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""i" r " jS: !. 'T11' :- 4iC - "W 7- j li;gglTyg!g'i";"F-yii i. '.! y"r" yiiw wnpw - - . . : a II .' - 9 R Established Mat 11, 1876. olumbits Journal Columbus, Keby. Eatered at the Poatoffioe, Colaaabaa, Hake, aaeoad-class mail natter. tmit iiwi7 x x. mm t co. TKXKB OF SCBSCBOTXOB: Oaaraar. by saail, postage prepaid gLSS Wx areata..... -W TatasW aaM)KtAss - - WEDNESDAY. 8EPTEMBEB 12, I960. , taawrfWn af THE JOURX- :at tfca data spparits Mt th ! ff JOURNAL araa tha mtamfmmt JeYURVAX. U to tads data, T ia pala T aaesa w v nr. Republican National Ticket. For President, WILLIAM McKINLEY. For Vice-President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. REPUBUCAN STATE TICKET. Governor, G. H. DIETRICH, Adams. Lieutenant Governor, E. P. SAVAGE, Custer. Secretary of State, G. W. MARSH, Richardson. , Treasurer, WILLIAM STUEFFER, Cuming. Auditor, . 'CHARLES WESTON, Sheridan. Attorney General, F. N. PROUT, Gage. Land Commissioner, GEORGE D. FOLLMER, Nuckolls. Superintendent, W. K. FOWLER, Washington. Csacresaiaaal Tieket. For Congress, Third District, JOHN R. HAYS. Float Representative. .'Ploat Representative, 25th District, com posed of Platte and Nance counties, Wit. HAUPTMANN. County. Representative, 21 District, H. B. REED. County Attorney, a s. McAllister. Coming Events. '.. Sixteenth annual Boone county fair, ' Albion, Sept 19, 20 and 21. Tenth Biennial reunion of the society of Crocker's Iowa brigade, at Keokuk, " Iowa, Sept. 26 and 27. The Wild West show is to be at Onia- a ha September 10, Lincoln 11th, York 12th, Nebraska City 13th. TiiOBKNCE people are talking of an un derground trolley road to connect with Omaha. The estimated republican majority at the Maine election Monday was thirty two thousand. Albert Moore near Stanton was ov ercome with gas while cleaning a well Friday and died within a short time. Do you wish a continuation of the 'Dingley bill and McKinley times, or to return to the Wilson-Gorman tariff and hard times? Thk mid-road congressional conven tion, which was to have been held at Norfolk Sept. G, was adjourned over un til October 4. Arthur Sewai.i died 8:30 last Wed nesday morning. He had been uncon scious after the stroke of apoplexy on Sunday week. Reuben Rollins, near North Bend, 'missed a valuable span of bay horses last Wednesday night, now believed to have been stolen. Toe total Nebraska rainfall for the month of August was 9.07 inches. The greatest, previous, recorded rainfall for Aagust was 5.51 inches. A fakheb near Plattsmouth went in to Ed. Donat's saloon in that city the other day, and now claims he lost there his pocketbook containing 9105. Quit paying out good American money to the ship-owners abroad, when we can just as well add that to our other industries. Encourage American ship-builders. The large sales of both farm and grazing land in Nebraska the past year show that people are beginning to ap preciate what a good thing has been overlooked. Omaha Bee. IxPKRULisir, as a cry, is not so taking as free-trade and free-silver, and the American people have definitely and finally concluded to relegate all three of them to the political rag-bag. Soke Russian scientists have demon strated that by placing vertical plates of copper and zinc in the soil and connect ing tbem by wire, the size and weight of vegetables can be greatly increased. The paid agents of foreign shipping interests are, naturally enough, favoring the election of Bryan. The republican party has always been favorable to making United States interests par amount. There is to be a change in the enrric slam of the public schools in Illinois next year, by the introduction of an ele mentary course in agriculture. It will be a study of soil, climatic conditions, plants and the like. It is now claimed by the democratic part of the fusion forces that the 16 to 1 plank was pat into the Kansas City platform to fool the populists, with no intention to cany it out, if Bryan is sleeted. "Heap big Injnnr Aoaor we call upon the democrats to ait Matting about liberty in the Phil iaftnonnatil they concede to the citizens et the aonthera states their jast and csaatitational rights, of which they are deprived by the majority of Bryan vot- BSaSSaSSaSSaSSaSSaSSaSSaSSaSSaSSaSSa - ..;-. ----- -r. ;?' ' ' ..'