nAIJISONPRCSS-JOURNAl (MO. O. CANON. Idttor. NARMVON, - NEBRASKA EEB3ASKA NEWS NOTES. m Sanders han been appointed ef tk Sidney Are department. celebrated the second an. of ita big creamery Tuesday, ia negotiating- with a Pitts- company to establish a water plant. Unit miiiilv nrrhll.lM..U. . t O'Neill Tuesday to elect delegates to ia stale convention. Rwe. W. L. Porter of the Gospel Tab- UncoIn, has accepted the pas- ot the Salem Gospel union. Aa addition to the Holdrege storage an-aaary, 184x40 feet, with a storage ca nt 200,000 bushels, is being built. Brackhahn Bros. of Falls City have Abandoned the brewing of beer to make summer drink known as Bongo the mien mm i mm. Grand Island school board is dls- the question of requiring a xhy steal examination for the school nsacwjera, A telephone line has been extended $nsr miles west of Lodge pole to con mmt. with the Firth, Booth and Lebm swhi ranches. A 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. lw.yter at Grand Island is suffering blood poisoning arising from a bite. Nebraska Courier at Grand I si as been bought by Gus E. Neu aad the same will appear under nugement. ' haa passed an ordinance mak ing It a misdemeanor to use the water of the Union Pacific railroad well for twfcgmtlco purposes. Knights of Pythias of Pender I Jala with the fire department In ob- Jolnt memorial day service at b Methodist church. Way, a welt known Missouri aarabler, who was struck In the artth) a wagon pole at Sioux Falls, to vast expected to survive. General BaSry , mustered my D, National guard, at water last week. The com- snunbers fifty-five. At a meeting of the normal school as at Peru Prof. W. A. Clark of Chi na, formerly of the chair of peda S7 at Peru, was elected president. 4wUgrars entered a drug store, saloon lumber office at Strang. Their consisted of some souvenir whisky and a pair of shoes. Jew gt McLane, a farmer living near uassana city, was seriously Injured m a runaway accident. He suffered a brshm Jaw and the loss of several win Tbe water works company at Broken war has asked the courts to comped A tssor to increase the assesaed wataation of the town four times Its Weaeat assessment. annual meeting of the druggists in was held at Beatrice last A large number of traveling men ta attendance and the visitors merry crowd. Superior State bank has been from a state to a national bank wit) hereafter be known as the Su- nauonai. me capital has been to 123,000, with a surplus of Poaea Valley Sheep company haw organised with a capital stock cf with these officers: G. B. Ira. t; A. C. McFarland, vice prea N. 0. Burch, secretary: C. T. t. treasurer. , A. I. Cook of Sacramento, Cal., who aayslerloualy disappeared while on his mrnr to Kearney from Sacramento, Ca!., beea found In the hospital at Rock ", Wyo., but how he got there la aa yet unknown. window on the north side of ta ooaebes on train No. 124 going east Wldasaday was broken, the result of a tsrribte hailstorm at Fort Laramie, Wifsv where the cars stood on the r over 8unday. Peebles of Pender, who has suffering with a peculiar ailment is undergone several oper- wlthout relief, is now at Salt Ctty, rapidly recovering under a ag treatment for measles. . . 1 fartwcll reception was tendered ZMfoase at Central City. A pars was presented to the as a token of esteem. He will aussur three months aiut in ..i.i i.'Z m"m th Paris bauu- . . V-J 4 '( . ft--.-' m A tOt force of mtn as a steam " rr3 kM commencsd the work ef re- ,.-1 Aaowt mjm cubic feet of earth ' Ckt Ivn Bl on the Nebraska ,tJ at 13m river at Plattsmouth to fill J; CJ CrXsr the treat lew ork of the Bur J;"CzZ2m raa4 on the east aide of the The World-Herald today presents a facsimile of the press cutting of an article that appeared in the Belfast Northern Whig of April 26, 1900. This article must be interesting to the many republicans who have so far re fused to believe that the McKinley administration was partial to Great Britain. It must not be forgotten t hat It Is admitted that "the great vol ume of American sentiment is on the side of the Transvaal." Then it Is said: "WE MIST ADMIT THAT TO STAND BT VS. A8 PRESIDENT MKINLEYB CABINET UNDOUBTEDLY DOES, NOTWITHSTANDING AMERICAN BELIEF THAT THE EQUITIES OF THE CONTROVERSY ARB AGAINST US. FURNISHES PROOF OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF FRIENDSHIP. NOR HAVE WE ANY KIND OF