Their Great General Succumbs to Illness
at Transvaal Capital ,
STOMACH TROUBLE CUTS HIM Off
I'rctorla 1'lmigcd Into Mourning Over the
loss of The Leader Hard Illow nt
the llurjjhors' Cause England Oalns
by Death of Transvaal's Military
Genius.
PRETORIA , March 29. General
Joubert died last night at 11:30
o'clock. He had been suffering from
it stomach complaint.
The town is plunged Into mourning
for the true patriot , gallant general
and upright and honorable gentle
man.
LONDON , March 29. The Pretoria
correspondent of the Daily Mail , tele
graphing yesterday , says :
"General Joubert died of peritonitis.
Hie funeral will take place tomorrow
( Thursday ) . The government is plead
ing with the widow to allow a tem
porary interment here , with a state
funeral. Joubert always expressed a
< lcslre to be buried in a mausoleum
built on his farm.
"His successor in the chief com
mand will probably be General Louis
Botha , now commanding in Natal. "
All the morning papers print singu
larly kind editorials regarding Gen
eral Joubert. They praise his mili
tary skill , uphold his chivalrous con
duct and regret that so strong and
moderate a mind should be absent
from the final settlement of the dis
pute.
Although some of the younger com
manders thought the old soldier want
ing in dash and enterprise , his raid
into the country south of the Tugela
1j considered the best piece of Boer
leadership during the whole war. It
is now known that he crossed the
Tugela with only 3,000 riflemen and
six guns , but so bold and rapid were
liis movements that the British com
manders thought 10,000 Boers were
marching on Pietermaritzburg. For a
few days , although in the presence of
greatly superior forces he isolated
General Hildyard's brigade at Est-
court and at the same time threatened
General Barton's camp at Mooi river.
Then as British reinforcements were
pushed up General Joubert recrossed
the Tugela without losing a prisoner
< n a gun.
General White's estimate of him ,
pronounced on Tuesday before he
died , strikes the tone of all British
comment.
In connection with the announce
ment of the death of General Jou-
"bert , it is interesting to note that Sir
George White , the British general who
commanded Ladysmith , in a speech at
Capetown yesterday evening , declared
that General Joubert was a soldier
and a gentleman and a brave and hon
orable opponent.
The afternoon newspapers today
publish long biographies of General
Joubert Generally they are in a
Tdndly tone.
The Pall Mall Gazette says : "Piet
Joubert was the one contemporary
Transvaal Boer except ex-Chief Jus
tice Kotze whose death could call
forth a sincere tribute of respect from
Englishmen of all parties. He was
the antipodes in the Transvaal world
of Leyds and personally was honest ,
straight and clean-handed. "
PARIS , March 29. The Paris press
is unanimous in eulogizing General
Joubert , whose death is considered a
serious loss to the federals. All the
papers agree in thinking that a
change in the chief command is bound
to have grave consequences for the
Boer operations. Many think , how-
e\er , that President Kruger is fully
equal to the task and that , consider
ing his military reputation , the re
sistance of the Boers is likely to be
come more stubborn than ever.
DEBS MAY GET ASSISTANCE.
Socialist Lribor and Social Democrats
Trying to Unite.
NEW YORK , March 29. The com
mittees of the socialist labor party
and of the social democrats that were
appointed at the recent convention of
those parties for the purpose of effect
ing a union met in conference today.
Most of the business done during the
day was discussing the name of the
new united party and where the head
quarters of the national executive
committee should be. It was agreed
to submit the names ot ooth parties ,
the social democrats and the "united
socialist party , " to a referendum vote
or both parties. A long fight followed
over the selection of a city for head
quarters of the national executive com
mittee. The choice finally narrowed
down to New York and Springfield ,
and then there was a motion to refer
tnese names to referendum vote of the
two parties. If the two socialist fac
tions unite Eugene V. Debs , it is said ,
will be the candidate of the united
party for president and Job Harriman
candidate for vice president.
Iiindcrson at the White House.
WASHINGTON , March 29. A meet
ing of the executive committee of the
American Bar association was held
here today to make arrangements for
the annual meeting of the association
at Saratoga , N. Y. , in August. Former
Senator Manderson of Nebraska , who
is president of the Bar association and
chairman of the executive committee ,
persided.
