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81 do not believe. however. tina, our chill
dr.n or our childrcn's children will see any
Improvement in society. 1t can be reformed
Icy the women, not by themselves, but
through their children. Therefore, I say
that the women should spend mote time
in their homes and pay more attention TO
the rearing Of their childrel- Let them
inculcate in their sons and daughters that
culture and breeding which comes only
from the home, SO that when they take
their places IL society much of that taw-
driress and vulGarity that is 50 notice
able in the society Of the present day viii
be obhoccnt to them. IL Is the actions
of the leaders that make society. The lead
ers are the women. They are the moving
force. The men count for little. The
press throughout the country only relates
the actions of the leaders to the public.
and II Is the continuous, repeated notice OF
these actions that establishes In the minds
Of society or of the public what We call
custom; hence the grave responsibility of
Introducing an evil that time may estab-
lish. Publicity is a good thing In its way.
however. for if 1t were not scr tine public
press many of the nouveau richie would try
almost anything to attract attention.
1T would take a long time to en1merste
all the shortcomings Of society, but there
are Il few spots and stains that appear to
me to be unusually prominent. y custom
that has become SO common as 10 he almost
prevailing is that of young married People
10 be seen i'm public with other than their
own life partners-women with other woIn-.
ems husbands. or preferably young boys or
aged bachelors. and husbands with other
mems wives and young girls or widows. In
fact. there is many a married woman who
thinks il not the smart thing 10 be seen on
parade with her own husband
There are too many divorces in society.
II is a good thing that society is commen-
cling to show its disapproval OF divorces.
because society's snub is the best pre-
ventive of divorces that / know OF. The
pulpit or the press does not worry the
tiansgressor much. as the former they
never go near and the censure of the latter
many Of them mistake for popularity but
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u" obcycd.
"WhHt can We do for you. Colonoi:' the
rCst commander inquired.
YOU can give Us our dinners" was the
re- Iolse. AM . dirr,r a. Il post means
!-sfiUE and lavings of potheen. at least
len there Is 81 distinguished a visitor
present as colonel Cody. and So important
Il work .n hand IS the arrest of q trouble
some Indian chief.
Thu dinner was ordered, the tables spread.
the sidcbuard generously stocked and the
fest began.
Not all the officers sat down az once. II
might not have occvrrci - colonel Cody
that there seemed t. be a large number ~
them. for so small "a post. 1T the m1mc,:t
on detail about the camp, hut il mus; hdvr
seemed pleasant 10 a hungry man that he
never Was without coWraHy for a lite or
"A sup. 1t is told now by Ia. Sc Of the ofi-
Gers then at Fort Yates. but row ut Fort
Lsay,nworth. that their dctaii. for the mo-
mcnt was to keep out 81 sight Until "ne "f
their brother officers should show signs e
having had enough. The signal was - pose
an up:urncG FORK in the hand as Il signal
TO the mess strikers. who Cot the News
outside. On sceilE that signal. one of In"
uLied officers would burst into the mess
tent. damn the service that near deprived
him of the opportunity of touching glasses
with the old scout. and the Gymnast with
the fork would withdraw II tahe his tour
OF duty on the parade. which, be ii known,
Was nothing At all.
I'VE dinci with Colonel Cody by relays"
said u.c uf the guests at the ti.ne. While
the officers are willing To tell this much.
fhey do MOI say what the oil iCCt was. They
do. however, adrnit the result was that in
sl,-d OF starting Cut that Afternoon ROW
Sitting Bulls camp. thirty-two miles west.
Co..uel cody slept at the post. While he
Il, IT the wires were working. y telegram
WAS sent from Fort Yates 10 President
Harrison. What it contained is part of the
printed records of the Adjutant Generals
Department.. but the publication of the
reply is sufficient TO relate. That
reply read:
The orders with reference 10 ". r. Cody
are hereby evoked. Benjamin Harrison"
This is The telegram Buffalo Blll referred
To in mis- published interview II was so
and IA the point. that it could not be
misinterpreted. and it was signed by 50
hich an authority that il could not be ques-
t!UI 81.
When that telegram reached the hands
Of Major Mclaughlin. still in the army and |
at that time. besides being Indian Agent was
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I chief Of cuisine 70 Buffalo Eli. Buffalo PHI
far as he might have been. lie had arisen
at sunup and Immediately started for Sit
ting Eu!rs camp. He had got. by the au-
! thority OF his commits sion from General
A., Miles. the post ambulance. and into it he
had climbed. accompanied by his fellow
travellers. Ed johnson OF the Pioneer Press.
Bob Hasten and Doctor Powell OF White
River. These three were with him for the
excitement.
Buealo Bill stated last Sunday that be
intended 10 ride into Sitting Bulls camp
unaImcl. and that he was unarmed when
he left Fort Yates for the overland stage of
the journey. At Fort Leavenworth they
say this is inaccurate.
When Buffalo Bill left tbs post that
morning for the first time" an officer
stated last Wednesday. he and his entire
party had their arms. but they did not dis
cover until they were six miles on their
Journey that they had forgotten their am
muaition. There was nothing for it but to
turn back. and thus they lost valuable time.
1t was quite S o'clock before they made
their second start. and up TO that time we
had no news from Washington. which was
what the soldiers were waiting impatiently
for"
Eut the news came two hours later, and
the post commander lost no time in carry
ing out the intentions of President HarIi-
son. 1t was nothing to him that Buffalo
EIl had two hours the start Of him. All
the way from Fort Yates to the river near
Sitting Bulls camp soldiers had stood with
their ponies saddlel and ready for tn. hard
est ride they had taken in many n day. n
relay had been established. Each relay was
two miles long. and that telegram from
President Harrison made its tweuty-mile
trip across the Nebraska prairie at the
rate of about thirty miles an hour. TIE
man who overlook the ambulance refused
point blank to repeat what was said by tire
Colonel as the message was read. The
driver of the ambulance was ordered TO
wheel his four mules about, lie journey to
Fort Yates was retraced and Colonel Cody
made his way East without so much as
calling IN Colonel Dunn TO explain the
collapse of his trip.
Incidentally. although II may have no
connection with the order E'ven to Buffalo
Bil!. General Miles lost his division imme-
diately after the episode and never since
has had such ar executive office and free
rein as he had enjoyed up to that time.
Last Sunday Colonel Cody declared Pres
ident Harrison had Numbered when he sent
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particular attention to the doincs OF So
ciety and initiate them as Il New YORK
clergyman stated they do.
