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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
VOL. XI.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1899.
NO. 5
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OUR FUTURE GREAT RIVAL
Facta concerning tbe future groat rival
of America for world supremacy are
never untimely to thinking American!,
Tbe lateet statistical summary from the
treasury department at Washington
contains ome very valuable Informa
tion regarding this rival and while the
Independent baa several time lo the
past two year directed tbe attention of
Ite readera toward tbe Industrial ana
political developement, of this nation it
In making progress with aucb giant
bounds that there ii constant supply of
new information.
Russia, It i hardly need to say, ia tbia
future great American rival, our only
rival la point of compact territorial em
nlre and population.
A few facts in comparison of Russia
with our own land will help u realize
the olmllurlty between these two groat
world empire; prepare us for consider
atlon of tbe present remarkable de
velopment of Russia and its future re-
ifir.n to na. Here are some of these
salient facts:
Vsltcd ui
?A,euo.eu
HumIs
Art is. ".
I'0iBlntlus.i
WuOth
1 H.m.iiH
so.oixi.mjo.ww
S.Kifj.UOU.UDO
feuv,eue.eet
70,0ll,WW,0W
An. skI. proSscls
AO, pros. s
European Russia contains 2,005,504
quare miles and 05,870,810 population
wbileSiberlan Ruesiacontainstne gigan
tie area of 0,564,778 square miles with
. r,nlallon of only 10,003,128. It is
in this last region that the present won
derful development Is taking place, a
develop ment that has its only blstorl
cal counterpart in tbe develop ment of
tbe United states beyond the Mississippi.
Russia is tbe only other country in the
world besides our own which has within
ber own borders tbe soil, climate and
mines capable of producing all the
necessaries of modern eivilixed society,
From corn to petroleum, from cotton to
iron she possesses and produces tliem
alland is rapidly increasing her pro
duction. ,,, .
What are Russia's possibilities as a
rival of the United States in the markets
of the world and bow soon will she reach
her possibilities? These are momentous
questions to the American and particu
lar! v the western American farmer. The
present treasury report, although no
populist document, calls attention to
' one great advantage the Siberian pro.
ducer will have over the American in the
' following paragraph: .
Another phase of the. same question
presents itcelf lu connection with the
trH.n.Hilw.rinu railway. As is well
known, this railway Is bclug constructed
and will be ojierttUd by the Hussion
Government The fixing of railway
rates, this powerful weapon of directing
the channels of trotto, win inns ue in tue.
bands of tbe government. If, as recent
reports indicate, the cultivable wheat
area In eastern Kiberia is larger than has
been assumed by the great authorities
on the Question, such as Kroptkln and
llallod, then tbe Russian government
has it in its no wer to put the Siboriun
wheat producer in such a position that
he will be able to become a formidable
comnetitor in the eastern market. A
study of Russia's agricultural and indus
trial resources and its commercial policy
and relation must therefore ue of espec
lul interest to the American people.
The great Siberian railroad Is now
completed two-thirds of the way across
Asia to lake Haikol. When COO miles
more are built It will reach the naviga
ble waters of the Amoor river which
don into the Pacific.
Tbe total length of the trans-Siberian
line is 4,050 miles and the date origin
ally set for Ita completion 1005. It is
expected, however, that through transit
' will be bad much earlier than that date
by ntlliiation ol the rivera already
named, and that the shorter line con
necting the system with tbe loe-free ports
of 1'ort Arthur and Taiienwan may also
be completed earlier than the original
date of 1005. Traffic over the road is
now In nrouress from F.uroiwan Russia
eastward aa far as lake Haikal and
across this bv steamer, leaving at the
present moment only 0U0 mileauf trans
ttortalinn bv wsirons or sMg. Con
struction Is now goiug on at tbe rata of
abnutaaom ie ir year, though this
naturally varies according to the char
acterol the territory throuiih which the
work Is In proar, ra-utrr
mails from tit, iWrsburg to Vladivos
tok nnv require 45 days by the usually
trawled rout wI ths Hum canal, Indian
rowan. I'sMtto. while by way i of Now
York. Han Francisco, and across the
Taring the time occupied is 95 days. U
U estituatsd that wbn tbe trae riibr
Ua road la computed tb tim ocedpitd
from Kt. Petersburg lo Vladit otok. la
China, will I- ahont 10 days, 1 h iln
taar truss Hi, Vtrlrg la Vladivos
tok, or Ptt Arthur by (be cowtpWtvd
trass MiUriaa lias will h la roaad
t-r m ft foH miW. d lo Fort Arthur
a bowl tt.txst, ue aboat U Walks dial!
