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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1901)
'Cbe Conservative * 11 000 a year , divided equally among the foregoing arid states , the amount would bo to each $1,428,671. By giving to each a percentage of the latter sum equal to the percentage of public land to its whole area the allotment would be : California $828,571 18 Arizona. 1,085,718 96 Montana 1,114,285 88 Utah . - . . 1,271,628 19 Nevada 1,857,142 45 Wyoming 1,228,571 06 Idaho 1,271,628 19 Total $8,157,640 41 "This would leave a balance of $1,842- 459 69 to pay the cost of administering the leasehold system. "When Colorado and New Mexico are included in the calculations the sum is slightly less to each state and territory. We would be glad to know of any more statesmanlike and feasible method of taking care of the public range and deriving a revenue for irrigation. " THE EVOLUTION OF LYNCH LAW. If the present tendency be not checked , the custom of lynching a particularly obnoxious criminal by fire promises to become as popular a spectacle in the United States as the bloody bull fight is in Spain. The growing boldness of the lynchers and the continually greater publicity of their hideous performances are appalling. The Colorado burning was , we believe , the first that was witnessed by women. The affair at Leaven worth , Kan , , was not only witnessed by women , but by school-children , and was allowed to pro ceed without interruption within the limits of a large city. The burning in Terre Haute , Ind. , another city of con siderable size , was similar in all respects , anoMn addition the leaders of the mob seemed to court notice. This is evident from a picture taken while the excite ment was at its height and which was reproduced in the Terre Haute news papers. "Instead of trying to hide their identity in any way , " we are told , "the lynchers stand boldly out , " and one of them , perceiving the photographer , "even removed his hat , as if anxious for notoriety. " The description of the pho tograph adds that "between the two groups of the mob can be seen the body of the negro lying upon the fire. " The climax in this ascending or , it were better to say , descending scale is reached in the more recent affair at Corsicana , Tex. It appears that the whole country turned out if the re ports are to be believed. "It was a county event , " says one correspondent , "in which every resident who could took part. From early morning , when the negro was taken from the officers , until noon runners were traveling through the country districts tolling of the punishment that was to bo inflicted upon him , and inviting spectators. Store and farm work was stopped ] and people poured into town by hundreds. They came in all sorts of vehicles , from an ox-cart to the special train of seven cars , all crowded , that was run from Ennis. " From all this it is but a step to a le gitimate public spectacle in a great amphitheatre , with handsome private boxes for the wealthy , and tickets ad vertised a week in advance. For this last affair was recognized by a local representative of the law as altogether proper. Macon ( Ga. ) Telegraph. COL. CHITTENDEN'S BOOK. The history of the fur trade , upon which Colonel H. M. Ohitteuden of the U. S. Engineers has been engaged for five years past , is now soon to appear , according to the Journal of Sioux City , where Colonel Ohittenden has his head quarters at present. It will be published in three volumes next September by Francis P. Harper , the publisher of the late Dr. Coues' monumental editions of early western texts , and will be fully supplied with such needful matter as maps. Owners of Colonel Ohittenden's book on Yellowstone Park , who appre ciate the thoroughness of it and its rank as an authority , look for something quite unusual in his history of the fur trade. "All the beginnings of civilization , " says the author , as quoted by the Journal , "in this then remote and unknown country , were made under the fostering protection of the fur trade. The first trans-continental highway , the Oregon trail , was opened and established by the traders , as was also the no less important route of the Santa Fe trail. If its relation to western history as shown by all these facts was of profound and far-reaching consequence , the annals of its doings were full of exciting and romantic interest. Never before nor since has there been a period in the history of our country that contains so much which appeals to the lover of adventure. The student of those stirring times will feel that it is not necessary to go very far from home to find a region filled with history as attractive as anything romance has produced. " Eugene F. Ware of Topeka , Kansas , was in Nebraska City , Friday morning , March 29th , 1901 , and THE CONSERVA TIVE regrets that he could not be pre vailed upon to tarry long enough to visit Arbor Lodge. Mr. Ware is a good lawyer , a good poet , a good man and a good citizen , and wo wish to goodness he lived here. His character as a man of letters has really given Topeka a reputation in literature , notwithstand ing the legislators of that common wealth convene and write statutes in that Carrie Nation town. THE CHICAGO NATIONAL BANK Dearborn and Monroe Streets , CHICAGO. CAPITAL - - $500,000 SURPLUS - - 500,000 INTEREST PAID ON ACCOUNTS. Accounts are kept in conformity with the practice of Chicago Banks. Interest is allowed on the minimum balance of such accounts on terms which may be ascer tained on application. CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. Deposits received for fixed periods , on which interest is allowed at current rates. Sums of fifty dollars or more received , repayable on demand without interest. LETTERS OF CREDIT. Letters of credit for travelers issued , available in the principal cities of the world. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Foreign Exchange bought and sold. Cable transfers made. BONDS. Municipal , railroad , gas and other corporation bonds bought and sold , CORRESPONDENCE or a personal interview with a view to business relations respectfully Invited , DIRECTORS : C. K. C. BILLINGS , J. R. WALSH , ANDREW MoNALLY , F. M. BLOUNT , MAURICE ROSENFELD , JOHN M.SMYTH , WILLIAM BEST. J. R. WALSH , President. A. McNALLY , Vlce-Prealdent. F. M. BLOUNT , Vice-President. T. M. JACKSON , Cashier. F. W. MoLEAN , Assistant Cashier. A. UHRLAUB , Assistant Cashier. 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