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-4- . & :! i - dfohnofe OutimL i. ? ,? a ?- " V .- 5 VOLUME XXXII.-NtJMBER 14. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 10. 1901. WHOLE NUMBER 1,626. r - . h . I-" r ;v- N i in Tenders President His Resignation to Take Effect October 1. IN ILLINOIS RAGE FOR SENATOR Tbe Comptroller Frankly Stat. tbai He HUhtl to Retire Only Becaase He Hu tbe Other ireat l'oaltlon Ili Desires to Compaii. WASHINGTON. July 6. Charles G. Dawes, comptroller of the currency, has tendered his resignation to the president, to take effect October 1 next. In answer to an inquiry Mr. Dawes said: "I have resigned because of my in tention to be a candidate before the .people ,ofJllinois for United States senator It would not be possible for jne during the next year to make a canvass for the senate and at the feamc time administer to my own sat isfaction the important and responsi ble office I now hold. I am influenced solely in this action by what seems to me the plain proprieties of the sit uation." Mr. Dawes' term of office would not have expired until January. 1903. His letter to the president is as follows : "WASHINGTON. July 5. William McKinley, Executive Mansion, Wash ington: Sir In view of the fact that 1 will be a candidate for the United States senate from Illinois, I hereby tender my resignation as comptroller of the currency, to take effect October 1, next. Respectfully, "CHARLES G. DAWES." Mr. Dawes entered the office of comptroller of the currency January 3, 1S08, succeeding James H. Eckels, and was immediately confronted by the situation in the Chestnut Street Na tional bank of Philadelphia, which was one of the most complicated ever con fronting a comptroller. He found it necessary, in the inter est of the creditors of the bank, to oppose the general plan of a reorgani zation committee organized by promi nent citizens of Philadelphia and for a time he was severely criticised there for. His plan was followed, however, and it is recognized as having saved to the creditors of the bank a lien upon other property which was not contemplated by the reorganization committee, from which they will prob ably realize over 11,000.000. He frequently expressed himself as in favor of prompt action when con vinced that the public interest re quired action at all, and on this princi ple he acted in the case of the Seventh National bank of New York. Early in his term he made a rule levying a second assessment upon stockholders of insolvent banks where the first as sessment had been less than the law authorizes and he established the prac tice of rebating to stockholders such portions of the prior assessment as v.as determined by iurther liquidation to have been excessive under the law. This ruling changed the long estab lished practice of the office and was upheld by the courts practically with out exception. Comptroller Dawes also organized a system of consolidation of insolvent banks in the last stages of liquidation m the interests of economy, so that at the present time thirty-seven re ceiverships are being administered by two receivers with greatly reduced ex penses. He also has uniformly has tened the liquidation of insolvent banks. Upon entering office the fag ends largely of the national bank failures of the 1S93 panic weie still undisposed of. During the last four eai he has collected $25,000,000 cash from these assets, which covered every description of property. Penftlnn Report Kead.v Soon. WASHINGTON. July 6. Hon. H. Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions, called on the president to bid him farewell before his departure for Can ton. He told Mr. McKinley that he had been taking an inventory of all pension claims on hand; that he would have his annual report ready soon and asked the president if he had instruc tions or orders to give. The president made no suggestions. The report will appear in a few days. Knnaway Indian Arrested. COUNCIL BLUFFS. July C Eddie Powells, a runaway Indian boy from the Oneida reservation at Green Bay. Wis. was arrested in the Northwest ern railroad yards. He will be held until the agent at the reservation is notified. Throne Aronnd HU Body. DETROIT, July 6. All day and un til 11 o'clock the line of humanity which came to take a last look at the body of Governor Pingree continued unbroken. At times it extended but two blocks from the entrance to the city hall, but from 6 this evening un til 11 the crowd was enormous. Three and four abreast the line extended from the Michigan avenue entrance of the city hall, five blocks distant. Workingmen were present largely. To Kolld to Lee Ang-ele. SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. Several of the officers of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad have ar rived here. In the party are United States Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah, a director of the company; R. C. Kearns of St. Louis, first vice presi dent; J. Ross Clark of Los Angeles, second vice president of the road, and T. E. Gibbon of Los Angeles, third vice president and general counsel. They