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November 15, 1900 fPU IA KTf UT A CfTT A TTTWnnTTiTlWm 1 If UR 11 Vita! Principle of Demo cratic Creed. DECLARED BY JEFFERSON. Acquiescence In the Decision of the Majority. ZZZZT A5CS02 OF THE EEPUBLIO. Ovr CbIbs tUrr a Ib1 la Oar Aa.alat likuliilti fw AVI 11 ( Ilk tirMtrr mm be r Dad Ftalarti of Oar fullllral ya "Cft - mt (a Lrm rr" la Caaaaetlcat. Aaal Laartc-'a Orstr Tkoojbu Fraaa a Llierara- ti at aa Italy mad IwtUrrlas j Coa t rat-4 Tna Croaa f ffjttm. ;;-.! fkii-Jtc-B letter "l-a TLomat Jr2Tt-ra.cn delivered t-! rt Inaugural, whkh Las become a claaalc, be eauiclatt-d the Democratic creed, it-'-t: th il-ts of that creed Is tL'.s: -Abtvdttt ar-fceence in the I?cia!oLB of th- majority, the vital nicJ;If of n publics, from which tli-re is an aj'PJ but to force, the vi tal pnnr4 suij irarntiliaie parent of IjK-tl:2. He ai tie chief priest, a;. tie and prLpL't cf civil liberty. He knrw American prople tbor- tizatij. Their -absolute acquiescence la the dev-i:oc cf the majority" is the moat amazing feature of 'our American ckixru. Had s man from the moon lacJ-d oo our ahort-s on Nov. & and atrolIM Into wrangling groups of our rUixetiS. Latd with argument and cn tLu;sjia. he would have concluded er-ront-ouaiy su J preniaturely that, no Esatli-r bow tk elect lou went, we would tare a rtrtotutlvti. Ily Ncv. 8 he would bite obse-ned. to L! astonishment, that we aU arju!o-d la the decision f tb ccajyrlty and that ire was not er-a a rkit f aij nuMraM propor tion xr-pt wbff f-wpie imbibed too fre!r. And ttla "a!Kh:te arqulescence tn the de'iiuti of tL Uiajority" is our mc'.n; jrJory at a j-oj!e and tl:e - t r !.' of tb republic. To vote tc rtit!u.ftj u jrr at privilege. Tbe laILt 1 a ;reat leveler. Suf f rax "u a jKa-rf ul wrapon. John G. V!.:tti-r ---ui ut !.!-. J "The Poor Voter on i:;-rt iay i well worthy f cr r f uJ study. 11 ere It i: Toa. 4 mil 9rj Jtt. A ...i-j - cwws L T U ! mt ttmx m4 mrmt, Tinr awJ ti irK--"a; K; (: i ttr .f t I. k TMt' txU) tq: lb hft T' till Uitfy LtJ! ft r.c U Wi '.:. tt vfe to tirvtg t.ijr; ?k ;-k-4 l"-i. it fa (rxicu m curt Tbs hxsmrjrafMim tit t u;. T'Jt lt jonf, j ia !reK-Ba 1 t :n r er.ri'. a ar&M Ji l' tte j St" Thiy ail' .Tr- fr-ifc&otJ try Tt er!$.t J m4 a4 U4; TV "- "i4 l .ta to ty TW pcrr im mf rist Wr jrr a r rr firrm Wti tkrrr'a rict t ard my cCa. a rfi- u rwj . t'j-. ?.- 4 I rcr4 eet; A fsav't t -i-tr! The worst feature cf our systen Is that trr-zn tLe momtat a man becomes a can 1. date cctll he ct-a-s to bold tCf every l:sr in the land appears to Lave carte Mat he lo tlander and vil ify t!ra. It's a n-I pity that the rs:fa!r3 liar Is not condemned to have Lis tr-ujue burned full of holes with a redh- t ron. as were other liars iu the cljea tlrL-es. In one respect pub-Ik- oiaioa 1 !n a tranitlcn period. We Lave prcsrrred far enough to s-'ju'lch the due!it. hvl we have not jT;rrt!"ed fsr ecusl to give a mn ubtact:al iiauiar" wL-a he is slrui- dered. t-Ltii the f ;.!e are willing to w do that tte eaicpa'itn liar will bare ft-'l swtn;. 0--akca!3y somebody hct oce f tLeru. The more shot the bettr. Caverasaeat f f aa aectieat. Up is CfjciKTt tiiey Lave nerer yet ,vedM la evt iriog a state gor rc.ji.ent ha-d trpoa the cvueot of the go varied, list h year It gets farther Iroa It. Kvery ten year, jnst after the la taieu. they bave a Pttle agi tation eprn the subject, and agsln It gye orer to iLe Deit cetiscs. while yarly the alt nation grows morae. I Ftu4 re;ectfr.!'y atigjet that the f-'k c! the wooden nutmeg" come to 5IleourI ai3 bow e da IL Tbe trouble la Connecticut Is thla: Ilanurd r.a !.. people, and Dog wlll has fas. I.tegrr.ie has one repre eutatite ta the state leglalatore. and 9o hat Hartford. That plan waa adopt ed when Connecticut was a colony and l.at held er tlurr. mscj. notatly the Hartford Cf era ut. c;;rs:cg a change l-eaae of ita hei&g a time honored cc toa. a tbe hill, venerable and tatssfy. Old things are sometime the t-et. That I the ease with whlaky. iot lecae eld whisky ia good