a p II I I I I
7 '-
"-a v- -vsji -i
WBBKlBrv
5.e-- - -
'-is.j.sJCijf- -,.
S'
Bar
Bar
IL o
I
t'
L
V o
o "
o
o
It .
It
..
-
p
r
w
o
i
PV.
i? .
tflimrlmsgottrttal.
WEDNESDAY. FEBBUARY 2, 1898.
Entered at the Postoffice. Columbus, Nebr i
second-class mail matter.
ISSUED ETTRY WEOXESDAT BT
M. K. TURNER & CO.,
Columbuis Ncbr.
: TEBX8 OF SDBSCMPTIOX:
Oaeyear.br mail, postage prepaid $L50
oiz Baontlis.. ....-...-"
Tares months.... .... -aw
The free-silver resolution was buried
by the lower branch of congress.
Oveb $4,000,000 were spent last year in
Maine by fishermen from other states.
The filling of railroad ice houses has
been completed at North Platte, nearly
11,000 tons, and took TG0 cars.
The word is that Japan is ready for
war, and a fleet of nine war ships will
leave Japan in the conrse of a week for
Chinese waters.
Fokeiox nations will begin to find out
that the United States can become a
power on the high seas, and also that
. there is nothing stronger than right and
justice.
A snow-white pigeon was released the
other day at the launching of the Jap
anese war ship "Kasagi," at Philadelphia,
the first war Bhip ever built by Ameri
cans for that far-east country.
Edison and a syndicate have secured
a two years lease on i4,000 acres of land
near Sante Fe, New Mexico, at a price of
$1,500,000 to operate Edison's new sys
tem of mining low-grade gold ores.
Two herds of Woodbury county, Iowa,
cattle will be slaughtered on account of
the disease of ergotism, which has devel
oped. They cannot be cured. The dis
ease is not contagious, but is infectious.
A Washington correspondent is res
ponsible for the statement that inter
vention by the United States in Cuban
. affairs is apt to come in some form within
tt) days. It does look as though this
government cannot much longer remuin
in its present attitude.
Popocratic pretense of steadfast
friendship for the greenback will not
bear investigation. Less than two years
ago the popocrats made a campaign for
a policy under which the $340,000,000 of
greenbacks would have been redeemed
in coin worth not more than two-fifths
of the amount. They intended to des
troy a large part of the value of these
notes, while even the republicans who
advocate their immediate retirement
want them paid to their full face value
before they are permitted to disappear.
Omaha Bee.
The American Monthly Review of
Reviews for February renders an im
portant service to the cause of interna
tional arbitration by publishing an Eng
lish translation of an article on the
advance of the peace movement through
out the world, from the pen of the great
French publicist, Frederick Passy, pres
ident of the Society for Arbitration Be-
tween Nations. This article notes many
encouraging signs of progress in the
agitation for arbitration now going on
among even the most military nations of
-tae-OM WWW. -
Ex-Gov. Luce of Michigan one of the
foremost leaders of his party in that
state' where it was lwrn makes the
announcement that he does not favor the
recommendations of the Indianapolis
monetary convention nor the recom
mends of Secretary Gage. He would be
satisfied to have the currency remain as
it is for the present, but he wants the
government to pay gold or silver at its
option upon its demand notes and bonds,
when such notes and bonds are present
ed for payment, to suit the convenience
of the government and not the conven
ience of the one presenting them. He
would construe "coin" to mean either
gold or silver. He believes this action
ob the part of the government would
prevent any raid upon the treasury,
maintain all moneys in circulation at a
parity, and would go far to settle the
whole financial question. Ex.
With its February issue The Forum
completes its twenty-fourth volume,
which shows a manifest advance when
compared with many of its predecessors.
The leading article in tlie current num
ber is contributed by the president of
the International Geographical Con
gress, Sir Clements R. Markham, K. C.
B., on --Antarctic Exploration and its
Importance." While numerous North
Polar expeditions have been undertaken
during the post quarter-century, with
the result of large additions to our
knowledge of Arctic lands, it is more
than fifty years since any organized
attempt was made to solve the South
Polar problem. Antarctica is to-day a
sealed book. Sir Clements pertinently
quotes a remark of the Duke of Argyll,
" to the effect that it is almost a reproach
to civilization that, while we are able to
analyze the substance and distinguish
the chemical composition of the most
distant objects in space, we have arrived
at the close of the nineteenth century
without knowing the whole superficial
appearance of our own little planet. The
nrgent need of a magnetic survey, it is
claimed, is a sufficient reason for de
spatching an expedition to Antarctic
seas.
GOD SPEED THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
ASD STATE UNIVERSITY.
- . Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31, 1898.
-- Walk two blocks east and two blocks
- ' north from the Burlington depot and
" yon reach the plant of the state univer
" " sity. The fine substantial brick build-
Inge and the 13 acres of ground on which
..they stand are worth 500,000.
Two hundred thousand dollars are
spent annually in maintaining this insti
tstioa which Jias on its pay roll 150 peo
ple, 130 of whom are professors and
teachers. ' If- yoa think of the state uni
versity from the standpoint merely of
what the plant is worth and what it costs
nanally to maintain it, merely as a bus
iness proposition, you' realize that the
featf million investment, the annual ex
penditure of $200,000 and the employ-
" ment of 150 people makes it a business
item of some consequence jo the busines
affairs of the state.
, - JJut when you.consider jts effect upon
- - ifcia Nebraska community yoa compre--.
