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lit day of April , 1S9J.
( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB ,
Notary Public In and for Douglas County ,
Neb.
Tlio $ 'JO,000,000 owliitf by t'nclo Sain
lo Simln will RO by draft. It is an ill
wind.
Just watch Kpnln'B creditors line up
for a center rush ns soon as that ! ? - < ) , -
000,000 indemnity heaves In .sl ht on the
horizon.
County Attorney Shit-ids should not
be so modest. It would have been Just
ns easy to have sued for ? 100,000 as for
? 'J-,000.
It Is too bad Governor Roosevelt
could not continue his journey west of
Chicago , lie would have found ; i re
ception In tlio transmlssisslppi country
more enthusiastic than anywhere.
It seems the commander of the insur
gents driven back by General Liiwton
Is a Chinaman. Hut It also appears that
he has no better success against Ameri
can arms limn had the Spaniards.
No application for a share of Douglas
county's allotment of stale patronage is
considered by Governor I'oynter unless
endorsed by the chief moguls of tlio
Ilordman fjmiff of political desperadoes.
Arc we to liuve another damaging rind
fictitious clearing liouse exhibit for this
week just because the clearing house
bankers cannot agree among thoni-
Belves upon n plan that will give Omaha
full credit for all the business it does' . '
lloss Croker will testify before the
New York legislative committee. Croker
could undoubtedly give some interesting
testimony If ho would , but no om > an
ticipates that he is going to turn state's
evidence tigalnst his Tammany associ
ates.
Translated Into the dialect of the
street Colonel Roosevelt's complimen
tary allusion to the college and uni
versity man In tlio army means that an
educated target Is just as easy to hit In
war time as one tlmt has not had even
the advantages of common schooling.
A syndicate of Ilfteen Deadwood bach
elors has hung up a purse of .f 1BO to be
given the first young woman able to
lead one of them up to the matrimonial
rack. The purse Is not large enough to
Induce a western girl to make much of
ft hustle , but If the bachelors' club will
make it a sudlcient object a winner will
be promptly forthcoming.
Among other foes the boys in blue
nre expected to light In the Philippines
JH the plague. A mild form of small
pox has been prevalent there ever since
the troops arrived and now they are
warned to be on the lookout for more
ei'i'lous epidemic diseases. It seems
that rnclo Sam has annexed several
things not contemplated in the contract.
The new governor general of the
Ladrono Islands is about to start for
his post. Ho will have a brass band
and ? W,000 to blow In with which to
duly Impress the natives with the Im
portance of their new rulers. Properly
invested this amount should make the
little Island of Guam one of the warm
est places in the world during the com
ing social pennon.
The public Is still waiting for County
Attorney Shields to explain why while
prosecuting certain gamblers who have
declined to cut up with the Ilerdman
gniiK of blackmailers he refuses to
prosecute tlio protected gamblers , al
though admitting possession of con
clusive evidence against them. The
Question is , "Why has he pigeonholed
those Blxty-oiio complaints ?
If It Is really a vindication ho wants.
County Attorney Shields should at once
commence suit for damages against the
' \Vorld-IIoralil for printing the same
item upon which he bases Ids mill
ucnlust The Heo. If the original publi
cation of an article is llbelous and dam
aging , Its rcpubllcaUon must be even
more so. lx > t Mr. Shields show good
faith by Instituting proceedings against
the World-Herald and at the same time
Double his verdict.
1IVMT /MHVKXT/MX W./i.v.
Now tlmt the work f > f tlm recent si
slon of the loplslnture has been digested
the peopleof Nebraska arc In position
to judge for theinsflvos as to the merit
and value of the harvest.
It Is common to stigmatize the last
legislature as the worst that has af
flicted the state , and this verdict will
doubtless be rendered by many people
disappointed by Its shortcomings or ( Its-
gnsled with its failures. As a matter
of fact the last legislature will pass Into
history 113 above the average of lawmaking -
making bodies in point of Intelligence
and disposition lo serve the public In
terests.
While no very momentous measures
have been evolved and fashioned Into
law , much Important legislation 1ms
been framed and enacted , Among the
most Important are the revision of the
Insurance lawn and the divorce of the
Insurance department from the auditor's
oilier , the restoration of the Australian
ballot in Its original purity , the law
regulating primary elections , the cor
rupt practices law , the laws regulating
and restricting the employment of
women and children , the building loan
association law , and last but not least ,
the law making the olllee of clerk of
. the district court n salary Instead of fee
jposlllou.
I The disappointing features of the leg
islature are the defeat of all revenue
'revision ' measures , the neglect to submit
'amendments to remedy defects In the
constitution , the failure to correct
abuses and extortion on the part of
franchlsed corporations , the refusal to
do away with the railroad pass bribes ,
the scandalous retention of the do-noth
ing secretaries of the State Hoard , of
Transportation. Incidentally the legis
lature will Justly merit censure for ex-
Itravagant appropriations for state house
otllclals and state institutions , especially
the Increase of the university tax from
thrce-eiirhths of a mill to I mill.
