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-e ' GET READY TO FIGHT Chairman fidmleten Says That Now la the " " TUmm to Iday Plana and Select JLoail- ' ' - I I - m for (ho Coming' Battle Thm question of the coming campaign and how It should be conducted 1 a On cation that should engage the minds of the fusionists at this time, because "It 'Trill bo full of Interest from the "9 tart on the account of the election of two U. 8. Senators In the state this fall.5 ' The election of 1S93 is, so fresh In out minds that we cannot forget with what certainty our people entered the campaign; with the full belief by all, that Senator Allen would be elected. There -could be no doubt about .that, yen Bepublicans were admlting that fact, and to our Borrow we found out too latcv that was a part of their cam paign and as a consequence they had by this confidence game talked our people' into the idea that Allen will bc clccted any way, and yon can give me yonr vote, or you can stay away from the polls and I will hare a little better showing In this precinct, or that, of courao I can't hope to bo .elected, and if I should It would not make any difference in the election of v U. S. Senator. With this kind soph istry practiced from one end of the state to the other, and in each repre sentative and 1 senatorial district, we can understand how so many of the fusion forces failed to vote, or in some cases were so liberal as to vote for tae republicans. They were led to believe that the large Taajcrity in 1896 and '07-for our ticket was assured again and republi can candidates went out on a begging expedition and they , succeeded in beg ging a'TJ. S. senator from us, and then laughed at us for it, saying we made on honorable contest, and was as much : surprised at the results after the vote was counted as were the fusion forces. Well this won't work in 1900, but the old sly republican politician has from now , till the canvass commences, to determine on some other line of de ception to get the votes of those that can be caught by his plan. They know with a. full vote cast for our ticket they have no chance or hope of elec tion, and in- the election last fall the fusion forces wanted to convince them selves as well as the republicans that they . had the majority In the state, by, fifteen: thousand or more and de livered the votes, to establish this fact. This having been done it must be un derstood they cannot rest, and let im portant matters drift into wrong chan nels, where the opposition can take ad vantage of the opportunities that in reality belong to our people. ; 'The duty of each warker in our cause :'A 'IHOIaTH Treats all Forms of Diseases and Disorders of ..MEN.. ' 16 years experience Electricity arid M o W i r o I Treatmenl Treatmenl combined. IIJOUIUU.I Stricture. Varicocele, Blood Poison, Ixjss of Vigor nd Vita'ltr, Kidneys. Bladder, 8k in. Blood, Etomach, Bowels, Chronic, Nervous, and Special Diseases of Men and Women. P AT APR II o' the Head, Nose, Throat, Lungs, Ufi I ft linn and Catarrhal Deafness. Our treat meet for all forms of Catarrh has never been sur parked. Jt reaches every aoranpot from the Nose to the fticJ'e Car, and to the deepest part of th Laaqs. Medicine and Treatmeat ONLY S3.00 4 MONIH.' All Chronic Diseases successfully treated Ifome'Treatment STSSSJ for all cases. Send for symptom blanks. 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Ah stedielse faralaheA 1 e d4r arltl sUmp tor oirealar, free M.CCJ tsesfote. - - ri now Is to see that only the strongest and ablest men In the various districts should be considered for the positions of senators and ' representatives, these men should be . elected with no per sonal fight on them in their own ranks; they should be men whose characters are above reproach; men ' who com mand the high moral support of all in the community where they live. They should be men of experience and well known to the body Of voters, who they look to for support.' . They should be men, who when elected, will not cause their constituents to be ashamed of them, but an honor, to the districts which they represent, and be a source of pride to each supporter. They should be men who will prove true to every principle advocated by our party, and not vote half of the time with the opposition. In order to be fair, as they sometimes say. - You want rnejj elected when they come io me state capitoi wno win not be found the associates of . the slick lobbiests that are always on the ground, but men of courage that will listen to those who elected them and advise with them as to the kind : of laws they J want enacted and will act and vote to pass such laws. You want to select such men to represent you as will return to the district stronger and better able to defend our cause and help to build up the same. We have many of these in each county, and many of them are men that will not ask for office, they have not thought of being candidates and many times such men prove to be our very -best