THE
SI I A fare la lirnar.od ny uimmer' (una,
HI liK'k are wblto winter' anow.
form la lieut. hla . la dim,
Kor war and age bvi left their woea.
Yet bravely stop the veteran,
And proudly lieata the old, worn Arum.
To him no rnuaic half ao aweet
In day" gone I t or dny to come.
No eomradea march with hlro to-day
Along the narrow Tillage atreeta.
The last of all bla regiment.
No soldier face, bla vlalon greeta.
In trenobea rude their bodlea lie.
And glltt'rliiir atara lone vlglla keep.
No more the bugle rail to arma
Shall rouae them from their dreamleaa
Bleep.
DECORATION DAY.
A Story for the Little Ones.
h S. XE bright Sunday
v II morninir in Ann L
many year ago,
the telegraph wire
could be heard re
peating the same
thing all over the
land. "Tic, tic; tic
tic; t-l-c, tic, tictic;
tici M-c, tic; tic;
tic, t-i-c: t-l-c, t-l-c,
tic," tbey called
t out, and the drowiy
telegraph operator
at up in tnelr
chair a if startled
. by the word tlie
wire were saying.
Any looker on cduld
have acen that something dreadful waa
being told by the wire. Even the brav
t among the. operator trembled.
Then came the rapid writing out of the
fearful word that the slender wire had
uttered, the hurrying to and fro, and mes
enger boya were wen flying to the great
newipaper office and the home of the
mayors of the citie. and to the churche
where the people were already beginning
to assemble. Kor the deep-toned at
bath church bell high up in the steeple
-1iod been ringing oat their welcome to all,
even the stranger in their inidat. "Bim,
baum. bim." they cang, which everybody
knew meant, "Come to church, dear peo
ple. ' Come, come, come. And the peo
ple strolled leiaurejy along toward the
churche. So one family after another
filed nto their pew, while. the organiat
played such soft, weet muic that every
body felt soothed and quieted by it.
Io mnny of the churche the prayer wa
over, the morning hymn bad been sung,
when a stir and bustle at the door might
have been noticed, a the messenger boy,
excited and out of breath, handed their
yellow envelopes to the nshera. First one
nd then another read the message, and
from some of them escaped in a hushed
whisper the words, "Oh, Ood! Has It
come to this?"
And all looked whit and awe-struck,
The head usher hurried tremblingly down
the aisle, and, without waiting for the
clergyman to finish reading the announce
ment of the week, laid the telegram upon
the pulpit desk.
The clergyman, xomewhat surprised,
glr.wd at the paper, stopped, gasped,
holding on to the desk, us If he bad beeu
struck a blow by sorao unseen band. The
congregation knew that something terrible
had happened, and their heart seemed to
top beating tbey leaned forward to
catch hie words.
"My people," Mid be, In a alow, delib
erate tone, as If It were an effort to steady
bla voice. "I bold In my band a message
the President of tbe United State."
bi eyes dropped to tbe paper which
held, and now bla voice rang out
.and load aa be read, "Oar flag has
Mred upon, Seventy-Art tbouaand
Urinwranted at once. Abraham Lin-
hell
--i,riYie t two weeks men came
"" M tod exalted, to hunt up law
the couotrvbtM out deed, aaying
H frill bevetenea to the, pale-faced
cwat7 will Spr to leaf all Dullness
IT toe BepoTa,
MS
ro
LAST OF" HIQ ttEi&lTlEitT.
From Appomr.ttox to the Gulf,
The Mlaalwlppl to the main,
'Neath Southern aklea. In alien aoll.
They reat In long aurceaae from pain.
The rough, gray atone with legend brief
Ueveala their home beneath the aod;
And some, perchance. He with the dead
Unknown to man, but known to God,
To othera happier fate award
Repoae beneath their native clime;
And now the mound above their duat
Take on the green of glad springtime.
By loving eye their grave are watched,
And loving hand fund off'rlngs bring
Of rosea, lllle, violet,
No fairer flower deck bier of King.
matter straight before I go." There were
solemn consultations between husband
and wive, which usually ended in the
father' going out, stern faced and silent,
and the mother, dry-eyed, but witn quiv
ering lip, seeking her own room, with
eyes that showed he had boen weeping.
