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NO Jury WOULD CONVICT.
Colorado sheriff Objects to Proceedings
r-lEF -. lu.f &I,a i ,,nn.,ar, o.

Colorado Sheriff Objects to Proceedings
Against the Lynchers.
Denver, Col, Nov. 2s.-The Rocky
Mountain News today prints a reply
from Sheriff Freeman of Lincoln coun-
" to the letter of District Attorney Nc
Allister Of Colorado Springs concerning
The prosecution of persons who burned
the negro rapist and murderer, Porter,
at the stake at Limon. After telling
how he was influenced into taking
Porter ron Denver to Ltn1on upon the
assurance CT leading citizens of Lin
coin county that he would be allowed
to pass through Limon unrnolested to
Hugo, where he would be permitted to
place Porter in the county jail, Free
a declares that 1t would be impossi-
Bile to get a jury In Lincoln or any
other adjoining county that would con
Wet any one charged with participa-
ton in the burning of Porter. He con-
cludes as follows:
Il do not Justify the cremation. but I
do object to having you and Governor
Thomas saddle the blame of this burn
ing on me, and Viii not involve Lin
coin county in needless and .ruitiess
litigation against Its own citizens or
give additional advertisement to the
state OF Colorado for the sole purpose
of making, as 1t seems to ME, political
capital for somebody. i want to add
that politics cut no ice in this affair.
While Lincoln county is a republican
county, the men who participated In
the lynching were representatives Of all
political parties. When 1T comes to ad-
ministering death to a brute who first
rapes a child and hen stabs and kicks
her to death. ! take 1t true Americans
lose sight of mere politics and remem-
Der nj that they are fathers inc
brothers. 1t seems to me we had better
let this episode rest where 1t now is.
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BisH1P FOTTER'S CRUSADE.
Calls for II Vigilance Committee OF s5 900
to Crush Vice.

Calls for u Vigilance Committee OF 70 1000
to Crush Vice.
New York; Nov. 2T.-T3ishop Henry;
G Potter delivered an address on.God
and the City before an audience OF
$500 persons in St.Pauis chapel, In
which he suggested the organization
of a vigilance committee of Is. 600 re-.
formers to cleanse the city of vice. He
favored a central committee of three
or iSe men, under whose orders the
public committee should act. The
bishop spoke in part as follows:
II in New York tomorrow there could be
organized a vigilance committee suc.,ssas
was in San Francisco. of $500 men
pledged by night and by day, when their
business and their opportunities gave
them the freedom for II, to see for them
ten with the sorrow of that little victim
of s years who was picked up in the street
the other day III broad daylight and raw
ished by u brute who had lived here,
would such things be possible In a God
fearing community?
mo, men and brethren. not you and 1
and stood where God calls us to stand to.
day. Ard .:en, linallNS we must have not
only vigilance, but persistence:
We shall not redeem New York. men
and brethren, by emotions. we shall not
redeem ittby denunciations; we Shall not
redeem II by pessimistic temper that
Its back upon 1t. There are burning with
zeal and enthusiasm &andGa high purpose
multitudes of men and women they are
OF different religions; they must forget
that. they are of different Municipalities;
they must forget that; they are N diner
5ent political parties: most OF all,
they must forget that, and II, having
reached that point, we could lind three or
live men whom all of us trusted and be-
siieyed In there are hundreds OF them),g
and say to these three or five men, Now,
where yuu want me to tand. what reia-
ton YOU want our parry. our church, our
organization, to- bear To he ibetterlnent of
York; We Will trust your judgments
we will follow4yonr lead and The work
Is done, and ext to that in this service
5of the enlightened soul, we want svts1-
lance.
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OPPOSE FRYE-PAYNE BILL.
,hicago Commercial Club Against Shin

