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Columbus Journal.
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WEDNESDAY. AUOUST il. lt7.
Heed's standard of real proeperity
will soon bo here, it looks like, "the
whole nation at work."
Puesiijest Fauki: on Wednesday last
received an ovation from the public
when he started on his journey to Rus
sia. Ten minutes after he had passed
the corner of the lnmlevard Magenta
and the line Lafayette a bomb exploded,
dointf no damage, but causing great ex
citement. It was attributed to anarch
ists. A few months from now and the cheap
goods (manufactured by cheap labor in
Euroie and brought, in large quantities
into this country, under the Wilson
tariff, but in anticipation of the Dingley
bill) will le disposed of, and then we
can look for the leginning of the large
results expected from the adoption of
thai law. Those times are leing antici
pated, more or lees, in different lines of
industry in the United States. There is
an increased demand for farm imple
ments; railway equipments not only for
this country, but notably for Russia and
Japan among foreign nations, are in
larger demand, and the spirit of traffic
generally is showing a freedom not seen
during the past four years.
WHAT UK WILL FIXH IX MEX
ICO. Mr. Bryan will find, among other
things, says the City of Mexico Two Re
publics, that there is the same disparity
between Mexican gold and Mexican sil
ver as there is between Mexican silver
and foreign gold. In other words, he
will find that free coinage of silver in
this country has not established a ratio
or 10 to 1. and that gold and silver are
not on a parity. He will find this if he
finds any gold at all. He will find that
a dollar is a dollar here, but it is not a
dollar when it gets into those foreign
markets from which the Mexican mer
chant buys his goods, and, at this writ
ing, it is not a half dollar. He will not
find tlmt silver bullion has increased in
price to $1.2!) per ounce, and he will not
find a man in the republic who will not
Ifive his two silver dollars for one gold
dollar or one paper dollar with Uncle
Sam's trade mark blown upon it.
I'alut-iL Import antt Kxportn.
Wamiinutox. Aug. 24. The forth
coming annual report of the bureau of
statistics will show the valuation of the
import ?iml domestic exports of the
United fctat-s by countries for the year
cutting June :S0. 18i7. The largest trade
was done with Great Britain, the im
ports aggtvgatiug :Sl(;7,94T,i"20 and the
exports SJfiM-W.nsi:.'. The next in vol
ume was with (iennauy, the imports
being 1 10.210,(514 and the xports$l:Kt,
78J.45:t. France is the third in the list
with imports amounting to $67,K'0.il
and exports r.(5.-j87,0:l.
Jtirkry Clutter Killed.
Kaxs Oty. Aug. -M. Jockey Jesse
Clutter was killed on the Exositiou
race course yesterday afternoon. He
bad the momiT- on Dazzle, at odds for
favorite in the votid race. The horse
Went down nsul the boy's skidl was
fractured by the fall. He died in an
ambulance en route to the hospital. In
the first race Hir Archer and Lulu S
fell. Jockey Joe Webber, who went
down with Lulu S. was carried from
the track unconscious. He is badly
hurt, but will recover.
Hoiiriura llnuit. Confession.
Wasiii.n.ion. Aug. 'M. Consul Jar
xtigau of Ctilht, Honduras, has sent to
the state department a report upon au
important concession by the Honduras
government granted to the Honduras
syndicate. This corporation is composed,
says the consul, of well known capital
ists and financiers of the United States,
mostly located in New York. The syn
dicate lias deposited with the govern
ment ot Honduras $30,0u0 in gold as a
guarantee that ir will carry out its part
of the concession.
ISaiU-y Not Aller .Mills' I'lare.
St. Lot is. Aug. 24. A special to The
Republic from Sherman, Tex., says:
Hon. J. W- Bailey, congressman from
the Fifth district, lias authorized the
announcement that he will not become
H candidate for a rieat in the senate to
succeed Senator Mills. He has been ad
vised to take this step and to again
stand, for election to the lower lions-.
His friends over the state believe he
will, if the congress is Democratic, be
the next speaker.
His Head Maled to a Pulp.
Chicago. Aug. 24. A huge derrick
spoon, weighing 1 .000 pounds ami con
taining half a ton of salt, fell to t lie
deck of the steamer Fitzgerald, which
was loading at an Illinois Central pier
today. Andrew Kruper, a laborer, was
stooping over the hatchway just as the
ropes parted. His head was caught on
the edge of the hatchway and mashed
to a. pulp. John Cool. aLo a laborer,
had his left teg severed from his body
llauuu Joius McKinley.
Cleveland. Aug. 24. Senator Mar-
'. cus A. Hauna left on his Meant yacht
the Comuuiuche yesterday afternoon
for Buffalo, where he will join Presi-
dent.McKinley and bring the chief ei-
ecutive back to Cleveland with him on
Thursday. Senator Hanna was accom-
- pauied bv Colonel Myron T. Herrick
and Mr William Chisholni. There
were no ladies on board.
Y-i-rM Newspaper Man Die.
