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WEDNESDAY. MAY 30. 1BOT.
John D. Rockefexleb has made an
offer of $250,000 to the American Baptist
Home Mission society.
On White Oak creek, Tennessee, Mr.
Thomas Biddle, his wife and three chil
dren were cremated, the firing of his
house having been done by tramps.
At Central City, Nebr., Frank Smith
and Tug Wilson were sentenced to two
years and a lialf and three years and a
half respectively, for having set fire to
the county jail for the purpose of escape.
The suckers are not all dead by any
means. A farmer in Kansas saw an ad
vertisement of a Chicago firm for the fi
nest feed cutter in America and sent in
ten dollars, getting in return a set of
false teeth worth about two dollars.
Henry Boll, ex-treasurer of the city
of Omaha, has been denied a new trial,
and will probably have to serve his term
in the itenitentiary, if he should live so
long as nineteen years. His fine was
$225,000. His crime was the embezzle
mant of city and school funds.
It is said that Governor Holcomb is
not without an ambition to lie a member
of the supreme court of the great state
of Nebraska, and that he will endeavor
to set the pins for the nomination this
fall. Better not think of it now, govern
or. It looks as though Columbus will
be called upon to furnish both candi
dates for that tosition this year, in the
persons of the present incumbent, Hon.
A. M. Post, (who will probably be the
unanimous choice of the republican con
vention) and Hon. John J. Sullivan, one
of the judges of this judicial district,
who seems to be the favorite candidate
of the opposition forces, bnt, we think,
will not receive the nomination without
some show of contest.
Men who borrowed money of Maxey
Cobb, a former treasurer of Lancaster
county, are uneasy at the situation, and
are being served with notice to make
settlement at once. A member of the
company appointed- to collect these
auma, ranging all the way from $10 to
91,600, says that they will proceed on
the theory that all these persons are
embezzlers. Since the conviction of
Mr. Mills of Harlan county for using
money borrowed of the county treasurer,
the interest in all parts of the state in
affairs similar to this has become in
tense. Public opinion is composed of
individual opinions, and, when right, is
invincible. All public affairs should be
as open as day.
GETTING NUMEROUS.
The North Bend Republican gives a
lengthy account of the close call that
Night Operator Pargater had there
Wednesday night last at about 1:30.
When train No. 17 pulled in one of the
trainmen warned Pargater that there
were some bad men aboard, and he had
better close his doors.
A little after this two men came into
the waiting room and began raising a
disturbance and the operator told them
to keep still. Some conversation passed
between them and a few minutes later a
man came up on the ontaide of the bay
window and asked the operator to come
over as he wanted to talk to him. Par
gater went over and sat down on the
telegraphing board and attempted to get
his revolver out of the drawer under
neath without being observed. The man
on the outside asked him to raise the
window. 'The operator told him he
could say what he had to say through
the window. This was followed by a
command to the operator to throw up
bis hands which he refused to do and
the fellow blazed away, the bullet pass
ing through Pargater ' vest, just grazing
the flesh and tearing off a suspender
button.
While these events were transpiring
Night Watch Street appeared on the
case and as he came around the
window he ram suddenly up against the
savzzle of a revolver and was immedi
ately relieved of a brace of six shooters
and ordered to go into the waiting room.
Two more shots ware fired, one enter
ing the window near the first one and
the other was fired into the south side of
the window, striking the safe in the
north part of the room. Four panes of
glass were broken but one of them was
evidently smashed in some way as only
three shots were fired.
Having carried matters this far one of
the fellows politely returned to Mr.
Street his revolvers and advised that he
"be careful who he pulled his guns on
after this" and then the entire outfit
left and presumably got away on No. 19
which came in a little later.
The fire bell was rung and a crowd of
citizens soon gathered, but it was pre
amed that the gang had left on train
No. 19.
There were five in the gang and all
except one were masked. Whether they
ware a drunken mob or whether they
intended robbery, is not known. It is
at least presumed from their bungling
saaner that they were not professional
burglars.
Fullarton Post: J. B. Chandler left
Monday for Omaha with ten head of
steppers belonging to E. D. Oould.where
be will pat the finishing touches on be
fore the spring races open. Ben Rhodes
accompanied the string and will re
. with them till the stesoa closes.
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Speaking for ourselves, we are free to
say that we hugely enjoyed the speech
of Senator Mason in the United States
senate the other day on the Cuban ques
tion. By all means send ships down
there laden with provisions, but be sure
to send also Uncle Sam's demand that
those who have been waging a war
against bloody-minded tyrants, for the
right to life, liberty and a decent meas
ure of happiness, be allowed the rights
of belligerents. We are not, as a rule, iu
favor of war, but this is the exception.
