i r ELECTION
RESULTS.
OFF YEAR BUT REPUBLICANS
CAME OUT WELL.
Xew York T. Lost to Good Gorcrnmout
bat Ohio and Maryland Stand Well
la Lina with The Republican!—Tariff
'duet High Enough.
(Washington Letter.)
Much more interest has been mani
fested this year in elections than is
usual at any time other than in presi
dential elections.
Off-years in politics, with a Repub
lican President in the white house, rlo
not as a rule favor Republican success,
but the Republican party in the great
contests which have been waged in
several states have well ’withstood the
reaction which always follows a presi
dential victory at the polls. The light
' has been jtrong and bitter, and while
both heavy losses as well as satisfac
tory gains are seen, the Republicans
here feel in a good frame of mind over
the result. The general result is
looked upon as a vindication of iho
causo of sound money and an uphold
ing of the administration.
New York, where was the most con
centrated light, through division in the
Republican ranks, has been handed
over to the control of Tammany and
the management of that city will
shortly undergo a radical change. Out
side of New York, where the fighting
was bitter to an extreme, the state of
Ohio furnished the most exciting and
important campaign. In that state
the fight was fierce and the methods
of 12% cents per ounce. This companj
operates immense copper and lead
mines and the 6tlrer extracted from
the ore, is;produced at a much less cost
than in most- mines which produoe sil
ver exclusively. The Anaconda mine
of 'Montana, which by the way is owned
by British capitalists, is a copper mine,
but the ore contains a large per cent
of silver. Last year the mine paid a
profitable dividend through its copper
production, and yielded in addition
0,000,000 ounces of silver, which, of
course, was all net profit.
GEO. H. WILLIAMS../
Increase in Sheep ,Vainer.
The difference in the value of sheep
under free-trade and protection is
shown in the results of an assignee’s
sale of the estate of Thomas McElroy,
a farmer in Jefferson county, Ohio,
who had given particular attention to
sheep husbandry. This sale took place
In October, 1394, a few weeks after
the passage of the Wilson bill, and the
animals offered were all fine black-top
merinos. The files of the Ohio "State
Journal” show that forty ewes were
Bold for G9 cents each, 30 lambs for 20
cents each, and one registered buck
for SO cents. Other lots chosen from
the flock sold at similar prices, and
all were line merino sheep.
"Secretary Miller of the State Board
of Agriculture,” says the Piqua “Dis
patch,” "is authority for the statement
that today ewes of the same grade are
worth $3 to $4 each, lambs $2 to |2.50,
and registered bucks from $15 to $25.
A few days ago the Insurance Associa
tion of Medina county made an allow
ance of $2 each for common breed
lambs. This is what the Republicans
A TEN STRIKE) ALL DOWN!
dirty. Every possible abuse was aimed
at Senator Hanna, whose confirmation
for the Republican vote singled him
out as a target for Democratic orators
and methods. There Is no doubt as to
how the State would have voted had
the question been simply a vote on Re
publican principles, and the McKinley
administration. But a number of lo
cal matters came into the fight In
whose Interest national Issue were
lost to a large extent. The
turbulence of the coal strike had
barely subsided when Bryan’s fierce
, speeches arraying class against class
again started It into action. The
great play of John McLean to become
United States senator poured money in
to the state. In Cleveland and Cincin
nati there were factional splits, owing
to local matters, all tending to decrease
.the normal Republican majority; yet
Jtotwlthstahding all these things Ohio
elected a Republican governor rad
will elect a Republican senator, thus
giving her a solid Republican repre
sentation in the senate tor the first
time in many years, prior to Senator
Hanna’s appointment by Governor
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In Maryland tha light was only a lit*
tip less determined and the interest
hut slightly less. Gorman was defeat
ed In his very stronghold, Baltimore
city. Maryland also will have a dou
ble Republican representation In the
senate tor the first time in history.
i._jj On the whole, while the Democrats
profess Jubilance and satisfaction- at
having carried New York city, they
are really sorely disappointed at their
failure to capture the legislatures of
both Maryland and Ohio. It Is stated
eel good authority that It was the in
. tentlon of the Ohio legislature, in case
U had been Democratic, to immediate
ly proceed to redlstrlct the entire state
In such manner as to give the Demo
crats in the next congress at least
eight or ten members from that state.
