I J nflfl Tfc The Norfolk rleuis Now it is reported that Shamrock It hns bonton Shamrock 1 but Shnmrock 1 in not tho Constitution Tho Doers have Mown up n British nrmorcd trnin just to keep them in formed of thu fnct that tho war is still on Tho Sionx City Tribune is of tho opinion that manipulators of tho polit ical innchtnoR will not join in tho inn ohiulsts strike It is said that servant girls unions nro being formctl and tho honscwifo should nt onco form n trust then tho problem would bo opeu to solution Tho Inst few dnys hnvo nlmost been -warm enough to cntise mankind to hopo for tho curly nppenrnnco of thnt shirt waiBt nbout which so much Iiub been unid Mrs McKinley continues to improvo in health and tho nnxloty felt by tho people regarding her condition Ih greatly relieved by tho encouraging reports Bout out Tho bnnk BtntementB recently pub lished throughout tho country furulBh evidence thnt tho recent Hurry in Wall street has not discomfited General Prosperity a Uttlo bit Tho period when corn wiis selling for eight and ten cents 1b so remoto thnt farmers nro beginning to regard it ns n bad dream A six hundred per cent jmin since that time is quite satisfac tory Tho British think thnt tho Boer war will bo ended during tho coming winter It had been generally supposed that it was ended and thnt the English army was merely lighting bunds of lillUB The Beo thinks Omnhn entitled to lead other cltieH of tho country They had n machinists striko thero whioh was Bottled nnd tho men ngnin nt work before other plnceB had tutored tho gnmo Tho Gordon Journal 1b of tho opinion thnt the world is full of deceit and that people who nro friendly to your face nnd almost Blobber over you say some tcrriblo things about yon when your back is turned A York Pennsylvania womnn wns jokingly given a cup of gasoline by a oouple of neighbor boys who told her it wa9 Bpring wnter nud alio drank tho fluid Her smelliug npparutus must have been sadly defective Some fusion pnpers complain thnt tho jeceut legislature did nothing to curtnil tho power of corporations in tho state What wns tho use Hadnt tho corporu tiouB been fully taken enro of by tho fusion legislature preceding tho Inst session Andrew Cnruegio should bo brought homo Ho has recently given 2000000 to four Scotch universities and his pocket book may be flat before ho ro turns to America and Uncle Russell Bago has not yet commenced founding libraries It is said that tho chief of tho fire de partment at Santa Barbara Cal was bo intent on seeing President McKinley that he gave no heed whn told that his house was burning He is certainly en titled to a front rank in loynlty to the president The Richmond Kentucky Register Fays that about a dozen ladies of that town recently participated inn horror party each guest being expected to briug the thiug she most despised Strange as it mny Beem but one brought her hus band the others bringing mice A state fusion paper claims that thpre are a million men in this country out of employment The editor must know and he must have spent somo time in counting to kuow so exnetly but there are a number of employers according to all accounts who would liko to be shown Word comeB from Vienna thnt the pareuts of a 12-year-old girl living in Southern Styria killed and ate their daughter Parents have often toeeu heard to say they would like to eat their children because they love them so -well but this is one of the rare instances -when it has been done Kansas has issued notice that a little later in the season it will need 20000 ex tra laborers to assist in harvesting the -wheat crop of that state When they jare through with that job and have had little rest they may come to Nebraska and help gather the corn that is prom ised by present conditions Mr Bryan claims that he has been -working solely for a good government in this country His actions duriug the couple of preceding campaigns would seem to indicate that he was working against the best government the country ever knew and he has set himself right before the people just in time Germany views with alarm the rise of the young weBtern giant as a rival for commercial supremacy English and Germans probably realize that an proved product of their own blood is n contestant to bo fenred nnd they will undoubtedly find thnt their fears nro well founded before tho light is over Tho opening tiny ndmlssion nt tho HnfTnlo exposition nro given nt 01ti87 from 8 n in to 11 p in not counting thoso who entered witli tho procession That is certainly a very good attendance and if tho management can keep it up during tho show their cflortB will un questionably bo crowned with success Tho Columbus Telegram hns heard nn nndiblo whisper from MiuUboii comity thnt Kx Senutor