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months open. The store is large and comfortable and it is
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The News of the Week.
The course that Mayor Low has pur
sued in New York city is enough to
make one lose faith in all humanity.
District Attorney Jerome, who was
elected on the same ticket with Low,
remarked the other day: "The gist
of the mayor's remarks upon excise
seems to be that the law shall be en
forced, but that It shall only be en
forced to the extent of not losing any
votes."
Justice Brown, who is "an ap
purtenance" of the supreme court of
the United States, and Don Dickinson,
the anglophile excresence of Michi
gan, were both admitted to the Ab
bey to see King Edward crowned.
Enos Randall, a . hard-workinfj
farmer who resides near Gray in Ham
ilton county, Indiana, after saving
enough money to pay off two notes
went to Noblesville, and when he had
transacted his business with the cash
ier he knelt down on the floor of the
bank and offered up a fervent prayei
thanking the Lord for deliverirg hire:
from debt, the first time in forty-four
years. Crowds of people assembled
and witnessed the incident. But if
everybody got out of debt what would
the poor bankers do for a living? That
cashier must have looked upon that
act with horror.
Evidence recently published in th5
Chicago dailies goes vo far toward?
establishing the fact that there never
was a worse set of thieves in offico
than those the republican party have
put In power In the state of Illinois.
The charitable institutions of the state
have not only been made the feeding
grounds of the lowest kind of politi
cal scabs, but the most inhuman
cruelties have been practiced upon the
insane and the sick, in some cases
amounting to cold-blooded murder.
The dark ages could hardly furnish a
parallel to some of the cruelties and
inhumanities already proven against
these republican office-holders. Th.i
Illinois republican government ia a
government of thieves, for thieves, and
by thieves.
the men to have any other clothing in
their wards other than that worn.
Through these sweeping mandates, it
is alleged, the effects of the men have
been thrown out of windows, neces
sary underclothing, and towels , have
been taken away, and that what little
there was to cheer up life in the grim
infirmary is now denied.
The new allied people's party of
Texas was created August 12 by the
populists gathered in convention at
Fort Worth. After nominating a full
state ticket headed by J. M. Mallette,
for governor, the convention ad
journed sine die.
The "cabinet campaign" has been
begun. Secretary Shaw has made his
first speech; Secretary Root will de
fend the army's Philippine record at
the meeting of the republican league
clubse, and Knox will come in later.
Uncle Mark Is so hard pressed that
he has made use of everything that
can possibly help.
The New York Telegram remarks
that "the war department records are
said to show that Brigadier General
Frederick Funston did not swim the
Rio Grande in Luzon, as his men did;
but crossed on a raft. It only remains
for some one to dig up a few facts
about San Juan hill and the Spanish
war will be a tabooed subject." The
British government has appointed a
committee in which both parties have
confidence to make an investigation of
the late war. That will never be done
in the United States while the repub-
One of the acts of inhumanity com
mitted by Illinois republican office
holders was that of Dr. C. E. Swan,
who Is first in authority over the, 976
men and women confined In an In
firmary. Ho ordered taken away from
them all books," Bibles, papers and
periodicals of every nature, and has
also Issued an order refusing to allow
$100 HEW ARD $100
The readers of this ?aper will be
pleased to learn, that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be
ing a constitutional , disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de
stroying the foundation of thi dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by 'building up the constitution and
assisting nature in : doing lta work.
The proprietors have bo. much faith
in Its curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any caee
that it fails to cure,. Send for list of
testimonials.- Address, . ,
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O.
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
lican party remains in power.
The cotton duck mills at Hartford,
Conn., which have employed 700 hands
are closed preparatory to . moving
south where the corporation can avail
itself of cheap child labor. The sanc
timonious New Englanders will go to
church on ' Sunday, contribute their
"mite" to the missionary cause and
then spend the week in luxurious liv
ing, paid for bv the toil of little chil
dren in. the factories.
