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OKO. D. CANON. Editor.
HARRISON. - - NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES,
Prairie fires In Merrick county caus
great loss to farmers.
It u fourteen degrees below zero ai
Fremont Sunday morning.
Krai Robert Smack of Tecumseh bai
one insane from worry.
Dr. Sum mem of Grand Island w ill
racUce at Nebraska City hereafter.
' Expenses of Johnson county for the
fear 1899 were (33,144.78.
The state board of brands and marks.
In session, at Lincoln, has already con
sidered 1,670.
Adjutant General Earrr has commis
sioned the officers of company A, First
regiment, stationed at York.
The Nebraska Telephone company
has begun to build a telephone line be
tween Beatrice and Tecumseh.
In a runaway near Nelson, Sunday,
Chan. R. Imler of Oak and Floyd Long
of Nelson were seriously injured.
A man answering- to the description
f Otto Miller, who disappeared from
Hastings recently, ha been located
at Ogalalla.
William Fitzgerald, who fell from a )
pile driver neur Gerlng several days
- C.. .-1 Uia ki-.iYM. i i o it f 7
Flttftsmouth.
Principal Ira Lamb of the Nel?on high
school has tendered his resignation be
cause of vigorous protests made against
him by the students of that school.
Max Hendrickson of Hooper has .f
late been a trifle too free with his gun.
-threatening, it is said, the life of Henry
Harms. He will be tried at Fremont ie
a few days.
Two murder trials are scheduled tc
take place at Kearney shortly; that oi
P. L. Dinsmore for the murder o(
Fred Laue, and that of Theodore Nel
son for the murder of his father.
At Fremont recently Jacob Nicholas
foreman of the Fremont Brewing com
pany, assaulted John Pencenstadler
with a piece of gas pipe, and now Pen
censtadler wants $10,000 damages.
Just for fun, Ollie Reed and Ada Rol
lins of Hastings drank a large dose of
carbolic acid in a glass of beer. The
Reed woman is out of danger, but her
partner is still In a critical condition.
WL HEALTH LEADS TO SUICIDE.
Crete, Neb. Special.) An old man
named Stephens committed suicide here
by cutting his throat at the residence
of his sin-in-law. W. H. Mann, three
miles south of town. The coroner was
sent for, but did not hold an Inquest.
Despondency from ill health Is sup
posed to be the cause.
DEATH REVEALS THEIR SECRET.
DUler, Neb. (Special.) Something of
a sensation was caused at Harbine, a
mall town on the Rock Island, eight
miles northwest of here, Saturday,
when the woman supposed to be the
wife of Dr. J. Demming, died very
suddenly, and relatives of the dead wo
man told of her desertion of her hus
band, Charles McDonnell of Hawarden,
la. ,to elope with the gay physician.
Dr. Demming) came to. Harbine three
weeks ago overland, driving a hand
some gray team. A fine appearing
young lady, whom he introduced as his
wife, accompanied him. The roads be
ing very bad he stopped at the house
of a farmer, Paul Sandman, who live
Just south of town. He intended stay
inc a day, he stated, but being favor
ably impressed with his place, opened
up a private practice and said he would
remain for a time.
The doctor is a very large, fine look
ing gentleman, having hair that reaches
bis shoulders.
Saturday morning, the lady supposed
to be his wife was suddently taken sick
and died in a few moments. At first it
was supposed that death came from
natural causes and the doctor proceeded
to prepare for her burial. He was re
quested to send a telegram to his wife's
folks and notify them, but he claimed
be had forgotten their names. He was
finally given the names by some one
wtio bad heard the dead lady repeat
them, and this "forgetfulness" caused
some little speculation.
Monday he came to Diller and got a
ooffln, securing Tom Nelson, the under
taker here, to take charge of the body.
Toe people became auspicious and on
Tuesday the coroner was notified and
Colon r Dodge came down from Fair
bury and held an inquest last evening.
