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jr-s- w e " - j. I.' . i r. ) - t: P-" r.; K :i t-' &r ,. EsTABUttxs Mat 11,1870. Columbus goumal. Columbus, Nbr. I at tte PertoSoa. ColaakM. Kafar M aeeoad-clasa mail matter. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS BY Ctliabis Joonul Go., (1NCOKPORATED.) nun or scascaxrnoa: Oaeraar.br nail, poatsc pw-a OtX BOuMfiav AAfwA sBQAt&aO WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3. 19M. TZDZStZl E. ABKTT, lift. RENEWALS The date opposite yoar aa-ae on jroer paper, or wrapper eht wa to what 'time yoar nbacriptinn in paid. Thus JanOS shows that payment has ben received up to Jan. 1. 1905. FebOS to Feb. 1, WG5 and so on. When payment is made, the date, which a&nwera as a receipt, will be chanced accordingly. DISCONTINUAN'CES-Bceponsible sabscrib r will continue to receive this journal until the publiHhers are notified by letter to discontinue, when all arrearRe mart be paid. If you do not wish tlm Journal continued for another year af ter the time paid for has expired, yon should previously notify us to discontinue it. CHANGE IN ADDHESS-Whea ordering a change in the addrvM. sulwcribers shoald be sure to give their old as well as their new address. Republican Ticket. NATIONAL. President THEODORE KOOSEVELT. Vice-President CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS. Presidential Electors F. A. BARTON, Pawnee. A. C. SMITH, Douglas. A. C. ABBOTT, Dodge. T. L. NORVAL, Seward. W. P. HALL, Phelps. M. A. BROWN, Buffalo. H. H. WILSON, Lancaster. J. C. ROBINSON, Douglas. National Committeeman CHAS. H. MORRILL, Lancaster. STATE. United States Senator ELMER J. BURKETT. Governor J. H. MICKEY. Lieutenant Governor E. G. McGILTON. Secretary of State A. GALUSIIA. Auditor E.M.SEARLE,JR. Treasurer PETER MORTENSEN. Superintendent J. L. McBRIEN. Attorney General NOURIS BROWN. Land Commissioner II. M. EATON. GONGRESSHMHIL. Congressman, Third District j. j. McCarthy. The people of the nation are hardly ready to invite disaster just to make a Democratic holiday. It retinites a high grade of nerve for a party to ask the voters to sapport a Mystery and a Checkbook. Ex. "We aro striving to do oar work in the spirit with which Lincoln ap proached his." Theodore Roosevelt. xue Democratic donkey has worn blinders so long that it will be diffi calt to drive him in the sunshine of Repablican prosperity. Ex. "What is the cause of stuttering?" aaks a magaizne writer. An attempt to give an intelligent reading of the democratic platform will caase it. Telegrams announce that the Kansas floods have receded and the crops are not seriously damaged. The Demo crats have accordingly abandoned all hope of carrying Kansas this year. Bx. " We face the f nturo with oar past and oar present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by the record which we have made and are making." Roose velt's speech of acceptance. Judge Parker ought to have a joint debate with himself as to whether he was right in lSiX". and 1U00. when he voted for flat money for this year when he claims to be for the Repab lican snond money policy. Ex. We do not have a definite and con clusive comittal on the most import ant issae which has recently been be fore the people, and which may at any time in the near future be before thorn again.' Roosevelt's spsechof accept ance. "We have already shown in actual fact that oaf policy is to do fair and equal justice to all men, paying no heed whether a man is rich or poor: paying no heed to his race, his creed or his birthplace." Roosevelt's speech of acceptance. "The construction of the canal is ow an assared fact : but most certain ly it is nnwise to entrust the carrying oat of so momentous a policy to those who have endeavored to defeat the whole undertaking. "Roosevelt's spaech of acceptance. The horrible report is being spread about that Grandpa Davis has refused to contribute to the democratic cam paign fund. Well, it is just as well to have all your troubles at once. No doabt he has been unduly influenced by his republican son-in-law. "We ask that sober aai sensible aaaa. compare the workings of the present tariff law. and the conditions which attain nnder it. with the work tugs of the preceding tariff law of 1894 and the conditions which that tariff f 184 helped to bring a boat." Roosevelt's speech of acceptance. Oar, opponents, either onpealy or secretly, according to their several ow ask the people to t their present promises in con. . aaderatioa of the fact that they intend ce treat their past promises as nail void. "Roosevelt's speech of ac- "In dealing with thogreat oraaaiz awa known as treat, tidouothave oiplaia why the laws were not en- bat to point oat that thev ly have been enforced, and ma bean enacted to the effectiveness of their ea- ...