May 4, 1899
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Your Thumb Nail.
You can write the law that governs trade here on vour
thumb nail: "The power to reduce price'' For fifteen
years this store has sold men's shoes, for fifteen years we
liave always sold men's shoes fcr less money than any
'competitor. Now we are selling women's, misses and
4 ' children' shoes selling them .at less than anyone else
selling shoes that were made for this store only. You
can't find their equal anywhere. The new department
grows enthusiastic in the presence of the new stock.
The operations that have pushed the shoe stock way up
to the front in a few short days have more tq accomplish.
The magnitude of the shoe trade heading this way is
quite enough to recommend the shoes to vou. Now to
the many women who have written us: "why don't you
carry ivomcris shoes," we can say ready, ready, with the
most complete line of women's shoes ever brought to
Omaha. We'd like you to try this new department for
your next pair of shoes, and a postal card directed to
'Department S, Nebraska Clothing Co., will bring you
by return mail a leaflet about shoes. Send for it even if
you don't want shoes perhaps your neighbor wants a
pair. Remember, you can write the law of this store s
success on your thumb nail: "the power to reduce prices.
bow many millionaire ar made by
these corporation the farmer doe out
make them ucli,
Hut Him farmer ba to pay th tariff.
No matter whether he buy forelgn-mude
or bome-made goods, tb tariff I added.
Tbor Is little dlff.iruo la the price of
foreign and domestic (food of tb same
quality, la one caw th government
got tli tariff, la the otlmr tin manufac
turer get It.
it I always that much more than tin
oode would cost tli farmer than if
tbor was no tailff. The law protecting
the manufacturer In high prion has at
ways boon a bun of contention between
the farmers and manufacturers, it bus
Always been the east against the wont,
and tli (Mint bargnlnedth victory. A t
first it was protecting Infant Industries,
but as tbe Industry grows older tbs de
mand for protection (rows stronger,
The farntar is tbs only loser. The pro
tooted Iron man cuo trade with the pro.
tooted cloth man and tb tariff helps
both alike but when the farmer trades
wheat for either Iron or cloth be got do
benefit from tariff. The market price for
wboat is always loss In tb United Htatee
than It Is in England, while manufac
tured good under the tariff is forty to
fifty per cent higher. Justice would do
oaou that tbs law should help the far
mer as mucb as the manufacturer, or
else not help either. The chief object of
tariff on many articles is to force the
Americans to pay mora for American
goods than Europeans pay. The law
will not let us buy American-mad goods
abroad and bring them borne without
paying tb tariff.
Tb change of our money standard
was an eastern measure. Thoy bired
John Bhertnan to put It through and in
doing it be did more to Increase tb
'wealth of eastern capitalists than any
man who ever sat la congress. The in
-crease of eastern wealth was taken
from the wealth of the wat. An In--creasing
dollar In purchasing power Is
what they want, or In other words the
shrink lug of iirojierty value. If the
next congress uoe not retire tb green
bocks and treasury notes and melt the
silver dollars, liryau should huv the
credit of debating the plan, ill speech
es trouble the republican waters,
Cheap money, or silvor men vs. dear
money, or gold standard men,, is tbs
question. We admit Uiat th Ire coin
.age of silver with gold will make cheaper
money; Just as much cheaper as the
gold standard made It dourer. Hud ths
coining of tb two metals continued as
Washington lelt It, ws would have it
now, that is ths dollar would not have
the purchasing power.
Eastern mople are more lor expausion
than th west or south. They so com
mercial trade and money In it They
also se tb Issuauo of hundreds of mil
lions mors government bonds. Tbey
want some way to invest their idle nion-
fc. ,t'l 1 I I L .11 A I
I'fji mi innwu iiura mow iwior mail
u to invest la any business or property la
X this country, if they can subjugat or
ik slaves of ten or Oltesn millions of
topletbey will b happy for season-
A good plat to bay clothe. Th H.
1 rain llotbtug
Mtore,
Kill ia ImI
Bit lliusotsoo. May I. A large,
siumber of th soa lloas al tb rlut
IUy rookr la hava bee killed elaoa
last VrMsy by employee of the slat
board of ask aa4 gen eo emissions!
