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- PRfSIOENT TELlS
Of CONDITIONS
, IN PORTO RICO
Speci l Message the Result -
sult 'Df Chief Execu-
_ live's Recent Visit.
MUCH GOOD WORI < DONE
,
Progress Made Under American Ad.
ministration Is Pointed to with
Prldc-Last Year thc Most Pros.
perous the Island Has Ever Known
-Congrecs Urged to Confer Full
American CItizenship Upon the
Porto Rlcans-Nould Have All In.
sular Government ! ) Placed In Onc
Bureau.
\ ' Washlngton.-Presldent Roosovelt's
I , message , describIng conditions In POI'-
; ' , : . . to RIco nd
: , making recommendations
. l- . . , - tor legl'slatlon ho belloves necessary ,
I.l . : , " . , wao read to the congress. It Is as follows -
. , lows :
, - . ' " ! I'o the Senate and House of Ropresen-
, , tatlves : .
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On November 21 I visited the Island
J
of Porto Rico , landIng at Ponce , cross-
t I lng by the old Spanish road by Cayoy
to San Juan , and returning next mornIng -
Ing ever the new Amerlcan , road from
'Areelbo to Ponce ; the scenery was
, wonderful ! ) ' beautiful , espoclnlly
nmong the mountaIns of the Interior ,
. ' whIch constllute II. vorltnble tropic
- Switzerland , I could not embark at
- . gan Juan because the harbor has not
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' been dredged out and can not receive
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: an American battleship. I do not
think thIs fact credltnblo to us as a
I. , : , 'nation ' , and I earr stly hope th t 1m.
I
mediate provIsion will be made for
drodglng San Juan hnrbor.
I doubt wbether our ) leoplo as a
whole realize the beauty and 'fertllIty
of Porto Rico , and the pro ess that ,
hac been made under Its admlrablo
government. " ' 0 , have just crluse for
) ) I'ido In the character of oUr represen.
tatlves who hnvo administered the
tropIc Islands whIch came under our
fiag as a result of the war with Spain ;
and of no ono of them Is this more
true than of Porto Rico. It would bo
lmpossiblo to wIsh a mor faithful , amore
moreemclent and a more dlslntor-
osted public service than that now be.
Ing rendered In the Island of Porto
Rico by these In control of the Insular
government. . .
.
I stopped at a dozen towns all told ,
and one of the notable features In
every town was the gathering of the
school chlldron. The worlihat has
been done In Porto Rico for education
has been ' . ' '
notoworU1j' 1'he main om-
phasls , as Is emlnentlj' WlflO and proper -
< er , has been put upon prlm ry educa.
tlon ; but In addition to this there Is a
normal school , a 1d agricultural school ,
three industrial and. three _ high
13chools. Everj' OCfOl't Is bolng made to
secure not only the benent3 of ole-
mentarj' education to all the Port'O
RIcans of the next gcmerntlon , but
also ( ! S far as means will permit to
traIn thom so that the Induatrlal , pgrl.
cultural and commel'c.lal opportuntes !
of the' Island can be utilized to the
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best posalblo advantage. It was I.
" dent at a glnnco that the teachers ,
I both Americans and native P rte
IUcans , were devoted to f1Clr worl"
took the greatest prld In It , and were
endeavtJrlng to train their pupils , not
only In mInd , but In what counts for
far more than mind in citizenship , that
is , In charactor.
I was very much struck by the ex-
ceUent character both of the Insular
\ . pollco m.d of the Porto mcan regl.
, ment. They are bolh of them bodies
; , U1at i'ofiect crc t upol the Amorlcnn
i administration of the Islam } . The In.
sular police 11.1'0 under the local Porto I
Rican govcrnment. The Porto Hlcan I
I ' regiment of tl"OOpS must be appro- ,
, . prlated for by thecongress. . I earn. .
" - eRtly hope that lhls hodj' wm be I , ilt
. ' , permanont. Tht-I'o SI 1d : clr alllly bo
t , troops In the IslaH'l , anll It Is Wli O
I thnt these troops Jhould h..o thel'lSeh'cs
, t natl"e Porto Rlc ns. It:1111d : , b
from every standpoint a mit > la c not
' " to perpetuate thl : ; regltnont.
In tra"ersln ; ; le IsI"n ( ! even the
most cursorj' StH"OY leTtVl'rJ the be.
holder strucl , wlt't the evIdent rapId
growth In the CI\1'\lI'O ' both ot the sugar -
gar cane and tobacco. The fruit In :
dustry Is also growing. Last j'f.Jnr was
the most prospl.Jl'ous year tha-t the
j , Island haa ever Iw.o vn bef0ro or slnca
J \ the American o. l1\1atlon. \ The tolnl
of exports and Im ) w'ls of the Island
YJ was $4GOOOOOO , a against lSOOOOOO
I in 1901. ThIs Is the largciit 111 the
j island's hlstorj' . Prior to the Amerl.
