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J HOPE I'NfJlENCUAHI E. *
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And yet, when all Is thought and said.
The heart still overrules the head;
Stilt what we hope, we must believe.
And what Is given ws receive.
Must still believe, for still we hops
That, In the world of larger scope.
What here Is faithfully begun
Will be completed, not undone.
My child, we still must think, when we
That ampler life together see.
Some true result will yet appear
Of what we are, together here.
—Arthur Hugh Clough.
Bachelor Brown’s Dilemma.
nY WILL S. GIDLEY.
<Copyright. 1»00, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
Bartholomew Brown, or Bachelor
Brown as the neighbors called him,
was In a quandary. His Aunt Abbie,
who for twenty years had kept house
for him, had left in a fit of anger a
week before, declaring that she would
never come back, and Brown knew
only too well that she Would keep her
word. That was one of the family
•characteristics of the Urowns—they
always kept their word. Aunt Abbie
was a Brown.
At the moment upon which our story
opens Bachelor Brown wa3 ruefully
contemplating a loaf of bread which
even Mr. Brown was willing to admit
was not an improvement on that which
Aunt Abbie used to make. He was
wondering whether it was best to get
it patented as a new style of paving
block or to chop it up with a hatchet
and attempt to eat it. He had made
the bread himself.
“Looks as if I missed it somehow on
that baking. I s’pose I could eat it if
I tried hard, but a fellow might as well
starve to death as die of indigestion.
Guess I’ll have to fall back on baker's
bread for the present. About as soon
eat a basswood chip.
“Mighty sorry Aunt Abbie got her
back up and lit out—or no, I ain’t
either. I’m glad of it! She has bossed
me around about long enough. I’ve
been my own master for a few days,
and I rather like it—that is, I would
if it wasn’t for the trouble of cooking.
Wish I had a Chinaman to do that
for me—and speaking of a Chinaman
reminds me that Aunt Abbie went off
without ironing my shins. That’s an
other delightful job I’ve got on my
hands. Guess I’ll go ahead and do the
Ironing now, and then perhaps I will
be hungry enough to eat this bread."
Mr. Brown procured a couple of flat
irons from the closet and placed them
on the stove. Fifteen minutes later he
took one of them in his left hand,
held it in front of him, carefully
poised in the air with the bottom tilt
ed upward. Then moistening his right
/ore-finger ho gently touched tho hot
iron with it just as Aunt Abbie used
to do; but instead of instantly with
drawing the finger he clumsily pressed
it against the sizzling metal until it
scorched his flesh. With a howl of
agony he dropped the flat-iron—an
eight-pounder at that—on his foot.
This was the first time in years that
Bartholomew Brown had done any
swearing, but he went at it like an old
- hand. A tin-pedd'sr is not easily
frightened as a rule, but one happened
along while Brown was in the midst
of his eruption, climbed down from
his cart and approached the kitchen
door. He got about half way up the
walk—and then he stopped and lis
tened. Just a mompnt; and then he
turned pale, and whirling on his heels
went flying back down the walk.
At every farm-house he visited dur
ing the remainder of the day the ped
dler told a thrilling tale of his narrow
escape from an encounter with *'a
raging maniac in a big, white house,
a ways back.”
Meantime Bachelor Brown, all un
conscious that his fame was being her
alded abroad in the land, had cooled
down somewhat, had tied his burnt
finger up in a greased rag, and was
making another heroic attempt at
ironing.
There came a ring at the doorbell.
“Great Peters!” he groaned. “Wonder
who that can be at the door? Bet its
a book-agent, and like as not she has
heard me tearing around here and
swearing. Well, if she has I hope it
"Look* as If I missed It somehow on
that baking."
•will scare her away. * • • Needn't
mind about pulling that bell out by
th: roots, madame; I'll be there about
as soon as you want to see me.”
And growling like a bear Brown
■went tramping heavily through the
hallway to the front door, which he
violently flung open.
“G’way!” he shouted, waving his
hand at the rather young and pleasant
faced lady before him, exactly as ir
he were trying to shoo a hen off the
stoop. “G’way! Don’t want any or
your books! Wouldn’t read 'em if you’d
give ’em to me!”
But instead of doing as requested,
<he lady calmly held her ground.
“Why, good afternoon, Mr. Brown,"
fthe said in a musical, well-modulated
rvolce. "You seem excited. Don’t you
know me? I am the Widow Perkins,
from The Corners, and I am helping
raise the money for a new carpet for
the vestry of our church. What shall
I put you down for, and can I see your
aunt, or will you subscribe for both?”
