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"AN ACT OE MADNESS." THE PnoPOSED ABANDONMENT OF PROTECTION. It Wo Aro to Achlcvo CommnroUl Bupronmcy We SI list Hold to the lollry Tlint linn Mniio Us Industrially uml Financially Supreme. A tlmoly nrticlo on the subject of "Commercial Empire, nnd Protection" la contributed by Hon. Edward N. Dlngley to Clinton's Mngazlno for Oc tober. It Is Just now quite tho fash ion among certain expounders or "ad vanced" economic theory to assert that protection has outlived whatsoever use fulness It ever had In tho matter of developing and sustaining domestic In dustries, nnd, in view of tho now con ditions which havo arisen, must now bo greatly modified, or, bettor still, al together nbandoned. Such is tho pur port of an artlclo in n recent number of tho Forum, nnd to this proposition Mr. Dlngley addresses hlmsolf with the vigor and zeal born of an lntcnso con viction that tho abandonment of our fixed national policy Just at a time when its successful operation has wrought such splendid results would be an act of madness. It was by establishing and maintain ing a protective tariff, as Mr. Dlngley points out, that tho founders of our republic, after having thrown on the political yoko of England, took stops to throw off tho commercial and indus trial yoko which tho "mother coun try" had so ilrmly fastened upon the necks of tho American people. How successful was this determination and what magnificent results havo llowcd from tho practical realization or tho hopes of tho fathers of tho republic nro matters of history. Today tho re public stands supremo among tho na tions of tho earth supreme, industrial ly, commercially, and llnanclally; tho homo of tho most prosperous and pow erful nation tho world has ovor known. After tho lapso of a century from the passago by congress of the first tarirr bill under tho fedoral constitution, framed by Madison and approved by Washington an act "for tho support of tho government, for tho discharge of debts of tho United States, and for tho protection of manuracturos" tho same rundamentnl principles remain ollvo in tho Dlngley tariff law of to day: tho raising of revenues and tho encouragement of domestic Industries. Tho effectlvo manner in which th'csoN principles aro carried out under tho existing tariff law, togothor with tho demonstrated fact that because of tho Increased employment and tho In creased purchasing power of tho peoplo a protective tariff produces more revenue than a free-trado tariff, aro matters which Mr. Dlngley's artlclo emphasizes most convincingly. Simi larly cogent 13 his demonstration that tho "homo market can be preserved only by maintaining to tho hlghost pos elblo degreo tho purchasing and con suming power of our own pooplo." This Is tho pivotal point of tho wholo qucs- tion. Turning to tho question of commer cial supremacy, Mr. Dlngley urges that "a nation must bo industrially and financially supremo beforo it can bo commercially supremo; it must be strong at homo beforo it can bo strong abroad." It Is for tho full develop ment and maintenance of this strength at homo that tho writer appeals a strength which has come by and through protection, and which will ro mnln with this nation as tho result of Btoadfnst pcrslstenco In tho faith of tho fathers who planned protection ns tho surest, tho only, way to secure for their country absoluto freedom, abso luto Independence, absoluto prosperity. If for no othor reason than to servo notlco upon all whom It may concern that protectionists see nothing In ex isting conditions which suggests tho wisdom of abandoning the American policy, but aro, on tho contrary, iirmor than ovor In their adherence to that policy, Mr. Dlngley has dono well to make public his views In the article in Qunton's from which wo havo quot ed. Protectionists know where thoy stand, and it is well that tho "ad vanced" theory expounders should also know. NOT OVERPRODUCTION. Underconsumption Ciiiiioil Our Troubles In I'roo Tmdo Times. Sorao of tho free traders, llko Mr. Bryan and Mr. Belmont, aro still talk ing about tho "burdens" of tho peoplo. Othor freo traders, who havo sense enough to know that tho peoplo can't bo fooled with nny claptrap about "bur dens" when they nro In the wldst of such prosperity ns exists today, when work Is seeking tho worker nnd when tho Saturday night wage is larger than It has over beon beforo, aro looking about