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The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
PEMBERTON'S IDEA
Citizen Defies Act Of the Last
Legislature
CLAIMS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Dill to Purchase New Set Of statutes
for the state Will be Tested 4.
Court rs to Its validity.

The last legislature passed an act
over the governors veto authorizing
the state officers to purchase 500 sets
OF statutes of the state OF Nebraska
to be compiled and published by J. f.
Cobbey of Beatrice, Neb. A suit has
been brought in district court to en-
join Secretary of State Marsh and
state Auditor Weston from taking
steps to carry out the provisions of the
law. II specifies that the said statutes
shall be published as soon after the
adjournment Of this legislature as is
practicable with first-clasS work and
500 sets OF two volumes each shall be
Immediately delivered to the secretary
OF state to be distributed by him to
members of this Legislature and state
officers as provided by law" The con-
tention is that such a law Is special
legislation and confers upon members
and state officers perquisites wei and
above their salaries and constitutional
allowances.
Mr.. ~Stonebraker. the plaintiff. brings
the suit ms n resident and citizen of
the state and n taxpayer. The action
is against the defendants in their off,
cial capacity. seeking to prevent the
secretary of state from accepting the
books or distributing them as custo-
OF state supplies and endeavoring
to enjoin' the auditor from drawing a
warrant In payment. The legal price
is 80 per set or $500 for the entire
supply OF books. Judge Holmes signed
the restraining order and set the case
for hearing on October Z.
The petition cites the provisions of
the law. IL was introduced by Sena-
tor Pemberton OF Gage county by re-
quest and passed each house over the
governors veto. II is asserted that
the books are in process of repara-
ton n will soon be completed and
ready for distribution.
1t is then alleged that there is no
state law authorizing the distribution
to members and that If it is done. It
will be in violation of the law and
without authority and will result in
great injury to taxpayers. The claim
Is made that the act violates the let
ter and the spirit of the constitution.
Giving in detail the wording Of the
bill. the petition says it violates Sec
"i''i u, VI tlt CONSTITUTION
which fXes the compensation of legis-
lators at s. per day with 10 cents for
every mile Travelled in coming TO the
session and returning. Special provi-
sion Is made that there shall be no pay
for more than a ~sixty-day sitting nor
for more than 100 days in any term.
Further there is a provision that men,
bers or employees shall receive no per-
quisites other than salary and mile
age.
The wording of section IL. article 3.
OF the constitution Is then given, which
provides that the Legislature shall not
pass any local or special law grant
ing to any corporation. association or
individual any special or exclusive
privileges. immunity or franchise. The
section OF the law requiring the state
officers to purchase 500 sets of the
statutes 1t is alleged gives j. T.. Cob
hey q special privilege.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
A Very Generous Handout

United States Secretary Shaw auth
orlzes the statement that owing to
the scarcity of . per cent bonds. both
for circulation and as security for
government deposits, he will renew
rounding operations to the extent of
20 millions in accordance with the
previous circular.
or the total issue of ST. millions of
dollars OF 2 per cent bonds the treas
urer already holds for circulation and
for deposits $50 millions. Secretary
Shaw also authorizes the statement
that he will redeem the 5 per cent
bonds maturing February ]. 1904, pay
ing interest to maturity. Formal in
structions to the several sub-treasur-
les authorizing them TO redeem ON pre-
scntation will be issued today.
The banks that have had on file
with the treasurer for thirty days or
q s per cent bonds AS security for
public deposits will be permitted to
substitute approved state and munich
pal bonds therefor, which will be ac-
cepted at 75 per cent of their value.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
4 Human Incubator

Commissioner Of Education Haupt Of
New York has issued a report on the
births in New York City, which aver
age twelve every hour on the lower
east side. while the average in the en-
elusive Murray Hill section and along
Fifth venue is II a month.
"And the percentage on the east
side is increasing" said the report.
New York's great breeding ground for
humanity is confined TO a small dis
trict bounded by Houston, the BoWery,
Catherine and the East river. Here a
ffteen-an-hour rate may cast JOY into
President Rooseyelt's heart. sun
greater, however, is the rate in certain
sections of the east side. III the neigh
borhood of Division streer a baby ~
born every three minutes"
The tremendous growth is one OF
the biggest problems facing the board
OF education.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
DEAD LETTERS GALORE.
Uncle sam Holds over Ten Million
Pieces Unclaimed.

