Nebraska Newspapers

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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
September e; 1900 x
HARDY'S COLUMN
Census Padder Roosevelt pech
Mrs. Lea! Lincoln Teachers The
Home for the Frindl-s Who ia
My Neighbor Women Working
Country Letter Carriers The State
Farm The Beatrice Institute What
Kxcce Ka Omaha Taffy and Bit
tersweet Our roll Lie When Lin
coln West to Washington The Rea
son Money hi Plenty.
How dare Bixby rail against repub
J.cas census padders?
Pat u down for a ten-cent subscrip
tion if Roosevelt will come to Lin
coln ac4 delirer the eame speech we
Leard him deliver In St. Paul.
Fwr years ago Mrs. Lease was a
loud-mouthed, bravllng renegate,
row he I one cf the most eloquent,
persuasive, modest women on the con
tifnt. Sbe is a republican now. but
a pop then. We are told llanna
I ays. her a thousand dollars and all
tipem for the season.
We notice that six or eight of the
li&ccln teacher hare resigned and!
i,n elsewhere to teach. A hundred
r two dollars difference in salaries
- wtit did It. We regret that our
ar our high school salaries went up
ved ail the reel went down. That we
iid not like. If we had the money to
j.Vk teachers we would not object to
MtScg otiser cities picking our politi
?. Lincoln has the credit of turn
ing out the best of teachers for the
least money.
We had occasion to call at the home
tor the friendless last week, the first
lime for over two years. We were
'leased to see the cut ward Improved
tr pea ranee, the iron fence, stone walk
rtd painted walla. There was an air
ti improvement everywhere except In
the green house, but the wen were
;vrt fitting pipes and preparing to Ira
rove that. We counted twenty-three
toys and eight girls on the play
rooRd and more were found at work
in different buildings. We did not go
Ji to the nursery, so cannot give the
r umber of little ones, tut remember
reein at one time In the past over
forty cradles In active use. Hundreds
of men and women have grat reason
it. biets that institution for what it
d d for them la time of seed.
Bli by Srs m book to the man who
love his neighbor as he loves himself.
Koch as o!Jer tends to throw con
tempt upon the commandment.
.Among the four men who came in
contact with the traveller to Jericho
ut one was his neighbor, though they
ruay all have lived on the same block.
Iz there a human being who has fall
en among thjeves who can help lov
lug the Samaritan as he does himself
-tea though he lives in, another town.
i!3 have givea their lives for others.
The sentiment against white women
z.z.1 girls working in the south is fast
cl. an ring. A lady who visited Rich
mond and other cities in the south re-
;orts that thousands of girls are work-
i-g there just as they are in the north.
The Idea that none but niggers should
work Is fast fading. It has got to that
pitch that It Is just about as disreput
able for a girt to do nothing as for a
l-oy. Avenues of employment are now
open, about equally, for both and they
tie both considered slack twisted if
tl ey !o nothing.
At rt it seemed foolish to start
I iter carriers ot-t through the coun
try where they will have to travel
rriles, sometime to deliver two or
three letters. As a money-making
heme It is foolish, but there is noth
ing like It to spread intelligence and
stimulate its growth., Look at the
t'fcii.e-se. Not half the people today
l..ow of any trouble in Pekin. We
will make an intelligent people if we
io txt make money.
We do not believe the ftate farm
1 woirg half the good it might. Grain,
grape and vegetables should be ttd
then the approved s-eed hanl-l out to
farmers. The same of sheep, cattle,
hogs and poultry. We visited the state
poultry yard ia Minnesota the other ,
day and found It far behind many ; continue in power, still the populist
private yards la this state. Hot house .party will live In history. The fight
plants and tot Louse animal are not i that it has made for liberty and equal
ttt the farmer want. The state lty la already imperisbably engraved
does jiot support the common farmer", on the records of time and can never
n his farm as it does the state farm be obliterated.
managers. f'f supporting farming ; The men who have proved traitors
Is what we want. , to iu principles will also live In his-
; tory just as Benedict Arnold so lives.
