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THE WRECK OF FREE TRADE.
CAUSE OE THE STEIKE
THE WILSON TARIFF BILL AT
THE BOTTOM OF IT.
Waeos Have Decreased. Precisely the
Same Amount as Tariff Reduction
And Still the Cleveland Administra
tion Wanted It Made Worse.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean : The
McLeans and calamity howlers in Ohio
who are chuckling over the coal strike
drill do well to avoid all facts of recent
listory. We notice that President
i latchford of the United Mine Workers'
i association , in a communication to the
New York Herald , dated June 3 , says :
] i "A miner's wages in the western Penn-
I I sylvania field ranges from 54 to 47
I i cents per ton in thin veined districts ,
I and from 30 to 28 cents per ton in the
thick-veined. In 1893 the mining rate
In thin-veined districts was 79 cents ,
and in thick-veined 65 cents per ton.
I During the same year the rate in Ohio
and- Indiana was 70 and 75 cents re
spectively. Now it is 51 cents , with
a reduction proposed in Ohio to 45
cents per ton. This ratio holds good
in a general way all along the lines :
Illinois , a portion of Iowa , eastern and
central Pennsylvania , and the Virgin
ias are all equally affected. " These
, figures point directly to the fact that
| miners' wages have fallen from 20 to
I 30 cents per ton since 1893 , following
I directly the Wilson tariff law , which
I reduced the tariff on coal 35 cents per
f ton. The humblest miner cannot mis-
k take the fact that "the starvation
* wages" were the result of Democratic
\m \ ' legislation , which not only struck a
sw. blow direct in the face of the coal
aWt workers , but added general prostration
| ffi in business. The free traders in coal ,
in such as Mr. Wilson , Bryan & Co. , will
Kj have to meet and answer these suffer-
* n working thousands , and it will be
| M more than they can do. The facts are
| i too plain and the history too recent to
| I give them any comfort
I The South for Protection.
I The voting on the Dingley tariff bill
§ in both house and senate has brought
; Jj out some interesting and significant
1 S facts , some Democrats and even a few
• m Populists have joined with the Repub-
i | | licans in support of a protective meas-
| 1 ure. This evidences that the principle
jl of protection has grown broader than
m party lines. But the most significant
H fact is that nearly all of these non-
H Republican votes for protection came
P Irom the south. The day was when in
m making a forecast of election returns
H the votes of the "solid south" were
H assigned without discussion to the
H party of free trade. But that day has
yj gone never to return. The "solid
H south" is broken and the break is
ra greater than that which is measured
i by party lines. Not only has the party
1 whose watchword is protection more
I southern members in congress than
§ ever before , except at the time immediately -
| mediately following the civil war , but
1 the number of their votes does not
measure even the whole strength of
protection sentiment in the south. The
growth of manufactures in the south
and the opening up of southern resour
ces is swinging the south surely and
not slowly into the protection column.
It is quite conceivable that in the not
far distant future we will have again
a "solid south" a south solid for the
American system of protection.
Prosperity in Mississippi.
For four long years everything has
been as dead and still as a door nail ,
and nothing but patch work going on ,
from the application of the notorious
Cleveland badge to stopping leaks on
the housetops. But now , presto change !
as soon as the election of McKinley
I and 'common sense was assured people
all ovsr this country woke up and
went to work , and I don't have to go
iway from home to tell you that con
fidence has ' come back to the hearts
anci minds of the people. There are at
th' s writing six new brick stores , none "
less Ulan 100 feet long , a large hotel ,
under course of construction in Acker-
with afine brick
man , together a- and
Iron courthouse. New residences and
r""u H ! ' - . ' ' ' " ' ' ' " i" " " " - ' " ij'"L ' r"r r"'T'rr7"'ryr" ' i 'l'i
improvements of old ones visible on ev
ery hand. Of a truth , there has been
more painting done in this town since
the 1896 presidential election than for
ten years last past. Everybody is ex
pecting better times , and if we can on
ly get prompt and effective protective
legislation we shall see a marvelous
growth of that idea in the south , and
a steady growth of the Republican
vote here. Hoping for the speedy pas
sage of a Republican tariff law and a
realization by our people of its far
reaching benefits , I am ,
' Ackerman , Miss. B. E. Buck.
