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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT January 9, 1902 when he personally rebuked General Miles, while that officer was-calling upon the latter at the White house. It is not possible to justify the incident, notwithstanding the habit which President Roosevelt has contracted of losing his temper. , Much' more dellr !eate, courteous, considerate and quite as effective a method was that taken by Secretary Long in his indorsement of the Schley case when he conveyed in unmistakable terms to Admiral Dewey the departmental j displeasure at his unwarrantable introduction Of. irrevalent matter in, that officer's re markable minority report as' presi dent of the Schley court of inquiry." : (The editor of this paper had; better look to its. subscription lists or Mad den will have the ;useof the mails de nied it.) - irb: r '.. z--:r:-f - This short -Tipping"-' describes i- the sentiment in, Washington as well as it could be described.: That ibe, president had the habit . of losing t hi3 .. temper, is a well known factaffd that . he should have insulted a caller at li is own house is a new model in:'etlquette.set up by the original lTedy."- 1 T" Information has reached the city that the returns from the election for the presidency of Cuba have resulted in the election of Tomas Estrada Pal ma, as the first president of the Cuban republic. His opponent, ..General, Bart tholomew Maso,,- .having withdrawn the day before from the race", owing tS the fact that the American govern ment refused to allow the Cuban pa triot more time withinwhich to com plete his canvass. The victory was of course an overwhelming one; but now that it is over, we hear the clamor of discontent and reasons for the victory of Palma and the defeat of 'Maso. The Cuban papers describe it as a victory for the United States government, for they had ordered, the victory of Palma and they meant to have it. However, this may be, it is sure that ultimate control of Cubaby the Cubans under American orders ; will tesult. The Pal ma party elected five of tne -eight gov ernors of the provinces.". Next week promises to be a very busy one in matters political. Speaker Henderson returned: from Iowa lato thi3 evening and all day there has been quite an influx of members for the session of both houses of congress will begin anew on Monday. From the outlook Colonel Hepburn, chairman of the canal committee, will have a clear field next week' for the; Nicaragua ca nal bill, Which is;th.e special order of the house for; January .7, prpvided no appropriation bills press for consider ation: There are no appropriation bills ready for the house, probably none will be for a week to corner An urgent de ficiency bill will be prepared late next week, , and the pension i appropriation bill can be prepared: on forty-eight hours', notice. A Next ? after that, the house will probably consider the Dis trict Of Columbia appropriation bill. ' With such a condition of the appro priation" bills, it looks as though the house would be able to give its undi vided time to the consideration of the Nicaraguan canal bill, and long ago it was recognized that its, passage had become .a certainty. Whether many members .will press for time to speak is not clear, but probably the debate will be brief. , . , 'Some of the main features of the protocol between the United States and Nicaragua, referred to in President Zelaya's message to his congress, have been made known in recent press dis patches from Managua, But there are many other important features which have not yet been disclosed, one of these being the complete-American ju risdiction and the establishment of American"; courts, civil and criminal, throughout a zone six miles wide and extending from ocean to ocean, and in cluding the proposed terminal, Grey- town on he Atlantic and Brito on the Pacific: The entire policing- of this large tract also is placed in the hand3 of the United States, so that it has the power to preserve order and after that to Issue judicial process extending throughout this zone. . Besides the authority of American courts and of the American police on the six-mile zone, the chief features of the protocol are, in giving a lease