Allen would llko to bo goTornor of Nobraskn Snoh whispors regarding tho supremo judgeship have nlso been heard nnd it seems reasonable certnln thnt either Mr Allen or his pnrtisans will soon endeavor to find pome kind of an ntllo nl position1 to h filled by him Ho hns been in retire ment several montlid now nnd this should by no menus allowed to extend into yenrs Another Northwestern university man is out after somo notoriety Prof Olnrk who occupies the English chnir in discussing women of tho present tiny before his class said You young men who nro looking for wives among college-bred women of today nro on tho wrong truck If yon over do get ouo God help you Nntnrnlly tho pro fessor has brought down tho wrath of collego women on his head nnd if ho es capes with nothing woiso than notoriety ho will bo fortunate Tho World Herald hns its tow lino out nnd is nfter nn auditorium for Omaha Tho pnper is enterprising and progrosBlvo to a fault when it comes to public enterprises nnd if it would but drop its obsolete retarding stylo of poli tics nnd attach its tow lino to govern mental ns well as local policies it would be a splendid newspaper It should soon realize how inconsistent it appears to lend in local public enterprises nnd charitable movements and brnce itself against tho progression of its govern ment It hns been a wonder to tho people who hnvo witnessed tho fents how a hypnotized snbject could euduro the tests Tho killing of such a subject nt Woousockot H I rocently will un doubtedly servo to placo a limit upon such performances A hypnotized sub ject waB resting between two chairs with a fiOO pouutl stouo on his body When a blacksmith nttompted to break tho stono with u sledgo tho chnir on which tho subjects bond rested gavo way nud ho fell to tho floor tho stono crushing his hend so that ho died in a few moments Thero is nuothor feature of homo pat ronago that should bo heeded and this timo by merchants When they hnvo ocensiou to buy goods preferoJco Bhould bo givon to Nebraska manufacturers and wholesalers who assist in support iug tho state and its institutions This olass of people outsido tho stnto do very little for tho state compared with thoso at home aud nro built up at tho expense of homo institutions Thu largo cities of Nebrnskn mny not bo entitled to re tail trade from country towiiB but should certninly have a share of tho wholesale trade Senator Marion Butler of North Caro lina is said to bo tho latest to come out in support of McKinley administration policies Tho south is waking to the fnct thnt tho democratio nud other op position parties havo been merely stumbling blocks in the wny of progress nud the individuals seem determined to bo right even though their party mny insist on preserving its identity us n stumbling block The recent uvowel of some of the leaders in southern politics is a forcible argument that tho solid Bouth will soon bo broken so fur as democracy is conceruod Beforo patronizing any traveling fakir ask yourself the following list of questions Did he sit up with you when you were sick When your barn burned did his name appear on the list of your neighbors who brought you n new wngon WaB he ouo of the pnl bearers when death came to your homo Did he carry yon ou his back when you were out of work so loug five years ago Does he pay taxes to Bupport the schools of the town Will he work for our own town early and late against every other town ou the face of the earth If he will not respond to all these require ments he certainly is not entitled to as much consideration a our local business men for they help you in these particu lars and many more Falls City News The truBts are very mighty if Mr Bryans word may be relied upon nnd about the only people opposed to them are Mr Bryan and a few others who follow his hopeless lead Not only is the republican party in the clutches ot trusts and corporations but the twice defeated caudidntesayB the trusts have more power in the democratic party to day than they have had at any time since 1690 probably not ignoring the fact that the ice trust and several other trusts combined their efforts toward carrying New York for Mr Bryan It will probable be but a short time until Mr Bryan will be compelled to class populists who refuse to follow him longer as supporters of the trusts and THE NOKFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MAY 24 1001 thon thoso orgnnlzntions will hnvo n lend plpo cinch oil nil tho parties of tho country Minister Conger is of tho opiuion thnt when Anierlcnns hnvo secured foreign trndo they do not plan to hold it perma nently HoBnys Ouo great trouble with our foreign trndo is thnt our mer chnuts and manufacturers have never taken hold of it as n serious nnd perma nent