The meeting of the colonial pre
miers in London has not turned at
all as Joe Chamberlain expected. The
Canadian premier has intimated that
it was about time for British garri
sons to be withdrawn from the domin
ion and that Canada is abundantly
able to provide for her own defense.
The next thing that we may hear will
be a demand for the withdrawal of
British soldiers from Australia and
New Zealand.
Chicago is suffering from an epi
demic of typhoid fever notwithstand
ing the wonderful and costly drainage
canal. The only consolation is that
the epidemic would be much worse if
the canal was not in existence.
Two more fights were reported from
the "pacified" islands in the Philip
pines during the week in which two
soldiers were killed and one mortally
wounded. Both occurred in Mindanao.
One of the teachers recently sent out
died of cholera. .
The German government is going
to try a stand up fight with the Stand
ard Oil trust. It will find that it is a
bigger job than fighting Chinamen.
The trust has laid low the govern
ment of the United States and only
smiles at the emperor's threats. The
emperor proposes to adopt some of
the tactics which have built up the
trust in this country. The German
government railroads will charge low
er rates on the Russian, Austrian and
Roumanian petroleum than on tin
Standard Oil product and the reichs
tag will be asked to make a higher
rate of duty on refined than on unre
fined oil so an to start up refining com
panies in the empire. The only thing
indicating that Rockefeller is In the
least disturbed is that a few of the
plutocratic dallies have come to his
defense, about the first of which wa3
the Chicago Tribune.
It is announced that Gates has con
trol of the Colorado ,Fuel and Iron
, For i)veT'si'xt7;'7ear&''Mr8.WUislow'8
Soothing ' Syrup' has been used by
mothers for their children while teeth
ing. Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your res r 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 Syrup" for Children Teething. Its
value is incalculable. It will relieve
the poor, little sufferer immediately.
Pepend upon It, mothers, there la no
mistake about it It cures diarrhoea;
regulates"; the stomach and bowels,
cures wind colic, softens the gums, re
duces inflammation, and gives tone
and energy to the whole system. "Mrs.'
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for chil
dren teething is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one of tb?
oldest and best female physicians aaJ
nurses in the United States, and is, for
sale by all druggists throughout te
world. Price. 25 cents a bottle. Be
sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow s
Soothing Syrup.'
company. Thatirwas a great paying
business out in Colorado, but the own
ers got struck with the merger fever.
Now they don't, know where they are
at. Gates is largely interested In the
United States "steel trust. The mills
and furnaces out In Colorado may go
the way of the Argo Starch company.
The New York, hankers say that they
won't take the Cuban loan and that
settles It. If .hey.are in the gang
that wants to starve Cuba Into annexa
tion, Cuba can never float a loan. The
money , power still rules the world.
The anthracite coal strike is still on.
A brigade of state militia is kept In
the coal district, but there has been
no rioting. The cost of maintaining
the militia. is something over $3,000 a
day. An' effort Is being made to get
the two United; States'" senators, Quay
and Penrose, to take some action that
will induce the trust to arbitrate.
. Western bankers are a queer set.
Now here comes the Wisconsin bank
ers, who met in Milwaukee August 12,
and unanimously denounced the Fowl
er bill, branch banks and asset cur
rency. Yet these bankers will go "home,
contribute money to help on the repub
lican party and vote 'er straight on
election day. .'After the Fowler bill Is
passed they will, squeal a 'little and
then humbly take what' is left to them.
The way to beat the Fowler bill is to
elect an opposition congress, but these
western bankers never, seem to have
though of that. - .
The question is whether an honest
contest can eyer?- win a high office,
considering the I degeneracy that .ex
ists in the tfnited' States. In discuss
ing that question,- Henry Watterson
says: "I am appalled by the conditions
which, the successful candidate for
office must needs meet and overcome;
the rogues and cheats he must court or
cozen; the. servility he must affect or
practice; the -'obligations -. he Incurs;
the personal solicitation, ignoble and
humiliating; the use of money, more
or less corrupt and corrupting; for,
though he havan overwhelming ma
jority of the petfple at his back, there
jfclands the. machine, first. to.rbe cap
tured arid thenjto be . deployed, with
all that this plies."