From behind the screen the downright
boodling Instrumental In the passage of
certain bills and the defeat of others Is
a matter of common notoriety. The
hold-up gang and venal members , while
perhaps less numerous than In former
legislatures , was as bold and reckless
as ever and included fully as many of
tlie fusion reformers as of the repub
lican majority. Their operations were
stimulated by tlio corporation lobby ,
which made no secret of the systematic
purchase of members , committee clerks
and clerks of the two houses hired to
manipulate bills at all stages. In this
lawless work the most active factor was
the Ilerdman gang of Omaha black
mailers and leg-pullers who were on the
ground from the opening to the close of
the session.
I'KACK
The final act in the restoration of
peace between the United States and
Spain took place in Washington yester
day , eleven months and sixteen days
from the time war was declared. ' In
that brief period events have occurred
of the most far-reaching importance.
For Spain it has been a period of dis
aster and humiliation. To the United
States It brought responsibilities of the
gravest nature. Never was history
made so rapidly as during those eleven
months and it is history without par
allel In the swift achievements of the
victorious nation.
Tlio restoration of peace will be speed
ily followed by the full resumption of
diplomatic relations and the early nego
tiation of a treaty of commerce under
which trade between the two countries
can be resumed. There will be no (11(11- (
culty in accomplishing this , as both gov
ernments undoubtedly desire the reestablishment
tablishment of commercial relations as
soon as practicable. It is the under
standing that our government will
promptly pay the if'JO.OOO.OOO for the
cession of the Philippines and It Is
needless to say that the Spanish govern
ment has use for the money.
The conclusion of peace suggests the
question whether the volunteers are not
thereby legally released. from further
service. It was urged In congress that
this would be the effect , the act under
which' they enlisted providing that the
term of service should be for two years
or during tlic war. A Washington tils-
iwtch says that volunteers who are in
( lie Philippines may return home if they
desire to do so .and that it Is expected
a large number will return. Reports
from there indicate that most of them
would be glad to return , or at any rate
to jet out of the service , but It would
seem that they cannot now be spared.
The government , however , Is hurrying
forward regular troops and probably
within a couple of months all volun
teers In the Philippines who wish to
come home can safely be allowed to do
so. There will bo some re-enlistments ,
but these are not likely to bo nuuierotm.
run rrrvnK of cun.i.
Governor Roosevelt expressed whnt Is
perhaps a very general feeling in re
gard to Cuba In saying that it Is en
titled ultimately to settle for Its-If
whether It shall be an independent state
or an Integral portion of this republic.
"Hut until order and stable liberty are
secured , " said the governor , "we must
remain In the Island to Insure them ,
and intlnltc tact , judgment , moderation
and courage must bo shown by our mil
itary and civil representatives In keepIng -
Ing the Island pacllled , in relentlessly
stamping out brigandage , In protecting
all alike and yet showing proper recog
nition to the men who fought for Cu
ban liberty. "
The problem of the future of Cuba Is
certain to grow In Interest and perhaps
also the dltllcultles connected with It
will increase. The men who fought for
Cuban liberty are probably unanimous
in favor of an independent government ,
Imt there Is a very largo and Inlluentlal
clement fuvornlilu to annexation and It
is not unlikely that this sentiment ,
whichIs largely Inspired by commer
cial consdenitlJiis ! , will grow. It Is easy
to understand why the sugar and to
bacco planters desire annexation , which
would give them a free market for their
products here , while business mon and
property owners feel that there would
bo greater security under American
rule. These Inlluential force * will work
for annexation. The duty of the repre
sentatives of the United States In Cuba
la to give uo encouragement to any fno-
Itloii. but In lonvf tliMii ( > ntir 'ly Iron to
( iMoniilno wlint tliplr polltk-.il future
Blmll be. As to our own people we be-
illcvo a innjorlty of them nre not in
, fnvor of nnnoxlng Culm.
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The statement of the native side of
the unfortunate state of affairs In the
Philippines docs not contain much that
, ls new , but It makes an interestlnc
! contribution to history and Its general
truthfulness cannot fairly be questioned.
{ There Is In the possession of the Wash-
itiglon government the facts respecting
the negotiations with Agulnaldo before
Dewey palled from Hong Kong for
Manila which sustain , for the most part ,
what Is paid In this statement regard-
ling the ovortuie.s made to the Filipino
leader by American consuls and the
i urgent request of Dewey that Agulnaldo
| should accompany him to Manila. It
Is not claimed that he received any posi
tive assurances tlmt the Filipinos would
secure their freedom as the reward for
j their co-operation and assistance , but
[ there can be no reasonable doubt tlmt
I ho was given to understand such would
be the case , for otherwise he would not
have gone to Manila.
