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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE
srnqr SUasAHolcomb
antnnt Governor James K Ilarria
Cify Of StatB WF Porter
treasurer JNMescrve
Uldltor John V rnrnpll
Com Lands and Balldlngo Jacob V Wolfe
Attorney General Constantlne J Smvth
Bupt Public Instruction w It Jackfon
fEAHadley Scotfa
ICW KaleymRed Cloud
Regents University Shos KawltnsWakefId
I Chas Weston Hay Sjpgs
I H L ioold Ogaialla
ICH Morrill Lincoln
COSGItKSSIONAL
Senators Wm V Allen Madison John M
Thurston Omaha
Ispresentatives First Dlsti let Jesse B Strode
Lincoln Second D fT Mercer Omaha Third
GeoDMeiklejphn Fullerton Fourth E J Hai
ner Aurora Fifth Wm K Andrews Hastings
Sixth O M Kern Broken Bow
JUDICIAL
Supreme Court T L Isorval Chief Justice
Harrison and Folk associates
Fifteenth Judicial District M P Klnkald
ONeill W H Westover Rushvillc
LEGISLATIVE
Representative Fifty second District OP
Billings Norden
Senator Fourteenth District Otto Mutz
Bpringvlew
LAND OFFICE
Register C R Glover Longpine Receiver J
A Fiko Newport
COUNTY
Treasurer G P Crabb
Jlerk Geo Elliott
Sheriff Amos Strong
Judge W R Towne
County Attorney F M Walcott
County Superintendent Lillian Stoner
Surveyor Chas Talt
Coroner A Lewis
Max viertel
Commissioners W APaiker
J P Sullivan
PRECINCT
Overseers of Highways R Hansen and J Ra
Constable R Towne
Justices of the Peace John Dunn and J M
Camm c
John Dunn
VILLAGE
Town Board E Sparks prnsldent C H Cor
nell treasurer T C Hornby clerk D S Ludwlg
and P F Simons
Marshal and Water Commissioner Henry
Razev
school District No l F M Walcott president
M V Nicholson treasurer J C PettlJohS secre
tary W S Jackson G P Crabb and J T Keeley
SOCIETIES
Imp 0 RVM
Sitting Bull Tribe No 22 Improved Order of
Red Men meets every second and fourth Friday
evening -of each month at Davenports Half
Visiting brethren are fraternally Invited to be
present at the councils of the tribe
J H Seahs F M March
Chief of Records Sachem
A P A M
Minnekadusa Lodge No 192 A F A M
meets in regular communication Saturday even
ing on or before the full moon In each month
members of the order in good and regular stand
ing cordially and fraternally invited to attend
J T Keelby W M
W W Thompsox Secv
O E S
Northern Star Chapter No 59 Order of the
Eastern Star meets on second and fourth Tues
day evenings of each month In Hornbys hall
1W W Thompsox Maggie xValodot
Secretary Worthy Matron
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Valentine Lodge No 70 A O U YT meets
on l stand 3rd Mondays of each month
J C Pettijohx Rec 0 W Hahk M W
D OF II
Valentine Lodge No Degree of Honor
holds regular meetings first and third Wednes
day evenings of each month
M Chkistensen Mrs J C Pettijobx
Recorder Chief of Honor
I 0 O F
Valentine Lodge No 205 I O O F meets
gVery Thursday evening Visiting brothers cord
juyHvued to attend our meetings
E VHUKSTOK J BANK BRATTON
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G A It
Col Wood Past No 208 Department of Ne
braska regular meeting 2d and 4th Saturdays of
each month at 2 d m ebarp ComTads from
other Posts are cordially Invited to attend
J WTtjokkr Joh Dunx
Adjutant Commander
M W A
Valentine Camp No 1751 Modern Woodmen of
America meets second and fourth weduesday
evenings of each month at Davenports Hall
Visiting neighbors cordially Invited to attend
W S JACKsok W E HAfr
Clerk Venerable Counsel
K of P
Cherry Lodge No 169 Knights of Pythias meets
every Tuesday evening at DaYenJbaits Hall
W S Jackbox E P B0BER7S
K of R and S Chancellor Commander
Arrival nn I Departure or Malls
Mall east and west closes at 8 p m
Rosebud leaves at 800 a m dallj except Sun
day andarrives at 500 p m
Simeon Kennedy and Oasis leaves
at 700 am Mondays Wednesdays and FrU
days and arrives at 700 p m Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays
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500 p m arrives at 93 a mand 780 p m
Kewanee and Sparks arrives Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at 603 p p and
leaves Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at
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General delivery open from 700 a m to 700
p m General delivery open on Sundays from
8 to 10 a m Lock boxes opendaily form t a
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qgjD CLARKE
Attorney-at-Law
Allklnds of legal business promptly attended to
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Ortice at C R Watsons Drug Store Prompt
attention given to all piofesslonal calls
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Teachers Examination
The regular monthly Teachers
Examination will be held the
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at my office in the Court House
JLJLLIAN STONER
Supt of Schools
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TEXT OF THE HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION TREATY