$LM ... .71 ... M iiiinm."-Roassvel'a speech of ac UP TO THE VOTER. The time is at hand when the voter who does his own thinking must weigh and consider the questions that are to determine his choice of candi dates. The democrat in the third district who votes the ticket blindly will vote for Parker, for McKillip and for state legislators pledged to place W. J. Bryan in the United States senate. The repablican who votes his ticket blindly will vote for Roosevelt, for McCarthy and for state legislators pledged to place in the United States senate a man already selected in party convention. The thinking men in both parties will weigh and consider not merely the platform pledge of the opposing candidates, but will inquire frankly, "What will be the probable effect npon me personally or my business or the industries that contribute to my own and my neighbor a wel fare, if this set or that set of candi dates should be elected?" No honest man wiU vote for a candidate unless he is willing to accept all the natural consequences that would follow the election of that candidate. In order to get at the consequences that would follow the election of a particular can didate, it is necessary to know not only the reputation of that candidate for carrying ont his promises, but also to understand the influences that surrounded him before his nomina tion and would surround him after his election; and also to consider the opportunities he would have, if elect ed, of accomplishing results along the line of his platform promises. All will agree that this code of princi ples is fair. Now let us apply them to conditions and candidates in the third district. Suppose you vote for, and elect, Par ker and McKillip and send Bryan to the senate, and that each should be true to his declaration of principles. Bryan would introduce a free silver bill in the senate, and it would be supported by McKillip in the house. If the eloquence of these gentlemen should carry the measure through the house and senate, it would go to the president and be vetoed by him for he has declared for gold. Again: Mc Killip would be forced by his de claration of principles to introduce a bill for the government ownership of railroads. If he succeeded in forcing the passage of tho bill in the house, against the opposition of his brother democrats, Bryan would throw the weight of his eloquent voice against it in the senate, for he has declared for state ownership of railroads. If the measure should pass both houses in spite of Bryan's opposition, Parker would be forced by the railroad in flaences that nominated him to veto it. On the question of trusts, any legis lation proposed by McKillip or Bryan would be promptly vetoed by Parker, and the Sherman anti -trust law would become a dead letter. Suppose, on the other hand, you should vote a mixed ticket, electing Roosevelt, McKillip and Bryan. Would you expect McKillip and Bry an to give hearty support to kooeo- velt in prosecuting the work on the Panama canal, to hasten a new and cheaper way of transportation of the products of the farm? Would you ex pect them to stand with Roosevelt in his Philippine policy which insures to the Filipinos the same justice that is guaranteed to American citizens? Would you expect them to stand with Roosevelt in his policy of trust regulation which applies the same rules of justice to large combinations as to weak individuals? In other words, do you believe that McKillip and Bryan would prove to be good Roose velt republicans? As a matter of fact every voter must know that the tradi tions of the party would force Mc Killip and Bryan, if elected, to op pose Roosevelt and the republican policies which are absolutely dominat ed by him. If you want Roosevelt's principles enacted in law. you must therefore vote for McCarthy and a republican senator, who have already gone on record in support of the principles that have made Roosevelt the people's idoL It would be foolish to vote for Roosevelt, then vote to tie his hands by sending McKillip and Bryan to Congress. If McKillip's views differ from Parker's enough to place him in the same class with Rooosevolt, he should have the courage to declare for Roosevelt and repudiate Parker whom he is pledged support, and seek elec tion on the repablican ticket. Mc Carthy stands squarely on a Roose velt platform and is backed by a Roosevelt