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ALDRICH MAKES THE RE
PUBLICAN ADDRESS.
A Itennhllrnn I'.xplunatlon of Tnrlff for
Revenue (icrrnnn Competition In Sueur
Mint he Opponeri. or the American la
ilnstrjr Wlprtl Out.
Wabiii.voton, May 20. Senator Aid.
leh of t)io Unuueo comtnlttoo of the
United States Senate to-day presented
fop Ida conferees the Republican state
ment of tho tariff blllundor considera
tion. It Is thu only spocch that will
be mado by tho Republicans, and en
tered fully Into the sugar schedule and
Us effect upon tho revenue. Mr. Aid
rich spoke as follows:
"Mr. President, tho business of tho
entire country Is in a stato of suspen
Blon awaiting the action of the Scuato
upon tho bill undor consideration. I
believe that tho nnxiety to secure ac
tion upon this important measure at
tho earliest possible day Is shared by
every member of the Senate, I can
say for tho Senators sitting on this
side of tho chamber that no time will
be spent in academic discussion of the
principles of protection.
The comtnlttoo believes that in tho
reduction they have suggested frorp
tho rates imposed on tho House bill
that they have not gone in any in
stance below tho protective point and,
If tho bill should become a law in the
form presented by them, ovcry Amer
ican industry would bo enabled to
meet foreign competition on equal
terms; that is so far as this quality can
bo secured by tariff legislation. The
rates suggested by tho committee's
amendments are considerably below
thoso imposed by tho houso bill and in
most instances below those contained
(a tho act of 1800.
"The annual consumption of sugat
In tho United States is about 2.000.00C
cross tons of .',210 pounds each, with n
value based on foreign prlcos approxi
mating 500,000,000. If the high duties
proposed in cither the Houso or Senate
bill should be adopted tho nnnual cost
bf sugar to consumers would be more
than SIGO.OOO.OOD. Of tho consumption
of 1800, 40,000 tons, or 2 per cent, wer
beet sugars produced in the United
States, and 24,000 tons, or 4 por cent,
domestic cane sugars, and 157,000 tons,
or 8 per cent, were sugars admitted
from the Hawaiian islands frco of
duty undor our treaty with tho Ha
waiian government. Tho two million
tons of sugar consumed in the United
States constitute nearly thirty per
cent of tho total consumption of the
world, tho total sugar crop of 1800
being approximately seven million
tons, of which 4,300,000, or about sis
and one-half por cent of the whole,
were beet sugara
"Tho pressing necessity for securing
greatly increased revenues soems to
rendor a return to a Republican policy
of free sugar adopted in 1800 an Im
possibility. The demand for revenue
purposes and tho belief that every
reasonable effort should bo made to
encourage the production of beet sugar
in the United States led u majority of
the finance commlteo to recommend
the high rates upon sugar which are
contained in tho bill now before the
Senate. It is believed by the friends
of tho beet sugar industry that we can
successfully imitate tho example of
Germany in tho rapid development of
beet sugar production.
"With duties adequatoly protective
upon manufactures of cotton, wool,
illk and flax, we may expect a con
ttantly diminishing rovenuo from tho
Importations of these products. If
the rates imposed by this bill on sugar
ohould be found to lead to tho rapid
development of the beet sugar indus
try in tho United States, wo may ex
pect large reductions year by year
from the contemplated rcvenuo from
tugar.
"Sorao of the most sanguine advo
cates of tho policy of encouraging
beet sugar production in this country
believe that wo shall, within ten years,
produce all of our nusrar.
The senator thcu took up the Ha
Kalian treaty and said: "Tho commit
tee will also prepare and present an
amendment to the Houso provisions in
regard to tho Hawaiian treaty. The
existing commercial treaty between
the United States and tho government
of those islands provides for tho
free admissions of raw sugars,
tho product of tho Hawaiian is
lands, into tho United States. If this
treaty should remain in forco it would
result in giving a bounty to the Ha
waiian sugar producers amounting to
more than 88,000,000 per annum. It
was not contemplated, when tho
original treaty was made or when It
was extended, that any possible ad
vantage of this kind would over result
from its terms to the people of tho
Sandwich islands.