- -frfdattmeei that it is over awl fbora
all others the most important institution
in the state. Every year life and that
which makes it worth the living is more
and more a matter of mind and less and
less a matter of physical environment.
mind hakes the man. r r'K
Centuries ago a few understood that
mind makes the man, but now the masses
have come to comprehend this great
truth, and 'the masses consenting and
uniting, we are each year making the
road to education broader and smoother.
Each taxpayer, be he learned or unlearn
ed, rich or poor, understands the valne
of higher education, and as he drops his
proportion of tax into the school fund he
says to himself, "God speed the public
school and the university."
As Nebraskans we are proud of our
common schools and our university, for
in whatever we have disagreed, in these
we have been united; in whatever we
have failed, in these we have succeeded,
and it warms our hearts toward the state
and toward each other to know that
wherever the name Nebraska is spoken
among intelligent people, these are the
measures by which they compute onr
mental and moral status as a community.
By these they know and we know that
whatever unsettled problems confront
ns, whatever political confusion vexes us,
the mind force that is at work in these
mind-making industries will solve all onr
problems and make us one of the most
happy and prosperous communities in
the world.
a neighborly comparison.
In Missouri, with her two and a half
millions of people, there are 800 students
in her state university, while Nebraska,
with only one million of people has today
in her state university over 1900 young
men and women who are pursuing higher
education with that eagerness and quick
ness of mind peculiar to those who have
been born and reared in this quickening
and healthful climate, in tho high alti
tude of this prairie state.
I love todream, and whether it is prac
tical or not it is always sweet to me, that
in the coming years, from the genera
tions of people who come into life within
these healthful and quickening environ
ments will spring the brightest-minded
men and women in the world.
eager young nebraskans.
I met a Clay Center boy the other day
who told me that he was only one of the
many who are washing dishes, waiting
on table, carrying newspapers, doing
anything there is to do, to make their
expenses through the university. It is
this eagerness of the young mind in Ne
braska whicli makes us promise so much
for the future manhood and womanhood
of this state.
ONE OF MANY.
In a contest between several western
universities last year a Nebraska boy
carried off the hundred dollar gold
medal. This was young Baker who was
raised on a farm out in Frontier county,
near Curtis. I am told that for five
years this young man pursued his uni
versity course on an allowance of only
$100 a year for his expenses. During
vacation he went home and worked on
the farm as eagerly as he worked in
school. A banker in Curtis said to me,
"Young Baker, when he is at home,
works harder than any man in Frontier
county." The people there who know
him will bear witness that I am not
exaggerating.
energy exerted.
Now the difference in the energy,
earnestness and aptness of this farmer,
boy from Curtis and the young man over
in Missouri is understood when yon
remember that the altitude at Curtis is
2,000 feet higher than it is over in Mis
souri. I asked the Clay Center boy if
the dish washing, the waiting on tables,
and the newspaper carrying did not
hinder those who were compelled to
resort to these means for expense money,
and yon ought to see how that young
man's face brightened as he answered
proudly, "I am carrying nineteen hours
and I am holding my place in every
study."
And then I learned on further enquiry
that it is such as this young man from
Clay Center and the other from Curtis
who seem to grow stronger by the extra
energies which they exert and who carry
off the honors of the school.
girls too.
If you were in Lincoln you could see
these 1900 students, every morning at
7:30, hurrying toward the university. It
would interest you to look into their
earnest faces and it would please yon to
know that the girls are keeping right up
with the procession, for the bigotry, the
stupidity, and the selfish brutality which
once excluded women because they were
women have never obtained a foot-hold
in this state.
You can see Chancellor MacLean and
the professors hurrying home to a late
supper at 7 o'clock in the evening, for
they not only commence early, but they
work late.
HOLLARS FOR QUARTERS.
The chancellor tells me that eighty of
the high schools in the state graduate
stndentB into the freshman year of the
university, which shows how this mother
of all the schools reaches out her friendly
arms in all directions to gather the chil
dren in. There's a department of
mechanical arts where a boy can learn a
trade which will make him $4 or $5 a
day, instead of a dollar a day band.
There's a sugar school where young
men are learning the beet sugar indus
try. There's a dairy school where they
are teaching the science of butter and
cheese making. There are over 100 far
mer boys in these departments. Every
one who applies can get the printed
bulletins which are issued from the
various departments. A letter from
England this week congratulates the
Nebraska University on its scientific in
vestigations declaring that our Nebraska
professors are becoming known in
Europe and are accredited as leaders of
thonght and scieatific research.
If we disagree in politics, if we have
failed in some things, let us congratulate
each other that we are united as to the
university, and that in its achievements
we have succeeded. In the mean time,
if yon doubt my high altitude theory,
keep an eye on the young men from the
western counties.
J. W. Johnson.
Faster Bum Ne Cm For ike pars.
New Yobk, Feb. 1. Rev. Marti
Geesner, the .pastor of St. Patrick's
charchat Elizabeth,'!?.. J., who disap:
peared on Friday, has not yej retmraed.
He is known, to be in a convest in Can
ada and he undoubtedly left Elizabeth,
io avoid his receiving a purse. contain
jng $2,806 iu gold in honor of his 25th
anniversary as priesf,.
BURY THE RESOLUTION.
House Kills feller's Bond Bill
by Fifty Majority.
8FEAXES EEED GOES GS BE00BD.
Had Hit Name Called Although It Is Not
Castomary For the Speaker to Vote.
Oaly Five Hoars .VI owed For Debate.
Rhea Hissed For His Kefereace to Secre
tary Shernaas).