record. McKillip stands on two platforms, the only Eound principles of either of them being Rooseveltian, with no record back of him and with bis bands so tied by contradictory pledges that he could not asake a record. Roosevelt and Mc Carthy must either stand or fall to gether. GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. The tariff, the money question, the race problem, imperialism, the trusts, all these are vital questions of nation al policy, but one great fault of mod politics is that we waste our unition shooting at these distant and permit the live birds which we need for daily sustenance to fly away unharmed. We vote far congressmen pledged to vote for or against asset banking which not one voter in ten thousand knows ar cares a snap about. We shout forth for the candidate who pro claims the doetriae of "government ownership", when we know that if the government should buy them at a valuation at which we ask to have them taxed, tax payers of the county would be robbed to buy property that consists of four parts of water to one of real value. Why do we not elect congressmen to do some special things that can be done and that ought to be done? The traasportatioB question reaches directly'avery man, woman and child ia Nebraska. Coal is carried to Omaha from the west through Co lambas and yet the dealer in Colum bus mast pay a dollar more per ton if he erdets a car stopped here than the iff Omaha dealer pays. Amain: A of wheat and a carload of In Columbus, billed B-illerjnOlroadsare has to stand a freight tax of over five cents per handled aaere than the Co lumbus grain dealer. The miller must deduct this excess freight from the price paid for the farmer's wheat. These are specific examples of the' in justice of our transportation -system which are at the bottom of nil the trust ills of which we complain. What is the remedy? It is within reach if the people will insist that their representatives do something specific. Instruct them to work for the extension of the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission giving that body'absolate control of rates and the power to enforce their own findings. Roosevelt favors this plan and would sin a bill passed by Congress to that end. The Interstate Commerce Commission itself asks for that authority and, as that body is non-partisan, it could be trusted to make rates ia the interest of the pub lic and at the same time, not hostile to the railroads, whose interests are and should be identical with those of the public. Omaha and Lincoln coal rates were advanced last Monday. In Columbus the rates were not changed. but the price of slack was advanced twenty -five cents per ton. EVERYBODY READ IT. There will ao doubt be many cam paign speeches made this year, bat if any man shall surpass President Boose evelt's acceptance speech, in logic in dignified sarcasm, in condensed argu ment and in masterful English, he will mark himself the premier among political orators. And yet it is no more than the world expected. The world knows that in Theodora Roosevelt is a master mind, trained by year of unremitting study; that his iasight into publio questions is quick and sure: that his spirit is independent and absolutely fearless; and that his honesty and de votion to tne welfare ot all classes of people are unquestionable. Roosevelt is unique in so many things that it is getting to be common place to point out individual peculiarities. One most striking circumstrance in his political career is that the first word againts his personal and political in tegrity is yet to be spoken. Liuooln, Grant, Blaine. Cleveland. McKinley all the real party leaders have in the heat of partisian excitement been accused of everything from political timming to personal blackguardism. The most that, has ever been said against Roosevelt is that he was head strong and unsafe. This suspicion has been effectually laid upon the shelf by his administration. That nothing is left which can be said to the dis paragement of Roosevelt is fairly well demonstrated by the democratic plat form and by the feeble excuses which Mr. Bryan puts forward in the at tempt to justify himself ia swallow ing that platform. Just read Mr. Bryan's apology and note that he can say absolutely noth ing in favor of his own candidate and the only indictments he finds against Roosevelt are that he favors the pres ervation of the standing army and that he enetertained a colored man at his table!" The democrats have paid Pres ident Roosevelt his highest compli ment. They have done it, to be sere, only by their