o i y -v at ct 11 h. i Ji'jz-. .0 -A VQL m LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1895. - NO. 4 . . ' ! I I SO MOVES THE WORLD. "W sleep and wak and aleep, not all thing dot; The Bun flies forward to hla brother Son : The dark Earth follows, wheeled in her ellipse; , And human things, returning; on themselves, Move onward, leading op the golden ear. is dead. , The English Liberal Ministry receiving an adverse vote of seven has resigned and Lord Salisbury at call of the Queen has formed a Conservative Ministry. . Russia has now got a $500,000,000 loan fastened on China, and it will likely be the means of breakiug up tne great heathen kingdom sooner or later. Fern after an eighteen months fight has admitted the Bible. The ecclesiastical party (Catholic) opposed admitting the cases of Bibles, claiming that they were of unmoral tendency. General Hardin of Kentucky, Demo cratic nominee for governor, is a free silver man on a goldbug platform, which is another way of saying that he has no principles of his own and sells himself for official place. Rev. Nicholas P. Gil man of Boston, au thor of several books on socialism and profit-sharing, and editor of the Literary World, has been appointed professor of sociology in the Unitarian thelogical school at Meadville, Pa. Tk. annl-ama pnlirf of OhlO tlAS decided that where the land surface and minerals below are owned by different parties tney may be taxed separately. The co al com pany tried to get a different decision on the ground that it would be double taxa tion. Maarten Maartens, the great Dutch novelist, has a new dook out enmiea "My Ladv Nobody." His two previous works. "God's Fool" and "The Greatei Glory" gave him an international repu tation. He writes in English and hand les social problems. Archbishop Ireland in an address at the celebration of the jubilee ot JNotre Dame University two weeks ago declared that Kolinrinn IB IllWtHHfiri I V excluded frOITl inuv 1 ?3 " ' " - " ' - the programs of state institutions and that such Btate scnoois snouia not oe condemned. The war in Cuba is continuing, with no decisive battles. The policy of the Cuban insurgents is to divide their forces and allow no opportunity to be given the Spaniards to quickly figh t it out. Mean while yellow lever gets in us moreueuuiy work on the foreigners. Mrs. Mary Jane Bradford, of South Boston, Mass., has provided in her will a S4.000 trust for the care ana main ten ance of a parrot which she has had twenty years. Query: do the so-called rights of private property make such an act morally justinabief The Australian Ironmonger, a trade rmblication. reports that "American manufacturers are gaining ground in tools eenerallv. among which axes, saws, shovels and files may be specified, and in fencine wire and ammunition. In tools the market is held by superior quality and finish, better packing, lower prices. Over $100,000,000 of American securr ties (interest tribute obligations) have lately been bought abroad. If the inter st on these averages 6 per cent, it means $6,000,000 in gold a year needless tri bute to foreign plutocrats. The United States government might take the safe (.securities held by foreigners, pay screen d&cka for them, and retain in this country fi tn at we produce. Accordine to Dun's latest reDort. "the prices oi commodities as a whole average w , 1. per cent lower than a year ago." Clear ing house receipts have been 27 per cent greater than last June and only 9 per cent less than in lya. Uoods have been manufactured and bought in larger ouan tities because of encouraging crop news and the confident replenishment of stocks which have been for two years depleted to tne utmost." Col. Ingersoll says: "Invention has filled the world with competitors not only of laborers but of mechanics me chanics of the highest skill. Today the ordinary laborer is. for the moat Dart. cog in the wheel. He works with the tire lesshe feeds the insatiable. When the monster stods the man in nut, nf pmnlov. ment out of bread. lie has not saved anything. Ihe machine that he fed was not feeding him the invention was not M Li t n a 91 iur iiis oenent. The System Wrong. The latest canard started by the silver bamboozlers is that Mexico "thrives" on silver. The other day it was Francs that was doing the "thriving" on her large per capita. The swindle being dis covered in sight of the fact of the misery of the French working class, all pei capita notwithstanding, we are now treated to the other swindle about Mexico's "thriving." Ye wretched peons of the sister republic, living on unieavenea dough ana Injoles. Vamite these liars in the mouth! I Nowhere does the people, the working pleas, "thrive," whether gold or silver or 1 both be the standard, whether "protec tion" prevail or free trade be in vogue; whether alcohol is sold or water is the beverage; nowhere under the capitalist system of production does the worker do aught but sweat and grind and toil hi privation. The People. Want Charity. The Omaha World-Herald of