What Farmers Depend Upon.
Farmers depend upon a protective
tariff just as surely as does the pros
perity of every other American pro
ducer. The remedy for agricultural de
pression is an enlargement of the mar
ket for agricultural products. In order
to secure a larger market for agricul
tural products we must make the home
market larger and increase the home
demand. The only way to do that is
by building up our manufactures , by in
creasing the number of our industrial
plants , by giving employment to all
idle workingmen , by creating such a
demand for labor through the opening
up of new industries , that the increased
number of consumers will afford a mar
ket for all the farmers' products. This
is the best way to secure prosperity to
the farmers , and the enactment of a
protective tariff law will benefit no
class of workers more than it will bene
fit the farmers.
A Question of Revenue ,
The industrial invasion that has been
overwhelming the United States since
August , 1894 , will soon be checked by
the reconstruction of our wall of pro
tection. American Economist.
Whence , then , is to come the addi
tional revenue which Major McKinley
declares to be necessary and to provide
which the present extraordinary ses
sion of congress was called ? Demo
crat , Johnstown , Pa.
The additional revenues will come
from the same sources as it did under
the McKinley tariff when we had reve
nue enough for all requirements
amounting to $1,006,6S2,37S during the
first 33 months that it was in force , as
compared with a total revenue of only
$867,265,939 during the first 33 months
of the Democratic free trade tariff.
The loss of § 139,416,439 of revenue un
der 33 months of the Democratic fiscal
policy has compelled the restoration of
a protective tariff for the purpose of
again providing revenue just as it
formerly did.
Will He Win Her ?
Among ; Free Traders.
High protective tariffs are breeders
of discord and ill feeling at home as
well as abroad. Salt Lake Herald.
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Certainly they are , among the free
traders.
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Interest of Consumers.
At no time have the interests of the
consumers been considered. They con
stitute the greater portion of those af
fected by a tariff , but their welfare does
not enter into the delusive schemes of
the protective tariff theory. Easton ,
Pa. , Argus.
Oh , yes ; they have been considered !
Who are the consumers but our great
army of workers ? A protective tariff
is enacted in order that our masses
may hatre work , may earn wages , may
spend their money and may "consume"
what they buy. Without the work
they cannot earn , they cannot spend
money , they cannot buy , and they
cannot consume. A protective tariff
is designed to serve the best interests
of the millions of our "consumers. "
Republican Fundamental Principle.
The fundamental principle of Repub
licanism is protection protection to
American labor , protection to American
capital , protection to American farm
ers , protection to American finances ,
protection to American interests and
the American citizen no matter where
he may be found. Therefore , the men
who voted for McKinley on account of
his standing on the financial question ,
must show that they are in accord with
the foundation principle of Republican
ism protection before they can be ac
corded a hearing in Republican coun
cils. Darlington , Mo. . Record.
Why Not ?
Some European nations subsidize
their steamships ; others subsidize
their shipbuilders ; others again exempt
their ships from taxes , only taxing
their net earnings ; others giv < 2 a boun
ty on imports on their own vessels ;
others give a bounty on tonnage for
distance sailed. In various ways as to
them seems best , they protect and en
courage their shipping. Why may not
this , a sovereign nation , adopt dis
criminating duties , then , to protect its
shipping , since that form of protection
to our people seems best ?
Democratic Breaches.
The country has been pleasantly dis
appointed by the large number of Dem
ocrats in the senate who have cast off
the heresy of "tariff for revenue only"
to the winds and who have voted as
Jackson and Jefferson would have voted
ed in a crisis like to the present. Chicago
cage Inter-Ocean.
And there will be still greater pleas
ure , during future tariff discussions ,
when it is seen that the supporters
of the old heresy number less and less
One of Wilson's Friends.
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A member of the British board of
trade reflecting upon the effect of the
Dingley protective tariff upon British
industries.
Wha * They Arc After.
The Democrats do not cease their
attacks on the Dingley tariff bill. The
measure is a continual source of wor
ry to them , and they are already sit
ting up nights to discover what can
be done with a surplus when we get
it. Williamsport , Pa. , Gazette , May
14 , 1897.