leave for Los Angeles soon. DAWES DOW n OUT THE rORTO RICANS AGREE A MCI My Passes Free Trade ttesoletlea After Protracted Debate. SAN JUAN, P. R., July 5. In a Joint session lasting three hours, the Porto Rican assembly unanimously passed the free trade resolution: The assembly hall was crowded with peo ple and cheers greeted the announce ment that Governor Allen had signed the resolution. The free trade resolution begins with a preamble in which reference is made to section 3 of the Foraker bill, The resolution then proceeds! "The Porto Rican assembly in extra session, and pursuant to the instruc tions of congress, does hereby notify the president of the United States that by virtue of the Hollander acts and other acts, it has put Into opera tion a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of insular government, and it hereby- dJrecUulhat a copy, of this Joint resolution be presented to the president of the United States and it requests that Governor Allen deliv er the resolution in question to Presi dent McKinley to the end that the proclamation may be made by him and, if it shall seem wise and proper to the president of the United States, the assembly requests that his proc lamation be issued July 25, as that day is being established a legal Porto holiday, to commemorate the anni versary of the coming of the American flag." Governor Allen personally read a message before the assembly, in which he exhaustively reviewed the financial situation of the island and showed that Porto Rico possessed abundant resources for its needs without draw ing upon customs receipts. Mr. Hol lander's report on the island's re sources was considered sufficiently definite to warrant the joint resolu tion in favor of free trade. The reso lution was introduced In the house by Senor Morales. Hr. Hollander, in a long speech, reviewed the workings of the new tax law and explained the new system of taxation. He said: "Present conditions make this Joint resolution possible and the insular as sembly can henceforth dispense with the revenue accruing from Porto Rican customs." Several other lengthy speeches were made. The resolution passed at 12:45 and was signed by Governor Allen. The action of the assembly is consid ered the most important taken by it since the inauguration of Governor Allen. Jubilant Fourth In Purl.. PARIS. July 5. The United States embassy and consulate and majority of the American business -nouses and stores here decorated yesterday with the stars and stripes and the French tricolor hung together. Most of the American residents and visitors at tended the open reception of the Untied States embassador. General Horace Porter, in the afternoon. The annual banquet of the American Chamber of Commerce wa in session. I. Celebrated at Pekln. PEKIN, July 5. The Fourth of July was celebrated here by the United States legation guard with athletic games and fireworks. The German minister. Dr. Mumm von Schwarzen stein, gave a dinner at the German legation to the officers of the American guard. Messrs. Squires and Rockhill and the other members of the United States legation celebrated the Fourth at the summer legation in the hills. Reading- Strike I Rnded. READING, Pa.. July 5. The Read ing railway striking shop hands rati fied the agreement between Chairman Boscher and President Baer and it was decided to return to work Friday morning. Over 1,200 men were present at the meeting. Gnmpers Recorerlnc Rapidly. WASHINGTON, D. C. July 5. President Gompcrs of the Federation of tabor, who suffered concussion of the brain as a result of a fall from a street car last week, is progressing rapidly towards recovery. He will go to Deer Park. Md. IT reck on Iowa Central. BURLINGTON. la.. Juiy 5. In formation has reached here that a pas senger train on the Iowa Central has been wrecked near Hampton, Iowa, and that two postal clerks have been killed. First Time la Forty Yean. JACKSON, Miss., July 5. For the first time in forty years the Declara tion of Independence was read in Jackson at the Fourth of July celebra tion. The meeting was held In repre sentative hall at the state capitol. Pro. Flak I Dead. GLOUCESTER. Mass.. July 5. Prof. John Fiske of Cambridge, famous lec turer and historian, died at the Haw thorne Inn. East Gloucester. He came to this city yesterday and was taken ill soon after arriving at the hotel. The cause of death was excessive heat, of which he had complained two days. Mr. Fiske was 59 years of age and was for many years connected with Har vard college in a professional ca pacity. Grand Islaa:l TVIad Swept. GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. July 5. Just as 2,500 people were about to wit ness the exhibition of the Gentry dog and pony show a heavy storm came up from the northwest The big tent bp gan to shake, the centerpoles to move off their foundations, there was a wil scramble and in a twinkling there was a confusion of poles, flying boards and the tent was down upon a terror stricken' people and yet there was but one fatality. NOW UNDER CIVIL RDLE Commissioner Taft is inamguratecl u Governor of the Philippine; ARELLANO