Provisions of the Pact Between the United Ftates and the Little Island
Republic as Sinned ml Sent io the Senate
United States of America and the Republic of Hawaii In view of the nurni
THE of the Hawaiian Islands upon the United States of their geogiapm
cal proximity thereto of the preponderant share acanired by the Lnte
and Its Htlzens in the industries and trade of said islands and of the exp rt bfu
desire of the Government of the Republic of Hawaii that those islands should be incor
porated Into the United States as an integral part thereof and under its so ere
ty have determined to accomplish by treaty an object so important to their mutual ami
permanent welfare To this end the high contracting parties have conferred tun pow
er and authority upon their respectively appointed plenipotentiaries to wit
The President of the United States John Sherman Secretary of State the unueu
States
The President of the Republic of Hawaii Francis March Hatch Lorriu A Thurston
and William A Kinney
The Republic of nawall hereby cedes absolutely and without reserve to the United
States of America all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind In and over the iaa
lian Islands and their dependencies and It is agreed that all the territory of ana apper
taining t the Republic of Hawaii is hereby annexed to the United States of America
under the name of the Territory of Hawaii
ARTICTE II
The Republic of Hawaii also cedes and hereby transfers to the United States the ab
solute fee and ownership of all public Government or crown lands public buildings or
edifices ports harbors military equipments and all other public property of e ery Mnti
and description belonging to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands togetner witu
every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining
The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to sucn
lands in the Hawaiian Islands but the Congress of the United States shall enact pe
clal laws for their management and disposition provided that all revenue from or pro
ceeds of the same except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied ior
the civil military or naval purposes of the United States or may be assigned lor tue
use of the local government shall be used solely for the benefit of the inhabitants or
the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other public purposes
ARTICLE IH
until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil judicial
and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government In said Islands
shall be vested In such person or persons and shall be exercised In such a manner as
the President of the United States shall direct and the President shall have power to
remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned
The existing treaties of the Hawaiian Islands with foreign nations shall forthwith
cease and determine being replaced by such treaties as may exist or as may be here
after concluded between the United States and such foreign nations The municipal
legislation of the Hawaiian Islands not enacted for the fulfillment of the treaties so
extinguished and not Inconsistent with this treaty nor contrary to the Constitution or
the United States nor to any existing treaty of the United States shall remain in force
until the Congress of the United States shall otherwise determine
Until legislation shajl be enacted extending the United States customs laws and reg
ulations to the Hawaiian Islands the existing customs relations of the Hawaiian Isl
ands with the United States and other countries shall remain unchanged
ARTICLE IV
The public debt of the Republic of Hawaii lawfully existing at the date of the ex
change of the ratification of this treaty including the amounts due to the depositors
in the Huwaiian Postal Savings Bank Is hereby assumed by the Government of the
United States but the liability of the United States shall not exceed 4000000 So
long however as the existing government and the present commercial relations of the
Hawaiian Islands are continued as hereinbefore provided said government shall con
tinue to pay the interest on said debt
ARTICLE V
There will be no further immigration of Chinese Into the Hawaiian Islands except
upon such conditions as are now or may hereafter be allowed by the laws of the United
States and no Chinese by reason of anything herein contained shall be allowed to en
ter the United States from the Hawaiian Islands
ARTICLE VI
The President shall appoint five commlsssioners at least two of whom shall be resi
dents of the Hawaiian Islands who shall as soon as reasonably practicable recom
mend to Congress such legislation concerning the Territory of Hawaii as they shall
deem necessary or proper
ARTICLE VII
This treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate on the one part and by the President of the Republic
of nawall bv and with the advice and consent of the Senate in accordance with the