Danish Purchase Incomplete.
WASHINGTON , March 29 The
state department adds its denial to
that of the Spanish foreign office rel
ative to the Paris story that t'ie '
United States had completed the ac
quisition of the Danish West Indian
islands. There are indications that the
negotiations , which have for so long
occupied the attention of the two gov
ernments at intervals may be attended
by success at a reasonably early date ,
but it is certainly premature to an
nounce their conclusion at this mo
ment
PARDON IS NOT RECOGNIZED.
Court IIold4 Governor Taylor Had No
Authority to Grant It.
FRANKFORT , Ky. , March 28 The
fourth day of the examining trial of
Republican Secretary of State CaleU
Powers began with the court room
cleared of all people excepting attor
neys , newspaper correspondents and of
ficers of the court. The court adjourn
ed yesterday to meet at 9 o'clock , but
It was nearly 10 when Judge Moore
called for order. The atotrneys for the
defense held a consultation and after
wards called County Attorney Pols-
grove.
Imedlately after the consultation
Governor Brown , for the defense , an
nounced that no testimony would be'
Introduced for the defense , and that
they would waive further examination.
The pardon issued to Powers by Gov
ernor Taylor was tendered by ex-Gov
ernor Brown as a bar to the prosecu
tion , and he asked that the defendant
be dismissed.
Colonel Campbell said the common
wealth denied Governor Taylor's right
to issue a pardon at the time the par
don was granted. Governor Brown
moved that the prisoner be dismissed
upon the evidence. The motion was
overruled. Bail was asked for. Judge
Moore said :
"It is not my belief that Powers fired
the shot which killed Governor Goebel ,
but from the evidence it is my opinion
that he was connected with the con
spiracy to kill him. I shall therefore
order that Tie be held over without
hail to the Franklin county grand jury
that the case may be further investi
gated. "
After the Powers case had been dis
posed of Judge Moore asked if the com
monwealth was ready to take up one of
the other cases , that of Captain John
Davis or William H. Culton , who are
also charged with being accessories to
them.
County Attorney Polsgrove asked
tnat both cases be postponed until 2
o'clock this afternoon , the attorneys
having agreed , and court adjourned un
til that hour.
SHERIff PUTS UP A FIGHT.
IVounds Tire Members of a Slob Before
Giving Up Ilia Prisoner.
BELAIR , Md. , March 28. Lewis
Harris , the negro who was arrested
here day before yesterday , charged
with a criminal assault upon Miss
Anne Mcllvaine , was taken from the
jail last night and lynched after a
brief struggle between the sheriff and
the mob in which two men were
slightly wounded. It had been expect
ed that an attempt would be made to
hang Harris yesterday when he waste
to have been brought up for a hear
ing , but this was postponed until to
day and everything seemed so quiet
last night that the suspicions of the
sheriff were allayed , but he continued
to keep. close watch' Shortly before
midnight it was announced that a moTJ
was on its way from Aberdeen , a
neighboring village , and a general
movement toward the jail took place.
Presently about twenty men appeared
some of whom were masked , and an
attack upon the jail began. A fusil-
ade of shots was exchanged between
the sheriff and his deputies on the
one hand and the mob on the other , re
sulting in the wounding of Robert L.
Bull of this place and one of the
crowd from Aberdeen , whose name
could not be learned.
A Girl's Queer Foresight.
PEORIA , 111. , March 28. Grace
Holmes located another dead body in
the Illinois river. Two months ago
tnis wonderful little girl declared that
the body of Mrs. Sommers was in the
river and .stuck to her story , although
few people paid any attention. A week
ago , while dredging , the body of the
woman was found about 300 yards be
low where the girl at first declared it
was located. She went out with a few
men and was rowed to a point in the
river , where she stopped the boat and
said "the body is within 1000 feet of
this point. " Dredging was commenced
and the body was found about sixty
feet lower down.
No Award Notice.
WASHINGTON , March 28. This
government has not yet been notified
of the postponement of the award in
the Delago bay arbitration , which waste
to have been announced today. The
news from Berne to the effect that the
arbitrators probably will refrain from
a distribution of the award among the
claimants , has created a disagreeable
impression here , carrying , as it does ,
the inference that the result will be an
indefinite delay in the settlement of
the case. By adopting such course , the
arbitrators will , it is said , place the re
sponsibility for the delay upon the
claimants.