SPRtsiGFiELU, His.. Aug. 24. Harry
. B. Mitchell, au old newspaper man of
this city. diel this afternoon of paraly
sis of the brain, aged 55 years. In 1S79
lie was connected witli the Chicago Sat
urday Evening Herald and was also a
writer on the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
.Afterwards he was city editor of the
- ZUisois State Journal and Register of
tkiacirr.
Fusion of . office-seekers often
begets confusion to their designs.
OPENED BY CUBKSON.
Commander-in-Chief Formally
Accepts Camp Jewett.
STREETS FILLED WITH MAEOHEBS.
Kceaptton to Commander ClaWsoa Firt
Bis Event of tfee Encampment Uachau
of New Hainpuhire Is the Most Formid
able or the New Candidates For Coiu-aander-In-Chlef.
Buffalo, Aug. 24. Thaddeus S.
Clarkson, commander-in-chief of the
G. A. R., arrived in the city today and
his reception constituted the first event
of the encampment.
Grand Army week opened with fair
weather. All indications point to a co
lossal encampment, beyond the expecta
tions of the most sanguine citizen.
Train loads of veterans and their friends
are constantly arriving and a person
might think there was a great parade
in progress as the pasts march up the
main street to their quarters. This
morning the women's headquarters, at
256 Delaware avenue, were formally
opened. There the officers were care
fully looked after. Everything possible
has been provided for their comfort.
During the week a further effort
will be made to unite the Woman's Re
lief Corps and the Ladies of the G.A. R.
There has been a good deal of discussion
over a possible union, but it is the de
sire of the Grand Army that the tenets
of the Woman's Relief Corps prevail as
to the eligibility clause and the Ladies
of the G. A. R. do not want to give up
on that point, so that the matter of a
union &eeius as far away as when the
two organizations took to different
paths. "To cherish and emulate the
deeds of our noble army nurses and of
all loyal women who rendered loving
service to our country in her hours of
peril." Is the aim of the Woman's Re
lief Corps. The Ladies of the G. A. R.
accept only he "wives, mothers, sisters
and daughters of honorably discharged
soldiers," and reject the "loyal women
who had no relatives in the war to
whom she can trace relationship."
Among the G. A. R. posts which
have arrived are the follow ing : Naval
post department. Pennsylvania Far
ragut association. U. S. Grjut and Bur
ley posts, all of Philadelphia; Columbia,
Department of Tennessee and Georgia,
John A. Andrew post of Boston ; Rankin
post of Brooklyn, X. Y. ; Lafayette post
of Xew York: Harding post of St.
Louis ; Tod post of Youugstowu, O. ;
and the Xew Hampshire delegation.
Camp Jewel t Ottieially Opened.
Camp Jewett, the picturesque tent
city erected for the accommodation of
visiting veteratis, on a bluff overlook
ing Lake Erie and the month of the
Niagara river, was officially opened by
Commander-in-Chief Clarkson yester
day afternoon.
The commander-in-chief was escorted
from his headquarters by Mayor Jewett
and other citizens and by Bidwell
Wilkesou pot of Buffalo and Colum
bia post of Chicago, headed by the regi
mental band of the Thirteenth United
States infantry, which Is assigned to
Fort Porter during the encampment.
As the commander-in-chief entered
the camp a salute of 15 guns was fired
in his honor by the federal troops at the
fort. The general was escorted to the
piazza of a park pavilion situated in the
center of the camp, about which thous
ands of veterans and citizeus formed in
a hollow .square.
Stepping to the front of the piazza,
Mayor Jewett, on behalf of the citizens'
committee, presented the camp to the
commauiler-iu-chief , who accepted it in
a gracef ul speech.
Comumnder-iu-Chief Clarkson en
tered the pavilion when his remarks
were concluded and held au impromptu
reception of officers from Fort Porter
and officers of the national guard.
Later he made an inspection of the
camp in company with the officers of
his htatt", after which he returned to his
headquarters.
Liut-liau u Formidable Cam) Mate,
John C. Liuehun of Concord, N. H-,
now commissioner of insurance for
that state and former junior vice coui
uuiuder of the Grand Army, is the
most formidable of the new candidates
for commander-in-chief.
Pennsylvania veterans are booming
Colonel Gobiu of that state for com-uiauder-iu-chief.
Already oyer 500
Pennsylvania men are here and they
are all working hard for Colonel Gobin's
ucre4.
A delegation of prominent Cincinnati
business men have arrived to press Cin
cinnati's claim for the national encamp
ment in 1SJW and headquarters .have
been ojieiied in the Iriquols bote.
There now appears to be no doubt that
Cincinnati will have the honor of en
tertaining the G, A. R. next year. In
fact, there appears to be no opposition.
The Richmond boomn-s arrived in
town yesterday morning anil immedi
ately proceeded to work for the en
cauipnient oi 1M9. There are IX of
Richmond's leading men in the party.
A prominent nj ember of the delegation
is Walter H. SaHJiry, editor and owner
of The Richmond State, w)ip says that
his committee is doing good missionary
work and lias every reason to believe
they will gt-U the encampment in 1899.
Not a delegation approached so far but
was in favor of Richmond, and several
members of the couiuntt which will
have the selection of the place are
pledged to Richmond.
