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Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20

Middle Creek s12. The payments on the
1897 book are also larger than usual and
the people OF the county who are so unan-
imously paying up their taxes believe that
they are entitled to some OF the credit that
the reform" state officials are trying to
appropriate for themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
Tc-cherS' Institute.

WEST POINT. Neb., Aug. 19.-(Special.)
The annual Cunning county teachers in
stitnte is now in session here. There are
about eighty teachers registered. Profs.
Hancock Of Kansas City. Leon George of
Austin. Tex, l.. p. Grundy of West Point
and A. J. Stahl Of Bancroft are the in
instructors. with Miss Leland of Beatrice in
charge OF primary methods and music.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
WEEKLY CLEARING HOUSE TOTALS.

Agsregate of Business transactions
by the Associated Banks.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-The follow.
ing table. compiled by Bradstreets.
shows the bank clearings at eighty
eight cities for the week ended Aug is. with
the percentage OF increase ind decrease as
compared with the corresponding week last
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
Home ON Leave,

TECuMsEH, Neb., Aug. 19.-(Special)-
Lieutenant j. G. Long Of the Second Ne
braska volunteers arrived home from Chick
amauga Park yesterday on leave OF absence.
He is afflicted with typhoid fever
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
Tarin Rates for Porto Rico.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-The War de-.
partment today promulgated the tariff rates
for Porto Rico. The rate Is the Spanish
minimum tariff rates heretofore enforced in
the island. The tobacco schedule is the same
as that for Cuba
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
Rnnilsia In SeAai0n.

PERU, Neb., Aug. 19.-(Special. THE
Southeastern Baptist association is in ses-
sion here this week. There are present
large number Of delegates and all the meet
ings are being well attended.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
Grant,s Brirade AN I'M Porto Rico.

Grants Brigade All in Porto Rico.
PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug 1S.-(Delayed in
Concho with the re-
mainder Of General Grants brigade ON
board-the Third Kentucky and One Hun
dred and Sixtieth Indiana-arrived today.
The Florida has sailed for Santiago de Cuba
to embark troops. Arrangements have been
perfected to suppress the threatened riots.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
Laid to Rest.

PERU, Neb, Aug, 19.-(Special. )-The
funeral of II. w. Helms was held here yes
terday from the Methodist Episcopal church
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20

under the direction OF the Modern Wood
men OF America, OF which order the de-
ceased was a member.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
HAWKINS IS ACCUSED OF MURDER.
COrOner's Jury Holds Him RESPONSE
BILE for Jcnsen's Death.

DIE Tor JcnSen's Death.
CURTIS, Neb., Aug. 19--(Special Tele-
gam. 1.-THE coroners jury in the Jensen case
mas returned verdict that Jensen came to
his death at the hands of Andy Hawkins.
Hawkins has been placed under arrest and
VIII have preliminary examination or a
charge OF murder August %. Public opinion
is strongly against the accused.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST
High Temperature and Variable
Winds the Outlook for Nebraska,
Dakota and Kansas.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Forecast for
Saturday:
For Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas
Fair; continued high temperatures; varia-
BILE Winds
For Iowa and Missouri-Fair; warmer in
eastern portions; southerly winds.
For Wyoming-Fair; cooler; northwest
erly winds.
Local Record.
OFFICE LOCAL WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, Aug. 19.-Omaha record of tenn
perature and rainfall compared with the
CORE spending day of the last three years:
1895. 1897 1896 1895.
Maximum temperature :. SO "A "A II
Minimum temperature ... II 5S 60 81
Average temperature so &c 67 60
Ralnfall .......,. ........... 90 90 II
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for this day and since March
l. 1885:
Normal for the day ......,..................H "A
Excess for the day ........................... 6
Accumulated excess since March l....,..l 1876
Normal rainfall for the day ........ 10 inch
Deficiency for the day ..,.,.......... 10 inch
Total rainfall since March l......19. "a inches
Deficiency since March l.,........ 2.02 inches
deficiency for cor. period lS97.... s. 40 inches
Excess for cor. period, 1896. ...... 3.l9 inches
Reports from stations Mt p. M,
Seventy-rfth Meridian Time
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-20
BRADsTREET's REVIEW OF TRADE.

sNot included in totals because containing
other items than clearings.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08

of the Kansas Law and Order league,
in Topeka interview this week claims
that Mr.. PETER, the prohibition candi-
date for governor, will get a very large
vote from populists who cannot give
their support to Leedy. He said;
II was an original greenbacker and
in the last campaign was national
ist, and of course voted for prohibition
and free silver. Our forces are again
united and we are in the campaign for
education and progress and not Tor
retrogression. 1t will only be short
time when the better element Of every
party will demand prohibitory inforce-
ment and in tones of thunder. Such
men as Senator Sheldon, Hanna, Will
Curl, ]. P. st. John and hundreds like
them may be fooled once, but hardly
twice. Our bureau is drawing the
lines for 1900, and if things keep COM
ing our way we will bespeak for PETER
a larger vote than for Leedv"
"Where is Peffer's chief support to
come from?"
From among the populists in the
rural districts He is the father OF the
alliance and still a populist, while
Leedy is nothing if not democrat. !
have been in many of the western
counties and it is my candid judg-
ment that PETER will poll heavier
vote than Leedy. Mark that predlc'
tion made by me nearly two months
before election"
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
A DIFFERENT SONG
IL New Being Sung by E. K. Rideley, Popu-
list Candidate for Congress in the
Third District.