Railroad Lawyers Confer.
ST. LOUIS , March 28. A confer
ence of the legal departments of the
Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific
railways is being held in this city to
consider the situation in Nebraska.
Attorneys of other Nebraska lines
have been invited to be present.
Among those here are Winslow S.
Pierce , general attorney of the Mis
souri Pacific , "New York ; Alex G.
Cochran , general solicitor at St. Louis
and B. P. Waggoner , general attorney
for Nebraska and Kansas ; W. R. Kel
ly , general solicitor of the Union Pa
cific , Omaha , and J. N. Baldwin , as
sistant attorney for Nebraska.
Opening Day of Exposition.
PARIS , March 28. At a cabinet
council today at which M. Loubet pre
sided it was decided to officially in
augurate the Paris exposition Satur
day , April 14.
Huntlngton on an Inspecting Toar.
SAN FRANCISCO , March 28. C. P.
Huntington , president of the South
ern Pacific company , has arrived here
to attend the annual meeting of that
corporation and inspect its various
lines.
Extracts Prom Charge of Judge Adams in
Horlocker Case.
THOSE WHO ARE Of SOUND MIND
An Act Produced hy Mental Disease la
Not a Crime Insanity In Innocent Only
Under Certain Circumstances Other
Blatters in Nebraska.
HASTINGS , Neb. , April 2. Follow
ing are extracts from the charge of
Judpo Adams in the Horlocker case :
"The law presumes that every person
5rof a sound mind until there Is some
evidence to the contrary. In this case
the defendant is entitled to an acquit
tal if the evidence engenders a reason
able doubt as to the mental capacity
at the time the alleged offence Is charg
ed to have been committed. Evidence
rebutting or tending to rebut the pre
sumption of sanity need not , to enti
tle the defendant to an acquittal , pre
ponderate in favor of the accused. The
presumption of innocence attends the
accused step by step through the en
tire case , as well upon that of mental
capacity as upon all others. The ef
fect of the presumption of innocence
upon the question of mental capacity
is of such strength as to require that
she evidence show soundness of mind
teyond reasonable doubt , but it is not
of such power as to require the state
in the first instance and before the in
troduction of evidence tending to show
mental incapacity , to prove the men
tal capacity have been in the normal
condition usually possessed by ordinary
persons.
"Insanity is disease of the mind. An
act produced by mental disease is not
a crime. If the defendant had a men
tal disease which irresistibly compelled
her to commit an act , if the act was
the object of mental disease in her ,
she is not guilty ; she is innocent , as
innocent as if the act had been pro
duced by involuntary intoxication or
by another person using her hand
against her utmost resistance. Insan
ity is not innocent unless it produce
the committing of the deed. If the de
fendant had an insane impulse to poi
son Mrs. Morey and could have resist
ed it , she was responsible. Whether
every insane impulse is irresistible is
a question of fact. Whether in this case
the defendant had an insane impulse to
commit the act and whether she could
resist it are questions of fact.
"The jury is further instructed that
you would not be warranted in infer
ring that the defendant was insane
from the mere fact of her committing
the crime , provided you find that she
did commit the crime , or from the
enormity of the crime , or from the
mere apparent absence Jf adequate
motives for it , for the law assumes
that there is a bad motive , that it is
prompted by malice if nothing else ap
pears. "
.ang Relieved.
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 2. B. F. Lang
of York , one of Governor Poynter's
appointees , no longer holds the title
of superintendent of the State Institu-
tute for Feeble Minded Youth at Bea
trice. He was relieved of this position
by Governor Poynter , and Dr. W. H.
Deering of Cass county was appointed
as his successor. No change will be
made at the institution , however , un
til about May 1 , and Mr. Lang will re
main at the head of the institution un
til that time. Governor Poynter issued
a statement of the result of his investi
gation at Beatrice , exonerating Dr.
Lang from all charges preferred
against him , but that of being incapa-
Lle of governing his subordinates.
Lee Sentenced.
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , April 2.
George S. Lee , who pleaded guilty to
forging an express money order while
night operator at the Burlington &
Missouri depot at Louisville , was sen
tenced by Judge Jessen in district
court to fifteen months' hard labor in
rhe penitentiary. Judge Jess M was
very lenient , owing to the apparently
sincere penitence of the prisoner , an-1
it being his first offense.