Washington. Feb. 1. The house of
representatives Monday buried the
Teller resolution, declaring the bonds
of the United States, payable in silver
under an adverse majority of o0 votes.
The Republicans were solidly arrayed
in opposition with two exceptions, Lin
ney (N. C), who voted with the Demo
crats aud Populists, and White (N. C),
the only colored member of the house,
who answered "present" when his
name was cailed. The desertions from
the Democratic side were McAleer (Fa.)
and Elliott (S. C), both voting with
the Republicans against the proposition.
Speaker Reed, although it is not custo
mary for him to-vote, had his name
called, and amid the cheers of his fol
lowers, went on record in opposition to
the resolution.
The vote was reached after five
hours of debate, under a special order
adopted at the opening of the session.
The limited time allowed for debate
and the pressure of members for an op
portunity to be heard was so great that
the leaders on both sides were com
pelled to farm out the time by minutes.
This detracted much from the contin
uity of the discussion, but it also in a
measure intensified the interest in the
galleries, which were crowded all day,
and the combatants on the floor were
cheered by their respective sympa
thizers. Senators Listea to Are-aments.
Many of the senators from the other
end of the capital were also present to
listen to the arguments. The majority
under the leadership of Mr. Dingley,
who made a carefully prepared speech,
Bounding the keynote of the opposition,
assnmed the position that the last
clause of the resolution, was really a
disguised paragraph for the free coin
age of silver, while assaulting the Dem
ocrats, who under Mr. Bailey main
tained that the defeat of the resolution
was another step iu the direction of the
establishment of the gold standard, to
which they alleged the president and
Secretary Gage had irrevocably com
mitted themselves. Tho debate was
fast and furious, but no sensational in
cidents, beyond the hissing of Rhea
(Ky.), when he said that as the "author
of the crime of '73" the hottest place in
hades would lie reserved for the present
secretary of st-te. The vote on the res
olution was, ayes, Va'J ; nays, 182.
Greene's Antitrust Bill.
Washington, Feb. 1. An antitrust
bill, explicit in its terms and naming a
penalty of $10,000 fine or from two to
1ft years' imprisonment, has been intro
duced in the house by Greene (Neb.).
It makes it a felony to monopolize or
attempt to monopolize, or conspire or
combine with anyone to monopolize
any trade or commerce among the
states or with foreign nations, and the
making of every contract, agreement or
combination entered into by any per
sons, firms, corporations or combina
tions of persons as a trust or otherwise,
to restrain trade or commerce of any
article of commerce. The bill confers
jurisdiction on the several cirouit and
district courts of the United States and
any state court having common law
jurisdiction and forfeits to the United
States property owned under such con
tracts, etc., in the course of transit into
a state or to a foreign country.
Catted States Warship at Samoa,
Washington, Feb.l. The American
flag will soon be displayed in Samoan
waters by a man-of-war. The vessel
will be the Mohican, which has been
converted into a training ship. Since
the arrival in Washington of former
Consul General Churchill, the president
and Assistant Secretary of State Day
have become convinced that American
interests demand that a man-of-war
shall soon visit Samoa. Mr. Churchill
has told them that the natives have no
respect for tho American government,
because it has never sent a man-of-war
to support any steps for the protection
of American interests which its repre
sentatives in Apia might take. Mr.
Churchill reported an insult paid to a
man from Arizona, who had estab
lished a mission near Apia. He de
manded satisfaction, but the natives
laughed at him;
Crop Statistics,
Washington, Feb. 1. The final esti
mates of acreage, production and value
of the crops for 1897 made by the statis
tician of the department of agriculture
are as follows : Corn, 80,093,101 acres,
1,802,9G7,983 bushels, $501,072,952 value ;
wheat, 89,405,060 acres, 580,149,168
bushels, $428,547,191; oats, 25,730,375
acres, 69S.7G7.X09 bushels, $147,974,719
value ; potatoes, 9,534,577 acres ; 164,
015,904 bushels, $89,643,059, hay, 42,
426,770 acres, 60,604,876 tons, $401,890,.
728 value.
Two Appropriation Bills Passed.
Washington, Feb. 1. Monday's ses
sion of the senate lasted six hours, two
of the general appropriation bills, that
for the army carrying $23,423,492 and
that for the legislative, judicial and ex
ecutive departments carrying $21,658,
529, were passed, the latter consisting
of 121 pages occupying the attention of
the senate during the greater part of
the session. After a brief executive
session the senate adjourned.
Iewaas Appelated Goasals.
Washington, Feb. 1. The president
e4ay sent the following nominations to
the senate : To be consuls, Benjamin
J. Johnson of Iowa,stUtilla, Honduras ;
J, E- Rowen of Iowa, at Port Stanley,
Faulkland islands; William H. Letts,
postmaster, at Columbus Junction, la.
SHORT OH GOOD WHEAT
Joseph Jeiter Forcing People
to Eat Darker Bread.
MILLERS 0AIH0T GET HO. 1 GHAUT.
atlssloaer of Health fteyaelda Or
dered to AaeJyse the Breadstuff Offered
to Chicago People Grocers aad Retail
Hear Dealers Have Beea Receiving
Maay Protests.
