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I Po bill bed eery ' 1'boredll1 at tboOlJuut ) ' &Jilt.
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UnoyAarWadTBllco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 1 I/ ) ;
: . ADVERTISING IIAT&S.
. . One colomn , IXr month. $7.00. OnA.balf col.
' " UDln. per montoJ fa 00. Quarlcr column , per
month. ! S.W LOe tbar. qunlter coluwn , &J
f eenle p'r lucb per month
CUdI on llret page. 60 cente . ) or Incb , par
r . month
Local edvertlfllnlr 1tenIa \ pcr lIoe eAch lJler.
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Notice of cburch fairs. ocillblee Dnd enlerlllio.
, mf'DU "bere mon"le Charged , ooe.hnlC toteI' ' ! .
cleh Iollcel and ree.lutlone , ono-half rnlee.
. Weddlug' otlcee froe. h U price : for publhnlng
r IIPt of pre ntl !
Dcath nOrlce. free , hl\U prlc" , for publlehlng
I obltoary nollclI. : end card. Of thllnlul.
: ' Leg notl09 at ra te prulded bl It alutea of
, Nebralka. - . . . , .
I , ; Thursday , February 12 , 1903.
' The Omaha Bee rerlHlrks that
. " . "Governor Mickey's attitude on
.1 : , . , the , question of theaters , card
j , ; pl ying and dancing may be ap-
f ' proved by only' part of the
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peopl of Nebraska , but the universal -
, ; ( versal verdict will be that it is
f 1 : ' far pref rable to the pcrformanccs
, . ' of his predecessor in ofi ce as
rd" sponsor of bull fights , poker
; parties and carnival hilarity.
fg "
: ; Sevcn important men 'are dis-
Jr cu sed in the cbruary numbcr of
--I ; , Thc Cosmopohtan : "The Y OLUlg
N polen , " by Ficld-marshal Viscount -
count ' \Volseley ; ILLeo Tolstoy :
An Interpretation Donc in Little , "
by Elbert Hubbard ; August Belmont -
mont , by R. H. Graves ; Henrv M
Wpitney , by A. E. Macl1'arlane ;
"The Triumphal Tour of Adolf
Lorenz , " by John Brisben Walker ;
William Andrews Clark , by H. R.
Kitapp ; amd ILPresident McKin-
, ley's Tour , " by W.V. . Price.
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" A bill ha b ; n' introduced in
, . state legislaturc , House Roll No.
. 265 asking for an appropriation
of $85,000 to build a fire proof
building for thc Statc Historical
L 1 Society in order to provide a safe
depository fet its collections.
These collections consist of documents -
ments , bools , newspapers ,
. , " ; eapons , tools , pictures , scientific -
$ ,
tific specimens , farm and factory
" products pertaining to the history
r of Nebraska and the great west.
L The quartcrs that are now occupied -
, cupied by the state Historical
" Society is in the basement of the
: , University Library , and are
; ' : , . crowded and very poorly suited
; for the purpose. It is estimated
by having the city of Lincoln
donate the site that thc moncy
asked for will complete a three
story fire proof building 80 by
120 feet that will prove ample
room for the Society for the next
generation. A visit to the Society -
ciety rooms in its cramped and
crowded quarters would convince
anyone , with a spiri t of pride and
progress that better quarters are
greatly needed and that the apt -
t ' * . propriation should be made if the
' 1' staes finance will at all permit
: of It.
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[ The state central committee of
C. / ' the Populist party has decided a-
t r gainst fusion with the Demo-
J $ " i crates. This is just what the
! rank and file of Populist have vot-
t ; . ed for all the tme , but the lead-
. ers who saw office ahead , and the
.
r newspapers , which saw county
" . . patronage in it have o\'et riden
the will of the voters , and by
packing the conventions , and by
abuse and misrepresentatiom ha\'e
, j I .