silence but that is the way they declared for the gold stand ard ; and it is a very effective method of expression. No man who votes with his eyes open will neglect to read ia fall Mr. Roosevelt's speech accepting the nomination. AN OLD-SCHOOL STATESMAN. George Graham Vest of Missouri, whose life is drawing to a peaceful close, has been one of the last links between the old and new south. He sat in the senate of the Confederate States of America and in the sen ate of the reconstructed union. And since the days of our great civil strife his influence has been exerted toward the healing of wounds and re-uniting of the north and south in spirit as well as in political union. Senator Vest was among the ablest of the old school senators. His publio address was not of the magnotio kind but inci sively logical. His argument did not persuade but compelled acquiescence. He was personally above reproach and politically as honest as any man ran bo who has to deal with state legisla tures. He was a man of means, a good liver, fond of good company, good stories, good liquor. Many stories are handed down of the blooded poker games indulged in by Vest of Miss ouri, Wolcott of Colorado, and other barons of the senate who had the means and the inclination to trifle with the red. white and bine. But Vest was not a gambler. He was a soatherner of the old school, courteous, kind-hearted and honor able. His inflaence was exerted for good, and he was always a gentleman. RAILROADS AND FUSION. - We often believe in men because of the enemies they have. Those voters in Nebraska who wait to see on which side the railroads are lined up, and than take the other side, wiU be forced this year to vote for Governor Mickey. They weU remember the campaign made against "railroad oorraption" when Holoomb was the fusion stand ard bearer. Bat, alas, they also rem ember that the railroads paid less taxes under that anti-railroad administra tion than they had before for years, or have since. Those democrats and populists who am guided by only one principle, and that priaciple a desire for the offices at any sacrifice, want fasioB again with the hope of agaia capturing the gubernatorial prise. The newspapers that are spsakiag for this class of pol iticians know that Holoomb, with his railroad ? record, would be ao match for Mickey against whom stands every railroad official ia the state. They therefore adopt the ungrateful course of the spoils politiciaa. They denounce Holoomb, their former friend, as the 'railroad candidate' some of these papers have not had the courage to mention his name openly and urge men for the nomination pledged v to be f ominst the railroads. Nebraska voters are not fools. They know that Mickey's record is abaolately cteaa. They know the him ta7 have not been able to control him. Ageodreeordia betm promise, and far better than tation for violating good No Nebraska governor has marie a cleaner record than Governor Mickey. And ao administration has a more consistent record for violating plat form promises than the f asioa adnata :! ietration which- the aforesa'd Jfcsuafajsum ana wmnumnuuewnu uj uumw 4suuuuuJfTUUjauuun4 Should fusion, win at Lincoln next week. Nebraska voters will have to choose between Mickey and a clean record on the one hand, and a fusion 1st candidate standing oa a record built of violated promisee on other. TO FUSE OR NOT TO FUSE. To rase or not to f ass that ia the qasstfoa: Whether 'tis nobler for populists to eadore The slights and insults of a Kold-riddea democ racy. Or to mass their strength against the base be trayers. Aadboppoainjccroahthem? To fail, to lose. No more; and by that losa to say they seal The future and the hopes of public oBce That f asioa offers, 'tis a aitoatioa Hardly to be endured. To fail. to lose. To lose! perchance to pay! Ay, there's the rob; For in that loss of power, what offices they can Set When they Lave thrust aside the fusion name Most give them pause: there's the record That makes most certain fusion's death; For who could stand on the platform of fasioa. At once for the gold standard, the staff of the plates. And for dethroned silver, the haves of debtors. For two-faced democracy, aad the Eckle pops Who abandon their creed for the sake of office. When he may good laws secure With a repablican ballot? Who would troubles borrow. To overthrow an honest administration, But that the hope of boodle after election. That intoxicating drug from whose toils No victim escapes, envelops the mind. And makes him rather support a disintegrated party Than to cast his lot with the