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It is reported ;that;fSchwab bought
an independent , steel' plant the other
day for $7,000,000 and then .turned
around and sold' it to the steel trust,
of which he is president,' for $26,000,
000.' Twenty-five years ago such, an act
as that would have sent the man to
the .penitentiary, . and although the
laws have not been changed, the only
remark that is now made is that "it
was a pretty good, day's work."
It is said that5.' the doctors have got
the better of the disease that Rocke
feller was suffering from and that the
hair has started in growing on his
head again. They say that vaseline
did it. Vaseline is one of the chief
products ofthe trust and Rockefeller
will make a lot of money out of it.
It is announced in Colorado that an
other man is turning out immense
amounts of gold from low grade ores,
using, it is supposed, the Wynne pro
cess. Will he, too, die very suddenly?
There seems t6 be no end to the min
er? 1 wealth of Colorado. There are in
exhaustible, supplies of gold, silver,
hard and soft coal, iron, lead and vari
ous other minerals with" which all the
world is acquainted. But it has de
posits of the very rarest and most
valuable metals. Recently "there has
been found large deposits of vanadium,
small quantities of which mixed with
steel greatly increases its tensile
strength. Herttofore this mineral has
been so scarce that Its cost was almost
prohibitive. One might rejoice over
this find, but it will only go to increase
the profits of the steel trust. Under
modern conditions the trusts have a
mortgage on all the bounties of na
ture, whether in the land, the sea or
the air. Is it possible that the people
will submit to such conditions psrma
It is announced that another gold
bearing reef, more extensive and richer
than that of the Rand, has been, dis
covered in South Africa. The free and
unlimited coinage of gold is likely to
make the bondholders and money pow
er more trouble than ever the free
coinage of silver did. But the magnates
think that they have already found a
way out of the difficulty. The organi
zation of trusts, with stock watered
four or five hundred per cent," more
than makes up for the decrease in the
value of gold. In that way the "finan
ciers". think that they can gather in
all that labor produces, just as easy as
they could with dear money and low
prices. Where is the 'intrinsic value"
of gold now?
The council of colonial premiers in
London has come to an end. The hope
of Mr. Chamberlain for organizing an
imperial zolvereln. that is. a union of
all the colonies with the United King-
Biggest in Years!
Nebraska State Mr.
Lincoln1 Sept. 1st to 5th.
dam. for commercial purposes and-tax-i
ing the colonies to aid in the support
of the English army and navy, has all
come to naught. Chamberlain thought
that the victory over the Boers would
incite a spirit of nationalism. It did.
But it was a nationalism of the sort
that he don't like, such, for instance,
as the Irish indulge in.
i It-13 announced that the crown
prince of Germany has fallen desper
ately in love with an American girl
and wants to resign his title to the
crown so he can marry her. " If the
king business is: to be kept, up any
where in Europe, a sharp eye must be
kept on the American girl. They have
captured dukedoms and earldoms by
the score. What is more natural than
that the crown princes should begin to
fall, before them. . .
While the New England papers con
tinue to denounce populism as the
mostdangerous thing on earth, many
of. their leading ..papers advocate the
most advanced populist principles.
Why they act in that way is one of
those things that no populist can find,
out. The New England Homestead
says: . -Already the federal govern
ment has begun the work of national
izing the water supply for irrigation
purposes in the so-called arid west.
Every progressive city and town owns
and operates its waterworks, in the
interest of the people. It is meet and
proper that, on a larger scale, the
same policy should prevail. But, if
irrigation is to be nationalized, why
not coal, telegraph and telephone?
Possibly, also, this is the only rem
edy for existing injustices, overcapi
talization, etc., in the railroad busi
ness." JLll that is the most advanced
populism. Why then should thele
New Englanders look upon populism
as a dangerous thing which must be
destroyed, even if to do so requires
that the republican party be kept in
power?
