LANCASTER COUNTY EDITION.
VOL. XIL
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 30, 1900.
NO. r.
Lincoln and Vicinity
Tfce motive power department on
thl division of tl Barllrgton I kept
Lustlinr tL days furnishing easier
for tie tx3ber of train ran. On Mon- ;
day lajtt twenty-four extra trains were
run oat of Lincoln. The company Is
sbort of motive power at the best, and , riet on the Burlington became effec
tive esgin are worked to tfarlr ca- j tive yesterday. By the new scheme
pclty. This laered demand on the j No. 3 and 12 give a regular railway
cUve power makes more work for null service, with full postoffice car
the hcp men trause of th irreat j acd crew, between Pacific Junction and
amount of repaJricg to be done. A j -McCook. Formerly the Trice on
Unre numUr f cn have tn put on ! thes trains extended west to Hast
in the differttt d"Pr?m-nt vt the only. No. 1 will carry a mail car
road Is this rttj and more will be I through from Pacific Junction to Den-
. hired as tire rsh cf businrs tom ver. Formerly the car brought in on
great r. It It stated at the tound S N- 7 was picked up here by No. 3
house that tRe ir-oilve power cow in ; carried to Hastings and there picked
cse oct rf U&roln is belt work-! to j -P taken on by No. 1.
its capacity, ard that with more trains j
to Laiii core motive power mart b It is announced that the Burlington
tm-vt here- Inuring th fair the csjjsc- f will run seventeen extra trains from
Jty of almost r-rr departmeit ol the different points in the state to Lin
road will be taxed to Its utmost. coin during state fair week, and these
. , ... ! with added equipment to regular trains
Chrr eld friend Jel Ixnihard of are expected to handle all the traffic.
Omaha who represent the Peca?jl- i Tae Missonrl Pacific will run two or
crania railway Is that city whn b is ! three extra trains to this city from
tot singing, was in at the opening of j the southeastern part of the state,
the great hal! in Chicago where tt- G. j while the other roads announce that
A. R- business meetings were held, j they will be prepared to take care of
aod h saxg lb "6tar-6pangl-d Dan- j all the traffic offered.
ner from the oHrlnal marutrript. He !
cot only had a trained chorus and a state fish commission will have
lizam ba&d of a hsndrd pieces to help ; a rreat exhibit this jear. The fish
la the chores, but his assistant were ; exht)!t has always been a feature of
is costume ard arranged to reprint j our 6tate faIrg but this year Mr. Ober
a living f-MU No man since Carl feMen who is a new broom, is going
Zhras could iaie tU-r filled the i to makp the effort of Ms life to show
phre aid Bryan's state Is proud of th- ernhing that wears fins and has a
record made by her great uzz-r who j nome jn Nebraska waters, from a flf
stUl retains his wonderf ul voice in ; tr-round catfish to a minnow so small
if f ( K mmrT.f-r fMrl i
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The state fair grot: ad have bo
very busy thie -ek and tL re is v ry
fhoeid ir.trfr- that the exhibits will
t-e generally in
ta FrVas Jy. that !
tary tat ,
pctio a. jsf-rrtary
th uck -iirl- are far in -xe-jm of
what Le ha-i antlrlpatM atd that much
ttork from out:!- of this state has !
?lf-a1y !-ran to arrive. Every inch j
La he-a talc a fend oar folks will
Late a chant to compare Use prod
irt of ti: ri.t i-art tf the Mate. If
at -r If .'! text vek we shall
i o&lr -e the gri.tet fair in our
Lbf'trr, but. the greatest crowd of
; ! tc it.
Or. f the !ndla41es of the tender
"ois was before police court for selling
'-t m jthwi & iicea. and was fined
?1 frr the o!!-s-. wtlle three girls
ere ad $i each fur brlu? inmates
rt fcer ho"ue. V.'tes it rmti a&y other
t roi 1 1 . a year"." caln In advance,
to sell Leer in I-isrola. we are at a
Iosji to cr.'i rrtand mhy this class of
jiKj!e are permitted to escape by the
!atiret.l of an oecasio&al nominal fine.
