Nebraska Newspapers

    C;. KOLCO'JB'S ADDRESS.
fiPEAKS ELOQUENTLY TO THE
TENNESEEANS.
Tim Beauty, the Cranduer, the Past,
the Future, the Hope of OurCorr -mon
Country What We Have to
-Ee Proud Of.
Iradles and Gentlemen:
If, in response to the most cordial
words of welcome to which we have
Just listened, my words seem cold aud
formal, I know you will ascribe it to
-the Inadequacy of language to suitaMy
-empress the appreciation and gratitude
which the heart prompts us to jiake
for your kindly greeting, and not to
Insensibility on our part to this splen
did manifestation of regard and
friendship by the people of Tennessee
for th commonwealth of Nebraska
And her citizens. On hebalf of the peo
ple of our young state, represented
here today by officers both civic and
anillUiry and citizens of high standing
-and renown, I beg to return their sin
cere acknowledgments for the hospi--A&ble
manner in which we have ien
ceived. We accept with gratitude
your hospitality so graciously tendered
and hope to Join you in making this
-one of the chief days of interest of
-this great centennial exposition of the
development and advancement of you:
noble state. Tennessee has now pass
ed fhe one hundred year mark in its
JUstory as one of a sisterhood of state
contributing to the glories and achieve
ments of a republic of self-governing
people, the most powerful ard yet the
most just and generous of any upon
the fate of the globe.
I doubt not there ar many hen?
today who are proud of the history of
"Tennessee, of its resources, indmt-ies
and development, of the great men
who, reared within her borders, have
contributed to build up the free in
stitutions of our common country.
"There are hearts here which thrTl
with pride- and patriotism when it is
proclaimed that you are the sens and
daughters of the great state of Ten
nessee. We of Nebraska rejolca in the
name "Nebraskan" and have brought
to the altar of the state of our adop
tion our filial love and unswerving
devotion In a ceaseless effuri to build
tip a great commonwealth of happy
koines, affording shelter tnil comfort
to millions of industrious, thrifty, pa
triotic and liberty-loving people under
the aegis of the Constitution and the
laws of our national Union.
But, my fellow citizens, while we
jflory in the history, achievements
and possibilities of the states of onr
nativity or adoption, while we love to
peak with pride of our own slait,
there Is yet another thought, nobler
and grander than any of these, to
Which I would call your attention. We
are to remember that our happinesj,
liberty and prosperity do not depend
o much upon our being a citizen of
any one of the several great states in
the Union, as to the fact that v e are
all citizens of one common country
that we are Americans.
Here It is that we may
meet upon common ground and,
-wut patriotic sentiment, point
3roudly to this wonderful coun
try, its government and its people, to
Its historic past and its glorious
achievements; ana tnju 10 me uiraii
.able possibilities of the future; a gov-
nsment restituted among mm and
-dedicated by the heroism and eacri-
ncesoi our ioreiiU':i s iu imr ij mu
Justice to all men and equality under
the law; a gov.rnn.ent xtvtv,hf.U"J
and made sacred by the blood of a
million of its bra-i sons on mar.y a
"historic battle field, several of v hich
hallow the soil of Tennessee and
toring to mind ths ter.derest of memor
ies of the great conflict of only a few
ryears ago between the brave men of
khe North and the equally brave men
rf the Sonth. My f ;llow citizens, I
rejoice with you that the estrangement
rhleh gradually srow iid in this coun
try betweenthenorthandthe south, cul
minating in that greatest of all wars,
rand out of which grew 30 much bit
terness and ill will, has passed and
.gone and that only the memories of
the itruggle of gallant men, and the
lessons taught by that terrible con
vict, remain. We rejoice with you .hat
all imaginary lines dividing any por
tion of our reunited country have
been blotted out and that to-day from
rail portions there is a constant In
terchange of business transactions
and friendly intercourse, making us
indeed people of one, common country,
each and all interested' in and solici
tous for the advancement and welfare
of the whole. '
We of the west appreciate as
we have never done before the
mutual advantage of the social and
"business relations which are constantly
-growing and cementing more closely
the friendly relations already existing
between the west and the south. We
realize more and more the advantage
to be gained by sending to the near--st
ecean port, lying to the south of
ie, our Immense surplus of wheat and
