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
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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
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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>.'/<i3.23; western-fed steers.
Jl.Oti'i/fi.tii; Texans and Indians, $4.23® 1X5:
cows. 4..VU; heifers. $3.30®4.30; bulls,
$3 lOU 4.30; calves, *1.HO®6.00.
Hogs Market .'.OT'-.c higher; tup I5.87H;
bulk of sales. |j.fijft5.83; heavy, $3.N0®
5.87V*: mixed packers, $5.70®5.80; light, $5.33
ft 3.75; pigs. $1.23®5.30.
Sheep and lambs -Choice lambs, steady;
sheep, slow; common grades, l e lower;
western lambs, $1.73® 3.00; common t<>
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<lur© There.
MANILA, May 4.—Civil government
in Manila was established today as a
preliminary to the inauguration of a
general civil government. The United
States Philippine commission is un
willing at present to permit the ex
periment of elections Iipbp, although
they have been authorized in all other
municipalities. Judge Taft says a
municipal structure for Manila Vwill
shortly be erected. The officers will
probably be appointive. I.epanto and
possibly all the other uncivilized prov
inces will be organized specially on a
plan similar to that adopted in tho
province of Bengali.
The board of health has completed
the census of Manila. The population
numbers 241.732.
The trial of Lieutenant Boyer,
charged with commissary irregulari
ties. has been completed. The ver
dict has not been announced. The
trial of Captain Barrows, also charged
with commissary irregularities, begins
Monday.
PRESIDENT BERT EXPLORES.
He and Clark to Iimpect the l'ropoted
Extension to the Const.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 4 —
President Horace G. Burt of the Un
ion Pacific and General Manager !>.
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.