We believe in peace, but sometimes it
must be fought for. So long as the
present state of affairs holds in Cuba,
it is sublime mockery in U. S. moralists
pointing the finger of scorn at the great
powers of Europe for allowing the butch
ery of christians in Armenia. If Spain
should be offended up to the battle-heat,
at a just demand, let it be so. The sit
uation of the American people just now
may be likened to an army, ready and
eager to fight, under the fire of the ene
my and, for the moment, not allowed to
fire back. The proverbial patience of
the American people was about exhaust
ed, on this subject, with the close of the
Cleveland administration. And, verily,
the patience now exhibited with Spanish
butchers and lecherous villians high in
authority, is by no means a virtue and
worthy of imitation.
Since the foregoing was put in type,
it is announced from Washington that
on Thursday last after a warm debate,
in which Senator Thurston took part by
an eloquent speech of an hour's length
in favor of the measure, the following
resolution was passed by a vote of 41
to 14:
Resolved, That a condition of public
war exists between the government of
Spain and the government proclaimed
and for some time maintained by force
of arms by the people of Cuba, and that
the United States of America shall main
tain a strict neutrality between the con
tending parties, according to each and
all the rights of belligerents in the ports
and territory of the United States.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad company has declared a divi
dend of one per cent for the last quarter.
DIFFER OH THE TARIFF
Difference of Opinion Among
Republican Senators.
BROUGHT OUT IN PAETT 0AU0US.
AeaeadiaeaU Mutt lie Submitted to Re
abllcan Sfeaabrra of finance Commit
tee aad If 'Appro ed by the Committee
Are Offered to tbe Senate ir Rejected
Mast Be Submit led to a Caucus.
Washington, May 25. The Repub
lican caucus yesterday emphasized the
tact that there is a wide divergence of
opinion among the Republican senators
on rates of duty fixed in the various
schedules of the tariff bills. The sen
ators were in caucus nearly four hours.
The only official announcement made
after the caucus adjourned was that it
was decided to appoint three senators iu
addition to the Republican members of
the finance committee, who were to act
as a committee to assist in getting the
tariff bill through the senate. It was
generally stated, however, that an
agreement had been reached that there
should be no set speeches on the bill
from the Republican side except that of
Senator Aldrich.
Aaaeadaneats Go to Committee.
A resolution offered by Senator Bur
rows was agreed to by those present.
It sets forth that the sense of those
present, there not being a full attend
ance of the caucus, was that Republican
senators having amendments to offer,
should present them to the Republican
members of the finance committee and
if the amendments are approved by
the committee they are to be offered in
the senate. If disapproved the sena
tors presenting them are to have the
right to submit them to the Republican
caucus, which 'is to be called upon each
schedule if amendments to it are pro
posed. The finance committee is to hold
aesaionB each evening for the purpose of
hearing propositions from Republican
senators, and to decide upon the ad
visability of presenting such amend--amenta
in the senate.
In the early part of the caucus Sen
ator Aldrich was called upon for an ex
planation of the bill and some of the
amendments. During the remarks
Senator Cullom called for a statement
on the sugar schedule. The explana
tion presented was largely technical, but
the senators who heard hjm understood
that the house schedule would largely
exclude the coarse and low grades from
Java, the Philippine islands and other
points. The effect of the house schedule
would be to shut out the lower and
cheaper grades of sugar, the system of
compound duties presented by the sen
ate bill being for the purpose of making
this equality. The average rate in the
senate bill was 75 per cent, with a differ
ential of of a cent on refined sugar.
Senator Aldrich said that this was not
as advantageous to the sugar refiners as
the house bill. The explanation seemed
to cause general satisfaction. At least,
no one questioned the senator further.
Length of Debate,
There was some discussion upon the
length of time the bill should be under
diacmssion in the senate. Senator
Mason suggested that as soon as the
opening speeches we made a move
should be taken towards having a vote
om the bill in two weeks. It was de
cided to ask that after the debate had
ran along for a week the senate begin
its sessions at 11 o'clock and sit until
6 -iH) and have sessions from 8 to 11
p. m.
Debate on various schedules con
sumed the time of tha caucus. A great
deal of opposition was developed to the
increased tax on beer and duty on tea.
Flatt (N. Y-), Hanna (O.) and Spooner
(Wis.), were especially vigorous in their
opposition to the increased tax on beer.
Western senators referred to the
wool schedule. Warren of (Wyo.), ap
pearing as tbe spokesman for the wool
growers of the west, said that the
duties proposed by the committee were
in his judgment inadequate, and he
thought there should be increases on
the lines of the amendments proposed
by western senators. Senator Lodge
spoke against the doty on hides, saying
he did not see how he could avoid offer
ing an amendment which proposed
placing hides on the free list. This
statement raised a storm among west
ern men, who said that if such a
method was proposed they would be
compelled to vote for placing certain
articles on the free list or for reducing
the duty on them.
The question of abrograting the
Hawaiian treaty caused a lively debate.