ADMINISTERS THE OATH New OSiclal Aaaoaaees Bli Plaas far Farther fasproteeseat Coatatlssloa to Be Increased Three Native Mesabers Will be Appointed. MANILA, July 5. Civil government in the Philippines has been auspi ciously Inaugurated. Commissioner Taft was escorted by General MacAr thur and General Chaffee from the pal ace to a great temporary tribune just Outside the. Plaza Palacio. Standing on a projecting center of the tribune, Mr. Wiiliam H. Taft, the new civil gov ernor of the Philippine islands, took the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Arellano: Governor Taft was then introduced by General MacAr tliur, the guns of Fort Santiago being fired by way of a salute. A feature of the inaugural address of Governor Taft was the announce ment that on September 1, 1901, the commission would be Increased by the appointment of three native members, Dr. Wardo Detavers, Denito Legarda and Jose Luzuriaga. Before September departments will exist as follows: In terior, heads having been arranged for thus: Interior, Worcester; commerce and police, Wright Justice and finance. Ide; public instruction, Moses. Of the twenty-seven provinces or ganized Civil Governor Taft said the insurrection still exists in five. This will cause tbe continuance of the mili tary government in these sections. Six teen additional provinces are reported without insurrections, but as yet they have not been organized. Four prov inces are not ready for civil govern ment. The speaker predicted that with the concentration of troops into larger garrisons it would be necessary for the people to assist the police in the pres ervation of order. Fleet launches will be procured, be said, which will facili tate communication among the prov inces, as well as aid the postal and revenue department In connection with educational ef forts Civil Governor Taft said that adults should be educated by an ob servation Qt American methods. He said that there was a reasonable hope that congress would provide a tariff suitable one that would assist In the development of the Philippines, instead of an application of the Untied States tariff. According to the civil governor there is an unexpended balance in the insu lar treasury of $3,700,000 and an an nual income of 110,000,000. He said that any possible friction between civil and military subordinates should be discouraged. The patriotism of the leading Filipinos was commended. In conclusion Civil Governor Taft reiter 'ated a hope expressed by the president that in the future the inhabitants would be grateful for the American Philippine victories. The reading of President McKinley's message of congratulation was enthus iastically cheered. The entire front of the tribunal, a block long, was dec orated with flags, and several officers, with their families and friends, were seated therein. General MacArthur. Civil Governor Taft and Military Gov ernor Chaffee occupied the center, with the other generals on their right Rear Admiral Kempff and his staff were on their left. The United States commis sioners and justices of the supreme court were immediately in the rear, with the foreign consuls. The mass of the people stood in the park opposite. The Filipino leaders were there, but there were more Americans than Fili pinos present The president's message is as fol lows: Taft, Manila Upon the assumption of your new duties as civil governor of the Philippine islands, I have great pleasure in sending congratulations to you and your associates and my thank3 for the good work already accomplish ed. I extend to you my full confidence and best wishes for still great success in the larger responsibilities now de volved upon you and the assurance not only from myself, but from my coun trymen of good will for the people of the islands, and the hope that their participation in the government, which it is our purpose to develop among them, may lead to their highest ad vancement, happiness and prosperity. WILLIAM M'KINLEY. Allen Baa a Fall Chorea. SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, July 5. The Fourth of July was celebrated with great and unprecedented en thusiasm. Both the political parties assisted in the ceremony, for which Governor Allen appropriated $500 and the citizens donated the remainder. The celebration opened with a public ball in the evening. Governor and Mrs. Allen leading the grand march. Never before was there such display of colors in San Juan. Graeshoppera at Work. CROOKSTON, Minn., July 5. Por tions of the township of Russia are being devastated by grasshoppers and in some localities they are destroying a large acera. On one farm sixty acres of wheat have been swept clean of all vegetation. The insects are so numer ous that it is impossible to walk .through the fields with one's eyes open. Millions of hoppers settled down in the Htv this afternoon and the sidewalks have been covered by them.) K-KH-H-3-K BRIEF TELEGRAMS. j, i H,,M H-i fri 1 1 f M r-14 HM President T; C Crenshaw of the Georgia railroad commission, Marietta Ga., was stabbed and seriously Injured by J. H. Kirkland, a Pullman car con