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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TIITHSDAY , JTLT 20. 189 ! ) . U\Um \ PEOPLED THE WEST History of tbs Homestead Act and Itt Beneficent BesnlU. < PROMOTED HOME-BUILDING AND HAPPINESS I'olltlcnl IVntnrm of the StrnctKle Which Cnlmlnntetl In the Pn of the lAct Complexion of Hie Vote In CoiiKron. A man Is serving In the popular branch of congress who Is often mentioned as having raelvcd the largest majority ever cast for nny candidate for any office In any elate of < ho union. This Is Galusha A. Grow , one of the congressmen at large from Pennsylvania , who bad a greater plurality In 1806 than even the unexampled lead gained by William Me- Klnlcy la the same state In that year. But .Mr. Grow has a far greater cralm to distinc tion than this gives him. writes Charles M Harvey In the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Strangely enough , It Is ne\er mentioned. He hag a right to b considered the author of the homestead act , which was signed by President Lincoln on May 20 , 1S62. and which went Into operation January 1 , 1S83. Under ( ho provisions of this act , which provides free hcmics for actual settlers , more than C.000,000 acres of public lands were entered In 1S9S , and over 200,000.000 acres since It went Into effect , thirty-six and a half years ego. It has peopled and erected Into states many localities which otherwise would still have been In the wilderness. It was , In Its effects , one of the most beneficent laws ever placed upon the national statute book. Horace Greeley , wrltlne In 1S5D , declared that "millions upon millions of acres" of the public domain had "been squandered or passed over to the hands of speculators or monopolists by the action of the national government during the last few years , " and nskcd ; "Shall the public domain be open to monopoly by speculators , leading In evitably to ( i landed aristocracy , or shall it be reserved for actual occupants , In small quantities , at a nominal price , or without price ? " This query , whlch , began to pre sent Itself to the minds of many thoughtful persons o\en ibcfore Greeley spoke , was answered thus by the free soli party at Its national convention at Buffalo on August 9 , ISIS , the flrat national gathering of that / party : "Resolved , That the free grant to . fk actual settlers * of reasonable por- | ilons of the public domain lands , under suitable limitations , Is a wise and just meas ure of public policy which will promote. In various ways , the Interests of all the states of this union ; and we , therefore , recommend it to the favorable consideration of th lAmerlcan people. " The free soil party , at its second and last convention ( in 1S52) ) . the one -which nominated John P Hale of New- Hampshire for president , and George \V Julian of Indiana for vice president , declared in Us platform that "the public lands of the United States belong to the people , and should net bo sold to individuals nor pranted to corporations , but should be held as a sacred trust for the benefit of the anrt should he zranted. In limited quantities , free of cost , to landless settlers " Fonnl't for 1'rcc Lnniln. A greater party than the free sellers . party which comprised the free sellers , the larger portion of the whlgs , the political BbolitlonlsU and the anti-slavery section of the democrats and the know nothings , or Americans , all of whom entered Into a co alition after the enactment of the Kansas- Nebraska act of 1S34 to fight slavery exten sion into the territories the republican party took up the free lands question early In Its career. In the first session of the congress of 1857-9 , which served during the earlier half of Buchanan's administration , and was democratic in both branches , Galusha A. Grcrwof Pennsylvania , Intro duced a bill in the house of representa tives which provided that "from and after Iho 1st day of September , A. D. 1S3S. no public lands shall be exposed to sale by proclamation of the president until the same shall have 'been ' surveyed , and the return thereof in the land office for at least ten years. " The object of Crow's bill waste to give the actual settler under the pre emption law then In force ten years' prece dence over the speculators and land mo nopolists , and let him have a chance to clear up his farm , put It in cultivation , and pay its price from. Us proceeds. The bill was defeated by a vote of 73 (59 ( repub licans and 14 democrats ) for to 78 (71 ( dem ocrats and 7 know nothings ) against. The fourteen democrats who voted with the fifty- ulna republicans ifor the bill were almost oil from the north , belonged to the Douglns element of their party , end most of them became republicans subsequently. The eeven know nothings , or Americans , were from the eouth and almost alt of them be came democrats when , at the beginning- trf the war of secession , their party , as well as all the other minor political sects , van ished from the. stage. In the latter part of the eame session , January 29 , 1839 , a bill relating to pre emptions of land being before the house Mr. Grow offered to it an amendment on the same linen as his previous measure. The southern democrats were immediately aroueed against the amendment , but , to cave their northern colleagues from embar rassment , a motion was made to send the bill and the amendments to the committee of the whole , so ae to put the measure out of reach for the remainder of the term ACTS GENTLV ON THE KIDNEYS , LIVER AND BOWELS ! CLEANSES THE SYSTEM \ . 