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The courier., 1901-03-09

A musical Was the program offered by
the Fairbury Woman's club laet week.
Mrs. Burleigh sang My Old Kentucky
Home: Mrs. Thomas in short article
on Negro melodies described the origin
Of negro song lore as an expression OF
musical feeling put in ch'simple time
as may be marked by the beating Of the
foot; Mrs. Kesterson sung Darling Nellie
Gray, the members of the club assisting
in the chorus; quartette. Old Folks at
Home. by Mesdsmes Mccoy, Gregory.
Shelley and Stowe, was a treat; Mrs.
Simpeon sang Maryland my Maryland;
Mrs. Mccoy happily reviewed the
end of the century songs or the songs
OF the last ten or fifteen years. She
said that only Americans have popular
songs; Miss Andrews sang Sweet Cen
evieve; Miss Hole recited, Long To.
wards Night, by Paul LaVrsncs Dun
bar; Miss Boyle played two piano solos,
Home Sweet Home with variations, and
Old Rosin the Bow with variation by
Mr.. Peters. Mrs. Perry was the clubs
accompsnist.
The courier., 1901-03-09
THE COURIER.

Miss McCrosky the members repaired
to the dining room where refreshments
were served and the following toasts re-
sponded to with Mrs. True ss tosstmis-
tress: Things that foster state pride.
Mrs. McLanahsn; The clubs, Mrs. Ap.
person; Early days in Tecumseh, Miss
Appelget; Nebrsska's backbone-the U.
p, Mrs. Pollock.
The courier., 1901-03-09

tors Of the general federation, at.its next
meeting, without reference to any posi-
Bile amendment that may in future be
considered. to rstify the election OF the
Womsn's Era club. in acknowledgement
Of its undoubted rights under the by
laws, as Q womsn's club OF Massacbus.
etts.
Resolved, That the executive board %
the Massachusetts, state federation here.
by urgently requests the membership
committee OF the board Of directors Of
the general federation, to refrain from
instituting color test for clubs apply
ing for admission. until such time as the
bylaws shall be amended to require such
action.
Resolved, That the executive board OF
the Maseach usetts state federation here
by declares itself to be firmly opposed to
any amendment Of the bylaws of the
general federation that shall introduce
q race qualification for membership.
Resolved. That the executive board Of
the Massachusetts, state federation, act
ing in accordance with the wishes and
convictions CT the federated clubs Of
Massachusetts. hereby respectfully pre-
sents these resolutions to the president
and board Of directors OF the general
federation.
Resolved. That copies Of these resolu.
tions be sent to the presidents 1t clubs
and state federations in the general fed
Grafton.
The courier., 1901-03-09

Resolutions proposing solution Of
the color question, presented by the
Massachusetts, state federation, Feb
ruary, 1901.
At the regular meeting Of the execu-
tive board Of the Massachusetts, state
federation, held on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 13, it was voted that Mrs. Anna
D. West, director Of the general fedora
ton. should present the following reso-
lutions with proposed amendments Of
the bylaws. to the board of directors Of
the general federation at its meeting on
February 81 %, 1901:
Whereas. By unanimous vote OF the
Conference Of Presidents Of Massachu-
sstts clubs, held on December IS. 1900.
the executive board OF the Massachu-
setts state federation, Was requested to
prepare and present to the board Of
directors OF the general federation, such
amendments to the bylaws OF the gen
sral federation as would provide an
adequate solution Of the color question
in it's membership,
Resolved, That the Massachusetts
state federation hereby presents the ac-
compsnying amendments to the bylaws.
to be voted upon at the biennial OF 1902,
acting in the belief that, il accepted.
these amendments will not only provide
a more efficient scheme of organization,
but also will remove from controversy
the question Of the admission OF colored
clubs; by eliminating all individual
clubs from direct membership. by max
ing the state federation the unit Of or
gsnization, and by leaving each state
federation free as now to make it's own
membership rules; and thus will provide
the only solution Of the question that
will harmonic the convictions Of all
sections and prevent the dispruption of
the general federation.
Resolved. That the Massachusetts,
state federation hereby respectfully Pc
titions the board OF directors of the gen
eral federation to give these amend
ments precedence over all others at the
next biennial meeting, in order that the
constitutional status of all individual
clubs may be determined before other
questions are raised. and also respectful
ly urges the officers and directors to use
their influence, individually and collect
lively, in favor Of these amendments for
the reasons already stated
Resolved. That these resolutions and
amendments he sent to the presidents OF
oil clubs and state declarations belonging
to the general federation, and that these
officers be, and are hereby earnestly re-
The courier., 1901-03-09

