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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-06-07

interest In the functions, which
are not numerous enough to be weari-
some. but the June days are too warm
for one to be enthusiastic over any
thing However. there have been some
pretty affairs given this week, pre-
dominant being that by Mrs. Thomp-
son and Mrs. johnson. The high school
students have been having reunions
and at homes, and tonight they will
give their alumni banquet Next week
belongs to the university.
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Mrs. Callen Thompson and Mrs.
Ralph E. johnson gave a very pretty
informal reception Tuesday morning at
Mrs. Thompson's home in honor Of
Mrs. Henry p. Eames. who left with
her husband on Thursday for Europe.
to be absent fifteen months. Mrs.
Thompson's home. with its airy rooms
ana large lawn, is an ideal place for
a summer party, and the dainty gowns.
of many colors, worn by the guests
added to the picturesqueness of the
scene. The decorations were elabor-
ate. Pink roses and palms were In
the drawing room. red roses adorned
the library, and the dining room was
In green and white. The walls of the
dining room were festooned with ever
green's and a bouquet of white roses
in a tall cut glass vase. reproduced In
a silver trimmed mirror, made an ef-
fective centrepiece for the table. A
spring luncheon was served by Mes
danes s. H. Atwood T. L. Lyon, w.
B. Ogden, Mark Woods, ]. F. Stevens,
]. H. Gleason. Punch was served on
the lawn by Mrs. e. c. Strobe. assisted
by Mesdames w. c. Phillips, G. w.
Toevs, Reuben Grubbs and Frank
Maddux.> The hostesses were assisted
in the drawing room and library by
Mesdames e. p. Savage, r. E. Moore,
A. ]. Sawyer, J. H. McMurtry, I. Z.
Johnson. Misses Mary Games and
Pauline Thompson admitted the
guests. Mrs. Thompson received in a
gown Of silk organdie trimmed with
medallions of valenciennes lace. Mrs.
johnson wore white organdie with
garnitures Of black velvet and chenille.
Mrs. Eames wore blue foulard. 1t was
with sincere regret that the ladies
babe Mrs. Eames farewell. for during
her residence here she has made a
large circle Of friends. She has worked
unselfshiy to further the interests of
the Woman's club. the city improve
ment and the college settlement work,
from all Of which she will be missed
Mr.. and Mrs. Games will return in
September of 1903 and he will resume
his work at the university school of
music.
Mrs. w. A. Bailey gave two delight
full kensingtons on Tuesday and We'd
nesday afternoons Mr.. and Mrs Bal
ley entertained Tuesday evening. Mu-
sic and unique guessing games were a
feature OF the entertainment. Mrs.
Bailey was ably assisted by Mrs. J. C.
Ogle, Mrs. M. Caldwell. the Misses
Leta, Nellie and Grace Trigg. Pearl
Powers, Alice Griffen and Mable Ogle
Those invited for Tuesday were Mes
DANES E. c. Miller. G. w. Marsh. H.
Scofield, w. B. Lynch. C. e. Sanderson.
Sanderson. Henry Sanderson, Brown,
Powers. H. b. Trigg. Probasco. James
Tyler, Jeffries, Whitcomb, Humpe,
Dana, d. H. Muif. Wilson. Randall. c.
c. White. Shockey, c. G. Cone, Hen
derson. ID. w. c. Huntington, Hunting
ton. McBrian, r. M. Spalding; Misses
Watson, Davis and Green Guests in
vited for Wednesday were Mesdames
Gould, Frost, Martin, Fowler, States.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-06-07