The Beatric feeble-mindrd institute j It will be written of them that they
is making the governor a great amount ? joined the movement, not on account
of trouble. Good enough for him. af of a belief in its principles or to help
ur this he win learn to appoint hon- j uplift mankind to a higher lever, but
orable men to of 3 re. But this is not for office and for power, and when
the Cm rood tick that has been put their desires were not gratified, they
Into place of trust in this state. The j went over to the enemy,
republic! had four or five just such i The glorious history of the party
cms ia tl different state institutions. 1 ought to Inrpire every one of its mem-
What excuse will the Omahogs make
for the 'decrease la their population
of forty thousand la tea years? All
the ether cities outside of Nebraska
have increased while we have de
creased. Lincoln will go down about
tea or fifteen thousand. Otter eitlee
of the state will drop. They can make
but one excuse the stufslng is knocked
out, Omaha and Lim-oln wiii go
down ia history as grfit republican
frauds.
It I really ate tiling to we the re-p-iKIr-acs
hasi ost taffy to the mid-4-o-tbroa4t-ra
amd hot bitter
swetts to. the prohibitionists. It is
easy to tiw motive. The recruits
to the tidQke-ot-tlie-roadir8 come
from the Hryan prty while the re -
cruit o the prohibitionist come from
the MeKiaiey party. They claim that
Mi Klnkr array saloon Is one of the
cst retire tern per b measure
row in w and the republicans won-
dr wfey Woolley doea cot stand up
frr it.
We left the old whig party because
it -a pro-latery. We did not go
t the old democratic party because
that wa pro- very, too. We became
& abolitionist, then a free-sailer and
fr that a republican. When the re
pibHraa party mM out to he million
aire acd the democratic party split
& the jejune question. I decided to
ttasd with the common people half.
When tiscola went to Washington
to be Inaugurated president, he did
not dare to go through slave-driving
territory in the day time. So he.
wended his way to New York, stopping
at -several of the large cltie3 on his
way. From New York he secretly, in
disguise, took a night train for Wash
ington. So we advise Mr. Bryaa to
proceed next March, only we warn
him not to travel in the day-time
through the land of the millionaires.
Better go by the way of St. Louis and
the southern states.
The reason why money is so plen
ty at a low rate of interest, with good
security. Is because- no one dares in
vest !n any kind of property. They
fear McKinley may.be counted in
again and in that case the republi
cans will complete their gold stand
ard by knocking out silver and green
backs and in that case property will
slump half again. They are ready to
Invest in trusts and corporations
where they have a monopoly and are
fenced In, by a high protective fence.
No one is inclined to start a business
on his own hook.
The Years of Thinking
The populist party has been a leader
of men and the founder of new policies.
; The great leader of parties now all
j acknowledge it. Bryan proclaimed it
t Topeka and Towne declared it to
the silver republican convention at
Kansas City. It seems marvellous to
back upon. Years ago the populists
raised a warning voice against the
spirit of militarism. Some even went
so far as to discourage enlistments in
the militia. The members of the par
ty foresaw, years In advance of other
men. that this spirit was taking pos
session of the people. Now all men
see it. Some glory in it and some de
plore it. But few saw it then.
Years ago these same men gave
warning against the growth of mon
opolies, now called trusts. They
pointed out their evil Influences and
the danger that lurked in them to our
free institutions. Few saw it then.
Ail men see it now. All parties vie
with each other In denouncing trusts
and only here and tnere do they find
an open defender. While one party
may expect to ride Into power by se
cretly favoring monopolies, it dare not
openly defend them.
Years ago these same men foresaw
the evil that lurked in the private own
ership of railroads and telegraphs.
While there is not such a concensus of
opinion on these subjects as on the
i others, yet more and more men are
constantly announcing themselves as
converts to these doctrines also.
Years ago these men. also saw the
evil of the prffaC& ownership of street
car lines, city!! gifting and water
works. Now their wisdom is every
where acknowledged and cities and
towns by the hundred are putting these
principles Into law,!
Years ago these meja also worked out
a scientific theory pf jmoney. The most
savage political battles of air history
have been fought oyer this tjuestlon
and It la ncd settled yet. It will be
fought as fiereely'in the years to come
as It has beed?ln?thi3 years that are
past.
