FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
JUDGEJSULLIVAN THE
Nebraska Reform
A CHARACTER SKETCH.
Judge John J. Sullivan of Colum
bus, Neb., nominee of the united re
form forces of this state for the Su
preme Court, is a man exceptionally
qualified for that most Important po
sition, not only on account of his su
perior legal attainments and marked
Judicial turn of mind, but also be
cause he Is in thorough harmony with
the spirit of our form of government.
He Is forty-two years of age, and from
boyhood to manhood he has come in
contact with the shadows and the sun
shine of life. Born on the farm, his
first school days were spent in country
districts. He worked himself finally
through some of the higher institu
tions of learning. A portion of this
time was spent in teaching country
schools. Afterwards, he took up the
study of law, and all of his life he has
spent where he was In easy touch with
the common people, as we are wont to
compliment the real citizenship of
America, and also with those of more
pretentious clalmn.
For the past twenty years, he has
had his residence in the little country
town of Columbus, and It Is char
acteristic of the Judge to be on easy
and friendly terms with all classes of
citizens of that little city and the sur
rounding country. He is, In the high
est sense of the word, a "commoner."
As a practicing lawyer, as County
Attorney of Platte, as the Probate
Judge of Platte and as District Judge
of the Sixth Judicial District, John J.
Sullivan has always earned and re
tained the full confidence of all classes
of people. While naturally reserved In
his disposition and modest possibly to
a fault, yet his acquaintanceship and
warm personal friends are not con
fined to a small coterie of men of any
particular class or occupation. On the
contrary, It Is general.
Judge Sullivan has been all his life
and is at this time a hard working
student. While he Is conceded to be
exceptionally well grounded In the
fundamental principles of law and
justice, thoroughly abreast with the
times In bis profession, at the same
time, neither bis readings nor his
studies have been restricted altogether
to the law. He Is well Informed In
ancient and modern history, the ups
and downs of our country and the gen
eral trend of affairs. He views them
all as a broad guaged American citi
zen Is wont to do.
Politically, Judge Sullivan has al
ways been a Jeffersonlan democrat, but
never very active In politics. In truth,
all the political preferments which he
bas enjoyed have come to him as a free
will offering. He Insisted on discourag
ing the nomination of himself for
Judge of the Supreme Court, not but
that he appreciated highly the honor
that such a nomination would confer,
but he urged that there were others
so well qualified to fill the position and
whose public career had so richly
earned the honor and trust, thnt his
name should not be taken under con
sideration. He was honest and sin
cere In this position, and Is now a can
didate for Supreme Judge only becauso
the logic of the situation brought It
about.
Possibly the most nrtlve part Judge
Sullivan ever took In politics was a
few years ago when he was Intensely
aroused by the fact thnt the principles
PEOPLES' CANDIDATE. From a Photograph taken for the
Press Business Association, beptember I8th, 1897.
advocated by Mr. Bryan, and Mr.
Bryan himself were shamefully turned
down by the State Democratic Con
vention. At that time, what is com
monly known as the gold standard and
corporation democracy was dominating
the democratic party of Judge Sulli
van's home county. Contrary to his
usual custom to take no very active
interest in politics, figuratively speak
ing, he pulled his coat, went
out and antagonized the controlling
elements in his party; he advocated
and worked for the supremacy of the
principles which now all three of the
political organizations which have
given him their nomination so right
fully boast of. To him much credit is
due for the splendid turn of affairs,
tne magnificent majorities for Holeomb
and Bryan and others, in that county
in the past few years.
Judge Sullivan took an active part
from the primaries up, and in the dem
ocratic State Convention, a year later,
when the Jeffersonlan democracy had
asserted itself and driven out its dic
tators and money changers, Sullivan
was found to be a member of that con
vention, as a committeeman on reso
lutions and platform he assisted in
drafting some of Its most pronounced
principles, and was one of Mr. Bryan's
most faithful and able co-workers.
