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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. . June 22, 1899 T III PORTO RIGO Censmlssloners Protest Against Our Treatment of the Island. EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION. aithewh Fart of the Potted States, It elalleM Is Tklt Ooootrr Are Lee Sslltfeeterr Thas Whoa Spala Baled, they So. . Niw You, Jans 22, The commli- sloners from Porta Itlco to the Uuited BUtes feel, according to Dr. E. Julio Henna, on of their number, that they and their adherente io Porto Rico have been treated scandalously by the United Htate government, and ao they hare prepared a protest, which Dr. Henna, after consultation with Dr. 11 Zen a Gaodla, another comruls slonsr, hue glvsn out The ' protest aayat . Torto Rico find Itself at this mo ment In an extraordinary situation. The island la by virtue of actual occupation, by virtue of the treaty of peace between the United Wtate and Spain, an integral part of the terri tory of the United Btatos of America, Nevertheless, its soil, Its ports, its commerce and its Inhabitants, are not for any practical purpose considered American. The flea; of 'the , United Htates of Amerloa lloats over the soil of Porto Rico, but It dots not make American even the, children who are born under its shade. Ships coming from the ports of the United Mates of America and entering a port of Porto ltleo do not enter an American, but a foreign port, and art subject to pay customs duties, tonnage dues, eta. The commerce of Porto Eioo with the rest of the United Btates of America, instead of being free as the commerce between Massachusetts and Florida or Now York and Louisiana is bur dened by a tariff, heavier and more obnoxious than that wbloh was in force when Porto Uloo was Spanish, and its commerce was subject to the reciprocity arrangements whioh,under the inspiration of Mr. Ulalne, were concluded in leOO between the United States and Spain, And although Vorto Rico is American, and its gov ernment Is vested in American officials from tht governor-general to the health officers of tbe humblest port of the island, no protection is given to any Porto Rioan except upon condi tion that it be carefully expressed that he Is protected as a native of Porto Uloo, but not as an American. "Of liberty and self government, the Porto Rlcan people have not as yet had any taste. Thoy are subject in all things to the supreme will of a military ruler; subject to no one else, though in Urns of poaoe, than the com mandTr In chief of the army of the fnlted States, through ex clusively ths channels of tbe War de part meat" NO USE, WATTERSON THINKS, The Beataeky Editor Thinks the Jfesl Cempalge Will lie Over Aeela. Nxw Yohk, June 83. Henry Wat terson said' last night that he had not come to New York for the purpose of conferring with gold Democrats or any other Democrats, despite the re ports to that effect sent out from Louisville. "I have no doubt whatever that Mr. llryan and the platform of '00 will be repeated In lU(X). Tbe Eastern Demo crats who undertake to control these wild horses of the West and South will fare no better in 1903 than they did In IfOO. It look to my mind that the campaign of 18H8 will bo repeated In luoo, with a few addenda to bring matters down to date." Colonel Wattcrson explained that by addenda he meant such planks as anti trust and anti-expansion. Asked what he thought of this platform and of Its chances for aucoesa, the colonel re plied) "Everybody knows how I stand on these matters, and It Is not worth white to talk about them," A dee I Ike Last atioai Ites. Ban Francisco, June 13 What may prove a clue to the robbers who stole the strong boa ouutatnlng I .'5,000 In gold from the steamer AtatuiHla dur ing the voyage from Australia here, was given lo ths polos, yesterday, bj three tourists from Honolulu. When the Alameda arrived at Honolulu one of the passenger, au vsnwavlet from Australia, left the vessel and spent money lavishly, A few days later the steamer IWIgie stopped al lloauliiiu a her way to China and Japan and the ea eouvlrt tuW passage oa her. Jews aad tteattte Isotlte, fpwaaa, Jaae II. A polltlael. Ultte between Hebrew end Christian by i Ktewart avenue nweaiw