emiWe ERAI PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. OCTOBER 10. 1899. VOL. VIII. NO. or. T 1 1 K N E)' S. Estabtsbed Not. 5. 191. t consolidated Jan. 1. 1895. THK HKI!AIJ, hdtabhHhed April 10, 18&C f f Iffi PRESIDENT'S BUSY SUNDAY. Committees ar)d Delegations and Church Meetings for the . Executive In Chicago. Childreo's Meeting Comes In for His Attention Talks to the Colored Fo'Ks. CllK Auo. Oct. 8. Sunday was not a day -l reel Hr President McKinley. Tho center of a city's festivities and the one desired object f numerous committees and delegations, he was kepi busy Irom tbo time of the last putf from Lis after t-reakTast cit-ar till the last he. ediction of the religious bcrvice- which ii led the day had been iven. D.rintr the afternoon and evening be attended three religious servicer., two if. the Auditorium and one in ( ji n i. chapel, at which latter ho fpoho a few words of greoting to tho enthusiastic colored congregation there a-sembled. At the exercises for children in the Auditorium during tho afternoon the president in response to prolonged cheering said: "1 do not like to interrupt the sing ing of the Ame.io.n hymn by making ii speech: 1 can only express to you the. very great satisfaction it is to me to witness this magnificent demonstra tion or pat. iotisiu and love of G-d." The big hall was packed with expec tant humanity and the chief executive listened attentively to addresses made by Kv. Samuel I. I.arnitz, Dos Moines; lie v. Father Maurice J. Dornr v and Kev. .1. A. liondthaler. lie vigorously applauded a mention of Admiral IVwej rondo during Tather l)orney's .-peech. At his apartm-nis in the Auditor ium Annex the president was met by a delegation of colored men from i.iinn chapel und accepted their invi Vition to speai; a few words to the col ored folk, lhe dimly lighted little church, with its humble appointments, was In strmge contrast to '.he mag nilieenco of tho scene of the services cariur in the day. Tho president said : I'ritiHe for gro Vwlor. "M friends, it gives m very great plo u e to meet with you on this m morahle d.v. Tho noblest senti ment of the human he rt after love of (d is 1'ive of country, and thai in- elud -s love of ';ta'.-j, tlie cornerstone . . i t .. " O I sil ent: vu ami s i i our av i ha- demonstrated its patriousm ny ita shci itices; it- lov? f ti-e fl;g for dying f..r it. That is tho greatest test of ti.soi lty ar.d ley dty. Tho ration has appreciated tl.e vaor and pati lotism of the b.aek men of the United states. They uot only fought in Cuba, but in the Philippines, and ihey are carry- ing th. f! g as tho symbol of liberty ai.d hope loan opp-esned people." After bre .kfast, which the president ! ato witti Mrs. MeKiuley and Miss Bar ber, Mr. McKinley received informal calls from members of tne presiden tial party. When the start shortly after noon was about to be made to tho homo of Lafayette McWilliams, where Pi cs.den. and Mrs. McKinley and Miss Barber had arranged to dine, Mrs. McKinley upset the pi ins of the arrangem nt committee. The commit- ; tee had planned that Charles T uax, , 1. J. Rosenthal and K. C. Keith , shouM rid i witu the city's di-tin- , guishtd L'ues s At tho last moment T -. Mir! n luif .innminnuH hor nnrn ." , husband during the ride. The disap- apointed trio of committeemen ac A ceptcd this with good grace an climbed into a carriage by themselves. Small Hoy Not I ouotlccil. Whenever the president appoared in his carriage on tho street he was followed by a throng of people in all sorts oi veiuc.es xrou. tuC uuciv, the automobile. So persistent and withal o pretty was little Harry Allen toi ni, who, mounieu on ins wuom tu his L rd FautHieroy toggery, followed the president, that upon his arrival at the hotel from tho home of Captain MeWnliams the nation's chief sent for the hoy, shook the lad's hand and covered him with confusion by hi-, kindly words of greeting. The crowds drawn here by tho fall festival again jammed the streets to day, though they were massed princi pally in the illuminated court of honor. The polico todav decided that the streets in tho immediate vicinity of tho postollice where the cornerstone '8 to bo laid tomorrow shall be kept ab solutely free of pedestrians and bicy cles. People will not bo allowed to use the sidewalks unless upon impera tive business. This is the most strin gent order ever given heie for the control of'a holiday crowd. President MeKinley was treated to a pleasant surprise