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Lincoln is in the throes of a temper
ance struggle, to be decided by ballot
on election day.
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The National Civic Federation lias
found its hands full of “arbitrations”
ever since its inception.
The populist county attorney lias
not yet “offered his services” to the
board in chasing down those excess
fees.
Before passing upon the marriage
question our supreme court should
have got a few tips from the Stuart
Ledger.
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People who once were inclined to
consider President Roosevelt incapable
of serving the administrative office
have politely pulled in their horns and
are saying nothing.
The World-Herald Is making a
“holy show” of the Bee on the Philip
pine question. An editor should
never express but one kind of senti
ment upon any one proposit ion at a
time.
The proposition to create a depart
ment of commerce is growing rapidly
in favor among the business men of
the country, who regard such a move
as Of great benefit to t he expanding
commercial interests of the country.
Tiie Chinese exclusion bill, which
excludes Chinese laborers from the
United States and all her insular pos
sessions, including Hawaii and the
the Philippines, is before the house
with every show for becoming law.
The Chinaman today is practically
debarred from associations with the
rest of mankind.
What will tiie democrats say now,
pour things. Besides taking Cuba in
under the reciprocity wing Governor
General Wood has been ordered by the
state department to hand over tiie
government of the island to its people
on, May 10, next. This is a good
thing for the United States and a
better thing for Cuba.
The three conspirators in tiie
Havana postal frauds are now to reap
t hat for which they have sown. Each
have been given ten years im
prisonment and in addition Neely is
to pay a fine of $56,701, Reeves $35,516
and Rathbonc $35,324. Thus is the
old saying that honesty is the best
PQlley again emphasized.
Cecil Rhodes, the uncrowned king
of South Africa, died from the ravages
of disease yesterday at Capetown.
Rhodes had long been the most noted
Englishman of his day and was the
prime mover in extending British
sway over South Africa. The Boers,
in the early history of the war, placed
a ransome of 825,000 upon his head.
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Last week The Frontier completed
tire publication of the proceedings ol
the county board for the present ses
sion, fifteen days after the adjourn
ment of the board. Quite different
from the habit of populist papers in
draging the proceedings along sis
months after the records were made,
For up-to-date news, take The Fron
tier.
Apparently interest in fusion has
waxed still colder within the year
Out of 500 invitations sent to th<
“reformers” over the state to joir
the conference of fusion leaders anc
democratic and populist committee
at Lincoln last week about three
dozen responded. Undoubtedly the
sentiment expressed by one of the
members accounts for the lack ir
attendance: “This is rank foolish
ness. We don’t know what we warn
to do, and are not ready to do it if we
did know. The only thing on the
program is to adjourn and go home.'
“NONE SO BLIND," ETC.
The Frontier finds a badly printed |
and scarcely legible and hardly read
able paragraph in last week's Inde
pendent from the syndicate pen,
with the name of John M. Stewart
slung beneath to give it prestige!
From the same pen flows a longer
paragraph forged and furbished from
the same subterfuge.
It was the official announcement of
the populist position upon the much
notorious conduct of the late
retired populist sheriff as touching
unlawful assessment and collection
of fees. It may have strained reform
principles a little, but the public at
least is glad to know where to find
the populist party of Holt county up
on this question.
The Independent officially announc
es that they are with the fellow who
will take $3 where file law allows
but $1.
But it needn’t have wasted so much ,
valuable space in saying so. The
Frontier, the county board and Su
pervisor Kramer have been given
more attention than the subject of dis
cussion, namely, unlawful charge
and collection of fees by John M.
Stewart while sheriff of Holt county.
The settlement committee, of which
Conrad Kramer was chairman, settled
with Stewart the last of the otlicers.
They reported that he had unlawfully
charged $627.15 in fees in Holt, county
cases. Since the committee made its
report The Frontier has personally
examined the sheriff's tee book from
the first entry made by Sheriff
Shewart, on January 8, 1898, to the
close of ids reign. Practically every
case entered shows an over-charge on
fees of from $2.75 to $25.75 and we are
safe in saying the aggregate of excess,
county and private, is much in excess
of the amount reported by the
board on county cases alone. It is of
no avail to the cause of populism to
deny these things—they are in plain
black and white between the lids of
the fee book at the sheriff’s office of
Holt county, as any body can see who
desires to look them up.