Bwi tor Aldrich stated that the commit
tee intended to bring in an amendment
to this portion of the bill. Senator
Frye opposed the abrogation in the
strongest possible terms, while Nelson
(Minn.) made a vigorous speech in sup
port of the committee amendment, de-
atariag that the reran which would
Be raised from the duty on Hawaiian
sugar would be greater than that which
the committee expected to get front tea.
He declared that the admission of
Hawaiian sugar tree was in the interest
of the sugar refiners and consumers re
ceived no benefit from it.
Tillman Announce Karle'e Death.
Washington, May 25. The death of
Senator Earle of South Carolina was re
' ferred to in eloquent terms in Chaplain
! Milburn's prayer in the senate yester
j day. Following this Tillman (S. C.)
made the formal announcement of Mr.
Earle's death and offered a resolution
expressing the profound sorrow of the
senate. Asa further mark of respect
the senate at 12:15 p. m. adjourned.
j Oils Assumes Coinmaad.
i Denver, May 25. Brigadier General
. E. S. Otis, who has been assigned to the
aommand of the department of the
; Colorado to succeed Major General
, Frank Wheaton, retired, arrived its
Denver today and assumed command of
the department, issuicg a general order
to that effect.
Gaaaiauer ItefcaU Borer.
Orilua, Ont., May 25. Gaudauer
defeated Rogers by thi re lengths in the
race for the sculling chant, ionsbip.
GOVERNOR PARDONS SATTLEY.
Kaaaaa City Ex-Bank Cashier Quietly
Given Hie Freedom.
Jefferson City, Mo., May 25.
Elmer C. Sattley, who last year began
a four years' sentence in the state peni
tentiary for illegal banking as cashier
of the Kansas City Safe Deposit and
Savings bank, which failed in 1893.
owing depositors over $2,000,000, was
pardoned by Governor Stevens last
night and left for Chicago in company
with his brother. He will go to Los
Angeles, Cal., where his wife is said to
be dying.
The release of the ox-cashier was ac
complished ho quietly that none but
the governor and the, prison officials
knew that he had gone until this morn
ing. The pardon was the result of
letters from prominent persons in var
ious parts of the state. Governor
Stevens, explaining his action says: "I
have never believed Sattley to be guilty.
He was a clerk and responsible to the
directors and his superiors and acted
only ou orders."
Sattley was convicted in July, 1894,
of having received deposits after know
ing the bank was practically broken
and was given a four years' sentence.
He applied for a new trial and pending
action on the motion engaged in real
estate business iu Chicago.
The bank failed iu the panic of 1893,
catching depositors for over $2,000,000.
Its vaults were found to contain only
$11,000 and since then the assignees
have been able to pay but 5 per cent,
ou the dollar to the 8,000 depositors.
An investigation of the bank's affairs
showed that President J. C. Darragh,
ex-President H. P. Churchill and
Cashier Sattley had harrowed thousands
of dollars of the depositors' money on
worthless securities. Indictments
against President Darragh are still
pending.
STEAMERS TO CARRY GRAIN.
Easy For Navy Department to Obtain
Tbeui Ou the Pacific Coast.
Washington, May 25. The navy de
partment is meeting with greater suc
cess on the Pacitio coast in its quest for
American steamers to carry grain to the
famine stricken in India than on the
Atlantic. The agent of the department
at San Francisco has telegraphed that
he expects the steamer City of Everett
iu port within six days. She is an
American steamer of 2,000 tons capacity
and the owners ask $40,000 for her
charter. The San Frauciscoans already
have G50 tons of grain on hand and can
make up the balance of the cargo at
short notice.
Conference Iu a Tangle.
Toi.edu, Ja:, May 25. At the United
Brethren general conference the mis
sionary board was advised to seud none
as foreign missionaries who have not
made the necessary preparations. There
has been considerable talk to the effect
that the names ou the list to be voted
for as directors of the various boards
had beed packed. It was asserted names
had been taken off the lis when in the
hands of the printer, and others substi
tuted. It was sent back to be recon
structed. The conference was in quite
a tangle for sometime yesterday over
the matter of nominations when it ad
journed. 1 1 IUI 't
Excaraioa For Postal Delegates.
Washington', May 25. A special ex
cursion has been arranged for the dele
gates to fhe universal postal congress.
On Friday they will leave here for St.
Louis on a special train. A brief stop
will be made at Pittsburg to permit the
delegates to inspect the works of the
Westinghouse Electric company and
the Carnegie Steel company. From St.
Louis they will go to Nashville to view
the Tennessee exposition, thence to
Chicago and return via Niagara Falls.
The trip will last eight or 10 days.
Terras of .Striking; Taylors.
New York, May 25. Meyer Schoen
feld. leader of the striking tailors, todav
gave out the terms upon which the
men would return to work. These are
that 59 hours shall constitute a week's
work; that the workers shall be paid by
the week instead of by the task system,
and that only union men shall be em
ployed. A scale of wages is also
presented. By this scale the manu
facturers would bo forced to pay a 25
cent advance on present rates.