The statement now made agrees with
one published two months ago on Hie
authority of an intimate friend of the
i former American consul at Singapore ,
| Mr. Pratt , at whose suggestion Agul-
jriihlo went with Dewey to Manila. This
said tlmt In the interviews with Pratt
the Insurgent leader clearly stated his
policy , which embraced the Independ
ence of the Philippines. Ho was willIng -
Ing to accept American protection tem
porarily , on the same lines as It should
be instituted In Cuba. In outlining the
policy of a Philippine government
Aguiualdo , according to this statement ,
proposed that the ports of the islands
should be free to the trade of the
world , that the entire freedom of the
press would be established , that there
would bo general religious toleration
and tlmt full provision would be made
for the exploitation of the natural re
sources and wealth of the country by
building roads and railways and by the
removal of all hindrances to enterprise
and the investment of capital. Thus
Aguhmldo had in mind a wcll-dellned
plan of government , to be organized ,
perhaps under American protection , as
soon as Spanish sovereignty there was
at an end.
What service Aguinaldo and his ad
herents rendered the United States Is a
mattei" of undisputed history. Admiral
Dewey has acknowledged It and even
suggested that It should receive some
acknowledgment from this govern
ment. Our great naval victory might
have been less fruitful but for the as
sistance of the mi lives , especially In
their operations against the Spaniards ,
whom they held securely In Manila un
til the arrival of the American military
forces. But from the hour that our
army landed at Manila the Filipinos
were Ignored and thus an unfriendly
feeling was engendered which could
have but one culmination.
'It ' Is true that assurances and prom
ises given by a consul were not neces
sarily binding on the government. It
Is the privilege of a government to dis
avow and repudiate the action of its
agents. Yet there was a moral obli
gation to these people whose cooperation
tion wo sought and found useful the
failure to respect which is anything
bat creditable to this government and
so it will be regarded , we think , by the
impartial and unprejudiced historian.
The state of Illinois might make a
profitable investment by buying up the
Paint mines and closing them. There
appears no legitimate excuse for the
long continued turmoil and strife In the
little town. Property certainly is en
titled to protection and the owners of
the mines have been accorded It at
great ttxpense to the state. The
trouble with men of the class repre
sented by the I'ana mine operators Is
that they demand protection for their
property while doing nothing them
selves to allay the differences which
render protection necessary. The pub
lic has some rights in the promises
when not only the property of the mine
operators , but that of others , In the ag
gregate of far greater value , Is menaced
by these disturbances. That the differ
ences nre incapable of settlement on a
basis equitable alike to all parties Is a
preposterous assertion.
Nebraska expects a better report from
the Third regiment when it Is mustered
out at the seaboard than those coming
up from disbanded regiments of several
other states. I'p to the present
no body of Nebraska soldiers 1ms done
anything to bring discredit on the state.
The Second at Chickamauga , the First
at Manila and the Third In Its southern
camps and In Cuba have all been models
of good behavior. The wild and woolly
west has set the east an example of
discipline and good manners and the
men of the Third should sustain their
reputation.
The cltl/.ens of Omaha are not In
IKisltlon to compel the Union Paclllc
railroad to build a union passenger sta
tion on the scale Justified by the tralllc
and promised by Its owners , but they
have a right to insist upon the erection
of a viaduct upon the principal retail
thoroughfare tlmt will compare with
similar structures In other large cities.
Inasmuch as the liurllngton road shares
the bum-lit with the Union Pacilie , both
are expected now to reciprocate the lib
eral treatment accorded to them -on
every occasion.
President Hurt of the Union Paclllc
may be satisfied with a cheap bridge
across Sixteenth strcut and call It a via
duct , but the city of Omaha requires a
public highway safe , commodious and
modern In construction. In other cities
the municipality plans and builds the
viaducts and assesses the cost upon the
railroads protected by them. Having
saved thousands of dollars while lightIng -
Ing the enforcement of the law , the rail
roads should now gracefully yield and
give the citizens of Omaha what they
are entitled to.
OiHinllliiti to
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative ,
K\ory democrat who has faith In the
founders cf democracy aud holds lionen
money ne'TJiary to the 'body ' poltti.ns is
] > uro blood to the Individual orK nlMii , will
continue to antagonize Uryanarehy anil 11
that the term Implies.
Knightly Drcil.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Assistant Secretary of War Melklpjohn hns
been made n knlRhtby King Omar nf
Sweden. Not on the moonlight schedule
we hope , with .1 nnme like that.
I'll ! Off Till TOIIUHTCMV.
Philadelphia Times.
In ono western town nt the late election
the women nindo n elean sweep of the
olllces. While doing this , however , nolhltiB
j Is said about who wns doing the sweeping nt
home.
Too
Now York Sun.
Judging from the municipal elections In
Kansas , the populists of that state nro too
busy cutting coupons to go to the polls. Wo
have forgotten the nnme of the populist or
dcmocralta saso who ? ald that "Prosperity
Is n curse , " but ho know his parly nnd fore
told Us fate. Can nothing bo done to stop
thcso regrettably good times and save popu
lism and dcmocraey ?
Snniiia.HIMV : Klnti.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Unanimity is to bo the rule in the new
Samoai ! Joint High commission , nnd it will
bo nn a bio to do anything unless the repre
sentatives of nil thrco of the powers shall
agree. Very good ; but any one power can
cause a deadlock , and , meanwhile , the natlvo
politicians will bo able to do all the mis
chief they please. Harmony Is nn excel
lent thing , but It cannot always bo en
forced.