Chicago Commercial Club Against Shin
Subsidy Measure.
Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Merchant marine In
~terests were discussed by the CONNER.
cial club at its banquet at the Auditorium
hotel. The I'rye-Payie subsidy bill, which
is expected to be introduced early In the
next congress-, was criticized by the
speakers as n measure designed To pro-
mote the interests OF u limited number OF
companies.
President w. J. Chalmers presented tho
subject to the club with q review of ma
statistics illustrative OF the decline
of the American merchant marine. hen
ry W. Peabody, of Boston, with large
interests in transoceanic trade, who has
been active in efforts to secure a revision
OF Fry,e-Payne bill, analysed the fea-
cred detrimental to the general interests
of the merchant ~
In substitution of the subsidy bill he,
of President Mckinley and Secretary.
Gage as made twice to congress-. Tie bill.
he said, was supposed to represent the
claredit was widely divergent from What
the president desired. The objection toll,
he claimed. aside from the fact that ii
tee on promotion and favored six compa-s
MES, was that 1t did M guard the own-
esship ofaths vessels and insist, that
after they. had heen registered. a
This bill is not m the interests of the.
country Mt large. said he. 1T does not
represent the wishes of the admfnistras
ton, as 1t has been claimed. 1t repre-
sents the interests OF the committee on
promotion. I'll becomes a law there can
be no hope for the American merchant
marine for twenty years to come,
Mr.. Peabody advised enactment into n.
law Of the presidents suggestion that a
certain number of foreign-bnilt vessels be.
permitted to- come under the American
flag n be registered as American vcs-
sells upon the provision thnt an equal
number of tons. be constructed manner
lean ~shipyarda by the companies making
the foreign purchases %
.If the members Of this club Will him
well enough OF the recommendation To
endorse IT. he said. ut may encourage
agatT, as II q twice In the past.
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TO HOLD TWO CONVENTIONS.
nrado SnrIncA GINNING Year.

Irrigationlsts to Meet in Buffalo and Col
orado Springs Coming Year.
Chicago. Nov. 27.-The ninth Nation
al Irrigation congress decided to hold
two congresses next yeal the first at
Colorado Springs. either just before or
dust after the Transnississippi con-
cress, and the second at Buffalo noe
tober, during the Pan-American expo
sition in that city. Thomas II. Walsh
of Colorado, The new president of the
congress. made an address,, in which
,he urged that the Size of farms be re-
'duced and that the workingmen lie
given opportunity to obtain homes.
The committee on resolutions report
ed the following. which We're adopted:
We hail with satisfaction the fact
that both of h great political parties
of the nation in their platforms in the
last campaign declared In favor OF the
reclamation&of "arid America" iii order
that settlers. might build homes on the
public domain and to that end we urge
upon congress that national appropria-
tons commensurate with the msgni-
tude OF the problem should be made
for the preservation of the forests and
the demonstration of dense arid lands
ns natural storage reservoirs, and for
the construction by the national gov
eminent, as part of IT'S policy of inter-
nal improvement. Of storage reservoirs
s2d other works of Hood protection and
to save for us. in aid of navigation and
irrigation, the waters which now run
to waste, and for the development OF
artesian and s~ubterranean sources OF
water supply.
TIL water of all streams should for
ever remain subject to the public con-
troll. The right tt the use of water for
irrigation should inhere in the land ir-
rigated and beneficial use be. the basis
of his measure and h limit Of the
right.
I'VE commend the efficient work of
the various bureaus of the national
government in the investigation of the
physical and legal problems and other
conditions relating to irrigation and In
promoting the adoption of more effect
i've laws. customs and methods Of irri-
gated agriculture and urge upon con-
gress the necessity of providing lib
eral appropriations for this important
work.
necessary to store the floods should be
1.-THE work of rebuilding reservoirs
done directly by the government under
existing statutes relating to the em-.
ployment of labor and hours of work
and under laws that will give to all
American citizens a fair and1eaual. OPP
portunuyt tt get, first, employment and
then a home OF the land"
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sL,alAialrY OF surERlSrEsDssr,
Has Arisen In Yankton and Othe

.& t. Of OAkOtA.
II Pierre, s.. D., Nov. ga controversy
has been raised in yanktona county con
corning the e.is Utility of Y. 3. Williams.
lately elected county superintendent on
the republican ticket. His opponents
raise the point hat he, has had no state
certificate for one year prior to his cleo
ton. as required by law. The records
Of the state superintendent show Will
ialns was granted a state certificate on
June 16, 1900. This would make him
short of the necessary time required by.
law, but the department of education
holds that he is still not disqualified, as
the law permits the holder of a first
grade certificate to be county superin-
tendent of schools. A great deal Of
controversy has arisen in the state res
lating to the eligibility of county SUI
perintendents under this provision OF
the statute, N the case Of Mrs. Kings
bury, wife of the late superintendent
Kingsbury of McCook county, who de-
sired to be appointed after the death
OF her husband, was submitted to At
torley General Pyle for an opinion I'M
February, 1899. He held the law I'M
constitutional, because 1t sought to es-
tabiish qualifications for a county SUI
~perintendent in addition to those men
toned in the constitution of the state.
and that a county superintendent need
only to be an elector. Miss Lucena
Trissler of Pennington county, who was
recently defeated for superintendent.
threatens to bring a suit against her
successful opponent on the ground of
ine.igibility under the statute. in which
event the supreme court will in all
probability pass upon the constitutions
n1ftv nf 4 he Ia w - Nhts5gIf F4H Es-s dr SEa.H.s
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BANKRUPTCY LAWS OPERATIONS.