- -Z xxxxxsoexsoooonocsooaooaoaoae Ik Mr. Bryan I can only recognize the Champion of Change, the Leader of the Outs against the Ins, the Mouthpiece ofrFanlt Finders, the Head-Centre of Malcontents, the Mirror and Kodak of Every Phase of Politics and Fanaticism, an India Rubber Man, and an Infant Phenomenon. John L. Williams, a democrat of Richmond, Va. aaaaaflBaaaaaaaa. aamKmSS w'v WnXIAK K. FOWLEaV The republican nominee for superin tendent of public instruction, was born in New Jersey in 1864. He is of Scotch parentage, his parents having, come to this country from Scotland about 1850. Mr. Fowler is possessed of splendid ed ucational attainments. He attended the public grammar schools of New York city until 1870 when he graduated with the highest class honors, entering the college of the city of New York the sixth in rank out of nearly 1,200 appli cants. In 1883 he removed to Nebraska to his brother's farm near North Bend. He taught school and later on attended the Monmouth College, Illinois. He was elected principal of the schools at Scribner, Nebraska, in 18S6, where he taught until 1887, when the schools were closed by reason. of an epidemic of diph theria. In 1888 he went to Scotland and England, traveling and taking special work in the University of Edin burgh. He returned to Scribner in 1889 and was again installed as princi pal of the schools, remaining there for three years. In 1893 he was chosen superintendent of the Blair city schools, being re-elected to the same position with an increase in salary in 1895 for three years, and again in 1898 for three years. As an educator he has achieved that success which has elevated him to prominent distinction in educational circles. He is one of the most practical and thorough school men in Nebraska and the state would, indeed, be fortu nate in securing his services in the ca pacity of superintendent. A whole lot of fusion papers are quo ting with undisguised glee a paper called the Des Moines Globe. That sheet was never heard of before. The calamity or gans are, therefore, not only entitled to the satisfaction they extract from its ut terances but likewise to the credit of ma king a discovery. The Globe is held up as an administration organ and is quoted as saying it favors an empire and the ab olition of the constitution and every fool thing the "antis" want it to say. It is a crazy sheet and its editor is playing for notoriety, as Col. AI. Fairbrother used to do when he ran a democratic paper at Durham, N. C, and roasted the union sol diers every day, thinking he was currying favor with the confederates around him. One swallow doesn't make a summer. The Des Moines Globe cannot properly be regarded as directing the policy of an administration that never knew of the paper's existence. It cannot commit the Republican party to a given line any more than Bresci and his anarchist con Bpiritors in New York and Paterson, who have hinted at President McKinley's as sassination, can be reasonably regarded as standing as a proper exponent of Bry anism. They maintain about the same relation to their respective parties. Fre mont Tribune. ZZEA. P. 8A.YA0K, The nominee for lieutenant governor, comes direct from the ranks of the masses. He has a splendid war record, having distinguished himself for bravery as independent scout for Grant and Sherman. He is an old citizen of Ne braska, having been the first mayor of South Omaha, and having represented Custer and Sherman counties in the legislature. Mr. Savage is possessed of rare judgment, and is as familiar with Nebraska interests and with what is es sential to the well-being of the people as any one can possibly be. His life as a citizen of this state is exemplary, and he goes before the people with clean hands and with a right to their confi dence and support. He is a life long republican, having cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. Unless there is a free ballot and a fair count and an acquiescence in the results of elections, a republic cannot live. In South Carolina there is not a free ballot. In Louisiana there is not a fair count and in Kentucky there is not acquiescence in the result of the elec tions. Yet the party whose strength in congress depends on such methods is now posing as the friend of freedom and the savior of free institutions. Beatrice Express. The people of this country paid $95, 000,000 in 1899, to the postal .depart ment of the United 8tates, or nearly $20,000,000 more than t bey "paid in 1893, and over $6,000,000 more than they paid in 189a Mr. Bryan predicted in 1896 that if McKinley was elected the average citizen woaldn't have money esoagh to boy a postage stamp. ' -' mW Cesaw. smmmmmmW Ram ' ammaL. Rff mmmwEmmw ammammm. J -aammmmmr 4flssnHL aafmaf EmamaamamammaWy 5&mamawv4KamamaE maaammamBa " 4P" JUL' ixxxmxx: Oalrattmi Wrecked. Wind and rain Saturday night and