They argue that there is in all large cities
thousands OF people striving for social
prominence. When they get money they
Immediately set oUt TO do what they have
seen other wealthy people doing. They
have probably witnessed nothing hut the
movements of the common class in society.
which seldom does anything in a dicnified
manner. 1t is because oT this tendency OF
the poorer classes to initiate the rich that
the example set by the plutocraiic society
OF every city is harmful.
one of the most prominent society women
of the city SAYS that Mr.. Pages criticism is
just and merited by the whole of s.. Louis
society with a few exceptions. Society in
ST. Louis is vapid. trivial and
she said. but II IS
the hes, we have. ard l make the bes:
of it. Now you must not quote me, for I
like society. bad as 1t is. and If what |
say becomes public there will be an awfu
storm about my head. But there is much
that is good in society. but. of course. that
is never noticed or commented upon be
cause il Is expected.
u; is always more pleasant TO speak OF
the commemorate characteristics CT our fei-
low-bs incs than IF their tendencies TO err
SO much safer TO- our own comfort to say
We'll done to everybody and everything
than to hold up the fabric of our society TO
the sun that its weak spots may be more
easily seen: but, however unpleasant il may
he, We are called npon in this life TO con-
as well as uphold"
In combating Mr.. Pages statement, that
the Goirgs of the upper classes do not in
terest those i'm a lower social trade, she
That an error Or transSress.on committed
by society il a very serious matter to our
community. every thoughtful person quick
ly recognizes; serious, not only because it
on society itself. hut because of its
influence on the millions who are ever ready
to emulate society's movements and man
perk
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that resembling order. Last Tuesday at
Fort Leavenworth a little assembly Of Of
fcers standing about the post trader1 Of
fee said he never did a better thing.
Buffalo Bill said he would have been able
to have gone right up to Sitting Bull and
would have talked him into going back
with him. The army officers say he and his
entire party would have been killed long
before they got near the camp. and assert
that subsequently Sitting Bulls Indians
told them that they had been of that mind.
Sitting Bull never was arrested. not sven
by the military. but he was shot too dead
to think about. Major Mclaughlin. then
acting as Indian Agent. sent his men to
Sitting Bulls camp about I o'clock on the
morning of the battle. planning to get them
there when the camp would be sound In
sleep after their fatigue OF the ghost Dance
of the day and night before. This calcula-
ton was correct. Forty Indian police got
into the camp before their presence was
noted. and then II was only discovered by
Bull Head demanding of some squaws In
Sitting Bulls tent TO bring the old Indian
out. These women alarmed tho camp. and
no sooner were the Indian police In the
tent than they were surrounded by Sitting
Bulls mel. Sitting Bull was awakened and
given time to put his clothes on. That
time was used as the old chief must have
known It would be used. by his braves rally
ing to his rescue. BY the time he was
dressed and expressed himself As ready to
go with his captors he gave a signal which
caused one Of his men to kin Bull Head
and another to send O ball into the body
of Shave Head. both Indian police The
echoes of those shots had not died away
before Re -rmahawk put two shots into
b. effectually sent him across
the divide. - time the battle was
general. and H. an was riding for dear
to Fort Yates h the news and ATe-
quest for troops. h told how his COM
rades had invaded the camp. Of the engage
ment that had followed. and how. when he
there. they were all inside Sitting Bulls
camp being fred at by the hostilsA That
they were not shot a hundred times apiecs
was because the braves were not sure Sit
ting Bull was yet dead and they were anx-
ious to spare him
1t is curious to remark thAt HxWkman
on his memorable ride was on . magnificent
horse. which Buffalo Bill had given
to Sitting Bull some few years before The
animal did forty-nvs miles without
getting out Of a gallop>
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der to Colonel William F.. Cody every pos
sit!e aid he may require to enable him to
carry out his special task of arrcst.lg Sit
ting liuli and bringing him into camp"
That order was written, and all pos, com
mandcTs en- route saw it. ard obcyel il.
Eut General Rusgies. commanding the De
partmcDt OF the Platte. never saw it. Ac-
co'dilg 20 ethics Ct the army. when Buffalo
Bill passed through ST. Paul with that or
der in his poke. he should have called
at department headquarters to explain his
commission to the General commanding. II
Is military history that Bulfalo Bill did
nothlnS OF the sort. and military l.s-.j
that ne did not do So because when he
awoke Oh his traih a; It. Paul he found
hi:rself in his icIih SIN arraycI in even
Ing dress, his only Ia. a tan six affair.
and In leu Of stout boots he Wore E.a,,ut
leather pumps. 1t was this part az the
story which Colonel Cody denies. and bgs
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Tar-e But I would have got st.irs Rull tina,
time and made the battle OF Wounded Knee I'M
Ioss!o!s II President Harrison had not called me
back"
The resident STOPPED you. did he7'
sent a telegram which overlook mo when I
was within twelve miles Of Sitting Bulls cam,.
! had orders to bring him IN. and I set out q,
do It."
Colonel Cody's denial of the dress-su,,
story may carry conviction with II to the
general public. but It will not disturb the
legend in the army. which runs TO the Ell
feet that with Lieutenant General Miles n.
had been dining and that the dinner had
been good and the wine better. The legend.
continuing. says that the upshot was that
Genera! Miles. then commanding a division
of the army. gave to Colonel Cody one Of
the most peremptory orders ever given by
an officer TO a subordinate. 1t read this
wise;
Post commanders ana others will rem
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/Nhen In Kansas City last Sunday Buffalo
'SDl sat at the Coates House surrounded by
4 little knot Of cld-tIne friends, friends who
were friends when the whole lot of them
were IN the army or on the pcairies of Kan
Ens sns Nebraska together. II WAC natural
they should fail to talking OF by-Souc
times A local newspaper, In r~eCountinS
part OF the gossip, published the following:
THEIRS Is Il r-or-, Colonel. that when you
N,at after Sitting Euil you wore q Six hat and
evening oresa" was suggested. L g the fact
tHnt such e story goes tha rounds u post traders
cttoes. tEs surPierneut teIng that The. cinncr had
Teen good. TIE vine beyc>T ana the Colonel
anxious to catch the first train West on reoe,v-
;nt orders 20 rrp0t to Colonel r~orsyJh-. then in
tle fed campaigning.
1t IS not trla ] FAD - 70 hU-fre.s OF niles
II nrd Sitting Bull, I have lived rfty years on
the plains suf never caught cold. and tha:
Proves tina. ! :. nat 20 riding about IN evening
dress. nor prrgI eI5lt the DakStas in cotton
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he Rev. DR.. Holland Supports