A noble enterprise which is likely to
enlist t)ie attention of the Grand Army
delegates during the session here is the
establishment of a sanitarium for the
benefit of veterans and epldiers and
aailors of the war for the union. It is
proposed to locate on the island with
Castle Pinckuey in the harbor of
Charleston. S C. a refuge for old
soldiers who are jl) and congress is
asked to take advantage pf an offer of
the very favorable location for the pur
txjie.
V,drbilt Story Denied.
Asheviixe, N. C. Aug. 24. The
Citizen has received a letter from
Charles MeNaniee, with George Van
derbilt at Luhcck, Germany, denying
the recent widely published story to the
effect tliat Mr. Vauderbilt intended to
build a $100,000 hospital in Ashetrille.
Mr. McXauiee says the story has no
foundation in fact.
'Senator Uills Commits .Suicide.
Davenpokt, la.. Aug. 24. Hon. John
C Bills, ex-state senator and ex-mayor
of Davenport, aged 40 years, one of the
most prominent lawyers iu Iowa, com
mitted suicide by shooting today. He
was despondent oyer failing hfiltfe.
ARE NOT YET TOGETHER
Miners and Operators Hold a
Further Conference.
FOUE PE0F08ITI0K3 GOHSLDEEED.
Miner Offer to Resume Operations at the
69-Ceut Kate, reading Decision of a
Board or Arbitration-Judge Terhune
Makes a Jieport to Governor Mount.
Eight Thousand Destitute Fatalities.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 24. Miners to
to resume work at the i54-cent rate
pending the decision of a board of arbi
tration. Miners to resume work at an inter
mediate rate between the rate de
manded and the one paid before the
suspension, pending a decision of a
board of arbitration.
Miners to resume operations without
a price named pending a decision of a
board of arbitration.
These three propositions were sub
mitted by the special committee of
railroad coal operators of the Pittsburg
district at a conference held here last
night.
Miners to resume work at the C9-cent
rate pending the decision of a board of
arbitration. TVu I- the proposition
submitted by the officers of the miners
to the special commit tee. The proposi
tions were talked over in an iuform:.l
manner by both sile;. when au ad
journment was taken until today.
Mlu:-r Will .stand Firm.
As near as run be learned the miners
officials will staud firm on the proposi
tion they have made. In support of
this claim they say that it is equally as
fair for the miners to resume at the C9
cent rate pending urMtratiou as it is for
them to go to work at the 54-cent rate
under the same conditions. After the
conference several members of the
committee of operator said that a con
ference of operators in which are to lie
included the operas --: of other states
has been eliminated from the contro
versy and that only the Pittsburg dis
trict was being considered. National
Presidenr Ratehford and President
Dolau stoutly maintained that the ques
tion was still deliberated upon. From
the best information at hand the con
tending parties are still far apart. The
operators hope that one of their proposi
tions will be accepted, while the miners'
officials say thai they will not recede in
the least from their proposition.
Judge Terhuue Illauiett Operators.
Lebanox. lud., Aug. 24. Judge
Thomas J. Terhuue. the commissioner
appointed by Governor Mount to inves
the condition and grievances of the
striking coal miners of this slate, says
that S,M'-0 families in the Indiana min
ing districts are i-ouipletely destitute
and unless relief is afforded the result
will be licyoud imagination. Hundreds
of men, Judge Terhune said, had not
had :t dollar in money for mouths. The
speaker declared the operators are to
blame, and said that the sooner they
are forced to adjust the price of coal so
as to enable them to pay reasonable
wages to their employes the sooner the
miners' troubles will end.
HOLY VMR 13 ON IN INDIA.
Strife liegau In Earnest by the Fanatics,
Who llaie Attacked Fort Maude.
London, Aug. 24. Au official dispatch
from Peshawaur announces that the
Afridis attacked Ali Musjed this morn
ing, and adds tliat they were attacking
Fort Maude at 1" :."0 a. m. today. The
enemy's line ia u mile and a half long.
Another body of Afridis, the dispatch
continues, is moving toward Kailaui.
All the Afridis are said to have joiued
in the uprising.
The news coutaiued tin this official
dispatch is most important. It proba
bly means a protracted campaign and
dopcrate fighting. A general revolt of
the Afridis. as well as the Indian gov
ernment, U feared the most, aud it now
seems to have taken place.
Simla, Aug. 2:j. A large force of
AWdis has just leeu reported to be ad
vancing ilown the Khyber pass and the
so-called Mad Mullah, or fanatical
priest who is inciting the natives of
that territory against the British, w "aid
to have collected the Mohmands for au
attack on MU'hnib and Shabkadr. The
Royal Irish regiment and a representa
tive native infantry with a battery of
mountain artillery liave been ordered
to Kohnf .
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Bread Is Costing Mere In France.
Pakis, Aug. i'4. Flour rose 50 cen
times a sack at Marseilles on Saturday
aud a further rise is expected, though
the impending arrivals from New York
and Buenos Avres are expected to check
the rise. The agitatjon for the abolition
of the duties on grain ia spreading rap
idly, and at Tarbes, Rodes and Cette
there is much excitement on the sub
ject. One paper expresses the opinion
Chat the rise will not last long, as no
bcarcjty & feared, adding tliat the So
cialists will uqt succeed in the alarmist
campaign and that tin prjee pf bread
has no relation to the present pi-u;d of
wheat.