Chicago, Feb. 1. Joseph Letter, ac
cording to experts in the trade, is forc
ing thousands of people to eat darker
bread than has ever been aeen since the
introduction of the patent roller process
of making flour. Hiseontxol of 15,000,
000 bushels of contract wheat means,
they say, that the millers Tare grinding
he best grain they can procure, since
4sisir supply of choice No.l hard spring
-wheat has become exhausted, and that
best-' is not -very good, grocers
and retail flour dealers have beenra
paiviagooaplaiats regarding breadstnffs
from oooks aad -housewives, who have
'seatbaok sacks aad barrels of flour
sajked with tew. fancy brand" 4
bought at the highest price. But the
loudest protests have been raised by the
restauranteurs and bakers, who buy
flour at wholesale.
Chicago, Feb. 1. Commissioner of
Health Reynolds has sent out men to
gather samples' of flour from loading
dealers. This flour to be analysed and
definite information given to the public
as to the nature of the adulterations
which are said to have resulted in a
general prevalence of dark bread. Com
missioner Reynolds said : "If corn has
been used to adulterate the wheat there
- need be no alarm so far as health is
' concerned. -!
"Corn is an eminently healthy food
i .and if wheat should ever be cornered
j so as to preclude its purchase by the
common people, corn could easily fill its
place."
It is announced that the farmers of
Macon will have an exhibition of corn
in all its shapes and styles at their an
nual farmers' institute and that they
will endeavor to start a campaign in
advocacy of the healthful corn. The
story that the wheat corner controlled
by Joseph Leiter is rvinng people to
eat darker bread c:r. -.; the Napoleon
of the board of trade much amuse
ment.
"I see," said he, "that they say my
wheat corner compels the millers to
grind any sort of old stuff for their
customers. If they are grinding poorer
stuff in their rollers, why don't they re
duce the price. I have not heard of
any reduction in the price of wheat
flour. If the millers want good flour
they can come and get the best there is
at the market prices. The prices are
now advanced tremendously, you say?
Yes, but note this, that the millers
are charging proportionately advanced
prices for the mixed stuff they are
grinding. That is to h y. they ask just
as much for their dark adulterated
flour as if it was the purest brand.
"Consequently, if anybody is getting
the worst of it is the public. If the
flour mill men would lower the price of
their dark compound and announce
that they sold adulterated flour at a
lower price they would get public sym
pathy, but "when they ask just as much
for such stuff as they would be entitled
for the best wheat at present prices,
where should tho blame be placed?"
FISHERMEN ARE STARVING.
Heavy Pack lee .Surrounds the Coast at
Newfouadlaad.
New York. Feb. 1. The Red Croat
line steamship Portia arrived today,
four days overdue, from St. Johns, N.
F., and Halifax, after a desperate en
counter with pack ice off the New
Fonndland coast, and with a harrow
ing tale of blizzards there aud destitu
tion in the coast section of that country.
Hundreds of men, women and chil
dren dead or dying from exposure and
starvation, with abundance close by,
and hundreds more threatened with a
like fate, are the brief details of the
condition of affairs brought by the
Portia.
Four days the Portia was penned in
huge arctic floes in plain sight of St.
Johns uuable to move. She managed
to escape by the merest accident. Mauy
other craft, several of them relief ves
sels, sent by the Canadian government
to succor destitute fishermen, had to
abandon their errands of mercy and re
turn to St. Johns, where they were
still in the ice when the Portia struggled
into clear water.
Close to where the Portia lay the big
steamship Virginia was locked tight.
She had been sent north by the Cana
dian government with food for the
starving fishermen, but a short dis
tance up the coast she found the route
securely blocked, and was forced to re
turn to port to prevent being icebound
all winter. Before her departure news
had reached St. Johns that unless as
sistance was promptly dispaefced-the
unfortunate inhabitants would soon be
beyond relief.
Among the detained fleet at St, Johns
were a dozen or more sailing vessels,
loaded with codfish for England and
Brazil. The streets of St. Johns were
rendered impassible, the railroads sus
pended work and the poor were suffer
ing through hunger and cold. Prices
of food had advanced until they were
beyond the reach of the poor.
When the Portia was working hex
way out to sea she was closely followed
by the bank Flora, and these two ves
sels were the only ones that succeeded
in leaving St. Johns.
Footpads Arrested Altera Hard Fight.
Chicago, Feb. 1. Detective Ser
geant Dodd arrested two highwaymen
after a fight with the footpads and their
intended victim last night. J. F.
Mueller, a stock raiser and prominent
citizen of Fargo, was being robbed,
when Dodd hurried to his rescue.
Thinking his assailants were being re
inforced, Mueller, who is a powerful
man, struck the detective in the face
and tried to choke him. Dodd was un
able to avoid the attack, as he
was engaged in a struggle with
the robbers. He succeeded, how
ever, in making the Dakota man under
stand the situation after a few min
utes' hard fighting, and the would-be
robbers were soon subdued. The as
sault on Mueller was a daring one,
the attempted hold-up taking place neat
the Quincy street entrance of the Great
Northern hotel.
NEW DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.
Nebraska Bteekasea la Alarm Appeal to
the OoTeraor.
Lincoln, Feb. 1. The stockmen are
much concerned over a number of com
munications from farmers at Hooper,
Neb., to the governor, giving details of
a new and fatal disease among the cat
tle of that section of the state. Nothing
similar has ever been seen in Nebraska,
and experienced stockmen assert that
the disease is unlike anything they
have ever heard of. All the letters
designate the disease aa "foot rot."
Hundreds of cattle have died recently
in that part of the state.
The feet of the afflicted animals turn
black in anight and within 24 hours
begin to peel and crumble away until
nothing but the bone is left. This dis
integrates in from three to five days
and the cattle die in groat agony, ap
parently from blood poisoning. It
spreads from herd to herd in a short
time. The cattlemen are greatly alarmed
and beg the governor to do something
for them.