The Massachusetts democratic state
committee has prepared a "safety bal
lot" to be used in the convention for
nominating a governor. Its form Is
as follows: The upper part will b
the credential of the delegate, duly
filled ut by the officers of the caucus.
Tho second part will be of the nature
of a coupon entitling the holder to a
certain numbered seat In the conven
tion hall. The third section will be a
sort of Australian ballot, containing
the names of Gaston and Hamlin, wit a
sufficient opportunity for writing in
names of other men. Thus all of the
delegates will have ballots exactly
alike, and no man will have more than
one. Hence it will be impossible for
any man to vote for more than one.
If half of the reports that come from
Colorado and Wyoming concerning
new discoveries of gold prove to be
true, pretty soon gold will be about
the cheapest thing on the market. It
Is said that the long sought for Lost
Cabin mine has been found and that
the crevice is filled with fabulous
amounts of pure gold.
The reception .of the Boer Generals
Botha. DeWet and Delarey in England
"was characterized by-greater' crowds
and more enthusiasm than that given
to Lord Roberts or Lord Kitchener
upon their return from South Africa.
This was certainly one of the strang
est sights ever occurring in the his
tory of the world. What is the reason
that the common people of England
pay more honors to their late enemies
than they did to their bwn generals?
Does England still fear the Boer pow
er in South Africa, or were the com
mon people always opposed to the
Boer war? A little while ago the pa
pers of England, now vying with each
other to do honor to Botha, DeWet
and Delarey, were accusing them of
killing the wounded and denouncing
them as guerrillas, saying that they
fired on flags of truce and wore Brit
ish uniforms contrary' to the laws of
war so as to slir) up and murder Brit
ish soldiers. What does it all mean
anyhow?
.majtner.-sayi.- that ithls Is a. niqst; .seri
ous 'matter;:" - ' ,
Steps are beinjr taken for extensive
loans in the Philippine islands. Mr.
Conant, who was sent theie last sum
mer to st'idy the coinage and banking
systems, has returned andipoints out
the way to do it. When the Filipino
begins to feel the full effects of th?
Wall street mortgage system he will
pray seventimes a day that the Span
iards may return.
John Bull has the mulligrubs very
bad. ' Aff.er spending a billion dollars
to control the commerce of South Afri
ca on the theory that trade follows the
flag, he finds that market slipping
away from him. All accounts agree
that the Germans and .Americans are
gathering in the trade. The British
trade commission in the most solemn
Theenqrmans tariff on hides, the
benefit of Nvhfch all went to the great
meat trust, destroyed a great trade
with 'Australia and some of the South
American republics. Those facts havo
Just come to the knowledge of the
yoters of tbe New England states, "who
are. kept in .the most; profound ignor
ance of economic "questions by a pluto
cratic t press," .and . therefore a revision
of . the : tariff ; is a-very live question
among ' the "voters there. "
Dooley says: "Cholera is ragin' In
th Phlllppeens vice Gln'ral Jake
Smith, raymoved."
The excess of exports above imports
forUhe month of-July, was less than
$10,000,000. In July, 1896, the excess
was over $52,000,000. What is the mat
ter with this imperialism business
anyhow? . .
Charles Eairiiand wife, inheritors
of the many millions of the old bonan
za Fair, were both killed near Paris
in the smash-up of one of thestr mod
ern idevil .wagons which he was run
ning at about 80 miles an hour. The
fate of many of the millions depends
upon which died first, Fair or his wife.
Some millions of the estate have al
ready been spent in litigation and
now there Is a prospect that some
millions .more will go the samo way.
When the tariff was before the Ger
man parliament and the duties on
Children's toys, .was being discussed
the 'social democrats proposed and
voted for an amendment making it
cover medals and decorations con
ferred by kings and emperors.
The Chicago Tribune, in speaking
about, the annexation of Hayti, re
marks "The mass of the people do
not wish to be bothered with Haytl
or the Haytians. They do not care
how many revolutions the latter have
and have not 'the least inclination-to
take them in hand And educate them."