-corn and cereals and packing house
-products of all kinds produced by us
-fa abundance and to spare, and to re--ceive
In return articles for our con--anmption,
which must be brought
-from other shores; there to exchange,
.also, our surplus products for many
products of your sunny south land,
which we need for our people and
-which are not adapted to our soil and
-climate. Not that we would cease our
-friendly relations with the people of
-the east by the exchange of our sur
lns products for their manufactured
articles which are so necessary to the
-eotnfort of our citizens, for we have
etonty to exchange with them and
yon, and still have untold quantities
far feretgn export. But we are be--Clanlng
to believe that we should take
advantage of certain great channels
-r arteries of trade constructed by na
tsr throughout our land and along
"tar border with the result that much
-cf the buaiaesa that heretofore haa been
O'eeted along lines east and west
-t tat Atlantic seaboard, many hun--74
mils farther from the seat of
fjaiaattoay caay be carried tty the
Z. direct root to the nearest point
1 t deep water transportation, which
O to tit sooth of aa,
fi & grant era of fsaeral good
Ciit2 aad frieadly feeling which
seems to extend to all portions of our
broad land, and the marvelous facili
ties for transportation of freight and
passengers, we might well have a
more general distribution of the sur
plus produce of all portions of the
country and of the different states
along readjusted and naturei lines of
travel, communication and commenrce
with mutual advantage to all alike.
It is a strange coincidence, and yet
one that I assume may be adverted to
with propriety upon this occasion of
expressions of felicitation and amity
between the citizens of Tennessee and
Nebraska, that over three hundred and
fifty years ago, during the year 1541,
when the proud Spaniards of the pow
erful kingdom of Spain were over
running the entire new world in search
of riches and for conquest, to say noth
ing of the fabled fountain of perpetual
youth, that Tennessee was first visited
by the Spanish explorer I)e Sota, who
touched where Memphis now stands, and
during the sam year Nebraska was
visited by the cavalier Coronado with
his army of Spaniards and Indians,
who 6tarted from the land of the Ezteca
and endured untold suffering and
hunger while following their visions of
fabulous riches and treasures to be
found in the land to the north. But It
was only a coincidence, for while Ten
nessee was destined to be settled by
the hardy pioneer and huntsmen of
Virginia and the Carolinas, long be
fore the Revolutionary war, to become
the third state of the Union after the
original thirteen, to enter upon its
statehood almost coeval with the in
auguration of the republic, Nebraska
remained in the undisputed possession
of the Indian and the buffalo, seldom
visited by the white man until its
formation as a territory only a few
short years before the great civil war.
Under the exciting scenes just preced
ing our internecine strife, her beauti
ful prairies were settled by a brave
hardy race from almost all the older
states of the Union. They forced the
Inian and the buffalo farther toward
the setting sun and carved for them
selves and children out of their rude
surroundings homes which have since
been made beautiful and comfortable,
and laid the foundation for a new com
monwealth. Another star was made to
brightly shine in the. azure blue of the
flag of our country. At the time the
clouds of a great civil war were lower
ing over the people of the United
States, but a small portion of the ter
ritory of Nebraska had been wrested
from its savage possessors by a few
hardy pioneers the vanguard of civil
ization. By the census of 1860 she had within
her borders less than forty thousand
people. After the war was over the,
settlement and development of the
territory were marvelous indeed. Ad
mitted into the Union as a state March
1, 1867, she cast away her territorial
garments and was clothed in the regal
robes of a sovereign state. Three
years after the privllegps of statehood
had been conferred upon her her popu
lation had increased to 122,993; a de
cade later 452,402 people found happy
homes within her borders. By the
year 1890 the population had grown to
1,058.910; and at the present time it
may be safely asserted that a million
and a quarter of Intelligent, Indus
trious people inhabit her domain. They
have converted the vast and treeless
plain into innumerable farms of wav
ing grain and grasses with commo
dious dwellings surrounded by beauti
ful groves of planted timber, adding to
the- beauty of the landscape and giving
additional comfort to man and beast.