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Gamma Theta chapter of Alpha Tau
Omega gave its sixth annual banquet
Saturday evening at the Lincoln. Doc
tor T. L. Bolton as POSTMASTER an
nounced the following program:
Young A. T. O.'s," Ira L. Riggs;
Our Fraternity" Mr.. Claude s. Will
son; "Financiering a Fraternity" DR..
H. F. Helms; ''The Ladies'" Mr.. Ever
EFT NJ. Swain: Our Dead" silence, all
standing; The Alumni" Mr.. Fay Rog-
ers; Schemes and Schemers," Mr..
Chas. w. Pots; THE Goat" Mr.. r. A.
Suffer; what We Intend to Do in the
Future" Mr.. r. ". McGrew: 1.-THE
Bachelor" Mr.. r. b. Morgan: pitch
Battles" Mr.. A. E. Gordon.
Those present were Messieurs o. L.
Bolton, Chas. w. Potts, Ira l. Riggs,
r. B. Morgan, A. E. Gordon, ]. r. 8.
Maloney, e. N. Swain, Fred A. Suffer,
r. v. McGrew. H. F. Helms. Fay Rog-
ers, L. N. Huntington, v. J. Romigh,
r. E. Smith, w. w. Graves, Gold Will
Jams, willard Hawley, c. 8. Wilson,
Frederick Windmeyer, Jack Kline,
Fred Schaufelberger.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-06-07

ton, n. w. Folsom. H. T. Folsom, G..
e. Hibner. r. T. Van Brunt. ]. w.
Winger, F. N. Fling. Abbott. Stephens:
Misses Abbott, Beck.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-06-07

The senior girls of the high school
were at home Wednesday evening
with Miss Gertrude Tyler in honor of
Miss Gere. There was dancing on the
lawn, other sports, and refreshments.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-06-07

Miss Ida NJ. Hoffman and Mr.. Alex
ander H. Raft were married Monday
at half after one o'clock at the home
Of the brides sister, Mrs. NJ. F. Perry,
1127 South Twelfth street. Miss Edna
Harpham was bridesmaid and Mr..
James Raft of Omaha, brother of the
groom, was best man. A small COM
pany of relatives and friends witnessed
the ceremony. The groom is member
Of the firm Of Eddy & Raft, insurance
securities. Mr.. and Mrs. Raft are
spending their honeymoon in Colorado
and will be at home to their friends
after August first, at 1122 South Four
tenth street.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
TO REST A WEEK.
Anthracite Arbitrators Do Not
Intend to Rush Things.
TO ADJOURN TO NOVEMBER IA.
AS Well AS Big Companies
Are to Have Hear
ing.

Scranton, Pa.-The arbitration COM
mission which is engaged in settling
the differences existing between the
anthracite coal operators and the mine
workers decided, while on their tour of
the Wyoming valley, to adjourn next
Thursday until Friday, November IA,
when the taking Of testimony will be-
gin in this city. The first four days of
this week are being taken up in in
specting the mines and mining towns
from Hazelton south to the end of the
hard coal fields.
Chairman Gray says that the object
in taking recess of one week is for the
purpose of giving both sides sufficient
time to prepare their cases and also to
give the members of the commission an
opportunity to examine the issues. The
commission feels that the questions in
Volved are so important that any haste
may work an injury to either side OF
the controversy.
When the hearings are begun next
week it is the intention to have the
miners, who are considered the plain
tiffs, submit their case first How long
it will take to hear the testimony can
not be estimated by the commission.
The siXty-seVen individual operators
heard, as well as all the larger coal
companies.
The question of making a prelimin-
airy report on some of the Uses in
volved, such as the increase of wages
a shorter work day and the weighing ot
coal at the mouth of the mines, has not
yet been officially taken up by the
commission, and it is not definitely
known that it will be considered by the
commissioners.
The arbitrator spent the entire day
Saturday in and about the city OF
Wilkerbarre, visiting one mine and
making tour of the towns on the out
skirts Of the city. At Dorrance colliery
of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, at
North Wilkesbarre, nearly two hours
were spent in the mine, about $50 feet
below the surface. The mine is a very
gaseous one and the commissioners and
| other members Of their party were
compelled to carry safety lamps. They
were told the mine was dangerous, but
their eagerness for information as tc
the physical features of the various
mines was so great that the unsafe
conditions Of the workings did not de
ter them from entering.
There were no special incidents in
| the trip below the ground, and the tolu
was much the same as those taken in
other mines on the two previous days
the only difference being that the com
missioners saw vein of coal about six
teen feet thick, which is three times
the thickness of the seams of soal seer
on Thursday and Friday. One of the
gangways traversed by the commission
runs under the Susquehanna river tt
the west side of North Wilkesbarre.
The commissioners steadfastly refuse
to give opinions on any feature of the
matter before them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
EUROPE NO LONGER FEARS US.
A New York Bankers Warning That
Prosperity Is On the Wane

