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Auorust 2, 1800. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. A FUTURE OF SERFDOU TLm fc&nriag c!ir;4r.;j was received frosa a s&other in Wahicfton, D. C In fJL letter accoccracric it, he ay that he realiy thitJca the mothers f Aeaerira Wbould crgaie -in erery state in the U&ion to protect their oo. from hecocucg hireling. Four years mt the I&dependfct in many article tried to iic'res upon iU readern that the fleai oatootae of the trust organiza tion would Biake all men hireling except a very fw ttazcate who wouU run and r f investment mine worm. , .77 t. i . i "In America we may nay 200 men eon- re eierythicg. It ha tacen fouryean. j iT, the maDufacturin aJnd prominent for the irreat ethical atJ iisteil?ctual ; hxAv of the country. No indepen-mtiu-r at tLe to cmj re dev. man can go into business without Ltz.d the idr. "At lat thy M'fu to ; the monopoly coming and crushing him afxrhend the real Ifrricun-re of U , out. incr-a-e of the trut. 1 he Itdtj-rr dent , -I !0 not look upon the business situ in thi. an many ether thicgf, hss ! &tkm in the United States as prosper 3way been ah-aJ of th kw g:er, ou. We have had a period of four years elf -irtiffornl eat. At tirt thow writer-. 1 r.f estrao.-dir.ary excitement, which is tT, then they think, and aiter jer ! nmv on the ebb. That kind of business ha ire pwi. Urfy adoft the i:ea tho ; . ran not Hve when the excitement is over. Jndee&dect ha k adrjealed. j V.u hare that overcapitalization to look -Tni qwtjoo cannot inr.ger tw ob- i at in the eye. There is going to be a csred by afpealjcg to the f?judice cf -tr-v.e curing the next twenty years the ttr to ur port thi or that viiih tae.-e trust, just as there has been pohticaJ party becau-etf it kiUr and jh th railroad. The directors have iniilkm. The jue!ka of tb" pre-ent ; j.-keted the surplus similarly. icvomrg x weiiare oi vue n araj daefhter will make a ttror.jrer aj pril io j every tst-lli;recx jrecL I -A etideiice of the fact that the j l3iAifcUUi oi ArKi arr of America are tt- ocmif alarajra over the prcrct It-fore their ciaicren w will qiute froet iir ytf Umt. a pubiicauon the hijfLt ad tacmX ct of il kind exHnively tietctrd la the intrei ef worn n. Thi j ehiiratksB. above ail thr. U f re from thechargeof joiilieai bia. an! therefore hat U. editor wrile upon thk imjort qumiioa will be of interest to all. Upon m? subject of monopolies and the if ! fiYww tkMr mi'A rrt unm 1 hm lir of u.e yo'ucg men and wwa, and boy mn4 UiA Ametic the liaxw u- iHe Um trx Tioroa Ungual: - Take tie Standard O.l Company, for icla&e, l The troht.of th eotum for tut current vmr are 4rUiuat-d at tf.'J, UUU.0WJ. Would sol Ur. 1-Ljekefeller oui if your too et out to establish a Luiiie-s that wtwld rateh the power to t.x ,ttoe out of Mr. jLoca(efertf hand: I-rcWiy thr i where truu he ' mother by the hearutneg. It is not ro bad about price--we may struggle and imet lhi but trut imp- upn tmt oca a future of terfdom. The indi vidual olrprih0 that hi poible under a rein of truu i a report to the eco do3ii coodike. of the barbarian. The al terra tire is rfdom a clerkship, if you mill, a tanageriai position at a haiidot. Muary in me trust concern. perhap. bat he i the mtntoa of the mug mt miss, the cwl baron the tru-t that employ fciai. He i a creature of the trust, with no hope, no future in which he may be master f hin!f. This i woman caue for hating trub. for fearing taocortatic tendeadies of . - ii . - !f. a!!?Ia Jrr d are defraaded of the American birth- ri:ht liberty and independence while trut oprtat to create a roy al decetit of noc-y kief to rule the oummon 10 p'e. Wouian enmity agaiat trusts it rt fo ecoccsab ground. It stand on the Axtricaa principle of liberty and JHhV atwS Hf -?r? of " "ImonstraUon. To day there was no diffi- "- m uuiri iu "er mux. rvr. Att WITH POWER. Cfcla Ooraiii fcks I'ardoa for Its ft Off - A Wahicgtn. .vg. ? dUpatcb &ys: The Chine imperial jroremment i patting forth the u vt powerful efforts to retire through negotiation the afnJocuirit of the international movement npoa Ivkin. The cable fTam received at the atate department today Srtna llsrl Li Huis? Ctiang all tjd to deCMotrate hi dei5re tu uvjt the minUter at lVkin and their delivery at Tien Tia if this ran be