Y
The annual report of the operations
Of the dead letter Office for the fiscal
year ended June 30. 1903, has been pre-
pared and will be embodied in the
forthcoming report of First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynne. The report
states that IT. is made to appear that
there has been a large and steady in
crease I'm it's annual receipts which Ia
due, It is stated. to the great and
constant increase in the volume Of mat
ter passing through the mails. The to-
tai receipts for the year were some
thing over ten million pieces-the larg-
est in the history of the ofice-exoeea-
ing those OF the preceding years by
some $50. 900 pieces. or the aggregate
number 1886. POS pieces were opened. {,
The money found in opened letters
amounted to $4S 1884. but this sum in
cluded money generally conn found
loose in the mails or in p%ostofices and
consigned to the dead letter Office. Com
mercial paper found. sucn as drafts.
checks, money orders. etc. represented
a face value OF 81 .493 1858. The number
of merchandise parcels received was
$3.50. which were restored to the
owners as far as possible. Photographs
were found in 2IS. 955 letters n par
GELS. Letters which contained postage
stamps in varying amounts from J cent
upward numbered 249. 955. d
The domestic miscarriCd letters re-
ceived numbered G54 POI. There were
1871 1902 letters held for postage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
CHICK SPOKE TOO LATE.
irishman's Philosophical Comment o
Unfortunate H%appenjpo

Judge George Gray of Delaware is n
graduate OF Princeton. a member of
the class Of 80. Talking one dry in
Wilmington, Judge Gray said:
There used to be a Princeton iani.
tor named jerome McWade, who was
as witty and amusing a chap as ! have
ever met. Whenever you would strike
McWade he would halt you, and for
three or four minutes you would have
10 listen TO some odd yarn or other
that he would relate as though it had
been a personal experience.
II saw a funny lrishman In a tav.
ern last night, Mr.. Gray he said to
me one morning. This Irishman sat
by the fire reading a newspaper and
sncking raw eggs that he took, one by
one out OF a paper bag. He paid no
attention to anybody. He Just read
and C as though he was alone
In his room at home.
"An of a sudden he got n had epp
and before he knew what he was do.
Ing he bolted a little live chicken. The
chick ehirpcd AZ it went down, ami
the freshman said philosophicalfy:
by the powers. my friend, va
shpoke too late.''"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
BIG DEMAND FOR TEACHERS
There is n birth of Instructors Ia North
West Nebraska


There is a shortage OF school teach
ers in northwestern Nebraska, and go
critical is the situation that It will BE-
necessary to consolidate a number Of
school districts in order that school
may be held.
Superintendent Fowler has resolved a
letter from Superintendent II. l.. Fisher
of Chadron. complaining that IL is i'm
possible to secure teachers. The letter
states that they have been advertised
for and that a number of answers have
been received to the advertisements.
hut that in all instances the teachers
have found good paying positions closer
to the center of the state. before they
could reach Chadron.
Superintendent Fisher writes that he
will consolidate four districts In ono tn
enable the supply of teachers to prop
erly cover the county. This" he says,
lis, | believe, the only solution TO the
education al problem In western Ne
braska." The letter requests that any
applicants for schools bereferred to Mr.
Fisher at Chadron.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
BELIEVE IN GHOSTS.
PEOPLE OF INDIA WITH STRONG
SuPERSTlTloNS.
Surveyor Relates an Incident Which
Is interesting as Showing the Ideas
Evolved by a Race Of Very PRINT.
tive People.

