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THE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN ITBUSHKU WKKKLY. t - ril'BSCKlPTION KATES: By mail, rr Annum. - 2 00 InvarmKv IB Advance. Bank lraft t U A MKK U AN f'l ltl4M 1NJ CO fuhlii.hpns lllf Howard hlrwt, Omaha. Nel. JOHN C. THOMPSON, - - - EJiUr. W. C. KKLLEY, Hiwnwa Manager OMAHA, NKH . JUNK 3, IHHH Our blub school cadet are the future hope and anchor of thla country t'oUin baa always own a favorite weapon of the Hi man Catholic church. Oh, ye; the ltomans are all loyal ! Then why don't they answer the call for volunteer? What lloinan Catholic belre. has equalled Mit Gould's patriot Urn and her liberality? Some people are now talking of run Dlnp Judge Soott for Congress, llow the fur will fly If the y do! Why should the public be replied with every blasphemous expression ut tered by "Fighting Hob" Evana? The President should remember the fate of our beloved Lincoln -and that It followed a victory. Ho should know hi guards. Don't forget the fact that the Church of Home regard thla an a religious war a war against heretic, common ly called Protestants. We are again reliably Inform. 'd that thla i a religious war, and that It will be fought out on American hoII when the proper signal I given. Will wmeone who knows Inform the reader' of The Amkkigan what Com modore Wlnllelt! Scott Schley la? 1 he a Protestant or a HomanV Can any reader give us the name of one Clan na Gael, one Hibernian Rifle man and one Molllo Magulre who en listed from Omaha a a private to fight Spain. Out of the city American who are coming to Omaha to tee the exposition can find comfortable rooms, with or without board, by applying at this of' flee. Rate reasonable. Congressman Mercer was renomln ated last Saturday but there was not a parttclo of enthusiasm. The bovs evidently missed something, J'robably It was Dave's glad hand. " 1 It looks pretty "rocky" for the Ro man church In this war. She has fur nished 100 per cent or the traitors who have been arrested and executed and not two per cent of the volunteer army. An Exchange says 4,a report from Alabama states that two attempts have been made to poison the water supply of the troops In camp at Mobile. Neither of these plots proved success ful." ' Both Admiral Dewey and Acting Dewey Is an Episcopalian and Sampson Is a Presbyterian. We rejoice that there are at least two high naval officers who are not Romans. It is now stated that the reason that portion of the Roman church which is openly at war with the United States does not read the Bible is because It is afraid to meet Sampson, for fear that he will Schley it. Not an accident has been reported la connection with the transportation of the people to and from the fair grounds since the opening of the show. This speaks volumes for the efficiency and capability of the Omaha Street rail management. - The Bee supplement of June 1st was a much more elaborate and expensive piece of printing than we had anticl- paieu u wouia De. we would not nave orce the same amount of work for a i thousand dollars more than Rose water is credited with receiving. Tbe powder mills at Santa Cruz, Cal., which were recently destroyed and the crime traced to the Jeeuits.are about to resume operations. They will operate under the protection of a company of United States infantry. Uncle Sam Is slowly cutting his eye teeth. Tbe Omaha Gas Manufacturing com p' y deserves nosmall amountof praise for the grea'ly Improved aervlce It ha C3mm need to put In operation through out the city. The new lamps which It la substituting for tbe old one now lo tine are the finest have ever seen put up the for public. "The conflict between the United Slat . and Spain I a cot A ct between modem idea and medi:i vallam," af firm the Chicago Chronicle. In other words, the war between the two coun tries I a conflict between a civilized nation and a Home-cursed nation. That will be a gtorlou day for the United State of America when the 1 toman Cathollo citizens of thla Hepub lie shall have been emancipated from the despotic rule of their priest and hall elect to take their p'aees beside the freest of tbe free sons of America. God haste the dayl The German philosopher Nietzsche, who la now In an Insane asylum, never was noted for his modesty. In one of hi booki he wrote: "I am that pre destined man who s'.ampi the value of thing for thousands of y ears." Sound like an extract from one of