Wilmington, N. Cat a banquet
given by the chamber of commerce,
Frank A. Vanderlip, vice president of
the National City bank of New York,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
under President Mckinley, spoke of the
industrial situation in part as follows:
If we are honest with ourselves we
must admit that the edge is off our in
vasion Of foreign markets. Our totals
are still colossal, but the rate of in
crease which they were making has
been checked and decreases have been
recorded. Our exports of manufacturers
for the fiscal year just closed are 80
million dollars less than the point they
reached two years ago. Our total ex-
ports Of domestic merchandise fell off
more than 100 million dollars in the
year. Instead Of decreasing imports,
we have made some large increases in
our purchases of foreign goods and the
total for this fiscal year stands more
than 300 million dollars above 1899.
Mr.. Vanderlip said that foreign mer-
chants and f1nanciers did not fear the
United States as they had last year. He
deplored the spirit of speculation which
had set in, and advised carefulness aad
more conservatism.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
The Cancer Mvs, cry.

Those who are looking to the results
Of special Investigations now in pro-
gress in Europe in the hope that they
will solve the dread mystery of the
cancer have not much to encourage
them in what has already been accom-
plished. In England the MiddIesex
Hospital has a fine record for practical
charity in making as comfortable as
possible the last days of those who
have passed beyond hope of relief from
surgery, but its clinical researches have
unfortunately contributed very little TO
the sum of human knowledge concern
ing this malady. During the century
of its existence there has been a con-
siderable extension of knowledge re-
speeding the nature and structure of
the morbid conditions collectively
termed cancer, but that is practically
all.
Paget and Virchow, by exact patho-
logical work. laid the basis for a scien-
tific study of the structures themselves,
while the statistical work in various
countries, notably in England, has rem
dered it possible to formulate some ten
tative conclsuion with regard to the
prevalence of the disease and it's geo
graphical distribution. The microscope
tissues are composed of the same ele-
ments as normal tissues, but why these
normal tissues grow in an abnormal
way and in abnormal places is as much
a mystery as ever. The work of the re-
search laboratories of the Middlesex
Hospital consists chiefly in the refuta-
ton Of theories which have been ad-
vanced to explain the phenomena of
cancer. This has it's value, no doubt,
but it is really very little in proportion
to that which would attach to one af-
tirmative demonstration. The net con-
clusion to be drawn from this mass of
data is that everything pertaining to
the cancer is abnormal and that lin no
case can any single examination ne
found to show any special character
istic that can be regarded as suecific or
of the slightest diagnostic value
New York Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
BUT HE KILLED NO TURKEYS.
The President Explained That He En-
joyed the Walking in Virginia.