Chapter Given to Tharatea.
Lincoln, May 25. The compilers of
the acts of the last session of the legis
lature have completed their work of
preparing the copy for (he printer. The
last chapter in the book, which will be
twice as large as usual, is to be given
op to (he resolution of instructions to
Senator John M. Thurston ou the silver
question.
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lluffalo Go to Berlin.
Lincoln, May 25. The eight buffalo
which have been kept by Henry Hohlt
at Lincoln for several years, have been
sold and will be taken to the zoological
gardens, Berlin. The price said to
have been paid for the eight was $8,000.
John Shertuaa Sentenced.
Atlantic, la.. May 25. Judge Macy
sentenced John Sherman of Anita, la.,
to eight full years in the penitentiary.
His crime was tbe seduction of Minnie
Blood, a 13-year-old girl of the same
place.
Williams aad Ryan Slga.
New York, May 25. Tom Williams
of Australia has signed articles for a 20
roond contest with Tommy Ryan at the
Empire Athletic club, Syracuse, June 21.
Katioaal League Games.
Boston 5: Louisville. 3. Kichols and Bergen ;
Magee and Wilson.
Chicago. 1: New York. 4. Griffith and Kit
fridge: Meekia. Sullivan and Warner.
Cincinnati. 4: Brooklyn. & Shines, Khret
aad Sari ver; Kennedy and Grim.
Cleveland. V, Philadelphia. 8. Yooag andZim
saer ; Taylor and Clements.
St. Loots. 7; Washington. 11 Hart aad Me
Farland; ICeJames, King and VcGaire.
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IOWA SHIPPER LOSES.
Supreme Court Decides In Fa
vor of Northwestern.
TWO PABS0HS ABE TUBVED D0WH.
An Important Point on Tennre or OMre
Is Decided President Baa Power to Ke
move Nebraska Maziiaam Kate Case
Goes Over lotha October Ter m Koine j a
Gets Oa With a Reprimand.
Washixgton-. May 24. The United
States supreme court decided two cases
today, holding that the United States
interstate commerce commission has no
power to prescribe rates ou railroads
which it may control iu the future. The
cases were those of the commission
against the Cincinnati and New Orleans
railroad company and the Florida and
Western. x
The decision is construed to mean
that the interstate commerce commis
sion has no power to pass upon rates
before they are pnt into effect.
Decide la Favor : Kiillroada.
An another case invoking the inter
state commerce law was that of E. M.
Parsons, plaintiff in error, against the
the Chicago and Northwestern railway
in which Parsons, an Iowa shipper,
sued for $1,550 on account of alleged
discriminations in freights on corn and
oats between Iowa and Nebraska points
to the eastern seaboard. The company
in 1887 charged 21 cents per 100 pounds
from Iowa to Chicago and 11 cents from
Nebraska to Chicago on goods bound
for New York, Boston, Philadelphia or
Baltimore and Parsons, claiming thai
the value of corn and oats at Chicago
was the seaboard price, less the freights,
attempted to recover 10 cents per 100
pounds on 241.710 pounds. The court
in the opinion given by Justice
Brewer sustains the circuit court of
appeals, which decided iu favor of the
railroad company.
Justice Brewer said there was no
averment that tho rates were unreason
able, that Parsons is not seeking to re
cover money inequitably taken from
him, but on account of the wrongful
conduct of the company. Before a
shipper can recover under the interstate
commerce act he must show not only
the wrong done by the carrier, but that
it is operated to his injury, says tho
court. If he had shipped to New York
and been charged local rates he might
have recovered any excess thereon over
the through rates.
The case of the St. Joseph and Grand
Island Railroad company against R. M.
Steele, sheriff of Doniphan county, Kan
sas, was dismissed for want of jurisdic
tion. The case involved the right to
collect local taxes on a bridge over the
Missouri river by the state of Kansas.
Prenilrnt Can Itrinove Official.
Justice Peckhatn handed dowu an
opinion in the case of L. E. Parsons,
late district attorney for the northern
district of Alabama, appealed from the
court of claims. The decision was ad
verse to Parsons' claim that he was en
titled under section 679 of the revised
statutes, to hold his office for four years,
notwithstanding the president's order
of removal. Justice Peckhau said that
while the appointment was for four
years, it might be terminated earlier, at
the discretion of the president. The
judgment of the court of claims was
affirmed.
The determination of this case was
looked forward to with interest because
of its effect upon the removal of office
holders incident to the change of ad
ministration. Parsons was removed
from the office of United States district
attorney in Alabama in 1893, having
been appointed in 1890. He wrote a
letter to the president refusing to sur
render the place on the ground that as
be had been appointed for a term of four
years tbe president had no right to re
move hint before the expiration of that
time. He has fought the case through
the various courts on this theory, losing
in the lower courts as he did today in
the supreme court.
Afljmiru Until October.