in perpetuity of this tract to the United States, and at the same time giving an American guarantee that the indepen dence, sovereignty and integrity of Nicaragua shall r not be disturbed , by the rights thus conferred upon the United States. No exact information is obtainable as to the price specified In the protocol as payment to Nicaragua for the grant to this country. It can be stated posi tively, however, that this price is much less than was expected .when, the ne gotiations began,, and that, It is considi ered by 'officials -as reasonable. ; It is understood that at the outset the view in Nicaragua was' that $20,000,000 would be a proper figure for the grant to this country, and about $5,000,000 for Costa Rica's grant. But while there is no information as to the final sum in the-protocol, it i3 known to, be far short of the above figures. As the cession takes the form of a perpetual lease, it is probable that the protocol includes the feature of an annual rent as part payment. A protocol with Costa Rica, identi cal in form with that with Nicaragua, except in the matter of price and ter ritory leased, has been in course of ne gotiation, and it is understood that a satisfactory conclusion will be reached with that government. It is understood that President Roosevelt will present this matter in treaty form to the senate some time during this week in a message. The friends of the Chinese exclusion - . ( A -M' 1 ,. act are making the most of recent dis patches about , the celestials an occa- j sion to urge early action of the house in that matter. . The cablegrams about the empress dowager's refusal to live up to her promises made to the Am erican government and other powers, as well as recent dispatches about the efforts to smuggle Chinese into this country from Mexico and from Canada by way of Buffalo, are arguments ad vanced to the committee on foreign af fairs urging action. The treasury de partment, has several amendments, proposed by the Pacific coast mem bers, which will, in all probability,, be added to the present . bill before its adoption. There has been-a recommendation that Grover Cleveland be appointed to represent the United States at: the cor onation of Edward VII., owing to the fact that lie is the only living ex president and would thus add dignity (as well as weighty ito ;the- representa tion of the United iStat.es at this" great ceremony. The idea has met with con siderable favor and it Is now believed that should the ex-president be willing to accept the appointment, that it would be cheerfully,! off ered to him. Mr. Cleveland has not. been .welj for considerable time and v it is doubted if he will accept. He is at present serv ing on the labor and capital committee along with Mark Hanna, C. M. Schwab, Archbishop Ireland and Bish op Potter, looking after the Interests of the laboring man. It is enough to frighten any laboring man in the country when that crowd begins to take his interest in their own hands. There has been no changes in the cabinet this week, although the name of Governor Allen of Porto Rico is sug gested to .fill the place that will short ly, it is believed, be vacated by Long. Attorney General Douglas of Min nesota will be in Washington during the coming week to file charges piiiiuuiiiin mm AND ' D B I m ' 3 The great event JwHich-thousatids wait for every winter. A clearing awayof all the small lots and broken lines of desirable merchant dise,; left from our:reguiar.:lines by. the: enormous fall trade we en joyed.- " i! Dress Goods - Spfecial discount 3 !9C 24 c 36c 43c 29c 53c 12 c Brocaded" Dress Goods, blearing" sale price, per yd . . v . . .......... ... ; . v 25c Brocades, clearing sale price, v per yd . . ,- v. ............ . 30c Brocades, clearing sale price, per yd ... . 45c Dress Flannel, 50 in. wide, sale price, per yd , Suitings and Venetians, worth up to 60 and 65c, clearing sale price, per yd . . , 40c Black Brocades, clearing sale price, per yd 65c Curina Lustrine, clearing sale price, per yd Special discount on all Dress Goods. A SLAUGHTER SALE ON JACKETS, CAPES & DRESS SKIRTS $2.98 S5.97 $2.98 $1.48 $2.40 $2.97 20 Per Cent Off On Table Linens, Napkins, Towels and Towellngs, Bed Spreads, Wide Sheetings, . Prints,' Percales, Glngf , hams, . Muslins, Shirtings, Denims, Tickings, White Goods, Laces Em- broideries, Curtains, Swisses, Lace Curtains and Window Shades. Flannelettes, Prints, Muslins . 