People G“o Fight the Trust Octopus. There is no reason to doubt that the movement toward the formation of a vast labor union committed to the policy of National ownership, to resist attacks by combination of capi tal, of which the Billion Dollar Steel Trust is the most conspicuous ex ample, is inspired by the growing un easiness among the wage workers of the country as the ultimate object of project emanates from Pittsburg, where the immediate effects of the operation of the Morgan syndicate are likely to be earliest apparent. Thou sands of steel workers are employed in the great Carnegie establishments and associated activities, which are designed to form the nucleus of the giant combination, and every one of these has an acute interest in a deal that threatens revolution in a sphere of industry upon which they anif their families depend for .subsistence. This great body of workmen has its branches in every section of the coun try over which the Steel Trust pro poses to extend its control, and it is nothing more than the natural in stinct of self-protection that has caus ed the leaders of a movement intend ed in its lncipiency merely to amalga mate the allied metal trades, to sug gest an extension of its purposes and influences. A consolidation of all labor unions in the United States into one great coherent body, whose defin ite object, maintained with intelli gence, judgment and resolution, should be the opposing of dangerous encroachments by trusts and monopo lies upon inherent rights would doubtless prove a barrier over which the octopus that has been paralyzing individual enterprise might vainly strive to extend its all-comprehending arms. Scholar and “Police Chief. It is a new experience in American life to see a well known scholar who is at the same time an experienced guard ian of the peace appointed to the office of chief of police In a city like Chicago. Yet that is what has been done in the appointment to the chieftaincy of Capt. Frank O'Neill by Mayor Harrison. The idea was to name a man who would be a "Minister of Police,” who would be able not only to control and direct the nr • • CHIEF O’NEILL. force but in cases where the General Superintendent had to appear on public occasions as one of the high officers of the city could make a creditable ap pearance. Captain O’Neill Is not only the best educated man on the force, but also has a good eputation as a police man, having couie up from the position of a patrolman. He was born in Ire land in 1849. He joined the force in 1873. His private library is one of the most extensive in Chicago. His home on Drexel Boulevard has long enjoyed the reputation of being the rendezvous for book worms and men of letters generally. The Chinese "Regency. It is a characteristic trick of the Em press Dowager of China to nominate a regency for the purpose of preventing the return of the emperor to power. Her vindictiveness is such that if re forms must come she would not have them come through the agency of her unfortunate nephew, even were he still competent to direct the affairs of gov ernment. She was done with him. as she thought, in 1898, never intended that he should reign again, and ar ranged for the perpetuation of her own rule ljy naming a very youthful minor to the succession. There is no doubt that, according to the original plan, the emperor was to have been mur dered, and his life has been an impen etrable mystery ever since. He is said to have been shattered in mind and body, but such is the secrecy that sur rounds him that his very existence is little better than a speculation. Of his influence upon the court there is not now a trace. There is. however, a reformatory in fluence which must affect the regents, even though they are the dowager's ap pointees, and that is the might of Rus sia and the Allies. The most bigoted reactionary would hesitate to provoke hostilities again at this time, and, furthermore, it would appear from all the available information concerning the board that it is not wholly com posed of bigots. S'accccdf Dr. Edtvardj. David D. Thompson lias been elect i ed cijitor of the Northwestern Christ ian Advocate by the book committee of the Methodist Episcopal church to succeed Hev. Dr. Arthur Edwards, de ceased. The action is decidedly pro gressive, and was not accomplished without a struggle. Precedent was against the successful candidate, for lie is a layman, and hitherto only rev erends and doctors of divinity have been selected to sit in the editorial DAVID D. THOMPSON' (New Chief Editor of the Northwestern » Christian Advocate.) chairs of the Methodist papers, as well as' to fill almost all the other places of trust and honor. /fames Ending m **/.