In the last number Of The Journal Of
the Straits branch of the Royal Asiat.
ic Society there appears an interesting
article from the pen OF MIR. A. ID. Ma
chado Oh the supposed evil influence
OF ghosts. He says.
Some four years ago. when J was
engaged in certain prospecting opera
lions in the highlands of Pahang, on
the borders of that state with Perak.
| had occasion to make a somewhat
lengthy stay at q place called Kan
par. on the Tue river. n OF the tri.
butaries of the Betok, in its turn a
%tribtstary of the Jclai. the principal
feeder of the Pahang river. selected
this spot because II had already been
cleared Of large trees and had only
recently been in occupation as Il
Sakai settlement. from the remains OF
which we reared our "unpretentious
little camp. The Sakais, however,
strongly advised us to go elsewhere.
alleging that this place was haunted
by elephant ghosts, and that they had
been the direct cause of a number Of
deaths. principally among their child.
rem, whose remains lie buried there.
1T is necessary to explain that at
the back Of this place. not fifty yards
away, is TO be seen n of those pecu-
liar muddy pools which animals of
all kinds frequent for their saline prop
critics, this particular one being known
cs the kubang Gajah Hantu THE mud
pool of the ghOstly elcphants). These
salt lakes are also known as genuts in
Malay. When the Sakais refer to this
place it is usually with batcd breath
and a mysterious and awesome ges.
ture. These men declared that almost
nightly elephants are seen and heard
breaking twigs and branches and wal
lowing in this mud pool. and yet in
the morning not a vestige Of their
spoor can be seen anywhere. OF this
] am certain, tho prints Of deer and
pig are always plentiful and fresh.
but no elephant could have been
within miles Of the place during my
residence in that locality. My man.
doris elderly wife. who always fol.
lowed her husband in his journeys,
doing the cooking for my followers,
declared that the first night We skpt
there she and all my men heard con
tinued, long drawn walls, like q long
wee-e-e-e, which went on without IN.
PERMISSION until almost daylight. This
noise. they said. came from those
Sakai children buried there.
This account is interesting from
an chronological standpoint In So far
as 1t Illustrates the beliefs and super.
stitions of n rae Of very primitive
people. AS for the number Of children
dying at the time. this would only
seem natural when it is remembered
that an epidemic OF measles was then
and had been for some time raging
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
TRAIN is HELD UP.
B~urIirgton's No. ~ Tackled for the
Sixth Time.

BurIirZton's No. ~ Tackled for the
Sixth Time.
A lea 'enworth, Kan, September "a,
dispatch says: A report reached here
tonight int train No. Al on the Bur-
lington had been held up at Amazonia.
Mo-, by foui masked men about two
miles from that place at $3.50 o'clock.
The baggage md express cars we're
cut from the ma 4 portion of the train
and run a mile up the track, where the
express safe was Town up, but 1t IL
not thought much hat was valuable
was found. The me. sage states that
the passengers ON tia train were not
molested.
Later advices are TO tie effect that
officials OF the road asser there was
but little money In the express safe.
whilepriv a%tereports cmfwya shrdaa
while private reports say It contained
between $4,000 and $40, 900 in money.
A posse was organized to pursue tho
bandits. Not n single shot was fired.
The train was stopped by means or q
red light. The engine and express car
were uncoupled from the balance OF the
train and run half a mile farther on.
where the safe was dynamited. There
WAS quite a panic among he passen-
gers. but they were not molested. n
ductor Harvey hurried back to Anna
zonia and gave the alarm. The posse
was quickly organized.
Reports that reached Lincoln, Neb.,
Tuesday night indicated that the rob-
bers got little for their work. One
message said the train was stopped two
and one-half miles south of Amazonia
by three masked robbers. Conductor
Harvey and Engineer NJ. A. Lewis were
in charge of the train. The train was
delayed three and a half hours by the
robbery, which occurred at 9 p. IN. The
passengers were not molested.
AmaZonia Is ten miles north OF st.
Joseph. and Is the junction Of the Cres-
ton line and the Kansas City. st. Jo-
seph & Council Bluffs road. 1t is To-
Gated along the river bluffs In a rough
and not very thickly populated region.
Offering excellent opportunity for the
men to escape.
Burlington No. Al has been held up
twice near the scene of this robbery
and three times in Nebraska in the
past four years. The last robbery OF
note occurred just beyond West Lincoln
at LAO a. m Saturday, October II. 1902.
In that robbery the thieves made a fair
haul, estimated between $500 and 81
900. They were never apprehended, or,
II arrested, were never connected with
the crime. A few months prior to that
robbery the train was held up six miles
farther west. About two years ago the
passengers on the same train were held
up by robbers, who went through the
cars, just as the train passed Bradshaw.
and relieved them of their %valuables.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
DON'T LIKE YELLOW METAL
China Government Does Not LIN To I've
Placed on Gold Basis.