After rendering final decisions on 36
cases and giviug attention to other
business the United States supreme
court adjourned until next October.
When the court crier announced the
final adjournment for the terra there
were apparently 3S0 cases on the docket
undisposed, but there was actually 35!)
cases, 31 liaviug already been argued
and submitted.
This is a smaller number than tbe
record of the court has shown for 30
years. At the conclusion of the term
ending a year ago there were 533 cases
undisposed of, and since then 284 have
been added, making a total of 817 con
tained in the docket for the year. Of
this number 438 have beeu finally dis
posed of and the principal labor done in
21 others. Including the 21 cases
argued, in which no opinions have beeu
rendered are several of considerable
importance. Among them are the Ne
braska maximum freight rate cases,
the controversy between the Baydeu
power brake and the Westinghouso air
brake companies as to the validity of
the iattcr's invention, the Alabama
Midland case involving the validity of
the Lesas long and short haul elause of
the interstate commerce act, the south
ern states case and two or three ether
important private laud cases.
President KemlU Bomeya's Sentepee.
Washington, May 25. Tho president
has remitted the sentence of dismissal
imposed by court martial on Captain
Romeyn, Fifth infantry, who, after a
sensational trial was convicted recently
of assault on Lieutenant O'Brien of the
same regiment at Ft. McPherson, Ga.
In view of the fact that Captain Romeyn
will retire by operation of law oa June 1,
the president believes that the ends of
justice will be secured by bis severe
reprimand.
MAKE A GOOD SHOWING
Report of Presbyterian Com
mittee on Home Missions.
EXPENSES KEPT BELOW IHCOME.
Work Progressing; Well In Spite of the
Stringency of the Times Eighty-Third
Anniversary of Baptist Mission Union
Begins at Pittsburg Work of the Year
Reviewed.
Eagle Lake, Ind., May 25. The first
order at the Presbyterian general assem
bly today was the report of the Freed'
men's board. Although no new work
has been projected for the past four
years the board found itself operating
two large and fully equipped boarding
schools for girls that were not on the
list last year, one at Auniston, Ala.,
and the other at West Point,
Miss. The forme" was the gen
erous gift of Mrs. Phineas M. Barber oi
Philadelphia, the other the Mary Holnicu
seminary, starting again after a lapse o'
nearly two years, the first building
having been burned. Tha first men
tioned cost $50,000 and is out of debt.
The latter cost $39,000 and is mortgaged
for $5,000. Besides these two schools,
all the other 17 boarding schools had
been retained, but the terms had been
reduced. Twelve are allowed only six
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months each, two five months and the
narochial schools four months. The
nnmlmr of th latter Una Iwvm mrinrawl
by 20. Tho board had endeavored to
carry on the work within its reduced
limits with the least possible outlay, and
in the interest of economy the services
of the treasurer as a salaried officer and
also of the field secretary had been dis
pensed with. These changes effected a
reduction of expense of $2,966. An in
crease in the real estate item togethex
with the fact that the receipts fell to a
lower figure than they had fallen in the
last eight years had operated to increase
the debt, the amount last year being
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$51,275 as against $26,123 the previous
year.
The standing committee on this re
port reported through Dr. Thomas Law
rence, Asheville, N. C, chairman. After
reviewing the work of the board, resolu
tions were introduced commending the
work and urging the board's claim on
the 4,000 contributing churches and in
dividual givers.
The second order was the report on
home missions. It began with a review
of the financial conditions of the past few
years and their bearings upon the debt
of the board. During three years there
has been a decline in receipts amounting
to $213,000. At the beginning of the
present fiscal year the board had a
debt of $310,000, which had been
reduced to $121,196.
For the purposes of current work the
board received a total of $800,770, nearly
$300,000 of which was credited to the
Woman's Executive Committee of Home
Missions. The total contributed by the
churches was $476,115, and legacies
brought in $105,589. During the year
1,416 ministers bad been in the pay ol
the board, of whom i:;l were in New
York, 120 in Kansas, 100 in Iowa, 93 iu
Minnesota, 84 each in Michigan and
Nebraska, 75 in California, 74 iu South
Dakota. 66 in Washington and a smallet
number in the rest of the states and
territories in which the board operates.
There had also been 308 teachers at
work. Additions to tho churches num
bered 8,522, nearly one-half of whom
were adults who received baptism. In
connection with the board are 2,180
Sunday schools and 1,617 churches.
Tho total expenditures for the yeat
were $716,371, of which $650,877 was for
missionary and school work, $19,332 for
administration of the women's execu
tive committee and $32,418 for the ex
penses of the administration of the
main office. Tho board holds the fol
lowing sums as trust funds: $222,791,
the income of which is for current ex
penses; $18,393 for the women's com
mittee and $95,500 held in trust during
the life of persons designated by the
donors, but which will become the prop
erty of the board upon the decease of
such beneficiaries. Besides, the board
owns half interest in the Presbyterian
building in New York.
