
property is in the Highlands. where
estates no longer pay the old-time
rents. lit is no use" says Lady
Mackenzie. in a lately published i'm
terview. "trying to shut out the truth
Socialism is making enormous
strides. unpleasant though it may be
to have to face it" Commenting on
this. the Christian Union says: "H
Socialism means such changes in con-
ditions that men and women who used
to live off other peoples industry must
now go to work and live off their own,
it is only another name for democracy,
or rather let us say for organic Chris
tianlty."
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-05
UNCOvERiNG THE SPHINX.
An Effort to Remove the Sand from Itl
Entire Body.

Entire Body.
An undertaking has been begun
which ought to yield results of special
interest. This is the removal of sand
from around the Sphinx. The Sphinx
occupies position where the en-
croachment of the desert is most con.
spicuous. At the present day nothing
is to be seen of the animal except its
head and neck; but the old Egyptian
monuments on which it is figured show
not only the entire body down to the
paws. but also large square plipth
beneath, covered with ornaments.
Since the time of the Greeks, perhaps
even since the reign Of George w..
this plinth has disappeared beneath
the sand. and its very existence had
been forgotten.
1t is generally supposed that the
Sphinx is hewn out of a large, isolated
rock, which overlooked the plain; but
M. Maspero's researches suggest that
it is a work still more stupendous. He
has proved that the Sphinx occupies
the center of an amphitheater. forming
a kind of rocky basin, the upper rim
of which is about on level with the
head of the animal The walls of this
amphitheater. whenever visible. are
cut by the hand of man. 1t seems
probable that in the beginning there
was a uniform surface of rock in which
an artificial valley has been excavated.
SO as to leave in the middle block out
of which the Sphinx was finally hewn.
The excavations now being carried on
will doubtless verify the existence OF
the plinth shown on the old paintings
and also furnish evidence, by the or.
namentation of the plinth. of the true
age of the monument NJ. Maspero is
inclined to assign to it very great
antiquity possibly higher than the
early dynasties-that is. than the first
period Of Egyptian history. As the re-
suit of last winters work. the sand
around the Sphinx has already been
lowered about thirty meiers.-London
academy.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-04-05

w. ID. HOwells is very painstak-
ing writer, often revising and rewriting
an entire chapter of the book ne has in
hand several times. One of his novels
is said to have been wholly rewritten.
He works steadily from nine in the
morning until one in the afternoon,
and is at leisure for the rest OF Tho
day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
FOUGHT IN EARNEST.
Police Obliged to Interfere in Broad.
sword Contest in New Haven.

Police Obliged to Interfere in Bread.
sword Contest in New Haven.
A dispatch of the 18th from New
Haven, Conn.,, says: The bgoadsword
contest at Hamilton Park this afternoon
between Brian Lynn, Of. this city, a
member of the Connecticut National
Guard and formerly a member of he
Prince of Wales Hussars and the Eypv-
tian Camel Corps, and Xavier Orlofski, of
the German Black Hussars, for 5000 a
side and gate receipts, developed SO
much bad blood that Chief of Police
Bollman stopped the fight. When Lynn
rode up and saluted Orlofski the latter
retaliated by giving Lynn bad cut
across the wrist. This made the crowd
very indignant and the police had hard
work to keep them from mobbing the
German. The contest proceeded in q
very exciting manner, the men slashing
RS if determined to disable each other.
The New Haven man had the better of
the fight and the score stood Lynn 8,
Orlofski 6. When the men came together
in the next bout Lynn greatly surprised
the German by unhorslng him. AT this
the latter became enraged and rushing
up to Lynn struck him across the sword
arm. The crowd then made break for
Orlofski and the police had lively time
to keep them off, finally stopping the
fight. After a long squabble between
the judges and contestants, the referee
decided the score to be Lynn 8 points,
Oriofski points. and ordered the fight
continued at some future time. Both
men are still claiming the gate money.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
MAY SUE FOR THE ASSETS.
Decision in the Matter Of the Chicago
Bank Failure.