5S s EFFECTUALLY * < - c T jeS * : * c j Ssr . fC U 8t 111 Wfci M 4 fPU tin til Kint. without making a direct Usue on the amend- meat The motion was defeA'ed. ' however by a vote of 92 (89 republicans. 2t democrats and 2 know nothings ) to M (76 ( democrat * . 8 know nothings , and 6 republicans ) . The houto thus being forced to take a direct rote on Orow's amendment , It was carried by 97 (80 ( republicans and 17 democrats ) to SI (75 ( democrats and 6 know nothing * ) , the latter being all from the south. The bill containing the. amendment , though , was de feated Immediately afterward by aote of ? 5 jfM democrat * and 11 know nothings ) to 91 (82 ( republicans , S democrat * , and 1 know nothing ) . The eight democrats belonged to ( lie Douglas branch of their party and the know nothing who stood with them on the sldo of the reoubllcan * was Henry Winter Davis of Maryland , who Joined the repub lican party when the war began. The only men from any of the slave statco who voted for the bill with the Grow amendment were Dsvla , already mentioned , and Francis P. Blair , Jr. , of Missouri , a republican. attention of I.nnit Kntrj- . The land entry question came up again , but in another shape , shortly afterward This was on February 1 , 1859 , when a meas ure entitled "A bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public . .domain"was brought to a vote In the house. In this measure , for the first time In congress appeared - peared the principle of free lands for the people urged by the platform of the free . oll' party in 1S4S and 1S32 , the principle which was put on the rtatute book In the law signed by President Lincoln In 1S62. The previous bins ga\e actual settlers ten years' precedence - ence of the spoliators , enabled them to enter upon unappropriated public lands , and to give them a chance to pay for It at the $1.25 per acre minimum price without being under the necessity of borrowing at high rates from the money-lenders. The bill which catno up on February 1 provided for a free grant of 150 acres of land to eligible per- I sons. iMost of the democrats opposed this 1 measure , as they did the pre\lous ones , and the republicans favored It. A motion by a democrat to lay the bill on the tabte was de feated by a vote cf 113 to 71. Then the bill came to a direct vote and was passed yeas , 120 ( eighty-four republicans and thirty- six democrats ) , nays , 76 ( sixty democrats , fifteen know- nothings and one republican ) . Onfy three southern members Jones of Ten nessee , Jewett of Kentucky and Craig of Missouri , all democrats voted for the bill. The homestead bill came up In the senate a little over two weeks later , February 17 , 1S59 , when Benjamin F. Wade of Ohio moved to postpone all other business and come tea a vote on this measure , his motion being carried by a vote of 26 (17 ( republicans and 9 democrats ) to 23 ( all democrats ) . Only one of the nine democratic senators who voted for the bill was from the south. This was Andrew Johnson of Tennessee , after ward vice president and president. The other eight democrats were from the north and west , all belonging to the Douglas fac tion. The homestead bill was , for a time , successfully antagonized by the bill to buy Cuba , then a. favorite democratic measure , but by adroit and energetic work on the part of the republicans It was put before the senate again. On the final rote of thit day , the seventeenth , however , the Cuban mens- ure was made the pending bill , the vote be- In * a tie. 28 to 2S. vice president Breckin- ridge giving his casting vote against the homestead bill. Despite the earnest and energetic attempts of Wade , William H. Seward of New York , James R. Doollttle of Wisconsin and other republicans to get the bill before tha senate again. It was burled until the end of the term on March 4. 1S59. On some of the divisions In the senate dur ing these parliamentary contests John Bell of Tennessee and Samuel Houston of Texas Joined Johnson of Tennessee , the Douglas democrats and the republicans in the en deavor to get the bill before the senate. Iteiiubllcnn Policy. f The principal reason why the republican party , with practical unanimity , favored first the measure to give actual settlers the precedence over speculators and subse quently the bill to grant tree lands to set tlers was that by either course , but particu larly by the latter , the west -would be quickly peopled and slavery would be shut out from the territories , the restriction to small holdings being fatal to the introduc tion of slavery. This consideration turned the majority of the democrats and virtually all the southern members of that party , as well as the southern Know Nothings , or Americans , against It. In the next congress < he congress of 1S59-61 which served through the second half of the term of President Buchanan , the republicans had a plurality in the house of representatives and , though the senate -was etlll democratic , th homestead bill passed , but it was vetoed by the president. On March 6 , I860 , Owen Lovejoy of Illinois , from the committee on public lands , reported to the house a bill which had been intro duced by Mr Grow to "secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public lands , " which was read twice and referred to the committee of the whole. On March 12 , on motion of Mr. Lovejoy , It was taken out of the committee of the -whole by a voteof 106 ( eight-four republicans , eighteen adminis tration democrats and four