THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
December 12, 1901
to pay the revenue. Finally he took
the case to the federal courts and by
numerous appeals it was brought to
l' -" tuun. 1 lie uuuco uc-
nianded'by the custom house officers
were those levied by the Dingley bill.
The supreme court, still by a vote of
five to four, declared that the Philip
pine islands ceased to be foreign ter
ritory immediately Upon the signing of
the treaty of peace with Spain, and
therefore that since the Dingley bill
only applied to articles imported from
a foreign country and as the Philip
pines had then ceased to be foreign
territory, the United States had no
Ticht tn rnllprt tariffs linripr. that law.
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So that the United States was com-,
nletelv routed on that DOint. Tonicht
Solicitor General Richards of- the
United States department of justice
the man who presented the govern-
4- otynmari in 4-Vna ?non1n oflt.iC'
delivered a short address before the
junior congress in which he virtually
admitted that the United States ha J
gotten the cases through a pretty small
knot' hole this remark created great
surprise.
In regard to the president's message,
it. woum oe useless ior me iu cumiiieiii,
upon it at this end of the line. Tb.3
message has been published through
out the land and comment upon it
will undoubtedly be presented editor
ially by the editor of The Independent.
However, thinking that the readers
would, like to hear just what the Am
erican anti-trust league officers
thought of the president's reference to
trusts, I had an interview with the
Hon. -Henry B. Martin of New York,
national secretary of the league, who
is 'now in the city, making the fight
upon Attorney General Knox. I told
1.5 il X T A .J 1 1 tttsi -vj-tn -7nTo
of The Independent what he thought
of the reference and in reply he said:
"Oh, yes, I know The Independent and
let me tell you, Bride, it's one of ihn
best written papers in the west I
see it very often." I asked him: 'Mr.
Martin, what do you think of the pres
ident's reference to a remedy for the
trusts?" He said: "The remedy is
good as far as it goes it is an excel
lent remedy, but the president is mis
taken when he looks to congress to
pass a law by which the affairs of the
trusts can be made pifblic. This is un
necessary. By the anti-trust law 01
the nrpsiripnt is emnnwered to
order the attorney general-to make a.
legal fight unpn any such corporation
as we usually denominate a trust. By
. bringing', the trusts into court and
making them show .their books, he
could have all the publicity that is noc
, essary. The president has this power
and if he wants to have the affairs of
the trusts brought to light if he is
really antagonistic to .the trusts, he
can order the attorney general to take
me live SUllS lUctl uui league tiae
brought and fight them. This would
carry out the remedy that he suggested
But will he do it? He is the doctor;
he has his own remedy, supplied by
congress, in his own bands; let him
apply it. He is the man." I might
say that the American anti-trust
league has brought suits 1 against tne
United States steel corporation, the
Standard Oil company, the ' railroad
combine, the anthracite coal trust, and
the armor. plate' trust. And it is for
his failure to fight, these suits that the
league has fought the confirmation of
Attorney General Knox in the senate.
I then asked Mr. Martin what lie
thought would be the best remedy to
fight the railroad combine on which
the governor of Wisconsin is pretend
ing to make war. "Well," said Mr.
Martirl, "you "ask for the best remedy.
fJnvprnrrtAnt nwTiprshin is -'linrlnilhtp!!-
ly the best remedy, and I believe that
this will be the issue of the great bat
tle of 1904." He told me that he had
just received a letter from Attorney
liPTiprai h. :s. .1 nnnpn. ot un o. tma
of the league's counsel, In which he
made the same comment upon the
president's message. Mr. Monnett !s
the man who made the Standard Oil
company burn its books, rather than
have a court see them. For this ac
tion the republican convention refused
to renominate him for the office he so
ably filled. Mr. Monnett is now mak
ing war upon the trusts.
WILLIAM W. UltlUHi.
THE CORNSTALK DISEASE
It ia Common In Many States Not Conta
' gioua No Known Remedy Causes
Immens L.oses
- From reports in the papers it ap
pears that there have been heavier
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cornstalk disease. In the northern part
of the state the losses have been very
great. Similar reports come from
other states. The loss has been so se
vere in Illinois that the live stock
commissioners of that state have been
Investigating the matter- and have is
sued the following report, prepared by
Dr. L. C. Tiffany, assistant state vet
erinarian:' ' .