Erery time that sach a fie is made.
C4ili OI J r:iT announce in j The heirs of Carl E. Carlson, the
lb sneer torses that 'the chief has put j tailor who committed suicide last
his fuot down acd this thin has rot .; Juc hare Bued Charles Schwartz,
to step." ard the omen go home and j yrtA iugenslck and Peter Grass, sa
crdr a r.ew stock of beer. j ioonkeepers for $15,000 damages, al-
odds and ends f street paring at pres
ent seem to te as good as any brick
ever ued in the city. It is claicuf-d by
experts irjtt it is isot ocry tec wary
to hare good material. bt that the
heal murt be mai&tained without var
iation ia order to secure the be?t re- '
salts. Coffey v1il is in the Kmui
ratnral gas belt and gas Is the fuel
tised to ham the brick, which ought
to famish the requisite conditions.
Till was the brick ia the original eon- j
tret for pavtnt O street last year, but
au Interested kick caused a change to
ss Ioa product.
Th city Improvement socier ! ft 111
mos-keyisg with the street ru. iw and
the city co--!icii which seem to have
time to do anything asked -xs pro
vide for cheaper telephon-. cLaper
ligtt. etc.. Is evidently In a mooi to
dUpe&se with the simplicity tf the
or tne
alphabet as a t of stre a the
centre of town and pass acy i ordi-
uar asxci. Tte city lmp-ovment
society Is ail right, and has i se tae
gooa work, but there are tbr-e things
they should leave alone, te ftreet
names, the federal constitution and the
leciaratJoa ol Ic4epea3e:.--.
"As a compromise. Matt !irrrk-o
taken jrO from the city a pay
his damages when his hvt! was
tarred Into a pest hotise ai.d finally
i hct up entirely. Mr. Ilrac kea had the
t srnitsr Is a camber of rooms burned
and his actual loss was more than
100. ict while the city Is no doubt lia
ble for the actual lorn to him. it meant
a long rnd expensive lawsuit to tol
led It. and the city officials seem to
hare taken all thinxs into ronsidera
tion la forcing him to take the least
set possible. At present there' Is no
smallpox in tie city, and the facials
hope tui it is permanently stamped
st.
The library board is getting through
with the preliminary suits to secure
pofse-aelon of the site for the Carne
gie gift. It refused two or three free
locations which were as good as the
one ptirrhased. and bought a lawsuit
along with some high-priced lots. The
wind has blown down the old black
ash trees which were the ornamental
feat a re of th site: Sir. Zeimer refuses
to more and proposes to get an order
from the supreme court before he does,
aad the sxpreme court Is four years be
hind with its tmsinesa. The library
hoard Is a peach.
Among ail the otter attractions
hilled for the fair next week will be a
competitive drill. Thursday afternoon,
among the fraternities. Lincoln has
several crack drill teams, and while
there ar going to be several outside
teams of great renown some of our
folk ought to get a place for a piece
of the hundred dollars offered. There
will be three prizes. $3C. $30 and $20.
The D. of II. team of ladies who re
cently downed the men at Louisville
will be in evidence, and some of the
will have
to get a cake walk
move on them to secure first money.
! Th new extension In the mail ser-
. - - - 1 tit 1,
ii:ei iuauuu t iuj, p.! an a win uc ucv-
rtsary for his observation.
Superintendent Griggs gave the Cen-
j tml Christian Sunday school an out-
! Cit 11 s1 4 Ua rvrlr a Ky-kiit
& W- to ar Creek
sL8tion where boating, fishing and
bathing filled the time between meals.
: From the looks of the rinds there
' mtist have been half a carload of
melons uith the party.
Harry Harley was firmed $5 and costs
last Tuesday for having a dead prairie
chicken in his possession. The game
association of this city has been very
active this year and if the members do
not sit in the shade next year and
brag over the work of 1900 they ma;
succeed in having the game law re
spected. Louis Poska seems a favorite victim
for burglars. They went through his
house again last Tuesday night and
carried off a collection of watches. Jew
elry and small change. The last bur
glar who disturbed Poska is In the
pen. and Mr. Poska offers $50 for the
capture of this one.
j lering that they were responsible for
Carlson s death, because they sold him
liquor.