But that little patriotic scheme was
knocked in the head by the Republic
an voters of the Buckeye state.
Treasury reports show a considerable
growth In the Internal revenue receipts
which is due to two causes, the Im
provement In business and the Increase
In certain taxes. The combined re
ceipts from the customs and internal
revenue will not probably for some two
or three months equal the expendi
tures of the government, but the one'
Is: steadily climbing up on the other,
astd that result will be reached early
In the new year. Dong before the law
shall have been In operation one year
It will be producing a surplus Instead
of a deficit Democratic editors and
others are making their usual howls
about the Ptngley deficit, but the dif
ference between the Wilson deficit
.and the Dlngley deficit, |s that In the
.present case nobody Is at al! alarmed.
The shortage Is believed by everybody
to be Merely temporary and the gold
reserve Js meanwhile piling up.
- Reports recently received show that
silver in many places, notably New
South Wales, Is produced at a cost of
fig cents per ounce and less. The
Broken Hill Company of New South
Wales has tor the past five years been
' ^nttlng silver on tbs market at a cost
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have accomplished by a restoration of
the tariff on wool."
In April, 1896, there were 2,633,410
sheep owned In the state of Ohio, In
Texas 2,911,993 in California 2,739,967,
in Oregon 2,486.247. in Montana 2,969,
667, In New Mexico 2,695,662, In Utah
1,902,516, in Michigan 1,438,891, in Wy
oming 1,296,134, in Colorado 1,258,
378, and In all the states and territor
ies the total sheep owned was 36,464,
405. Allowing an average gain of $2
per head In the market value of ewes,
lambs and bucks, as contrasted with
the prices realized at the assignee's
sale in October, 1894, the total addition
to the wealth of the country from this
source alone amounts to $72,928,810.
Twin Comrades of Calamity.
"For the first quarter of the present
fiscal year the deficit Is $29,000,000, and
It would have been even more had not
the people consumed more alcoholic
spirits than usual and run the internal
revenue receipts up a tew millions. If,
however, the increase in the consump
tion of liquor continues to expand at
tjie same rate, the Republican party
will have the profound gratification of
seeing the people drink the deficit out
of existence. This can hardly be re
garded as a victory for temperance,
but as long as it Is a Republican tri
umph, what’s the odds?—Memphis
Commercial.
Thlg sour old Bourbon ought to find
comfort In the reflection that as a rule
free trade gets Ha biggest vote In the
localities where the largest quantities
of whisky are consumed, and
protection thrives best where modera
tion and temperance abide. The with
drawal from bonded warehouses of
spirits used In manufactures and the
arts will, however, account In great
part for tne Increase of receipts from
internal revenue. Manufactures and
the arts have been the first to feel the
impulse of prosperity. Then, too, the
consumption of light wines and beer
always Increases In good times. Pr'unk
enness and pauperism go together,
twin comrades of free trade.
Walt DtMNd Women.
“America, which <has had reason to
.boast so long of its beautiful and well
gowned womankind, has dealt them a
savage blow by the clause In its tariff
bill preventing them from taking over
frocks from Europe, except on pay
ment of heavy duties. It Is really too
bad."—-The Country Gentleman, Lon
don, September, 1897.
It the Country Gentleman could only
be spared from looking after his crops,
don't you know, he would find more
better dressed women in any city of
the United States, and all of them
wearing American made dresses, than
he could find either in London or Par
is? What can beat our tailor-made
gowns? “It is really too bad" you
can’t leave your farm, old chap.