when he aroso this mortiifit'. His brother. Abner Mc Kinley. accompmicd by Mrs. McKin ley, Miss Mabel MeKiuley and Colonel A. E. BroAn, arriv -d at the Annx early in the morning a' d were the first one to greet the chief executive and Mrs. McKinley. The president had uiie a long talk witb his brother and afterward received the various members of he cabinet. Secretary of War Root went to the president's pnrtmcnts w h large number of telegrams and remained for over an hour. Evening Service Crowded. Over &-000 Dersons were present at I wvercr.ww poruu k , the Auditorium tonight Attending' the Cnion religious services. Hundreds wero turned away. The appearance of President McKinley was the signal for wild applause. The entire aud- enco arose and handkerchief waved the UhaUlUqu bbiuiu. j.110 inoai dent stood in bis box and bowed to the audience repeatedly. Mrs. McKinley did not attend the services. The program was opened with "Guilmant's Rtsligious March," an organ prelude by Arthur Dunham. After the offering of the Lord's Prayer' ny Rev. J. D. Severringhouse a re sponsive Bible reading was led by Eishop Benjamin Arnett of the Afri can Metnodist Episcopal church. Dishop Samuel Fallows, as chairman of the meeting, then introduced Ro v. William M. Lawrence, who spoke on the "Moral Power of Chicago." "Damascus Tiiumphal March" was rendered by the Apollo Musical club and after an address by Rev. R. A. White "The Star Spangled Banner," by the Apollo club, was greeted with much applause. President McKinley and most of his party then retired from the hall to their hotel apartments. Awaiting the president at the Annex after the Union religious services were Governor Tanner and his entire staff President McKinley cordially met the gove nor aud was then pre sented to each member of bis staff. An informal chat followed,after which the president retired for the night. SECRETARY WILSON ON CORN. Crop This Year Will Be One of the Heav iest In Oar History. CniCAOn, Oct. 8. "This year's corn crop wul be one of the largest in our history," said Secretary of Agricul culture James Wilson, who is In Chi cago with the presidential party, to day. "The total yield, it is estimated. will be between 2,300,000,t00 and 2,500, 000,000 bushels. " W here stock is to be found the corn will be fed, unless the price bt high. A c -nsiderab e percentage of the crop will cribbed, as the farmers gener ally are well off and are getting good prices for their prod ucs-s, so they' can afford to bold their corn crop. "Meats are liKely to be high, because in the last few years our population has grown faster than the meat-pro-J ducii.g animals. Then, in judic.ous grazing on the semi-arid regions of the west has been destructive and I in .ny of these range states do not have over 50 per c ni of the animals they had fifty ye rs ago A steady de mand outside of tho United States for firs'-clast. meats in the quarters and on the L of . and a growing demand not j only across the Atlantic, but in the countries in and around the Pacific, t for American canned meats, is playing an import mt part in influencing high prices. The demand Is growing in the orient for animal products and grow ing rapidly. "The British, in the Transvaal war, should it occur, will want our canned meats. They cannot use our refriger ated meats over there and in order to feed their soldiers as well as the United States feeds hers they would have to take the quarters to Cape of Good Hope in refrigerating vessels and then establish a plant for caring for chilled meats similar to the one the United States has at Manila. Thev must have canned meats and "they must come to Chicago to getthem. "All this talk we have heard about embalmed beef will not change this order of feeding troops. They may avoid the kinds that do not nave sail in them, known as canned roast beef. and this may result in salt being used in this preparation, but the fact re mains that armies rennlre canned wh h fa d b f The United Stat, a is the only country prepared to supply it and tho growing deniandMor it ln all quarter8 of the globj will help to keep up the price of meats." Gives Control Short Line. SALT Lake, Utah, Oct. 9. At a sp cial meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad company. held in this city today, an amend moot was made to the articles of asso ciation to increase ita preferred cap ital stock by the amount of 25.0(M),000 and its common stock by $7,710,000. The amendment wa3 ndopted by vote