and' most, useful men, and when placed in positions where they can ex ert an influence, can and do become a power. Coupled with this must be ability. '' - ": 1 -- - It certainly Is a mistake to send fa natics to the legislature, of all places that - is where you should have " the cool, calculating, well balanced men. Such men make . but few mistakes. They are cautious and yet earnest and faithful. They do not take up the time of the legislature in chasing rain bows or trying to establish 'Isms; they transact the busnigss- you send them there for, and are ready to adjourn and go home. ."''' : "" The object of this article is to assist so far as we can in selecting the very best men to come to the legislature. They will hare much important work to do, and with a populist governor to sign the laws passed; and a supreme court that will be in sympathy with their actions, this will be the most favorable session of the legislature for the passage of - many, laws, and will be of greater benefit to our people than any since the fusion forces were placed . in power in this state. Now the duty of . each friend of our cause is to look around him and make the very best selection" he can from those in his knowledge and begin to talk to his neighbors" about ' it; . can vass the field thoroughly, and don't listen altogether to the fellow that has the bee -in his bonnet, to come to the legislature. Some times they, are all right, and sometimes it proves the re verse. This is your duty and you must not shirk so important a duty as that of selecting or helping to select those members who are- to represent you in the legislature. . : Not only is there the necessity of having men tried and true1 in order to select two U. S. Senators who are of your liking and who will represent your views in the national congress, but you must remember that large ap propriations of the peoples' money is made to carry on the state's business for the next two years and you want men who will take great interest in this matter, each institution and de partment depends upon their action. With such candidates nominated by our people we should be able to elect a handsome majority in both houses of the legislature, and I -believe we will.- - ' It may seem to some that it is rather early to commence the consid eration of . these candidates, and we are willing to admit that fact, but would rather put in more time in the careful consideration of the men that are to represent u, than to wait too late and find after the nomination was made that we have made a bad selec tion or the wrong man had been chosen and that we would have hard work to elect " our candidate and - then he would not be what we had hoped for. The fusion forces have within their ranks men of brain and force, who will be able to make one of vhe most brilliant legislatures ever held at ue state capitoi. The work outlined In this article does not apply to eacn state, county and precinct committee man of the allied force's alone, but all who are interested in the great reforms we hope to establish in this country. Let us work to this end that our . cause may go marching on to victory from year to year in Ne braska. Yours for success in-state and na tion in 1900 J. H. EDMISTKN. , - Chairman state committee Peoples' Independent party. : The Best Plan ' Editor Independent: Inclosed please find $2.00 to apply on subscription. to the Independent. Am hard up these prosperous times but will help to keep up the fight I - think if every Pop would send the Independent to some republican it would be the best. plan possible to carry the state for the fusion forces,' I was Just about to write one 'for Allen, when the word came he was appointed. , I am one of those crazy fellows that believes it would be better to have everything in common, but until it comes we wili have to fake second best. The woods are full or that kind of fellows out here. .. .' .'. ..; . . ". . ' ' ' Yours for victory and the best - we can get. Hope to help more soon. A, Fleming, Ainsley, Neb. Paib GcId It is reported to me by a former noted farmer of Lancaster county, now a resident of Illinois, that the banks of Illinois are paying out almost no gold at alL Can it be possible that the 1 money trust Is giving to ; their great populist state of Nebraska an ocular demonstration of the beauties of the gold standard, by paying out gold Our newspaper, men should look into this matter. I. N. LEONARD. A , , . . D. Clem Deaver of Oratim will begin tbeeabUcatlon of a weekly . paper in Oc-s February 1J U .will be know - Mfn J . IS ASSASSINATED -- . . ' ; " State Senator Goebel Shot Down at jFrankfort. BULLET FIRED FROM CAPITOL WINDOW John VThittaker of Batler County, Ar rested and-Jailed Cbared -With the -Shooting Man Arreated Had . -rive Pis tola on Ills Per3 on. ' A ' Frankfort, Ky., dispatch dated January 31, 2 a. m., says a physician from- Senator Goebel's bedside says there has been no . change in his con dition for two hours, and that he is in a precarious