Douglas democrats called that time antl-Le- crats , usually at - - compton democrats ) to 67 ( fifty administra tion democrats and seventeen southern Americans ) , An attempt by Branch , a North Carolina democrat , to lay the bill on the table was defeated by 112 to 62 and the bill was then passed by 115 ( eighty-five republic ans , twenty-four administration democrats , four antl-'Lecompton democrats and one American ) to 66 ( fifty-three democrats and thirteen Know Nothings ) . All the sixty-six were from the slave states except Mont gomery , a Pennsylvania democrat. I'ntolMvork In the Senntr. April 17 , I860 , 'Andrew Johnson of Ten nessee , from the committee on public lands , reported in the senate a substitute for the house lilll , the Johnson measure granting homesteads to actual settlers at the rate of 25 cents an acre. Instead of free , as In the Grow bill , and excluding pre-emptors then occupying public lands. Mr. Wade of Ohio moved to substitute the Grow bill , hut the motion was lost by a vote of 31 nays ( all democrats ) to 26 yeas (23 ( republicans , 2 democrats and 1 antl-Lecompton democrat , Douglas ) , On May 10 the Johnson substi tute paised the senate by a vote of 44 to S ( all southern democrats ) . The house refused to concur In the senate substitute , the sen ate refused to recede , but in the conference committee of member * of the two branches , the house , on June 19 , after a contest in twelve meetings of three conference com mittees , accepted tha senate bill with slight modifications. Mr , Colfax , an Indiana republican , de clared on reporting the conference agreement - ment to the house , "We atruggled , of course , to adopt the homestead principles of the house bill , t > ut on these points the senate was Inflexible , and we took what we did because It was the beet we could get. " He added , however , "We shall demand the free home-steal principle at the next session of congrefs , and until It Is granted until j all the public lands shall be granted to the people of the I'nlted States. " Mr. Grow. the author of the. bouse bill , declared that' ' the substitute was accepted "on the prln- ' clple that half a loaf is better than no j i bread. " President Buchanan , In a message dated June II , I860 , vetoed the bill , on' ' i various grounds , the principal ones being that the bill would discriminate against the older settlers who bad paid higher prices i for their lands than the bill provided ; it would t > e unjust to the soldiers who bad re ceived land warrants ; It * operation was confined - i fined to one dais of people , the cultivators of the soil , leaving mechanics and artisan * at a disadvantage , It would reduce the value of lands In the older elates , and It would open up a vut field for speculation. la the congrtfs chosen ith Lincoln in 1S60 * he republicans were in a. major , y ui both branches though they would not have had a clear majority bad the south refrained from secrsslan and Its members retained their seats and a homestead law on the lines laid down la the earlier Grow bill was enacted. The republicans , in their national platform of 1S60 , declared that "we protest against any tale or alienation to others af the public lands held by actual settlers , and against any \ lewof the free homestead policy ; which regards the settlers as paupers or sup plicants for public bount ) , and we demand the passage by conre i of the complete and satisfactory homestead measure which has already passed the house " The purpose here outlined was carried out promptly , notwith standing the urgent and persistent demands on congress for w-ar legislation. On July S , 1861 , In the special session of July 4- August 6 , called by President Lincoln , Cyrus Aldrlch of Minnesota introduced a home stead Mil In the house , which was referred to the committee of agriculture , of which Owen Lovejoy was chairman , and reported by Lovejoy on February 28 , 1862. It passed by a vote of 114 ( ninety-two republicans and twenty-two democrats ) to IS ( fifteen demo crats and three republicans ) It passed the 1 senate May 6 by 33 ( thirty republicans and three democrats ) to 7 ( six democrats and one republican ) It was signed by President Lin coln on May 20 , 1S62 , and went Into opera- 1 tlon January 1 , 1S63. Thus , fourteen years after the policy was first advocated by a ' political bed } the con\entlon of the new ! ree soil party In ISIS the fleht for free I lands for the people -was broucht to a I > triumphant close. I By the homestead act of 1S62 , which , with the amendments adopted In suc-collns years , is still on the statute book , any head rf a family ( woman or man ) , or person who Is 21 years of ago. who Is a citizen of the United States , or has declared hit Intention to become such , can enter 160 acres of any public lands not otherwise appropriated which is rated at a minimum price of II 25 an acre , or upon eighty acres of the unap propriated public lands rated at $2 SO an acre , by paying $10 to coer Incidental ex penses and after five joars of occupanc ) such settler obtains a title to such land. The land rated at $2.50 an acre Is In the alternate sections granted to railway com panies to aid In the construction of rail roads. Notwithstanding the fact that It did not provide adequate safeguards against speculation in the public domain , the home stead law was one of the most beneficent acts ever passed by congress. "Under the operation of this act more than 4,000,000 people ple have obtained free homes and a tract as large in