Constitution of the said Republic on the other and the ratification hereof shall be ex
changed at Washington as soon as possible
In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles
and have hereunto affixed their seals
Done In duplicate at the City of Washington this sixteenth day of June one thousand
eight hundred and ninety seven
JOHN SHERMAN
FRANCIS MARCH HATCH
LORRIN A THURSTON
WILLIAM A KINNEY
MKINLEYS MESSAGE
Communication Which Accompanied
the Treaty to the Senate
The following is the text of the mes
sage snt to the Senate by President Mc
Kinley to accompany the Hawaiian
treaty
To the Senate of the United States I
transmit herewith to the Senate in order
that after due consideration the constitu
tional function of advice and consent may be
exercised by that body a treaty for the an
nexation of the Republic of Hawaii to the
United States signed in this capital by the
plenipotentiaries of the parties on the lGth
of June Instant For the better understand
ing of the subject I transmit In addition a
report of the Secretary of State brielly re
viewing the negotiation which has led to this
Important result
The incorporation of the Hawaiian Islands
Into the body politic of the United States is
the necessary and fitting sequel to the chain
of events which from a very early period
of our history has controlled the intercourse
and prescribed the association of the United
States and the Hawaiian Islands The pre
dominance of American interests In that
neighboring territory was first asserted In
1S20 by seudinc to the Islands a representa
tive agent of the United States It found
further expression by the signature of a
treaty of friendship commerce and naviga
tion with the King In lSJG the first inter
national compact negotiated by Hawaii It
was signally announced in 1S43 when the
Intervention of the United States caused the
British Government to disavow seizure of
the Sandwich Islands by a British naval
commander and to recognize them by treaty
as an independent state renouncing forever
any purpose of annexing the islands or exert
ing a protectorate over them
In 1STI the cession of the Hawaiian King
dom to the United States was formally offer
ed and although not then accepted this
Government proclaimed its duty to preserve
alike the honor and dignity of the United
States and the safety of the Government of
the Hawaiian Islands From this time un
til the outbreak of the war in 1SG1 the policy
of the United States toward Hawaii and of
the Hawaiian sovereignty toward the Uni
ted States was exemplified by continued ne
gotiations for annexation or for a reserved
commercial union The latter alternative
was at length accomplished by the reciproc
ity treaty of 1871 the provisions of which
were renewed and expanded by the conven
tion of 1SS4 embracing the perpetual ces
sion to the United States of the harbor of
Pearl River in the Island of Oahu In 1SSS
a proposal for the joint guarantv of the neu
trality of the Hawaiian Islands bv the Uni
ted States Germany and Great Britain was
declined on the announced ground that the
relation of the United States to the islands
was sufficient for the end in view
In brief from 1S20 to 1S93 the course of
the United States toward the Hawaiian Isl
ands has consistently favored their autono
mous welfare with the exclusion of all fop
eign inlluences save our own to the extent
of upholding eventual annexation as the
necessary outcome of that policy
Not only is the union of the Hawaiian ter
ritory to the United States no new scheme
but it is the inevitable consequence of the
relation steadfastly maintained with that
mid Pacific domain for three quarters of a
century Its accomplishment despite suc
cessive denials and postponements has been
menely a question of time While Its failure
la 1S93 may not be a cause of congratula
tion It Is certainly a proof of the disinter
estedness of thp United States the delay of
four years having abundantly sufficed to es
tablish the right and the ability of the Re
public of Hawaii to enter as a sovereign
contractant upon a conventional union with
the United States thus realizing a piirpose
held by the Hawaiian people and proclaim
ed by successive Hawaiian governments
through seventy years of their virtual inde
pendence upon the benevolent protection of
the United States Under such circum
stances annexation is not a change It Is a
consummation
The report of the Secretary of State ex
hibits the character and course of the re
cent negotiations and the features of the
treaty itself The organic and administra
tive details of Incorporation are necessarily
left to the wisdom of the Congress and I
cannot doubt when the function of the con
stitutional treaty making power shall have
been accomplished the duty of the national
legislature In the case will be performed
with the largest regard for the Interest of
this rich Insular domain and for the welfare
of the Inhabitants thereof