France Will Not Lift Import Duties.
Pnjs, Aug. 24. There seems no rea
son to believe that the import duty on
wheat will be taken off. even tempora
rily. There seems but one opinion
namely, that to abolish the duty would
t merely enrich the speculators, derange
fiie equilibrium of the budget.work seri
ous harm to the French cultivator and
bringing no relief to the consumer.
The municipal coum-tt voted a resolu
tion to petition the minister of agricul
ture to remove the duty on flour should
ti prove inexpedient to abolish the duty
ou wheat.
President Fame lieache Cr-mstadt.
Cronstadt, Aug. 24. The French
cruiser Pothua with President Faure
and his suite on board arrived here at
11 :30 a. m.
Black Hilars Oppose the Trail.
Rapid Crrv, S. D.', Aug. 24. Con
siderable comment has been made by
the stockmen in this section of the
country in regard to the proposition
recently made by Senator Allen of Ne
braska to open up a cattle trail
through the Rosebud agency. Since
tlje news first arrived parties have been
busy cumulating a petition of remon
strance througiiOHt the country. One of
the objections raised is that the ranges
north of the reservation are crowded to
the utmost capacity already. With an
open trail through to Nebraska there
would be nothing to prevent the small
cattlemen of that rtate from driving
fkair herds to tkt Mthtrn range in
the
Kentucky Duel En its In Two Deaths.
Middlesboro, Aug. 24. It- is reported
here that G. H. Steele, ex-sheriff, and
Sam Young, deputy sheriff, of Leslie
county, were both killed in a combat at
Hyden yesterday. Tae men fought
with pistols and both fell dead in the
fifth round. Both were prominent.
Steele was a Democratic leader and
Young a Republican, and they quarreled
over politics
REPORTS ON KANSAS COP.N CROP.
Estimate That the State Yit Id Will Not
Fall Short of 150,000,000 Bushel.
Topeka. Aug. 24. The Capital pub
lished reports from every county of the
state, giving the condition and proba
ble yield of crop. These returns show
that, though former estimates of half a
crop in some localities may have beeu
correct, the generous rains of August
have brought the late corn out so that
its enormous yield in many counties
makes up for the loss by hot winds and
very materially raises the average.
In only 10 counties will the yield be a
fourth crop or under. In eight there
will be a third crop. Ju 28 there will
be considerable over a third to over a
half a crop. Iu 29 the crop will be
three-fourths full, and in 18 the crop
will be full, while iu 14 the crop will
not fall below 50 bushels to the cere.
From these returns it will be seen that
the yield will not be far from three
fourths of a crop and may be much
more, when it Is considered tliat the
great acreage of the good crop counties
will outweigh much of the loss iu other
counties. Theiv is reason for believing
tliat the state yield will not fall short of
150,000,000 and may be near 200,000,
000. Phenomenal Crop Iu Nebraska.
Chicaoo, Aug. 24. A parry of 70
business men aud representative farm
ers have just returned from a trip
through Nebraska, where they spent six
days moving from point to point in a
special train placed at their dir.jio.sal by
the Burlington road. They report the
crops as something phenomenal. Fann
ers are paying o3" their mortgages from
the proceeds of the great wheat crop
and will soon commence to harvest the
greatest corn crop in the history of Ne
braska. All say Nebraska farmers are
in excellent shapu, anticipating a long
period of prosperity.
International Congress.
Zurich, Switzerland. Aug. 24. The
international congress called to discuss
measures for the protection of workmen
opened here this morning. There were
500 delegates present aud all countries
were represented.
National League tiame.
Boston, 4 Louisville, 1. 2u-h.l- tuu1B-rcu;
Hill and Wi!va.
Second fijoie Bo-tr.u, U: Louisville, 2
Lewis :md li.Tfa Claris and Wilson.
New Yor!;, 8 Cleveland. 7. Me-kin and
Wilson : Pmwil, Young aad Zinimer.
Brooklyn. I'.': Pittsburg, o. Payne and
Smith : Hav.!ey and Jlerritt.
Seeocd (iawn Brooklyn, 1- Fittjburg, tt
Kennedy aii smith- Hiighey and Sudden'.
WH-TEItX l.LAUUK.
Kansas Oit , 9: CoKimbas 3.
Milwaukee, 1 ; Indianapolis, 3.
St. Paul, Graiui l-.airid.-, 7.
WliVKHN' ASSOCIATION.
Dubuque, 7; Burlington, 6.
ELEPHANT NOT CLEVER.
tkm Popular Belief Contradicted by aa
KaglUh Writer.
The elephant possesses very charm
ing characteristics and makes a very
pleasant companion. For one thing he
is not easily mislaid, and he is very
obedient to the slightest hint given by
his mahout.
Iu speed he is scarcely a record break
er, but he can get over the ground in
his shuffling way at the rate of 15
miles au hour, when he likes.