Experiences Shows the Law Needs to Re
Amended.
Washington, Nov. PIE. C. Brande-
burg, in charge of bankruptcy matters,
has made a report TO the attorney gen
eral on the operation of the bankrupt
lcy act of July /. 1898.
The report says. with reference to
voluntary cases, that advantage is be-
1ng k of the law by men of all
classes II in all walks of life, and in
every section of the country.
The states showing the Gates
number Of petitions filed during the
year are: Illinois. g3,O0s:: New York,
.oo7; Iowa, ss2; Ohio. ST.; Minnesota,
HSf5, and Pennsylvania, SOP. The grand
total of petitions filed for the period
ending September so. 1900. is 20,I2s.
From the clerks reports 1T appears
that of the voluntary petitions all were
adjudicated bankrupt except 237. in
which the petitions We're dismissed,
and that discharges We're refused in
seyenty-one cases. Compositions We're
confirmed In 206 cases.
The liabilities in 1850 voluntary
cases reported by the referees amount
ed to s264,a7 ,152, while the total
amount of assets scheduled in there
was $33, 09S, III.
These reports also show that in ID. .
400 cases assets We're scheduled, While
7,91T petitioners had no assets.
The nature OF the business In which
the petitioning bankrupts We're en-
gagged, as disclosed by the summary
of the referees reports, is proportioned
as follows: Farmers 2,057; wage earn
ers, 7,516: merchants, 1882: manufac-
%turers, SOL; professional men, 500, and
contractors, hotel keepers ana others
of a miscellaneous character, 4,435.
In voluntary cases. 1,S10 petitions
We're filed. of which adjudications were
made III all except 2S5 eases. OF the
were entered into by the bankrupts
and the creditors, which We're con-
frmed.
The liabilities involved in 1922 cases
upon which reports We're made Were
S27, 1T9. O01. while the assets scheduled
We're S13,433, 200. In 200 cases no assets
were scheduled and in a number they
We're classed as unknown or nominal.
The petitions show that, of those adj
Indicated Involuntary bankruptcy Ga
We're wage arners, 6s4 merchants. 102
manufacturers, o professional men, 1865
miscellaneous and I farmers.
The necessity of perfection Of the
law by mandatory legislation Is de-
iclared to be a matter Of common,
knowledge. The report says that while
1t doubtless would not be we'll to urge
any sweeping amendment congress
should give its attention to the pro-
vision covered by section 81 G, Of the
law which has been %varlously inter
preted by the courts, the weight of the
Acknowledgements within which are
two circuit court. of appeals-sustain-
Ing the position hat payment on ac-
count made within four months must
be first surrendered before the bal-
ance OF h claim of the creditor to
whom such payment has been made
cen be proved and allowed. which5in-
te~rpretation the report declares is
meeting with almost universal disap-
prevail on the part Of the commercial
community.
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KIMBAIL GRAPH1C
g. q. THAN Publisher.
KIMBAIL SOUTH DAKOTA
wi,liam Al,en "a. knor,n !. tb.9Iro,

WiiliamsAllen was known as the Iron
Governor Of Ohio. not because he had
been an iron king 81 anything ike that.
but because he had not the slightest
syrnpathy in the world for q criminal
and whenever an application was made
TO him to rardon an erringso ore he was
u Iron, and could not be moved. One
Thanksgiving eve he WAC applied toSfor
the executive clemency blythe wife OF o
notorious horse thief, and one who was
serving q third term for that. He sat
at his desk, his back turned to the
fearful pieader, not yer condescending
TO look at her. She had brought with.
her q 5~-year-oid girl. who had been
quietly Watching. Suddenly the, child
went to him. and, pulling his coat tall
said: You mean old thing, I want my
papa And the Iron Governor. snatched
her up. kissed her smack in the mouth,
and said: And you shall have him.
True to his word, later that day the
wife and child came away from the
prison with the, pardoned husband and
Father. ~
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FAv0RS 1 CANAL
ACROSS NICARAGUA.
Preliminary Report Of the lsthmian
Commission to the Presi-
dent.
ESTIMATED COST is sl2o,ooo,ooo.
Construction Of n Waterway Thirty Feet
Deep Is MISUNDERSTANDING
Eliminates tho Panama
Project.