With over forty-five millions of acres
of the richest soil, capable of supporting
many times its present population, a
climate that cannot be surpassed for
health and the development of the best
talents of man in mind and body,
broad prairies waiting only to be tick
led by the hand of man in order to
bring foflh in abundance, with cattle
feeding on a thousands hills, with farm
houses dotting the landscape, as far as
the eye can reach, with Delds of var- j
ing grain and growing crops, whichj
- according to tne vicissitudes or the
season, the face of the country is
adorned with a silver wave, a verdant
emerald, and the dep yellow of the
golden harvest;" with cities and vil
lages, factories and foundries, trans
portation facilities unexcelled; an en
ergetic, educated and patriotic people,
rearing their children amir1 h- -n--onment
of schools and r . .. !"H
is Nebraska of fhe pretr. '.ay ihe
"Tree Planters State."
Bear with me for i'Mt a moment
while I present to y.Ttome statistics as to
the wonderful acricultural resources
of our beloved sUte. During the pres
ent season we produced in round num
bers, by conservative estimates, thirty
five million bushels of wheat. This
Is according to the crop report of the
agricultural department of th United
States, app-ox'maly me-twelfth of the
entire production of wheat for the year
1896. We raised in round numbers, ac
cording to the same report, for the
year 1896, two hundred, ninety-eight
million bushels of corn, making Ne
braska rank second among the cora
producing states of the Union. Our
corn crop this year will approach the
same enormous figures as tha' of last
season. In fact, It may be sa-id that
one-twelfth of all the wheat and one
seventh of all the corn produced in the
United States may be grown on Ne
braska soil, and yet the state in the
development of its agricultural re
sources Is In its Infamcy; with oats
and barley, and rye, and flax, and pota
toes In abundance; with sugar beets
sufficient to supply twolargebeetsugar
factories which will produce this seas
on nearly ten million pounds of sugar
and yet this is not enough to supplv
over one-sixth of the population; with
live stock Interests that are consianly
growing more Important, which eon
tribute to supply the demands of the
great packing centers of Chicago, Kan
sas City and South Omaha, whose
finished products of fresh meat and
lard go to the uttermost parts of the
earth. Consider, I say, all these fac
tors of agricultural and manufacturing
wealth, with numberless others of
mailer Importance, which I have not
the time to mention, and you will real
ise the hr.nest pride we feel In the
history and development of oar rrett
state. I trust I may not be considered
aa accroaching on your hospitality
or ae endeavc t lag to draw unfavorable
comparisons with any other part of oar
eoaatry when I speak of these thing?,
for ewery state ha resources of which
Its peoile art Justly proud, and all of
which contribute to the greatness of
our nation.
! A native poet of Nebraska lxas aptly
said:
"There may be homes as dear,
But none are dearer,
There may be skies as clear.
But none are clearer.
Than in Nebraska
There may be days as rare.
But none are rarer.
There may be lands as fair,
But noue are fairer,
Thau In Nebraska.
There may be skies a blue,
But none are bluer.
There may be hearts as true,
But none are truer.
Than in Nebraska."
I am proud of Nebraska and of the
great Trans-.Misslssippi country, the
greater part of the territory of which
was acquired by the matchless diplom
acy of that peerless statesman and
patriot, Thomas Jefferson. West of the
Mississippi river we have twenty-four
states and territories with a popu
lation of over twenty million
people, embracing an area of j
over two and one-half million square)
miles the greater half of the United!
States. The people of this magnificent :
country, so rich in varied agricultural i
and mineral resources, observing what !
has been accomplished by great expo- I
sitions of the arts, industries, sciences, !
resources and progress of a country'
and its people, such as we have vlt-
nessed at the National Centennial, the!
