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Mt. Pleasant Rumors.
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Good sleighing weather.
Boys where are all of your SledS?
Riley Page and his canine succeed
ed in capturing over 30 jackrabbitS
during the snow.
Grin Joseph made business trip to
Ellis in his sled last Wednesday.
John Altman is purchasing feed and
hauling it to his stock this week.
Rhine & Co. drove their cattle from
the Nelson farm to their place last
Wednesday,
Chester Westover and Charles Ady
are digging well for E. WeStover on
his school land.
Mrs. Mary Greer was visiting at
Mrs. Emma Hayes the latter part of
this week.
Elmer Scott returned home from
Ne raSka last week and another
brother is expected home from Mis-
souri, the first proX.
The spelling school at Riverside
was in attendance and general good
time was had. Mrs. Lydia Joseph was
the champion as best SpelleT of the
entire house.
The Sunday school and league at
Mt. Pleasant was not very we'll at
tended on account of bad weather.
Starrett, of McCracken, came into
our vicinity this week and drove for
ty head of his cattle which Arch
Hayes was wintering to Rush county,
starting with them on Thursday, the
9th inst.
A literary society was organized at
Mt. Pleasant last week. We under
stand that they meet every Saturday
night. a cordial invitation is eX.
tended to all and general good time
is expected. Your scribe tenders tC
them her best wishes. May the good
work go on.
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SCHOOL REPORTS.

Report of school in district 10 for month
ending January Fl:
Total enrolment, 16.
Mum Der of days taught 20.
Daily attendance. IA $50
Pupils neither tardy nor absent: Glen
Hinshaw. Ethel HinShaw.
Pupils tardy but absent: Bessie Court
right. Beulah COPYRIGHT. Lucy COurtright.
Tacy Peacock Alice Peacock, Irene Peacock
Frank Taylor. John Peacock. Moses Peacock.
MRS. STELLA COX, Teacher
Report of school in district II for month
ending January IA:
Total enrolment, Is.
Daily average attendance, 10 Ii.
Not absent, s.
Not tardy, 10.
Cases of hardness, 8.
Neither absent nor tardy: John Ivan, Bar
bara Ivan, Louis Ivan, Roy Tidball.
Those making 100 in department: John
Ivan. James Tidball. Barbara Ivan. Roy
Tidball. Walter Atkin, Brownhill Tidball-
EFFIE ATKIN. Teacher.
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AAO oAA Oil hO NANA
but failed. We called
several physicians but
the SpasmS continued,
her tongue became
partially p3ralyzed
and the doctors said
she would never talk
again. Night ard day
we watched the poor
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
b HAUL.

Sheriff f. T
ed word from the
rizona, TO the eff
kptured John E
IS wkho recently es-
amento jail. The
iona writes that he ex-
ets SOC re Taylor, Burke's
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
DIsARM1NG NEGROES.

Washington. Nov 1O.-The preserva-
ton of order is practically vested in
the committee of twenty-five, who are
now trying to restore order. quiet the
situation and hold in check the reck-
less element among the whites. A
rapid-fire machine gun on wagon.
manned by a crew armed with Win
chesters, was brought down in front of
the postofrice but on advice of the
leaders was halted there. Soon after
II o'clock word was brought that re
Inducements were needed in the negro
sections of Brooklyn. The men were
sent. Twenty minutes later the news
came that there had been collision be-
tween the whites and blacks and that
blood had been shed. As result of
the trouble at Brooklyn. 1t is believed
that the number of negroes who had
been killed will number four. A white
man named Mayo, who was shot IL
the stomach, has since died. Another
white man was hurt. The situation is
quiet at the scene of trouble now. The
negroes have gone into their houses
Squads of men are now hating all th'
negroes on the streets and taking theii
pistols from them wherever found.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
THE PRINCE OF WALES.