a.fely effeed. trusting' in turn the interrativoal toree win W halteL fisnnt'onAbly a prrer aurance of the aafe delitery of the mini er woald hate ame e5ect tipvn the tem per of the power, and it I poibie tbat the United Mate government woald jrite ear to overture in that di rection were not the- attempt made by ; the ihla- to Iwptme con Ji lion t:poa the delivery tbat are altogether wruesJy ohjvxtlonable. Huch, for iAtaacie. i a atfpulatioa tliat the l"hiee imperial aathoritie hall be abMlved is advance from the conse liewe of the attempt and for liability of what ha takes place in I'ekin. TW mt tipulation m'ght be regarded a a direct Invitation to the ''boxer" to mnrdtrr t! roinUitr on their way to the ccat, and therefore oar govern tcent will leave it to Mr. Conger him arlf w hether c r not he regard it a fcefe to leave Pekin when the oppor-t-.siiy i leld out. There ha been no change a to the military program of thi government. Presperity Impossible Ucder the condition imposed by the Joc Doe of republirran IfgUIaiion, pros perity for the to . in this country is an impossibility. Panic breeding money icc 4 by the bank 4. which in addition to b-ir.g of the ame wrt tbat has troaglit ruin in iU train in all the ages cf the past, impoaea a heavy tax upon the peoj-le for the beneJit of a few bank er, will not work differently in the fu ture than it ha ever ince bank money wa first iued. Wi-e business men know that there can be no permanent pm-j-rity In a country where every aort of balnea U capiuliei for double iU Talae, thereby making labor pay twice aa much to capital a it ever did before. The fallowing London di-patch gives the view of one of thee men. London. July 2L Financier have bees asking amioutly and constantly what t4 the true condition of the Amer ican rail market and what h the exact aancial condition of the United States. They hate en sudden ri-e without much apparent caue and 1 a trip from xto arparrct reoti. There ia, perhsp-, w ga who could give such well judged street magnate, who ia in London. -American rails, said Mr. Keene, ''are cot at all low now. In fact, I consider them high. Only in abnormal times can American roads be made to pay. It is one constant struggle," and only achieved by the very best management in the re duction of working expenses and so on which enables the payment of dividends. There ii Dot a railroad in America, ex cept in one or two instances, which has riot been overcapitalized by mismanage ment or by the fraudulent practices of thorJ connected with it and placed with the people at 10 per cent over its value. If tbe existing railroad mileage of the United States represented a fair, honest outlay there would lie no more secure or Buying More Islands Kmperor William 1 seems to be in the . f Mlvi :-ianHa in the China wai have to pay The American people who for them have not been ask- j ; ed whether tbey want any more islands l ; down under the equator or not, but the Kmperor wants them and that is ecouch. He doe- not have to ask anybody. Ho, a Senator Lodge says, makes war, de clare pesce, fets up governments and tears thm down according to ' his own caprices. A Washington dispatch tells i lJf,wf. ioiowi. f t -ins;ton. .1 uly 2. Arrangements i La V"?? lf de for Uie pur- ;c?f f'"" feP"i'? &tates ! -iauas pi c.ouu ana agayan hich were left in Spain's possession by ihe treaty of Paris, although part of the l'fciiippine archipelago. The purchase price was not made public. The inlands mentioned are a portion of l.h Iippiue group and lie to the Making Enemies When Gen. Milea landed in Porto Ri- i co. the inhabitants ; greeted him with open arms and strewed flowers in the '- athway of the advancing army. They manufactured United States flags out of ; every sort of material and waved them ; from the sidewalks, windows aud house ' tops. Tbey wanted to become American citizens and live under the flag and the constitution. Everything has changed ; in Porto Kicosince then. The imperial i iU on the inland tried to get up a Fourth of July celebration, but the Porto Ricans i IB . . v nubb paid Llit T uau mu u dlration that : did not apply to them, tk.i i... w .i.i'-ilj' t couia not see wnat part tuey nad in a one their old holidays. "There was no .at tempt," says the telegraph report, "to display American