Columbian Exposition, the Atlanta Ex-!
position and your own grand Centen
nial, have undertaken to hold a coins-'
sal Trans-Misslsslppi and International
Exposition at the metropolis of T.'e
braska from June to November,
While this exposition is primarly
undertaken by the people of the great
west for the purpose of exhibit
ing and making known the boundless
undeveloped resources and the possible
achievements of the future of over one
half of the territory of the UnUed
States, yet it is desired that every state
In the Union and foreign countries
shall join us In making this one of the
greatest expositions ever held on Amer
ican soil. We cordially Invite, the peo
ple of Tennessee to visit the Trans-Mis-Issippl
Exposition and to participate in
makings its exhibits. We believe tin
lessons learned from your own exposi
tion will give you a better apprer iatt m
of the educational character, and the
advantages to be gained by obsrva
tion and a study of those evidences of
the wonderful progress and the inven
tive gen'us of our people in amending
to a civilization grander and more use
ful than the world has ever known.
In congratulation for the success of
this, your Centennial Exposition, a1!
Nebraskans join. The evidences of
greatness of your state and its re
sources we witness on every hand. For
the state, its cities and people, and its
natural resources and rapid develop
ment, we entertain the greatest re
spect and admiration. Its noble history
and great men who have contributed
In so marked degree to the preservation
and development of our country and
its free institutions, are sources of in
spiration and pride to all American
citizens, but to none more than to
the native Tennesseean.
We have in this country no nrvmi
ment of antiquity, no ancient ruin3 of
civilization, that have come and gone
nothing but the simple mounds of an
aboriginal rare. And, perhaps, it Is well
that in building in a new world a gov
ernment dedicated to human liberty and
human freedom, we should not be re
minded of some government which
grew up, tottered and fell. But rather
that In this new country our fathers
have given Is a system of laws end a
theory of government for us to perpet
uate and make better, which shall be
as enduring as time and shall embrace
those principles of government which
bring mankind the sum of human hap
piness, human progess and national ac
hievements. It Is well that we have no ruins of
baronial castles of some feudal age,
calling to our minds the oppression.
suffering and tyranny of the people for j
the ages they were permitted to flour-
Ish by the toll and sweat of countless j
thousand who knew not the blessings I
of liberty under a popular form of I
government. Instead of the ruins of an
ancient and crude civilization, let us
orpr Veep fresh in our memory a Mount
irm where lived the father of 'lis
count r: a Monticello with its Jeffer
son: and The Hermitage, where lived
and d'ed the warrior and statesman
and noble son of Tennersee Andrew
Jackson. Can I close with more flttlng
words than to express our admiration
of his life, character and distinguished
services to his country; so courageous
and impetuous, yet gentle as a woman;
so imperperlous, yet hvibla as the
slave he delighted to make happy and
contented; fervently devout in his wor
ship of the Imnlsclent God; with a
constitution as hardy as the hickory; a
mind that could not be swerved nor
deflected In the least from a course
once determined upon; a public s rvant
who faithfully represented his people
and stood as bulwark against any en
croachments upon their rlgjts; in
peace and1 war, in public device and
private life, our Ideal American citi
zen. All hall the name of Andrew .Tack
son, the Hero of New Orleans, the Im
placable foe to tyranny, wrong and op
pression; the friend of the people and
the unflinching advocate of a demo
cratic form of government.
Delta, Cal., Oct 18. William Harald
of this place and the sheriff of Sis
kiyou county were shot and killed and
Deputy Sheriff Stewart seriously
wounded Friday morning, while the
officers were attempting to arrest Har
ld for complicity In the robbery of the
Yreka and Fort Jones stage September
26, last. About 8:30 o'clock this morn
ing Radford and Stewart presented
themeselves at Harald's house and
asked for Harald.
When he came to the door Stewart
said, "I want to see you Harald."
The latter replied; "I'm ready," and
opened Are upon the officer with a big
revolver.
The first shot took effect In Stewart'e
let;, while the second bullet struck
Radford In the left breast, killing him
almost instantly. Stewart, who had
fallen In front of the door when shot,
emptied bis gun at Harald, who fell
mortally wounded, with several ballet
boles In hie chest and abdomen. Ho
died shortly afterwards.
SUPREME COURT RECORD.
A PART OF IT AS MADE BY
JUDGE A. M. POST.
Some Judges Seem to Think That
the Big Corporations are Always
Bight and the Common People
Always Wrong.
(mah World-Herald.)