the encycli cal of that colossal egotist and pious fraud, Pop J Plus IX. The Democrats of this Congressional district can be trusted to blunder. A Human Cathollo named Dunn wants that party to nominate him for Congress and it will accede to tbe demands of the church, never realizing that this Is a year when the American people do not have any too much confidence In Homanlsm or Humanists. Tim Mahoncy, a Roman Catholic at torsey, orated at Hanscom park Decor ation Day. What he don't know about war would fill a mighty big book, still he can reduce It by answering Uncle Sam's call for volunteer. He Is big and husky enough to carry a gun. Will his priest let him fight Spain with anything but his mouth? The people of the United States have paid John Rush thousands of dollars in salarlos for holding civil offices, yet he Is still with us, although the Presi dent has twice called for volunteers. No doubt John continues to endorse the sentiment be gave expression to ten years ago, namely: "We are Roman Catholics FIRST and cltlxens after ward." According to the brilliant Lowell, the Itiliani have a proverb that says an Englishman Italianized Is the very devil Incarnate. The terrible truth that a Romanized American citizen is the Incarnation of devilish, malignant batted for those institutions which are the noble expression of free thought and enlightened liberty, ought to be Indelibly impressed upon the great heart of the American people. The first public Protestant religious service in Madrid, Spain, was held on January 21, 1861). The Spanish consti tution, adopted in 1378, made Roman ism the religion of the state and de clared that all exeept Roman Catholic services must be conducted in pri vate houses. Of late, however, most Protestant denominations have gained a foothold in Spain, and mis sionaries and colporteurs have been la boring there with some success. A council of the Jr, O. U. A. M. was instituted May 10, 1898, at Savannah, Mo., by Deputy State Organizer A. IT. Payne and Rev. Slaughter of St. Joe. There were 27 charter members Initi ated at the first meeting and five the week following. The council was named Victory of Manila, Council No. 37. C. W. Gencheer was elected coun cilor. The meetings are held every Thursday evening in G. A. R. hall. Elder Stebbeds has commenced a ser ies of lectures In the Advent church on 26th .between Cuming and Indiana Sts. He will discuss the prophecies of Daniel and John and the signs of the times as pointed out in the 24th chapter of Matthew. The ministers and members of that church are un compromisingly anti-Roman, even refusing to observe Sunday, which Constantine the Roman Emperor set up in the Fourth century, as the Lord's Sabbath. It will well re pay you to spend several evenings with the Adventlsts. Admission is free. Senator Allen of Nebraska, on being Informed by Governor Holcomb that he desired to commission tbe former's son a lieutenant colonel, dec'ared: "No! There are others who have earned and are entitle! to the honor through actu al aervlce If my boy shows himself capable he can rise from the ranks by merit." That I the kind of Ulk we like to bear in these day of self-seeking and at a time when Ignoble nepo tism seem to have taken a firm hold of "the power that be " S -nator Allen' tand 1 wise, sensible and patriotic. The son of prominent men who enter the volunteer army should all be com pelled to earn promotion through act ual service and honest merit. General Greeley has notified the cen sor of press dispatches that he must not permit the transmission of news regarding tbe movements of the army and navy until four days have elapsed. Genet a! Greeley's attention I Invited to the fact that this gives the priests and the Church of Home an undue ad vantage over loyal, patriotic Ameri cans. Who acts as censor of messages sent to the archbishops, the cardinals and tbe pope's ablegate? Mr. Greeley should ascertain If It Is not a fact that those enemies of the government do not know before the moves are made just what Is to be done next. When you take a Roman Catholic Into your coun cils you take In a foreign spy, who has no regard for his oath of fealty after the pope, through his emissaries, tells him he Is absolved. When you are startled, surprised or enthused by a telegram In the daily papers get down your gun and look it over. It may be the signal for a Ro man Cathollo uprising. When the telegraphers struck several years ago