\ 1 can occupation the greatest trnd for
! 'any ono year was that of lS96 , when It
reached nearly $23,000,000. Last :0'021' ,
UlCreforo. there was double ' .ho trad
: that there was In the most "
I pro ) ) OI"
-Qus year under the Spanish 1'011110. :
There were 210,273 tons of sugar ox.
ported last 'ear , of the value of $1-1-
186,319 ; $3JGG5lG3 , of tobacco , and
28,29 ,322 pounds of ( 'orreo of the value
of $3,481,102 , Unfortunatelr. what
used to 1)0 Porto IUco's prime crepe -
o , , : ! orree-has not Ehared thIs prosper.
Uy. It has never recovered trom the
I1lsaster of the hUI'I'lcano , and , more.
ever , the benefit of throwing opun
our market to It has not compensated
'f.or the IOS8 Inntctod by the closing of
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t.he markets l 1E iir'ciiitt. ' 1 cati % 111'
attention to the accompnnylng mel11o-
rlnl on thIs supject of the bonrd ot
tTado of San Juan , and' I oornestly
hOllo thaf some measure will bo tnlten
for the benefit of the excellent untl
high grade Porto Rican co.lee.
In addItion to dolegntlons from the
bonrd of trade and chnmbor of com.
morco of Snn Juan , I also received
delegntlons rrom the Porto Ulcan Fed.
'
oration of Labor , 'and rrom the correo
Growors' nssoclatlon. _
.Thoro Is n matter to which I wish
to call your especlnl attention , and
that Is the deslrnblUt ) ' of conferring
full American citizenship upon the
people of Porto RIco. I most enrnest-
ly hope thnt this w1ll be done. I cnn
not see how any hnrm can possibly re-
suIt from It , and It seems to mo II. matter -
ter of right and justice to the people
of Porto Rico , They are 10j'al , th01
11.1'0 glnd to bo under 0111' fiag. they are
malting rapId progress along the path
of orderly lIborty. Surely we should
, show our npprecllltion of them , our
prldo In what they hnve done , and
our pleas11l'0 In extending recognItion
for what hils tIntS been done , by grant.
Ing them full AmerIcan cItizenship ,
Under the wJso'admit11stmtlon of the .
present governor and council , mnrked i
'progress has been made In the dIfficult i
matter of grantIng to the people o [ the
Island the largest measure of seUogov-
ornment that can wIth safety bo gIven
at the present time. It would have
been a , "ery serious mistake to hnv
gene any faster thdn wo have alread , .
gene fu this dIrection. The Porto
Ricans have cOllllileto and nbsoluto
nutonomy In all their munIcipal governments -
.
ernments , the ou ! ) power OVer them
Ilossessed by the Insular government
being that of rQmoving corrupt or Incompetent -
competent municipal officials. This
powell : has never boeu exercIsed sa'Ve
on the clearest proof of corruption or
of Incompetence-such as to jeopar. .
dlze the Interests of the people of tho. .
Island ; and under such circumstances ,
1't has been fearlesslj' used to the 1m. .
mense benefit of the people. It Is , not.
a power wIth whIch It would bo safe , :
for the sake of the Islnnd Itsef , to dls. ;
pense at present. The lower house Is
absolutely elective , while the upper
.
house Is alllolntlve. 'thls scheme Is
worldng well ; no Injustice of any ldnd
results from it , and- great benefit to
the 1'sland , and Il should certainly not
be changed at thIs tlmo. The machinery -
ery of the 'olectlons Is administered en.
tlrely by the Porto ! Ucan people them.
sol..es , the governor and council keop.
Ing only such aupervlslan as Is neces.
sary In order to Insure an orderly elec.
tlon. AnjO protest as to electoral frauds
.Is nettle ! } In the courts. Here ngaln 1't
would not be safe to , malw any change
In the present sys om. 'l'he elections
this' year were absolutelj' orderly , un.
accompanied by anj' disturbance ; nnd
no protest has been mnde against the
managemcnt of the elections , although
three contests nro threatened where
the majorltlos were very small and
01'1'01' was clulmed ; the contests , of
course. to bo settled In. the courts. n
short , the governor and council are co-
olemtlngwIth all of the most enlightened -
ened and"'most ) Jatrlotlc of the people
of Porto Rico In educating the citizens
of the Island In the prmclples of orderly -
ly liberty. 'fhey are providing a government -
ernment basec upon each cItizen's self.
respect , nnd the mutual respect of all
cItizens ; thut Is , based upon a rigId
obse\'vance \ of the prlncll11es of jUGtlco
and honcstj' . It has not been easy to
Inst1l1 Into the mInds of ) leOlllo unaccustomed -
customed to the exercise of freedom
the two basl'c prlnclIlles of our Amorl.
can system ; the principle that the ma.
jority must rule , and the principle that
the minority haG righlswhjcli mu t
not bo disregarded or trampled upon.
Yet real progress has been made In
having thoseIIrlncl)11cs" ) accepted as
elementary , " as the foundations of successful -
cessful sOlf.governmo.nt.