In letter to the Pittsburg Tribune
of March y, 1898, congressman e. K.
Ridgley recorded himself as follsws:
''To our shame as nation, we are
being used through control Of the
president, as a mere tool to help this
ring of spectators, while hundreds OF
thousands of human lives are being
crushed in Cuba that Shylock may get
his pound of flesh.
"How long, oh, how long, will the
liberty-loving people of the republic
permit these gamblers to control
every administration, and thus use our
government to turn human blood into
dollars, both at home and in Cuba?
"Our president is but clay, being ma
nipulated by Hanna and his crowd.
These capitalists rule our administra.
tion, and the people mourn. May their
cries reach the presidents ears, and
may he turn his back to Shylock and
his face to humanity, is the prayer OF
yours truly,
(Signed) e. r. RIDaLEY."
But he now sings different song.
At G. A. R. campfire in Topeka last
week he attuned his harp thus:
'In meeting with President McKin.
ley in my official capacity 1 found in
him a sympathetic heart for all suf-
fering and oppressed people, no mat
ter to what party or nation they be.
longed. He is a big-hearted, big
Drained, firm and resourceful man."
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

The number Of people at present who
speak English is said to be 116,000,-
900.
The Rhind manuscript, now in the
British museum, is the oldest intelli-
gible mathematical work extant that
has ever been deciphered.
In Buda-Pesth the police have just
secured a whole gang Of shoplifters.
They were almost exclusively women,
and the chief of the band was the
rich owner OF large estate in Hun
gary.
Ceylon is said to be alarmed at the
news that the world will end next year
and that the beginning will be the
submergence Of Ceylon. The villagers
on the island are trying to atone for
their sins by acts of charity and by
fiocking to the temples.
In advocating the practice of boiling
water (and milk of uncertain purity,
Prof. Bizzozero combats the prejudice
against boiled water as beverage.
| He maintains that the taste fire.
quently complained Of in boiled water
is really caused by the kettle, and can
scarcely be due to the absence of dis
solved air, OF which water from wells
OF great depth often contains very lit
tia
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
BOTKIN'S INCONSISTENCY.
Tho Congressman-at-Larg Is Getting BIS
Stories on "A1gerism" Slightly
Mixed.

A few weeks ago, soon after his son
arrived at Leavenworth from Camp
Alger, Congressman Jerry Botkin took
occasion to express himself on the AL
gerisgq41lf6 taousr Il ll55fsgqil1 f8sisueHHe
L 90 noU Gahe any 4svovA these
stories about the i'll treatment of the
soldiers. There is my boy, for in.
stance. He has gained Is pounds since
he enlisted in the army. He is fat and
robust and has made good soldier"
A few days later the young man
went to Topeka to visit relatives.
While there he took sick. He is now
at home suffering with typhoid fever.
Now Botkin claims Alger is to blame
because his son gained Is pounds in
the service and took the typhoid fever
while visiting at Topeka.
Mr.. Botkin's son, Ralph, was mem
bar of the Twen nty-second Kansas. He
got in through personal appeal te
the president. He was stationed al
Camp Alger and returned to Kansas
with his regiment. in good health.
In view of his utterances on the re
turn of his son from Camp Alger, the
following quotation from an interview
last week places Congressman Botkir
in ridiculous light:
81 am so indignant at the treatmen
my boy received that | do not ALLOW
myself to talk about it."
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
Marguerite's Ride.