It was instantaneous and the signal, if we are not muddled, was "Gen. Grant Is dead." A like message from Europe stating that "Bismarck is dead" might be a slgral for the foes of the church. and Its militia to be exterminated. It has come to u, direct from a Roman Catholic, that such a plan has been agreed upon. If it does not occur you can understand the church has seen fit to countermand tbe order now In effect Rome is as blood thirsty, as cruel and as unchristian as she was tbe day she ordered a medal struck to commemor ate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Be on your guard. That Is all we de sire to fay to awakened Americans. Uncle Sam Says This Is America's Greatest Medicine. It will Sharpen Your Appetite, Purify and Vitalize Your Blood. Overcome That Tired Feeling. Get a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and begin to take It TODAY, and realize the great good it is sure to do you. Hood's Sarsaparilla la America's Oraalaat Medicine. AU druggists. I. It. ANDKKW8, Attorney, SOS New York Life Building. SHERIFF'S SALE. BY VIRTUE OK AN order of aale tsaued out of the district court for Douglas county. Nebraaka. and ta me directed, I will, on tbe 14th day of June, A. D. Ifflft. at 1 o'clock A. H. of aald day, at the EAST front door of tbe county court house. In the city of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraaka, sell at public auction to the high est bidder for cash, the property described in aald order of tale aa follows, to-wlt: Lot number two ta Block number three (3) la the Klrat Addition to the city of South Omaha, aa surveyed, platted and recorded, all In Douglas County State of Nebraaka. Bald property to be aold to satisfy Nellie Burg strom plaintiff herein, the sum ef twelve hundred and thirty-three and S-1SS (l.i33.(ft) dollars judgment. To satisfy the further sum of twelve and 48-100 dollars (f 12 8 coeta herein, to gether with accruing costs, according to a Judgment rendered by the district court ef said Douglas county, at 1U Beptember term. A. D. 1897, In a certain action then and there pending, wherein Nellie Burgstrom la plain tiff and Harry Johnson, a minor, la .defend ant. Omaha, Nebraska. Ma? Wtb. john w. Mcdonald. Bherlffof Douglas County. Nebrasaa, I K. Andrews, attorney for plaintiff. Burgstrom vs. Johnson. Doc HO: No. 12s. 5-11-1 NOTICE. In the District Court of Douglas county. Nebraska. William 8. Sanderson, plaintiff vs. Mattle Sanderson, defendant. To Mattle Sanderson, non-resident defend ant: You are hereby noti6ed that on the 9th day of May. 1HM. William 3. Sanderson, plain tiff herein, tiled a petition In the District Court of Dourlas County, Neb., the object and prayer of which are to obtain a divorce from you on the ground that at the time of tbe marriage bet ween the plaintiff and your self you were physically Incompetent to per form the sexual d tires of a wife to a husband by reason of physical deformity, and for such other relief as may be lust ana cuultable. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 2thdavof June, IwiS. WILLIAM I eANDKKMJN, Plaintiff. 5-30-4 Hy Kdson Hlch, his attorney. Ta Cure Conatipallnn forever. Take Cascareu Camlv C'athariie. Klo or Me. If U C C. fall to euro, druittiiaw refund money The Commodore Superseded by His Superior Officer. NO HOPE LEFT FOR CERVERA. ti'tren War trwria Kradjr to It I it Again! Onvra'e Hit MhlM Ms Klaaa To ba Ham If Injury la Tl Anierlraa Warahlua. Nr'.w YoHK June 3. A dispatch to the New York Herald says: Hear Admiral Sampson has arrived off San tiago, and according to his instructions lie at once hiiperM-dcd Commodore Schley in command of t lie entire force of vessels operating at Santiago de Cuba and the Spanish fled, assigning that officer to the command of a di vision comprising the ships formerly attached to ttie flying squadron. Fifteen warships are at Admiral Sampson's disposal to pit against the aix men-of-war Hying the Spanish flag. They include, the first class battle ships Iowa, Oregon and Massachusetts, second class battle ship Texas, armored cruisers New York and Brooklyn, pro tected cruisers New Orleans, Marble head and Minneapolis, gunltoat Nash ville, torpedo laiat destroyer Scorpion, dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, torpedo Ixiut l'orter, auxilliary cruisers Har vard and Yale and auxiliary guntioat Kaglc. With such a force blockading Santi ago de Cuba naval experts who have heretofore contended