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8 NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT January 31, 190?. iriYESTlBATinS CDlfUlTTEE Am4H ActmbU mf Chmlrnm EdmlatM mm 4 Maka It frt -fl t B!m pJr r4 klBltl4- Tfe pcfKilbt lle central comm't te tafAzx. fceld ia thi city January J. i!I iocs b rememberf-d by those ko rr prewct. not only because of the licportast t-usin-ss to be trans actsi! trot abo bemuse of the harsh word cxchaegd by certain members of the committee. Aa auditing cotrnittre bad tern sect oat to check ovjr the arco-acts of Treaaurer Mann. Treasurer Wetl and Chairman Edmisten. Evi 2Bce bad beea submitted to this ao 4itls committee" that there were ct-r-Utn error in Chairman Eimlsten's r r ft. and the auditing co-r-nittee in tt r report recommeodM ihzt ?tt!e rr rt with Chairman LMmLt-n be re ferred to the executive coaimlttee. Thl of coarte opened up the matter for 3irc!ioa, asd warm mora fol lowed. Chairman Edmiten wa ctjitgM with fearing misappropriated commit t-e funds to the extent of mar ly lo ibouaaad dollar. FaMly a ttgum;tiee. composed of f. Q. De Frsncr. W. D. Sehaal, John C Sorteh r. .'aiu Calkins. N. M. Graham and "A. J. Tajior. one from ev:h con sreetlonal district, were appointed to meet and art in conjunction with the executive committee and Investigate the cfcargea against Chairman Edml tn. and to further derise ways nI mean for raising funds to liquidate the party outstanding indebtedness. These joint committee met at the (.rand hotel January 22 and 24 and proceeded to the work before their. Chairman Edinltten delivered hi took atd voucher, and after care frMf going orer every item they ar rived at the following conclusion: That Chairman Edmtsten had received during the campaign of the sum of $4,021.17. which includes $1,086-' paid him by Treasurer Mahn as reim bursement for money temporarily ad vanced the committee while the cam paign wa in progress, and that he had paid out the cum of $3,675.61, tear ing a balance on hand of $24 $3. The committee further found that upon tee Mil of $2.0, allowed Chairman Edmisten for services in the campaign of 2 K'i. the tarn of $541.22 had been paid, having $221.18 Hill unpaid. A lilm of $25 for atrt-et car fare wm allowed Chairman Edmistcn. which .'ft him owing the state committee $2-25. and thi wa paid to V. D. Schaal. chairman cf the way and mean committee. ......... The Independent is glad that the invest'sation wa had and that the charges againtt Chairman Ed mis tea were found untrue. That he had made mistakes waa almost certain for mis take will creep into the best kept books; and anyone who has visited bead Quarters daring the campaign knows bow easily mistakes could b made. In fact. It would seem almost I a miracle If hi account had shown every item absolutely correct. In thU connection also The Independent urge ffee various members of the people party to be more moderate In calling attention to each other" mistakes it U a seriou matter to efcsrga one with having committed a crime, and then fail to produce any evidence to iu tiia the charge. Ilefore taking up the question of how to a! m funds, the joint. commit tees decided to make a consolidated statement of all receipts and disburse ments up to January IS. 1501, and a showing of the unpaid bill. The state ment is as follows: Consolidated statement of the re ceipt and disbursement on behalf of the Mate central committee of the peo pk'a independent party of Nebraska, fey Theodore Mahn. treasurer. J. II. Edmtiten. chairman, and C. J. West, trearsa-er finance committee: RECEIITS. Frem cocintie on assessment. $ 745 61 From individuals. Bryan clubs. etc 2.070 21 From I liner fond 1.56300 From state oScera and em ploye (a) 4,535 31 $8,979 16 fa I The total received by the finance committee from state oSce-holders a $7JM1.45; but of tbis amount $2. W9. waa paid to "the democratic &tate committee and $ 526.2 to the sil ver rcptib'jeao state committee, and 110.15 ue! ia expenses of the finance committee. DISBURSEMENTS. For pekers and speakers exrne $1.:,S4 20 F."r labor and office help l'2l For literature.. m ia For pota.. 1,117 30 For stationery and printing.. CSS 17 For telegraph and telephone. 215 52 For miseeL expenses (bj 2.3&SS3 $5,911 90 rUianre, Jan. IS. 1501 $ 67 b) Includes hotel rent, hall rent, t-ands. aid of legislative candidates, mileage books for jeaker and or gaciters, organisers expense, express ard freight, and considerable whith would properly come under one of the above heads. Where one bill included ewr?J of the specific items above 'A ws not divided, but rhe whole amount tbroan Into miscellaneous expenses, THE UNPAID BILLS. . For peaker and speaker expetJe .