IJncoln is getting to be a great pub
! lishing centre, and the work of the
pot toffice shows it, In addition to the
j new German paper referred to else
! where a new monthly magazine of
j short stories called "After Dinner" and
; which will undoubtedly succeed, will
appear early In September.
There is a dive or two on the reser
vation which could be suppressed If a
strong pull waa made by the police.
Almost every week some stranger is
robbed la one of them, but generally
he refuses to prosecute, or even give
his name.
One of the Lincoln druggists has
decorated the sides of the entrance to
. nls store witn the oiQclal popular vote
i for McKinley and Bryan in 1895. given
i by states. It is a new deal In Lincoln
, advertls ing and the long columns of
j figures seem to have quite an attrac-
lion for all sorts of people,
The eixth annual meeting of the Ne
braska ohilantellc society is due
to meet in this city September 8. The
has j meeting was called at the Capital ho
for i tel. but the place will probably have
j to be changed owing to the disman
tling or that historic ruin.
W. H. Hackett of Chicago secured
the contract for repaying the govern
ment building. His bid was 12.400
aside from the court room, which; was
bid on separatlvely. his bid for- that
work being $275. and the lowest made.
Mr. C. E. Mayne of Omaha will be
come secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in
this city and attempt to revive that
institution.
He has been assistant at
Omaha for several years and is re
ported as very popular there.
The Hickman Enterprise is going to
let its subscribers have ten lines each
to tell why they are going to vote for
Bryan, or McKinley, or any other man.
tor president, we await the first in
stall ment with fevered Interest,
Lincoln has a new German weekly
paper, wnich starts off with a cir
culatlon way up in the pictures and
advocates imperialism and everything
eise republican.
Fred Winch, who lives between here
and Hickman, seems to have a corn
prospect this year at least he recent
ly tougnt twelve hundred pounds of
nails with which to build new corn
cribs.
Miller & Paine have opened areas
on Thirteenth street and let the lignt
into the basement of their building,
which is ;ach day becoming more and
more crowded by the increase of busi
ness. The city attorney finally decided that
there was no law or ordinance against
hanging flags across the street which
bore pictures of "candidates, and so the
mayor signed the resolution to have all
banners taken down though there are
none up. Then the city council decided
that It wa-nted the stars and stripes to
float all the way from Lincoln to Pekin
and passed a resolution to that effect.
Taken altogether the flag episode has
been about as foolishly funny a farce
as the city dads have regaled the pub
lic with far some time. If Hoyt could
have studied our council a month, the
"Texas Steer" would have been sur
passed easily.
MR. BRYAN.
Mr. Brjan will leave Lincoln tomor
row for an extended speaking visit to
the east. He will devote Saturday to
two or three point In Illinois and will
be In Chicago Monday, where he will
speak at the Labor day celebration.
From Chicago he will go to St. Louis
for a meeting and later In the week
return to Milwaukee to the big picnic.
On the 13th he will be at Fort Wayne,
Ind., and from there his dates aro not
fixed, but he will speak In West Vir
ginia, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Min
nesota, New York, New Jersey and
Maryland before the 10th of October.
This is the first announcement that
he will make a speaking campaign.
Jennie C. Bell got a jury to give her
a judgment against the city because
of personal damages from a defective
walk. That was several months ago.
Her attorney appeared before the
council and offered to compromise the
judgment for $200 less than Its face,
which offer the council accepted. Be
fore the payment was made that emi
nent body of business. men took back
their order and instructed the city at
torney to appeal. The papers were
all lost and no appeal could be made.
Now the city is struggling for a new
trial. What the city needs is a new
set of of Jeers.
