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State Capital bsecvations.
Expressions Emulative for the Good of
Republican Supremacy.
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It is becoming patent to tbo mem
bers of tho legislature that they will
have plenty to do aside from electing
two United States senators. Tho bills
that promise to confront them nt tho
coming nosslon arc, many of thorn, of
unusual importance and will rcqulro a
groat deal of tlmo and thought. They
will need proper attention.
Tho custom of-tho members dovotlng
their entlro tlmo to senatorial matters
has been sovorcly condemned. Tho
members, howovcr, nro not to blamo
for this custom. With lobbyists en
gaged In electing senators buzzing
about the mombers cars at all times
of tho day and during a great part of
tho night, It Is dlfUcult for them to dc
voto much tlmo to legitimate legisla
tion. If tho members do not get troublo
enough out of tho railroad legislation
that Is likely to come beforo It, with
somo crying for nnother board of
transportation and others demanding
a commission to bo olectcd by tho peo
plo, and still others wanting nothing
dono, thoy may take a day oft and
ponder over the congressional and leg
islative npportlonmont that Is certain
to como beforo them. How to mako
flyo districts out of six is as exciting
as tho pigs In tho clover puzzle. A de
mand hns been mado for a general re
vision of tho rovenuo laws. That
means threo months' study and tho
same number of months' dodging
which Is said to bo as unpleasant aa
facing tho trouble. The dodger leads
an unhappy life. Tho members who
are nblo to dodgo tho lobbyists who arc
pushing legislation In the Interests of
county commissioners and other coun
ty officers may run Into tho arms o
eomo who want a new law for the reg
ulation of fraternal Insurance socie
ties. An organization has already been
formed to Introduce a bill for uniform
regulations for such societies.
"Vhllo tho members nro hiding out
from all these they will be pursued by
others working for a frco high school
law to take the place of tho ono which
has boon declared uncnnRtlhitinnni
Then will como tho Bcores of poople
with interests In claims and tho gen
eral appropriation bills, othors who
aro dotormlned to have a constitu
tional convention, or a now supremo
coun commission, or i constitutional
amonumeni ror an Increase In thi
number of siiDremo court liuiiron m
who want nomo moro Btrlngent liquor
laws, or an appropriation for a state
exhibit at tho Buffalo exposition, or
permanent buildings for tho state fair.
Then In tho meantlmo tho members
will havo to keep their eyes on those
who havo instituted
in tho legislature, and when thoy seo
one of them coming, dodgo Into the
nearest committee room. Th
times, however, when all tho mem
bers will bo present in their respective
houses of tho legislature and the men
with bills to push will watch at tho
aoors anu wait patfontly until thoy
uuvu wo poor memuers at their mercy.
Ross Hammond of "tho Fremont tvi
buno will not accept tho rank of col
onel on Govornor Dietrich a bUtf. In
Ills Tribune ho declines as follows:
"Tho military editor of the Tribune
hns Just received an invitation from
uue.nor uietricn, commander-in-chief
of tho Nebraska army and navy
10 accept a position on his staff. M
am very much in need of an oxper
ienced warrlor'wrltes tho governor,
wllh a manifestation of keen discern
ment growing out of a close perusal
of Ilandom Shots. ,'ono who hns dis
tinguished himself on mnnv n hnttir.
field, to servo on my'ctaff, and nfter
looking I ho state over I havo come to
tho conclusion that an old battlo
scarrcd wnrrlor Hkf yourself would
be of great service in the camnnluns
to come.' As tho military editor un-
uersianus it, tne duty of a colonel on
mo governor s starr, Is to provide him
self with a smugly flttiiin uniform, ml
ly bedecked with gold braid, and with
gorgeous epaulets and pantalets to
appear on stato occasions with tho
governor, submissively following him
around looking 'flerco ns ten furies,
terrlblo as hell,' as Milton would sav.
but In reality bolng ns mlid nnd in-
ouonsivo and useless as a woodon Ind
lan. Pcradventure the mllltarv ndl
tor Is admirably equipped for.' thin
sort or thing but ho demurs. He has
respectfully notified tho governor that
such a Job would not fit his stylo of
beauty; that he would not know what
to do with hlu hands nnd that ho
wouiu oe so awkward as to mar nn
otherwise gorgeous nnd Imnoslnir anon.
tacle; that ho was raised a Oimlmr
nnd tho trappings of wnr would III be
come a meek, non-compatant descend
ed from William Penn. And so ho will
lenvo thl3 business to 'them ez has
guts for It,' as Coon Dog Wes said
wnen no iort his work."