area as all the thirteen original states has been peopled. SCHOOL BOARD HNANUES Secretary Glllnit Mnkei n Statement , CcirrectiiiB' home Pahlliheil Cr- rors lleKirdlne Expenditures. . OMAHA , July 19. To the Editor of The Bee Dear Sir : My attention has been called to a blunder on the part of The Bee reporter in mlsquctlne some of the figures presented In a brief financial statement to the Board of Education on last Monday night and to your editorial comments upon the same. I cannot believe that The Bee desires to assume the attitude of misrepre senting to the public the condition of school board finances to the tune of about $80,000 and the people of Omaha are certainly en titled to know the facts rather than a mis representation. Your reporter stated that my report showed that the expenditures of the last fiscal year had been $530,548.27. My report stated nothing of the kind. Follow ing a custom of many years standing I sub mitted a brief report showing the resources of the board , which Included the cash on hand at the beginning of the year , plus the receipts of the yearv and showing the war rants outstanding at the beginnlng-fof the year , or the debt previously contracted , plus the expenditures of the year , which con stituted the liabilities of the board. Your reporter quoted the total sum of warrant * outstanding at the beginning of the year , plus the expenditures of the year , as being expenditures only , and following up this blunder you assumed in your editorial that the board had expended $530.545 27 , whereas the total warrants drawn from the general fund during the year were $454,167.91. Following are the words and figures pre sented in my report : Cash on hand July 1 , 1R53 $ 7.5S7.41 Total receipts of the jear 41S.S35.26 Total resources JC6.S23.67 Liabilities and expenditures of the year- Warrants outstanding July 1 , 1SSS . . $ 76.3SO.M Total expenditures of the year , . . . 454,16791 Total liabilities and expendi tures $330.54527 The warrants outstanding July 1 , 1S9S. represent a debt or shortage which , as nearly everybody knows , has been accumulating for the last flvo years , and It Is manifestly un fair to attribute that to the expenditures of the last year. The warrants drawn from ( he general fund for the fiscal year ending July 1 , 1S98 , amounted to $424,678.03 , while the warrants drawn from the general fund for the fiscal year ending July 1 , 1S99 , amounted to $151- 167.91. I presented a few Items showing where the principal increase had occurred during the last year. This explanation > ou consider "lame , " but the public is entitled to the facts as well as to your comments upon the same. As a matter of fact , $18,000 of the total sum drawn from the general fund was not really expended at an , but was transferred to the sinking fund and is now 'n the bands of the treasurer in the form of Interest-bearing bonds for the purpose of meeting the bonded debt of the school district when the same becomes due. Another large item showing an increase In expenditures was that of teachers' salaries , which were cut during the year 1895 and restored last year This Item shows an increase over the preceding year of $13- 795 , A part of tbli was caused by the In crease in the number of teachers employed. Janitors' salaries were cut In 1895 and were restored last year , and there Is , consequently , an increase In this item over the preceding year of $5,491.12. The fuel account was also increased during the last year , owing to the exceptionally cold winter , by $1,749.31. The board paid $3,607 10 as special taxes and the architects were paid $1,200 out of the general fund. The above Items make a total sum of $43- S42.53 and represent the most Important in creases of the jear. Subtracting this sum from the total amount of warrants drawn from the general fund during the year , it will be seen that the ordinary running ex penses of the board would have been $410- 325,38. I desire to eay In closing that there is no department or public body In the city of Omaha , or Douglas county , that present * to the public a more complete statement of expenditures than the Board of Education , As evidence of this fact I have only to refer to the tabulated statement presented In each annual report during the last five yeari and which will be presented within a few weeks to be printed In the annual report for the year closing July 1 , 1899. Respectfully yours , J. M. GILLAN , Secretary Board of Education. Mortality MntUtlci. The following births and deaths have been reported to the office of the health com missioner during the lajt forty-eight hours : Births Fred Stead , 2360 South Twenty- eighth street , girl ; Henry C. Franklin. 2011 Burt street , boy : William Rankln , Eighth and Paul streets , boy. Death * C. L. Waddell , 1103 North Eighteenth street , 49 years ; Bertha Schranck , Military avenue and Fifty-flm street , 9 months Baby Pratt. 2913 Franklin street. 