$ 475 02 For la trior and See help -4S4 74 For literature...... 57000 For stationery and printing.. 25S27 Fr tlfrapb and telephone.. 26 31 For Undell hotel and raise!.. 445 45 Total $2.259 79 At their meeting January 24 the joint committee decided to have their j-ccretary. C. Q. D France, carry out the following plan: 1. To ask for a liberal donation from each fusion of--e-Lo!der receiving a salary paid at of the state or national treasury. 2. To ask for a liberal donation from each fas ton office-hoider receiving a salary or fee a county officer. 3. To aik each populit precinct committee man to devote one day to visiting his popa!:t neighbor and soliciting a tnal! contribution from each. The outstanding bills amount to nearly tZ.l but The Independent be lieve this money should be raised and the bill paid before the first of March. A 5-cent contribution from each per son who voted for Governor Poynter last fall would wipe out every cent o! indebtedness and leave money in the treasury. Of course, out of such con tributions each precinct committee man should be paid a reasonable amount for his time collecting. The supreme judges have to make their personal campaign but once in -six year, and they ought to contribute liberally. They have been accorded high honor at the hands of their fel low citizens gratitude and party pride should open their hearts and pocket books. 'District judges have a personal campaign to; make: once in four years. They, like .the supreme judges, have been signally honored by their fellow citizens and .they should not cripple the( party by with holding contributions. County offi cers have considerable burdens of their own to carry in county campaigns but from the best to the most poorly paid, each fusionist ought to help what he feels able, and give promptly. The Independent expects to see ev ery cent of this Indebtedness paid off by the first of March it amounts to le&s than three cents for each voter. Mr. De France tbfs week is sending out some 2,500 letters soliciting fund?. You. reader, may receive one of them. Will you do your part promptly? The flarkets CHICAGO GRAIN Wednesday: Cash quotations: ? Flour Barely steady. ! Wheat No. 3 spring, 657Sc; No. 2 red. 75c. Corn No. 2, 37Uc; No. 2 yellow. 37Uc : Oats No. 2, 24cf No. 3 white, 26 274c. - Rye No. 2, 5l52c. Barley 50 60c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1 73; No. 1 north western. $1 751 76. Timothy Seed Prime. $4 60. Mess Pork $13 S3$13 62. Lard $7 32"47 35. Short Ribs $6 907 10. Dry Salted Shoulders 64 6c. Short Clears $7 257 35, Whisky $1 27. Clover Contract grade, $11 00 11 23. Butter Creameries, 1420c: dairy, ll418c. Cheese Dull; 10UU&c Eggs Quiet; fresh, 17c. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Cattle Good to prime steers, $5 00 6 00; poor to medium, $4 40 90; stockers and feeders, strong. $3 00(H) 4 60; cows. $2 604 15; heifers, $2 65 434 35; canners, $1 902 55; bulls, $2 50(34 25; calves, steady, $4 005 75; Texas-fed steers. $4 004 75; Texas grass steers?, 203 85; Texas bulls, $2 65. - Hogs Top, $3 40; mixed and butch ers. $5 15CT5 40; good to choice heavy, $5 25C?5 40; rough heavy, $5 105 20; light. $5 155 35; bulk of sales, $5 25 5 35. Sheep Good to choice wethers, $3 90 ?4 55; fair to choice mixed, $3 45 3 75; western sheep, $3 754 50; Tex as sheep. $2 50 3 50; native lamb3, $4 2505 40; western Iambs, $5 005 35 SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Cattle Representative sales: l - Beef Steers. - V No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 2 570 $2 00 40.... 1013 $4 30 13 1274 4 50 32 1337 4 50 Steers and Heifers. 10 1088 $4 25 16 1220 $4 60 Cows. 1 850 $1 50 3 9S0 $2 25 3 1070 2 70 13 1031 , 2 80 5 974 3 05 12 1199 3 10 Heifers. 1 7M J3 0) 1 520 $3 65 11 943 3 90 1 1060 4 50 Bulls. 1 1450 $3 10 1....12S0 $3 25 1 950 .3 40 1....1920 3 70 33.... 326 $5 50 1.... 130 $6 75 Stas. 1 1020 $2 40 1 1010 $3 70 Stock Cows and Heifers. 3 566 $2 25 2...1 515 $3 15 3 596 3 30 17 747 3 50 Stockers and Feeders. 3 420 $2 50 . . 6 616 $3 10 10 970 4 25 3 533 4 30 5 898 4 25 . 1 490 4 75 Hogs Representative sales: No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 40 401 $5 222 92 201 $5 25 8S 200 525 -62.... 