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-u. THE NORTH PLATTE EEMI-WEEKLf TRIBUNE :. FRIDAY EMM, OCTOBER 4 1895. ft J;" ".'? 4 i ,4 -''Hi 1 A. F. STREITZ, Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, . ZPINTEBS' WINDOW GLASS. IDia-zan.stn.ta, ZDexitsclie Corner of Spruce and Sixth-sts. V. VonCCETZ, The North GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, COUNTRY PRODUCE. FLOUR and FEED. Uur tjrooas Prices a Share of Your Trade. NORTH LOCUST STREET, NORTH PLATTE, NEB. jJLV JflCARRY THIS BANNER I F Hardware ilf PRICES LOW. WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT, WINDOW GLSS, VARNISHES, GOLD LEAF, GOLD PAINTS, BRONZES, ARTISTS' COLORS AND BRUSHES, PIANO AND FURNITURE POLISHES, PREPARED HOUSE AND BUGGY PAINTS, KALSOMINE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES. ESTABLISHED JULY 1868. ,F. J. BROEKER. A Fine Line of Piece Goods to select from. - v 4 First-class. lit- Excel- MER6MT TAILOR. lent i NOBTH : PLATTE : PHAEMACT, Dr. N. McOABB, Prop., J. B. BUSH, Manager. ZJSTOZRTDB: PLATTE, - - ITEBEASEZA . "We aim to liandle tlie Best Grades of G-oods, sell tliem at Reasonable ITigures, and Warrant Everything ..Orders from the country and along the line of the Union Pacific railway respectfully solicited. JOS. F. Steam and Gas Fitting. Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper and Galvanized Iron Cor nice. Tin and Iron .Roofings. Estimates furnished. Repairing of all kinds receive prompt attention Locust Street, Between Fifth and Sixth, ISTortlL IPlatte, FINEST SAMPLE . E00M IN NORTH PLATTE Having refitted our rooms in the finest of style, the pnblic is invited to call and see us, insuring courteous treatment. Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. Our billiard hall is supplied with the best make of tables and competent attendants will supply all your wants. KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE a'BE UNION PACIFIC BEPOT - I SUPPLIES,, -- MACHINE OILS ' Spectacles. Side Grocer. are vjruaranteett jj resn, our are as Low as the Lowest. We Apotheke insure Prompt Delivery. We Solicit 310 SPRUCE STREET. FILLION, 9 TSTe"braska. IRA. L. BARE, Editor and Pbopbietob SUBSCRIPTION SATES. One Year, cash in advaaee, L25; Six Months, cash la advance 73 Cente. Entered at theNorthPIatte (Nebraska) postoffice as second-claea matter. Republican Ticket. For Judge, 13th Judicial District . H, M.GRIMES. For Treasurer E. B. WARNER. For Clerk S. C. WILLS. ForSberiff WILEY MATTHEWS. For County Superintendent MARY E. HOSFORD. For County Judge JAMES M. RAY. For Clerk of District Court W. C. ELDER. For Surveyor F. H. BENS.ONf"" For Coroner N. F. DONALDSON. For Co. Commissioner 2d Dist. J.R.RITNER. some or tne men wuo were in . C M strumental in organizing the pop party in Lincoln county, are now among those who most roundly denounce it.' They pronounce it immeasurably more corrupt than either of the two old parties. The present county treasurer has a lead pipe cinch on that inter est money which he says he turned into the treasury, in case the stat ute is -declared void by the su preme. ; In that event Mr. Buchan an will demand ana receive the money. 'j. iM iujliher win soon make a p-r t-- . tour of the county in the vain at tempt to make voters believe that Jake Miller is the "onlv" sheriff Lincoln county ever had. As Mil ler's election means dollars for Tim it is only natural tnat ne make an attempt to convince the voters that the moon is made of crreen cheese. How funny would it have been had J. Gusty Beeler had to have delivered T. Furioso Gantt's ora tion instead of his own at the rati fication (?) meetingmore properly "wake" last Saturday evening, Yet such would have been the case had the supreme court ruled dif ferently upon the irrigation law. However, it is not singular that iudsres of equity and law should disagree from J. Gusty. The revolt of the Catholic socie ties in JNew Jtonc against 'l am many, on tne issue lorcea oy tue bosses against the closing1 of the saloons on Sunday, is one of the most significant political occur rences of the year, says the Lincoln Journal. The organs of Catholicism iu the city have given most em phatic warning" to the democratic eaders that if they force that is sue nothing will prevent the loss of thirty thousand Catholic votes to the Tammany organization, no matter what .other political ques- ion may arise. Governor Culberson, of Texas, has