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Fan-American Exposition, Buffalo,
New York, May 1 to November 1, 1901.
These are 6,200 teachers in the pnblic
achools of Chicago.
Verdi, the great composer, died Sun
day morning at Milan.
-. The United States contains nearly
6,000,000 separate farms.
Ernest Bbesxeb, the new president of
Switzerland, is 44 years old.
Shelbt. M. Cdixox has been re-elected
United States senator for Illinois.
An electric tower 391 feet high will be
the centerpiece of the Pan-American
Exposition.
An uncle dying in California has left
$50,000 each to Misses Ella and Anna
Crocker, of Plattsmouth, Neb.
The Mexican government exhibit at
the Pan-American Exposition will
occupy 16,000 square feet of space.
The annual loss in France caused by
the ravages of hail storms is said to
amount to about 83,000,000 francs.
The two states of Iowa and Minne
sota contain more population than the
entire United States as it was in 1789.
The battle-ship Wisconsin has been
accepted by the navy department, sub
ject to the usual three months' reserva
tion. The new king of England wants the
income increased from 385,000 to half a
million sterling. His debts are estimat
ed at 2,000,000.
In the heart of Gothenburg at 2
o'clock Monday morning twenty horses
were burned to death in a fire that did
$14,000 damage.
Queen Victoria's private wealth yield
ed her an income of about 200,000
yearly. This is exclusive of '385,000
annually from parliament.
Manila has about 165,000 inhabitants,
with a smaller number of saloons in pro
portion to the population than any city
of similar size in the United States.
The proposition for the construction
of a floating machine shop for the use of
the -squadrons in various parts of the
world is receiving earnest attention.
The fire at Montreal, Canada, Wednes
day night, devastated the central portion
of the city, destroying thirty warehouses.
The total loss is estimated at $2,500,000.
Louisiana papers explain that im
proved processes in making sugar are so
thorough that the world is deprived of
the old New Orleans sugar house
molasses.
The republican members of the Ten
nessee legislature, in caucus Wednesday,
adopted' a resolution favoring Senator
Beveridge of Indiana for presidential
nominee in 1904.
The German government has just
placed an order for 2,400 tons of sauer
kraut with a Philadelphia house for the
German soldiers in Pekin. More com
mercial expansion.
Two days' search had failed to find a
14-year-old boy of Plattsmouth, son of
George Billings, who left home for
school Wednesday morning and has not
been heard of since.
Nebraska's presidential electors ar
rived in Washington, D. G, Sunday
night. They visited the capitol Monday
and delivered the electoral vote to the
president of the senate.
AU.SOHENIA is the name bestowed on
one of the planets recently discovered in
the solar system by a Berlin astronomer.
The groat photographic lens used was
made in Allegheny, Pa.
It seems that the great find recently
made in Texas, within twenty miles of
the gulf and on low flat ground, spouts
$20,000 worth of oil a day, but it is fuel
instead of illuminating oil.
Nine thousand volunteers in the Phil
ippines are to be returned home shortly,
their time having nearly expired and
their services no longer needed, since the
arrival of troops from China,
Thomas Kearns has been elected
United States senator from Utah, fie
was the unanimous choice of the repub
licans, receiving 37 votes to 25 for W. A.
MoCane, the democratic nominee.
Atter Victoria but one actually rul
ing queen remains Wilhelmina of Hol
land. Of seventy-four heads of govern,
saenta in the world twenty-two are
presidents, fifteen are kings and six are
emperors.
Oust Sawyer, a farmer eight miles
southwest of Stromsburg, disappeared
last Sunday night about 6 o'clock, say
ing he was going to feed his horses, and
that was the last seen of him. He is
about 25 years old..
A cablegram dated Monday from
i London says the storm continues along
the coasts and inland accompanied by
.heavy snows. Widespread damage has
done. A number of minor wrecks
been reported.