247 5 25 72 241 5 25 69 260 5 27'$ 58 2S3 5 273 62 286 5 27 Sheep Quotations: Choice fed wethers, $4 254 50; fair to good, wethers. $1 004 25; choice light weight yearlings. $4 504 80; fair to good yearlings, $4 254 50; choice ewes. $3 403 90; fair to good ewes, $3 003 40; choice spring lambs, $5 23 6 5 35; fair to good spring lambs. $5 00 CfS 25; feeder ewes, $3 25 3 50; feeder wethers. $3 50 3 75; feder lambs, $4 00fr4 40. LINCOLN BHUAUUAST SEEDER SPECIAL PRICE, $8.75. Can hti attach to any wbreled Tebiclo. Sows a wilfl rati equal on both sides of the wagon, tulipr can be shut off when desi-ed. Sows o aer for Try ' mile traveled. The "cast" i under perfect control f the operator ; can be made any width desired, or diagonally to the riht or left, or directly behind the wagon. It will sow perfectly any ouantity to the acre of all kind of grain, oau, barley, rye. buckwheat, ete.. r rras seed, clover, millet, timothy, Kuna-arian. etc. It will also sow flax seed, ben r teed. tis, com aud fertilizers ; in fact, anything which requires broadcasting, in a tnt saiifaetoy manner. : Write f fall particular. FARMERS SUPPLY ASSOCIATION 1JS-I30-132 ?. 13th Lincoln, ebr. ilentkm The Independent. f'1 II I . :J t7 p FAILURE OE THE DAILIES The Independeet Eight Day a of Them on th e Moat Important News What i News? What is a newspaper? The cyclo pedias define" it thus: "A periodical publication printed and distributed for circulation of news." From the broadsheet relating the most meagre intelligence without comment or in ference, the newspaper has grown into a powerful political and social engine, diffusing information on all subjects of interest, circulating advertisements, and acting on the public mind, m times of excitement, to an extent; that has led it to , be called in England the fourth estate of the realm, and that in the United States has caused it to imply, if not to assert, for itself a still higher place." But what is "news?" Webster de clares that it is derived from the ad jective new, corresponding . to the French word "nouvelles," and that Jt means "recent account; fresh infor mation of something that has lately taken place at a distance, or of some thing unknown before; tidings." Cer tain writers have insisted that the vord is not derived from the adjec tive new, but that it originated from an ancient practice of placing the. let ters N-E-W-S as a heading over "fresh information of something that has lately taken place at a distance." signifying that such information was collected from the North, East, West and South. Perhaps there may be an element of truth in both theories; but Inasmuch as most persons have a tolerably clear understanding of what is meant by the term, extended discus sion of its derivation is not at this time advisable. . How should news be classified? Any "fresh information of something that has lately taken place at a . dis tance, or of something unknown be fore" is news; but, being news, does it follow that it should be printed and circulated in a newspaper? The Akoond of Swat may have sneezed vio lently while at prayers yesterday morning but is this an item of "news" worthy of world-wide circula tion? Certainly hot, if the sneezing be not followed by serious illness of the worthy Akoond, perhaps threaten ing his life, and opening up a field for speculation as to the probable politi cal significance of his death, should it occur within a short time. One classi fication, then, will be into "important and unimportant news." But .'is this , Classification sufficient to exclude what ought not to be printed and to include what ought tc be? It seems not. "Professor" Slug em, king of the squared ring, and Harry Lightfoot the "boy wonder," pull off a thirty-round fistic encounter at . Madison Square Garden, : and the next morning , the "great" dailies de vote from one to three columns to de scribing every wink, nod, smile, "solar plexus blow," counter on the chin, etc.. etc., of the artists; , but a bill intro duced .by Congressman Oldseas for reclaiming '. the semi-arid region of America by a system of public reser voirs will receive not to exceed fix lines,' if indeed "it be mentioned at all. Perhaps both items are important, the one appeals to man's baser nature; the other would make men better by providing homes and. an outlet for the over-crowded I population of our cities. It is clear that a further classification should be made into, let us say, "use ful and harmful news." Everything that will tend to lift mankind to a higher plane, everything that will warn mankind against probable in jury, everything that will help man kind to become healthier, wealthiei and wiser, is useful news. And ev erything that does not meet these re quirements is harmful news, whether positively vicious or merely useless. In the collection and circulation of news the great dailies are truly giant political and social engines. But . a giant engine must have an intelligent and honest engineer or the result must be