ductor. Sir Thomas Gait, a retired chief jus tice of the court of common pleas, died at Toronto. Ont. His death is attributed td th6 intense heat. Sir Thomas was 86 years old. Rev. Washington Adamsi Nichols, D. D., one of the oldest Congregational ministers in the United States and un til his death the oldest living gradu ate of Amherst college, is dead. The meeting of the National Steel stockholders, at which it had been pro posed to consider the proposition of leasing properties to tbe Carnegie com pany, was adjourned until July. Tbe comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 29 will show an excess of receipts over dis bursements of approximately seventy six million dollars. George Price, a colored trooper re cently mustered out of company G, Forty-eighth infantry, which has just returned from the Philippines, died from the effects of a pistol wound in flicted by F. Bonelli. To secure fair tates of transporti flcial to the cattle industry are the tion for cattle and legislation bene objects of the American Cattle Grow ers' association, which has been incor porated at Denver, Colo. Jesse F. Thayer, formerly a captain in the Amerian volunteers, but lately retired to private life and working at his trade, committed suicide at Om aha. He was horsewhipped at Lincoln by his wife, from whom he had sep arated, and this seemed to prey upon him. The intense heat caused the expan sion of the rails at a point between Palmyra and Hunnewell, Mo., to such an extent that it was necessary to shorten the rails five inches before they could be gotten back in place. The eastbound St. Louis and Port land train was delayed nearly an hour. As a result of a quarrel over town lots in Addington, in the Kicwa In dian reservation. Oklahoma. R. S. Castleberry shot J. M. Wambold, pres ident of the First National bank, three times, inflicting mortal wounds. Cas tleberry then shot Horace Addington, who interfered, inflicting a dangerous wound. Castlebrry surrendered. Rev. Dr. John Gordon, fcr many years pastor of the Wetsminster Pres byterian church of Omaha, for eight years professor of church history in the Omaha Presbyterian Theological1 seminary, and for a year has been professor of history at Tabor college, Tabor, la., has just been elected act ing president of that college and dean of the faculty. There is no intention on the part of the department to reduce the military force in Cuba at the present time or in the immediate future. The present force of nearly 5,000 men is held in Cuba on the recommendation of Gov ernor General Wood, and the secre tary will depend on General Wood's advice as to the reduction of the force. The Modern Miller says: "Ideal weather for harvesting the wheat crop has prevailed in the greater part of the winter wheat belt. The crop Is nearly all cut and a much larger per centage is being threshed than usual at this time of the year, owing to the dry, hot weather, which has seasoned the grain rapidly. The yield is gen erally beyond expectations, and the quality superb." Rural free delivery service will be established on August 1 as follows: Nebraska Bradshaw, York county, two carriers; length of route, fifty four miles; population served, 1,025; carriers, F. J. Smith and E. G. Co burn. Postofflce at Arborville to be supplied by rural carrier. At a meeting of the Ohio republican state central committee Congressman Charles Dick was elected chairman of the state executive committee, John R. Mallery secretary and W. F. Bur- dell treasurer. Senator Hanna gave $50,000 to Ken yon college (Ohio), with which to build a dormitory. A civil service examination will be held on August 15 for the position of elevator conductor in the public build-' ing at Dubuque, la. Rev. Charles B. Powers, pastor of Mount ZIon Presbyterian church of St. Joseph, Mo., died. Articles f incorporation were filed with the secretary of state of Illinois of the Springfield & St Louis railroad, capital stock $25,000. Secretary Root has returned to Washington, having been absent about a week in New York state. William Dresbach, one of the pio neer wheat men of California, died in San Francisco after a very brief ill ness. He was aged about 75 years. The biggest gold brick on record is to be sent from British Columbia to Glasgow for exhibition there during the summer. It weighs 1.000 pounds and is valued at two million dollars. It comprises a year's "clean-up" of the Cariboo Hydraulic company. Le Moniteur Universe, one of the oldest journals in France, founded in 1789, until 1874 the official organ of the government and subsequently a staunch royalist sheet, announcer? that it will cease to appear. Le Soleil will take over the subscribers. The forthcoming statement of the coinage executed at the mints of the United States for the fiscal year end ing June 29, 1901, will show the total coinage to have been $136,340,781, as follows: Gold, $99,055,715; silver, $35,- 265,498; minor coins. $2,009,568. I A PUN OF IRRIGATION Colossal Undertaking Proposed for Sootts Bluff and Cheyenne, THE BIGGEST YET FOR'NEIRASKA. Projected Caaal Weald Add Sixty Thoasaad Acres to tbe