The report of Mexico's monetary
commissioners sent abroad is now pub
lished in Spanish. Among the more
immediate interesting points and sug-
gestions are these:
In Russia, and in England especially.
the immediate establishment OF a gold
standard in China is regarded almost
as impracticable. In the monetary sys-
TEN that Is recommended for the pur-
pose of bringing about n fixity OF In
ternational exchange. the price in gold
of bar silver and the value of gold i'll
silver money are absolutely disasso-
ciated. The former may f%iuctuate In
the market, whereas silver money VIII
always have a fixed value In gold
hence the stability of international ex-
change. This fixed value in gold viii
be maintained by the governments in
the following manner:
1. BY the closing of the minis to the
free coinage of silver.
9. BY the fixing Of the ratio be-
tween gold and silver by the govern
ments.
3. BY the legal tender character of
the currency for the payment and set
Element of contracts of all kinds.
4. BY reason of its being the only
money In which duties and X will
be paid. as it is supposed that there
will he no gold in circulation.
s. BY limitation of the quantity or
silver money coined exclusively for the
interior currency of each country. .
q. BY the creation of reserve funds
in gold in those countries in which the
foregoing conditions are not sufficient
to maintain the stability of information
al exchange.
The whole of this mechanism is based
on a fixity of value in gold or silver
money. The commissioners go on to
say that all the economists whom they
consulted in Europe pronounced the
closing of the minis to the free coinage
of silver to be absolutely essential TO
the success Of any plan for stabilizins
the value of the peso.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Nebraska Gold supply

Secretary Royse of the Nebraska
state banking board has been investi-
eating the question Of the amount OF
gold at present In actual circulation In
Nebraska. After an inspection OF the
reports Of all banks in the state, both
national and state, at the close Of busi-
ness on June 9 the secretary finds that
there is $2.62S. $40 In gold actually In
circulation in the state at the present
time. or this amount, LOGO. 200 was In
the Omaha national banks on June Q,
$105. S4S was in the national banks
Of Lincoln and $775,5S0 was in the
other national banks of the state. $685.
$50 was in the state banks of the state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Under One Great Management.

All the different lines In Texas under
control of the Rock Island manage
ment are being consolidated with the
Chicago. Rock Island a. Gulf. They in
clude the Chicago. Rock Island 4 Mex
leo, the Chicago. Rock Island & Texas,
and the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Texas.
The transfer deal has been worked out
by General Attorney NJ, A. Low of the
Rock Island system, assisted by As
sistant General Attorney Lassiter, of
Texas. Nr. Lassiter is now making a
tour of tho lines carrying out the de-
tails of the transfer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Attempt to Wreck "A Train.

a special from Independence, Kan,
says the Missouri Pacific passenger
Train that left Kansas City SUNDAY
night was wrecked about two miles
north OF Independence early Monday,
Apparently an attempt to wreck the
IRAN had beer made. as a rail on each
slde was pried loose and the fish plate
inserted between it and the next rail
NE engine and all the cars left the
track, but remained upright. No one
was injured. "
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
a Natural Question.

i-lent' Col, Seton Churchill OF the
BRUSH army recently told a pood
at the London Missionary q
,ie'ys meeting. In the first Boer war
no sahI' they were holding a religions
service m the open and a Kafir nskod
"na' an the noise was about. He was
,oid tina they were w~orshiping God
they wanted to 60 To- heaven
Wh,sh was a very nice place. The
nasiVe then inquired: why. then.
uocs not England annex hea venq ,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Gold by the Million

Seattle's gold receipts from the north
amounted to 81, 25O,0 600 Sept. %. This
great treasure shipments came from
Nome and the British Yukon on the
steamers Ohio, Senator and Dolphin,
These three vessels brought $50 passep-
gers.
The Dolphin had the Klondike, or
British Yukon shipment of $500, 6Ot. 1t
came consigned to the Seattle assay
Office and the Canadian Bank or Com
merce of Seattle from the Dawson
branch Of the institution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Training Ship Aground

The United States training shin Al.
lance is aground at Race Rock, near
New London, Conn. The ship went on
'he rocks late Tuesday afternoon. and
although she is apparently hard and
iast, she Is in no danger. The sea Is
smooth and unless there is a sudden
change In the weather conditions he
ship will be safely fioated. A United
states monitor is standing by the
stranded ship.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Break up Sunday Games.

Tho Topeka, Kan, police Sunday
afternoon broke up a ball game at the
fair grounds and constructively placed
the players in Jail. A Sunday excur-
sion had been run from Kaneas City
to Topeka. and a local Topeka team and
the Kansas City Schmelzer's were on
the diamond with a large crowd pres
ent. Suddenly the police swooped down
and took the players in charge. Later
they were released under promise to
abandon the game.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
The Souls Garden.