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Asslstnnt Secretary of War Molklo
John arrived In Lincoln last weok on
a thirty-days' leave of absence, to look
after his campaign for a seat in tho
United States senate Mr. Mclklolohn
will make his home at tho houso at
Fifteenth nnd M streets, which ho has
secured for licadquartors. In common
with the other candidates, Mr. Melklo
John hopes for a short contest, but
also In common with tho other candi
dates, ho rather expects a long-drnwn-out
nnd bitterly contested battlo,
George D. has many frJpnds and ad
mirers among tho hills and valleys of
Nebraska, and ovory ono of them
hopes to seo him chosen by the com
ing legislature.
Govornor Dietrich has announced
ths nppolntmont of Horace Clark of
Ithaca as superintendent of tho girls'
industrial school at Geneva. A strong
prcssuro was brought to bring about
tho appointment of nomo person. Sev
eral dologntlons wore in Lincoln re
cently for this purpose. Dealdes Mr.
Clark, J. W. Scnbrooko was a candi
date, as was nlso Mr. Squires. Mr.
Clark Is promlnont in his county anil
is bolleved to bo a man of much ef
ficiency. v. .
Congressman Burkctt came home to
spend tho holidays.
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II. C. Lindsay, chairman of tho re
publican stato central committee, has
returned from Washington. It Is
claimed ho went to the national capi
tal to consult tho horoscono in regard
to his chnnccs for tho federal Judge-
snip in the), event Nebraska is divided
into two districts. Tho result of the
visit hns not boon mndo rmbl c. Mr.
Lindsay hns accepted tho position of
private secretary to Governor Diet
rich, but only for a period of six
montns. Thero aro various rumors
nlloat in regard to the Judgeship, but
it :b believed that Mr. Lindsay has the
lnsnio track for tho appointment, If
made. Mr. Lindsay's successful efforts
as chairman of tho stato committee
nre most favorably regarded in Wash
ington, notwithstanding tho fact that
certain senatorial candidates nro in
clined to claim tho nrlvllcKo of nam
ing tho ono to hold tho JudKCshln In
tho ovenl of their election by tho leg
islature, nnd It Is regarded as prac
tically certain that tho administration
will feel grateful enough to Mr. Llnd-
say to rown ' him substantially for
ui3 services.
Of course, tho state Is not vot di
vided into two districts, nnd it Is nor.
certain that tho division will bo mnde.
If It Is, tho peonlo closely connected
with the national administration may
use tnoir milucnco in tho appointment,
it is believed that the sonator. who
ever ho may bo, will havo hard work
to defeat tho will of tho administra
tion when ho expects to remain In har
mony with the administration.
Stato Treasurer Stoufor qavs that
ho had completed arrangements for a
guaranty bond which will bo fur
nished by tho Fidelity and Deposit
company of Maryland. The sum ho
will expend is $3,000 for ono year. In
commenting on tho fact. Mr. Steufoc-
said ho would put up tho fee for the
bond tor ono year, but ho could nrom
lso the mombers of tho legislature that
ir liioy refused to nrovldo In some wnv
for this expenditure ho would not put
n up ior a second year. Ho sa d an
application would bo mado to the lee
isiature to provide for tho cost of tho
stato treasurer's bond, both for that
or Himself and that of Mr. Meservc.
Ho thought It a saving to the stato In
tho long run to hnvo such bonds ns It
was In fact tho payment of money for
examinations of the office at Intervals
so frequent ns to insviro perfect nc'
crracy in ell departments of tho of
nee. Mr. Stouter said that had the
policy been pursued In the past tho
aiaio wouiu navo been better ofr by
muny inousauus.
Thoro Is a sentiment amone most of
tno old senators to elect Senator C. F.