He took an active part In the nom
ination of W. J. Bryan and was one
of his most ardent supporters during
the campaign that followed, although
he was somewhat handicapped by the
fact that he occupied a Judicial posl
sition. However, notwithstanding the
unwritten law, that district judges
shall not take the stump, he made a
few speeches in favor of the reform
measures then presented to the peo
ple, that were pronounced by those
who heard them as equal to any pro
duced during the campaign and dem
onstrated that be had made a study of
the money question and that the cause
of free silver had few abler champions.
Last summer. Judge Sullivan was one
of the original handful of men who
met in the city of Columbus for the
purpose of bringing about a union of
forces In the Third Congressional dis
trict, in the matterof electing congress
men. By a foolish and unnecessary di
vision of these reform forces In prior
campaigns, the district had been re
peatedly lost. Largely because of his
active and continuous work, the ef
fort to consolidated the forces In the
Third District were perfected and
made a pronounced success. At the sec
ond meeting of these electors for that
purpose, Judge Sullivan, In his usual
clear and common sense way, sug
gested a plan of union which was unan
imously adopted and a committee with
himself as chairman was appointed to
submit this plan In writing. This was
done and It was again unanimously
adopted. Upon that plan, the reform
forces of the Third Congressional Dis
trict held a meeting In the city of
Norfolk, and made Kx-Chfef JiiHtlce
Rnrnnel Maxwell, of Fremont, their
cnndldate for congress. Judge Sul
livan was selected by the democratic
contingent In thnt meeting to report
the actions of the conference to the
Democratic Congressional Convention.
In making this report. Judge Sullivan
followed It. up by moving the adoption
of the action of the conference and
the nomination of Judge Maxwell, both
of which were carried by unnnlmotis
vote.
In bis home county, in his home
city, in his home ward, and by his next
door neighbors, Judge Sullivan has the
full and complete confidence of the
Populists, the Democrats and the Free
Silver Republicans and he is warmly
admired and highly respected by his
most pronounced political opponents.
Much has been said about the friend
ship existing between Judge Sullivan
and Judge Post. They live in the same
city, in the same ward and In the same
block; their homes front on the same
street; they are next door neighbors
with not even so much as a yard fence
to divide their properties. Their rela
tionship is no doubt pleasant but to
say that these pleasant relations
are strong enough to be termed
an Intimacy is to violate the truth.
Unquestionably, a greater interest has
been awakened in each other since each
has become the nominee of contesting
political organizations. The tempera
ment and disposition of the
two men are diametrically op
posed to each other and a lack of
geniality is perfectly natural. Their
Ideas on most all public questions as
far as neighbors have been able to ob
serve, have always traveled in oppo
site directions, and possibly the only
thing that could be said of both men In
common Is that they are both good
lawyers.
At his home, Judge Sullivan Is mild
mannered and has a pleasant and sun
shiny disposition. He Is kind and con
siderate of other people's wants and
aspirations.
Campaign Waxes Hot.
Lincoln, Neb., 0.t. 4. TI10 reports
ficm the county conventions held
throughout the state ail corroborate
one old, old story now forever new:
"We are getting together."
Speakers are being billed out by the
reform forces. So far the republicans
have made no dates. They seem tot be
conducting a still hunt. Their chief
stock in trade appears to be to poison
the minds of the people against Judge
Sullivan. They say he is a thin skin
ned free silver man, a corporation
hireling, etc. That sounds funny when
the fact Is recalled that the solid pop
ulist, democratic and free silver re
publican delegations to the state con
vention of Platte, Morrich, Nance,
Boone, Madison, Colfax and Butler
counties, Judge Sullivan's own county
and the surrounding counties, voted
first, last and all the time for his nomi
nation. The Judge has lived among
these people for twenty odd years and
surely they ought to know what kind
of a man he Is.
It is monstrous poor campaign ma
terial, but It Is the best the republican
politicians can produce. They are do
ing the best they can, angels could do
no more.
The Bryan meetings at Tecumseh
and Johnson Saturday were like other
Bryan gatherings. The people turned
out by the thousands to hear "dead Is
sues" discussed by the "out law."