At the Inquest it developed that the
doctor was not married to the lady.that
her right name was Mrs. Nettie McCon
neil. Her mother, Mrs. Branham of
Hawarden, la., arrived and Identified
1st body as that of her daughter. She
swore that her daughter was married
several years ago to Charles McCotinell.
brake man on the Northwestern rail
road, and lived In Hawarden, la, She
ran away from that place with the doc.
tor about two months ago. The doctor
wore hi shome was In Essex county,
H. T and they traveled overland from
lewa here, stopping at various places.
He claims he has large property inter-
at that place.
RICH WITH UNION PACIFIC.
Omaha. Ne'j. (Special.) Edson Rich
baa received the appointment of assist
ant attorney of the Nebraska division
of the Union Pacific railroad. He suc
ceeds Edwards Porter Smith, In whose
tufAce at Beaver Dam, Wis., Senator
Thurston read law. Mr. Rich's position
will be that next to Mr. Baldwin, who
kotos the title of attorney of the Ne
braska division, and who is next In
Hoe to General Solicitor Kelly.
The new Union Pacific attorney is
Nebraska born and bred, a graduate of
taw state university, both of the col
legiate and law departments, and has
been active for several years both In
the practice of his profession and in
politics In this city. He is an ex-mem-her
of the Nebraska legislature and at
the last election was chosen regent of
the state university.
Chicago Tribune: "Has my daughter
It," demanded the stern father, "ever
sdeen you reason to think she would
i latin to a proposal of marriage from
ymmT' "well," earn tne young man
tsbssf Ms hat In his hand In an em-
feMftansd manner, "except that she
a at 'darMas and always kisses
I km her gooa went, i can i
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OUTLOOK IN EASTERN STATES
IS GREATLY MOW.
Mr. Bryan Sums Up the Situation as it lAppears to Him
During His Tour oi the Eastern States.
FINANCE, TRUSTS AND IMPERIALISM THE GREAT QUESTIONS.
To the Editor of the Journal: In com
pliance with your request I submit the
following observations concerning the
political situation in the east, as I have
noticed it during my recent visit to
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
Three questions are receiving the
principal attention the money ques
tion, the trust questions and Imperial
ism. The money question has not been
discussed In the east, as it has been in
the west and south, because a consid
erable majority of the daily papers are
either thick and thin advocates of re
publican policies or are supporting the
republicans on the money question.
Since the election of 1S! the bllver
side of the question has received al
most no support from eastern papers,
while the gold side has been daily pre
sented. The fact that the silver sen
timent has not been destroyed in this
one-sided conflict Is in itself evidence
of the Inherent strength of the cause.
While I have no way of measuring
with exactness the strength of the sen
timent of the democratic party In the
states above mentioned, lam satisfied,
from what I have seen and heard, that
a democratic platform reaffirming the
silver plank of the Chicago platform
would poll more votes In each of those
states than a platform directly repudi
ating the position taken by the party
In the last campaign, and I believe that
a reaffirmation, would be stronger than
a compromise or an evasion of the
question. . .
MONEY QUESTION STUDIED ANEW
The effort of the republican party to
secure additional legislation on the
money question is compelling the peo
ple to study the subject anew. The
fact that England's reverses In the
Boer war Vllsturbed the New York
markets and caused a drop In stock
values, variously estimated at from
five hundred millions to one billion, has
led the people to Inquire what would
be the result in case England should
ever attack a nation of her slse and
become engaged In a great war.
The gold standard plan will not be
complete until the gold Is the only
legal tender, and when that time comes
It will be Impossible for the United
States to have an Independent policy
on any subject, because the threat of
a financial panic will be the answer to
every attempt at Independence. This
danger Is gradually dawning upon those
who In 1X14 were deceived by the cry
of "sound money" and "an honest dol
lar." .
The attempt of the republicans to
establish a paper money trust and give
to the national bsnks control of the
paper money of the nation Is causing
alarm among tnose wno seemso inaii
torent to the gold standard scheme.
The fact that a permanent national
son present security would
(W. J. Bryan in New fork Journal.)