that Admiral C'ervcra had a lighting chance to es cae, now concede that his position is absolutely hopeless. Concentration of Mich a formidable force at Santiago is regarded in some circles as naturally presaging impor tant and immediate action by the American fleet. Careful impiiry, how ever, developed the fact that Hear Ad miral Sampson lie fore he left Key West was notified of the program adopted by the government to send troops to assist the naval vessels in the capt ure or destruction of the fleet, and confident that the army will arrive at its destination in due season, there is no reason to lelieve that the officials have riven Rear Admiral Sampson an further discretion than was accorded to Commodore Schley. It ifj frankly admitted by naval offi cials that the object of the collecting of such a formidably force off Santiago and of the advice given to the naval commanders is their desire to prevent any of our ships from receiving irrepar able injury. THEIR TALK OF PEACE. Spain la Rapidly (letting Her rill of the War. I.oxdon, June 3. The Madrid corre spondent of the London Morning Post says: Senor Leon y Cast illo. the Span ish ambassador to France, at his recent conference with the queen regent and Senor Sagasta, was officially charged to ask the powers to intervene to ob tain peace on such terms as would pro tect the self-respect of Spain. The ambassador will urge for a rea son for such Intervention the danger of a loss of trade to the powers themselves in the event of the continuance of the war. Political and diplomatic circles in Madrid believe that Castillo will succeed. DIED WITH HIS GOLD IN ALASKA Former Sloax City Manufacturer Starved on the Trail on the Way Home. Siorx City, Iowa. June; 3. leaded with wealth, but deserted and starv ing, John Roehel, once a well known manufacturer in Sioux City, perished in April on the trail between Dawson City and Hyea, Alaska. Ilochel was re turning from the mines after disposing of valuable claim. His party was short of provisions, and as Kochel, who was quite an old man, delayed the march, it was decided to abandon him. ALL HIS SHIPS IN SANTIAGO A British Cruiser Collated Seventeen Yes eats la Cervera'e Fwt. Port Astoxio, Jamaica, June 3. The second class eruiser Indefatigable returned here from Santiago de Cuba yesterday. From the bridge of the In defatigable seventeen ships were counted, through binoculars, In San tiago bay. This is supposed to be the full strength, of Cervera's fleet, and some of the seventeen are probably merchantmen. MONEY FOR THE NEW ARMY. Tie Secretary of War Aaka for fS3, 000,000 In a Libd. Washington, June 3. The secretary of war sent to Congress to-day a re quest for appropriations amounting to fS3.879.358. These appropriations will be used for the equipment and main tenance until January 1, 1899, of the 75,000 volunteers recently called for by the President. New Rifles for the Kansane. San Fbascisco, June 3. Ammuni tion and 967 new rifles have been given out to the Twentieth Kansas regiment, In camp here. The men have been fully equipped with uniforms. The First Nebraska regiment has received its rifles. Half Kqulpped at t amp Alitor. Washing rox, June 3. Aliout half of the 18,000 men at Camp Alger are now ready for aervice. Supplies are com log in rapidly and in a few days all the troops will be equipped with uniforms. TO TAX SUGAR AND OIL TRUSTS The Krnala oir a ly on the iintn Krrrlpl of .rat orporathMifc WAmil.ViTox. June 3. Marked pro gress was made by the Senate yester day toward the final disposition of the war revenue measure. The committee amendments on nearly sixty pages of the bill were passed upon. The in terest of the session centered in the action taken on the amendment of Mr. Coriuan. IK-mocrat. of Maryland, levy ing a tax of one-quarter of I per cent on the gross receipts of all corporations doing a business exceeding '.'."0,0OO a year. Iy a direct vote upon it, the amendment was rejected -"J7 to 31. Mr. I'etligrew. I'opiilist. of South Pakota. ottered the liorman amend ment with the clause containing the $.'.".o,ikx exemption stricken out, but it was defeated S.1 to 37. Mr. White, lVmocrat. of California, then proposed the liorman amendment so modified that it levied a tax of one- quarter of 1 per cent upon 11 corpora tions engaged in the refining of sugar or petroleum. The California Senator explained that he desired to see a tax levied on the American sugar trust and the Standard Oil company. The amend ment prevailed by a vote of 33 to '.'