- "Cornstalk disease" so-called for
the reason that, the disease only occurs
where cattle are being fed upon corn
stalks,' standing , in the field, from
which the corn has been gathered. It
1? neither infectious fior contagious:
the carcasses may be haridled with im
punity and the hides be removed and
sold with safety. ,
Perhaps, without previous warning,
one or, more cattle may be found dead
which" a few hours previous may have
been entirely well. Attention being
directed to the balance of the herd,
others may be discovered isolated from
the rest, standing with back somewhat
arched and if movement is attempted,
it may be performed with much diffi
culty, the animal staggering or falling
to the ground. Occasionally, however,
one may be delirious, with paralysis
yet absent, and may attack the at
tendant furiously. (This is not a con
stant symptom, however, and is often
seen in other diseases.) Twitching
of the muscles of limbs or neck is of
ten present and grave dejection is ap
parer. in the countenance. In a few
hours, often In a short time, paralysis
has so far advanced that the patient
falls and is unable to arise, after
HO COLLEGE EDUCATION
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Is needed to ran the Pure Hatch
Incubator. They aye so simple
that thev run themsslvea. Made
ot California red wood, beautiful
ly finished; twelve unco copper
tank. and hvdro-safeiy lamp. Ful-
rarctl Ihuudretto of photographs oStha Sore
L-able information. 8ent free.
Sun Hatch Incutxtor Co Clay Center, Neb., or Cotubus, 0.
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And we will give in exchange
the creine de la creme of the
world's production of new win
ter suitings. . Here lies our
strength; on these matchless
suits we bank oar reputation.
Not a few, but many yes,
hundreds; all are man-tailored,
all made from the most de
pendable fabrics, all possess a
richness of finish, color and
make that cannot be'duplicated
by the average western bench
tailor. They're undressed wors
teds of the finest, quality in
describably handsome things
in Scotch effects also clay
weaves, serges, cassimeres, che
viots, etc. stunning designs.
Novelties for young and ultra
fashionable men as well as
styles for the most sober dress
ers values that appeal to peo
ple who seek and are judges of
intrinsic value. Comparison
will show them to be strong
$20.00 VALUES.
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We show a stunning value; excellence in tailoring, cosncience in
wear, fancies in weave, style in staid colors, the
full wide range of sizes, triumph of economy at. . . . PI2)0
The dominant note in the concert of Lincoln retailing,
the one overwhelming fact that stands at the head of all
merchandise endeavors is: This storeys advent in the
business world enabled the people, in. this section of the
country for the first time to buy dependable wear and
correct style at the price once paid for worthless clothing.
Have you a doubt f Look bach over the- historg of the
Armstrong Clothing Co. Lis husiness course is marked "
by one co:i':tant stream of bargains, deep and wide.. At
times the public . has had the. benefit of tidal waves of
tremendous values sacrificed to you because we shared
the result of our gaeat purchasing power ivith you.
Compare any vdlue in our house'xwith what
you find elsewhere. It is business pr ide with us to pre- ,
sent greater value for less moneg than any competitor is
able or willing to give. The claims, ihe goods, the store
are open, for your personal investigation.
Holiday Shopping Has Begun
Pleasure in gift-giving, joy in gift-receiving, will always be asso
ciated with presents from this store. There is a union of beauty
and utility in such gifts of artistic effect and excellent service
that appeals irresistably to the sound sense and judgment of the
average Christmas, shopper. v .Already the holiday air pervades the '
different departments.- Novelties in dress and fashion are crowd
ing to the front and gay colors and pretty designs are in evidence
throughout the house. 1
About two weeks remain for Christmas shopping. You will
certainly be one to choose the first week for the pleasurable duty
and4 be out of the way of' the eleventh-hour shopper whose elbows
will be sore and whose feet will be heavy before he finishes.
PUT FIFTEEN DOLLARS
In an Armstrong overcoat. It
will give you more satisfaction
- than putting it in a Jbank. It
will give you the garment that
appeals directly to business and
professional men as well as to
all other classes that is brim
full of novelties that is fetch
ing and seductive. , Here's
where we show merchandise
that rivals the finest produc
tion of the highest class mer
chant tailors values better
than any to be found elsewhere
for $20.00. In this matchless
line we show the finest grades
of vicunas, soft as a mouse's
ear, besides other rough-faced
fabrics. Then again we show
a huge, line of novelties and
Scotch effects which are bound
to be good this season. Be
sides all this, there is an end
less variety of kerseys and
beavers in the various shades.
Coats tobe had in the medium
or long lengths, body fitting or
loose cut, many have the new
vertical pockets, some silk lined
arid others are lined with splen
did quality of serge. Every
stitch in this line of coats is
the work of men tailors. The
shoulders and collars are hand
shaped perfect in appearance
and finish.
Our Price S15.QO
For Twelve and a Half
If you want quality and style, but need a little lower price to fit
the pocket book, ask for the elegant line at $12.50.
We have them from five to twenty-five.
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Christmas Suggestions
Handkerchiefs from lc bandanna to the finest silk.
There are many kinds in this line that will make acceptable
presents.
Mufflers Here's a present that will make the recipient
think of you -at least every time a cold wTind blows. And
our variety affords the opportunity to suit any taste.
