Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 16, 1894, Page 7

, alone wa MONARCH OF COREA An Audience with His Majesty, the King, in the Royal Palace, HOW HE LOOKS, ACTS AND TALKS The American Minister and Frank Carpen- ter Pay Their Respects, PASSED THE GATE RESERVED FOR ROYALTY The Oircuitous and Devious Causeways Leading to the King's Quarters, RADIANT IN RED GOWN AND GOLD BRAID Surrounded by Fompous Ministers, Guards, Countless Servants and Eunuehs—An 1 terview with the Crown Princo—~The Qui Eavesdropper. ) the The war between China and Japan is being fought (Copyrighted, 1894, by Frank G. Carp: One of the most interesting men in world today is the king of Corea. tuture of Asia is in- volved In the struggle. The king is the absolute ruler of 12,000,000 people. The land of Corea belongs practically to him, and the de- over him, and the velopment of its immense natural resources in gold and coal, which is sufe to cecur after the war is over, may make him one ot the richest kings in the world. I had an audience with him six years ago and 1 met him in cne of his palaces in Seoul just hefore the outbreak of the pres- ‘ent rebelilon. He received me with the highest of honors, and I am, I believe, the only strictly private American who has ever gone through the imperfal door of the great gite which leads into his palace city The king’s palaces cover nearly 1,000 acres. They lie at the foot of a ragged gray moun- tain, and a thick wall of stone as high as @ two-story house runs around them. This wall is entered by a half dozen great gates, at which, day and night, soldlers are sta- " tioned to see that only the proper people go in. Each gate has its own rank, and there are special entrsnces for servants and low nobles. The great central gate is re- served for the highest. It has three doors, and the middle one of them is Kept for royalty alone, and only kings and princes are supposed to go through it. I see that the papers state that General Clarence Great- house, the king's foreign adviser, is the only American who ever cntered the palace city through this dcor. This is not true. The same honor was accorded last May to Minister Sill, Dr. H. N. Allen and also to me. This is hew it happened. The Corean off clals, who put on great airs, have been try ing to iessen the rank of the foreigners in the eyes of the people. They have made a hack entrance to the palace for them, and they proposed to inaugurate this by thus latting in our new minister, Mr. Sill, who had arrived in Corea during my stay. Min- ister. Sili, however, refused to accept their proposition. He said he represented the president of the United States, end that our president was as big as any king on the globe. If there was a gate for kings he thought he ought to go through it, and he sent word to the department that he would come at the time appointed to this big gate, and If he was not admitted there he wouid reiurn to his legation. This mess:ge made the faces of the king's officials turn from the color of Jersey eream to skimmed milk. They saw that there would be trouble, and they referred the matter to the king. Now, his majesty has more brains than ail of his ministers. He is packed full of common sense and he at once became very angry. He not only sald that the minister should £o through the chief gate, but he sent his own chair and servants that he might ride there in state. I don't know that he re- membered me from my past interview, but he was told that I wanted to mect him, and he said that he would give me a speclal audience after that of the minister was over. - I wish I could show you how we marched through the city on our way to the king Our procession of soldiers and servants was at least 100 feet long, and we rode in chairs borne by big-hatted coolies. The king's_ chair shone like gold In its brass trimmings, and it had mahogany pinels. My chair was covered with navy blue silk and Dr. Allen rode in a g rgeous an of green. We had a couple of Corean nobles go with us as interpreters, and these were gorgeously dressed. The minister, Dr. Allen and myself had on plug hats, boiled shirts and ~ swallow-all coats. The. servants who came from the palace were dressed In white gowns, belted in at the walst, with sashes of green. The soldiers wore blue coats and plam” colored pants, and out of the back of their black fur hats were tassels of the brightest vermill'on, cach of which was as big as a fly brush Oh, it was gay. PATH TRODDEN ONLY BY KINGS In this way we went down the Pennsyl vania avenue of Seoul. Our kesos ran in front and howled out to the common people 1o get out of the way for the great men who came. Men and women were crowded up to he walls. Bullock carts were driven down the side streets with a rush. The people who smoked took their