fled with that, the trust got the treas
ury department to put a red stamp on
all Imported cigars and under that
stamp it sells all sorts of rottenness.
ine 1111 pui L sutiuj) uwo mo muo.h--
for them. The American manufac
turer of much better cigars has no
show alongside of that foreign stamp.
Congress has appropriated $96,000,
000 for the navy, almost as much as
Great Britain will expend during tne
next year. Already the United stales
raiiks third in warships and the world
power lunacy is still rampant at
Wa&hfngton. Even the democratic
minority ha3 been cowed. The only
earnest voice that has been raised
against this madness was that of Bur
ton of Ohio, and he is a republican.
The following table shows the naval
rank of the leading sa powers, with
all ship3 built or building included. -
Tons.
Great Britain 1,867,250
France 755,757
( ! I I t I II I I I I ( t I
61'j,2'5
558,432
505,619
329,237
25o,6Sl
149.S33
What is the need of this great navy?
United States
Tfusain .....
Germany
Italy .
Japan
Austria
MILLER-
Tims for
Spring Gleaning
and Carpets.
THe first warm days give
housewives the fever for
cleaning. New, fresh floor
coveringa'are required in
one or more rooms.
INGRAIN CARPETS. We have taken
especial pains in selecting desirable patterns
in these popular goods. We have had them
made extra heavy and can guarantee them to
be the best possible to obtain.
Very best quality all-wool ingrain, 75c a yard.
' Strictly all weol ingrain, standard guage, 65c a yard,
Union ingrain carpets, part wool and part cotton, a
good assortment of styles. 45c a yard.
I QPQ If yon want a curtain that
Will iook. wen, lauuuei
I Curtains - f sfi1on pTU,;
tie, ask for the JBiNGLlbli
What nation is there on the face of LACES at 90c, $1.00, $1.25,- $1.50, $1.75,
the earth that dare attack us? fco rtn o?i.
RUFFLED MUSLIN CURTAINS al- '
ways look crisp and clean, especially for a
dining room or bed room. We have 20 dif
ferent style, plain and figured with hem
stitched ruffles. The ruffles are gathered on
ciety in Boston of Grandchildren of a neat band and attached to the salvage edge '
Veterans. L-i,-' J tft U.
Uk I, lie L'UUUo bu o tu icao . u w iav evigro.
They are 40 to 45 inches wide, at $1.00,
$1.25, $1.35,,$1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.25
a pair. . ...
PAINE:
Prints, Psrcabs
and Ginghams.
We have had Daughters of the
Revolution, Colonial Denies, Sons cf
Veterans and the Lord only knows
how many other societies of people,
who, having done nothing themselves,
wanted to get come sort of promi
nence because some of their ancestors
had. Now the v are organizing a so
Later news concerning the b'lrnlng
of the state capitol building of Wis
consin say that the stuffed form of
Old Abe, the war eagle wnich led
the Eighth Wisconsin regiment in
. thirty-six battles from Fredericks
town to Hurricane creek, was lost
, along with all the tattered ; battle
flagb of the state, together with a
large number of Indian and war relics
that can never be replaced.
Dewey ' said: "The Filipinos are
more capable of self-government than
the Cubans and I know them both."
The Cubans held their first congres
sional election February 28 and the
Associated press reports that "the
election was quiet and orderly and
well conducted, . not a single instance
of disorder being reported."
The officers of the infantry brancn
of the army are out for the immediate
fulfillment of scripture. They want
their swords turned into plowshares,
pruning hooks or whatever it is the
scriptures say. The officers declare
that swords are nothing but a nuis
ance and a constant burden, especial
ly when they are in active service.
They want them cjone away with as an
article of equipment. The faci is that
swords are still more useless and
- buroensome to the cavalry. A cav-
or me past. Long range, breech
loading rifles has made it impossible.
Now that Mark Hanna is dead it
Is said that there will be no lurther
opposition in the senate to the nomi
nation of Wood as major general of
the regular army. When his nomina
tion was up before some astoriihing
stories came from the Philippines con
cerning the. fighting there, and now
that it is to come up agam more
fighting Is repotted. Remember, how-
ever, that those things are only coincidences.
WOMEN'S ALL-WOOL DRESS
SKIRTS, BLACK CHEVIOT WITH
i SILK STRAPPINGS AND SILK
ORNAMENTS
4.90 Each.
Our line was never so com
plete running through fal
lists of dark and light
We are especially pleased
to say that our lines are all at the old prices
in spite of the recent advance of 25 per cent
in the price of cotton goods. We give our
customers the advantage of orders., placed
months ago.