Sunday morning did terrible damage to our seaport city in Texas. It is already placed as one of the greatest calamities of modern times, and only a beginning has been made in the gathering of par ticulars. The storm extended in fury a hundred miles inland. The losses of life are at least thousands, and of property mil lions of dollars. Some picture can be formed when it is known that in the business section of the city the water was from three to ten feet deep in stores, and stocks of all kinds, including food stuffs, are total losses. At Houston, the wind reached a ve locity of sixty-five miles an hour, blow ing constantly for fifteen hours. At Galveston the wind is said to have been a portion of the time seventy-fire miles an hour. The storm of 1875 was nothing in comparison to this. The dailies of this Tuesday morning are crowded with such particulars as can be learned. Answers its awn Argimaats. The Atlanta, Ga., Journal is doing its best to elect Mr. Bryan. Its political ed itorials are bitterly partisan. It can see nothing good about the administration of President McKinley, and it consists ently denounces every policy of the re publican party. It declares that a con tinuation of the present administration will bring ruin to the country, and warns its readers in double-leaded extravagan zas to vote for Bryan if they wish to avoid the poorhouse. On its own editorial page and in a col umn immediately adjoining one of its t re mendous philippics against republican ism the Journal unconsciously furnishes an absolutely complete and overpowering answer to its own arguments, if they may be dignified by that name. Here is an extract from a triple-leaded editorial leader in the Journal, set two columns wide because of its importance: The people of Atlanta have a right to be happy, and they are happy. They are enjoying prosperity in large and in creasing measure. The mid-summer sea son is with most cities a time of business quiet, not absolute dullness, and yet we Bee Atlanta now charged with life and ac tivity. On every hand in this city signs and promises of new development are to be seen. Both capital and labor are now employed here to a larger extent than ever before. .Both are employed profits bly and in the production of grand re sults. How it is possible for a sane and rea sonable man to advise people to repudiate the policies which have produced the re suits described and to indorse policies which are exactly the opposite it is diffi cult to see. If Atlanta is now enjoying an unusual and gratifying prosperity, it would seem the part of wisdom to retain in power the administration which has made such prosperity possible. If both capital and labor are employed in Atlan ta to a larger extent than ever before, and if "both are employed profitably,' both laborer and capitalist ought to be satisfied with present conditions, and would be worse than foolish were they to attempt to change them. Such prosperity as the Chicago of the South is now enjoying does not come by chance. It was predicted by Mr. Bryan four years ago that republican success would stagnate industry and practically ruin the country. Nowhere has the utter fallacy of his predictions been more strongly shown than in the thriving ci ties of the new South. If the prosperous citizens of Atlanta are not blinded by partizan feeling they will see the absur dity of the Journal's position and resent its appeals, under the circumstances, as an insult to their own intelligence. Chi cago Tribune. Frank M. Dorset, the ex-cashier of the First National bank of Ponca, Neb., will have to serve the sentence of six years in the penitentiary which he re ceived at the hands of the federal judge March 21, 1899, convicted January 19, the same year, of making false returns to the comptroller of the currency. The supreme court has denied his appeal. Mr. Dorsey has been in business recently at Colorado Springs. The sentence will bo served at Sioux Falls, S. D. A dispatch from Paris tells of the vineyard crops in Bordeax being de stroyed by a terrific shower of hail, and the growers of Saint Miloon, being warned by telegraph of the storm trav eling toward them, appealed to the ar tillery authorities. Five huge guns were got ready and when the towering black cloud came sufficiently near, it was cannonaded into shreds, which drift ed away harmlessly. The dailies of Monday contained President McKinley's letter of accept ance of the nomination of the republi can party for re-election. The fall text makes about ten columns of printed matter. In every way it is a splendid paper, worthy of