for some more avnllablo weapon to uso against tho protectlvo tarirt. Tho bugaboo they present is overproduction. This is a more subtle nrgument thnn that of tho "burden" criers, but not moro sound. Facts aro quite as strong against It. Farmers, manufacturers and merchants all find a strong and steady demand for all their wares, and tho prices aro good. Tho demand for labor is unusually good, and Is on tho increase. Theso aro not tho signs of overproduction. Peoplo don't go on buying after they have had enough, and employers don't continue to hlro moro laborers when they havo products enough on hand to satisfy existing de mands. Tho chances aro that tho free tradors aro not at all slnccro in their cry against overproduction; but, If thoy nro, it 13 only furthor evldonco of their uttor inability to understand economic principles. If tho American people con sumed no moro In times of Industrial activity, such as tho prosent, than in Umcs of industrial depression, such aa tho years from 1S93 to 1S9C, overpro duction would bo a reality. But Indus trial nctlvlty, with tho lncroased work and wages which it means for every body, brlng3 also increased consump tion on tho part of everybody. As wo produce moro and havo, theforc, moro of tho wherewithal to buy, tho moro numerous aro our wants and tho great er our demands for tho products of other workers. Tho economic system is a system of interdependence. Tho market for the Increased product in any ono Industry is at hand In the increased domands of tho workers In every other Industry. Furthermore, If, Instead of having more of tho luxuries of life, wo pre fer to lay up money, thoro nro tho world's markets to tako tho surplus products which wo don't want for our selves. Our Increased and Increasing foreign trade shows that wo nro taking advantage of them. In' any case, so long ns human nature is what It is; so long as tho moro wo can have tho moro wo want, thoro will bo no overproduction. In free-trade days wo havo morc"than once suffered from underconsumption, but wo havo never yet had a caso of overproduction, and we nrc not likely to havo such a case. l'ropprlty nnd ICdurnllou. From all over tho country thoro nro reports that tho enrollments nt public nnd prlvnto schools, from tho primary grades to tho universities, nro larger this year than ever boforo. Somo in crease might havo been expected as a result of tho Bteady growth of popula tion, but tho marked gain noted this season is much moro largely duo to tho general prosperity of tho country. Thus tho good times that have resulted from wiso national policies, from lnrgo crops nnd from good markets not only bring employment to nil who seek It, not only afford good Investments for all who have monoy to invest, not only lncrcnso tho earning power of both labor nnd capital and contributo to tho comforts and necessities of daily life, but they open tho way for moro liberal educa tion. Children who had been forced to earn something for tho family aro re leased from their employment nnd Rent to school. Young men and young women who havo had but limited op portunities for higher education now find themselves ablo to attend tho col legos nnd universities. The benefits of prosperity nro incalculable, but among them ono of tho greatest Is along edu cational lines. Kansas City Journal. Never Asnln. Wage Earner: "No, I thank you; not any for me. I tried your game In 1802, and know exactly how It works. Protection is good enough for me." A Destructive Itomedy. Since tho election of McKlnlcy pro duction has increased at such a rate that tho por capita consumption In 1899 will probably bo more than double that of the disastrous years under Cleveland. Wo can only malntnln this rato of consumption by keeping our mills employed, and that can only bo dono by preventing the encroachments of foreigners, who aro constantly try ing to break Into and break down our market. If we dlspenso with protec tion wo simply Invito Gormnny and other countries where capital has been effectively organized to drlvo our in dustries to tho wall. No sane peoplo will tako such a risk. If tho trusts become oppresslvo tho American peo ple will tako them in hnnd and regu lato them, but they will not commit tho blunder of destroying tho manu facturing industries of the country in a senseless effort to avert an evil which may bo remedied by a resort to sensi ble methods. San Francisco Chroni cle. Truth