pipes out of their mouths and held them behind thbm. Women with green coats over (heir heads scampered Into their houses, and the eyes of all were sa stretched out at the sght that they lost their slmond shape and became circular in wonder. It wes 50 until we reached the gate of the palace. Here our soldiers put down the chairs, and, acc punied by our pimpous Corean interpre we walked toward the gate. Midw:y the platform we were met by one of the high cMelals of the king, clad in a gor- geous green gown, with a stork of white silk embroidered on a background of gold and a foct square upon his breast. He had a similar squers of embroidery upon his back, end as I locked at him it struck me that with a good revolver a man could Kill both of these cmbroidered birds at the same time, He had sbout bis waist & hoop of what seemed to be shell or hcrn, studded with precious stones, and he was ac- companied by servants, who held up his and sort of lifted him along the way was nct because he could not walk, but it better showed his rank and style He bowed low. We bowed, and after a short interval of diplematic tafly giving ho led the way up o the central gate of the palace and motioned the minister to walk through the main entrance, He then went through one cf the side gates, and our Interpreters followed him. Dr. Allen and myselt were walking with the minister. Sald the doctor: ‘‘He seems to intend that I Should go through the main gate, too.' “Well, doctor,”” said I, “I think 1 will stick to the party, and though I have no official rank I'll see how it feels to walk the path that has only been trodden by the feet of kings.” I bad not forgotten that I was an American prince. And so we three repre sentatives of the royally of the United States marched through the templelike entranes The act in itself seems little in Americ but It was a very great thing in Corea, and everywhere 1 went after thet it was men tloned in connection with my introduct to other Coreans, In our march through the elty of the king this gorgeous orime minister stalked along in front of us, leading us through great courts till we came to ansther gate, through the center arch of which we pissed. Then We went on through other courts walled with pal past servants elad in brown and red, and by officlals wearing all sorts of hats and gowns. There were soldiers everywhere, and Gatling guns stood uear some of the trances. ~ We passed through street after street walled with the bulldings in which Nve this king and his servants, until we E&IO 10 a great gate, the side doon of which open. The central door was closed. The secretary of the home office stepped through the side gate and expected us to follow. We had gotten w how- ever, t» the arch of homor, and we stopped and waited for the main gate to be opened. The secretary thereupon changed his mind. He came back and was practically lifted by his servants (o the top of a hill where there was a new gate, and he led us through this This brought us into the vestibule bullt “for the foreigners. It was a magnificent cor- ridor, so long that you could not see the end as you stood at the top and looked down it It was lighted at the top and at both sides by beautiful lattices of white paper.. The woodwork was papered with this w:nderful Corean paper, which Is as smooth as ivory and as strong as leather. The floor was covered with matting as fine as the web of a Panama hat and so thick that our feet sunk as softly fnto it ms they would have done had it been Brussels carpet. This corridor had many landings. We descended from one (o another by easy steps, and after a walk of perhaps a quater of a mile we came out of it into an open hall which locked out upon the gardens of the king and gave a view of the new palace in the dis- tance IN GORGEOUS ARRAY This room was furnished in foreign style, and the highest officials of the king and a number of great nobles of the court were gathered within it. Bach noble had his servant with him. Tall, broad-shouldered men, clad In brown gowns and g rgeous hats #tood abont as guard These are known as the brown-coated kesos. They are the bodyguard of the king, and, like the famed soldiers of Peter the Great, have been picked out for their height and strength. Nearly every one of them is over six feet, and their long gowns make them look like giants. In addition to thes there were servants in red caps purple and servants with dressings of blue their court servants in BOrgeous head- The officials were clad in dresses, and the head of each showed a topnot shining through its fine Corean can of horse hair, which, with its great wings flapping out at the sides, forms the official headdress. These wings are oval in shape and they stand out like ears, de- noting that their owners are ever listening