There is one thing that he is not he
is not a really clever animal, in spite
of all the tales iu the story books to the
contrary; otherwise he would not suffer
himself to he so easily captured in the
kheddahs, the huge forest inclosures in
to which the hunters drive the herds of
elephants for the purpose of capture.
All the actions which are apparently
spontaneous on the part of the working
elephant are really performed at the
bidding of the mahout. The driver on
bis neck directs every movement by
pressure of the knee, and as the mau's
knees are concealed under the elephant's
ears it is very easy to imagine that the
elephant thinks for himself.
When the mahout elects, for a change,
to sit ou the saddle, or pad, he drives
with his feet, and the dullest eye can
detect how a rub of the heel ou the
right shoulder turns the elephant to the
left, and vice versa.
After his tractability his gentleness is
the elephant's most marked characteris
tic The mahout takes cruel advantage
of his disposition sometimes, thrashing
bim on the toe nail with a billet of
wood, or if free from risk of discovery
by bis European master pricking bis
trunk with a spear till blood flows.
An elephant has rarely been known
to retaliate save when it must. When
that curious madness comes on bim, no
one dares approach bim in bis pickets.
If be be taken in must, and the fact es
cape notice, the consequences are likely
(0 be awkward at least.
In a suburb of Rangun an elephant
belonging to a firm of rice merchants
was one afternoon taken down to the
river for his usual bath after work. He
bad, the mahout said, been "dull" all
day and seemed out of sorts. He was in
must. He signified the fact by seizing
bis mahout and tossing the astonished
man into the water; then be ran into
the "go down" close by and, with one
squeal, dismissed some 200 coolies at
work there.
The go down was a huge palisade
abed, covering over an acre and was full
of loose paddy (unhqaked rice). and
stacks of bags and grain. For two nights
and two days that elephant enjoyed
himself among those stacks. Spearmen,
posted round the palisade wall, kept
him in, and one might have supposed 40
eepbants bent on mischief bad been
there instead pf que mad one. At last
be was made prisoner with toe aid oi
two big tuskers and chained up until
such time as be should recover himself.
London Sketch.
Hantfllty.
It is not every great man who carries
bis honors aa meekly as the mayor of
Inverness, who rebuked an admiring
crowd in the words, "Frens, I'm just a
mortal man like yersels." Sir Wilfrid
Lawspn tells the following story: "A
woman was once pursuing her fugitive
cow down a lane, when she called out to
some one in front, 'Han, turn my cow.'
The man took no notice and allowed
fhe cow to pass. When she came up,
she said, 'Man. why did you not turn
my cow?' He replied, 'Woman, I am
not a man; I am a magistrate.'"
Household Words.
A Gealaa.
"My wife has been studying geology,
and the bouse is so full pf rocks I can't
find a place to sit down. "
What will you do about it!"
'-I've induced her to take up astron
omy." "Is that any better"
"Of course. She can't collect speci
men. "Chicago fiecurd.
the spring and returning them in
fall to their fresh ranges at home.
RftlLRGADSJJj COURT.
Preparing: to Fight the South
Dakota Rate Law.
DECLARE THEY HAKE 110 PE0FIT.
Bhjhteea Railway Mra Before the Stata
Railroad Commissioner Taking; Ofltr
lals of Kentucky Usable to Get Service
a the Southern Pacific Road Likely to
Win IU Contention.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 24. Eigh
teen railroad men, vice presidents, traffic
managers, auditors and attorneys, were
before the railroad commissioners today
to make a showing of their business in
South Dakota preliminary to fighting
the new railroad law in the courts. It
is contended that the proposed schedule
of the rate is so low as to leave no profit
on their investment. In a hearing for
a temporary injunction before Judge
Carland a few days ago the court stated
to the railroad representatives that if
tbey could sustain their claims the com
mission could not reduce their rates.
Acting on th suggestion the attorneys
for the railroads are now presenting
their case.
Those in attendance are President
Ives of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
and Northern ; George W.Peck, general
solicitor, and A. C. Bird, traffic mana
ger of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul ; H. 6. Burt, vice president, W.
H. Osborn and O. W. Robinson, attor
neys for the Chicago and Northwest
ern ; Senrto.- Mandcrson of the Burl
ignton; George T. Bidwell. general
manager, and W. B. Sterliug, for the
Elkhorn;W. D. Clark, general traffic
manager, H. M. Pierce, auditor, L. K.
Luce, assistant general solicitor for the
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha ; H.
D. Grover, general solicitor, and Vice
President Neuumu of the Great North
ern. OFFICIALS GIVEN A SETBACK.
Kentucky Taxing O nicer Unable to Get
Service on Southern laclfir.
Fkankfoici-, Ky., Aug. 24. The fight
against the Southern Pacific by the
Kentucky taxing officers, both iu the
county and state board of valuation of
assessment, has received a peculiar set
back, in that they cannot get service on
the company iu the regular way. The
law in this state requires all corpora
tions "organized in this state" to have
au agent in this state and to file with
the secretary of state the name of such
agent, upon whom summons can be
served at any time. The Southern Pa
cific, in compliance with this law, some
time ago ap')inted Charles F. Krebes, a
Louisville man, their agent for Ken
tucky. Several mouths ago the railroad
with which Krebes was engaged was
absorbed by another road, he was of
fered a position iu Chicago and removed
to that city. When the state board at
tempted to get service on Krebes some
time ago the Louisville sheriff reported
that he had left the state and that no
Kentucky agent or place of business of
the Southern Pacific could be found.