party of Lincoln? Thus does public office make cowards of us all. And thus the native spark of honesty Is extinguished by a flood of ambition. And fundamental truths of populism With this ambition are subverted And lose their moral strength. The democratic national platform demand that the holders of public office shall return to " Jeffersonlan simplicity". We are glad to learn, after a carefal investigation of the meaning of Jeffersoaiaa simplicity", that P. E. McKillip will be able to qualify. Thomas Jefferson, during his presidency, paid $1600 for a coach and four horses; he employed con staatly a coachman and a footman and one other servant ; and his salary of $25,000 a year as president did not suffice to pay his personal expenses. His clothes were of the latest styles and the most expensive imported qualities. Last night it was dark and the wind was blowing dust in everybody's eyes. The Union Pacific was running trains across Olive street with no bells ringing. COLUMBINES. P.J. B. Why don't we bear any more about Coal Oil John? As a general proposition, we feel much more drawn to the man who is listening than to the man who is talking. We coneiiler that the most conclusive evidence of .complete moral depravity is for a maa to hold four queens and start the betting with one white chip. . We cannot altogether approve of the practice of some good people who preach against penny ante at home and then pat up SM to go and take a chance in the government wad lottery. If there is one thing about country Journalism which is more inspiring, invigorating and con ducive to intellectual tone than anything else, it is the composition of such paragraphs as: "Mr. Jimjoaes went to town Satarday accom panied by Mrs. Jimjones Jimmy Jimjonee Basie Jimjones and Baby Jimjones to visit rela tives also to buy hog meat." We havs known people to be greatly annoyed and enraged by what they supposed to be a cat fight tsMMheir windows, and to be immediately pacified and lulled to slumber by the discovery that it was only a fiddle. We wish to inform the inhabitants of the third ward that the sounds emanating from our bouse of a Sunday are ceased by our string quartette, acting simultaneously, or as nearly so as possible. There are no infants at our place. , When you take a bill around to some old cur mudgeon who tells you to come back Saturday and be will tell you when to come agaia, it makes you feel somewhat humiliated. And when somebody brings a bill to you it generally happens that you haven't the price to settle, and that makes yon feel more or leas punk. We are drifting toward a belief ia socialism where there will be no bills to pay and everybody will drink from the same canteen. The vicinity of our domicile has been colonized by a bunch of mosquitoes of the large, freckled variety. Though each acts independently, yet their team work is elegant. It cannot be denied that it is somewhat destructive of good habits of langaage to 1st your cheroot go ont aad have these little feathered songsters light npon all ex posed parts of yon simultaneously. To be sure, it is not as bad as a complaining wife, bat if it only lasted all the year round it would be a close second. A suggestion for a wedding invitation : Yob are invited to the wedding of Mr. Smith aad Miss Jones at Old Maa Jones's Place Next Satarday. The high coBtractiag parties to this affair wish it to be understood that this, js not a bid for a donation. They extend you this invitation because they would like to have yoa either come or send a note of sympathy ; not becaaae they seek to hold yon up for a five-dollar contribution in return for the fifty-cent hand-oat which they will serve to the guests. If they had considered themselves anable to make a living and sapply themselves with the necessary domestic equipment to atart ost on, they would not have formed this deadlock. . COjrnBTKHCT. The msansst vaaa aloac the pike Is always aare to do for yoa Bom special Caver that yoe'd like To have yoar vary best triead do: , While be whoa yoo hare chr risked best Aad loosest as yoar bosoat'a raate Will fad it to his iaterest To hand it to yoa, sure as Fate. The Bsaa who yawps the Bost aboat The bsaaHesofthehisher life Will, like as not, some day skip oat Aad take with hia yqar hlooiBiaf; wife. Who pats ia six hoars of the day Ia apnwwlss leader false aad bitter? I know, bat I rsfaee to say. Ah, ceatle woaua, lovely critter! Conaisffary's a Jewel fair." Ataea, says I, a load A-aea; Bat of this seaa so rich aad rare rvaaavtrfoaadai Iaucfitcooa.batBTwI Thawlnrkiaausl Tbatietefaltitaeisi i sat to tat the wasa yean thaadtraad jtt to toaai or leas oat; thaw to ao to press. t The rodent who inhabit, the junk ehepaorees the street refers to the ptaaey editor af the Republic as being hetce.