disastrous. Sir Walter Besant was not far wrong when he said, "I havi not the least hesitation in naming the press as the institution of . modern times which has already, proved itself tha most ' mischievous, and threatens to become the most deadly enemy to international good will and peace and to the liberties of the people." . One il lustration will suffice: Ever since its organization the peo ple's party has charged that the lead ers of the republican party, and tho former leaders of the democratic party, have been bending their energies to ward the formation of a gigantic mon ey monopoly by placing in the hanJs ; of a few men the prerogative of con gress, the power "to coin money and regulate the value thereof." For some ; years both the old parties scofEed at the idea,. and the great dailies, when their space was not fully 'taken up ! with descriptions of prize fights, mur ders, silly twaddle about European monarchs, etc., lost no opportunity of picturing the populist as a long-haired ; man (or short-haired woman), ignor- ant, wild-eyed, a dreamer, and a., fit occupant of a padded cell in the near- j est insane asylum. In those days to j be a populist required iron nerve, the, strongest of will power and. ability to i withstand the jibes and jeers of one's j fellowmen. As Will Carleton said: i "Can he carry a gentleman's man- j ners . Within a rhinoceros hide?" If not, he could not long remain an j avowed populist. , Of course this manufactured: senti ment against populism has long since almost entirely faded away, and both republicans and democrats are using populistic arguments and favoring populistic measures, arguing, and just ly, too, that the populists have "io copyright on truth and that truth ex isted before such a thing as populism was ever heard of. But it must be ad mitted that the people's party is a pioneer in the field of financial re form. Because of their continued study of the money question, the populists have been able to predict with remarkable accuracy the successive steps to be taken by the money power. A careful examination of the history , of the ex ception clause ; on the greenback, .the subsequent refunding and destruction of these notes, the national banking act, the act of 1873 discontinuing the coinage of siWer dollars the Allison amendments to the, Bland act, the Sherman act and subsequent repeal of its purchasing clause, and the re cent so-called gold standard act, shows to the reasoning man that they are all a part' of a gigantic scheme whereby the " entire control of our circulating medium shall be placed in the hands of a few men. Not all of these steps have been directly progres sive, because the people must be led up to the final act hugging the delusion that they have asked for the legisla tlon in each instance, and at times, under the influence of populism, they have been somewhat suspicious of the good intentions of their representa tives or misrepresentatives as they should more properly be called. " . It required no gift of second sight, no clairvoyance, . to foretell that the silver dollar must finally; be com pletely annihilated, if the money power succeeds in fastening its pernicious national banking system upon the people, and populist editors have been watching like hawks for the first sus picious movement in that direction in congress. The Independent of January 17, first column, first page, gave at length the news regarding the latent attack on the silver dollar; it dis cussed the matter editorially under caption of "The Crime of 1901." Three bills making-an insidious attack on the silver dollar had been introduced, one each by Representatives Hill, Overstreet and Levy, and referred to the committee on coinage, weights and measures. This was important news; it was useful news; yet the great dail ies gave it the barest mention as news, and did not deign to notice it editor ially. Every populist knew to a moral certainty that one of these three bills would be reported favorably by the house committee, and that the one re ported would k be that which would arouse the least suspicion in the peo ple's minds. Accordingly, no populist was surprised to read in the dailies of January 25 that the house committee had reported favorably Mr. Hill's bill "to maintain the parity." But these dailies were eight days behind The In dependent in giving their readers the news, and none of them, saye the Rocky Mountain News, have said a word about the matter editorially. The Independent again warns its republican readers that their leaders in congress are determined to keep on legislating against the silver dollar, under cover - of