The assembly adopted a resolution of
fered by John Wanamaker congratu
lating Queen Victoria upon her 78tb
birthday.
Baptist Missionary Union.
Pittsbl'RO, May 25. After devotional
exercises, conducted by Rev. Emory
W. Hunt of Ohio, the 83rd anniversary
of the American Baptist Missionary
nnion begin in the Fourth Avenue Bap
tist church at 10 a. m. The American
Baptist Missionary union, organized May
, 18, 1814, has charge of all the foreign
mission work and also has a number of
institutions for higher education estab
lished under its control in foreign lands.
The convention was called to order by
Rev. Henry F. Colby of Ohio, the presi
dent, after which the report of the ex
ecutive committee was presented. The
report gave au interesting account of
the work done during the past year.
The treasurer's report showed that he
received $467,101.89. The expenditures
were $759,823.21, leaving a deficit of
$292,721.32. G?the $580,855.68 appro
priated for the year, $494,537.86 was for
the various missions, $2,737.08 for publi
cations, $19,504.40 for annuities, $26,
810.9.? for district secretaries and
agencies, $21,749.50 for executive offi
cers, $11,233.82 for general expenses and
$4,281.86 for interest account.
After the reading of the report Rev.
W. H. Cossum, a missionary from China,
arose and said? he was opposed to re
trenchment. ''You sent me to China to
work," he said, "and you cau't re
trench me. You can't retard the work
by retrenchment. I say to John D.
Rockefeller, or any man who offers us
money: First consecrate yourself to
God; make your gift clean and we will
accept it. Otherwise we should not
touch it. I do not say this about John
D. Rockefeller, particularly, or alone,
but to all wao make such offers."
THACKERAY AND GOETHE.
The
Xorellst'a First Interview With tho
fireat Foei.
In The Century there is an articlo by
Walter Vulpius, entitled "Thackeray at
Weimar. ' ' The following is Thackeray 's
account of his first meeting with
Goethe:
Of course I remember very well the
perturbation of spirit with which as a
lad of 19 I received tho long expected
invitation that the Herr Geheimerath
would see me. This notable audience
took place in a little antechamber of
hjs private apartments, covered all
round with antique casts and bas-reliefs.
He was habited iu a long gray drab red
ingote, with a white neckcloth and a
red ribbon in bis buttonhole. He kept
his bands behind his back, just as in
Ranch's statuette. His complexion was
very bright, clear and rosy, his eyes ex
traordinarily dark, piercing and bril
liant. I fancied Goethe must have
been still more handsome as an old mau
than even in the days of his youth. His
voice was very rich and Bweet. He ask
ed me questions about myself, which I
answered as bea$ could.
Vidi tantum I saw him but three
times once walking in the garden of
his house in the Fraueuplan. once going
to step into bis chariot on a sunshiny
day, wearing a cap and a cloak with
a red collar. He was caressing at tbe
time a beautiful little golden haired
granddaughter, over whose sweet, fair
face the earth has long since closed.
Alma vou Goethe died at tbe age of 17
years while on a visit in Vienna in
1644.
Though his sun was setting, the sky
round about was calm and bright, and
that little Weimar was illumined by it.
In every one of those kind salons the talk
was still of art and letters. At the court
the conversation was exceedingly friend
ly, simple and polished. The grand
duchess, a lady of very remarkable en
dowments, would kindly borrow our
books from us and graciously talk to
us young men about our literary tastes
and pursuits. In the respect paid by
this court to the patriarch of letters
there was bomething ennobling, I think,
alike to the subject and sovereign.
AN OCEAN VOYAGE.
Proper
Fees to Fay on
Board aa
Atlantic liner.
Fees are too indefinite to be regulated
by rule, but certain amounts are cus
tomary at 6ea. The voyager, if he is
not seasick, is dependent for comfort
first on the table steward. To this man
it seems to be the rale to give $2.60 for
one, or $5 for two or three persons in a
party, wh8ther one is served in regular J
I courses or orders what ne pleases from
. t00 D"l-
Late suppers might increase
i n fee.
One's next best friend is tbe deck
steward, if be is attentive and has fol
lowed out suggestions about tbe steam
er chair and rugs. Sometimes one can
eat on deck when it is fatal to go below,
and then, if the deck steward is oblig
ing, be deserves the larger part of what
would go to the table steward in reg
ular course. If the weather is at all
fair, it is most agreeable to find one's
chair well placed and the rugs dry ev
ery morning, especially if one is in
clined to seasickness. Moreover, this
steward is the one who continuously
brings sandwiches and broth on deck,
and, as he is obliged himself to fee the
cook's assistant to get these articles pre
pared, it is clear that he should be well
remembered at parting, if any one is.
On many lines his pay, like that of
most of the stewards, is not higher than
.$13 a month, and the company, on gen
eral principles, keeps back one-third to
pay for breakage. Another third goes to
the cooks in fees. Where, therefore,
would he be without tips? Lewis Mor
ris Iddings in Scribner's.