. 1 so tar succeeded. It is a sorry
fl way to be forced to recognize the
; will of the voters. Howe\'er ,
this change of Qase comes too
t late. Too many hard words hayc
een said. Too many weati
f . : newspapers will be ready to settlc
, , . . . down on the reformed "reform-
. cr $ , " and at the first chance sel ]
I .
, them .out again. There is nc
. way now but a gcneral house
\ cleaning , and the first necessary
. 5t p will be a riddance of every
t : newspaper that ever advocated
t fusion. It will also be necessary
' . , to recognize the fact that th (
true. Populists never would fuse ,
' All this is recognized in the ac.
! tion , of. the central committee :
: but what will be the manner oj
: rc ognition ? This wil1 be tes1
- -of sinccrity.Ve venture the as'
sertion that the fusionists wit :
-organ ze so as to hold the key tc
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lhe situation , and the Mid-Road-
er will bc very lonesome in their
rnidst.-Sargent Leader.
S. H. Burnham , president of I
the First National bank , who has
I
just returned from : L business trip I
to the east , spent considerable. .
time among the bankers or Nc\v
York. He found a bouyant feelIng -
Ing there concerning the future
f business during the coming
year. The east is depending
largely upon the wcst for guod
times now , and the knowledge
that only a part of the immense
crop out here has bel'n han'ested
makes the financier feel that
that there will not be much
check ln business for another
season at least. So far as th
stock market is concerned no
alarm is fclt over a slump among
the ) \c" , ' York bankers. 1'hey
say that railroad earning ! ) continue -
tinue to be phenomenal , making
the payment of regular di\'idends
assured for some tim to comc.
The gcneral stock list is hcld up
by rich men or groups of rich
men , who thcmselves own large I
enough blocks to makc it an cas ) '
matter to support the market.
Mr. Burnham's information derived -
rived from railroad men as well
as 1inanciers , i that the coal I
shortage is due to the immense
extra busine s done by the railroads -
roads as well as the scant suppl ) '
due' to the strike. The roads
everywhere are loaded down wi th
business , an the extra coal , con-
umption for that alone is enough
to tax the produdion of the
mines.-State Journal.
We notice from the Chronicle-
Citizen that the World-Herald
has classed the RRPUDLICAN with
the subsidized papers of the state
in favor of the railroads. Un-
fortunatel ) ' we did not see the
charge. As there are several of
the papers of the state that has
opposed the local assessment of
railroad terminals it is but natural - i
al that the' Omaha papers should
try to prejudice the public against -
st said papers. To do this they
claim that all such papers are
using matter prepared by railroad -
road attorneys for which they
ace receiving pay from the 'r'ail-
roads. ' 1'0 just what extent the
claim may be true wc do not
know.Ve know the RRPUDLI-
CAN is not one of that number
and that we have.not received a
cent for space in o.ur paper for
that class of matter sinc the
issue has been raised. Last fall
we run over 300 inches of matter
on the question of railroad as-
sements under a contract with
Chas. D. 'rllOmpson , news paper
advertising agency of Omal13
for which we charged and rea
ceiyed local advortisinerates. .
We noticed the same class of ad.
vertising matter was run in the
Bee , World-Herald , Beacon and
many other papers of the state.
If the World-Herald will carefullJ
read our edItorials on the taxa.
tion of railroad terminals it wi11
discover they differ essential1J
from the railroads contention ,
We maintain that there shoul (
be no change in th presen1
method of assessement of the
terminals which is in harmon )
with the position held by the
railroads. But we insist thai
rail road property is not payin
the tax that it should and thai
the valuation with all othe ]
property sliould be increased. It
I the latter proposition we tak (
issue with the railroad corpora'
tion and in the former oppose th (
contention of the Omaha papers
We conted that all railroad pro.
perty located on the righl
I of way whether in Omaha
Lincoln or Broken Bow , shoul <
. be included in the assess men
.
made by the state board am
shared equall ) ' with every mile 0
road in the state.Ve are no
contending that railroad propert
, in Omaha outside of the right-of
. way should be so assessed , bu
conceed that it should be assess
ed locall ) ' for local purposes
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'l'he average assessment , f rail
. roads per mile in 1902 , 'vas bnl'
$4,661.57 , while in 1892 , ten year'
) previous , the amount was $5 , .