convened in special session the egislature of the Lone Star state to enact the necessary legislation to prevent theCorbett-Fitzsimmons fight. It seems the law in regard o prize-fighting in that state is ery impotent, hence the need of amendment. It is announced by he twenty-two populist members that they will vote against the emergency clause, thus making the proposed statute inoperative in ime to prevent the much talked of battle between these brutes. Com ment upon such a course is unnec essary. In evidence of the dissolution of the "pop" party in Lincoln county is the fact that A. M. Stoddard, its candidate four years ago for county commissioner, and committeeman or Hinman precinct, presented himself at the convention last Sat urday before the committee on cre dentials and asked to be oiven seat in the convention. He said that he had called a primary but no one attended the meeting, hence he lad no credentials. But two short years ago the vote in that precinct on the head of the countv ticket stood, republican 16, populist 13, democrat 4. Further comment is unnecessary. How any free silver man can be deluded by the pretensions of the populists when their practices are so at variance with, the future use of the white metal, is almost bevond comprehension. Take all the cur- J 1UL1UUUI.CU III AJH I gress by Peffer, Simpson, Watson, TTom nri infiiiom i AJkWAuy uuu uaa. va. WiivUif ClLlLl Vi C ililU I them advocating the issuance of billions of dollars of irredeemable flafflinnpv. Thic -fitrt. j - w -"W WW " I ry ofrtheoldgreenbackers, and time has develooed its fnllv if is what is desired by populist leaders, who only consider free coinage of silver as a letting down of the bars w w w wr - w A J LA WA 1 currency. une or tne founders or tne "pop party in this locality who has been traveling extensively for the past two years, but has, however, grown lukewarm in the faith, gives it as his careful ooinion that Hon. H. M. Grimes will easilv win the judicial race in this district in a canter. " Uncle "Si" has appointed Bob Oberf elder, or Sidney, to tne posi- tion of state fish commissioner made vacant by the resignation of R. H. Oaklef. Thus is another evidence afforded that Gov. Hol- comb is turning his back upon his "pop friends in the hope of get- ting a democratic renomination next vear, for Mr. Oberfelder ls-a democrat of almost tw'enty years standing' in western Nebraska Hwo does this desigh strike some of our word-building "pop" friends? HA w ley ML&jLer PAul Meyer ' Buchanan -FrAnklin HarJDin GutherXress EricssOn BurritT TJprtMw owners are surprised ffinri thai their taxes this vear are iust aoout tne same a& mcy . i 11 -iT. were last vear and the year before. w They were- led to suppose from the amount of blowing that the pop officials were doing that taxes would be fifty per cent lower than heretofore: but alack and alas, the claim of. the pops is nothing pi wind. Hue lew remains up to the highest limit and the general fund has been exhausted tor sev eral months. TVeak-kneeded republicans, if A. there are any such in the county, need not worr' over tne lear or a successful fusion in Lincoln county between the democrats and popu lists. Matters political have so far progressed that this consumma tion is well nigh impossible. Be sides the vote last fall shows the inability of such a coalition to de feat the republican party in this county. Both combined, they are short the votes necessary to accom- plish this. "I had rather bo o kitten, aud cry mew, Than one of these saxno raitro ballad-mongers; - I had rather hear a brazen canstick turnrd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing bo much as mincing pootry: 'Tls like the forced gait of a shuffling nag." OldWm. Shakspere, the poet of nature, liad such fellows as the editor of the Era in view when he took down his old goose-quill and indited the above. When that editor's political experience equals his imaginative powers he will dis cover that attempts to deride and ridicule the opposition amount to but very little. In speaking of Judge Maxwell's letter of acceptance, the York Times says: All during his vigor- ous maniiooa ana untu ne uaa passed the prescribed limit of three score and ten the republican party kept Judge Maxwell in office, and when his own childish and feeble public utterances show that the party could not in justice to the public do otherwise than retire him, he embraces in his