Who were these men who elaborated
these new policies, put them into con
crete form and formed a party to fight
for them? They were the farmers and
laborers of the land. These great prin
ciples did not come to them by in
spiration. They were tnpught out be
tween the plow handles, ty the work
bench and in the solitude of the mid
night hours. There were years of
thinking.
Whfn the history of the last quar
ter of the Nineteenth century is final-
l it written, the populist party and
I its founders will hav a pTace of honor
J in It. Your children and your grand-
children will be proud to say, my
j father or grandfather was one of the
j founders of tue populist party, for the
J principles of the populist party are
certain to become the policies of this
government if the republic lives. The
republic cannot live unless they do
become its policies. Even if the re
public goes down, as Senator Hoar
says It will If the men who now rule it
bers with new vigor. Let us fight as
we have never fought before.
The English are finding "the white
man's burden," which they so "jaunt
ily assumed when announced in the
verse of Kipling, is growing very, very
heavy. Members of parliament are in
the country now making speeches and
while they say that they are still will
ing to carry their share of it, they
don t want any. more than belongs to
them. With wars, either ia actual
pro4ecution or threatened, in every
part of the world, the English govern
ing class and taxpayers are spending
many sleepless nights these times.
" i-uepeuuem nas baiu
I a11 along was in store for, them, and
j tor this kindly warning it has been
j roundly abused by some of them in
tni country. The Independent wishes
well to the "people" of England. -It
ants to see them prosperous and hap-
i PT hnt lor Joe Chamberlain and his
gang of jingo pirates, it has no more
respect than Profe?or Bryce. and hun
dreds of other scholars and thinkers of
that land have.
- Arthur Sewall Dead
Arthur Sewall, who ran on the dem
ocratic ticket with Bryan in 1896, is
dead. He has been in poor health for
some time, but his demise ws.s unex
pected. 110 has been a man oi promi
nence in the east for twenty-five years
or more. - .
IS THERE A GOD?
Atrocities of the Tartars Never Equalled
the Outrages Committed in
the Philippines
Thomas W. Jones, a private in troop
G, Eleventh cavalry, writing from San
ta Cruz, Philippine islands, tells how
sixty members of his regiment were
ordered out to kill or capture a fam-
ous Filipino general known to be liv
ing in the neighborhood. The gen
eral's house was located and the Am
ericans crawled through the under
brush until they secured positions but
a few yards distant. Then they dis
covered that they had unwittingly
chanced upon a weuding. There was
a large crowd present to take part in
the festivities. Most of them, of
course, were women and children; but
there were abdut seventy-five men
present who were armed. The Ameri
cans were, ordered to fire, a volley from
ambush and then charge, which they
did with terrible results.
"The scene that resulted " was hor
rible," writes Private Jones. "On the
ground near the house lay the body
of the bride, .whose brains had been
blown out. The groom, who had re
ceived a bullet In the stomach, was ly
ing near by dying. Twelve of , the
Filipinos had., been killed and about
the same number wounded. . An el
derly, woman was shot through the
leg and a little child had her arm shot
off.
"But we got the old general all right,
and we burned, the insurgents' quar
ters before we left," ends the letter.
Washington correspondent Chicago
Chronicle.
The atrocities of Tamerline the
Tartar never exceeded in brutality the
bloody deeds of President McKinley.
Don Cameron's Lunch Counter, 114
to 118 So. 11th St., Lincoln, Neb.
It seems that McKinley will have to
be satisfied with Mark Hanna's nomi
nation. While nominations by leagues
and associations of various kinds have
been pouring In on Bryan, not an ag
gregation of any kind can be found
who will so disgrace themselves as to
nominate McKinley. The other day
the Afro-American council met in Ind
ianapolis. An American citizen of
African descent, who Is an officeholder
under McKinley, arose to make a
speech for Mark Hanna's man, and
the rest of the negroes present threw
him out of the door. From the press
reports it seems that a majority of
those present were for Bryan.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Correspondence from newspaper men
on the ground in China is just begin
ning to be printed in the eastern dail
ies. One or two of the magazines have
articles written by men well acquaint
ed with the Chinese situation and from
it all, some facts may be gathered upon
which an opinion may bo founded. The
truth seems to be that there has been
great unrest in China for five or six
years on account of the encroachments
of foreign, powers upon Chinese terri
tory. Some of the leading Manderins,
being exceedingly ignorant : men and
having but little or no knowledge of
the outside world, joined with the rab
ble for the purpose of driving all for
eigners out of China. The govern
ment, or what there is of government
In China, was vacillating. On the
other hand the men of intelligence and
information with a very large propor
tion of the peaceful population back
of thera, were opposed to the whole
movement and would have destroyed
it if their advice had been taken.