Nebraska Art Officials.
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 2. The Ne
ll raska Art association elected the fol
lowing officers : President , F. M. Hall ;
vice president , H. B. Lowry ; secretary ,
Mrs. T. M. Hodgman ; corresponding
secretary , Miss Sarah S. Hayden ; treas
urer , A. G. Greenlee ; trustees , C. E.
Bcssey , D. B. Perry , J. S. Morton. Mrs.
R. C. Langworthy and Dr. Harold Gifford -
ford of Omaha.
Temperance meetings Close.
AURORA , Neb. , April 2. The license
r.nd no license fighters , Dr. Charles
H. St. John and wife , closed an eight-
day gospel temperance meeting here.
Four hundred and fifty took the pledge
against the use of liquor and tobacco
and profanity. Some thirty or more
young men took the social purity
pledge. The congregations were very
large.
Floneer Dead.
NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , April 2.
Hiram Drake , a pioneer citizen of Ne
braska City , died at his home here and
was buried under the auspices of Ne
braska City lodge No. 12 , A. F. and A.
M. , of which for years he was a mem
ber.
Capt. McCan Resigns.
ALBION , Neb. , April 2. Captain
Michael W. McGan tendered his resig
nation to Company M and delivered his
farewell address. He expressed to the
members of the company his apprecia
tion of their work and interest in the
organization and their helpfulness to j
him in his arduous duties ay command
er. He also emphasized upon them the
duties and qualifications of a good sol
diers and wished for the company a
splendid future. He was given three
cheers and a t ger at the close. j
APPEAL IN IRRIGATION CASE.
D. E. Thoinpmtn Comet IJefore the State
Hoard for Hearing.
LINCOLN , March 31. D. B. Thomp
son has appealed to the State Board of
Irrigation from the decision of Secre
tary Wilson in refusing to grant an
other hearing on his application for
water from the Platte river for an ir
rigation canal. Hearing on the appeal
will be before the board Wednesday ,
April 4. The questions involved in
the case as It now stands are of a
legal nature , bearing upon the extent
of authority and jurisdiction of the sec-
cretary of the board. Mr. Thompson
calims that the secretary exceeded his
authority in making certain demands
upon him in connection with his appli
cation for the right to use the water
from the Platte river and that he was
in error in refusing to grant a rehear
ing in his application.
The appeal of Mr. Thompson will
probably reopen consideration of the
claims of the Fremont Power an'l
Canal company and the Seymour Park
Power and Canal company of Omaha.
The Fremont company proposes to
construct a canal for power and irri
gation purposes , from a point near
Linwood , in Butler county , to Fremont.
The route of Mr. Thompson's proposed
canal begins at the same point and
terminates also at Fremont , but does
not traverse the same territory. The
Seymour Park company applied for
permission to carry water still further
down the Platte river. All claims but
that filed by the Fremont company
were rejected by the secretary of the
Board of Irrigation. Mr. Thompson
had filed a protest and was given a
hearing before the claim v/as allowe-1 ,
as were all parties interested in appro
priating water from this particular sec
tion of the Platte river. A few days
after his claim wag rejected Mr.
Thompson filed a motion for a rehear
ing , which was granted , the hearing
being set for August 4 , 1899. On that
day Mr. Thompson did not appear and
his motion was overruled.
Court Grants Ills Appeal.
OMAHA , Neb. . . March 31. Attorney
General Smyth filed application for
appeal in the habeas corpus case of the
soldiers , Fair and Jockens. which was
granted. The attorney general makes
tourteen assignments of error , the
principal alone being , first , The court
erred In ruling that "an order given
by a military officer to his private will
be his full protection in a criminal
prosecution , unless the illegality of
such an order is so clearly shown on
its face that a man of ordinary sense
and understanding would known when
he heard it read or given that the order
was illegal. "
The other paragraphs assign error in
ordering the prisoners released from
custody.
Sergeant Fair and Private Jockens
/both appeared before the court and
entered into their personal recogniz
ance in the sum of $1.000 for their ap
pearance in case the appeal is decided
against them.
Kncainpnicnt of the Grand Army.