"Thore should be no difficulty in se
curing through the treaty making
power such modifications bf the treaty
s will be satisfactory t both coun
tries without Injury to either, It cer
tainly cannot be expected that the
United States will continue for any
length of tlmo to pay a bonus of
Ii7,000,000 or 88,000,000 per annum as
sn Inducement to any foreign country
Jo trade with us.
Thoso who get tho most satisfactory
views of the airship aro those who look;
through Eevoral glasses.
lisll Spreading Oat In Missouri.,
St. Louis, Ma, May 20. The cap
ital stock of the Bell Telephone com
pany of Missouri is to be Increased
from 8400,000 to 83,000,000, five times
the present figure. A special meeting
St the stockholders of the company
as been called for this purpose. Tho
meeting will bo held In this city July 1.
Double Tragedr at Cntrq, III
OAtno, 111., May 54 Whllo attempt
ing to arrest a negro at Wetaug to
day. Officer a D De tricks of UUln was
fatally shot by tho nogro. The officer
fell, but lying on his side sliot tho
nogro five times, killing hiu.
JMR - EUSTIS' impressions.
Tho K-Amlmailor to France Crltlrltes
i'renrh Institution.
rAtus. May 20 The retiring United
States Ambassador, Mr. .lames It. Kus
day and presented his letters of recall
to President Fnure.
After tho ceremony Mr. ttustls
granted an intcrviow to a representa
tive of tho press, and gave tho latter
his impressions of France, expressing
his admiration of the French people
and his opinion of tho rejected Anglo
American arbitration treaty. Mr.
Eustls said.
"My four years' rcstdenco in France
has afforded mo n very favorablo op
portunity cf studying French institu
tions and it has boon n most interest
ing study, as it has enabled mo to con
trast tho working of a republican
government in Franco and constitu
tional government In tho United
States. Thore nro somo points of dis
similarity. They are called sister re
publics, but as to fundamental
principles they aro not very closely
related. In advocacy of personal
liberty, Franco has never produced a
single great man, the fact bolng that
no matter how ardent a Republican a
Frenchman may be, and how great
miiy have been his dovotion to the po
litical rights of the peoplo, ho docs not
seem ablo to form tho slightest con
ception of what are known In England
and tho Unltod States ns tho funda
mental rights of personal liberty.
"They made a revolution to dostroy
ono bustllc, but they havo many to
day upon the republican soil of France,
owing to thslr system of arbitrary ar
rests, detentions and perquisitions,
which exist only under tho most auto
cratic form of government. To an
American 3uch a system would render
life intolerable. It could be wiped out
in one day, but no one seems to con
sider it sufficiently Importunt to pro
tect tho personal liberty of tho citi
zens. Tho French cortninly de
serve a great deal of credit for
having maintained their republic in
tho face of such adverse clrcumstnnucs
but they present tho strange anomaly
of n self-governing people being fond
o a constant and unremitting lutcr
ferenco of tho government in their
personal affairs and their personal re
lations, and being supremely indiffer
ent to tho rights of personal liberty.
An eminent Frenchman, with whom I
was discussing this question, most
truthfully dcclurcd: 'Tho ignoranco
of public men in Franco with regard
to the working of our constitutional
government has oven umazed us.'
"As you were for years a member of
tho Senate foreign relations commit
tee, what is your opinion oi tho re
jected treaty of arbitration between
Great Ilrltaln nnd the United States?"
"I have always considered it a senti
mental farce. It is basod upon u false
idea, in the first place, that the Into'lt
gent processes of diplomacy are inade
quate to adjust differences between
tho two governments, and, secondly,
that tho amicable process of special
arbitration will not be resorted to
when diplomacy falls. Both of
these assumptions arc falsified,
even by our very lato experi
ences, und it is a humiliating
confession by both governments to ad
mit that these potent instrumentali
ties are not to bo within their reach in
the future, as they havo been in the
past. If, on the other hand, it moans
that tho feeling of hostility between
the two countries is so pronounced that
it is necessary to establish a disciplin
ary tribunal to keep them in order
nnd to prevent them from rushing at
each other's throats (which Is a pre
posterous supposition) any permanent
tribunal of arbitration would bo
brushed aside and utterly fail of its in.
tended purposes."