Then they'll be sitting up nights to
concoct plans for looting the treas
ury.
Postpone the Evil Day.
But the main thing is to do what is
best to pull the wheels of industry out
of the rut. Discussions of Democratic
policies will be more to the purpose
when Democrats shall have again been
clothed with power to administer the
affairs of the nation. Philadelphia
Record.
And may this date be long postponed
is the earnest prayer of every well-
wisher of American labor and industry.
Nit.
Is there any honest American toiler
who rejoices in slightly cheaper cloth
ing with the knowledge that it came at
the cost of loss of employment and
wages to many thousands who , like
themselves , must depend upon the pros
perity of an industry for what they
eat and wear ? Wheeling , W. Va. , In-
telligencer.
Douolo Dealing : .
The importers who are rushing goods
into the country have the double pur
pose of making an extra profit by rais
ing the price on them when the Ding
ley bill goes into effect , and putting
that law into disrepute by making its
receipts light during the first year.
Trenton , N. J. , Gazette.
One at Grover.
There are some individuals so con
stituted that they would rather shuf
fle off this mortal coil than admit that
they could be mistaken. Binghampton ,
N. Y. , Herald.
Is this a slap at the ex-president ?
Give It a Push.
Protection to American labor is a [
good thing. Push it along. I
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OU
JUNIOR READERS.
An English School Boy "I'nKjrM" to
Ueatli Gratitude of a Kat It SlayeU
a Rattle Snake That Was About to
Spring : at Jts I.Ittlc Uciicfuctrejo.
How Many Claws Has a Cat ?
many claws has
our old cat ? "
Asked Eddie. "Who
can tell me that ? "
"Oh , that. " said
fOW , "every one
As many ns you have
lingers and toes. "
"Yeth , " lisped Kth-
el ; "she'th jutht
got twenty :
Five on euch foot ,
and I think it-th a plenty. "
"Yes. " said Bcrthle , "just live times four ,
That makes twenty no less , no more. "
"Wrong ; " said Eddie. "That's easily se.en.
Catch her and count 'cm-she has eigh
teen.
"Cats , on each of their two hind paws.
Have only four , and not Ave claws. "
St. Nicholas.
The KnglWh Way.
A London schoolboy committed sui
cide last month , leaving behind a pa
thetic letter saying that he could not
stand the abuse to which he was subjected -
jected by his fellows at school. There
was practically no investigation of the
matter except that which dieted the
remark of the master that the youth
was of a very sensitive nature , and
the jury brought in a verdict of death
while temporarily insane. Youth of
all nationalities is proverbially cruel ,
but the cruelest of all are the boys of
the anglo-Saxon race. Since the begin
ning of education the schools of
England have been the scene of a long
series of petty tyrannies calculated to
develop bullies or to result , as this
unfortunate case did , in suicide. Any
one who has read "Tom Brown's
School Days" will remember the miser
able servitude which the younger and
more timid boys were obliged to live
in and the brutal treatment to which
they were subjected. This custom of
"fagging" is upheld by the English
people , and even the gentle Thomas
Hughes excused it. It is supposed to
develop manliness in youth. At least
that is what the English urge in its
defense. But it does nothing of the
kind. Where it does not break the
spirit of the boy as in the case of the
unfortunate youth alluded to , it is apt
to create bullies of the worst kind.
In America schools and colleges are
by no means so free from cruelty of
this sort that England can be con
demned unsparingly , but the fag sys
tem has never obtained here and never
could. It would be impossible for a
boy to be hounded to death in this
country for the reasons which led the
English lad to take his life. It was
bis advocacy ol the Greek cause which
got him into such disrepute with his
fellows. The partisanship of the sires
is not transmitted in this degree to the
sons in this country. The curious thing
? bout the English case is that the par
ents seem to take the death of their
boy as a matter of course.
She Was a Stranger.