It Is hoped m redaa th hard
thst tksy will aa lesgsr be a lusuaea
to Ik IsksrlM al tb oaal, Many
IfUhlng Irtae k4 ba aomptalalaf
A beeeaaa al tka Uareaalaf herd.
A la H. iaaas lis
Watuiaavea, May 1 Just before
, bit departare fvi Kurvpa trustor
Joa. taWa al tb luttwtil
aalteaal euwatttt, dsstg aal4 J, U
Juhssea el feabody, Kaa, wha Is a
vssaiVar trass Eaasaaal tk astloaal
uwrntttaa, U Ml M MrUr darUg
k akaaaaa.
! Ml W fait
Ttrtli, Kaa., M I Tk first ta
affwv a a rU at tka law rluelf
tsUfvtiK talis ar tk U$t ;k ws
arar Wy Tk Wsslsra t'aioa kss
fttw4 tka ef It utsssenfsr
la I t awalk. tka Uf garly
sal Ilk. Tki k W titta (a te
yt Ika task tkal tka Maiaay kas uwt
1 yet r4aes4 tka tata A aa
h Vlaf It, tk auMiay jr It ka
Wa fat la oastatabla Ism
flcktlat? aaataa law aaila, aa4 It
mast rtrak
TROOPS TO WARDNER,
Aa Mho OMssr tb atst WU1 Bl
th SuHlsrs Maintain Order. I
Spokani, Wash., May 1. Th com.'
pany of nagro rsgulars statlonod
Hpokan army post roelvd order dl'
reot from General Merriam to lav
on tb morning train for Wardner,
Idaho. Tb company at Fort Walla
Walla ha reoeived similar order, j
BsrtUtt blnoUir, auditor of Idaho,
in an Interview at Wardnar, saldi
"Ths condition hsrs ar far wors
than 1 could possibly imaglna. Tb
proseoutlng attornay and sheriff her
hav boon shamefully remiss in their
duty, I told them so to-day, They
will probably be impeached. Exist
Ing conditions ber must ceas. Tb
stat authoritl, aided by federal
troops, will ses to it."
Wi 1,1,10.1, Idaho, May 8, Sine Sat
urday's riot tb union men hav mod-1
ersted thslr ton greatly, but still
talk defiantly, Mullan and Canyon
Creek district ar unanimously union,
Th law and order clement can do
nothing aloe tb machinery of th
county government 1 in union bands, J
It is bslisved her that no mora
troubl will follow until arrests ara ,
attsnptfld or th Dunkar QUI peopl
rebuild th mill and begin work with
non-union man. Th sol object Sat
urday was to render that company
unsbl to work,
WABDHtn, Idaho, May .In th
abssnoa of troops no attsmpt is mad 1
to resume work at Hunker QUI wltr
non-union man, A tlpbon mssssg
from Canyon Creek says several lead
ar of tha dynamiters ar laaving tot
Montaaa.
Altfeia III rrone Dcpvcssloa,
CaiOAeo, May I John P. Altgeldii
better. Dr. Nicholas Sana said last
night: "While th x-govrnor is not
strong, thsr is no reason why b
should not njoy a ooasldsrable lease
of Ufa if ha will throw off tka depres
sion which weighs him down and go
where b may have complete rest I
do not think he will b In a condition
for another long campaign, howevea."
IMliioU far Hophlaa
Chioaoo, May 8 Ten of th four
toea Republican member of Congrae
from Illtnola mat In caucus her aa4
unanlsaously decided to' support Con
a . a
gressmaa Alosrt J, uopains 01 Aurora
for speaker of tha national House of
Representative
T lb lUIUf ef Tmuf.
St. Jon's. X. F.. Msv kTba seal
ing steamer flop want into dock her
today to be thoroughly overi.au.aa
and repaired, preparatory to proceed
lna northward next month with aa
eipedltlon for th relief of Lieutenant
Veary.
but aa KI1U4 Ha AMallaab
Cahtok, & I)., May 1-CharleaMe
Cullough, a fsrra laborer, was shot
and killed by Mrs Kuule Crown, at
her farm aouth of this city. The wo
man elalnsa McCullough assaulted her
and she skot la self-defens.
Tb Carnal H4 talaeas.
