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THURSDAY , MAY 18 , 1801) ) .
Tlio refusal of tlio CubariH to
HUIrender tlioir nrniH may cause n
necessity to call tui extra session of
congress before fall.
Have you nny Edward AtkitiHona
Colorado ? " asks Eastern
in an cor
respondent of The Post. Plenty of
tlioin , but out lioro tlioy sneak
around lu tlio uand hillH and are
known as oayotos. Denver Post.
The Grand Army Encampment
lit York laU wcok adopted roHolu
lions endorsing President MuKin-
ley. Well they should. Uo vvas
one of their comrade * ) in arms in
the sixties , who won the degree of
patriot.
The managers of tint Greater
America Exposition have finally
decided to pay for their advertis
ing , tlio same as other people who
engage in an enterprise for the
money there is in it. There ia but
little doubt but what they will have
a big show , that will be worth go
ing to Omaha to sou. But aa the
city of Omaha will reap tlio lion's
share of tlio profits , it is just and
right that the nowspaperH that ad
vertise for them should receive lib
eral pay for their space.
"Treason" in the United States ,
says Webster's Insuruational die
tionary , ' 'is actually levying war
against the United States , or to an
adhering to their enemies , giving
them nid and comfort. " According
to the law of nations the Philippine
islands belong to the United Stales.
This statement is not only true
from the laot that the Spaniards ,
who have buon in possession of
them for the last throe hundred
years , surrencbrod them to tlio Un
ited States army , but the govern
ment of Spam relinquished her
right to the islands to the United
States for a money consideration.
The act was ratified by the con-
cress of the United States , and thus
the ownership , responsibilities and
obligations of the archapolago wore
assumed by our government.
Whether the acquisition of Iho
Philippines was wise or not , future
ages will tell. But lot thai bo as it
may , the government of the people
of those islands , their welfare and
the protection of all tlioir interests
devolves upon us , and every Am-
orioau citizen ia legally bound to
support the government in its endeavors -
doavors to protect the lives and
property of its legal subjects and
the property internals of the coun
try. Whether those who take up
arma in defiance of this government
bo the Filippinos or free born Am-
orioane , or are aiding or comfort *
ing those who Inviod war against
this country , they are guilty of
treason. There is no doubt many
who have , and are yol denouncing
the administration for its vigorous
efforts to restore peace and obedi
ence to law in the Philippines ,
would become enraged wore wo to
class them as rebel ? , and would
spurn with indignation the idea
that they are by their opposition ,
inculcating into the minds of their
children principles of treason , to
their government. Yet there IB no
middle ground. Wo are either
upholding the government in its
efforts to enforce obedience , or wo
o.ro opposing. It is not a matter of
party polities that should actuate
anyone in the present crisis , nor
does his party name , even though
ho may be a republican , lessen the
offense , but rather augments it
from the fact that better things are
expected of him , But lot that bo
as it may , whether ho bo a demo-
pop or republican , to aid and abet ,
or assist by word or deed , these , iu
arms against the government , is
treason in the sight of the law.
Some may bo guilty through ig
norance , others through party pro *
judioo , while others inherited the
principles , and cau not help it.
MONiV : ( JIHCUI.ATION IN Till : UNIT-
HI ) STATUS.
The Hon. Willinm Jennings
Hrynn , a profound polilionl oconom
JHt whoflo voice is always melodious
tu hymning the Diaincs of the pltiin ,
poor people and ever resonant in
denunciation of the peatiforoiistin-
plain rich , remarked in a speech
matin al Lincoln , Nebraska , on Sep
tember 8 , 1800 :
"i\ly fronds , all the IruntH together
fall into insignificance when comp
ared to the money truot. "
This great lawyer did not , at that
date nor any Mibsequont one , define ,
anal } 7.0 or explain 'iho money Irani. '
15til it IB fair lo presume that
ho had in mind v monoply of money ;
a corporation which was gathering
togather and titorcing away vast
sums of monoy. This oruditu and
practical publicist of vast experien
ces iu the courlH , in congress , at
banquets and in battles , is now , in
1800 , confronted with the following
lactH uiul figures in verification of
his prophecies in 1800.
It seems lhat money hoarded ,
money not in circulation , money
thai wo do not part with , gives us
neither profits nor satisfaction.