** Another Italian anarchist an'd would be regicide, whoso name ends In i! If this suspected Romagnoli, now in the toils at Berlin, had succeeded in his alleged purpose of assassinating the kaiser, the prophecy of Victor Hugo in his “Cromwell” would have had one more fulfillment: "Philippi, Mancini, Torti, Mazarini! Satan pour intriguer doit prendre un nom on i!” And, of course, the poet's list has wonderfully lengthened since. To say nothing of Orsini and his bomb, there is Golli, who killed Canovas in 1897, and Bresci, who slew King Humbert last year—all names of the fatal ter mination. But then, Italian names in i of geniuses and saints come easily to mind in such numbers as to confirm the old saying that Italy produces the best as well as the most vicious men in the world. Nor are instances want ing of assassins whose patronymics are of right guttural German or sibilant Russian. Of no Italian monarch could it have been written, as a witty lady once wrote from St. Petersburg at the time of the coronation of the Czar: “The emperor entered the church pre ceded by the assassins of his grand father. surrounded by the assassins of his father, and followed by his own.” —Ex. Tell-Tale Letter "Box. One hundred new mail boxes with automatic attachments, showing the time of the last and of the next collec tion of mail will be installed in the down town district in Chicago within a week. By a device attached to the front of the box the mail carrier, in opening and closing it, registers the time of the next collection. Above the usual card showing the collections for the day is a strip of glass beneath the words "Next Collection.” When the carrier removes the mail the figures and words showing .. AUTOMATIC LETTER BOX. the time of the next collection, and also the time the collection will be due at the postofflee appear. The public will be able to tell at a glance when the mall will be taken up again, and by reference to the usual schedule card can also ascertain when the carrier last made his rounds. In the down town district the attachment will register twenty-six times during the day. On Sunday, when only a few collections are made, the automatic attachment will not be in use, and tho collections will be made according to the usual card. This Is the chariot Known ns Fate and these J.rc the horses three. They are known as Ambition and ’ Strife, and the wind Is not more free. They are coursing the vast arena of life ail'd their goal is I>estltiy. And who Is It rides so swift away, O! who may the driver he? Stern shows fils fare through the clouds of dust—look and your eyes will see The form of a daring rider there, and hit* name is Enmity. Now. these are the horses, hlaok ns night, and the driver lierce is he; They feel the pitiless lash of pride as on ward they swiftly flee— For he seeks the glittering goal beyond, the goal that is Destiny. But look, where another chariot goes and drawn by horses three; Their driver he drives with n gentle hand and Love his name shall be. For the horses he drives are Faith and Hope, and the third Is Charity. White as thr foam that wets their Ups are Love's swift horses three; They, too, are rounding the course of life toward the goal that is Destiny; But they trample no roses under their feel and none front their pathway flee. Where Enmity's chariot wheels l ave teen a burning track shall be. While Love looks hack with a lingering smile that all who will may see; For Enmity tides with a tierce desire, but Love shall the vh lor lie. —Arthur Lewis Tulibs. 'Raising the Trice of Anthracite. According to a New York dispatch it is the intention of the men who con trol the anthracite coal min?s to trans fer $50,000,000 to their pockets from those of the consumers of hard coal by raising its price $1 a ton. There is no difficulty about putting up the price, but it does not follow that the mine owners will get $50,000,000 more for their total output than would be taken in under the lower price. Some, indis creet railroad managers boasted once that their rule for fixing freight rates was to make them as high as the traf fic would bear. They were determined to pluck the shippers, but they were smart enough to know that there was a point above which rates must not be raised under the pealty of decreased earnings. The anthracite men are quite aware of the fact that there is a point beyond which they cannot go without cutting down their gross re ceipts, for there is at hand a substitute for their product in the form of bitu minous coal. Then there is the spec ter of public ownership of all mines and all railroads, if the monopolists would feed long they must feed mod erately. Look at the Comet If you want to see the new comet with three tails-set your alarm clock at 3:60 a. m., and wacte no time in get ting out of bed when the bell rings. If the weather conditions are favorable the celestial wanderer ought to be vis I—- ... ■ I HOW TO FIND THE NEW COMET, ible a little to the north of the point on the horizon where the sun rises. Its brilliancy is such, according to the as tronomers who have seen the comet, that it can be seen even after the sun is above the horizon. The distance of the comet from the earth is not greater than 30,000,000 miles, and may be considerably less than that. Whether the three tails of the comet are fan shaped, or whether they spread at acute angles, is a ques tion to be determined. Hatvaii'j Mijecd Population. Nowhere else In the world has there been such a remarkable shitting In the relative strength of races as that which has occurred in the Hawaiian Islands since 1890. The absolute changes may llrst be indicated in a tabje as follows: 1896. 