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367.66 per mile. 'rhere is no
question but the roads an bctter
cquipped , have bctter d pots ,
better road beds. and that they
are malting more money on the
c'apital invested by half than
they were ten ycars ago. This
being the case we cannot understand - .
stand why the assessed valuation
should not be increased instead
of decea cd as wcll as all other
property of the 'state , The RH.
PUBLICAN never hesitatc to ex-
pres ! ) an opinion on all public
qucstion , ; that eO'ect the town ,
count ) . or state , and we u.ua11y
try to give a rcason for our opin-
ion. If those rcasons , are favorable -
able to corporations.w hn'c no
appollog.r to ofTcr , an e5pccially ,
as in this instance as our contention -
tion is for the increase railroad
assessment and the lessening of
the hurden If taxation tlt the
people of Custer county. For
years the RHPU IICAN has maintained -
tained that all property hould
bc assessed at its cash value and
the rich asvell as the poor be
require to pay taxes in propor-
tion to their actual wealth and
thus lighten the burden of taxa.
tion by decreasing the levy. In
doing this we are not in favor of
giving Omaha thc tax on the
railroad property on the right of
way that chanccs to be located
in that city and depri\'c Custer
county of its just share in the
property. The city that gets
the terminals have a bi ad\'an-
tage anyway froll1 thc increased
business , property and population
that these terminals naturally
attract. There is not a towu in
the state hut would be willing to
enter into a bond with the railroad -
road company that in case they I
would mo\'e their shops , depots ,
ofi ces etc from Omaha to it to
forever allow the state bOard , to
taK the whole of the property as I
it has been doing in the past' '
and distribute It al ng the linc
of road of the state without a
protest.
Auti ' 1'1'1I8t Le 18Intil\n. \
Congress passed the Anti-'l'rnst
bill Saturday b.y unanimous vote.
Several'attemp s were made to
amend qle bill by the dcmocrats ,
but failing in their efforts all
united wit l the republicans in
passing th.e bill that had been
prepared , by the , republicans.
Since the passage of the bill it is
reported that a number of Senators -
tors have received telegrams
'
. signed BJohn D. Rockerfel.ler , '
stating : " ' \Vc are opposed to any
anti-trust legislation. Our counsel -
sel , Mr. will J\se you. It
must be stopped. " It is further
stated that following the telegram -
gram one of the Standard Oil
Co's. attorneys called Oh members
of the senate last Saturday , who
was promptly informed that his
presenc.e was not wanted by the
said senators. If true , no better
service could ha'e been rendered
. by the Standard Oil Co. in furthering -
thering anti-trust legislation. A
red flag waved in the face of a
. mad bull would be no surer of inducing -
, ducing immediatc results. The
story is too gauzy for intelligent
belief. 'l'he managers of th
Standar Oil Co. arc certainly
not such fools as to think they
can influenre legislation in that
way. No surer methods could
be adopted to hasten legislation
against them. Be thc' story true
or false , the action f the house
in passing the committee bill by
a unanimous vote shows a'er ) '
. fa vera ble state of affairs and
there is but little doubt that with
. such a unanimous sentimcnt in
. the house the same sentiment is
hirgely shar d in the senate.
, The president is reported to have
asserted that should this congrcss
fail to enact an anti-trust law at
this session he will call an extra
session immediately on its adjournment -
journment for the purpose of having -
ing a law on that question
- passed.
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tacles. The owner can ha\'c
. them b ) ' calling at this ofi cl' and
- J > ai1g : ! for t11i notice. .
