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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1899)
Oiuslci 'lililltlicd every TtiumUy nt tlio County Boat. I > . ai , AltlHIIMtUY , lidltor jrOfflco In Cue lor Illock , Konttli Ate.-fc * Entered nt the luiptoMIco ft I lirokmi How , Net ) . itpFcconilchiiainntlcr , for IrniniiiUniou throtigl : ino U. B. raiillf. . . BUllHcmiTION I'HIUIC : One Vonr , In ndvnnco IM.Ou THURSDAY , MAY 18 , 1801) ) . Tlio refusal of tlio CubariH to HUIrender tlioir nrniH may cause n necessity to call tui extra session of congress before fall. Have you nny Edward AtkitiHona Colorado ? " asks Eastern in an cor respondent of The Post. Plenty of tlioin , but out lioro tlioy sneak around lu tlio uand hillH and are known as oayotos. Denver Post. The Grand Army Encampment lit York laU wcok adopted roHolu lions endorsing President MuKin- ley. Well they should. Uo vvas one of their comrade * ) in arms in the sixties , who won the degree of patriot. The managers of tint Greater America Exposition have finally decided to pay for their advertis ing , tlio same as other people who engage in an enterprise for the money there is in it. There ia but little doubt but what they will have a big show , that will be worth go ing to Omaha to sou. But aa the city of Omaha will reap tlio lion's share of tlio profits , it is just and right that the nowspaperH that ad vertise for them should receive lib eral pay for their space. "Treason" in the United States , says Webster's Insuruational die tionary , ' 'is actually levying war against the United States , or to an adhering to their enemies , giving them nid and comfort. " According to the law of nations the Philippine islands belong to the United Stales. This statement is not only true from the laot that the Spaniards , who have buon in possession of them for the last throe hundred years , surrencbrod them to tlio Un ited States army , but the govern ment of Spam relinquished her right to the islands to the United States for a money consideration. The act was ratified by the con- cress of the United States , and thus the ownership , responsibilities and obligations of the archapolago wore assumed by our government. Whether the acquisition of Iho Philippines was wise or not , future ages will tell. But lot thai bo as it may , the government of the people of those islands , their welfare and the protection of all tlioir interests devolves upon us , and every Am- orioau citizen ia legally bound to support the government in its endeavors - doavors to protect the lives and property of its legal subjects and the property internals of the coun try. Whether those who take up arma in defiance of this government bo the Filippinos or free born Am- orioane , or are aiding or comfort * ing those who Inviod war against this country , they are guilty of treason. There is no doubt many who have , and are yol denouncing the administration for its vigorous efforts to restore peace and obedi ence to law in the Philippines , would become enraged wore wo to class them as rebel ? , and would spurn with indignation the idea that they are by their opposition , inculcating into the minds of their children principles of treason , to their government. Yet there IB no middle ground. Wo are either upholding the government in its efforts to enforce obedience , or wo o.ro opposing. It is not a matter of party polities that should actuate anyone in the present crisis , nor does his party name , even though ho may be a republican , lessen the offense , but rather augments it from the fact that better things are expected of him , But lot that bo as it may , whether ho bo a demo- pop or republican , to aid and abet , or assist by word or deed , these , iu arms against the government , is treason in the sight of the law. Some may bo guilty through ig norance , others through party pro * judioo , while others inherited the principles , and cau not help it. MONiV : ( JIHCUI.ATION IN Till : UNIT- HI ) STATUS. The Hon. Willinm Jennings Hrynn , a profound polilionl oconom JHt whoflo voice is always melodious tu hymning the Diaincs of the pltiin , poor people and ever resonant in denunciation of the peatiforoiistin- plain rich , remarked in a speech matin al Lincoln , Nebraska , on Sep tember 8 , 1800 : "i\ly fronds , all the IruntH together fall into insignificance when comp ared to the money truot. " This great lawyer did not , at that date nor any Mibsequont one , define , anal } 7.0 or explain 'iho money Irani. ' 15til it IB fair lo presume that ho had in mind v monoply of money ; a corporation which was gathering togather and titorcing away vast sums of monoy. This oruditu and practical publicist of vast experien ces iu the courlH , in congress , at banquets and in battles , is now , in 1800 , confronted with the following lactH uiul figures in verification of his prophecies in 1800. It seems lhat money hoarded , money not in circulation , money thai wo do not part with , gives us neither profits nor satisfaction. The treasury statistics show that the money in circulation has moro than doubled in the laat twenty years. It has increased CO per cent since 1880 and moro than 20 per cent since .Inly 1 , 1800. On July 1 , 1807 , the amount iu circulation was $818,031,703on ; July 1 , 1880,81,37 0,004,770 , and on April 1 , 1800 , * 1 027,840,042 No'period in American history has shown a moro rapid growth in the money in oirculution than the last three years. On July 1 , 1800 , the beginning of the now fiscal year , the amount in circulation was $1 , 00,720,200. By July 1 , 1807 , it had reached $1,040,028,240 , an increase of * 130,303,040. On July 1 , 1808 , it was $1,843,435,740 , an increase for that year of * 197,407,503 , and at the beginning of the presant month it was $1,027,840,042 , an increase - crease in the nine mouths of the present fiscal year of $84,411,403 , The increase since July 1,1800 , has boon at the rate of nearly $000,000 ( or oaoh business day and during the lasl year has averaged consider ably moro than $500,000 for oaoh busiuoBs day. The per capita circulation on April 1,18 0 , was tlu largest over shown at that period of the year in the hialory of oar country. At that date it was , according to the ofiioial statomeat of the treasury de partment , $35vt5 per capita , while that of upril 1 , 1808 , wan $23,00 ; of April 1 , 1807 , * 23,01 , and of April I , 1800 , $21,53. The figures of the last three years , when placed side by side for com parative purposes , show an interest ing and remarkable growth in tha circulating medium. They are as follows : . . Mouoy In Tor April 1 circulation. . catilti. 1WX1 . JI.S''S.GSO M , & 1.53 IBU7 . l , OtiGC1.OM4 ' . ' 3.01 IMS . 1,760,058,646. SB.69 The iuoreaso iu gold coin ) an cir culation during the bst few yoara has been quite as remarkable as the general increase ia , circulation. On April 1 , 1890Kkho gold com in cir culation waa. , . according to the trea sury figuws , $4.40,9 13,250 ; on April 1) 1807 , , $510,125,757 ; on , april 1 , 1898 , $582,129,742 , and on april , 1 , 189.0 , $004,850 , 2. The table whiuh follows shu-wa the gold ooiu aud. total money in circulation at the beginning of each quarter of the lineal years from July 1 , 1800 , to date : . , Gold coin. Total monoy. July 1,1800 545a.128.-lSJ Oct. 1 , ibWJ < ? .TM ? * ? * ,1H 7 Aii | . ,1801 . 6l7l .7B7 let)9 ) , < hMS S July l.G40,0824u ! ! Oct. 628OU3,753 I.C78.840.538 Jau. 647,508,300 1,511.100,010 Apr. 1,760.068,043 July . . 600,859.880 1,843 433.671) Oct. 1,1898 < tt > ( H9.81S 1,810,590,39- ! Jan. .ISO ! ) 807,7PAf > 7\ > . , . 1,81)7,301,41 Apr. , 1BU9 005,855 , 4i The bank statement * how iu many case * from 40 lo 50 per cent of the deposits in the vaults of the banks. There IB an nbundanoo of money in the oouuury apparently moro than ia needed , sinoo it IB not drawn out of the banks but the growing prosperity of the United States and the -war tar on bank oheoka have made aii increased do- maud for small billB.-Conservativo. Try my evaporated fruits/ J.N. Pealo. Till : MAKCII TO MAI.OI.OS. Inlciv.slliib' I.eH.'i-K Prom Member * of Company M. From Walter S. flick , special cor respondent of the HKPUIILTOAN : Editor KKPUIIMCAN : Malolan is taken ; Agi'inaldo and troopu have vamooHod. Nebraska's lighting force in 300 men , and those not fit for duty. Colonel Stotsnnburg was at the Iront , and as usual did good work. Artillery was used only once , but Havod many lives. Vol unteer troops with inferior guns always used on firing line , and U. 6. regulars kept in the roar. The insurgent ) fought behind wicker constructed broastworkn , live to six foot thick , but could not stand the American advance. Artillery used more frequently wou'd ' have saved many American linos. Every foot from Manila to MaloloH was contest ed by the Filippinoa behind breas'- works. Wo lound towns deserted and inhabitants fled. The Ameri cans destroyed very little. The country is very rich and fertile. Filippinos uharujo Americans at Manlao on open field and are ropu'Hcd. ' They cannot understand the American way of lighting , but try to imitate. Trains are running into Malolos and provisions plenty. Aguinaldo iu stations at Sau For- uandcz , three utatious above. Two modern Krupp guns , nix uioli , were found buried under the raiiroad coming into Malolos. Valuable artiolea found by soldiers , but they are unable to carry them ; silks and ohina , and the finest of furniture lying loosely around the streets. Aguinaldo'H public buildings were burned by Im own people before leaving capital. President sends congratulations to American troops , but lailb to loll us when wo will got home ; all are sick of the Philip pines and Want to return Co oivih- gut-ion. Company M. appreciates the gift of reading material , but have not had time to road any. Hope to read them returning to Uuitod States. W. S. FLICK. Mrs. Frank King has received thii following letter from her brother , Chester Green , with Co. M : Malolas , P. I , April 4. 