LINCOLN , March 31. Orders have
.been issued from the headquarters
stating that the twenty-fourth annual
encampment of the Department of
Nebraska , Grand Army of the Republic ,
will be held at Beatrice , Neb. , begin
ning on May 9 , 1900 , at 3 o'clock p. m.
Commander-in-Chief Albert D. Shaw
has accepted the invitation to be pres
ent at this encampment meeting , if
possible.
Railroad Cases Continued.
LINCOLN , Neb. , March 31. On mo
tion of the Secretary of State Porter
the State Board of Transportation con
tinued the rate cases pending against
the Union Pacific ; the Chicago , Rock
Island & Pacific , and the Missouri Pa
cific railroad until June 4. All voted
aye on the motion to continue but
Treasurer Meserve. The case against
the Elkhorn Railroad company was
continued until April 3.
South Omaha ISoy \Viiiacr. .
WAYNE , Neb. , March 31 The North
Nebraska declamatory contest held at
the opera house was well attended and
was of an interesting character , as
the contestants were very evenly
matched. There were two contestants
in the oratorical , three in the humorous
and eleven in the dramatic class. The
prizes consisted of gold medals , the
first of which was awarded to Homer
Payton of South Omaha.
Miss Merion Discharged.
HUMBOLDT , Neb. , March 31. The
case against Mrs. Etta Horton , charged
with the murder of her newly born
babe , came to an end yesterday. Jus
tice Smith , before whom the prelim
inary was held , discharged the ac
cused upon motion of the attorneys
for the defense as soon as the examina
tion of the witnesses for the prosecu
tion had completed their testimony.
Nebraska in AVashingtoii.
WASHINGTON , March 31. Repre
sentative Burkett of Nebraska today
introduced pension bills in behalf of
J. E. Latta $30 , Sarah E. Gardner § 20
and Arthur V. Walsh $30.
Representative Robinson of Nebras
ka returned last evening after an ab
sence of two weeks.
Farm Work in Nebraska.
DOUGLAS , Neb. , March 31. Winter
wheat in Otoe county appears to have j
passed through the winter in good
condition. Fields are already looking
gieen. Prospects are for a good crop
this yea r. Farmers have begun to
sow oats.
Members of Guard Again.
OMAHA , Neb. , March 31. With
rigth hands upraised fifty young men j
of Omaha pledged themselves to bear '
true allegiance to the United States of J
America and the state of Nebraska j
They were then declared duly mustered
into the service as members of com
pany L , Nebraska national guard. It
was the occasion of the entry of the
reorganized Thurston rifles Into the
First regiment of Nebraska. Adjutant - !
tant General P. H. Barry conducted
the muster-in proceedings. <
What , They Say of the Mind of Miss
Viola Horlocker.
SHE IS DECLARED TO BE CRAZY
Different Names Are Ascribed to Her
Menial Disease , hut All Arc to I ho
Same Km ! The Accused llecnrtleil
n Vhyslcnl and Mental Degenerate.
HASTINGS , Neb. , March 29. A
whole day was given In the Horlocker
trial with testimony from mc'liM ox-
perts. They without exceptloa declar
ed Miss Horlocker to be crazy as a bed
bug , and not responsible for her ac
tions. Doctors Cromwell , Norbury and
Green were on the stand , the gist of
their testimony being that the defend
ant was possessed of an ' insane irre
sistible Impulse" to poison Mrs. Morey ,
zmd that her will power was insuffi
cient to avert the act. The experts
- ere unanimously of the belief that
the defendant was born a degenerat ? ,
but had ascended the inclined plane
of life in an orthodox ami cwlitablo
manner until she reached the age of
puberty , when nature's changes in-
cuced a retrogression that had stead
ily continued ever since , and which
would continue to the close of the
chapter.
Dr. Annie Cromwell , the official head ,
and Dr. Frank P. Norbury , the medi
cal superintendent , of the Jacksonville
sanitarium , where the defendant has
been the greater part of the time since
the commission of the crime , gave
their opinions. Dr. Cromwell testified
that Judge Ragan called on her the
last week in May and made the con
tract for the care of Miss Horlocker ,
also that the patient went under the
name of Miss Viola Allen while there.
She denied that the patient participat
ed in social functions , but said "Miss
Allen" accompanied her to church sev
eral times , and was practically one of
the official family of the institution.