colors. The celebra tion of the Fourth of July was totally eclipsed. Then the citizens were unable to raifc a dollar for the purposes of de tv,,,v - i,f I cent S5.000. Possibly six nativd j houses in the city of San Juan displayed I the trs and stripes. It was estimated i that no fewer than 2,o00 Spanish flags were flung to the breeze." There were concerts, balls and street parades, and patrio'tic addresses in which the patriot ism was not for the United States. "Our people should not be blamed by the Americans for expressing their feel ; ingtaid a leading subject of the United ; States, as he watched the other subjects j cheering the flag of Spain. The United Slate constitution ha not been extend ed to this inland. The privileges of citi- zenship has been denied them." ' By ignoring his plain duty and apply ; ing the doctrines of iirs perialism to the in i habitants of Porto Rico, McKinley has ; made enemies of a jeople who would j have been the most loyal and grateful of j American citizens. j Sold ? Kiuea. j Sergeant Herbert Douglas, company F, Third infantry, of Joliet, III., and ' Private Plowoiin, of the same com I pany, were left in Springfield, 111., ! when the regiment left for home. De ; m(Ms wrote home for money, but it did ' not come, ao he and Plowman under 1 took to beat their way home, and i boarded a Chicago Jc Alton freight train. While walking on top of the earn near Sherman, lfcmoss fell be- . a reply as Mr. Keene, the Wall i tween the cars and was killed, hif!v.: ,u ;j , x , f , body being terribly mangled. Investment Company Appeals. The Clark fc Leonard, Investment company has appealed from a dismissal : of a mandamus 6uit in the district j court of Scott's Bluff county to the j supreme court. Tbe company had a I judgment for 8428 against the county : of Scott's Bluffs and the county treas i urer having refused to pay the money a mandamus suit was instituted in the lower cmrt. Try to Kill Another King:. The Vienna correspondent of the London ("h-oniele. wiring Aug. 2, says: A rumor has reached here from Bel grade that an attempt was made to assassinate King Alexander while he was driving through the town. It is aaid he was shot at, but was uninjured. The rumor is unconfirmed.". Catting- Down the Deficit. The July comparative statement of the government receipts and expenses shows that during the month the re ceipts amounted to $4ii,b55.1ft0. and the exienditures. S53,99.(;r.3, which leaves a deficit for the month of 54024,493. One year ago the deficit was $3,506, 832. . " Kick of Ilorse May Cans Death. A ten-year-old son of George WThit aker of Albion was kicked in the head by a horse and is now lying in a criti cal condition with a - fracture of the akulL It appears the boy was driving the horses from -the cornfield, where 'they had strayed, and running up be hind, struck one of them, which re sulted in bia injury - A SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Shows Greatest In Existence. . Tuesday of this week the Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Shows made a most satis factory exhibition. The day was an ideal circus day, the attendance was large and the excellence of the exhibi tion exceeded all expectation. The com bined shows include the largest menag erie that was ever exhibited under can vas. To detail the splendid performances would require a volume. The education in addition to the amusement derived from witnessing such a gigantic business undertaking and the marvelous feats per- f formed by men and oeasts is worth sev eral times the pries of admission. It must be seen to be appreciated. Through the courtesy of Mr. iiurt -Davis, one of the managers, we. learn that to move the combined shows requires four trains, or seventy-four specially buiit cars, each of which has nearly double the capacity of an ordinary freight car. From -100 to 500 persons are employed and there are more than 400 hordes aud ponies. The circus season begins about the middle of April and lasts until the middle of No vember. About 450 performances are given each season. The seating capacity is 14,000. The average attendance ex- ; ceeds 10,000, which means that 54,5w0.