London. Nov. 0.-Throughout Eng
land. Scotland and Wales. and in the
loyal sections of Ireland, the bells are
ringing merrily today and flags are
futtering in the breeze in celebration
of the fifty-seventh birthday of the
Prince of Wales. His royal highneSs.
because of his physicians orders, is
not spending the day in town and as Il
consequence was obliged to forego his
customary birthday visit to the Army
and Navy club. Instead he IS spend
ing the day quietly at Sandringham
where there is a grand family reunion.
The Princess of Wales is back from
Copenhagen, the Princess Charles of
Denmark returned with her, the
Duchess of Fife Joined the family
party and the Duke and Duchess of
York and their children were also
among those present. In the kilograms
of congratulation that poured in upon
the prince this morning. all the crown
ed heads of Europe. President Faure
of the French republic. and the numer-
Gus ambassadors of Great Britain to
the foreign powers, were represented
The government signalized today the
anniversary of the birth of the Prince
of Wales by putting into operation the
new imperial penny postage. The new
regulations provide for the introduce
ton of 2-cent postage between the diff
ferent portions of the British empire.
and another result is the reduction in
the Canadian postal rate from three
to two cents. 1t is thought that the
reduction will cause a big deficit in
the receipts of the postoTice depart
ment, but this is to be partially offset
by the refmposftfon of postage on news
papers which are now carried free
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.

New York, Nov. 9:-Never since the
organization of the Society of Naval Ar
chitects and Marine Engineers. have
the proceedings of its annual conven-
tons attracted the attention which at
taehes TO its present meeting. which
opened in this city to-day. The reason
is found in the fact that the society
will discuss impartially and without
prejudice many important facts in ma
val architecture brought to light in the
recent war. Among the papers to be
read during the three days sessions
are the following: Torpedo boat de-
stroyers for sea service, with special
reference to the conditions that prevail
on the Pacific Coast" by G. w. Dickie
manager of the Union Iron Works,
San Francisco; "Bilge keels and roll
ing experiments .. S. S. Oregon" by
Assistant Naval Constructor, Law
renee Spear, g. s. ~, Seattle. Wash
ington: Portable Pneumatic riveters
in shipbuilding." nv w. I. Babcock,
Mana ger Chicago Shipbuilding Com
pany. Chicago. DESIGNS of the new
vessel for the United States Navy, by
Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn. Q.
S. N. stability of battleship under
damaged couditious", by Professor
Cecil III. Pea body. Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
OUR HAWAIIAN TROOPS.

San Francisco, Nov. 10.-The steame1
Australia brings the following ad-
vices TO the Associated Press, from
Honolulu under date of November 2:
The sickness among the soldiers in
camp here is increasing. New cases
are of almost hourly occurrence. Ty-
phoid is rampant The military hos
pital Is crowded. Nursing force is en-
tirely inadequate to the demands made
upon 1T. Since, August %. Is soldiers
have succumbed ITO various diseases,
typhoid carrying off seven.
Last evening there We're no less than
POS New Workers. on the sick list. Every
effort is being made to place The camp
in sanitary conditions. The }troopships
Valencia and Senator sailed yesterday
afternoon and the Arizona, which has
been delayed here on account of an ac-
cident to her water tank, will sail Sun
day for Manila. Captain Barnesson,
of the Arizona, has resigned his COM
mand and gone to Seattle. First Off
Ger G. w. Ames succeeds him. General
King has been confined to his room
for several days, suffering from the eff
fects of a vaccination wound. There
is fear of blood poisoning
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
ToMoRRow's PROGRAM.

Washington, Nov. 7-voters of all ex-
cept vthree of the forty-five states.
Maine. Vermont and Oregon, will go to
Athe polls tomorrw. Forty-two states
will elect congressman. In Ala 5ama,
Arknnsas. Georgia. Kentucky. Louis
3ana,-NIary1and. Mississippi, Mort Caro-
lima, Rhode Island, Virginia and West
Virginia, only congressman are to be
chosen. Twenty-three states elect
legislatures which will name United
States Senators. These are California,
Connecticut. Florida. Delaware. Indi-
ana. Massachusetts, Michigan, Mime
sofa. Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Jersey, New York. North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
Texas. Utah, Washington, Wisconsin,
and West Virginia.
The following states are to select a
governor and state officers: Califor-
mia, Colorado. Connecticut, Idaho, Kan
sas, Michigan. Minnesota. Nebraska,
New Jersey. New York. Nevada. New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, North Da-
kota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. Others, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa. Florida, Delaware. Missouri,
Montana, Ohio, Utah and Washington,
will vote for treasurer, auditor or other
minor state officials.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
MISSOURI Y.M.C.A.