She described the mental condition of
the defendant as abnormal in many re
spects , and said that she was prone to
ng sentimental songs of a pathetic
nature. She was capricious , suspicious
and given to hysterical , insane out
breaks. She was fault-finding , with an
r-bnormal craving for sympathy ; was
abnormally credulous and was de-
I ressed on an average five days out of
seven.
Witness regarded her as a physical
i-nd mental degenerate and , in answer
to a hypothetical question , said the
defendant was insane at the time of the
commission of the crime charged. She
said the defendant is better now phys
ically and worse mentally than when
witness first saw her the first of last
June.
Dr. Norbury said he believed the de
fendant was sane until the age of
puberty , when she developed a prepon
derance of sexual life , and that she
was mentally unbalanced after that
time. He took the crime itself into
consideration when arriving at the
conclusion as to her insanity , and
could not have arrived at a positive
conclusion on that point had it not
been for the crime.
Capt. Culver at Home.
LINCOLN , Neb. , March 29. Captain
J. H. Culver of the Thirty-second
United States volunteers , who was in
jured two months ago in the Philip
pine islands , was in the city several
hours yesterday. He left for his home
near Milford and will remain there un
til he recovers from his wounds , which
are of a very serious nature. Captain
Culver was a month in the hospital at
Manila , and is yet unable to walk
without crutches. Captain Culver and
his company were on guard duty in
central Luzon during the movement of
the insutgents' forces from the north
ern to the southern line , a.id it was
while engaged in this work that he
was thrown from his horse , a high-
spirited native animal , the fall causing
a dislocation of the hip bones.
State Capital Notes.
First Lieutenant E. A. Voris , com
pany A , First regiment , nas resigned
on account of departure from the state.
Members of company E , First Ne
braska volunteers , have petitioned the
military authorities to reorganize the
old company at David City.
Governor Poynter has appointed the
following delegates to the Transmis-
sissippi Commercial congress , to be
held at Houston , Tex. , April 17-20 :
Congressman William Neville , North
Platte ; J. W. Edgerton , Grand Island :
G. W. Wattles , Omaha ; J. G. Secrest.
Lincoln ; Hon. J. B. Meserve , McCook ;
M. A. Hartigan , Hastings ; R. L. Met-
calf , Omaha ; John Mann , O'Neill ; J.
N. Gaffin , Lincoln ; John S. Freeman ,
Columbus.
Corn Thlevo Near McCool.
M'COOL JUNCTION , Neb. , March
29. The advance in the price of corn
has made It so valuable that thieves
are stealing it. Six wagon loads were
stolen Sunday night from off one of
Alfred B. Christian's farms near here.
Steps are being taken to catch the
thieves.
TViiitrr AVhrat Looking "Well.
BENEDICT , Neb. , March 29. Win
ter wheat is in fine condition and prom
ises to be another bumper crop. It has
jreened out and fields of winter wheat
are seen on every farm. Farmers are
busy in fields preparing for putting in
crops.
Captured In Kansas.
FRANKLIN , Neb. , March 29. Word
haa been received that Perigo , who
shot Hanson at this place , has been
captured and would be returned at
once. The city marshal , J. W. Wright ,
left on his trail and reports that he
caught him at Woodruff , Kan. It was
thought that the wounds aKnson re
ceived were only slight , but it now
seems they are very dangerous. Two
bullets are still in bis body , they en
tering his side below his heart. His
mother arrived tonight to nurse him.
THE TEEMING WEST.
Woitcin Cmmdii I'rulrlo Lnnilt
Filled with Kzrollont S tli > rn.
The salient fact that presents Itself
In taking a blrdseyo vlow of the Ca
nadian West , la that of Intense activi
ty In every department. Whether the
glance be turned upon the district
east of Winnipeg , the Red River Val
ley south or north , the Dauphin ami
M. M. W. district , the Southwestern ,
or whether It tnko In the great central
division along the main line of the C.
P. R. , stretching away out to the
Rockies and from there bending north
and Bouth to Prince Alberta and Ed
monton , McLeod and Lethbrldgo
whether the examination bo made In
any of these direct Ions the same ac
tivity , growth and hopefulness are ob
servable.
The Canadian West Is not only a
good place to locate permanently ,
but It Is also a good place to Inviuj
one's relatives ajid friends to como to.