AVlint AVe OfTvr.
Uoston Po t.
A nation which In dependent cannot bo
free. All that we offer the Filipinos Is de
pendence upon our sovereignty. Wo make
them vassal. They havu no voice in the
making ot the laws which \\o impose upon
them fop their government. Wo say to
them , In effect , You want liberty , but you
shnll not have It , for wo will mnlto you
happier without It. And this Is the ulti
matum of the government of n republic
founded on the Declaration of Independence.
Mili-Uliitc of Tnxcu.
Kansas City Star.
The widespread demand for taxes on In
heritances , on Incomes , on corporations nnd
on franchises Is based on the well known
fact that accumulations of wealth do not
furnish a proper shareof the public reve
nues. The subject of taxing corporations
becomes Increasingly Important ns the
combinations of capital increase. It prob
ably will bo found that the only way Unit
the trusts can bo restrained nnd kept within
reasonable bounds Is by means of taxa
tion.
What Million TniNtN Oillnu * .
Chicago Chronicle.
The main object of the combines la to
divert from the public and turn Into pri
vate bank accounts as much ns possible of
benefit resulting from cheapened cost of
production. It Is this that makes trusts
odious. The fn-ct that they concede barely
enough to consumers to keep small com
petitors out of the field does not entitle
them to credit. And when they arc formed
by tariff-shielded producers to stillo compe
tition among themselves and grasp the lasl
cent by the Inws which bar the door against
foreign competition they beconio Intolerable
extortionists.
The Sii M'7. < - In ( Inlnlnr.
Washington Pc"t.
TVe do not know that there Is any ma
terial difference , from the moral point ot
vlow , between raising the prlco ot bread
by speculation and performing the same
operation on quinine. In cither cac the
masses nro compelled for a time to con
tribute to the tank accounts of a few men
who risk their cash'on their Judgment.
But the history of corners proves that such
enterprises are extremely hazardous , and It
should not bo forgotten that every govern
ment holds the right , based on the first law
of nature , to crush a monopoly and to smash
any corner that abuses Its power.
Til 13 1MIICIJ OK AVAIL
cNN In Hloncl mill Trrnnnre
llrouiilit Homo ( o the People.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The costliness of war In blood and treas
ure will be brought homo to the American
people in many ways from this time on.
Friday the bodies ot 336 dend heroes , who
sacrificed their lives in the Spanish-Ameri
can war In Cuba nnd Porto Hleo , nnd who
bad been temporarily burled in those Islands ,
were sole-mnly Interred In the national cemetery -
etery on Arlington Heights. That was but
an installment of the dead of the war.
. The pension oHlco is swnmped with .appli
cations for pensions on account of the war ,
and of the thousands of claims already filed
the larger proportion were from regiments
that never were under lire. The principal
ground on which pensions were claimed was
malarial disease.
The rush for pensions Is greater In proportion
tion than among the men who served In the
civil war. If the greater part of the appli
cations nro granted , which Is likely to bo
the case , the pension list will bo enormously
swelled In the next few years , and the cost
of the Spanish-American war will bo a
heavy burden on the people for a gunoratlon.
TUB Philippines have yet to bo heard from
in a full death list and in pension claims
on nccount of sickness.
Wo huvo had our war dance , and must pay
for the fiddling.
AUK AVH TO IIKCU.11H llACOITSf
IlliiatrnUoi , of AVlint l < MPHIIN to Ito
iiVorlil I'im-tT. "
Doston Transcript.
In some districts ot IlritUh India , the
government 1ms 'been obliged to deal with
ferocious brigands , who move in gangs ,
Plunder villages and perpetrate cruelties
upon the peaceful people. They are called
Dacolts , nnd dacolty JH the term applied to
their method of "robbery with violence. "
So much la necessary to an understanding
of three sentences quoted below from the
London Spectator , the frank-spoken cham
pion of thu British colonial system , which It
constantly advlaes America to Imitate and
adopt. In commenting on the negotiations
recently concluded between Knglaml and
France , by which England is left In posses
sion of the uppei Nile country , while France
"takes" the whole vast region from the
Mediterranean to the Congo , the Spectator
mentions the French Anglophobes who say
that the English have only "given away
what they do not poeeeag. " Then follow
these sentences :
"The last criticism Is quite true ; but then
Europe had been doing that In Africa for
twenty years. If Europe and America have
not a general suzerainty over the world , all
their proceedings of late constitute a huge
dacolty. Hut then they nllirm , and when
necessary enforce , that very suzerainty. "
Is the dncolty rendered Innocent because
they afllnn and enforce their sovereignty
over the people of other Unds ? Wo are told
that the African territory which England
concedes to France Includes Wadnl "n
powerful state which hns never come Into
contact with Europeans ; and Its rulers and
people ore followers of the El Serroubsl , u
sect of Moh'immedan fanatics who number.