of nearly 80 per cent of the cap ital stock. The increase in the cap ital stock of the company is to be used for the conversion at par of outstand ing Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railwav and N vigation company bonds. This give the Union Paciti which alreadv controls the Short Line absolute cont-ol of the Oregon Rail wav and Navigation company. Leading omciala here say that no change in policy or management 1 contemplates. m Kaiser is Josef. The Austrian or leads a very regular r . o? . akfasts every morning. un.D r and winter, at o'clock, on som 'old meat and a cup of coffee. At noon he takes luncneon and at 3 dinner He drinks one glass of beer daily, and a few glasses of wine, always the same kind. With the stroke of 9 o'clock be goes to bed. Exchange. A. W. At wood sells pure drugs and tho best patent medicines. "8 . American Troops Camp For the Night Near to the Filipino Stronghold. Capture Several Kjuodred Natives. Wrjo Literally f ill tlje Town With White Flags.' Manila, Oct. i). General Schwan's column, consisting of the Thirteenth infantry, a battalion of the Fourteenth infantry, two troops of cavalry. Cap tain Riley's battery of the Fifth artil lery and Lowe's Bcouts, continued thoj advance today toward San Francisco de Malabon, meeting with little re eistence and suffering no casualties. The enemy fell back steadily. This evening the column is resting between Santurnus and San Francisco de Malabon. Provisions are being conveyed to Rosario, between Novel eta and Santa Cruz. 10:50 p. m. The American camp to night is within sight of San Francisco do Malabon, the stronghold of the in surgents in the province of Cavite, where the Filipinos are said to num ber 5,0t0. During the march from Novelota to liosario only a few shots were fired. This large coast town wa9 literally filled with white tligs. lhe Ameri cans captured 200 or 300 men, many of the Filipinos changing their clothing for white costumes. The bay of Ro sario was liiled with hundreds ot boats, in which the people had spent an exciting night. An expedition composed of the United States gunboats Callao atu Manila, with an armored flatboat and steam pump, has left Cavite for the river Pasig or Iietis, which empties into Manila bay on the north side, with a view of raising the Spanish river gunboat Ayat, purposly sunk in the river by the Spaniards, which is reported to bo in good condition. Tho Ubited States gunboat Helena with a body of marines from the Haiti more preceded the exped.tion to mane soundings at the mouth of the rivei. This afternoon a body of insurgents was seen near La Lotna church, lou miles from the heart of Manila. lhe opened fire, the bullets falling among the tents of the Twenty-fifth infantry. The Americans manned the trenches Hrj replied at a. range of 1,2'JO yards, -I ho inbUrgeuts volleyed and the Americans used their artillery. The fight lasted an hour, after which he insurgents retreated. One Ameri- c .n was wounded. Tho scouts of tut Twentieth infantry aro now out re eonnoitering. Try to Lynch Spaniard. HAVANA, Ot. 0. At Cabanas today 200 men went to a store whore a Span- ard named Aculle was working and demanded taat he leavo the place im mediately, as he was a bitter enemy of the Cubans. The police prevented the crowd from lynching tho man, whom the mayor ordered to be sent away in carriage, which was immediately done. This evening COO men armed with sticks attempted to lynch one Heman dez, tho Cuban captain of guerrillas. who, it is said, had committed many outrages. The police interfered here also and prevented the crowd from carrying out their plans. The Cabanas people domand tha' four other men shall be sen away im mediately, as they wero antagonistic to tho Cubans during the war. A large crowd assembled today to await the arrival at Cabanas of a for mer Spanish volunteer named Menen dez, whom they intended to lynch, but Monendez did not come. McKinley Hope to Come. CHICAGO, Oct. 9 The delogation representingthe Nebraska volunteers, viz: Colonel Mulford, Lieutenant Colonel Eager and Captain Richards of the First; Coionel Bills of tho Sec ond and Captain Archard of the Third, accompanied by Mayor Moores, met the president at 9:30 this mornicg and tendered him a formal invttatioi to come by way of Omaha to meet the NebrStka volunteers. Tho mayor in troduced the o'.ncers, who wore cr dially greeted. The president expressed his gratifi cation and assured the delegation tie would como by