WEYLER'S VIEW OF IT.
(till Bt) Gltd If the Dotted Stato Rec
ognises CutiantI Itolllgeranoy.
Nkw York, May 80. A dispatch to
tho Journal from Cienfucgos, Cuba,
tays:
In an interview with Captain Gen
frnl Woyler upon his arrival hero from
t'lacctas, in reference to Senator Mor
gan's Cuban resolution, tho general
mys: "I am not surprised at the uc
.ion thus far taken, nor shall I bo If
;ho House concurs in the Senate roso
ution and sends it to the President
Your jingoes are in the saddle and evi
dently bent upon forcing the country
nto complications in order to distract
ittentton from the fast approaching
'ntcrnal crisis.
"Personally, I shall bo glad. If
recognition comes, our position will
then be more clearly defined. It will
work a virtual abrogation of our
ppocial treaty with the United States,
place Yankees residing in Cuba in an
identical position before tho courts
with other foreign residents, and I
shall be troubled less by the constant
and often ridiculous demands from
American consuls. It would also re
lievo the Spanish government of all
responsibility for tho destruction of
foreign property not actually within
tho line of Spanish defenses and
further simplify matters by assuring
us the right to board and search lAmcr
lean vessels whenever suspoctcd. For
one, I shall heartily rejoice that tho
emptiness and hypocrisy of the Unjtod
States government of tho reiterated
professions of friendship shall b
Anally unmasked.
New York BIlrerltM.
Jamestown, N. Y., May 20. In- re
sponse to a call for a state convention
of tho frco silver Republicans of Now
York Btat, to meot in this city yester
day, there was a small gathering, A
preamble and resolutions were adopted
aftirmlug adherence Co the Republican
party and demanding tho rejection of
tho gold standard by that party. Hon
S Dean was elected representative of
tliustute to tho Chicago free silver na
tional conference. A stato committee
was appointed 'nnd ' given power to
transact the business and formulate
the policy of the free silver Republic
an party.
THE RED CLOUD CHIEP, FRIDAY, MAY 2 1397.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
flan, of rroaeiluro for Cutting the
Tariff lllll Thronsh ton Hecate.
Washington, May 20. -The Repub
lican caucus yestordny omphnsled tho
fact that there is a wide divergence of
opinion among tho 'Republican Sena
tors on rates ot duty fixed in the vari
ous schedules of tho tariff bill. Tho
Senators wore In caucus nearly four
hours. The only official announce
ment that was mado after tho caucus
adjourned was that it was decided to
appoint thrco Senators, in addition to
the Republican members of tho financo
committee, who were to act as a com
mittee to nsslst in getting tho tariff
bill through tho Senate. It was gen
erally stated, however, that nn agree
ment had been reached that there
should be no sot spooehes on tho bill
from the Republican side, except that
of Senator Aldrlch.
A resolution or memorandum offered
by Senator Burrows was agreed to by
thoso present which sets forth that tho
sen so of thoso present there not being
a full attendance of tho caucus was
that Republican Senators having
amendments to offer should present
them to tho Republican members of
tho financo committee, nnd, if the
amendments aro approved by tho com
mittee, they nro to be offered in tho
Senate. If disapproved, the Senators
presenting them aro to have thu right
to submit them to tho Republican cau
cus, which Is to bo called upon each
schedule if amendments to it lire pro
posed. Tho financo committee is to
hold sessions each evening for the
purpose of hearing propositions from
Republican Senators nnd to decide
upon tho advisability of presenting
such amendments in tho Semite.
SPAIN CANNOT HOLD CUBA
Tlili, Soj Mr. rase, Ii the Opinion of
Kilucateil Hpantnrcl In Parli.
