JANUARY 14, 1904.'
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
A Weekly Resume of the Really Vital News by the Editor
Senator Scott of the Benate commit
tee on military affairs on Monday sub
mitted preview of the evidence intro
duced before the committee hearing
on the nomination o Brigadier Ga i
eral Wood to be a major general.
Commenting on" the fact that "Your
Uncle Mark" wanteds General Wood
brought' before the committee ttj an
swer, the accusations brought , against
bim and that Roosevelt supporters
opposed it. Senator Scott said,) as to
the latter: , "This, I submit, was to
me and must be to every one, perfect
ly monstrous. When did it come bout
ttat this individual, a doctor in civil
life and a bloodless soldier in battle
i he ever saw a battle has reached
the exacted position that he is unlike
other people and not to be accountable
to any one, not-even 'to the senate of
the United States, and will HOI 'even
honor it with his presence? New,' for
my part, I want to say that it is due to
General, Wood, it is due to the people
of the -United States, that he should
not only explain but disprove many of
the 'statements in the evidence now
here for consideration before confir
mation should be thought of... The
l'cct tint he is willing to let this in
vestigation go on without personally
meeting it like a man is strong evi
dence, ,to my mind, that he is not
nade of material to make. soldiers
such as we need for our majors gen
eral and chiefs of staff. The talk
about the difficulty of his coming here
i& silly. It is simply evading the
question. The truth is, a brave and
courageous man would rather resign a
dozen commissions as brigadier gen
eral than allow his character to be be
smirched, his conduct assailed, his
motives impugned and his integrity
and veracity, sought to be impeached,
h. by giving up the same he could
come in person and disprove the ac
cusations made against him."
corporations gives to the state of Ohio
an opportunity to revise and codify its
laws with reference to the organiza
tion and control of corporations, so
that other citizens will not feel im
pelled to incorporate in other states,
for business which they wish to trans
act in the state of. Ohio." There you
have it! Corporations must be en
couraged, but "the people be d d."
The senate Monday, in executive ses
sion , tabled the resolution to recon
sider the confirmation of W. I. Buch
anan as minister .to Panama. The
vote ( was 38 .to. 16, on. party lines,, ex
cept, that Senator McCreary of Ken
tucky pted with the republicans. '.
Fifty representatives of lithograph
ing houses met in Chicago Monday for
the purpose of organizing an associa
tion to advance the interests of the
houses represented. A v crisis in the
labor, problem is now confronting the
lithographers, dhey assert, and they
purpose an organization to solve the
question.
The typhoid fever epidemic at. But
ler, Pa., has about run its course and
the relief committee Monday issued a
statement that no further aid Is required.
The Iowa legislature convened Mon
day. Owing to a severe fire at the
capitol, the senate vacated its cham
ber for the house to meet in, "and "it
self occupied a committee room.
Mr. Bryan was the guest of honor at
a banquet given at New Haven, Conn.,
Monday evening, atN which about 150
democrats were present, Governor
Garvin of Rhode Island and Congress
man De Armond of Missouri being
among those from outside states. Mr.
Bryan spoke on "A Conscience Cam
paign." He -said, in part: "The great
issue at this time is the issue between
man and mammon, between plutoc
racy and democracy. All surface ques
tiens of policy of taxation and of reg
ulation and of finance are but phases
o; that century-long, that world-wide
struggle between the common people
and organized wraith. To say that It
does not pay for a nation to violate
the respect of the people of another
nation involves so much of addition,
subtraction, multiplication and divi
sion that many get lost in a maze of
mathematics. But to say 'that the
wages of sin Is death' Is" to give nn
epitome of history that accords with
cpch person's experience. In dealing
with the trusts, with finances, with la
bor problems, and with nil the. other
questions at Issue we must view them
from a moral ntandpoint and arraign
every evil at the bar of public con
science." "WhatVIn a name?" Shakespeare
qreried. Not mm h. perhaps. nt mere
nimltarlty caused United State M ir- !
hal Matthew peveral kleeplos night.
Prudent Koosevelt held up hi npl
point men t for ttonie time, under the
inUtaVen notion that It was Matthew
on of Winnebago Indian rent-nation
Ill-repute.