trembling and palsied arms the faded heart of populism to share with her for a few brief moments the ignominy of her wretched life and the pangs of her miserable death. The recent decision of the Ne braska supreme court upon the irri gation law, the syllabus of which is j . . . i,. ? nrirpti in nnnrnpr rmiimn in this paper, will have a very stimulating effect upon works of this character in the state. When it is followed A. i. by another decision from the same tribunal embracing the right of communities to form districts and vote bonds in aid of the construc- tion of enterpsises of this character, then will the solution of the problem of the reclamation of a great por tion of the semi-arid lands of the west be solved. For the opinion of many leading lawyers is that the decision of the California federal judge touching the matter of irri- gation will count for naught, if there is such a thing as judicial ethics. By them it is claimed that when a matter of the taxation of the property in a state for a special purpose has been passed upon by the highest court in that state, that - . i the supreme court of the United States will rarely seKiside the find- ing thus indicating that it is a matter for solution by the people of the particular state affected, With these impediments to tne A prosecution of these enter onses removed we may con- X " fidently expect capital to be more prompt in seeking a profit- able investment in this direction. Speed the day when the highest court m the land will recognize tne right of the citizens of any com munity to tax themselves to obtain any improvement which will re- dound to the ireneral interests of W the locality. SYLLAJUS OF THE IRRIGATION CASS. ThePaxton &Hershey Irrigat ing Canal & Land Company vs. The Farmers and Merchants' Irri gating & Land Company. Appeal from Lincoln county. Affirmed. Opinion by Justice Post. 1 -t- r j -t -i Ve provision or section xx, arti cle 3 of the constitution, viz: 4,JNo bill hi contain more than one subject and the same shall beclear- Mv exnressed n the title. "is intend- ed to prevent surreptitious legisla tion and not to prevent comprehen sive titles. . The term "irrigation as em- ployed in the title of the act of March 27, 1889wviz: "An act to pro vide for water riarhts and irriga tion, and to regulate the use of water for agricultural and manu facturing purposes, etc.," is used in its popular sense and implies the means of conducting water .to the lands to be supplied. The pro vision therein for the acquiring by- irrigating companies of the right- i of-way for canals and ditches, ac cordingly held to be within said ti tle and not to conflict with section 11, article 3 of the constitution. 3. To the legislature and not to the courts, has been committed the Power to determine-When the exig- V1 """ mg or private property, tue limit of judicial interference being the duty to declare void acts clearly in conflict with the constitution. 5. There is no arbitrary standard by which to determine whether the purposes to which property is ap propriated possesses the element of public utility. Public use in a constitutional sense may be con- fined to the inhabitants of a re stricted locality or neighborhood, but the use must be common, and not to a particular individual. 5. xne use or water tor tlie pur pose of irrigating contemplated by the act of March 27, 1889, known as the Rayner irrigation law, is a pub lic use within meaning of the con stitution. 6. Section 8, article 2 of the Ray ner irrigation law confers npon4r- ngatmg companies organized un der the laws of this state, power to acquire the right-of-way for neces sary canals, reservoirs, etc., by con demnation. The word "if" in the first line of the section last above mentioned is evidently an interpolation having j no relation to the body of the sec tion, without sensible meaning, and should accordingly be disre garded in giving eitect to the pro visions of the act. 8. The provisions of section 3 of article 1 of the irrigating' law of 1889, viz: "No tract of land shall be crossed by more than one ditch. etc.," held to include lands owned by corporations as well as by nat ural persons. 9. A proviso which would oper ate to limit the application of an ting clause, general in its terms, will be strictly construed. and includes no case not within the letter of the conception. 