It seems that both Admiral Remey
and General Chaffee held to this op
inion. Admiral Remey refused to join
with the other foreign powers in an
attack on the Chinese forts at Taku
and General Chaffee has from the day
of the relief of the foreign legations
at Pekin advised that our troops be
withdrawn. It appears now that if
there had been no attack on the Taku
forts that the ministers might have
been relieved without loss of life or
property and , that the attack by the
European governments lead to all the
fighting that followed. That is the
conclusion that this writer has come
to after reading everything bearing on
the subject that could be gotten hold
of In both the magazines and the daily
papers.
For a few days it was heralded in
all the dailies that the administration
had made a great stroke and was lead
ing the diplomacy of the world ev
erything was following in the train of
McKinley. But it turns out that it
was not the Washington administra
tion that was leading. It was simply
following the plan marked out by Rus
sia. Russia insisted that Pekin should
be . evacuated and the reigning house
of China should be allowed to come
back there and set up a government
again. That was in accordance with
the advice given by Chaffee and which
received no attention whatever until
it was backed up by Russia. The great
coup d'etat was not originated by Hay
or McKinley, but by the Russian
diplomats, '
The accounts sent by the correspon
dents of the fighting in and around
Tien Tsin give a detail of horrors that
the world has not seen the like of in
a hundred years. Men, women and
children were slaughtered by the thou
sands and the barbarities of the Rus
sian troops, as recorded by the corre
spondents, are almost beyond belief.
Tien ,Tsin is a city of 400,000 people.'
It lies in ruins and hundreds, of thou
sands of the innocent have been
slaughtered or are dying of starvation.
All the soldiers turned to looting. It
is said that there was enough silver
captured to give each sdldier taking
r pal i iu mo oooauii ui.ijr puuuua. oui-
diers were seen everywhere, so these
correspondents say, with bolts of the
finest silks and rare merchandise of all
kinds. One correspondent says that
an order was issued to turn over all
this loot so it could be evenly divided
aiong the various'1 nationalities.
The march from Tien Tsin Jo Pekin
was one of terrible suffering. Every
thing that could bear a burden was
-I ' commandeered" as they say. Horses,
cows, oxen, mules, dogs and coolies.
These coolies they say were driven
along the ioads with " whips, bearing
their heavy '.burdens until many , of
them feldead in their tracks. Cows,
ox ei , everything, was loaded down
with camp equipage and supplies. . Ev
ery nationality was straining everv
nerve to see which could get to Pekin
first. The Japanese soon took the lead
r.nd kept It. They were accustomed to
the climate and could live on a hand
ful of rice a day. The men had been
trained to marching until their mus
cles were like steel. The Japanese
cavalry kept in vadvance all - the time,
scouting on the flanks of the retreat
ing Chinese. 1 The-American soldiers
were so placed In the column that they
had to march every day in the heat of
the day while the other allies marched
early In the morning and late at night.
The suffering, among the Americans
was terrible, very ..many falling down
on the march from heat and exhaus
tion.. Most of them, however, would
get up at night arid crawl along after
the main body." '
The American: and English troops
entered Pekin - almost - together, the
English -a little ahead. : To get at the
gates that lead, to the place where the
legations had defended themselves, the
troops, officers and men had to wade
a long distance .in a sewer filled with
the offall and filth of the city. When,
after severe fighting, they had forced
their way in, they were' astonished to
find Sir McDonald dressed in a tennis
suit of spotless white flanell and Min
ister Conger also immaculately dressed
standing ready to receive them. The
ladies were attired in their most beau
tiful costumes r and all appeared as if
they were attending a fashionable lawn
party. The correspondents say that
when this sight burst upon the half
dead and mud-covered soldiers they
stood as if petrified and gazed at it in
L astonishment. - (Every v reader of The
Independent can make his own com
ments on this strange scene.)