business Whenever they have found themselves with a surplus of pro ducts and only then thoy hnvo gono abroad to sell them if possible regnrd less of future transactions nnd then abandoned tho field until an nccumuln tibu of another surplus has driven them forth again TIiIh has undoubtedly been largely true in tho past but they nro nwnking to tho importance of foreign trndo nnd building permanently ns never before This is undoubtedly ono reason of their present prosperity and wns possiblo through organization At the beginning of Mny on a basis or 77530000 inhabitants in tho United States tho per capita circulation wns 28111 This of course is a far higher llgure than has over been reached in tho past There haB been a pretty con stant incrense in tho proportionate cir culation for sovernl years It is nearly per cent greater now than it was when Mr Bryan was starting his reign of terror in the canvass of 1810 and it is undoubtedly twice nB great ns it would bo if BrynnJ had been elected in that year or in 1100 The gold element of tho circulation is the largest ingredi ent nnd thnt would practically nil have disappeared a few mouths after the in auguration if ho hnd been elected Still thero is a possibility that Mr Bryan mny bo a candidate in 1004 He haB many wnrm friends yet nud they are not discournged at tho defents of 1800 nud 1000 The fight for supremacy in Mb party between Brynn nnd hs ene mies is still to come ofT St Louis Globe Democrat The question of the army ennteen is still nn opOn ono Since the abolition of tho sale of intoxicants nt nrmy posts un der the control of the military authorities much evidenco is nddnced to prove the move to have been unwise It mny be tuo friends of tlio present regimo can produce figures to show how well the boot leg plan has worked over tho can teen system previously in vogue but we havo not seen such figures Tho Inter Ocean gives a mass of evidence to show that drunkenness nud debnuchery with desertion nnd punishment hnvo been greatly increased at Ft Sheridan uenr Chicago since the canteen wns abolished It alleges conditions aro vastly worse than formerly that tho men of the fort now patronize the neighboring joints on pay day aud go on long sprees whereas they formerly drank little nt a time and seldom got intoxicated This is ono of the cases thnt cnunot be prop erly judged on ex pnrte evidenco How tho douco iB tho nvernge civilian to know whom to believe Fremont Tribune Ohio Successfully Launched Amid tho cheers from 50000 thronts tho booming of ennnon nud the scream ing of whistles tho bnttleship Ohio wns successfully launched from the unvy yards at San Francisco Saturday Presi dent McKinley being present at the ceremonies nnd tho electric button being pressed by Mi6B Barber niece of Mrs McKinley whose sickness did not per mit her to nttend It is to be hoped that tho now vessel will enrry well the name she bears one that has become famous in the history of the nation and that the propitious launch ing presages a worthy and successful service on the briny deep The Ohio is one of the most perfect floating forts ever constructed being tho lnrgest and fastest of American battleships Its constructors were guided in their work by the experience of the naval conflicts in the Spanish American war and the Ohio is deemed about perfect Previous to the war more attention was given to armament and fighting qualities than speed but the lessons of the war fur nished argument for speed and this has been combined with the other qualities of the Ohio Comparing the Ohio with other com pleted and contemplated vessels of the new navy the Iuter Ocean says The Oregon hns a diplncement of 10 2SS toiiB the Massachusetts nnd the Iudiaun have each the same The Iowa has a displacement of 11 W0 tons the Kentucky and the Kearsage 11525 each and the Alabama 11505 The Illinois and the Wisconsin are of the same size as the Kearsage and the Kentucky The Maine the Missouri and the Ohio are to have a displacement of 12500 tons each Of the new group of battleships re cently contracted for the Georgia the New Jersey and the Pennsylvania are to hnve a displacement of 15000 tons each the Rhode Island and the Virginia a displacement of 14600 tons each nnd the new armored cruisers California and West Virginia a displacement of 14000 tous each each of the armored cruisers Maryland Colorado and Sonth Dakota is to have a displacement of 13000 tons All the new battleships are to have a speed of over eighteen knots the Georgia the New Jersey and the Pennsylvania nineteen knots The Virginia is to be given the same speed aB the new armored cruisers twenty two knots an hour The person who is not doing some thing in the wny of improvements is to rare ns to bo almost n curiosity