The frat trip of the Texas airship will
be from Elmott to Waco, a distance of
twenty miles. The maximum speed is
to be 100 miles' per hour. . The
plate machine weighs 250 pounds
and it .has a capacity of from three to
- QorawKt. Khjan's appointment to be
adjutant geaeral of the Nebraska nation
al gaarf a graceful recognition of the
veterans of the Spanish war. The gal
leat colonel has a good record of actual
as wall as a deep, knowledge of
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A law inflicting the death penalty in
cases of kidnapping for ransom is being
advocated by various governors.
A group of mechanics who are now
returning from British India bring with
them the story of an American expansion
in which all can rejoice. They have just
completed the construction of a great
steel bridge in the Shan Hills of Burma,
which is to be part of a railroad built by
the government from Bangoon into
China. The steel was made by a Penn
sylvania concern, which secured the con
tract in competition with the world.
Three great freighters conveyed the
structural material across the seas, and
forty mechanics went out to do the skill
ed work. Higher than the tallest office
buildings of Philadelphia and nearly
half a mile long, this bridge iB a fitting
monument to the expansion of American
trade. Nebraska Capital.
The population of Albion as returned
by the census of 1900 is 14269. Its pop
ulation in 1890 was 926. This makes an
increase of 343 in ten years. While this
increase is not as great as expected, still
Albion has held its own with other cities
of its class in the state. According to
th canons returns Boone county has
made a gain of 3,006 or 34.6 per cent in
its population since 1890. Of the ninety
counties in the state thirty-five have de
creased in population. Boyd county
holds the record for the greatest increase
its per cent of increase over 1890 being
955 per cent. Albion News.
The first emancipator of the slaves,
John C. Fremont, never received any
honor or gratitude from the negro race;
a daring soldier and a Major-General, he
lived in poverty for twenty-five years
without a pension; the man who had
given a vast realm richer than Golconda
to his country, he died, not owning a
single foot of ground.to leave to his chil
dren. February Ladies' Home Journal.
The funeral of Queen Victoria has
been set for February 2, and according
to her wish will be of military character.
At 9 o'clock Thursday morning last the
ceremony of proclaiming Edward VII
king of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and emperor of
India, began at St. James palace. It was
the most imposing pageantry and her
aldry seen by the present generation.
Senator Oleson's bill prescribing
among the qualifications for the position
of county judge that the incumbent
must be a duly admitted and regularly
practicing attorney-at-law is likely to be
regarded as an insult by some of the
men who have served in that capacity in
this and other counties. Why should
any one expect a county judge to be a
lawyer? Omaha Bee.
It was monkeying with the bucket
shops that brought Cashier Harpster, of
the Wathena, Kansas, bank to grief, and
after he had squandered about all the
deposits in his deals and was about to be
found out he shot himself. He owned a
controlling interest in the bank stock
which perhaps accounts for the ease with
which he robbed the safe. Lincoln I
Journal.
Of the 500,000,000 passengers carried
upon the railways of the country last
year, 221 were killed and 2,945 were in
jured. Of the employes, 2.237 were kill
ed and 38,747 were injured, and of the
others tramps, trespassers and people
who were not in trains 1,680 were killed
and 6,176 were injured, making a total of
7,138 persons killed and 47,870 injured.
A Fbench engineer named Verlier
proposes to bore a tunnel under the
Mediterranean. According to his sur
veys, the length of the tunnel from
Vaqueros Bay, in Spain, to Tangier, in
Morocco, would be only twenty-five
miles, as the depth cf the sea in that
vicinity is only 1300 feet. His estimate
of its cost is $23,729,000.
England's good Queen Victoria died
Tuesday evening of last week. The
memory of her as wife and mother and
the official head of a great government
will be universally cherished. We be
lieve that in all cases where responsibil
ity was clearly and fully hers, her actions
will be found to have been just and wise.
Mrs. LuiLIE Rich has brought suit
against John Kindeseger, a saloon keep
er at Wichita, Kaa, for $10,000, alleging
that defendant has sold liquor to her
sons, 15 and 13 years old, until they
have a confirmed appetite for liquor,
wmen nas ruined tneir usefulness as
support and companionship to her.
