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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-26

ury. II they wish to deliver that
which is paid them for the state to
the state, they can sleep with good
conscience, but IL they prefer sleep
leaness and riches to an auditors
salary and a good conscience, the
state, according to this decision, can
not punish them for acquiring thou
sands at its expense. In this incred-
ible position has the exact interpreta-
tion of the law placed the people OF
Nebraska and the state auditor. While
Eugene Moore was being tried the
newspapers Of the state refrained from
expressing an opinion. For once they
allowed the case to be tried In court
and the verdict justified their sense
OF propriety, but they are making 1t
up now by matchmaking the law
which compels such decision.
Americans are getting tired OF ban
quoting and lionizing foreigners, and
paying out dollars TO hear them lee
ture, and Of being repaid by abuse as
soon as the lecturer is far enOugh away
to call us names. The English are in
sular and that means that they are
convinced OF their own superiority.
They may consent to listen toa Swede
or q Frenchman or a blOOmin' Ameri-
can, but they do not liOnize him, they
never lose their critical attitude, or
forget for one instant that he is not
an Englishman, and therefore not
worthy of much consideration. Nam
sen is a cold blooded Swede who is re-
paying our hearty and generous re.
ception by criticising our hotels. our
railroads and our manners to our
quondam enemies and relations, the
English. He came to America to make
money. He made it. We made him
free OF the best We had, but he has
not anything good to say of us. So
did TrOllOpe: SO did Dickens, and
Kipling and Mathew Arnold. But
the artists and singers and speakers
keep coming because we have money
and minds open to all forms OF beauty
and cannot learn that we are not ele-
CANT and that the old world despises
US. American actors and actresses
complain that the New York theatres
are full Of English members Of the
profession, while, when they 60 across
the water, the English give them but
scanty welcome. Americans are lack
ing in insularity and need to culti-
vate it. We have made the inven-
tions which have boosted civilization
further along than those of any other
nation. We are publishing the best
newspapers. writing the best books,
painting the best pictures and we
should not forget it
=
franklin Matthews. a writer in
Harper's Weekly, is contributing a
series Of articles to that paper on the
west. Under the head Of bright
Skies in the West" Mr.. Matthews
gives the crop and poultry reports Of
Kansas and Nebraska. The report Of
Kansas occupies three Of the broad
columns, while that from Nebraska
fills about a sixth Of the space. The
author says that sit is not easy to get
crop statistics ia Nebraska for the
reason that the state board Of agri-
culture devOtes itself to a state fair
once q year and not to the kind Of
work that is done in Kansas. You may
gather facts about Nebraska mort
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-26

q
600; eggs, q, $50 600; poultry, q, 500. 900;
live stock, ~, 200, OOO-a total Of more
than sl6l, 200, 900, against a total Of
e23O, OOO, 900 for 1897 raised in Kansas.
ut should be recorded, in strict re-
gard for truth, that i'm the year OF our
Lord eighteen hundred and ninety
seven Corn ceased to be King In Kan
sas. The empire was Overthrown b. a
revolution, and that revolution con.
sisted OF changes in farming methods.
To 60 back further in the logic Of
events, 1t Is truthful to say that the
hard times In q great measure brought
about these changes and developed
the new farming in the Middle West"
In view OF the increasing unpop-
ularity of the state fair the state
board OF agriculture will probably de.
vote their time hereafter, as the Kan
sas board has done. to fostering agri-
cultural diversity. The Kansas board
has system Of correspondence which
Mr.. Matthews says sis probably un-
matched by any other state in the
union. 1t keeps constantly in touch
with all sorts OF farmers and notifies
them OF the results in important ex-
periments. 1t issues it's reports quar-
terly, and they are not the cut and
dried affairs that such documents usu-
ally are. They not only contain in
formation, but entertainment. They
are prepared by Secretary COburn,
whose work is SO valuable that he is
the only republican Official Of import
ance that the populists did not GUST
when they came into full possession
Of the state government. Mr.. COburn
is man Ofdecided sentiment, which
is mixed up in picturesque way with
the practical method he employs in
looking after the affairs of his depart
ment. His reports bear i'm red ink
such titles as these: ''COw-C Culture"
1.-THE Helpful Hen," ''The Beef Steer
ana his sister,.
The agricultural college of our state
university is doing similar work to
that If the Kansas board, which has
succeeded so well as to put the Kansas
products s81, 200 worth ahead Of
Nebraska, Notwithstanding the fact
that the latter's average rainfall is
much higher than that of Kansas.
The difference is in the head work and
"the fostering care Of the state agri-
cultural board OF Kansas, which long
ago learned that a state fair was of no
benefit to the agricultural
interests Of the state, but that the
farmers and fields were waiting for
intelligent advice and development.
The faculty Of the Nebraska agricul-
tural college is in sympathy with the
farmers, but a board composed of
and devoted to the agricul-
tural development Of the state occu-
pies point Of vantage not possessed
by faculty of scholars, however de-
voted to the subject it is employed in
Mr.. Matthews says that in leaving
for the west Chicago editor said to
him: "An American race OF giants is
to come out Of the Middle West"
think you'll find indications of 1t.
They are the most intelligent people
On earth. The native-bOrn population
80 per cent of the whole.
They have had hard times and have
been in distress, but whatever may be
said Of them and their vagaries, they
are already beginning to produce
giants in intellect"
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-26