suciety's cut seems to be more than even
the most brazen of them can stand up
against. As things are now. a woman has
10 be very carefui in inviting people 10 her
house. for fear that she will seat a gentle
man beside a lady to whom he is paying
alimo3y.
Another OF soc.ety's most recent and
most dangerous evils arises from the IN
PRODUCTION of petty gambling at cards.
chiefly at bridge whist. This evil is prev
aient in the East. and IS fast taking hold
here. There are many bright young men in
society who have to live on a limited in
come. They cannot afford TO play with
those who can afford to lose. SO they stay
away from functions. In their places We
have the chronic bc3uy, who are no good
TO themselves or any one else. In conclu-
SIGN. 1 would say that the greatest need of
society at the present time is better lead
e~rship-that OF men and women of educa-
ton. culture and refinement. who have
brains enough to think out results before
suggesting amusements. and sufficient force
Of character 10 stand by their ideas: men
and women who have more manly ideas
OF what constitutes q good tine-of the dis
tinCsion between what is eievating and
what IS degrading to the human nature.
Then will the whole body Of our society be
placed on a more ennoblins and ioftier
basis"
The Right Reverend Daniel &. Turtle.
Bishop Of Missouri, takes a rather more
optimistic view of society. He says: .Soci-
ETY. is what women make IL. Women are
what homes make them. Homes for their
best development and influence depend prac-
tically upon the entrance into them and the
biding in them in these later days of the
world of Christian doctrine and habits.
ITO hurl pulpit weapons at society in gen.
eraI is neither wise nor right. God intends
US to be social beings, and he would rave
society one of the forces to make US no
bier. better and happier. Let not society
be malignei, but let guidance and purity
and upiift he ministered to it from homes.
This show made by some OF the wealthy
people in society should be condemned, not
only because OF its vulgarity. but because
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A relay had been established Each relay was two miles long, and that telegram from President
Harrison made, list my mile trip across the Nbmkap prairie at the atef about thirty miles san hour
The man hoo overlook the ambulance refused pmt blank to repeat t was said by mC Colonies as the
nm1ge'w vas read
, 1900-02-08