last Thursday contained an article under the caption of "Charity, Brethren, No Abuse" and takes up the abortion of a platform adopted by the Illinois free silver Demo- iratic convention and pleads for charity. It Bays the convention was not called to condemn Cleveland, or to endorse Alt geld, therefore it was perfectly proper to ignore that part of the platform. Xben it says that the convention had "no thought of pronouncing against the legal tender greenbacks" when it proclaimed that the constitution prohibited the use of anything but gold and silver as a legal tender in payment of debts. We want to say to the editor of the World Herald that men when they get into a convention of that kind ought to think of what they are doing before they pro claim nn vthino- tn thn world. The con vention did pronounce against the legal a . i i a : . U i i . kn tenaer greenoacn uuiivvnuomuum i fnnt. t.hnt. thn nnnrame court of the United States declared them constitutional and a legal tender in payment of debts, l he World-rieraia only advertises in m ainpcritv whan it undertakes to defend the action of that convention by offer ing any snch excuses, mat convention proclaimed to the world that the consti tution prohibited the use of anything but gold ana silver as a legai tenuer m payment of debts and for that reason tha nnntrantinn vena in fnvnr of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio ot lo to l witnout waiting ior any other nation on earth. The reading of tha Tllinnia nlntfnrm leaves the inference that the members of that convention would willingly co-operate - with other natintiu in fivintr fl. tnnnfitftrV Standard for America if other nations would act immediately. The Memphis convention said in words what the Illinois conven tion said by inference and the editor of the World-Herald attended both conven tions and endorsed their action, Ihe people do not want any such a monetary system. They do not want the co-operation of any other nation in fixing a monetary basis for Americans to live under. The Populist who can give a reason for the faith that is in him cannot endorse such free silver ideas, and the World-Herald will find it an extremely up hill business in performing its part of the contract to disrupt tha Populist party and keeping the Democrats in line with any such thinly disguised hog wash. The Populist party believes in the free and unlimited coinage of silver 16 to 1 simply as a means to the end of increas- mir tho vnlnitis nf currency. The PoDU- list party believes that the United States government is Dig ana strong euuugu and that the people are patriotic enough to make its own laws and maintain its own monetary system without the aid or consent, and in spite of any or all nations on earth. The Populist party will timvpf nnnnpnt to an international tn At a mnnetarv pvstem for this country, and the World-Herald edi tor, who has been lauded into promin ence because he consented to pronounce for free silver, must learn sooner or later that he can never deliver the voters of the Populist party to such a platform. The World-Herald editorial on the sub ioot. is n verv lnmnpTcuse for the seeming ly cross-eyed position into which it's editor seems to nave goiien liuuaeu. Free Press. JL Defiant Chairman. Macoh, Mo., July 2 Captain Gutb rie, chairman of the Macon county Democratic committee, has sent to State Chairman Maffitt a letter in which he declares that the county committee and the county Democracy by a good majority favor free coinage of silver and desire a state convention. He, however, declines to call the county committee together to comply with the late requests in Mr. Maffitt "a circular The Government Will Appeal. Sa Fbancisco, Cal., July 2. Spe cial Government Attorney L. D. Mc Kissick says that Judge Rr-Fs' decision in the Stanford case will be appealed to the United States circuit court of appeals and if there affirmed will be appealed to the United States su preme court. O. W. Rogers Appeals Hit Case. - Topeka, Kan., July 2. George W. Rogers, the ex-register of deeds of Harvey county, who is under a five year's sentence for burning the county records, in order that abstract books owned by him might be made of ex traordinary value, has appealed his case to the supreme court. Major Blaine's Daughter Married. Helena, Mont, July 2. Miss Fran ces Eleanor Blaine, niece of the late James G. Blaine, was married here to day to Randolph Thompson, cousin of Judge Buck. Miss Blaine is the daugh ter oi tne late Major John IS. Blaine, United States Army. Seven Thousand Men Made Happy. Chicago, July 2. The increase of ten per cent in ' wages recently an nounced by the Illinois Steel company went into effect to-day. Over 7,000 men are benefited. Begin to use Ayer's Hair Vigor now, and by the next Fourth of July your hair will be "a thing of beauty." Tbe Omaha Platform Reviewed NO. 3. " We demand a graduated income t ax." The revenue system of the country has been the standard theme of political dis cussion during the existence