(MX) j persons see the show each year. Ihe winter quarters of the great circus are at Columbus, Ohio. The circus business, like so many other lines of business du rijir the past few years, has Ueen consoli- dated under one management Whati was formerly the Barnum, the Fore-,1 paugh, the Sells Brothers and Buffalo I Bill s Wild W est shows have all been j combined and are now owned by the ' same parties. The barnum branch is now exhibiting in England and Europe, leading performers and the more attrac tive curiosities are exchanged from sea son to season, and in that way the per formance and exhibition of one reason is made to differ very materially from the preceding year. Not only this, but many new attractions are added, for the circus business like ny other is steadily im proving. Dietrick and Sauerkraut Editor Independent: I discovered a republican scheme here yesterday. Our Christian Lutheran congregation held their yearly mission meeting here with all the surrounding congregations. The republican candidate for governor and attorney-general were on the ground looking after votes, shaking hands and giving out his fine buttons to put on our coats, but it smelt worse for them before they got through than Limberger cheese and sauerkrout. See what geese they were to go to a Christian society meeting and electioneer for - votes. It won't do any good. Afterwards the members of our congregation kicked against that kind of foolishness. Their candidate for governor and attorney general showed like a dog sticking his tail between iiis legs. On last Saturday, July 28th in Ewing, this Mr. Dietrick went from saloon to saloon and set up the drinks for the crowd . and says: - "Ich bin auche in Deutscher. IcL- gliene auche Beer, auch sauerkraut und Limberger cheese." Please give Mr. Dietrick and the other one a good roast of Limberger and sauer krout in your paper and tell them that we are for Bryan, Stevenson, Poynter and the whole ticket democrat and pop ulist, and that talk, beer and buttons cannot buy us. We, the German voters of Norfolk precinct and this county will show the Limberger cheese man at the next elec tion what we ' will do to him and if he don't keep away from our Chaistian meetings we will show him before that time. E. A. Lindekmah. Madison, Neb. MINISTRY ISSUE MANIFESTO Predicts Unshaking Loyalty to Hum bert's Successor. In the absence of the new Italian king the ministry has issued in his name a manifesto to the nation as fol lows: v "King Victor Emmanuel III, in a scending to the throne, has to perform the painful duty of announcing to the country the awful calamity which has violently cut short the valuable life of King Humbert. "The nation, wounded in its sincere affection for the august dead and in a sincere feeling of devotion and adhe sion to the dynasty, while execrating the cruel crime, will be plunged into nmfnii ,-. , , , OrV OI a COOn. nmi7P nnn m a rrn u n l mrn c King, the pride of the people and the worthy perpetuator of the traditions of the house of Savoy.by rallying with unshakable loyalty around his august successor. Italians will prove by their deeds that their institutions do not die." TWO MEN KILLED BY TRAIN Blockade on the Track Makes Escape Impossible. A special dispatch from Sioux City, dated August 1, says: Garret Osborne, assessor of Homer, and William Sicyer, a half breed Indian from the Winne bago reservation, were killed instantly near Dakota City by an Omaha - fast freight. The two were returning from Sioux City, where they had attended a circus. They were in a wagon, which was one of a string of 303 wagons, and were on the railway track when they heard a warning whistle near at nana. Because of the wagons in front and behind them they could not get out of the way quickly enough and were tossed a hundred feet in the air, dykig instantly. An inquest will be held to determine the responsibility Iron Company Bankrupt. The Continental Iron company, oper ating mills at Niles, O., and Wheat land, Pa., has filed a petition in volun tary bankrviptcy. The action was precipitated by a suit for 5225,000 and interest amounting to SIS.OOO, insti tuted by Rogers, Brown & Co., the Tennessee Iron and Railway company and the Virginia Iron company. The cause is said to be the shrinkage in iron values. Small Grain a Poor Crop. The crop report is not very encourag ing here, especially the small grain, says a dispatch from Bertrand, Neb. Spring t wheat