A meeting of the current topics and
current literature departments OF the
Woman's club Of Piatssmouth was held
Friday evening. March l. Mrs. Travis
led the current topic discussion in the
absence of Mrs. Chapman. Mr.. Wind
ham gave review Of the popular novel,
For Love Of Country. The company
then listened to quartet rendered by
Messrs. and Mesdames johnson and
Moore, and solo by Miss Ida Pearlman
Oa recommendation Of the house and
home committee, a majority OF the
members voted in favor OF again meet
ing at the TX. P. hall. Mrs. Stouten-
borough announced a lecture by Judge
Douglas at the next meeting.
Miss Ella McCrosky, secretary of the
Tecumseh Cozy club, presents this re-
port Of the Nebraska Day program:
The Cozy club celebrated Nebraska
Day at it's regular meeting. February
q. at the home OF Mrs. Sullivan. The
program was conducted by Mrs. True
and the following papers were read:
History Of Nebraska, topography and
natural resources, Mrs. Pollock; The
university and the public school system,
Miss McCrosky; Nebraska journalism,
Mrs. True; The writer's OF Nebraska.
Mrs. Bouton, with readings from Dun
roy, Mrs. Pesttie and Bixby, by Miss Nc
Crosby, After an instrumental solo by
The courier., 1901-03-09

The Saturday Herald Of Ottumwa.
Iowa, in it's issue of March 2. reprints
Mrs. McK'llip's letter to the Courier Of
January 26. with the following intro
duction:
"ln view OF the universal interest TAX
en- N the question Of the sdmittance Of
colored women's clubs into the national
federation the following letter will be
enjoyed. 1t was written to the Lincoln
Courier and appeared In the columns OF
that paper last week. She sums the
matter up tersely and makes some strong
points that are both amusing and in
teresting"
The courier., 1901-03-09
Three Governors.


Mrs. Nation has demonstrated that
the Governor of Kansas is responsible
for the unmolested existence of sa-
looms in prohibition state. Governor
Stanley of Kansas can close up all the
saloons of Kansas within a few days
if he desires to. The oath of office
which Governor Stanley took was evil
dently to him. just formal and un-
meaning convention. His conduct
when cOntrasted with that of Govern
or Nash of Ohio and Governor Rich
ard Yates of Illinois, shows how
lightly he holds the duty of his office.
Governor Nash of Ohio was not de-
ceived by the representations made
TO him by gesang verein that the
Jeffries-Ruhlin prize fight was only a
scientific sparring contest. He has
lived some fifty years and has read
about prize-figh and perhaps he has
seen them before he was governor.
But Nash, private citizen and Nash
Governor, sworn sOlemnly to enforce
laws on the statute books are two
different individuals. To company
Of influential gentlemen who assured
him that they were going to offer the
people Of CINCINNATI the spectacle of
Of scientific mill between two of
the most distinguished professors in
the world. Governor Nash replied:
"YOur telegram received. Unless all
outward evidences and preparations
are at fault. the enterprise booked for
Cincinnati on February Is will be
prize fight. 1t will not be permitted
to come off and the entire power Of
the state will be used to prevent it"
That kind Of governor would be
useful and timely in Kansas. Gov.
ernOr Yates of Illinois said in regard
to prize-tighting: "All I have to say
is that the law and the people of Hi
nOis are against prize fighting and
the law will be enforced whenever
and wherever l have the right to en-
force it. have not the power to pro-
hibit 1t bv proclamation, but l have
the power to stop any fight, for the
statute gives me the power on the
application Of any civil officer or 9TH
erwise' to call out all force necessary
to execute the law whenever any
body Of men are about to break it.
j have every confidence, however, that
every Illinois sheriff will enforce the
law without my interference. The
law especially makes prize-fighting
felony and exhibitions Of sparring
and boxing a misdemeanor, the peni-
tentiary being the punishment for
the former and Jail and a fine for the
latter"
Governors are elected, enstalled and
sworn to enforce the laws. Unless
they perform this function it is
cheaper and in the interests Of truth
and sincerity to abolish the office.
Mrs. Nation has shown that Governor
Stanley is either afraid of the saloon
keepers or unwilling to ALLEVIATE their
votes by enforcing the laws against
liquor selling in Kansas and public in
dignatiOn is very properly directed
against the governor for 6isregarding
his oath of office.
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Advertisino
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The Woman's club Of York met Mon
day. March 1. The afternoon was de-
voted to the study Of English history
and to John Bunyan, his life and writ
ings.
The courier., 1901-03-09
Advertising.