Washington. Nov. 27.-Presldent McKin-
ley will have the preliminary report of
the Jsthmian ana commission in his
hands In two or three days. 1t is in favor
of a canal across Nicarauga as against
all other routes proposed. 1t favors the
construction of a waterway thirty feet
deep at a cost of about sl2o,O0o.000. 1t dis
courages the building OF a thirty-flve foot
cana at present, although estimates for
a canal OF such depth nave been made.
A t~hirty-lve foot canal would cost about
Sl1S.0oo,00. The report recommends. how
ever, that the locks and dams Of the
th1rty-foot canal be so constructed as to
permit the canal to be deepened five feet
when commerce requires 1t. 1t practically
eliminates from consideration the Pana-
ma canal, which route has been the only
real competitor of the Nicaragua water
way. This is owing to the apparent ina
blitty of Director General Hutin to make
q proposition3of sale to the United States.
h present II commission was ap-
pointed to examine all possible canal
routes to be found on the 1sthmus. At an
earlyNstage of the investigations it was
ascertained that only two routes were
practicable, Nicaragua and Panama; the
next best was the Darien canal. which
crossed a divide 600 feet above sea level,
requiring a tunnel 900 feet in height.
1T. Is found that there are no engineer
Ing or physical impossibilities on either
the Nicaragua or Panam routes. The
matter OF cost is largely in favor Of Mica
ragua, as the estimate for the compile
ton OF the Panama canal as 1t stands Is
about Sl5Q,0O, eco. This does not take Into
account such money as would have to be
paid for improvements already made on
the Panama isthmus. Serious considera-
ton of the Panama project has been i'm
possible, owing to a refusal of its owners
to set a price at which 1t could be bought.
The Panama company WAS asked W.
questions, the first being: Can you sell
outright to the United States?" and the
second, How much will you sell for?"
Representatives of the Panama COM
pany have continued to evade these ques-
lions and American engineers nave
reached the conclusion. long foreshad-
owed. that the Panama owners have no
intention of selling to the American gov
eminent, the opposition to the Nicaragua
canal being based on a desire to nullify
that project, SO that they can float an
other French loan to complete the work
themselves.
William NJ. Cromwell, of New York, is
here as attorney for the
The route adopted across Nicarauga by
the present commission follows closely
that recommended by the Walker com
mission two years ago. The total dis
lance from the Pacific ocean to the At
lantic ocean is $50 miles. 1t is found that
1t Will take less than ten years to build
the canal n some of the engineers esti-
mate that during the construction at
least $4,000 men will be given employment
in the United States and III the thlnu
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In Mr.. Manstield's company on Septem-
Der o., 1899, for a season of thirty weeks.
for which she was to receive s125 weekly.
On account of the treatment she received
vented from fulfilling the contract and
had TO give 1t up on December z, 1899, her
health having become impaired owing to
subjected. -
She complains that onathe evening OF
December a6 last. the day before She ter
scene iii which he kissed her, "in$the
said act of kissing the said Richard Mans
field performed the SAM In 50 rude and
indecent and insulting a manner TINT the
plaiiltiff became humilIated and BECAME
seriously i'll and shocked; so that She
required medical aid and .attendancc.1Y
Just what this kiss was the actress does
not explain. neither does she say Wheth-
ser she has a preference for any particular
style OF kiss. but whensthe case comes
to trial she will detail It alto the Jury.
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CAR REPORTED BETTER.
unor Of II. Death Eman.te Fro