There is no state veterinarian and
the governor is helpless. Some of the
stockmen assert that they believe the
disease was brought here by Texas cat
tle, for it is most prevalent in localities
where Texas cattle have been imported,
though it attacks native herds as
quickly. The disease was first ob
served in Nebraska two months ago,
bat in isolated instances, and did not
seem to be so fatal then as now. Now
few cases recover and even in that
event the stock are permanently crip
pled, for the hoofs refuse to develop
again.
Third Week of the Textile Strike.
New Bedford, Mass., Feb, 1. The
third week of the big strike of the New
Bedford cotton mill employes began
"with affairs in relatively the same posi
tion as at the outset. It is thought the
exodus of the mill hands win continue
this week. Hundreds have already left
toWS- 71)? manufacture have not
i vet made any statement as to their fu-
! tore policy. It is the general opinion
that they will not make any effort to
start the mills for some time." The mill
hands are apparently as determined as
ever to .resist the reduction, and some
of them predict that the strike will last
well into the summer.
The Wanskuck weavers held a meet
ing yesterday and decided that not a
weaver of the old force should go to
work when the Wanskuck mill was re
opened this morning.
Morthera Pacific Mast Pay.
Bismarck, N.D., Feb. 1. The supreme
court has handed down a decision in
the suit of Wells countv against the
' njV.k.w ftAn? fife ..... A.v Vv .9a1..
quent taxes on lands of the company
amounting to $30,000, and affirms the
decision of the lower court and the
legality of the taxes on all land except
placer lands for-the years -1887 and
1888. The matter is of great import
ance, as other counties will bring suit
under the decision. Attorney J. E.
Robinson of Fargo represents 'Wells
county and by agreement with the com
missioners, is to get half the total
amount collected, which will make his
fee something like $40,000.
Aaglo-Japaaese CeasMae rafoaaded.
London, Feb. 1. It is announced on
the best of authority that the talk of an
Anglo-Japanese plan of campaign in
certain eventualities is unfounded. No
such matter has occupied the attention
of the statesmen of the two countries
and no agreement exists between Eng
land and Japan, except the common de
sire to secure the free development of
trade in China. As regards Port Ar
thur the Russian fleet, according to the
same authority, is only there for winter
quarters and statements as to a Russian
occupation are unfounded. China is
willing that the English -warships
should anchor there if required.
UeveraeV Griggs Keslgas.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 1. Governor
Griggs sent to both houses of the legis
lature yesterday a communication giv
ing notice that he had filed his resigna
tion with the secretary of state to take
effect at midnight. The two houses
then passed a resolution providing that
President Yoorhees of the senate should
take the oaih of the house and senate
at 12 o'clock today and Chief Justice
McKie, be requested to administer the
oath. A current resolution eulogistic
of Governor Griggs was adopted by
both the house and senate in joint as
sembly. Odd Fellows Treasurer Short.
Kansas Citv, Feb. 1. Emmett Rog
ers, ex-trea5urer of Ridgely lodge, No.
45, Independent Order Odd Fellows,
committed suicide at his home in this
city today by shooting. He was short
$830 in his lodge accounts and the
surety company which held his bond
had given him 24 hours to settle. Rog
ers was a man of family.
Maiataias Three-Cent DiflTereatial.
Kansas City, Feb. 1. The Missouri
Pacific railway announced today that it
would preserve the 3-cent differential in
favor of Kansas City and meet the 24
cent rate made by the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Memphis railway on
shipments of sugar, molasses and rice
from New Orleans to Kansas City. The
Missouri Pacific denies that, in connec
tion with the Texas and Pacific, it has
been secretly cutting rates from New
Orleans to Omaha. It maintains that
it always has and will continue to pre
serve the 8-cent differential to which
Kansas City is entitled over Omaha.
The Pittsburg and Gulf, which is ac
cused of causing the cut in rates, is
being watched closely by all competing
lines.
After the Powder Pool.
San Francisco, Feb. 1. By what is
known as the "World Pool," the manu
facturers of the eastern and western
hemispheres have been bound together
since August, 1897, in a trust which
controls absolutely the trade in explo
sives. The affiliated companies have
divided the world into three parts the
American capitalists have one part, the
Europeans another and the third is neu
tral. In this pooling agreement are the
California powder makers. In order to
disrupt this trust the facts of the or
ganization and methods have been laid
before the attorney general, with a view
to having it enjoined, as the local coal
companies have been so recently by
United States Judge Morrow.
ladiaa Teacher Resigns.
Lawrence, Kan., Feb. 1. J. A.
Swett, who has been superintendent of
the Haskell Indian school here for four
years past, has forwarded his resigna
tion to the interior department at
Washington. He will engage in busi
ness in Michigan.
Wonan's Clttb.
The general meeting of the Woman's
club will be held at the home of Mrs. A.
M. Post, Saturday afternoon, Feb. fi,
1896, at 3 o'clock. Program :
Roll call Notes on Art.
Paper, "Sculpture," Minnie Becker.
Duet Mrs. Geer and Mrs. Garlow.
Discourse on Madonnas Mrs. A. C.
Ballou.
Chorus Musical Department.
"A trip through Europe" Mrs.
Goodale.