as to Trusts. Mr. Oxnnrd's statement that trusts are tho result of competition which has taken business beyond a paying point Is certainly tho truth as applied to most cases. Combinations are tho law of present day tendencies, and It is only natural that when competition so reduced profits that there was nothing left for tho producer, combination should step In to prevent such a slaughter. This does not Justify such combinations, but merely explains them. It also indicates tho foolish ness of connecting theso results with tho tariff. Tho greater trusts now in tho United States wero formed under tho Gorman-Wilson tariff system. The greatest trusts In all history havo been formed in other countries nt othor times and under nothing In the shnpo of a protective tariff system. Peoria (111.) Jourunl. Too llusy Nan. Tho laboring men who still cling to Bryanism should take into considera tion this fact: When Bryan mado his previous tour through tho country they could go and hear him without losing any tlmo whatever from the Jobs they didn't have. Now every Indus triously Inclined mechanic nnd day la borer will havo to "lay off" from his Job or miss tho speech. The lesson Is clear enough. Indianapolis Journal. TALK WITHOUT THINK1NQ. I'onple Who ArgU0(That the lteuioval of tho Tnrlrr Would Abolish tho Trusts. Thnt a free-trader is a person who simply recites formulas without a thought as to their application is again shown by tho attltudo of tho remnnnt of tho old Cobdcnlto contin gent in tho Chicago conference. Ono after ono tho votaries a man named Purdy from New York nnd a man named Holt from Boston nnd a man named Seymour from Chicago llko savngo priests beating tho tcmplo gong, lntono solemnly tho words, "Abolish tho tariff and you abolish the trusts," thump their breasts, bump their brows nnd retlro into tho robing room. Not one of theso men hnd npparcntly over thought of tho consequences of tho practlco proposed nny moro than ho had exnmlned tho basis of tho the ory propounded. Ho had heard that tho tariff prevented competition, thnt a lack of competition crcntcd trusts and that trusts raised prices, nnd that, therefore, tho lnck of a tariff would provent trusts and lower prices. Not ono had ever tested tho grounds of the major promise, nor noted tho pnt ent facts thnt tho greatest trusts aro tho unprotected Industries, nnd that tho greatest lncrcnso of prices hasJbeen In tho most keenly competed indus tries. As with causo so with effect. Not ono can possibly hnvo considered for nn Instant tho Immediate result of tho adoption by tho government of tho courso proposed. Tho American Sugar company and Its solitary rlvnl nro in all men's minds when tho subject of a trust In n protected Industry Is mentioned. Let us supposo the tariff abolished on this commodity. What would bo tho result of tho Impact of tho Ucrmnn, Austrian, French nnd Belgian goods upon tho producers of tho American goods? Which would suffer tho great com bination with its $50,000,000 capital, its enormous rcsorvo of undivided profits, its hugo plants nnd conse quently cheap output, or tho single corporation which Is fighting It? Is It not plain thnt It would not bo tho "trust" or combination of concerns which would succumb to this foreign competition, but tho Individual con cern? And whnf, then, would bo tho result? Wo saw it hero a llttlo over a year ago when tho foreign steamship companies formed a pool to wring doublo rates from tho United States government for carrying tho Spanish prisoners to their homes. Tho result would bo tho formation of that thing so completely irresponsible and wholly unconsclonablo In its absolution from tho governance of tho public opinion of Its vicinage tho International trust. Wo would havo a thing whoso ex cesses would bo blamed in Germany upon tho American sugar trust. And tho healthful domestic competition, which lnsldo tho tariff, with tho aid of Jealous public sentiment, had regu lated tho prlco of tho commodity, would bo extinct. Every step of theso processes must bo unavoidably plain to tho most com monplace mind at tho moment that It is concentrated on tho subject. Yet gentlemen travel a thousand miles, considering their "problem" all tho way, and never onco putting their formulated solution to tlto most ob vious test of practice. There is no bnrbarlan religion moro thoroughly benumbing to tho mind thnn tho out worn doctrines of freo trade Now York