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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-07-31
First Publication. July, oath.
tlrt n W. stern MutuaI T,ifa Tpcur,,

fTst fuDilcatlOD, July, 24th.
NUrfhwt stern Mutual Life Insurar ce
Company, v. Burr, 16-1ls.
To the Northwestern Mutual Life In
eurance Company, S. A. Maxwell ard
Company, David b. WEIGH, Jane F..
Chamberlain. Abbie NJ. Chamberlain,
Mary S. j cobs, Jane ID. Dow d all, the
S3ll,vaI Savings 10. titution OF Clare
mont. New Hampshire, the Citizens
National Bank OF Des Moinee, Iowa.
Louis Hex and James Porter:
You and each of you are hereby noti
he'd that in the case pending 10 the dis
trict count of Lancaster county.
Nebi aska. numter 16-l1S, wherein the
said Northwestern Mutual Life Insu
rance Company is plaintiff. and you and
others are defendants. the National Life
Insurance Company, Of Montpelier,
Vermont. on the Ord day of July, 1897,
filed its petit on against you and the
other defendants in said cause
the object and prayer whereof are
TO sdJudge that the petitioner,
the National Life Insurance Com
paDy has a valid and first lien on a GER
tain frame dwelling house now standing
on pars OF the land in controversy in
thic CouSC, tO-WI. LUIS DuunOef lU and
IL 10 block number 90 in the city Of Lin
coin in said county, viii n house former
ly steod on lots mum Der aud 9 in block
number $50 in said city, and on which
said petitioner claims and prays lien
by virtue OF a certain mortgage executed
by the defendants. Carlos G. Burr and
Mary E. Burr, on July IL, 1887, for the
sum of sll.O00. recorded on July IL,
1887. in book IA OF mortgages, ge SOP,
of In, mortgage records of said county.
and covering the last above DIES cribed
llnd; that the decree in said cause may
be so modified and corrected as to ex.
clude in express terms from the PROD
erty to be sod foc the pigment OF the
liens thereby established the house
afor5 said; that said house with all it's
appurtenances may be sold for the nav
ment OF your petitioners lien; and that
you aud all The Gefeatants herein NAV
he excluded from all interest therein or
en- thereon, and tnjoned and restrained
rom in any manner interfering with The
petitioner and all persons claiming
through or under the same FROM the re.
noval thereof.
You are require to ar swer Slid petit
ton Of tn, National Life Insura,c,
Company on or before the 3O,h day of
August, 1897.
The National Life Insurance COMPANY.
uf Montpelier. Vermont.
By s. L. GEIsTHARDT, Attorney.
Aug IA.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-07-31
ANNIE PREY.

Claud-There is nothing more pleas
ant than to walk and talk with the one
you love best.
Maud should think you would get
tired Of your own company.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-07-31

went 10 hotels because they meet other
delegates there and because head.
quarters are usually there. though the
towns where the meetings are held, still
give entertainments 10 delegates who
wish it, being glad in most caees to do
tins, since the meetings do not come to
any one place often.
MIS- Henrot;n's work. which has been
vi ,iiirg the various states for purposes
OF organic atiO,. has given her wider
view than is given to moot wOmeE even
club womcr. Shs sees the details, for
she kroxs the club work OF the United
States thoroughly, understands tbs
mo life atoms 10 aims and methods and
tho conditions that give rise to these
mo 1ificat oas, and knows many of the
leading club women o. the various ates;
but she can see hey o1d these details
and make out the direction in which the
cubs OF the United st ties are moving,
towards closer federal on aIOog them
selves aud CO ordination with Gu eide
bodies doing work in which they are
themselves interested. Her own work
has been lot go much leading 10 new
ideas and pushing in neX directions as
it has been tie directing of impulses
already existing and rapidly growing.
1T my name is to stand for anything
among the women Of the United States"
she concluded, 1T will be rather for my
work in the federation of clubs Than in
any other line
As l rose to come away, l almost
doubled her last statement. IL her name
is remembered among club women. as it
is quite sure to be, think it will bs at
least in part betaus she is an example
OF the very best kind OF cub women q
half century has been able to produce.
one who units perfect womanliness
with the not unwomsnly qualities OF
keen PERCEPTION, eound judgement and
activity.
Shs rode down in elevator with me: |
she must have understood sympatheti- |
cally my gruesome awe of the dienitary
who manipulated the levers. and saw me
safely cut into the corridor lexpec'ed
th,n 10 see Look OF relief come over
her face; l was painfully conscious, Low
that the elevator boy was watching,
what it was for ma to be talking on a
friendly footing with the
President of the National Federation of
Clubs. thought 10 hear a
-ather cool Good day." she must re alize
low that had taken full hour of her
lime.
But the look OF relief dill not come.
Tor the cool dismissal. Instead she
lsked rather besitstiDgly il cared to
'ome again and get the details Of new
in club WORK; she would
,e glad to give them to me il l cared for
hem.
AS came away found myself think
ug almost sentimentslly that any one
rho had never heard Mrs. HenrOtin say
goodbye" did not know how much
ould bs expressed in one word.
This is my impression of Mrs. Hen
Otiu. confess in myself now and
almost uni ounded ad
liraticn for her. 1 have not met very I!
lapy women OF her kind.
ANNIE PREY.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-07-31