what 10 the winter Of our discomfort,
pat"
"When you have to write summer
jokes with the Thermometer ten degrees
below seeo."
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-26

Mr.. Proudpop-You surely don't be-
lieve in infant damnation. do you?
Mr.. Sourmug-Well. We arc told that
heaven will b place Of peace and rest.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-26

Subscribe for TIE CoURIER, 81 . year.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-03

seattle Woman said Ia Be Missing
From Nest superior.

Mrs l.. Harmon OF Seattle. - reported
missing from IVES! Superior. Wis The fol
lowing telegram from chief 81 Police W
II. Crumptou of West StIperlor. Was re-
ceived yesterday az police headquarters.
Gan yoa give me any information re-
gsrdlnI Ms r. Hartman. who lei; your
citv about JulV l. arrived here July -
ANA disappeared July -
The following Associated Press telegram
from West Superior. Wis. was received
here last night.
a brnwn-ha.r,j wel-tircssed woman Ok
medium size registered a. ths West Supe-
rior hotel A. MIS- + Harmon OF Seattle
WASH She requested that her meals be
served IN her room The same evening
She went oUt irtsssrd for The street ana has
nos since Been sreD To-day tn chief Of
po-sco opened her frank. bu: neither in
that nor Among tae isgge amount - cloth
ing ANA other articles 81 Aer property
coalt anything he found - identify her or
cNpisin her dis1pneafancc. The police Of
seattle were ,e'esrapaei. bat 10 reply has
Vet been re~c we'd
The police have As We. heen unable -
gain any ds6usin information ir -eiS ely
ie4s-3saa gee missing Ms. U1-To".
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SUIT On SURETY.
Dexter Horton a. 20. Seek to Recover
ON n x5o.OOO bond

Nearly all OF yesterday in the Federal
court was taken up with the much iti-
gated and somewhat ancient suit OF Dex-
ter Horton a. Go. to recover $3.50 $50 from
w. J.. Sayward. the San Francisco mil,
owner. on an assigned claim OF Harring-
ton Il Smith.
In January Of 1892 Dexter Horton & Co
brought the suit and secured judgment for
Sls@D. Sayward carried the case TO the
circuit court Of appeals 10 stay execution
and gave supersedcas bond for $50 90
rs security additional 10 the property al
tached. The appeal was taken in 1894 and
the Judgment OF the lower court was sus-
talned IN February OF 1886. In the follow
ing May mandamus was issued and the
property sold. The amount realized by the
sale left $i50,0oe unpaid balance on the
judgment To satisfy so much OF this as
possible. Dexter Horton * Co. now bring
suit for Judgment In the Federal court
against the sureties on the $50 go bond.
Malcolm MacI)ougalI and wife. who in
turn are secured by the Bank OF British
Columbia, SO that If judgment IL obtained
the losers will be the AJAX and Sayward.
The defendants in action are now intro
ducing testimony TO prove depreciation in
the value OF the property sold and a warm
legal hattie Is being wagcd 10y the htigants'
attorneys -Messrs Battle and Shipiey and
Douworth and Howe for the plaintiffs and
Messrs. Blaine and Strive and Valentine
and McMicken for the defense.
Judge &. Il. Gel.nger. United States dis
trict judge for oregon. presided a yester-
days session in the absence of Judge Han
ford, who Is IN Tacoma.
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nehef That Nothing Now VIII Occur
To ObstRuct Proceedfnxs.