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l..uath'u DrumlrQalulne TlJlet. corea . . col
Iu ODIt daf. No cur. . , Nu l'ay 1'IetJ , c nta
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LEG.ISLATIVE N E\VS\ \ \
( :3 : ecI \ I Corrcppondcnc )
Tuo latc fur I\ t week. )
. Lincoln , l\eb. , Feb. 3 , 1903.
As outlinerl in the lettcr of last
week , the legi laturc took a'cry
short time in showing its dis.
appro\'al of the land leasing hill
now before congress. ' 1'he Ne-
braslm legislators were very little
impressed by the fact that the
bill was advocaterl by congressmen -
men and United States senators.
They hit it quick and hard. At
thc qume time there was a general -
:
al entiment cxpres er1 in favor ,
of allowing larger areas of homesteads -
steads in the range couJJ.trr , to
allow thc smalJ cattle owners a
.
Letter chalice.
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'l'he greatest interest of the
past week was centercd around I
r \ ' ( nue mattcrs , and it was pretty
well agreed that the special re-
vcnue committcc should be
gi\'cli a week to digest and prepare -
pare a re\'enue bill. It was con-
ceded'that this would be the only
feasible wato . O"ct a revision of
t : >
the law. Those who were opposed -
ed to rcsion were also opposed
to adjournment for the week.
' 1'0 their numLer was added some
who had made personal arrange-
mcnts for the week which they
did IIOt like to change. For a
ti.lc it looked as if the senate
would lIot occur in the adjourn-
mcnt , but finally an agrecment
was reached. 'l'his gave the
revenue committees time to work
without having to pay attention
to other matters. It also gives
the other committees time to
visit the public buildings of the
state.
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'l'he revenue committees had a
general discussion over the basis
for a ne\\ ' bill , and at last , as a
matter of state pride , decided to
take the Nebraska law as a basis
with the tacit understanding that
the Kansas bill would be drawn
upon for whatever good
features it contained. All be-
lte\'e that the first importar\t
thing is to get all property listed
on the assessors books at its lair
value , and that the next important -
tant thing is to provide better
methods for the collection of the
taxes. In both these features
experience has proven that the
Nebraska law needs mending in
order to produce the requisite
revenues to run the busincss of
the state.
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. Iembers of the legislature in
the city are shocked to hear of
the death of John L. Mayer of
Stant n , one of the house clerks
who was asphyxiated in his room
at an Omaha hotel Sunday. Mr.
Mayer had made many friend5
among the legislators during the
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Mrs. Laura. S. Webb.
Vlce-Freshlcot ' , "ooll\n'lI Demo-
( .rnUe ( : tub , . or Xortbern Obto.
"I dreaded the change of lire which
WaJ fast Approaching. I noticed Wine
of Cardul , And decided to try a bot.
tic. I upcrlcnced some re11d the
first month , so I kept on taking It for
three monUIS And now I menstruate
with no pain and I shall take It off and
on now until I have paJsed the climax : '
Female weakness , disordered
menses , falling of the womb and
ovarian troubl&.J do not wear off.
The ) ' follow , woman to the change
of life. Do not wait but take Wine
of Cardui noW' and avoid the trou.
ble. Wine of Cardui never fails
I to benefit suffering woman of
nny ng . Wine of CU ui relieved
Mrs. Webb wben she was in dan.
ger. 'Wben you come to the change
. of life Mrs. Webb's letter wjll
, mean more to ) 'ou than it does
now. Dut you may now uvoid the
suffering she endured. Druggists
sell lliottles of Wine of Cii lui.
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month , and it is probable t1la
his untimely death will call for
official resolutions when the
house meets again.