Ing national debt Is compelling atten-j
lion, and those who believe that the
people should be consulted In matters
of legislation will not forget that this
change from greenbacks to national
bank notes is being attempted without
the question ever having been submit
ted to the people at a national election.
AWAKENING TO DANGERS OF THE
TRUSTS.
I have found the people rapidly
awakening to the dangers of the trusts.
Men who did not think the question Im
portant in 1S96 are now convinced that
the private monopoly has reached pro
portions where It Is dangerous to the
political as well as the industrial wel
fare of the nation.
"Give the boy a chance," is a slogan
that will be repealed with Increasing
emphasis by those who realize that un
der monopolistic tendencies the day of
Industrial freedom is fast passing and
the day of industrial servitude ap
proaching. As various branches of industry are
passing Into the hands of a few great
magnates, the consumer of finished
products, the wage earner and the pro
ducer of raw material, all realize that
the evils of a landed aristocracy are
small in comparison with the evils of
the threatened Industrial despotism.
The attempts now being made to de
stroy competition when fully consum
mated will substitute for a multitude
of Independent and ambitious produc
ers, artisans, merchants, manufactur
ers, bankers and professional men, a
few men of Immense wealth, control
ling all production, with many em
ployes, a few great corporation law
yers, with many clerk, and one great
bank, with many branches throughout
the country.
There Is apparent among the plain
people a feeling that they are not shar
ing in the prosperity which republican
orators and editors ' picture with so
much rhetoric. The republicans assume
that a man will vote the republican
ticket as long as he is not compelled to
ask alms. They underrate the Intelli
gence and patriotism of the masses
when they think the producers of
wealth Incapable of seeing the tendency
of republican legislation.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT ON IM.PER
JALIHM. In all my speeches I 'devoted consid
erable time to the subject of Imper
ialism, and I found that the arguments
against a colonial policy were well re
ceived. I am convinced that the effort lo
engraft such a poplicy upon our form
of government will alienate more re
publicans than have left the republican
party In any previous campaign. As
the purpose of republican leaders to
forcibly annex the Philippine Islands
becomes more apparent, tbe defenders
of that policy become more and more
bold In their repudiation of fundamen
tal principles, and as the doctrine of
fore Is more boldly avowed tbe dioaf
feettts among the ropubtlcwaw hv
When the republican arty meets th
speeches of Abraham Lincoln in the
next campaign it will find that the gull
between Llncolnlsm and Hannalsm i
so great that the admirers of the for
mer cannot be followers of the latter
If the republicans assert that an Im
perial policy will pay. they will x
compelled to put a pecuniary value on
tha lives that will be sacrificed In the
purchase of the supposed advantages
If they assert that the nation Is fol
lowing divine guidance In the prosecu
tion of a war of conquest they will he
compelled to show the credentials of
the man through whom the divine will
has been revealed.
If they assert that circumstance!
make it necessary to remain in the
Philippine islands, they will be met
with a reply that a republican admin
istration has created the circumstance
which are relied upon to Justify thi
retention of the islands.
OUTLOOK IN THE EAST IMPROVED
I was gratified to find that many ol
the democrats who left the party li
IW6 hsve returned and announced theli
Intention to support the ticket.
Some came because they are nc
longer under the spell pt the distin
guished democrats who in IfftC used
their political prominence end prestig
to lead away men who trusted them.
Borne have returned because they are
convinced that Chicago platform prin
ciples represent the best hope of a
large majority of the people.
Some have returned because they
have come Into actual contact with
the trusts, while still others have re
lumed because they believe that an
Imperial policy threatens the very ex
istence of free government.
""They argue that mistakes made ir
carrying out the Chicago platform doc
trines can be corrected If the doctrlnt
of self-government is maintained, but
that an Imperial .policy, once entered
upon with the approval of the people,
would be difficult to overthrow.
The outlook In the east has Improved
very much during the last year. If a
like change goes on until election day.
the republicans will lose several states
east of the Alleghany mountains.
The iell-to-do cannot be frightened
again by the charge that the democrat
ic party represents lawlessness and ll
a menace to property rights.