(I. It was supiMirtcd bv twenty-two IH-m- ocrats, four Republicans, five Populists and two silver Republicans and op posed by twenty-four Republicans and two Democrats. ARGONAUTS PERISH. Thirty-four ililM-kr (So lliinn With m Schooner. Skatti.k, Wash., June 3. Sehoonei Jane (irav, which sailed from Seattle for Kotebite sound on the ll'tli of May, with sixty-one people on board, foun dered Sunday, May "'J, about ninety miles west of Cain- Flattery, at 2 o'clock in the morning, while lying to in a moderate gale under foresail. Ten minutes after the alarm was given she lay at the bottom of the ocean with thirty-four of her passengers. The re mainder succeeded in embarking in a launch and readied this city yesterday afternoon. The Jane (iray's passenger's were prospectors, with the exception of Rev. V. C. CamlK'l, a missionary, who, with his wife and child, was on his way to St. Lawrence island in the Rehring sea. lie refused to place his wife and child on board the launch, saying: 'Hie vessel is doomed and we will die together." Jm . SPEAKER REED YIELDS. Agrri-a to the ftpceily t'onitlrieraltofi Of Hawaiian Annrxatlnn in the House. Washington, June 3. An under standing was reached to-day whereby the Hawaiian resolutions will be con sidered in the House next week. They are to be taken up under a special rule that will le reported so soon as the revenue bill has passed the Senate or has reached a point where the passage of the resolution of annexation in the House cannot possibly delay the dis posal of the revenue measure. THOMAS W. KEENE IS DEAD. Succumbs to an Operation Performed for Appendirltls. New York, June 3. Thomas W. Keene, the tragedian, who on Satur day underwent an operation for appen dicitis, died at the. hospital early last night. Mr. Keene was 58 years old and leaves a widow, son and daughter, the latter being the wife of Edward Arden, an actor at present in Pari LIVES LOST IN A TORNADO. bekalb County, IHIagnurl, Storm Swept With Ilaantrou Realm. Sr. Joski'II, Mo.. June 3. Mrs. Col vin Smith and three children were killed and Isaac Henry and family of four, who lived near Maysville, were; injured by the terrific cyclone that swept through DeKalbcounty Tuesday afternoon. Fred Grant a llrlftadier. Chkkamai ga National Park, Ga. June 3. tieneral Fred I). Grant yester day took the oath as brigadier general, and th e ceremony was one of intenst interest. The oath was administered by Judge George A. H. Harris of Rome. Ga., an ex-Confederate, and the cere mony was witnessed by a large con course of people, in which were ex Confederate and ex-Federal soldiers. Monitor Monadnoek eotnf to Manila. Vali.kjo, Cal., June 3- It seems to be well understood at the Mare island navy yard that the Monitor Monadnoek has been ordered to go to Manila, and that the government has purchased the British ship Whitgift to accompany her. The Monadnoek is now on her way here from Puget sound to be docked. Bryan Will Be a Colonel. Omaha, Neb., June . Governor Hol comb was notified by the war depart ment yesterday that it would accept one additional regiment of volunteers from Nebraska. The governor an nounced that he would appoint Mr. Bryan as colonel. Hope to Run the Blockade. City or Mexico, June 3. It is re ported thst the agents of the Spanish government' are buying cattle and grain here, hoping to smuggle it out of the country in tramp steaniers. which will endeavor to run the Cuban block ade. The matter will be looked into by the government, which is deter mined to maintain a strict neutrality. Corhran I Renominated. St. Joski-h. Mo., June 3. Charles T. Cochran of St. Joseph was renominated fnr C.tiirrcKsmit n he t1, ll.. ,,... 4 Uhe Fourth district in convention as sembled yesterday af teruoou. ' SUICIDE AND CAUSES. LOVE. HEREDITY AND POVERTY CONTRIBUTE LARGELY. mimgr Rarely Kill ThenrlvMltlr . Dfwtrartkm la t'requrat Only Among Civilised I'eopla W hT ftervoue Trn- lun Is fronounrtNl. HE general opinion of Intelligent peo ple upon the much discussed subject of suicide Is rather sweeping, says the Washington Post. Ask the average man why his neigh bor destroyed him g elf and, In all probability, he will tell you that everybody who commits suicide is Insane. Now this is true only to the extent that the brain that evolves the Impulse of subjective destruction is .not In a normal state, and abnormal minds are, in a way, in