Nkw Yuiik, May 20. Nathaniel Pnge
of Washington, tho lawyer who con
ducted tho Mora claim against Spain,
lias just returned from a visit to Eng
land, Frauco und Holland. Ho was
asked about tho consensus of opinion
iu Paris and London concerning tlif
war in Cuba. Ho said:
"In Paris I met many highly edu
cated Spaniards and they do not see
how Spain can retain Cuba. Thoy and
others In Cuba think it Is only a ques
tion of tlmo when Cuba will go to tho
United States. Thoy do not see uny
other solution of tho problem, und
thoy do not seem to grieve over tho
sltuutlon.
"Spain Is drawing little rcvenuo
from Cuba now. Tho customs dues
collected uicd to amount to 8100,000
000 annually nnd now they havo sunk
to about SiO.OOO.OOU. This docs not
pay one-half or one-third of tho in
terest on tho natlonnl debt. The na
tional debt of Spain held outside of
the country amounts to 81,000,000,000
nnd the funded debt incurred by tho
last war in Cuba Is 8300,000,000. This
question of Spain's indebtedness, of
course is discussed a great deal in
Europe nnd tho conclusion is thut the
war cannot bo carried on much longer.
Spain s credit cannot hold out. It is
thought thnt when Sagastn becomes
prime minister, instead of Canovas, he
will inanguruto a different policy und
widely rccognio the inevitable. No
one in Europo who has given nny
thought to this Bubject concedes that
Soain can hold Cuba.
THE SUGAR KING ON TRIAL
II. O. Iliiveineyer's Prosecution Regius
Others Hoon t6 bo Tried.
Washington, May 20 The trial of
LI. O. Havemoycr, president of tho
American Sugar Refining company,
for refusing to answer the questions
of the Sonato sugar Investigating com
mittee in the spring of 1804, began in
criminal court No. 1 at the city hall
this morning. Elverton R. Chapman,
the first witness of the five contuma
cious witnesses, is now serving a thirty
day sentence in the district jail. John
E. Searlcs, secretary of the Sugar
trust, and E. B. Edwards and John S.
Shrlvor, newspaper mon, will bo tried,
probably in tho order named. IIuvo
meyer and Soarlcs were indicted Octo
ber 1, 1S04.
There was a 'largo crowd in attend
ance this morning to witness tho un
usual spectaelo of a millionaire on
trial. Among thom wore many distin
guished personages, including Sena,
tors Gray, Lodge, Lindsay and Davis
and Congressman Richardson. Judge
Bradley presided.
District Attorney Davis conducted
tho case in behalf of the United States.
Tho dofendant was represented by n
brilliant array of counsel, including
Nathaniel Wilson of this city, John G.
Johnson of Philadelphia and John E.
Parson of Now York. Little trouble
was experienced in obtaining a Jury,
und In less than half an hour after the
court convened District Attorney
Davis opened tho caso with his state
ment to the jury.
aaudaur Htlll Champion.
Oiui.ua, Ontario, May 20. In tile
presence of fully 10.000 people, Ernstus
Rogers yesterday proved that ho Is a
very foat sculler t two miles, as ho
camo within a length and a half of de
feating Jake liaudaur. Tho race .was
for the champion ihlo of America, the
Fox challenge cup, SAO a aide aud a
purse presented by Orillia.
Mart Eads Reported Killed.
noi.DKN, Mo., May 20. M. J, Evos
received a telegram to-day from Sher
iff Ben a Colllngs at Colbert, I. T
stating that Mart Eads, the notorious
Johnson county criminal, had been
killed near that city. Eves wired
Eads attorney at Denisou to Identify
and dispose of the body.
J Mines McXutpr tleti Nine Years.
Auiucni:, Kan., May 3-. James Me
Nuspy, tho Hcrington broker convicted
Df forgery; was sentence!! to-day to
nine years Jn tlu penitentiary. Ho
gave notlco ot appeal and is In jal)
awaiting appeal bond.
CAUSED HIS DEATH.
NORTH PLATTE YOUTHS IN
SERIOUS TROUBLE.
nil Cittln ltoclth Wlil.lo and V
Htm Mi ItntiKhljr t Dim I'rcxccn
lion. Sum to follow: Tramp A.nnult.
a Doiur.tlr.