Manufacturers Of health foods are
Offering Nebraska papers twelve
pounds of their product to run two
inch advertisement twenty-six times
on the local page and next to reading
The courier., 1901-03-09

for flower beds and sod tendance. The
park must have the attention of a
gardener and the association must
hire one. There should be swings in
the park for the children and an &C.
casiOnal band concert there would get
the people into summer habit of
enjoying the trees, the grass and the
flowers. These are only a few Of the
ways it is proposed to spend the money
made by the auditorium carnival.
The Washington times., 1901-09-29
RUBIES MOST VALUABLE.
Regarded by Jewellers ns More
Precious Than Diamonds.

+ There Is popular impression that the
| diamond is the most precious jewel on
| the face of the earth." said New Or
leans jeweler yesterday. who makes a
| specially OF valuables of this kind. but
the impression is wrong to some extent.
This erroneous view of the matter is
probably due to the great popularity of
the diamond with the vast majority of
the men and women of the world who are
fond of jewels. The diamond glitters, and
this may in some way account for the
popular hold which the jewel has on the
public mind. The belief that the diamond
is the greatest thing going in the jewel
line is the most natural thing in the
world, when we come to anaiyze the
causes In the first place. the jeweler has
a great deal to do with it., H.
There is a big profit in diamonds. Dia-
nonds are never a drug on the market.
and they never will be unless all the
countries of the world follow the recent
example of Great Britain in placing a
heavy tax on the jewels. or course, If
the ownership of diamonds is made bur-
densome because OF exorbitant revenue
charges, men and women who have a
striking fondness for sparkling decora-
tions may decide that some of the other
precious stones will answer their ambi-
ton in this respect. But this is beside
the subject. Diamonds are valuable in
the extreme, and they are always good
property. But in my business we have
come to understand that theresare other
things equally as valuable, and some
Tunes they are even more valuable Take
Tor instance, the specially fine ruby |
nave seen many rubies that were worth a
great deal more than diamonds and most
any man in my line of business will tell
you the same thing However If YOU
should go into Il 1ewelry store and ask for
testing of the precious stones according
to the rated value the chances are that
nine men out of ten would start with dia-
monds..
'Then would follow rubies, pearls. sap
phreS ana the long list of other things
precious IN the Jewel line, like aqua ma
flhes, Barnets, amethysts, bookstores.
aSates, emeralds and many others. But
this business of heading the list with dia-
monds would not change the fact that
the ruby is regarded as more valuable |
at times than the diamond The ieweler |
KNOWS II, and while the fact may not |
nave impressed itself on the general pub |
nc, II is fact just the same. and the |
trade recognizes it, Yet the average pur- |
ehaser OF Jewels would probably feel that |
he was looked upon as greenhorn If I
Je"rier Tried to persuade him that ruby
was more precious than diamond. no
matter what differences might exist IN
me articles specially offered over the
counter. New Orleans Times Democrat
The Washington times., 1901-09-29

of silver braid. and there is a small
cockade of the Norwegian colors on
the band round the cap.
The climate of Finland is uniformly
severe. and the postmen dress warmly.
The costume is picturesque. Long
boots of thick leather and a long coat,
crowned by a round cap, make up the
details Many of the postmen are lin
gusts, since they talk Finnish, Swed
ish, and Russian.
The Danish postman wears a rather
elegant uniform of dark cloth and rich
braid. The service is said to be excel
lent in every respect. The uniform of
the Bulgarian postman is of dark blue
cloth with gilt buttons. and green col
lar and cuffs. The French postman
also dresses in dark blue, with very
narrow red facings.
When this exhibit is mounted perma-
nently, it is to be hoped in this city,
it will, it is felt assured, prove of gen.
eral interest
The Washington times., 1901-09-29