The lawless element 1 supporting
the republican party and law-abiding
people are learning that Society is In
greater danger from those who com
mit grand larceny by ai ts of legislation
than It Is from those who believe In
equal rights to all and special privi
leges lo. none. ,
The owners of horest wealth ar
learning that the predatory classes are
by their criminal practices bringing
upon wealth an odium which It ought
not to bear.
The corporations honestly organised
and engaged In legitimate business are
coming to feel tbe necessity of protec
tion from the dishonest corporation
ormurteed for purposes of exploitation
AN URGENT APPEAL.
CHAIRMAN EDMISTEN BEGINS
THE FICHT.
Kn Address to the People, Not the
Politicians, to Best'r Themselves
for the Great Fight Now On,
Lincoln, Neb (Special.) Hon. J. H.
Edmlsten, chairman of the people's par
ty state committee, In pursuance of the
action- of the committee, gave out the
following address:
The question of the coming campaign
and how It should be conducted Is a
question that should engage the minds
of the fusionlsts at this time, because
It will be full of Interest from the start
on the account of the election of two
United States senators In the state this
fall.
TUB CAMPAIGN OF 18SS.
The election of lVftS is so fresh In our
minds that we cannot forget with what
certainty our people entered the cam
paign, with the full belief by all that
Sanator Allen would be fleeted. There
could be no doubt about that, even
it-publicans were admitting the fact,
and to our sorrow we found out too
lute, that was a part i-t their campaign
and as a consequence they had by j
this confidence game talked our twople
Into the Idea that "Allen will be elected
any way, and yau can give me your
vote, or you can stay away from the
polls and I will have a little better
snorting In this precinct," or that, "Of
course I can't hope to be elected, and
if I should it would not make any dif
ference in the election of a United
States senator." With this kind of
sophistry practiced from one end of the
mate to the other, and In each repre
sentative and senatorial district, we
can understand how so many of the
fuion forced failed to vote, or in some
cases were so liberal as to vote for the
republicans.
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1900.
They wen; led to believe that the
large majority in V.6 and )S!7 for our
ticket wa.i assuied again and repub
lican candidates went out on a begslng
expedition and they succeeded In beg
ging a United ."tales senator from us,
and then laughed at us for It, saying
we made an honorable contest, and
was as much surprised at the results
after the vote nan counted as were the
fusion forom. Well, this won't work in
mud, but the sly old republican poli
tician has from now till the canvass
commences, to determine on some other
line of deception to get the votes of
those that can be caught by his plan.
They know with a full vote cast for
our ticket they have no chance or hope
of election, and in the election last fall
the fusion forces wanted to convince
themselves, as well as the republicans
that they had the majority In the
state, by fifteen thousand or more, and
delivered the votes, to establish this
fact. Tills having been done. It must
be understood they cannot rest, and
let Important matters drift Into wrong
channels, where the opposition can take
advantage of the opportunities that In
reality belong to our people.
WE MUST SELECT GOOD MEN.
The duty of each worker In our cuuse
now Is to see that only the strongest!
and ablest men In the various tils-j
trlcts should be considered for the po
sitions of senators and representatives;
these men should bo elected with no
personal fight on them In their own
ranks; they should be men whose char
acters are above reproach; men who
command the high moral support of all
the community where they live. They
should be men of experience and well
known to the body of the voters, whom
they look to for supisirt. They should
be men who, when elected, will not
cause their constituents to be ashamed
fo them, but an honor to the districts
which they represent, and be a source
of pride to each supporter. They
should be men who will prove true to
every principle advocated by our party
and not vote half of the time vvlto the
opposition, In order to be fair, as they
sometimes say.
WB HAVE GOT THE MEN.
You want men elected, who, when
they corne to the state Capitol, will not
le found the associates of the slick
lobbyists that are always on the ground
but men of courage that will listen to
those who elected them and advise with
the mas to the kind of laws they want
enacted and will act and vote to pass
such laws. You want to select such
men to represent you as will return to
the district stronger and better able
to defend our cause and help to build
up the Bame. We have many of these
In each county, and many of them are
men that will not ask for office, they
have not thought of being candidates
and many times such men prove to be
our very best and most useful men,
and when placed in positions where
they can exert an Influence, can and do
become a power. Coupled with this
must be ability.