ahonld we IsaSst cpoo cslsg old eggs? The crci retsrca show that Hsrt ford ha gron L0 per cent In ten year, t'aat New llaren haa grown 33 fer cent, while the httle village have grown scarcely any. Cp there the . :afe i dirided Into towns or town- as ' ..4baf..t. ia.t. -.mi m vi i v-va aa ;i lum wwg is 00 fixed thtt. thould Hartford grow to the !z of Jiew York, It cannot change the plan. Two legislatures In succession raust rote for an amendatory measure before It can become a part of the state constitution, and of coarse they will not do It The country and the city arem to always align themselves on opposite sides, bat so long as the present arrangement holds the little towns can defeat the. big ones In mat ters of legislation. Of course the coun try members of the legislature will not willingly relinquish their power. Thus la Connecticut we hare taxation with out adeanstel Mnr-ntatlnn tor tha inhabitants of the cities. . Strangely enough. It was the Influ ence, of Connecticut which put into the constitution of the United States the provision that each state, no mat er whether it be little Delaware or mighty New York, should have two senators, no more and no less. The same Influence which forces Hartford's 100.000 to the humiliation of having their pet measures killed by the mem ber from Dogvtlle also lowers the population of New York to the same voting Influence in the senate aa the state of Nevada. Tbee facts constitute a much to be regretted commentary upon our theory of tbe consent of the governed," And it Is as hard to change It In the case of the United States senate as it Is in the matter of the Connecticut legisla ture. We are constantly being disillusion ized. In our school days we were ' cLarnied the lovel P found ln every iourth nearer entitled "Tne Iiobollnk," by William CuUen Bryant. I believe. Now comes the Information j that this same Robert of Lincoln Is do i Ing great damage to the rice crops In : South Carolina, where, after migrating ; from sentimental New England, he Is : known as the reedblrd and is such a glutton that one extensive planter alone has used 2.500 pounds of gun powder ln a year, employing men and boys to shoot them without trial. , Grave of Annie Lanrle. The statement Is going the rounds of the press that the grove of Annie Lau rie, the bonny heroine of the sweetly lovely song, remains to this day un marked. This la not as it should be. It seems to me that every man and woman, every callow youth or simper ing lass whose heart has been made to beat faster by that delicious "concord of sweet sounds," would be willing to contribute a mite In order that the grave might be marked with a slab bearing the name and reciting the love ly virtues of the sweet Scotch maiden. Many doubtless Imagine that "An nie Laurie" was but a, figment of the Imagination, as was the "Sweet Alice" of Dr. Thomas Dunn English. Not so. Fhe was the dainty daughter of Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwelton. whose es tate lay Jut over the river from Dum friesand. by the way. that same town of Dumfries famished the original set tlers of Alexandria, the old Virginia town on the I'otomac. I wonder if any of her descendants are buried in that old churchyard in Alexandria j where the newest of the gray stones are nearly a century old. Young William Douglas of Finland wooed her and in his wooing wrote the song. They say that every lover Is a I poet ln his heart. We sadly chronicle j the fact that, white young Douglas wooed her. a country laird won her, j one Sir Alexander Ferguson, who was t possessed of a title and gold ln place I of poetic fire, nil of which goes to t prove that the feminine heart of that day was much the same as now. But In one way the Douglas won. He ren dered his fair inamorata and himself famous, while Sir Alexander is lost in obscurity. The song as originally writ ten runs thus: Vaiwclton tanks ara bonny, hn ear) fa's the dew, WWr me and Annie Lauria iini tip the promise tru; aUtlc up tbr prom is true, AeJ never forget will L And tor bonny Annie Laurie 11! la me down and die. Eh't backit like tbe peacock, Fhe's brelsttt like the swan. She's jitnp about the aoi-idle, Ucr ait ye areel micht spaa; Tier waist ye wee! tnicbt spaa. And she has a rolling eye. And for bonny A&aie Laurie 1'U lay me down and tile. The literary history of Scotland, the richest of the world, tells us that the fair Annie was born Iec. 16. 