There were gatherings in the town halls
and in the churche and school houses all
over the land. The newspapers were
read hurriedly and anxiously.
And when little Robert looked up earn
estly into his grandmamma's face and
asked, "Why does mamma not eat her
breakfast?" grandmamma replied, "Your
papa is going away, my dear papa is go
ing to the war, and may never come back
to us. Hut you and I must be brave about
it, and help bim get ready." And if Rob
ert answered, "Why is he going to the
war? Why doee he not stay at home with
us? Doesn't be love us any more?" then
mamma would draw her boy to her and,
putting her arms around him, and looking
Into bis eye she would say, "Yes, my
darling, he loves us, but he must go. Our
country needs him, and you and I must be
proud that he is ready to do his duty."
Then Robert would go to hla play, won
dering , what It all meant, just as you
would have wondered if you had been
there.
Then came the terrible, terrible battles.
' YOl'H PAPA 13 OOIXO AWAT, DK All.
more awrul than anything you ever
dreamed of. Men were shot down by
thousands, and many who did not lose
their lives bad s leg shot off, or an arm
so crushed that it had to be cut off. Stll.1
they bravely struggled on. It was for
their Moved country they were fighting
and for It they must be willing to suffer,
or to die. Then tbe men who had not
been killed or who had not died of their
sufferings came marching home again,
many, alas, on crutches, and many wbo
knew that they were dissbled for life. But
they had saved tbelr country, And that
was reward enough for heroic heart.
Though many widow turned tier sad
face away when the crowd welcomed the
returning soldiers, for she knew tbvt her
loved one wa not with them, and many
little children learned In time that their
desr fathers would never return to then.
Then by and by the people seldt "Our
children mnet grow up loving and honor
lug the) heroic bom who gave their lives
But while no comrade keep him tep.
The veteran tread not alone
Toe way that to God' acre lead
Past fruitful field with daUle atrewn.
A lad of noldler anceatry
Htrldea by hi aide a drummer true
And troop of happy children bear
Their tribute to the Boy In Blue.
With beada uncovered, bended low,
They pay the meed to vulor due.
The almple prayer, the gllst'nlng tear
I'roclal
mm tue
lielr faith and love anew.
The last of all hla regiment.
All honor to tills palug type.
The last of that Grand Army host
for Death' grim harvest soon shall ripe.
for their country." So in villages and
towns, and cities, monuments were built'
in honor of the men who died fighting for
their country. Ami one day each year
was set apart to keep fresh and green the '
memory of the brave soldiers, and it hag
been named "Decoration Day," because
on this day all the children, all over the
uuu, mist iM-i ijjji,i.ru ,ij jju iu wi grave." 01
the dead soldier and place flowers upon
rnem.
Birth of the Day.
It comes to us of to-day like a Strang,
tragic dream, this memory of a war of
more than three decade ago, when tbe
sound of shot and shell rent the silence
and peace of the beautiful summer days,
and there was a vacant chair in the borne
of every patriot in the land. Then the
soldiers were divided into two factions, 1
the boys in blue and the boys in gray. I
Xow they are united in one bund those!
that are left and tbey are all bgys in '
jrrny. Time has given tbem their unl-
form.
The blue was mingled with the slclen.
Anil we were buy In gray.
Southern women gave to our country
it firat Memorial Tlnr tho mnmon nf
Alabama, who paid tribute to their g0. ' books of county officers since the organ
dier dead on April 20, 1800. v I iztion of the county. It is hinted that
The first formal services in commemora- several steals may be uncovered,
tlon of the soldiers who gave their live. rLe Loup Valley creamery of Burwell
for the Union was on May 5, 1808. by , , ,L , u . . .i
order of Gen. John A. Logan, who wu I 8hipp9d PumlB J butter recently,
at that time commander-in-chief of the ' and catne within cent of topping
Grand Army of the Republic
The first State to take legislative action
on Memorial Day was -New Jersey, and
New York wa the first State to make it
a legal holiday. Congress adjourned as
a mark of respect to the memory of the
men who hnd died fighting the4r country's
battles.