The following story , which comes
from the west , brings with it a lesson
for all , old and young :
"A Sunday school missionary , while
addressing a Sunday school , noticed a
little girl shabbily dressed and bare
footed , shrinking In a corner , her little
sunburned face buried in her hands ,
and sobbing as if her heart would
break. Soon , however , another little
girl , about 11 years of age , got up and
went to her. Taking her by the hand ,
she led her out to a brook , where slie
seated the little one on a log. Then ,
kneeling beside her , this good Samar
itan took off the ragged sunbonnet ,
and , dipping her hand in the water ,
bathed the other's hot eyes and tearstained -
stained face , and smoothed the tan
gled hair , talking cheerily all the
while.
"The little one brightened up , the
tears vanished , and smiles came creep
ing around the rosy mouth. The mis
sionary who had followed the. two ,
stepped forward and asked , 'Is that
your sister , my dear ? '
" 'No , sir , ' answered the child with
tender , earnest eyes , 'I have no sis
ter. '
" 'Oh , one of the neighbor's chil
dren , ' replied the missionary ; 'a little
schoolmate , perhaps ? '
" 'No , sir ; she is a stranger. I never
saw her before. '
" 'Then how came you to take her
out and have such a care for her ? '
" 'Because she was a stranger , sir ,
and seemed all alone , and needed some
body to be kind to her. * " Christian
Standard.
The Herald.
A poor little boy stood some time ago
at the corner of one of the busy streets
in Glasgow , selling matches. As he
stood there a gentleman approached
him and asked him the way to a cer
tain street. The way to that particular
street was very tortuous , but the little
fellow directed him very minutely.
When he had finished his directions ,
the gentleman said , "Now , if you will
tell me the way to heaven as correctly ,
I'll give you sixpence. "
The boy considered for a moment ,
Jhen suddenly remembering a text he
had learned in Sunday school , he re
plied , "Christ is the Way , the Truti ,
and the Life , sir ! "
The gentleman at once handed him
the promised sixpence , and left him
visibly affected. The child thought
this an easy way to make money , and ) |
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going along the street he mot a com ?
pnnlon of his father's , whom he stopped
and to whom ho said , "If you glvo mo
a sixpence 111 toll you the way to
heaven. "
The man was surprised , but from
curiosity ho handed the boy a sixpence
and was told , "Christ is the Wny , the
Truth , and the Life. "
"Ah , " said the man , "I have boon
looking for the Way in saloons these
many years , but I believe you are
right. It was my mother's wny. "
In after years It was his privilege to
tell it to the heathen , for the little
fellow saved a child from being run
over one day , and , from gratitude , ho
was educated by the child's father , and
today he Is a foreign missionary , show
ing to others the way to heaven. Sel.
A True Story.
As a prominent business man In the
city ( of C was passing along the
street ! one evening he saw a little boy
kneeling In the shadow of a pile of
dry i goods boxes on the corner. The
man stopped and listened to the little
fellow's ' words :
"Oh , Lord Jesus , won't you help
me ? I am hungry , and tired , and
cold. Mother said you would. You
know my mother. She lives up there
in heaven now. She said If I ever got
in a tight place after she was gone , to
call on you for help. I hain't had no
trade today. I haven't earned a
cent. "
The man's heart was touched , and he
took the boy home and clothed and
fed him , and he put him to work in his
office. i
After a little , he was sent to school ,
and ; is now growing to be a useful and
respected young man. He never
doubts i that the Lord answered his
prayer.
As the old hymn says : "If our faith
were but more simple , we would take
Him at His word. " And he surely would
take care of us , for the word says :
"Trust in the Lord and do good , and
thou ; shalt dwell In the land and verily
thou shalt be fed. "
A Rat Worth Protecting ,
A curious incident , showing how a
small kindness may sometimes bring a
large and unexpected reward , occurred
near Stony Fork , Tioga county , Pa. , re
cently. ' Mr. Henry L. Harris and wife
and family of five children live on a
farm some distance from the postoflice.
One \ of the children , a little girl , was
taken ill with scarlet fever several
months ago , which left her in a partly
crippled condition , and she has been
unable to leave her bed. Her couch is
located in an upper part of the house ,
which is also used as a store room.