Allah auau, India. May 8. A sever
epldsatle of luRueusa 1 pretalllnf at
Hintla, Tha vteeroy, lVrd Crsa of
Ked lesion, ws aitaeked with tha dl.
ease, but I now ouvalMat. Tk
vteerela, I.sdy Curson, I now suffer
lug with tk saw malady.
t ttl Mf We Mt
Nsw Yoaa. May I -It is slaUd tkat
rerlsla Uplseopal elergfiuea who ar
tlKMa4 t tka ordiustloa ot tr.
t'barlea Hil; prwM ki prafar
ehsrg ot ksreay agatasl ktut, wkUk
will pwalpaa tk r4iatl ia uatU k
shall k lar4 kluustt.
P
Wt hivi a lurt curt. Taken
tntcrnilly. P!AiAnt. Colli
nolhlnr to try ttl Dcicrbtlvt
Aatl-Fill Co, II:cjIb, fl:b,
mm
1
An $800,000,000 Capital For th.
Steel Combine,
DEAL IS NEARLY FINISHED.
All tbs Itlg Concern In tb Country
Eipaoted to Us In It UotiU's Costl
EsMirlnos la ths Jump la frleas ol
Btl.
Nkw Yobk, May 8. Tb rumors of
an immense combination of steel in
forests are practically confirmed by
John W, Dates, president of th Amer
ican Steel and Wlr company, who re
turned from a European trip on Satur
day. The combination, unless the
present plans of the promoters are
changed, will Include practically all the
big concern of the country and will
have a capitalization of between 1700,
000,000 and 1800,000,000, Th pro
posed combination is yet far from
oomplet in point of detail, but tha
presence in this city of the representa
tive of the greatest steol interests of
the United States led Mr, Gates to say
that in all probability tb nsxt few
days will soa It whipped into tanglbl
shapo,
"As I hav just returned from
abroad," Mr, date explained, " I can
not go into detail la this matter, but
it is pretty saf to say that tb com
bination will go through and that its
capital will b nearly 9800,000,000.
About all th big companies may corns
In, th principal ones of which will be
th Carnegie company, th National
Steel company, the American Steel
and Wire company and probably the
liar Steel interests as now represented
by tb Ilepubllo Steel company,"
As an evidence of th rise In prices
consequent upon th rush in business,
Mr. Gates told ot an order placed here
by the Kusslau government last Octo
ber for 00,000 ton's of steel rail. It
was agreed that the price should b
10 or 110.60, but th Uusslan govern
ment tacked on certain specifications,
on of which was that the stcol
should not contain mora than one
tenth of 1 per oent of arsenic. Tha
company rejected th proposals, and
after vainly trying In tha market of
Europe at an advanced price, the or
der was again offered to tha Amor
lean concerns with th objectionable
clauses eliminated, but was refused at
an advance of 111.
"Now th Eustlaa government,"
said Mr. Gates, "Is between th devil
and th iron worka It want th
rail for th Transslberlan road and
cannot get them in Europe or Amer
ica without waiting months."
MRS. STEVENS CONDEMNS IT,
Tbe llombardojant of Samoan Tillages
tbe Moralist s Widow Call a Olsfraea.
London, Mry 3. Robert Louis Ste
venson's widow has written a letter to
tba Westminster Gazette from Fun
dial, Madeira, on tha bombardment of
Samoan villages by British and Amer
ican war ships. Mr. Stevenson says:
"President MoKlnley allowed no
firing on Cuban towns unless tbey
gave active causa of offense, and Com
modore Watson was ordered not to at
tack undefended Spanish cities. Does
the President keep his humanity for
olvlllsed countries atone?"
Mrs. Stevenson declares that the
Samoan villages are inhabited in time
of war by non-combatants, who have
to choose between the shells of the
warships and' "taking to the bush."
Under such conditions, sha says, del
teste women could hardly exist, while
children die like flies.
Mrs. Stevenson's letter conoludes as
follows: "Chief Justice Chambers ha
been reported as saying in a letter to
his brothori 'I never waa happier.'
Qe must be a person singularly devoid
of imagination if he never pictured to
himself the scenes being enacted In
the bombardment of those vll
lagesi the exodus of panic
stricken people, rushing hither and
thither shells bursting everywhere;
the cries of bedridden and
helpleoa wounded people burning
alive in their biasing houses; mangled
children orawllng upon the aands, the
sea before them and the bush behind
them. And we read that tbe woods
also wore shelled. Who is to be held
accountable for these deed that dis
vsocg both England and America?"