DOUBT THAT, IF , THE LIFE OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION IS TO .BE EX TENDED. PRESIDENT M KINLEY AND HIS MINISTERS WILL NOT FAIL, shouid the need for It arUe, TO GIVE EVIDENCE OF THAT FRIENDSHIP." Then the British public is warned that If anything favorable to the Boers should be uttered by the republican convention or by republican lead ers it will not be significant, for, this British authority predicts "THE RE PUBLICAN PARTY WILL BE COMPELLED BY THEIR OPPONENTS TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS FAVORING THE REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLE IN GOVERNMENT." , And yet republican politicians of today boast that theirs is the party of Abraham Lincoln! Think of it. the party of Abraham Lincoln "COM PELLED by their opponens to adopt resolutions favoring the REPUBLI CAN PRINCIPLE in government:" Telephone No 2S08 Carrar. Telegraphic Addraaa " Romeikei London.- Press Cutting for No FROM HIKE & CURTICE, Jrrss Cutting ti Information gtnq), 359, STRAND. W.C. V m J v v v at s w r Extract fromyn P.Z1---IAC-U7 Date... S--.M--l9J-P Address of Jourral-j!l2i-- t'J Ajkflsrsea, a Swede about 60 ytZX susi whw has lived In Kear- .r-y Gm mm. twaaty years, hung V e3 tf ifea city jatl at . .. - l . . . . . . . jm - ass F" ni jbii ' f -t1 C cmarge had i t '-1 l J U wwM I ANGLO-AMERICANISM POUTICS. IN arty sieetisca are bnae bU a tat a if femt autes af Ow ABerteaa Daiea to elaet jielafetr to sttead the eoaTeatieaa that wilt ' BMet sisst suauatr to Boisinls essatdsUs for the Prcodeacy. The BrBabltcsa Coavaattoa of Us fTMt But e( w York, was held o 4ae lTth iaM. fUsolsttons fateaaaj the re osaiaesiea of Oestdeai M'Kialrf aore adop ted, aad dolcfstst were etsetad to oarry otrfr hs oisaas ot the party a this stStd. Both tee Btpafclkaa and Dcmoeiaiio aartics are eweifsfed in tbis prabatiaary woik of elect sg deliastss who shall caooes eandidstes 'lar tea Prisidsmiil elsctioa at am Nunat .ber. We era oatrkoHr ta aoveaksota with 'aura tkaa ataal isterest (says tke "6aippuf World '7. for Che DesuxAu at their Suu gataariafs have aaiforsily passed moiutiune IrMadry to tke Boes aad astagaawtw to the British ia tke pretest campwfs is Soatk Af jics, wiitle the Republics bro bcrn gene sail silcat, bat sympathetic toward tb oM coaatry. At the New York State Bepabhov. CoBation already referred to aot a word was said of the war or the fatare of rbe Boer Bopublic- BuCtiusre u every reana to bs- ' htn that soaictbtaf will be said wtn the Coaveatioa of the Bepablirsa party shaJl as semble nest Juae o jeooouaate Pmideab VKialey. AadUiie brJaga ui to com oosiomdU we 'SMds is thete w!tuflns m long " a No-' saber of last year. W then n3 ."Next aaiBier the pohtteian will meet to aoatiaato aadnlitea for the Prrn4-n j Ji'Kink-y 4Bd Bryaa ag-aia perhaps and thea we Buy loo . lor a crop of resolBUoae to four of the South African Bcpablics." Now that we are . eavaseiag toward the date of the Presidealial ooaveBtioaa, tt btroDies sppareat (Boub that . our lureraat cciulr. Dmpatclicf from America tU us Iran day to day wliat we said Ave mostae eg o.taat the Bepubttcaa party will ,he eompelted by their oppooeBU to adopt re sobUiow fseooruir the Bepublicea priauple is gowrameat, aad oalkag lor the mm n of hostilities aad a ?eturs of pcaoe for South Africa. This will be ooaeiderwi aecestary oa the aoor of party taettes. There are maoy . taoususds of rotns of Ceraus aad other a'oreigs birth within the party who art oat pf eympetby with this coaatry, and without these rot the rfelecnea of Pro ideal M'Kjo Jey uMisot be seeuMd Kertover, la re is so kitid of doubt but that th frtat volume of American aenttmeat i oa the ido of the Tranaiaal aad the Oraaga Free Slat iu t!ie ateCBt eoatvrt. Aad, wbotevre aiay thiak of Ameriran letrtii jexc-e and juogmtai' ta thii oooaeotioo, we mnt admit that .to ateaa by us, Pnttidcet M'Kily'a.Cbln Idoabtedly does, aetwithalaadiag Ai'rutt belief that the eqaiuee of the corJtvey are aamut as, ftaib7i pt'Y'f )( 1lt hlg'lfi' quality o( lnt&)np Nor ito Mjmi of 'doubt that, il the life of I he ptraent, miniilratioa M to be exteaded. Prraioeet 3f'Eialy and hii Miniater will aot fail, should the Brrd for it arise, to give ajoi.r of tbat friendship Meanwhile, dnrinr ihw apan of Urn iBtreoing between this aad tii grat week ia iirit November, we (hall Ac cell to remrmber (bat eiurR will be Mid by our fneada in America liable rnouoh to give of feiMt to tboaa of u who may nnl he loforn.Kf eoaeeraiBf party exufarie ar.d tbe -earr-i political aituiitioa We ta this eeaetry aufht sot to tad tt very diSrali to auk earuoee for politioiaae who do and say Ihuies with a view to party adeeataft. aad aot murb Mot. We sostrtima carry tfcea eietbeda o 'fac that it ia impwjaibl to defead them, aaa aot a to appreciate that they hae heea -per milted by tbow at the head of the Gov ernment of the tie. The Destotralk party is largely composes) of Iriabmen sad awwas rslhaltaa af ether - B'.nnUtie. fe ccur the tu ef 'bene elei-tur far Mr. llryas ot the Pieeidaatial candidate ef Ui Drmerrsttr party aad stimu late their ewtbssiasm annlstiesa of se Iresae ewaea-ier la the iatereut el the Sestb Almaa hpuhlK will adoeated)y he earn at eh DrAorratic Coareatia AaeV aa matter ef party tattiva, the Rrpsblieaa tan eeatioa. is order to prevent a caeda ta the Demnerale (rem asMegst O era an ass) ether who are ia ayasatby antb the Botr. will adopt narw rranletmea aa the party lead er may deem nivramry jsd mffiijeat for tha mrpo. Tfrfe r art aad eauater aocea that w baven int. aad w anil do welt ta fslty acpreiiae ihr siruatmn ui aiiimi, sad thereby rid fi"3 nipurlanie to evia Meat eaprdiei ednntirl to nh vote. Much we a Id depend upon lrd loberU. He ay he able to bai'li l he wnrh ia Suuta Al rra before tU p.!iti cawpaijn is Aina aegise But w; do ut aaliripate ihi. and sees those who ;, led ntuin o Ike tMfc army ears ut: net Irr Chnima Hi li siMthitrg tt. 4ht prrptft el-1 ht war. DEATH OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE REPUBLIC. 04 PEACEFCL BLOEMFONTEIN. : If Bloernfontein, the capital of tbe ; : Orange Free State, hadbeen nettled ; : by Englishmen Inatead of by Dutch- : : men. It might have been named : : Sleepy Hollow, from Its position and : : the quietude It aas to take on. In- : : stead of teceivlng its name from the : flowing founain. Nothing hurries : in Rluemfontcin, not even the sun in : his course through the fiery mld : summer heavens. Folk there get up : early in the morning, do a little : work, lay off till midday, and quit : before the middle of the afternoon : Is reached. There's only one high ; way, and on it nothing can be Been : that by stretching the language to : the utmost can be called buntle or : hustle. The town In like an oaxln : in the desert. Round about the veldt ; is flat, dull, parched and monoto nous. An undulating plateau, cur rounded by low hills, the township llitelf ia a fertile little garden. In which nearly everything flourishes with the least poanlble amount of trouble. Ita roues aie famous, no are its vegetables, and Its mealies over top those of the surrounding coun try by half a foot. There are about 7,000 whiten In Uloemfonteln. and perhaps half that number of native. The town in about 4.500 feet above tea level, and the climate Is soft, balmy and In vigorating In the extreme. The Orange Free fitate, which a a republic braved the sturms of nearly half a century. Is free no longer. It has sacrificed its liberty and In all hu man probability Ita life to the creed that blood is thicker than water. The Free Slaters had no quarrel with the Uritinh. The two peoples had been on amicable terms for years. The au tonomy of the mate had been grunted by the Brltlnh without even a request upon the part of the Orange River Boers, and their republic might have lived on and prospered Indefinitely. But the Free State Boera responded to the :ry of kinship Just as the Cape Dutch jenired to do, and their devotedness hu st them their country. In all the history of the civilized world there Is no other cane in which an entire nation Has Immolated itself for a caune In which It had no substantial interest. It waa In 18ut that the Free State was organlxed. As in the case of the Trcnavaal Boers, the euny settlers had trekked from the Cape Colony, because the abolition of slavery, had left them without the labor by which their fatmn had been maintained. They settled to :he north of the Orange river, and aoon Hintracted quarrels with the native a ho surrounded them. One of these xlbea was that of the Orlquan, who were protege of the British crown, and hen war broke out between these Ha lves and the Boers, the British sent in expedition "to restore order." Thl as