A petrified' forest, covering an area
of 100 square miles, has existed for cen
turies in Arizona, Thousands and
thousands of petrified logs strew the
ground, and represent beautiful shades
of pink, purple, red, gray, blue and yel
low. One of the stone trees spans a gulf
40 feet wide.
SckmlMotm.
J. F. Winters, representing the Ameri
can .Book Co., visited the High school
Wednesday.
The second meeting of the Platte
County Teachers' association met at the
High school building last Saturday and
ideas were exchanged concerning educa
tional topics. The program was inter
spersed with songs by grammar, interme
diate and High school departments of
our schools. 'Observations" was the
title of Wm. Wagner's production. Ifr.
Wagner said the observing pupil was the
most apt scholar although often'mischie
vous. He cautioned the teachers con
cerning their work as observers.
"Notes" by Miss Carrie Parka brought
oat tbe different phases in her depart
ment, and her subject brought out dis
cussion by. many of tbe teachers. , Dis
cussions led to what school boards wul
furnish to the teacher and what they
ought to furnish. Snpt. Leavy urged
each teacher, if he or she needed any in
despeneable article, to keep continually
at their respective school boards until
their wants were supplied. In way of
example, Grace Coffey told how aha man
aged her diOculties in that bae.
Kiss Lydia Bloedorn ef Platte Center
draw oat many good points as to tin)
relation between the home rearing of the
child and school discipline, and how they
should be considered to make them
coincide. The child that learns at home
that his father helps support the author
ity of the school is the one most easily
managed. Prof. Campbell when called
upon to discuss the topic, said that chil
dren have such different home training,
therefore it was hard to please all and do
justice to one's self. Prof. Leavy .said he
had never found a school board that
complained of teachers not knowing
enough, but some used improper dis
cipline. The discussion upon corporal punish
ment brought out the discovery that two
teachers out of the assembly had not as
yet administered any corporal punish
ment during their experience as teachers.
Mr. Mason said after he had chastised
one unruly scholar, the rest of his school
concluded that such punishment was a
sequence to all rule breaking, therefore
he had no more tronble. W. L. Dowling
of Lindsay spoke of one case where the
father told him if any teacher whipped
his boy, that teacher would be sent to
the penitentiary ir any law could reach
him. He added that he afterwards had
occasion to chastise the boy and he was
there to tell about it.
"Are we Attempting too Much?" wa3
ably handled by J. E. Waggoner of Platto
Center. He said many teachers are given
too much to fads, trying to introduce
new branches in the district school.
Many classes wrestling in back part of
arithmetic, sometimes cannot do the first
part of it. Teachers should not special
ize. Lower order of education should be
mastered before classics are attempted.
Teach the ambitions pupil all he"c"an
learn but see that he learns as he goea
Miss Ella Coleman, Miss Cronin and E.
E. Fellers ably seconded the sentiments
of the paper. Mrs. U. S. Mace said she
didn't see what could be left out Snpt.
Leavy suggested that no teacher should
try to teaeh above the eighth grade in
district schools, as the state does not
require it.
"Relation of Psychology to Teaching,"
was not delivered by J. E. Hicks, as per
the program.
"School Entertainments by Miss Isa
McLaren of Humphrey brought forth a
new phase of getting pupils interested in
games at schools during intermissions
and after examinations, etc. The first
two months of school were the worst for
teacher to get tue pupils mind centered
upon his work. Therefore, she believed
spelling matches, calisthenics, etc., are
leading factors in getting scholars inter
ested in school work. Let theaa, pleas
ures be sandwiched in between work.