frtim M-w York l Ha Fraauti,
tU ikM r.lro4 Rw U
slravtisg otkr railroad sysunt la
lb south, sir Ictus- trust lb l'4
la Iks 'r4aa Hull ant lu Iks
Uir4rt4 Ikslkilwl. liiiairiiiglM
Is4 tvtMH lka oRVtftt rwrt Ikst lUwta
kas frrsd Iks kswiass aa4 popaliatis
1jy autaaly i4 eastsg kr railways,
at uf etnj4vitsg tk tk vla la
ti nl drwoiMa ta bidia3 lkM.
Ow lki pol tk rert sys (pag
IJUtTii
Allkitaaa vl lata UHladakas
twaa ia la mt latiiaiits, by Ut
the rale fmi il Rasaiaa laMWSfs Is
la Iks kaa-la tl Ike nwvsraasW thtl ol
tt.ftal tub taoVt ika ealr4 i4 Iks
asiaietrf t4 nwiMaistt0a, 14,441 an
klbf Ike aUK aa4 H,3Siat
only by private companies (tbe trans
Caspian, 1,027 miles being under the
ministry of. war.)
The adverse yeara, 1891 and 1892
gave a new impetus to railway: "In
order to give employment to the atarv
ing peasantry t" the government under
took and encouraged the construction
of new, roads. Anew era of railway
building began with these yeara, which
in ita vigor, soon surpassed anything
seen not only in iluesia itself, but any
wnere else in Europe.
An interesting feature of Russian rail
way growth deserves to be mentioned
tbe tendency toward concentration and
consolidation of tbe railway property
under private management. According
to figures given by w. (1. Mikhaylovski
In the transactions of the St. Fetereburg
f ree hconomlo society for lava, instead
or forty-tour private corporations which
managed all the private roads in
IHHd, there are now but seventeen, of
which seven controlled 11,103 miles
08 2 per cent of all the 12,450 miles now
under private management or construe
tion.
Kimultaneously with the redemption
of tbe greater part of Russian railways
the government undertook tbe diHIcuit,
task of regulating the railway turiffs
both for paysenjfere and goods, Tiie
principles adopted were those of the
"cone" tariff, and t he results of . the In
novation have been very encouraging,
for both passenger and freight traffic
hare Increased considerably since tbe
Introduction of the new tariff.
liy far the (creator part of all the tele
graphs Is owued by the ttovernmont.
Tim wheat crop ol Europeau Itussia in
1807 was, according to the itatesman'a
year book for 1800. over 6.000.000 tons:
rye, over 14,(mio,oou tons; barley, more
tnan 4,uuw,uuu tons; oars, y.ouu.uui;
tons; potatoes, nearly 10,000,000 tons;
II ox, 200,000 tons of fiber and 040,000
tons of linseed; bemn. JJOO.OOOof fiber
and 1170,000 tons of seed: bops, 050,000
huridredwHiu-iit; hay, HH.ooo.ooo tons,
The annual produce of tobacco ranges
about 1,250,000 hundredweight, and in
Turkfietau, southeastern Russia, nearly
a half a million acres are now devoted
to cotton, much of which has been
planted from seed obtained from the
United Btates and carefully selected with
reierence to locality, soil and climate,
thus increasing the production and
quality and bringing the product Into
direct competition with cotton of the
United States, at least so far ns relates
to the markets of Russia, the product of
iMtfU being over z.oiuj.wjij hundred
Wfclght. Over 2,000,000 hundredweight
of rice nre grown annually in lurkestan
and about 8')O,000 - hundredweight of
cocoon silk. The total value of cereals
x ported from Russia fa 1H!)( wun.')2.'l..