ne most important suit In the Cedar ~iv-
CT condemnation proceedings now in pro-
sfess before Judge Moore in the superior
court was practically finished last nigh.
and viii go TO the jury today DR.. Fl. II
baeiey. Vno owns a large and vel. i'm
proved ranch not far from Renton, IL the
respondent in the action on trial yester-
oas. his estimate Of the damag he All.
Undergo b the condemnation of a right Of
way Tor the proposed water system a
t5,1G
The proposed right Of way takes abou.
ten acres from DR.. Bagiey Par, Of this
Is the very finest land. Altogether the line
tfaferses distance OF ona and a quarter
miles through the BagIey place
a number OF Witnesses were examined
Yesterday by both parties 10 the action.
Inc testimony was more or less OF an ex-
pert nature. tending 10 show the value Of
the lands required by the city
a compromise was reached yesterday be-
tween the city and F.. NJ. Smthers, who
owns q piece Of property adjoining Rem
ton. and through which the rignt of way
passes The smithers care was one OF
the knottie$i 10 be dealt with He was the
only respondent who mad raised any uues-
ton as 10 the regularity OF the condemna-
ton proceedings. Smithers demanded that
the city pay MIN 5000 for two and half
acres. A determined position was assum-
ed By Corporation CouISei VIII T. Hum
phrey, and long and animated contest
was in prospect. Smithers finally settled
for ss25.
The city's legal representatives now be-
iieve that on none OF the propositions which
has been adjudicated viii there be an ap-
peal to the supreme court. X is believed
that nothing viii now occur to abstruct
the proceedings.
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FOREST FIRES RAGING.
Reports from Various Counties show
the Flames Are Spreading.

ReHo~ts CONE f-7r7 e,i--ourding counties
g -ha yapi! sl'srf .ns ii forest fires whs~s
ssr1l 70 be ,pEiue.ue up WIN alarming
activity - al ticns Several large
Hre7 are fe}sort~l A0rung in Ciallan and
jefferson COUNTIES ana she smoke is t.--
etr5 .ug - settle down heavily over the
gratis L. IS feared that unless s~oplous
r4.ns f4l the stooEy season Of lss> VIII
V~cNe A. }..i as ,rat q 1sei. when naVtgS-
tson along fbe ;fY.e ana straits vas great
IS .eia~ri-<5- Tough ne prevailing hot
3Ty weather cannot be held 20 aCeupn; for
ere staring 81 the fires. IL or course graz
" impedes any efforts 10 s1ab-3ue them. The
woo.3s are dangerously dry and IN excellent
condition for tna flames 80 that hght ard
Intermittent rains whtse they would make
tt.sa .sfu}os ps.eFe moe b.aTs bic would haxe
snail sTet, o. TIE forests or ths figes.
UAat /. needed IL heavy. continuous
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death CONES crashing about Eiia
When a man begins TO feel oi.t q
sorts. - when his appetite i failing and hi>
energy Is 10, ap 10 the mark, when he ia>
bilious attacks and feeling OF lassItude
and incapaeny. II ne IS wise. he Wall take
Or pisrce's Golden Medical Discovery
righ, away I, will bring his appetite back
again. and what Is more = VIII bflng hac%
his digestive pcwe:s 4 wiii give all the
assimiistive functions the edge and po~~f
10 extract abundant nourishucnt from The
food he eats i sill make good. pure
healthy blood and send Il coufsipg rapidly
through his veins and arteries into cTcry
organ ard tissue OF the body II will PIT
flesh on his bones and force Isl his muscles
il will give him strength and courage anc
cheertulrrss in a word x wlll give him
complete be alth.
II cxcretes from the system every par
ticie Of dead useless Sabby tissue. X
ever reduces the weight Of the corpulez'
mar, Il the sar.lc time that i. builds up his
strength ard working power The weight
IL adds io people who need ], : tn kiad
,has comes of pare blood and every osgaE
doing - work properly ard thoroughly -
wha. pasilis,s CAL asaIias weight
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John Davis & Co.
Downs Block. 700 Second Avenue.

downpour. Unfortunately the prospects Cor
il seem slight.
Many Sound residents VII recall the
smoky season OF lss2, when no rain fell FOR
months at a stretch. when the forest fires
ragged on every side and the air was dense
with the waves OF dun-colored smoke that
came rolling in from the wooded districts.
envelop.Dg cities and towns and covering
the Sound with a blanket of pungeat fog
so thick that il almost shut out the day
light Ii is 10 be hoped that no such phe-
nomenon Will be repeated this year. Wood
men are shaking their heads anXiously at
the sky, but the rain clouds keep in hiding.
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ASSESSMENTS.
-oARD OF EQUALIZATION BEGINS
WORK on ROLLS.
.rs-Rtght to Hear Complaints on
last Years Rea1ty-AssessOr Me-
Denald's Estimate Of Tax Rate.