fuil time TO rOuud out the work che has
tried to do 10 the federation.
Mrs. Henrotin is modest, but moi
overmodest in estimating tho wc,th Of
her own work. Il may not have done
the best always" she said honestly, shut
have done my best"
She has been interested in woman &
clubs almost from their be ginning. She
has been a msmber OF the Oldest
woman's club in Chicsg,, the Fort
nightly. for twenty years and OF the
Womanis Club for fifteen. But only
the latter part of this time has been
given in any Completeness, II public
work. Before she was made vice presi-
dent OF the Womanis Congress If the
Columbian exposition ste hal do 10
little more than ordinary cub work. But
in the three years, exposition work,
much OF which as a matter OF course
fell to Mrs. Henrotin. she & the Train
ing aud The working knowledge which
fittei her suprsmely for the work Of or.
ganization that she has done.
She saw. she says. then. that tho work
OF womans clubs must not be aggressive
but must bs constructive and practical.
She thought she saw chance for work
that would mean something in the Office
she nov hol1e, go she. accepted it
eagerly. The work has developed OF
itself beyond anything she had expected
or hoped.
Her whole effort at first was TO build
up the National Federation by tr, ing
to draw into it states, that, while they
had clCbs. had littl, or no state oryani-
cation and no connection with o.her
states, even i'm the federation. Now this
pant Of tie work will practically need no
further pushing. States as they are
ready for the Federation will find out
their own need themselves. The work
she is giving epe :isl attention now is
the co ordination OF woman's clubs with
other organizations. such for instauce,
as the teachers associations; 10 get the
clubs to add this force to the forces al
ready working. Each state would of
course have different organic ,tioas for
the clubs t. work through. Education
would probably be the object that most
would work toward.
This is the sketch Mrs. Henrotin gave
me OF her work. She said nothing of
the oppositions and discouragements
that almost of necessity must have come
10 her. AS chs talked she
seemed TO forget herself IN the
intensity of her enthusiasm. She is es-
pecially enthusiastic over the work in
states. Her eyes became bril-.
liant. her cheeks flushed softly and her
whole face grew a'ert ard keen as she
talked at some length of the oppoituni-
lies Of the southern women and their
recent tendency towards
broader. less exclusive work.
For the people of the west Mrs. Hen
'otin has strong admiration. She
lays she had never seen land more care.
ully cultivated or PEOPLE that seemed
more energetic and prosperous than in
he states shs pas. I'd through on her
way from Chicago to Denver. The pep
lie in the east. she said, do net ap-
'reciate at all the rapid development
,oing on in the wet.
This failure to apprs ciate each other
gas one OF tie things. she explained,
hat the National Federation would do ;
way with. Delegates and club women
meet from all pai is Of the United States
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-07-31
Miss Prey's Interview With
Mrs. HenrOtin.