Th«y Hut Bay.
Foreign nations are obliged to buy
our wares whether we purchase theirs
or not.—Minneapolis Minn., “Tribune,"
October 9, 1897.
Certainly they are, all free-trade the
ories to the contrary . notwithstand
ing * •1 * : v” •
REPUBLICAN OPINION.
How about that Dlngley law Chinese
wall? It don’t Interfere, apparently,
with onr export trade.
Ex-Candidate Bryan accounts for the
present improved times (he admits
they have improved) by the famine
abroad and the discovery of gold in
the Klondike, but he apparently for
gets that double the amount of money
has been expended in fitting out peo
ple to go to Klondike that has yet
been taken out from the mines.
When a Mexican takes $5 In Mexican
silver, for every dollar of which he has
to work as hard as his American broth
er works for his gold dollar, and buys
with it goods worth $2 in American
gold, that ic Mexican Bryanite pros
perity. The workingmen of this coun
try don't want any of it in theirs.
A statement compiled from the offi
cial records of the government pre
pared by a free trade Democrat show
that during Cleveland’s last term the
farmers of the country lost more than
a billion dollars a year by decreased
consumption and decreased values of
products.
With a hundred thousand tons of
Alabama coal going to Mexico for the
use of her railroad locomotives in com
petition with English coal, it looks as
though a new field is open to the south
for her rich products.
"The revival of all industries and
the commencement of prosperity in all
parta of the United States were the
natural and necessary results of the
action of the President and a Repub
lican congress.”—John Sherman.
With all the Democratic vituperations
against the oppressions and wicked
ness of the Dlngley law, we haven’t
heard any wish expressed yet to re
turn to the beneficent provisions of the
Wilson law.
Mr. Bryan made numerous speeches
during his recent tour through Ohio,
but reading one was reading them all.
It is to be expected that Democrats
will deny that the Dlngley law has
anything to do with the return of pros
perity to the country.
"The first six months of the McKin
ley administration were the most dis
astrous in the history of the country.”
—William Jennings Bryan. That’s a
good one, Mr. Bryan; give us another.
The total value of the agricultural
products of Kansas for 1897, according
to the report of the board of agricul
ture of that state, Is $176,000,000, the
largest In the present decade.
II Is Jut High Enoughs
pRomnoN.
Will Beach • Normal Baals.
“The statistics tor September show
that under the most adverse conditions
the Dingley bill promises to dissipate
the Wilson deficit.”—St. Louis Star
Oct. 10. 1897.
The decrease of dutiable imports ot
merchandise for September, 1897, as
compared with September, 1896,
amounted to $6,553,019, while the de
crease of nearly $2,000,000 in non-du
tiable imports swelled the total falling
off for the month to $8,445,972. Every
body knows why this decrease occurred
and everybody hut the free trade mal
contents knows that as soon as the
country shall have worked off its big
accumulation of foreign goods that
were crowded In. during the last four
months of the Wilson bill, imports
will reach a normal basis of demand
and supply, and revenue will ba in
creased accordingly.
The Sandwich Islanders believe that
the souls of their deoeased monarehs
reside in the ravens, and they entreat
Europeans not to molest them.
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SEE HERE, MR. BRYAN
DO YOU FIND ANY COMFORT
'/?■ IN THESE FIGURES?
Why the Democrats of Ohio Hate Han
na-—The “Trlunes” in Kansas Threat
ened With Disintegration by a New
Political Force—lVhat the Iowa Elec
tion Means.
Not i Rebake to McKinley.
Chicago Inter Ocean: There are
those who seem to regard decrease in
the vote in Republican states in oil
years as peculiar to this year 1897.
They strive to create the Impression
that in some way the falling off in
the vote in Ohio and other states is a
rebuke to, or a reflection on, the Mc
Kinley administration. In an edi
torial published yesterday we showed
the record of Ohio in off years since
1861, but even this record is not ex
ceptional. Indiana is the type of
close states, and the record of the
votes in that state is more courious
even than that in Ohio.