The Sootchwoanan'a Bask Notes.
A poor old widow living in tho Scot
tish highlands was called upon one day
by a gentleman who had heard that she
was in need. The old lady complained
of her condition and remarked that her
son was in Australia and doing welL
"But does h do nothing to help you?"
inquired the visitor. 'No.uothiug, ' ' was
the reply. "He writes me regularly
once a month, but only sends me a lit
tle picture with his letter." The gentle
man asked to see one of the pictures
that she had received and found each
one of them to be a draft for 10.
That .is the coudition of many of
God's children. He has given us many
"exceeding great and precious prom
ises" which we either are ignorant of
or fail to appropriate. Many of them
seem to be pretty pictures of an ideal
peace and rest, but are not appropriated
as practical helps iu daily life. And not
one of theso promises is moro neglected
than the assuruueu of salvation. An
opeu Bible pluces them within reach of
all, and we may appropriate the bless
ing which such a kuowledgo brings.
Dwight L. Mccdy in Ladies' Home
Journal.
" LINCOLN'S JUIIEND.
STORIES OF THE EARLY LIFE OF THE
MARTYRED PRESIDENT.
Philip Clark of Mattooa Told Sosae
Things About Abe That Other Histo
rians Overlooked Additional Testi
mony to the Big lleaxt of Uacola.
The late Philip Clark of Mat toon,
Ills., w:is a lifelong friend of Abraham
Lincoln. A short time before his death
Uncle Philip said iu conversation with
a correspondent of the Chicago Times
Herald: "I do not bclicvo tho tailor ever lived
who was skillful enough to make clothes
to fit Lincoln. Ho was the roughest aud
most irregular inuu in outline I ever
saw. But uo child was afraid of him,
and no woman would declare him to bo
ugly. Yet any description of his appear
ance you would write down would war
rant the conclusion that he was any
thing but good looking. Why, I must
tell you, tho very skin cf tbe man did
not fit, fcr it appeared to bo loose on
his features, and I knew him from
youth to age. After the Black Hawk
war Lincoln was seized with politi
cal aspirations, but failed to get the
coveted position of representative.
Ho met with an obstacle in my-friend
Peter Cartwright, a good man, whom
I also knew as well as a brother in
these dreary days. After 1832 I saw
Lincoln quite often iu Springfield,
where he then lived. I had met with
some reverses, and after compounding
medicines, tho nature of which I had
learned from the Indians, which medi
cines were sold by Drs. Robinson and
Shields, I took my money and went in
to partnership with the merchants Gar
rett and Douglas, aud we bought hogs
and fattened them on the must and
what corn we could buy in thu fields.
"The crop was poor that year, and we
bought a great deal of ground at $3 per
aero and needed the service of a man to
measure the ground. I did this part of
tbe business and hit upon Abe Lincoln
as that man. He had a sort of survey
ing outfit. I hired Lincoln to do this
work for us and gave him the rather re
markable wages of $1 a day for his serv
ices. Abe I always called him by his
name thanked me gratefully for this
because ho knew and I knew we could
havo got the work done for 50 cents a
day. But I wait u friend of Abe, aud
my fortunes had turned for the bright
er. So Lincoln remained in our service
a few days ae a sort of accountant for
us.
"We turned cur hogs in the fields,
driving thent iu droves to the same.
When weighing time came, Abe assist
ed us again. I can see him now stand
ing by the old steelyards. They are near
ly all gone now. Ve would tie the hog's
legs together and swing him up, and
then Abe would sing out the weight,
take a pair of scissors and cnt a bunch
of bristles off the neck to show the ani
mal had been weighed. Hogs in those
days had longer bristles than the breeds
of today, and the clipping could be seen
by any drover. On one of these days he
weighed 900 hogs for us.
"Lincoln was a friend of temperance
also. Wo were together one night in a
country neighborhood when some one
proposed that we all go to the church
close by to hear the Rev. John Berry
preach a sermon on temperance, After
listening attentively Abe remarked to
me that thatsnbject would some time be
one of the greatest in this country.
"Lincoln loved debate and could tell
an anecdoto with great effect In one of
his early races for congress I heard him
debate with Peter Cartwright, who was
fbe terror of every local orator, as his
opponent. He asked Cartwright if Gen
eral Jackson did right in the removal
I believe it was cf the bank deposits.
Cartwright evaded the question and
gavo a very indefinite answer. Lincoln
remarked that Cartwright reminded
him of a hunter ho once knew who rec
ognized tho fact that in summer the
deer wcro red and in the winter gray,
and at ono season, therefore, a deer
might resemble a calf. The hunter had
brought down ono at long range, when
it was hard to see the difference, and
boasting of his own marksmanship had
said, 'I shot at it so as to hit it if it
was a deer and miss it if a calf. ' This
convulsed the audience and carried them
with Lincoln.