is a failure and fall wheat is threshing out an average of about ten bushels to the acre. Oats is thin, rye making the best yield, about ten to fifteen bushels. Corn looks well, it being helped out by the late rains, but will have to have a good rain in side of a week to make anything. Early corn is gone, but late corn stands a chance to make a fair crop. BYRD IS AMBUSHED Prominent Politician of TenneiSN Aa- sasslnated. Michael Byrd, a prominent farmer living near Magnetic City, N. C, was assassinated from ambush. He died a few hours after having been fired upon. No clew has yet been secured as to his murderers. He was a prom inen t politician and had many political enemies. It is said he was assassinated within twenty feet of the place where he killed a man four years ago. ; Swindlers Arrested In Havana. ' Two men and a woman, charged; with swindling the North American; Trust company out of $10,000 were ar- j rested in Havana, Cuba. The chief of j the gang to which they belong escaped : to Cardenas, but his arrest is expected. iAll are Spaniards. The chief, who was ; released from jail in January, had an office near the offices of the trust com- ; pany, and the gang had made prepara- tions to pass various forged checks, j particularly one on the engineers' de partment that had been raised from to $6,000. Counterfeit American money was found in the possession of , those arrested. ' Rev. William Dexter Wilson Dead. Rev. William Dexter Wilson, D. D., ; LL..D., H. D., died at his son's home in ; Syracuse, N. Y., of old age. He was j liorn in Stoddard, N. H. in lsl6, was ; graduated from the Harvard divinity ; school in 188S, was for three years a ! Unitarian preacher and then joined j the Episcopal church. He was profes- j sor in Geneva college (now Hobart) ' from lS50.to 1863, leaving there at the ! request of his former pupil. Andrew D. White, to-become registrar of Cornell university and professor of moral phil osophy. ; Since 1886 he has been emeri- 1 tus professor of Cornell and head of j St. Andrew's divinity school of Syra- j cuse. .' j Head Crushed in Fly Wheel. j The sixteen-year-old stepson of Wil- j liam Oto, a well-known grain dealer j of Charleston, York county, fell into j the fly wheel of the engine at the ele- ; vatbr and his head is , so badly crushed that it is not thoughthe can live. The boy was found at 6 o'clock, when the : elevator hands closed down for the j day. It is not known how long he was ; in the wheel. Up to a late hour he .was still unconscious. The attending surgeons lsayJ that he .is suffering from concussion of the brain. i Free Plate Matter The republican state central commit tee . has entered into an arrangement with the American Press Association to have campaign thunder from the fertile brains of Whisky Ridge Jo Johnson, Walt Mason, Postmaster Bushnell and Bixby, all of Lincoln, made into plate matter and . sent out free of charge to every Mark Hanna organ in the state. The second article of the' campaign the Lincoln outfit have had Went out headed "Governor Roosevelt Coming to Nebraska." , This is a companion-piece to the monstrous fabrication sent out a short time ago under the title ''Ready for Action." -No sane, reasonable, fair minded, intelligent republican can read the articles above and retain an iota of respect for the authors of the produc tions or the political managers who sanc tioned these despicable literary libels. He is ashamed that he belongs to a party who comes before the people with such, abusive methods in lieu of sensible, fair argument. But it is perfectly clear to those who have paid attention to repub lican methods of campaigning that the same old "cow speck" and "boar pig" quality of politicians are paving the way for the most disastrous defeat the republicans have experienced in this state. Some day it will dawn upon the minds of Nebraska republicans that abuse is not argument. New Era-Standard. An Extra Fisrhl on the Field. It was at the time of the Zulu war. Buller's troops, which had been (skirmish ing to the front, were suddenly taken to the rear by their commander for reasons that were of course cogent. A war cor respondent who was out with the fight ing lines was dissatisfied and expressed his contempt for the leader, who had thought the movement necessary. BUI