3;c One lot of Short Jackets, worth up to $6.00, sale price, each One lot of Jackets, worth up to $12, sale price, each $5.00 Cloth Capes, sale price, each . One lot Dress Skirts, regular $2.00 and $2.50, going at One lot Dress Skirts, regular $3.0t , $3.50 and $3.75, going ..at. . . One lot! Dress' Skirts, " regular " $1.50. $5.00 and $5.50, going at SVaC LL. Muslin, per yard , . 6c Camoran D. Muslin 8c Pepperel R. Muslin 6c Simpson's Prints, remnants, per yard 5c Fortuna Prints, per yard 10c Flannelettes, remnants, from 1 5 yards, per yard , Same, 5 to 9 yards, per yard to 4?C 6lC 4c 3i'c 51c 6!c A LOT . OF LADIES' WARM LINED SHOES, 4 to 8, at, per; pair... ...... A LOT OF BOYS' LACE SHOES, Satin Kang. calf and Vici, broken in sizes, 11 to 2, regular $1.25, $1.35 and $1.50, sale price 2 ... . A LOT OF BOYS' SHOES, Kang. calf and Vici, 2 to 5, regular $1.75 and $2.00, sale, price. . . , A LOT OF MEN'S $2.00 LACE . AND KANG., all good styles, but not all sizes, at A LOT OF MEN'S $2.50 LACE AND CONGRESS SHOES, broken lots, sale price, per pair. A LOT OF MEN'S LACE SHOES, box calf and Vici kid, drill and leather lined, this year's styles, regular $3.00, clearing sale price A LOT OF MEN'S SHOES in box calf, Vici kid and Russian calf, all the latest styles, $3.50 values, clearing sale price ; . 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON WARM LINED SHOES AND SLIPPERS. A Special discount on all regular lines of shoes and slippers. 95C SI. 00 $1.45 $1.40 $1.90 $2.48 $2.85 I against the great railroad combine be fore the supreme court of the United States to prevent consolidation. This will be strong fight and one for which Governor Van Sant deserves great credit. WILLIAM W. BRIDE. BEET SUGAR PROBLEM Farmers Would Get Eight Dollers a Ton For Beets if the Price of Silver Had not Beta Beatea Down , Editor Independent: As the states in which The Independent has its largest circulation have several beet sugar factories, any discussion of the beet , sugar, interest in your columns will be of interest to many, of your readers. The great, dailies devote much space in their editorial columns .discussing " question connected with the beet sugar industry that they know I but very 'little about. These daily pa pers urge the farmers to do things that would utterly ruin them financially. The following editorial I clip from the Nebraska State Journal . of De cember 17; "Uncle , Sam's sugar bill increases amazingly notwithstanding the grad ual decrease in the retail price per pound. It is now $100,000,000 a year, and we pay out $7o,000,000 to foreign producers, notwithstanding our recent accessions of such sue growing isl ands as Porto Rica, Hawaii and the. Philippines. It is time the Nebraska farmers were uracing up and giving their attention to sugar beets and beet sugar mills. Our farmers are getting forehanded enough now to make neighborhood combinations for the manufacture of the sugar from the product of their fields. That is the method adopted mostly in Germany and France." If any farmer in Nebraska or any other state should follow the advice set forth in the following quotation which I quote from the above, "It is time the Nebraska farmers were brac ing up and giving their attention to sugar Deets and beet sugar mills." The editorial goes on to urge the farmers of Nebraska to combine and build sugar mills. While 1 would urge the Nebraska farmers to plant sugar bee'.s in large quantities as long as the three beet sugar factories in this state would contract to pay such prices for the sugar beets as they paid during 1901. I would not urge the Nebraska farmers or the farmers of any other state in our country to invest one dol lar in beet sugar mills or factories. These , editors of the daily papers aro very free to make general statements, urging farmers to do this and to, do that. It is a waste of time to discuss in a general way any question which involves farm economics with any f the editors of the, great dailies. The only way to discuss such' questions with the editors, of the dailies 6r be fore the people is to take some live, up-to-date object lesson ' and for that purpose I will take the. tables showing our imports of sugar from Cuba,, Chi na and India for. some of the years from 1873 to 1901 , '.. , '. ' ,, Imports of sugar from Cuba: . No. 1, ' N. 2 '. No. 3. No. 1. 