"Gratitude was a religion with him.
Lincoln was a poor financier. He was
not a manager and seldom had any mon
ey ahead. When he came to Springfield
from Salem, he had been boarding for a
year with a man named Nelson Ally at
$1.50 per week and was in debt to him
$70. Misfortune overtook Ally long aft
er that, and be became an inmate pf the
Knox county poorhonse. Lincoln went
in person and had him taken from the
county house and given another home.
He then asked Judge Davis to see that
Ally should be cared for in case he (Lin-
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cola) should die first. I heard this con
tract between Lincoln and Davis. Ally
survived Lincoln two years. I knew
him well.
"The last time I saw Lincoln was in
September, 1863. I went to Washington
to settle some business in regard to a
large tract of swamp lands 1 owned,
and while at my hotel I met Ward La
moa, whom I knew welL He told me
that he knew Mr. Lincoln would be
very glad to see me and insisted on my
calling the next day, which 1 accord
ingly did, and that occasion I will nev
er forget. I was ushered into the room
where he was conversing with a num
ber of generals in great glitter and show
of uniform. He cordially received me
and introduced me to a number of these
gentlemen aud related to them a part of
our early flatboating experiences. Dur
ing this conversation you could hear a
pin fall, each close attention did they
all give as, which was to my embar
rassment at the time. 1 never saw him
again until I gazed upon his remains
after the awful tragedy of his assassina
tion." Mr. Cratehar to Philip.
"Philip," s:.id Mr. Gratebar, "al
ways write plainly, so thut what yon
write can be read. And above all things
make your signature unmistakably
clear. Thus, even on paper, you will
coutiuuo to look everybody square in
the eye." New Yor Sun.
To salute with the left hand is a
deadly insult to Mohammedans in tho
east.
The principal part of a Kaffir's re
ligion consists in singing and danciug.
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Stanton Picket: Norfolk ia to have a
salvation army post. A representative
of that spirit-arresting, sin-destroying or
ganization has been there and completed
all necessary arrangements for its estab
lishment. With its railroad divisions,
sugar factory, camp meeting, north and
south railroad, a salvation army and Dr.
Mackay, Norfolk will be a city of great
and varied attractions.
David City Banner: Lieutenant Gov
ernor J. E. Hams will be present and
deliver the oration at the commence-
niont exercises. May 28. Mr. Harris
gave the address at the dedication of the
Omaha Exposition and is a fino orator.
The Baccalaureate services will lie con
ducted by Rev. Schwi:nly at St. Luke's
nrxt Sunday morning. May 23. Subject
'The Unfolding of a Life."
Xeligh Tribuno: J. R. Nichol of the
Willow is experimenting on a small
scale with the Campbell system of soil
culture. He has a couple of acres of
small grain properly planted iu drills far
enough apart to admit of cultivation, and
this test if properly made in every re
spect, will be just as satisfactory as
though 100 acres were experimented
with. Mr. Nichol is to be commended
for his determination to thoroughly in
vestigate this system which promises so
much to the future of this section of coun
try. Bellwood Gazette: The prospects for
a large yield of fruit are said to never
have been so Mattering in this locality
than they are at the present time. Even
the small trees that have only been set
out a year or so have every appearance
of a prolific yield, and it is to be hoped
that nothing will occnr to impair the
outlook All farmers) and business
men of Butler county are hereby called
to meet at the district court room in the
court house at David City, Butler coun
ty, Neb., on Wednesday, June 2d, 1897,
at 1 o'clock p. m. to take steps to organ
ize for the purpose of securing the erec
tion of a beet sugar and chicory kiln in
Butler county next year, and to make
conditional contracts to raise 3,000 acres
and upwurds of sugar beets and chicory
for a period of not lees than five years,
conditional on factories being located
here.
Xatleaal Eeeratlaaal AwierlstleB Stellar.
For the meeting of the National edu
cational association at Buffalo in 1896
the excellent service given by the Union
Pacific was commented on by all those
who had the pleasure of using that line.
This year our educational friends meet
in Milwaukee, Wis., July C to 9, and
members of tbe association and others
from points west of tbe Missouri river,
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Pacific.
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Omaha or Kansas City is the very best.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
To all whom it may concern:
The Board of Hoperrisors in reiralar session
April l"th. IW, declared the following section
line opened aa a public road, viz:
Commencing at the Southwest corner of Hee-
uon J. lown if, nance i west, aau raaniaa'
thence duo East on section lino two miles and
terminating at Houtheaet corner of Section 7.
Town 1. Range 1 East, of the Sixth Principal
Meridian.
Now all objections thereto or claims for
damages caused thereby must be tied in the
County Clerk's oSce Saturday May 22d. ldSO,
or such road may he established without far
ther reference thereto.
Dated, Columbus, Nebr., April 21st. WOT.
K-FOHL,
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