for the commands of the king. The gowns of these officials were of the finest silk, made very full. They fell from their necks io their fzet and nearly covered the great offl- cial cloth boots, whieh made each man look as though he had the gout and was nursing his feet for the occasion. The gowns were of dark green. embroidered with gold on the breast and back, and containing white storks or tigers, according as the man belonged to the civil or the military rank. Each man had a stiff, hoop-like belt about him, which was fastened in some way to his dress, and surrounded his body just below the armpits These hoops were so large that they stood about six inches out from the dress. They are emblems of rank, and you can tell the position of the man by the character of the Roid, jewels or precious stones with which these hoops are decorated. Some of them were mad> of a great number of small squares fastened together by joints, and not & few of these squares were of the purest Bold. Others were of silver, and others were of green jade, amber and other precious stones. Each of these offic wore a rib bon of woven horse hair about four inches wide about the head, and this ribbon was fastened on by a lttle round button about the size of the back of a collar button, which rested just behind the ear. These buttons also denote rank. Some were of gold, some amber and others of other precious ma- terials USHERED INTO THE AWFUL PRESENCE These men were all very dignified. We were introduesd all around by the cabinet minister who conducted us into the room, and we then sat down to a long table upon which were plates filled with as- sorted cookies about the size of macaroons. At each man's seat there vere champagne glasses, and the servants opened a half dozen or so cold bottles while we chatted and waited. The American minister had his presentation first. He spent about half an hour with his majesty, and then one of the English speaking officials came into this room and told me that the king was ready to see me. Taking off my hat and my eyeglasses, | walked with this man through long passageways, walled sith store, by red-capped; red-gowned scrvante, and past soldiers in gorgeous uniforms, to the gate of a large courtyard. As we neared this my interpreter, who was a high oficial noble, bent his head over, and his face looked like that of a man in pain at a funeral. As we entered the court he bent half double, and as I looked across it, I saw that there was a large open hall facing us. This hall had a massive roof of heavy tiles, and at the front of it there were a number of big round pil- lars painted red. There were three entrances to it, reached by granite steps guarded by stone doge, and the floor was, 1 judge, about six feet from the ground. Within the hall, in front of a Corean screan, stood the king, with two cunuchs on each sile of him hold- Ing up his arms. And about him were a number of officials, who bent over half double and dared not look at him for reverence. All of these officials had these gorgeous storks or tigers on their breasts, and they looked at me out of the tails of thelr eyes as 1 came up. My Interpreter got down on his knees as he got to the steps. He crawled along the floor to the front of the king and bumped his head upon the carpet. He then bent himself over half double and remained in_this -position during the whole of the in- terview, whispering in tones of awe his maj- :s‘ly'n sentences to me and my questions to him. The king was dressed in a gown of erim- son silk, cut high at the neck and embroid- ered with gold medallions as big around as a tea plate. There was one of these medal- lons on each of his shoulders, and one cov- ered each side of the gown at about where the fifth rib |s supposed to be located. This gown reached to his feet. It was gorgeous beyond description, and it harmonized with his cream colored complexion. The sleeves of the gown were very full, and out of them a pair of delicate, shapely hands came from time to time, and clasped each other nery- ously. On one of his fingers I noticed a magnificent diamond ring, and it seemed to me as though the great solitaire must cut his fingers as he clasped and unclasped his hands, now folding them together, and now one finger after the other, as though he would crack the joints. Ahout his waist he had a band embroidered with jewels, and his fest were clad in heavy official boots. His head was covered with a navy blue cap of horse hair net as high as a silk hat. This came well down upon his forehead. It had no brim, and there were no wings at the back, as on the caps of the officials. He shook his own hands at me in Chinese fashion as I came up. I bowed, and I looked him stralght in the eye while we talked together. I was not more than five feet