condition. Other infor mation from the senator's room is that shovld his wound prove fatal it will be between 6 and 6 o'clock this morning. . . ' Goebel Shot. A Frankfort, KyM dispatch of Janu ary 30, says: Senator Goebel was shot in front of the state capitoi at 11:10 o'clock. The bullet was fired from a 6ide window on tho third' floor of the executive building. Five shots were fired, and one took effect in his left breast near the heart. The wounded man was ; carried away by his friends. , The third floor . of the state house from where it is said the shots were fired is occupied by the insurance com missioners, register of lands and state custodian. ; r." - "' ; After, the shooting Governor Taylor called out: the state troops and sta tioned thirty-five men around the ex ecutive office as a guard. John Whittaker, of Butler county, hasjbeen arrested and jailed, charged with the shooting. . He had five pistols on his person when arrested, " Wednesday morning's advices say that Senator Goebel was wounded by a riflle ball of small calibre which struck him in the right side : just below the armpit. . The ball passed through the back part of the right lung, across the body on a diagonal line, passing out below the left shoulder blade. Mr. Goebel was on his way to the senate chamber, in company with Colo nel Jack Chinn aid Warden Eph Lil liard, the latter being a few feet in ad vance of the other two. As the shot was heard Goebel gave a quick, involuntary exclamation 'of pain, and made an effort to draw his own revolver. : His strength was not equal to the task, and he sank to the pavement. With great - rapidity sever al more shots were fired, the bullets all striking the brick sidewalk close to where Goebel lay. ' None of them touched him, however. ' - Chinn had his arm about Goebel al most as soon as he touched the pave ment. "Get help," said Chinn to Lil lard, and turning to Goebel he ' asked: "Are you hurt,-- Goebel? Did they get you?" - !They have got me this" time," said Goebel; "I guess they have killed me." In less than a ' minute a crowd of men! was around Goebel and he was hastily carried to the office of Dr. E. E. Hume in. the basement of the Cap ital hotel. ; - Here he was laid upon a sofa, while : Dr.- Hume made a hasty examination, pronouncing the wound to be of a na ture that must cause death in a - short time. " - Goebel, who showed great fortitude and courage throughout, smiled weak ly and feebly rolled his head from side to side in token of dissent from the opinion expressed by the physician. HAWAIIAN BILL COMPLETED The Chance Made as to the QaaliOca- tlons of Voters. The Hawaiian bill has been practi cally completed by the house commit tee on territories, and Chairman Knox, with a sub-committee, is preparing the draft for the revised bill, with the in tention of presenting it to the house sometime this' week. Several im portant changes have been made in the measure. , The chief of these is the striking out of all property qualifica tions for electors for the senate. An other change eliminates the super vision given to the supreme court of Hawaii over elections in the .senate and house and makes each house the judge of its own elections. The omis sion of the property qualification is in the Interest of the natives. " Des Moines Is Dry. Every saloon in Des Moines, IaC, is closed as a result of the supreme court decision. The saloon men agreed on this course as the only safe one. , The board of supervisors met to canvass the new petition of consent, recently tried to take the place of the - ministerial association and the anti-saloon league requested a postponement of ten days till they could prepare their showing of the insufficiency of the new petition. The time was granted and the saloons will remain closed meantime and until the petition is approved. The opposi tion claims it will prove the new peti-' tion worthless.. , Numerous f orreries of names are charged. .... ' ' Mlaalon Still a Secret. M. ' Bernert, the Belgian premier,' whose presence - here is supposed to have 4 been connected with the boun dary dispute between the Congo Free State and the contiguous German ter ritories, has left Berlin without divulg ing, the real purpose of his coming and diplomatic circles ignore it as carefully as newspapers. I- : Snew Storms In France. Heavy snow storms prevail through out France, especially on the north and west coasts,' where numbers of wrecks have occurred.. . ALLEN HOT ON TME TRAIL He Wants tho Great Gaps In the Informa tion Sent to the Senate by Gage Filled up :' , .'