It now seems probable that the date
for Governor Roosevelt to speak in
i Liincom wm do eiiner ine arternoon
of October 3 or 4. Whichever the date
his two hours' appearance in Lincoln
will call out a big crowd of all par
ties, and it is probable that many
people will be astonished to find that
he is a polished gentleman in appear
ance and that his facial features do
not exhibit half a hundred teeth the
size of clam shells. - :
Chicken fanciers are going to give
great show at the state fair next
week, and the premiums hung up are
sufficient to lead them on. Nebraska
has the best lot of chickens in the
world and expects to hold the ribbons.
though competition is open to the
world.
The Lincoln Degree of Honor drill
team won the prize at Louisville in a
competition with D. of H. and A. 0.
U. W. teams. The fact that they won
was because they did the best workJ
and not from partiality of the judges.
The Nebraska chess association will
hold. its second annual tournament in
the senate chamber next week, Sep
tember 4, 5 and 6. There is prospect
of a good attendance and some stiff
games.
It Is going to take some tall rustling
to finish the street around P and Elev
enth and Twelfth streets before the
fair opens, and that is where the street
car crowds are going to congregate.
The city secured the stone in the
walk around postoffice square at its
bid of $25, and the material will be
used around the city hall. The new
walk will be laid next month.
Sam Hall of Bennett had a good
horse standing near a wire fence last
week when a bolt of lightning chasing
along tbe wire jumped off and instant
ly killed the brute.
Harry H. Park, who was injured
while bathing at Grand Rapids, Mich.,
three weeks ago, died Tuesday. His
father and mother were both with
him before his death.
The republican committee which met
yesterday was made to feel good by re
ports or gains of from five to twenty
seven votes for McKinley in each pre
cinct ol Lancaster county.
A large crowd of excursionists left
over the B. & M. for Seward this morn
ing. This is Lincoln day at the fair
and Lincoln is there in force.
The damage to the court house by
last week s tornado was settled for $1.
500. which will not cover the bill for
repairs.
'iMr. Bryan has been at home this
week, but will leave for Chicago Fri
day night. He will be in that city over
Labor day.
The members of St. Theresa congre
gation will give their second, annual
Labor day picnic at Lincoln park next
Monday.
The Workman lodge at Havelock is
going to put up a building to accom
modate all the lodges in that village,
The latest paving district is Thir
teenth street, between O and N, which
will be laid with asphalt.
Somebody stole a team from J. E.
Hutchlas .t Havelock last Tuesday
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AGAINST THE SWEAT-SHOP EVIL.
Club women who go shopping for
white muslin underwear nowadays are
pretty apt to ask if it has a "consum
ers label," says Bertha . Damarls
Knobe in Woman's Home,Companion.
This is a stamp which shows the ap
proval of the national consumers
league and bears the two printed in
scriptions, "Made under clear and
wholesome conditions," and "License
to use this label is granted after in
vestigation." Indeed, many club wo
men have taken a pledge to purchase
no other muslin. Their attention has
been first directed to muslin because
both the producers and consumers of
it are largely women. They aim to
down the sweat-shop and support the
factory which, among other things, is
both .sanitary and fire-proof, employs
no child-labor, and has a reasonable
limit on hours of labor. This move
ment started in Massachusetts several
years ago, and in that state today two
thousand women are organized for bet
ter Industrial conditions of women
and children. It has spread to New
York, Pennsylvania and Illinois. These
four states make up the national con
sumers' league. The women's clubs
have become actively interested be
cause "industrial ..problems affecting
women and children" are now recelv-
ing attention, and by individual pledge
and united effort to secure better laws
the fair . ones or leisure are doing a
vast amount of good for their sisters
of toil.
There is a large acreage of broom
corn in the immediate vicinity of Lin
coln and this year the crop has been-
excellent in quality as well as of more
than average yield, but the late rains
have Interfered much with, the har
vest and "every day sees the color
changing and the quality deteriorat
ing, ii good weauier prevails for a
week there will be 'ots of No. 1 brush
harvested, otherwise ' most of it will
go as No. 2 and No; 3.