away from him, and there was a little table be- tween us. Above us shone the Incandescent globes of the Edison light, and there was an European carpet on the floor. PEN SKETCH OF HIS NIBS. The audience was largely given up to the passing of compliments, and it lasted, I judge, about twenty minutes. During it I had a good opportunity to study the King, and I photographed, as it were, his form and features upon my brain. He is about five feet six inches in height. He Is rather well built, but not heavy. He has beautiful bright black almond eyes, a complexion the color of rich Jersey cream, and teeth as white as the tusks of an African elephant. His face is full, and It shines with intelligence. He has a thin moustache, and a few hairs of black whiskers. He smiled frequently, and now and then he laughed melodiously. He seemed to have a stone of about the size of a boy's lucky stone in bis mouth while he talked, and this from time 10 time got between his teeth as he listened. When he spoke it sunk back into his mouth, taking the place of an old maid's plumper, or the tobacco quid of our congressmen, I don’t know why he used this stone, and I am not altogether sure that it was a stone, It seemed too hard for wax, and medical chewing gum bas not yet been introduced into Corea. The king of Corea is now 42 years old, and he is in good physical condition He is one of the ablest rulers Corea has ever had, and there is no harder worked monarch on the face of the globe. Hls troubles today come from his officials He had been so bound rcund by them that he did not koow the condition of his people, and he has been hedged in as was the mikado of Japan a generation ago. You can- not imagine the pomp of this king. No one can go in front of him. He vever moves about the palace without there are eunuchs at his side to hold up his arms, and the offi- cials wust get down on all fours and bump their heads on the floor whenever he comes into their presence. He spends his nights in working, and he sleeps in the daytime. He goes to bed at 8 o'clock eevry morning, and uo one dare wake him. About his rooms guards are stationed, and all the conversa- tion that is carried on near him must be in a whisper. He usually remains in bed until half past 5 fn the afternoon, and in quiet times he begins his work in the palace when the watch fires are lighted on the moun- tains about Seoul. These notify him that all is well throughout the country, or ‘the re verse. These signal fires [ will describe in another letter. They take the place of the telegraph, and from hill to hill all over the kingdom the character of the fire flashes dispatches describing the condition of the people. 1t s the tolegraph system of the middle ages, and has been in daily use in Corea (11l the Japanese took possession of the land a few months ago. Leaving the king, I was next introduced to the crown prince, who Is now Just about 21 years of e, and who s treated with as much veneration by the people as the king himself. I met him in another audience hall, first backing out from the king, and going down the side steps of granite which I had mounted. 1 do not think that the crown prince is as able a man as his father. Still, my interview with him was short, and he seemed to be coached all the time by the giant eunuchs who stood beside him and held up his arms. My in- terpreter had to double himself up between us while we talked, and there was quite as much pomp in the present presentation. During the audience I heard a low laugh, which seemed to come from behind a sereen at one side of the room. I imagine this was uttered by the queen or one of her maids of honor. She often views, [ am told, such mat- ters through a peep-hole, and, though it would be entirely contrary to official eti- quette for her to be seen by a man other than the King, it is said that she knows all that is going on in the palace, and that there is no prominent audience given which she does not thus inspect. She is said to be a most able woman. Her family is the strong- est in Corea, and her influence in all govern- mental matters has been very great. &l A, Caduotes RIS, TARGET PRACTICE AT BELLEVUE. Preliminary Firing Clo In the Carbine and Rifle Competition BELLEVUE, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special Te egram.)—Annual carbine competition, De- partments of the East and the Platte. Third day, preliminary firing = — -5 -1 gi8 %13 (381" Name, Rank, Regiment and g El I Miller Tolle Thos. Burke, sgt. F, W. Maden, crp.. F 368 9 A. Vrooman, skt {93} 5/ 36110 C. 'S, West, sgt., A, a4 358411 Ott> Kuntz, pvt', 1, 2 James_ Lee, corp., C, 9 Annual tifle competition, 30040 Rank giment. Name and rzeant Shea, 21 ate Kearney, 21 et Merriile 17th nf. inf) 3 inf..