arrested for highway robbery ON tbe oyd
Georgetown ROAD. and that hanging was
not contemplated until an officer arrived
from toward San Francisco and identified
the men as the perpetrators OF a brutal
murder in his section. Again the oak tree
figures as gibbet
Ihese three stories may be but differ
ent versions OF the same affair. and per-
maps no one OF them is absolutely correct
IN detail 1t Is safe to assume, however.
that among the three the true story of the
hrst hanging is found. 1t is noticeable
that the hanging had robbery for its i'm
mediate cause and not murder Not more
than one man was ever afterward lynched
In Hangtown. and he for killing
Thus. then. came into being the name OF
"Hangtown.' not through the fact that
lynchings were common. but from one
and only one hanging. The nickname
stuck, and the result is that many peo-
pie have false impression OF the char
acter of the old camp. There are as many
towns in the East and South that are
fuily as deserving of the title as was the
little western village. But Eastern and
Southern tongues are not as apt to coin
nlcknames as were the laconic and blunt
speaking men OF 49,
Inc corner OF Main and Cofoma Streets
rs now, as 1t was then, the centre of the
town, and business houses at each of its
four angles deprive 1t of any suggestion
OF what happened there one day, a half
century ago. The white oak is only a
memory. as a big brick block has for
years stood over its stump. But down
at the rear Of the stores the waters of a
little mountain creek ripple over the
rocks In its bed. On its north bank. they
say, at a spot which would be in full view
from the Coloma Street bridge IL a news
paper office had not been erected there
some thirty years ago. the lynchers bur-
led their victims. There are q few will
lows growing along there now, and the
stream babbles along under them, en-
tirely forgetful of the tragedy 1t witness
ed when the town was young Now and
then you see Chinaman, with old-fash-
ioned rocker. making haif-hearted at
tempt to coax few grains of gold from
the already exhausted gravels But US
ually 1t Is the quiet. rippiing stream. ply
Ing over boulders, and deepening into
dark pools under the willows, suggesting
all that is cool, beautiful. and pure, as
only mountain stream, straight from
the melting snow, can. Yet they stii call
1t Hangtown Creek."-Los Angeles
Times.
The Washington times., 1901-09-29
MILITARY AIDS TO SCIENCE
British and German Officers Send
Home Valuable Specimens

Lieut.. Boyd Alexander, Rifle Brigade.
| who Is well known at South Kensington
Museum for his studies of birds in Africa.
has just returned from the West Coast
with what is believed to be the finest COL
lection over obtained on active service.
Over thousand specimens of West Af-
rican binds killed by himself and his ma
tive collector during the campaign in
Ashanti, were brought back by Lieuten-
ant Alexander last week.
This is the biggest collection of birds
ever brought out of Africa at one time"
he said to Daily Mail" representative
yesterday afternoon. Il have been col
lecting in Africa now for nine or ten
years. One has to be specialist nova
days
The collection is at present at South
Kensington Natural History Museum,
where / am busy comparing the speci-
mems / have obtained with the nearest
prototypes there.
'It Is a pity that the Government does
not insist on officers in out-of-the-
parts of the world collecting birds and
other things. The German officers do so
already. The Colonial Office at Berlin
obliges all it's officers to collect natural
history specimens whether they like it or
not, and though their work in many
cases is rough-and-ready. it is better
than nothing
I'VE know very little about the birds in
the great bend of the Niger and Hausa-
land. and absolutely nothing of those in
the regions around Lake Chad and Dar-
fur. There is not doubt that when
these great areas come under investiga-
ton II Will be found that one great 20
ographi~sl region exists from Northeast
ern Africa right across to the west coast
When ] have finished examining my col
lection of birds they may throw consid-
cradle light on the subject.
Marching with the relief force to Ku-
mast ] left my native collector at Prahsu,
where he formed the nucleus of the col
lection. As the country became more
settled he gradually worked his way up
to Kumasi. making collections at each
station on the lines OF communications
London Mail.
The Washington times., 1901-09-29

fatigued and refuses to notice any but
the most striking peculi,tritics.. II is
of course, physically impossible to COM
pare any given photograph with each
of the portraits in a collected of MANY
thousand. and from the necessity for
an intelligent classification, the French
or Bertillon system was .adopted. This
system was designed by its inventor as
a means for theoretically sstudying the
criminal types. but its use. 50 far has
been as practical method of identif-
cation.
Sometimes, though rarely. criminals
resemble each other so closely as to
cause considerable trouble to the police.
There were two pickpockets who were
photographed together in the gallery of
a Western city, who were so much alike
as 10 have been the source of much per-
pleNity. However, to the expert the
dissimilarity of the forehead. the angle
of the nose, and the formation of the
ear were sufficient distinguishing marks
to denote the separate individuals.
The Washington times., 1901-09-29
WANTS HIS SALARY.
Civil Wnr Captain, Never Discharx-
ed, Demands x22264.