Kansas City, Nov. 1O.-Between 200
and 800 debates have arrived for the
twenty-second annual convention of
the Young Mems Christian Association
OF Missouri which will be formally
opened this evening with welcoming
meeting in the First Baptist church.
The present gathering will be notable
for the large number of prominent re-
ligious workers from other states who
will take part Among the noted Wis
itors already arrived are John w. Han
sci, general secretary of the Secretar
ial institute in Chicago; Secretary Will
lis. of the Omaha association; G. S
Ward, of Minneapolis; E. L. Hamil-
ton. International secretary of railroad
work; w. H. Black. president of the
Missouri valley university: DIR. Boyd.
of Evanston. Ill. and H. W. Rose. OF
the University of Michigan. The coll
vention will be in session until Sunday
night.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
MORE RIOTS AT PANA.

Pana, His. Nov. 10.-William Lynch,
who was employed by the Pana coal
company up to the time of the strike.
was shot by the negroes and ran into
his house. Then they shot at the
house of widow by the name of Mrs.
Mcintyre, who was taking care of her
sick daughter. Fortunately nobody
was hit The negroes in the vicinity
known as Flat Ham district. came
running out and began to shoot in ali
directions. They kept the shooting up
until soldiers arrived upon the scene.
When the shooting began many wo-
men and children ran to Captain But
Ter. of Company B, for protection.
Things are in such state that it is
dangerous for anyone to go out in the
mining district at night. The citizens
say if something is not done before
long there viii be an outbreak and
every negro and operator Will be killed.
It is impossible to arrest any of the
negroes. 1,
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10

force of metTOIJ0i9 -
necessary to keep in check the I'M
mense crowds which lined the route of
the procession. The line of march was
considerable shorter than usual. Leav-
ing the Guildhall yard. the procession
proceeded along Graham Street and
Princes Street and thence across the
space in front ofthe Mansion house in
to King William Street Stopping
short of London Bridge. the procession
turned and repassed the business
premises occupied by the big firm Of
Moore Brothers, of which the new
Lord Mayor is a member. The return
was made as usual by way of the Vic
toria Embankment.
A striking evidence of the military
spirit now rampant among all classes
was shown by wildly enthusiastic ap-
plause with which the troops and the
floats illustra ting Lord Kichenor's vic
tory in the Soudan were greeted all
along the route. Another spectacular
feature of the procession which came
in for much applause, was the float al
legorica1ly representing the much dis
cussed Anglo-Saxou union Britannia
and Columbia. the central figures,
being surrounded by the British colo
MES.
AZ lllt Ia W COuItS koll IL hiiAE''.
the retiring Lord Mayor extended greet
ing to his successor, who. attired in
full civic robes. preceded by the recor-
der and other civic functionaries. pro-
ceeded to the court of the Lord Chief
Justice. where he was received by the
judges. attired in scarlet robes and
cooked hats There the usual pre-
scribed coul-tesies were exchanged. fol
lowing which the procession wended
its way to the court of appeals to be
received by the master of the rolls and
the appeal judges.
The return TO theGuildha1l was via
the strand. Charing Gross, the Victoria
Embankment and Queen Victoria st.
This portion of the route was elabo-
rately decorated with flags, bunting.
and Venetian masts from many of
which fioated the Stars and Stripes.
Another noticeable fact was the en-
thusiasm displayed by the crowds
whenever the bands played the pop
ular American airs. Considerable re-
gret is expressed in official circles
that the United States has no ambass-
ader in England to speak at the Guild
hall banquet this evening
Lord Mayor Moore is the head of the
great tea firm of Moore Brothers and
has been in public office since 1870
when he entered the common council
He was sheriff of London in 1894. and
and in that year was raised to the
knighthood for his distinguished serv-
ices in connection With the Tower
bridge During his term as Lord
Mayor his daughter. Mrs. John
King Farlow. will act as Mayor
ess. as Sir John himself is a wild
Ower Although he has already passed
the allotted three score and ten years
of life. he is hale and hearty and IS
thoroughly capable of giving the great
metropolis a sound administration as
its chief officer
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
THE WORLD BY WIRE.
DISASTER AT THE CAPITAL.