6 months. "What inUUt Ua.c w a" If that llttU cough hadn't beet , neglected Is the sad re flection of thousands of consumptive ! . On * Minute Couch Cure cures coughs and colds , "KISSING BUG" ARRIVES HERE At Ones B 5ins Its Ooerations. as Four of Its Victims Will Testify , .EXPOSITION . VISITOR IS BADLY STUNG | . \Urnillnn I : I'lijulclnn > nji Hint the , "Kl ltic IlnBt" li NnlliliiK More > or I.P Thnn a Motif 1'lj of the .Mo iitlto | The dread "kissing bug" has made Its ap pearance In Omaha. Three cncej of people Buffering from the Insect's venomous ftlng were reported Tuesday Physicians gen erally have scoffed at the idea of this new j species of bug , whcee bite is very poisonous , j but several practitioners have had occasion to pull down dusty volumes from their IIi - i brary shelves In quest of cases similar to { those which came under their observation TuesJay. Today they admit that there may be more of truth than fiction In the "kissing bug" stories , and to account for the exist ence of the Insect described they are willing to accept the theory that it was brought from the Philippines In the baggage of re turning soldiers. Percy Lockyear , the 9-year-old son of John Loekyear , Twenty-third and Seward streets , te3to a queer tale of an experience with the new Insect. The youngster was sent to bed early Monday evening as a punishment for mlsbehaUor. He says ho remembers having seen what appeared to be an electric light bug fly In through the open window. about dark. He heard the buzzing of Us' wings In the room for several minutes , but being accustomed to handling creaturea of this kind , he did net mind Its presence and scon fell asleep. The boy says he slumbered only a short time , when he dreamed that the bug crawled over his face and bit him on the lip. He had a hazy Idea that the Insect was getting even with him for his having pulled off the wings of fellow bugs found on the street basking In'the light from electric lamps. He woke up long enough to feel a stinging sensation on the upper Up and see the bug fly out the window. In the morning the Up | was swollen to the size of a hen's egg. j i The attending physician stated that the i little fellow's description of the bug corre sponded exactly with that given In the Philadelphia Medical News. It was an lnci In length , dark brownish red color , with long attenae or "whiskers. " The insect has ' ilx legs. Its generic name Is "oplscaetus" and It la said to be a parasite species of bedbug. The Lockyear boy's Up was not Improved by the application of allevlants. Herman Nagle , a cutter formerly employed by the NIohol tailoring establishment , 209 South Fifteenth street , was the second suf ferer. He awoke Tuesday morning to find his lips swelled many times their normal size by a poisonous bite which be attributes to tbe sting of the ubiquitous "kissing bug. " The insect got in its peculiar work also on the lips of Sing Lee , a laundryman at Eleventh street and Capitol avenue. The encounter between the celestial and the "kissing bug" took place In broad day light , a fact which will shatter popular be lief in the theory that the bug works only in the nlgbt time. Lee was puffing at a long , black pipe when the insect began to fly back and forth before Lls face. He brushed It away several times , but it finally lit upon his cheek and stung him severely on the corner of the mouth. Lee's face looks as if he were a good-sized apple under his cheek. Tbe Chinaman ap plied to a druggist for medicrnes to reduce the swelling , but as ordinary remedies pro duced no effects , he.asked at the police sta tion for treatment bythe city Physician. "ICUplnff BUR * ' nt the Exposition. The kissing bug -was at the exposition grounds last night and it not only laid Miss Helen Jackson low. but it sent her to the hospital in hot haste. Miss Jackson came down from Sioux City to visit the exposition. She was walking along the banks of the La goon , admiring the illuminations and the tropical shrubbery , when , with a whirring sound , some insect flew against her face and an Instant later stung her upon the upper Up. 'At the time she thought nothing cf the matter , but within five minutes her Up com menced to ache and she immediately started for the hospital. Before she reached there the lip was swollen to three times ita normal size. Dr. Campbell made an examination of the Disfigured facial member and declared that it bad been bitten by some poisonous Insect. He applied the usual remedies used In treating bites of insects and soon relieved Miss Jackson of her sufferings , but was un able to reduce tbe swelling. Speaking of Miss Jackson's condition Dr. Campbell said : "Her condition Is not criti cal , yet It will be a day or two before the lip is well. This kissing bug that they talk so much about and which evidently bit this woman 1s nothing other than a night fly , something on the order of themosquito. . It has a needlelfke tongue , which it pushes through the skin in search of blood , thus causing the wound. The tongue carries some decomposed animal matter and when once injected into the human flesh causes an irritation which brings on inflammation and naturally acts something like blood poison ing. " Coi Krc iuen to Go Through Omaha. A party , composed of several members of congress , and their families , will pais ( I ( h'ouRh Otraha the FA 'tr r rt t' th s mnnth e ire ue o he ts t from \Uski where the coneres men ha\e been l < oklm after matters of nut ) nat Importance. Among the members of this party are Con- greMman S H Payne of New York , Hull of tnwa , and Daltell of Pennsylranlit. From Alaska they will go directly to Yellowstone park , where about a week wltl be spent The trio east from there will be via the Durlingtod , Arthur D Smith of the passenger - senger department hating Just been ad > lsod to that effect. FAVORS AGGRESSIVE POLICY rrrnltlent AVIntrr l * uc * n Stlrrlnjc Ajiponl to thp N lirn Un Ht- Iinltllcnn Under the policy adopted b > the National League of Republican Clubs , which permit * state conventions to be dispensed with In off years , there will be no meet ins of the state league of