fall will hear and perhaps meet one Of
tho most attractive women | have ever
known, Mira. Ellen Nj. llenr1tip, the
president Of the National Federation OF
Woman's clubs. In looking up the club
work here in Chicago l have met heI
several times and always sho has given
me with keen intuition the very help
needed.
Ny first impression from her face waf
that ehs wouli he a woman who would
requ re and give perfect sincerity. Her
grey eyes are uncompromisingly steady
and her bearing told in se,ond that
eh, could trust herself TO forget her
self. She is q woman OF middle age
with face NJ lorg.r young but wit a
chez rfuluess and freshness in it that
makes one remember her as much
younger than she at first seemed. Her
beautiful White hair seems rather an ex-
p,nent Of perfect ply steal harmony tina n
OF age. H.r dress OF grey linen fitted in
quietly With the idea OF an unobtrusiv, ;,
self possessed kindly woman.
Shs has apartments in-ihs Virginia
hotel. wh.re / felt bourd, as coming
from the west, to admire tho richness of
marble tt-ps and velvet cerpete, ma
hogany wcodxo FORK and uoisless elevators
iun by personases they W ere no less
whose one ambition apparently was t.
stop the elevator with such precision
aad scientific delicacy as belitted their
station. confess that was somewhat
overawed by the mahogany and marble
and elevator boys. 1 sat trifie i'll at
ease in big plush chair in an upper
psrlor, looked at the red plush carpet
ana the spider legged table in the
middle OF the room. studied the grand
piano and the ceiling with its delicate
Ma lie Antoinnet:e decorations and
waited for what was 10 be the terror If
ali these awesome terrors Mrs Ellen M.
Henrotin. wife OF the Belgian consul and
president OF something, almost forgot
what 10 my trepidation.
When she cans and looked at me and
held out her hand l recovered as il by
magic. She met me in the parlor the
eaid because there we're visitors in her
rooms Who might make us lie free to
speak.
Then she answered with characters
TIC direc tness and brevity the questions
] asked. She was born in Por. land she
said but che has always felt that she be.
lopgea to no special part OF the United
Statee. She was educated in Germany
and France and England 30 far as schools
went and came back to America in le59:
was married and began the long eiuca-
ton that has made her brilliant news
paper woman and perhaps at present the
best known club woman in the United
States.
She had great plans for her newspaper
work, she said cheerfuliy. She always
found it fascinating even when il was
most cxacting. But lately she has found
o:her work more pressing. first her work
rs vice pre- sident OF the wcmaus con-
gress at the Columbian exposition aud
then n pre=idc,t CT the National FEEDER
Ito OF Womsn's Clubs in which sh,
Is serving her second term of off e. So
The has drops ed for tbs mot art any I
work. She will tske it up
gain when her second, and, according (
. the rules Of the federation, las. term j
'xpiree. She wants DOW t, have hsr {
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
London Bankers Are Uneasy.

Owing to the continuance Of the SEN
sation caused by the recent letter OF
Mr.. Hugh Smith, governor OF the Bank
OF England, in regard to holding one
fifth Of the banks note reserve In sill
yer, meeting of representatives Of all
banks in the clearing house has
been summoned to discuss the
situation. It is asserted that the
bank already possesses some mil.
lions in silver. The financial editor
Of the Standard contends that this 10
impossible. 50 far as the issue depart
ment is concerned, and again attacks
the governor Of the bank for taking
what is characterized as an utterly gro
tesque position, which indicates, how
ever expert business man Mr.. Smith
may be, that he lie not acquainted with
the banks account, III,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
FRANCE AND SILVER.
French Premier. M. Mellne, Suggests
Ratio of Is I-2 to 1.

French Premier. M. Meline, Suggests a
Ratio of 15 1-2 to 1.
The London Times, in a special ar
ticle dealing with the causes which led
France to propose the free coinage of
silver, says that the French ambas-
sador proposed 151k to / as the ratio at
which France would open her mints,
and then proceeds to review the bime-
tallic movement In France. It points
out that In spite of protection the price
'of wheat continued to fall In France
until M, Meline, in 1895. in view of the
Immense agricultural vote, changed
front and decided that as protection
had fi,iled and high price for wheat
was necessary bimetallism must be
tried. The Times continues:
AT sthe conference in May, in the
presence Of AZ. L0ubet and OF M. Mag
min, he (M Meline) said to Senator
Wolceit: Our support win not be
wantiHg.'
1T Snust be said then that what the
Tines limited is absolutely correct. Pol
itics u at the bottom Of all this. It
Is stated ID the city that France is not
serious and that the governor Of the
bank is aware Of this. Do not let us
be TOP sure in questioning the state
raents and avowals Of leading French
stateranen. for we shall be neither cour-l
teous snor prudent in doing so and may
even 1e mistaken in the facts In the
case. {
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
M'KINLEY'S RECORD.
HE HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED
FREE SILVER
And Has Never Explained His Change
OF Base-Just Obeyed Wall Streets
Orders and Said Nothing-He Is One
Of the Weakest.