Spearman's Camp, Feb. ESPECIAL
to The Republican.)-Genera Butler
commenced the advance for the relief Of
Laadsmith on Monday. The naval
guns opend at Z o'clock in the morning
and a feint attack was made in front
of the Boer positions. At IL o'clock
the Beers opened with an artillery fire
and sent several shells among the Brit
ish infantry, who retired one hour lat
er. The bombardment Of the Beers po-
sition was resumed yesterday morn
ing. The Beers worked a disappearing
cannon from a high range to the right,
but a British shell exploded its maya
zine and the guns were put GU Of ac-
ton until late in the day.
The farther advance Of the British
is at this moment checked, as the Beers
are i%nclinating their fire from their po-
sitions on Spion Kop and Doornkleef.
The British casualties are estimated
at $50.
, 1900-02-08
Second st.

fish, S. D.; Tim O'Hearn, of Kansas
City, now engaged on a Union Pacific
grading contract near Piedmont, Wyo.;
d.. ]. Mcdonald, a Piedmont contractor;
Dave Griffith, Parkersburg, Ia; Jim
O'Connor. Of O'Connor Brothers, who
are doing a job on the Burlington
Brush-Alliance extension.
Fitzpatrick Brothers have not arrived
yet. but are expected tomorrow.
1t is generally thought that Kilpat-
rick will get the contract and sublet
the work to the other contractors. The
statement has been made that the con-
tract has been held back to allow Kill
patrick to get ahead on his Upton
Rawlins contract far enough to be able
to pull of some of his outfit and put
it to work on the Sherman hill job as
soon as it is let.
One contractor, who is after a por-
ton of the Sherman hill work, says
that there will be but two shafts sunk,
instead of twelve, as reported.
, 1900-02-08

There is no better medicine for the
babies than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Its pleasant taste and prompt
and efectual cures make it a favorite
with mothers and small children. 1t
quickly cures their coughs and colds,
prevents pneumonia or other serious
consequences. 1t also cures Group and
has been used in tens Of thousands Of
cases without a single failure so far as
we have been able to learn. 1t not
only cures Group, but when given as
soon as the croupy cough appears, will
prevent the atttck. In cases of whoop-
ing cough 1t l%iquefes the tough mucous,
making 1t easier to expectorate, and
lessons the severity and frequency OF
the paroxysms of coughing, thus de-
priving that disease Of all dangerous
consequences. For sale by Frank H.
Eggleston, the druggist.
, 1900-02-08
BAD STORM IN ST. LOUIS,

st. Louis, Feb. ESPECIAL to The
Republican.)-A terrible hail and rain
storm with a sever wind struck this
city this morning. In the retail bust
ness district, which was swept by fire
last Sunday, much damage was done.
The cyclone started at Collinsville at
4 O'Clock this morning. 1t is reported
the coal miners houses were damaged
at Heitzbluff coal mines and it is stat
ed there was loss Of life, but definite
news cannot be obtained as all wires
r down. 1t is known that many are
injured. The wind blew with tremen-
dous velocity, wrecked buildings caught
fire and one person was fatally burned.
The cyclone covered a wide section.
, 1900-02-08
A BURLINGTON BONANZA