Brandy Station, Va. = President
Roosevelt, Secretary Root, Secretary
Cortelyou and Surgeon General Rixey
were the guests Of Representative john
Rixey at his country home about two
miles from here. The special train
bearing the president and his party ar
rived shortly before o'clock Saturday
and remained until $50 o'clock Mon
day morning.
When the president reached his spec
ial train at Manassas, on his return
from the hunt, he found a crowd await
ing him. At the solicitation of Judge
Nichols the president spoke briefly. He
said:
the way you have come to greet us.
have thoroughly enjoyed my day here
regret to state that the turkeys did
not mat .rialize. In the first place,
had a good walk 1t is the first l have
had in six weeks, and I appreciated it
was delighted to have a chance to
visit the great battlefields here; and it
is a very pleasant thing to any man
who has the least desire to be good
American to come through your his
toric town and to see the two avenues
named in memory of Grant and Lee.
feel that all of us, in any part Of this
country, now have an equal right Il
glory in the valor and the devotion to
duty. as each saw his duty. alike OF
those who wore the blue and those who
wore the gray. thank you for having
greeted me-"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
PICS used Bv Miners.

A relic of the ages gone by has been
discovered at Lake Gogebic, Michigan.
1t is piece of tempered copper, which
had apparently been used as a pick by
the prehistoric people, who formerly
mined in the Lake Superior district.
The relic was found in the yard OF G.
A. Hargrave. 1t was buried in the
ground, but chickens, in scratching the
dirt, had exposed one end of it.
An attempt to pull the object from
its resting place was futile, and it had
to be dug up. 1t is nearly two feet
long, about an inch and a half in width
for the greater part of the length, aud
is about half an inch in thickness. AT
one end it tapers down to a point. and
at the other the metal is sharpened like
a spade. Apparently 1t had been bound
to a handle by throngs. The piece
weighs six pounds. and had been
pounded and welded into shape. Il is
very hard and finely tempered-an ex-
cellent example of the lost are"-and
an attempt to file it was futile.
When first uncovered It was covered
with black mold, which was easily
scraped off. 1t still is corroded, but
through the coating of green can b
seen shiny metal. Copper axes which
have been made and used by the
strange prehistoric race have hereto
fore been found in the copied country
ut this is the first discovery of tn,
kind made so far west on the minera
range.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
The High-Pressure American.

me Hlgh-Pr0SSure American
Every week we see in some journal
an allusion to the high pressure of
American life. 1t is taken Tor granted
that the only pace that kills is our own,
that we are shortening our lives and
bringing on early death by the strain.
But, according to the insurance Stats
tician, Frederick L. Hoffman, this
country is more healthy, with the ex-
ception of Norway and Sweden, than
any other part OF Europe, and the effect
of the intense struggle for success on
the part Of our business men and wo-
men is more than balanced by our
higher standards of living, which tend
to make our people continue along the
path Of improvement. While it is i'm
possible to arrive at final conclusions
on the basis of our industrial or ordin-
dry experience, because Of the carful
medical selection exercised in insur-
ance practice, the facts established by
other Investigations indicate that the
adult foreign-born citizen is subject to
lower mortality in the United States
than in his own country. There has
been a material increase in the number
of those who survive to the ages of 80,
80 and so in the United States. At
present in Massachusetts, there are ex-
pected to survive to the age of so 5,275
persons out of every 10000 born,
against 4,409 survivors out of the same
number in 1855. At the age of 80 the
number Of survivors is 1886 at present,
against 1853 half century ago. There
fore, most valuable lives, valuable be-
cause Of enhanced intelligence and
comprehension, have been saved to the
state because of the sanitary and other
social progress made during the last
Fifty years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
A NEW .INBAsIoN'' OF LONDON.
John Wanamaker to Start a Depart
ment Store on the American
Plan.

London.-John Wanamaker of Phila-
delphia is negotiating for carrying out
the long threatened invasion of London
by an American department store. His
son, Rodman Wanamaker, has conclud-
ed arrangements for site on Oxford
street in the heart of the retail district.
The new establishment, which probably
will include minority of British
stockholders, may be in running order
within twelve months. 1t will combine
all the features that have made the
stores in Chicago and New York fam
GUS The new store will be systemat-
ically advertised in the newspapers, a
practice which the London merchants
have regarded as undignified.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
BIG GRAIN FIRM FAILS.
Odenhahl Company Wrecked, 1t Is
Said, By a Dishonest Official.

