Nebraska Newspapers

    IN NEBRASKA
A (Sheckered life tha¥ n
ENDED VIOLENTLY.!.
>tb^kn One of tl«*
Ttct)OM.of the Chandler Cyclone—1
'Man Who It Well Remembered
by Apay of ,tbo Prominent _
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4 PoUtlelade.
•lehn Dnwtoa, of Lincoln, Keb.
. Old-time politicians around tlie legls*
lature, says a World-Herald dispatch,
retd tlie press dispatches from Okla
homa and had the memories of twelve
jean ago revived. The story of the
cyclone at Chandler told of men and
women killed in the wreck, of houses
as burned and piled up masses of tim
bers. In the list of those who perished
was “John Dawson of Lincoln, Neb.”
That inquiry among the men who are
now prominent in the politics of the
state as to who this was met with the
^response, never heard of him,” is
but another illustration of the old
truth that' a man is soon forgotten
after he drops ont of the running.
Ten years ago there was no better
iknown man among the politicians of
;thc state than John Dawson. In the
eighteenth .session of the legislature he
was a member of the house and led the
■fight, for lien. John C. Cowin for the
ll'nitcd States senatorship. Fewer men
‘have forgotten the battles of the past,
Ibut old timers say that this was one of
■themost brilliant of the political
fighta of the state. In the front ranks
of the Cowin men was John Dowson,
‘leader, who had the devoted allegiance
of his followers and the admiration of
his opponents which is the meed of
dash tmd brilliancy.
Dawson was an attorney who lived
in Alma, anil in that session he repre
sented the district now represented by
Hull upon the floor of the house. Ho
had a large practice, and it is said he
got»a fee out of every good case
for 4 hundred miles around his home.
He hative of Iowa and a gradu
ate dffhe university of that state. The
late T. M. Marquette said of him that
he was the brainiest man and the most
brilliant that came up to the legisla
ture that year. He was an omnivorous
reader'and his energy is said to have
been of that kind which never flagged.
Lijcft many other men whose abili
ties Unp,opportunities have seemed to
conspire to make certain their future
success, he. failed to meet tlie expecta
tions of jhU admirers. Habits of dissi
pation became the master of the man
and his business suifered. He wandered
away from his home and family and
finally settled at Vancouver, in the far
northwest, where his wife and children
joined him. and he attempted, to re
trieve the.fortunes which had ‘waned,
v • The histjdry of this attempt is one that
has habits counterpart in the memory
of almost every man. Nevertheless in
its details there is so much of human
frailty And its penalties and strength
of human love and its powers to call
the erring heart back to paths of right
endeavor that it deserves more than a
passing line.
trom place to place John Dawson
wandered, trying to again get his feet
planted on firm ground of professional
success, and only found that life grew
harder for him. Six months ago he
went from Niobrara, where he then
lived, to Texas, and then to Oklahoma.
The end of it all is that the press dis
patches contain a line giving his name
among, the list of dead. Dawson's
family* it is understood, are living at
Montejjuma, Colo., this being one of
?daces at which he attempted to get a
oothold in business. Ten or twelve
years fs a short time, but it is long
enough for a man to be forgotten, and
the stay of John Dawson is but an
added t(roo( that the general rule is
> Penalty for Defacing Cola.
Secret 8arvi<$e Agent Donnella of Ne
braskaJms received from the govern
ment a copy of the mutilated coin act,
amended March 3, which reads as fol
lows: • ...
Every person who fraudulently or
by any art, way or means, defaces, mu
tilates or impairs, diminishes, falsities,
scales or lightens, or causes or pro
cures to be fraudulently defaced, mu
tilated, impaired diminished, falsified
acaled or lightened, or willingly aids
■or assists in fraudulently defacing,
mutilating, impairing, diminishing,
falsifying, scaling or lightening the
gold or silver coins which have been or
which may hereafter be coined at the
tuints of the United States* or any for
■olgn gold or silver coins which arc bv
law made current or are in actual use
■Jf circulation as money within the
United States, or who passes, utters,
publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass,
sitter, publish or sell, or bring into the
United States from any foreign place,
Vnowing the same to be defaced, muti
lated, impaired, diminished, falsified,
acaled, or lightened, with intent to
defraud any person whatsoever, or has
In his possession any defaced, muti
lated, impaired, -diminished, falsified
•cmed, or lightened, with intent to
defraud any person whatsoever, shall
be In^risonea not more than five years
*“d SM*1001 laor® than 93,000.