1873 ...... 939,880,932 .0575 ' :0575 1874 ......1,223,632,524 .0514 .052 ' 1886 ..... .1,210,503,201 ;. 0308 ' .04 1892 ......1,983,534,689 .0307 .046 1894 2,127.498,459 .03 ' .061 1897 "576,260,997: .0271 .06 1900 V 705,455,927 .026 .054 1901 ......1,099,404,363 .024 .051 Mackintoshes $6.00 Ladies' Mackintoshes, clearing frQ QQ sale,pricQ $UiU0 Special discount on all Ladies' Misses' and Men's Mackintoshes. Gent's Neckwear I One lot 25c Tecks, clearing sale price, each One lot 50c Four-in-hand, clearing sale price, each I7C 27c Ladies', Misses' and Children's Jackets and Infants Cloaks, Capes, Furs. Es . , Silk and Flannel Waists, Flannel- jj ette Wrappers, Shawls, Walking and Dress Skirts. mmmm 1 OneFifth Off on Z Flannels, Blankets, Comforters, Horse ' SS -Blankets, "Fascinators, "Hoods, SS -Ladles' and Children's Khit Mittens, EEs Outing Flannels, Flannel Skirts and ' ( Skirtings. . If 20 Per Gt Of f on S Underwear, Cardigan Jackets, Flannel EjS and Jersey. Knit Shirts, Sweaters, ... S3 ' Lined Gloves and Mittens, Cloth and .' Plush Caps Men's Corduroy, Jeans, 'S3 Cottonade and Cassimere Pants, i 5Z Duck Coats and Boys' Knee Pants. Odds and Ends in Shoes A LOT OF KID BABIES' SHOES, 2U to 5, regular 50c and 60c, clearing sale price, per pair A LOT OF CHILDREN'S KID BUT TON AND LACE SHOES, regular COc, sale price, per pair A LOT OF CHILD'S KID LACE AND BUTTON SHOES, .8 to 11, regu lar 90ck sale price ,, ALOT OF MISSES' KID AND KANG. CALF LACE AND BUTTON, 11 to 2, clearing sale priceper pair A LOT OF LADIES' KID LACE AND BUTTON SHOES, all sizes regular $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00, sale -price A LOT OF LADIES' VICI HIGH THREE-QUARTER TOPS . AND PATENT LACE SHOES, all sizes. B to E, regular $2.50, clearing sale price A LOT OF LADIES' KANG. CALF LACE AND BUTTON, broken Ions, $1.75 and $2.00 value, at, per pair... ...40c 48c ...78C ...97c $1.35 $1.98 $1.57 OUTING FLANNELS 42c 6c and 6c Outing Flannel in one lot at, per yard Yc Outing Flannel, light, yard : 8 l-3c Outing Flannel, dark, per yard 1 .. . 10c Outing Fla-i'iel. light and dark, prr yard .... 5C 64C 8c CLEARANCE ON j GORSETS 1 50c Corsets, sale price $1.00 No. 402 Normal Corset, pair guaranteed, sale price... Special discount on all corsets. every 43 c 67c IFRIrD SCHMIDT BRO. V Imports of sugar from China No. 1. 1873 1874 1886 1892 1894 1S95 1896 1897 1901 1 N. 2 20,390,172 25,858,998 1,618,439 6,209.829 19,695,200 23,565.817 31,827,758 11,437,760 9,234,390, No. 3. .038 ,0305 .0244 .04 .04 .028 .03 .0275 .03 No. i. .038- - .031 ' .0305 .06 .07 .05 .062 .06 .061 Imports of sugar from India: Opposite Post Office '"wo;" Itin their l Aprll 1Q,I8D5;"N6:."27932. .035 .017 .0155 .013 .0156 .0202 .022 three No. 1 .0544 .05 .04 .02 .031 .025 .034 .043 .05 tables: No. 1. N 2. No. 3. 1873 6,673,277 .0544 1878 16.194.232 .045 1881 5,039,711 1885 14,078,594 1895 8,908,277 1896 2,565,592 1897 11,173.078 1900 1,202,013,287 1901 777,986,990 I'ExDlanation of the No. 1, years; No. 2, pounds of sugar imported; No. 3, import price mado by the appraisers at the various cus tom houses; No. 4, prices received by the producers in their money.) How an editor of the daily papers could have the gall to advise the farm ers of Nebraska to join together and build sugar mills is more than I can understand. Just look at the table showing our imports of sugar from Cuba more than a billion pounds dur ing 1901 and the producer in Cuba got 5 1-10 cents (.051) per pound in his money while the producer in Nebraska could only get about 2 i-10 cents (.021) per pound for his raw beet sugar plus the amount of the tariff which fs about V-k cents per pound. The editor of the Journal knows very well that if this tariff of 1VZ cents per pound Is taken off or reduced very much that the three factories that are in Nebras ka now and all the sugar mills that might be built would have to be closed down and become a dead loss to the people that own them. The editor of the State Journal knows that