McKinley's record as an advocate of
the free coinage of silver has been un-
earthed in detail by Congressman
'alnes of Tennessee, and was publish
ed in the Congressional Record of Au-
gust II, thus:
January 20, 1875, Mr.. Mckinley voted
Tor resolution offered by Senator
Stanley Mathews of Ohio, declaring
that all bonds of the United States are
payable, principal and interest, at the
option Of the government, in silver dol
lars containing 412k grains each of
standard silver, and that to restore to
legal tender in payment of said bonds,
principal and interest, is not in viola,
tlon OF the public faith nor in deroga-
tion OF the rights Of the public cred
itor. -.r.5
This resolution passed the Senate by
a vote OF 43 to az, and the House by
a vote OF 143 to 10. Mckinley voted
yea.
February S, 1877, Mckinley voted for
the Bland 16 to / free coinage of silver
act.
February q, 1873, he voted against
laying the Bland bill and Senate
amendment on the table. April 8, 1856,
ne voted against bill to suspend the
coinage of silver under the Bland act.
In 1888, at the Republican national
convention, Mr.. Mckinley reported the
platform which declared that "The
Republican party is in favor of the
use Of both silver and gold as money,
and condemn the policy of the Demo-
cratic administration in its efforts to
demonetize silver"
In 1890, Mr.. Mckinley, as chairman
OF the House Ways and Means Com
mittee. and leader of the Fifty-frst
Congress, earnestly advocated the pas
sage Of the bullion purchasing act as
the next best thing to free coinage.
In May, 1890, he said, in the House,
Men are poorest when everything is
lowest and cheapest measured by Did,
for everything is highest and dearest
when measured by labor" @
June IA. 1890, Mckinley, in a speech
in the House of Representatives, said:
II am in favor Of the biggest use of
silver in the currency Of the country.
| would not dishonor it; would give
1t credit and honor with gold"
1t will be especially noticed that Maj.
Mckinley voted for the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver at the ratio
OF 16 to 1-precisely such a measure as
he now stands ready to veto.
This record should be literally past
ed in the hat" for ready reference by
everyone interested in public affairs.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
standard Of Impraot otlc.blllty.

The secretary Of the navy, In a COM
munication to congress lately, states
that In the opinion Of the ordinance
bureau the establishment of an armor
plate factory by the government would
be impracticable OF course it is. Any.
thing is impracticable that interferes
with combines and trusts. The armor
plate manufacturers were liberal con-
tributors to the party slush funds Of
the campaign. They combined to hold
up Uncle Sam, refusing to accept the
$500 per ton limit placed by congress
on armor plate, despite the alleged fact
that some OF these factories are sup..
plying Russia Will armor plate at $3.50
per ton. Everything is impracticable
nowadays that interieres with the rule
of combines. trusts and monopol!c- IN
general. Erie People.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
NATCHTOCTES, LA. NOVEMBER 6 1897

the earth, it would require 51,S5S.3 of
them to pay the amount.
"A single sphere of gold to pay the
debt would have diameter of 294.957
miles. Just think of it. Over fifty
thousand worlds all pure gold to pay
for that dollar.
Shall we now ask which is ac-
counted the most important in our
civilization, the man or the dollar T?
Here is the record of only one dollar,
but it draws interest for very long
time. Now think of our national
bonded Indebtedness, which, it seems,
a certain class Of people want to make
perpetual.
Further, our states, counties and
municipalities have fallen into the
bond habit. And still further our
railroad bonds amount to more than
all these combined, issued mostly on
fictitious values, but the people have
to pay interest on it all In the form
OF exorbitant and ruinous transporta-
tlon rates. added to all the farmer
buys and taken from the price of all
he ships from his farm.)
The attempt has been made, and
will be made again, to make all these
payable in gold. In the light Of the
above calculation, the goose that lays
golden eggs must retire to an insight
ficant place and God must come for
ward and change the planets into gold
to pay these bonds. Let us place
high upon our banner this motto: No
More Bonds Forever
Let US hope that DR.. Taylor and
other able men as he will join in and
get the people to make start by
adopting a perpetual money and indus
trial system as proposed in The New
Idea. II once started, the people can
soon release themselves from transpor-
tation bonds without wronging anyone
OF his rights and without the loss of
one dollars worth of property. In
place of loss to any one they would
add millions of real wealth to our coun-
try daily and everybody would have
plenty to do at good pay.
Yes, in perpetual money so good
that less than five dollars would pay
for ride to New York or San Fran
cisco, and SO plentiful that a section
hand could pay for 1t with couple Of
days wages or less. Respectfully,
HENRY ALLEN BELL.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
Inheritance Tar psci.,on.