1682. Two centuries have passed and carried away the fleeting generations born since she was a lass of IS. but the ludtr race the lover's song is still f .a e-s. find lag warm response In the heart of every lover. Poor Douglas! Doubt less he kept the faith and laid him i down and died. The musty voice of ; the past does not tell us much of him. Pos&ihly some grass widow soothed hU sorrow, but it Is more In keeping that we should imagine him wander ing like some pale ghost about the tanks of the Nith. sad and dreary hearted, mourning the loss of his Annie Laurie. The delightful air of the old song was corn postal by Lady Jane Scott and , will lire so lung as music has a devotee or heart to heart responsive beats. The wording of the song has undergone sev eral changes, the present version belDg the work of Lady Spottswood of the same family as that S potts wood of Vir ginia to whom Dr. Ticknor referred when be wrote the martiU lines: The kindliest of tbe kindly band That, rsreiy baling ease, let rode with Spottewood round the land And Kaleigh round tbe fas. A Ulrrary Gealna. In the little village of East Aurora, N. there Is a book publisher and lit erary genius of the name of Elbert Hubbard, familiarly krown to the thousands who know and admire him through his writings and his beautiful de luxe editions as Fra Elbeirtus. This man once carried a dinner pail not al ways McKluleylzed and worked for day wages. He thlnk. writes his thought tn vigorous and picturesque i m m . . . . t.ngiisn ana eacn moatn s uds us a tew of them la The Philistine at 10 esta per. In 1898 Hubbard was ln Italy. He writes: : ! - To refuse to gtvn to the beggars to to Invite In lit and Insolence. Desperation ia written on tha dark (aces that beatecb yoa, and when yea remem ber bow, not lastly moons ago, this superfluous Its I la a populace exploded in one wild yell and made a dash for tbe baker shop wiadews you. do not wonder. ', Naples, Some, flora nee and Milan wave placed andcr martial lav, and at Milan alone ia the Bienth of May, 1888, tOO people were shot by the soldiers in tbe etre-rta during- my brief atay. I saw Volleya fired into crowds. Tbe living would scarry sway like f-ightened rabbits into alleys, booses, slda streets, cellars, but there oa the sidewalks and in tbe streets lay the fallen and tumbled dead-Hnen, women and children. In less than five mtnutet' time wsgons with soldiers daahed up, the dead -and dying were thrown like cord wood into tbe springleea tumbrels, and with a cracking of whlpt the horses and wagona daahed stray. Some of tbe soldiers remained, and with hose and buckets and hrooma every .veetlge of blood was washed away. The newspapers made no reports. Some of them denied that a voile bad been fired. And now the kinr of Italy has gone by a quick arid painless route into the beyond. Be was only a man not a great mas; neither was be a bad man, only a vain, ignorant, selfish man,' with transient moods ol wanting to do right, whose feet bad been caught in a mesh of wrong and who hadn't the power to get away. To kill him was absurd, for the wrong for which he stood still exists. It Is the institution and policy, not the Dun. More volleys will be fired into the crowds that cry for bread. The death carts will continue to dump their victims into coffin lesa graves. Pity tbe Helpless. 