Stcelo of Jefferson as president pro
tern. Senator Stcelo has been elected
tho third tlmo consecutively and holds
tne honors In this respect. Ho ha3
been a very popular senator, and so
far as heard from all the second term
mon arc supportlne him. As thero Is
practically no opposition to Senator
Stcelo It Is believed ho will bo the next
president. Ho Is nn old soldier. Hav
Ing served two terms nrlor to the last
election, somo of his constituents, es
peciany tnese in 'mayor county, nc
corded hlin a third nomination with
tho tacit understanding that he would
bo honored with this position. His
experience Is urged as ono reason why
no win maice a good presiding officer
wiienovcr no is called upon by tho lieu
tenant governor to take tho gavel.
Charles M. Itlgg. who tolled throuch
tho Nebraska campaign, returned re
cently to Lincoln from the cast. Ho
visited Chicago and New York. Ho
says ho is not a candidate for any po
sition, staio or rcdcrai.
i rcasurer-eieci siueror nas an
nounced that ho had named Nathan
Fodrea of Grand Island as' his head
m i . -
bookkeeper. Ho wont to Grand Isl
and nnd investigated tho charges made
about political laxness In leasing a
paper to fuslonlsts and was satisfied
that Mr. Fordrea did not violate his
party realty.
John T. Mallalleu will not assume
tho duties of superintendent of thy
Kearney Industrial school until Feb
ruary 1. Mr. Mallalleu recently com
municated with Mr. Cnmpbell, the
present superintendent, by telephono,
and this arrangemont was made. Mr
Mallalleu deferred tho date of change
out of courtesy to Mr. Campbell, anil
tho arrangemont is entirely satisfac'
tory to both parties. Mr. Mallalleu
left the school on February 1, four
years ago.
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Auditor Weston has selected hlu
bond clerk in the person of Karl Mat
thows or South Omahn. a son of
United States Marshal Matthews. It
was reported, though not on positive
authority, that Mrs. Stewnrt. nt tires
ont in tno land commissioner h olflre.
will bo retained with a place In tho
ofneo of the secretnry of state.
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Senntor Currlo from the Sixth dis
trict was In town a few days beforo
Christmas, but his presence had no
connection with the senatorial race. It
is probable, however, that the Sixth
district will enter the senatorial con
te3t, voting for Senator Currle, In
which case ho would have seven votes,
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Christmas weok was a very quiet ono
so fnr as politics was concerned, most
of the parties Interested being too
bucy with Santa Clans to pay much nt
tontion to tho senatorial or any other
situation.
Antelope Cooked Whole.
The Now Kngland dinner given at
Detroit on December 1 by tho Sons of
the American Revolution was notable
in various rcspocts. Among tho fea
tures was an antelope cooked wholo
and carried Into tho banquet hall by
four members of the society.
WTF A T W ft T M T?T HP TTC! I
)) XJiYJJXll. in X1 UULOXjO.
8HEEPRAISER3 POl-LINQ
IN
RICHES FROM WOOL.
An Kitrnnrdlnary Tribute to the Ite-
nellcent Effect of tho Dingier Tariff
Lnvr Great Incrcnio fcj the Number
of Sheep Untied.
Albuquorquo, N, M., correspondence
of tho New York Kvenlng Post: Tho
forthcoming nnnunl reports of Govorn
of Otero of Now Mexico and of Gov.
Murphy of. Arizona to tho president
will contain interesting information
for wool growers in tho eastern states.
Tho growth of tho wool Industry In
the southwestern territories during tho
last threo years Is without precedent.
Now Mexico has become the chief wool
producing region In tho union, and
tho Industry is fast increasing
throughout tho territory. Arizona's
wool product hns Increased 27 per cent
in three years, and tho capital Invest
ed In flocks nnd sheep ranges In that
stato Is estimated nt $650,000 moro
than In nny formor year. Doth Gov.
Otero nnd Gov. Murphy hnvo given a
good deal of attention lately to gath
ering facts concerning tho profits, tho
outlook, nnd tho growth of the flocks,
and tho wool product In the Territories
mentioned.