On the first occasion when the order
was general for an observance of the day,
which was that proclaimed by Gen. Io
gan, there wa a great display of sol
diery, and most pathetic scene were wit
nessed, for the wars of war were yet
fresh. At Arlington, where 18,000 sol
diers reposed, Gen. Garfield afterwards
President of the republic made an ora
tion that melted all who heard it to tears.
It was not only a magnificent tribute to
the dead, but a classic and valorous les
son of encouragement to the Hvlng. It
was on that occasion that he uttered thle
grand peroration;
h ' , "1 ; . ' !:.r,I?itJ2LnBt ,
til ar ..II i
...... rr.i.v n.T:n VI. il,UUU inBB. !
whose lives were more significant than
speech, and whose death was a poem the
music or which can never be sung."
In Mtmorlam.
My broken apMUrs, made of lead.
Are burled In tbe garden bed,
And lovely flowers o'er them play,
ror this Is Decoration Day.
Harper' Round Table.
Men la Gray Predominate.
"It has often been said of the veteran
soldiers, when they bare appeared oa
parade, as upon Decoration Day," said
an o&eerver, "why, how many young men
there are among them I but that cannot be
aid many yean longer. There are still
to be asm In the ranks numbers of ma
comparatively young appaaraaca, bat
1 was et rack on last Decoration Day by
the number who antra mam m
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tV w V w w w w
The Salvat'ouUie at Xor.ulk are play
ifig to full hou-ej.
Sound corn is worth 20 cents a buehp
in Nebraska City.
The saloon at IJi mer closed its doort
for want f f patronage.
The sentiment at Mason Cily is large
ly adverse to county division.
Bellwood furnisht-d. 'J00 bushels ol
corn for the India famine fund.
Jefferson county enthusiast are try
ing to organize a county ba ball league.
William Pariah U in juh at Ponca
charged with stealing (50 worth of pork.
Cottontail rabbits are doing much
uiinehief to fruit trees near Lexington.
The Lyons school beard contemplates
adding another year to the course oi
ituily.
Broken Bow has nine physician?, and
still there are people who complain otill
health.
Several railway employes at Ravenna
were bounced for taking on too much
tanglefoot.
An unusually large percentage of corn
is being listed this year owing to the
lateness of the Feason.
A pair of colored evangelists have un
dertaken to purify the moral atmos
phere of South Omaha.
Fruit and early garden vegetable near
3othenburg were almost entirely de
ttroyed by the heavy frost.
Complaint is made that youne van
dals at Imperial frequently tieLe the
tombstones in the cemetery.
JohnCronin of Cherry county is slow
y recovering from a gunshot wound re
ceived while out hunting ducks.
The annual teachers' institute of Paw
nee county will be held in the high
ichool builuing at Pawnee, June 14 to 25.
, Hock county farmers offer a standing
-euard for evidence leading to the con
viction of people who set out prairie
tiros.
A band of gypsies are camped near
rth Platte. The omnipresent fortune
Viler is earning victuals for the whole
push.
George J. Warren has stepped down
nd out from the management of the
Bed Cloud Argus and D. C. Jenkins is
a jw the editor.
The cattle ranges in the hills north
Vist of Bayard were never in better con
lition than now. Cattle are getting fat
!rom off the excellent grasses.
W. I. Crarab, a Burwell stock dealer,
was slugged and robbed in St. Louis rts
sently. The robbers secured a gold
jvatch and a small amount of cash.
Six years ago Paul Gyerion of Custer
jounty sent hia wife to Denmark for
treatment. She baa recovered tier
aealth and be baa. gone to bring her
Jome.
This is the season of the year, says
the Pawnee Press, when a man feels
like a fool if he leaves home wearing an
ttvercoat, and later, feels like a fool if he
didn't.
Charles Groves, who was convicted at
the present term of the district court of
burglarizing M. F. Gamble's store at
p0nca, was sent to the penitentiary for
ane year.
A Litchfield man got so hard up, says
the Mason City Transcript, that he went
to Kearney, hunted up a hole in the
sidewalk, fell into it, and then sued the
city for $200.