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Some time ago she told her father that
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a rat had come out of a hole and run
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across ' the floor and he at once proceed
ed to trap the rodent. The little girl
however , pleaded that the rat was
the only company she had a greatei
part of the day , while her mother was
busy , and asked that it be allowed tc
remain. So to please the child the
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trap was removed , and the animal al
lowed to run about the room.
The girl would feed him with crumbs
saved , from her none too plentiful
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meals , and soon the rat became verj
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tame , allowing her to stroke him , but
would scamper away on the approach
of any one else. He was a large graj
fellow , and capable of making quite a
fight. The child's room was heated
with a wood stove , the wood beins
brought in from outside.
One day recently the mother , whe
was employed in a distant part of the
house , heard the child screaming as
though in terror , and rushing to the
room found the little one nearly fright
ened into convulsions , and a dead rat
tlesnake was lying on the floor , its
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ne k nearly chewed off. When at last
she had been quieted , the girl said she
was stroking Tommy , the rat , when
she saw the reptile gliding along the
floor rewards her from the direction
of the stove. Suddenly it stopped ,
emitted a whirring sound , and coiled
itself for a spring. She was paral
yzed with terror , and realizing that it
would be upon her before any aid could
come closed her eyes and prayed
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Whether in answer to her prayer or
from a combative instinct can not be
determined , for the rat sprang forward
and fastened its teeth in the serpent's
throat. Together the3' rolled about the
floor , but the rat had his adversary in
such a manner that it could not use
its poisonous fangs , and as the rat
clung to his hold the writhings of the
snake gradually grew less until it
straightened out on the floor. When
the danger was past the child recov
ered her voice and screamed until her
mother came. As footsteps sounded
on the stair the rat disappeared in his
hole.
It is supposed that the serpent con
cealed himself in the woodpile during
the fall , was brought in with the
wood , and thawed out by the heat. It
was ZVz feet long , and had four rattles.
Since the incident Tommy has been
granted the privilege of the whole
house.
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COMPILED STATUTES. ' | 4
The 0 for Nohrnnka are NotrKrom tha flt k
Prruft Ahrm ! of Time. /a H
The compiler and publinhers of the k CH
Compiled Statutes of the state of Ne- ] fH
braskti , nays the Omaha ' .ee , have is- /JM
sued the bulky volume containing all M
the state laws of a general nature in / t
force July 10 , 1P97 , some time in advance - 1
vance of the session laws enacted by MM
the last legislature , and the book ij Ml
already in the hands of many of the Jlf
local attorneys. An examination of
the contents shows many important m
changes , by way of additions , amendments -
ments and repeals , of which the following - t
lowing are among the most notnblu :
Additions Legislation as to : Mann-
ufacture , adulteration nnd sale of vinegar - } W
egar ; leaving wells aud ponds without
enclosure ; quarantine for hog cholera M
and disposal of carcasses ; regulation J
of stock yards and companies operat- J
Mng the same ; prohibiting free service 1
to public ollicers by steam and street
railwaj-s , and gas , water , telephone M
and telegraph companies ; insurance by
members of fraternal societies a.nd ran-
tual insurance societies covering plato M
glass , hail and fire risks , and by the
owners of village lots , not less than 100 V
in number ; payment of interest on
daily balances of state and county M
funds by depositories , providing that jl
interest shall be covered into the pub-
lie treasury , and that depositories M
shall give bond and make quarterly *
statements ; appropriation of 5100,000 |
in aid of the Interstate Exposition and 1
state representation on the directory M
of the Trans-Mississippi and Interna- \tM \
tional Exposition , aad disbursement
of state funds by the state board ; erec- i f t
tion of municipal courts in cities of the iA
metropolitan class ; the initiative and aM
referendum ; creation of advisory board f ? J
for " state eleemosynary institutions ; M
creation of a state free employment fl
bureau ; consolidation of the Institution -
tion for the blind with the Deaf and >
Dumb Institute ; prohibition of combi- JK