sane minde. But this last postulate brings us around with a whirl to the Important question. When is the brain In a normal state? Certainly not when under the Influence of excitement, of anger, grief, or of any of the passions. Therefore, as man is not a vegetable, but lives out a good part of his exist ence under a certain amount of nervous strain, it becomes evident that the gray matter in his head undergoes constant fluctuation from so-called nor mal to so-called abnormal conditions. Consequently it does not seem too much to assert that the standard is an assumed one and that the man who dies by his own hand may be not moro out of order mentally than the man who criticizes him, the only difference lying in the fact that the former has demonstrated his eccentricity' and the latter has kept his to himself. As civilization advances and the nervous tension of the Individual wax es higher, suicidal statistics show a steady increase. Savage races are comparatively exempt from the tend ency to self-destruction and the more advanced the nation the more fatal be comes the Impulse. However, this last statement must be modified by such considerations a9 population, national prosperity and several other factors that unite to render reliable statistics on this subject very hard to obtain. The suicidal ratio between the sexea la estimated atjjnirdmm lSjpercent for women to 85 fortnen; maximQm, 30 to 70. , . jt. r-'-1 The general causes of suicide are the impulsive passions love, jealousy, shame, religious or political fanatl cism. But in almost every case more remote and disguised causes have been at work, such as education, imitation, influence of the physical and nigral environment, etc The effect of these is so insidious that the suicide himself is unconscious of their presence. Then, again, there Is the man who is impelled to self-destruction by heredity, Taking the first In the list of causes love the percentage of self inflicted deaths therefrom is not large ltf e.lther sex. Women suicide directly fr?rm the Influence of disappointed af fection; but nwi often solace them selves by "taking to drink1' and it is the effect of the alcohol that impresses the mind with the impulse of subject ive destruction, like Byron's "Lord Mont-Coffee-House, the Irish peer, Who killed himself for love with wine last year." There have been, of course, a num ber of men driven to the raoh act by no other intoxicant than the original one love; but they are in the minori ty. Neither do ail men under these painful circumstances take to drink; some because, like Mr. Swlveller, they had taken to that long before, and borne for better reasons. Mr. Swlveller took to playing the flute; but all are not so 6aperate, and, as the range is prac tically unlimited, various are the con solers "taken to." The effiet of imitation is generally underrated. A very remarkable sui cide from this cause took place in Lon flon almost a century ago. Fashion able socletv at the time professed great admiratioulror Addison's "Cato." Upon seeing a stage representation of this piece a certain Mr. Budgell was so im pressed with the suicidal death of the hero In the closing scene that upon leaving the theater he went at once to the Thames and, plunging therein, put an end to his existence. When Ms body was recovered this couplet waa found upon him: "What Cato did And Addison approved Must needs be right." A man predisposed by heredity to self-destruction must find It almost im possible to pass through the trials and, above all, the weariness ot this life of eurs without giving way to tfte natural bent of his mind. Many Instances of such deaths are on record. One Pari sian suicide, by name Jules Delmas, la a striking example. Both of 'a parents had died by their own hand, and, though happily married and pros perous, the natural attitude of hte mind waa so antagonistic to life that he waa Incapable of maintaining existence. One evening, as he was returning from the opera with his wife, he seemed un usually preoccupied. Arriving at the corner of the square upon which his house stood, he turned to her and said: "I have Just recollected an engagement that I must fulfill. Where I am going It Is Impossible that you ehould ac company me, so return home." She heard no more from him until the next day, when she was informed of his voluntary death and received bis last message. Forgive me, Margaret, I am eiti to rejoin my parents." a! tf ii l V