The labor organizations of Lincoln
decided not to hold a celebration this
year, but to take as many members
and friends as . want a day's outing
and go to Omaha where an inter-state
abor day picnic will be held on the
3d of September. The excursion will
be over the Rock Island, leaving Lin
coln at 7 a. m. and returning by the
B. & M., leaving Omaha at 9:30 p. m.
There , will, be quite a large number
go on the excursion, - .. , '
The Nebraska Christian missionary
society is having -a "largely attended
and profitable session at Bethany this
week. There would hre been a larger
local attendance if ' it had been gen
erally known that the- Missouri Pa
cific stopped its trains at the grounds
and that hacks met the street cars at
University Place, but the attendance
has been very good all the same.
The Bryan club met last night and
completed a permanent organization
by electing J. F. Bishop president; J.
"I. Ayress. vice president: Mrs. Belle
Bigelow, secretary, and H. F. Rockey,
treasurer. The first meeting will be
held In the hall on South Ninth street
adjoining the Lincoln hotel, on Fri
day evening, September 7, when some
of the best speakers in the state will
be present, and an interestrng program
will be presented.
President Bassett of the state board
of agriculture took the wrong team
to drive to the fair grounds yesterday
and had the whole police force and an
irate norse owner looRing ror a horse
thief. It cost him three livery bills
to get out of the mess, and hereafter
he will have a tag put on any rig left
at the LIndell for his use.
A young ladies McKinley and
Roosevelt club was organized Monday
with Miss ''Ella' Robertson captain,
Miss Eva Irwin, first lieutenant; Miss
Florence Lylee, second lieutenant;
Miss Florence Brockway, sergeant.
They will drill and participate in the
campaign as a marching club.
A committee of prominent Missouri
democrats came in yesterday to see
Mr. Bryan and extract a promise to
speak at St. Joseph during the cam
paign. It was a round dozen of solid
business men and they got their prom
ise, but no definite date.
Having the streets torn up for- re-
paving or something else has always
been an incident of a state fair at
Lincoln. This year is no exception to
the rule and the city will seem natural
to those who have not been here for
several years.
A cIud of Roosevelt rough riders
has been organized and the boys hope
to secure a hundred members, mounted
who will make Rome howl. They will
also attempt to secure regular army
uniforms to add to their effective ap
pearance.
George Tate, a traction motorman.
was taken sick last Monday and went
to the home of his parents six miles
south of Lincoln. He grew steadily
worse and died Wednesday. He was
twenty-two years old.
Every little bit somebody tries to
mail a letter in a fire alarm box. The
last case was yesteraay and a young
lady was badly frightened when the
fire department came so promptly af
ter her letter.
This has been a busy week for Sec
retary Furnas of the state fair. He
opened an office at the Lindell Mon
day and the local exhibitors have kept
him on the rustle.
The campaign committee of the
women s bimetallic league meets to
morrow (Friday) evening at 1145 L
street. ,
Village News
HICKMAN.
Miss Birdie Larsh returned Satur
day from Pleasant Dale where she has
been visiting friends for a week. ,
On" Monday morning at 5:30 a heavy
wind, storm swept this section of the
country about a mile . wide. C M.
Jaques' cob house stands two - feet
from the west side of the elevator, was
blown down. Several barns were
moved off of the foundation and chim-
nies blown off houses.
Mr. and Mrs. James Kunler of
Platteville, Wis., arrived Monday night
and will visit Theodore Liesvield about
two weeks.
J. M. Hemingway, who has been
sick for a week, Is able to be around
again.
Hickman school will begin Monday,
September 3.
The Bryan club will meet Thursday
eve to transact business ana aiscuss
issues of the day.
W. P. Dawes, who worked for Cyrus
Black last winter, came in Thursday
from Auburn on a visit.
BETHANY.
Mrs. M. W. Mills and Miss Little
Tipps were in town Friday. Miss Tipps,
recently from Fremont normal, re
mained with her friend, Mrs. O. A.
Reddick, for a few days after which
she will go to Ulysses, Neb., where
she will teach in the Ulysses high
school the ensuing year.
Mr. L. L. Turner is painting his resi
dence In the north part of town. He
will move here from Elmwood, Neb.,
before college opens.
William Sumpter has recently beau
tifully painted his residence.