“Why—er—excuse me, Mrs. Per
kins,” stammered Bachelor Brown, in
confusion. "I—you can put me down
for six yards, and—and I hope you
won’t say anything about the way I
treated you when you called. You see,
I took you for a book-agent, and Pro
sort of upset anyhow Just now. 1
don’t suppose you’ve heard about It
yet, but Aunt Abbie has got her dan
der up and cleared out for good, and
Pve had to do my own housework this
week. Sweet time Pve had of it, too.
An ostrich couldn't eat the bread I
baked; and Pve Just about crippled
myself trying to Iron a shirt, not to
mention breaking out a couple of win
dows and nearly killing the cat. Er—
didn’t hear me before you rung the
bell, did you?”
”1 heard someone talking and I sup
posed you had been buying a parrot.
Some of them use shocking language,
you know. And so it was you all the
time, was it? Poor man! Really, Mr.
Brown. I feel sorry for you, and if
you will permit me to do so I will be
glad to come in and straighten up the
housework.”
“But I am afraid it Is going to take
you away from your work, Mrs. Per
kins.”
“Not at all, I am at liberty the rest
of the afternoon, and it will be a real
“G’way! Don’t want any of your
books!”
housekeeper. Perhaps you might find
pleasure to me to do what I can to
assist you. That Is what we are placed
In the world for—to help each other.”
“Is it?” said Brown, innocently, as
he led the way to the kitchen. "Guess
Aunt Abbie hadn’t heard about that
or she wouldn’t have flopped off the
hook and deserted me the way she
did.”
“Dear! dear! what a time you must
have had of it,” exclaimed Mrs. Per
kins; as she surveyed the wreck Brown
had made, "and all over the ironing
of a shirt! Now if you will bring in
the other iron and put it on the stove
then sit down and watch me ?,11 show
you how easy it is to do it.” When
the shirt had been duly ironed and the
charming widow turned to him with
a graceful bow and said: "There, sir;
now do you think you will know how
to go at it the next time you have a
job of this kind?” He admiringly ex
claimed:
"Say, you beat Aunt Abbie clear out
of sight ironing shirts. I never saw
anything done up quite as slick as
that; and by gum, it was just as good
as a panorama to sit here and watch
you! Never worked in a laundry, did
you ?”
"No, but I pride myself on being a
first-class housekeeper, and ironing
shirts to my mind is one of the es
sentials of good housekeeping.”
“Well, if you understand housekeep
ing all through as well as you do
ironing shirts you certainly must be
a wonder. Aunt Abbie couldn't hold
a candle to you. Maybe you can tell
me what ails this bread I made yes
terday,” and Brown produced the loaf
and thumped on it to show its inde
structible firmness.
No, laughed the widow, "I haven’t
got time to analyze that bread, but I
will make a nice batch of cream biscuits
for you—the kind Mr. Perkins always
liked—and I guess Pd better bake a
couple of pies, too, while I am about
it. Don't you think so, Mr. Brown?”
“Yes, if you wish, but I don’t know
how I am ever going to pay you for
your kindness, Mrs. Perkins. And to
think that I came near driving you
away for a book-agent. Let me see;
what is it the Bible says about enter
taining angels unawares?”
“Pshaw, now, what nonsense you
talk. Instead of dreaming about an
gels you’d better be hunting up a
one over at The Corner. You’d better
drive over there and see about it wliilo
I am busy with the baking.”
Brown stepped over closer to the
widow, who was rolling up her sleeves
In readiness for the flour-tub, and
looked at her steadily until finally she
became aware of his gaze and lifted
her eyes. ,
“Well," she said, smilingly, “aren’t
you going on to hunt up a housekeep
er?”
“No, l think not,” was the quiet re
ply; “I’ve got one ulready that suits
me pretty well, and a wife in the bar
gain—that is, of course, if you are will
ing.”
Half an hour later, when the matter
had been arranged to the entire satis
faction of the two persons chiefly con
cerned, the radiant and blushing bride
to-be suddenly bethought herself of
her baking!
“See here, Bartholomew, how do you
suppose I am going to make any pies
or biscuits if you go on this way all
the refit of the afternoon? You’ll bo
hungry for something more substan
tial than kisses when supper time
comes.”
PROTECTION DID IT.
UNPER ST A CENTURY'S PROG
RESS IS MADE.
Aa lidnatrUl Review hf the Amerl*
can Kconomlat—Home Manafarture*
and American Ealtor the Chief Cause
of Oar National Oreatueee.