Mr. Stewart, in the letter he didn’t
write, calls for ‘ an expert. Mr.
Stewart, it doesn’t take an expert to
see that where you have charged $15
appraisers’ fees you have over-charg
ed $14.
Mr. Stewart, in the letter lie didn't
write, says his records are open to the
public. Mr. Stewart, why did you say
to Miss Kitty Bright last October
when she was copying from your fee
book:
“The book is not for public use. It
is a private record, and while 1 have
no objection to its being used, ‘they’
( meaning no doubt the members of
the corrupt gang of land pirates that
is in this deal up to the eyebrow) had
told him not to allow the record to be
used.”
The Independent also intimates
that our verdant county attorney is
ready to do his duty if he can be
shown. Perhaps the county attorney
needs a little enlightenment. He
can find out all he wants to know by
complying with the instructions of
the county board embodied in the
following paragraph:
We find that the sheriff collected as
fees of his office t he sum of $1,192.15,
all of which he had retained as fees
due him on salary. We further find
that the sheriff had charged and re
ceived during the year loot in cases
wherein Holt county was plaintiff in
foreclosure of tax lien the sum of
$190.50, which amount we find to con
sist of fees charged in excess of t lie
amount allowed by the statutes of the
State of Nebraska for such services.
And we further tind that during the
years 1898, 1899 and 1900 the same
unlawful charge was made wherein
the county was overcharged in the
amount of $436.65. We hereby call
the attention of the county attorney
to this matter that he may com
mence the necessary action to recover
to Holt county the amount due from
ex-Sheriff John M. Stewart.
Your attention has repeatedly been
directed to this unlawful charging of
fees. There is none so blind as those
who will not see.
Governor Savage, though a
candidate, will hardly be consider
ed by the next republican convention.
The Front ier believes the sentiment
■ of Nebraska people in general is in
sympathy with the Hartley pardon
from a moral standpoint. The po
litical side of the question is undoubt
• e:!ly strongly adverse. The republi
c m party, then, is placed in the pe
i culiar position of deciding between a
! moral right and a political expedient.
1 It will undoubtedly choose the latter.
MATTERS OF NEWS.
Platte county people will vote on a
*15,000 bond proposition for building
a court-house.
The Collis P. Huntington estate
now going through the legal mill in
New York amounts to $29,000,000.
Patrick Eneas McDonnell of Chicago
and J. R. Frederick of Indianopolis
will in July of this year start on an
expedition for the north pole in an
air ship.
Capitalists are considering a shoit
line across the Rocky mountains,
reaching from Denver to Salt Lake
City, a distiince of 525 miles, against
(170 miles as at present. It is claimed
the road can be constructed in such a
manner that much faster time wMl be
possible.
The total amount of poultry on the
5,090,252 farms out of the 5,739,657 in
the Cited States is given by the
government report as follows: Chic
kens, Including guinea fowls, 233,958,
059; turkeys, 6,599,367; geese, 5,676,
863; ducks, 4.807,388. Iowa leads all
other states in the poultry industry.
me united mates sioou second on
the list of nations from which France
purchased its supplies last year, and
fourth in the list of purchasers of pro
ducts of Frence origin, according to a
report from United States Consul
Thakers, at Havre, dated February
2!), and made public at the State de
partment today. Last year, it is
stated, France imported $95,002,261
worth of goods from the United
State and exported $46,226,002 worth
to the United States, a balance in our
favor of $46,776,259.
General Nelson A. Miles has told
the senate committee on military
allairs that if the bill introduced by
Senator Hawley at the instance of
the War department for the organiza
tion of a general staff for the army
should become a law he would decline
to longer hold his commission. The
reason he gave for the statement is
that the bill is utterly subversive of
the interestsof t he military establish
ment and he said that he would not
be a party to such a proceeding to the
extent even of continuing to hold his
place.