10. The irrigation law of 1889 does not confer upon one irrigating company any right to connect with the ditches of another or take wa ter therefrom without the consent! of the proprietor. 11. What is meant by the excep tion contained in section 3, article 1 of the act above mentioned is that no tract of land shall, without the consent of the owner, be burdened with two or more ditches for the watering of the same territory. The question is not whether the first ditch may be so enlarged or ex tended as to answer tue purpose for which the second is designed, but whether it may, as constructed be made to supply the lands within reach of both. North Platte's Gain. Rev. George A. Beecher and fam ily expect to leave next week for North Platte, where they will be lo cated for the future. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher, during their stay here have made a host of admiring friends who greatly regret their departure. What is Sidneys loss will be North Platte's gain. Sidney Telegraph. A long Trip. The Tribune clips fromaPenn- sylvania exchange the following item r A party of emigrants arrived jn Clearfield Tuesday moring, hav- ing traveled all the way from Goth- enberg, Nebraska, in They left there June 20th and have been on the road ever since, avera- ing twenty-five miles a day. Their reason for so doing is the extremely hard times in that state, and this being the cheapest way of transpor- tation for them, they started out to try their luck east. Some Bij Potatoes. J. A. Kunkel brought fifty Blue I Victor potatoes to Gandy, yester day, that are the best exhibited here this season. They weighed 54 pounds.an average of more than one pound eacn. The largest weighed 2 pounds. They are nearly uni form in size and while they are j "some taters" no effort was made to select the largest. Mr. Kunkel has about half an acre of this vari ety. Those mentioned above are on exhibition at J. B. Honey's store. Gandy Pioneer. Highest of all in Leavenmg Royal gjsr MAY PIGBTJN MEXICO. Next Movo of the Managers Will Be to Try Laredo. OOEBETT INSISTS ON A MILL Federal Authorities IVoald Use Troops to Prevent the Exhibition From Tak-lag- Place la the Indian Territory. Atlanta, Oct. 3. When Champion James J. Corbett was shown the dis patches that both houses of the Texas legislature had passed the antiprize fight bill, he said: "We are -under con tract with Dan Stuart and tha Florida Athletic club and propose to live up to our partr of the contract. We are going to Texas under the terms of our con tract, and I am going there to light. expect to live up tomyparto the agree ment. I am anxious to fight and will go anywhere to pull it off, provided the purse is all right." Manager Brady said: "The next move will be to try Laredo, bucone thing is certain, we are not going into Mexico unless we have an iron-clad guaranteethat we will not be troubled. We know how to take care of ourselves in this country, but are not going to take any chances with foreign govern ments. We are willing, however, to go into the Indian territory if Stuart wants to take us there, for I believe the fight could be pulled off there. We will go at once to Texas and Corbett will continue his training. He is fit to go in the ring right now." Er, Paso, Tex., Oct. 3. Telegrams are flying thick and fast between this city and Dallas in regard to bringing off the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight across the river in Juarez, Mexico. Some time ago a guarantee fund of $20,000, Mex ican money, was offered, to have th fighVtlrererlt is believed the guarantee will now be doubled. CANNOT FIGI1T IN TI1E NATION. Bellsved Enough Lav Can lie Found to Prevent the Mill. Washington, Oct. 3. The action yesterday of the legislature of Texas having rendered it practically impossi ble for the Corbett-Fitzsimmons prize fight to take place iu that state, the question has again arisen as to whether there was any statutory or territorial law against prize fighting in the -adjacent Indian territory. Attorney Gen eral Harmon was questioned today on the subject, but he thought it would be manifestly improper and injudicious publicly to discuss what measures the government would take to prevent the fight, if attempted, in auy of the terri tories, though he left no doubt as to the government's intention to avail itself to the very fullest extent of any author ity it has in the Indian territory to pre vent the fight, and it is believed enough law can be found to stop it. In the