there has been great pressure brought . to bear on the president and congress to remove the tariff on the Cuban suga-. There Is another factor that.' must "be considered in connection with this sugar uestIon. I presume that the edi tor of the State Journal knows but very little about this "other factor" and . would like to know less about it. Ho would tell his readers that it was overproduction of sugar In the world that pressed down the price of the Cu ban sugar as shown in column No. 3. from five to seventy-five hundredths (.0575 cents in 1873 to two and four tenths (.024) cents in 1901. He would make the same statement in connec tion with the table 'above showing our Imports of sugar from India as well as China. It was the pressing down of t.h purchasing power qf the Cuban dollar from 100 cents in 1873 to 45 cents in 1901 that pressed down the price of the pound of sugar as shown in column kNo. 3 from .0575 cents in 1873 to Mi' cents in 1901 and if what is called the great financiers of our country In col lusion with the editors of the dallies Semi -Annual Clearing Sale This sale is now in progress and the opportunity is of fered you. to purchase seasonable goods of the best quality nt from 25 to 50 per cent lesH than the real values. This in cludes goods in every department. We call special notice to the following: , t . ' . T i In Shoe Department Lot Jadies' shoesr(small eiijes only 2J to 4) in kid, box calf and kangaroo, heavy or light soles, button or lace, are a trifle narrow toe, former price $2.50, $3.00 and fCn $3.50.. Your; choice this sale per pair. I Ob Lot ladies' high grade shoes, broken sizes, in kid or box calf, good styles, heavy or light soles, formerly sold Q I Q r 1DI1UU for $41007 this sale at. . . .V. t children's shoes, suitable for boys or girls, si: to 2 worth $1.50, this sale at. (JU In Men's Furnishing Department Never before have we attempted to make such wonderful low prices on men's furnishing goods as these. Men's wool Potnolll! Iloin linlnitiiin il,.)l., ....... 1. 1 . f7 K A 4fe mm vtiij5i o nan uuuciismi w aiuiiuj W Ui III iuU.IO close at ... Men's undershirts in natural gray, former price $1.00 . and $1.25 to close at Men's fine White shirts, laundered, good values at GO and 75c, this sale 25c 50c 39c Men's nine fancy colored shirts, separate cuffs, good Cflf styles, light or dark, worth 75c and $1.00, this sale J Uu Big special discount ! on all trunks, traveling bags and suit cases. Ladies' and Children's Underwear 22c 45c Children's fleece lined ribbed underwear, sizes 21 to 34, worth up to 40c. Ladies' union suits, natural ecru or gray, worth up to 75c, your choice at ladies bJack underwear in nne wool, vests or pants, (jr. worth $1.25, to close at per garment uuu In Hosiery Ladies' hose, fast black, seamless, our regular 10c values Cr at . . . , . : . . Ladies' hose, fleece lined, fast black worth full' 15c ' this sale. ... . . . . ...... . . Children's ribbed cashmere hose all sizes worth 20c this sale ....... r. Ladies' fine fancy hose, assorted sizes, worth from 50c to 75c, your choice at 10c 12 l2c 35c ti.. : Lincoln, Nebraska. lars with gold .which would probably still further press; down the purchasing power of the Cuban dollar from 45 cents which it had in 1901 to about 30 cents that it will have during iy02. this would cause the price of sugar to decline from Z024 cents per pound ' as shewn in column No. 3 for 1901 to about, one -and a half (.015) cents per pound during 1902. With the purchas iMfc power of the Cuban dollar at 30 cent the lib cents per pound In our money would net the. Cuban in his mcney about five' cents per pound, vh?ch has been his average price for the last thirty years. Placing sugar at 1 cents per pound instead of two and four-tenths (.024) cents would probably close every factory in our country as the large factory at Grand Island was closed during all last year because there was not enough sugar beets to run it. . - C, G. BULLOCK. If Weak Men Is your health worth a 2-cent stamp? so. then write , us at once for our ABSOLUTELY FREE OFFER. We will send absolutely free to all who write us before Feb. 1. 