In organization thero is strength but tho nnti trust fellows think tho strength of certain orgnnizntions should be limited A congress of mothers is being held in Washington while tho children aro taking care of themselves or boing cared for by tho fathers A crazy mnn who was hit on tho hend by n fellow inmate had his mind fully restored but this modo of treatment is not generally in vogue King Edward draws a salary of 2 284000 n yenr n mnrk of imperialism which Mr McKinley hns fniletl to ndopt up to the present writing Tho wives of three deceased ex-presidents aro living Mrs Hnrrisou nt In dinnapoliB Mrs Grant nt Washington and Mrs Garfield nt Mentor Ohio Mr Brynn calls the scheino to reor ganize the democratic party a plot When it waB disorganized he called it patriotism and simon pure Jeffersouinn ism Perhaps Ex Senntor Pettigrow is just getting ready to give the octopus nsolnr plexus blow by getting at tho Bonrce of corporate greed represented by the Northern Pncific The foot pnd who tried to sandbag Governor Savage wnB probabiy under the impression thnt the governor being chief executive hnd n large portion of tho states prosperity in his possession The Plainview Republican hB again made ItB appearnnce It hns a refresh ing look sinco its recent experience with tho fire fiend nud no doubt the neat new dress necessitated is responsi ble The latest airship man says he expects to travel at tho rate of eighty miles nn hour Nearly nil of his guild wind up by mnkiug better time than that per pendicularly St Louis Globe-Democrat Perhnps the sultans real reason for excluding typewriters from Turkey wns the fenr that a Maher might arise and create trouble in his peaceable family of plotters dynamiters and an archists We will celebrate is about as fa miliar to the reader of tho country ex change nt this time ns spring is here hns been It nppenrs aB though nbout every town in the state was planning a Fourth of July celebration Tho Omnha News hns it figured out that the high price of corn is caused by the increasing demand for meats owing to the prevalence of prosperity Ihe News is about right but will it please disclose some of that prosperty to the feeble optics of some of tho f usiouists who continue in ignorance of its exist ence Thero was a time when the largest American ships were compelled to go to Hnlifnx to bo docked Thnt time is passed and tho time is coming when Americnns will not be compelled to go to Halifax for anything The United States will soon be able to get along without the aid or consent of any nntion ou earth The sun is one of the planets that has not awakened to the importance of America Here it is pulling off n total eclipse in Sumatra nnd Borneo when it should uuderstnnd that it cannot arise to the highest point of popularity with out having such events occur on United StateB territory Prof Nicola should inform it of its mistake at his earliest opportunity Pettigrew is a shining examgle of the fact that all that deters a populist from becoming a conscienceless cormorant or bloated bondholder is opportunity It is now reported that this disabled states man is to succeed Jim Hill as pres dent of the Great Northern railway The capitalist may be despised but how quickly a populist will jump into ones shoes it is impossible to estimate A recent census of Ireland shows that its population has decreased 53 per cent during the last decade and is now given at 4450546 Irelands loss may be con sidered largely Americans gain as many of her people have been emigrating to the land of the free and home of the brave They are welcome here and have been largely instrumental in mak ing this country what it is A great many of Americas famous men are of Scotch or Irish descent Aguinaldo is probably daily scanning huge stacks of democratic papers in the vain hope of fiuding 6ome item or arti cle commending him for being captured and advising his co patriots to go and do likewise It was a thankless under taking viewed through democratic eyes for him to go and turn himself over to the enemy without even consulting the leaders of the party and he has thereby forfeited all claims to being a patriot aud a second George Washington The Albany street car strike cost the company 17423 It cost the men engaged in the Etrike f 17820 in wagei but tho county stood by for the greatest lots In transporting nud maintaining troops and deputies its loss being figured at f700 The loss to business men nnd others who hnve b en discommoded hns not been figured but n lnrge lots wns undoubtedly sustained by them so that it was rathtr exjwusive to every body concerned nnd nrgues that strikes dont pay In connection with tho proposition for tho government to provide storage reservoirs for irriga