Governor Myron T, 1 Irrl K wa In
auijurated Monday. HI InnutcurI a !
dn wa typical of preetday re
liultlhatilum, one entenc telling the
whobi utory: 'The tonMltutlonal
mrndment doing a ay with, the dotj.
He liability of stockholder of arUu
Still another organization. This1 time
the "Iroquois Memorial Society," com
posed of relatives of the theatre disas
ter victims, with the following ob
jects;, "First To .establish a suitable
memorial to commemorate the means
of the, victims of ;the fire. Second
To fender assistance to those made
destitute through the loss of relatives
in the fire.- Third To devise and car
ry out methods to prevent similar -oc
currences In the future. Fourth To
assist in and compel. the enforcement
of existing and future ordinances and
statutes enacted for the purpose of
safeguarding human life in public as
semblages." . .
CALIFORNIA!
Pick up any paper you please and items like 'these greet your
eye: . . - - - .- . '
"Bitter cold and high wind."
"Mercury near zero mark.'
"Cold
Your Uncle Mark was elected United
States senator by the Ohio legislature
Tuesday, receiving 115 votes to 25 cast
for John H. Clarke, democrat.
The annual convention of the na
tional live stock association convened
Tuesday at Portland, Ore. Governor
Chamberlain addressed the meeting
and averred that within the past year
the live stock interests of the United
States have lost 1865,000,000.
The free speech league is burning
a great deal of daylight over the case
of Anarchist John Turner, but paying
mighty little attention to the "depor
tations" of American citizens out in
'Colorado. A dispatch from Victor
says: "John Kish, T. T. Thomas, F.
K. Sargeant and C. A. Jones have been
escorted outside the county limits by
order of the military authorities. The
first named is alleged to be an agitator
and the last three are charged with
living idle lives. This is the first de
portation by the military in the coun
ty. Several other men who were ar
rested under the vagrancy law, have
been released."
The democratic national committee?
in session at New York city, decided
Tuesday to hold the democratic na
tional convention at St. Louis, begin
ning July 6, 1904, at 11 o'clock a. m.
New York and Chicago were the only
other strong competitors for the convention.
The usual newspaper space-writing
is now going on over the controversy
between Russia and Japan. A war
one day is certain. The next day
peace is assured. Hostilities are Im
minent the next, and so on. It Is
quite probable that a war may finally
result but at present the outlook is
for peace; that is, if one can place
any dependence whatever in the dispatches.
Bryan Banquet
Announcement' Is made that Invi
tations for the Bryan dollar dinner
are being sent out by the committee
to democrats In all parts of the state.
Telegraphic Information from Mr.
Bryan Indicate that he will probably
reach Lincoln next Saturday evening,
bo that the preparations for the din
ner Monday evening may go forward.
"It In to be a genuine old-fashion d
dinner," said T. I. Worrall to a New
reporter, "and will be entirely u home
affair. There will be no Kpeaiiua
from outside of the state because we
want It to be understood as a trio ite
to Mr. Bryan from Nebraska Kim
t rat."
Dr. Hall nay that the rommltlee
expect that there will be "00 or Miu
democrat In attendance from all
part of the Mate, and Hiat arrange,
merits are being made for the ade
quate accommodation of fully that
many. Intimate of attendance are
based upon applbaUon already re
ceived for reservation.
lr, Halt has announced that Jame
Manahan of tht city will officiate n
to.vtuutfr, and that rrspunsra will
wave covers countrv."
"Three men and a woman perish and many persons are
frost-bitten."
And yet winter has only begun!
What are you going to do about it?
-: Will , you fight - through three more: months of Arctic weather
or will you join the army that is now headed for the sunny
valleysof Southern: California?
If you are wise, you will-- g0 to California. It is less than three
days distant; a- round-trip ticket costs only $90. And your
ticket is gopd to. return any time within nine months of date of ,
purchase. . . m- - . .
In. California,! .in mid-win ter,; you can live just about as you do
at: home in mid-summer bathe, play golf, pick fruits and flow
ers, drive or loll lazily s in the sun while you watch the surf
break along the shore. . ,
And it's less than throe days away LESS THAN THREE
DAYS.. " , ' : t
; Best way to get there " is via: the Rock Island System." Two
routes: , Southern via EL Paso;, Scenie via Colorado. Take your
choice. Golden State, Limited runs daily, Dec. 20 to April 14.