"Now, Marguerite, said Aunt Mary,
would you like to go an errand for
me? You won't get lost, will you?
John wants the camphor balls right
away. It's the first big store after you
cross the street car track; the one you
said yesterday looked like your new
hall at home
mo, of course l won't get lost going
that little way, auntie," replied Mar
guerite l know just where it is. Do
you want me to go right away?"
mo, l have a list Of several other
things that l think I'll make OUT said
her aunt. "You can go out into the
yard and play with Fred's go-cart till
l am ready 1t will soon be time.
Don't soil your apron, for you know
you want it fresh for cousin Hattie.
"I'll be careful" called out Marguer-
ite, picking up her doll and running
into the yard.
She was elated with the thought or
going out alone on the city streets.
What would the girls say when she got
home and told them that her aunt nad
trusted her to do errands for her! She
was impatient to be off.
"The first big store after you cross
the street car track" she repeated TO
herself, wheeling her doll up and down
the little plot Of grass. She thought OF
the five cents her uncle had given her
that morning for candy, and Wlsheo
her aunt would hurry.
Suddenly brilliant thought came IN
to her mind. While she was waiting
she would tie the go-cart to the funny
wagon by the back gate and rloe
around the block! She had heard tAe
| driver tell some one that he would DE
back in two or three minutes-Just as
soon as he finished the block, What-
ever that meant.
She did not stop to take her doll out'
but, hurriedly pushing the cart out
; before her, slipped out Of the gate, anu
: in another minute was fastening IL u
F., the wagon by some twine when nap
pened to be tied around the handle,
! What a funny looking wagon she
{ said to herself as she climbed IN anu
! sat down by Imogene, her doll LOOKS
something like that new plow grand-
pas got, behind-but what is that DIG
barrel on top for?" She did not nave
time to wonder long for just then the
wagon started, and splash! splash! a
shower of cold water came pouring all
over her.
ooh, OH" she cried. Il didn't know
it was like this. Please, Mr. Driver, lei
me get outi" But the wagon rumDieo
on and the cold water came down "ltI
greater force than ever.
"Let me get OUT" she screamed, Du
the wagon did not stop. People laugn
ed at her as they passed along The
street. and some boys called out, Tom
bowl" Not until the sprinkling car
had made the circuit Of the block ant
reached the spot from which it started
did she have an opportunity to get out
AS she came through the back gate
wet and bedraggled, holding her doll
from whose cheeks the bloom had for
ever departed, her aunt appeared on tn
porch with the memorandum in he
hand
"F'or PHYS sakes, child, whatever ha
happened?" she exclaimed, agnast a
the change that had taken place IN ne
dainty, trinity dressed little niece.
IT rode around the bloch after 70
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
Little Fathers" OF the East Side.

Little Fathers" OF the East Side.
From Harper's Bazaar: A discovery
which seems to have been made by
only a few east-side explorers is that
there are little fathers" over there AS
we'll as little mothers" People have
been touched by stories Of the devotion,
the work and the worry of little girls
who, though scarcely more than babies,
yet spend most of their time in moth
ering their little brothers and sisters.
Now it appears that there are also little
fathers-small boys who sit patheti-
cally on the doorstep holding a fret
full baby, or who dismally push back
ward and forward rickety wrecks of
perambulators, which threaten to col
lapse as totally as the famous cone
boss shay" There are few phases Of
the east side medley SO really pitiful
as that which has to do with the ''lit-
tie mothers and the little fathers" !"
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
COSTIGAN ON FUSION.
It Has Debased the Populist Party and
Relegated Honest Men to
tho Rear.

Fusion is debasing. Its very soul is
greed. Show me fusion party and 1
will show you a party whose guiding
spirits are political pirates. The pop
ulist party was founded by sincere and
honest men. But these have all been
relegated to the rear. A crowd have
gotten control whose cry is "a half
loaf is better than none" Under such
control the once honest organization
has become a tool of spoils hunters
You might as well go search for at
tar of roses in the decaying carcass OF
a horse ten days dead as in the So
called populist party as long as it
stoops to this disreputable work ei
fusing with any and everything, no
matter what. J. Costigan, one of
the: original organizers of the popu.
Iistparty.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08

Modern society casts out the women
who are lepers, and take the men into
it's parlor.
We generally find the new leaf we
turn blotted through by the records
preceding it.
Some men count it gain to take dis
honesty from their hearts to put in
their purses.
A fool is always smart enough to find
a by-path from the highway OF truth to
the bog of error.
MY son, make your efforts upward,
and by the law Of heavens gravity
some return is certain.
You cannot stop being educated il you
stop going to school. The most you can
do is to select your teachers.
The devil is not worrying over the
preacher who puts more rhetoric than
Christianity into his sermons.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
NATIONAL NEGRO PARTY