1 shed tears for tbe homeless, the harassed, the oppressed, for the women who bold hungry babes to famished breast, for the ignorant and brutal wlto wrench at their bonds and who by violence bope to achieve freedom. For the dead kiny I waste no pity. Be himself caused thousanda of men to be killed. Be lived by the sword and died by the bullet. What else could he expect? ' He invited his fate. ' He was only a alave at tbe last, and death has set him free. Italy has less than one-half the population of tha United States, yet tha has a navy that out matches ours. She maintains an amy of 250,000 mn in time of peace. She cannot possibly ad vance and carry the army that rides upon her back. Italy is the extreme type of all European countries except Switzerland, Holland, Norway and Sweden. These last stand for intelligence, aobriety, beauty an! worth. Italy is rotting st the core. The moss is at work pulling down the palaces that Capri no planned; the grass springs from between the paving- stones where Michael Angelo trod, and the noble Romans and courtly. Florentines, like the crawling lizards, only bask in the sun in winter snd move but to keep in the Shade in summer. Conscription kills ambition. Mea will not work where the government demands halt their wages, as Italy does. Only two careers worth mentioning are open to aspiring youth in Italy the army and the church. Manual -labor is hell everywhere in contempt, and this accounts for the seeming superfluity of folks snd the brazen beggardom. The rich set the example of idleness. Italy's art is a thing of the past. Italy was. Menace of the Soldier. Governments imprison men and then hound them when they are released. Hate will never die so long aa men are taken from useful production on the spacious pleti of patriotism and bayonets gleam in the name of God. And the worst pan about making a soldier of a man is aot that a soldier kills brown men or white men, but that the soldier loses his own soul. In America Just nw there are strotig signs of following the exsmple of modern Italy. To di vert the attention of men from useful production to war, waste and wealth through conquest is to invite moral disease and death. The history of nations dead snd gone is one. They grew "strong' snd died because they did. InEurance actuaries say that athletes are very had risks. Switzerland today is the least illiterate as well as the most truly prosperous country in the world. She is, in fact, the only republic, for the people themselves make the laws. Her government is of the people. In Switzerland to work with your hands ta honorable. Manual training for both boyi and girls is a part of the public school sys tem. Her gilded social aristocracy is either Eng lish or American. Tbe Symbol of Peace. Switzerland has oo navy tor tbe same reason that Bohemia has not, and while every man is a soldier, yet three weeks' service every year is only a useful play sped, ln Switzerland there is no beggardom and little vice. Everywhere life and property are aafe; the people are hea'thy, pros perous and happy. Switzerland romdj her own business, and the chief tenet of her political creed is, "We will sttend to our own sffairs." She will only fight if invaded, and fortunately she is not big enough to indulge in jingo swagger. The flag of Switzerland is the white cross white on a red background and this is tbe symbol cf peace and amity the wide world over. Tbe "Geneva cross" a red cross on a white back ground, designed ia compliment to Switzerland is the one flag upon which no gune are trained. And now at the parting of the ways would it not be wise for America to choose between tbe example of Switzerland and Italy? America ia a giant. It is well to have a giant'a strength, but not well to use it like a giant. Thia is tbe richest country the world has ever known in treasure snd in man and women. If we mind our own business and devote our energies to the arts of peace, we can solve a problem thst has vexed the world from the beginning of time. Shall we make our country blossom like the rose, or shall we follow tbe exsmple of Italy f Getting? Rid of Rata. To learn their pet aversions and by every means show them that they are uuwelcpme guests, giving them freely of everything that they least desire. Is the only way to keep a bouse f rr from rats. Poisons teach them transitory lessons, but they "die