The treasury statistics show that
the money in circulation has moro
than doubled in the laat twenty
years. It has increased CO per cent
since 1880 and moro than 20 per
cent since .Inly 1 , 1800. On July 1 ,
1807 , the amount iu circulation was
$818,031,703on ; July 1 , 1880,81,37
0,004,770 , and on April 1 , 1800 , * 1
027,840,042
No'period in American history
has shown a moro rapid growth in
the money in oirculution than the
last three years. On July 1 , 1800 ,
the beginning of the now fiscal year ,
the amount in circulation was $1 ,
00,720,200. By July 1 , 1807 , it had
reached $1,040,028,240 , an increase
of * 130,303,040. On July 1 , 1808 ,
it was $1,843,435,740 , an increase
for that year of * 197,407,503 , and
at the beginning of the presant
month it was $1,027,840,042 , an increase -
crease in the nine mouths of the
present fiscal year of $84,411,403 ,
The increase since July 1,1800 , has
boon at the rate of nearly $000,000
( or oaoh business day and during
the lasl year has averaged consider
ably moro than $500,000 for oaoh
busiuoBs day.
The per capita circulation on
April 1,18 0 , was tlu largest over
shown at that period of the year
in the hialory of oar country. At
that date it was , according to the
ofiioial statomeat of the treasury de
partment , $35vt5 per capita , while
that of upril 1 , 1808 , wan $23,00 ;
of April 1 , 1807 , * 23,01 , and of
April I , 1800 , $21,53.
The figures of the last three years ,
when placed side by side for com
parative purposes , show an interest
ing and remarkable growth in tha
circulating medium. They are as
follows :
. . Mouoy In Tor
April 1 circulation. . catilti.
1WX1 . JI.S''S.GSO M , & 1.53
IBU7 . l , OtiGC1.OM4 ' . ' 3.01
IMS . 1,760,058,646. SB.69
The iuoreaso iu gold coin ) an cir
culation during the bst few yoara
has been quite as remarkable as the
general increase ia , circulation. On
April 1 , 1890Kkho gold com in cir
culation waa. , . according to the trea
sury figuws , $4.40,9 13,250 ; on April
1) 1807 , , $510,125,757 ; on , april 1 ,
1898 , $582,129,742 , and on april , 1 ,
189.0 , $004,850 , 2. The table
whiuh follows shu-wa the gold ooiu
aud. total money in circulation at
the beginning of each quarter of the
lineal years from July 1 , 1800 , to
date :
. , Gold coin. Total monoy.
July 1,1800 545a.128.-lSJ
Oct. 1 , ibWJ < ? .TM ? * ?
* ,1H 7
Aii | . ,1801 . 6l7l .7B7 let)9 ) , < hMS S
July l.G40,0824u ! !
Oct. 628OU3,753 I.C78.840.538
Jau. 647,508,300 1,511.100,010
Apr. 1,760.068,043
July . . 600,859.880 1,843 433.671)
Oct. 1,1898 < tt > ( H9.81S 1,810,590,39- !
Jan. .ISO ! ) 807,7PAf > 7\ > . , . 1,81)7,301,41
Apr. , 1BU9 005,855 , 4i
The bank statement * how iu
many case * from 40 lo 50 per cent
of the deposits in the vaults of the
banks. There IB an nbundanoo of
money in the oouuury apparently
moro than ia needed , sinoo it IB not
drawn out of the banks but the
growing prosperity of the United
States and the -war tar on bank
oheoka have made aii increased do-
maud for small billB.-Conservativo.
Try my evaporated fruits/
J.N. Pealo.
Till : MAKCII TO MAI.OI.OS.
Inlciv.slliib' I.eH.'i-K Prom Member * of
Company M.
From Walter S. flick , special cor
respondent of the HKPUIILTOAN :
Editor KKPUIIMCAN : Malolan is
taken ; Agi'inaldo and troopu have
vamooHod. Nebraska's lighting
force in 300 men , and those not fit
for duty. Colonel Stotsnnburg was
at the Iront , and as usual did good
work. Artillery was used only
once , but Havod many lives. Vol
unteer troops with inferior guns
always used on firing line , and U.
6. regulars kept in the roar. The
insurgent ) fought behind wicker
constructed broastworkn , live to six
foot thick , but could not stand the
American advance. Artillery used
more frequently wou'd ' have saved
many American linos. Every foot
from Manila to MaloloH was contest
ed by the Filippinoa behind breas'-
works. Wo lound towns deserted
and inhabitants fled. The Ameri
cans destroyed very little. The
country is very rich and fertile.
Filippinos uharujo Americans at
Manlao on open field and are
ropu'Hcd. ' They cannot understand
the American way of lighting , but
try to imitate. Trains are running
into Malolos and provisions plenty.