-fad" aad a a "van oaoa. bat half starved pap." We want to amy to oar reptile contempor ary that if he thiaks we are going to stoop to the degradation of calling him vile aad wicked name to get even, he has another -guess coming. If by any freak of the law of evolution he shoald ever attain to the moral and intellectual dignity of a lousy ape, he will probably be able to see how cheap and nasty and contemptible journal istic blackgaardiag really is. We are hocked aad astonished at the exhibi tion of moral depravity, bad temper aad innate ouaeedness that he has dis closed. We tremble for the future of a maa possessed of such vicious and revengeful qnalit.ee. but for the sake of his family and' the name of the town in which he lives, we hope that he may succeed in avoiding the penitentiary aud the gallows for a few days lorgwr in order that he say die a natural death. Bat do to a what he may, the Republic nb eolutely ref aaee to descend to the slimy level of indulging in personal abuse. Pender Republic Tern Gainer Our consul general ia Panama has made the foUowing report on a new immigration law enacted by that re public "The Republic of Panama recently passed an act on general im migration, to become a law July 13, 1904, whioh provides that all foreign ers over IS years of age who come to the Isthmus with the purpose of re ataining in the country shall pay a tax ia current money of the Republic at the date of their coming, as follows : first-class passengers, $4 ; second-class passengers. $3. The, act provide that the owner or agent of any steamship or vessel in whioh the passengers arri ves shall pay the tax within twenry four hours after the passenger is landed. In case of failure or re fusal to pay said tax said owner or agent shall pay a fine of $4 for each passenger so landed. The act also prohibits the landing of lunatics, dangerous maniacs, idiots, profess ional beggar, anarchists, criminals, individuals of bad conduct, tubercu lous persons, lepers, epileptics, and all who have a contagious or repugnant diseaae The physician of the port is charged with enforcing this part of the law, and anyone who evade the law clandestinely is subject to a fine of not lees than $300 nor more than $800." Uncle Sam wonld do well to take a lesson or two on this subject from hi little sister. Meteaaka Papmliata. This ia not a year for political fic tionwe had a surfeit of that in '96 bat it is a year for strange truth. If a maa had told you four year ago that Secretary Porter had been heard to admit that there was any sense in republicanism or any decency in re publicans that weald have been a strange political fiction, but if a man shoald tell you today that ex-Secretary Porter will sapport. Roosevelt in case he shoald feel that his vote is necessary to keep Nebraska ia the re publican column, that is a political truth whioh is stranger than fiction. Truth it is, nevenhelees, for in the height of hi anger at the miserable surrender at St Louis Secretary Pcr ter said:" I can beat describe my feel ing by outlining my oourse. I shall not lift a finger for "the ticket" aad if my vote- will do Roosevelt any good he aaaU hive it, bat from pres ent indication I do not believe it will do him any good a be surely will carry Nebraska by over 50,000 with out my ballot. "Uncle Jake" Wolfe, for foar years land commissioner by virtue of foaion votes, say :"I shall go fishing on elec tion day if the game warden is not watching me too closely." Governor Mickey ha been asked to have Game Warden Carter keep a watchful eye on all the real old time reformers on election day a the legal fishing season wiU be over then and " Uncle Jake" doe not seem to be the only one who wiU seek solitude on a day whioh means nothing to a Nebraska popu list. A Dasaaeratle Paper Ceanrarfted. The Bee can ay of Theodore Roosevelt that the trusts do not want him. while they do want Parker. And it can say of the repablican platform that whenever there was aaythiag to be said on nay pablio issue, it said it. It did not hesitate, and stamer aad stutter and fnally pat oat a long farago of word, saying much and meaning nothing : nor did it smother the question altogether, on the ground Jthat there were no voter to be got by injuring 'anybody' feelings on either side. " The repablican platform steads out in the open aad say: "Hera I am. Toucan either take me or