Irrigated Strip North ef the Platte MUceUaaeoaa Nebraska Matters. LINCOLN. July 6. A plan for ir-. rigating on a colossal scale a long strip of land north of the Platte river in Scotts Bluffs and Cheyenne coun ties has been brought to the attention of State Engineer Dobson and a com mittee of citizens residing in Scotts llufi county is searching, .anxiously for capital with which to back the scheme. The territory through which it is proposed to run the principal canal has been organized into an irri: gation district and $400,000 of bond have been voted for the purpose of raising funds to complete the work already begun. "It is undoubtedly the biggest irri gating scheme ever attempted in the state," said Mr. Dobson. "The people who are pushing it started their work quite a while ago and they have con structed already a canal of upwards of twenty miles in length, extending from a point on the Platte river, very near the Colorado line, eastward and about parallel with the river. They say they have invested approximately $100,000 in this canal and it is esti mated that $400,000 will be required to complete it." The district included in the plan would be the owner of the canal. The residents of the territory have voted the bonds, and if these can be disposed of for cash the work will be pushed. Completed, the canal would be about fifty or sixty miles in length. It would follow closely the banks of the river for a mile or so and then east for the remainder of the distance. THE NEW GAME LAW. Deputy Warden Does Not Anticipate Trouble In Enforcing Same LINCOLN, July 6. George B. Simp kins, deputy game warden, said that he did not anticipate any serious diffl- t-uiij iu cuiuitiug witr game iiiw wuicii was passed by the last legislature. The law went into effect July 2 and the deputy and under deputies are al ready on the lookout for violations, but do not expect to find many. "The railroad, express and trans portation companies have assured mo that they will abide by the provisions of the act, and this is a long step in the right direction," said Mr. Simp kins. "Everywhere people seem to think that the law is a good one, and I don't think there will be many efforts made to break. It" The office of the game warden was opened at the state house. Mr. Simp kins will have full charge of the de partment and will probably devote considerable of his time to directing the movements of the under deputies from the office at the state house, but he will be in the field a good share of the time. Killed While Drinking, Beer. ELK CREEK. Neb., July 6. Otto Mueler, a farmer 23 years of age, near this place, was trying to open a bot tle of beer and, being unable to pull the cork out, he pushed it in. It caus ed the bottle to explode, driving a three-cornered piece of glass into ony of his limbs and cutting an artery. He bled to death in thirty minutes and be fore Dr. Roh, who was summoned from this place, could get there. Disease Among Stork. DEWITT, Neb., July 6. A peculiar disease which the veterinary surgeons find difficult to understand and which is proving fatal in a number of cases, is attacking horses and cattle in this vicinity. The animals attacked ap pear in almost their usual health up to within twenty or thirty mnutes of their death, when symptoms appear and soon after the animals fall to the ground where they die in a short time after hard struggles. Condition of the Treasary. WASHINGTON. July 5. Following is a statement of the treasury balance in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the divis ion of redemption: Available cash balance, $172,605,544; gold, $98,314, 002. Choice Cattle for Kzhlbltloa. LINCOLN, Neb., July 6. Nebraska will be represented in the National Stock show in Kansas City in October by a selected lot of the finest Duroc Jersey hogs that can be found in the state. This was decided at a special state mectJg of swine breeders. The object is to have the exhibit consist of the best Duroc hogs that can be found among the cattle exhibited at the state fair. Twenty-five stock own ers attended the meeting. Urease for Osteopathy. LINCOLN. July 6. The osteopath law passed by the last legislature is beginning to bear fruit. On the 2d. just a little over twenty-four hous3 after the law went into effect, the state board of health granted license cer tificates to twelve graduates of the osteopath school of healing. Twenty graduates of the allopath school were started on a professional career with fresh sheepskin certificates. Continued rush is expected. MONKEY A PRACTICAL JOKER. Slat's Faa Cast Mm O aSrie-a-Hrao There Is today in Baltimore a family which is bemoaning the destruction of some valued chinaware and bric-a-brac, total value, $26.20, and there Is a small simian of the ring-tail species with an abnormally developed sense of humor who Is directly responsible for the mis chief, yet who wonders daily at the sudden coolness which has sprung up between his master and himself. Ac cording to the story told by the ag grieved owner, he bought young simian as a pet for his cihldren, and for a few weeks the relations between