HIE FELLOWS THAT DO BUSINESS,
It certainly is a mistake to send
fanatics to the legislature. Of all the
places that you should have the cool,
calculating, well balanced men of your
party It is in the legislature. Such
men make but few mistakes: they are
cautious and yet earnest and faithful,
they do not lake up the time of the
legislature In chasing rainbows or try
ing to establish Isms; they transact
the business you send them there for,
and are ready to adjourn and go home.
OUR SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES.
The object of this article Is to assist
so far as we can In selecting the very
best men we can to come to the legis
lature. They will have much Im
portant work to do, and w;th a popuilst
governor to sign the bills passed, and
a supreme court that will be In sympa
thy with your actions, this will be the
most favorable session of the legisla
ture for the passage of many laws that
will be of great benefit to our people,
tine the fusion forces were placed in
power in this state.
HUNT UP GOOD MEN.
Now, the duty of each friend of our
rause is to look around him and make
the wry best selection he can from
those in his knowledge and begin to
talk to his neighbors about it; canvass
the field thoroughly and dont listen al
together to the fellow that has the bee
In his bonnet, to come to tbe legislature
sometimes they are all right, and
sometimes it proves the reverse. This
is your duty and you must not shirk
so Important a duty as that of select
ing or helping to select those members
who are to represent you In the legis
lature. BEGIN IN GOOD SEASON.
It may seem to some that It Is rather
early to commence the consideration of
these candidates, and we are willing
to admit that fact, but would rather put
in more time In the careful considera
tion of the men that pre to represent
os than to wait until too late and Bnd
after the nomination, has been made
that we have made a bad selection, or
the wren gman had been chosen, and
that wo would bare hard work to elect
our candidate and th.n he would not
be what we had hoped for.
WE ARE THE l'ttHI-R
The fusion forces have within their
ranks men of brain and force, who will
be able to make one of the most brill
iant legislatures ever held at the state
capltol. The work outlined In this ar
ticle does not apply alone to each state
county and precinct committeeman of
the ailed forces, but to all who are in
terested In the great reforms we hop
to establish in this country. Let us
work to this end that our cause may go
marching on to victory from year to
year in Nebraska. Yours for success
in state and nation in 1H00.
J. H. EDMISTEN.
Chairman State Committee People's In
dependent Party.
KNOWN AS EMIL PRESSLER.
Victim of the Sunol Wreck at Last
Identified Beyond Question.
Sidney, Neb. (Special.) No doubt
now remains of the lamentable fate of
Emll Pressler. who has been missing
for more than a year, whose body now
lies burled in the Kidney cemetery,
where the charred remains were in
terred on January 10, M'J, the day aftet
the Sunol wreck.
A careful examination of some of the
property found in the ruins discloses
the half of a silver watch case, on the
outsidi of which was engraved the
name, "Hnrriette Donneuse, 15 !(.,
ls." and inside the name "Pressler is
plainly observed, showing beyond a pos
sibility of a doubt that r'n-ssier was a
passenger on the Ill-fated Union Pa
cific train that left Omaha on Sunday
afternoon, January S, lS'A bound for
the Pacific coast.
It is said that George J. Hunt of
Omaha, who was severely injured in
the wreck, recognized Pressler by itv!
pictures that were- sent broadcast
throughout the country.
The body was charred and burned
beyon diecognitlon, but the position "f
the man in the car and the place of
the body was found corresponds with
Hunt's description.
The sorrowing mother, who has been
distracted with grief, will at le.iHt be
happy to know that Ihe son's body re
ceived decent sepulchre, though his
fate was an awful one.
Pressler, a it will be remembered.,
was told a week ngo. was a young
Herman, who left the home of his un
cle, oscar Pfelffer, 1S Reap street,
Brooklyn, to go to Honolulu to take a
place on a sugar plantation near there
with another uncle. He left New York
with a through ticket over the Erie.