ln the house" and cause regrets thereby outside their own circles. Among the things to which they' particularly object are cay enne pepper, broken glass and chloride of lime. The glass should be pounded, mixed with dry cornmeal and placed about their favorite haunts and in their holes. Cayenne pepper and chloride of lime thrown down their holes will com pletely discourage them. Soap and tar stuffed into their holes will also cause them to remove to the neighbors. If these remedies are renewed occasion ally, even though no Intruder is seen, tbe place will gain a desired unpopu larity. Hahosrany Forests Nearly Extinct. The true mahogany tree Is a product of tbe American tropics, but has been bo nearly exterminated that the wood of kindred species is now largely im ported from Africa and the far east, especially the inexhaustible forests of the Sunda Islands. The Swietonia ; glanca of Borneo Is equally fine graln ( ed. but a trifle paler, though after be ing soaked in oil the wood is almost Indistinguishable from that of its South American congener and takes a bril liant jxjllsh. Extensive groves of the genuine mahogany are said to exist in eastern Pern, but under present cir cumstances are more inaccessible than those of Senegambia. Indiauapolis Press. 8 No. 3331-Double Buggy Harness. No. 33 Double Buggy Harness No. 33 Double buggy harness. Imitation hand sewed. Brid les, 4 inch box loop, overcheck, round winker stay, nose band. Ha me tugs, box loops, 7 lb. iron . hames. Pads, moleskin bottom, felt lined, chain hous ings attached, skirts single, swell double stitched bearing strap. Turn-back, $ inch wav ed and raised, double and stitched, with round cruppers. Bellv bands, folded. Traces, It inch, 6 foot 4 inch, raised doub le and stitched. Nickel or im itation rubber. 1 hitch strap. Collars, all black, patent leather. Thread sewed. One buckle. , Choke strap, 1 ' inch. Neck yoke strap, inch. Lines, 1-inch check, li-inch hand parts. Price - - - -With collars - $27 50 - 30 75 No. 33k Double Breast Collar Harness. No. 2061 No. 2061 Team Harness Campbell Lock Stitch. Imita tion hand sewed. Bridles, inch sensible blinds; combina tion fronts and winker braces; flat reins. Hames, No. 150, iron over top. Pads, Keystone, with dees. Back straps, 1-inch; hip fctraps, i-inch. Traces, 11 inch, 6 feet, double and stitched. Lines, 1-inch, 18 feet, with snaps. ' Breast straps, lt-inch, with snaps and slides. Pole straps, li-inch. Collars, black leather back and rim, russet face, metal sewed. XC One hitch strap. Price - - $22 20 With collars 26 50 In all lines of goods we have many styles but you are safe in get ting any of them you like Our Exchanges Oh dear, I'm glad the cruel war of words is over, ain't you ? We can again talk about the weather and the crops, about our neighbors and their weak nesses, about Nebraska and her glor ious climate, about a thousand things that are really of more vital interest than many of the questions called politics. Farewell, a long farewell to politics. The annual fight for sa loons or no saloons and the choosing of a few judges will be the cause of all the agitation that will disturb our peace for two whole years. The Lord be thanked for all his mercies. Cen tral City Democrat. . Although the fusion majority in Ne braska has been greatly reduced In the late election, we are gratified to know that it was not from any cause of mis management of the public funds or de falcations of its officials. Whatever else can be said there can be no charges of dishonesty against any of the fusion officials. It is asserted and believed by many that the opposition spent , vast sums of money in this state. The observing man could not fa., to notice the quietness with which the late campaign was conducted. St. Paul Press. The battle between the man and the dollar is over, and the dollar won. Not the least remarkable result, of the census of 1900 Is that -It arrests the westward march of what is known as the "center of population." ' This point, which has been, moving stead ily westward at each successive census, was established by the census of 1900 as being In the southern part of Ind iana, at a point a little west of south of Greenshurg, the county seat of De THE FARMER'S SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. No. 3231 Double buggy harness. Imitation hand sewed. Bridles, box loops, over-check, winker stay, nose band. Hatne tugs, box loops. 