The officers are now threatening to
apply the law which provides for for
feiture of charter to a corporation that
purposely evades the law requiring the
appointment of agent, etc. Meanwhile
the road seems likely to win its conten
tion that it is not subject to franchise
taxation in this state. Its lawyers have
filed their briefs on their demurrer to
the state suit. They hold that under
the decision of the supreme court no
company is subject to a franchise tax
unless some part of its corporate fran
chise is exercised in the state and that
it does no business in Kentucky. They
further hold that any penalties for fail
ure to report to which they might be
liable are now barred by limitation.
EXERCISE FOR BABY.
A PHYSICIAN'S VIEWS ON THIS VERY
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
lataeace of Kepreaied Activity oa the
Growth aad Development of Infants.
Tale Authority Declares Penltlvely For
Freedom of Movement.
"Infantile Athletics" was the subject
4f a paper read at a meeting of the sec
tion on pediatrics of the New York
Academy of Medicine by Or. Henry
Ling Taylor.
"When one considers the important
physiological effects of muscular activ
ity," said Dr. Taylor, "it is apparent
that the human organism is imperfectly
adapted to a sluggish or sedentaiy ex
istence. Medical practice, at least in
the cities, is largely made up of disor
ders which are distinctly traceable to
tbe neglect of proper exercise. Primi
tive man, being obliged to buut aud
igbt in order to exist, was of necessity
athletic, aad now that tbe struggle has
In a measure been shifted from brawn
to brain, men still find it advantageous
to train their muscles in sports and
games. When tbe important relation of
muscular activity to nutrition, respira
tion, circulation and elimination is re
called, this wholesome instinct easily
finds its vindication. Every muscular
mass ia in an important sense a supple
mentary heart and a supplementary
kidney. Tbe lungs are never thorough
ly ventilated, except through vigorous
exercise. Moreover, tbe nervous and
muscular elements are so intimately
related as to form practically but one
system. Education and progress come
tbrougb motor and sensory experience
that is, largely tbrougb muscular activ
ity. Growth itself is influenced by exer
cise. "Dr. H. G. Beyer of tbe United States
Naval academy has shown that not only
do those cadets who take systematic
gymnastic training largely exceed those
who do not in average gain in weight,
lung capacity and strength, but that
their average gain in height during the
four years is greater by over an inch.
Tke cadets range in age from 10 to 21
years, and it is probable that appropri
ate exercise would have similar if not
greater effect in children.
"It is even more true of the infant
than of the adult that tbe kind and de
gree of habitual muscular activity will
largely determine tbe structure of the
body aad the tone of tbe mind and char
acter. It is more true because tbe in
fant ia more incomplete and more plas
tic Tbe newborn ' babe is, as it were,
but half made. Its organs are imma
ture, its activities restricted, and they
will never attain full and harmonious
development except under the stimulus
of use. It is not without significance
that exercise is begun five mouths or
more before birth, and that the infant
appears upon tbe scene with a kick and
a cry. Though among the most helpless
pf nature's children, tbe infant comes
with considerable training and some re
markable muscular endowments, as, for
instance, tbe well known ability to sup
port itself by grasping a horizontal rod.
In waking hours tbe small limbs prac
tice constant and vigorous movements,
superficially aimed, but important in
producing tissue changes fundamental
to nutrition, as well as in furnishing
ssasory and motor experience necessary
(9 saepta) pad bodily growth, develop-
it and power.
"4X aootha of t tbe baby tods
its hands and begins to reach out for
and hold objects; at 8 or 9 months it
creeps; at 13 or 14 it walks, aud so
progresses from simple to complex pur
posive movements and to such adjust
ments as pat it in more comfortable and
intimate relation with its surroundings.
"Since the infant has such ample en
dowments and spontaneous impulses to
wholesome activity, our first and most
important care most be to avoid undue
interference or repression. It is interest
ing to observe what pains some uncivi
lised mothers take that tbe wrappings
and appliances needful to protect the
baby shall not prevent freedom of move-
I TTIAnr Tn itadprihino Trillion infannv anil
the use of tbe portable cradle Mrs.
Fletcher says: 'It is a mistaken notion
that tbe child is kept up all tbe
time. Every day tbe baby is bathed
and placed on a robe or blanket to kick
and crow to its heart's content, bat
when tbe family cares call tbe mother
away be is put into the cradle, with his
arms free to play with the many bright
beads that bang from the book which
encircles tbe bead of this little portable
bed.'