What McKinley is likely to do in
regard to the situation in China can
better be guessed from known facts
than anything that is given out at the
state department. The facts are, that
enormous winter supplies are being
rhurried, forward to China and no or
ders have yet been Issued for the re
turn of the troops to the coast.
Long lists of dead still keep com
ing from the Philippines and in South
Africa the war still goes on. Lord
Roberts' took the field in person, and
went out 'with his whole force "and
fought a battle with Botha. The re
sult of it was that the Boers retreated
a little further into cne mountains. The
British have to still maintain an army
of 200,000 men in South Africa. How
much longer they will have to remain
there to hold, the country down no
one knows. . 7.
A GOOD - BUSINESS YEAR
In Spite of the Political Agitation,
the Clash &of Oratory, xand s,
at ir?n of-;.; :
opposma
Q? GOVERNMENT
e, -
The Bankers BeserTe Life Association
-..Has Done More EBusiness Than all
of Its'. Competitors.
. : JJ . ' ' ....
A Nebraska life insurance company
properly managed is sure to win the
support of loyal .Nebraskans if it can
offer as good or better insurance con
tracts than the old line companies,
which for so many years have been
making constant and debilitating
drafts upon the""
BUSINESS VITALITY OF THE
STATE.
vThe experience of the Bankers' Re
serve has . demonstrated this fact.
With policies unexcelled In the world,
offering all the. modern options, sur
render values, extended insurance and
paid-up insurance, this vigorous young
company has gone out into this and
adjoining states conquering Its way
among the people notwithstanding the
MALICIOUS ATTACKS OF ALIENS.
. The people want to patronize home
institutions. They have learned from
investigation that every insurance ex
pert who has officially examined the
Bankers' Reserve has made a favor
able report. These official reports
have invariably been couched in words
of highest praise and the personal
commendations of the expert examin
ers have been extremely gratifying to
the management.
EVERY LOSS PROMPTLY PAID.
The record "of " the Bankers' Reserve
in' the matter of prompt payment of
approved claims, is also strongly com
mended by these officials. These facts
being known, the efficient corps of
experienced underwriters at work in
the field are writing more insurance
than all .thealien companies combined,
and the premium1 account of the Bank
ers Reserve is rapidly growing in pro
portion. ' -
f MORE THAN $2,600,000-
of insurance is now at risk written by
the Bankers' Reserve, although but lit-
! tie more than three years , old. The
larger part of this has been written
the present year under the beneficient'
influence of the- stipulated premium'
law of Nebraska. B. H. Robison, pres
ident, Omaha. Neb., invites, experi
enced solicitors to see him for con
tracts. '
General News
Fremont is preparing for a street
fair next week. The plan is to have
an "inner city" complete in itself con
sisting of booths for the display of ev
ery business interest of that city. It
will be enclosed and entirely separate
from the rest of, the city. .
Marc G. Perkins, manager of the
American press association in Omaha,
is carrying a bullet in the side of -his
"head as a result of a careless boy, a
rifle and a 22 cartridge. Mr. Perkins,
with his 'wife and, son, were walking
along Fortieth street, near Izard,
when a bullet whizzed through Mrs.
Perkins hair and found lodgment in
the side of Mr. Perkins head, the lo
cation of the bullet, being just between
the temple and top of the ear. The
wound was such that does not permit
of the extraction of the lead, but he
does not suffer from the accident aside
from considerable nervousness caused
by the shock. v, A slight variation of
the' bullet might have resulted serious
ly for both Mr. and Mrsi. Perkins.
From 11:15 to 11:20 o'clock last
Monday every locomotive, every piece
of machinery and every employe on
the . Memphis railroad system, from
Kansas City to Birmingham, Ala.,
were idle. This action was taken as
a mark of respect to the memory of
the late President E. S. Washburn of
the "Memphis" system, .who died at
Rye - Beach, N. . H., last Friday. For
the five minutes specified every train,
car and locomotive was held at a
standstill, no matter where they hap
pened to be. At the end, of the five
minutes traffic was resumed. The fun
eral service of President Washburn
was held . shortly after noon, at St.