Rev. Sumpter is chosen pastor of
this congregation for the next year
He is a. man who is ably fitted for
the place he will hold. Being a resl
dent of Bethany for some years he best
knows the needs of the people here.
Harvey Johnson, one of our young
ministers, is in Kansas at the present
holding a protracted meeting. He will
be home at the opening of school.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Mills and fam
ily visited in Bethany Sunday with
Mrs. Mills' sister, Mrs. O. A. Reddick.
W. W. Bertram has moved into his
new home in tne nortneast part oi
town.
Mr. Trowbridge Is on the sick list.
A. E. Evans returned home last
week from South Dakota, where he
has been canvassing this summer.
Miss Martha Evans, who has been
spending the summer with her par
ents here, has returned "to Sheridan,
Wyo., where she will resume her work
as teacher in the school this year.
Levi Morton is at home with his
family this week.
Prof. H. H. Jones Is at home again
after a short absence.
J. C. Nelson Is building an addition
to his residence. We are pleased to
note this kind - of work . in Bethany
again.
W. J. Hanna is spending this week
with his family here.
Ross Henderson and Arthur Turner
have gone to Elmwood to work in the
broom corn fields.
PANAMA.
Wheat, 54; corn, 29c; oats, 10
17c; hogs, $4.50; eggs, 10c; butter,
12c; chickens, 7Hc.
The farmers are busy plowing for
fall wheat. A large acreage will prob
ably be sown.
Mr. T. Hedge, grain dealer, had his
power house rebuild, which was blown
down by the storm or tne l&tn. i ne
addition to the school house in Pan
ama is nearing completion and will be
ready for the fall term of school.
The storm of Monday morning blew
down one of Mr. M. McCarthy's grain
stacks.
The extreme wet weather is hinder
ing threshing.
Mr. Forrest is putting up a new wind
mill.
Mr. Hamilton Is building a new resi
dence in town.
Mr. Worthing Is moving to Burr.
There will be a quarterly meeting
at the United Brethren church Sunday,
September 2. Elder Buswell from Bea
trice will officiate.
NORMAL.
Mr. Joseph Redfern of Exeter, Neb.,
visited his sister, Mrs. Gertain, during
the past -week.
Miss Maggie Lewis has gone to Den
ver.
Mr. J. V. Wolfe, commissioner of
public lands and buildings, in com
pany with Secretary of State Porter,
has gone to Wyoming on a hunting
expedition.
Mr. D. C. Doan, who is doing car
penter work for the B. & M. railroad
outside of town, was home last week
Miss Annie Sidwell returned from
Vermont, 111., last Tuesday.-
Mr. Lewis Foss will begin building
his new house next week.
Mr. Sol F. Wolf of Sullivan, Ind.,
with his wife and child have been vis
iting his brother, Mr. J. V. Wolfe, for
the past few weeks. They have now
gone to Denver for the health of their
child.
The Methodist quarterly conference
will be held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Gertain Friday afternoon. .
Crops in this section are good this
year, naving escaped an tne hail
storms of the season. Mr. George Bak
er reports one field of wheat to have
yielded 37 bushels per acre and a field
of oats 55 bushels.
Hog cholera is reported very near
our neighborhood. Farmers should
use every means to prevent its getting
started here.
UNIVERSITY PLACE.
A severe storm ? visited this place
last Thursday nignt. The rain, ac
companied by a terrific wind, fell In
torrents, but no serious damage re
sulted. A liberal attendance greeted the
Hon. J. S. Bradley Thursday night. A
larger audience than was anticipated,
despite the inclemency of the weather,
listened to the eloquent address. Mr.
Bradley spoke upon the great issue of
imperialism. . He told of McKlnley's
decision on the "Chinese exclusion
act" in its relation to the Philippines
and quoted from Lincoln who in 1864
had said a great crisis more destruc
tive to American liberty than any war
was discernable through the mists of
futurity. This, said Lincoln, was the
tendency to subject Tabor to capital.
That crisis, said the speaker, was now
upon us and unless Its advance be
checked we would soon be its helpless
victims. The Porto Rican tariff bill
was merely a test case; it undoubted
ly would be declared unconstitutional.