More tnn sixty applications have al
ready been filed for positions in the Nel
son public schools. About forty of these
are from teachers who aspire to the po
sition of principal.
Jacob Short of Washington county
was driving cattle to Blair when the
mnla lie waa ridimr fell and tbe rider
picked himself up only to find that bis
a
shoulder was dislocated
Hie Dawes county commissioners pro
pose to employ an expert to go over the
the Boston market, w Inch goes to show
that the quality is O. K.
A bad case of cutting up of Indian
Vafps took place at Ponca reserve Mon
day nightcf last week, says the Niobiara
Pioneer, in which a spade was freely
ueed to scalp a drunken squaw. The
law against selling Indians liquor is not
as well enforced as when there waa no
law.
Mr. Adams, president of the Superior
cattle company of Xuckolls county,
Bourns to be rolling in clover, or alfalia.
Heretofore the company has been rent
ing lands for grazing purposes and has
found that from three and one half to
' four acres of grass land was necessary
for each head of cattle. This spring the
company lias 400 acres of three-yeir-o!d
i alfalfa, and after 400 head of cattle have
hereon me ' bePn
decided to all another 400 bead in order
to keep tbe clover from growing over
and smothering the poor brutea while
they grace. At all event! the company
propose to pasture 800 bead of cattle on
400 aoree ol alfalfa,
A petition has been signed by fifty
threa free holders out of ninety-eight
w'jo live In the Lincoln and Dawson
county irritation district asking that a
i tax be levied to pay up the indebtedness
j of said district and to atop tha oanal.
1 A little deoghlef of J. F. Warner,
1 travailing with bar parent! in prairii
I i mm fantn M lasnairi tn Manner aonn.
ty, tall from tbe wagoa near Lexington
and tha trout wheel oi tbe heatHy loaded
wagon MMed om bet breast, injarine
her badly, tat probably set tntalljr.
SI NATK I'AHSFS KKOLL'riOa.
Overwhelming Mnjurliy Ksvor Recogni
tion at Cuba
Wabhjsotoh, May 21. The long and
exciting debute on the joint res ilution
recognizing the existence of a state of
war in Cuba and declaring that strict
neutrality shall be maintained by tbe
United States passed yesterday after
noon by the decisive vote of 41 to 14.
The announcement of the vote was re
ceived with tumultuous applauee, which
drew from Senator Hawley an emphatic
protect azainst ',mob demonstrations."
Tbe resolution passed is as follows:
Resjlved, etc., That a condition of
public war exists between the govern
ment of Spain and the government pro
claimed and for some time maintained
by force of arms by the peop'e of Cuba,
and that the United States of America
shall maintain a strict neutrality be
tween the contending parties, according
to each and all the rights of belligerents
in the ports and territories of tbe United
States."
The vote on tbe final poasage of tbe
resolution was as follows :
Veae Bacon, Baker, Bate. Berry,
Butler, Carter, Chandler Chilton.,
Clark, Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis)
Deboe, Foraker, Gallinger, Gorman,
Hanabroagh, Harris (Kas.), Heitfeid,
Jonea (Ark.), Kenney, Lindsay, Mc
Bride, Mantle, Mason, Mills, Morgan,
Nelson, Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus,
Pritchard, Rawlins, Shoup, Stewart,
Thureton, Tilman, Turner, Turpie, Wal
thall 41.
Nays Allison, Burrows, Caffery, Fair
banks, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hawley,
Hoar, Spooner, Wellington, Wetmore,
White and Wilson 14.
Light on tbe Durrant Cae.
Mont Vista, Cal., May 21. W. T.
Bryant, an aged inmate of the soldiers'
home at this place, yes'erday made the
following ssorn statement:
"My name is William T. Bryant, I am
sixty-three years old. I have lived in
California since 1849 up to March 1,
1896. I am familiar with tbe location
af the Emanuel Baptist church, in which
Blanche Lamont was murdered. I waa
in the church the night of the murder.
saw Rev. J. George Gibson with a wo
man in his arma in the body of the
church, going toward the south corner
of the church. heard him say: 'This
kills that evidence.'