I transmit herewith. the report of the
governor of Porto IUco , sent to the
presIdent through the.secretnry' of
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atnto.
All the Insular governments should
be placed in one bureau , either In the
department of war or the departmnt
or state. It 1:1 a mlstalw not so to arrange -
range our haQdllng of these Islands at
Washington as to be able to take ad-
vnutlgo of the exporlonce gained In
one , when deaJlng wIth th problems
that from tlln to time arlso In an ,
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other.
In concluslot let me express my ud.
mlrtltlon fOl' the work done by the con.
SI'css.-lvhon It enacted the law under
whl h the Island is now bolng admln.
Isle'ed. Artor seeing the Idland p(1r-
3onal1r , and after flvo S'l'RI'S' experl.
enco In connection with Its admlnls ,
tratton , It Is' but fal1' to those who de.
vl3ed thIs law to say that It would be
wQll-nlgh Impo slblo to have devised
any othel' whIch In the actual worldng
would have ItCcon1J1J1shedbetter re-
sults. THEODORF. ROOSEVELT.
The Whlto House , I ; > ee. 11 , 1906 ;
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Aristocratic French Cabman.
Ono of the vicissitudes of lIfo hus
been revealed br the death of an old
cabman at St. Germaln.en.La70 ,
France , It transpIres that the unfortunate -
tunato old fel10w was entitled to style
I11mseJf the marquis do Loz do Gouet < -
Gouraud. It la an old SpanIsh peerage
and In his earlier da 's the last unfor-
fortunate holder of the Htle had JIved
In circumstances befitting hIs rank.
nut the laUeI' part of hIs life was
clouded by constant mlsfortuno and at
last , two years ago , ) lVerty compeJled
him In hIs old ago to take to driving
a cab to eke out n wretched mcrstonco.
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Bound to Keep Boys Busy.
' 1ho ; nurges8 Hill ( England ) grouJI
of council school managers , not b ! :
uJlowcd , to encourage rlfie shooting
among the bOj's , 111lve decided to seek
contlent of the ] aBt Sussex education
authority to glvo Instruction In aar-
U ulnc.
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THIS irr-NtBRA-SKA
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EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
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Some Figures on the Corn Crop In
Nebraska-Custcr County First
In Production.
Nebraska Oorn Crop F/oures. /
LINCOLN-According to statistics
Issuel by the state labor bureau , the
total prodl1ctlon [ corn In Nebrasli\
the present j'enr Is 241.383,537 busticls ,
as compared with 243,713.24-1 bushels
In 1905 , or decrease this year of 2-
829,707 bushels. 'l'hero WI\S nn In.
cl'easo In the acreage o [ corn this. year
of 368,418 acres ever 190 . but In sIll to
of thIs the total production of the crop
was lcsscnejl bj' hall In Varl0l18 BOC'
tlons , together with a ] Ierlod of J dl'j'
\veather at a ct'1lcal ! tJmo In the c 'OI'S )
growth. The i vernge j'lollast 'ear
. . . .
o ! 37G bushels pOl' acre .WI\S ex.
tremely hIgh and the ) 'Iold of 35.28
bushels Is nearer normal , but a high
j'leld also. 'fhls decrenso In the pro.
ductlon decreases the tolal value $8. '
173,388.92 from the value of the 1905
crop , I which roachecl a total of $7D , .
4SG,297GO. The 1906 crop Is valued
at $ S9,311DOS.92.
IAncastei' count ' J.anks : first In
acreage with 243,475 neres , and an
a.verage yield of 32.2 bushels per
acre. .
CUl.ter ! eounlj' ranIs first In pr duc-
tlon , with 8,251lti8 bushels , and Lan.
castor county taltes second ) Ilace , with
a production of 7,839,895 bushels.
Saunders county taltes thIrd plnce ,
with 7,434,003 busheJs ) Iroducod.
Av. Yield ProlIue-
pCI' Aore , tlon ,
County.creaJe. . Hush. Bush.
Adams . . , oo. 80,7114 31.7 2,660,218
Antelope . . . . 11fi.688 31.1 3,694,786
Banner . . . . . 2,927 18.3 63j64 [
Blaine . . . . " . 5Gl 28.7 1j8,280 [
Boone . . . . . . . 102,487 35.6 3,638,288
Box Butto. . . 4,108 27 , 112,970
Boyd . , . . . . . 60.009 36.8 2,208,331
Brown . . . . . . 23.531i 30.7 722,1i24
Burralo ' . . . . . 181,2 7 39.0 7,069,41 : !
Burt . . . . . . . . , 77.564 43.7 3,389,54
Butler . . , . . . 121.G81 35.1 4.267.493
Cass . . . . . . . . 125,059 37.G 4,689,712
Cedar .oo. . . . 123,8Gl 39.6 4,904,49 ! !