leave me. The demoorailo v paltform Jdart oat aaseiaglikeaOaatbam Street aeooad- clothing dealer, appealiag to voter: "My opinions are Juat the same a your. Vot are yoar? Come in and I'll show you a coat that rill perfectly it yoa. I can fit aay man of any size." In this world nun cannot get all they want, nor half they desire. They mast make a choice between what is at before them. Aad the Bee choo Theodore Roose velt ia preference to Alton Brook Parker. It chooses Roosevelt beeaase. with all his faults, he stands self -reliant ia hi American manhood, independent. plucky, conscientious ua and aaparchaesable : sheckeled to ao syndicate of corpor- atioae;the thrall of ao criminal coterie waziag fat apoa nilgai promts; the thpieoo of ao predatory nation evading jaws- law now oa the Statute book and nnrdaring honest meaeare ia the i womb of legislation. It oppoais Alton Brooks Parker be Wa.masJeay. , - Wish McKillip smnilng Irmly upon two platform at wW vatiaace upon questions of importance. Congress man McCarthy I not inclined to feel any great concern a to the result of the election in the third congressional district. Boone Ooaaty Advance. THURSDAY, AUGUST Black Flag" Bankrupt St'k . AT LESS THAN ONE-HALF BLACK Fine Wash Goods 10cl5oand 25e Wash Good at 6?c The entire line of Dimity, Nainsook Iudia Linen, Jaconet Lawn, Imported Figured French Ging hams, 32 and 36-inch Percales Black Flag price 15c 20c and 25c now 36 inch Voile Crepe Black Fla price 40c at lite 36-inch Voile Etauiine '- " 40c at 19c 36 inch Henrietta " IKc at Wc 38-inch Venetian ' ' 65o at .'I9e 33-inch Suiting - "65c at Me 38 inch Suiting, just the thin? for fall suits 75c at. .39c $1.25 aud $1 Silk Waiatings at 49c Entire line of 20 and 25-inch Silk Waistings. 50 different patterns, Black Flag price $1 and $1.25 our price yd : 49c Silk Mull, black white, pink or blue B F price 25c. .16c Shirt Waists $1.50$2and$2.o0Waiata at C9cand99c About 10 doz. Ladies white Waists, slightly soiled the North Star and Banner brands B F price up to $2.50 at 69c and 99c One lot colored Waists at 29o $4 Skirts We have a B F price price slUfH SKaSM J.J.RICHARD THE BLACK FLAG BANKRUPT STOCK. Thirteenth Street, Columbus, Nebraska. caase he is not a free agent ; because he is but a clay ia the hand of the potter, and that potter August Bel mont ; because he is merely the grapho phone of Wall Street, and what little The People hoard- through the ma chiae ha unmistakably revealed the Voice of Hi Hatter; because he is today bat the instrument which the Trusts hope to use in disciplining Theodore Roosevelt for daring to place the slightest barrier ia their way. It chooses Theodore Roosevelt be cause it consider the President should be a maa who can be dealt With di rectly. It opposees Alton Brook Parker because it doe not believe the people of this great nation should elect a President a Maa Friday to any Robinson Orusoe. It choose Theodore Roosevelt be cause one great issue this time is the MAN, and Roosevelt represeats that in all it oourage and all it Ameri canism. It oppose Alton Brook Parker be cause he is merely the aatomatic rep- tative of the MACHINE. It choose Theodore Roosevelt be caaae he stands for the right ot the colored race, for justice to the down trodden, the oppressed, the disfran chised. It opposes Alton Brooks Parker be cause he is put forth on a platform which, cowardly evading the vital issue oa the South, not only silently approves the rankest injustice to the negro an injustice that ha the ad ditional demerit of unconstitutional ity bat add insult to injury by de nominating aa effort to do justice to the black man aa an attempt to kindle a aew radical and factional strife. It chooses Theodore Roosevelt be cause the one great and overshadow iag issue ia the coming campaign will be whether the trusts shall dominate this country, snap their fingers at the laws of the present, .and strangle fur ther needed legislation at it birth, or whether the people shall hold these syndicated iafamies in check. It was on that issue the Trust would have defeated the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt if they could. It is on that bairn they will pat money in the fight for Alton Brook Parker whom they nominated and whom they control. Finally the Bee chooses Theodore Roosevelt because he is a FREE MAN. It oppose Alton Brooks Parker be cause he is a BONDMAN-tied hand aad foot to Wall street and the Trusts. Sacrameato (CaL ) Bee. Two Personally Conducted Ex cursions to Boston via the BarliigtoB Koate. Special excursion to Boston leaves Lincoln