Rumors Of His Death Emnnate From
STOCKHOLDERS.
Lividia, Nov. 2S.-The emperor
passed a good night. He %perspired pro-
iusely. This morning the patients
condition was Very satisfactory. His
Temperature was 1913, pulse TO- In the
general course of his i mess a distinct
Improvement is observable.
London. Nov. 26.--Since the czar.s
sickness a apparently assumed a Sc
rious turn it has been the daily prac-
tice of brokers In Paris, London and
to announce his ma1esty's
death, Hence. probably, the reports
of the cars death which have reached
New York,
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JOHNSON WAS MURDERED.
Jury Holds He Came to Death at Hand.
of PARTIES nov y 80

jury Holds He Came to Death at Hand.
of Parties Unknown.
Canton. S. D., Nov. 2S.-A coroner's
jury In the case of Andrew Johnson
brought in he verdict that johnson
met his death at the hand or hands OF
party or parties unknown.
Much interest is centered In the case
and new developments are looked for.
An attempt was made to prove that
Johnson had fallen down the stairs at
the club house and thus caused his
own death, but this Is not generally be-
lieved. A man by the name of Wahi
was thought to have been the one that
struck Johnson, but he has proven an
alihi, showing that at the time Johnson
was injured he was not present. John
son was In a drunken state all the day
of his death. He was an old and peace-
able man and never was known to
cause a disturbance ven when intoxi-
Gated. b4 @
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DIDN'T LIKE MANSFlELD'S KISS.


Katherine Grey's Reason for Leaving His
Company.
New. York. NOV. s7.--Professional rela-
tons between Miss Katherine Grey and
Richard Mansfield are said to have been
terminated because of n kiss. the exact ma
ture sf which has not yet been disclosed.
70 the public as soon MS the SUIT broJ.gi,t5
MISS Grey To- recover $500 damaRes
from Mr..Manstieidss company for alleged
Miss Grsy made d eontraet 10 persorm
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DOUBLE OREGON TRAGEDY.
w. Traynor Kills slster.ln-Law's sutton
tG=s5Eg1stsS+43 and SutC{das HMTg. gs fE'

u. W. Traynor Kills slster.ln-Law,s sutton
and Suicides.
jacksonville. Ore. Nov. CSC.
gTraynor last night shot and killed j.
Hardenbrook and. then killed himself.
Hardenbrook was engaged to be- mar
of Mrs. Traynor. hut Trayror5 object
ed. Last night Miss Beeson, Harden
broodNs and Mrs. Traynor We're sitting
around the fire, when Traynor walked
on h porch and a few moments
later q bullet came crashing through
the window. 1t struck Hardenbrook
In the head and he died in an hour.
Traynor was found shortly afterward
near the house with W bullet holes
in his head.
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Electric coal cutting machinery Is
rapidly displacing hand work and 9th.
er varieties of mechanical mining ap-
planes in the collteries of Great Brit
ain and the United States. The coal
thus mined is cleaner, the waste less
and the effect of the machine on the
ventilation and temperature of the
mine is less than with any other
mechanism.
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LEO's END VERY NEAR.
LILO Of tho rontln hanging ~ I slenae,

AitU OF tHe IohtIH HahglnE by q Slender
Thread.
Rome, Nov 27.--In spite Of nl! dcnials,
official and otherwise. 1t is certain that
the life of Leo XII. hangs literally by a
single thread, and that his death may be
expected at any moment.
Always ~fragi,csin appearance, he has
q mere speGter. He can no longer walk
unassisted, but spends the greater part
Of his day lying or a couch, and is una
Bile TO take. or retain any solid food. His
regular hours of meals have beer, ADAM
:doied, and he Is now fed whenever hun
cry BY means of eggs beatensin old mar
sal, biscuits dipped in port wine on chloe.
olate beaten with eggs.
His medical attendants, DR., Laponl and
pr. AaZzonf. have taken up their resi-
with the aged potitiff by night and by
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Cattle Dying Near Hudson.

Hudson, S. D., Noy. 2S.-Many cattle
are dying in this vicinity of ~.'cornstalk
ciseAse. William Caffery lost ;Wely,.
heat in n day recently. and many
other farmers have been equally
fortunate. The cattle when stricken,
act as though insane and die In a few
hours. No one has been able 10 rire
any explanation of the cause, but it is
generally believed to be inflammation
of the stomach that causes their death.
The fact tina cornstalks have always
been depended m To furnish rough feed
for cattle ave many farmers in bad
sconditiA.a for feed this year.
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CONDOR HEARING,
1t Is Thought Possible His Victim, DAILY,
VIII Recover.

Pierre, s. D., Nov. 2S.-Condon, who
did the shooting here Friday night,
was given a hearing yesterday. The
state completed Its cas- and the de-
Tense was given until tomorrow for its
representation. Condor Will probably
be bound over and get a hearing at the
term of court his week. Daily, his VIC
tim, is yet alive, n his recovery IL
thought possible.