Chase . . . . : . . 30.184 23.8 718,3711
Cherry . , oo. . 24,223 28.1 680,6611
Cheyenne . . . 7.900 28.1 221.990
Clay . . . . . . . . 109,877 38.3 4,208,289
Colfax . . . . . . 74,379 40,0 2,97i ,160' '
Cumlng . .oo. 102,448 42.1 4,313OGO
Custer . . . . . . 232,427 35.6 8,21i1lli8
Dakota . . . . . . 44,176 46.1 1,992,292
Dawes . . . , . . 4,282 28.0 119,89
Daw.son . . . . . 131.947 40.8 5,383,437
Deuol . . . " " 16,491 :13.8 li57,395
Dixon .oo. , . . 72,371i < 10.2 2,909,47ri
DOdge . . . . . . 99,771 .37.1 3,701.Gr.2
Douglas . . . . 68,191 38. : : 2,604.896
Dundy . . . . . . 42,110 24.2 IOHI,062
Fillmore . . . . 121,726 37.G 4 , 76,897
l rnnlelln . . . . 85.492 29.6 2li30.ri63
Frontier . . . . 122,7G7 3 .4 4,341i,6J7 !
Furnl1s . .oo. . 106 71i7 37.1 3,960,1184
Oa"e . . . . . . . 188.ri31 33.j [ G,31j,788 [
Garlleld . . . . . 19,018 30.j [ 580,019
Gospel' . . . . , . 87,10ri 35,0 3,048.67ri
Gmnt . . . . . . . 42 2j.0 [ 1OGO
Greeley. . . . . ri8,382 28.8 1.687.1G1
Hall . . . . , . . . 80,242 33.6 2,6116,131
Hamilton . . . 113,173 38.3 4,334,526
1Iarlan . , . . . . 121,87G ! 42.0 6,4j4.750 [
Hayes , . . . . , 1i2,49' ! 25.0 1,312,350
Hltcheocl' oo. 28,246 28.G 80liOll
Holt . . . . . . . . 93,223 26.3 2,451.764
Hooleer . . . . . 2,206 23.0 60,716
Howard' . . . . , 78,690 37.6 2,9G8,71"4'
Jetrorson . . , . 112,922 26.2 2.9G8,666
Johnson . . . . . 79,013 32.8 2,691,626
Koarne ) ' , . . . S4,554 3ii.3 2,984,75G
Kolth . . . . . . . 12,308 32.6 400,010
Keya Paha. . . 28,776 29.2 840.230
Klmlmll . . . . 828. 17.1i 14,490
Knox . . . , . . , 224,393 31.5 7OG8,379
Lancaster . . . 243,47 32.2 7,839.896
1..ll\coll1 . . . . . 60,110 29.1 1,47ri.661
-Logan . . . . . . 10.494 29.1i 309.573
Lonll . . . . . . " 13.7GG 31.1 428.122
Madlsol.oo. . . 96.580 31. 2,913,980 !
l\lcPhel'lon. . . . . . . . oo. . . . . . . . . .
Morrlck , . . . . ri7,30 31.0 1,776,486
Nance . . . . . . 67.068 36.7 2 , < 161,3Hi !
Nomaha . . . . . 70,7li2 3g.2 2,702,726
Nucleolls . . . . 116.201i 35,6 4,136,898
Otoo . . . . . . . . 143ri68 37.0 ,312,016
Pawnee . . . . . 71,374 32.1 2,291,10
Perkins . . . . . 17,393 25.8 448,7311
Pheills . . . , . . ! ,806 42.2 ,1,0'12,971
Pierce . . , . , . 81,636 30.0 2,0140,080
Plntto . . . . . . 136,020 38.2 1i,19,9G4 ; ;
PoUt . . . . . . . , 86,122 38.8 3,341 , 33
Red Willow. . 73,297 28.G 2,096,294
Rlchat'sol1. . ! J8H7 38.0 3,752,386
Rock . . . . . . . 15.02128.4 0 426,79
Saline . . . . . . . 118,699 35.1 4,166,3:14 :
'Sarpy . . . . . . . r.86ri ; ! :1G.8 : 1,94ti,432
Snunllers , . . . 180.871 .11.1 7,434,003
Scott's Bluff. 2,19G 30.0 65,880
Seward . . . , . 11J,901 ! 37.0 4,43G,337
Sheridan . . . . . 14,949 30.0 448,470
Sherman . . . . 58.fi02 34.1i 2,018,319
Sioux , . . . . . . 2,006 1..9.3 38,71 [ ;
StItton . . . . . 78,290 : r4.fi 2.701,005
' ! 'harer : . . .oo. 114riJ9 ! 29.7 3,403.ri90
Thomas . . . . . 1,92ri 25.0 48,12 : ; .
Thurston . . . , 66,789 38.4 ,2,664,697
Valley . . . . " . , 72,301 31i.7 2,5S1,141i
WashIngton. . 78,490 36.8 2,888,432
" 'ayno . . . . . . 92,664 37.2 3,447.100
'Webster. . . . . 109,945 :14.3 : 3,771,113
Wheeler . . . . . 13.780 29.1i 40G,510
Yorlt . . . . . . . . 120,792 37.6 4,641,77J !