1001. White.22,428 28,533 Hawaiian.31,019 29,834 Part Hawaiian. S.485 7.S37 Japanese.22,329 61.122 Chinese.19,382 25,742 The most interesting features in this table are the slight falling off in the Hawaiian and part Hawaiian popula tion, about 3 per cent in the one case and 7 per cent in the other, and the enormous increase in the Japanese, which amounts to 170 per cent. Though | the whites have gained 26 per cent and the Chinese 32 per cent, the Japanese have so far outrun them both that their increase upon the natives loses the im I portanre that otherwise would attach to it. It becomes merely an incident of the foreign growth, which, while it helps to emphasize the decline of the Hawaiians, has still a loss of its own to account for. ORDERS 10 THE VETERANS Depart merit Comm under Keene Make* Public Cirner&t Order No. lO. Department Commander Reese has issued the following: Headquarters Department of Ne braska. Grand Army of the Republic, State House, Lincoln, Neb.—General oub’rs No. 10: First—May JO has become the na tion's great day, observed, honored and respected throughout the land. Since man loved freedom and con tended for it upon fields of fame, the heroes and patriots of all ages have been mourned in poetry and song, i heir deeds have been commemorated in bronze and marble, in sculptured obelisk and monumental pile, and as long as the principles of freedom shall endure this day will he remembered by the American nation, who will ever cherish the memory of onr heroic dead by decking the bosom of their sepulchres with flowers of the loveli est hue. Thirty-three years have tome and gone since General John A. Logan, our most distinguished vol unteer officer of the civil war and then commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, instituted Me morial day. second—u is proper nir ns u> re member the sacred duty we owe to the memory of our comrades who have ahswered to the last roll call—that we should pay ottr tribute of iove to the silent dead; and therefore, in the proper observance of the day by the Grand Army of the Republic, that the Woman’s Relief Corps, Ladies’ Aid society. Sons of Veterans, Spanish American war veterans, all national guard organizations anil civic socie ties. as well as the public in general, should he invited to participate, espe cially the school children. Third—Memorial Sunday has be come a sacred day in the Grand Army calendar. No pains should be spared to make the arrangements for this day ns complete and important as Memor ial day itself. The hours should be so fixed that all could attend, and the exercises especially appropriate to the day and occasion. Fourth—Post commanders will see to it that the Memorial day commit tee make proper arrangements with the school officers for patriotic exer cises in the public schools on ttic Fri day preceding Memorial day, and that comrades he secured to visit each school at the hour agreed upon to con duct the services. Comrades, see to it that our flag is raised at half-mast over every school house in the state, and, wherever possible, on all public buildings on May 30. Interest the peo ple in our Memorial day; even if your post is small in numbers, make your services so interesting and your devo tion so sacred that your neighbors w ill join you in paying homage to the he roic dead. Fifth—Post chaplains will make full report of Memorial day proceedings upon blanks provided for such pur pose. Sixth—We should all remember that Memorial day is sacred to the memory of our dead comrades. The day should not be defamed by games of sport and amusement, and all posts and comrades should use all their influ ence to discourage, and as far as pos sible prevent, smh desecration of the day. Seventh—The thirtieth national en campment provided that the reading of President Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg bo made a special feature in all Memorial day exercises held under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic. Commanders of posts will direct that it be read in connection with the exercises of the lay. By order of JOHN REESE. Department Commander. JAMES D. GAGE, Assistant Adjutant General. Large Acreage of Sugar licet*. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May C.