WILLIAM MKINLEY
WEYLER IS A FAILURE
Disastrous Results of His Years Com
mand in Cuba
Under a recent date a Madrid news
ipaper man writing to a London paper
Igives a graphic account of Gen Weylers
year of command in Cuba It has from
the beginning been marked with unexam
ipled severity toward all classes of Cu
bans One result of this has been the
disappearance of the Moderates and Au
tonomists some of whom have been driv
en into exile others into the ranks of the
Separatists Another result has been to
desolate a large part of the island Gen
iWey ler has literally made a solitude and
calledfcit peace But it is not peace With
ah overwhelming army he has made
miKtary promenades through the four
provinces of Pinar del Rio Havana
and Santa Clara burning andj
ravaging everywhere The insurgents
have avoided coming to a pitched battle
So he has declared there are no rebels
there and those provinces are pacified
But it is not so No sooner has he turn
ed back to Havana than the patriots are
in the field again masters of the whole
country outside the few fortified towns
and often menacing the latter and inflict
ing severe losses upon the Spanish army
itself
The correspondent gives an impressive
official summary of the losses sustained
since the outbreak of the war Down to
December 1S9J Spain put into Cuba
nearly 10S000 men including 40 gen
erals and GS4 field officers Of these
there have been killed in battle or have
died from wounds 2 generals 12 field offi
cers 107 subalterns and 1707 men
Losses from yellow fever and other dis
eases reach the appalling aggregate of 1
general 30 field ollieers 2S7 subalterns
and more than 20000 men Although
the official statistics are silent on this
point it is known that fully 20000 men
have been sent back to Spain in afi invalid
condition most of them with shattered
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constitutions many of them to die The
total loss then to the Spanish army ag
gregates more than 44000 or more than
22 per cent of the whole
Against this the Spanish claim to have
killed in battle 212 rebel officers and 13
091 men to have wounded 41 officers and
3522 men to have taken prisoners 34
officers and 941 men and to have received
22 officers and 2594 men who have vol
untarily surrendered These figures es
pecially those of the killed must be taken
with much allowance remembering that
in the Ten Years War the Spaniards
claimed to have killed and captured more
rebels than the whole population of the
island But even taking them at their
face value they show a total loss to the
insurgents of only 20457 or considera
bly less than half the Spanish losses No
wonder that in view of this showing
Gen Weyler realizes that he has failed
NeTs s of Minor Note
It is said that the present administra
tion of Kansas is about to made a fight
to obtain possession of a half mile slice
of the most valuable property now be
longing to the city of Kansas City Mo
A cyclone struck St Vincent island of
the Windward group seriously damaging
some of the public buildings injuring a
number of persons at Georgetown capsiz
ing a sloop and drowning three of the
crew
Later details of the murder of the
French Catholic priest Father Mazel a
Loli in Kuangsi show that the crime was
committed by a marauding band and that
no anti Christian sentiment animated the
criminals
Siams army is to be reorganized by
Russian army officers over 100 officers
having volunteered as instructors in an
swer to a circular from the war depart
ment The King of Siam will select fifty
from imong them
An avalanche in Kashmir involving
the loss of life of several English officers
which has been paining many people in
England tnras out to lie the inventisn of
a native serf ant who had run away from
one of the otlicers
NATIONAL S0L0NS
REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT
WASHINGTON
Detailed Proceedings of Senate and
House Bills Passed or Introduced
in Either Branch Questions of Mo
ment to the Country at Large
The LezislaTive Grind
The sugar schedule was again the sub
ject of debate Saturday in the Senate
Practically no progress was made Only
one amendment was voted upon and that
was defeated When the Senate adjourn
ed the amendment of Mr Lindsay of Ken
tucky to strike out the differential on re
fined sugar was pending The most sen
sational feature of the day was the speech
of Senator McEnery of Louisiana It waa
his maiden speech in the Senate H
openly avowed himself in favor of a tarifl
upon Fiigar He moreover defended th
sugar trust whose interests he argued
went hand in hand with the sugar plant
ers Mr Lindsay of Kentucky and Mr
Caffey were the other Senators who ad
dressed the Senate at length
The Senate debate on the sugar sched
ule of tho tariff bill proceeded Mondaj
with only one diverting incident to relieve
the monotony into which the discussioi
has lapsed This was the sharp exchangi
between Mr Hoar of Massachusetts anc