HIn pur thonEhis were turned to word,
'aW,hinks we'd seek secluded paths,
Whcs on our journeys, far or neaY
For thoughts aro seeds thar porm,.,,,
70 pobic or ignoble deeds.
~rru,on men the garden of thy son,
i"'t none take root but purost scels.
''ph though thy thoughts be turned TO
"hen thou dost walk the W
rrLh, htnr'st Tread thou'lt have no fear
A"'' thou an enemy shalt meet ~
,S,f,.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
AMERICANS lilly TREATED.
Wsrships sent To Biuefisld to Give Our
Citizens Needed protectIon.

'Nh' ~ sbiutnetu 10 give Our
Citizens Needed Protection.
Information obtained at the state
department, Washington. about the
trouble near Bluefields, Nicarauga. is
TO the effect that a number of Amer
lean citizens have suffered ill-treat-
ment on the island of st. Andrews,
forty miles from Bluehelds, and that
the local authorities failed to afford
them protection or redress. The mat
ter was reported to the state depart
mont by Edwin w. Trimmer. the
American agent at Bluefields. and at
his suggestion the Nashville has been
ordered from Pensacola to st. An
drews. The state department officials
say that they do not anticipate seri-
u trouble. but the evident inability
or n local authorities or their un-
Willingness TO maintain order makes
the presence OF an American warship
desirable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02

Santa Fe passenger train No. Coz
ran into the rear end of an extra
freight train one mile west OF Rocky
Ford. Colo. telescoplng five cars OF
the freight train. A tank Of oil ex-
ploded. setting fire to the wreck. En-
gineer John Maddigan. who Jumped
from his engine, was badly hurt, Mrs.
T.. l.. Drake Of Alva. Okla, was badly
bruised and some other passengers
badly shaken up.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Test of Anti-Compact Law

A temporary restraining order is
sued by the United States court was
served at Pierre, S. D., on State Insur-
ance Commissioner Perkins, on COM
plant of several fire insurance COM
panies in a suit to test the state anti
compact insurance law. The order IL
returnable at Sioux Falls October ..
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
VIII Continue business

II has been announced at Buffalo. NJ.
V, that as the result of an agreement
reached by Errick Brothers. live stock
dealers. with some of their creditors.
the firms business for the time being
will be carried on by S. Swop, Hughes.
Waltz 4 Benstead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
VIII Die Of InJuIies.

An accident at the Palmetto mine ut
Galena, Kan, involved John Maxwell.
q miner OF years experience. After
firing a shot n large quantity Of earth
gave way in the roof. When he started
to run to refuge the current OF air ex-
tinguished his lifht. He fell and was
caught by the falling earth. which
buried almost LIS entire body. He can
live only a short time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Girl Fatally Burned.

Miss Mabel Buher was fatally burned
at Blue Springs, Neb., Sept. 81. her
clothes having caught fire Al she was
passing a gasoline stove. She ran
across the street to a neighbor's where
the flames were smothered with a blan-
ket, but not until she had been badly
burned about the head and breast. 1t
Is thought she a not O
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02
Most Valuable Rim

MRS. John Jacob Astor is believed "a
owS ,ne eostliest ring in America. II
was made in Paris and has three
Us ohlrra'ds surrounded by dia.
'noh's, The entire ring is enerrsted
WIN my diamonds and the enesalds
arc usc'afed to be as nearly perseot
as any eve seen in Amsterdam. A
"m'~'s emerald is the rarest of
senSs, The ring is valued at $40 sss
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02

Lillian Bell wrote In her wishes for
her baby: May the public pass her
by in utter ignorance and never know
of the existence of my little maid"
bui the baby has been introduced 10
the public before she is three weeks
old.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02

The three French professors who
think that they can cross the Atlantic
in a balloon from the Cararies to
Trinidad, British West Indies, are in
"S wise to be compared with the three
sary. S.othans who wen TO sea
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02

Prof. Stagg of Chicago states tina,
during the past ten years the grca,
newspapers have been steadily i'm.
proving"-in spite of the lack of q
Pulitzer uchool of journalism.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02

When II comes to using an electric
whip on a balky horse 1t really seems
ms though human beings were making
an unfair use Of their scientific SUI.
periority.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02

Canada Is steadily drawing imm!,
grafton from tho United States. By
the time annexation is ripe the Amer.
lean farmers will be in possession Of
the better part of the dominion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-10-02

Now that the Scrvians have taken
Ia shooting and throwing bricks a.
King Peer, he probably will revise
his view about the desirability of get.
ting rid If unpopular rulers by the as.
sassinatiOn route.