When populists and democrats talk
that way about the Philippines the
Tribune calls them "little Americans'
and "copperheads." . But where is the
difference? The Haytian revolution
continues, but what it is all about
The Independent don't know and don't
care.
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The cry of what 'republican prosper
ity is doing for Nebraska has about
the thinnest foundation that could be
imagined. Don't' take a demagogic
gold bug's word for it, but study it out
yourself. You have had good prices
the past two years and been blessed
with good crops in spite of the re
publican restrictive laws you have
made a profitsee what has been taken
away from you that would have In
creased your savings. Railroad rates
'have advanced 40 per cent, truste
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and partly broken; good, smooth land,
worth $75 per acre; only 2 miles from
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have advanced the price of everything
you eat, wear and use at your home
at least 30 per cent and without ex
cuse wages In the factories have not
advanced and if there Is an advance
In raw material that is used in manu
factured articles it Is a trust tht has
caused the rise take what is ordinar
ily raised on the farm and one can
readily see that the trusts and rail
roads take from $300 to $1,000 a" year
from each producer. .With the laborer
the same thing is true. Wages have
Increased less than 15 per cent, while
the trusts exact twice that much from
them. Still we have always noticed
that In good times the average clH
zen does not give as much thought to
the things that decreases his net in
come as is necessary to keep his sharo
of the. good things of this earth. See
what a profit the average railroad In
Nebraska makes. According to official
report the net profit of the Union Pa
cific in Nebraska was $42 out of every
$100 earned, r Where Is there a farmer
in Nebraska that clear $420 out of
$1,000 after he setsaslde good wages
for his work each year? , At present
we do not feel the drain of the large
profits the trusts and railroads ar
securing but if there should be a fall
in prices there would be a change
mighty quick. "In time of peace pre
pare for war" and now is the time "to
fight for what' is lawfully yours.
Alfred Pont, in Stanton Register.
Some Tricks for BIxM
The mortgage is lost in the general
wreck,
And desert dry is the cow called
. "Speck."
No longer we hear the- terrible roar
Which Blxby once raised regarding
the boar.
If Silas was wicked In making short
loans;
If his ear was deaf to a widow's
moans
Will BIx please tell how much better
is Mickey,
The chattel-loan shark, by his neigh
bors called "tricky?"
Suiter & Taylor, in Trenton Leader.
WIe and Timely
The nomination of Gen. P. II. Barry
for member of congress In the Sixth
district by the fusionlsts was wise
and timely. General Barry is an arm
less veteran of the civil war. gained
great credit in mustering and handling
Nebraska's quota of troops for the
Spanish-American war and is uni
versally respected by . all who know
him. lie Is a good speaker and hi
had extensive public life. Senator Al
len, in Madison Mall.
S At a Loss to Know.
The Journal Is ' much pleased with
the good argument the Omaha Bee Is
putting up that the corporations of the
state should pay their Just sharo of
the taxes. However, we are at a loss
to know how the Bee can make these
splendid arguments for the election of
the fusion .ticket and still advocate the
election of the men who have been In
power for the last two years, and the
men whom the Bee sought to be mad
to assess the corporations as they
should be, when they refused to do so.
Let the Bee go on, however, as we
want just taxation all along the lin
and we welcome anything that will
bring it. Jason L. Claflin, in Ord Journal.
Body and Breeches
That the railroads of Nebraska own
the republican party In this state liody,
soul and breeches is evidenced by the
fact that nine out of ten of the re
publican papers are running on home
print pages big double column ads. at
less than half what a home merchant
pays for like space setting forth that
the railroads are already assessed too
high. John A. Barker, in Franklin
Sentinel.
Echo Answers, Who?
Who furnishes hay and turnips for
the g. o. p. elephant? Who puts up
the necessary wherewith to carry on
the fight when the campaign comes?
Who filled the barrel In 1896 and 189S
and 1900? Who but the trusts? Who
is so foolish as to expect relief from
the trusts at the hands of the party
who were placed In power by those
very same trusts? And echo answers
who. J. C. Akers In Cloverdale (Ind.)
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