Totals " . .6,810,90 3ti.28 241,383,637
enGolidatlng' Homes.
An offort. will bo made thIs year
to consolldnto the GIrls' 'Indus tI'l n.l
lJOmo at 1\Jllforl ( with the HOlUe for
the Friendless at 1..lncoln , the united
home to IJe at 1\I1ford. ! 'l'hl ! ! will
leave the ontlre buildIng now used
for the Friendless and the OrthopedIc
hospital for. tIle use of the latter. The
Ortho)1edlc ) hosIlltal needs 1nore
room , nnd Suporlntemlent Lord will
recommend a largo appropriation for
a new bl llcllng ; but as a lot of legis.
lators will object to thll1. expondlture ,
the consolidation 1Itely ! will bo er-
fected.
Change In the State Normal ,
1..1NCm..N-A . resolution will be offered -
fered at the next meotlng of the State
Normal board which , If adopted , prob.
ably will malte unnecessary the ap.
pr prlatlon asked forte Increase the
capacity of t11e Kearney Normal
school. 'fhls resolution , -which will be
offered by State Treasurer Mortensen ,
will provide no students can bo ad.
mltted to the normal school who have
not pas sod the tenth grade.
Nebraska Incurance Companle3.
Dlanlts asldng fOl' Information In
regard to the busIness of the last
j'ear are olng sent out to all ur-
anco companies by Insurance Auditor
John I. . . Pierce , Ufe companies reo
ceolvo blanks containing thlrty.slx
IJllges. 1\IInute explanations as .to the
manner of condnctlng busIness may JA
made by comllllnlc which have been
hI-tho state only one year. The ) ' must
tell how their money Is Invested , glvo
an Itemized account of their gains
and losses and show the exact coat
of obtaining new business.
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NEBRAnKA DR 'Fs. -
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The I.'remont poultry show , hohl last
week , was highly , nuccessful. . .
The CnthoJlcB of Deatrlce hl\vo
talton lultil\tory stells fOI' building n
church.
Suthorlatu\ \ doing so much build.
luG' that the carloutm's cnnuot taltO
cure of It 1\11.
The rovlval meetings In l < 'remOl\t \
wore so successful that the ) ' were ex.
tendM 1\nothor woelc. "
Several fatuI cases at ( llphtherll\
have occurred u nr Arborvl11o nuU In
the vicInity at Clarlts.
The remains of Mrs. 1\lIltlretl Berne ,
who died at Klrlsvllle , 1\10. , were
brought to lUuo lll1 tor b\\rlnl.
Corn stalk tUseaso Is again amOitg
the cattle or Platte countj' . .Tohu H ,
I WI\l \ < e hns-Iost olght hend with the tUS-
onse.
An ollldemlc of lUphthorla hns
caUsed the tomporarj' dismissal or the
school In lUstrlct No. 10 , Rlchm'dson
countj' .
'fho 1Jentrlco Gns & Powbr compal1 ' ,
with a capital' of $1GOOOO , hnB filed articles -
ticles of h1COI'lloratlon with the accre-
tary of statr. .
A horse stolen from the bal'll of
.101m Hebobrand , neal' Hooper , reo
turned home aCloso'oral daj's' ab.
sence , nearlj. starveel. ,
Tlm'o bloodhounds were rocelved by
Cltr Mnrshal Owens of GC1'a by ex.
press from 'l'oxns. 'l'he ' 111'0 thorough.
bred and carefully trained.
'VllIto C. Coblo's runch house , nine !
miles 'South of Hyannlll : , burned to the ;
ground. 'rho hullcHng was just completed -
ploted at a cost of $1,200.
The Borwyn State bnnlt of Cuater
county has recolved n chartOl' (1'011\
the state banltlng bon rd. The eallital
stoclt of the now bnnl , Is $ G.OOO.
Deput . Shorlff atC'fi served tax no.
tlce on the C. . D. & Q. rullway agents
at Falrmont and GraClon , nnd the sher.
Iff served notlco on the agent at Go-
nova.
A Judgment of $3,000 , glvon In the
district court of Plntto county In favor
of Mlnnlo Edmongson. administratrix ,
nnd agnlnst the UnIon Pacific Rallrou.d'
compan ' , has been nmrmed by the su.
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preme COIII.t. .
, Charges o [ such n. sOI'lous nature
have been made against the manage.
m nt of the Keamo ' Normnl school ,
Imllllcntlng some members of the Normal -
mal hoard , that a legIslative hlv03t1gn.
tlon seems Imperatlvo. _
Nicholas Gentleman , who was convicted -
victed of murdOI' In the secOlHI degree
In Platte county ncarlj' sIx years ago ,
has fi1ed an appllcatlon for pardon.