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'rite mo'\'cment among the
district judges of the state to reduce -
duce the number of judicial districts -
tricts arid the numder of judges
is taking definite sImper and it
is probable that a bill to reapportion -
tion the districts will soon be in
the hands of the apportionment
committees. Lawyers agree that
there is a gradual reduction in
the amount of litigation , and
that fewer judges can do the
work , with a consequent saving
to the state. There is also much
sentiment in favor of a return to
the district attorney system , and
a bill to that effect has already
been introduced. The argumant
is made that counties are unable
to elect attorneys wbo are capable -
able of coping with the stronger
members of the bar in criminal
cases , and that in smaller counties
the salaries are so small as to :
furnish no attraction to good
lawyers. It is claimed that district -
trict attorneys mas be elected ,
with reasonable salaries , resulting -
ing in stronger legal talent and
bettcr service in the prosecution I
of criminals. Many district' '
ju.dges favor the plan.
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The legislature has forty days
in which to introduce bills , and
of these twenty days have already
gone. It is expected that during
the first week after this recess
most of the important measures
will have been iutroduced , including -
cluding the appropriation bills
which come shortly after the
visits to the state institutions.
Letter 1.181.
The following is the dead
letter list for the week ending
February 1Q , 1903 :
George Boggs , M. H. Carleoon ,
E. L. Ditto.
Parties calling for the above
will please say advertised.
J . H. JF.WET'l' , P. M.
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wm mn tbe " , "nge" . eye
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! ! clsed in the fitting of 'glllsses. Hi :
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That headache you hu'e'may .
: : E be entirely cured by the proper
ge use of lenses. It costs you. . . . .
NOTHING , E
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what glasses you need , '
Then its up to you ,
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F. W. HAYES ,
I jcweleraud Optician
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Water WOI'kl ! Mll1 ! Meeting' .
At the request of a number of
citizens I have called a meeting
to be held at the court house on
Thursday night February 12 at
8 o'clock to discuss the question
"h , it to the best interest of the
city of Broken Bow to'ote bonds I
for the purcha of the water I
works plant ? " This meeti ng is
called for a fair discussion of the
proposition hy the votcrs that all
phases of it may be presented ,
and that the tax payers and voters
may have an Clpportunity to be
posted on it before the election
IS held. E. R. PURCI\LI. .
Mayor.
Meet to Orgaulze.
On February 21 , 1:30 : p. m. at
thc Court House in Broken Bow.
Those interested in the cooperative -
tive shipping of grain and live
stock will meet to perfect an
organization. Farmers , landowners -
owners and merchants should be
present. Its a bread and butter
question and husiness all the wa ) '
through.'I'
'I' . C. II. BA YHHHOPFI\R.
f/I
Tbla slgnaturo is on every box of th genuine !
Laxative Brome Quinine Tablet8
I Ulo remedy that oCUI'C8 4:0111 40 OU. , d ) '
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ContractoJa and Builder ; : . : I
' Estimates Furnished Free ' \Vith Plans and Specifications.
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All parties indebted to the Eagle Grooery , are requested ft\ \ ;
tI to oall and settle their aocount by oBsh at onoo. I mast have
: 'f money to pay bills , I oan.ot do business on wind. r j
Si Yours truly ,
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1 10 Bars of Soap for 25c.
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Rul. . . . " . Ah'U" , " , .
ANDERSON & MOORE.Ah'U"
; : frLllndl for ule aDd rent In COlter county and adjoining coumlc8. 1-ll : < llIe8 IInd morlgltC !
bought aol1lold. Abetrllct. promptlf aad neath made.
Utllcu-Maloa S reet. Oetwtieu 4th ! lndMb Aenuee. Drokea Dow. Caster county , NObraska.
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1 Having bo.ught the goods of the '
'I' Carlos Second Hand StoreJ will 'I'
i CLOSE OUT THIS sr OCK
, t ! . at a Bargain. Those desir'I' " ,
* ing to purchase anything 'j"
'I ' in my line will find it to their t
' * interest to call at once as < *
, ! I t. , . these , ! ! . oods must br RoId. , . . 'jo , I ' ,
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qall and see goods and get prices if YOIl '
' 1' want bargrlIls. l ! .
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