Overcoats and Suits If it is desirable to get that friend
something extra nice in overcoat or suit for a present, here
is the place of all places to get it. Our offers combine ele
gance, finish, fit, and wear, with prices entirely modest.
Your own good sense will suggest scores of other things
sliitable for presents. And should you want any suggestion
from us why, come in and see how cheerfully it will be
given.
Lounging Robes
And Bath Robes the nobbiest patterns good, durable
cloth. See them.
$3.50 to $12.50.
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In Buying Gloves
there is more to be considered than
the quality of the leather.
Somo gloves have a certain Btyto
and finish which puts them in &
class by themselves. This is par
ticularly true of the
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Gloves and Mitts
Useful articles that will be ap
preciated by your friend are all
but endlehs iu our stock.
A winner in this great stock is a
silk lined dress clove worth morn
than we ask for it, but which sells
for $1.50 a pair. We have it in
differeni solors. There are many
other kinds of winter gloves and
mitts, up to the big fur driving
article. And if you wish to go
from the dress to the work glove
and mitt, we can show you the
best on the market in these.
H
osiery
Here are just a few samples from a
most extensive line:
Fancy stripes plaids and
new effects and colors . . .
Heavy random mixed wool
socks, extra long, a pair...
Heavy "Shaker Knit" wool
socks, sale price, pair . . .
Boy's " Iron Clad " stock
ings, worth 25c, sale price
A good wearing winter
eio-ht sock, a pair ....
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justice is admitted. It suffices to urge
ment. You can get any kind, any
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Smoking Jackets
The biggest 6tock west of the Mississippi- every design
that can possibly tempt you. The cheapest is pretty and
a great value, and they keep growing better as the price
rises. '
$3-50 to $15.00.
ARMSTRONG'S
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which, movement of the limbs, as paw
ing with the front and striking with
the hind, may continue with short in
termissions until death supervenes.
Frequently the head and neck are
drawn backward and eyeballs rotated
upward. Moaning is quite constant
and death results from paralysis.
From the symptoms described, one
should conclude that the central nerv
ous system is' involved, and such is
the fact. Upon exposure of the brain
and spinal cord, the coverings (men
inges) are found congested, while the
other organs of the body are found
healthy, except occasionally the many
plies (omasum) is found distended
with its contents very, dry, but this
condition is of no significance here, a?
the same is often found after death
from entirely different causes. Some
times also local congestions, which
are really post-mortem changes, may
be found. It is strictly a disease of
the nervous system.
Many theories have been advanced
as to the cause of this disease, which
have proved erroneous. The cause, m
my opinion, is a poisonous fungus
which develops on the stalk or blade,
invisible, but surely present. The dif
ferent fungi (and their numbers and
kinds are innumerable) are of extreme
ly rapid development, so that a field
which may be safe today, tomorrow
may not, thus we have no hint as to
what may occur. Medicinal treatment
is unavailing and the field should be
abandoned for cattle feeding at once.
The only sure means of prevention
is the abolition of the custom of al
lowing cattle to run upon the stalks.
I have never known shock corn to pro
duce any trouble whatever,, except per
haps derangement of the digestive or-
gans, if fed immoderately, or when
the quality is bad. Many will object
to such a change in the harvest of com
and with very large fields it may seem
impracticable, but the extra expense
Involved will be more than compen
sated for by the additional amount of
nutrition found in the stalk, besides
eradicating risk of loss by disease.
Corn with its stalk and blades, is
one of our most valuable products
for stock food, and when in perfect
condition and fed in moderation con
tains no element of danger; but when
these conditions are not present, im
mense loss often results. Immature
corn is highly dangerous for food of
horses, but harmless for cattle or
swine, although deficient in nutrition.
This last has no reference, to "corn
stalk disease," for that occurs upon
fields of apparent excellent quality.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. .Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine' cases out
of ten are caused by Catarrh, which
is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Will go to Canada
In speaking' of the imperial order?",
of Postal Clerk Madden concerning the
Appeal to Reason, the Southern Mer
cury remarks:
"The Appeal to Reason says it will
move its plant to Canada if the post
office department does not allow it the
lawful use of the mails. So far as per
sonal liberty is concerned, the United
States is not in it compared with.tho
British colonies.. Public officials in
those dependencies would as soon
think of putting their heads in the fire
as to be guilty of the outrages which
these petty functionaries commit ev
ery day in the United States with im
punity. We must now reverse the old
maxims and say, "Free Canada,, and
tyrant-ridden America." ' In Canada
the Appeal to Reason could be mailed
to subscribers in the United States at
one-half what Postmaster General
Smith, unlawfully demands here."