Beresford (Lord William), who was on Buller's staff at the time, overheard and took the grumbler up sharp, declaring that he would not allow his chief to he abused. The correspondent was not to be put down and repeated his aspersions. "You must take it all back or fight me." cried the pugnaciously loyal Beresford. "Come on, then!" sturdily cried the other, and both jumped off their horses and fell to fisticuffs then and there alone, their own people fast disappearing over the veldt and the Zulus coming on hand over hand. It was not till Buller missed his aid-de-camp and hearing of the minor encounter in progress that he sent back an escort to bring the two combatants in. The story is a strange one and by no means discreditable to either soldier or newspaper man. London Today. A Hard Luck Artist. "Once I was stranded in a small town without a cent, but I got away all right." "Whnt did yon do?" T f ottnd a monkey wrench on the street and tuned pianos." Chicago Rec ord. The reform worker who does not push the circulation of the Independent is not taking advantage of his strongest means of doing good. Patronize our advertiser- THE GARDEN PARTY. . By Eliza Armstrong. "So sorry I couldn't come to your gar den party," said the girl in white duck. "I'm sure it was a great success, though I havea't met a soul who was there." "I know you haven't," sighed the young woman In pink linen. "Well, if ever a poor creature' waa born to. sorrow, I am that one, and" - "Oh, pshaw! Jack will only be gone three .weeks, and in that time you can buy a lot of new things. lie will be too glad to see you again to mind the . bills. You can practice new ways of doing your hair, too, so" "Ye-es, I suppose I can do without him for three weeks. But only think, "this is our tirst separation, and we were mar ried six "months ago. Of course, he has gone pa a business trip." - "Of course. He hasn't been married long eaough to want to go for pleasure. But what is your trouble? Has he in vited one of his old girl friends to keep you company in his absence?" "He has not. I think he is afraid they might tell me some things he'd just as lief I didn't know. No,-it was not Jack who caused my woe. It was the garden party. Oh, Sarah, such a queer thing happened!" "Mercy! Did some of the guests take your- solid silver spoons?" - N "No,-dear; the silver is quite safe. It is all wedding presents, you know. It was not that at all, and I suppose I had better ' begin at the beginning and tell you all about it." "I fear so, dear. I live in the house with aoy father and six brothers, you know,' and sometimes I fear that I am losing all my feminine ways. I hardly ever jump at a conclusion now any more than I would at the sight of a mouse," "You poor child' Well, to begin, then, 1 know that people always keep their wedding anniversaries, and as I wantto start properly I told Jack that we'd cele brate the completion of six months of matrimony by giving a garden party." "Humph! He was delighted, I am sure. I remember how my father behaved when mamma suggested celebrating their silver wedding." "But she celebrated it?" "Oh, yes, and it was a-treat to see them accepting congratulations with such amiability when they, hadn't spoken for a week!" "Oh, I never refuse to speak to Jack! It gives him an unfair advantage. Well, he objected to my scheme for a long time and only really withdrew his objections when he came home to tell me that he must make this business trip. Then he said he'd not be here on Thursday, the day originally set for it, as He siust leave on Wednesday. However, he hoped I'd give it just the same." So you did?" "I'm not to be outdone in generosity even by Jack, dear, and I said I'd change the date to Tuesday, so he could be there too. In spite of his protest, I insisted that he stop at the engraver's and have the cards altered." "Did he do it?" "Oh. yes. after I had cried a little. You see, I knew that he'd give in finally and had already ordered the cards to save time. As the days passed and he real ized that we were tobe separated for three weeks he evidently repented having hurt; toy feelings and even said that his typewriter had.plently of time and if I'd give him my list of the guests he'd have her address the cards and send them out. Wasn't it sweet of him?" "Very. And