The supreme court OF California has
decided that the inheritance tax law of
that state, enacted in 1893, is consti-
tutional and valid. This is a valuable
contribution to the judicial decisions
on the subject. The California law does
not provide for a graded tax. But it
has other features Of discrimination
which have caused similar legislation
In several states to be assailed in the
courts. The tax Is levied only on col
lateral heirs and estates OF small value
are exempt. According to the statute
OF. California inheritances descending
to children and brothers and sisters are
exempt from taxation. All inheri-
tances Of $500 or less, whether going to
direct or collateral heirs, pay no tax.
The tax Is uniform on all estates OF
over $500 going to collateral heirs
that is, to relatives not of full blood
like children or brothers and sisters Of
the deceased. There has been no i,,-
~ASAssA uSSA0AVA ~ Guy SIblc declaring
that discrimination against heirs on
account Of their degrees Of consaneuin-
ity invalidates the tax ON inheritances
Adverse decisions rested on the ground
that estates were taxed according to
graded values large estates at a high
er rate per cent than small estates. On
this ground the act of Ohio was held
to be void as destroying the uniformity
OF taxation. Governor Black Of New
York vetoed bill OF the last leris-
lature Of that state providing for
graded tax. The courts in other states
including Illinois, have decided that a
graded tax is constitutional-that It
does not violate the rule of uniformity
in taxation, because 1t is in the nature
Of license to bequeath and inherit
property-not tax on the property
This is the more enlightened view Of
the question and probably will prevail
in the final adjudication Of the ques-
ton.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
Let Anarchy Be a Monono,v.

=
The executive board of the Social
Democracy Of America has done we'll
to suspend local branch No. 2 of that
organization for incendiary and vio-
lent utterances. The tariff barons and
their henchmen should be allowed q
monopoly OF anarchy. as they have
achieved a monopoly OF pretty nearly
everything else. No organization of
Workingmen can hope to endure-much
less to flourish--so long as it counte-
nances, even by indirection, a forcible
revolution in our system Of govern
ment. Other considerations aside, all
the power and authority of society are
united against such propaganda, and
such forces are irresistible. Revolu-
tionary talk simply puts weapons into
the hands of monopoly, which IL al
ready too strongly intrenched. Force
cannot win In the present struggle. It's
employment by the Pennsylvania mine
owners has already weakened their
cause to an extent which cannot be
Over-estimated. The coal barons have
made a mistake which they would be
glad to see workingmen initiate. They
have undertaken to override the law,
and the almost universal condemna-
tion which they have excited shows the
strength Of public sentiment against
measures. Not only the So
cial Democracy, therefore, but all 9TH
er associations of workingmen, will
serve their real interests by adhering
strictly to the law and leaving to mo-
the odium Of lawlessness. The
American people discountenance an
archy, not only In the form of bombs,
but In the disguise of judicial usurpa-
ton and official homicide. Their rep
rehension will be as surely felt after
Lattimer as 1t was after Homestead,
They are not deceived as to the merits
Of the case. Let the Social Democracy.
discountenance all talk about
hanging monopolists. Those gentry, il
given enough rope, will infallibly hang
Chicago Chronicle.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
a word to the oyarnaid.

Say, you over-paid, over-fed, we'll
housed and well-clothed free and inde-
pendent American citizen, who can't
sgt q Job to save your neck, I suppose
you think the collective ownership Of
the railroads, telephones, coal mines,
oil wells, etc, etc. would destroy your
individuality and reduce you to 4 con-
dftlon Of slavery, don't your Did you
ever observe to what a condition 81
slavery Uncle Samuel has reduced his
letter carriers? They work eight
hours day, and get from, SIT to 500
4 month tor y. Rights Of Man.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
Hauna's Doctriue.

Hanna starts out in his campaign In
Ohio with the following taken from
his first speech:
"Our country is the greatest wealth
producing country on the earth, and
you tillers Of the soil are charged with
the duty Of protecting II"
But when 1t comes to appointing a
currency commissioner the farmers are
expected to attend to their potatoes
while the bankers Ak things - Dakota
Ruralist.