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Nebraska KaUmral OunL
Congressman Stark has submitted to
toe commissioners of pensions the
roles, and regulations of the Nebraska
national guard and pointed out section
*•7, Which gives tne servioes of the
adjutant general's office without fee or
reward to any pension-applicant within
the State of Nebraska. Mr. Murphy,
«om%issioner of pensions, thought the
aeetion was in good form and helpful
to all deserving applicants, and filed
the book with other authorities in Us
office.
ife
HoNNaerious charges have been pre
ferred against the city marshal of
HhelUm and he has sent in his resign*
lion. '■ - .. *
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• *»uiiai|>rt» of K.braska.
WasUngtofT .dispatch: Comptroller
■Eekleafoday gave out abstract of re
poruriSpn the condition. March 9. of
ninety, hanks in Nebraska, exclusive od
Omaha and Lincoln. The principal
items are: Loans and discounts, 911,.
-04M17:<due from hanks, national and
-state, 9880.494; reserve in hanks and
•deposited with reserve agents, 82,098,
149. otwhich 9533,190 was in gold; total
resources, 918,008,930; liabilities, cap
Hal stock. 90,273,000; surplus fund and
undivided profits, 91,500,778: due t<
Jbsuks. national and state, 9530,333; de
ipasita. 98,113,570. The average re
-Sarre held was 3241 percent. ?■; - ■s**
Preparing to quit.
The Upper HonM Clearing the Way foi
Early Pina! Adjournment*
The senate on the 3d gave the first
intimation that it was beginning to
consider the problem of final adjourn
ment. After a feeble opposition, the
first of the big appropriation bills was
taken up in committee of the whole.
Senate amendments to the general ap
propriation bill are numerous, but thejr
make but little difference in the aggre
gate Of the amount carried by the
measure. One notable feature of the
session on the 3d was defeat of the bill
which had for its purpose the wiping
out of existence of the Burlington
volunteer relief department and all
kindred organizations connected with
the management of railroads. Two
bills were Introduced at the present
session directly aimed at their exist
ence. One of these bills was intro
duced by Mr. Beal of Custer and is No.
335 on the flics. It aimed directly at
the evil sought to be corrected. It
was entitled '‘An act to prevent assess
ment of employes by their employers,
except by the reqnest of said employes,
for purposes of relief and insurance,
and to provide that such voluntary -re
lief and insurance organizations shall
comply with the laws of the state re
lating to mutual insurance companies.”
It contained the following provision:
It shall be unlawful for any person. Arm or
corporation, transacting business or employ
ing labor In this state to Impose any assess -
ment upon Its employes for purposes of re
lief or Insurance, except by the voluntary
request of the omployes so desiring said re
lief or Insurance, and It shall be unlawful for
the said employers to rotaln from wages of
their employes anv sum whatsoever, as un
assessment, or contribution, or duos, to such
: relief fund or Insurance, and each case of
such retention or assessment shall constitute
a separate offense.
And whenever by the voluntary act and
co-operation of sucli employes an association
for relief or Insurance snail lie organized and
maintained by dues paid lit by those volun
tarily becoming members of such organiza
tion, then such organization shall comply
with All the legal requirements Imposed by
the laws of the state on all mutual Insurance
and no regulation shall be imposed upon the
members thereof by the organization or bv
the employers of such members which shall
deprive any member In good standing of all
the benefits nr Insurance for which he has
paid dues. N'nr shall the fact of the creation
of such relief fund or .mutual Insurance by
such employes In any manner reloase their
employer from any liability under the laws
of this state for personal Injury or death, and
It shall Iw unlawful for any person, flrm,com
pany or corporation to seek to Imposo any
contract, regulation or agreement upon their
employes having for Its result the release of
such employer from any such liability.