of our gov ernment. Other questions have arisen, as the slavery question, states rights, national banks, etc., and have for a time been forced by the peopleinto prominence. But the questions of tariff and free trade, protective tariff and revenue tariff, have been relied on mainly to keep the people divided into parties, while unscrupulous corporations and heartless speculators have conspired with corrupt politicians to make them the instruments of their own enslavement. A government such as is necessary to properly keep in order and care for a nation of 70,000,000 people, even though conducted economically, requires great revenue to meet its necessary expenses. But if properly obtained it would not be a heavy burden to the people. Common sense would indicate th at the revenue- should be raised from those best able to bear the burden. Common justice would demand that those who receive thegreat est protection by the government in proportion to the support th'ey give the government should bear the greatest burden, pay the most of the taxes or duties, as the system may require. There are three methods of raising revenue now in use in this county, viz : 1, duties on imports; 2, duties on certain articles of domestic manufacture and commerce, and 8, direct taxation of general property. The bulk of the revenue obtained by the first method is derived from such articles as are commonly used by all the people, the poor as well as the rich, and which from their bulky form in propor tion to their commercial value, and the vast ouantities in which they are lm norted cannot evade the custom duties; while the luxuries of life such as diamonds, iewelrv. costly wines, etc., are easily and notoriously smuggled into the country in their private yachts by the rich who use them and so evade tbe duty, or im port tax. Thus the poor must pay the same price (which includes the tax) for their tea, coffee, sugar, clothing, etc., as the rich, and are thus forced to excessive toil to obtain the ordinary comforts of lift?. The second method, internal revenue tax, in the same way places the same burden on the poor as on the rich notwithstanding their inability to bear it. In addition to this it is mostly levied on articles, the use of which is con sidered to be injurious or wicked aud is thus in the nature of a condoning of crime for money, or of bartering the wel fare of the people for the support of the government. The third method, direct taxation, would seem to obviate some of these objections. But when we consider the fact that one half of our people can ob tain but a meager subsistence for them selves aud families by their most arduous labor, and that every dollar paid in taxes is taking away from their families so much of the ordinary comforts of life, we find the taxation is not at all in proportion to the ability to pay. And as much ol the property of the rich consists of gov ernment bonds, and much of their money which they keep on hand, of greenbacks neither of which is taxable, and further more, much of their property is so con ditioned that it can easily be kept from the assessors, and notoriously is thus soncenled; we find that the taxation of 'lie rich is far less than the poor, in pro portion to the protection given to them ?y the government. From these con siderations and many more which might be adduced it is evident that each of the three methods of raising revenue now 'n use is contrary to common sense and iomnion justice and ought to be super seded by some better plan. Let us see if a graduated Income Tax is a better plan. That person is con sidered prosperous, who, while having a comfortable living, is also adding some thing to his or her fortune every year. Whatever per cent may be levied on a net income (if the whole is not taken) would still leave some addition to tbe fortune of tbe individual or corporation, and could not be oppressive. Again the greater the net income the greater tbe ability to pay a larger per cent. Money or property that accumulates does the community or government no good, except through taxation. It is the use and exchange of these things which benefit mankind, not the laying up or hoarding of them, while tbe protection of government through the law is princi pally thrown around accumulated pro perty. We see therefore by these considera tions that a graduated net Income Tax meets the demands of common sense and common honesty. But it may be objected that such a tax does not meet the approval of the Su preme Court, or the sanction of tbe Con stitution. In reply I would say, such objection is based on the opinion of four ninths of the Supreme Court. Tbe Constitution may be amended; tbe Supreme Court must be amended. H. Pay up your subscription and get a few new subscribers for The Wealth Makebb. Only 80c. from now till No vember 1st. SAYS IT IS' Catholicism Not Opposed to Americanism MAKES AN ELOQUENT DEFENSE i - -From tha Pen of a Well Known Lincoln Gentleman Arraigns the Protes tant Ministers for Their Un christian