Aguinaldo iu stations at Sau For-
uandcz , three utatious above. Two
modern Krupp guns , nix uioli , were
found buried under the raiiroad
coming into Malolos. Valuable
artiolea found by soldiers , but they
are unable to carry them ; silks and
ohina , and the finest of furniture
lying loosely around the streets.
Aguinaldo'H public buildings were
burned by Im own people before
leaving capital. President sends
congratulations to American troops ,
but lailb to loll us when wo will
got home ; all are sick of the Philip
pines and Want to return Co oivih-
gut-ion. Company M. appreciates
the gift of reading material , but
have not had time to road any.
Hope to read them returning to
Uuitod States. W. S. FLICK.
Mrs. Frank King has received
thii following letter from her
brother , Chester Green , with Co.
M :
Malolas , P. I , April 4. 1899.
Dear Sister , Nopho/ and Neioe :
I will write you & few lines this
morning. I am still alive and well ,
ailtt hope you are getting along al 1
right. 1 roooivod your most wol-
ooiuo letter the day before I started
on thin campaign , so didn't have
time to answer it. "Wo left our
camp near Manila before daylight
on the 20th of March , and got hero
the 3lBt , and it ia about thirty
miloB , HO you HOC wo oninu slow ;
but we covered the same ground
several times. The fun commenced
before MO were half a milo from
camp , and it was a running fight
every day and all the timo. The
natives would make a stand once
in ti while and shoot for all they
were worth. Wlnt made our loss
so heavy , wo had to advance across
opou ground , while they were under
cover. Wo awould charge them ,
and then they would run , then wo
would mow them down like grass ,
Poor Nat Simms got shot through
the neck ; the bullet came out of
his back striking his spine. Ho
lived about a day and n half. Just
before wo wont in the battle ho
shook hands with one of the boys
and bid him good bye ; said ho was
going to got shot lhat day ; said it
iu a joking way , but told the truth ,
llo waa standing on the railroad
shooting at natives when ho got
hit. A bullet hit my logging iu
the same scrap , but they haven't
bled mo yet ; I um one of the lucky
boys.
The last day there were fine
fell owa shot within ton foot of mo ,
and bullets foil like hail all around ,
There wore ono hundred and forty ,
three killed and t wounded iu our
rogiiaont ; two killed and six wound *
od iu Company M. Wo are a
lucky company. We have took a
hand in every battle yet that the
regiment has , and the old Nebraska
has boon right at the front ever
since the thing started , just two
months ago tonight * Our regiment
atartod with 1,024 men , and there
are about 409 now able for duty.
It ia BO hot they give out and are
in the hortpilalH. I am mill on deck ,
but was tired enough vvhon wo got
here.
here.Tho
The natives are Beared and kcop
getting wilder ; wo will have to
got longer ranged gtuiB if wo go
after thorn again. 1 am getting
tired of hunting niggers. 1 would
like to travel through this country
and have nothing to do but look at
country. Thie IB a nicer country
up hero than it is down around
Manila ; it is higher , and not HO
many hills and jungles. The wat
er is 1 orrid stuff , though ; the
creeks and rivers are all Baity , and
most of the wells.
Wo are camped in the edge of
Malolos on a street shaded on both
aideu by bamboo , cocoanut , mango ,
palm and bananas. Wo have all
the fruit wo want ; wo almost live
on cocoanuis. The na ives burned
moHt of the town before they left.
Wo came through Jittlo towns every
ilay , and they were nearly all burn
ed clean. The women and kids
fled ahead of their array. Lota of
thorn gave out , and they seemed to
think they would be killed , but wo
fed them and used them right. Wo
took some prisoners , and after they
had boon with us a few days wo
would not drive them away. They
are finding out the Americanos
don't kill their prisoners. It ip
true wo don't take very many , but
We use thorn all right lhat wo do
take. They look a few lhat were
wr unded so bad they could not get
away and cut them all to pieces ;
BO wn are rougher than wo would
bo if they hadn't done that. Wo
killed several thousand ot them on
this trip. I counted fifty three in
a hole about twenty foot wide and
ono hundred foot long ; wo got a
cross tire on thorn , and these that
tried to got away had just as wall
stayed , for they didn't gee away.
When wo first started the firing
line was about twenty miles long ,
and when we got hero it was about
twelve. The firing line is com
panies deployed as skiruishors or in
a line two paces apart , and com
pany joins company and regiment
joins regiment , so a rabit couldn't
got through ; and as they shortened
the 1'uio they wore pul in iho roar
as support. The natives fight in
any shape , mostly on the run
though.