"I know Rev. Gibson perfectly well.
I heard the woman groan a number of
limes as though in mortil agony. I make
this stati m3nt as an act of justice to en
innocent man. Theodore Durrant did
not murder Blanche Lamont, but Rev.
1. George Gibson did.
(Signed) William T. Bbvant."
Tha witnesses of the signature are
Commander S. M. French of the home
and E. W. Garettson, and Mr. Bryant's
oath is certified by Harvey W. Green,
notary public.
Bryant has een in the home ut a
few months, having resided in Denver a
year, prior to bis admission.
Sax Francisco, May 21. Chief of
Police Lees, in an interview, denounced
the story told by Mrs. Schwaetwr to the
effect that she had seen Minnie Williams
with Rev. J. G. Gibson upon an Oakland
ferry boat the day before the girl was
murdered aa a fake conceived at the
time of the trial and brought forward
now for the purpose of creating a doubt.
In the mind of Governor Budd. Mrs.'
Schwaetzer added to her story by stat
ing that Minnie Williams had told con
fidently that she wag secretly married
to a professional man, ard further that
the girl had told her something about
Blanche Lamont. What this latter
statement was she declined to tell until
Bhe could see Theodore Durrant in hia
cell at tian Quentin and talk with bim.
Bank Manager Missing;.
Boston, May 21. Albert M. King, a
nineteeen-j ear-old messenger of the
Royaleton National bank, ia missing, to
gether with about $20,000 in cash and a
$10,000 United States certificate, not
negotiable excopt between banks.
King started for the clearing houee at
10:15 yesterday morning to settle tbe
balance against the bank, and on the
way, according to instructions, trans
acted their buflineea, involving some
thing like $15,000. Aa he did not return
to the bank by 1 o'clock the officials
grew anxious and made a search for the
ineesecgor, beeide notifying the police,
but up to the present hour they have'
been unable to ascertain his where
abouts. King has been employed at '.the
bank about two years, coming highly
recommended and his honesty waa
never questioned. He has carried aa
much 88 $100,000 of the bank's money
at a time on previous occasions and has
never lost a dollar. He lived with hia
father, who is employed by the South,
End National bank,
Murdered In the Indian Nation.
Muhkooke, I. T., May 21. A courier
who arrived here last night reports the
killing of Judge Freeland Marshall and
Captain Berryhill, chief of the Creek
ii(tit horsemen, by a band of Texas cow
Ixiya. They, with other Creek officials,
were e i gaged in cutting down unlawful
nasture fences near Gkmulgee Wednes
day, when they were attacked by cow
boys in the employ of Texas stockmen
whose fences were being cat. Two
others of the light horsemen were badly
liurt.
Crown Prlnee Not Had.
Atiiihb, May 21 M. Balli, on behalf
pf Greece, hat notified the crown prince
of the conditions of the armistice con
eluded at Arta, adding:
"Impart theee conditions to tbe coov
menders of the Tarkiah forcee; declare
(rom this moment yoo eaipend boettll
Mee and will oof reeone them In the
event of an attack ; dkclaiji all
iwuty tor any Ttotatton of the araala.
uoe ana invito ute Turkish
to ntpend all hottllltleVV'
STKONGr TALK
Senators Make Bitter 8pseobei Again
"Mad Dog Weyler."
TALK OF SENDING WAR SHIPS TO CUBA
Our ConnI Declared to bv In Dang-cr aa4
It U Time Th y Were I'rolecti-il. War
bhtp are Keaily to go to Cube.
Washington, May 20. Another atir
ring debate on Cuba occurred in the
senate yesterday. It was of the give
and tnke order, with sharp parliamen
tary fencing. The main speeches of the
day were made by Senators Foraker of
Ohio, Cannon of Utah, Lindsay of Ken
tucky and Hoar of Massachusetts.
It was in the first speech of any length,
made by Mr. Foraker since he entered
tbe senate and in addition to thia the
Ohio senator is one of the Cuban anh.
committee of the committee on foreign
relations. He spoke in favor of a refer
ence of the resolution to the committee,
baton general quejtioji.dAU -ft V
purpose of supporting tbe resolution
reoogaiiing Cuban belligerency when it
should be reported by the committee.