177,000 ruble; of flux, 72,304,000 ru
hie: hemp, 1.9,212,000 rubliM; seeds.
41,027.000 rubles rubles; and of sugar,
i.MJiu.uim ruwes. j tie American An-
uiiul Cyclopn Jiu for 1897H.yi:
HuHMta exports 01 per cnt of the
breudstuffs required by importing Euro
pean countries, ana trie proportion ot
her exports compared with those of
America increased In a marked degree
between 1UJ and Tbe chief econ
omic feature of wheat growing in Jtunsia
is the low cost of production, lower even
than on the beet virgin soils of the
United Htates, due to tbe existence of a
belt of rich, black earth extending acrows
the southern part of European Russia
and across the Urul mountains into Si
beria. Russia has now tbe mosfrimportant
remaining area of tbe world's virgin
forests. Enormous sections of northern
Rumiia and Kiberiu remain yet untouched
and capable of supplying the world with
timber and lumber when they can be
brought into market by rail and water.
Volume V of the series entitled Indus.
tries of RusHia, Issued by tbe Russian
government in 1893, says:
Kiberia bolougs to tbe number of coun
tries abounding In forests. In western
Kiberia alone tbe area of forests belong
in to the crown la estimated at 110,-
000,000 deiatines (297,000,000 acres);
in eastern Kiberia the area so occupied
is considerably greater, while the Littoral-A
moor region is also rich In forests.
consisting of very various and valuable
species. 1 he northern forest tone oocu
pies all those regions of Kiberia where
agriculture is Impossible from the de
ficient quantity of heat. Tb"flxl pop
ulation Is Insignificant. The forest
reaches of this vast sons nave up to the
present time been abandoned exclusively
toth forces of nature, but prme
wltbln tbemelres an inexbaustnble
supply of splendid building material.
1 hers are many Mcaliues where lor tens
and hundreds of vereta In every direc
tion stand clean plantations of pine
which, with their Interlaced summits,
bide the sky. The absolutely naksd
truuks rising perfectly straight to aa
enormous bigbt are aa monotonous
thst a tnn who nunt rbaneee into sm n
part of the Hitwrlaa taiga, or even a
wild Uat, ran not Pad Ms way out
aaatu. F.iprrn4 native trappra are
afraid to wnstrat Into on of tbw.
In their opUtu, ent hsated spots, and
I key rvMtrd eisry aWp they take by
Miring lb Ireea,
Tbe only grat rlfal of the FbitmJ
Htat l the rvat ladustry wbk k kulds
an Ika liakl td pmrMMi la Iks sky of lbs
I V a eainrv-piitrMsiui proa action-
m IUsi, U bit k r I'To-lui l is si sti
Ums as Ibat f Amwim, tl Is )(iBaal
Ibat Iks Hissdard IK rMiraltoii bss
bMi asiUnis lu sums la aa arvrmai
with tk hawiaa urwdutvrw ul is-tiu-
Warn.
l btnsly la try rswal trara tkat
ItsMla kas eikibiis4 strvsgia as a
alsisrieg aaltua at alt uaiaserats
with kf tMtNitUt ta wtk rsla.
Iks Mltiart kal sials (4 4,iwtM
oeaj asd wkah iwl faaniy was km
wa prodtHwf aa4 euasaatvf, Uttmt M4
swat Iksra tkaa la aiuat ttbr mwnlru
la I sioiwv aa4 la taaat Ikt brk-
bti awaf aa aM utkvki aatd abaat
U an-Mla e4 Iks atalalk twalsif.
Mat tk aw4 tfMi gruwih wf
(tuaUaasd aa FJtk p-)
A CHEAP. HERO.