A contractor who came in from
Badger, Wyo., which is on the Bur
lington-Hartyille extension, tells the
Omaha News of a rich find that the
graders discovered a few days ago in
tunneling Badger mountain. Instead
of encountering rock and earth. as ex-
pected, a big bed Of excellent gravel
was unearthed. He says the find was
so valuable that the work was stopped
by the Burlington people and instead
of a tunnel being made a detOur will be
taken and a 2OO-foot cut put through al
another place.
General Manager Holdrege is out OF
, 1900-02-08

Some years g the late Horace
Mann, the eminent educator. deliv-
cred an address at the opening of some
reformatory institution for boys, dur
ing which he remarked that II only
boy was saved from ruin. 1t would
pay for all the cost, and care, and
labor of establishing such an institu-
ton as that. After the exercises had
closed. in private conversation, a gent
leman rallied Mr.. Mann upon his
statement, and said to him: did you
not color that a little, when you said
that all hat expense and labor would
be repaid If it only saved one boy?"
mot II 1t were my boy" was the SOL
emr and convincing reply.
, 1900-02-08
LAWTON'S BODY ARRIVES,

Washington, Feb. S.-(Special to The
Republican THE body of General
Lawton arrived at the Pennsylvania
station this morning. A troop OF cav
airy from Fort Meyer was there to re-
ceive it and accord military honors.
The body was scorted to the church
of the Covenant, where funeral will be
held tomorrow. A guard of honor was
placed in the church.
, 1900-02-08
A BLIZZARD RAGING.
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS EXPER-
FENCE WORST STORM OF
THE SEASON.
Telegraph Wires Frustrated and Trains
Seriously Delayed-St. Louis Ex-
periences Severe Wind and Hail
Storm Which Does Much Damage
to Property.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. ESPECIAL to
The Republican. )-Reports from over
the state indicate that the worst bliz-
Of the winter is raging in all parts
of Nebraska. Telegraph wires have
been Frustrated and trains seriously
delayed. The storm continues today
with unabated violence.
, 1900-02-08
s...r. ". rns.,m.r 1. r~.l1,.nd..

A curious circumstance concerning
the body of Admiral Spots has been
reported from the Falkland Islands,
where he died seventeen years ago.
The Falkland physician who attended
him during his fatal illness was pres
emit at the exhumanation Of the body
when the cruiser Badger was sent for
It this year. The coffin had disap.
peared, but the corpse was absolutely
unchanged, even the features having
retained the exact appearance that
they presented on the day of death.
This wonderful preservation wss due
to the action of the peat water which
saturates the Islands. 1t had en-
balmed the body completely.
, 1900-02-08
AN EDITORS LIFE SAVED BY
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH
lREMEnY

During the early part of October,
1896, I contracted a bad cold which set
tied on my lungs and was neglected
until I feared that consumption had ap-
peared in an incipient state. I was
coughing and trying to ex-
pei something which I could not. /
became alarmed and after giving the
local doctor = trial bought a bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the
result was immediate improvement,
and after I had used three bottles my
lungs were restored to their healthy
state.-B. 8. Edwards, publisher Of The
Review. Wyant, III. For sale by Frau
H. Egsleston.
, 1900-02-08
Is NOT LET.

The dispatch in the morning papers
from Cheyenne stating that the Union
Pacific had let the contract for the
Sherman hill tunnel 10 denied at Union
Pacific headquarters. says the Omaha
News. That 1t 10 soon to be let, how
ever, IL doubtless true.
WITH q view to getting a slice of the
work. contractors have begun to arrive
In the city, the idea being that the con-
tract will be let during the present
week. Among those who arrived this
morning are: W. 8. Heckart, Spear
, 1900-02-08
ASKS FOR INJUNCTION.
Ex-Governor Bradley Begins Proceed
ings in Federal Courts.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. ESPECIAL to
The Republican. )-Ex-Governo Brad
ley today instituted injunction proceed
ings in the federal courts to restrain
the democrats from usurping the office
Of governor.