Snppllr* for ml* Imtltntlon*.
The awards {or supplies for state in
atitutions were made by the board of
purchase and supplies on the 2d. Bids
for stationery for the Beatrice institu
tion were rejected for the reason that
they were at the same prices in all
particulars. The proposal for meat
at the same institution was rejected,
the same being the only one submitted
and out of proportion to other meat
bids at other institutions. Proposals
for hardware at this institution were
rejected because they were not suf
fiently specific. The proposal for
drugs at the home of the friendless
was rejected, because it was the only
one submitted and the board desires
competition. Proposal for flour at the
^Milford soldiers' and industrial homes
‘was rejected, because there was but
one bid for each institution and the
board desires to let these various con
tracts under competition. New bids
'have been called for, to be opened
April 15, at 2 p. m.
Paring Ca*h for the Honda.
State Treasurer Meserve on the 2d
paid the first installment of the re
funding bonds issued in 1877, and
which fell due on the 1st. Of these
bonds 8123,000 are held by eastern par
ties, and must be paid as soon as pre
sented. One of the express companies
received a block of bondB amounting
to 835,000 for collection. A represen
tative of the company called at the
office of the stato treasurer shortly be
fore noon and presented the bonds for
payment. They were properly identi
fied and checked and the amount paid
over to the express company. Another
block of the bonds amounting to 823,
000 will be paid at once. Treasurer
Merserire has been notified that the
balance of the bonds held in the east
vhare been started and are now on their
Way to Lincoln. They will arrive
early in the coming week. The treas
urer has the cash in hand to meet the
demands for the entire amount held in
the east. _
Will Pay Well for Kvldrnc*.
Lincoln dispatch: Chairman (Icorgc
W. Post of the republican state central
committee has advertised a reward of
81,000 in cash for evidence which will
prove that the ballots on* the constitu
tional amendments from York county
or any other county have been fraudu
lently handled or tampered with.
Following are the gains in Douglas
county on the amendments, as found
by the recan vans commission: First
ward, 45; Second ward, 122; Third
ward, 89; Fourth ward, 40; Fifth ward,
20; Sixth ward, 109; Seventh ward, 02;
Eighth ward, 03; Ninth ward, 58;
South Omaha, 234; Chicago, 9; Clontarf,
1; East Omaha, 7; West Omaha, north
precinct. 7; south precinct, 2; Jeffer
son, 0; McArdle, 3; Millard, 11; Platte
Valley. 12; Union, 0; Waterloo, 2;
Florence, 0; Elkhorn, 4; Douglas, *5?
total, 1,015. - -
Clin Hagey Acquitted.
Lincoln dispatch: The trial of Clift
Huey, charged with haring murdered
M. V. Eyster, came to an end when the
jurybrought in a verdict of acquittal.
Eystpr was a resident of Chambers
burgvI*a., who, while on a trip across
the'continent, stopped over in Llnooln
for i few days lost fall. He fell in
with Hagey and the two were together
drinking all the day of the alleged
crime, They wAt together to the
house of two dissolute women named
Clark.
Eyster was found just after dark ly
ing in the rear of the Clark house,
and in a dying condition. He never
recovered consciousness and died soon
after being taken to the station.
Washington special: Senator Allen
will report, favorable his proposed
'amendment to the Indian appropria
tion bill, providing that the secretary
of the interior shall, within sixty days
after its adoption, establish in Omaha
a warehouse for Indian supplies from
which distributions shall be made to
to Indian tribes of the west and north
west. The proposed amendment was
considered in the meeting of the com
mittee on Indian affairs and Senator
Allen was instructed to report it as
above. It is the senator's intention to
review at considerable length the ad
vantages to' be derived from the loca
tion of such a depot at Omaha.
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ALLEN ON THE TARIFF
NEBRASKA'S SENIOR SENATOR
MAKES A SPEECH.
thm Doetrtns of Protretloo Attacked—
Ho Aucrta that Comparatively raw
Ukorlat Mao Favor It—Trait*
and Combination* Severely
Criticised.