GovernOl' ! lIlcltej' will hear the case
Docembm' 24 at 11 a. m.
A requisition haa be m Issuccl by
Governor 1\Ucltoj' for the retul'll to No-
braslm from Delaware county , New
Yorl" or Vagns Stenbcclt. Rom MU-
ler of Omaha accuses the man .of the
embezzlement of $162.50.
pounty Treasurer Dowlby of Saline.
county has bee.1 notlfiod by telegraph
that an order has been Issued bj' , Judge .
1\Iunger In the federal court to restrain.
him from collecting dellnquent taxes
for 190G from the C. , B. & Q. railroad ,
Charles ScrIven 01' was arresled at
Deatrlce on a cOIt1plalnt sworn ollt b1
1\1l's. Mnggle Scrivener , charging him
with wife desertion. Scl'ivener hall :
been worltlng for Swift & Co. at , Wlch.
Ita , Kas. , and was arreslod soon after
his arrival In town.
8tnto Deputy LatHI CQml111ssloner II.
M. Eaton and his deputy , J. 1\1 , Shlvo-
Iy , lO the first officIals to 1110 theIr
bonds with the governor for UIO comIng -
Ing two years. Both Instruments are
signed by the Amel'ican Surety company -
pany of Baltimore , l\1I' . Eaton's bolng
for $50,000 and 1\11' . Shlvelj"s for $10 , .
000 , .
Adjutant Gellol'l\l Culver has received -
ed omclal InfOl'matlon to the elYect
that the ew cannon demanded for the
-marltsmen of Nehl''lslm ; cannot. bo fur.
nlshed by the war department nt thla
time. ' 1'ho secretm'y of "WIU' stnted
that the batterj' at Wymore has 110t
reached a sufficIent degree of efficIency
to merIt new guns.
William Campion of Seward was
found gulltj' o [ deserting the illegitImate -
mate child of Nellie Lntthner , after a
trial of three days. Oovel'nol' Mlcloj'
had pardoned Campion out of jail under -
der the charge of being the father of
the child , but JUdge Good remanded
the young man to jail because , the
$1,000 jUdgment had not been ) laId.
The sum of $3,000 Is asked by 1\IIss
Lrda 1\IcMahon , 'Superintendent of the
Geneva Industrial schoolj for the maintenance -
tenance of the school during the com ,
Ing two years. Her bIennIal report ,
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whIch has been med with Govornor.
1\I1eley , shows that the cost of main-
fenunco..per capIta during the last two
years has ! Jeen less than GO cents ) lor
day.
In the IIotato Industry Sheridan
countj' . leada the st.uto In acreage
and total IH'oductlon , havIng an
ncreago of 5,32G and a IIroduction
.of 33GG38 bushels. Box Butte county
taltcs second ranlt , with 4,8G7 acres
npd 257,951 bllllhels prodliced , Daweij.
county ranHS thIrd In acreage with
2,725 , but Is ) Jllssod by Scott's Dlut ! In
production , the luttel' havIng produced
243,360 bushels.
At Grand slalld , In the case of the
stnt against Snyder for l\1lrglnry \ , the
defonelant was sonlenceft to thirty
days In the cOllnt . jnll. The man ,
while Intoxlcatocl some months ago ,
tried to hrealt Into the home of Mr.
Gal'vel' , an eXIJI'csa agont.
Peter Hedman was accidentally Itill.
ed Ileal' SlromsIHu'g. He was hauling
manul'o to the dump ut the ereok bank
and whUo drIving close to the eelgo to
got near enough to unload the wagon
wheel I1roplod ) Into a hole concealed
by rubbIsh and the wagon fell over
upon him.
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6 OF . JERICHO
STORV . Of TtiE CONQUEST Of
R. CANAAN
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: ' . 'And the Lord said unto
. Joshua , See , I have olven' Into
: thine hand Jericho , and the king
. thereof , and the mighty men of
: vlor. . " _
. God gives mcn visions of
: great victories , that arc possIble
o of I'callzatlon because hIs om.
: nlpotence Is bohlnd them. :
o Men dream of conquest. Men 0
: plan large things apart from :
II God. But the dream never be. .
: comes anything but , n d'cam , and :
. the plans "gang aft a'olec. " 0
: What 1flsappolntments life :
. holds for those who plan and .
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. work and strive apart from God. 0
III Solomon , the man of rare 0
: gifts , nnd wonderful achievements - :
: ments , turns at last from the :
o sphere of human endeavor , .
: which Is temporal , and cries : "I :
. know that whatsoever God doeth , .
: It ahall o forever. " :
. Joshua early In his career as II
: leader of the children of Israel :
. caught this vision of the sure .
: working of God , and to him Go :
o gave the 'nssurance of vIctory .
: a eng the lines of his will. :
. There was Jericho great and .
: strong , her masslvo walls seem. :
. Ingly Impregnable ; there was .
: her king , proud and defiant ; :
o there were the mlohty men of .
: valor ready to die In defense of :
. the city. .