Mr. Cannon waa bitter in his denunci
ation of Spanish atrocity, characterising
tbe captain-general of Cuba aa "that
mad dog Weyler."
. Mr. Lindsay declared if the informa
tion furnished by United States consuls
was so shocking as to subject them to
danger of assassination if their name
were disclosed, it was time to send war
ships to Cuba and to terminate ail diplo
matic relations with that country. I
It waa developed in the course of a
colloquy between Senators Foraker,
Morgan and Vest that the slate depart
ment had withheld the names of United
States consuls reporting on the serious
condition of affairs in Cuba because it
might lead to their massacre. Mr. Vest
declared that this presented the most
i9rious phase of the subject, as it was
time to protect our officials with war-
ships ii their personal safety was threat
ened for making reports to their govern
ment. Chicago, May 20. A special from New
Yotk says: j
Behind the movement for the passage
of the Cuban belligerency resolution is
l solemn pledge made by the Cuban
junta to its most active supporters ia
congress that four effective men-of-war
dying the Cuban flag are only awaiting
thiaieuognitiontotaketothesea. These
vessels, it is declared, will be obtained
in England and It ia asserted arrange
ments have already been perfected by
whloh they will be manned, thoroughly
equipped and be ready to sail the very
lay the belligerency of the Cubans is re
cognized. Havana, May 20.-La Lucha editori
illy impeaches the accuracy of the con
later reports as to the distress of Amer
icans in Cuba, upon which President
McKinley's special message to congrese
as bared, and questions whether there
ire actually 600 hungry Americans in
the island. f
Ike Trial right
Domokob, May 20' (Turkibh Head
uarters before Domokoa.) A great bat
tle, fought well into the night, ia not
nded. The combat can only be descirbed
is indecisive. The fighting raged from
! terry morning until long after dark.
When the last dropping shots were pass
ing over the field the advautage did not
tppear to reat with either side. The
dreeks malntiaued their positions, hav
ing ac uitted themselves so well aa to
have earned the hearty praises of the
rurks. They resisted with stubborn
mdurance the determined attacks of the
Dttoma&8 through the livelong day, and
itill held their entrenchments at night
! .'all. The Turks made a supreme effort
late last evening, but it was met with
the utmost bravery upon the part of the
j Erreeka and failed. The Turkish losses
'rere heavy. The left division of the
Turks was engaged from 9 o'clock in the
I morning and appears to have succeeded
in forcing back tbe Greeks right wing.
Before nieht the Greek abandoned all
their positions. Two and one-half divi
sions of the Turks are now pursuing the
enemy.
Young M-n Dlag.'aoed.
Phoinix, Ariz , May 20. Fred Lucas,
a handsome young man, arrived here
last February. He sought the best so
ciety and was very active in church
work, took expensive quarters at the
Ford and invested money in a local tele
phone enterprise. Oil Monday night he
left in custody of an officer from Indi
anapolis, representing an eastern sav
ings institution, which young Lucai li
accused of having defrauded out of a
large sum. Lucas and his father,
Thomas L. were in the abstract businese.
at Huntington, Ind. Tbey were accused
of having raised loans of $.10,0 JO upon
abstracts of property wherein the name
of Fred Lucas was substituted for that
ei the name of tbe real owners.
liotel Burned,
MawAUKKB, Wis., May 20. The
Fountain house, tbe largest summer
hotel on Delaven lake, waa entirely de
stroyed by fire yesterday morning.
Tramp are Sanpeeled.
MeirrrcBLLo, Ky., May 20. News has
Joet reached here of the cremation of a
farmer named Thorn t Diddle, hie wife
tad three children, living on rVhlteOak
oreek, acroai tbe line in Tenneesee, last
Monday night. Some trawpa asked par
IsaiMof Diddle to build afire la hit
tarn to keep warm during the night
'fkadle refoeed aad crdered them t)
jime. Tbe bourn was tamed that na
ntabtesrf WiMK wife tad tore gall.
Crea ware baraa