In a ten-round bout before the Am
erican Sporting club nt Scrnnton, Pa.,
Tommy Ryan of Philadelphia was
awarded the decision over Jack Mc
Aullffe of Brooklyn, the retired world's
lightweight champion. They met nt
cntcnweigiits.
ltvnn wna rlrtwn rlo4i
1 seconds In the seventh round.
UNITED IN DOUSUS COUNTY
THE THREE REFORM FORCES
SOLIDIFIED
All Sides Exercised a Spirit of Fair
Play Omaha and Douglas County
Wheel Into Line and Insures a Bin
Majority tor the State Ticket.
Omaha, Neb., 4. The democrats,
populists and free silver republicans
of Douglas county, have united their
rwes upon a single ticket and peace
and harmony prevails and a deteimina
iiiui to win is manifest everywhere.
This hanoy state of affairs was
brought about Saturday afternoon and
evening. The regular conventions of
these parties were held and conieience
committees were appointed to leconi
menU the apportionment of the
representation on the ticket to
each party and after a whole
auernooii and evening's dis
cussions, waitings and adjourn
ments, a satisfactory apportionment
was finally arrived at ana the follow
ing nominations were made:
For Sheriff THOMAS HOCTOR
Democrat.
For Treasurer ... FRANK HIBBARD
Populist.
For County Judge.. W. A. ANDERSON
Democrat.
For Surveyor. K. T. YOUNGERFELDT
Democrat.
For Clerk M. H. REDFIELD
Silver Republican.
For Register of Deeds
EVAN R. JAMES
Silver Republican.
For Superintendent ,.V. W. ELLIOTT
Populist.
For Commissioner
FRANK J. KASPER
Populist.
For Coroner H. C. WHEELER
Silver Republican.
Numerous other officers such as jus
tices of the peace, constables, assessors,
etc., all of which are considered worth
having in this county, were also satis
factorily divided up between the three
political organizations.
This union of forces fully insures the
carrying of Omaha and Douglas coun
ty for Judge Sullivan and the free
silver candidates for regents, and also
the election of the county ticket.
It was a general common sense get
ting together. The so-called "bull
dozing democrats," the "middle of the
road iopulists" and the renegade, office
hunting silver republicans" all got to
gether and have inaugurated a com
mon sense campaign. They swear that
they will not be stumbling Mocks ;n
the way of the grand work that is r.e
inar done by their party associates
throughout the state.
Money In Garbage.
The garbage of a great city
is worth a fortune every year,
if properly utilized. In St.
Louis, Mo., the refuse is placed
in enormous vertical cylinders, sur
rounded by steam jackets, which evap
orate the seventy-five to eighty per
cent of - water in the garbage. The
fatty substances are dissolved, and as
the result of a number of processes a
lertilizer is produced which is worth
from nine dollars to twelve dollars per
ton, the demand exceeding the supply.
One of the purest and best soaps of
the country was made of garbage
grease before cottonseed oil entered
ilie field. It is now proposed to light
Uiudon by electricity for nothing. It
now costs that city $1.08 (4s. 8d.) to
get Tid of a ton of garbage. A combi
nation of boilers and other apparatus
has been devised that can burn the
garbage at twenty-four cents (one
shilling) per ton, and generate steam
sufficient to run enough dynamos to
light the entire city. London can thus
save 3s. 8d. on each ton, and, in ad
dition, illuminate its city without cost.
Garbage, by a machine called the
"dust destructor," is converted into
clinkers, which can be used for road
ways, as artificial stone for sidewalks,
and as sand for mortar and cement.
In Paris the invisible particles of iron,
worn from wheels and from the shoes
of horses, are rescued by passing pow
erful magnets through the sweepings.
The wsate liquids from wool
en mills threatened, like Tenny
son's "brook," to "run on forever,"
till Science came to the rescue. The
recovered product called "magma"
is caught in canvas bags and subject
ed to hydraulic pressure. It yields an
oil, which, when distilled, is a com
bination of cloth oil (used in wool
and jute spinning and in soapmak
ing), and stearin, from which candles
are made. There is also a black ref
use, valuable as a fertilizer; a hard
pitoh unequaled as a lubricator in iron
rolling mills, and a light spirit oil,
used to dissolve rubber.