some meaningless catch phrase such as "maintaing tha parity," until -it is finally stripped of its legal tender quality. The Inde pendent reasserts that so long as the silver dollar. is a legal tender in the paymeht 'of debt it ; will circulate at par. It calls attention again to the immense amount of silver coined dur ing President McKinley's term, every dollar of which is a full legal tender for all debts, i public and private, ex cept where otherwise stipulated in the contract. It again calls attention to the fact that Secretary Gage has, for the purpose i of creating "Mckinley prosperity," with little difficulty kept in circulations nearly $600,000,000 of silver dollarsp and . silver certificates; and that the vbole purpose of the Hill bill Is to destroy these silver dollars and replace them with national bank notes; to destroy half a: billion of sil ver circulation upon which.- the people pay no tribute and replace it. with na tional " bank i notes which cannot get Into the channels of trade until : they are borrowed. ' "Maintaining the party" of silver dol lars under the Hill bill (printed in an other column) will create another end less chain and' necessitate the issue of another half billion of bonds, thus furnishing the foundation for more or greater, national banks. Did the peo ple ask for this at" the last election? Do they want it now? The Independent is proud of its standing as a newspaper for thinking people, and its only regret is that it cannot reach as many homes as are reached by the. great dailies. It leads in presenting' important and useful news and the great dailies follow af ter they find the people aroused. BISHOP POTTER He Has Found Something Else That " ia Wrong Capitatlsts and Bankers . . Responsible for the War in ; V 'V :-China. Bishop Potter of New York last. week" laid the blame for the Chinese war at the door of so-called civilized races whose commercial greed he said caused it. He , declared that if he were called upon to take sides in the matter he would take the part of the Chinese, and he called the American missionairies the heroes of the con flict. : In addressing , an audience of 2,000 leading Episcopalians Bishop Potter said: ' "Our policy in China has not been a happy one. "The professing Christian engineers; ' capitalists, merchants and bankers there are' responsible for what has happened' "the past year. ." If - I were to defefid .'any nation "against the charge of un-Christian nations the past year I. would make out a brief ill favor of China, l .' . '"-T". ' :.' "Nothing could have been mora brutal than the policies of Christian nations in dealing with this pagan peo ple. We have trampled under foot ev erything the Chinese have held most sacred. The railroads should have passed around the tomb of the ances tors of the Chinese ruler, but instead we tore it down and went through the spot where It stood. "This is hut a type of the treatment we have given the Chinese, an illus tration of what they, have received in the gross at our hands and in detail as well. ' " ' 1 . ' "I was travelling in Ceylon some time ago and happened to ask an English-speaking stranger the direction to the steamship office. I was being car ried by a jinricksha man and dis missed him asking what hi3 charges were. He answered, 'Two anas." 'You scoundrel," yelled the Eng lish-speaking man, 'the charge is only one ann." Thereupon he knocked the jinricksha man down. That's the sort of a way that Christiandom treats the pagan nation today. , "At another time when I was in the Orient I saw an English woman jab her umbrella, into a jinricksha man. I heartily wished that I had a horse- J whip' in order that I might treat the woman as she deserved. We take into account all of these things and the outrages in China, especially the ex hibition of brutal passions of travel lers to the Chinese. We ought to de spise ourselves." - A Few Questions The Omaha Bee is the first republi can newspaper in Nebraska to notice editorially the Hill bill. In this the Bee shows enterprise and a spirit of independence to be commended, even If we may disagree with its position on the merits of the proposed legislation. The poor, old Journal, however, has decided to wait until it learns from headquarters what to say about the 'bill. . " The Bee observes that "there is no good reason why this-proposed legis lation for fortifying the gold standard act should not be enacted by the pres ent congress. It is approved by the financial and business interests of the country I and there Is nothing to be gained by leaving it for the action of the next congress. As urged by the advocates