Press. Prosperity for All. Tho editorial writer of tho Gratiot Journnl In last lssuo said that "the prosperity of tho country had not reached tho middle and lower classes of society," and then proceeded to get off a canned article on trusts. Tho Journal writer knows, if ho has given tho matter any attention, that even Ithaca factories aro running on fuller tlmo than they woro during tho last administration. There Isn't a farmer in tho vicinity of Ithaca that isn't getting moro for his cattle, sheep and other stock. Thero Isn't a working man In tho country that can't get work if ho wantB it, nnd nt good wages. Tho Iron mines, tho iron mills aro hus tling their hardest, something they weren't doing In '94-'9G. Think of It! Big factories refusing orders because they aro already filled up for threo years to come, with their mills run ning on doublo tlmo, nnd then havo somo ono hero yell out that tho mtd dlo and lowor classes aro not feeling tho better times. St. Louis (Mich.) Republican-Lender. Aro Thorn Any So llllnd? Ten thousand dollars paid to work ing men and women by four Xonla fac tories last Saturday. "Tho butcher, the baker and tho candlestick maker"; tho dry goods dealer and tho grocor; tho clothier, tho shoe dealer and tho printer; and every lino of trade, nnd tho landlord, ench got part of this money. Within a few hours It had passed from hnnd to hnnd and had bought tho necessaries of llfo to mako homo comfortable and happy. This is what internal Industries do for a na tion. This Is what tho Republican party has long and bravely fought for protection to American Industries. Is thero a mnn or woman In our com munity so blind as to not see that theso should bo fostered? Xenla (O.) Gazette. Honrllwr Not 1'opulnr. Mr. Bryan is against trusts, but ho hasn't said yet what ho would do to throttlo them were ho elected presi dent. And it may bo necessary for Mm to outline a policy beforo tho people plnco their undivided confldonco In his ability. Mero howling isn't popular nny more. Tho votors nro too busy with tho new McKInley prosperity to listen to declamation. Winchester (III.) Standard. ON FALSE ARRESTS. I SOME CHAPTERS DEALING WITH JUSTICE. I.nw Abiding Cltltcns Are Never SM From Arrest nml Aro Often l'unlshed for the Crimes of Others A l'atdon able Crime. Every year n largo number of peac ablo and lnw-abldlng cltlzenB nro ar rested nnd Imprisoned for crimes of which they nro nbout ns guiltless as tho proverbial babo unborn. This la not, perhaps, n particularly pleasing reflection for those timid souls to whom tho muchiucry of tho law Is full of vagtto nnd majestic terrors, nnd who would probably bo transfixed with hor ror If ono flno dny they wero tnppcd on tho shoulder by a gcntloman In bluo nnd requested to nccompnny him to tho ncnrc3t police station. To bo placed in such a position ns that Just described is nt nil times painful and irrltntlng, but whon tho offenso for which ono is roughly nrrcsted hnppons to bo tho gravo crlmo of "wilful mur der" tho horror of tho situation la In tensified. Yet cases of mistaken Iden tity nro by no means raro In this con nection, nnd whenovor a crlmo of this character is committed and tho crimi nal mnnnges for a tlmo to eludo pur suit, a certain number of innocent peo plo nro pretty suro to bo arrested on suspicion. Somo years ago, when tho brutal murder of n Mr. Gould in a rail way carriage filled the public with hor ror nnd indignation, nn acquaintance of tho writer, who chanced to possess somo physlcnl resemblance to tho mur derer, at that timo still nt large, was arrested in this way and detnincd for somo hours beforo ho could provo his identity. Ho was n very nervous and scnsltlvo man nnd tho shock of tho ar rest and subsequent detention causod him a serious Illness, from which ho nover fully recovered. In tho enso of crimes of heinous naturo It Is, por haps, pardonablo it Justice, In its pur suit of tho evil-doer, occasionally runs tho wrong party to earth. But whero tho offonso is of less magnitude It cer tainly uocms deslrablo that greater caro should bo observed to avoid er rors of this description. Thoro is a story told of a Judgo who wa9 onco nr rcsted on suspicion of having burglari ous designs on tho house of a friend. Tho police offlcor charged him with loitering with felonious lntoat, nnd tho prlsonor's description of hlmsolf na Judgo was recolvcd with n grin of sar castic derision. At that