It is Bald , twenty millions. " Put this with
the grim remark that "tho ordinary French
man wonts to fight by land and not by sea , "
and that the Germans are "delighted that
Franco fchould wau.te her strength. " Thus
wo get a life-sized Illustration of what it
may mean for America to become "a
world power , " not by peaceful expansion ,
but by "alllrnilng and "
enforcing" Its sov-
erelgnt ? over whatever countries It chooses
to claim as dependencies.
it ; nous or TUT. w vtt.
Volrelits wooden artillery wns n common
bluff during the civil war. Impreoslvo guns
of the same brand were found on several
of the defenses erected by the Spnnlnrds In
CubH. At long rnngo they were very effect
ive as n scarecrow , and the temperature ot
many n thrilling clmrgo fell to zero when
the boys discovered the peaceful nrtlllcrj
they went against. The Filipinos are fecblo
Imitators of that brand of war. A largo mob
of natives threatened the Kansas regiment
around Caloocan. Finally the Knusans tip
I nnd charged. The mob scattered nnd the
1 Knnsans followed nt n cyclone gall. After
A hot , successful ttm the Knnsnns halted
and proceeded to slzo up the fruits of the
chase. Imagine their surprise nnd chagrin
on discovering that the nrms thrown away
by the enemy were toy guns made of wood.
At first It occurred to 'them ' that there must
have been children In the firing line. Some
were used for Ilro wood to cook the ramp
messes that night , but several weio saved.
Inquiry among the Spaniards developed the
fact that It has long been the custom ot the
Filipinos to makeup the deficit In firearms
by supplying wooden guns to men who ap
pear In ranks and do what they call by
their appearance to frighten the enemy by
show of numbers. Sometimes the toy guns
nro tilted with n strip of bamboo , ono imd ot
which Is lifted clear from the gun stock nnd
dropped , making a popping noise llko the
hitting of n Mauser bullet. The plucky In-
tmrrcctos crawled through the grass toward
the Spanish linen during the nlijht , anil
after shielding themselves from h rm , mndu
thu popping sounds which made the Span
iards believe they were being attacked.
It is n peculiar fact that scarcely any ot
the dead Insurgents picked up by Americans
had their firearms with them. It Is likely
that the men with wooden guns watched
their opportunity to seize the guns of fallen
comrades , nnd thus won their way Into the
fighting ranks. It Is reported that a couple
of wooden cannon were found mounted
near the trenches deserted nt Cnloocnn.
In nn article In the lie-view of Reviews ,
Dr. William illnyes Ward says of the Ameri
can administration ot Porto Ulcan affairs :
"Americans have occasion to bo proud of
their chief representatives in the govern
ment of Porto Hlco. Only Ihrce or four
regiments ot the regular army remain In the
Islum ! , and Oeneral Henry , who Is absolulc
dictator , would feel perfectly sate with one
regiment only. It is well that several volun
teer regiments have gone , for they made
some trouble.
"General Drooke , the first In command ,
wns succeeded by General Guy V. Henry ,
than whom no more faithful and competent
olllcer could easily bo found. Hut 1 was Kind
to discover that such men prove not to bo
rare In the service. The olflcers whom
General Henry has put In command nt thu
principal centers , a number of whom I met ,
though burdened with less responsibilities ,
were evidently men of the same spirit. As
military commander , General 'Henry ' Is prac
tically a dictator , whose word la law In all
departments of the civil government. He
can remove any olllcer or reverse any de
cision. Such power can 'be ' safely Invested
only In the hands ot such a man ns General
Henry a man not only Inflexibly nouest , but
also utterly devoted to the welfare of the
people and the prosperity of the Island , quick
to find their needs , nud with the moral
courage to do whnt he believes Is right. Ho
Is a scholarly mnn , nn author of repute in
military history , tireless In the executive
work which gives him no rest , willing to
take advice , and willing to correct any
errors ho may have made. The people of
Porto Rico that Is , those whose good opin
ion Is worth having believe In him nnd de
clare that his wise administration has saved
the Island from great calamity. "
Soldiers returning from Cuba , Porto Tllco
and the Philippines arc getting a taste of
custom house regulations and are not at all
pleased with the Inqulsltlveness of Inspect
ors and quite Indignant over the duties
levied on their trophies. Several officers
and a number of privates , 'mostly ' represent
ing volunteer regiments , have complained
that the customs officials at various ports
have insisted on assessing duty on ponies ,
parrots , doga , cats , pigs nnd even snakes ,
brought back from the war by the soIdlerH
ns pets or mascots. Ono soldier of the
Fourth Virginia volunteers objected to the
payment of a charge of $30 on a broncho llko
these sold In Cuba at $5 a head , or In some
places nt $3 a pair. The law as Interpreted
by the Treasury department , however , ex
acts a duty of $30 on each pony or horse
valued at $150 or less. Other soldiers have
been obliged to pay a duty of 20 per cent ad
valorem on parrots , and then cannot under
stand why the duty should be exacted when
these birds nro recorded in some cases ns
representing the "luck" of the regiment.
Pigs arc taxed $1.00 a head and goats one-
fifth of their value , nnd these animals have
frequently been the subject of vain com
plaints to the department > by soldiers return
ing homo.