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. This was what Joshua saW .
II perhaps before he Bought out .
: the Lord and obtained a vision :
. from the Divine viewpoint. I )
: B t after that It was no long. :
: cr t1e , strong walled city and :
. the powerful king and the mighty 0' '
. men of valor . which he saw , but ! . .
o . rather that city low In the dUBt , .
: that king and his army within :
. his powcr. .
: Such was the vision ; such was' :
o the promloo of God. But as It
: Joshua went out tho' next day :
o the city was BUll there , the king .
: was Gtlil on his throne , the :
. mighty men of valor nUll watchIng - .
: Ing on the wall. :
. There was much to do to .
: make the vision a reality ; to :
II claim the promise of God. But .
: the vision and the promise were :
. 'tho goal ahead towards which .
: unhesitatingly and unyleldlngly :
. Joshua strove. He knew ho .
: should attain , because God had :
. willed It. .
: Look up , 0 Christian I Catcfi :
o the heaven.born vision I Hear 0
: the Godoglven promise of vie- :
. tory. 0
: The..o . Is many a Jericho In :
o thy life that must be conqucred .
' 0
o o beforc you can enter Into the .
II full posscsslon of the land God .
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. has purposed to glvc you. .
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THE STORY. ,
, TIlIi } day on which the children of
A Isrl101 crosseel Jordan was II. day
of terror In Jorlcho , ' } 'ho spIes which
the Itlng hud l3..ent out to watch tho' '
movell.1ents of the Israolltes had re-I
turned In haste telling J3trangO sto. I
rlos of' how the waters of the Jordan. .
had dIvided and the people and all ,
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their fiocls and herds llnd crossed
, over .on . the dry bed of the river , and
were even now on tholr way to nUaclc
the city.
In theIr excltoment anel alarm tl10
40,000 fighting mcn which had crossed
the rlvor In advance had beEnab'11l \ -
fled Into a great army , 11.1qulellY (
the orders were gIven that the cJty
gutes ho closed tight and II. double
, guard ho ) llaced upon the wall. All
the fighting men of the city were
slleedlly summoned and slept upon
their arms that night , expoctlng thnt
, an assault mIght bo mndo upon the
'walls under cover of darkness.
'fhat was a torl'lblo night In Jericho -
cho , People ran throush the streets
.JI1to mad , cursIng and fighting with
each other In theIr wild terror , and
alternately shouting malecllctlol1s
, uon ) the Israolltes and their God , and
calllng : U110n tholr gods to hea\ them
: nnc help them. .
Hahab and her Idnafolk gathered
with her In her IIttlo house upon
, the wall listened to the tumult wIth.
: out and wondered if already the Is. ;
r ollteo had talCn the city. But no ,
It could not bo , for that oventng as'
Itho 8un had aet and Rahah had gone
to the window to see that the carlet
cord , the pledge uf her dellvorance ,
! was stili In Its place at the side of
, the casement , aho had looked out
iacross the 111aln and had seen the
IIsraelltes ) Ieacefully encamped. .
"nut they will como to.morrow , " I
she thought , nncJ as the tumult with.
out IRcreased , aho turned to reassure
; her relatlvos gl\thored about her ,
when a loud pounding U110n her IItor
tIoor WIlS henrd. Tremhllngl ) ' she
wont t.o the door , and without drawIng -
Ing the hat shouted to Imov ; who
was there and what was want mI.
" 'fho ISI'nolltes bo "
upon us , Rllhab ,
shouted a grut ! voice , whIch she I'eeog-
nlzed as that of the caltaln ) OVijr the
gUl1rd which kelt the wall , and whC\
had been a frequent visitor to 1101'
house In thncs past. "Fleo Into the
Mart of UlO city where the
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nnd hlh1ren nro being ; i\iii rcf , to ;
In ) 'q\lr nll\l1 \ 11qro UI ! \ t p wall yo. . .
will. I ( lh' ITorl h ht Hlo' firnt lao l\1t1t
whIch Is mndo upon the city. "
"Nay. I will stay here , " Hahal . ! .
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shoute(1 baok ,
"Dut thou must not1 Mnko hnslel
I cannot longer pnrloy with thee , '
and the cnptaln hurried off to < < lIrocl
the Ilrdlt\l'allons which were being
matlo to otrongthen the 110ronSeli 01
the clly.
AR Hahnb wont hnek to the UtU.
frlghtenod clrclo or rolatlves tb.
doubt crept Into her heart : "Buppose
the Israolltes In tbelr excltemont nnd
In the rage and tumult of battle ( lie !
not Bee the sign In the window , actol
all. SUPPOIIO tlloy dId not l'omombel
In the fierce rush of the conflict. '
But she brushed asttlo the thought
aHl spoke out bravel ) ' :
"Wo will Rtay hero where wo wore
bid. The scarlet cord Is In the win.
dow. 'rho GoII of the Israelites will
romombor. lIe Will not lot hnrm como
to these who are shollered under this
algn , whloh Is the token of his
pledge of mercy.