This is the spirit that seems to ani
mate the West at the present tlm .
and Its effects are to be aeon on every
hand. To enumerate the towns where
handsome and substantial blocks and
residences have gone up this year
would bo simply to give a list of the
towns and villages along the railway-
lines. And this movement haa not
been confined to these centers of popu
lation , but in many cases it has been
overshadowed by the Improvement In
farm buildings.
So far as one can see , this la no passIng -
Ing phase , no repetition of any tem
porary boom following a period of
good crops and fair prices. It Is a
movement more spontaneous , moro
general , more marked than anything
tbat has gone before , and seems to In
dicate that the great West , like Sam
son , bursting the encompassing bands ,
has awakened to a period of activity
and development that will surpass
anything we have known In the past
and which will only be paralleled by
the opening out of some of the most
fertile of the western states of the
union.
Look at some of the figures. Over a
thousand schools in Manitoba , and the
number going up by leaps and bounds ;
something like 500 schools in the terri
tories. Winnipeg as representing the
gateway of the West , the third city
in the Dominion In regard to bank
clearings , postal business and proba
bly In regard to customs , the customs
return at Winnipeg running about 30
to10 per cent greater month by month
than in the fiscal year of 1897-8 , the
largest previous year for actual busi
ness entries , when over $900,000 was
paid through the Winnipeg olflce for
duty ; the C. P. R. and Canada
Northwest land sales together running
over $1,500,000 for the year. These
and a thousand more signs show how
the West has leaped into new life.
This is an inspiring and cheerins
spectacle , but it brings with it great
responsibilities. The business men
realize this , the banks realize It and
have spread their agencies through
every bustling little town clear out to
the coast ; the churches realize it. and
one denomination alone has opened an
average of about thirty new stations
in each of the past two years , and will
Increase this in the year now entered
upon ; the government departments
realize It , and there is talk of redis
tribution and additional members. Ths
educational branches realize it , and
new schools are springing up every
where. Over 12,000 settlers came in
from the United States alone last year ,
and these , with the people who came
in from the East , prove the most rig
orous westerners. They lose no time
in developing their farms , in filling
their grazing lands with stock , and In
every district Is to be found evidences
of thrift and prosperity.
A Farmer * Friend.
During the great drought year J. J.
H. Gregory , of Marble Head , Mass. ,
sent unasked , to Nebraska and the
Dakotaa , tons of seeds for free dis
tribution. It made scores of new
friends for the popular seed house.
This year Mr. Gregory wants to reach
every one of these farmers and a L *
for present addresses. He will be
glad to send his 1900 Catalogues to
Loth old and new iriends. Send on
your name to him. Those who re
member the farmer in periods of 'Im
pression should be remembered b > the
farmer in the days of prosperity.
Senator Vest recently sent a n ws-
paper clipping to the secretary to bn
read to the house. The latter cot th
wrong side of the clipping , and instea-l
of an editorial on the money question ,
began : "Ridiculous ! We are giving
away these goods at half price " ' Th"
other side ! " cried Mr. Vest.
The April Century is rich in pictorial
illustration , its special art features in
cluding a frontispiece engraved by
Cole , a full-page plate of H. O. Tan
ner's painting , "The Annunciation" ,
Castaigne's Paris pictures and Du
Menu's decorative treatment of "The
Groves of Pan. " a poem by Clarence
Uimy. From the "Talks with Napoleon
leon , " in this number , it appears that
the Emperor was ? o fully resolved to
make his home in America , in the
event of defeat at Waterloo , that h.
had bills drawn upon this country for
whatever sums he chose to take.
Do Your Feet Ache and HUM ?
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-
East , a powder for the feet. It makes'
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns , Bunions , Swollen , Hot ami
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores , 25c. Sarjple sent FREE.
Address Allen S.Olmsted.LeRoy , N. Y.
The Atlantic Monthly for April has
a rich table of contents , part of which
is as follows : An Acadian Easter.
Maud-Evelyn , The Consular Service of
the United States , Autobiography of
W. J. Still IV. , The Cherries of Ueno.
The Perplexities of a College Presi
dent , The Forests of the Yosemite
Park , England , A Comic Chesterfield ,
Birds of Passage , Penny Wise.