In 1860 Indiana gave Lincoln a
plurality of 23,524 over Douglas and
elected a legislature republican in
both branches. In 1862 the state gave
a democratic plurality of 9,543 and the
legislature elected that year had a
democratic majority on Joint ballot of
30. In 1864, Governor Morton, repub
lican had a plurality of 20,189. The
legislature was a tie in the senate,
with a republican majority of 19 in
house. In 1866 the republicans carried
the state by 14,202. In the legislature
the republicans had a majority of 32
on joint ballot. In 1868 Baker, repub
lican candidate for governor, had a
plurality over Hendricks of 961. In
November of the same year Grant,
for president,, had a majority of 9,572
over Seymour. The legislature had
a republican majority of 16 in the sen
ate and 14 in the house. In 1870 the
democratic plurality in the state was
2,864. The legislature was democratic,
with a majority of 2 in the senate and
6 in the house.
In 1872 Hendricks, democratic can
didate for governor, was elected by a
majority of 1,148. In November of
the same year Grant had a majority
over all other candidates of 21,090.
The legislature was republican by a
majority of 12 on joint ballot. In 1847
the pendulum swung the other way
and the democrats had a majority of
17,252 and had 16 majority on joint
ballot in the legislature. In 1876 Wil
liams, democratic candidate for gov
ernor, had a plurality of 5,084. The
legislature was republican by a ma
jority of 6 on Joint ballot. In 1878
the democratic plurality in the state
was 14,000. ThS legislature was a mix
ture. In the senate there were 24 dem
ocrats, 23 republicans and 3 nationals.
In the house there were 50 democrats,
39 republicans and 11 nationals.
In 1880 Porter, republican candi
date for governor, had a plurality of
6,953. Garfield for president had a
plurality of 6,641. The republicans
had a majority of 15 on joint ballot
in the legislature. In 1882 the dem
ocratic plurality in the state was 10,
924. In the legislature the democrats
had a majority of 22 on joint ballot.
In 1884 the democrats had a plurality
of 7,392 on governor and 6,512 on
president. In the legislature the dem
ocrats had a majority of 46 on joint
ballot. In 1886 the republican plu
rality in the state was 3,324. The
democratic majority in the legislature
was reduced to 2. In 1888 the repub
lican plurality on governor was 2,200.
Harrison’s plurality for president was
2,382. The democratic majority in
the legislature on joint ballot was 36.
In 1890 the democratic plurality on
secretary of state was 19,579. . The
democrats had a majority in the legis
lature on joint ballot of 66. In 1892
the democratic plurality in the state
was 7,125. The legislature was demo
cratic by a majority of 46 on joint
ballot. In 1894 the republicans had a
plurality of 44,673. The legislature
was republican by a majority of 77 on
joint ballot. In 1896 McKinley’s plu
rality in the state was 18,181. In the
legislature the republicans had 85
votes on joint ballot, the democrats
53, and people's party 11. The repub
lican majority over all was 21.
This is the record of Indiana for
thirty-six years, and it illustrates the
changes in the popular vote in a close
state. The year after a presidential
election is for either party the off
year, with large probalities of dan
ger. Next year there may be no swing
of the pendulum in Indiana and the
republican plurality of 1896 may
stand.
Why Th«y Halo Hanna.
Iowa Register: It is funny, but
every democratic paper in the country
is for defeating Mark Hanna for the
senate. The trouble with Mary Han
na is that under him the Bryan move
ment was defeated. We believe in
standing by the men under whose
management the republican party wins
its victories. Parties are ever ready
to tear down the managers. It is one
of the strange tendencies of politics.
The process is something like this:
The whipped opposition begins to
abuse the chairman of the winning
party. It refers to him as a bad man,
ag a man who buys and sells votes.