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Nebraska’* Senior Senator.
Washington dispatch: Senator Allen,
populist, of Nebraska, made- a long
speech in the senate on the unconsti
tutionality of tariff taxes beyond those
requisite for revenue. Although it
was the first tariff speech the senate
has heard this session, it did not at
tract marked attention. Mr. Allen
criticised the trusts and combinations,
which, he declared, reaped the main
advantage of tariff taxes. The sena
tor’s remarks were in the nature of a
legal argument showing the constitu
tional limitation of the taxing power
of congress. In the course of his
speech he said:
**We have a Tight' to consider the
character and occupation of the men
making the claim for protective legis
lation. They are not the laborers
themselves—those whom it is said pro
tection is to benefit—but they art the
manufacturers, the bankers, the attor
neys and lobbyists, who appeal to us
in the name of the wage-earner.
There are very few of the laborers and
producers who believe that the wages
are raised substantially by a high tariff,
and still fewer who desire that stjch a
tariff shall be levied on the articles of
necessary consumption of 05 per cent
of the people for their special benefit.
It is true there are occasionally a few
wage earners, ignorant of the princi
ples underlying this, who, in conse
quence of being repeatedly told so,
believe prosperity is dependent in
some measure on a protective tariff,
and they are induced by the crafty
and greedy for whom they labor to im
portune congress to protect the partic
ular branches of industry in which
they are engaged. But these men are
few indeed, and they arc almost al
ways incited to such appeals by those
for whom they labor and in the inter
est of those who reap in their name
the benefit of the high protective leg
islation.”
In conclusion, the senator said: “I
place myself on the solid, impregnable
ground that under our constitution
congress does not possess power to tax
the people to enhance the private for
tunes of the few and that the full
measure of the taxing power is reached
when a tariff for revenue, with inci
dental protection, is imposed. Any
other construction would lead to con
fiscation and incidentally to enforced
repudiation, the two worst conceivable
forms of anarchy and disorder in a
civilized state; and such a deduction,
when carried to its legitimate length,
would lead to the subversion of all
order, and the rights of persons
and property. We canhot serve the
people and the money power at the
same time. Their interests are deadly
antagonistic. What is for the com
mon welfare is against the trusts and
pools.”
Boom Roll No. *67.
Thir, measure has passed both houses
and gone to the governor for his con
sideration and signature. It is as
follows:
1. It shall he unlawful and a mis
demeanor for any corporation organ
ized under the laws of Nebraska, or
any corporation organized under the
laws of any other state, or under the
laws of the United States, or under the
laws of any other territory or nation
and doing business in the state of Ne
braska, to give or contribute money,
property, transportation, help or as
sistance in any manner or form to any
political party or to any candidate for
any civil office, or to any political Or
ganization or committee or to any indi
vidual to be used or expended for
political purposes.
9. Any corporation violating any of
the provisions of this act shall forfeit
,nnd pay a fine of *1,000 for the first
offense. All fines recovered under any
of the provisions of this act shall, when
collected, be paid into the proper
treasury of the county for the uso of
the school fund; and the corporate
authorities of any county within whose
territorial jurisdiction such fine was
recovered and collected shall pay to
the complaining witness in such pros
ecution, out of the general fund of
such county an amount equal to one
fourth of the fine actually collected,
upon the proper application of the
party entitled to the same, in the
manner usual for the presentation of
claims against counties.
3. Upon conviction of a second or
subsequent offense the offending cor
poration shall forfeit and pay a fine of
92,000, and the court may deoree that
tbf charter of ifaid corporation shall be
cancelled and set aside, or if chartered
in any other state or any territory, or
under the laws of the United States or
of any other nation, and doing busi
ness in this state, it shall pay a like
fine for suqh offense and forfeit its
right to do business in this state, and
it is hereby made the duty of the at
torney general to proceed against the
same.
KeuniMlai tha Tata.