71b. iron names. Pads, straight skirts, single bearers, double and stitched. Turn back f inch scalloped; round crupper. Belly-band, folded. Traces, H inch, 6 feet 4 inches, raised double and stitched. Lines, 1 inch throughout. Neckyoke straps, 14 in. Choke strap 1 inch. Collars all black kip buggy thread sewed, one buckle. . One hitch, strap. Nickle or imitation rubber. PRICE: Without collars $21 70 With collars - 24 50 Double Buggy Harness No. 33M Campbell lock stitch. Bridles, overcheck, box loops, round winker 6tay; layer on crown piece; nose bands. Breast collars, 2-in. single strap; neck strap with single fold. Traces, It in. single strap stitched to breast collar. Pads, mole skin bottom, skirts single, bearers raised, double and stitched. Turnback, f-inch scalloped; round crupper. Belly-band folded. Lines, 1-inch check, li-hand parts. Neck yoke straps, li-inch. Choke straps, 1-in; 1 hitch strap. Smooth round edge. Nickle or imitation rubber. Price, $27 50 This ia a first-class harness; wo guar antee it in every particular Team Harness. catur county and twenty miles east of Columbus. Geographically it is In latitude 39 degrees 11 minutes and 56 seconds, and longitude 85 degrees 32 minutes and 53 seconds. But In the past ten years the population of the states lying wholly east of this meri dian has increased to almost exactly the ame extent as the states west ot it, the increase-In each case being in orund numbers 6,000,000 out of a to tal of 13,225,000. The remaining 1, 225,000 increase Is furnished by the states of Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, And it will require a distribution of population by census districts to determine whether there has been any westward advance in the center of population. New York World. With all the trusts and monopolies controlling everything, is it any won der that some have so much and others so little of this world's goods. Some have more than they can use, and oth ers not enough to U3e. Lincoln and Vicinity The best coal for a Soft Coal Heater Is the Glen Rock sold by Gregory, The Coal Man, 1044 O. One safe In the office at the Advent Ist college at College View was opened about 1 o'clock Friday morning. The work was done by three men who were seen by Night Watchman W. C. Os born. He called to them to halt and they sent a bullet in his direction. The night watchman left then, and the men continued their work, getting away a few minutes later. They came toward Lincoln when they left College View, and at Twenty-seventh and E streets, No. 3361Dotible Buggy Harness. No. 3361 Imitation hand sewed. Bridles, 1-Inch, overcheck, box loops, round winker stays, layer on corner piece, nose bands. Hames 7 lb. iron. Traces, 1J inch, 7-foot single strap attached to hames Pads, moleskin bottom, attached skirt, single, bearers swell, double and stitched. Turnback ( inch scalloped; round cruppers. Belly bands, folded. Lines, 1-inch check, 1-inch band parts. Neck yoke straps li-inch. Choke straps 1 inch. Collars, No, 3, hnlf pat ent leather, one hitch strap, smooth round edge. Nickle or imita tion rubber. PrUe, $27 50With Collars, $30 00 No. 31 Double Campbell Lock Stitch. Bridles, 1-inch box loops, round reins and winker stays, patent leather sensible blinds. Ilame Tugs, box loop, Little Daisy hames. Pads, swell, inserted housings, leather bot toms, skirts single, bearers double and stitched. Turnbacks, inch scalloped and wave stitched, round crupper. ' Bellytbands, folded. Traces, li-inch, 6 feet 4 inch, double and stitched with cockeye. Lines 1-inch; neckyoke straps li-inch; choke straps li-inch; hip straps i-inch; collars all black kip coach thread