Tho recent census shows that New
Mexico has 4,467,000 sheep, worth from
$1.60 to 2.10 a head. Montana, which
was tho leading wool-producing stato
in tho union until two years ago, has
3,785,000 sheep, and Ohio, which was
tho banner wool state until the indus
try moved westward, still has about
3,000,000 hoad of sheop. Arlzonn has
2,634,000 sheep, California has 2,018,000
and Idaho and Wyoming have each
moro than 2,000,000 sheep. Kwes and
lambs form an unusually largo -propor
lion of tho Hocks In New Mexico, nnd
It may, therefore bo reckoned that the
number of wool-bearing sheep In the
territory will bo Increased by more
than 1,300,000 during the next year.
The total number of sheep In tho
A DEADLY
January t, 1803.
A Democratic l'rosldcnt-F.lect.
Next Senate and House Democratic.
A Free Trade TnrlfT Assurod.
Cnpltal Stunned nnd Tluild,
Retrenchment tho Watchword.
Employment nnd Wages Decreasing.
Worrying Over Future Luck of
Revenue.
Mult Soon Borrow Money to Fax
Rxprnies.
Increasing National Debt.
Failure !tgln to Increase.
At the Merry of Rurops.
Suspicion, DUtrutt, Foar.
United States is now about 47,000,000,
and the total annunl wool product In
tho union Is 241,000,000 pounds, or a
fraction over five poundB of wool to
each head of sheep. During tho yenr
ending Juno 30 ItiBt, tho consumption
of wool In the United States whs C31,-
270,000 pounds, or almost three times
tho homo product. Governor Otero
finds that an ncro of fnlr grazing Innd
among tho hills and mountnln valleys
of Now Mexico will support two sheep
each each year, and that there are 55,
000,000 acres of such pasturage. Thus,
Now Mexico will be able to mnlntnln
105,000,000 more sheep than sho now
has. Governor Murphy, by a slmllnr
lino of reasoning, finds thnt there Is
ample pasturage for 37.000,000 moro
sheep In Arizona.
It has been closely reckoned thnt
the cost of the maintenance of a flock
worth from $7,000 to $8,000 for ono
year Is about $1,400, or thirty cents per
head. This Includes pay for shepherds,
food, shearing and Incldentnl expenses.
An nverngo yield of wool per head Is
'five pounds, and as tho present mnrket
prlco of wool, 14 cents a pound, each
sheep pays seventy cents n year in
fleece, or a profit of forty cents a head
per year. A flock of 4,000 sheep Is
therefore reckoned (barring unusunl
expenses) to yield somo $1,600 profit
In wool In n year. Tho natural in
crease in lambs in an nverngo flock Is
rcckonod at about 2,200 each year, and
that, too, Is a source of large profit
whero tho pasturago Is good for more
sheep. Tho nveragc number of losses
during a year In a flock of 4,000 sheop
is 200, by e&tray, sickness and attacks
by coyotes and bears.
It has been closely estimated that
about $24,000,000 is Invested in New
Mexican shoep and wool interests,
whllo In Arizona about $12,000,000 Is
Invested. This comprises the value of
the flocks, ranges nnd wool store
houses'. The wool Industry attracts
many young Englishmen of capital,
and every year the number of Eng
lishmen In wool-growing increases.
Many Englishmen who arc leaders In
sheep-ranching In tho southwest nro
the younger sons of somo oj the no
bility in England. Lord Snlliibury has
two nephews In the locality of Las
Cruces, N. M., who aro said to have
each mado moro than $10,000 in shr,9p
nnd wool since tho rlso In wool under
tho operation of tho Dlngley tariff law
In 1897. A son of tho Into Marquis of
Ilute has been very successful in Tils
sheep Investments among the foothills
near Raton, N. M.