the president and de serving the carefal atady of every voter before casting his vote against the ad ministration. The Philadelphia Press, in a review of the Vermont election, concludes from the figures that the republican party is stronger with the voters of the east than it has been in any presidential election in forty years, the election of foar years ago, when conditions were abnormal, alone excepted. The republican plural ity in Vermont is over 31,000. Sweden is the fourth foreign govern ment to apply to the United States for a loan within eighteen months. The treasury of the Uaited States is now re funding the national debt at 2 per cent. In 1896 U. a 2 per east boads were quoted at 95 and 96. Now they sell at 103&. ' WANTED-ACOTB MAM OF GOOD Char acter to dalivaraad eellaet ia Jfiarartra for old naaind. Oar lafaiiaaa. aav a k iaaar dtj. Eadoaa alf aiMwawri ataauws mal- aaalaftaiaft Talnl rami SCCUcage. I itiimaJ ftraJ. I Wammmjammmmmmmmmammmjawami Schaal Betas There are 87 pupils in the High school, principally girls. Eugene Halm, who attended the Kear ney High school for the past two years, is one of our new scholars. Miss Ansa Nioools began her school in the suburban district Monday, with an enrollment of ten pupils. Lows Baney has again 'returned to our schools, after attending school awhile at Hastings. He is in the Soph omore class. The Senior and Junior grades have combined in carrying out a. lecture course this year. At their meeting Fri day evening the following officers were elected: President, Peter P. Duffy; sec retary, Florence Kramer; treasurer, A. D. Becker. W. S. Collins, representing the Slayton Lyceum Bureau of Chicago, came before the meeting and submitted his numbers and circulars. The course this year will be of extra high order. The High school cadets have reor ganized this year and have a pretty full company. At their election held last Tuesday evening the following members were elected to the various offices: W. E. Weaver, captain; Albert D. Becker, first lieutenant; Peter P. Duffy, second lieutenant; John Early, first duty ser geant; Jack Neumarker, fourth duty sergeant; Otto Roen, first corporal; Samuel Mahood, second corporal; Ed win Coolidge, third corporal. The cap tain appointed W. L. Baker as orderly sergeant, and Alfred Anderson bugler. IMPLAHTATIOsT OF TEETH. This Modem Methen in Dentistry is a Success. A few words in explanation of this method will be of interest to our read ers. The method is used for thoso who want teeth replaced, but who do not want a plate or bridge work. The ope ration in itself is simple enough, but it requires the greatest professional skill to accomplish it successfully. Say the patient wants a front tooth replaced. A tooth is selected, not an artificial tooth, but one that some one has been obliged to give up, that will match those of the person into whose jaw it is to be im planted. This tooth is cleaned, the dead nerve and decayed spots removed, and fillings made with gold. A hole is drilled in the jaw bone of the patient who is to receive it, the tooth inserted and then wired solidly to place so that it can not be moved easily until it has grown in. After the tooth becomes solid the wire is removed, and an expert would be deceived as to which is the implanted tooth. The editor is person ally acquainted with one of Dr. Condon's patients for whom he implanted a tooth about six months ago. The tooth has a prominent position among the front teeth of the patient and one who did not know it could not distinguish it from the natural tooth. It is now as firmly imbedded in the jaw as its fel lows. Implanting is a very interesting and delicate operation, and it is but due to Dr. Condon to state that he is one of a very few Nebraska dentists who prac tice it with success. Humphrey Dem ocrat. Seal Estate Transfers. Becher, Hockenberger k Chambers, real estate agents, report the following real estate transfers filed in the office of the county olerk since our last report: Christina L Beynon to S J Gib son, e2 nw4 and sw4 nw4 & 19-4w, qcd $ 100 Anna Graham to E T Graham, s2ne4andn2ae49-20-lw,wd 100000 C B Graham to Ann Graham, s2 ne4 and n2 se4 9-20-1 w, wd. 900 00 L L Laughlin to C K Davies, lot 2, blk 2, Highland Pk, wd 780 00 James Brannock to A L Stein baugb, lot 8, blk 2, Becher Place, wd 13000 Peter F Keteleen to C M Van Allen, nw4 18-18-2w, wd 1 00 L Teeke to Henry Kersch, e2 lot 11 and lot 12, blk 3, Fen derson's add to Humphrey.wd 200 00 Geo Hellbusch to C D Hell buscb, e2 nw4 ne4 2-19-1 w,wd 500 00 Geo Hellbusch to Otto Hell busch w2 nw4 ne4 2-19-1 w.wd 600 00 Henry Scharvath to P. E. Mc Killip, s2 lots 1, 2, blk 1, Ot tiB' 1st add to Humphrey, pt lot 3, blk 2, same, lots 7, 8, blk 7, Lockner's 1st add to same, qcd 100 J A Douglas to Ada L Hen- dryx. lot 1, blk F, Monroe,wd 800 00 John Schucker to Jas Cum- mings, ne4 sw4 31-19-4w, wd . 