accomplished after a brink flgttt llh the Boers at Zwart Kopjes, and .hereafter the British maintained a res- dent commissioner to "preserve the eace. In I8t8, however. Governor Sir P. Mailland declared that in order to keep .he peace It would be necennary to in- lex the whole country, and this was lone. A considerable number of the Joers, however, took up arm In de- enne of the liberty which they loved 10 well, and a short, sharp encoufSier tnsued, which ended In a victory for he British. Nevertheless the troubles with the latlvea continued, and at last the Bru sh declared war against the Basutos uid with the Boers defeated them in he battle of Berea. Having obtained the submission of :be chief and made a treaty with him in the part of the Boern, the British 'esolved to withdraw and leave the Cr inge river residents to develop their rountry and fight their own battles o the bent of their ability. This has Ken called "a shameful denertlon," and rertalnly It proved dlnpleaning to very nany of the Boers, for they sent a dep- ilation to England to ank for the con- lned support of the British arms. This a republic of their own for the year 1H4. with Jonas Philip Hoffman for president. The British had do dislike for the Free Statera There was nothing in their country that they wanted, and those Britinhera who lived there auf fered under none of the disabilities which had so irritated the outlanders In Oom Paul's country. All white men born In the Free State, or resident in It four years, were entitled to vote, pro vided they owned 1750 worth of land, or aid tl HO rent annually, or ponnesaed $1,600 worth of personal property, or an Income f 1 1.000 a year. The only legislative body was a Volkeraad, with 0 members, and residents of foreign birth were eligible for it. A president was elected every five years, and wai ansinted by a legislative council of five members, Including the government secretary and the magistrate of the capital, ex-offlclo, and three membern appointed by the volknraad. The pren Ident had no power of veto. The laws of the land have been codl fled and were adminlntered by excellent judges and magistrates. Dutch was the offMal language of the state, but there was no bun against the English language, such aa existed In the Trana vaal. All burghers between sixteen and sixty were subject to military duty and were supplied with guns at cost price. Training camps were frequently held. A corps of mounted police, 152 strong, was maintained for the sup pression of cattle thieving. The laws governing insolvency, marriage and the registration of deeds were very strin gent, and were modeled on those of Cape Colony. Since 1S83 no liquor li censes had been granted to persons living outnlde of towns and the sale of liquor to negroes has been absolutely prohibited. The utmost personal ireedom consist ent with good governmnt was taught in the schools and colleges, and wa permitted In the courts. There wan no interference with public meetings, such as the Johannenburgers complained of. No charges of corruption were ever lev eled against the government, such as thone which have been directed against Kruger's administration. In the Trans vaal, with a white population of only 245.000, the government collected and spent more than 120.000,000 a year, of which nearly .,".,000.000 a year went for salaries to Boer officials. The Free State collected only $2,000,000 a year and apent but $1,900,000, of which only $250,000 went In salaries. : WITH A SCOTCH TWANG. ; I : All through the Orange Free State : is heard the Scotch twang. This ia i : particularly noticeable at the capl- : : lal. Many members of the volks- i : raad are of Scottish descent, as auch : : frequently recurring names aa Fra- : : ser, Macfarlane, Stuart, Masintnsh : : and Innes abundantly testify. The ; : talk In the Parliament house ia offl- : : dally In Dutch, but there ta a braw : : twang about much 4 f It which aug- : : gests that It has been acquired on : : the banks of the Tweed or there- I : about. : : The Orange Free State ta cut off ; : from the ocean on the south by Ba- : : sutuland and tne vast extent of ; : country known generally aa the : : Cape of Good Hope. All Is British, : ; and In the southern part of which : : is the particular region called Cape : : Colony. The whole Cape of Good : : Hope territory la not as large as : Texaa. Basutoland, in