Secretary-Treasurer W. If. Wilson
of the united mine workers of
America, discussing the situation in
in the coal fields of Viriginia and
West Virginia, gave out the state
ment that in all probability a strike
involving 55,000 miners will be called
in those two states within a short
time. A final effort will be made at
once by the officials of the national
organization to secure a conference
wit h tlie mine-owners and operators,
looking to tne adoption of a uniform
wage scale and a recognition, and in
the event the request for a conference
is refused, according to Mr. Wilson,
a strike will be called.
Omaha Bee: The dairy products of
the United States are of (sufficient
value to pay off the national debt in
a little over two years. The cow and
the lien have performed wonders in
tlie west in lifting farm mortgages
and if Uncle Sam ever gets into a
tight place lie might call on them.
A London dispatch says that a spe
cial committee of the war and colonial
offices is considering a plan which
provides for eostly military establish
ment and which will create, if adopt
ed, t lie largest army in the world,
and, in time, probably, the most
efficient. According to the plans
| formulated, Great Britain and Ireland
i will produce and equip army corps,
j three of which will represent, with a
cavalry brigade, a force of 150,000
1 men, prepared togotlie field in defense
of die colonies or against any Euro
pean power. This will leave a home
defense force of similar numbers, be
sides large bodies of militia, yeomanry
and volunteers. India is to provide
ar> army corps from each of the three
presidencies, and South Africa is ex
pected to raise two army corps to be
available for service anywhere. To
Canada is apportioned four militia
army corps, whiclPcan be wholly used
if required, while Australia is sup
posed to raise two and New Zealand
one army corps.
. The secreatry of the treasury has
sent to the senate the report of a
commission of medical otticers of t he
marine hospital service appointed to
investigate the origin and prevalence
of leprosy in the United States. The
report shows 278 cases of leprosy in
the United States, distributed by
states as follows: Alabama 1, Cali
fornia 24, Florida 24, Georgia 1,
Illinois 5, Iowa 1, Louisiana 155,
Maryland 1, Massachusetts 2, Minne
sota 2, Mississippi 5, Missouri 5, Mon
tana 1, Nevada 1, New York 7, North
Dakota 17, Pennsylvania 1, South
Dakota 1, Texas 3, Wisconsin 2. Of
the total number 156 are males and
102 females; 145 American-born, 120
foreign-born and the remainder un
certain. It is stated that 156 of the
cases were contracted in the United
States, but the opinion is expressed
by the commission that the number
is loo large and that some of these
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cases were brought from abroad.
Summarizing, the commission says
that the number of cases is smaller
than is generally believed. It also
says that leprosy is conveyed from one
person to another in the United
States, such conveyance being most
markedly noticeable in the states in
the southern coasts; that a large
majority of the cases in the United
States (33 per cent) are at large; that
at present only 72 of the cases are
isolated and provided for by the states
or cities in which they are located,
and that many of these now at large,
it' not ail, would be willing to be cared
for by the public if proper means ex
isted for their treatment and comfort.
Strikes A Rich Find.
“ was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and nervous
debility,” writes F. J. Green, of Lan
caster, N. II., “No remedy helped
me until I began using Electric Bit
: ters, which did me more good than all
the medicines I. ever used. They
have also kept my wife in excellent
j health for years. She says Electric
Bitters are just splendid for female
troubles; that they are a grand tonic
and invigorator for weak, run down
women. No other medicine can take
its place in our family.” Try them.
Only 50c Satisfaction guaranteed by
P. C. Corrigan._
Night Was Iler Terror.
“I would cough nearly all night
long,” writes Mrs. Clias. Applegate,
of Alexandria, Ind., “and could hardly
get any sleep. I had consumption so
bad that if I walked a block I would
cough frightfully and spit blood, but,
when all other medicines failed, three
$1.00 bottles of Dr. King’s New Dis
covery wholly cured me and I gained
58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranteed
to cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe,
Bronchitis and all Throat and Throat
and Lung Troubles. Price 50c and
$1.00. Trial bottles free at P. C. Cori
gan drug store.
Working 24 Hours a Day.
There’s no rest for those tireless
little workers—Dr. King’s New Life
Pills. Millions are always busy, cur
ing Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Bilious
ness, Fever and Ague. They banish
Sick Headache, drive out Malaria.
Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste
nice, work wonders. Try them.25c at
P. C. Corrigan.
Cut this out and take it to *P. C.
Corrigan drug store and get a free
sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver Tablets, the best physic. They
cleanse and invigorate the stomach,
improve the appetite and regulate
the bowels. Regular size, 25c.per box
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! Having a Run on Chamberlain's^ *
Cough Remedy. J,
Between the hours of eleven o'clock
a. m. and closing time at night on
Jan. 25th, 1901, A. F. dark, druggist,'
Glade Springs, Va., sold twelve bottles
of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. He
says, “I never handled a medicine
t hat sold better or gave better sat
isfaction to my customers.” This
Remedy has been in general use in
Virginia for many years, and the
people there are well acquainted with
its excellent qualities. Many of them
have testified to the remarkable cures
which it has effected. When you
need a good, reliable medicine fora
cough or cold, or attack of the grip,
use Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and
you are certain to be more than pleas
ed with the quick cure which it affords
For sale by *P. C. Corrigan.
A Printer Greatly Surprised
<‘1 never was so much surprised in
my life, as I was with the results of
using Chamberlain’s Pain Balm,”
says Henry T. Cook, pressman of the
Ashevill. ( N. C. ) Gazette. “I con
tracted a severe case of rheumatism 4,
early last winter by getting my feet/*
wet. I tried several things for it
without benefit. One day while
looking over the Gazette, I noticed
that Pain Balm was positively guar
anteed to cure rheumatism, so bought
a bottle of it and before using two
thirds of it my rheumatism had taken
its flight and I have not had a rheu
matism had taken its flight and I have
not had a thematic pain since.” Sold
by * P. C. Corrigan.
U. Washington Kutcrtalned President.
It is now remembered that in De
cember, 1898, the President of the
United States and the governor 01
Alabama were entertained socially at
Tuskegee, Ala., by Mr. and Mrs. Book
er T. Washington. The New Orleans
Picayune said at the time: ‘‘No white
hosts or hostesses could have been
more courteous in attending to and
more thoughtful in forestalling every
want of their guests than were these
refined and educated Africans.
Chronic Diarrhoea.
Mr. C. B. Wingfield, of Fair Play,
Mo., who suffered from chronic dysen- Jt .
tery for thirty five years, says Chaim#
herlain’sColic, Cholera and Diarrhoea* i
Remedy did him more good than
any other medicine he had ever used.
For sale by *P. C. Corrigan.
For rent or sale—My farm three
miles west of O’Neill. Well improtf**-'
ed. Mrs. Nora Marren. 34-4pd i
Horse for sale cheap.—Cole & Son.
D MOLLVli.ILL.
For a quarter of a century I have been in O’Neill in the Hardware and Implement business, and am here yet, with a carload
of new Implements for the spring trade. Following is a partial list of goods carried by me:
John Deere Plows; Buggies, Planters, New Pitot Tongued Cultivators, Rilling and Walking Listers, Discs and Seeders L
I These goods are beautiful iu construction, durable and have
no equal. The Moline wagon, none better on wheels, having
mnny points superior to any wagon on the market. The cele
brated Champion binders, mowers and hay rakes. I also handle
bale ties. In the stove Hue I carry the best known steel range,
the great ajestic; also many other makes of stoves and ranges.
I am the only dealer west of Norfolk who carries the Stransky
Steel Ware, every piece warranted for live years. I also handle
enameled ware. I have the Lisk and Elliott anti rust tinware,
none better. Eor any rusty piece returned I will gladly give a
new piece. Nickel plated copperware, such as tea and coffee |
pots, tea kettles and other articles in profusion. Anything you | Jj
want in silverware, cut glass, glassware or Rogers 1847 table
cutlery. In the cutlery line I carry no imported goods, nothing |
I but the products of Ameaicau factories and American workman
ship. I hnve all grades, from the cheapest to the best. I have g S
the Sioux City garden seeds; also other garden and field seeds, I I
I such as millet, clover, etc. I have the best kerosene, the I 1
“Eocene,” gasoline, machine oil, and axle grease. A very nice H £| •
line of sewing machines. In barb wire I have the genuine |
Glidden, no imitation, every pound warranted to run one rod.