| 3 K I Brennan, 24 Inf i t Atkins, 17th inf. H nt_Milson, 17th inf.. 5 8 e oo 7 24 inf s y_ 24 9 3 3 0 . Penn, 2 6 3)11 Knapp, 17th iz Western Troops Golng East. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The general order for the movement of troops was issued late this afternoon. Its most Important feature Is the establishment o Fort Meyer, Va., as the headquarters of a cavalry regiment. The troops now at the post under command of Licutenant Colonel G. V. Henry are transferred to western posts, the majority going to Fort Riley, Kan. The Sixth cavalry, under Colonel D. 8. Gor- don, with headquarters at Fort Niobrara, Neb,, are transferred to Fort Meyer with the regimental bands and all appurtenances. Four companies of this regiment were or- dered to Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, dur- ing the recent labor trouble, and have been there ever since. The Seventeenth regiment of infantry, now at Fort D. A. Russell, will be sent to Columbus, O., with the exception of two companics, which will be assigned to David's Island, N. Y. Captain Lowe Brechemin, assistant sur- geon, has been granted twenty-three day extension of leave. Jesse Mcl. Carter, Fifth cavalry, granted leave of twenty days. Lieu- tenant Colonel Henry C. Cook, Fourth Infan- try, leave one month. First Lieutenant Reu- ben B. Turner, Sixth infantry, Acting Assist- ant Quartermaster Michael J. O'Brien, Fifth infantry, will proceed to Tokio, Japan, having bien appointed military attache to the United States legation at that place. First Lieutenant Charles L. Phillips is transferred from Battery A to Battery E, and First Lieutenact Willlam P. Stone from Battery E to Hattery A In the Fourth artillery. Sec- ond Lieutenant Henry D. Todd, jr., is trans- ferred from Battery H to Battery B, and Second Lientenant Edward P. Obern from Battery B to Battery H in the Third artil- iery. Second Lieutenant William P. Pence, Battery G, Fifth artillery, will report at the Presidio of San Francisco, Cal, and is as- signed to foot battery in the Department of California. Captain Sidney E. Stuart, ord- nance department, will witness the test of powder at the Sandy Hook proving grounds, New Jersey. First Licutenant Erasmus M. Weaver, jr., Second artillery, will assist Colonel William A. Marye at Fort Monro; Va., In testing a device for plotting and di recting the fire of batterles at moving targets. First Lieutenant John L. Barbour, Seveuth Infantry, s granted leave for one month. Major John A. Darling, Fifth artilery, two months extension of leave. First Li-utenant Lea Feluger, Twenty-third infantry, leave for one month. First Lieutenant Charles F. Parker, Second artillery, for forty-five days. Leave for four months is granted First Lieu- tenant Herman C. Schumm, Second artillery. Captain John P. Story, Fourth artillery, will proceed to Indian Head, Md., Frankford Ar- senal and Bethlehem, Pa., Sandy Hook, N. J., Newport, R, I, Watertown, Mass., an Watervlist arsenal, West Troy, N. Y., to obtain information” pertaining (o ordnance, gunning, armor and metallurgy. Second Licutenant Sterling P. Adams, First cavairy, leave of three months. Major Adna R Chaftee, Ninth cavalry, leave of one month Second 'Lieutenant Charles S. Smith, Twen- tieth infantry, is transferred from company I to company G of that regiment. p s Bt Marshals Did Not Get Their M SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Sept. States Deputy Marshals Hayde from Kansas City have been having some disagrecable expericnces in attempting to capture the Dallas county judges who are wanted by Judge Phillips for contempt in refusing to levy & tax to pay fraudulent railroad bonds. ~ Hayde went to Bulfalo dis- guised as a laborer and tried to arrest one of the judges. He was knocked down and the judge escaped. Colte tried the disguise business by posing as a Methodist preacher, but had no b:otter success than Hayde aud the county judges are still enjoying their freedom, nited and Colte ————— Parkhurst Chall ive Names. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—District Attorney Fellows gave out a statement regarding the attack of Dr. Parkhurst on Recorder Smyth He challenges Dr. Parkhurst to publish the names of the “ring of judges.” Colonel Fel- lows says: "It he does mof, he has been Builty of having talked about 'what he is not posted upon, or if he does know and does not expose corrupt judges, he is as big a rascal as any of them." e My boy was taken with a disease rese bling bloody flux. The first hing I thougkt of was Chamberlain's Qolic, Cholera and Dj- arrhoea Remedy. Two doses of it settled the matter and cured him sound and well. | heartily recommend this remedy to all per- sons suffering from a like complaint, [ will answer any inquiries regarding It whep stamp s enclosed. 