opinion of the attorney general it would be a public disgrace for the federal authorities to permit an exhibition of this character, and it might be positive ly stated on his authority that the fight will not take place in United States ter ritory. Although the attorney general would not disclose his purposes, it is thought to be almost certain that if found necessary the United States troops will be ordered out to prevent the fight. SUGAR BOUNTY CONTROVERSY. Secretary Carlisle Willing: to Hear Senator Mandorson For Claimants. Washington, Oct. 3. Secretary Car lisle has returned to the city and had an interview with ex-Eepresontative Wilkinson of Louisana, now collector of customs at New Orleans, in regard to the pending sugar bounty controversy. Mr. Wilkinson appealed to the secretary on behalf of the planters, on much the same lines as had been covered by Sen ators Caffrey and Blanchard at their in terviews with the secretary. Mr. Car lisle, however, saw no way in which he could render the bounty claimants any assistance except possibly expediting the hearing and the decision of the court of claims. This he was willing to do. The comptroller, he said, had juris diction of the matter, and had an nounced in his decision that he must either decide adversely to the olaimants or send the case to the court of claims. He had chosen the latter alternative and lie (the secretary) had no power to overrule him. He was perfectly will ing to hear Senator Manderson or any of the interested parties on the question of the right of the comptroller to send the case to the court of claims, but fur ther than that he could not take any action. It Eeems to be the opinion of the treas ury officials that the case will remain as at present without going to the court until congress meets in December. Trick of an Election Officer. Sioux City, Oct. ft. Hiram Carter of Sargeants Bluffs, in this county, was arrested on a charge of tampering with the ballots at a local election of which he was an officer last spring, by open ing the ballot boxes before the polls were closed, investigating the contents and then sending men out to bet on the results. Cruisers Awaiting Results. Tampa, Fla Oct. 8. The cruiser Cincinnati and the cutter Mornl axe here awaiting results of the cyclone, i Captains of both vessels deny the story that Spanish warships landed men on the keys. Pound Bead In Bis laboratory. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 3. Dr. El liott Rogers of Chicago, formerly of Worcester, instructor in chemistry at Harvard, was found dead in his labora tory. Zelays Beelas the RaUway. Managua Nicaragua, Oct. 3. Presi dent Zelaya inaugurated the work on the railway, already surveyed from M&saya to Diriamba. Power.Latest U. S. Gov't Report PUBE KOltTAIi BY ACCLAMATION. Xverythlns Harmonious at the RepubUewi Convention at Lincoln. Justice Supremo Court T. L. Norvat. Begents Stata University .. 011X3 Mommx, n t H. L. Gould' Lincoln, Oct. 3. The Republic, state convention was called together by' Chairman Morrill of the state central committee, who requested Secretary Tim Sedgwick to read the call, which was done. Chairman Morrill then in troduced as temporary chairman Hoh John L. Webster of Omaha, whode-" livered an eloquent address on accept ing the gavel. I The temporary organization was madT permanent. The work of the conven tion was by acclamation and goe3 down in the political history of Nebraska as the most "harmonious state meeting of Republicans. All nominations were by acclamation. The platform was adopted with great enthusiasm. After denouncing the fal lacies of all other political parties and declaring m favor of libesa! pensions; the measure says: We call upon all patriotic peoplo, irre- spectivo of former political affiliations, to join In assisting to bring bank prospority to the state and nation by re-enacting protection to American industries on the basis of that splendid law known as tha "McKinloy act," thereby securing an ade quate revenue while guarding tho Amer ican market for American products and furnishing steady and permanent employ ment of American labor aC American wages, and returning to the beneficial system of commercial reciprocity with our sister American republics. j Favoring tho use of both gold and silver standard money, we oppose all monetary legislation that would result in oither. gold or silver monometallism, and de mand tho maintenance