Chicago and Kansas City' to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San
Franci3co. .Tourist sleeping cars daily, via EI Paso, three times
a week thro Colorado. , v ;
Tickets, b'eiths and iulr' information at all Rock Island ticket
offices, or by addressing ,
" F. XT. BARNES, C. P, A.,
m - 104b O St., Lincoln, Neb,
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be heard to the 'following sentiments
from the parties named: .
"We Have Kept the Faith," Hon.
W. H. Thompson. Grand Island.
"Principles, Not Men," Hon. W.
Oldham, Kearney.
"Just Democrats; That's All," H
Fleharty, South Omaha.
"The Signs of the Times," Hon. A.
C. Shallenbarger, Alma. ,
"Fusion, Good, and Bad," Hon. C. J.
Smyth, Omaha.
"The Salt of the Earth,' G. W.
Berge, Lincoln.
The dinner will be laid at 8:30 p:
m., next Monday at the LIndell hotel.
It will be an old-fashioned New En
gland dinner, wherein all of the viands
and relishes will be upon the table
when the guests are seated, and
nothing will be served thereafter ex
cept the coffee. As the dinner will
not be served in courses, It will doubt
les be finished by midnight.
Nebraska Editors
To. the Editorial Fraternity: The
thirty-second annual meeting of the
Nebraska Press associatioa will be
held in Lincoln, Neb., on Tuesday and
Wednesday, January 26 and 27, 1904.
From present indications this will be
the largest attended meeting In the
history of the association. A good
program is being prepared, and the
local press committee of Lincoln are
arranging to entertain the visiting
editors, and those .who accompany
them, one evening during the session,
in a novel manner, and promise all a
most enjoyable time. It is expected
that the association will make an ex
cursion trip to the St. Louis exposi
tion during next May, and those who
are not now members, and who want
to be counted in, should enioll their
names at once.
W. G. PURCELL, Secretary.
Broken Bow, Neb.
(iceater Than Any Beforo
The great Louisiana Purchase Ex
position, or Wf!Vs Fair, will open
its gates in St. Louis on ApJll SO,
and continue for a period of seven
months, closing on December 1, 1901.
This World's Fair will be one of the
crowning events of this generation.
The magnitude of It surpasses any
thing of like cuarv-ter ever before at
tempted. The space required for this exposi
tion comprise 1,21" acre, and I
about two mile long and one mile
wide. The greatest amount of space
necessary for any previous world'
fair was IS.'tl acres, uned by the Co
lumbian Kxpcition of Chbago.
Th ost of the St. Iiul World'
Kulr. It I estimated, will aKKregnt
fuuiHMo. The r.reatest coat of any
prior exposition wa $1,.'hi.(kh) for
th Colmtihl ui I'xpe-Jtlrn at Chicago.
A statement made In report of the,
director of worl8 of tfie Ft. I ml
World' Fair hnw that on Septem
ber 3) last, the KihUoii exhibit
building taken a A whole, were S'
per rent completed, while the Kipul
lion cthltlt building of the Colum
bian exposition at Chicago at rorre
ponding period prior to the opening
of that exposition was but 44 per cent
completed.
Many of the state and foreign build
ings are now nearly completed, while
the others are in various stages of
construction.
Numerous temporary hotels are be
ing constructed in close proximity to
the World's Fair grounds, and a num
ber of permanent modern hotels are
being erected in the heart of the city.
The World's Fair officials at this ,
time have listed rooming accommoda
tion in hotels and roomicg houses,
sufficient to take care of 153,0 JO peo
ple, and it is expected that by the
opening of the fair this list will be In
creased to 200,000. : ;
One hundred and sixty-nine national
and international conventions have
been secured for St. Louis during the
year 1904, and It is expected that
some seventy-five or eighty more will
be secured.
It is estimated that at least 15,000,
000 persons will be admitted to the
World's Fair at St. Louis..
A St. Louis World's Fair free in
formation bureau has been established,
and is in charge of the undersigned,
who will gladly furnish any Informa
tion desired in regard thereto. Call
on or address,
HARRY E. MOORES.
1C01 Farnara si., Omaha, Neb.
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IT. Begins to look as though ma
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