Calvin Rose died at the county hos
pltl.l In North Platte lust Mnuduvnight
ufter n lingering Illness of a week,
which fact Is causing a little uneasi
ness among n number of persons In
North Pluttc, About n week and a
half ag Mr. Rose, who was a farmer
living In tho southern part of the coun
ty, came to town and it is claimed
drunk heavily. He was then taken In
tow by a number of North Platte
young fellows who thought thoy would
have some fun with tin- otd man, In)
being about sixty-five years old. They
got him so full of whisky that lie be
came stupefied, and then they shaved
ono side of his face, moustache "nil
clipped tho hair ft out one side of his
head. The old man was then placed
behind a curtain In (!uy l.alng's saloon
nnd a free show was cstnhlNhed for
the crowd. Ho was kept (n this con
dition for u day und night and then
placed In his wagon and started home.
The next day ho was found iu the
bottom of the wagon unconscious, and
the tuatn iMihroaiiiliigovor the country.
He was found in a very bud condition,
with a stricture iu the bladder, which
incompetent men tried to remedy with
the result thut ho grew worse. Rose
was then brought to town, where the
doctors tcllcvo'l lilin. Since then Mr.
Rose has been lingering between life
and death.
Quite ii sum of money hns been raised
to'prosceuti' an action against the pot
sons concerned, und it Is thought that
both civil und criminal prosecutions
will bo commenced. If this is done,
quite a seusutiou will follow, us the
persons concerned arc quite prominent.
Tho matter is the talk of the town.
BLUNDER OF POLICE JUDGE
Errors In Transcript Mar Hi suit In
Hartley's Relensr.
The motion of Joseph Battley to
quash the information In the criminal
case ngalnst him in Omaha for embez
zlement of state funds was argued and
submitted to the conrt Tuesday after
noon, und the state's attorneys say
they will have Police Judge Cordon to
blame if the case is dismissed. Bart
ley's uttorneys called attention to tho
transcript tiled In the case and' then to
tho papers brought up from the police
court. In same of the pspers the court
wits referred to as the police court and
the judge as tho police ju dgo, and no
where as tho "polico magistrate,"
tho official title couf erred on tho court
by thu constitution of the state. The
warrant on which Hartley was arrested
did notcontlan tho charge on which ho
was to be arrested.
Judge Baker expressed himself at
considerable length on thu character
of thu transcript, and then said he
would hold thu mutter open until
We Inesday morning.
"If I can tlnd," ho said, "thut there
is sufficient In this transcript to hold
it good, 1 shall overrule the motion,
but it I cannot find sufficient 1 will
sustain thu motion."
Attorney General Smyth held a con
sultation with County Attorney
Ilaldrigo with a view to determine
whether or not they would
tuku chanccH on Judge Baker's do
cislon, or dismiss tho case themselves
aud bring a new one and haunt the
Colico court until tho record 's straight,
ut thoy did not announce their deter
mination.. ASSAULTED BY A TRAMP.
Domestic Near Tekumah Oierpowcroil by
an Unknown Man.
Aglrl named Rogers, a domestic In
the family of R. N. Day, one mile south
of Tekamah, was assaulted by a tramp
Mouduy forenoon. Miss Rogers and
Mrs. Day were alone on tho pluco and
the former had started for nn out
building. As she was passing through
somo bushes the fellow sprang out
upon her and after roughly choking
her accomplished his purpose The
victim could give but a meagre descrip
tion of her assailant, but the officers
have In custody a tramp answering tho
description of her assailant, who is
known to have been In tho vicinity
about tho time of the assault. The vic
tim Is twenty years of ago and tho
daughter of a farmer living near Craig,
END OF A LONG SPREE.
1'reil Kmletrnrt of Fri-mnnt Commits
Hulrlde by Hunglug.
Fred Endowart committed sulcldo in
u room at tho Welch hotel In Fremont
Tuesday afternoon. Ho hud stood on
a chair, fastened tho rope to his legs
and to the ernssplcco of tho transom
aud with another ropj slipped the
no.isc around his neck and to the tran
som, gave the chair n kick and was
slouly choked to death. Endow art
has been on n spree for some time und
it is said that he has not drawn a sober
breath In a mouth. Ho has been a
resident of Fremont for fifteen years,
but hud made tow friends. lie was
about fifty years old, unmarried und
Junius no known relatives.