A good many other papers beside
the Appeal to Reason have been tak
ing into consideration a removal to
Canada the subject has been dis
cussed in The Independent office more
than once. .If this paper should be
suppressed, the subscribers would not
miss it more than a week or two for
an office could be established across
the river at Windsor or Niagara Falls
and Madden would have to deliver it
in the United States free under the
postal treaties with .Great Britain.
These treaties are in force among all
nations in the postal union, and mat
ter mailed in one country must be de
livered free of additional charge in
the others, each country keeping the
postage paid at the home offices. Let
Madden sail in if he wants to.
Government by Injunction
Judge Murray F. Tuley, the famous
Illinois jurist, delivered an address
before the Iroquois club in Chicago re
cently, in which, he declared that the
federal judges from the very beginning
have ' been what Jefferson declared
them to be "sappers and-miners,' un
dermining the constitution of the
United States." '
"It never has been considered any
part of the duties of the judicial pow
er," said Judge Tuley, "to suppress
riots, prevent disorder, or preserve the
peace; the duty of the legislative pow
er is to make laws; the judicial, to in
terpret and expound it, and the execu
tive to enforce it. The judge, with
out hearing the defendant, commands
that is, decrees what he shall or
shall not do in advance, and without
a hearing enforces the performance
of the commands of the writ. Then
he brings the defendant before him,
tries him without a jury, adjudges him
guilty of a violation of the commands
of the writ formulated by the judge
himself, in the absence of the defen
dant, and sentences him to punish
ment not defined by law, but resting in
the breast of such judge. Not only does
the amount of punishment rest in the
breast of the judge, but even the place
where the imprisonment shall be in
flicted rests in the breast of the judge.
Is not such a proceeding by the judge
government by injunction and a sub
stitution for trial by jury?"
Opposition to government by injunc
tion is . one of the cardinal principles
of the populist party. Populists were
the first to denounce it and incorpor
ate eternal opposition in their platforms.
Weak Men
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Chicago, 111.
Fred C. Herter
A short, time ago The Independent
noticed the-death of Fred C. Herter ot
Bennet, but he was a man of . so ex
cellent characte rand so beloved by
all who knew him, that a further no
tiqe will be read by the many thou
sands of the readers of The Indepen
dent who never knew him personally,
with interest. He. was of that stock
which has given to America some cf
its most excellent citizens, German
American. He was born near Mav
coutah, 111., November' 19, and died
near Bennet, Neb., November 20, 1901.
He was an active farmer and a great
reader. He brought the first centrifu
gal cream separator into . his neigh
borhood and was a subscriber to many
reform and agricultural papers. H.
not only read, but he thought, and by
his thinking became interested in
state and national government. His
influence was so great that his town
ship became a stronghold for the re
form movement and he was frequently
elected to office 'by his neighbors. He
was an ardent admirer of W. J. Bryan
and an earnest fighter in every Bryan
campaign.
His body was taken to its last rest
ing place November 22, fallowed by a
long concourse of friends from far and
near. He was a model American citi
zen, a supporter of schools and of
every movement, whether social or
political, which had for its object the
betterment of mankind. There are
left to mourn him a wife, two children,
his aged parents, one brother and one
sister, besides every man, woman and
child, who ever knew him.
Acrobatic Judge .
The recent decision of the supreme
court has occasioned but little com
ment. The Record-Herald makes the
following remarks:
The acrobatic Justice Brown voted
as he did last spring, first with the
four judges who are for uniform laws
and no tariff at all, and second with
the four judges who would give , the
government, at Washington arbitrary
power over the "colonies." His distinc
tion seems to be that while they are
part of the United States they may bo
legislated against as though they were
a foreign country, though they are de
nied the right of a foreign country to
retaliate. In the ultirnate effect it
leaves no essential difference between
him and his four associates who sup
port the government at all points.
The stronger reasoning, however, ri
with the judges who believe that uni
form federal laws should apply to all
American teritory, and the subject still
remains to be discussed as a question
of policy before congress. That body
will find itself in a very peculiar and
embarrassing position if it takes to en
acting discriminating tariff legislation
for the Philippines.
If for the Philippines why not for
any separate state of the union?
For over sixty years Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup ha3 been used by
mothers for their children while teeth
ing. Are you disturbed, at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child,
suffering and crying with pain of Cut
ting Teeth? If so send at once and
get a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrupy for Children Teething. Its
value is incalculable. It will relieve
the poor little sufferer immediately.
Depend upon it, mothers, there is no
mistake about it. It cures diarrhoea,
regulates the stomach and bowels,
cures wind colic, softens the grims, re
duces inflammation, and gives tono
and energy to the whole system. "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for chil
dren teething is pleasant to the tasto
and is the prescription of one of th
oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout tre
world. Price, 25 cents a bottle. Be
sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow 3
Soothing Syrup."