ao lr tday that tMloa InUrfereae In ' ftwa was made tteeary, Th Igkt atiema known a trusts t:oM lo a the weult of the bitter lelteg solely and may be properly ealled between tb JewUh and t'hrieiUa 1 Increment of associated twgaaUa " f the aetakborbowd. iul t lUa-' kwed freely and many at thyMg I "s."taallyf oppswlaaltyar brother sUra rwlf4 palaful lejurlea. A rtt "M-1 xU f iot the ree Is tall brwMsht the tUe t Ike eeeae ' 'Mib'e aM tbe trasl while purely and WHh ss.Us 4 ifcrUttaa ' sllsl in Us taspifalUw, U the vi ae.! se Jewist boy wr ar reeled, bat , t1' ' be great soeial spirit now afurard dibrg4 ,s ! st sii.t sw . r eaitNM !', t Swi ju vw, stewaljtt (.s) p!a MtussMd tm PPilp itf U hesstMl i'Mf tMM lusneiete Ht atiMMM tl r rl 'iMMvavMk wsv Smmi.) f 1e kvaa sal lata Vn tMsia. AC Jnitl-Th Uleet , , i i ; "r vetoed at;-,o,H w.U teaUUltoW t fr im steaMse IVtawW, WILBUR FRANKLIN BRYANT, Ilartiogton, Nebraska. ' He was born In DaJton, N. H., on the 21st o! March. 1881.S Was bred on farm, graduated Jrom Kimball Union Academy. Meridian, 1873; entered Dart mouth college out aia no nrouui Taught school In Mississippi. Removed to Nebraska In 1878. Studied law with .l..hn It. fUmble. Yankton. H. V. Ad- mlitml to nractic April I7tb, 1877. Practiced law in Nebraska, at St. Hoi ... W... Pnlnf and llartillfftOn SUC- cmt'lvely. Was postmaster at St. Helena In three vears. in looa ue woe oivuuw AmtriPt. attnrli'for the old Sixth diS' trict, comprising sixteen counties and the unorganised territory iroru uvoro in,, tn what U now South Dakota. Tbisstroteh Is larger than one-bulf of the New England states, lie was also lor several years judge ol Cuming county, Nb., and was a roerooer oi (irtv. linlfiom us sian. wmi ran ui colonel. Judge l'.ryout was formerly a retiublienn: but la one of the founders ol the People's parly In Nebraska, . Has been a mmbr of every mate conven tion sine the foundation of tbe purty, end has 1 en appointed twice as a iiwm her u tbo coinmnire on rrsoiuuotm. Jode Bryant Is tbe author of a pnni- iiblet, "A lMier to a xonng ww biu- dent," on the InJIclal murder of the anarchists rf fcbtango In 1887. lis wrote a life of Louis Rid entitled, "I he Blood of Abel," which was Hie cause of the celibrnUd Blulr resolution lutro riuced In the United Slates senate In 1888. Judge Bryontmjoys a lucrative practice and li us never been an office- seeker. He wns a member of the bi metallic congrees of IbO.'l, and repre sented I he dioevse of Omaha at Hie world's Catholic congress the same yeer. He has been a constant contributor to the reform press of the United States and hns been on the stump lu tvery campaign. lie has men state prcsincns oi tu Catholic Knights of America; was su preme representative to the supreme council of the order held at Kansas t'n this last May. Bryant Wu temporary and permanent chairman of the last opulist si ate convention ana aeicgato o the national convention in Ht. Louie In 1800, and voted for tbo nomination of Mr, Sewnll for vice preiaut against Hon. Thomas E. Watson. Mr, Bryant Is the son of Doctor fleorge W. Bryant of New York (Jlty. The family name was formerly O'Brien, Bryant's Immediate aucestois coming from Londonderry, Ireland. We understand tb it Mr. Bryatt no- cepted this office not to Risk money but to earn an nonorablo record as trie nrst Insurance commieHioiiitrol tbesiate. He prides himself on every official rec ord lie ever made, but they were madi as a republican. Bryant wns the dis trict attorney who obtained (J be de cision of the supreme court making He crime to sell liquor on Suuday, and also the decision giving women tbe right to vote In school meeting. MAYOR JONES ON TRUSTS, Views the Orewth ol Combines Bathe Cemplaeantly. CnioAoo, Jnne it Mayor K M. Jones of Toledo, in a letter to the Record on trusts, saysi "I wish to say that I am inclined to regard the great growth of these or ganizations within the last few months rather complacently. , I believe in a urge program for society. I believe it to be our duty and privilege in this repnbllo to find a plan big enough to provide for all of the people, and I see in the growth of the trust an Indication of the crrow- Ing movement toward collectivism. I believe in brotherhood. The