"To know what the law is, you must
know the judj.'"' administers it," say
the Scotch. They might have added,
"and you must know the school in which
he received his training." J udge Poet is
pre-eminently a railroad lawyer. As a
lawyer, his retainers came from that
source. He was never known to try a
case against a railroad coniany. For
years before hia appointment to the dis
trict bench, he was the attorney fur the
Burlington & Misuouri railroad. When
he was appointed juiifje, no one under
stood better than himself that be owed
his appointment to that company. J udge
Post, whatever his faults, is not ungrate
ful, and his position on thedistrict bench
gave him ample opiiort unities to show his
gratitude to his old client and liencfac
tor. When the iiurlinyton &. Missouri
secured his selection to the supreme
bench, it increased his debt of gratitude
as well as his ability to discharge it.
An examination of the reported cases
for the past six years will disclose that
his ex-employer and benefactor has never
suffered. It is pleasant to note that the
gratitude is not all on one side and that
those near hiui say that his old place in
the law department of the Burlington .t
MiHsouri is open for him after he is de
feated this fall.
On the other hand, Judpo Sullivan,
though he attained higher distinction at
the bar than J udjje Poet ever did, never
conducted a case for a railroad in his
life, lie was always on the other side.
During the five years preceding his elec
tion to the district bench ho was re
peatedly engaged in litigation against
the Burlington it Missouri and the Union
Pacific railroad companies, as the records
of the courta of his district will show.
The last case Judge Sullivan tried, be
fore his elcvstion to the bench, was one
of two cases against the Union Pacific in
Boone county, in which he obtains! sub
stantial damages for his clients. During
the six years he has leen on the bench
he has earned the reputation of being
absolutely fair, not only in railroad cases
but in all others. Neither the railroads
nor those engaged in litigation against
them have ever complained of being un
fairly treated in his court.
The record of Judge Sullivan on the
bench, as well as that of Judge Post, is
public property. A study of these rec
ords will enable the voter to know the
men, one of whom will assist in the
administration of the law for the next
six years. Knowing how they have ad
ministered it in the pat-t, the voters w ill
know what to expect of each of them in
the future.
The Lincoln News, a republican news
paper, charged, in that the Ne
braska supreme court was affected by
railroad influence. This statement was
criticised, and in response to this criti
cism the Lincoln News said iu its issue
of September 13, 1!1:
A corresjiondent takesexceptinns to the
recent statement made by the New u, that
a majority of the people have lost in a
measure their respect for the justice and
integrity of our courts, and insist that
the News must have been in error
when it stated that in the past eighteen
years but two or three jiersonal damage
cases to which the railroad companies
were parties had been decided adverse to
the corporations. The records of the
courts for the past twenty five years are
altogether too voluminous for the News
to scan them for the purjiose of corrobor
ation of the statement, which was mad"
on the authority of a reputable lawyer of
this city, but it has taken the record of
one corn puny the Burlington, admitted
ly the most powerful corporation in the
state for the past rive years, merely as
an illustration. In that time the Burl
ington has been a party to twenty-one
eases, and the results lead one to wonder
if the corporation is always right and the.
judge, jury ami plaintiff always wrong.
Here is the list of cases:
No. 1. C. B. &. Q. vs. Moore, action
for money paid to a garnishee of an em
ploye's wages who lived in Nebraska and
was sued in Iowa. Moore secured judg
ment. HgainBt the company for paying
wages exempt by law. The company ap
pealed. Judgment reversed.
No. 2. 27th Neb., page b'73, action by
administrator for killing employe. Plain
tiff had judgment lelow. t Jouipany ap
pealed. Judgment reversed.
No. 3. Koenig vs. C. H. A Q., 27th
Neb., page CM, action by plaintiff for
laying a railroad track across his garden
in the city of Lincoln. Company recov
ered lielow. Koenig apjM-als. Judgment
reversed by Judge Maxwell.
No. 4. C. B. A Q. vs. Hogan, action
for killing stock. Hogun recovered dam
ages. Company appealed. Judgment
reversed.