BREVITIES.
Western had it 813,000 tiro last Sun
day A heavy frost at Cedar Rapids did
much dumnge,
The Downing elevntor at Sholton
burned Tuesday night together with
thl.'ty thousand bushels of grain.
Pater Iveson, a workman In th tow
mill at Fremont, while feeding Into
one of the machines got his arm
crushed so badly that it hud to be am
putated bjlow the elbow.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
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Lincoln, Neb., .May IT., 1807.
Tho past week hns been a vory warm
one; tho daily menu tompprnttiro hns
uvcrnged 7 degrees nhovu tho normal
and tho maximum touiperuturort exceed
ed 1)0 degrees In many localities, espec
ially In thu coiitrul counties, on ono or
more days.
The rainfall has bcon above the
iioimul in the oxtroino ivestorn and
north cent ml counties nnd gonorally
below elsuwhcre.
The past week has been a very mvorn
ablo one for the ndvnncomutit of farm
work. Ithiisbvuii fairly favorable for
the growth ot vcHotutlon. Iu n large
portion of tho central nnd southwestern
sections nf thu stitto tho small grain In
beginning to miftYr for want of moisture,
und corn Is sprouting slowly and com
ing up unevenly for thu same reason;
generally Btnall grain him grown woll in
other sections. Corn planting is nearly
completed In tho central and southern'
counties and inoro than three-fourths of
tho crop Is planted itt tho northern
counties. The early planted corn is
coining up in all scnitons and there Is a
a general complaint that thu stand Is
thin and that considerable replanting
will bu nccossnry. Cultivation ot corn
hns commenced hi the southern counties.
REPORT HY' COUNTIES
HOUTIIKABTKII.V HI'.CTIO.N.
llu tier Corn nearly all plantodiwnrms
are doing considerable damage to corn;
Homo ilulds will bu replanted; oats ami
wheat need rain.
Cbbb Wheat, oats and nil vegetation
dnlug nicely; corn planting nearly com
pleted and cultivation cointni'iHTd.
Clay Corn planting nearly completed;
small grain doing well; grass und pas
tures excellent; curly planted corn being
cultivated; prosficcts tor fruit good
Fillmore Soniofovv farmers still plant
ing corn; ivhout and outs in good con
dition; fruit prospects lair.
Gngo Cornbulnguultivatcd and doing
nicely; somo late pieces ot corn to plant
and somo to plant over on account ol
worn and poor seed: rye la bloom;
winter wheat very short crop.
Hamilton Knrly planted corn coming
up; somo plowing for com yet to bu
duno but most ot tho crop planted; pas
tures good.
Jefferson .Ml corn Is now planted nnd
tho earliest is bolng cultivated; small
grain is doing fairly well.
Lancaster Small grain is doing woll;
somo grain up und cultivation com
menced. Nomulin Corn about all plantedimnny
hid to replant; some cultivating thu
tfat time; winter wheat improving;
g irdens fine.
Nuckolls First corn planted roady for
cultivator und generally a good stand,
n llttlo to plant over; wheat and onts
looking woll.
Otoe Corn planting nbout flulsliod;
considornblo early plantod corn will bnvo
to bo replanted; all other corouls and
fruit doing finely.
Pawnee ICarly corn coming up good;
outs need rain: wheut coming on well.
Polk Planting corn progressing rnp
Idlr, early plantod coining up.
Richardson Corn plautlng comploted;
rorn coming up woll; small grain looks
well but rain Is needod.
Saline Corn mostly plantod and coin
ing fairly well, some ot tho early planted
rotted on low ground; fair crop ot early
trait In prospeot.
Snunuors Corn about nil planted and
coming up fast; grasses have como out
ulcoly; potatoes a good stand; gurdeu
vegetables doing well.