Conduct in Ar raying Church Against Church If r. Maloney on Romanism To the Editor of The Wealth Makehs: Dear Sir: Will you kindly grant me space iu the columns of your estimable paper bo that I may through Christian charity refute the assertions of ministers (?) relatively the Catholic church being a menace to American institutions. Imbued with the ardent desire through love for man I take the trouble to give as a Catholic my opinion on this subject so that misrepresentation may be disarmed It would be unnecessary for me to indict this epistle at this date ot progress and civilization, were it not elicited by opm. ions emanating trom men who ought to know better. When upon reading at dif ferent and many times in tbe columns of the daily press of this city, that Protest ant ministers considered Catholics and the Catholic church a menace to America and American institutions, God knows I seriously Risked myself whether I was breathing the pure air of Americal liberty or whether I was existing in the intoler ant, ignorant and bigoted age of Queen Elizabeth. From my infancy to the present time have never accused, nor have heard any merger of my church accuse any religl ous body as being a menace to America or American patriotism; nor do I desire to now; but are not such men worthy of being called un-American who by their adverse and virulent attacks on Catholr city endeavor to create discord and hat red among Christian peopier ine consti tution of the United States guarantees equal rights to all, aud the pursuit of life, liberty and human happiness. My happiness is to worship God according to the dictates of my own heart and it is not by reviling these dictates that men can prove to me that they are in the right and I in the wrong. They more conclusively prove to me they have not a Christian spirit. If they are positive I am in error it is their duly to endeavor to show me where I err, but the correct way to teach is not by calling me a cow ard, criminal, ignorant, un-patriotic, un American. Sometimes it appears to me that Protestant ministers assail Catho lics so bitterly to create a sensation, but good Christians, the story of Christ and his life yet affords sufficient material to interest your audiences without descend ing to abuse any creed or any nationality, Jesus Christ did not intend his religion to be forced on men by violent means. If you think any man is wrong in principle teach him; do not scold him. I am a Catholic. I draw my religion and matters pertaining to God and the pjilvatiou of my immortal soul from the Bible through the doctrines of the Cath olic church, but my duty to my country, my affiliation to party principles, my loyalty to the stars and stripes have been infused in me by patriotic parents and from the study of sublime American history; and when the opportune mo ment arrives that the sacrifice to my life is necessary to defend the institutions of our glorious republic I will be found with a rifle in my hands ready to die fighting against any enemy even a Catholic enemy. Should the occasion arise I doubt if the revereud reviling ministers would be there In matters pertaining to politics, to party, to principles of government, to secular matters I owe the pope, the arch bishops, the bishops or the priests no allegiance; but as far as patriotism is concerned I owe the pope and the clergy much, because they have taught me that next to love of God and humanity the love of country was paramount. Obedi ence to the laws of God and obedience to the laws of my country were the princi ples inculcated by the teachings of Cath olicity and tbe violation of these princi ples is diametrically opposed to the doc trines of the Catholic church. Relative to toleration I desire to refer to Ireland, as Ireland has been invaria bly assailed by those who assail Catholi city. Seventy-eight of every hundred in the population of Ireland are Catholics. In Limerick (40,000) ninety per cent are Catholic, yet in tbe history of Limerick more Protestant mayors than Catholic mayors have been elected. Cork (100, 000) the same, Dublin (800,000) the same. Almost every city in Ireland the same. Not because Catholics were not as competent and as patriotic there as any Protestant breathing breath of life; but though Catholics predominated Protest ants were elected because religion was not taken into consideration in matters relating to politics. Tbe most popular leader the Irish ever had Charles Stew nrt Parnell was a Protestant. Robert Kiiunett, a martyr for Irish independence was a Protestant. Wolf tone, who died in prison for Ireland, was a Protestant. Lord Edward Fitzgerald was a Protest- . r a TT1 ant, and 1 can name one nunarea rro- toatant nnt.rinta who mifferfid death, im prisonment and exile for the freedom of Catholic Ireland. Tbe Irish trusted sucn men and I can name hundreds of Catholic patriots who died fighting for Protestant couutries. f iniafora nnrl nfhra nut. in this neck nf tha wnnAn romnmhnr that the ff neat est and highest honor