1 refer to any county pf- ficlal as to my reliability. Wm. Roach, J. ., Primroy, Campbell Co., Teon. For sale by druggists. STATE EDUCATIONAL AFFARS e Mroh Interest Being Manifestel in a Gen- eral Way Thignghout Nebratka. —— IMPROVEMENTS AT ' THE o UNIVERSITY Enrollment for the Yedr Exceeds hy Soveral Hundred that of An§ Previous Veriod —Reporty from Doane College. LINCOLN, Sept. 16,—(Special)—The rapid and continuous growth of the State university is a matter of pride to every Nebraskan. The enrollment during the past year reached the phenomenal figure of 1,324 students. The statement made by Chancsllor Canfield dur- ing the last session of the state legislature— 1,000 students in 1895; 2,000 students in 1900"—bids fair not cnly of complete verifi- catlon, but of being surpassed During the summer vacation various im- provements and alterations have been made for the enlargement of the work. The dif- ferent buildings have undergone a complete renovaticn. Evidences of the brush and broom are seen on every hand. Halls and recitation rooms are beginning to show signs of activity. Professors and instructors are busy arranging and planning their work, pre- paratory to a vigorous campaign. Visitors are calling every day and are being shown around the various points of interest by ac- commodating guides. Inquiring students daily beslege the executive office in quest of infcrmation. The progpects for a successful year of work are very promising. The col- lege doors will soon swing open. The establishment of a complete school of music, in connection with the university, marks an era in the development of music in the west. In the past thise desiring ex- tended study in this department have been obliged to go farther east. Aside from the unusual opportunities for musical study, the student is matriculated a» a member of the university. Th includes free instruction in all university courses, and will give the pupll all the privileges of the regular student in the library, laboratory and gymnasium. This is regarded as one of the striking features of the new conservatory. Already cver 200 ap- plications for entrance have been received by the director. Prof. Willard Kimball, the new director, is a man of very pleasing appearance and manncrs, He has studied under eminent masters in both this country and Germany. For many years he has been director of musio in Towa college, Grinnell, whence he was called to Lincoln. The manual raining department, although young, is fast becoming an imprtant ad- junst to the university work. The univer- Bity has manifested in the widest degree its progressive spirit in placing before its stu- dents a course not only of theoretical but of practical value. Some have questioned the utility of the manual Lraining course in edu- cation. To the thinking min and woman it can bo clearly seen that the university has emb-died in all ity fngtruction the broad- minded and liberal 'idéa” that underlies true education. The main putpose is the training of the eye and hand fn conjunction with the brain. In no way isiit,the aim cf this course to make skilled mechanics; although it may be said the rapid deeling of the apprentice- ship system is a sfrong argument in favor of manual training schopls. The student is hero taught the dignity gf labor honestly and training schools, The courses in this.«epartment include bench work in wood, wosd-turning, iron and steel forging, free hand and mechanical drawing, clay modeling' And pattern making. The shops have been enlarged and an ad- ditlon added during the, summer. The work will be extended in all }ines and placed on an equal standard’ with the best manual training school. ¢ | The werk of cataloguing end rearranging the library has kept ‘the librarian and as- sistants busy during the summer’ months. To the casual obseryer ‘the library presents a neat and orderly appearance, despite the crowded quarters, About 25,000 yolumes are to be found on the shelves. Unlike most eastern libraries, it has never received a collection of books by bequest. Each book has been selected with the greatest care and with especial reference t> the needs of tho university, Upwards of $5,000 are to be ex- pended for new books during the coming year. This ‘money fs chiefly derived from matriculation and diploma fees. The pur- chase of new books will 50 crowd the present 1ibrary rooms that they will either have to be stred on the students excluded from the library in order to accomm-date them. UNIVERSITY NOTES. Hon. Willam F. Gurley of Omaha will deliver the annual opening address before the academic and industrial colleges Septem- ber 21. The handsome four-story conservatory building is rapidiy eapproaching completion. The first term begins on the 17th inst. Walks on the campus have been repaired and many new ones laid. The university