moment an old offender wns brought in who hap pened to catch sight of his face, which ho had good reason to remomber. "You horo," ho oxclalmod .with unfeigned nstonlshmont. "Well, this bents cock lighting." Tho roguo's unsolicited cor roboration of tho Judgo's declaration qnved tho situation, nnd ho wbb al lowcd to depart In pence A woll-known member of tho sport ing world was removing from his lato dwolllng to another in tho immediate inelghborhood. Tho rcft of his goods nnd chattels had gono boforo In van loads, but his silver trophies, prlzo leups, etc., ho packed Into a portman teau and carried porsonnlly. It was lato In the ovonlng when ho left tho houso, nnd tho Btreet, which was a 'long, leafy avenuo, was quite deserted. Ho hnd not gono very fur on hla way, howovcr, boforo a rollceman stopped him and domnndol to know what ho was carrying. Ho rovcnled tho ar ticles, nnd explained thnt they wero his own, but tho ofllcer "had his doubts," nnd conducted him to tho sta tion, where ho was kept in durance, pending identification. It is not every day ono is accused of burgling his own property. A Doc-l'ollcemnn. A gentleman who lives nt Greenock, In Scotland, onco received a young Scotch terrier, which ho tlod up in his ofllco to provent him from straying. Ho was absent from his offlco for a ,short tlmo, and on his return ho found tho terrier gone. Tho youngster from tho hills, liking freedom hotter thnn bolng chained to a stool, had quietly gnawed tho string through and bolted. But Snider, a bulldog, wns nlso nb sent, nnd this wns a causo of great surprise, for he was never known to wander from tho houso without his master. A report was sent round that tho dogs werp stolen or lost, and tho town was scoured In vain. Tho senrch was given up; then, lato nt night, Snider was Been in tho distance mak ing for home, dragging, something after him. This was found to bo tho young terrier thnt had bolted. Nearer and nenrer ho drew, dragging him nlong, In splto of his efforts to go tho opposite way, nnd at last ho landed him nt tho ofllco door. Not content with bringing tho truant thus far, ho tried to drag him up to tho spot whero he was tlod before ho broko away. Tastes Differed. In his entertaining biography of Lord Houghton, Sir T. Weymss Held tolls .how when Carlylo pnld his first visit to Fryston, Mr. Mllnes (Lord Houghton'H father), on hearing his guest express admiration of tho pros jiect from tho hall, pointed out tho tall chimney of somo manufactory on tho fnr horizon nnd expressed his re grot that it should recently havo been erected and spoiled the rustic char acter of tho view, "Spoiled tho view!" said Carlylo, "why, sir, I think that is Just tho ploasaateat feature in tho wholo bit of sconory. It shows us thnt somebody is doing something in this part of tho world at any rate." Inspiration Js Intelligent contln'jons and progressive, not turgid or artifi cial or dogmatic Rev. J. Cummlngs 'Smith. stor.es of lonqfellqw. Great Poet Always Iteady to Wait mn Children. Longfellow's lovo for children breathes out to his pooma, his Journals nnd In ovcry net' toward them, ns re corded In tho romlnlsconcca of his friends, snys Christian Endeavor World. Mr. Jnmcs T. Fields ono day drovo out to sen him nnd took with him flvo children wvo hnd nover seen tho poet. Longfellow took them in his arms, showed them his houso nnd gave them ono of tho plcnsantcst dnya or their lives. At another tlmo a girl who hnd read somo of his poems nnd wished to hnvo somo momcuto, was picking somo of tho changing autumn loavos from his hedge, when ho drovo around tho comer nnd stopped. Tho child, ombnrrassed, know not what to do; but Longfellow, comprehending tho situation, spoko kindly to her, showed how prettily tho leaves woro changing, picked her somo of tho brightest and best, and walked nwny, leaving a child heart full of tho most loving thoughts. And still nnothor story Is rolntod by Prof. Lulgl Monti, nn lntlmato friend who frequently dined with tho poet. Ono Chrlstmnn dny ho was walking to tho house, when ho wns nccoatod by a girl nbout 12 years old, who Inquired tho way to Mr. Longrollow'B. Ho told her ho would show her tho way nnd when thoy renched tho gate sho said. "Do you think I can go Into tho yard?" "Oh, yes," was tho reply, nnd ho pointed out to her tho window whero Longfellow would probably bo. Whon ho entered tho room ho found tho poet standing with his back to tho