After, while the chairman is called up
on to use his influence with the presi
dent, cr the governor. When he is
not successful they begin to join in
the opposition chorus and the first
thing we know the party which had
the benefit of the services of the chair-.
man is divided as to his real deserts.
We have watched the process more
than once. The Register believes in
standing by the leadership and the
management of a party. Without such
leadership or management to direct
to the one end all the forces of a cam
paign, we can not hope to win vic
tories. When the victories have been
won we are in' favor of building up
the leaders and managers rather than
tearing them down. That is why we
take a personal and newspaper in
terest in the campaign of Mr. Hanna.
He ought to be allowed to win his
seat in the United States senate. The
wishes of the president alone ought to
be sufficient guide for the republicans
of Ohio.
A Mew Party la Kanuw.
New Tork Sun: In Kansas they
i call the combination of populists, sil
ver republicans and democrats the
| "Triune" party. It seems that the
Triunes are threatened with disin
tegration by a new political force.
Kansas has about as many political
forces as gophers. The last is the so
cialist party, which is forming in the
southeastern counties. It promoters
say that the populists are old fogies
who don’t know what they want, and
the democrats and silver republicans
will not be able to hang together long
enough to accomplish any reform.
Therefore the socialists have put a
new organization into the field, and
invite the radical spirits of the Triune
party to join them. A great many
clubs have been formed, It is said, in
southeastern Kansas, which is the
populist stronghold. The inference is
that the socialists are recruited chief
ly from the populiBt ranks, which is
not surprising when we know that the
populists have fallen foul of one an
other over the spoils of oflice, that
the last legislature was much too con
servative to suit the middle-of-the
road, or Tom Watson brand, and that
such leaders as Simpson and Pefter
are not so canorous for reform as
they used to be. Simpson, indeed, is
suspected of democracy. The heart
less fashion in which Breldenthal is
lifting mortgages from 40,000 happy
homes has also outraged the feelings
of the dyed-in-the-wool populist.
Hence the itch to form a party to ex
ploit the old isms and invent new
ones.
Populist leaders confess to being
alarmed by the steady growth of the
new political force. If not checked it
will be the doom of fusion. “The pop
ulist party.” said one of its officehold
ers the other day, “grew out of a
smaller scare than that.” Jerry Sim
pson, guide, philosopher and friend to
the people’s party, bids it be of good
cheer. He snifTs at the new political
force. “There are two conflicting ele
ments in the populist party today,”
says Jerry. “One is the con
servative men who believe in indi
viduality, the other is the socalistic
element that wants to found a model
government. They forget that a mod
el government must rest on a model
citizenship. We have not secured that
as yet. The socialistic ideals are
based on the Lord’s prayer and the
sermon on the Mount. With the
Lord behind both of these, in 1,800
years’ time the world has not been
captured, anfcl the outlook now is such
as would tend to discourage an am
bitious man. It appears to a survival
of the Attest, although the fittest may
not be the best. If the struggle were
between the coyote and the chicken,
the chicken, although possessing mer
it, would get the worst of it. Social
ism will not do yet.” The latter part
of Simpson’s monologue is mystify
ing. Does he mean that he despairs
of populism himself, and that, weary
of being a chicken, he has resolved
to become a coyote? A man who gets
as much fun out of life as Jerry does
and rides on free passes is certainly
no chicken.
Flofah the Calculation.
The Chicago Tribune fails to find
that the Nebraska election returns af
forded Mr. Bryan any substantial
ground for self congratulation. “The
vote this year,” it shows, “exceeds by
13.000 the vote cast in Nebraska in
any other oil year. In 1891 Judge Post
received an aggregate of 76,447 votes;
in 1893 Judge Harrison received 72,
032; in 1895 Judge Norval received 79,
291. These were all republican nom
inees. This year Judge Post,
the republican nominee for su
preme ■ Judge, received a vote
which exceeds 90,000, or . nearly
14,00#taofe than was ever cast in Ne
braska for a republican candidate for
supreme judge. In 1893 the combined
opposition to the republican ticket
mustered 109,568 out of 181,600, while
in 1895 the opposition to the republi
can nominees mustered 103,625 out of
182,900. This year the fusion candi
date has received 103,000, and the com
bined opopsition vote will not exceed
106.000 out of a total of 196,000.”