all parties were amicable. Then, as the spring drew nigh, the family moved to their country home, taking Sim with them. About a week ago the family came into town to spend Sunday, and thea the question as to what disposi tion to make of the monkey during their absence came up. It was finally decided to tether him to his box in the kitchen, and leave hiss withenaugh. food and water to last until their re turn. Monday morning the family ar rived, and went to see how Sim had fared. It did not take them long to find out. The dining room looked like it had been the scene of a bull-fight. A sofa had all the stuffing pulled out of it and arranged in tasteful bunches about the room, china pitchers and plates lay smashed on the floor, and the small bronze clock on the mantel was upside down in the fireplace. Ruin greeted the explorers on every hand, but the greatest chaos was found In the kitchen. Sim had piled everything portable up in a heap in the center of the room, dusted tho whole copiously with salt and flour, and after pouring a kettle of water on to finish the Job, sat on top of the pile and greeted the master's family with squeaks of sim ian pride. It was later discovered that he had gnawed the string that kept him near his box. and had im proved the shining hours not only in accomplishing the ruin told above, but a great deal more besides. As has been hinted, he Is not in favor these days. Hs is bound with a chain, and a good monkey with a keen sense of and skill In practical Joking is for sale. WHEN SMOKING WAS A CRIME. Coloalal Leg-tslatare Was Severe ea the Users ef Tobacco. It is one of the curiosities of old time legislation that the use of tobac co wa3 in early colonial days regarded as far more injurious, degrading, and sinful than intoxicating liquors. Both the use and the planting of the weed were forbidden, the cultivation of it being permitted only in small quanti ties, "for mere necessitle, for phisick. for preservation of the health, and i - - - I that the 8ame be taken Prltely by I anncient men." But the "creature call ed tobacco" seemed to have an in destructible life. Landlords were order ed not to "suffer any tobacco to be taken into their houses" on penalty of a fine to tbe "victualler" and another to "the party that takes it." The law3 were constantly altered and enforced, and still tobacco was grown and was smoked. No one could take it "publlc quely" nor in his own house or any where else before strangers. Two men were forbidden to smoke together. No one could smoke within two miles of the meeting house on the Sabbath day. There were wicked backsliders who were caught smoking around the cor ner of the meeting house and others on the street, and they were fined and set in the stocks and in cages. Until with in few years there were New England towns where tobacco smoking in the streets was prohibited, and innocent cigarette loving travelers were aston ished at being requested to cease smok ing. Mr. Drake wrote in 18S6 that he knew men, then living, who had bad to plead guilty or not guilty in a Bos ton police court for smoking in the streets of Boston. In Connecticut in early days a great indulgence was per mitted to travelers a man could smoke once during a journey of 10 miles. The Bad ataa as m Hero. Homer sang the ruffian Achilles into thirty centuries of renown. The deeds of many frontiersmen excel the Greek's. David did his own singing, and came out with a great reputation, "iet I doubt not the McKandals gang would have made Goliath look like an amateur. Ivanhoe, In his iron kettle with his long lance killing the neigh bors for love of God and lady, never surpassed in courage and sacrifice Wild Bill and his comrades. But the dime novelist has been their biographer, and cheap notoriety is their reward. They deserve a statelier history and a sweeter requiem. With all their faults they were brave and gallant gentlemen, who made it possible for quiet men to bring decent women and establish American homes on the plains and In the mountains. Wild Bill Hickok's adventurous career should have come to the knowledge of that fine old Scotchman, who delighted in the blare of bugles, the clash of arms, the tale of chivalry. Walter Scott would have made this great scout and peace officer a hero of romance and a prince of the border.E. C. Little in Everybody's Magaizne. Hollaed Girls. Girls in Holland have a great deal of liberty. They pay calls, shop and go to parties at the houses of friends without a chaperon, walk and travel alone, cycle and have tennis and wheeling clubs in company with young men. They enjoy their fun and free dom, and are in no hurry to marry. Social distinctions are, however, rath er marked. The bourgeoisie in divided into numerous and carefully observed strata. Marriages are not arranged, and tbe parents' consent is only asked after a proposal is made and accepted. It is not the custom to give a dowry. The girl only provides her own outfit and the household linen. Rich people sometimes give the daughter a portion, but no father would dream of cutting off his own comforts in order to pro vide one. An