The American Economist of recent
date contains an industrial review of
the nineteenth century which discloses
our most remarkable growth and de
velopment in all fields of endeavor.
The writer very fully shows that our
prosperity has been so identified with
protection as to make the former In
every Instance the sequence of the lat
ter. The tariff laws of the century are
given in full and their effects upon our
commerce and trade are succinctly
stated. The article is accompanied by
a table giving by decades our progress
in wealth, commerce and principal
lines of industry.
Wonderful Wealth Gain.
This table shows that in wealth wo
have Increased from $900,000,000 in
1800 to $100,000,000,000 in 1900; that
our foreign commerce in 1800 was
$162,244,548, and in 1900 was $2,244,
424,266; that our exports of $70,971,
780 In 1800 had increased to $1,294,
483,082 In 1900; that our products or
manufacture, which were perhaps $20,
000,000 In value in 1800, were valued at
about $15,000,000,000 in 1900; that our
900 post offices of 1800 numbered 76,
350 in 1900; that our textile products
of a few thousands in value in 1800
were valued at considerably over $1,
000,000,000 in 1900; that our iron and
steel manufactures of $14,364,526 in
value In 1810 were valued at over $1,
000,000,000 in 1900; that our railroad
mileage of 23 miles in 1830 had in
creased to 196,410 in 1900—In shirt,
that from an insignificant group of 5,
000,000 of people in 1800 we have be
come in 1900 a nation of more than
76,000,000, with greater wealth, with
greater output in all fields of produc
tion, with greater credit than any other
nation on earth.
Dae to Protection.
The review of the century not only
shows that our periods of prosperity
have been during the years when a
protective tariff has been In force, but
that the creation of our important in
dustries dates from the year when an
adequate duty was laid on the product
of those industries. Two or three Il
lustrations will suffice. In 1870 only
30,000 tons of steel rails were made in
the United States, and these sold at
$100 per ton in gold. In 1900 we were
making over 2,000,000 ton3 a year at
a price of $24 a ton, and the price has
been as low as $17 a ton. We were
making but a few thousand kegs of
wire nails in 1883, when the duty wTas
Increased from one to four cents per
pound. In 1888 the output was 1,000,
'100 kegs and in 1900 over 8,000,000 kegs,
■vhile the price has been reduced from
8 cents per pound to 2 cents per pound.
March of I’rogreii.
We made no tin plate in 1890, when
for the first time a duty was laid by
the McKinley law. In 1900 we made
over 400,000 tons, and can not only
supply the home market but are now
exporting it. Hundreds of other prod
ucts owe their development to protec
tion. On the other hand, when duties
have been lowered or removed the con
sequences have been serious and most
disastrous. The blow to all our indus
tries, and especially to wool and wool
lens, by the Wilson-Gorman law is
only too fresh in the min^ls of all. The
tariff of 1883 was a severe blow to our
wool Industry, while the low tariffs of
1846 and 1875 threw the country into
a panic and bankruptcy, as did the
tariff of 1833.
Principle Da* Predominated.
But protection has predominated, es
pecially since the civil war, and it is
during this last thirty-five years that
our great progress has been made. Our
iron and steel manufactures, our tex
tile products, our farm products, our
exports and many other commercial
and financial totals are now measured
by billions instead of the millions or
thousands of the early part of the cen
tury.
The writer concludes his review as
follows:
Tribute to High Tariff.
“What greater tribute to an economic
principle; what greater vindication of
a national system of legislation; what
greater proof of the wisdom of a pro
tective tariff could there be than the
results of the nineteenth century In
the United States? We have victorious
ly waged two great foreign wars. We
have waged one of the greatest civil
wars ever known to mankind. We
have freed millions of slaves. We
have welcomed to our free institutions
20.000. 000 of foreigners. We have sold
abroad over 133,000,000,000 worth or
our products of agriculture and manu
facture. We have accumulated over
1100.000. 000.000 of wealth.
I
Greitnt of Nation*.
“From an almost insignificant re
public we have grown to be the great
est nation on earth in wealth, in pro
duction and consumption. We have
become the most powerful in diplomacy
and war. We feed much of the world
beside ourselves, and our manufactures
go to every corner of the earth. At
I the end of the nineteenth century and
i the beginning of the twentieth we are
recognized as the financial center of the
globe, and all nations look to us for
money. We are Increasing our nation
al credit by over half a billion of dol
lars a year. We are paying higher
wages and living better than any other
people. The luxuries of other lands are
our necessaries. Our national treas
l nry is overflowing; our banks, both na
tional and savings, are swelled almost
to their limit.