1902, our PERFECTION ELECTRIC BELT, the most unique and perfect Electric Appliance in the market for the cure of nervous and sexual diseases. This offer Is made in good faith, for the purpose of introducing and adver tising our methods of treating all chronic diseases. DON'T allow this opportunity to escape you of regaining the health and vigor, which your early follies and dissipa tion have sapped away. PROVIDENCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE. 59 Dearborn St..' Chicago. 111.' J. S. Bart- 1 bank. The check was made payabifej States s Wont Vote for Bryan , Editor Independent: I. have been receiving your paper for the time you agreed to send it, . and can say that you are publishing a fearless and out spoken paper. I do not agree with you on gome thirtts. Neither dojl with Mr. Bryan. I have been in the reform movement since Peter Cooper ran for president. I never was a fusionlst, but in '96 and 1900 they tied my hands, also all like me, and it was vote that or nothing. In 96 I voted for Bryan and Watson. But how did the dem ocracy use Watson in 1900; bow did they use Towne? My first voting was with the democratic party, the last time I voted with them was for Gree ley. The Bryan , democracy (as W3 call it) failed to satisfy the old green backers on the money plank and I think that Mr. Bryan said they would not.'f ' : ..-." ', I see that one fellow brings' the so cialistic idea into your paper and you repudiate the most of socialism, that is, tlte ticket. I expect to vote It in ivloiaCUlC - enatci. 10 i - It and just for that reason. I believe he is an honest man and he is the first reformer of national reputation who has ever gone east and told thone fellows Just what they are doing. But I will never vote for him again as democrat. If the gold democrats got control of the convention In 1901. then he will have to come out of the party or take the back track and I don't think that he will do that. I surely have enjoyed reading your paper. You keep pretty close tab on the robbers, also on the Boer war and our own Filipino massacres. Kverv American ought to hang his head in ery reform candidate, including Mr. shame on account of the position M our government toward those strug gling republics. You see what fusion has done in Kansas. It has disrupted the popu!i.-t party. A handful of democrats tell u now that we can indorse them if we want to. I don't think that we wan to, at least I don't. I live in a town ship that hasiven a majority for ev Bryan. There are more men in it to the square mile who believe in demo cratic socialism than in any other township in the United States. Wo have a paper that they are trying to suppress (the Appeal to Reason) anl we will help him all we can. We would help you If you were In the same fix. If they are successful with him. it will be only a question of timo when such papers as yours and Bryan's will have to face the same music. I am a hopeful creature, so I think that such things only hurries reform along th faster. I think that there is an un seen hand that is evolving the human race toward the standard that th Ruler of the universe intended should occupy, and I am no crank on religion either, I am only sorry that my birth was not postponed 2.0) years, for I think that men living in that day will enjoy something gran 1 In the way of government. You know our financial condition on account of the drouth, and we have to contribute to paying the handsom dividends on the watered stock of the corporations, such as the Standard Oil trust. I have helped to make up tha $16,000,000 that you spoke of in j'cmr last paper that was handed over to Rockefeller, and will now have to be gin on the next $16,000,000. I was a soldier In the civil war and in 1890 was Allowed a pension of $12 per month. My political opinion- caused it to be cut $6 under Cleve land's administration. But they can't buy me for $12 a month. I have hand ed the copies I received to parties whom I knew and you will likely get some subscribers from them. i SANFORD H. SWEET. Montrose, Kas. rSVH9TB TOBACCO SPIT I J C J l 1 and SM OKB V TT fc You can be cured of any form of tobacco usin easilT, be made well, strong, niat?netic full of nl.. Hf- nd visror by taking NQ-TOBAG. that makes weak men (irons Many fw ten pounds in ten days. Over 600.000 cne'Ame'df U rfro-teA, f 'life WiWttno irftrfcl