Among the residents OF South Dakota
Is veteran of the civil war who enjoys
the unique distinction of having his name
still carried on the rolls of the War De-
partment as a captain in the volunteer
army of the United States And because
OF this Uncle Sam will be called upon to
pay him back salary aggregating 81, 264.
The old veteran Is Captain Lockwood, and
his home is at Redfield He was COM
missioned captain Of volunteers In 1865
The Government, at the close of the war,
notified him that he could be discharged
at any time upon properly Identifying
himself. BY some oversight he was never
discharged
Hs has not thought OF the matter for
about thirty years. until the other day,
when he came to the conclusion that if
he had never been discharged from the
army he was entitled to his salary as cap
tain Cor the intervening years. His cap
tatns salary was So per month 1t is
thirty-siX years since he drew his last
months pay, and If the courts or War
Department decide that he has legally
been captain all this time he will draw
from the Treasury of the United States
the neat sum of so. .264. He has engaged
the services of an attorney. who will
prosecute the claim for him before the
proper Observation-Disclosures Enquirer
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-16
GOSBfE CASE NOW ON
On Account of His Wife's Interces- sion Hoffman Is Allowed to Plead Guilty to Assault With n Danger ous Weapon and Gets Months.

U. & Marshal J. M. Shonp was a passenger on the Cottage City yester- d, bound for Sitka with e ght prison- CTS including has Hotfm n, who will serve elent mouths for taking d sl ot at his wife n this city recer tlN. The jury in the Gtsbec case was being sv orn in when Marshal Shoup left it being evil dent that he defeus- woulJ try to sup port plea of self defense. There is yet much business to come up this term of court and will not likely b. disposed Of before the Skagway term in March.
 he other prisoners under Marshal Shoup's care are Hattie Cleopartia for vagrancy, and Mir. and Mrs. Shoemake, for fornication from Ketchik n; Grei- ger, ~harkey and James for selling whisky to Indians and an Indian mur derer who was recently brought down from Aleutian Isla ds, who is to be held at Sitka until next spring and taken to Nome for trial.
 Sharkey is a lnngshoreman from Skagway and at the time of his convic- tion had $10 O00 damage suit pending against the P. c. s. s Co. for injuries sustained while unloading a ship at this
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-16

port. The next day after conviction his attorney withdrew the case.
 Speaking of the Gosbee murder case Mr. Shoup said:
 -Four jurors had been sworn in be fore I left and from the attorneys questions ct that time it is very evi dent that plea of self defense will be made.
 "The jury was probably completed yesterday and the trial will begin to- day.
 'Ir the Hoffman case, Mrs. Hoffman appeared and plead for her husband and he was allowed to plead guilty to . charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.
 "The charge of arson against Bot Wright for burning a Tow boat at Dyea was dismissed and an indictment re. turned for destruction of property.
 q; does not seem possible that the court will finish the business now or hand before the spring term in Skag- wayu
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-16
MACHINE FOR DAWSON
The Dawson Daily News Will Use a
 Mergentha1er Lineotype.

The Dawson Daily News will also have lint otype machine. The same ship that brought the magnificent spec imeno the ingenuity of Mergenthaler for the DAILY ALASKAN, also brought a modern lineotype for the Dawson pa per.
 Richard Roediger proprietor of the Dawson News. accompanied by MT. Barber, machine operator arrived on the Cottage City with tte machine for his paper yesterday, He also brought a teamster and three horses, with which to move the bulky and heavy lineotype will leave Skagway as soon as the rail road resumes operations.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-01-16
PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWN
Townfolk and Travellers in The
 Public Eye.

Laramie Mayer, who was expected to re- turn on the Cottage City, did not arrive. He was in Seattle, however when the Cot tage City left, and will be back on one of the first boats.
 MT. and Mrs. R. W. Jennings are expect ed to return from Juneau on the Dolphin today. -
 A. H. Baker. the well known stationery and transportation man will be south bound passenger on the Dolphin today.
 J. w. Pinnev, of the engineers depart ment of the White Pass & Yukon, will gc south on the Dolphin.
 Serge mt Hill, who has been stationed r Skagwsy with the 24th infantry, has beer ordered to join his company at Manila, anC leaves on the next trip of the Dolphin fol San Francisco.