Envy of Other station*.
“And for all this maniflcent accomp
lishment, for all this grand achieve
ment, for all this most enviable posi
tion and attainment, who will ques
tion that besides our own exertions of
mind and body we are Indebted solely
to Providence and protections? With
resources unlimited, with wealth un
bounded, with credit unequaled, with
honor unsullied, we stand on the thres
hold of a new century and wonder
what it will bring."
WACES AND COST OF LIVINO.
In a communication sent some weeks
since to the state department by the
United States consul at Lyons the ques
tion of wages in France and in the
United States is touched upon and some
comparison is made between the prices
of necessities of life in the two coun
tries. The statements made and the
facts presented are most enlightening.
"While wages are much lower here
than in the United States," says the
consul, "the cost of living is higher,
if the quality and quantity of food be
considered." And then he proceeds to
give specific facts. According to his
figures, ordinary white sugar costa
from li to 11V& cents per pound in
France, good coffee from 60 to 90 cents
per pound, while fish ranges from 20
to 60 cents per pound, and so on. The
luxuries which are enjoyed by tho
rich alone, such as the finer silks, vel
vets, broadcloths and clothing made
to order, cost from 25 to 50 per cent
less In France than in the United
States.
Here are a few definite statements
from one who is in a position to know
tho facts which are worthy of the at
tention of those free traders who try
to bolster up their rotten theory by
claiming that, though our protective
traiff keeps wages high, the high wages
are more than neutralized by the high
er cost of living in this country. Their
claim has a plausible look at first
glance, but the facts don’t bear it out.
Of especial importance are the above
quoted facts to American workingmen,
who, above all others, profit from the
system of high wages and cheap living
which prevails in this country and the
continuance of which is dependent on
their votes.
THEY BEGIN TO SEE IT.
The London “Iron and Coal Trades
Review” sayB that when the iron and
steel industries of the United Kingdom
begin to give way, as they are doing
at present, it is not unreasonable to as
sume that the whole industrial fabric
is more or less on the eve of a serious
change. This, it says, appears to be
the general expectation in Great Brit
ain at the present time. When an
American writer a couple of years ago
directed attention to the imminence of
an industrial change such as that now
generally expected, the Ixindon “Spec
tator” and other British free trade
journals pooh-poohed the suggestion.
They were unable to perceive what
this trade journal clearly sees, that
the iron and steel Industries "are the
basis of all the other mechanical in
dustries—of shipping, general engin
eering, foundry operations and a thou
sand minor industries that may be
named.” When a basic industry is in
jeopardy all those resting upon it are
sure to suffer, a fact which the opti
mistic Free Traders will be sure to ap
preciate before long, although they are
unable to do so now.—San Francisco
Chronicle.
STRENGTH OF A POLICY.
"Not since December, 1872,” says
the Boston Herald, "has Congress met
with the Republican party lodged so
nearly upon the very apex of power
as it is today. All on account of the
stupidity of its adversaries.” The
Herald is in large measure right, for,
after all, it Is stupidity, rather than
lack of patriotism which prompts the
course of the majority of those who
would adopt a policy which would be
fatal to American progress and pros
perity. As for the leaders, they are
stupid, too, as well as selfish and un
patriotic. Otherwise they would not
sneer at the full dinner pail or accuse
the workingman of being all stomach
because he takes thought of the com
fort and welfare of his family. The
success of the Republican party has
been due in part, as is evident, to the
stupidity of its opponents in fighting
against the policies which have
brought prosperity to the people of the
whole country and have set the United
States many laps further on in its
progress toward being the greatest of
the world’s nations, but in part only.
Primarily, present Republican success
is due to the soundness and wisdom
of the policy of the Republican party
in protecting, everywhere and always,
American interests, and in seeing to
i* that the American people rather
than the people of other lauds should
be the country’s first care.
Inadvertently, Mr. Bryan has ac
knowledged his appreciation of the
presence of prosperity. When, save
in a time of unprecedented prosper
ity, would a man wholly inexperienced
in the publishing business venture to
start a paper?—Albany Journal.
Mr. Bryan insists that "the election
was not necessarily conclusive on any
question.’' It would greatly conduce to
Mr. Bryan’s happiness and peace of
mind if he knew a knockout blow when
he got one.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Democracy having failed in an ear
nest attempt to edit Mr. Bryan, Mr.
Bryan will try his hand at editing
Democracy.—New York Press.
State Capital Observations.