tru.it ia the American brotherhood (limited). Tbe trust is preparing the way, ahowing sooloty the great ben efits that may be derived through as sociation In Industry and the great economic value of Mtoelatlon, both in production and distribution. An In vention that lightens the burden of the world tollers and makes it poaai- bie for ouo man to do the work of twelve is called a 'labor-saving ma ohine.' Docs It matter whether the machine la made of wood and iron or composed of organizations and asaoel atlona of men? If the result ia the sarao it is a labor-saving machine. In thla aenae the truat la a labor-aaving machine. "The triumph of the trust ia one of the marvelaof the cloalng yeara of the nineteenth century) but It la an eco nomic development, atrletly in the Una of progreaa, and our Vroblem la not bow to destroy them, but how to uae them for the good of all. Like their prototype, the labor aavlng ma chinery, constructed of wood and iron, they have coma to stay. "What shall we do with a trust, with the continually increasing armies of unemployed thrown out by theae organisations? I reply we must or ganise government (aoelety) in the la lereat of all, for the good of all, so that we may utilise the eonamle aide of the truat. "We maat leave off the word (Urn Itedf from the great American brother hood that I have referred to, and mastttwa and oirele tbe trust foe the Waelt of the people, ae w now own aaJ opvrate the poeiuftle trust Th atvvuas lo the ergaa- i turriug twe aearte el the psH.pi. "Tbe kw(l leward tweHirlpat ewaersblps toward r-Viie awaersblp, toward e operation of ett y ewrt, ln diealea the ebaaael tbreh sklb lb people are to esone laio laa sussssitis of Ibelf ,. ke they eta tkofvttgaieaHiMe! they will aSm pby reteea, la a per feel y orderly way. the propernee that bate passed aet f their bands aed bowoJ prtvata prop- . tba peple WlU own sad IV.perallf t lo.aaweUb.- IV 1 BESIEGED iii The Hopeless Story of a Surgeon From Manila, PEACE COMMISSION A FAILURE Pa HeQaeatea Thinks OtU Weeds 100, OO o 150,000 Troops to Bold Bis Oroaod lie Says Filipinos Think The re Detesting Oar Men. Baw Fbawcisco, ' June t, -Dr, Charles A. McQuesten, who was on the staff of Mujor-Oeneral Otis, and health 0 Ulcer at Manila, has returned home, Invalided by the climate. Captain McQuesten made a close study of the conditions of ' the Philippine situation. Ho is of ths opinion that it will take from 100,000 to iro,00(j aoldicrs to properly subdue and hold the islands, lie also says that the punco commission was an ab solute failure, an) that its work from the start was Without effect, lie strongly supports the military govern ment of the islands, except that he ' thinks more men will be necessary than has been estimated. . "Dr, Huh ar man knows that the com mission Is a failure and is comlnir homo in July," added Captain McQues ten. "Unless troops, thousands of them, are sent to the aid of our men there they will be driven back Into Manila la the course of the next few months, during the rainy season, Our men simply cannot stand the climate, At m. . . a . .... cuiy per cent 01 inorn will be lneii - pacltatea by- sickness and ths terrl- vury overrun win nave to us abon- doned, Manila will be In a state of siege again. " Our soldiers and officers have ac complished wonders and have proved themselves ths best soldiers in the world. But nothing decisive has come of it, because our men were not in great enough force. , "One of tbe great dangers that our men have to face Is the climate. The newcomers will bo at a disadvantage because the volunteers who are re turning home are inurod to ths ell mate. This will make more 'men nec essary than wa would otherwise have to put in the field. As a matter of be lief, the Filipinos think they have ths Americans licked already, "One solution of ths situation might be to enlist colored men from the gulf states, and this might settle some of the race questions of that section. These men would be able better Ao stand ths climate conditions around Manila, and it has been proved that they are good fighters. "1 want to say a word for tha West ern volunteers, They make the finest soldiers in the world, and their fight ing qualities are