Thus In , Torleho thnt nIght whllo lIl0
terror was \1pon the olty , there \VIlS
In the homo of Rnhnb the whlopor.
Ings or pen co , bccnuso of the slender
fnlth whIch roaohel ( out aCtor the true
God and the lleo1110 of the true God.
Dut dnwn came nt last , anc\ with It
reassurnl1co to the llooplo of the
cltj' , which was quIckly dlsllolled
'hol1 the looltouts III the towers on
the walls reported nn unuo\1al netlv.
Itj' in the cl\mp ot Israel , and thnt
the ul'l1Io(1 men were gntherlng and
1\I1\1'chlng to\vnrcls the cltj. . Instant.
Iy the alarm spread throughout. the
city , and agaIn the fighting men
sl1rang to theh' arms. The archers
stood rundy at the wOI'd .of . command
to send tholr swIrL darts. Into the
ranks or the ol1 my a8 Boon ns they
drew near eno\1gh , and the double
Ime of guards \1)10n ) the wnIl woro'
ready to hurl tholr BpORrs and UlO '
great rocls down ul10n the heads of
the army when It should attempt to
8torm the wnllo.
So Intent were the men of .Jericho
In making doubly sure the defenses of/ /
tllO city , thnt they had not noticed
what was going on In the cnrop of
ISI'aol , but n shout rrom the lookouts
drew tholr attention , nnd they honrd'
thorn exclaim In dorlslon :
"What ! Would they bring tholr
women and chlldron to fight agaInst
us ? What motley crowd Is this thnt
would talto a strong city 111\0 Jorl.
cho ? "
At theRe words nIl the soldlorQ
crowded for } lluco upon U\O walls , ancil
they watched with amnzoment , and
then with contempt and dorlslon , the
long lIne of Israollte as they slo\vly
marched nround the city. There was
the lIttio COmlJ1.ny of fighting men In
th lead , but how 8111011 and Inslgnl.
ficant they looked against the army
whIch the Itlng of Jorlcho could mus.
tor. Then came the long-robed. men
bonrlng somothlng In tholr midst.
ThoBO must bo the } Irlests , and tholr
burden must bo the ark about whIch
they had heard so much. Dut had
they had heard so much. :
All dny long In the streets of U10
city ho < 1lscuoslon wont on as to whnt' '
was the meaning of these strange
proceodlngs on the part of the Is.l
rae1ltes. And -wholl next duy they
witnessed the sumo performance , and
the next uud the next , their fears
gave lliaco to that o [ reckless caroll"
sal. What hnd they to fear from.
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the enemy which came not nenr .
enough for tholr strongest arohora t
reneh { hem wHh tho1r rrows ? What
harm could como to the great mass"
Ivo walls of Jericho when only tho' '
faInt sound of the trumpets of the
priests reached tholr oars.
On the fifth find sIxth days In
which the children of ISl'l1.01 . marched
about the cIty , the people 9f the city
comlletoly abandoned themselves to
the merry , reckless sllrlt ) 'which toole
possession of the city , for the roac.
lion from the abject terror of the
first days of the coming of the Israel.
Ites carried thorn to excesses which
made of the ct ! , a v rltablo ca1'11lval
of IIconso. IUdlcule of the most brazen
sort wus heaped upon the God of the
Israolltes. Tholl' gods were rought
forth and sacrificial fires b Ut heoro
thom. And so as the seventh day
dawned It found the people fairly In. l'
toxlcntpd With the excesses Intb which
the ' had been plunged by the strange ,
unwarllko conduct of tholr enemIes ,
the Israelltcs.
"How long Is this to continue ? "
aslwd the king , as messengers came . ,
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to hIm snylng that the Israolltes were
again marchIng about the city. "Slnco ' ' ( ' 0 .
early morning they have been com.
passIng the city , they sold , "aud already -
ready now they have marched about
the city five tlmos. "
The Idng ummoned the captalno
of hIs army and commandec } that the
soldiers bo gathered under the walls
of the city nud prepare to go out -
ngalnst the enemy whIch ovldontly
was not goIng to make an assault
upon the city.
Thus It was that as the Isrl1.QUtos
c'ompletcd the ch'cle pf the city for
the seventh time that morning they
suw the walls of the elty black with
the armed men of the city propar d
as though to rush upon thorn. ' 1'hen
It wus that the trumpets burst forth
In their mighty blast and Joshua
shouted and all the people shouted ,
and hp.hold by the mighty hand of
their God the walls of Jericho camQ
crashing llown and tow of the klng's
army esc1ped. ! And Israel went UII ,
Into the city every man straIght boo
fore him and took the lty , and the
young men that were spies went In
and hrought out Rahab and her Callier .
and her mother and her brQthrcn and
nil that she had. . And they burnt
the city with fire and all thl1t was
therein. So the Lord was with
Joshua ; and his tame was nolsetl
throushout all the country.
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