Did not believe in entertainments as
catch pennies; but did believe that en
tertainments in which the scholars take
active part were very beneficial in wear
ing off the rough edge of bashf nlness, so
common in youth. She said the patrons
of schools were not as a rule frequent
visitors to the school, therefore an enter
tainment brought them in contact with
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work done by scholars. Some teachers
should however be careful in not select
ing favorites for these ocensiona Miss
Fellers of Monroe and Miss Anna Trai
nor seconded this paper by expressing
their opinions in favor of it. W. L. Dow
ling said that he did not think the teach
ers were always honest when they Baid
they were pleased to see visitors. Miss
Ella Coleman said that often when visi
tors come the teacher is upon some sub
ject which is not always perfectly clear
to the demonstrator, therefore some em
barrassment is shown by the teachers.
SupL I. H. Britell suggested that visit
ing days were not wholly a success with
him.
"Institutes" by M. M. Rothleitner was
one of the beet numbers of the program.
He thought the institutes have been too
severely criticized, for they are as their
instructors, and often mistakes are made
in securing instructors. A snperintend
ant cannot make a success of the insti
tute unless he has the endorsement of
county teachers. The institute
is a
I council for teachers, as there they obtain
many ideas of teaching, and much enthu
siasm is carried off. The one week in
stitute 'has proven the most successful.
He said no one can learn anything by
supinely lying on bis back and crying "I
can't." He urged all teachers to attend
tbe Institute.
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connecting with trains from the west.
Magnificently equipped trains, palace
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Dining ears and buffet, library and
smoking cars. All trains lighted by
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The Burlington Route offers twenty
prizes, aggregating 8590, for letters
which can be used in encouraging immi
gration to Nebraska.
The first prize is n round trip ticket
from any Burlington Route station in
Nebraska to Yellowstone Park, and a
complete trip through the Park, includ
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The second prize is a ticket to Denver,
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ON COMMON GROUND.
Oalr Thins Denteemta Can Unite en
b Hatred of the Tariff.
The Memphis Scimitar 'turns a keen,
cutting edge toward two Tennessee
members of congress, Messrs. Richard
son and Carmack, who have avowed
their hostility toward the proposition
to reorganize the Democratic party
through its complete purgation of Bry
anlsm. Congressman Carmack is quot
ed as saying:
"The Democratic party must stand
fast by the principles of republic
against imperialism, militarism and the
treasonable conspiracy to subvert our
American institutions and sell our
American birthright for the plunder of
distant provinces. It must stand for
democracy against plutocracy, for
competition against monopoly, for the
people against the trusts. It must be
the great conservative force of the
country, an uncompromising foe to so
cialism and anarchy on the one hand
and a vulgar despotism of wealth on
the other. The salvation of the coun
try Is the main question. It is not
worth while to save the Democratic
party if the republic cannot be pre
served." Congressman Richardson was even
more specific in his veto of proposed re
organization: "I believe the present organization
will control. It exists in every hamlet,
town and county In the nation. It Is
honest. It will go right ahead, Just
as it has done during the last four
years.
"Mr. Bryan is undoubtedly at present
the natural leader of the people. He
has an Immense following, to whom his
sincerity, honesty and patriotism arc
an Inspiration."
The Scimitar calls Carmack's talk
"in the main a mere repetition of the
Bryanlte cries which so signally failed
to win the people In the recent elec
tion" and fervently urges the Democ
racy to abandon Issues that have been
fraught with disaster and "reunite on
lines that have led to triumph in the
past." For example, the tariff and the
trusts. These the Democrats have al
ways with them; these they can safely
rely upon as a burning Issue that will
continue to burn. Says The Scimitar:
"As to trusts, the last word was not
said last Nov. C. No doubt they con
stitute a live Issue, and equally cer
tain it Is that the Democracy can be
united in an effort to curb and regu
late If not to do away with them.
There is a simple way to do this and
one In entire accord with a Democratic
principle enunciated before Bryan had
been heard of outside of his own state
and which gave victory to the party
under the leadership of Grovcr Cleve
land. That is the principle of a tariff
for revenue only. Under such a tariff
the trusts could have no safe monopoly
of the home market, and with such mo
nopoly they could not raise the prices
of products at their own sweet will.