. For the last few days the air in Washington has been full of rumors that Secretary Gage in his reply sup pressed more than he gave out - Hints have been dropped by Treasury De partment officials that some extremely interesting letters were known to have been copied and were then "lost." 1 Because of these rumors," and also be cause of the disconnected character ot the correspondence' itself, which gives conclusive internal evidence of its own incompleteness. Senator Allen has de cided to introduce a new resolution asking for a further : account of the matter. ' : "-; ;f ""-. . , ' " It is probable that Secretary Gage and his affairs will occupy much of the time of the Senate this week. If the Senate Finance Committee does not re port Wednesday (its regular day) on the Gage resolution now before it, a motion will be made to discharge the committee from further consideration of the matter. When this has been clone and no one anticipates any trouble, because the motion is merely formal, the reso lution having been answered by Gage's reply a resolution of investigation will be offered. If Senator Ailec's resolution Is passed the Senators may hold the resolution of investigation un til Secretary Gage makes his reply. -It will be more difficult for the lead ers to force the Republicans into line in the Senate than in the House. There is a growing feeling of Jrrita tion over Gage and his conduct among certain Senators. ' - A curious evidence of the panic stricken condition ,of the Gage crowd is the absolute disappearance from committee rooms and public places ot the Secretary's reply. A Senator saia tonight that they were gathered ana burned. It is now almost impossiDie to obtain a copy of the book. Senator Allen's resolution asking for more Information embodies the follow ing points: - First What reply did you make to the famous Hepburn letter? Second What occurred at your se cret meeting with Stillman and Mor gan in Philadelphia . Third What record was kept of the telephone messages between the Treas ury Department and the standard Oil Bank? Fourth What securities passed back and forth between the Treasury De partment and the Standard Oil Com pany? " ' V Fifth All data on the omitted let ters and documents relating to the placing of Government deposits in the Standard Oil Bank. Functions of Koney ; In establishing the ratio of silver to gold in the coines as ,15 to 1, we quote the law, "that -Js to say. every 15 pounds weight of pure silver shall be of equal value in al payments (dent is here recognized) i5 with one pound weight of pure gold.',' WTe ask where in the above quotation is the idea of commodity value recognized in either value" was to establish a uniform ratio, or proportion of silver in the silver unit to that of , multiples of the unit in the gold eagles, half eagles, etc. There is no expression whatever that 15" pounds of silver has, or had a com modity value of any particular num ber of units,' neither the one pound of gold. - Commodity value in the silver unit or in the multiples of gold, could not have been recognized by congress in the -oassaee'of tiiis first coinage law. and was not in any law prior to 1873. As gold and silver in' the worlds mar ket, had sl relative, though fluctuating commodity value, tne quantity or eacn material to be used as units, or multi ples for the payment of debt, was con sidered necessary to secure unirormity of size, weight, etc., in the coins. It was known that the quantity of ma terial of either gold "or silver in the coins was- liable to constant market fluctuations the world over, from month to month and year to year. Therefore to Insure a stable unit, to satisfy debt, either immediate, or de ferred oavments. and to protect the people from contracting debts, when the material silver or gold was low m commodity value, and then compelling thpm to satisfy the debt when the commodity value was high,- thus un justly increasing their debts, arificially making it harder to satisfy the debt, "which would be a crime too heinous tn niPnHmi." the unit of account was stripped of its" material or commodity value, and declared a "legal tender tor all debts public or private," regardless f th fftmmoditv value of the silver or gold in the unit or multiples at time of satisfying the debt. Tne principle of no commodity value In the unit of ommt wna pstahlishpd more clearly during "Lincoln's administration." by the issue of sixty million aoiiars or units in treasury notes, on paper, wti'h was declared a lesral tender, and as such was equal in debt paying pow er at all times with that of the silver or gold units or multiples. Certainly no one wpuld contend that the paper in these paper units of account had the same commodity value of the same quantity of gold or silver bullion con tained in a silver unit, or gold multi ple. However, it is history, that tne paper unit declared a "legal tender," has stood at par with the gold mul tiple' or silver unit, for more than 35 years. There has been a struggle De- tween . the honest representations or the people In congress, and the bankers ; inrl monpT sneculators of the nation ever since the adoption of the consti tution, to destroy the Unit of account; ! so far as its stability at a4i times to rwiv rlpM was concerned. To deceive the people, they saw they must change the expression "unit of account' as tne first step in their villainous conspiracy. Thus the law of 1792 was changed to "unit of value'; in 1873. and placed upon the gold dollar, Instead of the sil vpr - dollar. - Bv this act the silver unit of account, or any other material unit, such as . paner, was stricken down, and by hidden design the pay ment or tne oeDt was saoaieo upon tne commodity. value of the "gold unit of value." -. ' ' : v '."