window, so thnt his fnco could not be seen, "Da look out of tho window nnd bow to that llttlo girl, who wants to sco you so much." "A llttlo girl wants to sco mo very much? Whore Is she?" Ho went to tho door and called to her, "Como hero; llttlo girl; como horo, If you wnnt to sco me." Ho Invited her In, showed her "tho old clock," tho chair prcsonted him by tho Cambrldgo school children nml many othor Inter esting things. Sho went nwny with heart aglow. TO IDENTIFY THE DADIES. Hnvo Them Tuttooud to Avoid tho Ittsk of Mixing Tlinm. Marking children for tho purposes of Identification is tho latest fad in foreign fashionable circles, says the Philadelphia Record. This is dono by tnttoolng nnd several skilled mon nnd women nro making handsome sums of money by operating upon them and their elders. It seems ns If this fad for disfiguring tho beautiful skin of tho body has taken too firm n hold upon tho moneyed class to dlo away until everybody of noto has boon marked. Then somo flno day n restless flcklo fanclod beauty will discover that she has tired of features of tho man sho thought alio loved when thoy woro ground into her white flesh, nnd sud denly up will spring n small army of skilled operators who will pick out tho objectionable mnrks nnd chargo a pretty penny for tho Job. Tho fnd will gradually dlo out, but tho valuo of tattooing will never bo disputed ns long ns abduction occupies tho atten tion of tho wicked. Hosts of children could bo lost and nover traced because they hnvo no distinguishing marks, not oven moles, whoso locntlon could bo re membered. Tho tattooed places nocd not bo largo or ugly, but they should bo unique to fully unBwcr their pur pose. Owing to tho uso of cocnlno very llttlo pain goes with tho opera tion, and even dellcato children aro not much Inconvenienced by it. A DEAL IN OLOVES. Scotch Merchant Who Did a Clever lilt of Hmugcllng. I don't suppose many peoplo who go racing todny remembor Mr. Alder. Ho was a Scotch merchant who mado a fortuno In indigo clearing $75,000 In ono year, I havo beon told, snys Rally's Magazine of Sports nnd Pastimes. Ho wnB an odd charnctor and had somo funny Ideas. Ho would not bet on horso racing, but did not mind Joining others In a big of smuggling, As nn nll-nrountl speculator, perhaps, ho thought it was n legitimate business, Ono of tho most successful undertak ings of this kind was a big deal In French gloves, which ho or his con federates nrrangod very clovorly. Tho gloves woro naeJSod In two distinct do scriptlons of bnles, ono containing caly right-hand gloves, tho other only left hnnds, and tho bnios woro shipped by different vessels, lest tho provontlvo men should discover them. As It turned out ono lot of tho bales was' seized, nnd, In nccordanco with the rules of tho custom -houso, wns put up for sale by auction. Intending buyers, of courso, examined tho goods boforo bidding, nnd found1 to tholr astonish ment that the gloves hundreds ot dozens wero nil for ono hand. Nat urally tho wholo parcol was knocked down for nothing to tho wily smug glerc. Ills Itecord Saved lllm from Punishment H. B. Ford was a momber of com pany B, Idaho volunteers, which ro contly got homo from tho Philippines, with n splendid rocord of hard fighting to tholr credit. Ford went to Spokane nftor tho regiment wns discharged. Thero ho was recognized ns nn osenped convict by Sheriff Tucker of Yakima county, whom Ford, then going undor the, nnmo ot Fenmster, nttomptod to shoot soveral years ago. For tho crlmo' ho was arrostod at tho tlmo nnd son-; tencod to ten years in tho penltontlary. Ho escaped from Jnll whllo his case was ponding on an appeal and volun teered for aor.vlco In tho Philippines. When tho sheriff heard his story ho offered to ask for hla permanont dls. charge, and tho Superior court has Just suspended his scntenco Indefinitely. Greeting for tho Iovrn Hoys. LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 8. Tho thro sections of tho train bearing homo tho Flfty-flrat Iowa regiment, passed through Lincoln on tho Rock Island road, tho last section going through Into In tho ovonlng. Quito a uumbar of Lincoln people wero at tho depot to kco tho Boldlorn when tho last section wont through. Tho commlttco from Iown, which hnd como to Lincoln to Join tho boys, loft on the first section which enmo through In tho early morn Ins. When tho Inst section ot tho train nrrlvcd at G:30 a good supply of food was