how pleased his typewrit er must have been!" "I never thought of that. Well, I gladly agreed, for it not only saved me time, but money,, too, as Jack paid for the cards when he called for them. He forgot even to bring one home for me to keep as a souvenir, but I was so happy at the extra amount for cushions and frappe that I didn't scold him. Oh, I was so happy when Tuesday came! Such a lovely day! And Jack was so good! Much as he hates; a party he staid home all day to help." "How lovely of him! But if it was such a success I don't see what your trou ble was. Did Jack flirt with some old sweetheart?" - "No, dear; I had guarded against that by asking Mr. Sweetie. I knew he'd be too busv watching us to think of Miss Gonehy." "But I. thought you hated Mr. Sweetie!" "1 do, dear, and he knows it, but Jack doesn't. Well. I . was even dressed in time, and Jack and I went out and sat in a hammock together, just as we did be fore we were married." "But wasn't you afraid he might rum ple your dress?" "No, dear; I taught him long ago to be careful. He told me stories and said how pretty I looked, and I quite forgot the guests until an hour after they should have been there." "People are so absurdly late arriving these days." "They were worse than late this time, for, oh, Sarah, nobody came at all!" "W-what?" said the girl in white duck. "They didn't not a soul! Oh, I was o mortified I cried for two hours and promised Jack I'd never, never give an other party as long as I lived." "And Jack?" "Oh, he felt so badly that he took me part way with him. and I didn't get home until Friday. And. Sarah" "Well?" "All the guests came on Thursday. They were wild because there was no party, and I was not even at home. Oh, what shall I do? And how could sucn a thing have happened? Do you suppose that the engraver" "H'm! I wouldn't blame the engraver, dear, until Jack convinced me that he left the otder for the alteration. You remem ber he let his typewriter But where are you going?" "To - the telegraph office," said the young woman in pink linen. "Jack Van Cleaver shall know what I really think of him if it costs $10!" New York Jour nal. - ' Getting: Even. "One great trouble wif dishere world," eaid Uncle Eben, "is dat ev'ybody mag ines dat some one is try in ter git de best of 'im ah dat he's gotter git de bes o some one else so's ter , keep even." Washington Star. Ctjcar. Etc. A eijrar has Dten defined as a thing with a li?ht at one end and a fool at the other, but somehow the fool never feels so much like a fool os he does tvhen he Sets himself end the light at the same end. Detroit Journal. PREMIUMS FOR EVERYBODY Guaranteed Watches and Clocks, Bryan Pictures, Campaign Books, and Pocket Knives. Free as Preniinins for Kew Subscriptions. - With the object and for the pur pose of f putting the Independent into every populist home in Ne braska and adjoining states, and into the hands of thousands of con scientious but doubtful voters we have made arrangements to give a GUARANTEED WATCH OR OTH ER VALUABLE PREMIUMS tO every man, woman, or child who will as sist in increasing the circulation. The watch is a nickel plated, stem wind and stem set, complete- in every particular, guaranteed for one 3 ear. It is a watch that re tails at all jewelry stores at from six to seven dollars. We can make ! the liberal offer we do only because ! (in connection with another pub Uisher.) we have bought them in Hots of iooo ; watches at a time, i We could get a cheaper watch than ! the one we offer, but we prefer to give A GOOD OXE OR XOXE. To make a long story short, it is a splendid watch, neat in appearance, a perfect time keeper, satisfactory in every particular, guaranteed one year. ' ' Terms For Premium Watch. No. 1. For sale, each - 2.00 NO. 2. The watch des cribed and the Inde- pendent i year to a newT subscriber i!No. 3. To all. subscribers 2.50 on the list at present (who pay up all ar rearages) we will send the watch and the Independent for another year for - - O OK N. B. This is a special offer to present read ers of tbe paper to encourage payment of back accounts and renewals and cannot be taken ad vantage of by those who are not already on the list. . - iso. 4 . The watch free as a premium for 20 CAMPAIGN SUB SCRIPTIONS at cents each - - - - 3.00 NO. 5, To those