There la an ancient belief that celeatin
phenomena are harbingers ot great
events. This opinion Is not altogether
obsolete, nor is it confined to thoun
learned in modern times. After the aa
saaeination of Cal us Julius Coar a
terrible comet appeared in the sky. Tbe
Romans thought it the mighty hero's
soul armed with fire and vengeance,
Josephus tells us that before the Jewish
war, which ended In the destruction of
Jerusalem, a star In the form of a sword
appeared above the city, Tbe night
that wltnossod tha birth of Abul Kaseui
Ibn Abdallub, popularly called Moham
med, a meteor shot across the conti
nent of Asia lighting the whole atmos
phere. Tha night that the aoul of
Napoleon passed this eurtuly vale, and
entered the spirit land at. Helena was
vleitml by a terrific storm. When Oliver
Cromwell was lying upon his death bed
England was scourged by a terrible
storm, perhaps the moat destructive In
ber history. Her whole coast was
strewn with shipwrecks. 1
ua tue second day oi June, iwa. vt.
uonatl, of Florence, Italy, observed a
comet, since called, from its discoverer,
Uonati's comet, This comet was then
228,000,000 miles from the earth. As
tbe celestiul knight errant a wept to
wards the aun it developed a tail 40.-
000,000 miles In length. It was nearest
the earth on October 10th, and on the
18lb of tbe same month nearly came in
collsion with Venus. This monster of
the sky stretched throuirb forty deu-rees
of celestial apace, and one could see to
read by ita light. No person who saw
that slurb t will ever outlive Its memory.
It was long a mooted question what
this comet was meant to presage, Rut
the enigma Is now solved. It baa de
veloped that on the 27th day ol Octo
ber. 1858, lust seventeen days after
Uonati's comet bad passed our earth,
and nine days after it came near bump
ing up against Venus, Theodore Roose
velt came Into existence.
Current History for the first auarter
of 1899 open with an account of t!.&
aougnty nero oi an ,luan lull, llow
cheup a laurel! A skirmish, In which
there was less of tsirsoual linzard than
tbe burning of a busiuei-s block in a
metropolitan city, is magnified Into a
Theriuopvloe or u Bunmuc'i. Khadesof
Tippecauoo Harrison and Franklin
lured And now follows the anuouueu-
ment that Governor Roosevelt will
atteud the Greater American Exposi
tion.
It is to be hoped that populists, at
net, will not uo wild over this lilliou-
tion statesman. If any of them ere
disposed to do so, I refer them to an
article from Roosevelt' pen in the Re
view of Reviews for Heptember. 189(1.
entitled ''Three Vlce-lVesidential Candi-
ates." Read that article, and you
will find it largely made up of abuse of
populists. Rut this is not only beneath j
our notice, but it is deeper than our
contempt; lor It only betray a the ignor
ance of the writer.
There is something else In tha article
that 1 wieh ta notice. And let it be
remembered that for several years tliU
mnstiroom atatesman was the ueud of
tbe civil service commission, that is, he
was one of the three men who were to
eterrniuetbe literary qualifications ol
aa olllceholder. He is, also, one of tbe
writers Invited by John T. Morse, jr., to
write the biography of American states
men, and wrote the life of Governor
Morris, published by Houghton, Midlm
to. lue article in Current History
classes Roosevelt as a historian. It
memberiug all. tbis, read tbe following
from bis article, "Three Vice-Presidou-tial
Candidates":
"In the early days under the present
constitution tbis system resulted lu the
choice of Washington for president and
of bis antitype Jefferson aa vice presi
dent, tbe combination being about as
incongruous as if we should now see
McKinly president and either Bryan or
Watson vice president."
Thomas Jefferson George Washing
ton's vice president! Merciful heavens!
A Nebraska child who did not know
better should not euter the tenth grade
of one of our public schools. We poor
unwashed populists out here in Nebraska
always thouubt that John Adams was
George Washington's le president; but
this enlightened ktabwman, historian
and civil service comuiisnioner was eeut
to tell us otherwise.