Program
Of the Platte county teachers' meeting
to be held at Platte Center High school,
Saturday, Feb. 12, 1898. Session begins
at 1:30 p. m. sharp. All are welcome:
Maaic instrumental Miss Ljtlia Blowlorn
"Welcome Address" Patrick Hnyea
What Should Patrons Reasonably Expect
from Teachers?. , JohnG. ltegan
Discipline. Mies Jennie Oietzen
Why Should John Study Latin?.. R. H. Campbell
Masic vocal solo MiseKittie Linahan
The Teaching of Heading. Some of the Diffi
culties, and How to Remedy Them" ....
tiuIBi v SV atllUU
XaaCC -! W lOJ trr
"Unprofessional Teaching"
Christian Grnenther
Mnsic vocal Eolo M is Katie Hayes
Br Coxxrrncfc.
A Great Sgaday Paper Free.
The Semi-Weekly State Journal wants
to get 5,000 new subscribers during the
next thirty days, and as a special offer,
one that is bound to bring new subscrib
ers, will send The Semi-Weekly State
Journal every Tuesday and Friday for a
whole year for one dollar, and as a special
premium will also send the great Sunday
State Journal, sixteen pages every Sun
day, for three months free. Remember,
you will get The Semi-Weekly Journal a
whole year and the great Sunday paper
for three months all for one dollar. To
get the advantage of this greatest of all
offers you must send your dollar direct
to The State Journal, Lincoln, Neb., and
not through an agent. Never before has
so much good reading matter been offer
ed for one dollar. The Sunday Journal
contains more reading matter alone than
many magazines. If you want to keep
up with the world's doings, here is a
chance such as has never been offered
before. This offer may be withdrawn
soon, so do not put off sending your dol
lar for fear you may be disappointed.
One dollar does it all. 4
Te Chicago aad the East.
Passengers going east for business, will
naturally gravitate to Chicago as the
great commercial center. Passengers
re-visiting frtands or relatives in the
eastern states always desire to "take in"
Chicago en route. All clasces of passen
gers will find that the "Short Line" of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Bail
way, viaOmaha and Council J81uffs,
affords excellent facilities to reach their
destinations in a manner that will be
sure to give the utmost satisfaction.
A reference to the time tnbles will in
dicate the route to be choseu. and, by
asking any principal ;get west of the
Missouri river for a ticket over the.
Chicago; ConncitBluffs & Omaha Short
Lino of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, you will be cheerfully
furnished with the proper passport via
Omaha and Chicago. 1'leuse note that
all of 'the "Short Line" trains arrive in
Chicago -in ample time to connect with
the express trains of all tliereat through
car lines to the ptsneipal eastern cities.
For additional partieulars, timetables,
maps, etc., please call on or address F.
A. nsh. General Agent. 0:nn:m, Aeb.
Burlington ltonte t'altr.miiu Kwurion.
Cheap; quick; comfortable.
Leave Omaha 4M p. ni., Lincoln fi.10
p. iu. and Hasting SJAI p. in. every
Thursday in clean, modern, not crowded
tourist sleepers. Xo transfers; cars rnn
right through to San Francisco and Los
Angeles over the scenic route through
Denver and Salt Lake City. Cars are
carpeted; upholstered in rattan; have
spring seats and backs,are provided with
curtains, bedding, towels, soap, etc.
Uniformed porters and experienced ex
cursion conductors accompany each ex
cursion, relieving passengers of nil both
er about baggage, pointing out objects
of interest and in many other ways help
ing to make the overland trip a delight
ful experience. Second class tickets are
honored. Berths 85.
For folder giving full information, call
at nearest Burlington Itoute ticket ofliee,
or write to J. Franeip. denera! Passen
ger Agent, Omnlia, Xeb. to2.f.ipr'8
CASTORIA
THE KOTO T0U HAVE ALWAYS B0UQIT
SvSZr.
Ktomiike.
What does it cost to get there? When
and how should one go? What should
one take? Where are the mines? How
much have they produced? Is work
plentiful? What wages are paid? Is
living expensive? What are one's
chances of "making a strike?"
Complete and satisfactory replies to
the above questions will be found in the
Burlington Koutes "Klondike Folder,"
now readj for distribution. Sixteen
pages of practical information and an
up-to-date map of Alaska and the Klon
dike. Free at Burlington Route ticket
offices, or sent cm receipt of four cents
in stamps by J. Francis, general passen
ger agent, Burlington Route, Omaha,
Xebr. 2liapr!)8
OASTORZA.
& bo-
tSaJte
The Kind You Haw Always BeegM,
'WSv 1M
ttltsfsi
T&ccJUM
I
vwppse.
Hflnieaeekci-H Excursions.
Tickets will bo sold on the first and
third Tuesdays of January, February and
March vin tho Union Pacific to points in
Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona
and Now Mexico, where the minimum
round trip rate is 87.00 or over, at one
fare for the round trip plus $200.
For exact territory and full informa
tion or tickets call on or address,
15mch J. R Meagher, Agent.
Wineil
kas demonstrated tea thossaad
tinea that it is almost iataUiUe
FOR WOMAN'S
PECULIAR
WEAKNESSES.
Imgalarittes and dermngments.
It has become the leading remedy
for this class of troubles. It exerts
a wonderfully healing, strengthening-
and soothing influence upoa
the menstrual organs. It cures
'whites" and falling of the womb.
It stops flooding ana relieves sup
pressed aad painfnl menstruation.