-; ' : - Trinr n 1 R7S thA twinep tmit dollar was equal to a gold or silver nitt&. debt Davine ; Dowerl Should r the bil which has just passed the lower house or congress Decome a law, the "gold unit of value" will be the only unit in which the people can leeallv oav anr debt contracted.; As a sop; to the peo ple tne -gold Darons,' and money spec ulators will, doubtless issue" "nation bank "promises to nay" makinsr th people pay interest, and 4 by tacit agreement ior ' small amounts among me common nerd may be allowed to satisfy small debts with national hank notes v or silver coins. . When the amounts are large, gold as a commod ity value must be the instrument of payment. To obviate. the rpsnlt nf th market fluctuajtions of gold; so that the uyyarent vaiue or the gold dollar will remain constant thev ' llllVP inner arm learned that it is only necessary to control the- number of - gold units cornea,- or allowed to go into circula tion. Placing a commodity value upon the quantity of -sold in ".the -dollar nnd by putting into circulation large num- uers, or, tne gold units, or by national bank notes, with gold as a redeemer, they put the commodity, srold. in com petition with other commodities, mak ing it easy, for the people to pav debts contracted. Therefore exchange of commodities is lively, the; neonle can pay debts easily, and . prosperity is Diooming. . .... . . . , f-. To a certain point they allow the dear people to 20. Thus far and no farther is their edict. ...They control tne material which forms ' the unit. They see the demand for the material is great, and when the demand eets even with the supply: which they are a me to control, contraction commences, tney can in their loans,; the units be come scarce, to nar ; debts becomes harder, more products must be! dis posed or, and commodities in compe tition with gold, falls, and: the longer and more intense this contraction nol- iey is pursued the greater wide spread tne oesoiution and rum or tne people. F. W. ;Wright. -, r,: : .i ' :. - . 1 , r r:: : v'. V j Farmer's Clab Meeting . Thursday, Jan.- 18, 1900, was an event in the history of the Lancaster County Farmers' Club, whose pleas ant memory will not soon be lost. 1hls meeting, for good will, sociability, and congeniality, eclipsed any meeting that for some time has been held under the auspices of this club. A hearty welcome was given every one, all were sociable, and a very good time was en joyed. The meeting was held In Ray mond, in Mr. Weller's Hall. The hall was decorated in a most pleasing man ner; flowers' were abundant, (thanks to the ladies) and bunting . was stretched across, the front end of the hall. After greetings were passed anu the proper, hour to dine arrived, dinner was waiting to be served. And, Oh! such a dinner. It seemed that eyery housewife had tried to excell in de quantity and quality, of her provision it was Impossible to be able to par take of all, even in small quantities, so great was the supply. - The program ror . tne afternoon was opened by a song by the - male quartette: Mrs. Hotclikiss acting as organist. The music rendered by this quartette is of a high order, and is always well re ceived; as was evident by the ap plause. Th minutes of the last meet ing were read and approved. Mrs. Hathorne read a selection, treating the importance, to girls, of an education in housekeeping, and, its life-long in fluence. Mrs. Joe Cameron also read a selection, which . was very good. Recitation, -Luther Hathorne. Mrs. King, an invited guest, from Lincoln, favored the club with a selection, which spoke of the tendency of girls to be exclusive as foolish and ungra cious, one s associates should not ae chosen by the kind of clothes worn, but rather as to brains anu quality of character. The art of graciousness makes friends, and the exclusive per son is certainly not one to be envied. . quiet humorous song was next given by the quartette, -followed by a decla ration by Mr. Syford. t Mr, Jesse Mor gan gave a. declamation, entitled "The Veteran's Tale." Music by the quar tette closed this part of the program and the discussion was taken up. The question: "Shall the women have equal rights with the men at the ballotr was opened by Mr. ; Weller, who was op posed to women - voting, stating the duties of the ordinary voter were ones that a woman could not, in modesty. take up, Mr. Muggieton followed. He said the impelling motives of women would be entirely different from those of men. and that they would elevate politics; since they would be governed in casting their vote,' by the one' ques tion, "Is it right or wrong?" Mr. Pas- water believed it was not God's in tention for women, to