tion in the west it is interesting to note the lnrge proportion of public land yet remaining in somo of the western states nnd territories In Arizona 70 per cent of tho laud belongs to the general gov ernment of California with all its great private development 58 ptr cent is public lnud of Montnna 78 per cent remains public in Utah b per cent belongs to tho United Stntes in Wyom ing 80 per cent in Idaho 80 per cent and in Nevndn 05 per cent belongs to the federal government With title to all this vaEt acreage yet remnining In the general government it would seem to be the part of wisdom for that gov ernment to provide the means for its improvement and settlement Guy E Mitchell SAM HOUSTONS SECRET Wliy lie Left II in Wife ami Joined the Cherokee la n Mjxtery A mysttvry in which the American people were once deeply concerned wns thnt which shadowed the life of ono of the most remnrknblc diameters of the country writes Wllllnm Perrlne In The Ladles Home Jourunl In 1820 Samuel Houston or as he called and signed himself Sam Houston was governor of Tennessee It wns In the midst of a campaign for re election to the gubernatorial chnir that Tennessee wns startled by a report that he had resigned his office He hnd been mar rled to the daughter of nu Influential family Three months afterward Bhe returned to her fathers house and her husband resolved to pass the rest of his life In the wilderness Houston betook himself to tho tribe of Cherokees In the Indian Territory He adopted their costume appearing In nil the trappings of an Indian brave letting his hair grow down ids bnck and visiting Washington with n buck skin hunting shirt yellow leggings a huge blanket nnd turkey fenthcrs nround his hend No one could Induce him to reveal tho secret of his meta morphosis and his abandonment of the ways and habits of civilization He married again after he emerged from his Indian life nud he lived to be nn old man dying In the midst of the civil war but no one was ever able to per suade him to unlock the mystery of his life Nor would his first wife who also married again throw any light on the mystery PonchlnK Ekk Break nn egg carefully Into a coffee cup and sprinkle It lightly with salt and pepper Have ready a small stew pan containing some boiling beef tea which has been nicely seasoned Care fully slip the egg into the pan nnd poach It iu the usual way When it is done place It on a rather thick round of buttered toast Thicken a small quantity of beef tea quickly with a lit tle corn flour and pour it over tho egg Another way of serving a poached egg is as follows Break a new laid egg into a buttered teacup season it with salt and pepper and place the cup In a stewpun containing sufficient boil ing water to reach rather more than half way up the cup As soon as the egg is set turn it carefully on to a piece of hot buttered toast While the egg is cooking boll a small quantity of cream In a saucepan seuson it with a little celery salt and pepper and add a teaspoouful of chopped parsley to It Pour the cream over the egg and serve ut once New York Post Woodmen Finish Their Labors Columbus O May IS The su preme forest Woodmens circle has practically completed its business and will adjourn today A strong effort was made to have the suicide clause stricken out of the insurance policy but it failed Tho present policy pro vides that death benefits shall not be paid in case of suicide There is a lively contest between several cities to secure the next convention of the sovereign camp At this time Omaha appears to be in the lead Chaffee Issues Farewell Order Peking May 20 General Chaffee at midnight issued his farewell order ending the American relief expedition In China The American troops will board the transport next Wednesday at Taku and Thursday will leave direct for Manila M Piehon the French minister left here for home yester day TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD The censuB of Ireland shows the poluatlon to be 4456546 a decrease of 53 per cent The new floating dock of the Havana Dry Dock company was launched Tuesday with elaborate ceremonies The Nova Scotia ship Savonna has put into Montevideo with Captain Mc Dougall and three of the crew dead They were killed by an Immense wave which broke over the ship The Great Northern and Northern Pacific announce that until Oct 1 homeseekers excursions will be run from the east to all parts of the north west on the first and third Tuesday of each month The German government has In structed the police that persons who have emigrated to the United States to avoid military service and who have been naturalized there will be permit ted to visit Germany only temporarily permanent stay hoiug forbidden FHI 1 II I I II1UVUIIIIU VWII