Mr Tillman of South Carolina repre
senting the two extremes of Senatorial
procedure The House adjourned untL
Thursday after a session that lasted for
ty five minutes The only attempt t
transact business was a request by Mr
Lacey of Iowa for unanimous consent foi
a bill for the relief of residents of Greet
County Oklahoma Mr Henry of Tex
as promptly objected and the House de
cided to adjourn Before the session be
gan theduib of a wheel wound round with
a monster petition said to contain 0000
000 signatures appealing to Congress U
recognize Cuban insurgents as belliger
ents was wheeled into the space in fronl
of the Speakers rostrum It had been iE
circulation throughout the United State
for about six months and was presented
to Congress by Representative Sulzer ol
New York
The Senate made a great stride forward
Tuesduy by completing the consideration
of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill
except the provision relating to Hawaii
which went over This schedule has been
the storm center of the entire bill Sen
ator Tillman gave notice of an amend
ment he will offer to the tariff bill provid
ing for a head tax of 100 on all im
migrants to the United States The
amendment also makes it a misdemeanor
punishable by fine and imprisonment for
any person to enter the United States for
the purpose of engaging in trade or man
ual labor without intending to become a
citizen
The Senate made rapid work on the
tariff bill Wednesday Thirteen pages
were disposed of carrying the Senate
through the agricultural schedule and up
to schedule H relating to spirits wines
etc During the day the paragraphs on
dairy products farm products fish fruit
and nuts meat products and miscella
neous agricultural products were acted
on The Finance Committee proposed
many changes in the main advancing
rates somewhat over those heretofore re-
ported The committee was sustained on
every vote although a contest was made
on almost every paragraph Mr Vests
motion to restore salt to the free list was
rejected yeas 24 nays 31 The import
ant paragraph proposing a tax on tea
went over at the suggestion of Mr Alli
son who expressed hope that this duty
on tea might be dispensed with The
Senate met at 11 a in and will continue
to me it at that hour until the bill is dis
posed of The treaty for the annexation
of the Hawaiian Islands reached the Sen
ate chamber at 5 oclock The Senate at
once went into executive session and as
soon as the doors were closed the mes
sage of President McKinley accompany
ing the treaty and the treaty itself were
read to the Senate
TheSenatemadegreater progress Thurs
day on the tariff bill than any day since
the debate opened Two entire schedules
covering twenty pages were completed
namely schedules II on spirits wines
and beverages and schedule I on manu
factured cotton goods The portion of the
bill p issed is substantially the same as
that reported all committee changes be
ing unimportant while the opposition
amendments of Mr Jones of Arkansas
and Mr Vest were systemarieally re
jected by majorities ranging from five to
ten Mr Allison secured the addition of
a new paragraph to the cotton schedule
with a view to compensating the cotton
manufacturers for the recent action of
the Senate in placing raw cotton on the
dutiable list The House was in session
an hour and a half most of the time
being taken up with roll calls The bill
for the relief of the residents of Greer
County Oklahoma was passed
The tariff bill came to a halt in the
Senate Friday less than one page of the
flax schedule being disposed of The de
bate drifted into political channels Late
in the day Mr Morgan proposed a sweep
ing amendment to place a 10 per cent ad
valorem duty on all articles now on the
free list with a few stated exceptions
In supporting the amendment Mr Morgan
called attention to the singular fact that
the income tax feature of the Wilson bill
is not repealed and can be enforced by a
change in the personnel of the Supreme
Court of the United States Bills were
passed for public buildings at Cleveland
O to cost 2700000 and at McKees
port Pa to cost 200000 Owing to the
interest in the Hawaiian annexation
treaty Mr Davis of Minnesota secured
an agreement for the printing of 5000
copies of the treaty and other documents
Gdds and Ends
Over 000000 cattle are slaughtered
yearly for the manufacture of beef ex
tracts
The descendants of 1 single female
wasp will often ntmber 25000 in one
season
Female spiders are much larger and
more ferocious than the males and
often devour their husbands
Two Bit is a novel name of the young
est town in the Black Hills It is lo
cated in the gulch of that name in the
northern hills near a mine which yields
red paint
Nearly seventy rDund towers from
thirty to 135 feet liitfh are found in va
rious parts of Irelsiul They are be
lieved to have been used in the cere
monies of fire worsiip
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