—E. Howe of the American Meet Sugar company says that while the acreage of beets is somewhat better than that of last year, there is some doubt as to whether the local factory will be operated this year or not. If the ton nage is good Mr. Howe states that there will be no doubt about it. Should it fall short of 25,000, requir ing an average of ten tons to the acre, a campaign nest fall is a matter of doubt. J. F. Lull, Sentenced. BEATRICE, Neb., May 0.—3. F. Lutz, who has been in jail here since February 21, awaiting a hearing for a new trial, was denied a new trial anil sentenced to one year in the pen itentiary. Lutz lived at Cortland, this county, and was convicted of barn burning. Anyluin at Ranting*. LINCOLN, Neb., May 6.—The con tract for building the new $50,000 wing on the asylum for chronic in sane at Hastings was awarded by the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings to Burlinghof & Grant of Beatrice. Rev. E- F. Trcf*, Chaplain. LINCOLN. Neb., May 6.-Rev. E. F. Trefz of Omaha has been appointed chaplain of the First regiment of the Nebraska National guard. MR. SAVAGE BfCOMES GOVtRNOR. The Ceremony of Taking ti e K*rcatlv« Chair Simple In the K. treme. LINCOLN, Neb.. May 4.—The cere mony by which Ezra I’. Savage was Inaugurated governor of Nebraska was simple. The incoming and out going governors met iu tlie executive office. Immediately, and without any formality. Governor Dietrich signed his name to the resignation prepared in his office. This document was then taken across the hall to the sec retary of state and was accepted by that official. Mr. Savage was then told of the acceptance. He walked into the private office of the gover discharge of his duties as the chief discharge of his duteis us the chief executive of the state. Governor Savage’s first official art was the signing of the senatorial com mission for Senator Dietrich. This was done with the pen used by the former governor in writing his veto messages and the pen was formally presented to Senator Dietrich after the commission had been signed. Senator Dietrich about June 1 v ill go to Washington and will probably make his headquarters there during the summer. 1 will remove no omce noiuer, man, woman or child, except for cause,” said Governor Savage when questioned concerning the policy ho would pur sue, All appointees of my predeces sor will be allowed to hold their of fices so long aa they do their dtuy I intend to watch all of them, but as long as every one satisfactorily fills hia place there will be no trouble.” The present elerical force in the governor's office will continue to serve under Governor Savage. Mr. Id. C. Lindsay will remain, at least for a month, as the governor's private sec retary, and R. .T. Clancey. chief clerk, will hold his position so long as he desires to uo so. Miss Lena Meyer, niece of Senator Dietrich, will remain permanently as stenographer. NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS. IVeather Favorable for Advancement of Farm Interest*. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. May 4.—The past week has been warm and dry, with more than the normal amount of sunshine. The daily mean temperature has averaged 9 degrees above the normal. The maximum temperature on the 26th was between SO degrees and 00 de grees and at a few places exceeded 90 degrees. The rainfall of the week amounted only to slight sprinkles, except in the central and southwestern counties, where it ranged from a quarter to slightly more than half an inch. The past week has been very fav orable for the growth of vegetation. Oat seeding is practically completed. Spring wheat and oats are coming up. and the stand is good. Winter wheat has grown well. Grass is generally backward for the season, but lias grown well during the past week. Veteran Heir to Fortune. PLATTSMOL'TH, Neb., May 4 — John Phillips, an old veteran of this city, has been notified of the death of his father at McConnellsville, O., and that he is one of the heirs of a large estate. Nothing had been heard from Mr. Phillips for twenty years, and a letter from a brother in Peoria, 111., states that hundreds of letters of in quiry were sent to postmasters throughout the United States and that his address was finally secured when Ihe matter was finally referred to the commissioner of pensions at Wash ington. Cut* Off Vim Own Huntl. WINSIDE, Neb., May 4.—Theodore Erickson, an old man of this place, took a handaxe. and laying his left hand on the sidewalk, hacked it off at the wrist. He struck it three blows. Then leaving the hand and the axe on the walk he sat down oil a step, where he was found and cared for. Fix Date For Heunion. WEEPING WATER, Ncb„ May 4 — The business men held a meeting here and fixed the time for holding the G. A. R. district reunion on August 20 to 23rd, inclusive. They are mak ing arrangements for a large attend ance, and a grand time is anticipated. Lodge Hook* Found in Canyon. HOLBROOK, Neb., May 4.