Ths county board OF equalization has be-
.rwssment rolls for real and personal
rroperty for 1888. and will continue in ses-
.ion for at least three weeks. Taxpayers
Tho believe that their assessments have
sheir complaints to the board or eq,ialsza-
4ion before the end OF the three weeks.
during which tine the board eits.
Yesterday the board began sending out
sammonlng them TO appear before the
hoard and show cause why their assess
nents should not be increased. At least
Ix.y OF these notices were sent on. YES
serday. and the work has only begun
As rule those VINO were yesterday noti-
fed to appear before the board are business
firms and corporations. Either the board
id not rely on the Judgment OF the s-
SCISSORS d great many mistakes had been
made, for. as the board scanned the rolls
pssices were ordered every other minute.
Under the ruling of Assistant Attorney
General Thomas Vance, the board has tne
right 10 near complaints from taxpayers
concerning the assessment on real property
made last year The last revenue law pro-
sides that one assessment shall suffice for
two years. The assistant attorney general
holds. however, that this does not bar the
board OF equalizatio ton from examining into
the justice and accuracy OF the assessment
on real rs well as personal property
County Assessor Mcdonald said yes,er-
day that In his opinion the levy 10 be made
b the county commissioners for 1898 tax
VII not be much more than - mills This
h considerably lower than the average OF
assessments for years gone by That for
last year was q mills. Assessor Melon
old says that the rolls show a much larxer
number OF taxpayers than ever before. due
TO the decision Of The supreme court in the
exemption case Mr. Mcdonald figures
that with more people paying taxes than
ever before. the levy will be therefore
smaller In a propCrtionate degree.
The board Of equalization consists If
Commissioners Ryan. Nickerson and Eoyce
and Councilman James Rlnehart and Tay~
hr
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DAY In THE CITY HALL,
OFFICE AND CORRIDOR.

From 10 o'clock yesterday morning to G
III the evening tsaving an hour for lunch,
fhHty-one CITIZENS. with coats off and
vests unbottcned, sat and sweltered over
civil service examinations in the city coun-
Gil chamber. To the reporter who strolled
YEARLY In toward the close OF the day II
Was almost anusnETy remindful Of school
days and the tests that came 10 burden
Che Tagging spirits or the pupils inst be-
fore vacation. only these scholars lacked
The youthful air of the class room Some
e' them wore boards. and more than one
snov-w'ii'e head was bent i'm sad perplex-
I,y over an eloquently blank sheet. Every
door and window was wide open 10 the
breeze, only the breeze played truant. ana
Instead OF straring In tn rustic the loose
sheets aud fan perspirine hrows remained
among the treetops. Inside the long hours
we're almost unbroken by a sound, except
for the scratch Of thought laden pens, the
rattle az paper ana tho soft signs of the
eombatants as they struggled fierceiy with
problems more or less rusty and abstrusc.
according to the subject thereof.
Examinations were held In four branches
OF city employment-eiVil engineering. in
Guiding draughtsmansilip and computing
inspection. including streets and sewers;
chain measurement and AK work The fol-
lowing persons took examination.
lnspection-A. q. Wooster, George 4.
A'isn"f ". 1, tHalk, teorge IL, Ring,
William ". French. W. H. Adamson. John
F. Aver, Arthur H. Dmock, Robert r.
Forran. Cyrus T.. Maxaela George "
Woriey. James G. Jeffrey. Lewis Peterson.
!. j. Thurston. James r.. Valentine. Hans
Peterson. Henry II. Rhodes. L. D. Ratr-
con, n T. Ffagg, James +. Mason. j. w
ft'ts Fred :. Hndra James A. Bunco
thsin measurement William Sidehottom.
James +. Valentine George L. koltock
Ak work-Benjsm +. Saulturcn. q. \
Hodgdon. NJ II. Burns II. II. Macdonald
James Stock. William Cowau
Al meeting of the board OF public
works Yesterday afternoon the plans and
specifications Tor the Washington street
sewer, 10 he laid from Fifth avenue south
70 N,hln avenue south, were approved ana
call for bids ordered. The estimated cost
o. the sewer IS s. se
Inc board opened the followira bids for
IN" feet az Io-inch cast iron pipe for ,lsa
IN the water department.. +. : kirk. So =
per ton; ". i. totjus y "a. So per ton:
Sa'a"ril Bros. 81 Tacoma. SEE per ton
= a Hanhach Company So ~ per ton
lie bid ~ l.. y Kirk was accepted
me recently completed repair work on
Ia'fd sNenne from fpsler WAY 80 PIX.
euee' on Union street from Second ave
nue I" Fourth avenue. and ON Fourth ave-
une from Union stree; % Pine. was OH D.
ciai'N accepted subject 81 terms 81 repairs
snd maintenance The work was done, by
"a Dow 4 &C. The board also accent Ell
me sewer work on East Jefferson. and adj
jscent streets.
hmIGine permits were taken out yvstcr-
dN AZ Follows. n Bronson ouo-story
frame cotae" at iN}S seventh averue. IA
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the Chicago wheat pit have shown how
powerful a single man can he. Through
his influence wheat more than doubled in
price. Throughout the whole Of civiliza-
ton the increase in the price OF bread has
been felt. This power or 4 single man.
however, is not SO great as the power of
one single medicine in relieving and curing
many diseases. This medicine is Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters. and its influence for
good extends TO all lands. When the mouth
tastes badly in the morning. when appe-
tite is lost, when dizzy spells come on.
when there is buzzing in the ears, when
you are easily tired and have no desire to
work take wneglass of the Btters he
fore meals and YOU will feel like dffer-
ent person. This one medicine controls
the health of everybody just as surely as
the one Chicago man controlled the price
of wheat
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4 meeting of the directors Of tho = 4
i y r. Il e viii Ge held about : p
tember I Much spec alatiop has been in
du.ged IN as = whether or not \. l.,
Mohier, o. Por. Land president ~ the com
Dauv viii tender his resignation
White IN the city a feW DAYS ago Pcosi-
dent Mohl~~ stated 20 "A welI-known gen
tiemaD 'hat Il VAS his intention - resign
his position. lie made the statement. 81
u - said. IN positive and unmis, aka HE
terms hut when approached regarding the
matter hy a railroad man, VINO afterwarl
learned Of the conversation. he denied hav-
Ing made such a statement
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AMI SENENTS.