wonderful. But ths volunteers all want to return boue, and I hardly think that the plan to enlist three skeleton regiments from the volunteers now In ths Philippines will be a success. Ths men enlisted to fight for their country, and they are not the kind of men who want to stay and fight an insurrection for money or the fun of fighting. " JUDGE FOSTER SERIOUSLY ILL fhrslolens Umf the Ksosas JarUl Cannot Lire LoBfev Than To-Dar. Toi'KK, Kaa, June 23. Judge a O. Foster, who was recently retired as judge of tbe Federal district ol Kansas, ia suffering from an old malady. Ills physicians say be will not live longer than to-morrow. Judge C. Q. Foster was appointed judge of the United States district court by President Grant in 1874, and served nntil March of this vear. when he was retired and succeeded by XV. C hook. - YELLOW FEVER IN SANTIAGO, Tbo Marine Hospital Ke porta Fourteen Cases aod roar Deaths. WaainstoTox, June 23. Surgeon General Wytnan of the marine hospi tal aervlce received a cablegram to day from Dr. 1'ark, the quarantine of floor at hantlago, reporting the ealst enoe at that port of fourteen cases ol yellow fever and four deaths from that cause. ' innim 1 - j Uay will plead guilty and the judge TUI Then Celereae will Wats. wilt probably suspend aentanoe on Dm van, Colo., June 2 Prealdant him and require him to report at every Nash of tha Hmeltlng trust will not be term of eourt for several yeara hrre nntit Haturdev and all negntla- tlona with the strikers have been sue-. " ' ponded natll be arrives. From an In-1 terview be gave oat la Omaha it It . evident that be wilt notyle d to a r.o GILLE 17 QUITS CHIHUAHUA. ogaitlon of tba miners' union. II baa also said that there would be a M the Cattle Biaau Is r-retsMe Ueeeee per eeat laeresae la wages aad a. foe teeival " more, but be Intimates be will make Kassas lm, Ma, June U.-tirant ao deelaia without referring to Urant ti. tillUtl, the Kansas rattle aad l.tlers, the Colorado eseeatlvs anladler, has suddenly departed from eomuillU tlraat baa already pa- the elly of Ctihuahua, ia tUd Mas pared a new avals of wag to offer to. Uh, whereby baa been ever smee tha men. whlah l praeileally aa la- his departure from tbe of ereaas of 1 per eeai his .-.rslis. tililett bandied ap 1 hi wife aa t ehlldrea. bealdes the Ma Mo Was Var ra tears Is) the Wat. Imp nrtU of bia Ulvmriatfs. and Costtiati, bias,Jae tt- Usbsms. dv Daeav C lU.lger. t ailed btates aaty, reitrwd. It deai, a-ed Tt yeara (wmxHHl.tre lulgev was retired fnr toea years as. after nearly forty (our years' servWa Me It Is tetee-t Vat falls, deee 1 -It wa saaoaaee4 tale la tbe day that It lltergeois bad dfstltaad tb usb at furmiag a tabt net. M wla, mlnUler mf bvega affairs in tba Dupwr eMat, U now vbab.v ba asb'd la li a ailatsiry, ttasaaa to Ha iUaetoato4 lUvsas, Jaae !lMeb tteaeral t ad ie bat Issue I aa wr4r direeliaf a feudal resaslaatioa ia Havana, Tblt is tbe res a I of a few setwe-lt Ve of p it i FOOT FOKEff 'OTOKB, , 1213 O STREET. DISSOLUTION SALE . Now is the Time to Our Partnership $6 .0b Shoes for from $2.50 4.00 Shoes for from 3.00 Shoes for from 2.60 Shoes for from EVERYTHING. ELSE IN PROPORTION We haye a lot of small sizes In Ladies Oxfords, prices ranging from $2.00 to $4.00. Your choice of the lot for 05c. An assortment of children's Oxfords ranging from $1 to $1.50. Will sell at 45c. Everything goes at a great sacrifice. The goods must be sold at once. 1 I, 1 j KyW MAY PLEAD GUILTY. a Probability That Jeoolnrt Will Do tha Oolr Bobber to Stand Trial Xow. Martville, Mo., June 22. Little Interest centers in tha trials of Jen nings, Uhepherd, Nigh or Hay. The evidence will be the same In these cases as was presented against Fegley and Kennedy, and now that the leader of the outlaws has boon convicted the only question to be determined is how many years wilt the others receive, Jennings insists upon a trial, but It is thought that Hlicphcrd and Nigh will plead guilty when their cases are called. Lewi Nlgh's brother from the In- "ftn territory came here yesterday nnu wgun overtures wun l lie prose- cuttou to lighten tbo train robbers' sentence. He docs not question his brother's guilt, but made the promise that should his brother be allowed to