800 00 E B Williams to Stevan Korus, s2 se4 8-19-2w, wd 288000 Wm Eimers to Theo Odenthal, s2 ne4 and nw4 se4 5-19-lw, wd 360000 Israel Glnck to John Cover, pt lot 3, blk 117, Columbus, wd. 6500 00 E A Gerrard to H J Hendryx, lots 33, 34, blk H, east add to Monroe, wd 5000 Sarah Robley to H J Hendryx, lots 35, 36, blk H, east add to Monroe, wd 5000 Hannah Lamb to C B. Smith, lots 1, 2, blk 3, Turner & Hoist's add to Columbus, wd 120000 State of Nebraska to M Hoes ley, s2 sw4 16-19-1 w, deed. ... 560 00 C H Sheldon to Mary Krzycki, s2 nw4 sw4 13-17-le, wd 600 00 E A Gerrard to Marein Wdon alti, pt nw4 nw4 24-19-2w, wd 208 00 E A Gerrard to Annie Sliva, pt nw4 nw4 24-19-2w, wd 25500 WT Craig to Ida M Craig, lot 26, blk 1, Osborn's add to Monroe, qcd 100 Ida M Craig to E E Watts, lota 24, 25, 26, blk 1, Osborn's add to Monroe, wd 550 Oo Wesley E Cole to Joshua Cole, lot 7, blk E, Monroe, wd 7500 Jacob Sempeck to Joseph Sem- peck, jr., lota 1, 2, Bickly's subd out 5, Colarabas, wd . . . 40 00 L W Dickinson to D Thomas Dickinson, lot 6, blk 10, Ottis 4th add to Humphrey and pt nw4se4 24-20 2w,wd. 100 H F J Hockenberger to First Begalar Baptist Church of Oolambus, n2 lota 3, 4, blk 17 Becher Place add, wd 45000 H F J Hockenberger to W J Williams, s2 sams lota, wd.. 86000 H F J Hockenberger to F B Eioiera, lot 6, blk 15, Becher J?laM,wd 57600 H F J Hocksnbarger to W H Poesca,kt5adpt4,blk45, Becber Place add, wd. 37500 Total $2198300 Weather Bpert. Review of the weather near Genoa for the month of August, 1900. Maaataatpacatanottka moat TIM" Maaadoaaawatoatalaatyear 7SjS1 Hicaaat daily tamparataro oa 2d M LowMtdooatfcaSUa 98 Calmdaya...... 8 Highwiada daya. S VtrSOasS UBajR X Jala Cssaya SO jaOuuj aasajiv a KainfaUdariaffportiaMof daya Incbaa of rainfall 7.24 Do aame atoatk laat year 4.S2 Prevailing winds from S. to S.E. Thunder storms 12th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 23d and 27th. On the 15th there was the most re markable display of electricity which I have witnessed for several years. It struck three times in the vicinity of the station, possibly due to the proximity of the telephone wires. For the benefit of those who think one inch of water so very insignificant I nave made a brief computation of the amount so that here after wash tubs and buckets need not enter into the calculation. One acre of groun J covered with one inoh of water is equal to 27,154 gallons or about 431 hogsheads, so that the amount fallen this month is equivalent to .3120 hogs heads per acre. The posters entitled "Uncle Sam's Balance Sheet" and "That Terrible Eclipse," published by The American Protective Tariff League, are perhaps the most striking illustrations of the difference in conditions between 1896 and 1900, which have been issued thus far in the campaign. These posters can be seen in the rooms of sny local repub lican committee, or will be sent to sny address for eight cents. Ask for Posters "G" and "H." Address, American Pro tective Tariff League, 135 West 23d Street, New York. Indications That It Will Give Its Vote to McKinley. PaaUc SeatbacBt StaadUy Caaastaf. AbBM at KxeeatWe Authority. Omaha. Sept 10.-At a pace that evinces deliberation and sober thought Nebraska is making its way toward the Republican column. It is uo idle assertion to say that at this very time Nebraska is a doubtful state, with sentiment steadily chang ing in favor of the Republicans, in that degree as to justify the assertion that it will give its electoral vote to McKin ley. The effort of the fusion campaign managers to stem the tide by trying to meet the logic of events with bug aboos and vagaries Is falling far short of accomplishing its purpose. In the first place, the people of Ne braska are too Intelligent to be duped In any such way. They know that the cry of "imperialism" and "militarism" is only a scheme to divert attention from the real issues. They know that it is intended for no other purpose than to keep them from thinking of the ter rible distress of four years ago, and from comparing the philosophy and prophecy of the "boy orator" in 1890, as to what terrible things would hap pen if McKinley was elected, with what really has happened. Knowing this, the people are turning their backs upon bugaboos and are giving prob lems associated with their