Waste pieces of cork, when
carefully cleaned and finely powdered,
are used as a nabsorbent, called su-
berln. Burnt cork, or Spanish black,
is an artists' pigment; powdered cork
Is used by druggists as a substitute
for lycopodlum, powdered rich starch
etc. Linoleum, made of linseed oil
and pressed cork, forms an excellent
floor carpet; when embossed and dec
orated it is called Llncrusta Walton.
All cork cuttings are useful for fill
ing life-buoys and lwdt-jackets, and
for piuking bottles In pasteboard.
Paper making has redeemed
more articles of waste to a
useful life than any other branch of
human Industry. Paper can bo made
of anything that lias a fibre. Over
fifty kinds of bark are now used,
while old sacking or bagging makes
a good quality. It Is also made of
banuna skins, bean stalks, pea-vines,
coconnut fibre, clover, and "timothy,"
hay, pent, straw, fresh-water weeds,
Hen-weed, and more than a hundred
different kinds of grass. Among the
other materials that have been util
ized as pnper-mnkers are hair, fur and
wool, asbestos, hop plants, and any
and every kind of grain even leaves,
husks and stems of Indln corn. Near
ly every kind of inoss enn be made
Into paper, ns enn nlso sawdust, shav
ings, thistledown, tobacco stalks and
tan-bark.
EMMA HAAS LED THEM.
A Joan of Aro Among the Pennsyl
vania Minor.
A "Joan of Arc" has arisen among
lbs Pennsylvania miners. Her name
U Emma Haas, and she U the daugh
ter of a miner, for whom she keeps
house. It is probable that Emma Haas
never heard of Joan of Arc '.n all her
life, or that she had any ambition
loftier than that pertaining to pots and
kettles, and the baking of bread, until
the strike came.
One day there came a fanatical wo
man into the little mining- town on
Plum Creek. She was frowsy and loud
of speech. She considered it her duty
to make speeches to the miners. She
flung abroad the banner of riot and
bloodshed. She referred to Emma Haas
as a woman a Joan of Arc who
should lead them.
Listening on the outskirts 01 the
crowd, the spirit of the girl was fired.
She was in a frenzy.
"Yes," she shouted; "come on! 1
will lead you!" Then she broke into
a wild song, such as was sung by the
daughter of Jephtha when her father
went to battle. She led a tumultuous
march about the village. Forgotten
were her pots and pans and the bak
ing of bread. She was transformed
into a lawless enemy of society. She
lived now only to fight. The papers
took up the cue dropped by the fanat
ical, epeechmaking woman and magni
fied the abilities and purposes of Emma
Haas a thousandfold.
In a few days she had organized the
women of Plum Creek into a sort of
Amazon guard, with an insignia of
clubs and torches. Altogether there
were twenty of them.
On last Monday the Plum Creek
Rtrikers made up their mind to attack
the working miners. They placed the
Amazon guard, led by Emma Haas, in
the van. Emma Haas and some other
women had babies in one hand and
clubs in the other. It was thought that
the fear of hurting the innocent in
fants would restrain the working min
ers from resisting the onslaught the
savage women intended to make upijn
them.
The plan outlined by the modern
Joan of Arc was for the women to
crowd around the men as they attempt
ed to go into the mine, take their din
ner buckets away and throw them into
the ditch. The Amazon brigade start
ed at daylight, trudging aTong in stolid
silence toward the mines. Emma Haas
carried a pick handle over her shoul
der and led the march. Near the mine
they met a crowd of deputies, who had
been ordered to arrest them.
"Down with them! Down with the
police!" shouted the new Joan of Are,
waving her club and springing for
ward. In an Instant there was a riot. The
club of Emma Haas was cracking
heads at a great rate. Several depu
ties were knocked down. '
When it was over there was not a
deputy who did not have a sore head
Five of the women were arrested, al
though it took four or five deputies to
hold each one of them.
The Joan of Arc was the last one
subdued .
This Joan of Arc says:
T do not know what made me in
terested so much in the miners strike,
but I suppose it was because my father
Is a miner. I never aspired to be
leader or a Joan of Arc, but I pitied
the poor, down-trodden coal diggers.