become active in politics giving scriptural examples as proof. : He also believed that wo mans pure influence should not be checked by being, mixed in political muddles. Mr. Leonard was in favor of , equal rights. Several others took part in the discussion among whom was Mrs. King, who Is a "strong "Wo man Suffragist," She made a long and interesting talk in favor of equal rights of men and women. i. The club accepted a cordial invita tion from Mr. W. D. ;, Mann for the February meeting. ; Following is the program for " the February meeting: Music; recitation, Hattie Mann; select reading, Mrs. Leonard; music; recita tion, Mabel Dietch; select reading, Mr. Paswater; subject for discussion "Are we doing what we should do as citi zens to improve society;" music. A vote of thanks was heartily tendered the members in charge of the meeting for their hospitality and loyal? enter tainment, and the club ad journed, after "America" had been sung by the entire congregation, to meet with Mr. and- Mrs. W. D. Mann, February 15, 1900. CLYDE HOLLENBECK, i. N. LEONARD, .- Secretary. President; ; : -1 : ; : , Wants Damacea. August Ivek has sued the Chicago House Wrecking .company ". to recover 85,000 alleged 'damages. On January 37 Nek says that he was employed in demolishing the Liberal Arts, building on the exposition grounds at Omaha, and that one of ? the walls ' fell upon him, a nail striking , his right wrist, tearing out the cords and muscles. He says that his right hip was cut and ol 0&l3thSts X ... We have not very many a I U I T cloth jackets left, but I U W such as we have we are 1if inlAP - determined to sell. If In! I ilTP I - yu want a black cloth V V 1 1 1 1 U I jacket at less than the Jackets price of the cloth from which it is made, you can gret it now in our Cloak and Suit Department. It will pay you to' buy a jacket now, even if you only wear it a few times thi3 winter. Black Jackets worth $4.00 we are sell ing for $2.67; black jackets worth 87.50 for $5; black jackets worth $10.00 for $6.60, and black jackets worth $12, for $8. hildrena Jackets All cloth jackets for children and misses, whether plain or fancy, we are selling at one-third less than regular prices. Ladies Gapes All ladies plush and cloth capes we are selling at one third off, and in addition we have two great drives in heavy, warm, cloth capes at $2 and 3 each. MI Ml (0) MM LER & DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE FREE Upon application, we will mail to your address our CATALOGUE, in which is listed all The Leading Standard Fruits adapted to the Northwest. A ful line of Nursery Stock on hand for the Sorinir of 1900. Fruit Trees, Small Fruit Plants, Ornamentals, Forest Shade Trees and Seedlings. EVERGREENS. Address, MARSHALL BROS Boards Want Order Resinded Editor . Independent: Under the above caption comes the report from Lincoln that "The state board of trans portation has been asked by the rail roads doing business in Nebraska to rescind Its order of two years ago restoring car load rates on shipments of live stock. They contend that the change from, the car load to the 100 pound rates does not materially in crease the cost of transportation." Now as to the relative cost of ship ments by the respective rates above referred to from this point. It cost the writer per car averaging nearly 60 cwt. less, 6 dollars more by the lat ter rate than the last . preceding ship ment by the former rate (no over-load ing or crowding). , Moreover, subject to a long delay at weighing, shrinkage and probable in jury or death of animals is Increased and their torture prolonged, considera tions at once pecuniary and humane. However, ostensibly to conserve pat ron's interests, but obviously a sub trif uge at one full stroke increasing rate and deteriorating service, tne con tention of the railroads that it imma terially affects cost of ' transportation is characteristic. The audacity of" these ,public-be- damned fellows is equally only by their repacity. J. E. WELCH. Paxton, Neb., January zi, iyuu. - . " ' r " Cold-Blooded Facts No member of a labor organization is allowed to work in the Shoshone county, Idaho mines; and any miner wishing to seek work must nrsr. oDxa'xi permit from the representative ot the governor. Before he can get a permit- he is compelled, to sign a re nunciation of all allegience to tne miners union. The U. S. Army is be ing . used to enforce this condition, which was made by a proclamation issued by the Governor of Idaho ana countersigned by General Merritt. President McKinley has refused to in terfere with Gen. Merritt, and tho con dition continues. The Standard On Syndicate owns the mines where tne rouble has been. . . . -ThA failure of the Globe National Bank of Boston can be directly traced tn the Standard Oil Company, aid-rt and abetted by the U. S. treasury de partment. The Globe National .was one of the Copper Trust banks. The Standard Oil Company owns valuable copper mines and for. three years has been trying to break