Washington, Nov. 7-Th& big can't
toi building was the scen& of wreck
ana hesitation today, follow an ex-
piosion and fire which wrought serious
havoc last night. The engines and
nremen have gone and il their place
d small army of workmeD are carrying
Oh the debris of brick and mortar,
Snarred woodwork, soaked and half
burned official papers and documents
Whlcn nave been heaped in confusion
~ me basement and endorsement
unuer the quarters occupied by the
Cn.ted States Supreme court. An ex-
summation of the court room showed
tnat the damage was confined to dis
colored walls and ceilings and soaked
carpets. No substantial damage has
oeen done. The rooms beneath, occu-
Pied by the justices, were uninjured
ana even briefs and papers left by
some of the justices under paper
weights, remained undisturbed. But
While the fire had made no progress
mere, some smoke and water had left
this chamber, which has long been re-
garded as a model of classic beauty,
IN sorry condition.
The windows and sashes of the old
colonial windows fanking the bench
are in ruins. The frescoed ceilings
which have recently been done over,
are blurred and spotted, carpets and
oraperies are soaked, while the whole
cnalnher has the damp, smoked aspect
usually following a fire. The personal
eHecrs of the justices, the robes, etc,
were found to be uninjured.
The main loss of the court was in the
marshars office and in n storage room
where valuable old records are kept.
The extent of this last loss is not vet
exactly determined but the court Off
Gals expect to make a critical examin-
alton during the day.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
PURITY CONGRESS.

ST Paul, MINI, Nov 9.-The fourth
National Purity Congress Under the
auspices of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, began its sessions
this morning in the Plymouth Congre-
Sational church. and will continue in
session two days. Besides the many
temperance women here for the open
ing of the W.C.T.U. convention Friday
social reformers from all parts of the
country are present as delegates. most
of them with papers on educat ional
work, rescue work and kindred sub
jccts. which they will read during the
sessions Among these are Mother
Prindle, Mrs. ]. II. Kenog. of Battle
Greek. Michigan. Mrs. Charlotte Ed
holm. superintendent of Florence
Crittenton work and Mrs. Mabel L..
Conklin, of Brooklyn. Two sessions
were held today. presided over by Mrs.
Mary Wood-Auen. of Ann Arbor, Mich
igan-
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
CREEK RIOTS

Euha, 1. T., NovE 1O--It is. known
here that there has been fighting at
Okmulgee. the capital of the Greek ma
ton, where the council met on Tues
day. For forty-eight hours rumers of
trouble have been drifting from Ok
mulgee which is forty miles off the
railroad and without telephone and tel
egraph service. 1t is known, however,
that full bloods made an attack on the
treaty leaders at Okmulgee and at
least one man has been killed and
seven or eight wounded. All the In
dian police at Agent Wisdom's dispostl
have been ordered to Okmulgee and
the soldiers will follow. The white
people feel able to take care of them
selves. Their only fear is for the half
breeds, who voted for the treaty.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
WISCONSIN woA1ENs' CLUBS
Second Annual Meeting of the State
Federation.

La Crosse, Wis. Nov 9:-The promises
of the local committee to make the sec
ond annual convention of the Wiscon-
sin State Federation of Womens'
Clubs. one of the largest gatherings of
club women. ever held in the north
west, were fulfilled this morning when
the capacity of the First Methodist
Church was taxed to the utmost at the
formal opening More than fifty clubs
in different parts of the state were rep
resented by delegates. Prominent
among the participants are Miss Jane
Adams of Hull House, Chicago; Mrs
Ide of Milwaukee. Mrs Robert A. La
Toilette of Madison, Miss Rose Swart
of the Oshkosh Normal School, the first
president of the fedora tionn; Miss
Saunders of Ripon College. and Miss
L. E. Stearns of Milwaukee. Elabo-
rate arrangements have been complet-
ed for the reception rorbe given TO the
delegates and distinguished visitors
this evening at Pasadena. the country
home of Mrs. Robert A Scott under
whose direction and management the
local arrangements for the convention
were made.
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10
A FRENCH HOPE

Paris. Nov. THE Eclaire today. af-
ter reproducing all six articles of the
peace protocol, says:
at is to be hoped that the United
States will not maintain their first
pretentions in regard to the Philippine
Islands. 1t is one, however, which in
terests Spain only, but Germany from
time to time allows it to be thought
that she is not Indifferent to the fate
of the islands and the possibility of in
reference from the powers will per-
haps cause America to be less exact
ing"
Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-11-10

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