way of Omaha if trans portation arrangements can be ar ranged so as to enable him to meet his engagement at Milwaukee. The president paid a high tribute to the valor of the Nebraskans and ex pressed the hope of being able to meet the boys who fought the first engag ement in the Philippir.es. Mr. Nash of the Milwaukee road will endeavor to arrange a schedule that will meet the engagements hi Milwaukee. This is the only hitch in the program that may prevent the presidential party from coming .by wav of Omaha. Story of tUlftnn. Thomas Edison's absent-mindednes about every-day affairs is proverbial. He goes to New York at least three times every week, and yet last week forgot to purchase a ticket each time, When he does manage to remember this little necessity for travelers the ticket Is generally covered with minute and Intricate calculations by the time the conductor comes to collect It. HON. MANOAH B. REESE. I A NEGLECT OF DUTY. - lllow Governor Holeomb '.Scitlo.r . AVilh state Tmiim-r Itartley. The failure of Governor Holoomb to tuako a proper settlement with fctate Treasurer Bartley in 15, and the ac ceptance of a worthless bond, whereby the state lost half a million dollars, is a matter of record that will not soon be forgotten by the people of Nebraska. That Holcomb was to blame for this loss the record clearly shows, his own baiting and confusod evidence given in the bond trial being the lest proof. The public mind needs only to lie re- freshed. Holcomb wa elected gov- I ernor in the fall of 1S94. Bartley had served two years as treasurer and thera was a suspicion that his accounts were in bad shape. The governor-elect was warned by Rosewater and others that the treasurer was a defaulter and that a very careful accounting should be hud. to protect the state. In spite of this warning, ar-ci iu spire of the law, the new goyrnor 1 l:ueiy Afrer entered into a deal with i .irtlev a long private consults t-oa Lo oceptei a new bond upon which most of the old and alreadv accountable bondsmen qualified for fabulous sums. No nt tempt was made to examine into thw real worth of the lwnd. One of the bondsmen was the presi dent of a bank that held over $-200,000 of state niouev. The bank was not a depository and the deposit was unlaw ful. Governor Holoomb knew tliis and yet he accepted this bank president as a bondsman, qualifying in the sum of $200,000 "over and above nil debts and liabilities." The public knew then and knows now that tho deposit was unlaw ful, and that the boudsmau was not worth anything like the sum mentioned. The acceptance of the straw bond was bad enough, but the worst part of the deal was in the pretended settlement with the treasurer. The transcript of Holoomb's evidence in the Omaha trial is the Vest proof, and it is accessible to all. According to this testimony, Holcomb first held a private consultation with Bartley. and then they entered the treasurer's office, where they remained about two hours. The governor says he looked over a ledger or some 6uch book in which there were some accounts. He is not sure what book or what accounts. Then Bartley produced a cigar box containing some slip of paper, repre senting what should nave been about $460,000 in cash. He also produced some 850,000 in cash. 1 he law required. It all to be iu cash, but, according to Holcomb's testimony, "the law was a farce and a sham." This testimony is a matter of record. The governor did not examine the slips of paper closely. He admitted that he aid not Know sure wnetuer they were genuine. He knew that the one bank which was not a legal deposi tory was represented in tho cigar box by a slip calling ror over f wu.ow. The story of the "settlement" is best told in the exact words of the record. The case was heard at Omaha in Feb ruary, 1898. Governor Holcomb was on the 6tand, and the following extract is from pages 617 to Oi'd of the record, bill of exceptions: Question. I ask what he was charge able with Answer. f950,O0O or S95S.0O0. If I re member rightly; that included the money in suspended banks. Q. I understand. Thore was about 117,000 only ln cash? A. In the treusury vaults; either that or $57 ,000. Q. There was about 3 11,000 that was tied up ln suspended banks, was there not? A. Yes sir; I think so. Q. That would leave about $713,000 in l.xwe money? A. In that neighborhood; I was think ing it was about fifteen thousand; I may not have the exact figures. Q. I will ask you again what it was ho brought these