Expressions Emulative for the Good of
Republican Supremacy.
LINCOLN. Jan. 28.
Another week has gone by, and sMll
there is no selection made for senator
by the legislature.
Practically all of the political seers
have reached the conclusion that a
long fight is on, with the chances in
favor of ending in a deadlock. Many
of the uninterested do not look for
Thompson’s men to desert him, be
cause he is backed by the strongest
organization In Nebraska. More than
that, he is a man of iron determina
tion. His candidacy two years ago,
which everybody admits was weaker
than it is this year, prolonged the
tight for weeks, and it is expected he
will not give in until he is elected or
all hope is gone.
Every day efforts have been made to
get signers to a republican caucus, but
each day a failure was reported. The
candidates evidently believe their
chances are best without a caucus.
Late in the week Representative Whit
mo: e sought to work up a caucus,
the call for which read as follows.
"We, the undetsigned republican
members of the Nebraska state legis
lature, hereby obligate ourselves to
enter into and abide by a republican
senatorial caucus to be he'.d on the call
of the speaker of the house on reason
able notice and as soon as may be af
ter this agreement is made effective.
1 •:1s agreement is based on the fol
1 iwM-g terms ai.u cond loot pro c
dent, to-wit:
"First—This agreement shall be ef
fective upon its receiving the signa
tures of sixty-seven republican mem
bers of the legislature.
"Second—Fifty votes shall be re
quired to nominate any candidate for
the United States senate or to adopt
any additional rule for the caucus.
"Third—All nominations shall bo
made by viva voca vote on roll call.
"Fourth—No nomination for United
States senator shall be effective until
two candidates shall have been duly
nominated on the same roll call.
“Fifth—Only republicans of unques
tioned loyalty shall be eligible to nom
ination for United States senator at
said caucus."
Just what luck Mr. Whitmore will
have is not known at this time, but.
sentiment is against a cacus yet, and
he will probably also fail.
The senatorial fight is getting hot
ter as the days go by, and from every
appearance it is a healthy thing and
may last longer than some expect,
while it may be closed up with a snap
that will take the breath away. That
the fusionists are watching the con
test with increasing interest is mani
fest on all sides from the discussions
in the lobbies and corridors. Their
concern is chiefly as to its effect on the
future politics in the state, as htey see
in the choice of men by the republi
cans obnoxious to the rank and file a
great chance for political capital to
assist them back into power.
One republican senator suggests a
general caucus, first on the North
Platte or long term candidate, all re
publicans to unite in the selection. Af
ter the North Platte man has been
chosen, he would caucus on the South
Platte or short term senatorship and
when both have been determined upon
would have them elected by the joint
session under the present rules. The
suggestion is meeting with some fav
or, but no steps have thus far been
taken to formulate an agreement or
secure a caucus to carry out the idea.
Friends of Rosewater contend that
if Thompson is sincerely in favor of a
north and south Platte nomination, he
might show it by nominating the oth
er fellow first and then taking the
chances on his own case.
The county treasurers’ association
met !ast week at the Lindell hotel to
consider matters of deep interest to
them. The sessions of the legislature
are viewed by them with great inter
est. They are now trying to secure
some legislation that will relieve the
treasurers of the western portion of
the state. In many of the counties the
treasurers feel they are insufficiently
remunerated. Especially is this true
in those counties under township or
ganization where township collectors
gather in (axes and turn them over to
the treasurers, absorbing many of the
fees It id believed that the main op
position of the treasures this session
will be directed against the township
organization. It was agreed at the
meeting that a bill shall be drafted
embodying this change.
As far as Lancaster county goes, the
bill will have no effect. The reduction
In the county population has, how
ever, effected the number of clerks al
lowed the treasurer here and to obvi
ate this difficulty H. R. No. 2 has been
drawn up. It reduces the population
limit to permit the same conditions ex
isting now to continue. County Treas
urer McLaughlin says that it will be
impossible to get along and keep up
the work in the office with less than
the immber of clerks he has now which
is exactly the same as was employed
by his predecessor. He and Lancaster
men generally are taking a keen inter
est in the measure.
Both houses of the legislature de
cided to hold a session Saturday last.
It was the first Saturday session of
the term. Usually the members desire
to go home on Saturday to devote one
day to their private affairs. Some
times one house desires to remain in
session and the other does not. .While
the senatorial contest is on It is not
I deemed best to do tnis for fear some
question might arise as to whether the
legislature had complied with the
United States statute requiring at least
one ballot each legislative day on
United States senator.