President OConnells Estimate of Number of Machinists Idle RECEIVING STRIKE REPORT8 Many Concerns Concede Demands of the Men for Fewer Hours and More Pay Directing Affairs From Ma chinists Headquarters Wnshlngton Mny 21 Approximate ly 50000 machinists throughout tho country struck yesterday for a 9 hour day a scale of wages equal to the pres ent ten hour per day Bcnle nnd other demands This Is the rough estimate of President OConnell of the National Association of Machinists based on the telegraphic ndvlces that hnve reached him from the mnchinlBtB hendquarters In the various cities Tho strike thus trades save in one or two instances trades save In one or wto instances as nt Scranton where men in a part of the nlllcd trndes nro out No ma chlnlsts engnged In government work nro affected This is due to the fact that on Buch work nn eight hour n day scale already prevails Railroad mnchiniEtB as a rule are not Involved In the strike though the men on sev eral roads are out Following Is a statement of the num her of men out at Important points Hartford Conn 1000 Ansonla and Derby Conn 500 Hamilton O 1000 Buffalo K200 Scranton 2500 Cin cinnati completely tied up and 3000 men out Connorsville Ind 200 Pal estine Tex 200 York Pa 300 East Orange N J 300 Oswego N Y 300 Norfolk Va all shops out 500 men Word from other large cities is tardy in reaching here Mr OConnell said reports show that 904 firms employing approximate ly 30000 men have Bigned the agree ments for the nine hour day or made satisfactory arrangements with the lo cal organizations Spokane May 21 Twenty five ma chinists are out as a result of the re fusal of the Union Iron worlds and the Barnard Syphers company to grant a 9 hour day at 325 All other machine chops have conceded the demands No demand has been made at the Northern Pacific or Great Northern chops WEBSTER COUNTY LAND CASE Final Decision Is Reached In Conten tion Lasting Fifty Years Des Moines May 21 The Iowa su preme court yesterday announced a decision in a land case from Webster county being the case of Young against Charnquist disposing of a number of old land cases growing out of conflicting land grants in Iowa years ago Charnquist claimed the land in question 40 acres in Clay township Webster county under the swamp land act of Sept 28 1S50 and Young claimed title running from the railroad land grant of May 15 1856 Although the land had been occupied and held by the defendant many years it is now declared to belong to the plaintiff Postpone Irrigation Congress Colorado Springs Colo May 21 After a conference and correspond ence between the officers and execu tive committee of the irrigation con gress it has been decided to postpone the annual meeting which was to be held in Colorado Springs in July for one year The members of the con gress will be notified this week of the decision of the officers and the ar rangements committee organized In this city will be disbanded by Secre tary McClurg Inability to secure the attendance of speakers desired on ac count of other arrrangements was the principal reason for the postponement Strike Ended at St Petersburg St Petersburg May 21 The strike here is crushed A very large number of arrests have been made 250 persona having been taken into custody at one factory alone Over 30 and possibly 100 persons were wounded in a street fight when the mob stoned the police Several deaths are reported at Knanthenscated as a result of tho strike riots The agitation among students is unquestionably partly re sponsible for tho troubles Shot at Wild West Show Clarksburg W Va May 21 Tho Tradera theater here last night was the scene of an accidental fatal shoot ing A stock company waB putting on a play in which there was a wild west shooting scene during which a bullet from a revolver of Luther Moore struck W H McClung in the breast and pene trated his heart causing Instant death There is no explanation of how tho ball cartridge came to be in MooreB revolver Shamrock Shows Its Speed Ryde Isle of Wight May 21 The two Shamrocks started yesterday for a race over an open Bea course the first leg of which is a beat from Cals hoi castle to a mark outside the Nab lightship The wind was steady from the east and was blowing a club top sail breeze Shamrock II won by about a minute Go Back as Nonunion Men Denver May 21 A special from Gallup N M says Senator Clark coal mines at Clarksvllle resumed op erations today the strikers going back to work as nonunion men It ia expected the newly formed union has been completely disorganized It was rumored In Wall street Tues day that the Union Pacific Railroad company proposed to issuq an addi tional 160000000 of convertible 4 per cent bonds to finance recent purchases of stocks of other companies V v 1