who can. not get as many as twenty campaign sub scriptions .we will send the watch for 5 campaign subscrip tions at 15 cents each, 75cts, and an additional $1.25 in cash - - - - 2.00 mmr I A call at KENNEDY'S 132 s-,2thst- For, the latest styles in photos.. All work up to date. Come in and see our "Colodian and Platinum finish." It is the latest. Shoots ' Himself. Guy Hunt, an Elk Creek, Neb., lad of fourteen years, accidentally shot himself through the foot. He and a number of other boys were out shoot ling with a target rifle when Guy went to shoot a frog and hit his foot instead. The bullet went through his foot, but fortunately did not strike any bones. General Gage' Report. Adjutant General Gage of the G. A. R. has finished his quarterly report, which show's a total of 268 posts at the end of- June and 6,146 members in good standing. The amount spent for char ity was fllO, and seventeen persons received relief. New Company Formed. t The Nebraska Elevator company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000, the incorporators being John B. Wright, E. R. Spencer, Thomas Worrall, and O. II. Eggleston. The company is to operate a line of eleva tors along. the Union Pacific road, ' Held Up. Two masked highwaymen held up and robbed Motorman Arthur F. Jen kins at Thirty-third and O streets, Lincoln, Neb. The robbers secured 96.10 in money as a result of their work. - ' " Telegraph Llnti in Alaska. General Greeley, chief signal 6fficer left Washington for Alaska to super intend arrangements for cable and telegraphic communications with that territory. The -last session of con gress appropriated 8430,000 for tele graph lines in Alaska. - To Furnish Supplies- . , - The Western Electrical company of I Omaha has been awarded the contract for furnishing fixtures for the -boys' cottage at the IJeatrlce institute for feeble-minded. The price is 5115. NO.IC For a Club of 10 Campaign Subscriptions at 15c each, $1.50, ' and an additional 81 in cash, we will send the PREMIUM WATCH 2.50. Additional. Premiums. No. G. Elegant Photogravure Picture of Mr. Bryan, free as a premium for a club of 3 campaign sub- scribers at 15c each - - 45C. No. 7. Three valuable cam paign books "Coin on Money, Trusts,' and Im perialism;" 'Private Smith in the Philippines' ' and ''Imperialism Ex tracts from Mr. Bryan's Lectures and Speeches" . all three free for a club of 10 campaign subscrib ers at 1 5c each - - -1.50 OPTION Instead of Coin's bock we send Bryan picture to those desiring it. No. 8 . 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It is first in the fight for "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." Why not take advantage of this liberal offer to secure a valu able premium for yourself or your boy and help to increase the circu lation and influence of such an ex cellent paper as the Independent? ZIe lltbraska Independent, x Lincoln. Tlebr. CONSTITUTION FOR CUBANS War Department Issues Ordors for au Election. The war department has issued an order for.a general election to be held in Cuba on the third "Saturday in Sept-ember to elect delegates to a conven tion to be held in Havana on the fii4s Monday of November. This conven tion is to frame and adopt a constitu tion for the people of Cuba. JOHN CLARK RIDPATH DEAD Leading Historian Succumbs After a I Long Illness. John Clark Rldpath, the historian, died in the Presbyterian Hospital at New York, from a complication of dis eases. He had been, a patient in the hospital since April 20. , John Clark Kidpath, LL. p.. was born in Putnam county, Indiana, in April, 1S41. lie was graduated from Asbufy, (now Pauw) university, in 1863, taking first honors. After serv ing as principal , of an academy at, Thorntown, Ind., and as superintend ent of public schools at Lawrenceburg he was called in 1809 to, the chair of. English literature, at DePauw. Hej was transferred later to the chair ol history and political philosophy.. Transport Warren Arrives. The United States transport Warren, from Manila, via Nagasaki, arrived at San Francisco. She brings a number of discharged men and several cabin passengers. ' r Call for War Yc's rani. An official call rhas been issued for the annual reunion and encampmerji of the Spanish-American war veterans in Chattanooga October S t 12, in clusive.. . '