The Tribune finds these statistics of
a rather discouraging nature to the
followers of Bryanism. The republi
cans were beaten by the treasury
scandal, which was an incident in no
way connected with the silver issue.
Add that item to the calculation, and
it will be seen that the result is even
less comforting to the silverites than
the Tribune indicates.
Easy as Rolling Off a Log.
Lincoln Journal: In case of an ex
tra session of the pop legislature, the
Journal suggests that a little nerv*
will save that body considerable
worry. They fired seven or eight re
publicans bodily out of the legislature
last winter to get a two-thirds ma
jority, but even then they couldn’t do
much cussedness of the few republi
cans left, who managed to defeat some
of their most wholesome measures,
especially the recount of the vote on
the constitutional amendment. The
thing to do is to consider the report
of the old committee on elections and
unseat the rest of tfce republicans. It
is as easy as falling off a log.
Wbat thr Iona Election Means.
Denison Review: Thirty, thousand
plurality in an off year is a very com*
fortable margin. This verdict gives
little encouragement to the democrats,
but next year they will come up smil
ing and will claim with the same im
pudence that they will carry Iowa.
They do not believe it themselves, but
they delude themselves with the hope
that others may believe it. They will
again pile layers of lies on top of each
other. Being without principle of any
description, they thrive on ignorance
and superstition.
The reason why Leslie M. Shaw was
so villainously assailed was first be
cause he was the accredited flag bear
er. In times of war the color sergeant
with the' regimental flag always con
centrates the enemy’s fire. The other
reason for the uncalled for abuse
arose from pure envy, because one of
their fellow-citizens was about to be
elevated to a great historic place,
which they vainly tried to reach. Dis
appointed ambition is a motive for
great bitterness.
Hon. L. M. Shaw has great oppor
tunities and possibilities. Two years
hence the pitiful stories which as
sailed him this year will be in the
waste baskets, and new ones will have
to be invented. The old black horse,
with his good horse sense—more sense
than some traducers had—and the
Woodruff cow will not be in the pro
cession.
ANSWERS COMING IN.
The Effort that Is Making to Secure the
Next Meeting of the National Educa
tional Association at Omaha—Getting
New Members for the Nebraska Educa
tional Association.
.COUNTIES SOUNDED ON
PEARSE PROPOSITION.
BMpontei Coni Ins In.
The Nebraska members of the na
tional educational association, says a
Lincoln dispatch, made a pledge to
the executive committee that if the
next meeting of the association would
be held in Omaha during the exposi
tion, this state would furnish 1,500
members to the association. To this
end the state superintendent has writ
ten letters to all the present and in
coming county superintendents of the
state, asking them to sign a condi
tional pledge to become members of
the association, and to each pay in on
or before the first day of April, 1898,
the membership fee of $2, in case the
meeting comes to Omaha. Blanks
were also sent to the superintendents
of all the high schools for the signa
tures of the teachers who'were will
ing to help bring the meeting to
Omaha during the exposition. In his
letter Mr. Jackson states that each
member will be entitled to a copy of
the proceedings in book form, the vol
ume being worth more than the mem
bership fee. Although the letters were
sent out only three days ago, the re- t
sponse are already coming in and
there is every indication that the
pledge made to the committee will be ^
fulfilled without trouble. The meet
ing of the committee to decide upon
the location of the'1 next association
meeting will be held some time next
month. It is estimated that if the "
association comes to Omaha over 12,
000 members will attend.