They flourish only in high tariff coun
tries, where they are secure against
competition from without"
Thus hope springs eternal in the
Bourbon breast. Hatred of the policy
of protection Is common ground on
which the great bulk of Democrats
could stand, and it looks very much as
though that would be the ground which
the Democratic party would choose for
the congressional campaign of 1902 and
the presidential campaign of 1904.
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
Klnnta nf Other Hatlena Demand
Tnnt It Be Xeatrnl.
Whichever of the canal routes across
the Isthmus may be chosen there is the
question to be settled whether its neu
trality shall be guaranteed by the pow
ers or It shall be fortified as an .exclu
sively American possession, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. There ought not
to be any controversy about this, but
the failure of the Hay-Pauncefote trea
ty to get the sanction of the senate dur
ing last winter's session is sufficient In
dication there will be.
Those who cite the Monroe doctrine
against that treaty only exhibit their
ignorance of what the Monroe doctrine
is. Thoie who insist upon exclusive
andNabsolute control by the United
States In peace or war overlook the
fact that the constitutions of Nicara
gua, Costa Rica and Colombia prohibit
any transfer of sovereignty or else they
are unmindful of the right of those
countries to retain their territory.
These facts give force to the presi
dent's urgent recommendation for
prompt ratification of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. The canal must be neutral.
An Explanation.
"Tour friend Groome boasts that his
wife Is college bred. What's meant by
college bred, anyway?"
"Jfebbe Its tbe stuff they lean to
make at cooking school." Exchange.
A mtttas; Clfannz.
A Republican victory In Nebraska
this year would be a fitting climax for
the Democratic campalga on false la-
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Those who are opposed to a ship sub
sidy bill will find profitable reading 1b
a recent number of Marine Engineer-'
lng. In it Is given a table compUag
from reports submitted by Am
consuls in different countries asd
lng with the question of the wages
to sailors andto ship officers on ships
ef different nationalities.
la a comparison which Is made be
tween the American Steamship line
and the Royal Mall, a British steam
ship line, both lines sailing from
Southampton, It appears that tbe chief
officer of an American liner receives
$120 per month, while on the British
line the chief officer gets but $87.50 per
month. The American line chief engi
neer receives $150 per month; the Brit
ish chief engineer, $121.75 per month.
The American line firemen receive $40
per month; the British firemen, $23 per
month. The American line ablebodied
seamen are paid $25 per month; the
British ablebodied seamen get only
$19.50 per month.
The same article gives the following
In respect to the comparative wages
paid on vessels touching at the Pacific
port of Yokohama, the figures having
been supplied by tbe United States con
sul at that port: Mates on American
vessels, a maximum of $90 per month;
British, $58.40; German, $75; Japanese,
$35; American chief engineers, $150
per month; German, $100; Japanese,
$G0.
In view of these figures Is there any
level headed, patriotic American who
can oppose a legislative enactment in
aid of American shipping? Three
courses are open to us. We can do
nothing and let an American merchant
marine be a thing of dreams and tbe
great American nation continue to be
dependent on foreign ships for its car
rying trade and continue to pay out
some $200,000,000 every year to British
ships for the transportation of our ex
ports and imports, we can cut down
the wages of American sailors and
ship officers to the level of our foreign
rivals or we can pass a ship subsidy
bill which will enable the owners of
American ships to sail those ships In
competition with the subsidized and
low "wages paying ships of other na
tions while they at the same time pay
American wages to tbe ship's crew and
officers. There can be no doubt that It
is the will of the American people that
the last course be the one adopted and
that thus, while the American stand
ard of wages is maintained, there shall
be built up an American merchant ma
rine second to that of no other country
in the world.
THE SHORT SESSION.
Work of Importance Confronts the
RepnMlcam Majority.