Read that ar title and you will see
that Theodore Rnoevslt, who was ten
yeara old wttra rVywour ran trpr,i
deut, thinks (or thought when be wrots
that artMe) that Hnymour ran eginl
Lincoln for prmideal, Krery ,SYrk
populUt know thsl Llnoola was dead
over three year bt'for Heymour ws
nomiuatsd. Colonel KiuMMtelt bat aUu
diHvr4 that Polk and ok Van
lurn ran atainsttil4 man Harrison ta
10,
It Is fa t hoi) that lhlsradii
staiMnuan, aal ta of may ualoiubl
battk-, will soua Hud tint to write a
revkml bmiorj 4 lha Feitsd Hiatal for
tha us of war pwUw schools, awny rM
hrf la Nbrska, whore, awordia, la
R'MMMVtlt, w da not ksuw as thisg,
Witata F, ttatttr,
A SOLOJER'S SENTIMENTS
felllo ladspaadsatl
WWa tk o4r ul tkia grwi r
pabli igkl Ik IVflaraUog i4 IwoV
l.-ai ib.r ttttikoMkt tkat d
gvaetab! Aatsfwaa Wtul4 wt ta
traatpkt It ! tkelr bl, or tkat aay
AwMfwaa oa!44artaUkthbbwrii
K ak Ik eVa4 acre 4 palriul
loVd4 hf MvklkWy'a toarw ta tk
lhUiillasi a4 ta tk ik ha Ua U,
Ok ubHrljt akat vfiaMa aruaiaillW4
in thy name. It aeems to me that those
republican speakers carried things with
a high hand. The founder of this great
republic, after the 'great sacrifice ol life
and money gained their liberty which
these republican speakers at Chicago
wish to trample under tbelr feet. What
Is this nation ooming to. I this little
war turning tbelr beads, or la It all for
apoils. Borne ministers make McKinley
a Joshua. He can never make the aun
and mocu stand still. That minister
overreached his calling. Bt. Mao., what
a joktil When I sea a republioan orator
nattering the people, maklnir great
profeseiona of attachment to liberty.
inn thinks look out good people that
fellow would like no send you to nun t
the Philippines to keep them in aubieo
tion. What hypocrites those republi
cans are, they beat all creation. What
with republican trusts and mlulstry?
Now don't you think honestly that ws
are running headlong Into Imperialism?
This war with Kpaln and the Philippines,
and Cubans murmuring we are getting
into a nice muddle, Promotions for tbe
ofllcor of the army and navy, death to
the soldiers and boodle for the bond
holders and Innd for tbe rich, and all for
tha glory of McKlnloy, The grand finale
will be, tbe English gold standard, na
tional banks Issue the money and what
next, ttie urd only knows, l believe
will ask some of the old soldiers, they
atlck to the old party like a poor man
plater, Well I can feel for them, they be
leve that they are right and some day
not fur distant they will have their eyes
openeu, h out Bor,DiBJi.
HONORING THE SOLDIERY
A serine of demonstrations are being
planned by the management of tbe
Greater America exposition In Omaha
this summer in recognition of tbo return
Ing heroes from Manila. The gallant
First Nebraska will probably reach
borne lu July artd will be given a day at
the exposition, to be followed the next
day by a reunion of the three regiments
which N-liraNkanent to tbo front.
Tha Fifty-first Iowa Is exacted to
reach Omaha enronte home from Manila
some time In August, at which time the
.VtiMHktt volunteers will join In their en
tertalument at tbe expomiion.
It is probable that If the gallnnt Fuu
stun and bis dauntless Twentieth Kan
sm reirimont reach America in time they
will hIho be given a fitting welcome by
ttie ureator America munagemenr.
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION
The congressional finance committee
that bos been in session for some week
at a summer resort on the coast of New
Jersey, has finally closed Its labors . to
the entire satiefaction of the admlnlstra
tion, which means, of course,, that the
propositions of the committee are agree
able to tue money power, A soon as
congress " reassembles the' measure will
be put through with all dispatch. It is
needless to say that the propositions
are in direct opposition to tbe iuterosta
qf the producer. Here are the main pro
visions;
First, That all government obliga
tions shall be redeemed upon demand, in
gold; second, that greenbacks when
once redeemed with gold shall be reissued
only for gold; third, that national banks
which are now allowed to receive gov
eminent currency in exchange of bonds
at the rate of 00 cents in currency for
$1 In bonds (the banka to have tbe use
of the currency and to draw interest on
the bonds at the eametime) shall receive
fl in currency for fl in bonds; and
third, that tbe minimum capital of na
tional banks shall be reduced from f 50,.