Andrew's church, Rye Beach, . N. H.
The body was taken to Boston, Mass.,
for interment in Forest Park cemetery,
where other members of the family
rest. ' - i. '.
' Charles ; L. Lake of Filley reported
that he had gone to the lowlands es
corted -by a negro and had been re
lieved of about $12 in coin while there.
A -man from Ulysses who gave his
name as Anderson was robbed of his
return ticket and $1.55 in coin while
talking to a negro woman in an alley.
Marion Abbott,., living- one mile north
of Havelock, wentfto a deserted house
on South Ninth street to sleep with a
friend he had picked up on the street.
The friend told him that he might be
robbed and Abbott gave him his purse
containing $14 to keep until morning.
The fellow made a run for the door
when he got the purse and has not
been seen since.
Information brought by travellers
returning from Central America in
dicates that the United States of Co
lombia, having- suppressed a recent
rebellion - of unusually sanguinary
character, is determined to call Vene
zuela to account for permitting the
rebels to organize there and cross the
line into Colombia. Both countries
are purchasing army supplies and war
will probably result.
A letter .from Taku says that the
boxers are pillaging the country south
west of Tien Tsin and killing the na
tives . who oppose their organization.
Two thousand boxers are said to have
been , slaughtered by - imperial troops
at a feast to .which they had been in
vited ,b y Tao Tsung Chow.
General Shatter reports the arrival
at San Francisco of the transport Tho
mas, with a number of officers wound
ed at Tien Tsin, and it is also thought
a number of sick and discharged sol
diers... Seven, died en route from acute
dysentery!.
Under date of Belfast," September 1,
Lord Roberts "reports: "I have today
issued, under her majesty's warrant of
July 4, proclamations announcing that
the Transvaal will henceforth form
a part of her majesty's dominions."
'Failures in1 the -United States 5 for
the calendar, month ot August, as re
ported .by" telegraph to "Bradstreet's,
number 705," "With ' aggregated 'liabili
ties "of $6,255,09?, and assets of $2,
936,047. "
Farmers of Dawson county are glad
to see the grasshopper pest disap
pearing. A small ' boy discovered the
cause of the' disappearance to be a
small black Insect working under their
wings.
The senatorial convention of the
Fifth district, which consists of Saun
ders and Sarpy counties, was held at
Ashland and nominated Dr. G. W.
Meredith. of that place.
-Brescl, the . assassin of King Hum
bert, has asked, for a postponement of
his trial until witnesses can arrive
from the United States.
- Major Leo Rassieur of St. Louis was
chosen commander-in-chief of the G.
A. R. and Denver will be the next encampment-
city.
Mr. Charles A. Schwab, president
of the Carnegie Steel company, is
about to found a trade school for boys
near Pittsburg.
The state university will open on
the 18th of this month. Chancellor
Andrews will be formally inaugurated
on the 22d. ,
The fusionists held a big rally at
Wahoo, Neb., the past week and were
addressed by Mr. Bryan and others.
Forest fires: have been doing great
damage in Colorado. Great stretches
of timber hare been destroyed.
The census of Baltimore, as bul
letined by the census bureau, is 508,
957, against 434,439 in 1890.
Bloodhounds successfully tracked
the "men who robbed 'the postoffice at
Octavia recently. .
The old settlers' .ipicnlc at Hum
boldt was the . best attended of any
for years.
The Pythian Sisterhood at Detroit
elected as president Mrs. W. A. Dill
worth of Omaha."
An anarchist meeting in Berlin was
dispersed by the police and the speak
er arrested. ,
Several cases of petty robbery were
reported to the police during fair
week.
Mexico City is asking that the next
pan-American congress be held there.
Things Are All Right
v Hon. Theodore Griess-and Hon. R.
S. Oberfelder, the first, candidate for
auditor, and the second candidate for
presidential elector on , the fusion
ticket, were in The Independent office
today and reported that everything
was all right out in the state. We are
making gains everywhere, especially
among the Germans and other foreign
population. The determination that
the Declaration- of Independence shall
not be discarded and that this republic
shall ' not be made an empire grows
stronger every day. . .