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 16.-In the case of
the Traders Bank, which failed here a
few days ago, the court to-day allowed
the receiver to proceed in the courts
Of Newark, N. j., and New York City
for the recovery of drafts and other
paper belonging to the bank. There are
$1,000 worth of drafts in Newark, and
attachments have been begun in New
York City against about S5O, 900 of bank
assets, which equal the liabilities in that
CITY.
The receiver of the bank make par
tial report to the court this morning.
The assest are shown to be 1901 $50 and
the liabilities $S96,83S, but supple
mented paragraph says that this state
ment does not include $685.
600 bills receivable and ST, 600
checks which bear the Endorsement of
the bank and should 90 into its
liabilities. Mr.. Rutter's Indebtedness
to the bank was shown to be $l53. 1902,
and among the assets is note for $751;
600 made by Cashier Tallman, and also
an overdraft for $4,000 against ]. P.
Moriarity ''agent." For whom Moriarity
was agent does not appear. A number
of strange discrepancies were found in
the accounts
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
THEY ASK TOO MUCH.
Failure of the Governments Negotiation
With the Sioux.

Failure of the Governments Negotiations
With the Sioux
w AsIIINGToN, D. c., Oct. 20.-Gecretary
Villas said to-day that the Sioux chiefs
had formally notified him that they hac
rejected by large majority the propo-
sitions made by the President through
the Secretary last Wednesday. They
submitteda counter proposition agreeing
to accept $l.25 per acre, the money to
be paid at once. This proposition, the
secretary declared, could not for mo-
ment be entertained by the govern
ment. A small minority sigrifcd tLeir
willingness to accept the PROPOSE
tons. This concludes all negotiations
under the new law, which were
opened by the appointment of the
Sioux commission. The chiefs will be
pres ented to the President this after
noon, and will leave for their reeerva-
tons tomorrow. Secretary Villas ex-
pressed the opinion that one of the
principal reasons for the rejection o:
his propositions was due to the fact that
the execution of the law would break
up tribal relations, thus depriving the
chiefs of their present authority.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.
A Review of What Congress Did and
Did Not Do.

A Review of What Congress Did and
Did Not Do.
On Saturday, October 20, at l o'clock
the first session of the Fiftieth Congress
ended, the longest continuous session
in the history of nearly century of
congresses, having lasted 32l days. The
longest previous session ran 3U2 DAYS,
ending September 80. Apart from the
protracted but interesting discussion of
the tariff question in both houses,
and the unparalleled deadlock in the
consideration of the bill to refund
the direct tax, the session has been re-
markable in several ways, but in none
more than in the enormous number of
measures introduced in both branches of
Congress. In the Senate, 3,64l bills
and 1l6 JOINT resolutions were present.
ed, and in the House the record ran up
to the unequalled figures of Ii ,595 bills
and 230 joint resolutions, making a
grand total Of 1855 measures intro
duced in one session.
In the Senate 1884 measures were
reported back from committees and
placed on the calendar, a much larger
proportion than in the House, where
8,3O5 measures Of the total number of
i .82S introduced still slum Der in the
committee room.
Among the measures of public inter-
est that have become laws are the fol-
lowing: Relating to permissible marks
on mail matter; for the division Of the
Sioux reservation; for conference with
the South and Central American nations;
limiting the hours of letter carriers;
making Lieut.-Gcn. Sheridan general OF
the army; to establish department of
labor; for an international maratime con-
to rDp M a 70 X Il
road companies to maintain telegraph
lines; to prohibit the coming of Chinese
labOrerS to the United States; for the
establishment of rules in respect to the
s.. Marie and other canals; TO create
boards of arbitration to settle cOntrO-
versies between common carriers and
their employees; to prevent the return
Of Chinese laborers TO this country, and
changing the date of meeting of the
electoral college.
Among the bills which have failed to
become laws are the tariff bill postal
telegraph act to regulate Interstate
state commerce law; dependent pension
bill; bills for the admission of Washing
ton and Dakota territories; Blair's Edu-
cational bill; bill to increase the salary
of United States judge to 5000; to re-
peal the presumption, timber culture
and desert land acts; the North
ern Pacific Railway bill; forfeit
ing all unearned railroad grants;
various bills for the abolition
of trusts; bill to refund direct taxes;
bin to prevent differentiation of i'm
ports: to incorporate the Nicaragua
Canal; to reimburse the deposi,ors in
the Freedman's Bank; to authorize the
purchase OF bonds under certain cir
cumstances; to provide for the pay
ment of Indian depreciation claims 10
create the executive department Of ag-
riculture; for the establishment of an
international copyright: for coast de-
lenses, and providing for the eleventh
census. All these measures have passed
one house or the other and several of
them have passed both houses, but
have not yet been signed by the Presi-
dent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24