000 to 125,000.
It would appear that Mr. Puffer has
not become thoroughly enrapport with
the leaders of the republican party,
tbia proposed legislation indicate that
tiis bosMoa fur whom the committee has
been laboring, do not believe that "th
finance question ba settled Itself, "-Cow
ing .Nation.
RUSH TO HEAR HIM
"A put altogether front tbe political
Idea which bs promulgate with ao
much vigor and iateliigeuve, It 1 douLU
ful il th America republic ba produced
a mora remaikabl entity tban William
Jsnntug Rryaa. Hi physical vigor
aloa la a constant urc of wonder lo
other public men who bar broksa do a
HU'Ur ons-filth part of lb strain wkkk
Uiyaa has undnrgone, asd from which
k kas mrgd pi avid, calat and aax
tUt;d. IWspit th ri.lu-ul ol tb
prva, wkit h ksi smploysd rry iphis
St braia aad Rtoy ewuld pro
d. lu bufiwjus nrjsB, la tiurvr
sral knu ta all tkiaa both f rat aad
sw alt, sarh I lbs charm ul kk proab
My, Ik aa vt k is eloii or lb
d.imlewui a4 wiiuli lirv 4 bis la
toil!, thai tk pt etut rtMk la hr
ko la kordM, aulwilkalasdisg lb l, t
that iky sii tu r l la tksptuttk.
rratW psom. lkait dy that lksr
kra addwsod a Ww"ly array of
aip.y twiH-hM. Tb w4i(.le ar attr
leg m habit nf mtg lkltf fur hMt
!, a4 Ik ull il,J4 al l) leg aboal
iMf f ato fU ka lost lis HtWa,
Mr, Itrjaa trwh-blr ka a aid
kauaMgs ul Ik I it4 Ms to Irosa
iwreusal w)wrftHa tha ay tthf
tiuisg. ttlai4lbalhbaiHka
paaMy lavry wai4lktal. II
4m atit rtat ki bt tMp aa ta
grsat aa4ef ty tag pfiatpla, aa4 hi IhV
ity in this difficult branch of oratory
seems marvelous even to students of the
art of speaking, hia sens of proportion
is perfect, and be never talks himself out.
II ia far too much in earnest to be a
humorous speaker in tha senna in which
Drwey is, but be occasionally lighten
bis discourse with areodot parable,
after tb manner ot Abraham Lincoln.
It is noticeable among the crowds that
flock to bear Rryan that they also are
In deadly earnest and therefore In ac
cord with tbe speaker.
Mr, Bryan ia tb moat atriklng figure
in the country. Even tb hidebound
and servile organa of the trusts break
through the bounds of their bypocracy
and pay an honest tribute of admiration
to a man who would rather ba right
tban poiitio."-N. y. Dally New (Uep.)
News of the Week
Agents for a New York syndicate bare
been in Omaha tb past week getting
option on Omaha breweries for the pur
pose of including them in trust combina
tion, It Is probably a question of only
a few day before th Krug and Mot
beer drinkers of this state will wash
their throats with trust beer. '
United States Consul Maaon at Berlin,
sends a report to tbi department ol
stats on the growth of department stores
in Germany and France, Tb same fight
boa been made In tbos countries aa bera
by tb amall retail dealer againat tb
"big store" aud with about the same
success, In Franc an organization o'
40,000 retail dealer was made to op
pose tb department stores, but tbey
have continued to grow, According to
the statement of lbs founder of on de
partment store It ha supplanted at tb
outset and soon extinguished about 000
small retail shop and stores and now
doe a business of 30,880,000 annually
sufficient to maintain 1,800 to 2,000
mall stores.