Nebraska this > ear The announcement Is officially promulgated In a statement Issued by President Charles E Winter under date of July 20. In this con nection President Winter calls the atten tion of the clubs to the fact that the absence of a convention docs not Indicate any de crepitude on the part of the league. He emphasizes the Importance of the campaign and urges alt members of the league to use their best efforts to promote the Interests of the party as follows- "To the Republican League Clubs of Ne braska The executive committee of the Ne braska Republican league , after full con sideration , has decided to drier the ntate convention of the league until next year. j This step Is taken in view of tne fact th t j the National Republican league convention . at Omaha , July , 1S9S , changed the laws of ' ' the organization so as to provide for con , ventions every two yeirs Instead of annually. I This enables the league to meet In the con- ! > gresslonal and pn > sldcntlal > ears , which Is | deemed sufficient Having , therefore , no del egates to elect. It Is thought wise by the executive committee to omit the state con- \entlon this year and de\ote the time energy and money which would be expended there for directly to the campaign before us. This plan has been adopted by a number of the state leagues. "This action is not to be taken as Indi cative of lack of interest , relaxation of pur pose or diminution of confidence In our caufo and in the result of the campaign. U Is rather to be regarded by every repub lican club and every individual member of every republican club as an opportunity for Increased effort and direct activity. A con vention is not necessary to arouse party on- thuslasm. The magnificent administration of the president gives to republicanism a deep and abiding Inspiration which nothing can suppress or subdue. There Is always danger , however , of that over-confidence which a great cause and success begets and which is inclined to rely on latent power and In the force of Inertia. It Is the duty of republicans in this Important year , when the lines are forming for the great battle of 1900 , not only to be interested , but to arouse interest ; not only to hold strong convictions , but to express them , not only to wish the cause well , but to fight well for the cause. We should not receive the assaults of the opposition carelessly behind our Impregnable defenses , but should attack them all along the line. An aggressive policy should be Inaugurated and maintained until the close of the campaign. "One more administration under Wil liam McKlnley and republicanism will have worked out another stupendous event In the nation's history , to the everlasting glory of our country and our party and to the welfare of mankind. We should not , we cannot , we will not falter in this great crlels. Upon the } ounp , active , enthuslastio republicanism embodied in the Republican league rests a special responsibility. The aggressiveness of youth may be the factor that will win the day. Our party is stronger and grander than ever before ; our principles broader , freer , higher ; our purposes as pure and in spiring ; our leaders as great and patriotic. We can appeal to the young men with power and success as never before. Every young man should bo interested , aroused , taught , enlisted and given a place and a duty in the mighty army of young republicanism. "We can best serve our country , our party and our president by performing well the duty which confronts us at home. The highest tribunal and tha highest educational Institution of the state must be , saved from the hands of the opposition. The final effort must be made which Is to drive back the battle-IIae of the fusion forces from off our borders and rectors to Nebraska that proud position In republicanism which was its glory for more than a quarter of a century. A great step In advance waa taken In 1898 ; 1899 should finish the work so wefl begun ; 1900 should find -victorious. . "When the Republican League of Nebraska meets next year let It meet as one factor among those that have wrought out the salvation of our state. When the delegation representing Nebraska goes to the national republican convention in 1900 , let It go rep resenting a state that believes in the great ness and the patriotism of William Mc Klnley ; that stands for the highest principles ever advocated by a political party ; that realize ! the responsibility , the power , the mission , the true grandeur of our country , that is republican. "CHARLES E. WINTER , "President Nebraska Republican League. " Up Their Frncrn. The district court rooms are almost ab- solutery deserted , as the Judges have abun dant occupation in looking after their inter- Adjusting Lenses Talk No , 38 The science of ndnptinjr louses to the sight Is a complicated and exacting one. An optician must IH > thoroughly con versant with nil the laws of light nnd physical optics. lit ? inu t understand the action of mirrors and lenses. The formation and construction of different kinds of glass and Ions material. He must bo familiar with all the intricate workings of tbe human eye and he able to detect the slightest flaw In Its ad justments. Hi ; imibt taku an exact measurement of every curve and sur face. I devote cs ] > ccial attention to this work. I study my science and btudy my customers. I try to do a little better each day than I did the day be fore See me about your eyes. J. C. Huteson , Manufacturing Optician , KoiInVi , CnmerBi 1S20 St. nd Supplies. Omohn , Mr. Frederick Hatter announces the arrival of a new lot of those rough straw bats for young men. These proved so popular that we were out of sizes for over a week 51.50 , the same as the fin > t lot. We have decided to close out all our ladles' straw hars. so we have marked them to sell at our co t this will bo a grot opportunity for selecting a new , stylish hat at the price of the carrled-over ones. We 1mvo till sizes iio\v. FREDERICK The Hatter , The Leading Hut Man of the West. 120 South 15th Street , ' es R la con.ieit.on with FUu s fira 'l.e * Mnst of them base been kept en the bneh well Into the vacation by Important cases , that could not be continued until the remilar j i term \Ulhoot prejudice1 to ( tie Interests of , lltUsnts , ami during the remainder of the ' week they will gUe polltlru their undivided attention. Secretary Tucker of the republican county central committee will keep the headqunr- ten op < > n at 1712 Karnftm streeet during the remainder of the week. He Is now getting out the ballots to be used In the primaries In the various wards lliese will resemble the tegular official ballot in meet repsect * . and there will be a circle provided In which \otrrs can \ote the entire ticket without marking the names of the Indhldual delegate * . EFFORTS TOJ.AUNCH FAILS One llnlf f tlir > rir On * rrntiirnt rionlliKT Hunrniillno * itlrU * on the Miore. PHILADELPHIA. July 19. An unsuccess ful attempt to launch the new floating quar antine built for thp government for use at J Havana was made today at the Kensington j ' Engine works In this city. It had been arranged - ! ranged for the event and just as the work-i J men were sawing the timbers that held the' ' craft fast to the ways the latter collap ed and but half of the vewjl reached the water , I tha remaining portion resting on the Khore. I I The workmen had narrow escapes from scrl- . ous Injury. ! It is believed the boat was severely | strained nnd It will require some tlra ? be fore necwjary repairs can "be made. The expected launch was without ceremony , the government being represented only by Lieu tenant C. .M. Green , who supenlsed the con struction of the vessel. The new vessel's hull la ISO feet long , thirty-two feet beam , with twelve feet six Inches depth of hold. The approximate cost Is $75,000. PROTEST AGAINST GOEBEL Kentucky Democrat * Cnll n MrctltiK and Mnj I'nt Another Ticket In the Flclil. BOWLING GREEN , Ky , July 13. The antl-Goebel democrats In this city and county htue Issued a call for a meeting to be held here July 2 ( to protest against W. J. Goebel for governor and the Louisville convention ticket. The call , which Is signed by one-fourth the democratic voters of the county , says the Louisville convention wa < i perverted from Its true purpose by the "ar bitrary unseating of delegates by fraud and corrupt bargains and by unjust and unpre cedented nets of Chairman Uedwlne " and calls upon all true Kentucky democrats to attend the meeting here , at which steps will be taken for the "nomination of a true dem ocratic ticket and that effect shall be gien to the time-honored principle of democracy that the will of the majority of the people shall rule and that they shall not be com pelled to submit to the arbitrary acts of ac cidental chairmen of committees or conven tions. " BICYCLE TRUST IS LAUNCHED I'orO-IMic Manufacturer * Heprp cnt- IIIK Over TMO Hundred IMniitn UlTect n Combination. NEW YORK , July 19 A combine of the bicycle manufacturers became effective at a meeting held In this city yesterday. Forty- five manufacturers , representing 536 plants , were present. A meeting was held In the morning , when the plan as agreed upon by the committee on organization at its meet ing beld Monday night wag submitted. An adjournment was taken until afternoon , when the project was carried through -nlthout a dissenting voice. The only change In the organization plans was a reduction of the capital from JSO.OOO 000 to J40.000.000. This will be dl-ided as follows : $10,000,000 5 per cent twenty-year gold debenture bonds , $10,000,0000 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock , { 20,000.000 common stock. The manufacturers will receive for their planta 30 per cent In cash , 30 per cent In preferred stock and 50 per cent in common stock , making a total of 110 per cent. Expert Thief lu the Toll * . HOUSTON , Tex. , July 19. Abe Rothschild , known throughout the country as an able crook and a diamond thief of the first water , has been convicted in Gonzales county , Texas , and given tnree jears In the penitentiary on a charge of forgery , his conviction being secured by the Wells-Farso Express company through Superintendent Taft. Rothschild recently served a term In the Missouri penitentiary and was , taken In by the federal authorities. He escaped by Jumping from a moving train while hand cuffed to another prisoner , but after nearly starring they surrendered. When Roths child's present term expires he will be caHed to answer several similar charges in Texas. He has also operated In Canada , Georgia , tha east and the middle west. The National Jewelers' association has spent much money In trying to secure his con viction , but he escaped until the Missouri authorities got hold of him. A Great Medicine. "I have used Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and find It to be a great medicine. " says Mr E. S. Phlpps of Poteau , Ark. "It cured me of bloody flux , I cannot peak too highly of It. " This remedy - edy always wins the good opinion If not praise