TROUBLE ON THE GRIPS.
The New Men on the Chicago Lines Brea
the Cables.

The New Men ON the Chicago Lines Break
the Cables.
Much surprise and dissatisfaction was
expressed by the cable-car men of the
North Chicago Division when they re-
ported for duty on the 10th, and were
informed that the grip cars were there
after to be run by new men, hired dur
ing the late strike. The old employees
were allowed to run the grip cars the
previous day, and they supposed
that they would continue to do
so. The new grip men are mostly
from Kansas City. BY this arrangement
about 100 of the old men found them
selves with nothing to do. The super
intendent informed them that the new
men would continue to run the grips,
and that the old men who were dis
placed would be distributed among the
various horse car lines. The grip cars
were guarded by police, but no violence
was offered to the new men.
The inexper ence of the new grip men
resulted in the cables being broken in
several places. Twenty cars were stalled
in the La Sale Street tunnel, and just
when traffic is usually heaviest. riot
occurred at North Avenue and Halsted
Street. Two horse cars driven by new
men were showered with rocks and
nearly demolished by the angry crowds
on the sidewalks. Only the arrival OF a
patrol wagon saved the imported car
men from being stoned to death within
the cars, where they had taken refuge.
Quite a numDer of passengers were hurt
by flying missiles before escaping from
proximity to the hated new men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
BAD WEATHER.
Twenty seven New Cases and Four Deaths
at Jacksonville

at Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 21.-The
weather is decidedly cooler with pros
pect for rain. The change from yester-
day is said by physicians to auger i'll
for the sick, and is likely to induce new
sickness. The churches were generally
open for service to-day, the first
time in many weeks, and the
attendance was good. Early in
the epidemic the Board of
Health officially discouraged. gatherings
of people, fearing the spread of infec-
ton by this means. Since then the in
lection has become general, and people
have lost all fear of the disease by ming
ling together. DR.. Porter is tonight in
receipt Of telegram from Surgeon
says he is unwilling to assume the re-
sponsibility of entering private dwell
ings, destroying property and promis-
ing bursement therefor without
first consulting with the executive
branch OF the government. He will
hold an interview with the President
Cleveland tomorrow, learn his views on
the subject and communicat e,with DR..
Porter forthwith. The last two days
have witnessed a decided increase in
the number of new cases and to-day 8
death record is not very encourag cling.
DIR. Neal Mitchell, president of the
board of health, reports q new cases up
to P. NJ. to-day; deaths, 4. Total cases
to date, 1885; total deaths, 331. OF the
new cases to-day s are white and 10 col
ored.
DECATUR, Ala, Oct 2l.-One new
case. a colored. woman. Mr.. Ed. Young
died last night; Mrs. Woodbridge dying,
Miss Parker dangerously sick. We had
a good frost last night, enough, I think,
deaths. I do not advise our refugees to
return yet to old Decatur. / think is is
safe for them to return to new Decatur.
There rs no longer any excuse for quar-
anti0o aOainSt nc
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
FREDERJCK'S MAUSOLEUM.
The Foundation Laid-Berlins' Tribute
to His Memory.