Then if we annexed the Philippine isl
ands gigantic combines planting them
selves in these possessions could, by
utilizing the 7-cents a day labor and
throwing their cheap goods upon the
American market, compel home Indus
tries to compete with their labor or
suspend business. The decision on the
Porto Rican bill would render them
safe from any tariff laws. Mr. Brad
ley spoke with an intense interest and
was heartily applauded. A Bryan club
was afterwards organized with the fol
lowing officers: President, Mr. Rude
Daily: vice president, Mr M. Caldwell;
secretary and treasurer, Mr. G. S. Al
len. Meetings will be held every Fri
day night in Beecher's hall.
Some long needed alterations are be
ing made in the postof.flce. A private
room is now alloted to registered let
ters and money order business.
Miss Macy will soon supercede Mr.
Charles Brown as postal clerk at this
place.
Mr. A. F. Wallace and family from
Kansas are new. residents.
Mr. Frank Swartz of Chicago Is vis
iting friends here. He will return the
1st of September.
Mr. W. C Atkins, who lately pur
chased .the residence of Professor
Cline, has erected a frame barn be
sides somewhat remodelling the resl
dence.
Professor Stuff, who has during the
summer had charge of the English de
partment at Boulder, Colo., returned
Friday. He reports a: most enjoyable
time among the glaciers and snow
peaks of the Rockies.. He accepted a
pressing invitation to lecture four
hours daily in a rich'. Catholic con
vent, his work.belng xnost highly com
mended. , v - ' -" , ,
Owing to the failure of congress to
make the necessary appropriation,
Doctor Fordyce will not aid In the pro
posed examination of 'Lake? Erie fish.
He has gained wide popularity through
his course of lectures atthe assembly.
Chancellor Huntington; is outing at
Ocean Grove, New JersSy&,i,f
Janitor Brown is visiting relatives
at Agency, la. He will return August
30th.
Professor Kirk's residence has re
cently been papered.
Rev. ephthae Marsh and wife cele
brated their golden wedding anniver
sary at the home of their son, Rev
B. W. Marsh of this place, Sunday. It
was accompanied by a family reunion
in which six sons, all ministers, par
ticipated. They are: M. D. - Marsh,
Gibbon, Neb.; Rev. B. W. Marsh, J.
E. Marsh, DeSoto, 111.; Rev. R. L.
Marsh. Burlington. Ia.; Rev. W. J.
Marsh, Albuquerque, N. M and Rev
L. J. Marsh of Lincoln. In the even
ing the family attended services at
the Grace M. E. church of Lincoln, of
which the elder Mr. and Mrs. Marsh
are members. .
T. J. Fritz has closed his fruit stand
Ice cream and cake were served
Monday evening by the Degree of
Honor In Beecher's hall. A liberal pa
tronage is reported.
Local Broom Corn
It is a little bit peculiar that the
State Journal of this city right in the
midst of a big broom corn, district
should lend Its editorial sanction to
the statement of the trust representa
tives, but it does and it denies that
there has been any considerable dam
age to broom corn in central Illinois,
where the finest brush in the world is
grown. It says that the trust is caught
with 15,000 tons of old brush, and is
trying to keep up prices in order to
unload it. Such a statement is non
sense, and the Journal knows it. Last
year it aided the trust by similar ar
ticles and not only fooled the farmers
but fooled local broom makers who
were not in the trust, hurting the bus
iness of Lincoln thousands of dollars.
One of the leading members , of the
trust Is a Lincoln firm which has with
in the past year closed down its fac
tory in this town and moved its en
tire nlant to the penitentiary, and
which Is doing its best with prison-
made goods to drive out local manu
facturers who give the nearby farmers
a competitive market and give free
labor in Lincoln a chance for employ
ment. Last year this firm bought all
the brush It could at low prices, aided
by the Journal, and then forced the
price skyward on all the brush it did
not want. If the broom corn growers
follow the lead of the Journal this
year they ought to be swindled again.