of those who use it. The quick cures which it effects even In the most severe cases makes it a favorite everywhere. I I I 11 i pppr\ i in nn PUMPT HP i n ALthCLD RAID Or S\\IrT \ \ BLAH | Army Officers * nd Known FcU T nd to Discredit the Story , INDIANS AND COWBOYS HAVE ENCOUNTER \Vnrrlor * ! > nlil to lln e I'lrril on the Ulille Men Cixirler Ilrlnit * the to ( hndron , HrqneM- liifs AftftlMntU'P , CHICAGO. July 1 ! > -A special from Chadron , Neb , * ays A courier from the Cheyenne river Dad Lands , forty miles north In South Dakota , brings a story of depreda tions committed by Swift Dear's band , who ri > racing for life bick to the re orv tlon to e4cap < > arrest by civil authorities , and by this time they arc believed to be safely within thi" boundaries of the reservation According to hU rtory one of ths cowboys came across the band while rounding up cattle. Swift Ucar ordered him to give up his horse , which he refused to do. A rifle ball pierced his leg. killing his horse After taking several hcnd ot cattle he was left by the band and wandered until mlJnlcht before michlng camp. The cowbo > * Immediately started on the trail of the Seeing band , overtaking them about twenty miles from camp. The In dians , who were well protected In the rocka. fired on the posse. A battle was waged at long range from cliffs and rocks. The cowboys' horses , left In the valley below , stampeded and returned to the range , leav ing the posse of six men with the Indians , who outnumbered them five to one. Mike Rile ) ' , the courier , was detailed to escape through the Indian line and go for help. Twenty-five cowboys hcaUly armed at once started for the scenn of w r from the round up camp , taking with them extra horses At army headquarters In this city the story Is discredited. Swift near 1s characterized by officer * who know him as a thoroughly good Indian who has ne\er gl\cn any trouble. They simply saw some dc r while off the reservation and could not resist the temptation to shoot some of them. The last word recched from him and his party came direct from Colonel Clapp , agent at Pine Ridge It was to the effect that Swift Bear and party bad returned to tbe agency and voluntarily surrendered to the Indian police. They were told to go home and hold themselves In readiness to sur render to Wyoming authorities If they were wanted. At that time the Wyoming people had not come for them and it was not thought they would. The Dee telegraphed Colonel Clapp , agent at Pine Ridge , in whose Jurisdiction the fight is said to have occurred , asking what truth there was In the report from Chadron. The following reply was received PINE RIDOn , S. D. , July 10 ( Special Telegram. ) None whatever as far as known. CLAPP. Agent. * The following , in response to the same ouery. has been received from The Dee's correspondent at Chadron CHADRON. Neb. , July 13. ( Special Tele gram. ) No knowledge here of any flght. PROTECT THE MELON FIELDS Arknimnn Farmer * U c ttnnn to Keeu Off Marauders Tyro Killed nnd Others IVoumlcd. LITTLE ROCK , Ark. , July 19. Arkansas melon growers have adopted serious meas ures to protect their fields from thieves. Near Camden George Bo > d , a negro farmer , shot and killed a. white man named John Gco and fatally wounded another by the name of Merrill. On a farm near Alma An drew Daugherty opened fire on two thieves , killing Tom Harrell and seriously wounding Jlm Cody. The thieves returned the flre , dangerously wounding Daugherty. Amen Cnne Goen Over. The preliminary hearing in the Zacharia- Nathan arson case , which has been on the county court docket during the last few days , has been continued to August 7. The state has not completed Its case and It looks as though it would require nearly a week to reach a decision after the examination is resumed. Kodaks that' * all it costs to take your Kodak Into the Exposition grounds this year Such a popu lar price is sure to bring many amateurs and their kodaks Eo wo have fitted up a booth in tha Manufactures bulldlnc and keep a complete lot of photo graphic supplies which we will offer at down town prices. THE ALOE & PENfOLD CO. , Atnittur ftntofrraphle Supplttt. 1408 Farnnm. OMAHA OPPOSITE PXXTON HOTEL. Now the Exposition is Open Omaha people arc treated to all kindi of music ( ' ' ) from all kinds of instru ments but to get the real pleasure of music you want to bear a Kirubnll piano. It stands out head and shoul ders above them all the 169S Klmball was a wonder , but the new Klmball 1ms many Improvements that mark it ns the one advanced piano Idea another car load of tliefte famous instruments now on display Phowinc all the new and fancy woods special low prices ami easy terms made ou them. A. HOSPB , W * celebrate onr 20tb bailnea * Kami * reriarr Oct. 33rd , ISO * . ilaslc and Alt 1513 Dougla * The Hawaiian Maidens that came to town yesterday wore ( .Up pers that burprifed UK they'll bo more nurpri nl than wewere when tliej' we our line of mUbCfa' and children's fctrnp Hllppcrs the proper thins for warm weather in Omaha or Honolulu. We xhow them in three styles of buckle and bow to match color of slipper black , tan or patent leather lurches' falzes , ll'j to 1' , from $1.'J3 to SI 7.V-children's frizes , SV to 11 , from $1.00 to $1..V > in young ladle ' blzes , UVj to 5 , $1T to $2. < X > . We've never t > uunn a ? hand * borne a Hue before. Saturday night we are &olnjf out to see the Hawaiian jrlrU , to do your trading before 0 p. in. Drexel Shoe Co. , Omaha's Up-to-date Shoe Ileus , 1410 FARNA.M STREET.