papers that you call certifi cates of deposit out in? A. Well, as I rememlier, it was a little box. Q. Cigar box? A. Something of that shape. Q. Ol the balance of this, outside of the $47,000 he produced none of it in eash or if it was f,7,00U, you may say it may beV A. Xo, sir; nodifferent from what I said. Here followed a few questions as to what Holcomb had testified to on a former occasion, and the examination continued: O. He nrwnml thtj Ytn-r t.ht- ten like a. cigar box; did he show you these papers he naa A. I da not reiuemlx-r that it had any cover, ,A.n,i then took out papers that he ailed checks and certificates of deposit, aid he? A. He took out mostly certifleates of e posit. There may have been a few hecks. Q. Have you a Hat of these? A. o sir. Here followed some questions covering e same ground, and the examination Concluded as follow : t). And then he brought out a box that looki-d. like a cigar box, from which he took a lot of paper that he c-allitl certili Kites of deposit, amounting front fl 10,000 to fdliUHiO? A. 1 do not know whether he called tlietii certificates of deposit or not; they were cvrtitli atcs of deposit mostly. There may have lieeii some Ixtnk checks. j. He showed you the iiapers? A. He showed me the certificates of de posit. Q. You looked them over and took no list of them? A. Xo sir, I took no list of them. (. Took no memorandum of them? A. No. I took 110 memorandum of them. Q. And you turned them back to hint und he put'them back in the cigar box and went off with them, is that l ight A. He put them in the vault. i. Piil you see him put them in the vault? A. I will not say positively that I did t). And that was tho end of the exami nation A. Yes, that was the end of it. The man who gave this weak and halting testimony who aewpted a worthless bond who made an illegal settlement with a defaulting official who declared the law of the state to be "a farce and a .sham," aud by his fail ure to enforce it caused the state to lose half a million dollars, is now a candi date for a place on the supreme bench. The people will not be deceived the Fcond time. Tho record is open for their investigation. They will decide to place a jurist ou the bench. Tne professional politician with the unsav ory record will not le given further opportunity. THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS. Hon. M. It. Kc, Candidate For .Imtiee of the Supreme Court. Judge M. B. Reese has been a resi dent of Nebraska 'i'i years. He is a na tive of Illinois, having been born in Macoupin county in lsWd. He received a common school education and being desirous of further culture attended a seminary for two yearj, paying his own expenses. During that period he de veloped the spirit of independence and self-reliance characteristic of all men who attain eminence. His father was a farmer and the son followed the same oiicupution until he was 24 years old. Meanwhile Mr. Reese had married aud settled down, but an accident occurred which disabled his arm for life. Mr. Reese then commenced the study ! of law. Shortlv after the breaking out of the war he enlisted, but when he came to undergo the physical examina tion necessary, much to his chagrin, he was rejected because of the injury re ferred to. He then again applied him self to the study of law and was admit ted to practice in March, 1805. He practiced in Osceola, la., until 1S71, when he camo to Nebraska. He has lived in Plattsmouth and Wahoo aud now in Lincoln, Judge Reese was elected a member of the state constitutional convention in lS73and assisted iu framing our pres ent constitution. In the following year he was chosen for state senator by the Republicans of his district, but he de clined the nomination. In the fall of 1S76 he was elected district attorney of the then Fourth judicial district and was re-elected in 1S78 and again in 1S85J, practically without opposition. In November, 18S2, Mr. Reese re signed his position, lacking two months of holding it six years. In th full of 1SS3 he was nominated for the position of supreme judge and was elected, re maining 011 the bench for six years. About six years ago Judge Reese was appointed dean of the law department of the State University of Nebraska, which position he still holds. Fur I iiiverity KKeuta. Dr. W. I. Ely was born in Boston iu 181i. His parents died while he was quite young. He began the study f music at an early age aud taught iuuio in the female seminary at Canandaigua. N. Y., several