August 11th at 6:00 p. m., in charge of Chaplain B. R Randall. A second excursion leaves Lincoln August 19th at 6:00 p. m in charge of J. B. Fer guson. Through tourist cars from Omaha. Short stops at the show places of the east. A chance to return via St. Iuia and see the World's Fair the greatest creation by the hand of man. If you are figuring on the trip talk to our agent about these excursion every low rate for the round trip, with all con ditions most favorable. Or, write me. L. W. Wakkxkt, O. P. A., Burlington Route, Omaha. Neb. EXCURSION TO THE REPUBLI CAN VALLEY. Our next half-fare excursion to the famous Republican Valley will leave Columbus over the Burlington Route at 7:30 A.M.. Tues day, August 3. 1904. Now 1 your chance to get a aao farm at .from a to HO' per acre. F. T. Walker.. Mgr. Republican Volley Land Co.. Uolam Neb. ....6c nwsusn bbubbbw msUsUl : ImTJnr jnuuun faT sfmsanE 4 75 and 5 Skirts at . .2.48 Not very many left and you'll have to speak quick. They are this season's styles and you cannot afford to miss them. at.. .1.9S few Wash Skirts 50c to $1.75 our 10c to 69c Change of Business Not being able to close out our business we have arranged to make a change, to lake place Sept. 1st. This necessitates closing SUMMER STUFF during the next 110 lay. We begin at once to slaughter prices-. 25 cent to Chi cent Dimities, Tissues, etc., 10 " li " Ginghams ond Percales, " 8 Prints, 25 Net Corsets, 2 35 to 75 cent Corsets, SI Crash Skirts, Etamiffw. Valla and Silk Skirts and Jackets all to be saM at once. E F. H. LAMB (SL Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 II I II 1 1 A Few Specials Axle Grease, 25c size . . . 19o Axle Grease, 10c size ... 7c Special lot of Nails at lb. . . 1 'c Gasoline Stoves and J duced prices. We do t tnem over ana will give ' Call and see what we offer. Wrin Columbus, Our Phone No. is iJ7. Xiiiiniiiimimimniiiin iniiiiiiif linn Special lefced Eicirsiti fates Chicago V aTerthwestera. Louisville and return one fare plus 12.25 on sale Auirust 12-15. Good re- turning September 15tb. Also special low rates good for the ' season to Chicago and all points east, ' ! . O. Th.l I.,l.'..nr.ni;ii Tlnlnk ! BJBU w o. , wuiaiiajwiio, """"" also to Dead wood, Hot Springs and The Black Hills. Boston and return from Colambup, $32.95 on sale Aug. 11-13 returning Sept aa For information and circulars addres J. A. Kuax, AGFAPA Omaha, Nebr. IPICL1L TO DA YID CITY. On Sunday, Aug. 7th, the Burlington will run a special train to David City for the Chautauqua, leaving Columbus, Nebr. at 9 a.m. Returning it will leave David City at 9.30 p. m. A round trip rate of $.75 has been made for thai occasion a favorable opportun ity for a delightfull trip. Ask the agent for further information tWy Is the Open ing of the FLAG PRICES $3.50 m $4 Shoes at $2.48 Come in and look them over, yon will find sonic of the best shoes in the country, such as King Quality, M. D. Wells & Co., Hamilton .V Brown., W. L. Douglas and K. P. Smith & Sons. When you buy a pair of these Loe for less than the Htandiird price you have saved that much. One lot or $00 4250 and 300 Shoes at 69c 79c 98c and tl.19 Some of these are off 6tylee and oildn and end, come and take your choice. 4, CLOTHING The Black Flag's loss is your gain. . By no means should you overlook our Clothing for men, boys and children, it means S $ $ in your pocket. You have on ly .'50 days to take advantage of this offer and if you wait the assortment will be broken and the selection not so good. It is impossible to mention in such a small space everything in this bankrupt stock but I will sell everything and reserve nothing. uaaaaaaj out ALL WASH 1JOODS an.l at 10c to 25c at 5','cto 8c at 4'ctu 5c at 12c at 25c to 49c at 50c MMNIIIMIMMlinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMtlllg 1 1 II 1 1 1 II n n i m i m n , For This Week Refrigerators at re- I not want to carry X bargains. L Sons, - Nebraska. 11th Htrotl. COLLMISL'M MARKETS. Wheat, now Corn Outs f lnshl . . Rye $? bushel Barley, Hogs cwt , Fat Btof-ra "jj cwt. 74 :u; 2; 41 27 1503 4 00& 4 m 2 55$ 3 55 230 3 05 35 15jl8 130 Stock tera t cwt Fat cows cwt pntan,- nir - . BnltiiF SO f. Eggs V doeen WORLD'S FAIE LOW SATES. EVERY DAY The Union PaciGc will sell Round Trip tickets to St. Louis and return at following low rates: FIFTEEN DAY TICKETS " 5 Every day to Nov. 30, good to return 15 days. 817.10. SIXTY DAY TICKETS ? Every day to Nov. 20, good to return CO days. 819.00. SEASON TICKETS Every day to Nov. 15, good up to Dec. 15. 822.80. Inquire of W. H. Beaham, Agent. t r r -