1899. Dear Sister , Nopho/ and Neioe : I will write you & few lines this morning. I am still alive and well , ailtt hope you are getting along al 1 right. 1 roooivod your most wol- ooiuo letter the day before I started on thin campaign , so didn't have time to answer it. "Wo left our camp near Manila before daylight on the 20th of March , and got hero the 3lBt , and it ia about thirty miloB , HO you HOC wo oninu slow ; but we covered the same ground several times. The fun commenced before MO were half a milo from camp , and it was a running fight every day and all the timo. The natives would make a stand once in ti while and shoot for all they were worth. Wlnt made our loss so heavy , wo had to advance across opou ground , while they were under cover. Wo awould charge them , and then they would run , then wo would mow them down like grass , Poor Nat Simms got shot through the neck ; the bullet came out of his back striking his spine. Ho lived about a day and n half. Just before wo wont in the battle ho shook hands with one of the boys and bid him good bye ; said ho was going to got shot lhat day ; said it iu a joking way , but told the truth , llo waa standing on the railroad shooting at natives when ho got hit. A bullet hit my logging iu the same scrap , but they haven't bled mo yet ; I um one of the lucky boys. The last day there were fine fell owa shot within ton foot of mo , and bullets foil like hail all around , There wore ono hundred and forty , three killed and t wounded iu our rogiiaont ; two killed and six wound * od iu Company M. Wo are a lucky company. We have took a hand in every battle yet that the regiment has , and the old Nebraska has boon right at the front ever since the thing started , just two months ago tonight * Our regiment atartod with 1,024 men , and there are about 409 now able for duty. It ia BO hot they give out and are in the hortpilalH. I am mill on deck , but was tired enough vvhon wo got here. here.Tho The natives are Beared and kcop getting wilder ; wo will have to got longer ranged gtuiB if wo go after thorn again. 1 am getting tired of hunting niggers. 1 would like to travel through this country and have nothing to do but look at country. Thie IB a nicer country up hero than it is down around Manila ; it is higher , and not HO many hills and jungles. The wat er is 1 orrid stuff , though ; the creeks and rivers are all Baity , and most of the wells. Wo are camped in the edge of Malolos on a street shaded on both aideu by bamboo , cocoanut , mango , palm and bananas. Wo have all the fruit wo want ; wo almost live on cocoanuis. The na ives burned moHt of the town before they left. Wo came through Jittlo towns every ilay , and they were nearly all burn ed clean. The women and kids fled ahead of their array. Lota of thorn gave out , and they seemed to think they would be killed , but wo fed them and used them right. Wo took some prisoners , and after they had boon with us a few days wo would not drive them away. They are finding out the Americanos don't kill their prisoners. It ip true wo don't take very many , but We use thorn all right lhat wo do take. They look a few lhat were wr unded so bad they could not get away and cut them all to pieces ; BO wn are rougher than wo would bo if they hadn't done that. Wo killed several thousand ot them on this trip. I counted fifty three in a hole about twenty foot wide and ono hundred foot long ; wo got a cross tire on thorn , and these that tried to got away had just as wall stayed , for they didn't gee away. When wo first started the firing line was about twenty miles long , and when we got hero it was about twelve. The firing line is com panies deployed as skiruishors or in a line two paces apart , and com pany joins company and regiment joins regiment , so a rabit couldn't got through ; and as they shortened the 1'uio they wore pul in iho roar as support. The natives fight in any shape , mostly on the run though. Wo volunteers hero think our work is almost dono. We have taken the blunt of everything BO far. The regulars that just got bore couldn't stand anything so they marched along the roads in a straight line , while we dooo the scrapping. Off course they would have come up if we had run into anything wo couldn't handle , but they never had to come up. Wo took