No. 5. 28 Neb., page 118, aotion for
killing cow. Plaintiff got judgment for
FJ). Company appealed. Judgment af
firmed. No. 6. 30th Neb., 197, action for kill
ing stock. Judgment for company bo
low. Plaintiff appealed. Judgment af
firmed. No. 7. C, B. 4 Q. vs. Kriske, 30th Neb,
215, action for malicious prosecution.
Kriske recovered. Company appealed.
Judgment reversed.
No. 8. C. H. & Q. vs. Hogan, 30th
Neb., page OHfJ, action to require com
pony to fence line. Judgment for Hogan.
Company appealed. J udgment reversed.
No. 9. C. B. 4 Q. vs. Goraeke, 32d
Neb., page 90, action for killing cow.
Judgment for 120. Company appeals.
Judgment affirmed.
No. 10. C. B. A Q. vs. Barnard. 32d
Neb., page action for killing brake
man, Plaintiff secured judgment Com
pany appealed. Judgment reversed.
No. 11, C. B. A Q. vs. (Justin, 80th
Neb., page 86. Action on tender of 11.25.
(Justin recovered. Company appealed.
Affirmed.
No. 12. Anderson vs. C, B. A Q., 35th
Neb., page 95. Action for killing brake
man. Plaintiff got judgment for 11.
Company appealed. Affirmed.
No, 13. A, A N. R. R. Company vs.
Forney, 85th Neb., page 807. Action for
damages for taking right of wry. For
ney recovered below. Company appeala,
Reversed.
No. 14. 0. B. A Q. vs. Merrick county,
3flth, page 176. County sues for taxes.
County recovers. Company appa ls.
Affirmed. Merely a question whether
the taxes were to be paid to the eovnty
or th state.
No. 15. C. B. A Q. vs. Lnd,ieur,rrth.
page 042. Action for injuries. Plaintiff
recovers t5,UU0. Company appeals, lie
vertmd. No. lfl. C. B. A Q. vs. Anderson. M
N. W., 7'.4. Plaintiff recovered below.
Company appeals. Reversed.
No. 17. C. B. A Q. vs. Graven, 50 N.
W., 7WJ. Actiou for killing child. Plain
tiff recovered. Company appealed.
Judgment reversed.
No. 1 . Woolly vs. C. B. A Q., 58 N.
W., 444. Action for killing deeedent.
Defendant recovered lelow. Plaintiff
appeals. Judgment affirmed.
No. HI. C.li.tg vs. more, 58th
N. W. 1120. Action for killing p'sititiff's
husband. Plaintiff recovered. Company
apea!ed. Reversed.
No. 20. Oliver vs.. C. B. A Q , 59th
N. W., 351. Company recovered below.
Oliver appealed. Affirmed.
No. 21. C. B. A Q. vs. Olsen, 59th N.
W., :i."Vl. Olsen recovered judgment for
f L'tl for lossof leg. Company appealed.
Heversed.
Of these twenty-one cases four were
appealed by the plidi.tilfs in the lower
courts; of these one was reversed ami
three were sustained. SKVRNTEKN
OF THKSE CASKS WF.KK APPEAL
ED BY THE RAILROAD COMPANY,
AND OF THAT NUMBER THE
JUDGMENT OF Til H LOWER
COURT IN FAVOR OF THE PLAIN- i
TIFFS WAS REVERSED IN
TWELVE, WHILE BUT FOUR
WERE SUSTAINED. In thisconnec
tion it should be slated that in the cases
decided adverse to the railroad the
amount of the JUDGMENTS IN
VOLVED WAS EXACTLY (11, while
in the other cases the amount of the
judgments involved against the com-
ianv which were net aside was away UP
N "THE THOUSANDS. Is there not
sufficient justification in the appalling
figures for the feeling that is steadily
growing against the ascendency of cor
rupt influence in party circles and for a
purging and purification of the courts?
They are proof positive that there is
something wrong with tle courta, as
nothing save a perverted sense of justice
could account for such one-sidedness in
judicial decisions.
It is to the interest of the people to
have at least one judge on the supreme
lc!ich who will be free from corporation
influence.
ABOUT $400,000 IN SICHT.