Hero Is nn extract from a letter written
by W. S. Cooper , nn Ottawn boy with the
Twentieth Kansas , which testifies not only
to the bravery of a Kansas girl , but also
distantly to a romance : "Our ivoman nurse
was with us In the trenches that night. Shu
sat right next to me , and every time I took '
a shot she had another cartridge ready for I
mo. They shot closer than they over did i
before , and the bullets were Just nipping I
over our heads. "
I'lSllMOXAI , AM ) OTIIRIIWISR.
Sidney Webb , an English publicist , calls
Salt Lake City the purest municipality in
America.
General Lloyd Whenton , who cleared the
Pnslg river , entered the service as a ser
geant in the Eighth Illinois during ths civil
war. I .
The residents of Alvn , Okln. , have decided '
to change the name of that town to Capron , '
In honor of the Hough HIder captain killed , '
it Santiago. I
Boston , which Is nothing if not modest ,
lias undertaken to tench Now York how
to conduct an equine exhibition , vulgarly
called n horse show.
Speaker llobort McN'amee ot the Florida ,
legislature was presented nt the opening of' '
the session with a gavel made from the keel '
at the baltle&hlp Maine. j '
The Btatue of lobelia , former queen of I
Spain , which stood for
years In the Central i
r > ark of Havana , Cuba , has been taken down i
uy order of Military Governor Lualow. I
Joseph Vldal , tlio heavy-bearded and long- ' i
haired Individual who hns been writing love i
Icttci-H to Mies Helen Gould , has nt last <
been arrested , charged with being insane.1
Ho did not put airy stamps on his letters ! '
ind Miss Gould's secretary paid the postage1
: m them for a long time.
Senator Plait of New York hns always
been n careful keeper of gcrapbuolts. Upon
the declaration of hostilities between Spain
and the United States his efforts and these
of his dcveral secretaries were redoubled ,
and ho is now believed to own ono ot the
best contemporary histories of the Spanish
war extant.
A bpoctator at a Now York performance
3f "Othello" a short time ago rose from
Ills seat while Desdemona was being smoth-
ured by a pillow In thu hands of the Moor
: md declared : "I conMdcr this an outrage
I'll not stay In any play boueo whore they
allow a nigger to kill a white woman. "
Then ho went out.
Herbert P. Deors of Green Farms , Conn. ,
Is suing It. Fred Dunham , editor of the
Soutliport ( Conn. ) Chronicle , for $10,000
Inmages for calling him a "sorrel-topped
nincompoop , " the adjective apparently being
more offensive than the noun. The offensive
Inscription nf the plaintiff occurs la the
3hronlule's account of his wedding.
ST\TH IMII-JSS ON STVTIS POMTH .S.
N'orih Plutto Tribune ( rep. ) : Tlio popu
list program now mapped out U to noml-
iwle ex-Senator Allen for supreme judge
and ex-Governor llolcomb for congress In
this district. Hut what Is tn beconio of
Judge Neville of thlft city ? .Mu t he con
tinue to subsist on political husks ?
Gothenburg Independent ( rep. ) : Alnny re
publicans throughout this district think that
either A. E. CaJy of St. Paul or Xnrrls
llrown of Kearney should be the nominee
for cotigrnMiimn this ( nil. Hoth have made-
n campaign and advocated the principle of
a party , which returned to power , fulfilled
every statement made by them ( luring their
former campaigns when the elements were
against them and the : iomlnnttotia emil 1
mean but defeat. As standard bearers of tic !
right when the people were against them ,
now that their policy for the 'beat has LCJH
dnnonstrated they should bo honoiod wltn
the nomination when the chances are favorable
able- for an election.
Ulalr Pilot ( rep. ) : iHoforo the next state
campaign fairly opens upo may expect t
tco the pop orators carving the air lit tell
Ing their tale of woo over the expenses o
the late legislature. Thu story of thla I
mighty Interesting. A few republicans who
cnmo from districts where sutu building ?
\\ero located , came with the hope of gottlni ?
some port oC nn appropriation. That Is vor >
natural. These fellowo tied up with tlu
pops and went after everything In sigh-
Every pop In the state legislature wr.n
elected on a platform pledged to economy
nnd yet In the stnte house ihey voted In i
K'jlld phalanx for every appropriation toll'
that was presented. The republican mn-
Jorlty wns very small aud It was Impossible
to hold enough of them together to clean
tip pop extravagance.
Ord Journal ( pop. ) : In a month or so th
campaign will open and then you will heai
the republicans yawp of how the fusion
state olllcors took passes Just a * their re
publican preduccmsora did , and they will al
most have tears In their eyes. Hut did they ?
Well , hardly. They did tuke the passed Just
ns the republicans did and thuy rode on
them , too , but still there WDH a difference.
They did not clmrgo any railroad uxpensoM
to the slate whlli- the republican olllcern
traveled on pnsscs nnd then thrust tholi
hnnds Into the stnto treasury , pulled out
In cash and put Into their own pockets the
traveling expenses that they had never palil.
Our men ought not to have taken those
passes , but all the same the state Is sev
eral thousand dollars richer on account ol
their having done so.