engagement of four or five years is not uncommon, and one Is seldom broken off. A girl takes her ! fiance round to introduce him to all her friends, and is then free to go about with him unchaperoned to public restaurants and evening parties, to t wnicnoiw wouia never oe asiea witt- ters of inquiry. Mr. Fowler has pr out the jftfcfr. a brIef communicatj0n. G. i H ENCAMPMENT Orders Israed Oeatainiag Infwmatie Bel atire to the Sane. THE RATE ON THE RAHJWAtS Special Trala far Traaspertatlea ef e rartateat OMclals Meetla ef Socialists at Llacela Other Matters Mere aad There la Nebraska. LINCOLN, July 8. Orders contain ing information relative to transporta tion to and from the thirty-fifth na tional encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Cleveland, Ohio, September 9 to 14, were issued from the Nebraska department headquar ters. A rate of $21.60 will prevail over all railroad lines from Omaha and tickets will be on sale from Septem ber 7 to 10, good for final extension to October 8. The department commander has ar ranged for a special tarln for tbe transportation of department officer,' delegates, members of the department and kindred organizations. The route will be over the Northwestern road to Chicago and from there to Cleveland by the Lake Shore. The train will leave Omaha September 7 at 5 p. m. and arrive in Chicago at 7:45 a. m. the following day. Departure from Chicago will be at 10:30 and the train will arrive at the destination at 7:30 p. m. of the same day. It is announced that the train will be decorated with bunting and grain products of the state. The depart ment of Colorado, Utah. Idaho, Mon tana and Wyoming has been invited, to join the Nebraska contingent. Meetlae of Socialists. LINCOLN, Neb., July 8. As the laws of Nebraska require the attend ance of 200 delegates and the repre sentation of two-thirds of the counties to give a nomination convention a legal standing the attempt of tbe so cialists to put a state ticket in the field was a failure. Less than fifty delegates responded to the call for a mass convention of the socialists at Washington hall, and there were only two counties repre sented. It was necessary therefore to forego the formality of nominating for supreme Judge and State univer sity regents. The small attendance, however, did not prevent election of convention of ficers, the adoption of a platform and the delivery of several speeches. Geo. E. Beard was elected chairman and A. W. Adair was made secretary. Departsaeats Iavltctl. OMAHA. July 8. Major R. S. Wil cox, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Ne braska, has invited the departments of Colorado. Utah, Idaho. Montana and Wyoming to Join the Nebraska dele gation in its trip to the national en campment at Cleveland, O., September 9 to 14. A special train will leave Omaha September 5 at 5 p. m. It will arrive in Chicago at 7:40 the next morning and will reach Cleveland at 7:30 the evening of September 6. Arthar Salllvaa Drowns. FLORENCE. Neb.. July 8. Arthur Sulivan. 15 years of age, the oldest son of James Sullivan, was drowned in the Missouri half a mile north of th pumping station. He and three other boys were bathing, when it is suppos ed that young Sullivan became ex hausted from being in the water go long and sank before he could reach the shore, the water being fourteen feet deep. The body has not yet been re covered. Wheat Surprises Fanners. SUPERIOR. Neb.. July 8 The first wheat of the new crop to be marketed in Nuckolls county was sold to a deal er in Mount Clare. Threshing is bring ing a surprise to the farmers. The straw was so short and the fields look ed so insignificant that none of them figured on more than a ten-bushel crop. It is threshing out sixteen to eighteen bushels to the acre and weighs sixty to sixty-one pounds. Six Cows Killed by Eaejae. STUART. Neb.. July 8 Saturday night the passenger train going west ran over six head of cows belonging to Owen Hoffstott, a farmer half way between this place and Newport, and killed them. forty-roar Jala Chareb. WYMORE, Neb.. July 8. As a re sult of the union gospel meetings in this city recently there were forty four accessions to the church Sun day. Tbe State Keanloa. HASTINGS. July 8 The state re union of Nebraska Grand Army men will be held at Hastings, August 26 to 31. The Spanish-American war sol diers. Women's Relief corps and Son3 and Daughters of Veterans will also hold their annual reunion at Hastings the same days. Major R. S. Wilcox has named Ju lius Neubamer of Sidney chief muster ing officer of the Grand Army of the Republic in Nebraska. Vor Teaeblac la Pbllipplaes. LINCOLN. July 8. Superintend ent Fowler is in daily receipt of inquiries regarding the qual ifications necessary for teaching in the public schools of the Philip plne i8,ands- AH over Nebraska school people are eager to enlist in the government educational service and many of them have already received appointments. In response to the let- 5ododoooooooooobo X I 1st MfttllaMe. I Cotowhs i i o t State Sank Oldest Bank 4a the State. 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