years also in the female seminary at Rome, Ga. He commenced studying medicine at Rome, Ga., and entered the college of medicine at the University of Michigan in HT'.. graduated in 1S7S. practiced medicine in New- York until issy. when he re moved to Ainsworth, Neb., where he has resided ever since. Dr. Ely was a candidate for state senator iu the. Four teenth district in ls'0, 011 the Republi can ticket, and ent a majority ot 1,000 down to 250. He is considered one of brightest and best physicians iu northwest Nebraska, having a very large practice in Brown and surround ing counties. He is a good citizen and i highly esteemed by all. K.1mmid G. McGilton, nominee for regent of the State university, was born in Wisconsin 40 years ago. When lie was 13 years old his father moved on a farm and from then on bis boyhood ami l vi mth was that of a farmer's sou. He .1 . .1 tw. Jt--.4-f. T'...M.ri.,. .. Wi I Ulteillieil iii vjiuio vui.ctsii; JL 1 cousin, graduating therefrom in 1&33, I and afterward the law department of the same institution, from which he graduated in 1S85. In 18SS he came to Omaha and engaged in the practice of law and has practiced his profession there ever since, and has attained a position in the estimation of bis fellow 4nriolD YtrVli.!, ran Via t-.I i. rttl orrnft ta 1 . 1 i that of but few lawyers in the state. ftiba's Ititrest Bird. The rarest of all birds in Cuba le th atl-tricolor commonly known as the Cuban macaw. Its habitat is tha swamps, ana the loiiowing general de- ai iiyuu,. -nui ...uol. .l. "-"'o-.' . v oreneau reu, uecomiug jsiiuibu uu top and shading into bright yellow on the neck; back feathers, cinnamou edged with green; under parts scar let, with a dash of orange on the throat; second? T feathers bright blue on the per rurface. pale brown un derneath; tail feathers cinnamon, tipped with blue; legs brown and eyes yellow. Seen in the dusk resting on the lily pads of a swamp, the ara-tri-color is one of the handsomest speci mens of bird life to be found in any land or auy clime. Cuban Letter. That Throbbing Headache Wouid quickly leave you if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proveU their match less merit for sick and nervous head aches. Thsy make pure blood and strong uerves tmd build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 2-j cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. I. O. Iladley, tho carpenter and builder, will do all kinds of carpenter work at right prices. Small jobs promptly attended to. THE N ism'S prints tho news. w. have and just received WINTER an elegant ..Dw Goods.. to which we wish to call tho attention of thoso who are in Cood Goods at Low Prices. An extra largo stock of Ladies and Children's Underwear.. One hundred dozen pairs of Children's Bievcle Hose, which will sold at 17c. Those aro regular 'Sv hoso. e7'"l,'vorythinj in Plain and Fancy Groceries. 3L. 13. XZ&ISJS BKKGKit loe Gream m oduMr ..IN OUR Chocolate m ass inor G01 ..DRUGGISTS.. 2 Z. Sherwin-Williams Paints is specially suited to some homt. use either outside or inside. It's knowing the right kind of pint, and putting It on the right place that makes painting a success. Tell in what you waut to paint, and we'll tell you the riht kind to use. For sale in PlattfmDuth by. F. G. FRICKE & CO., Druggists. THE NEWS Job Try Grain Ol Try Grain-O! Ask your Grocer today to show you a package of Grain-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. , The children may drink it without in- . jury a3 wen as tn0 uduit- All WliO tl V it, like it. Giain-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most deli cate stomach receives it without dis tress. Ono-fourth tho price of coffee. 15c and ."c per package. Sold by all grocers. LSrltUli N'aval Kxpeinlit ur. It is an astounding fart that .C00. 000,000 has been laid out in new Brit ish warships during the puist eleven years, nhd recently this huge amount was increased by 9.237.00. Thes are appalling figures, but they reveal the expenditure iu only one department of the Admiralty. The total amount devoted to the navy dining the twelve years which ended last March aggre gates nearly 173,000.000. In other words, Great Britain peut on the navy during this period a sum equal to 6Vr a quarter of the national debt. 1 4. 1. Kgenberger has just received 10U dozen children's bicyclo hoso which will go at 17j cents a pair reg ular 21-cent goods. Dr. W. C. 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