Held Up at Hay Spring:*.
Hay Springs dispatch: A holdup
occurred early this evening about five
miles southwest of here. The bandits
were two women and one man,
mounted on horses. The victim was
Mr. Klinglesmidt, a farmer from Wy
oming. He had sold out recently and
by wagon was on his way overland to
St. Joseph, Mo., with some $800 on his
person. He first encountered two
Women riding horseback. Both had
veils over their faces, but did not ’
look suspicious. To his surprise, an
order was given of hands up with four
revolvers pointed at him. He obeyed
without any attempt at resistance.
Presently he received a blow from
behind, causing him to fall from the,
wagon. He was then beaten into in
sensibility by a man who was in hid
ing behind a haystack close by. When
Mr. Klinglesmidt regained his senses
the. money was missing, and he saw
tbj robbers riding at great speed in >
a westerly direction.
A Great Tear for Nebraska.
In an interview Edward Cudahy of
the Cudahy Packing company of
Omaha asserted that there are more ,
cattle and hogs being fed in Nebraska^
at the present time than ever befor^.
He says that next year more fine catV
tie and hogs will be sent out of Ne-^*-.
braska to the Chicago and Omaha
markets than the cattle men of the
west ever dreamed of, and he makes
his calculations from figures which he
has. received from every precinct in
the state of Nebraska during the last
two months.
Mr. Cudahy expects a greater in
crease in the line of sheep this
season than in cattle and hogs. He
estimates that 5,000,000 sheep are be
ing fed in Nebraska right now. That
is 3,000,000 above the average. Most
of these sheep are in large bunches
They are sent into Nebraska because
the winters are milder and the loss
consequently lighter.
Did Not Appoint Him.
Governor Holcomb received a .
communication from the adjutant of
Phil Kearney post. Grand Army of
the Republic, of South Omaha, and
Inclosed with It was a resolution
adopted by that post condemning
Comandant Fowler of the soldiers snd
sailors’home at Milford for the alleged
order prohibiting the hanging of Mc
Kinley’s picture in the commandant’s
office at the home, and condemning
the governor for the acts of Fowler,
on the ground that Fowler was ap- i
pointed by the governor. In reply to i
this the governor has sent a letter 1
to the adjutant of Phil Kearney post • |
in which he calls attention to the
fact that he did not appoint the com
mandant. He adds, however, that he
has no doubt p.s to the competency
of Comandant Fowler as an officer.
lowifc 2t1ak«‘fi Selection.
The Iowa exposition commission
has selected the site for its state •'im
position building. It will stand about
midway between the Nebraska build
ing and Sherman avenue, fronting the
latter. The Montana building will be
located near it, but a little to the
north and nearer the viaduct ever
Sherman avenue. The assertion that,
the Iowa commission reached a satis- 4
factory agreement with the executive ^
committee in relation to the charge of
space for the state building is denied.
Aid fop Soldi*™’ Homes,
Governor Holcomb has received from ~
Ihe general treasurer of the National
Home for Disabled Veteran's society
a check for $5,042.50, the apportion
ment for the two soldiers' homes in
Nebraska, being a part of the appro
priation made by the general govern
ment. Of this the Grand Island home,
with 156 inmates, receives $3,900, and
the Milford home, with 66 Inmates, re
ceives $1,142.50. . *i
* Fonnd tbo Tre»«nri*
While tearing down the front of E.
H. Goerke’s building at Sterling tha ,
other day a paper was found that stat
ed that a treasure was hidden some
where in that front. A dilligent search
was instituted and after several days
of quite work on E. H.’s part, exam- Al
ining every crevice and crack and *}
aperture, he found the treasure, which
was hidden in two places, securely —»*
wrapped in paper. Great was his joy
when, unwrapping the papers, he
found two pennies that had been
placed there when the building was .
erected. He th’nks there is more and «
■till keeps on looking. —