domestic af fairs careful consideration. The people are asking themselves what guarantee have they, if Bryan is elected, that the terrible industrial nnd commercial distress of four years ago will not return? They are asking themselves why they should desert a wise leader and sound policy a policy that has brought good prices for all farm products, that has closed the free soup house and opened the factories to ten million la boring people for an unwise leader and an unsound policy that, every time it has been tested and applied, has precipitated a financial and industrial crisis, has stilled the band of labor and extinguished the fires In nearly every factory. They are asking themselves why they should reject that which has been proven to be for their best interest for that which history proves to be weighted down- with injury and dan ger. There was a time when many of the people of Nebraska permitted others to think for them. They were too busy with their own personal affairs, or too confiding, to devote attention to polit ical problems. For that reason many honestly believed In the vagaries of Bryan In 1896. They accepted what he said as gospel truth without stop ping to consider for a moment It Is different today. They have learned to the contrary in the school of experience. They have been taught to think for themselves, and, in doing this, they have discovered to what ex tent their confidence has been Imposed upon. They have discovered that not one of Bryan's predictions of 189G has come true. That he was wrong in each and every Instance. He told them McKinley's election would visit upon the country Inconceivable disas ter. He told them that just so sure aa McKinley was elected this country would be visited by such suffering and distress as It had never before known. Results have demonstrated that this, to ssy the least was a vicious and shameful Imposition on public credul ity. NOTHING TO GAIN. The people of Nebraska know by this tune that they have nothing to gala by voting for the Bryan electoral ticket They know full well that es tablished policies of government are In such close sympathy with Industrial conditions that they cannot be dis turbed without causing unrest and they know further, that to substitute policies that are a tax on enterprise and energy for policies that are stimu lative means to do that which sober reason holds to be Inimical to the pub lic weaL It Is vastly more Important to the voters of Nebraska that there shall be good markets and good prices for farm products, that tabor shall be employed, that the money of the nation shall be free from spurious contamination and shall be the very best that money may be had at a low rate of Interest as a stimulant of Industry and as a relief to the debtor, than that the Philip pines thallbe tuned over to Agala-1 NEBRASKA N LINE aJOe'a tribal gererament Concerned as all patriotic Americans are in the proper aohrtfon of the Phil ippine prcslam. the first and foremost tains; to lie eanaldercd Is the welfare f tie American people at home, espe chdty atace Hie McKinley administra tion has desasnstrated Its ability and tateattoa e adjudicate the Philippine aaestlon aleng that line most consist tnt with American customs and tra dition. There la no danger, aa regards the Phillppiaes. That problem will be nronertr solved. The crest dana-er that confronts the American people Is free trade, spurious money and consequent low prices. Idle labor and, hard times. ON A JUNKET. Attorney General Smyth Is off on an other "trust-smashing" expedition. Why he had to put the state of Ne braska to the expense of a junket to New York with no possible objective point ether than to achieve partisan notoriety, la a question difficult of so lution. Thus far he has accomplished nothing, nor la he likely to. but on the ether hand has added a few more fig res to the enormous amount ex pended by'hla department In one way and another the last two years. No other attorney general ever made more grand stand plays for political effect and no other was ever less successful. No attorney general ever gave the peo ple such small returns on the money expended. From first to last it has been a play to the galleries, with the result that much money has been ex pended and very little if anything ac complished. If Attorney General Smyth really Intended to drive trusts into exile he would hardly Indulge in the profitless practice of chasing phan toms about the country when he has any amount of material to work on right within the limits of his home community. It may be enjoyable sport for him, bnt