trenches that , it the Nebraakaa had boon in them all the niggers out of h 1 couldn't have took , and they jumped out and run before wo got in 000 yards of them. I think wo will go back to Manila in a day or two , as wo left our tents , blank ets and everything thoro. I have my rubber poncho ; that is all the btd I have , and some of the boys haven't a thing. Will have lo olose for this timo. CIIET. The following interesting account of the march to Malolos was wril- ten by Dr. Willia Talbot to his relatives : On March 24th , about 11 p. in. , the first and second batallions of Nebraska moved a few thousand yards to the loft of camp , and layod down to got a little sloop , waiting for daylight to make an advance on Han Francisco Del Monte , which is a largo church the ins irpenls had , and which was very strongly forti fied. Just before daylight the third batallion moved up and fell iu as reserve to the other batallions. Just at daylight our men made the ad vance. They had scarcely ad vanced 1.000 yards until they were mot by a terrific fire from the in surgents , which was promptly au- sworcd and a charge made. We had a captain and a private mor tally wounded in thai charge , and another captain and lieutenant wounded ; also several others woun ded and ono sergeant killed out right. Wo took their btoastworks with a rush ; moro than fifty of the iusui gents were left dead on the field , four'oen of thorn iu ono heap : Continued uu ueil page , Has H full line of Drugs , Paints and Wall Paper Also n Fmo Line of Hooks , Stationery , Toilet Articles , etc. Stores on both North and South Sides , Broken How , Nob. F. 0. WOKtfAI.L , Tro'lclcnt. J. A. UMtltIS , Cildilcr. A. J. KOIIKIITSON , Vlco-I'rcd. \V. I ) , DLACKWKLL , Ase't Oselilcr. Farmers Bank of Ouster County , N BOW , NEB. Transaols a General Banking Business. County Claims and Warrants Bought I Once Was Lost , but Itfow I Have Found it. Where ? At my door. At the Eagle Grocery. What in the world is it , my dear ? It is at the Eagle Grocery , a mam moth stock of Groceries ; and at the lowest prices you ever , heard'of. The Eagle has been reading the papers and keep ing posted on what was being offered for sale. They don't say anything about Terbacker and Candy ; and other good things like that. It is not pickle dishes you want now , it is Candy. The Eagle has 2,000 pounds of candy for sale cheap. Christmas committees are invited to call and get my prices. Remember the place , on the big corner , jnst east of First National Bank. W. S. SWAH , Proprietor. I make the correct fitting of Glasses a Specialty. E. W. HAYES , Jeweler and Optician. O HARNESS 1 HARNESS ! I have now over 200 Hots of llirness in the house , and will be able to give you anything wanted , from $13.00 to $35.00 per set , complete. We have first-class Harness from $22.00 to # 25.00. Wo have some forty odd different styles of Harness , AND AH MA.NY DIFVKRKNT PKIOKD HAR NESS , and iu the event wo don't happen lo have just what you want , wo will bo able to change thorn lo cuil your taHto. If you want a factory made Harness wo have them and will bo , able to give at least ton per cent batter value than anyone else in the county , because wo have all our factory harnoRB made to our order , and for this reason wo are able to got betlor value for iho same money. Wo will also duplicate any and all eastern catalogues on prices. If you happen to have a price on Har ness , bring it with you and wo will duplicate the same and save you the freight on anything between bore and Chicago , and add freight beyond. We mean just what we say above. All Iho following lines are complete , and prices guaranteed : Shelf Hardware , Pocket Knives , Table Knives ami Forks , Spoons. Tinware of all kindH , Nails. Bolts , ISarb Wir , Hog Fencing , Bicycles , Sewing Ma chines , Guns , Cartridges , Shells , Powder and Shot. On Saddles We are Right. Thauking you all for pnst patronage with which wo are well pleased , our trade has moro than doubled in the past year , and wo will therefore outmuo our old motlo , "UNDEUSKI.L. " t : < EMPI8EV -U P3LPi ! ! IHE QUESTION V I.Y J. BRY.IN fiom , ' t , Alltw , \VItt"i.n" | ! i < ' , Al mm. IJanir' , HON.V , ' ton. ii. > .r , i'eLrnrln. T.It. ' , , . .MiJ , Tnrimr , 'lullor , HW Ajinni.w . . , , . , . . , . . Edmund * , I'liiy. Ho i I * ' . " " - ' " > * A. Town * , lion. AiTnl K. torcn . I . . . i.- , r.n x.Sccrctnry Car. Ililo . " " Iter. Or. S m O rl , Scliurz , H i'l n I : , ! ' 1 ra-r" , " I'l > - | i Ulan.ord.n l..ii'IWwL"yjI0" : mp * . * * jn itK r t jjtil or. ivnu otliri\i. . - - vi ir . . 1MFEB1AU3M _ AMD .ABSOLUTISM DENOUNCED. Territorial i 11 . . in , IK-U P cj , "I-/ . ) , , ; . - . - , , . . , . , ; , of tb. 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