Fall and Winter Season, 1900-01
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INDUCEMENT
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CHICAGO , CASH QUOTATIONS.
No. 2 red wheat... 6975
No. 3 red , wheat ,.68 74
No. 3 spring wheat ..68 (5)74
No
No
No
2 hard wheat ...68i469
3 hard wheat. ........ .66 68
2 cash corn. 39
No. 3 cash corn 39
No. 2 yellow corn. ....3940
No. 3 yellow corn... 39 39
No
No
No
2 cash oats..... 2121
2 white oats...... 2424
3 white oats.. ....2324
No. 1 flax, Septemebr.. 1 52
October .1 46
LIVE STOCK.
South Omaha, Sept. 5. Receipts of
live stock were as follows: '
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Official Monday... 5,750 2,745 10,090
Official Tuesday. . : 6,179
Official Wed'sday..3,741
3 days this week. 15,670
Same last week. . 11,572
Same week before. 8,883
Same 3 w'ks ago . .7,822
Same 4 w'ks ago,. 4,131
8,690
6,134
17,569
10,376
8,156
1,425
19,671
19,352
17,348
20,112
13,102
9.700
7,274
9,066
Average prices paid for . hogs for
the last several days, with compari
sons: .-'-- -
1900
J899
1898
1897
3.70
3.71
3.68
3.73,
3.70
3.76
3. S3
3.79
3.81
3.91
4.02
3.97
3.91
3.99
3.99
4.07
4.07
4.04
1896
2.84
2.92
2.88
2.79
2.85
2.79
2.68
2.79
2.76
2.75
2.80
2.84
2.81
2.77
2.81
2.81
2.71
2.76
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
16.-; ; 4.3r 3.78
17.. ... C36 3.74
18. .4.97 4.47 3.66
19.. , 4.50 3.67
20. .5.03 3.75
21.. ... 4.42
22.. ... 4.42 3.69
23.. ..; 4.41 3.74
24.. 5. 02 4.42 3.81
25. .5.05 4.40 3.73
26.. 1.38 3.72
27..4.98 ' 3.70
28.. ... 4.40
29.. ... 4.42 3.70
30. .5.00 4.40 3.72
Aug
Aug
31.. 5. 05
4.27-3.63
Sept. 1....5.044;20
3.61
3.69
3.65
3.62
Sept. 2.... 4.14
Sept. 3 5.02
Sept. 4 "4.19
Sept. 5 4.22
Indicates Sunday.
Representative sales:
BEEF STEERSr
No. Av.-Pr. No. Av. Pr.
1 1110 $4 50 18.... 1222 $5 30
34... .1193 5 30 16.... 1202 5 40
COWS.
1..-J.1010 $2 70
BULLS.
1 1580 $2 50 1....1440 $3 00
CALVES.
1.... 170 $5 50
STAGS.
1....1350 $3 75
HOGS.
Representative sales:
No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr.
59 334 $5 02 62 280 5 05 .
72 218 5 07 63..... 258 5.07
62. ....262 5 07 69.. ...193
58 250 5 15 69..... 233
SHEEP.
Quotations Choice western
5 10
5 15
grass
wethers S3 40 3 60: choice grass year
lings $3 40 3 60; choice ewes $3 00
3 25; fair to good ewes S2 503 00;
choice spring lambs $5 005 25: fair
to good spring lambs. $4 75 5 00;
feeder ' wethers, S3 403 50; feeder
lambs, $4 004 25.
Representative sales:
No. Av. Pr.
239 western wethers... 112 $3 40
100 Wyo. feeding lambs.... 59 4 30
37 Idaho lambs.. 58 4 75
Deaf and Dumb Exhibit
One of the "most .interesting of all
among the educational exhibits at the
st&te fair was that of the school -for
the deaf and " dumb. Some of the
handiwork of those students were sur
prisingly fine. This exhibit deserves
a full description, but as that is im
possible, particular mention must be
made of the ornamental work in wood.
An oak table, the top inlaid with a
perfect map of Nebraska, each coun
ty carved from woods of different col
ors was a wonder to every visitor.