It Is rather expensive sport to the tax payers, who will have to go down Into their pockets and pay the bills. ATTESTED PROSPERITY. Reports from the various towns and cities throughoat Nebraska, bearing on the financial condition of the peo ple, go to indicate that there has been a substantial increase in the earnings and savings of the people the last four years. Of the many reports received not one shows a decrease hi the amount of money deposited. All show a substantial Increase. Four years ago money was a scarce article -and the borrower, .even on the best collateral, found It difficult to negotiate, a loan. Today money is abundant, and. what Is more significant much of the money being loaned out Is, not the money of eastern capitalists as formerly, but money deposited by and belonging to the people of Nebraska. More than $90,000,000 is money belonging to peo ple of Nebraska. Nearly 50 per cent of the mortgages held against Nebras ka collateral Is held by Nebraska peo ple. In the last four years the people of Nebraska have Increased their bank deposits by more than $30,000,000. while the amount that has gone into new homes, new . farms, new enter prises and new Industries, is fully twice as large. The prosperity of the business man, of the farmer and of the laborer, la abundantly attested by these figures. INVADED THE ASYLUM. Since it has been discovered that the editor of the Des Moines Globe, a paper from which the fusion organs have been gathering campaign mate rial as a result of its Incendiary utter ances on Imperialism, was formerly an Inmate of an asylum for the Insane, the fusion editors have with a display of reluctance deserted him, and they now find themselves subjected to the humiliation of having quoted as au thority the irrational. Irrelevant and Insane opinions of an laaane mind. The Omaha World-Herald, which has devoted column after column of space to the reproduction of the edi torials of this poor unfortunate, after having learned that he was at one time an Inmate of an asylum for the Insane, and after knowing that his mental faculties have not as yet re covered their equilibrium, still persists In palming off his spurious opinions upon Its readers. Other fusion papers have discovered their mistake and quit it The World-Herald atone still keeps at It presumably because It bad given np more space to the reproduction of bis articles and was therefore all the more sadly taken in. Its readers, how ever, will hardly fall to hold It to ac count, even though partisan, for per sisting In filling its columns with the distorted conceptions of a disordered brain. It Is no doubt the concensus of opinion that the fusion editors are abundantly able to distort facts, even to that extent as to reflect insanity, without going Into partnership with a person admittedly insane. It Is safe to assume, though having discovered that the author of these ar ticles which they have been palming off on their readers Is Irresponsible by reason of a disordered mentality, not one of the fusion editors will have the manhood to apologise te the public or to acknowledge the mistake. In attempting by this rose to fore shadow the policy of the Republican party the Fusion editors are less con siderate than humanity generally, for it is a well established principle of ethical jurisprudence that no one of unsound mind shall be held accounta ble for his words or deeds. In this In stance, however, not atone do they af fect to hold the lunatic accountable, but they persist in holding the Repub lican party accountable atony with bun. It Is a flagrant Imposition upon the public, nothing more. A VULNERABLE PRACTICE. The custom or practice which per mits officials to sell public property and not make a proper accounting of the funds to the treasurer aad auditor Is a miserable one at best Surround ed by every safeguard possible it nev ertheless affords an opportunity for the dishonest and designing official to rob the taxpayers. Ia the reports that have been pub lished from tune to tune, concerning the management of the state Institu tions the last two years, evidence of this character stands out prominently. In more than one Instance It has been discovered that property has been sold and the money misappropriated. Some of Governor Poynter's appointees have not been slow to make use of this op portunity to replenish their exchequer. Jast to what extent this practice has been carried is not as yet folly known, though there Is evidence that much money has been diverted from the proper channel in this way. This castom or practice has been hi Tegae