For Change of Iafe it U the best
medicine made. It is beneficial
during pregnancy, and helps to
bring children into homes barrea
for years. It invigorates, stimu
lates, strengthens the whole sys
tem. This great remedy is oered
to all afflicted women. Why will
any woman suffer another minute
with certain relief within reach t
Wine of Carduf only costs $1.00 per
bottle at your drug store.
Tor adrtet, in caxt nqtiMng rptcial Ofrte
tions. addrttt, giving tymptoms. the "Ladln'
Adritory Dtpattmmt," The Chattanooga Med
icine CU, Chattanooga, Tenn.
lev. J. W. SMITH. Camden. S. C. atja:
" My wKo used Wine ol Carsel at beM
tar falNsf af tho womb aaa It eaUrelf
carse ear."
STOOSLEY & STIKES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Southwest corner Eleventh and North Htreets
4jnly-y ("or.trjiBfH. rnn.sr.
V. A. JIc-Vllisti b.
W. M. CoRNrLitra
WoALUSTER ft CORNELIUS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
coLtnrnus, - - kebrahk.
Sljantf
LEGAL NOTICE.
At a regular meeting nf the Board of Super
visors of Plattp county, Nebraska, held at the
court house in Columbus, on January l'.th, 1603,
the following estimate of fund necessary to
to defray county expensed for the ensuing year
wo unanimously adopted by the board, viz:
For expenses of District Court $ 6.T00 00
For support of the poor 1(0)10
For payment af officer salaries ,.. 5140 00
For records, stationery and fuel 1500 09
For payment of incidentals. 500 00
For expenses in insane and feeble mjnd-
For support of Agricultural Society.. .. VO 00
Total general fund. 1 1707)00
For road purposes 70000 00
For bridge purposes 10000 00
For soldiers relief .fund 600 00
For payment of interest and part of
principal on 125000 00 Columbus pre
cinct ft. R. bonds 6000 00
For payment of interest and five per
cent of principal on Columbus town
ship bridge bonds 1100 00
For payment of interest on S&BGOO 00
county refunding bond 4000 00
Grand total $49650 00
By order of Board of Supervisors, January
13th, 1698.
G. W. PULUM,
ltyaa Couaty Clerk, ,
luuw J
tenters "1
VS5?!1 Lav Ipt"
ot4ssP1bbbb PIP
emlli? fjga hfanfSJ
JtasBasWaastiiSa
aaB33BV-dBBBBBBBBBBBBV'' LaV
"'-sawasiiXjSfc.
Mii.iiMi.m'11 i !.., ni. -aniiri. rn.rnrii ,i..,i
slfiulaUngteToodcffldBegulaL-
tktfeSlasMtoatfCrN&c
IMUMMUHeVI
PromotesT)i!kHvCkerfif-
flteatflfcSlXOltateawJIlaV
OpMMn,MofpWnrii0rlf
Not Narcotic.
IM.W-
Arjer&ct Remedy forCMsyav
tion . Sour Stoattch.DismThoea.
Worws.Cooviatewns.revCTish
aess andLosS OP SUEP.
BwaBeaBBsjnsaeeesaaaaaaaeaaes
tacSkelc SJjnatawe at
42s0T
NEWTfOHK.
exact comrop wraipeb.
9
Farm Loans,
And Insurance..
COLUMBUS,
i TElie WORJUI)
i jatiLwv&L :h
And!
W UV ssBBaVsaVsaaaeT BWaawsMMMsW rVaKsG
cjllx.
ni: ...the.... ;Q
?u Weekly Inter Ocean E
LARGEST CKCULATIOI OF AH
VWWSN("W
It u radically Republican, advocatiag
the cardinal doctrines of that party
with ability and carncstnessjt Jt Jt j
-t
THE WEEKLY INTER
THE NEW8AND BEST
It Is MaraUy Clean aad as a Faarify Pater Is WHbaat a Peer.
The Utentmn si its cmtumms Is
faw E equal to that the heat magm- .fil
KJ xlmes. Itlslmterestlmgtothcchll- x-
afrea as well as the pareats.
THE INTER OCEAN is a WESTERN NEWSPAPER,
and while it brings to the family THE NEWS OF
THE WORLD and gives its readers the best and ablest
discussions of all questions of the day, it is in full sympathy
with the ideas and aspirations of Western people and
discusses literature and politics from the Western standpoint JJf
SlsM-MICE ME MUM Kl YEM-SI.M
eaaseafS
Tixan.T Air stjidat editiohs or Tax
DTTEK OCEAJI AKE BEST OF TflEOt ZUW.
Price of Dally by nail $4.00 per year
Prlee of Suadar by saaJl $3 OO per year
Daily aad Suaday by mall $6.00 per year
mil
lBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlBBaBaWBaBaWEwBB
PROBATE NOTICE.
Id the county court of Platte county, Neltr&ika.
la the matter of th etttate of Ailalinn
Finney, deceased. Notice of fanal nettlement
and account.
To the creditors, heirs, legatees and othem in
terested in the estate of Ailaline Finney,
deceased.
Take notice, that OusO. liecher has filed in
the county conrt a report of his doings as ad
ministrator of tho estate of Ailaline Finney,
deceased, and it is ordered that the same stand
for hearing on the 10th day of February, lsftt,
before the court at the hoar of 1 o'clock p. in.,
at which time any person interested tr.ay appear
and except to aad contest the earne.
This notice is ordered given in The Colum
bus Jocksal for two consecutive weeks prior
to the 10th day of February. 1896.
Witness my hand and the seal of the county
court at Columbus this 28th day of January,
IMS.
T s"l ffontonu
BKAL.1 2feb, ' CountyJB)W
NOTICE PROBATE OF WIIL.