Seward Corn about all planted and
tho early planted about largo enough to
cultivate; some complaint of noor stand
mi account of wire worm; winter whoat
and ryo hooding.
Thayer Corn coming up nnd n good
stand generally; some damago by cut
worms; corn cultivation commenced;
small grnlu doing well.
York Some aro through planting
corn but thero Is considerable yet to
plant; earliest plun tod corn up; rye head
ing. NOIITIIKAHTKIIN SECTION.
Antelope Farm work bus been rushed
along; abut 80 per cont ot the corn yet
to plant; dry and cold; conditions not
the best.
Boyd Small grain doing well; coru.
pluntlng well advanced, some coming
up; ryo heading out; light frofet ou tbo
Burt Small grain and grass doing
nicely; qui to a bit nl corn being replant
elbecausool poor seed; early potatcs
up.
Cedar Small grain doing woll; corn
planting mostly finished, some up and
looks well; somo potatoes up; fruit trees
and shrubbery doing well.
Colfax Up to Fridav ground was dry
and crops needed rain; good rain Fri
dav and all crops now in good condition.
Cuming Somo corn to plant yet; rye
is heading out and looks well.
Dixon Corn planting nourly complet
ed, early plunted coming up, mostly a
thin stand; wheat in good condition and
a large acreage
Dodge Corn planting still being
crowded, first plantod coming well; cut
worms working some; wheat making
slow growth, pastures good.
Douglas CouHidoruble corn planted
during week, curliest planted 2 nnd .'I
inches hiuh; small grain and pastures
doing well.
Hull Corn about planted, early plant
ed large enough to work; potatoes look
ing fine; wild fruit some injured by frost.
MadUnn Wheat and oats rather
backward; coru most all planted; con
siderable replanting necessary.
Pierce Oood growing week but dry
uu.I last days windy; most of the corn
plunted, plenty of gruss; rain would do
good.
I'lnttr Best growing week ot the sea
son, r.ve heading out; coru planting
Ing necessary; alfalfa all whiter killed. '
nuisried, early piuuteu up; some n (now
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Snipy -Corn nearly nil planted; bint
grass and clover In bloom.
Stanton Corn about nil planted, som
up aud a good stand; moiiiu ryu is begin
ning to liuud; vegetation growing verv
fust.
Thurston Smull grain doing well;
coru nearly all planted, some coming up
not a good ntauil; somerouiplaiut ol thti
corn rotting in the ground.
WiihIi ngton Most of tho com plait
ed; smull grain looks well; pasture
good; ruin would do good
Way ue Small grain doing nlroly; somi!
complaint ot poor stnnd ot corn; consid
erable corn yet to plnut; llrst planted
sugar beets coming up.
CKNTItAt, MIXTION.
Boone Small grain doing well; corn
planting nearly done, hoiuo com up and
a good stand.
Buffalo Corn coming fairly well, small
gralti suffored before the showers of 18th
and 'J 1st; fruit will bo a short crop.
Custer Corn planting about llulshcd,
early planted coming up; rain needed In
northern part; pastures and small grain
showing effect of drouth there,
Dawson Corn nearly nil planted nnd
coming up unevenly; small gralu looks
better niter rain ot Vflst; some are irri
gating wheat.
Hull-t-Ryo is heading out vory heavy;
nil small grain looks well; corn planting
is getting well along; Irost did)iot Injure
fruit.
Howard Small grain needlug rain
badly In parts of the county; coru plant
ing about finished, com coming up
nicely.
Merrick Ryo bonding ot.t and looks
promising; corn mostly planted, somo
up nnd looks well; small grain needs
more rain. I
Nance Winter wheat Improving; rye
und oats looking well; corn mostly
planted; early plantod corn und potates
are up.
Sherman Knrly sown wheat looks
fairly well; small grain has begun to suf
fer for want of moisture; com utit com
ing well because of drouth.
Valley Com planting about finished;
some coming up; small grain and gras
doing well but need ruin; (rult nus aut
well.
HOUTIIWKHTI'.IIXHKirriON.
Adnins. Whuat looks well, oats not so
good; coru planting nbout done; soiuu
cum iiirgu enough to plow.