nations of warehousemen , grain men f
and fire insurance companies ; erection t i
and maintenance of public weighing / j
scales at the public expense ; right to ' '
levy an execution or attachment on 1
corporate stocks owned by a judgment J
debtor ; game law ; penalties for adul * M
tcration of foods and provision for testfl
inir same , and penalties for removal j
from place of burial , etc. , of dead human - 1
man bodies. A
Amendments As to : Ballots and
elections ; law as to state banks and re- i
ceiversof same ; conditions under which J
municipal bonds may be issued ; charters - M
ters of cities of the first class ; election m
of officers in first class cities ( declared I
unconstitutional by the supreme court 1
June till , 1807 , in case of State against m
Stewart ) ; regulation of telephone and
telegraph companies by tin * Statu J
Hoard of Transportation ; purchase ol 1
state supplies by proposals after advertisement -
tisement ; regulation and government m
of the state penitentiary ; and placing * M
the supervision of the public printing a
in tile hands of state ollicers. 1
Kepeals The bounty acts ; the charter - I
ter for metropolitan cities ; liabilities W
of defendants primarily and collaterally -
ly liable to deficiency judgments in I
foreclosure of real estate mortgages. M
State May Contest for AKH < 't . H
There is a prospect of a lively legal I
controversy between the state authori-
tics and the depositors of the Ex- mm
change bank of Atkinson over the possession - M
session of what available assets are W
left from the collapse of the institu fl
tion. Attorney General Smytii paid a j jH
visit to Atkinson and made a personal t jH
examination of the books , which has B
convinced him that the state will have / fl
no difficulty in appropriating the Uart- ( M
ley shortage.
Mr. Smyth says that Mr. Bartlej 1
holds certificates of deposit from the
bank amounting to S. , < )00 ) , and there J
will be no difficulty in proving that at M
least S15,000 of this amount was state fl
money. The state filed a claim to the < M
money some time ago and the issue fl
will probably be decided at the Septem- WM
ber term of court. The stockholders 9
have organized and employed an attorney -
torney to contest thcclaimof the state. M
Cripnle CrcHc at the KxpoRltlon. fl
The failure of the legislature of Colorado -
orado to make an appropriation for a fl
state exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi " fl
exposition will not shut the state out fl
entirely. There will be a Cripple t B
Creek at Omalia. Xot a miniature or '
model , but a widuopen town , just as 9
it was in 1SK2 and 1S03. with its stores. I
hotels , saloons , variety theaters , post I
express offices , miners * cabins , graveyard - I
yard , mines and mills in operation , the I
town peopled by those who have lived .
and worked in mining cauiDS. There 4
will be stages , mule teams and burros , * fl
in fact everything necessary to make
up the town as it existed eighteen
months after it became the greatest
gold camp in the world. i
En < Irtes the Kxposesltlon. | |
The congress in session at Salt Lake
endorsed the Trans-Mississippi exposi- fl
tion in the following resolution :
Resolved , That this congress reiterates -
ates its endorsement of the Trans-Mis- M
sissippi exposition , and recommends J M
most respectfully that the respective
states and territories give their substantial - *
stantial support and encouragement tc
the same by making exhibits of their
several interests and resources , creditable -
able to each and commensurate with
the magnitude of this great enterprise ;
and that the several states and territories - m
ries , whose legislatures meet during I
the coming winter , make liberal appro- 9
priations to further proper exhibits oi I
their respective states and territories
Resist * rayment ot Taxes.
The C , Ii. & Q. railwaj- company has I
appealed to the supreme court a inst I
the paj-ment of taxes to the school dis I
tnct of Minden. The company claims I
a 30 mill levy was assessed in the 1
district , being 15 mills more than the
law allows , as construed by the com- M
pany. The school tax was 25 mills and
the .tax for school bonds was 10 mills. 1
The taxes in dispute amount to S233. I
Endorsed by Thurston. I
P. J. Sadiliek , who visited the White I
Douse with Senator Thurston , says a I
Washington dispatch , has been en- 1
dorsed by the latter for a eonsularshir
in liohemia or some other place in Aus- •
tria. Should he obtain the position
his appointment would not be consid
ered as the consulate which iNebraska
is yet to receive. Senator Thurston
expects to get a place as good as\n
or Panama for Nebraska. " 1 e ? AgJ
dorsed about
consulates from twelve Nebraska annlicanrV f ° *
Dakota county is sufferino- _ .
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epidemic of hog cholera.