placed on tho train through tho gonerbslty of Charles O. Whcdon of Lincoln, Mr. Whcdon was chairman of tho commlttco appointed to ro colvo tho First Nebraska regiment, nnd somo funds from thnt reception romnlncd, but no tho consent ot tho contributors could not bo obtained for its uso to rollovo tho Iowa soldlavs, Mr. Whedon contributed tho necessary nmount from hla own pocket Two lnrgo boxes of sandwiches nnd two largo enna of coffee woro hurriedly gotten ready in timo to reach the train. Tho delay of the Inst section In getting to Lincoln hnd given tho boys a good appetite and they rollshod tho food. Trim on Murderer's Ilonil. LINCOLN, Nov. 8. Governor Payn- tor has issued tho following proclnmn- tlon offering n reward for tho -vrrut or conviction of tho murderer of Llzzlo McAullff in Omaha: To All to Whom Theao Presents Shall Come, Greeting: WhcrenB, it has como to my knowlcdgo, in form pre scribed by law, that on or nbout tho 28th dny of August, A. D. 1899, in tho county of Douglas, slate of Nebraska, ono Llzzlo McAullff was found murder ed, Bald murder having been commlt tcn by ono "Steve," last namo un known. Now, theroforo, I, William A. Poyn tor, govornor of the Btnto of Nebraska, by virtue of tho nuthorlty in mo vested by law. nnd In purflunnco of tho stat ute in Biich caso made and provided, do horcby lssuo my proclamation nnd of fer a reward of two hundred dollsrs ($200) for tho nrrest and conviction of said murdorer. In testimony whereof I havo hereun to set my hnnd and caused to bo nf flxcd tho great seal ot tho stnto of NV brhska. Dono at Lincoln thlB 4th day ot No vember, A. D. 18U9. W. A. POYNTER. By tho governor: W. F. PORTER, Secretary ot State Alvln Saunders nt Host. OMAHA, Nov. 8. Amid sincere so lemnity nnd simplicity befitting a rug ged, honest llfo, tho remains of Alvln SnundorB, Nebraska's war govornor, wore laid to rest in Forest Lawn com otory. Thero was n notablo absence ot tho pomp that frequently charac terizes tho funeral of a great man, but it was none tho less notablo. Tho coi tcgo was ono ot tho lnrgcat over soon ' In Omaha, nnd among tho mourners woro many distinguished cltlzenB and ploneors. Governor Saunders was plain in llfo nnd bo far no possible, ho wns given a plain burial, becauto thoso ho loft behind know hla tastes nnd res pected them. Governor Saunders be longed to tho third class of tho Loyal Legion, a rank composed of distin guished men, noted for loyalty, but not necessarily participants in active bat tle. ThlB class la so oxcluslvo nnd so high thnt only two men havo recently hnd such honor In Nebraska. Governor Snundora was one of these. Mournod Ilcr Lover's Dentin LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. 8. Emma Gnrlach, stepdaughter of William Fel lows, residing nt 2320 P street, died at tho Clnrkson hospital at Omaha. Sho attempted to commit sulcldo nt tho Dollono hotel in that city Friday night by taking morphino and allow ing tho gaa to escapo.but oho was dis covered soon nnd medical aeslstnnco wns called. Sho lingered till early Sundny morning nnd died. Tho cor oner's certificate ascribes her aenth to taking morphino nna inhaling il luminating gas. James Wilcox, day porter nt tho Lincoln hotel, and n brother-in-law of tho young womnn, beforo ho loft for Omaha to assist whllo alio was ill, eald that sho killed herself becauso oho had beon engaged to n young mnn who had committed oulcldo nt tho Dallcno hotel a llttlo Whllo ngo. It Is supposed that alio wns Ulsconsolnto over tho loss and Jordan Held nt Fremont. WAHOO, Nob., Nov. 8. Joslah A. Jordan, tho mnn arrested at Central City nnd charged with criminal as sault upon tho G-year-old daughter of Edwnrd LawBon, wns nrrnignod in county court. Ho pleaded not guilty and his prollminnry hearing wns fixed for next ThurHday. His bond was plnced at ?G0O, which ho hnB been un ablo to secure. Nebraska In Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. Sccrstary Hitchcock has affirmed tho land ofllco decision in tho enso of Jacob Cramor, ngnlnBt Jarvis Finn from tho Sidney dUtrict of Nobrnakn. Finn's timber culturo entry la held for cancellation. Tho comptroller of tho currency Iuib npproved tho City National bank of Lincoln nnd tho National Bank of Commorco of Knnsas City as resonc agents for tho First National bank of Bluo Hill. Neb. Jacob Janscn and Charles B. New ton, carrierB at Omaha, havo boon pro moted from 800 to $1,000 per annum