into tne copper trust which is a Boston and Paris con cern. It failed to DreaK in. just De fore; the. Ranic it trumped up a law suit and frightened noiaers or copper strvlr fin that it was able to bear the rHre from 204 to 142 inside of a weeK. The GloDe National held much stock as pnllnfpral." A bank examiner was on the ground when the bear movement started and gobbled the Dank m spite all attempts or tne tsoston clearing house to tide it over. The First National Bank of Cht ico is Secretary Gase's bank. It has capital and surplus of $5,000,000 ana deposits of $43,500,000. It is inti matelv connected with the National City Bank of New York, which has the same capital and surplus, but deposit of over $105,000,000. r -These two banks are the ones which are to control the great National-bank syndicate now forming which will give to the. Stand ard Oil crowd control of banks with nearly $100,000,000 capital and sur plus, and fully $1,000,000,000 of de posits. , : - ".' , Sixteen Chicago banks at their last report have $173,000,000 of deposits and only $35,000,000 in cash. They have about $20,000,000 due from banks and bankers (which they owe eacn nn Ml, U 1 3ill Sts During the last few . weeks wool has ad vanced srreatly in nriffl. m-irl asa onnKPfiuenee woolen fiTOOda of every description are ' being marked up in price from 20 to 50 per cent by the manufacturers. All blankets ; which we have on hand we will sell at old prices. It will pay you to buy now for next winter. " We have just opened about one hundred and fifty pieces of new percales light, medium, and dark colors choicest pat terns and best quality 33 inches wide price :" " 1 2 ! -2c a yd. Arlington, "J Nebraska. other) so that they are up to reserve requirements. Gov, Altgeld built the sixteen story structure known in Chicago as the Unity building.. The Equitab'o Trust Co. has taken' possession undor a $400,000 gold mortgage, though tlft building cost $750f000. The interest rate is 6 per cent, which,, compared with rents, is higher than would . 10 per cent have been when It was built. The Bessemer ore trust has fixed on $5.50 per ton as the price of ore this year. Last year it was .$2.90. Common ore is put at $4.25 against $2 Bankets Spring Percales last year. - The Rockefellers have raised lake transportation on ore frorn 74 cents to $1.25 a ton. Taken " all around, Mr.' Carnegie, Mr. Hanna ana Mr. Rockefeller seem to have arranged a very' prosperous 1900 for themselves. None of these industries have ad vanced wages. ' ' . The United States has 65,000 sol diers in the Philippines and all of the , recent fighting has been within fifteen miles of Manila. Evidence is every day coming that Gen. Otis does not re port the truth concerning the condi tions there. , , .- v Everything tends to show that tue McKinley administration Intends to have the Cubans vote on 'annexation before they are granted an independ ent government, and , it will also die- tate as to whom the right of suffrage shall be extended. England Is recruiting men m American cities to fill Canadian regi ments to send to South Africa. She once hired Hessians to fight America with. The National City Bank of Nety York (Standard Oil) has increased its capital 6tock from one million to ten million dollars, and is now only ex ceeded in capital by one bank on tho continent, the Bank of Montreal. , While Mr. Gage has been temporarily called down in his attempt to increase the government deposits of : the Na tional City from - thirteen to thirty millions of dollars, it still leaves it with nearly twice the deposits of Its Canadian competitor, which has twen- . ty-four millions of capital. On Janu- . ary 1st the Standard Oil banks In New York held 41 per cent of the deposits of the associated banks in that city. Bryan and Towne Editor Independent: Please find In closed $3.00 as per statement re ceived. I have failed to get my share of that McKinley prosperity, but 1 ap preciate the good work you are do ing. The next presidential ticket should be Bryan and Town. L. C Barr, Holdrege, Neb. Direct Legislation "A new edition of John Martin Vin cent's Government in 'Switzerland will be issued i shortly by The Macmillan Company. A large part of the book has been completely re-written and much additional matter has been in serted in order to take account of the changes which have been meantime made in the Swiss government. One of the Interesting chapters which havo been added Is on Proportional Repre sentation. The permanent value of this work which has led to thi3 second edition, lies in the great similarity of American and Swiss problems and in stitutions. It will be remembered that the first edition was widely , read and noticed. - . - ' . .,, Fear a New Voe. ' Great Britain is said to be preparinir for eventualities. It is evident tho nation fears that, sooner or - lator, it ' will oe confronted by a new foe, and it is now considering the mobilization of the navy as a timely warning to tho powers to keep hands ofE. v