Tho most Important wool-grnwor In
tho United States Is Marshall E. Fan-
ton of Southern Nnw Mexico. He has
had several tips and downs In tho wool
Industry, and In 1895, when wool was
on tho f rco list, ho Ib 6nld to hxxv lo3t
moro Umn 400,000 in ono season, and
nearly failed in business. Ho has,
howovor, rapidly recovered Blnco 1897,
nnd ncm ho has moro than $1,110,000
invested in sheop, wool-storing houses,
nnd ranges. Ho has 45,000 fchcep, di
vided Into eleven flocks. Ho employs
thlrty-fivo shepherds, two overseers
and through fivo mouths of each year
ho employs twenty mon who do noth
ing but shear sheep. His wool clip for
1900 amounts to about 343,200 pounds,
and tho present market prlco for tho
product ranges from twelve to fifteen
cents a pound. His lncrenso In lambs
for 1900 Is about 31,000, and these aro
worth nowadays from $1.60 to $2.10
each. Tho Fanton flocks aro expected
to comprlso moro thnn 60,000 shocp by
uext Bummer. Helen T. Grlswold.
A QOOD THINCJ TO REMEMDER.
Tho Secretary of AgrlcuHuro In his
annunl report draws attention to tho
fnct that our total sales of domcstla
farm products lo foreign countries dur
ing tho four fiscal years 1807-1900 ag
gregated tho enormous sum of $3,180,
000,000, or closo to $800,000,000 in
excess of tho export value for tho pre
ceding fouriycnr period. In other words
wo received on nn nvcrngo during 1897
1900 for products of domestic agricul
ture mnrketed abroad nearly $200,000,-
000 a year abovo tho annual amount
paid us for such products during 1893
lSgc. This is all very gratifying, ns It
shows how dependent the nntlons of
tho eastern hemisphere aro upon tho
United Stntes for bread nnd meat,
Thcso markets will always tako our
food surplus at a price, but It will bo
a price that wo cannot control. After
nil, tho best market for American food
stuffs is right here in America. Tho
moro wo consume hero tho less will bo
left for export, nnd tho less loft for ox
port, the groater will bo prices paid
for the exported surplus.
The main thing In agriculture, ns In
manufacturing, Is tho big homo mar
ket; and tho way to mako tho homo
mnrket tako tho largest posslblo sharo
of yfhnt tbo farmer has to sell and pay
PARALLEL
Tannary 1, 1001,
A Republican rrestdenl-Kleot.
Next Senate and House. Republican.
A Protective TnrlfT Allured.
Every Dollar Seeking Investment.
Expansion tho Watchword.
Employment mitt Wagus Increasing,
Framing a Itlll to Rcduco the
Revenue.
Lending: Money to the
World.
Reducing National Debt.
Failure Liabilities Never So Lovr.
Tito World at Our Mercy.
Cunfldence, Respect, Trust.
n good price for it Is to keep tho larg
est posslblo percentage of our popula
tion nt work In tho mlilc and factories.
Tho American farmer understands this
better than ho used to. Protectionists
havo been preaching It to him for 40
years, ami tho voto enst In tho farm
ing districts nt tho last election shows
that tho Idea has at last found perma
nent lodpimcnt. It is a good thing to
remomber.
WHAT THE FREE TRADERS AC
TUALLY DID.
According to tho Johnstown Demo
crat, "frco traders did not condemn tho
Dingloy tariff becauso It closed to us
tho markets of tho world."
Another half truth half stated, and
therefore unentitled to tho serious con
sideration of the people. Yet in order
that truth may ngaln provnll wo pro
pose here to stato the facts.
In a measured sense It Is true that
tho frco traders did not condemn tho
Dlngley tariff "becaure It closed tho
markets of tho world" to American
exporters. Tho net had scarcely gone
into effect beforo tho foreign markets
began to open to our products.
But what tho free tradcrB actually
did was to condemn the Dlngley bill In
every possible way because If enacted
It would close tho markets of tho world
to those same products. It did noth-
of tho kind, of course, but they re
pcated that it would a thousand times
In Congress nnd out
All of which, tho Inquirer submits
amounts to the dlffcrenco between
tweedledum nnd twecdlodee, with tho
Johnstown Democrat raising tho Issuo
to deceive tho people again. Philadel
phia Inquirer.