"What a refreshing contrast to tbe
insipid experiences of our overdraped,
overcoddled youngsters. Still, rough ex
ercises are not required for civilized ba
bies. Tbey will attend to their own
gymnastics, if not prevented. It is evi
dent that the movements of the trunk
and limbs should not be impeded with
wrappings. Baby's activity should have
free play. At the start we are confront
ed with the conventional bellybaud ; if
tightly adjusted, it must exert injuri
ous pressure; if too loosely adjusted, it
gets displaced and rolls into a contract
ing string. When adjusted with a prop
er degree of snuguess, it may beiuuocu
ous, but do its benefits outweigh its dis
advantages? The clothing should be
loose and simple, fittiug in successive
layers, so that all can be put on at once.
"When it comes to artificial exercises
for the baby, there are few prevalent
among us that seem calculated to help
bim. Monotonous jarring, shaking and
trotting are undesirable, if not harmful.
When the idea ia once grasped that a
good, hearty cry is an admirable chest
expander, there is less temptation to
this form of parental indulgence, for it
will usually be found that the baby is
trotted for tbe sake of the trotter rather
than for its own. Peevishness is of
course undesirable. If due to indigestion
or other physical ailments, the baby
should be treated; if complicated by
overindulgence, the treatment should
be tempered with discipline which
should not stop with tbe child."
Oae Woman's Trials.
A resident of Stateu Island has lately
been very much annoyed by some of the
urchins of the neighborhood. She is a
great lover of nature and has on her
front piazza a number of potted plants
which have been cared for all winter.
At night, when everything is quiet, the
boys come and manage to steal one or
two plants without discovery. One by
one her choice flowers have disappeared,
and although she has watched for the
thieves they have never been caught.
Tbe other day she conceived a plan
by which she saved her remaining
treasures. Tying a string to each flow
erpot, she connected the ends with a
bell in the hall. That night she waited
patiently for the alarm. At last there
was a tinkln and then a crash. Rushing
out, she saw a boy, apparently fright
ened out of bis senses, running down
the path. When he found the pot tied
and heard the bell ring, he dropped his
booty aud took to his heels. The boy es
caped, but thero has been no more trou
ble with flower thieves.
This woman is very fond of pets of
all kinds aud has a number about the
house. One day, while marketing, she
saw a beautiful gamecock and thought
it would make a novel sort of pet. Pay
ing 950 for her find, she had it sent
home. The bird arrived before its mis
tress and was received by the cook, who
chopped off its head and prepared it for
dinner. New York Times.
Life, to be worthy of a rational be
ing, must be always in progression. We
must always purpose to do more or bet
ter than iu time past. Johnson.
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Spoerry's Apology.
Referring to the debate at the repub
lican county convention wherein Spoer
ry. Shannon and Hon re participated,
some seem to think an apology is neces
sary, and here is mine:
Whereas, no man without integrity
should be elected to any, nut even the
smallest office, therefore I consider it
unbecoming, humiliating and even in
sulting to a jndge of the supreme court,
to praise his integrity; but the gentle
men on the other side must have thought
he needed said praise, as the sequel
proved, to wit: The naming of the dele
gation to the otate convention by Judge
A. M. Post, contrary to his promise in
open convention. As to the ability and
exceptional fitness for the position of
supreme judge, I think we have dozens
of gentlemen in Nebraska just as well,
if not better qualified, as Mr. A. M. Post.
Fifty-nine metnliers of the convention
ensting away their own election fran
chise Rr.d depriving tbe other fifty-three
members of theirs, in favor and for the
benefit of one office-seeker!
Mr. Post taking advantage thereof,
naming as delegates to the state conven
tion, in part, men who were defeated by
the people, at the primaries, and passing
them off as delegates from Platte coun
ty, without even submitting their names
to the county convention, for approval,
may be very good machine politics but
I consider it unrepublican in the ex
treme and not in conformity with the
doctrine, "A government of the people,
by the people for the neople."
H. T. Spoebry.
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Albion News: The Klondyke organi
zation formed in Albion last week is no
child's play of a concern, bnt on tbe con
trary is a genuine banding together of
some of our citizens whereby ways and
means may be perfected to reach the
gold fields of Alaska. Tbe parties con
template starting not later than Feb
ruary 1st.
Monroe Republican: Elmer Ardo, aged
8 years, 8 months and 5 days, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. . Pickering of Monroe
township, was killed by lightning last
Friday. He was in a straw stable dur
jng the storm and the lightning struck,
killing him instantly. His sudden tak
ing away is a sad blow to the parents
and tbey have tbe sympathy of all. Tba
funeral was bald Saturday and tba re-
begher, mm & CO.,
Loans,
And insurance..
COLUMBUS,
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mains buried in the cemetery at the
Monroe church. "
Osceola Record: Last Thursday even
ing Sheriff Hahn got word that a horse
thief from near Bee this state was head
ed this way. He gave chase and landed
his man in about an hour. He came up
with tbe fellow riding the horse near
the bluffs on the road to Silver Creek.
The sheriff from Bee came Friday morn
ing and got thief and horse. The fellow
was about sixteen years old and bis
name is Charles McDermott. He work
ed in Osceola last spring awhile. It
seems that he borrowed the horse to
ride to Bee and then struck out from
there with bim.