Notice proltate of will, Klfcaheth Brock, de
ceased. In the county conrt of Platte county.
Nebraska. The Mate of Nebranka to the heirs
and next of kin of said Elizabeth Brock,
deceased.
Take notice, that upon filing of a written in
strument purporting to be the last will and tes
tament of Elizabeth Brock for probate and
allowance, it is ordered that said matter beset
for hearing the 29th day of January. A. D. 1899,
before said county court, at the hour of 10
o'clock A. M., at which time any person inter
ested may appear and contest the samei and due
notice oi luia ymnruiiui is umrim iiuuiuucu
three weeks successively in the Colcmbcs Jour
nal, a weekly and legal newspaper printed,
published aaa of general circulation in said
county and state.
In testimony whoreof, I have hereunto set my
hand and official seal at Columbua thu 5th day
of January, A. D. l&H.
J. N. Kilian-,
1 JjanS County Judge.
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLI
CATION. 8. E. Phillips and Elizabeth Phillips, defend
ants, will take notice that on the 23d day of De
cember, 1897, Soren Olesen, plaintiff herein,
filed his petition in the district court of Platte
county. Nebraska, against said defendants, the
object and prayer of which is to require said 8.
E. Phillips and Elizabeth Phillips to perform
their agreement concerning the sale of lots five
(5) and six (6) in block No. two (2) in Roberts
addition to the village of Platte Center, Platte
county. Nebraska, and to coavey to said Boren
Olesen. the said premises by deed of general
warranty, in compliance with the agreement, and
that if you refuse or neglect to do so within ten
days from date of entry of decree, the court, by
proper decree, will do so.
You are required to aaawer said petition ooloc
before the 21st day of February. 16SW.
femraOusxs.Plaiatiff.
By C. J. Gaxlowbia attorney. U)t
CUfllU
The Kind Ton Have
Always Bought,
I Bears the Fac-simile
Signal .
OF
0K THE
WRAPPER
OF EVERY
BOTTLE.
THE KIND
YOU HAVE
ALWAYS BOUGHT.
VMC CCNTMia COMWT. HCW OS CITV
1 & CO.,
Real Estate
NEBRASKA.
8BEST BOW
the World's most friendly smile are
always ready for the well-dressed
man. there's bo mistake about
this. Energy may miss its mark. Talent
may go a-begging. Virtue itself may die
of neglect. But there is always a welcome
and measure of success for good clothes.
If ou wish to test this bit of Philosophy,
just order one of the elegant suits of
ML Born & Go.
THE GREAT
Chicago Merchant Tailors
WfcftM prasactUes are ted cvcnarsfrchlcs
SMtsrlsI. scat it sad iaUb. sad perfect as-ts-asts
style A "BORN" "It of cl.tsesto asets
asrt U tba Wsrle's iricadaslst
A EIFECT FIT IIAIAITEEI.
80a) Selectee! Faueras to order freaa.
ox
II. A. SCOTT.
POLITICAL PAPER II THE WEST:
JMBut k can always be relied on J
for fair and honest repeats of all po-
fitkal movancntiJJlJtjJtjjjJ
OCEAN SUPPLIES ALL
CUNNENT LITERATURE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
PLATTE COUNTY, NE
BRASKA. In the matter of the estate T Ephrahn O. Wells,
deceased. Order to show cause.
THIS CAUSE came on for hearing this 17th
day or January. l&Od, upon the ititioa or
(ius O. Beefier, administrator for the estate of
Ephraiui O. Wells, deceased, praying for license
to sell the real (wttate described ai follows:
The wt one-hair (J) of section twenty-four,
tow&ship serenteen, rangoone. east of the Sixth
P. M.. in Platte county, Nebraska, said land to
be sold for the iayment of debts allowed
against said ebtate by the county court of said
county and the costs of administration, there
being not a sufficient amount of personal estate
or property out of which to pay said claims and
xpenxee.
It is therefore ordered by the court that all
persons interested in said estate, appear before
me at the court house ia Columbus, Platte
county. Nebraska, on the 1st day of March. 189H.
at the hoc r of 1 o'clock p. ra.of said day to show
cause why license should not be granted to said
administrator to sell the above described real
eotate or so mnch thereof as shall be necessary
to pay said debts or claims so allowed, or ex
penses of administering said estate.
It is further ordered that a copy of this order
l published fonr consecutive weeks in Thk
CoLUMai-H Jocks u h weekly newspaper pub
lished in Coluniha. Platte rnty, Nebraska.
I. L. ALBERT.
i. Judge.
C. J. GKLOW,
Att'y fores-tali. t&jaatt
UNDERTAKING!
We Carry Coffins, Caskets anal
Metallic Caskets at as low
prices as any one.
DO ED33L,MISrGr
HAVE THE BEST HEARSE
TNTHECOUNTRY.
itoii
TteKMYMM
dL&0&&
bbTZTbS
III
tin
Vfcf jm,
I
? C.V -St!--
'..- tjawfeA- r.-t-r-J-,,
--" iMmf--.-
--aWC.aeBSa taJ&Si4&ri3iM&&if,
- J3 rf4c.U.3.
ij&Jjg-'rlh 'iAc&aEH&i.
!a4ii Wsftta. ko
l Cfc--rt ,., rJa.5jAwr.e,.-vJJ-.A.-ai . ,
-CAU&AMiTWiifi -nifjarfftiiHti WfrlasllnalftliiasiaWilll i 111