PRINTSGrounds of white, navy, cadet,
black, and red with neat stripes and figures,
6c and 7c a yard. German blue prints, full
assortment in white stripes at 9c and 10c a
yard.
PERCALES Light and dark colors in
stripes and dots, 10c a yard.
GINGHAMS Apron ginghams, all sized
checks, 7c a yard. Dress ginghams, a full
.line of neat stripes and checks in pink, .blue
and red, 10c a yard. Toile de nord ging
hams, the best popular priced gingham there
is on the market for dresses, a fine firm weave
in plain colors, tiny checks, large plaids,
narrow and wide stripes; a full line of col
ors, 12c a yard.
Gftlatfifl ' Cannot be recommended
0 too highly to those not ac-
ninth . quainted with its merits.
u,um We sell it for the small
boys' waists, men's Bhirts, women's dresses
and for any wear where good service is re
quired. It has a fine twilled weave.
We have it in small rings, horseshoes, dots,
checks and stripes in Combinations of vari
ous blues with white, red with white, :white
with black, and tan with white and black.
We carry it also in plain colors; 28 inches
wide, 15c a yard. : -
Washington jury Insisted on convict
ing the 'brother of Groff, after the
prosecuting attorney h?.rt announced
that he did not believe that he was
guilty, so he is to have a new trial.
There are thirteen other indictments
against Machen on which he is still
to be tried.
Democrats arc holding conventions
to elect delegates to the national con
vention. In several cases tbere has
been a big vow.and two contentions
have been held. The racket .is be
ginning early.
Great Entain's finances are getting
into an alarming condition. Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Austen Cham
berlain has to face a heavy deficit
at least f25,000,000 in preparing his
firsi. budget. Great Britain Is now
paying for her debauch of jingo im
pel ialism.
Another inland has been added to
"our insular possessions"' bv the neg
lect of the senate to conf.rm the
treaty with Cub concerning the Isle
of Fines. The wny Cuba has been
.swindled out of that islaud is on n
par with the promotion schemes
Wall street. It has been eonsldeiert n
pa.t of Cuba for S0O years. It gives, a
chance to pay off a few more ward
hceiers with officer
Mexico having waited In vain for
Homo reel pro -at trade arrarr,eu.aits
wilh thi In lied States and noticing
the tremendous activity ir the Afri
can tarif leamm ha taken n.atif.m
into her owt; hand. anj Impend
tariff on 1 of S 10 p. r mruie ton
ant 50 rent a por Mtorram on bather
baling and high dtitle m jv rul
thing of II V r liatire, Now we kt.jll
war ht tariir raft r ui thl ttuutty
howl, h'it Mticn i only foIlowl.if, the
example of the "stand patter' la thU
country,
Three of the joatotTlee thieve hate
to tonvl. ted and entmced to tborl
lerrn Jr the penitentiary. Tot coa
tleled cue r Auut XUvhrn. Dr.
0. II. toimt and mikr D, Qtoff. 1U
The newspapers of the cast axe very
careful not to say anything chat will
draw attention to the hundreds of
thousands out of work, but an occa
sion arose the other day wheu they
could not avoid it. After the Balti
more fire so many thousands of mon
flecked to that city In hope of get
ting work that a warning haa to be
given through the Associated press
to prevent starvation. The dl?patch
says: "An Increasing army of me
chanics and other workmen is stead
ily pouring in, only to und thac there
Is nothing Tor them to do. Many cf
them arc without money and are ap
plying for transportation back to
their homes." Making the people bo-
:ieve that prosperity reigns every
vhro under this republican rule is
looming more difficult every day.
sians and no great head-lines are run
in the papers or editorials written
about it. The. steam railroads killed
41, the electric roads four and the
cable lines two. Scores of others
were injured and some crippled for
life. The corporations ' own the gov
ernment and the press, so they con
tinue to murder. Laws have been
passed ordering the roads to abolish
grade crossings, but corporations
don't have to obey the laws in this
country;
The money power having succeeded
in bonding Cuba for as iarge amounts
as it can bear, are now proceeding to
play the same game with the Philip
pines. Bills are before congress to
issue Philippine bonds far up into the
millions. The people of this country
have an interest In that, for the bonds
are all to be issued on the credit of
the United States. By . the time the
canal and Philippine bonds are all is
sued, the bankers will have enough to
start a national bank In every village
in the whole United States.
injunction last Monday against seventy-five'
Chicago boys. The next
thing the judges will be issuing in
junctions against the babies The
boys enjoined ' were telegraph mes
sengers, all under sixteen years old,
who were on a strike.