Gov. Poy titer has named a list of dele
gate from Nebraska to the conference
on trusts and combinations called to
meet at Chicago Bt. 13-10, which Is
certainly strong enough, to command a
hearing. They are W. J. Rryan, W. V.
Allen, ex Governor Lorenzo Crounse,
Congressman R. V, Katherland, Dr. A,
II. Hippie, Edward Rowewater aud
Frank T, Ransom, of Omaha. Thei is
only one suggestion tbo Independent bas
to make ia regard to the list that is
the addition of some prominent farmer
who Is able to attend. 1
Another sharp engagement with tb
Filipinos In Cavite province Tuesday of
tbis week with thirty killed and wounded
on our side, Tbe Filipino will finally b
conquered, probably exterminated, but
at wbat cost! Ertu tbe administration
organ have ceased to talk about
speed r surrender of the natives.
A disitcb to the World-Herald from
O'Neill announces that Judge M. P. Kin
kald of that city, boa decided to seek the
republican nomination for congress.
Judge Kinkaid ba long had a desire tu
go to congress. When tb republican
wanted him to take tb nomination in
1890 ho wouldn't bav It for he saw th
storm coming. When bo wanted it In
1894 the republlcana wouldn't let biin
bav it. Now that th judga want it
again it I likely ba will get It. Tb
voter of th grand alxtb diatrlct ar not
likely to send anyon to support tbs
Ianna-McKinlry policy In congress at
tbis crisis, however.
Tbe last dispatches from Manila Wed
nrsday ol this week, say that th Fill-
inos bav made tb trouget resist
ancs ever made, at Los I'inas and tb
American eould not drlv them mor
tban 500 yards. Gen. Law ton ralUd
ou hi entire fore and wa nnabl to
inovtbm. This look aa though tb
war wa about to end. Tbdipst
rhe say, "Tb Filipino tore engaged
ber appear lo b th large! aad l!
aruMd body of awn aklrk ha met our
orora," Ke-pon fighting killing tbrnt
off by tb Ibounaad and tlll tbey ar
troagsr Ibaa eter.
Tb horror ol tb WUwasia tjrelou
with mors tbaa 100 d4 I mroly
pua a wba oa It hls eouie a of
tb attar r k fe' tk Ihrirlkg bill vib
lag ul lUraiaa, ia Washtaatoa eoaaty,
oar oa aUt. Tudy, at 0 orlub, a
l ly touMuailyi taty Rtiaats after
Riaa (4 ruins, aVJ a4 W4.
k lu t4 U' I how r-l4 at 10,
with ttaj wnsa-Ul. Nbraka la kwa
lar at or luttsaat tkaa k Utr state
la fjsfaa v taltatiw, l Ikasaaawka
a prwJwt wkr a tytlua wilt lrk
ait, kt gralr tkaa ksokuM trlil
lh Mil priiat. Tkr U aloi4kf
tor ar virraa xpatit watkr nptt
-w, r. wniki.