OUR DEMAND ON NICARAGUA.
Oosaral Torros MfUl Ha Raar4 fas
Ills UoaraMlua l AraartaaM
Nsw Yoaa. May & A dispatch to
the New York Herald from Washing
ton sayst As a result of Ueneral Tor
res' oppressive oouduot towards
Awerloaa merchant trading at Hlue
fields, Nicaragua, this guverniueul
kas determined to require th Nicars
guaa government to relieve blut from
duty at tkat polal
It I the aaderslandlag tit th ofti
elala tkat a detuaud has already been
submitted for th punishweat of Gen
eral Torres, sad ao duubt ealtt that
the Xelaye government, W ekuw tl
frbndthlp fur tk United Male, will
lake pr-ipar action. It I proposed by
th authorities ta kep tk I troll si
UluelUlds lo eafore respeel eud l
provide proteeltoa ta Aumleaae uattl
Ik eoulrmry ka bee esttted.
M, raat4t ! rta
Nsw Yoaa, May a Tka truateaaol
fAduniMe ual vrtly kave elected
ISnau Van Aarlag asltaf prMal
durluf Ma. taw aUuB at Ik
II ague as post ! B.llai, Ike
rastguatloa t Ma, Usher libtartaa,
was aett4 yesterday, aa4 l
Jsmas lialate Cs8l4 was aui 14
sutwaad, W, tsatald I araaldeal
et b Uatveraity vf Oktu, aa4 ka
been suptata4t at akoats al I V
Joak, ktUk. ru.v vf hUtuf
l-iisk ltleraltr aad eito la Iks
t'niflly t Kaaa a4 ekaaeellor
t tk Valtaratty at Nebraska.
THE WORKING MAN
Editor Independent
Enclosed please find postal order for
12.00 to pay what I owe and possibly
some in advance. I like to read the In
dependent for the same reason that that
republican lawyer likes to road it. De
cauHeitlsfullof good, sound logic and
1 fetd that what I read 1 ran depend up
on every time as facta. Another reason
thatl fil deeply interested In your
paper Is that no other paper that I road
gives the laboring man a chance to help
edit tb paper or in other words speak
bis opinion as tbe Independent does.
This, Mr. editor in my opinion Is tend
ing toward the initiative and ruferen
M. & P.
0 & 13th
Streets.
Bargains taS$
tb
umbrellas
' an umbrella.
buy an umbrella than to spoil
vour clothes
pour clothe
neu,ing wee. neatly male, iignt weight,
... .. .r
brellas were never before so cheap as now,
tlon a lew excellent values:
Cotton gloria with natural wood bandies..
Twilled serge with natural wood bandies
Gloria silk with silver trmimed natural wood
bandies , ,
Bilk serge with silver trimmed natural
bandies
Union silk with Congo handles,....,,..
Taffeta silk with congo bundles.,,.,.
Extra quality silk serge, natural wood
Ladies Leather:
W bav
Belts
with buckle of gilt, nickel, block or leather covered.
In lot No. 1 are many belt worth liOo each. You can
take your choice for 10c. Of lot No 3 from 39 to 05c, your
choice for loo. In lot No. A none are worth less than 4 Oc,
many worth much more. Your choice for 2Go.
Ladies
OlllrW bav ladle
Nllll at 15o, 25e,
kVllllnair but it Is
M ei we wish to sfteak of iiurtiau
fil IIS ,arl-r Ty are tb Mt w
ITllsVsJ have ever sold for tbe price-
good weight, fin finish and elastic W bav them in
regular sise and extra sites,
Ladies cream colored silk mita 2fio, QSo and ROo a pair, 9
Ladies black ilerlin gloves, fastened with three patent
ulasps, 2fia a pair.
Ladie black,taffetajillk glove 2So apalr. 3
For good values In ready-to-wear articles
of any description for ladies or children we
invite you to our store.
BICYCLES.
That Is what wo sell and nothing olso. But wo do jwll Jtho
lllncst Kooda in the stato in thoso linos, and mako prices
that no othors can compoto with.