turn state's evidence and bo released he would enter no more train rob borlea Ills efforts oaine too late, however, for the prosecution answered that Nigh had remained under Ken tiody'a Influence at the time when be wai offered leniency for a eoufeasiuu, and now he could stay there and take the eonsequenoee. Nigh ia espeeled to break down on the wltneaa stand, brde4 a sight train fur tha t1ty at blla Irvut tbers be lateadt to go t outs Cealral Aswerleaa enuatry, where be tblaka, be wilt b sate (rum tba r4tor sal hleva waiter wha bate buandod bm ia t'dibaabaoj tdlt baew that ha ewaid au ba taken a.rias tba bie sivaa border te tally, bat Ihera were auNtorvu pUit la bidaap aad earry bias ara tba buvder t'ssaily mm member of tba s-eUd band at kidnapers would lot part tba lata wtM4t l tbe fagttlfa, toe ttblvb ba wa paid liberally. Ibirtng tbaiasl tiMsata tt rai isslun mm, aoms at wheat were swindled by Ut'ielt, bad baslaeo la th'baabna. aad aah tiasa tbey an posted tba vrimUal wvald go la bid lag lot several devs, aatil after tbey tataraod ta tba slstoa 12131213: S Te. n y is About to Expire. 2.00 1.60 1.00 OXFORD GAVE THEM DEGREES Ceell Bbodet and Lord Kltobeoer Made Doe tors of Law. - Oxford, England, June 17. Tha honorarp degree of doctor of civil law was conferred to-day upon Oeneral Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, Cecil Rhodes, the Karl of Elgin, and othera. The greatest Interest was taken in the event owing to the opposition of a number of the dons to conferring a degree upon Mr, Khodes on account of his connection with the Jameson raid Into the Transvaal The' opposition was generally regarded as partisan and as a political movement. TIRING OF IT IN CLEVELAND, Committees From Strikers and From tha Street Railway Meet Ci.euki.awd, 0., June 22. A deter mined effort wa made to-day to set tle the street railway strike. Com mittees from both sides met at 1 1 o'clock with . the committee of the city council appointed Tueaday to de vise meana for bringing the dispute to an end. Tha meeting Is secret No attempt was made this morning to run cars over Hues where trouble was anticipated, and both sides ars await ing the result of tbe conference. Chlaeee MeMheaM Objeet, Waauiaoroa, Jnns 21 A Arm of Chinees merchants at llong Kong, through Its attornsys, baa submitted to tbe War de per Unset ths question of tha validity of duty levied upoa American good shipped from llong Kong to Manila The Arm maintain ths duty should not ba paid. Fear sbelotoM Foal Wichita, Ka.t., June It R. J, tWper, furemaa of a Hants Fa feaes geag, while out oa, tba (1 mar run riser soar tha Kanaas Use ia Oklaho ma yeaterday, diarovervd four skat eioaa, suppuaed to ba the bunas at early esplurer. in a sand pit aear tbs river bar. Mtb the skeleton wrs the barrel sad baik vt tour old fas b lutted lltatWW htusssl sad pieces of srmwr, Use. , Kansas Lump Rock Salt For Stock. muj ra ii a tmt i' ri S...4 1,'gftsa.ltca KMTMM KCCZ CUT CO., ST. m a.1 iM m cu c t;i r. fs4 r; 4? to; Buy Shoes We will sell you :42i to Q4.00 0a to 3.00 to to 2.60 2.25 a '42 4J Coehroo's Seat la Doaaand. ' 6t. Josirii, bfo., Jona 31 Sevaral men ara after Congressman Cochran's place. Tbey are: Ex-Bonator If. 0. Moran of Ht. Joseph, ex -Senator B. P. C. Wilson of Platte county, ex -Congressman Charles Booher of Savan nah, L. J. Miles of ltocklaad and James W. Boyd of St, Joseph. slofferrlllo .folate Closed bf lajaaetloa. Coffetville, Kan., June23.T-Every joint in tbe city waa closed to-day by perpetual injunctions from Judge bk Id more of tbe district court, re-' straining the jointlats from keeping places where intoxicating liquors are offered for sale. Similar injunctions were served on the owners of the buildings. PltUbare DooW TragettF. ttsburo, Ta., Jnns 29 Jamea .irmstrong, a ateel worker, last night" ahot and killed Thomas Welch, a fel- low workman, and Immediately after ward ahot and killed himself, dying within a few momenta Armstrong had threatened to kill Welch several times before because of supposed Inti macy with tba former's wife. $5 A MOM'S a. DR OPCCIALICT, TWs 4lFKc-tat DISEASES Aa9 oisrascF MEN ONLY. tl Yrt f aasrttste, I' en a IHatts. Wedl. 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