of this legislation, the only way to make the gold standard unas sailable is to provide for the free ex change by the treasury of all standard coins issued by the United States, for each other, without discrimination, at the option of the holder. This will In sure the maintenance of the gold standard, because the holder of any other form of money can exchange it, at his option, for gold. It will insure the parity of all silver money by mak ing it as good as gold. It will make no discrimination against silver, becauso it can be obtained, on demand, in ex change for gold or paper. It will not add any burden to the treasury beyond that Imposed by its present obliga tions, because all forms of money be ing treated alike, there will be no dis crimination in the presentation of money for redemption. It will prevent any discrimination in the payment of money into the treasury and will therefore prevent the drying up of the stream of gold in times of panic which flows between the banks, the clearing houses and the sub-treasuries in times of business activity, v It will estab lish the gold standard . so firmly and plainly that international transactions will be attracted to the United States and this country will take her proper place in the contest for the commercial empire of the world. "Such are the cogent and conclusive reasons presented in support of the proposition to make all forms of the currency I interchangeable and such legislation being clearly desirable it should be enacted at once. Delay is needless and . might prove dangerous." A few questions Mr. Rose water: 1. ; How many farmers and labor ing men have approved this bill? How many merchants, doctors and lawyers? How many editors other than those under the party lash? ; - 2. Suppose this bill becomes a law what will be the next demand of thi "financial and' business interests" Io further "fortify the gold standard" and make it unassailable? Would not an issue of half a billion or a' billion in bonds be the next prime necessity ? 3. You say this bill will "insure the parity oi all silver money by making it as good : as gold." Are you sure about this? Will the recoinage of ten silver dollars into twenty half dollars insure their parity and make them good as gold?" Will these twenty half dollars protect one's property against levy of an execution? In other words, will they be a full legal tender? The Hill bill provides for the retire ment of the silver dollars and their recoinage into subsidiary coins how will that make them good as gold? 4. , You . say, "It. will make no dis crimination against silver, because it can be obtained, on demand, for gold or paper." Will you kindly point out the provision in the Hill bill which guards against discrimination? Just read the bill, please: "Be it enacted, etc.,- that the secre tary of the treasury is hereby author ized to coin the 'Silver bullion bought under the act of July 14, 1890, into such denominations of subsidiary sil ver coin as he may deem necessary to meet public requirements and there after as public necessities may de mand, to recoin silver dollars into subsidiary coin, and so much of any act as fixes a limit to the aggregate of subsidiary silver coin outstanding, and as much of any act as directs the coin age of any portion of the bullion pur chased under the act of July 14, 1890, into standard silver , dollars is hereby repealed. "The secretary of the treasury is hereby directed to maintain at ail times at parity with gold the legal ten der silver dollars remaining outstand ing; and to that end he is hereby di rected to exchange gold for legal ten der silver dollars when presented io the treasury in the sum of $5 or any multiple thereof, and all provisions of law for the use or maintenance of the reserve fund in the treasury relating to the United States notes at the dis cretion of the secretary are hereby made applicable to the exchange o: legal tender silver dollars." One can obtain either gold, silver or paper for many kinds of property, but there is no provision of this proposed law authorizing the secretary of the treasury to pay out silver dollars for either gold or v pumpkinsthe "ex changeability" is all on one side. 5. Why should the united states operate a sort of ladies' exchange where one kind of standard money can be swapped for another kind? If the banks are the proper vehicle for the issue of currency, why couldn't they perform also this "exchange" feat? The fact is, Mr. Kosewater. mere is no good reason why this Hill bill or any other like it, should be passed. There is no necessity for it. Under President McKinley's administration