Don't fail to look our linos ovor boforo purchasing. Got our
prices and bo convinced. Wo carry tho largest assort
ment of goods in tho stato to solect from.
All goods guaranteed as represented, and all goods represent
ed correctly. Nothing misrepresented.
BlLLlilEYER & SADLER.
2024-6 South 11th St. Lincoln.
wtiSV-JI
dum, as fast as any plan that could be
proposed.
Now Mr. Editor, for a little of this
copperhead's, (if so the Imperinllttt wish
to call me) opinion of Wui. Napoleon's
(excuse me) McKlnley'a unholy war. I
will cut short by saying that Urothsr II.
Whltmorelnyour issue of April llith.
spoke my sentiments exactly and 1 fool
that our constitution and time-honored
and beloved principles are being tramp
clod in tbe muck, mire fof mammon and
greed. I hope that that Napoleonic
nose will some day sooner or later run
up against a Waterloo if It is no other
than the ballot box la 1900,
Yours for tb cause of fraternity, fidel
ity and Justice, Wm. D. Howahd,
Albion, Nub.
P. R. I wish to speak a word especially
of Ilrotbor Hardy's column, Like tbe
season of tbe year
Bargains
Hosiery
is never sate t veil
from shelter without
It Is cheaper to
or take colli
or take cold hv
.
good wearing urn
Jlelow we inon-
50c
.750
950
,.
wood AC
l)1.6i)
$1.50
81.75
bandies.,,. $2.00
T msISam
I lllrN
awllwlVU
Summer
three large lot
Underwear S
of ladies leather twits to
close out at very low
Iirleee, la each lot w
ava black and all tbe
moat desirable colors
White
black silk mits
flfto and bOoa
the U5o oualltv
Dress
For good
wool, cotton
to our store.
MILLER &
CARRIAGES.
reetofthe Independent it I a climax
every time, .loading the Independent
Is like sucking .honey out of a rag, the
dHepnr down you go tbe sweeter is tbe
honey,
Tataraa Hang llimnalf.
SaniUA, Mo., May 8. Jerora Tsok,
agd 6 years, a veteran of tb elvll
war, who lived fiv mile west of
Sedalia, committed suicide jester
day by hanging. II used a heavy
wire, on and of which h tied to
a rafter and th other" around his
neck, having completed arrangement,
lumped from the window in which he
hod been standing. Tbe fall brok
bl neck and cnt bis throat from ear
to ear, l'eok wo demon ted. lie had
a wlf and four children.
MP.
0 & 13th
Streets.
1M W are determined to mak
1 II our hosiery department on of
tbe busiest places In onr store
and to this end ar offering
some special drive in popular
priced goods.
Last week we sold a lot of ladles and children fast block
cotton hose at 7o a palp and w bav decided to sell more
at th same price The ladies hose ars light weight, seam
lss with narrowed ankles and double thread heels and too.
Tbe nhildrens bos are in all sizes from 6 to 9, ar medium
weight and have thro thread heel and too. Any l or
any quality at 7o a pair while tbey last,
Our ladle fast black aeamles hoe at 3 pair (or 25o are
of excellent quality nud a bargain,
W bav bad much f3 say about
our line of ladle jersnv ribbed
summer underwear but ftA.ub-
tect that merit Attention. W
iav ladle tersey ribbed rest at
60 each and at Hn each. We sell
as good as is frequently
2Ko. Our 12Ho auality
ieruod w Invit yon to
compare thm with good sold in many store at 20 and
25 cent.
Cotton:
No dubt exist that thl
will be a great whit dress
I good season and w bav
prepared for a larg basl
uses, Wt ar confident that
we show tb best values In
Goods
India linen, plain lawn, checked and striped lawns, Swisses,
pique to., to be found anywhere. W bav xeeptlonat
value lu India linen at 6, 6, 1, 8, 10c and l2!fJ, a yd.
Ws ask you to see thorn and compare in fineness and fin
ish with goods sold elsewhere at from 1 to 0o a yard higher.
Just now w bav a large lot of abort length ( 1 to 8
yard) in plain lawn, check and atripe at very low prlc
values in dress jobbrles of silk
or linen we invite you to come
1
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