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14 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT APRIL 16, 1903. . a) III 7T News of the Week Republican legislatures are domi nated everywhere by corporations and the result of their work Is practically the same. The Colorado legislature was a eort of mixed body. The . re publicans controlled the house and had the president of the senate. Con stituted in this way, the minority of republicans have thrown the state government into chaos. To beat an eight-hour law which the amended constitution made mandatory upon .the legislature to pass, the president of the senate and speaker of the house, against the protests of a ma jority of the legislature managed to adjourn first the house and then the senate before the general appropria tion bill was passed. This bill was signed in blank by the speaker and the president of the senate. Not a Bingle figure was written in the meas ure when it was signed by the pre siding officers of both houses, and af ter it was so signed, one page was wholly removed, one page was altered and seven pages were filled in after the legislature adjourned. The amount of the appropriations were filled in by the clerks and heads of commit tees without any action by the legis lature at all. The Independent called attention to the unconstitutional acts of the Illinois legislature a short time ago, but this Colorado legislature, for outright anarchy, "take3 the cake." dered that the men may have ten days shore leave when in home porta In stead of " forty-eight hours. It seems never to have occurred to any of the admirals that there should be a re organization of the navy and that the ancient sign removed from the en trance of Dante's hell and placed over the way into the navy should be tak en down. As long as there is no chance for - advancement in the ser vice, the words: "Abandon hope all ye who enter here," are very appro priate for the navy, but they will not help to keep the rank3 full. The Immigration during March was the largest ever known during any one month since the government was founded. Among the things that the republicans promised the wage-workers was to restrict immigration and this is the way they did it Canada seems to be taking steps for complete independence. The law as it hag long stood has .contained a clause that the commander-in-chief of the military forces should be an offi cer not lower than colonel in the im perial army. The words "in the im perial army" will be stricken out The navy is getting into a helpless condition. The desertions average more than 300 a month and very few re-enlist upon expiration of their terms. The department is at a loss what to do for men. It has been or- There has been a great deal of fight ing in the Philippines during the week. The story is like untov those which have so often been sent from there. In one fight 100 natives were killed and a large number wounded, cm our side three were slightly wound ed. Mr. Downey, a contractor of Chi cago, has recently returned from the Philippines. He says: "At Manila things seem to be allat sea. Ameri cans are not satisfied nd business Is at a standstill." MISS KENNEOY'S CASE WHY SHE LEFT HER STUDIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL kvrj Mother of Growlc Will bo Interacted In tko Story Told by th Toanjc Lndy Herself : The circumstances under which Bertha Kennedy was taken from her studies in the high school will be of interest to all mothers of growing girls. Miss Kennedy said to a re porter: "When I was fourteen years old I began to decline in health on account of a suppression of the natural func tions of my sex, and I am sure I would never have"been the healthy girl I am fcow if it had not been for Dr. Will iams Pink Pills for Pale People. I was entirely without color, thin as a rail, nervous and irritable; tired and lifeless and in a seriously low state of health in general. Although a good doctor was treating me, he failed to do any good and my parents felt very much alarmed about me. "I was. taken from the high school on account of my poor health, but continued to grow worse. Then I be gan to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and with the first few doses began to feel better. Four boxes brought about the desired result and a few boxes more restored me entirely to health. Now I have a good color, am strong and active and have not seen a sick day from that time to the present" Miss Kennedy lives at Canton Junc - tion, Mass., and both she and her mother are willing to verify the above statement The trouble wLth which Miss Ken nedy was afflicted often causes severe headache, loss of appetite, pale or sal low complexion, palpitation of the heart, swollen ankles or legs, nerv ousness, offensive breath, etc., etc. The sufferer may exhibit one or more of these symptoms, or may have all. They simply indicate the ravages dis ease has made upon the system, and the more of these symptoms the pa tient shows the greater the necessity for prompt and persistent treatment, until they have been, banished and the bloom of health is restored. To accomplish this end, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are the only unfailing remedy. They positive ly cure all suppressions and lrreg ularities, which, If neglected, inevit ably entail sickness and trouble. At all druggists, or direct from Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenec tady, N. Y., fifty cents per box; six boxes for two dollars and mty cents. A number of western railroads have been called upon by the , interstate commerce commission to explain by May 1 the reason for the high rates charged by them on grain and grain products from points wesj; of the Mis souri river to Chicago and Mississip pi river points. It has been charged that the rates are excessive, and the interstate commerce commission will investigate to ascertain whether any law is being violated. The orders is sued by the commission yesterday were directed to the Chicago & Alton, the Santa Fe, Burlington, Great West ern, Northwestern,, St Paul, Illinois Central, Wabash, and, Rock Island roids. The commission had found that large advances have been made In the grain rates by these roads. . Some of the educated Indians are having a lot of fun reading the article that appeared in The Independent en titled "Themes for Great Editors." They say that the three names first given by allotting agents, and upon which The Independent did not com ment are the funniest of all. That of Henry Clay especially Is funny when translated as "mud in a hen house." That of Jackson comes next Translated into the Indian language it becomes the "son of a jack." All that they can do with Webster is to trans late It "maker ofwebs." All of which goes to show that the great editors have missel many of the fine points in the discussion. , There was never a worse bitten set of biters In the world than the South African gold and diamond miners who brought on the Boer war. The Eng lish slapped a tax on the gold miners that made Kruger's dynamite tax look like thirty cents and they are going to impose an export tax of 50 per cent on diamonds. It makes Beit and De Beers wish that they had never h$ard of war, and Cecil Rhodes rejoice be cause he is dead. Spring and Summer Merchandise We are showing a larger and better stock this season than we have ever had before. Our new lines in the various departments have been selected with more care and we are satisfied that our display of this season's goods will not be surpassed by any house in Nebraska. We are particularly strong in Ladies' and Children a Jackets, Suits, Skirts and Waists Our showing of Silk and Wool Dress Goods is equal to any shown in the larger eastern cities. We have all the most desirable weaves and patterns in White poods and Wash Goods Our Spring and Summer Underwear department con tains all weights and styles that the trade would call'for. Stocks are complete in our Hosiery,. Ladies' Furnishings, Gent's Furnishings, Gloves and Corsets, Carpets and Drap eries, Books and Stationery, Shoes, China and Glassware, House Furnishing and Domestic departments. We Have the Most Attractive Line of Millinery in the City. Pattern Hats, Trimmed Hats and Street Hats. Our prices all always the lowest and our goods are al ways reliable. Send for Samples. Mention This Paper. Lincoln, Nebraska. TRESTER SUPPLY COMPANY, BEE SUPPLIES. it CATALOGUE FREE. 103 So. 11th St., Lincoln, Neb. poor creatures do now who invested their money in stock Issued under a New Jersey charter? So far the state has issued 18,270 foreign and 2,000 do mestic charters, which are simply let ters of marque delivered to financial pirates authorizing them to prey upon the people. Cancers Cured; The corruption of the republican machine in the city of Philadelphia. is so much worse than was ever charged against Tammany even in the dayu of Boss Tweed that there are no lines of comparison between them. Last week one or two of the thieves were, by some mischance, . convicted. It was proved that the women teachers in the common schools had to pay enor mous sums as blackmail to ward bosses to either get or hold a com mission as teacher. One woman testi fied that she had paid $40 for an ap pointment as teacher for three months,, the salary being $47 a mouth, that she did not get the place because "too many teachers were elected," but was given a place at the beginning of the next term when she had to pay again. Ward bosses come into the school meetings and use such filthy language that the women teachers and women members of the boards are forced to retire. If such things were done under a democratic city govern ment how the great dailies would shriek! A cyclone seems to have struck the New Jersey charters that have been so lavishly issued by that state. Gov ernor Murphy has issued a proclam mation dissolving 927 of them in one batch because they have not paid their annual tax. The corporations dis solved represent the collossal amount of $239,000,000. The owners of these stocks are scattered all over the United States and Alaska. What will the The back , down of Governor Sum mins of Iowa and his abandonment of the "Iowa idea" shows not only what a political coward he is, but that it is useless to hope for any aid from the leaders of the republican party in any effort to take the tariff shelter from the trusts. Sir Wilfred Lawson, the most ve hement pro-Boer in all England, has been elected to parliament from a tory district by a large majority, al though Chamberlain took an active part in the effort to defeat him. If "by-elections" keep turning out as they have for the last year or two, the liberals will have a majority in the near future. . The United States government, un der which live 80,000,000 people be sides the millions that it holds in sub jection in the islands of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, collected from the people, aside from the postoffice, during the caleridar year of 1902, $5G6,270,000. The steel trust collected for the same year $560,510,479, of which $100,000,000 was net profits. These enormous profits were made, why suffer ') pain and death from cancer? Dr. T. O'Connor cures cancers, tumors and wens; no knife, blood or plaster. A dres 1306 O St., Lincoln, Nebrasi a. possible because the steel trust con trols the government of the United States, to such an extent at least that it is given a tariff protection enabling it to exact prices just about double of those prevailing before the trust was formed. The question arises: Which is the government? Is it Morgan and the steel trust or . that side affair at Washington over which Teddy presides? HEADACHE At sll drug atorcs. 25 Ekats 25c. Republican legislatures are a men ace to liberty all over the country. The Pennsylvania legislature has passed a bill that makes publishing a newspaper a more dangerous occupa tion than burglary. Under this law a cartoon bringing any public official or private citizen into unpleasant no tice could be made a subject for both civil and criminal actions. The mem bers of the legislature who were most active in pressing the bill personally admitted that it. was designed to muz zle the few newspapers which have vigorously attacked the Quay machine. Some time ago The Independent called attention to the corruption in the general postoffice at Washington. Every possible effort is being made to keep the disgraceful facts from the public, but a good many influential men are beginning demand a pub lic investigation. The performances of Mark Hanna's pets, Rathbun and Neeley in' Cuba, are but counterparts of what has been going on right in Washington.