Notwithstanding that miy father is of
foreign birth, I believe all these strikes
are caused by foreigners who are will
ing to work at less wages than Amer-ican-born
men. I would like to 1 e a
man. I would show some of the black
sheep that I would be a good striker.
"Even if I am not a man, I can
show the principles of one. I relieve
the strikers are right, and they ought
to win their strike. I think they ran
do It if they continue the struggle on
the same lines as they have been fol
lowing. The deputies' are costing the
stockholders of the company thousands
of dollars every week. The miners
have nothing to lose. They only got
a living before the strike, and are get
ting about the same now.
One thing I have noticed in this
struggle, and I have also read of it in
other strikes. That Is, that women
make better strikers than men. If It
was not for the women of Center,
Clrksville and the other small vil
lages around Plum Creek many ,if not
nearly all of the men would be back
at work. The charge that the men
force the women to march In order that
the women will act as shields for the
men Is false. The truth of the matter
is that the women cannot be kept out
of participating in the strike. Instead
of the men forcing the women into the
early morning marches, the women
force the men. I cite dozens of ceses
where if it had not been for the women
pulling the men out of bed by force
and making them go on the march,
many of them would have lain there
until the black sheep had gone into
the mines. I also know of cases where
women have forced their husbands to
stop work and Join the strikers. Some
of the women have threatened to leave
their husbands if the latter did not
assert their manhood. Women have
more pride than men, and their sensi
bilities are finer. A woman does not
want to be looked upon as the wife or
sister of a black sheep who Is trying
to prevent his fellow-men from better
ing their condition.
The strikers have been very kind to
me, and what I did for them was from
a sense of duty. I thought It was my
duty to work to help better the condi
tion of my neighbors, and I am enlisted
In their cause to the end. I am willing
to go to prison for them. We cannot
help but win the fight. All the Pitts
burg mines with the exception of De
Armlt's will be working after the end
Of this week, and the 20,000 diggers will
rontribute part of their wages to carry
on the De Armlt strike. When we will
be In better shape to fight the De Ar
mits than now. There Is an end to the
large expenditure of money for dep
uties. If the deputies are sent away
we will have no trouble getting out the
black sheep, and our fight will be
crowned with victory."
Statue of the Queen.
A bronze statue of Queen Victoria,
cast In Iindon, Is to ornament the
front of the Now Royal Victoria col
lego in Montreal, Quebec. It Is eight
faet four Inches In height and bears
tin Inscription on the base reading:
"The work of Princess Louise. 1895."
OVER I.OOO YEARS AGO.
An Ancient Ceremony That Still
Survives.
(OrnUamsa Karnirr
Modern civilization U fast improving
ancient customs off the face of the
earth, yet a unique ceremony still takes
place in the little old-worl1 town of
Echternach, in the grand tfuchy of
Luxembourg. Every whit Tuesday a
vast multitude of persons from- far and
near assembles and forms the proces
sion of dancing saints (Springende
Heiligen) in order to induce heaven to
cure ail their ailments. Rich and poor,
young and old, weak and strong, bait
and mained, take their stand upon the
Prussian side of the Sure bridge at 8
o'clock, and, after listening to a ser
mon, dance to the abbey and thrice
around the tomb of St. Willibrod, the
patron saint. The procession is headed
by the town beadle, dressed in red and
surrounded by small boys. Next come
choristers, chanting litanies. Then a
large body of clergy, 700 strong, and
lust the rank and file. These are
placed in rows of seven, kept in line
by handkerchiefs, sticks and umbrellas,
and intersperced with the motley crew
are musicians playing dance music
upon every concievable instrument,
while the dancers sing the classic tune
as they perform a polka step, three
steps forward and two back.
Soon the pace begins to tell, the
feeble fall out of the ranks, and are
promptly rescued and placed in safety
by the firemen. Enthusiasm waxes,
men and women weep violently as they
encircle thrice, and at 1 o'clock a salute
annuonces that the festival is over.