MUST REDEEM THE PLEOCIBi
A Republican congress should have
tho courage to bo as fair to tho ship
ping Interests of the country as It hns
been to the manufacturing nnd com
merclal InterestH. No reasonable ox-
cuho can now be offered for nny fur
ther dolny In the enactment of n law
that will restore the American flag to
Its proper place on the ocean high
ways. There Is no need to arguo nt
length In ndvoency of bucIi legislation
for tho fact aro too palpable and pros
cnt conditions aro too humiliating to
American prldo for any honest differ
enco of opinion regarding tho ncccBsl
tics of tho rsltuntlon or tho remedy
Tho congress whoso He8lon began
Mondny should not adjourn on March
4 next without having redeemed tho
plcdgo of tho Republican National con
vcntlon that American shipping would
havo tho protection and encourago
ment to which It la entitled.- New
York Mall and Express.
I
Interesting Items of More or Less Import
ance Horo nnd Thore.
STATE TEACHERS ELECT Of f ICERS
A Threshing Bfachlne Combination to lie
Forinsd In York County Unfounded
Reports Bent from Alliance Regarding;
l'reratenca of Smallpox.
LINCOLN, Jan. 2. Tho Stato Teach
ers' association elected tho following
officers: President, U S. Conn of
Wayno; secretary, Miss Bertha Thor-
Iccko, Lincoln county; treasurer, J. J.
Tooley, Custer county; mombors of ox-
executlvo committee, U. a. conn,
Wayne, ox-ofilclo; J. D. French, Hust
ings, holding over; W. S. Holtzmnn,
lleatrlco. to 1111 vacancy for ono year;
J. H. llodwell, Douglas couuty, threo
years. Educational council, W. II.
Gardner, Auburn, threo jrnrs; It. J.
Barr, Grand Island, to till vacancy;
mcmborB of reading circle, A. It. Slater,
Qngo county.
A Threshing Machine Trnst.
WACO, Neb., Jan. 2. Tho latest re
ported combination to bo formed In
lork county is a threshing lnachj
truBt. representing a cnpltal or SUGU.UUO.
Thoro aro In York county 112 thresh
ing machine outfits and owners rui"
operators proposo to form a combina
tion. Ah thero In considerable secrecy,
tho tlmo and plnco of mooting Is not
known. York county Is claimed by
ownorrt of machines to bo tho thresh
ing machine men's parndlno. It Is pro
posed to not only ralso tho prlco of
throshlug, but to arrange with thresh
ing machine companies ho, that no ono
can purchase a machlno who. first will
not Join tho trust. It Is tho opinion
that this Is tho starting of a state com
bination und will sprend to all counties
In tho state. Farmers nro not looking
upon tho combination with nny degreo
of favor and nomo stato that if tho
prlco lo oxorbltnnt that thoy will buy
In company a machlno and do their
own threshing.
Cutting Affray at a Dance.
OSCBOLA, Nob., Jan. 2. News
reaches horo of a stabbing affray at a
dance In tho town of Shelby. Thoro
In a saloon In Shelby and somo of tho
mon who nttended tho dance, according
to report, drank too ihuch, became
qaurrolBomo and finally engnged in a
fight. A man named Molllngcr, of
Newark, who has been visiting friends
at Shelby, stepped Into tho hall to see
tho dance. Ho was In no wny con
nected with tho row, but was assaulted,
pushed out of tho hall and Homo ono
unknown stabbed him fearfully with a
knlfo on tho leg, tho wound being six
uches long and clear to tho bono.
Smallpox In Y.trk County.
M'COOL JUNCTION, Neb.. Doc. 31
'Samllpox hns nt last mado Its. ap
pearance in York county. Tho nrst
enso to develop was nt Henderson, In
tho southwestern part of tho county,
whero a 'bus driver's llttlo boy, who
was In tho bnblt of riding to nnd from
tho depot, was taken down with tho
dread disease Physicians Jiavo pro
nounced It smallpox beyond a .doubt
and havo enforced a rigid quarantine
Further developments nro expected,
for tho boy a playmates nro supposed
to havo been Infected boforo tho na-
turo of tho troublo was known.
Will Have a New Klevntor.
NEBRASKA CITY, Jan. 2. Tho
Duffy Grain company has Just let the
contract for tho erection of nnother
monster clovator hero. It Is to bo built
of stool and "will hnyo a capacity of
200,000 bushels. Tholr present elevator
has a capacity of 100,000 biiBh,ols. This
new elevator will bo In tho nature of
a storago elevator and. will cost over
$25,000. This is tho biggest elovntor In
tho stato and linn u storago capacity of
300,000 bushels.