the middle or : : thp southeast border of the Orange : : Free State, is equal to Vermont in : : area. It la a British colony. : : Along the northwest border of the : : Orange Free State lies Grlqua Land : : West, which Is a part of the exten- : : sive country known as Bechuana- : : land, all of which Is on the went and : : north, and la generally caUed British : : South Africa. : ir tne rree state should become an Integral part of the British empire It will add to It an area of 45,000 square miles. Including a tract 100 mllea long and 30 miles wide which In nald to be the greatest wheat producing country In the world. For forty yearn, without the stimulant and saving elements of modern farming. It has produced crops of from sixty to eighty bushels an acre. The rent of the country la compara tively arid, and suitable for little else than gralng. The farms number 10.4ffS. with a total of 30.000,000 acres, of, which at the last census. In 1890, only 250,000 acrea were cultivated. In the name year there were 248.887 homes In the state. 276.073 oxen, 619,000 other beantn of burden, C.400.000 aheep, 858.000 goats and 1,41 ostriches In captivity. The production of diamonds In 1890 was valued at $1,100,000. In 1897 the production had about doubled. Gar nets, coal and gold are also found. The Imports of 1897 were fl.23l.69D, and the exports $1,792,242. In 1889, at a time when the relation of the Free Slate with the British gov ernment were mont amicable, a cun toma union was entered Into with the Cape Colony, and the Cape government agreed to build a railroad through the Free State at Its own enxpenne and rink, and that the freight tariff should be mutually agreeable. Half the profit were to go to the republic for neven ara refused, however, so they formed i years, and the republic had the option of taking over the road at a stated sum permlle. This road was opened In 15192, and for several years profits of $800,000 annually were divided, owing largely to the traffic to and from the Rand. The gross profits for the year 1897 were $2,500,000. Payment for new lines, additional works, etc, amounted to $1,500,000, leaving a balance on Jan uary 1. 1898, of nearly fl.000,000. The railway lines are 366 miles In length and coat $12,500,000. All theae road . were taken over by the state govern ment In 1898. There are also In the Free State 1,862 miles of telegraph, line, with 2,700 mllen of wire, and all these the British will take. Previous to the unhappy war which will probably transform a flourishing republic Into a mere crown colony, the Orange Free State' occupied an Ideal position. There was no freer country anywhere. There was no country where the government was more ab "Here,' nald President Steyn In hl Inaugural speech "Here we have the Free State, Inhabited by a people who have shown themselves capable of cop ing with all the difficulties which an -unexpected change In their history cre ateda people In whom Ilea the mak ing of a great nation. Here we have rained the banner of republicanism, anl will continue to uphold It, From all quarters strangers are coming to un. Is It not a glorioua task to Incorporate these strangers with us and amalga mate them in one republican people?" And thin wa no empty theory, for the Free State wan accomplishing that very thing. While Kruger at Pretoria was making taws for the protection cf his countrymen Steyn and his prede cessors admlnintered the government In such a way as to make the foreign bom burgher love their adopted country aw well, or better, than the one they hail left. The British born burghers did not prove the traitors that Oom Paul al ways feared they wouid be to hla coun try, and when Stewart Cumberland de scribed Bloernfontein a few years ago he did so Indignantly, denouncing the inhabitants because they regarded It an the mont desirable spot on earth. and declaring In a passion that the Britlnh residents were no longer Brlt lnh. "Anti-British Britishers," he called them. So with the Interior British devoted to -, the country and the exterior British quite friendly to it, there seemed to the outsider no cloud upon the Free State's horion. Then came the growth of the "forward party." the enthusiasm for the Transvaal caune, and at last the war. So the history of the Free State was char ged, and the end of the republic came to pass. ! mTTin If I IT TTT 1 n HT Hflfim A rtTTfnrtTv : thin Mara wax h .h tki th n x ii. iu mi ah flXAU JUJUJJVllbVVUiril -............ " i New York Arthur J. Farnsworih, the electrical ngineer who wan veiy nearly electro- uted on Sunday, May 20. In the Eant hester Electric LlKht company's power bouse in Mount Vernon, In slowly con valescing at his home in New Kochelle, N. Y. As told by the newspapers j,( the time, Farnsworth received a shotk while standing at the switchboard and b If ting the lodes from one of the large Jynamos to another, preparatory to tartlng a new muchine needed to meet :he Increased demand for light at night- tall. Thirteen hundred volts passed through hla body. Farnsworth In decsrlblng his experi ence said: "The Instant 1 caught the lire wires I could feel my rauacles con tract like whipcords, and a quivering sensation pssaed through me. Of course was unconscious almost ss quick aa a flash, 'and fell to the floor. 'fortunately for me, Frederick Mur- mann, (he assistant engineer, was para log the place juat aa the accident oc curred, and ran in and shut off the current. , He says 1 was lying on the our, and had ceared to breathe. Blood wss running nut of my nostrils and ears, and my cheat wss distended so for that he snd the physician that wa raited had lo put their knees upon it anl puah It back to the nstursl place. In my opinion I owe my life to my prompt discovery after the accident, if am quite certain I would hare been dead If srtlnclal respiration had mil hipn resorted to at once. It Wss while thin respiration wan going on that 1 became conncloun. My body was cold, and for a few minutes I didn't feel any sensation. .Then my hands began to burn and my head to pain me where It had been brulned." "Do you think that an execution In Sing Hlng prison could produce a much greater pain than the shock you re ceived?" Farnsworth waa anked. "I would not like to say positively ROASTS BRIDAL ROBES. Rev. Hlllls Says Cown and Not tha Bride Is tha Thing at Waddings, Special,) "The bride ot y comes to the altar burdened un der a donkeyload of tulle; she l aim ply an Incident to the marriage cere mony; but it Is the gown that is th thing. How different the simplicity cf the Grecian maidens, who put the pieren, of her white garment over her shoul ders and a rone In her breast, anl went to her nuptials In grace and beau ty. The woman was the thing then;, today. It ia the dreaa." When the Rev, Newell Dwlght Hlllls concernlg that," replied he. "I under- made thia reference lo the extrava- stand that about 1,700 volts are admin istered In the prison, but that a large margin la represented In these cane and about 1,500 are all that are needed to produce Instant death In the case of an ordinary man. If this is true, the pain could not be much greater than f experienced, and certainly It would be of shorter duration, owing to the great er force of the voltsge. "At sny rate, I know how It feels to be electrocuted, snd I do not wsnt sny more of It. I have been In the business Is yearn, and thl In my worst shock. You may be sure that I will be careful that such a thing doe not occur again." Farnnworth'a physician asys that he han s good constitution snd s remark ably strong hesrt, otherwise he would not have survived the terrific shock, "No woman, says the New York Pre philosopher, ought to be allowed to get married (III she has learned how to make bread snd has forgotten all bu three way of making salad. gance of the modern weddings In Ply mouth church at his morning service today there waa an audible titter and the sounds of much subdued laughter among the congregation. Mr. Hlllls. preached on the "Simplicity snd the Breadth of Christ as a Religious Teach, er." He deplored the tendency to the reenwal of belief In the teachings ot the old philosophers, and counseled his hearers to stand fast by their belleY In Christ's simple creed. In the church we have no end of rubbish and theological rsgpiekrs whereas Christ's teaching are ao sim ple that a child can comprehend them Then, too, the churches are divided be tween little water and much water for baptism, white gowns versus black goyns, and romping creeds versus the simple creed of Christ. "The time will come when the great churrhns of New York will not be on Broadway, but In the suburbs of the city. There will be slwtpiiclty every ii, ' -At' i ' . r' 6 I .A. ''-Si , "V ;K2. .