The friends of the senatorial candi
dates do not wish to take any chances.
A considerable amount of seasoning
was injected into the senatorial fight
last Friday morning during the pro
ceedings of the joint session and dur
ing the afternoon session of the house.
A resolution was proposed in the joint
session by Wilkinson of Cass author
izing the appointment of a committee
to investigate whether the railroads
were using free transportation to in
fluence the vote on United States sen
ator. This was ruled out of order by
Lieutenant Governor Savage on the
theory that were such a committee ap
pointed it could receive no authority
to enforce its orders from the joint
contention.
As soon as the house convened in
the afternoon Mr. Wilkinson intro
duced virtually the same resolution,
but providing for a committee of five
to act with a like committee from the
senate and Investigate this same ques
tion. An amendment was also passed,
proposed by McCarthy of Dixon coun
ty, enlarging the power of the com
mittee to investigate all charges of
corruption. Including promises of
political appointments, in connection
with the senatorial fight. Under the
wording of the resolution with all
amendments taken into consideration,
the house committee when appointed
by Speaker Sears, must act with a
like committee from the senate and
must report to the joint convention.
The provision naming the joint con
vention as the body to which the com
mittee is to report, was made by er
ror. It resulted through the passage
of an amendment prepared by Taylor
of Custer in the joint session of the
morning when the original motion was
not entertained. Mr. Taylor intro
duced this same motion in the house
without making any chango and as a
result the committee was instructed
to report to the joint convention.
The result of the entire action will
depend on the complexion of the com
mittee appointed, on the action of the
senate in appointing a committee to
act with the house committee and on
the attitude of the joint convention in
regard to the entire matter. If the
speaker appoints a committee, a ma
jority of whom are oposed to go.ug
ahead and who desire to block the in
vestigation, or if the senate by its ac
tion desires to block further action by
not appointing a committee, nothing
may result of the matter. Otherwise
the committee to be named will be del
egated with oper to make a thorough
and searching investigation of wide
extent connected with the senatorial
contest.
The following invitation has been
extended to the legislature by the re
gents and the chancellor of the univer
sity: “Members of the legislature
have a standing and most cordial invi
tation to visit and inspect at their con
venience the grounds, farm, shops, li
brary, gymnasium, museums, labora
tories and recitation rooms of the uni
versity, to acquaint themselves with
the condition and needs of the univer
sity and with its work as it goes on
daily and hourly. Visitors calling at
the chancellor’s office will be supplied
with competent guides and will be
made welcome wherever they go.”
The house committee on university
and normal schools held a meeting late
in the week and uecided to recommend
for passage the bill appropriating $75.
500 for a new liurary and gymnasium
building at the Peru normal. Dr.
Clark, principal of the Peru normal,
was present and resisted any attempt
on the part of the members to tie up
the appropriation bill with the bills
creating new normal schools. He said
he was in favor of new schools, but
he did not want to see the appropria
tion bill held back.
The university and normal school
committee agreed at a recent meeting
that there should be three new normal
schools and three bills were recom
mended to be placed on general tile.
The bills are house roll No. 70 which
provides for the purchase of the old
Western Normal building at Lincoln;
house roll No. 121, establishing a
school at Central City, and house roll
No. 37, by Broderick, which provides
for a commission to select a site.
The first shipment in bond, from the
port of Lincoln, was last week by ex
press to Paris. Twenty-eight pictures
and frames from the art exhibition
valued at $4,000, packed in four pack
ages, were prepared for shipment in
the baggage room at the union station.
They were shipped to “A. Guinehard.
76 rue Blanche, Paris. France.” Deputy
George Bartlett and Express Agent
Nash spent an hour or mofe at the
depot preparing the packages for ship
ment.
Secretary of State Porter retired
from office the first of the year with
nearly $1,000 of money which he took
in violation of the constitution. This
money was received by him contrary
to the constitution as a member of
the state marks and brands commit
tee. Whether an action will be brought
to recover this money from Mr. Por
ter is not known. He could probably
escape as did Eugene Moore.
Col. Julius N. Kilian of Columbus,
commanding the First regiment, Ne
braska national guard, has been ap
pointed by Governor Dietrich as ad
jutant general of the Nebraska na
tional guard. Adjutant General Bar
ry, who now holds the office, has
served six years. Colonel Kilian was
formerly captain of company K of
Columbus, but while in the service in
the Philippines was promoted to ma
jor.
Many flags were lowered in Lin
coln tb respect to the dead queen of
the British empire, and expressions of
regret were heard on every side.