green. houses have been en- larged and overhauled. Workmen are busily engaged laying hy- drants along the west side of the campus This move is made necessary for the ade- quate protection of the buildings from fire. The legislature has refused an appropriation for the purpose of Insuring the buildings, The expense of this undertaking has been met by an appropriation from the teaching und. An addition has been made to the spscial courses heretofore offered in the way of a three years' course in architecture. This s very complete, covering nearly the same ground as the course in architecture at the University of Pennsylyania. It has already attracted much attention and favorable com- ment. In the civil engineering departm:nt, [rri- gation engineering has been given the im- portance it demands by changing it to re- quired work. Opportunity is offered to gain a fairly practical knowledge of the subject The two-fifths course here offered, supple- mented by the course in hydraulics and the hydrographic work of the course in survey- ing, offers a valuable aid to the student of irrigation. In addition to this it is proposed to enlist students in the work of investigation of the water supply of the state available for irrigation. This investigation has been un- dertaken by the department under the direc- tion of the agricultural experiment station, and with the probable co-operation of the agents of the general government, DOANE COLLEGE AFFAIRS, Now School Year Opeps in a Manner Quite Satigfagiory. CRETE, Veb., Sapti:(15.—(Special)—Two weeks of the new &chodl year have passed off very successfully, féspite the drouth, a substantial Increase “in’ the number of stu- dents 1s noted. Alks dapartments are well filled with enthusiastie/young people, and the outlook for the year'is ‘¥ery promising. Dr. J. H. Powers, whg'now fills (he chair of living sclences, ,I§ sproving a favorite among the students, (wud is in every way a valuable addition te:/ke faculty. The regular term iweception to new dents was given by the:¥oung Men's Ch tian assoclation andiithp Young Wom Cbristian association: bnighe evening of tember 8. An hour @illed with introductions and chatting was fdllowsd by a short mu- sical and elocutionargyiprogram, the whole closing by a series adgrand marches, led by Mrs. President. Perry,and, Licutenant Har- in. L M stu- Oberkott of last year's class, passed through Wednesday morning on his way to Japan, where, under the appoini- ment of that government, he takes charge of the English department in a large school. A large number of the students went to the train to bid him godspeed Mrs. Frank Bates, whose husband is a graduate of Doane, and has for several years been a missionary in South Africa, guve a very day morning Whitin library _w pancy in a few day The Adelphian quartet, after a brief vaca- interesting chapel talk yester: he ready for occu- tion With ériends and schoolmates here, start out on their second annual tol Miss Chase, the soprano, and Miss Givens, the pianist, will go with them as before Commander Hardin has published the fol- lowing appointments In Company A, Doane cadets: To be chaplain, F. W. Leavitt; to be adjutant, L. N, Farr; to be quartermas- YOUR TAILOR? Po YOu Pay Cash? Asking—cas/ prices—that is prices with no profits, added to cover —bad debts—is one reason why we can offer much better value than the ordinary tailor, who charges you $10, $12 and §14 for Trousers, and then commences to “guzss” about the payment of them. 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J?e;’n:léka.li(#l:; ml;:m:::):v:x STATE FAIR A SUCCESS i play at the Seige of Algiers at Lincoln park, is sald to be improving. cers were appointed also. | A young man giving the name of George SAaees HUS, AUpCa 3 Ress was gathered in by the police yesterday SKIPFED WITH THFE CASH. and still languishes in durance vile. George ceipts Are | had several dollars in coin on his perso towa Farmer Arrortod at Plainviow, Nob. | Hanagors Coofideot that the Receip | and was persuaded to accompany a couple for Lar —Will Go Back. Equal to the Expens s, of friends into Bud Lindsay's place, where PLAINVIEW, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special he parted with his simoleons. When Ros s persuaded that he had lost h Telegram.)—Sherifl Boyle of Lemars, la., ar- was persuade ! i rived In town last evening and arrested | ESTIMATES BEING RAPIDLY PREPARED | to & swindler he Lecame pugllistic, and as a consequen lice station. Al the meeting Health yesterday was appeinted to e 15 now locked up in the po- Broest Lembrecht, who has been living here for the past six months, on the charge of larceny. It seems that Lembrecht formerly lived in Plymouth county, Iowa, where he had a farm. Barly last winter he sold the of the State Board of Di. 0. 