While other articles of exquisite taste
and -workmanship" attest the com
petency of the teacher and the genius
of the student. Mention should also
be made of the exquisite taste in em
broidery as shown in some of the
work of the female students rivalling
as it does the work of professionals in
that department of civilized Industry.
One of the most" Important exhibits
of this greatest of Nebraska state fairs
was the educational, and I feel that it
did not receive the attention that it
should have commanded. The writer
is aware of the great labor and diffi
culty involved in the preparation of a
creditable show of this kind, which
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presumably prevented Omaha. Lincoln
and other large cities of the state
from attempting it. Four cities only
were represented Nebraska City, Bea
trice, Geneva and Elgin. These ex
hibits were all very fine and I wish
I were competent to describe them
fully and fill a whole page of The in
dependent. They deserve it and more.
I feel Impelled, however, to mention
Elgin as It is a little new town on the
prairie in Antelope county, containing
perhaps 500 people. There were in
that exhibit some very fine specimens
of map-drawing, a perfect map of
Antelope county, In colors, and num
erous maps In relief of the different
divisions of the .world. , Thero were
also many other specimens, illustrat
ing the different departments of grad
ed school, work that would be a credit
to any metropolitan city school.
A fine collection of specimens in
entomology reminded me of one by a
boy named Bruner in the state fair at
Omaha "way back in the '70's." That
boy's name is now known the world
over and I wonder if this student of
the Everett school will not be called
to destroy the locusts for the free
people of the great republic of South
Africa, a few years hence.
Verily, the Nebraska teacher leada
the van In the higher education and
advanced thought. " B. ROOSA.
THE VERMONT ELECTION
fit.
Republican Majorities Greatly Cut Down
and Democrat Double their Hep
reaentatlon in the Legislature
There was an election In Vermont
last Tuesday for state officers and
members of the legislature. The re-i
publican dallies put the returns In the
grave yard. It has often been said
that the republicans are sure to lose
the general election when Vermont
does not roll up 30,000 republican ma
jority and she didn't , do it by a long
shot. They say the returns are not all
In yet the old 8tory--but that the
majority will be about '25,000 or 26,000
Besides that, the republicans have lost
heavily in the membership of the leg
islature. Imperialism is not popular
even in the rock-ribbed republican pre
cincts of old Vermont. If the repub
licans lose as heavily In other states
as they have in Vermont, Bryan will
be elected by a big majority. In 1896
Mc'Klnley's majority in Vermont was
40,980. ;
Mr. Bryan in the East
Mr. Bryan's appearance in the east
can hardly be referred to, at this time,
as a visit to the "enemy's country."
The democratic candidate for presi
dent has become so well known to all
of the people of the United States, by
his constant travels during the last
four years, that in no part of the un
ion can he be looked upon as a Strang- ,
His career as a campaigner is cer
tainly remarkable. : His continued pop
ularity and his unabated power to in- -terest
the people argue the possession
of unusual gifts and qualities. That
he has grown in favor in the east is
certainly significant. It is predicted
that he is more likely to gain votes in
that section than to Increase or even
maintain the majorities which be
scored in the west in 1896. The friend
ship with which Mr. Bryan is received
in the east, where his ideas and doc
trines were formerly regarded with
particular distrust, is a striking tri
bute, to his great personal influence.
His ability to command -the support
of a state like New York In the na
tional convention, and the indorsement
of such an organization as Tammany,
demonstrates the wonderful hold
which Mr. Bryan has on his party. All
of this comes about, not so much by
the force of the doctrines for which
Mr. Bryan stands as by the exercise ot
a singular individual power, which
has been rarely equalled In the his
tory of American politics.
It may be expected that Mr. Bryan
will command in the east the same at
tention and respect which always
greets him in the west. There are
certain democrats in the Atlantic
states who were not able to shake
hands with Mr. Bryan on his financial
views who will now greet him as a
true prophet in his crusade against
militarism and imperialism.
It can hardly be said that Mr. Bry
an keeps himself to the fore, for he
couldn't do that unless the people
wanted to ee and hear him. Kansas
City Star, September 5.
The New York Life Insurance com
pany has paid Mrs. Ingalls, widow of
the late John jringalls, $39,5S3 insur
ance upon the life of her husband.
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