Fire Sale of Shoes
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Our entire stock of shoes was dam
aged by fire, smoke and water Satur
day, August 18, and now we are clos
ing out the entire stock, 120,000 worth
of shoes at great bargains. It will pay
you to come and get your shoes for fall
and winter wear. Everything at one-
half regular price.
Fire -Shoe Sale of the Western Shoe
Co., 1126 O St., Lincoln, Neb.
Uncle John Walker of Humphrey,
Neb., returning from Kansas City was
the guest of Mr. Jewell In Lincoln this
week. He brought with him a large
club of subscriptions for The Inde
pendent.
The Capital Hotel Roy
For a long time the Capital hotel
has been owned by the estate, of W.
M. Brown of Syracuse, N. tY).,;andJ the
furniture by Emily Dilworth of Oma
ha, and 6: C. Bell has Heen managing
the hotel, Mrs. Dilworth has not been
pleased with the Income from her fur
niture for some time, and when the
house was recently leased to John
Harrop she tried to sell to him. He
was not wanting to buy, and on Tues
day the inmates of the house were
surprised by a force of men and drays
who proceeded to move out "every Item
of furniture without asking the con
sent of any guest of the house. Even
the furniture of the republican coun
ty committee rooms was taken with
the rests. Guests who were out during
the day returned to find Ihelr personal
baggage the only furniture in the
rooms. The hotel is closed and bo rar
Mr. Harrop has not made any definite
arrangements about opening the house
and it is said that the lease was con
ditional upon the furniture not being
removed. The ' representatives of the
owners of the building say that the
property will pay better shut up than
it has while the hotel was running as
it took all the store and concession
rentals to make up the losses in the
hotel.
U. P. Troubles
From the statements of some of the
railroad men in this city it seems that
there is a good chance for a bit of
trouble on the Union Pacific railway
In the near future. President Burt !
seems to have done some things which '
the employes of the company . resent, j
and they resent it to such an extent !
that their grievance committee has
been kept very busy for the last sixty I
days. When the recent change was,
announced ' to the merit' and demerit i'
mark system, it was given out by the
company that the men at present em-'
ployed would have promotion just as
rapidly as they showed fitness for
higher duty. One employe voiced a1
big sentiment among the men when he
said: " " ,
It doesn't look to me like the state
ment- is being . lived ; up to, and I do
not believe it was ever made In good
faith. . The company wants a man for
an important position in the passenger
department. It has many men in its
service who are fit and capable men,
and, who would do the company bet
ter service than a stranger from the
east who " is unacquainted with the
needs of the system. But that makes
no difference. They want a man, and
Mr. Burt is tied up with railroad mag
nates who really dictate what he shall
do, and he manages the road to suit
mem, although of course, it may suit
him. . If . present conditions obtain,
much longer on the 'overland' the offi
cials will wake up some night and find
the system tied up "from one end to
the other in one of the biggest strikes
that has occurred in several years. The
men are restless, and ' the grievance
committees are meeting and conferring;
with the officers of the road about half
the time now."
Railroad ' men who are acquainted
with Mr. Burt and his methods say
that he is the hardest manager in the
country to get along with. . He. is not
only an autocrat upon his own line.
but he Is overbearing and dictatorial
to the managers of other roads with
whom he comes in business contact-
so much so that he has very few
friends in the west. He has recenthr
attempted to dictate to the Alton and
run against a snag as that road h at!
found another way to Denver and tho
west than over the Kansas Pacific.
The blow which Mart Howe received
at the reunion left him In a semi-dazed
condition "and ' it has not yet been
possible to give Gant a preliminary
trial for assaulting him. His examin
ation has been set twice without re
sult, and the third time will come on
the 30th, when it is hoped that Mr.
Howe will be able to take the witness
stand. Gant Is going to make a vig
orous defense. .., - v. ... ,
During the week several stationary
engineers have been fined $5 each for
running engines without a license.
Local Shriners are going to Topek
next Tuesday to help install a big new
lodge of sand-waders. "
Lancaster county people can nowhero
get so much reading for the money as
in The Independent witn the Lancaster
County Supplement. , From now until
November 10 for 15 cents.
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