Rods n Young Life.
F1LLEY, Neb., Jan. 2. William
Damm, a young imarrlcd mnn, com
mitted sulcldo by shooting hiniBclf
through tho henrt with a 22-callbro
tagget rifle. Ul-honlth Is assigned ns
tho causo. Ho hnd been somewhat of
nn Invalid for somo time nnd not long
ago had an attack of St. Vitus' dnncc.
Ho wna 23 years of ago and had lately
como from Missouri to visit his brother-in-law,
13. S. Matchott. Coroner
Reed being Incapacitated by tho kick
o' n hnrso from performing that duty.
Rural Delivery from Crete,
CRETE, Nob., Jan. 2. Crcto lb to
havo a freo "rural mall delivery. Tho
fnrmerH round nbout will hnvo their
mall delivered onco each day. It Is
understood that threo routes will bo
established and thoy will probably bo
In operation by March 1. During tha
busy seaHons of tho yenr this freo do
livery will bo of great valuo to tho
farmers. It Is understood that tl
salhry connected with tho work will
be $500 a year.
Hues for 1 0,000
FREMONT, Nob., Jan. 2. A suit was
Instituted in tho district court by Mark
11. Ullery, a travelling salesman,
against IIobbH and Jones, hardware
mcrchnntH of this place, for $10,000.
Mr. Ullery foil through nn open elovn
tor In tho defendnntH' plnco of business
laHt summer.
Still Working the (lold Mine.
.CRETE, Neb., Jnn. 2 Tho gold mino
between Mllford and Creto Is now bo
lng worked, 'and It Ib thought that tho
undertaking will bo a paying Invest
ment. Mr. Dlllonbcck, who owns tho
mlno, sayB that oxperts havo examined
much of tho output nnd they a 111 nil
that It will go about $10 to tho ton.
Cass County l'loneer Dead.
WEEPING WATER, Neb., Jnn. 2.
Mis, Tim Bull died nt her homo on tho
south sldo nt 0 o'clock. She was ono
of tho oldest settlors of Cass county.
Sho leaves u husband and threo children,
TIIE'STATE HORARY ASSOCIATION.
A Fair Representation nt the Melting
Held In Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Doc. 3I.Tho Statu Li
brary association mot horo in conjunc
tion with tho teachers' association.
Thoro were ten libraries represented.
Tfca first paper wna rend by Prof. W.
E. Jlllson, librarian of tho Doano col
lego library. Miss Dcnnla of tho Lin
coln city library read a paper on "Li
brary Co-operatlOn in Lincoln." Sho
urged tho systematic planning of tho
dovolopmont and maungemcnt of Lin
coin llbtnrics, so thnt each may com
plement tho other.
Mr. Drlgham cautioned tho Nobras
leans against making tho mlstako of
getting a library commission with no
means of support, ns has been dono
in Georgia, Kansas and Now Jcrsoy.
Ho said:
"No Btato can nfforfl to lot a popu
lar demand for libraries dlo out for
want of sustenance. No statu can af
ford to lot tho library movement with
in Its borders fritter nwny in vain
attempts on tho part of bcnovolont but
financially weak organizations to per
form educational functions which do
not properly belong to them. Tho
duty of tho stato to foster and dovolop
frco public libraries Is qulto as im
perative an is tho duty of tho nato
to fostor and develop freo public
schools. Tho reasoning which ilea at
tho base of our public school system
also BUsLolns tho superstructure of that
systoin tho public library. If it la
worth anything to tho stato to hnvo
an educated citizenship, it la worth
moro to havo a well-bred, Intelligent,
happy, homo-loving citizenship; nnd
what moro directly to tho purposo thnn
tho frco public library? Tho schools
that cost us so much money and aro
worth far moro than they cost on
fortunatcly lose their hold upon a
largo majority of tho chlldron of tho
stato boforo they reach tho crulcal ago
of 15. A vital question for tho citizen
is: Should tho education which makes
for good cltlzcnBhlp censo at tho very
point nt which tho serious business of
life first projocts Itaolf upon tho young
mind? Statistics ovory whoro confirm
tho conclusions of tho criminologists
that tho blossoming period of crlmln
nllty T6 between twenty and thirty
years of ago and tho criminal's train
ing years aro from tho first conscious
ness of manhood and womanhood,
early in tho teens, to that dangerous
period of action beginning early in tho
twontlcs. Tho community that has
nothing to offer tho young but tho
HcoiiBod saloon and tho regularly-finod
nnd therefore virtually licensed broth
el and makes no movo for tho enrich
ment of community liro through tho
entertaining, Instructing, roformlng
nnd olovnting influonco of good Utor
nturo deserves Its heavy oxponso bill
for criminals and paupors and nlso
deserves tho dlsgraecful record and
awful consequences of criminality. Tho
stato that makes no effort to Induce
communities to ralso tho standard of
citizenship by placing tho incentives
to high thinking ana right living
within tho easy reach of all Is throw
ing away tho opportunity of tho ages."