sewed. With hitch straps. XC, nickle, or brass band. Also with breeching, folded with layer; 1-inch single hip strap; f-inch side straps extra $3 50 Also with breeching, folded with layer; i-inch double hip straps; f inch side straps, extra $4 00 Price $24 00 with collar $27 00 No. 3436-Team Harness. Imitation hand sewed. Bridles, f inch, short checks; round reins and winker stays; flat nosebands and fronts; sensible blinds.' Kama tugs, folded. Pads, our common sense. XC Moline tree. Back straps, 1-inch; hip straps, 1-inch. Traces, l,:inch, 6 feet, double and stitched. Lines, 1-inch, 18 feet, with snaps. Breast straps, li-inch with snaps and slides. Pole straps li-inch; collar straps f-inch. Collars, imitation Scotch, wool face, all thohg sewed, heavy team. One hitch strap. XC. Price $26 75th collar $30 75 These harness are priced lower than your retail dealer has quoted to him; We guarantee satisfaction. If you investigate we feel sure you will like our goods and, prices.' ; one block from the north end: of the boulevard, they made another stop. There they blew the sale In the office of Deemer's lumber yardd. There was no money in either safe, so the rob bers secured nothing for their trouble. It is believed the work was done by local talent, and the officers think an arrest will be made in a day or two that will clear up matters. Chisels and punches were found, both at Col fge View and at Deemer's lumber yard. The police hope to find out where these tools came from. : Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were brought in federal court by At torney H. H. Wilson of Lincoln against Frank E. Parks of this city. Papers were filed by Billlngsley & Greene, representing Mr. Parks, show ing the schedule of assets to be $7,817 and the liabilities to be $15,000. The appearance of Parks through h-s at torneys indicates that he has con sented to allow his property to be dir vlded among his creditors. Servatius Ktzinger, aged eighty seven, ended his, life Friday morning by hanging himself at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Long, near Stockwell's brick yard, west of this city. He was infirm and had suffered from disease until his mind became deranged. He came from Harvard five wee KB ago to spend the rest of hla days with his daughter. He was found at 10 o'clock hanging by. a rope which he had taken from his trunk and fast- ened to the door of his room. The official returns from Lancaster county show that the McKInley elec tors received . 7,460 votes, while the Bryan electors received 5.670 a plu rality of 1,790 for theiMcKInley elec- 130 North 13th Strset Spring Wagon Harnes s tors. The prohibition electors re ceived practically 300 votes, the mld roaders 35, the socialists 17. Dietrich received 7,027, Poynter 5,657, Jones 421. Dietrich's vote in this county was 177 less than the average for the other re publican candidates for state offices, while Poynter received 175 more than the average on the fusion state ticket. Berge's vote was 5,704, Burkett'a 7.25S. State News Hog cholera is now pretty general throughout the country, and every thing indicates that the disease may become epidemic In the middle and southern states. Numerous reports are coming from the infected localities The disease has wiped out a number of very fine herds during the last few weeks, reports indicating that it is in a violent form this year. In the. football game between the state university and the team from Grinnell, Ia., the Nebraska team won by a score of 33 to 0. - Leading republicans In Nebraska say that it will be the policy of the administration to reward Nebraska for giving its electoral votes to McKInley. Many contemplate that a cabinet posi tion will be given to the state, and that the most probable candidate for the place is John L. Webster of Oma ha, "of cheap wheat fame." With Mr. Webster in the cabinet and Mr. Rose water In the senate, Nebraska will certainly be well cared for. , James J. Jeffries, the world's heavy weight champion,' has decided to re enter the ring. '