0'N'cll ! Independent ( pop. ) : The Inde
pendent believes there Is no mnn in N'e-
brnska whose many eminent qualification. *
eo ardently appeal to the good Judgment of
the reform forces of Nebraska In selecting
a candidate for supreme Judge this fall as
docs Mr. Holcomb's. Ho Is not only one of
the best lawyers in America , but a man
whoso sterling worth and unswerving In
tegrity are known to every individual In Hie
state , nnd would commend itself to the bet
ter class ot voters In Nebraska regardless
of former political affiliation. If the re
form forces of this elate want to land their
ticket with 30,000 majority In the comlns
election none "but their 'best ' timber should
head the llBt and who will say -we have
better or moro thoroughly seasoned timber
than our able cx-goTcrnor ?
Auburn Granger ( pop. ) : The report of the
committee appointed to investigate Auditor
Cornell's onico nnd ofllclnl nets was sub
mitted on Friday , nnd Is certainly in bar-
mony with the evidence. The examination
and report cost $1,1SO. Much of the Irregiu
larltlcs in the auditor's office the commit
tee lays to friction between the employ
and unwise selection of employes. The
charges made toy the employed for extra
labor nro listed by the committees ns unjust
ind Illegal. The drawing of a warrant by
Deputy Pool for $22. for alleged labor per
formed In transcribing abstracts of govern
ment lands In Nebraska Is denounced by
Lho committee. The report says the nftl-
lavit upon which It is 'based was fnlso and
Fraudulent. The practice of the past In the
auditor's ofllco was along the same line.
Phe committee .finds that 'Mr. ' Pool simply
nade a few corrections nnd that $5 would
mvo been sufficient. The committee believes
lint Deputy 'Pool ' should 'be required to pay
mck the money. The auditor Is crltlclscn
'or allowing his treasury examiners to work
is examiners of Insurance companies and
ecelvo pay for the same. Auditor Cornell's
) lnn of retaining fees of his office thret ,
nonths at a time nnd the practice of Snm-
lel Llohty along the same line , nnd Mr.
Jchty's practice of drawing on the cash
Irawcr nro nil mentioned In the report. Th"
ludltor Is held responsible for the neglect
ind extortion which the evidence shows his
ixamlners of limurnnce companies practiced.
A STATIOXA1 , 013.11 HTUIIY.
Arlington HOCOIIK-M Ono In n l.nrui-r
nnd Trin-r SCIINC.
Washington Star.
Henceforth the graves at Arlington will
: onstltute a truly national cemetery. Until
oday they have represented thu mon whu
oil In defense of the union , fighting against
he south. Now there nro burled there men
torn the south ns well as the north , from j
he east and from the west. Many of them I
innnmed , unknown , they Ho side by side ,
\merlcnn noldlers all , patriots , whoso re-
iponse to the call to arms was Influenced
iy no considerations of residence , whoso
vlllingness to serve the country wns
ioupled with no .bitter . recollection of thu
llvlBlons which once rent the nation.
The war with Spain did moro to heal the
ircach between the north nnd the south
linn any other single net or series of acts
iccurrliiR since the outbreak of hostll-
tlos In 1SC1. . If for that result nlono It wnn
veil fought , a profitable expenditure of
ilood and worillh. And so today's cereino-
iles over the graves of the hero dead at
Arlington have a wider slgnlllcuneo than
voiild bo noted If the occasion were merely
oeal or sectional. Thus was symbolized
ho reunion which wns given substantial
orm during the fighting , when men from
ho once antagonistic states fought Hide by
Ido In the trenches nnd suffered together
he pains of the campaign.
President McKlnley's words to the people
if the south , spoken during his winter's
Inlt Into that region , nro thus lelloctcd In
he interment today nt Arlington. His
iresenco at the Braves of the men who
ell In Cuba IH a token of the spirit In
vlilch ho advocated a complete rcconc-llla-
Ion. Henceforth , when the day comeo for
lonorlng the graven of the soldier dead nt
Ullngton , people from all states can meet
I ) on Ilic green tn sound the prnlsea
if thu American soldier , fighting for his
onceptlon of the right and of his duty.
MRONTON"
A Smut , Snappy Style
( LUETT.PEABODYfeCo
" * I MAHCRS
X ( IVMJSTHJATIOV AVTBU ,
Ponder llopnbllo : Governor Poynter
' vetoed the $2.000 appropriation for the ex
penses of the committee appointed to In-
| vestlgato the stale officers. It must he thai
| ho Is fearful that more rottenness will tit
unearthed slmllnr to the C.irnell ncnndn !
and thinks by cutting oft tin' appropriation
ho can stop the work of the committee.