The democrats In conj:r"s arc Just
brsnn!nK to realUo that the rpphbll
ran press In folatlng upon thcin Gor
man aa a leader played n!out th
fchrrwdeat political trick that had teen
executed for years. They arc Jtut tv
nlnttlnt; to find out that the demo
rratlc party cannot win 'ee$ with A
rep'iWUan hnuer. Gorman y a pi h
tin tlonUt, a roM utan larI man and
as imuh ft confidential asntt :( th
money powr at any rcpumkao In
loi.jjrv'j.
Many time more people were kltltd
In Chtcasto during th month of ?b
ruary by the ratlroa.) roriwattoo
than rro ktllel In all the war of
ca4t lttw?ea tie J?i ah! the llu
The Hague peace court has estab
lished the principle .of collecting debts
contracted by promotes and schem
ers at the mouth of the canon and
rapid fire guns by making England,
Germany and Italy preferred creCilors
of Venezuela. These' powers sent
their warships and bombarded -owns,
captured little gunboats and did all
the damage that they wanted to, while
the other creditors preferred peaceful
methods. ; Nov The : Hague tnounal
declares: that they, for that kind of
work, mu?t be paid in full before the
other creditors get anything. Plutoc
racy marches onward with steady step
all over the world. "
The house ha3 adroitly side-tracked
all the anti-injunction bills by delay
ing their .consideration , before the
committee to which they have been
referred until late in March. A fav
orable report will then be made, but
It will be too late to get them through.
The full dinner pall labor unions will
no doubt continue to vote 'er straight.
Every effort bas been made by the
New York daily papers to hide the
enormous amount of suffering in that
city during this winter. One manag
ing editor told this writer that while
he had allowed the rejKrt of fle peo
ple freeiing to death In on5 uiRht, lis
had been ordered to suppress smh
news and that the follow lux nlslit
fourteen were fromi to death on the
streets and tn vacant hill. In giving
an Recount of the weather during tlit?
winter which haa been colder thau
an alnce the weather b-ircati was
c .UMUhpd, tho Associated pri al
lowed this nentence to ullp In: "Thrre
have len utirly 2 fire ulnce
cemlar 1, and with the likh cost of
mtat and provision and h raisia
of renU, the euffcrln and privation
of the poor have Vr it pace with the
mord-breaklng whiter."
The coarti are jfttln the Injunc
tioij down to very need of the cor
poration. JuJe Kohliatt J.3Ued in
SPECIAL MARKET LETTER
FROM NYE & BUCHANANlCO., LIVB
. 8TOCK, COMMISSION MER
CHANTS. SO. OMAHA,
NEB.
CUtle: The upward turn at tbe
clct?e of last week still continues. Re
ceipts have! been moderate here, but
fair in Chicago. ve are quite cou
fiutnt that the worst is over and
while fluctuations will come, we think
he general tendency will ne w be up
ward for a few months at least.
We quote choice corn-ted te?rs at
$t.3) to 11.83, fair I3.S3 c $4.23.
common short-fed $.".50 to i3.S0.
SIjcK steers In Email supply ar.I
prue Arm. Good fat c:uvs and heif
ers I.;.? to $.1.C3. Common rows
S:.C0 to VM, canners $1.23 to $2.:3.
SUer iovk calves 3.50 to il.t), iirjf
er t.u to $i.:'" lra. xeal l.3i) to
$3.t bjiu i:.r.a to
tieep; .Market lower. Receipt
heavy. Choir tnftnlh'd.
Un.bi ....13 r. s.t: it ;: :,.:3
VearliiuH 4. 3-3 ,00 4 '.'M.TS
Wiit.-r 4.r.-i.3 .i.:;..(-o
1C4 3 30 3.73
IIori: Market lower. Ran, f 1.T5
to 13.23,
A. T. D. AuiUn. AUn Minn.j
"Hopi nomethin may tome from the
Sptjngfidd convrntUtn. The tomb of
I in. oio U en appropriate place If
th frlendj of freedom."