More than 1,000 years ago, when Wil
librod, the hero saint of Luxembourg,
died at Echternach, a terrible affliction
smote all the cattle; they were siezed
with a dancing madness, a frenzy de
structive alike to themselves and their
owners. The people danced in order
to prevent their animals doing so. The
effect was marvelous, the cattle re
gained their sanity, and. seeing this,
the people continued to dance on their
own account for all kinds of illness,
but especially for hvsterla and St.
Vitus' dance. Everybody danced, and
the old and Infirm, unable to foot. It
themselves, performed the pilgrimage
by proTy, with an equsllv good re
sult. From time to time efforts were
made to stop the ceremony, but this
resulted In a return cf the cattle plague
showing that the saint was not to be
defrauded of his annual homage, so
that it had to be resumed, and the
number of pilgrims increases yearly.
But, alas! a schism has arisen, intro
duced by a lazy and shortwded gen
eration. The schismatics, chiefly Ger
mans, begin by resting eight minutes
after the starting signal; they then
dance thirty steps forward, but, in-'
stead of retreating, rest for another
eight minutes, while the orthodox
dance back; and, repeating this, ther
will arrive at the church door as soon as
the n'her pilgrims and In a far fresher
condition.
ADVENTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Remarkable Escape of a Kaffir From
a Lion.
An interesting tale comes from Mas
honaland, in which a lion and a Kaffir
figure. The story ia vouched for by
Dr. R. Brown, a well known writer on,
South African topics. The Kaffir was
visiting some friends at a distance,
and was horrified while resting near a
small pool to see a large lion watching
him from the other side. Unfortunat
ly, the man had laid his loaded gua
beyond his reach, and at sign of
reaching for it the lion roared men
acingly. The situation now hecame extremely
painful if not for the lion, for the
man, for putting aside the imminent
prospect of being devoured, the rock
on which he sat, exposed to the glare
of an African sun, was so hot that
he could scarcely ber to touch it with
his naked feet. But the enemy was
inexorable. Any exhibition of an in
tention to sieze the weapon was fol
lowed by a warning roar, so that the
man had all day long to tempter the
almost intolerable heat of the rock
by placing one foot on another, until
by evening both feet were so roasted
that he had lost any sense of pain.
The lion seemed to have only re
cently dined, otherwise it is extremely
unlikely it would have displayed such
tolerance to its helpless vis-a-vis. At
moon it walked to the pool to drink,
looking round every few steps to watch
the Kaffir, and when he reached for
his gun, turned in a rage, and was up
on the point of pouncing upon him.
Then, quenching his thurst, the vig
ilant brute came back to its old post.
Another night passed, but whether the
Kaffir slept or not he could not tell.
All he knew was that it must have
been at very short intervals, and with
his eyes open, for he always saw the
lion at his feet.
Next forenoon the animal went again
to the water, and while there, hearing
apparently some noise in an opposite
quarter, disappeared in the bush. The
man now made an effort to seize his
gun, but on attempting to rise he fell,
his ankles being apparently
without power. However, he got
the musket, and crept to the pool to
drink, determined, If the lion returned,
to discharge the contents of his
weapon into it. But it did not ap
pear. Then, unable to walk with his toes
roasted by the sun and the hot rock,
and his legs flayed by sharp-edged
grass, he crawled along the nearest
path on his hands and knees on the
chance of some traveler passing that
way. This hope seemed destined to
disappointment, when a countryman
came up and took the famished and
crippled Kaffir to a place of safety,
where he recovered, though he was
lame for life.
One of the most stylish of the ready
made costumes suitable for a girl of
twelve Is made of a smooth French
blue cloth. The entlr klrt and sleeves
are tucked, the tucking being so fine
that It has the effect of narrow cord
ing. This little costume has the cor
rect Russian blouse, which is full both
back and front and Is made with a
skirt cut in Van Dyke points. Th
Russian blouse is covered with a lat
tice work design fashioned of very
narrow black satin folds. Down the
left side of the blouse Is an rcordln
plated frill of chnngeable hfue and
dull red taffeta silk, The cloth col
lar is exceptionally high and is fin
ished with a frill of the plaited silk,