Northwestern, Uunhm pacific, and the
Southern Pacific to San Francisco. Ills
trunks arrived in San Francisco, hue
he never called for them. He had but
a feww dbilars In change In his pock
ets, but hud letters of credit on a Sart
Francisco bank, which were never pre
sented. He wrote a letter to' his moth
er In Germany, which was mailed on
the train, then stating that he was
"one day out" from Chicago, and It a
dated January 9, 1SW. No truce for n,
year was found of his ticket being
taken further west than the N'orth
wesiern to Council Bluffs,
As a coincidence the Sunol wreck oc
curred January K. Three charred bo
dies were tuken from it. one was roon
identified as that of MiK Armstrong-
of Paxton; of the two remaining, one
was known to be that of Alexander
Seillk of Omaha, an officer In the
Woodmen of the World, and a clerk in
tho supply department of the Union
Pacific, en route to accept a better to-
sitlon as storekeeper for the Union Pa
cific at Green River. Selllk's body was
picked out of the two by Dr. iJorward.
then of Omaha, because of some filllriR
made in the teeth by Dr. Ijorward, and
because of the peculiar shape of Sel
llk's head.
The third body, that of a man, was
not Identified at the time. The Union
Pacific then gave out the Information
that, according to the checks of the
tickets and other transportation of th
surviving passengers made by the con
ductor Immediately after the wreck, tho
body must be that of an Idahastotk
man n route to his home from South
Omaha, whose name it would take soma
time lo discover through the usual
course of auditing. However, after a
year the Union Pacific has never got
ten around to discover or divulge the
name to which the stockman's pass
was issued.
CAPTAIN TAYLOR'S MEN BESEI6ED.
His Battalion Is Surrounded atCal
amba and Enjoys Flchtlng.
Omaha, Neb. (Special.) In a letter
dated Calamba, Luaon, Pecember 21, to
his folks. Captain W. C. Taylor gives
some of the movements of the Thirty
ninth regiment. United- States volun
teers. It sterns that the boys in the
regiment were somewhat disappointed
when they landed, as the Third battal
ion was sent to the block houses north
of Manila, while the first battalion was
sent to the south side of the town.
There was no prospective fighting in
either position.
liut the second battalion Major Tay.
lor's with headquarters, a few days
later, was sent about fo;ty miles south
of Manila, to Calamba, where they en
Joyed the novelty of being besieged on
all sides, and with a good prospect of
an active campaign.
The troops were well supplied with
cannon and rapid fire guns. The chief
difficulty was to get the Insurgents
within range. The line of communica
tion was by boat across Laguna de Bay
and down the Paslg river.
Many of the officers and men of the
regiment served In regiments during
the Bpanish-Arnerlcan war, which did
not reach the front, and of course they
were naturally anxious to see an act
Ive campaign, and be out on the front
line. This wish must have been grati
fied later, for according lo press cable
dispatches, the whole regiment appears
to have been making a good nghtlnp
record during January, having thelp
first "brush" with the Insurgents Jan
uary 2. The captain says:
"We have a very fine regiment, both
In officers and men, and although we
may never be heard from, I think we
are capable to perform any task laid
upon us."
He speaks of thn death of Major Lf
gan who mhe knew very well and of
General Lawton. The latter was killed
near the old stamping grouni of the
First Nebraska, In the vicinity of tho
pumping station. The officers of the
Thirty-ninth were expecting to have
General Lawton lead Ihe expedition In
the southern part of the province.
Tbe paragraphs In his letter which
will especially Interest his old com
rades In the First Nebraska, are as
follows:
"I met Bob WhitUker the other day
and he appears to be enjoying himself,
and Is getting along very well In thk
custom house.
"Colonel Culton hss been appointed
deputy collector of customs, and Mam
Steel Is doing quite a law business. -
"I visited the graves of all our beys
and And tbem well cared for. I wish
I could give some definite Information
as to when they are to be removed to
America,
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