New Orleans.-President E. j. Oden-
dahl, of the OdendahI Commission
Company, limited one of the largest
grain exporting firms in the United
States, has issued the following circular
to the grain trade:
1--WE regret very much to have to adj
wise you that our firm is forced into
liquidation and will not be able to pay
its liabilities. You will spare US the
necessity of making further explana-
lions, as they are painful.
Our business has been very profit
able and large, but the profits have
been diverted into other channels, NJ
through any fault of the writer
The circular follows a widely circu1-
ated report of alleged forgeries on the
part of prominent officer of the firm,
amounting to between $4,000 and
SIZE, 900.
The Odendahl Commission Company
has done large grain exporting bust
ness and for years has been in the habit
of borrowing large sums from ten days
to a month on unindorsed notes Sc
cured by bills of lading, warehouse re-
ceipts and blanket insurance policies
1t is alleged that advantage has been
taken of the high credit of the firm to
borrow immense sums from banks on
forged bills of lading and warehouse
receipts and that this has been the
cause of the failure.
F. ]. Odendahl, president of the
company, was formerly president of the
New Orleans board of trade and is one
of the best known business men in the
South. The company bought extensive
ly in Kansas City, st. Louis, Chicago
and other cities.
No warrant has been issued for the
arrest of the official alleged to be re-
sponsible for the failure of the firm
and he is reported to have left the city
Members of the Kansas City board Of
trade said Saturday that they had been
suspicious of the Odendahl company
for some time and had been guarded in
dealing with it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
SILVER LOWER THAN EVER.
Price Has Fallen to % 3-16d in London
Because of Lack of Demand.

New YOrk-Bar silver has sold at
% 3-16d per ounce, the lowest price in
the history of the metal
The principal explanation for the
current low price of the metal is appar-
emily to be found in the causes which
have been steadily forcing the quota
ton down for several years. Chief
among these is the payment of the
heavy Chinese indemnity incurred by
China in the recent Chinese Boxer dis
turbance. This indemnity is collected
in silver and deposited with the large
banks which act as the fiscal agents N
China of the various governments to
which the indemnity is to be paid.
These banks have little opportunity to
ship the metal, but, instead, remit
through the foreign exchange market,
selling their silver in China. If COM
mercial conditions in China were better
it would seem that this accumulation
Of silver could be again distributed
throughout the country. The demand
On the Continent for mintage punposes
has also fallen off perceptibly. Local
members of the silver trade ascribe the
decline in the metal to this shrinkage
in demand, and not to an increase in
production. Indeed, it is claimed that
the worlds production. of silver this
year has considerably decreased. Elk
ports of the metal from New York,
which handles large part of the eX-
port business, have shown heavy de-
crease, amounting to over $4,000, 600.
Imports at the same time have de-
creased from about So, 240,0 900 up to this
date last year to 100000 from January
to October % of this year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13

Judge Clayton has refused an in
junction restraining the revenue in
spector from driving out of the Indian
Territory cattle taken in for grazing
purposes upon which the owners refus-
ed to pay tax of twenty-five cents a
head according to the regulations OF
the department Mr.. Cobb had been in
the Chickasaw nation and had driven
five herds Of cattle out of the territory
across Red river into Texas. w. o.
Davis, representing cowmen who have
100, 900 head of cattle subject to this
tax, asked an Injunction to prevent
their remnvaL
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-13
GENIUS TO BE UN1oN1zED.

New York.-Trades unionism is re-
ported to be planning a campaign on
the aristocratic ranks of this city's
most successful artists, illustrators and
rural painters. Walking delegates of
the Amalgamated House and Sign
Painters Union and Lithographers
Union are credited with having made
the discovery that their fellows have
been working in buildings where pan
els, etc, were decorated by painters un-
affiliated, and plans are said to be IN
der way for the unionization OF the
artists and illustrators in particular