Wo volunteers hero think our
work is almost dono. We have
taken the blunt of everything BO
far. The regulars that just got
bore couldn't stand anything so
they marched along the roads in a
straight line , while we dooo the
scrapping. Off course they would
have come up if we had run into
anything wo couldn't handle , but
they never had to come up. Wo
took trenches that , it the Nebraakaa
had boon in them all the niggers
out of h 1 couldn't have took , and
they jumped out and run before wo
got in 000 yards of them. I think
wo will go back to Manila in a day
or two , as wo left our tents , blank
ets and everything thoro. I have
my rubber poncho ; that is all the
btd I have , and some of the boys
haven't a thing. Will have lo olose
for this timo. CIIET.
The following interesting account
of the march to Malolos was wril-
ten by Dr. Willia Talbot to his
relatives :
On March 24th , about 11 p. in. ,
the first and second batallions of
Nebraska moved a few thousand
yards to the loft of camp , and layod
down to got a little sloop , waiting
for daylight to make an advance
on Han Francisco Del Monte , which
is a largo church the ins irpenls had ,
and which was very strongly forti
fied. Just before daylight the third
batallion moved up and fell iu as
reserve to the other batallions. Just
at daylight our men made the ad
vance. They had scarcely ad
vanced 1.000 yards until they were
mot by a terrific fire from the in
surgents , which was promptly au-
sworcd and a charge made. We
had a captain and a private mor
tally wounded in thai charge , and
another captain and lieutenant
wounded ; also several others woun
ded and ono sergeant killed out
right. Wo took their btoastworks
with a rush ; moro than fifty of the
iusui gents were left dead on the
field , four'oen of thorn iu ono heap :
Continued uu ueil page ,
Has H full line of
Drugs , Paints and Wall Paper
Also n Fmo Line of Hooks , Stationery , Toilet Articles , etc. Stores on
both North and South Sides , Broken How , Nob.
F. 0. WOKtfAI.L , Tro'lclcnt. J. A. UMtltIS , Cildilcr.
A. J. KOIIKIITSON , Vlco-I'rcd. \V. I ) , DLACKWKLL , Ase't Oselilcr.
Farmers Bank of Ouster County ,
N BOW , NEB.
Transaols a General Banking Business. County Claims and
Warrants Bought
I Once Was Lost , but Itfow I Have
Found it.
Where ? At my door. At the Eagle Grocery. What in the
world is it , my dear ? It is at the Eagle Grocery , a mam
moth stock of Groceries ; and at the lowest prices you ever ,
heard'of. The Eagle has been reading the papers and keep
ing posted on what was being offered for sale. They don't
say anything about Terbacker and Candy ; and other good
things like that. It is not pickle dishes you want now , it is
Candy. The Eagle has 2,000 pounds of candy for sale cheap.
Christmas committees are invited to call and get my prices.
Remember the place , on the big corner , jnst east of First
National Bank.
W. S. SWAH , Proprietor.
I make the correct fitting of Glasses
a Specialty.
E. W. HAYES ,
Jeweler and Optician.
O
HARNESS 1 HARNESS !
I have now over 200 Hots of llirness in the house , and will be able
to give you anything wanted , from $13.00 to $35.00 per set , complete.
We have first-class Harness from $22.00 to # 25.00. Wo have some forty
odd different styles of Harness , AND AH MA.NY DIFVKRKNT PKIOKD HAR
NESS , and iu the event wo don't happen lo have just what you want , wo
will bo able to change thorn lo cuil your taHto. If you want a factory
made Harness wo have them and will bo
, able to give at least ton per
cent batter value than anyone else in the county , because wo have all
our factory harnoRB made to our order , and for this reason wo are able to
got betlor value for iho same money. Wo will also duplicate any and
all eastern catalogues on prices. If you happen to have a price on Har
ness , bring it with you and wo will duplicate the same and save you the
freight on anything between bore and Chicago , and add freight beyond.
We mean just what we say above.
All Iho following lines are complete , and prices guaranteed : Shelf
Hardware , Pocket Knives , Table Knives ami Forks , Spoons. Tinware of
all kindH , Nails. Bolts , ISarb Wir , Hog Fencing , Bicycles , Sewing Ma
chines , Guns , Cartridges , Shells , Powder and Shot.
On Saddles We are Right.
Thauking you all for pnst patronage with which wo are well pleased ,
our trade has moro than doubled in the past year , and wo will therefore
outmuo our old motlo , "UNDEUSKI.L. "
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