The Next School Apportionment
Will Be a Record-Breaker.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. IS. For many
years the republican politicians have
been long on flags for the school
bouses, but short on school funds. It
appears that the more vehement they
talked about waving flags over the
country houses, the deeper the public
thieves stuck their hands down into
the school children's cash fund.
At the present writing there Is now
on hand In State Treasurer Meserve'a
office over $.100,000 for the December
distribution, and it bids fair to run
the total up to $400,000 by the first
day of December the day whta the
apportionment is to be made.
'Hie showing made by the present
administration Is all th." better when
upon winch the administration draws
It is taken Into consideration that
there is not a single source of revenue
which the n publicans did not have.
The proper, y valualon on which tax
es were raised was lower than at any
time during the last ten years, and it
might le reasonably supposed that the
amount of money would be less.
The present administration has pro
ceeded upon what the republicans
would call old fogylsh ide?, that the
school lands and funds belonged to
the schoolB and the school children of
the state and not to republican poli
ticians and friends of republican of
ficials. The simple plan of pns rvlng
every dollars for the schools has en
abled the state treasurer to pile up a
sum over and above the best which
the republicans ever did, which will
pay for a live months' school, as it
costs in an average country district,
in 500 school districts. This Is what
the half yearly apportionment which
will be made next December means.
The republicans pretended friend
ship for the public schools and Bteadily
and systematically decrejised the
amount of the state apportionment to
those schools. The present adminis
tration goes quietly and honestly to
work and succeeds In providing for
better schools and longer terms for
every school district In the state by
honestly handling the school funds en
trusted to Its care.
SENATOR ALLEN ON U. P, SALE.
Says the Question Should be Set
tled by Congress.
The New York Journal telegraphed
to Senator W. V. Allen and requested
bis views on the Union Pacific reorga
nization sale and the proper proceed
ings to be taken. The senator wired
his reply as follows:
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 14. The acts of
18C2. 1864 and 1887 provide a specific
course to be pursued by the govern
ment In the enforcement of its lien on
the Union Pacific railway properties.
Any other course Is therefore highly
irregular and Inexcusable, If not ab
solutely illegal.
When a statute creates a new right
and provides a remedy for Its enforce
ment the remedy thus provided is ex
clusive of all others, Is a settled rule
of law In this country and applies with
full force to this case. The remedy
provided by the above-named acts
should be followed. The attorney gen
eral had no authority to enter an ap
pearance for the government, and there
fore the decrees are not binding upon
It. Ordinary official courtsy would
have dictated that. Inasmuch as con
gress had cognizance of the matter,
that the attorney should do nothing
until It acted. I think the situation Im
peratively demands that the president
should direct the attorney general to
appeal from the decree of foreclosure
and hang the cases until the question
Is disposed of by congress,
WILLIAM V. ALLEN.
John D. Rockefeller expects In the
course of another year or two to con
trol completely the carrying trade ol
the great lakea.
Will Rogers, a oung fanner, wai
run over by a passenger train at West
Plains, Mo and had both legs cut off.
He bled to death In a few hours.
BAD WKECK AVERTt-P.
A Horse on the Railroad Bridge at
Grand Island Causes Trouble.
The Union Pacific fat null west
bound had a close call three ni lies east
of Grand Island Friday night. Had the
train not been duly flagged there
would probably have been a A wreck.
Shortly beftire dark last evening a
team of big brown horses became
frightened on Fourth street. The
horses ran out of town in the wildest
gallop. About three miles out of town
they took the track. In this vicinity
there is quite a long curve, referred to
as the Black Hawk bridge. The
horsf started across the bridge, but
of course did not proceed tar. Their
legs went down between the ties and
they were securely fastened there.
Fritz Ernstmeyer, a German farmer
living near, had noticed the approach
of the horses and Immediately set
about, with the assistance of William
Lehman and Leopold Spethmann, two
neighboring farmers, to get the horses
off the track. But It was a big task and
they soon realized the Importance of
flagging the fast mall, which they knew
would he thundering along in a- few
minutes. Mr. Ernstmeyer ran up the
track with a lantern, for it had by this
time become quite dark, and It was
not long before the headlight of the ap
proaching train was In slsht. He
swung his lanter furiosuly, and the
engineer obeyed the signal at once.