8. Wood of Omaha succeed Dr. Allen. Dr. Dick Tiden's Injuries a Good De Serious Than Was at First sup- I Less reate Allen was charged with unprofessional und crops, pocketed the money and taking with Pasd-Eanigen. 27308 dishonorable conduct, but the board found him several mortgaged articles, left the Exhibition. him ot gullty, He aont I Gle pesikRIE state. He came to this place and has been at the same time, and the. appolntment; of living here under the name of Lambert, He yesterday 18 to fill the vacancy, It Is M consented to return without requisition p: LINCOLN, Sept. 15.—(Speclal.)—The State | ported that 'Dr. Allen has sold out and will pers and the sheriff left for Lemars with leave the state. Dr. C Stewart of Au falr management has not yet completed its his prisoner this morning A e AN I e Ll i ;:.:\,:”yl;.:y. :,uy ;:: '\.f.lbr:;::nr-:i-lf was appolnted Chargod with Bteallag Cows. ceipts of the fair, but enough s known to | ¥ RS d FREMONT, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Speclal)= | oonyine them that the fair s & success. The Death of Mea. A, J. Forris, Tuesday A. K. Dame lost his family coW. | ry yegterday, while interfering with the | NEWCASTLE, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special) Yesterday he found her in possession of Jesse | ., ... " 1400 & corresponding saving in the | —Word was received here this morning of Wheeler, a renter living on J. G. Smith's | 3 farm. 8ix miles morthwest of the city, | list of employes, and for the two days previ- | the death of Mrs. A. J. Ferrls at Norfolk. Wheeler was arrested this morning, and by | ous thore was such an attendance as has not | Mr. Ferris is a brakeman on the Newcastle agreement. the examination was bostponed |'been scen at the State fair for many a year. ‘|r:r||':m'"‘"1|.e“">:uh:.::; mado this thelr home to Friday, the defendant being held in bonds | yooo o - < pse feqddh B e ¢ O ey, e e 00, whieh he obtained, | Yestorday and this morning ex-Governor | uaici€s“\iiR" consumption. Bhe hed Eo8s and before the ink was dry on the bond word | Furnas and Lis assistants have been husy at | to Norfolk a few days before, where her | the Lincoln hotel comanittee rooms, but no estimate can yet be made of the amount of | the receipts. The various drivers spent the day in look- ing over the city and took the train out as parents resided. e — KENT HAD AD RECORD, came to the justice that another' cow stolen from C. J. Wilcox had been found on the premises and Wheeler was rearrested and again held to bail Embezzlement and Wife Murder Stock Crimens for Him. Discovered a Kussiun Thistio. Were BLAIR, Neb., Sept. 15.—(Special.)—John goon as they cculd get it. Dick Tilden's in- AKRON, 0. Sept. 15.—By private dis- McKeen, superintendent of the bridge across juries were a good deal less serious than | poivon o™ 1 'learned here that Myron I, the Missourl river at this place, brought o were thought at the time, and he went out of | fent under arrest In Minneapolis for eme B e ok astaned na. 1t was \owa fesling well bezazlement and as accomplice (A the murder It is the genuine, old-fashioned one, It was 1 One of the most noteworthy exhibits was | or yiy wite, fa none other than Willlam Pane found in the peos and stalls for the live | coase, who in May, 1874, stole $30,900 from stock. These extend completely around the | tne Pirst National bank of Medina, 0., of grounds and In each pen was found a perfect | wijoh he was cashier, and decamped, He spscimen of the class. [ had but a short time betore recelved a lai LINCOLN IN BRIEF. | amount of life insurance his wife had ear- The “strong armed” men got in thelr | rjeq, and there was a strong suspicion when work last night, ana as a result there were | she suddenly died that all was not right. elght victima oficlating as comolainants in | The authorities never succecded In locating the police court this morning. Two of them | him, Panconst's parents, now old and in= were held up on the priucipal corners of | firm, live In Medina county. They have al- ‘the eity. ways fondly hoped their son would some 43 The acrobat, Louls Wertz, who was in- | return and make all matters right at hiy | jured while traluing for the specialty dis- | home. found growing just over in lowa along the bank. He says there are a few on (he Ne- braska side, but lots of them in lowa. The secd is supposed to have been washed down from South Dakota and lodged on the bank. Germany efers the Tripartite. 1 BERLIN, Sept. 15.—The Hamburger Cor- respondenz publishes the reply of the Ger- man government to the suggestion made a few days ago by the Vienna Politische Cor- respondence that a dual control be estab- lished over the Samoan lslands. The reply states that Germany prefers to abide by the provisiors of the Samoan treaty.