The foundation stone of the maus
leum of Emperor Frederick at Potsdar
was laid on the 18th in the presence O.
the empress, the Dowager Empress
Victoria and her daughters, the Duke
of Spana and others. Prince Frederick
Leopold, of SAKE Meiningen, read an
address on the objects of the memorial.
The municipal authorities presented to
Empress Frederick an address stating
that in grateful recognition OF Emperor
Frederick's efforts to develop the
capital of the empire, the people de-
sired to found an institute to perpetuate
his memory. and that s25, 900 would be
granted for this purpose. The precise
objects of the proposed institute would
be left to the discretion of the Empress,
the noble partner of Emperor Freder-
ick in his efforts for the peoples welfare
and enlightenment, and they were con-
fdent that she was best fitted to carry
out the Emperor's wishes The En-
press appeared deeply moved, and ex
pressed her heartfelt thanks and said
she would do her utmost to make the
institute useful
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24

MAUCH CHUNK, Pa, Oct. 16.-News of
another wreck on the Lehigh Valley
road has just been received at this city
by JOS. J. Blakeslee, superintendent of
the Mahanoy Division. A Pennsylvania
freight train ran into Lehigh Valley
gravel train on that division at s 80
O'Clock this morning, killing six persons
outright and injuring over twenty.
A construction train was unloading
ties at Tamand siding, near Lost Creek,
on the Pottsvile branch, when a fast
Pennsylvania freight came along and
dashed into the stiuction cars.
Of forty Hungarians who were at work
unloading ties, six were killed outright
ana twenty-six were injured. A brake
man on the Pennsylvania train was
killed outright. Twenty of the freight
cars were wrecked.
1t was three hours before help could
be procured. and during that time the
injured lost SO much blood that it is
feared many OF them will die. A special
train carrying physicians arrived three
hours after the accident, and the men
went to work dressing the wounds of
the injured.
The killed were horribly mangled.
One man was cut into a dozen pieces
and his remains were placed in a tool
box. The names of but four of the dead
Hungarians have been ascertained AS
follows: Joseph Lovenski, Mike Cath
licki, Ludwig Pike and John Levinki.
The other dead went by numbers. The
brakeman's name.is unknown.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. 16.-The fol-
lowing official report Of this mornings
accident has been received at the Le-
high Valley main office here: Lehigh
Valley engine 391 with construction
train was run into by Pennsylvania
Railroad engine, No. 1918, with
fast freight. at Tamand siding.
Six men were instantly killed
and twenty-six men injured, the
most of them fatally. The con-
struction train had gravel cars ahead of
the engine and the Pennsylvania Rail-
road train struck them. The killed and
injure men were all upon the gravel
train except one Pennsylvania Railroad
employe who was killed on his own
train. The dead and injured are all
Hungarians except one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
More Railroad Lines.

The Salt Lake Valley & Eastern, Fort
Wyoming & Eastern and Nebraska &
Western Railway Companies have just
completed filing OF mortgages in the Va
rious counties of Utah, Wyoming and
Nebraska through which the respective
lines pass These mortgages are to the
Mania tan Trust Company. of New
York. and provide for the issuance
of bonds limited to $4,000 per mile, to
run forty years at 5 per cent. interest.
The lines OF these companies constitute
a through route from the Missouri River
at Sioux City to Salt Lake City. The
syndicate backing the road intends TO
complete the entire line of $50 miles
within the next two years. This will be
the shortest ansnOntinental route and
cheapest to construct and operate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-24
KNEW EE WOULD DIE.
Remarkable PreSentiment of Wei
known Pittsburg Dentist.

Remarkable Presentiment of d Well
known Pittsburg Dentist.
DR.. John Scott, an old and well-known
dentist, Of Pittsburg, died on the Fort
Wayne express train on the 10Th, while
en- route home from Chicago. He was
attacked with a hemorrhage of the
lungs in Chicago, but recovered sufii-
GENTLY to start for home. On the
train he grew respondent and
finally told his fellow passengers that
he had a presentiment that he was
going to die. He was so confident of
this, that he had the conductor forward
two kilograms to relatives informing
them Of his death on the train. Two
he was seized with another hernorr-
hage, and in five minutes he was dead.
His wife, who was with him, took
charge of the remains and took them
on to Pittsburg.