—The offl rial books and records belonging to the Odd Fellows lodge, which were supposed to have been carried off by the absconding secretary last fall, were found in a canyon north of town. The books are in bad condition. Monument to Nebraska Soldier,. MADISON, Neb., May 4.—Rids were opened here for the erection of a monument to the memory of three young men who lost their lives in the Philippines. There wore six bidders. O. F. Shephard secured the contract, his bid being $800 with a $200 dona tion. The monument is to be twelve feet eight inches in height, granite pedestal, two bases, carved cap and an oxidized copper figure of a soldier in khaki uniform. THE 1IVC STOCK MARKET, Latent Quotation* from tooth Uncalm :ir, 1 Kansm t itv. SOf'TM OMAnA. Cattle—There was a fairly liberal run of cattle, and owing to unfavorable re' ports front other points trade started out n little slow and packers In some case* tried to buy their supplies a little lower, but the market soon braced up and pack ers paid Just about steady (trices. Ther® were about to cars of bet f steers included In the receipts and except for the lirst round the market was steady and active. The more desirable kinds sold readily at yesterday's quotations, and even the com moner grades sold without much trouble at what looked to be steady jirice*. As has been the case for some time past, there were not many cows and heifers on sale. Buyers seemed to want the cattle and nlthou"h tile trade was a little slow in starting, it ruled fairly active and just about steady later oil. Bulls also sold in just about yesterday's notches, and the same could be said of veal calves and stags. Stockers and feeders eased off a little. The high prices of the last few days have rather shut off the demand from the country and as a result spec ulators did not care for any more cattle at the fancy prices paid yesterday and the day before. In some cases sales were •hade that bailed as much as 19..15c lower than the same kind sold for yesterday and the day before. The common cattle were neglected and also sold lower. Hogs—Today's hog market was a big nickel higher than yesterday. Thu qual ity of the offerings was better than yes terday, which makes the market show up on paper 5ft7Vic higher. The supply was liberal, but the demand was fully equal to the occasion and trade was active at the advance. Practically everything of fered was out of first hands by 9 o'clock. The bulk of the mixed hogs "old at $5.70 and $.7,72Vs. The heavier and better grades sold largely at $5.75. while the light and common stuff sold from $j.67H down. Sheep—There were not manv sheep on the market. Followin’' are quotations: t.'holce wet tiers, $1.9.71/4.57; fair to good wethers, tl.ou'rj 1.25: clipped wethers, $1.u0«# 4.9,; fair to good clipped wethers, $.!.75in choice lightweight yearlings, $4.40*1’ 4fair to good yearlings. $4.9Th4.49; dipped yearlings, $4.15fi4.35; choice light weight ewes. $4.00fi4.15; fair to goo, 1 ewes, $9.50*14.00; clipped ewes, «? 25*13.75: choice lambs, $4.90*15.00; fair to good lambs, $4.fi5*«» 4.1st: cllppi d lambs $4.99 4 49; spring lambs, $5.50*16.50; feeder wethers. $95Vst 4.00; feeder lambs, $4.0o*i 4.40. KAN'S AS CITY. Cattle—Market active, but generally steady to 10c lower*: choice native steers $.>.13®3.4»; fair to good, $4..'estir>. 15; Stockers and feeders. $3>.'/ good, $4.33®4.7'i; clipped Texas sheep. $.3 73 fil.lo; western ewes, $3.75®4.40; culls, $2.73 flli.jo; spring lambs. $3.30Vifi.30. WORK BHiiNS IN MANILA. Philippine CoinnilMlon Iniui ^urates Civil iioveroment l*roee. 0. Clark of the Union Pacific Cc» 1 company arrived here tiiis morning in Mr. Hurt's private car. They left this evening for Uvada, where they will meet General Manager Bancroft and General Superintendent Calvin of the Short Line. After inspecting the line and inevstigating the work that has been done in track laying on the recently contested grade, the party will proceed in all probability by wag on over the route to be taken by the Short Line in its extension to the coast. A visit to the coal fields in the vicinity of Cedar City also is to be made. Joseph A. Glenning of Chicago com muted suicide by throwing himself un derneath a freight train in the Lake Shore yards at Collinwood, O. Glen ning was between CO and 70 years old and a veteran of the civil war. Shoots at ner Four Time*. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., May 4.— A man who gave his name as H. A. Simmons of Shenandoah, la., was ar rested upon the charge of shooting with intent to kill. Mrs. Sidney Botts states that Simmons accosted her while she was standing in front of her house and upon her refusal to an swer his question, he drew a revolver and fired at her four times, but the shots were wild and none of the bul lets took effect.