Great asaaatb wa ral4 ui Poyd
county last week by th arrest of tbo
republican county treasurer, Nlcholaa
Seller, for the alleged embeizlemont of
mora tban 15,000 of county fund. Tbo
discovery of tb shortage was mad by
Stat Examiner John A, Simpson of tbo
auditor' office. Seller wa arrested on
oomplalnt of tb county board and
Judge Westover required Seller to glv
$5,000 bond for bl appearance next
Saturday. Ul bond was signed by tbo
republican banker. Boyd county join
Holt county where tho memory of Rar-
ret Scot t'embetemout of $100,000 of
county fund Is still fresh In tb mind of
tb peoplo. ' ,
Our law In regard to taking np land
by building a reservoir on it look, on
the face of It, a though It wa a good
law for th farmer but you look back to
aes who I going to pay tbe taxos In a
county where one-half of tb land ii
taken under tbia act you will see that
wbat on farmer make cornea out of an
other farmer' pocket. Why did not
congress say that tb United State will
pay taxo on this land? No part of tula
money would com out of eastern state
and tbey do not receive any benefit from
the act. The western states pay thou
sands of dollan to keep np th harbor
and Mississippi river, you any th west
ern and eastern state receiv eqnal ben
efit from tbi. While tbia ia tru would
It not be an equal benefit If they would
apend a few thousand dollar In keeping
tbo water away from th Mississippi
river and putting ft where it will b of
some benefit to th west. If our con
gress were controlled ty farmer tuer
would b a better show for this,
Tb small retail merchant ia in bard
line. II la not only belr g grouhdto
powder biltween tb great department
store rival, but I being bled of bl vary
life-blood the country .trade by a
swarm of peddler. Tbe business of sell
ing from peddler wagon to tb coun
try trsdo ha grown until It cover
nearly every artlcl consumed on tb
farm from a baby' shoe to a cottage
organ, In all tbe thickly settled farm
ing regions of Nebraska the peddler'
wagon Is never oat of sight In th snm-
mer season, .ills advantages tor carry
ing on trad ar several: U ha, no
rent or tuxes ia pay; be ba no largo
stock to carry and tbe personal contact
with bis customer is a powerful hlp
toward securing trade. Therefor tbo
peddler ha been multiplying through
out the state aud the retail merchant
have been full of grief. Tbe board of su
pervisors of UufUlo county at tbeir
ni"tlng on May 16, for tb purpos of
putting a atop to the peddler nuisance,
passed tbo following resolutions:
"Whereas It ba com to tbe knowl
edge of tbi board, that a number of
persons, commonly called peddler, are
engaged In Belling tbeir wares In tbia .
country contrary to laws made and pro
vided governing auch buaineas; therefore
Resolved, That tbe county clerk be
and 1 hereby instructed to glvo notice
in tbe official paper of tbe county to
these persons, that tbey must procur
from bis office, tb license, a tb law
provide or quit tb business of peddling
In tbi county.
And further that tb clerk send a copy
of tbi to tbe clerk of Hall, Kherman,
Custer, Dawson,, Phelps, Kearney and
Adam county tobeubmittsd to tb
boards of tb counties named, and w
respectfully ask their co-operation la
this mailer, so inai iues partiaa can
not mak our county tbelr headquarter
aad aoll their wore In tb surrounding
conntlea."
Tb law referred to read aa follow
In chapter 77 compiled statute of 1895,
Hera. 154 and WA.
A tax of thirty dollar, for statpur-
poM, shall b levied on each pwidter of
watchea, clocks, lewelry, or iatat mdb
clue, and all other war aad nierchaa-
dt, for a boon lo paddM llirougbout
lb slat lor ous year.
Kuih lU-rns may p oiitalned front th
county vlrk ul any oouaty, upoa paylnc
lb itoi r tat to in irvasurr tbereor.
and taking lb rlpt tbroL
Any ivrMia t twddllng wltnnatft
lliwn U guilty of tniJeniaaor, aad
lb iwrwia actually peddling k liable.
whether haM lboar or a, aai
iNia eoavkiioa ibwriNd stsII ba no!
th sum ul buy dollar aad ataad ouat
Milled aattl lb 0o l paid of I di
thra4 a provided by law; aad If aa
Dv4J:r rWuM la thilit hi In la
ay era r)irli a vtw ul lb aaM
k bait b punwl ta bav aoa aad
it b rMi a bM-aaa aptw trial, wo
i441r sba'l pay an toaisui praiiaa, '
ta aa 4 ,
If o wast la by lav-It ridas4
out Da ay, ) skusM ga oat wa
Ik .North Uap ru4 aui a base aad
a kail kfor ut, rM th bridgi,
lak tk v:hyaa4 foa wdi m
Ink lag rwiblaas ta Ik la4 4
Cmaaa a xirid la tk btik oi 'aotjr
writ." HtMt4i lar lata tk vnt a
Ik l4iM Utp with ltfy to
mtKti thrtfttabjfrv with vs
dura. btwUl mm tawiai aw(4
t ol aMMhWwr, It might apprlj'y
bU -lb no 4 Mwwaa,!,
Fshl pra
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