The long, heavy train came to a stand
still. Superintendent Sutherland was
on the train and personally superin
tended the work of removing the
horses. With any number of men to as
sist this was soon accomplished and the
train completed the trip to Grand Is
land. JUSTICE FIELD 9TEPS DOWN.
The Oldest Member of tha U. S. Su
preme Courtto Retire.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 17. Justice
Stephen J. Field, the oldest memtier of
the supreme court of the United States,
has officially notified President Mc
Klnley and the other memliers of the
court of his determination to retire
from the bench on December 1. The
resignation of Justice Fields was hand
ed to the president last April but he
did not take any official cognizance of
It until recently, when It was accepted.
It Is an open secret, here at Washing
ton, that President McKinley Intends
to appoint Attorney General McKenna,
the great Huntington railroad attorney
of California to succeed Justice Field.
On the 10th of .March SC3 Justice
Field, then a member of the Supreme
Court of California, was appointed "y
President Lincoln a member of the
United States Supreme Court. He haa
served a period of thirty-four years
and seven months, the longest time any
member of the court has served alnce
Its creation.
Justice Field has written a kng fare
well address to the court nnd the court
has replied in befitting language.
Rates Take a Rise.
Omaha, Oct. 19. Agent Agent
Weaver of the Merchants' Dis
patch, yesterday afternoon re
ceived a message from his head offica
slating that on November 1 the tariffs
would be restored on freight from Bos
ton and New England points, taking
Boston rales.
This means that the rates In effect
September 1, 1897, will be In vogue on
the date given. It also means a big rise
In rates. On shoes the rate will ba
raised from $1.10 to fl.47. On dry
goods the same, and other commodities
In proportion.
During th summer rates of the
eastern lines have been slashed all to
pieces, but judging from the Merchant'
Dispatch notice, they have at lust got
ten together, and the Indications are
that they will all make the tsatne rats
on November 1.
The notice of the Intended rise In
rates will have the effect of causing
shippers of merchandise to get as much
winter stuff over the lines as possible
before the rates are restored.
Last Tuesday a fellow called at
Clint Ross' livery stable at Kearney
and engaged a team ostensibly for the
purpose of going to Elm Creek. He
has not yet returned the team. About
the same time a fellow culled on Seldon
Trott and engaged a team from him for
the same purpose, as he said, of driv
ing over to Mlnden. He also has failed
to bring the team back. As It waa
about the time the bank at IJoelus waa
broken Into and the men answer re
scrlptions of men supposed to bo In
terested in that affair, the liverymen
at Kearney thing there was some con
nection between the two circumstances.
The father of a lawyer now well
knowrn In San Francisco waa In his
last Illness talking with a clergyman,
when the latter asked him If he had
made his peace with God. "Sir," replied
the old gentleman, "the Ixird and I
have never had any trouble."
A New York girl Is receiving com
pliments galore for having killed or
of the biggest bears ever slain In tl
Dead river region In Maine. The tri
test of a woman's courage Is not t
bear, but a mouse. Worcester Spy.
0. Collier, owner of the Falrbury
plaining mills, while working at a
plaining machine has his left band
caught by the knives and so badly
lacerated that It was neeemary to am
putate three fingers.
George Derrick, a farmer living east
of Oweola,, waa thrown out of his
wagon In a runaway a day of two sjjb
nd severely Injured. Several of his
ribs were broken and It Is doubtful If
be will recover.
J. II. Myers, aged IS, was fatally In
jured at Blackburn, O. T by being
pulled Into a large gin by his coat
sleeves. He was terribly mangled.
The thermometer at Chicago yester
day registered 85 degrees. This Is said
to be the hottest weather for this tlmi
of year In in twenty-five years.
The Central Illinois Association of
Holiness Churches Is holding It an
nual conference at Beard stowi. Thirty
pastors are In attendance.
Henry Kaufman, 3d years of age, re
siding at 4273 St. Ferdinand street, St,
Louis, disappeared on October 7 an
has not been seen since.