The short session of congress this
year gives the Republican majority a
chance to carry out the party mandate
and to prepare the way for the work of
the nest congress. While there are cer
tain grave problems that demand the
most careful solution and cannot be at
tacked in haste there are a number of
Important matters that call for Imme
diate action and about which fortu
nately there Is no essential difference
of opinion. The reorganization of the
army, the reduction of taxation, the
enlargement of the merchant marine,
the consideration of tbe Nicaraguan
canal project, are all matters within
the competency of the majority In the
present congress, and the country looks
to it to meet the responsibilities with
out flinching.
The needed reduction of taxation,
which Is unquestionably the most Im
portant matter before congress, has
been approached In a liberal spirit and
the changes that the senate favors,
amounting to $50,000,000, will lighten
the list but will require some delicate
adjustment of the incidence of taxa
tion. The army reorganization Is Im
perative, and here congress has an op
portunity to do the country a great
service by cutting away the evils of a
bureaucratic system and giving the
army an up to date reorganization.
For a short session the present ses
sion promises to be crowded with
work, and its legislation will have a
most important bearing on the coun
try's future. Philadelphia Press.
Grewlaa Trade With Germany.
The better relations established be
tween Germany and the United States
through the efforts of Baron von Bulow
and Embassador White have resulted
in a gratifying Increase In trade. An
official comparative statement of the
ten months of this year with the same
months of last year shows a net In
crease in our exports to Germany of
$27,000,000 and in our imports from
Germany of $8,000,000. The balance is
decidedly on the American side, but
Germany has no cause to complain
thereat What it has Imported from the
United States has been bought more
cheaply than It could have been had In
any other country, while It has had Its
price for the additional $8,000,000
worth of goods sold in this country.
The Germans may not relish the
strides made by American commerce
In a general way, but they have more
to gain from maintaining good rela
tions than by attempting to exclude
American products by unfair devices.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
All Cnn Rejalee.
We are now sure of four years more
of McKlnley and of a congress heavily
Republican until at least 1003. The
merchant, the manufacturer, the bank
er who trims his sail to the new and
favoring breezes, will not regret it
Four years more of fair business
weather ahead! Now that the election
is over and the excitement has subsid
ed can we not all. Republicans, Demo
crats, Populists, Prohibitionists, frank
ly rejoice that this Is so? Boston Jour
nal. LUit'i Feat ef Xeaanrjr.
In The Century William Mason, the
veteran American musician, tells of a
remarkable feat of memory performed
by the composer Liszt:
My friend knew Liszt very well, and
.having taken a fancy to a composition
of mine, "Les Perles de Rosee," which
was still in manuscript, he said: "Let
tue have It for publication. Dedicate
it to Liszt. I can easily get Liszt to
accept the dedication. I am going" di
rectly from here to Weimar and will
see him about It At the same time I
will prepare the way for your recep
tion later as a pupil."
Not long afterward I -received a let
ter from my friend In which he told 'me
that when be banded tbe music to
Liszt tbe latter looked at the manu
script bummed It over, then sat down
and played it from memory. Then, go
ing to his desk, he took a pen and ac
cepted the dedication by writing his
name at the top of tbe title page.
Sennlnatle Aentaneaa.
"Professor, how did yon come to
pose to me In the face of my continued
Indifference? ;
"I proceeded on tbe geaeral propoai-j
tkm that whatever a woman eema to;
be ske laV'-Chlcafe INcord. -
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Far Defeat Betray Hla
Character.
The essaathil littleness of William J.
Bryan's character, bis coastltutJoBal In
ability to appreciate the moral forces
which dominate the American people
and his total lack of any proper con
ception of the dignity which should
mark the utterances of a man chosen to
the leadership of a great political party
receive fresh Uluatratlon hi his article
1a Tbe North American Review for De
cember. Offered by the editor of the
foremost periodical In the United
States an opportunity for expressing
his views on tbe causes which led to
Ids defeat, be might have said some
thug that would at least have re-established
his reputation for frankness,
lifted him In the eyes of those who ad
mire manliness and given, perhaps.
some ground on which his G.000,000
mistaken adherents might have built
some structure of hope for the future.