The Red Cross continues 10 draw good
houses for summer weather at the Third
Avenue theater. and the play goes more
smoothly at each performance. The Star
Spau2led Banner" was sung last night by
Miss Laura Drane and called forth loud
applause, Tonight the West Seattle ferry
will make special trip. free to theater-
eoerS, leaving West Seattle. at 100 p. H..
and leaving Seattle at II 80 D. III. Budlong's
launch Will also make q special trip from
Alki point al a round trip fare of 10 cents
leaving each end of the route at the same
hours as the ferry boat.
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TO HANDLE THE WHEAT.
Railroad Men Say the Vast Crop Will
Tax Facilities.

The various railroad companies are max
ing extensive preparations 10 handle the
wheat crop NJ T. BENTON. Puget Sound
agent of The Burlington route, yesterday
received notice to the effe-t that al equip
mont would he taxed - the utmost capac-
~. ana vas requested - move all delayed
hox cars homeward. In the letter received
from the traffic department it is stated
that:
"Snlal, grain has commenced 20 move.
ard we expect one OF she heaviest crops
ever known. Keep cars moving In home
ward direction"
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Receiver Amounted.

On the application Of Joseph I.cvnSon.
n receiver was yesterday appointed oy
Judge Moore for the firm Of T,evinson &
klcinbcrg. owning the Kentucky saloon,
n Occidental avenue and YoSler way.
Daniel T. shelton was named and Daniel
kelleher appointed his attorney.
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NJ. +. rrltCh3r3 part owner in the Raj
u,er Produce Company. yesterday brought
salt against his partners. r. NJ Haley and
J. Forsyth. asking for the appointment ~
a receiver.
Isabella +. Riddles yesterday brought n
suit on a prOmissory note against +. NJ
PresSuali fer s2@0.
\ Gi,lis. formerly SnohomSh hotel
proprietor. was yesterday adiudeed insane
and ordered committed 10 tho asylum.
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Monte Crtsto. Not Everett.

The statement published in the Post-In-
telligenccr yesterday that a foreclosure
judgment had been taken against the E.v-
crett property was erroneous. The prop
crty foreClosed upon is AT Monte Cristo
not at Everett. and was one OF the mining
Industries unfavorably affected by the de
struction Of the Everett Il Monte Cristo
Railway
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HAVE. yop though. & trip through the
Yellowstone National Park ths= summer
Il So. write - I. \ \ataau. general ac.-s;
Northern Pacific railway. seattle. for AT
particulars, or can a. the Northern Pa
Hc offiee 70 a copy - w erl 5~rler,i''
giving a description 90 t2e tsip Outr:vass
3 t,ur5ve4n trip.