The recount committee is hurrying
forward the work, that the result may
be known before adjournment of the
legislature. On the 2»th the counties
canvassed were: Sarpy, Franklin,
Saunders, Wayne, Keith. Sioux, Madi
son, Perkins, Scott's Bluffs, Gage,
Dundy, Garfield, Wheeler. Blaine,
Keya Paha, Hayes, Stanton, Thurston,
Dakota, York, Sioux, Gosper, Webster.
An increase of 405 was shown in
Thayer county, and one precinct miss
ing. Most of the counties shot? an in
creased rote.
BspoaltlUB !»■ tig "ration.
The Trans-Mississippi exposition
committee held a meeting last week
and decided on Arbor day, April 23, as
the proper day on which to announce
to the world that the great exposition
Is at last a certainty. It was decided
to invite Hon. \y. J. Bryan, Governor
Silas A. Holcomb, Hon. J. Sterling
Morton, the state officers, the members
of the state legislature and other
prominent men and speakers and
officials from this and other states.
Exercises of the day will be a grand
! civic and military parade in the city,
land speaking, music and other fes
| tiyities at the exposition grounds.
DIVIDING NEBRASKA
Congressman Greene's Bill for Tiro Jodi*
olal Districts.
Washington special: A bill has been
introduced in the house by Judge
Greene to divide the state of Nebraska
into two judicial districts, to be known
as the eastern and west. This differs
from the bill introduced by Judge
Strode in the last congress and
reintroduced in the present house, pro
viding for a'division into northern and
southern districts. Judge Strode's bill
looks to the division of the state, giv
ing each judicial district three con
gressional districts, the Second, Third
and Sixth to be the northern district,
and the First, Third and Fifth to com
prise the southern, with terms of court
to be held in cities as now prescribed
bySJaw. While Judge Greene’s bill
seeks to establish courts in Hastings,
Kearney and Chadron, his division of
the proposed districts being drawn in
practically a straight line between
Nuckolls and Thayer on the south to
between Knox and Cedar on the north.
Nothing can be done with either ope
of these bills in the house at this ’ ses
sion of congress on account of the lack
of organization of committees, there
being no judiciary committee to con
sider and report upon the bills. Judge
Strode's bill, which has been for some
time before the attention of the bar of
Nebraska, has received a large endorse
ment there of the legal fraternity,
which will be used by Judge Strode ip
urging the bill for passage. • "-i -
Cultivation of Sugar Beet*.
The proposition of Mr. Emery and
the promoters of the beet sugar factory
lo the people of Iowa is as follows:
The undersigned agrees to cultivate
.acres of beets for the beet sugar
plant to be erected at Des Moines,
Iowa, to be cultivated as the company
shall direct. That is, I agree to plant
the ground to sugar beet seed to be
furnished by the company and to use
not less than twelve pounds of seed to
the acre, to be planted in rows eight
een inches apart, and the beets to be
thinned to six to eight inches between
the beets. The company agrees to pay
S i a ton delivered on the cars at the
factory in Des Moines: That the
freight on beets shall not exceed 35
cents for twenty-five miles, 50 cents for
fifty miles and 75 cents up to any
point within the state for the year
1897.
signed.
P. O. Address.
If a stand is had eighteen inches be
tween the rows and six to eight inches
between the beets, 35,000 plants will
stand on an acre, and one-pound beets
will thus produce seventeen and one
half tons to the acre, the only limit
being that the company will refuse all
beets weighing over two pounds
trimmed, be cause if planted as directed
the beets will not grow to exceed one
and one-half pounds each, so that an
acre will produce at least one car load
of beets of twenty or twenty-five tons,
worth #80 to #100 at the factory. Sign
your name and postofttce and send
same to John S. Emery, Des Moines,
as soon as possible.
When the company is organized a
contract will be mailed‘you to sign,
with full instructions on how to pre
Eare ground and raise beets. Nothing,
owever, will be done until contracts
are signed. Respectfully submittedT
John S. Emery.