of a national cur rency, ever dollar of which, whether gold," silver or paper, shall bo of equal value and of equal debt paying or purchasing power. We denounce the Democratic national administration for its supine neglect otS American interests in its foreign policy,1 and its cowardly abandonment of t doctrine of tho fathers of the republic, that guarantees tho friendly offices of this government in favor of the inde-. pendent states of tho American contlneals threatened with spoliation or oonquest by an European power. We most heartily' sympathize with tho peoplo of Cuba la their desire to attain independence and self- government, and demand in caso Spa a makes good Its threat to wage a war of extermination- against thorn, the recog nition of the bolliserant rights of tho Cuban republic by tho United States. The Republican party, always foremost n the march of progress, recognizes the mportanco of irrigation to the people'of tho westorn part of the state, and wo pledgo tho party to the samo friendly spirit in tho consideration of tho future egislatlon as it exhibited toward tneso nterests in the enactment of the firs taffx-. eral irrigation law In 1889, and againfua 1895, upon its return to power In boClf houses of the legislature, when it greatly extended tho features of the law of 1889' and included provisions for tho organiza tion of irrigation districts. - And wo hereby ask the congress of tha United States to enact such laws as will determlno tho rights between citizens of several states in the use of water for irri' gation purposes from streams flowing through two or more states. To further aid. in the development of Irrigation, wo would respectfully request our congressional delegation to urge the passage of a law granting to tho state for this purpose the remaining public lands undisposed of within our borders. We congratulato tho people upon tho restoration of tho sugar bounty and the wonderful impetus given this industry on account thereof, but we demand that tho books of those that receive the boneflts of, the bounty of state and nation should at ' all times bo open to tho Inspection of law ful authority and that sworn statements of costs of production should bo furnished in order that justice may be done to the v pooplo, as well as to the recipiont. ,3. Ovation to Buffalo JJ11L Washington, Oct. 3. The frionds of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) gave him quite an ovation on hi3 appearance in Washington. Many of the army officers stationed in Washington knew Cody on the frontier in days gone by and they renewed their acquaintance by presenting him with a floral lariat. After the performance Mr. Cody was entertained at the army and navy club, where the diplomatic representatives of the nations participating in tha con gress of riders met him. ; Fashing the Case of 311ss Flagler. Washington, Oct. 3. District At torney Birney said that ha would bring the case of Miss Flagler, daughter of General Flagler, chief of the ordnance . - , bureau of the army, who killed a negro boy named Green while he was stealing fruit from a tree, before tho grand jury now in session. Judge Cole charged the grand jury to report on the con dition of the government printing offices , and other public buildings reported to be dangerous to the safety of the em ployes. Opening: Game of Temple Cnp Scries. Cleveland, Oct. 3. About 7,000 peo ple witnessed the opening gama he-- -tween the Baltimores and the Cleve- ? lands, in the Temple cup series. The weather was perfect. Tho fielding being , sharp on both sides, though the visitors made a better showing in the score. ; Young was in the box for the homo ' f team, while McMahon handled the ball..' for the visitors. The score was: Cleve- land, 5; Baltimore, 4. Unable to Agree on Lumber Rates. Chicago, Oct. 3. The general fteighfc agents of the western roads were un-' able to reach an agreement as to the; equalization of lumber rates from Chi- ' cago and Mississippi river points to Mis souri river points and points beyond. They referred the whole matter to a committee of the northwesternroads to prepare a plan and submit a report to a subsequent meeting to be held in St. Paul. Coxey Challenges CampbeU to Debate. Massillon, O., Oct 8. J. S. Coxey and ex-Governor Campbell are an nounced for speeches in Zanesville Oct. 12. Coxey has challenged Campbell to meet him in joint debate in that cityon tha date named. ,