Immense Crop of Wheat.
M'COOL, JUNCTION, Neb., Dec. 31.
Ton thousnnd bushels of first-quality
winter wheat is tho amount. Mr. Kuns
has Just stored in his granary, tho yield
from 300 acres Just threshed. At pres
ont prices thcso 300 acres havo paid
Mr. Kuns nearly $6,000 or about CO
per cent Interest on his investtnint
for ono year in York county lands.
lKr. Kuns has Just purcnascd a $12,000
rcsldcnco In York, and after this Ills
Hons will run his farm and ho will
llvo in York.
Taken to tho I'enltentlary.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Doc. 31.
Sheriff Whcelor inndo n trip to tho
stato penitentiary, taking with him
Charles Shoppard and Harry Hlckson.
Shoppnrd is tho young colored man
whom Judge Jcoson sentenced to olgh
teen months for Btenllng a monoy bag
containing about $51 from John Shlap
pacaBHo'fl store. Hlckson was convict
ed nnd sontonced to ono year for com
mitting forgery.
Struck by l'nsse'nger Train.
ORD, Nob., Dec. 31. An Mr. nnd MrB.
Hasek woro going hojno Saturday
night thoy wero Btruck by a Burlington
pnsscngcr train and Mrs. Hasek vory
badly hurt, though It Is thought sho
will recover. Her foot was crushed
and bnck hurt. Tho accldont occurred
about 0:30 a mllo west of Ord, where
tho wngon road crosses tho Burlington
in a deep cut.
Recovers Ills Stolen Stock.
NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. 2C II. E.
Gllssmnn has recovered at Pllger
twolvo head of his cattle that a thiol
had driven there to ship to Omaha.
Tho "rustler" escaped, but tho station
agent gives a good description of him
and Mr. Gllssmnn has instituted a
vigorous Boarch.
Gold Hrlck In Sonp Wrappers,
NEBRASKA CITY, Dec. 31. Several
of tho grocers In this city wero "taken
In' by a nmooth young man who pro
tondod to bo soiling Boap at greatly ro-
ducod prices. After tho soap had been
dollvered nnd paid for and tho young
man had loft town it was fouud to be
n vory inferior article
Rcprcsentntlvo Jesflo Ovorstrcot of
Indiana lias mado public tho fact that
ho lias propared a bill relating to tho
country'n finances, which ho will ln
troduco boforo tho prcsont Bcsslon of
congress adjourns.
Hold Hired Livery Team,
DAKOTA CITY, Nob., Dec. 31. On
tho 17th Inst William Tomplo, n farm
hand employed by County Commis
sioner L. Blanchnrd, went to Jackson
nnd hlrud a livery rig from Coronor
B. F. Sawyers to canvaa tho immodiato
territory for n Jowelry concern. Aftor
being gono threo dnys Mr. sawyers
atartod an inquiry and with Sheriff
Sides found that Tomplo had been In
Sioux City with tho Wg, but from thoro
ho could not bo traced. Officers In
surrounding towns wero notified nnd
tho other day Sheriff Sides rccolvod
word from Marshal Booser of Oto, la.,
stating that ho had his man In Umbo.