Pare Food BI1L
The pure food bill, senate file No. 264,
by Murphy of Gage, has passed the
upper house. This bill provides that
no person shall, within this state, man
ufacture for sale, offer for sale, or sell
any article of food which is adulter
ated. The term food, as used in the
bill includes all articles used for food
or drink by man, whether simple,
mixed or compound. It shall not ap
ply, however, to mixtures or com
pounds recognized as ordinary articles
of food, if the same be distinctly
labelled as mixtures or compounds and
are not injurious to health. Any per
son interested is empowered to secure
a sample of any article for analysis
whenever he shall tender the value of
the same. The fine for violation shall
not exceed #100 nor less than #15, or
imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding thirty days or botn, and any
person convicted shall also pay all nec
essary costs and expenses incurred in
insperting and analyzing such adulter
ated article.
Nebraska Lind Cana Decision.
Washington dispatch: In the land
contest of John D. Carter against Ar
thur M. Davidson, from the McCook
district, Nebraska. Secretary Bliss
modified the land commissioners’ de
cision and referred it to the board of
equitable adjudication for settlement.
Davis failed to make final proof on his
>imber culture application and Carter
made a homestead entry for the land.
Davidson contested the latter entry
and proved that he had acted in ac
cordance with the law except as to the
final proof. The secretary decided that
the entries of both entrymen would be
best determined by the hoard and
ordered the case before it.
The case of R. C. VanCieve, a letter
carrier of Lincoln, against whom
charges were filed in the postoflice de
partment, has been referred to a post
office inspector for inspection and
report.
The Blanket Ballot System.
At this writing the above measure is
being considered in the house. The
bill provides for a blanket ballot and
for party emblems to be used on bal
lots for the greater ease of voters to
whom the present system is somewhat
unintelligible. Each party is given a
column on the ballot and whenever a
candidate is endorsed by more than
one party his name appears in the
list of each party by whom he is en
dorsed. The blanket ballot is simply
a device to enable a voter to vote a
straight ticket by one mark.
A New Departure.
The Otoe county fair management
has introduced an educational depart
ment into the premium list and will
have it open to all schools and all
scholars in the county. Countv fair
dates are September 13 to ltt inclusive.
, Winter Wheat Outlook.
Fall sown wheat is not promising
in all quarters of Nebraska. A good
deal of damage resulted from freezing
And thawing. Indications are, how
ever, that some iields will yield good
results.
TREE PLANTING DAY.!
ALL URGED TO A PROPER OB
SERVANCE.
TIi* Governor Kamos April nd aa the
Tina for Planting Traea la Nebraska
—Public Schools Aakad to Ar
range Suitable Services for
tha Occialoo.
Arbor Dap Proelamatloo.
Governor Holcomb has issued the
annual Arbortday proclamation:
Conforming to the wise custom, hav
ing’ its inception in Nebraska and now
grown national in its character, and to
the end that the attention of the people
of our beautiful state may be called to
the advantages to be gained by a
proper observance of the day, I hereby
proclaim and designate Thursday,
April 33, 1897, as Arbor day.
I earnestly request all our citizens to
fully comply with the spirit of the law
in making this a public holiday, and
especially do I commend to the public
schools the propriety of an observance
of the day by suitable exercises and
practical lessons in tree planting, in
order that there may be inculcated in
the minds of the children of the state a
high appreciation of the pleasures, en
joyment and utility to the present and
future generations, of tree planting
and timber preservation. On this day
let us not forget that -
“Who sows a Held, or trains a flower,
Or plants a tree is more than all.
hor he who blesses most is blest;
And God and man shall own his worth,
Who tolls to leave as his bequest.
An added beauty to tbe earth."
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto subscribed my name and caused
to be affixed the great seal of the state
of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln, the capital of the
state, this 39th day of March, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand, eight
hundred and ninety-seven, of the state
the thirty-first, and of the independ
ence of the United States, the one
hundreth and twenty-first.
Silas A. Holcomb.
By the governor:
W, F. Pobter, Secretary of State.
Kehrulnii at Washington.
Washington dispatches: Nebraska’s
four members new to congressional
life broke themselves in quite early.