Dundy. Corn planted and somo ot it
tip, hoiuo ready to cultivate: potatoos
looking Hue; good tain onliOtuandUlst.
Franklin. Corn planting about flu
lsliod; too cool nights for corn; winter
whoat and rye in good condition.
Frontier. Com uonrly nil plantod and
some up, is plainly neon in the rows: rye
wns never liner ut this mason In ci u ity.
Furnas. Somo are cultivating com;
soinu seed not coming up evenly; past
ures nnd alfalfa duo; wheat looking woll.
Gosper. Coru coming up finely and n
good even stand; all small grain in good
condition; gardens somewhat buckwurd.
Harlan. Small grain generally good
but drought caused wheat to turn .vol
low In places; ryo heading out; pastures
good; alfalfa Immense.
Hitchcock. Week hot nnd dry; nil
crops need ruin.
Kearney. Noorly nil corn planted,
much ot it up, earliest ready lor cultiva
tion; winter whoat vastly improved;
small gruln looks very fine.
Lincoln. Smnll grain much injured (or
want of ruin; three-tourtlm ol the coru
planted.
Pork Ins. Weather dry; corn all planted
Rod Willow. Tho light showers of tho
10th and '-'1st moistened the top soil
and did much good.
WKSTICIIN AND NOIITIIWK8TKIIN HKCTIONS
Cherry. Splendid week; small gralu
coming up nlcoly and a good stnnd; corn
being plunted quito oxtensively; grass
growing rapidly.
Clieyonne. Pastures nover lookod hot
tor; some corn up nnd doing well.
Deuel. Heavy rains beneficial; past
ures excellout; somo corn up; alfalfa do
llar well.
Keith. Much ncodod rain enmn on tho
L'Otli: humors aro busy planting corn;
smull grain nnd grass good.
Keya Paha Nico rain; grasshoppers
taking a great dual ol tho small grain;
coru coming up well.
Kimball Small grain mostly up and
a good stund; corn nnd potatoes being
p'anted; gruss good.
Rock Corn pluntlng about finished;
grain of nil kind looks woll.
Scotts Bluff Corn coming tip, the frost
of tho 14th did llttlo damage; grass and
pastures much benefitted by rain ol the
17th.
Sheridan llnngo good and stock
doing woll; i It 1 1 fa in good condition.
Thomas Dry week; ground in fair
condition but noeds rain sooa; the frost
last week did llttlo damage.
O. A, LOVELAND,
Section Director, Lincoln, Neb.
Manslaughter In this country baa in
creased from 1,448 In 1886 to more than
14,000 in 1896, says Texas Farm and
Ranch. Italy baa long been considered
the most homicidal of nations, but we
surpass bar more than tea times over,
and more than five times In proportion
to population. Our Increase in this one
crime has been Mt per cent per an
num, or 1,000 petVMBt In ten years.
This la not all other crimes against
persons and property aro similarly In
creasing. Convictions for crimo are
not keeping up with the ghastly pro
cession. There are two reasonable ex
planations of this dlsagreeablo fact:
As a peoplo wo aro becoming altogeth
er too clamorous for "personal liberty,"
and honco tolerato, and often champion
customs and Institutions that breed
crime. Also, our courts have ceased
to be a terror to evil doers.- Tho en
tire legal fraternity, from tho hlghost
judge to tho most contempttblo pettl
fogser, unite In their devotion to ab
snrd formalities and obsolete prece
dents which multiply Indefinitely the
chances of the guilty to escape punish
ment. The proof of guilt may be nev
er so absolute, yet unless all the muuty
formalities be fully complied with, no
final conviction can be had. ThusJ
law has. become a thing for publlr
tempt, and inspires but "ttIqT,i
the part ot tho criminal n0CJ0bt
There is another -fi'S ?o ln
operates to a cotuldg ha8 , g been
Lu ? SiT. 2&erk mgy b0 " "
J iv ' ."paratlye-the res.ult Is the
merely Unicsa on unexpected reform i
EamPsoon bo nu accomplished fact, the
.esult in the near future Is fearful to
contemplate
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