an enormous amount of silver dollars has been coined. Nearly half a billion of them are now in circulation either actually or by silver certificates. Why should the government now destroy these dollars and make them into halves, quarters and dimes? You know why, Mr. Kosewater, but you haven't told. It is because subsidiary coins are legal tender for not over while dollars are good for any amount. It is to finish the work begun in 1873 WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT SEARLES & SEARLES Main Office Lincoln, tleb. SPECIALISTS IN Nervous, Chronle and Private Disease. WEAK MEN All private diseases and dis orders of men. Treatment by mail ; consultation free, hyphllis enred for Ufa. 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Extreme care to have all carel'ully packed and true to name. We help on all losses. Please mention the Independent. Send for Illustrated Catalogue to t O 4 demonetization by change in denom ination. Haven't silver dollars been keeping up their parity quite well, thank you, the past four years? They haven't needed a redeemer haven't had one never will need one so long as they are a legal tender, and you know it. Legislative Supplies The P Street Idiot devotes a good deal of space these days to accusations against the fusion secretary of, state for the amount of . money expended in furnishing .supplies .and renovating, cleaning and preparing, the two halls in the. state, house preparatory to. the meeting of. the legislature. , Secretary Porter performed this duty as directed in section 4999 of the compiled statutes of, the state of Nebraska, which pro vides that the secretary of state shall "furnish the legislature and officers thereof all necessary, fuel and station ery, .etc." Under this law and others, such provision was made. New car pets had to be furnished and .the walls had to be papered. The carpets were worn kto rags and the paper on the walls was so delapidated that it would have been a disgrace to a sod house in the sand hills, no repairs having been made for several years. The sta tionery was furnished at regular prices and the work was done as cheaply as possible and pay decent wages to the laborers. It was in great contrast to what the republicans have done in the past, when one of their secretaries bought 72,000 steel pens, gross upon gross of lead pencils and rubber, bands, besides Turkish towels of the most costly kind, and inkstand3 at $10 a piece. Secretary Allen, un- Guts NOT FOR ONE DAY ONLY, BUT FOR EVERY DAY. $1.00 Family. Syringe 503 $1.00 Fountain Syringe 75c 75c Hard Rubber Atomizers .50c 25c Packer's Tar Soap. . ,19c Vegetable Tar (for hair) 3 cakes... 25c 25c Cuticura Soap 19c $1.00 Paine's Celery Compound 69c $1.00 Piukham's Compound 68c $1.00 Hood's Sarsaparilla 69c $1.00 ATalted Milk. 69c 50c Malted Milk................... 39c $3.50 Malted Milk...... ...$3.00 2f.c Mcnnem's, Borated Talcum 15c 25c Allen's Borated Talcum ....... 10c, $1.00 Llsterine . (Lambert's) 79c $1.00 Port, Sherry or Claret. . . ; .... 49c $1:00 Eau de Quinine. .79c $1.00 Orange Blossom..... ....... .79c $1.00 Maltine Preparations 79c 10c Boxes Moth Balls. ..... . . .... . . 5c 50c ; Rad way's Relief . . . .39c. 50c Pozzoni's Powder .35c 25c Pear's Glycerine Soap ....19c 20c Pear's Unscented Soap. . . . 15c $1,00 Seven Sisters' Hair Grower... 79c $1.00 Steam's Wine Cd Livr Oil.. .75c $1.00 'Madam Yale's Goods. 79c 75c Sozodont. . . . . . 60c 75c Jewesbury & Brown's Tooth Paste. . ..... ............. . ...39c. $1.00 Wyeth's Beef, Iron and Wine.75c 25c Testlow's Swan Down ......... 15c inr. hnttle Vaseline. 5c, 50c Kilmer's Swamp Root.... 39c 50c Scott's Emulsion..... ......... 39c $1.00 Wine Cardui 69c $i.oo worth FOR 69 CENTS. Characteristics in Pharmacy. Char i acteristics. We aim to make, our Prescription Department as nearly perfect as pos sible. It receives our personal thought and attention, and is given the benefit of our twenty years' experience in pharmacy." The facilities for buying, compounding and dispensing the pur est and freshest as well as the newest and purest and systematical remedies flail Orders Promptly qoN 'BUBtno S uibujbi S08I ioBawq j S.KHVFI qaK'nooun 'Bsoji 'o g Xq ptoS xoq jd noiCs?ajoddBstpjaA8u iep eq j o ojns oot 1 1 niljIUJ Vjlflnl .snjsuaai Xrnaoui sJfajjq STIW 'd V "X HSIHHQX U it 3 1 03 (OJllJll Drug" CATARRH OF um ALL ill Hi OS WE CURE all forms of Catarrh of the Head, Nose, Bronchial Tubes, I.ungs, Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder. All curable cases of - CATARRH CURED PERMANENTLY. A perfect care guaranteed in every cae we sc. cept. Medicine and treatment