that could be con ferred on any man by any country nas been conferred by England, too, on an Irishman and a Catholic, Sir Charles Russell, the present supreme judge ot ai . fr . , il l . ureal uritain ana iruiana. Pathnlina of atmrv nntinnAlitv fnilffht side by side with Protestants during the civil war ana sneu ineir uiuou iuhu tun union may be perpetuated. Catholics ami ppndv nnw and in the future to SUD- port America and American institutions. They have never been found wanting ana nnvnr will. I atvnre nlleiriauce to the stars and stripes of America; are you warranted in considering me a purjuren The unsophisticated may assert we are disloyal to American institutions because some of ub favor Catholic schools. Our church does not coerce us to go to Cath olic schools, but suggests that the Chris tian education is most commendable. We are at liberty to receive our secular instructions in public or private schools. Tha ntinrfh Hoes not Interfere with our secular affairs. There are various deno minational schools, Methodists, Baptists . .. .1 - At. II - j Adventists, yet tney are not caiieu ub AmArinAn. A train anma Atuprt we da not love free speech and that we treat with violence av-nriaata and AT. mumhem of the Catholic church who assail its doctrines. Such violence has always been condemned oy tha rvthnlie phlirch And the actions ol annh mnrnhArawhn disorrace relision have always been discountenanced from the pulpit and through the press by our Catholic clergy. It is because some citi zens indulge in riots and strikes you would call the whole American people nnnmhiatja np IawIaor. . I have worked almost all my life for Protestants, side Dy side wnn rroiess ants and have relatives protestants and T An ABoert from observation and experi ence that in my estimation 90 per cent of the iTotestants oi tne uniieu oiuieo do not desire that their Catholic friends and brothers should be stigmatized as unpatriotic and un-Ainencan. I do not desire religious controversies, hflnaa An aHv nmxim of mine was. bvap miArrnl on account of relicion." and I hopetbis, as it is the first, to be the last letter ever necessitated trom me on this anhiwt T have bean tftUffht that mankind of every description, even those differing from me in religion, color or nationality, was my brother, and that I was obliged to love my neighbor as my self for tbe love of God. We can afford to be charitable to all, even the A. P. A., and say as Christ said when dying on the cross: "Forgive them, Oh Lord, for they know not what they do." Very respectfully yours, John J. Maloney. Lindell hotel, Lincoln, Neb. June 22, 1895. Small Greatness Exposed. Habtingtoh, Neb., June 18, 1895. Editor Wealth Makers: "On what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that behathgrownsogreat?" Some modern Cassius might ask the same ques tion of and concerning one, who (in his own estimation) is greater than Cssar. Of what cheap stuff are statesmen made now-a-days? We shall be surprised if the intellectual colossus at the White House does not put that gone-to-seed states man (?) John G. Carlisle, on the shelf (the supreme bench) as soon as a place is made for him, and hand the treasury portfolio over to the present secretary of pumpkiu-eeeds and guano. First, a word with regard to Carlisle. He is the man who tells about the assig D&tB of John Law's time, and from that newly discovered fact goes on to argue against cheap money. If some school boy had made such a blunder, he might get off with a private scolding. But a statesman! Think of it I Assign ats of John Law's time! We may expect next to hear that Abraham Lincoln signed tbe Declaration of Independence, and that George Washington issued tbe Emancipa tion Proclamation. John Law was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, April, 1671, and died in Venice, May 21, 1729, just sixty years, one month and twenty-four days before the commencement of the French revolution. Tbe ass'tgnnta (pronounced as in-gars) were paper money issued dur ing the first French. revolution. After appropriating the lands belonging to tbe church to national purposes, the national assembly did not put it upon the market because the general sense of insecurity would frighten buyers. But they chose rather to hypothecate these lands for the payment of certain bonds issued for the purpose, and called assignats, from the French verb asaignnre, to assign, as representing land assigned to the holder. The first aasignata were taued in 1790, sixty-one years after John Law was in bis grave. There were many reasons why the assignats were a failure as money, though tbey served to bridge the nation over a dangerous stream. Tbe chief rea son of these was the ease wit 1 which they could be counterfeited. This was owing to the meager devices and the coarse paper upon which they were printed. We will not discuss them further, except that they had nothintr to do with John Law and his famous Mississippi "Bubble which reached its climax twenty years be fore the first assignat