Schuyler Herald: The board of county
commissioners met again on Monday ef
this week and in conjunction with the
county treasurer continued the work
begun a year ago, of going over the de
linquent personalty tax list nud striking
therefrom the names of tin we deemed
dead, removed or worthless. The names
on that list are a monument to the care
lessness of some of the old time
treasurers, and it would surprise the tax
payers to learn the names of the heavy
tax shirkers. It includes many who
have held lucrative public positions
with haudsome salaries paid them by
the county and the public ex-county
judges, commissioners, county attorneys
aud others. It's a stunner and un eye
opener! No wonder the county is not
on a cash basts.
Albion Blade: A murderous cutting
affray occurred last Saturday night at
the home of John Verhage on Plum
creek, about seven miles east of Cedar
Rapids and twelve miles south of this
place, where a dance was being held. As
the result, a man by the name of Russell,
who received a deep knife wound iu the
lungs, is lying at the point of death if
not already dead anil, four young men,
Styree, McMulken, Gordon aud Cottom,
all of whom were charged with partici
pating in the deadly assault upon
Russell, are under arrest, three of them
being now in jail. We have not the
space for a detailed account of the
affair, and but blanked little inclination
to use it for that purpose if we did. It
is an unusual aud most unfortunate
occurrence one which will injure the
good reputation of oar countv. The
preliminary trial will be held tomorrow
morning.
Kaight.i aad ladie of Seiurlty.
A new fraternal beneficiary society
will be organized in Columbus for ladies
and men on same terms.
Furnishes the best of insurance at
actual cost.
Has a reserve fund nnd limits assess
ments. Don't have to die to get your money. J
Covers accident as well as sickness. '
Has many other good features.
State organizer, John A. Dempster,
will lie pleased to explain and receive
your applications for membership at
Clot her hotel. Gotul solicitor inuittil. 1
Tit Chirac" the Kast.
Passengers going east for business, will
naturally gravitate to Chicago as the
great commercial center. Passengers
re-visiting friends or relatives in the
eastern states alwavs desire to "take in"
Chicago en route. All classes of passen
gers will find that the "Short Line" of
.he Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way, via Omaha and Council Bluffs,
affords excellent facilities to reach their
destinations in a manner that will be
Biire to give the utmost satisfaction.
A reference to the time tables will in
dicate the route to be chosen, and, by
asking any principal agent west of the
Missouri river for u ticket over the
Chicago, Council Bluffs & Omaha Short
Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, you will be cheerfully
furnished with the proper passport via
Omaha and Chicago. Please note that
all of the "Short Line" trains arrive in
Chicago in ample time to connect with
tbe ex press trains of all the great through
car lines to the principal eastern cities.
For additional particulars, time tables,
maps, etc., please call on or address F.
A. Nash, General Agent, Omaha, Neb.
Envelopes with your return card
printed on them, for 50 cents a hundred
at The Jodknal office.
Natioaal EnraMpatat I J. A. K.. Buffalo, N. .,
Aagaftt .l-2M.
At the time of the National Encamp
ment of the G. A. R, the Burlington
Route will sell round trip tickets to
Bnffalo, at lkss than the regular one
way rate.
G. A. R. special train with through
sleepers for Buffalo leaves Omaha .r:K
p. m. August 21. Berths reserved and
special advertising matter furnished on
request. See nearest Burliugton Route
agent or write J. Francis, G. P. A.,
Omaha, Neb. 3t
PROBATE NOTICE.
The State or Nebbask. )
County of Platte. JS9"
In the county court, in and for aaiil county. In
the matter of the estate of Henry Pusto. uV-
ceaaed. late of aaid county.
At a seeaion of the county court for naid
county, holden at the county judge's office in
Columbus, in aaid county on the 17th day of
August, A. D. 1897. present. J. N. Kilian. coun
ty judge. On readingand filing the duly Terined
petition of 8. M. Barker, praying that let
ters of administration be issued to him on tha
estate of said decedent.
Thereupon, it ia ordered that the 10th day of
September, A. D. K91, at 1 o'clock, p. m l
assigned for the hearing of said petition at the
mnntr indve'a office in said countr.
And it is farther ordered, that due legal notice
be giTen or the pendency and hearing or sain
petition by publication in TueCoixmiics Jock
Xal for three consecutive week.
(A true copy of the order.)
J. V KlLItX,
County Judge.
Dated Columbus. Neb., Aug. 21. 1S97. 2.'ug3t
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
In the matter of the estate of Daniel Hchucker.
Notice is hereby given that in pursnance of an
order of J.J. Hullivan, judge of the district court
of Platte county, made on the 2fMh day of June,
1807, for tbe sale of the real estate hereinafter
described, there will be sold at the front door of
the court house in the city of Columbus, Platte
county. Nebraska, on tbe
l&TH DAT OF SZPTEMBEB, 1307,
at 1 o'clock p. m. at pablie vendue, to the high
est bidder tor cash, the following described
real estate, to wit: The northwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of section thirty-one, town
ship nineteen north, range four west in Platte
county, Nebraska.
Haid sale will remain open oae boar.
Dated August 10. 1807.
Waxizk 6. Gaix ES,
llascSt Executor.
Real Estate
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