Judge Greene on Monday night made
his maiden bow to “Mr. speaker.”
The new members have been the most
faithful in point of presenting them
selves to be talked at. while the older
hands have taken advantage of the
occupation of the floor by the tariff
bill to catch up with accumulated cor
respondence and to dispel congested
business in the various departments.
At some of the night sessions a quarter
of the house only were in attendance.
The size of the audience during the
daily session depended largely upon
the knowledge of who would occupy
tile floor.
In the tariff discussion Judge Greene
of Nebraska showed his ability to give
and take blows with equal justice.
His speech was replete with biblical
quotations, speaking of Cleveland “as
one who saith of his brother, thou fool,
shall be in danger of hell fire.” Judge
Greene was a minister at one time in
his career, and early learned to use the
bible and its apt quotations to make
stronger his natural flow of oratory
and his knowledge of the good book
was greatly appreciated by his brethren
on the democratic side of the house.
Judge Greene acted with considerable
force and contributed a great deal of
entertainment to the tariff sideshow.
Senator Thurston today introduced a
party of Nebraskans to the president,
the president having intimated to the
junior senator from Nebraska that he
would be pleased to receive sojourning
residents of the Antelops state today.
In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
W. Breckenridge, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Carroll of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Michael
of Grand Island; Mrs. Bryant, ex-Con
gressman and Mrs. W. E‘. Andrews of
Hastings: Mr. Adolph Meyer, Mr.
Henry T. Oxnard, president of the
beet sugar interests of Nebraska.
Everyone seems to be getting in a
kick at civil service reform as it was
extended and amplified by President
Cleveland. It has recently been much
discussed. Senator Allen made an ex
tremely lively speech in support of his
resolution respecting removals in South
Omaha, and read some correspondence
from Dr. W. S. White, formerly With
the bureau of animal industry at South
Omaha, which throws a strong light
upon the subject that White was re
moved only because of “inefficiency 1”
There has been an exodus of Ne
braskans during the past week to the
everlasting delight of Senator Thurs
ton, Strode and Mercer, but while the
personal importuning has somewhat
let up, the mails of all three of these
gentlemen continue to show little di
minution and there are just os many
people in Nebraska anxious for office
now as there was upon the election of
Mr. McKinley.
Taxing Telephone Incoaa
The senate bill to tax incomes of
telephones is as follows: The legisla
ture shall provide such revenue as
shall be needful by levying a tax by
valuation, so that every person and
corporation shall pay a tax in .propor
tion to his. her or its property and
franchises, the value to be ascertained
in such manner as the legislature shall
direct and it shall have power to tax
peddlers, auctioneers, brokers, hawk
ers, commission merchants, showmen,
jugglers, inn keepers, liquor dealers,
toll bridges, ferries, insurance, tele
graph and express interests or busi
ness, venders of patents in such
manner as it shall direct bj’ general
law, uniform as to the class upon
which it operates.”
Prof. J. L. McBqiex has been ap
pointed superintendent of the Table
Rock Chautauqua for this year.
Tha Robbers Killed Him.
Beatrice dispatch: Death has re
lieved the sufferings, of David Jones,
the wealthy bachelor who was so ter
ribly burned and bruised by masked
men about a week ago. The robbers
entered his home and demanded that
he reveal to them the hiding place of
his money. Upon being refused they
burned and bruised his body in a hor
rible manner, with the above result.
. He had at the time these people broke
i into his house, something over 83,600
' hid away in the basement. This secret
was revealed just before death. It
| was his refusal to give this up that
{ coat him his life.
,T ■ : '■ ■. ' \ V V
Running Sore
" My daughter, 9 years old, hod a running son A
below her right ear for three months. I got a 4
bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The first bottle
made some improvement, and when the third
.bottle had been taken the sore was nicely healed.
A year has passed since then and there has been -
no return of the sore.”—W. E. Mscxussox, At*
Bold, Nebraska. Get only Hood’s.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Is sold by all druggists. Price, tl; six for $5.
Hood's Pills
Modest Tooth.