was printed, Ought we not to feel proud of our minis ter of finance I tie will ranK with the lady who accused Isaac Watts of inventing the steam engine, (We presume she was thinking of James Watt), or the quack . doctor who told about John Bright's disease of the kidneys, or tbe ignoramus who bad beard of tbe Decameron of Boc caccio, and referred to it as Don Cam eron's Boccaccio. Balaam Cleveland had better keep his jackass at home. We of Nebraska had never discovered that Julius Sterling Morton had anything ot genius. Never was the scripture bet ter fulfilled which saith : ".A prophet is not without honor save in his own coun try." He was in the habit of running for governor in our state. Tbe first time he ran be was reduced to meeting nis cop Eerbead record with a pass issued to him y Alvin Saunders as governor, wbichin strument recited that the bearer was "loyal." In the last campaign in which be ran (1892) he had a plurality in three counties out of ninety. Years ago, when the writer was running for district attor ney in the old Sixth district, consisting of sixteen counties and tbe unorganized ter ritory from Wyoming to Dakota, Sterling Morton crossed my path frequently. He was a democrat and I was a republican. , If 1 am not mistaken he spoke in the dis trict eight times. Each time he delivered a speech delivered by Sidney Smith in the house of commons during the Corn Law controversy in England. Of course this speech had slight variations to suit America. But this was the most glaring piece ot literary thievery I ever witnessed, heard or read of. In a recent article on finance this redoubtable statesman (?) was guilty of a piece ot false syntax, which would have disgraced a child in tbe intermediate department of a village school. Why is it that getting into an office gives a man brains? Did you ever see Bome dolt elected justice of the peace? Before he had been in the position three , days would not all of his neighbors rush to him for advice, as though he bad the learning of Bacon or Gamaliel ? The of fices they hold is all there is of either Car. w, lisle or Morton. """'' ' ' . Tbe same with John Sherman. He is generally reputed to be a rascal. I think he is simply a miserable old fool corroded with his own vanity. A few years ago the writer of these lines went to Omaha to hear tbe nephew of the Ohio states man (?) speak against the A. P. A. He is a contemptible, egotistical, ecclesias tical dude. He opened up in an on slaught upon tbe populistic party, and a song for " honest money." He next in formed his auditors that bis name was Thomas Ewing Sherman; that be was named ufter his grandfather, Thomas Ewing, who was in two cabinets; that he was the son of William Tecumseh Sher mau; that he was the nephew of John Sherman, etc., etc. This all had very much to do with A. P. A. But it showed that the egotism of tbe whole Sherman family was condensed in this Jesuitical fop. "On what meat doth this our Cceaar feed that he hath grown so great?" Wilbur Franklin Bryant. Good for Bro. Hall. Ed. J. Hall, editor of tbe Grand Island Free Press, has come to the conclusion that unless the Hon. W. J. Bryan changes his tactics, and. becomes a populist, the people will cease dignifying him by con tenting to laud him in his undemocratic position." Good 1 We have always be lieved that Bro. Hall's mistakes were of the head and not of the heart, and we are pleased to know that his head is now all right. Perhaps Mr. Bryan has been hon st, perhaps he has not; but be that as It may, there is not a shadow of doubt that his course has injured the populist party of Nebraska more than any one thing. That element of the democratic party that has felt itself disgraced by the action of the national organization would have been with us long ago had not Bryan held them from us by bis con temptible, non-committal, straddle-of-the-fence tactics. The populists who have heretofore felt friendly towards him, and thought that it was only a question of time till he would come out openly as a populist, have become disgusted with his "good Lord, good devil" attitude, nd will soon regard him as an ordinary, every -day any-thing-to-get-there politic ian. Father in heaven, deliver us this day from half-breed demo-pops; help us to understand that they are wolves in sheeps' clothing, and would sell the peo ple's interest for position and thirty pieces of Bilver (more or less.) Give us this day men who will sacrifice stli for principle; deliver us from the temptation to "cut across lots" to office (fusion), thereby sacrificing permanent success for temporary gain, and subjecting ourselves to the accusation of being" reformers for what there is in it." Amen. Amen. H. Harry Mason of Pittsburg, Pa., has been arrested charged with upsetting a boat in which were his wife ana Isaac Adrian, causing them to be drowned. Jealousy was the cause. Don't buy Binder Twine until you ex amine the McCormick Twine at their warehouse, corner 10th and Q street, Lincoln, Neb. R. Bikfobd, Agt.