for some time, yet It isa expensive one to the taxpayers. SmaoK. sVatss No, my child, yon cannot marry Raveaswood Planks. "Butt pant, what Is yoar objection toaUvlar -v "My child, he Is one of the most ob jectionable sedaReta.l ever met" -A socmHst papa? Barely yon are "No, I'm not He actually demand ed share my wealth with mer "Ravle did that? Way. papa, what did he say r He said he wanted to be my son-la-law." Cleveland Plata Dealer. her 10 Nebrasksns can go east very cheaply September 10th and 20th. On these dates the Barliagtoo Boats will sell tickets to all points in Iowa, Wisconsin and Northern Peniassla at rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip. Same low rate will apply to points in South ern Minnesots, Northern Missouri and Central and Western Illinois. Tickets will be good to return any time within 30 days from date of issue. For further information, consult near est ticket agent, or write to J. Francis, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Omaha, Neb. 4t SPECIAL RATES TO THE EAST SEPf EMBER 10 26, 1900. Chicaaa, St. Levis, St. Paul, Minaeape- , AXD OTHER lOINTS IX lawa, llliaais, 'atichiaaa, Miaaeseta, Wisceasia, Mtsseuri, North Dakota. ONE FARE PLUS $2.00 FOR THE ROUND TRIP VIA THE UNION PACIFIC. From Nebraska Paints. For full information call on or address Esdp4t W. H. Bbnhax, Agent Some Special Kates via Unit Facile, llomeseekers' Excursions, to Arkan sas, Arizona, Indian Territory, Louisi ana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Aug. 7-21, Sept 4-18, Oct 2-16, Nov. 6-20 and Deo. 4-18, one fare pins $2 for round trip. One fare plus $2 for the round trip on Sept. 10 and 2C to Chicago, St Loais, Peoria, St Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, the Superiors and points in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and other eastern points. W. H. Bknham, Agent. Te Chicago and the East. 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 always desire to "take in" Chicago en route. All classes of passen gers will find that the "Short Line" of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Rail way, via Omaha and Council 3Iufls, affords excellent facilities to reach their destinations in a manner that will be sure to give the utmost satisfaction. A reference to the time tables will in dicate the route to be chosen, and, by asking sny principal agent west of the Missouri river for a ticket over the Chicago, Council Bluffs k Omaha Short Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee k 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 the express 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. PROBATE NOTICE. Id tba matter of the estate of Elizabeth Uchaad, deceased. Notice to creditor. Notice ia hereby gives, that the creditor of aaid deceased will neet the exeeator of aaid estate, before me, coaatr jadge of Platte coaa tjr, Nebraska, at nay office in Cblaaibas, said coanty. oa the 9th day of April. 1981. at 9 o'clock a. m. of said day, for the purpose of pre sestiBK their claims for examination, adjaat saent and allowance. Six months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims and one year for the execu tor to settle said estate from the 9th ilay of Oc tober, 1900, and this notice is ordered publish ed ia Tbk Columbus Jouhnal for foar coa secntiTe weeks, prior to the 9th day of Octo ber. 1900. T. D. ItOBIBON, IS sep 4 County Jadjce. LEGAL NOTICE. In the district coart Platte coanty, Nebraska. Dmtid Scucpbich, Plaintiff, TS. D. C. Kavan auoh, et aL. Defendant. Ulrie Rotblisbencer and Aslak K. Tiesbenc. defendants, will taae notice that on the ixn day of August, 1900. David Hchapbach. plaiatil herein, hied his us neti lition in the distr rict coart of Platte county, Nebraska, against 1). C. Kavi raer. laeonold Jsea Adolf Jaeggi. Israel Olack. First National Bank or Commons. Nebraska, aad Aslak K. Tiesbera;, defendants, the object and prayer of which are to quiet the title to lots one and two, in block one hundred and thirteen in the city of Colum bus. Platte coanty, Nebraska, ia the plaiatiBJ. and to have the several judgments of the said defendants declared to be not liens oa said premises. Yoa are required to answer said petition oa or before the 24th day of September. 1988. DAVID 8CHUPBACH. Plaintiff. By MoAixistkb &, CoaHsxros, Attorneys. .ISaogft V wStoS' TIE fJUCK TMliS AUE nVS VIA THE Union Pacific. 10 Hours Qeicker te Salt Lake City, 15 Hears Quicker te Pertlaso, 15 Heurs Quicker te Saa Frsacisca, FROM MISSOURI RIVER Tkaua - Amj - Qjtker - Lime. 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