Tommy—I wouldn’t be as stuck up
as girls is for anything.
Jimmy—Me neither. They thinly
they are just as good as boys.
A COUNTERFEITER CAUOHT.
The Police of Syraenao Hake an Import*
ant Capture.
On Monday the 15th, Harold Marqulaee, of
Utica, N. Y., was arrested in Syracuse, N.
Y., on a warrant sworn out by the Dr.
Williams’ Medicine Co., charging him with
forgery. On the 15th of December Marqui
se* visited a photo-engraver in Syracuse,
saying he was the representative or the Dr.
Williams’ Medicine Co., and arranged for
the making of a fall set of plates for the di
rection sheets, lables, etc., of the famous
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People.
News of this reached the borne office, and
no time was lost in arranging for his arrest
when he should return for the plates. He
returned on the 15th and was accordingly
arrested and is now in jail in Syracuse «
awaiting examination.
This arrest proves to be an important one.
In addition to various plunder, such as i
medical books, typewriters, rugs, etc.,
round in Marquisee's trunk when arrested,
the police also found counterfeit coin both
in the trunk and ou his person; and in
a search of his apartments at Utica found
* complete outfit for counterfeiting con
sisting of crucibles, bellows, nickel, lead,
bismuth, antimony, a small blacksmith
forge, a charcoal furnace, and several
plaster-of-paris molds. The United States
marshals want him just as soon as the Dr.
Williams’ Medicine Co. are through with
him, and, no doubt, he will be sentenced
for a long period.
In selecting Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
his counterfeiting operations, he showed
his knowledge of the proprietory medical
business; for these pills are in such great
demand that they are easily sold at any
drug Btore in the United States. His scheme
was to work the country druggists and sell
his imitations at a discount of from 3 per
cent to 5 per cent., explaining the reduced
price by the fact that he had picked them
up in small lots and at a discount from
dealers who were over-stocked. By work
ing fast and making long jumps, be would ‘
have secured many hundreds of dollars in
a short time. The proprietors of Dr. Wil
liams’ Pink Pills are most fortunate to
have caught the rogue, before he had fair
ly started, and to have thus kept these
spurious goods out of the market.
He that stumbles and falls not, mends
bis pace.
THAT SPLEHblD COFFEE.
Mr. Goodman, Williams County, 111.,
writes us: “From one package Sahser's
German Coffee Berry I grew 300
pounds of better coffee than I can buy
In stores at 30 cents a pound.”
A package of this and big seed cata
logue is sent you by John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., upon receipt
of 15 cents stamps and this notice, w.n. .
Building and marrying ol children are
great wasters.
Ho-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 80c. >1. All druggists.
A man never hates a lie so much as after
be has been caught telling one.
HALL’S
Vegetable Sicilian
HAIR RENEWER
Beautifies and restores Gray
Hair to its original color and
vitality; prevents baldness;
cures itching and dandruff.
A fine hair dressing.
B. P. Hall A Co., Props., Nashua, N.H.
Sold by all Druggists.
&SH BRhflP
SLICKER
WILL KEEP YOU DRY.
Don't be fooled wtth a mackintosh
or rubber coat. If you wanta coat
that will ke-’p you dry in the hard
est storm buy the Fish Brand
Slicker. If not for sale In your
town, write for catalogue to
A. J. TOWER. Boston. Mass.
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| irritations or ulcerations
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| Bold by Drafflsts,
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by _ex press, prepaid, for
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Circular sent ou request.
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ENSIONS, PATENTS. CLAIMS.
JOHN W. MORRIS,WASHW6T0N,D a
LaU Principal Examiner U. S. Pension Bnrsan.
E jrrs. ia last war, Li adjudicating claims, a tty. biaua.
CUBE CONSTIPATION
Regulate liver and bowels, cure
sioK headache, nerer sicken,
weaken or irripe. Kaf.'em like
oandjr. lSe.UTm>.&Or. All druirffi*t*». Hompl*** free. Ad
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_ _JK ALL ELSE FAILS.
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In ttias. Bold by druggists.
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