But Instead of meeting this opportuni
ty hi the attitude, of a statesman and a
patriot bowing to the will of his coun
trymen, be meets It with assertions
adapted to the caliber only of tbe small
est demagogues and ward politicians.
He begins with the declaration that
"the Republicans bad a great advan
tage In having a urge campaign fund."
If the Republicans had such a fund, so
did the Democrats. Did any one note
any deficiency in the number of Dem
ocratic orators kept In the field or of
other campaigning appliances, more or
less expensive, used in tbe promotion
of Bryan's candidacy? He talks of Re
publican ability to secure transporta
tion for voters who were away from
home. Such ability was hardly greater
on the Republican than on the Demo
cratic side. The reference is mainly to
the department clerks at Washington.
There the liberty to go home and vote
was as freely accorded to members of
one party as of another. And the total
number of clerks was so scattered all
over the Union that they could hardly
have affected the result in a single leg
islative district
But supposing we concede everything
that Mr. Bryan would claim as to the
"advantages" of the Republicans above
specified, what did they amount to in
comparison with the advantage of
owning, as he did, without any contest
or any opportunity for one, the elector
al vote of 12 states in the "solid south"
always cast for Democratic candidates
regardless of platforms or principles
and constituting a handicap in his fa
vor of 129 votes in the electoral college
before the Republicans could enter any
field where they could meet him on
even terms? St Paul Pioneer Press.
The Presidential Tote.
In every state west of the Mississippi
Bryan lost votes, and in two, Texas
and Colorado, the falling off in each
was 100.000 or more. Bryan's largest
gains were in New York, Massachu
setts and Illinois, and yet the plurali
ties against him In those states were
enormous. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan
and Minnesota increased their plurali
ties of 189G. West Virginia's Republic
an plurality is over 21,000, or 7,000 lar
ger than It was four years ago. The
presidential election of 1900 will go in
to history as "a landslide, a triumph of
Republican principles and .of sound
money such as the country has never
seen before. At last tbe 100 cent dol
lar occupies a basis in the United
States that it will be folly to assail.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Iadnatrlea Tnnt Mnat Walt.
To curb McKlnley seems to be tbe
one special object of the Milwaukee
Journal. Enlarging our commerce by
expansion and furnishing more jobs for
our tollers .seem to be the fad sins of
our obstinate president But we greatly
fear that the lovely tramp extension
and tbe free soup industry must wait
through another four years of hateful
prosperity. Central Falls (R. I.) Jour
nal. BUELIIGTOIT- ROUTE.
Lew Sates, West and Horthwest.
At a time of year when thousands will
take advantage of them, the Burlington
Route makes sweeping reductions in its
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March 5, 12, 19 and 20.
April 2, 9, 1C, 23 and 30.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
Tax Stats or NzsaASKA, ..
County of Platte, S
la the matter of tbe estate of Thomas H. Pnrry,
deceased, late of aaid county.
At a aeMioa of the county court for said eoun
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iwi; present,
readiaa and
1901; present, T. D. Robison, county judge.
media sad alia the dulv Terified Detitic
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one, township nineteen north. ranKe two west of
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bcs Jocvnal for fourcoBsecutive weeks prior
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r.. t T. D. ROBISON.
SEAL. j County Judge.
LEGAL NOTICE.
The State or Nebraska, ).
Platte County, "
la the county caart in and for said county. In
the matter of tbe estate of John Mueting, de
ceased, late of said county.
, At a scasina of tbe county court, holden at the
cooBty judge's oSeela Columbus in said coun
ty on the 23th day of January. 1901, present, T. D.
Bobisoa, county jadge. Oa reading and filing
tbe duly verified petition of Frederika Mooting,
admiaistn-triz of said estate praying that au
thority be granted to her to mortgage tbe south
H of northwest of section 6, township 19 north,
range 2 west, for aa amount sufficient to redeem
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come dae.
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inA mnii fx wu uoiuuu a. iuo cuuhu
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seal
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