K.itrmont Chronicle : When the commit
tee was appointed to Investigate the stnt
officers who h.ivo been on the Inside during
the last two yenrs , n blR follow about the
pizo nnd shape of Silas A. Ilolpomb com-
inonpod to Rhnko In his boots. He fmuro < l
that lie might bo compelled to testify again
about the law that "was all a farce any
way. "
North Platte Tribune : Two years ago a
populist legislature appropriated $10,000 for
the use of n committee appointed to Invcstl-
I gate the books nnd accounts of retired re-
j publtcnn Blato officials. The bill wat
promptly signed by llolcomb , then governor ,
and the committee succeeded In spending
Iho money without discovering fraud on the
part of the republicans who had filled the
slate olllces. The last legislature passed a
bill appropriating $2.000 nnd appointed a
committee lo cxnuilno the records of the
populist stale officials , which bill wns
promptly vetoed by Governor Poyntor , tints
shielding the populist tUnlo officers In thu
shady transactions of which It Is said they
have Ill-oil guilty. All of which goes to
provo that "reform" In Nebraska Is "hot
stuff. "
lllnlr Pilot : The Btnto senate before Id
adjournment appointed n committee to in
vestigate the work and records of state
officers during the last two years and appro
priated $2,000 to pay for clerical work. Tut
move on the part of thu senate caused cou-
stornntlon among the fuslonlsts and pressure
wns brought to bear to head oft the Invest I-
gallon , but to no nvnll until the papers
reached the governor , when he vetoed the
Item appropriating the $2,000. The fact tlmt
thu state house officials so seriously object
to having their records Investigated Is suffi
cient reason why the work should proceed ,
and In event that the officials refuse to
open their books to the committee wo may
safely conclude that their records are such
ns could not nnd would not be endorsed by
the people. The moment any official objects
to .being . Investigated that moment suspicion
rests upon him.
AlltV TltlKl.K.S.
Cleveland Plnin Dealer : "Mrs. Uloggs U a
woman of great capacity. "
"Then you have seen her cat. "
Chicago Tribune : Jlr. Oldboy Hello ! A
not.la ! U from ono of your fond tulmlr-
Mr. Gayboy I should say not. It's from
Indianapolis Journal : "The humor of the
inonaloKiia mnn , " wild the boarder who hud
lipcm to the variety show , "was decidedly
elephantine.
"I'resiimah'y , " commented the Cheerful
Idiot , "Jio carries his lecture In his trunk. "
IndlnnapoIlM Journal : "She seems like a
very calculatingwoman. . "
"Yen. but they never let her count up her
scoru card at a progressive euchre
Chlcuco Post : "Your friend has a won
derful memory. "
"Marvelous ! "
"Never fails him. "
" 1 don't know about that. I never saw
him on the witness .stand. "
Detroit Journal : Lawyer Why do you
vvl.sh to appeal to a. higher ronrt ? You 1m vu
'Till orco aml tlle L'8t ° dy of your
Divorcee Yes , but It Is not decided yet
whether baby really lookH llko my folks or
llku George's i Jnun. jir. lilnks' !
Chicago Tribune : Cuxtoiner ( with en-
tliunm. nn-ThtH is the kind nt apples I have
'een looking for nil day. JIow Uo you sell
Grocer One dollar and twenty cents a
t > eck.
Customer Good heavens ! Olvo me 18
cents' worth oC dried i > esichos.
IMS M3W IIKOTJIKU.
Joe Ulivu'oln In L. A. W. Bull&tln.
Sny , 1'vo gt.t n llttlo .brother. .
Never leaned to havu Jilm , nuther.
Uut he's here ;
They just went iihead and bought him ,
\nd last ivo-k thu doctor brought him.
Wa'ii't 'that cjueer ?
When I heard the news from Molly ,
Why , I 'thong-lit ' ut llrst 'twas jolly.
'Cause , yon see ,
r s'jKised I could go nnd get him ,
Vnd then munnnn , course , would let him
1'lay with me.
lut when I had once JookJd at him ,
U hy ! " I says , "My sukea , J tlmt him ?
Just that mite ! "
'hoy .wild . "Yes , " nnd "Ain't lu ounnln'T"
iVnd I thought they must lie funnln'
lie's a sUrht !
Uo's * o Htnall , It's Just amazln' ,
iVnd you'd think that ho was blnzJn' .
HO'H . - > rod :
And his HOHO is llko a Iferry ,
\nd lie.'s b.ild ns Uncle Jerry
On his head.
IVhy , Ii ? Isn't worth n dollar !
\11 ho does is cry and holler
.Moro and moro ;
iVon't sit up ; you cnn't nrrnngR him
[ don't see why pji don't change him
At the store.
S'ow wo've ( 'ot tn drf * > nnd feed him.
\nd wo really didn't need him
( Mor ° 'n a frog ;
IVhy'd they buy a baby Ibrothor
IVhi'ii they know I'd good deal ruther
Have n dog ?
would probably make
a sorry job of trimming
a lady's hat. We've
seen some products of
he "tailor shapes , "
which bear a strong
.mpression of having
oeen cut out with a
saw. Maybe that's why
: hey tack on ten or
: wenty dollars to the
Drice. You won't know
i perfect fit at a legiti-
nate price till you
: ome to us. We can fix
, 'ou out at $8 , or we
: an do so for less or go
jp to $25. We handle
ill grades all you
lave to do is to make
/our wants known and
, ve will do the rest