only $.J.oo per Month. i BLOOD POISON cJ"?tt!;'i from the system. , Nervous and Chronic Diseases of MEN and WOMEN. Electrical Treatment with Medicine! NEW YORK HOSPITAL TREATMENT of all forms of Female Weakness and EHsease of Women-Inflammation of the Ovarieu.I'ainful Menstruation, Ulceration, Fallintrof the Womb, Change of Life, Kidney or Bladder Trouble, Leucorrhoea, Nervousness, and Sick Headache, We cure alLDiseases of the Nose, Throat. Chest, Stomach. Bowels, and Liver; P'ood, 8kin. ami Kidney Diseases; Piles, Fistula, ami Rectal Ulcers if curable. $iOO for a case of OATARRI1, RKEUMA. T1SM. or DYSPEPSIA that we cannot cure if I curable. . ner-Examination and Consultation FREE. Treatment by Mail a specialty. Call or ad dress with stamps. Box&tt, DRS. SEARLES & SEARLES, StcLard!?5rC?" Room" 217' 21S' 219 an231 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Mention this paper. Established 72 O z o r Trees and Plants, Ornamental Trees, Shr ibs Feet. Kefr to thmiaanii nt inches to three feet. 17 to 24 bushels of apples on single PITIHS in r,n unenn 'Alx. hiiBhal, .tit m nf nhrriii in nn E. F. STEPHENS, Mgr., CRETE, NEB. der the old republican regime, put bills for expenses that amounted tc about $30,000 preparatory to thft meet ing of one legislature. In those days there was another practice. As sooa as the legislature adjourned the menv bers laid hold on every bit of furni ture and everything in sight and carted it off, until the scandal became o great that .special laws ' had to lo passed to prevent the cleaning out of everything of value In the state house when the legislature dispersed. The less false charges that the P Street Idiot indulges in, the better it will be for the republican party, or some of these old vouchers paid under their regime may be printed. Miss Bullock, writing to the Chicapo Record in regard to the uproar in Stanford university, says: ; Once in awhile circumstances justify a man in forgetting who or what he is,., and remembering only what he feel3 V' and believes. There is a dignity that transcends that of a college prc-fessor. If Prof. Howard forgot that he wa? in the pay of Mrs. Stanford and re membered only, that he was a man and a truth-seeker, instead of criticis ing him everybody should thank God that so transcendent a regard Cor the freedom of learning is still to be found in any of our colleges. As to what Prof. Howard actually said, we know that the newspaper accounts wero greatly in excess of the facts, and nono of his old pupils and friends In Ne braska would believe for a moment that he has done or could do anything that is not in keeping with the dignity of true manhood and scholarship. 'LI 'UBf "vi sauioja seci enables us to fulfill in a high degree the hope of medical men for better re sults in their practice. Everything pertaining to the department, pre scription case, poison sales, method of checking, preserving and strength and pharmical apparatus is of the best modern type. QUALITY. "Not how cneap, but how good." If we had a motto it would ix that, but "mottoes" are not intended to make us realize the importance of quality in the components of prescrip tions. For years it has been our Ann endeavor to dispense only drugs of the highest standard of . efficacy, and J to compound' in prescriptions only those ingredients that we know to be full of strength and purity. We ex ercise much care to purchase such prescription stock as we cannot make from perfectly reliable houses, and such , names as Squibb, Merck, Parke, Davis & Co. and Wyeth are prominent ly on our shelves. 99c Buys $1.00 WORTH OF GOODS. The three essentials Quality, Ac curacy and ; Freshness In prescription filling that are rigidly observed at Riggs'. We use only the purest and freshest drugs and medicines obtain able. Purest because we buy only those we know, are pure; freshest because we are- continually replenishing our stock, never allowing drugs to become stale on our hands. As to prescrip tions' we are wanting in nothing. W- employ only those of long experience, whose usefulness and "faithfulness is beyond the question of a doubt. Then, too, prescriptions do not reave our store until they have been carefully checked over the second time, thus precluding the slightest possibility of error.' We know that, the results at tending the administration of medi cine will be far better if your prescrip tions are entrusted with us. All $1.00 preparations cut to 79c; 50c to 39c; 25c to 19c. Pharoiacyo DinnQ CUT RATE tvlvJVi, Druggist. Funke Opera House. 4 12th and O Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska. Attended To. . . ;L. :fi t 7 1 X V