The declaration of a national Negro
party is given US through the columns
of the appeal" edited by Hon. G. I'll,
J. Taylor, at Atlanta, Ga. The plea
and logic of the distinguished Georgian
for such party seems to us ample that
It should exist That it is the only
wav and main enterance to the solution
of the Negro problem is to US most
apparent. The precedent Of all parties
both in state and national affairs in
our government teach us that no harm
can certainly come to the Negro ln
pursuing this course, if they have gain
ed by it reform Today we are disor-
panized, political surfs and a race with.
out future or destiny. Surely if the
suggestion is the way out (Which is
probable,) there should not be one left
to lag behind, but strong united pull
upon the part of the Negro of the
nation to organize. A broader field
than politics should be covered for this
particular evil has made the Negro the
Jonah of the Republican ship and re
sponsible for the contrary winds and
misbehaving of political parties to the
Negro in American politics. There
fore, if such party is to be organized
discourage much as possible polite:
and enlighten him upon the social
commercial and business problems il
the government. This we hold is the
turning point of his advancement anC
prosperity. Political parties, Republi
can, Democrat, Prohibition and Popu
list. will never give TO the Negro full
measurements of an independent citizen
The evidences of 33 years are proof
Had these years been applied to bust
ness interests and concerns instead o
politics he would have been ready nov
to enter politics as an important fac
tor. But as it is he is a ship at SCI
without rudder, tossed here and there
When the surfs of Russia were emanci
pated, they were given three acres Q
ground upon which they could live an
make living. The American Negr
was given nothing. So if the nationa
Negro party will help him make hi
mark, Amen, Bro. Taylor, let US have j
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
Five Little Brothers.

Five Little Brothers.
Five little brothers set out together
To journey the livelong day,
In curious carriage, all made OF
leather,
They hurried away away!
One big brother and three quite small,
And one wee fellow, no size at all.
The carriage was dark and none too
roomy,
And they could not move about,
The five little brothers grew very
gloomy,
And the wee one began to pout.
Till the biggest one whispered What
do ye say?
Let's leave the carriage and rur
away!"
So out they scampered, the five to-
gether,
And off and away they sped
When somebody found that carriage o.
leather, k~+
Oh, my, how sh4 shocI her -
Twas her little b
And the nve f1ttft brothers were Fl
little toes.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08

If either of the parties have it in
their head to carry the Negro vote this
fall with rotten whisky and two-cent
cigars, they are mistaken. We have
learned a little political sense and will
use it. We intend to support Stanley
and Long, because the platform on
which they are running represent the
best interest of every laboring man and
business man in our commonwealth.
This is Republican year. Stanley is
as sure to beat Leedy and Long Simp-
son as God made little May apples, and
we believe He finished this part Of the
work as He did the rest.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08

When Mother Sits Down by the Fire.
0h, the five o'clock chime brings the
coziest time,
That is found in the whole OF the
day,
When Larry and Gus, and the others
of us,
Come in from our study or play;
When we push the big chair to the
hearth over there,
And pile the wood higher and higher,
And make her a space in the very best
place
And mother sits down by the fire.
There's great deal to say at the close
of the day,
And so much to talk over with moth
er;
There's a comical sight or a horrible
plight,
Or a ball game, or something or
other
And she'll laugh with Larry and sigh
with Harry,
Anu SuullG 10 our nGdIL . Qco11O
At triumph won or task we'll
done
When sitting down there by the fire.
Then little she'll care for the clothes
that we tear,
Or the havoc we make on her larder;
For the toll and the strife of our every
day life
She will love us little bit harder
Then our lady is she, and her knights
we would be,
And her trust doughty deeds will
inspire;
For We long then anew to be generous
and true
When mother sits down by the fire
Martha Burr Banks in Independent
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08

wagon, and it turned on water and
nearly drowned mel" sobbed Marguer-
ite. "And my aprons dirty, and my
dress Is spoiled-and you'll never trust
me to do an errand or anything-I
know you won't and you oughtn't to!
And you ought to punish mel
you've been punished enough, my
child" said Aunt Mary, taking her in
her arms. "Come and get on some dry
clothes-and then We'll see about the
moth balls. Our Little Ones
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
ARE YOU
READY

Have YOU seen those fine 1O-4 dOub-
lie blankets worth 75c now selling AZ
Have you seen our 1914 double
Cinnamon colored and white
blankets at .......... 40
Have YOU seen our extra size 1l-4
double blankets good weight at Sill
Good clean OF cotton bats. o.
Robe comfort prints, waranteed
fast cOlOrS. S................. o5
Beautiful line of Vicunas, pretty
patterns, warra nted not to fade,
especially made for wrappers and
childrens school dresses. .t... II
Beautiful line of faf>nel8; cloak
ings for children, we hForth SOC
25c, price nova. 1!
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08

A diploma has just been issued to
John Il. Smith of Kansas City, Kans
from the State Normal. Mr.. Smith
completed his work during the last
term of the summer school. He is the
first colored person to receive diplo-
ma from that institution. The Trib-
me congratulates Mr.. Smith.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES FOR CON.
To Our Agents and Correspondents

Please send in the names and ad-
dresses of the Negro mechanics, pro-
fessional men and women and their
avocation. The contemplation is to
organize Negroes National Profess
sional Confederation.
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
An Ideal Mother.
(By a young girl.)

=
Orators have said that mothers have
Madonna faces. There is certainly
something divine in the face of a
mother with her baby in her arms, bun
1t is almost impossible to define what
this something is. Her eyes and smile
are full of love and gentleness, and the
very atmosphere about her seems to
be radiant with these attributes.
An ideal mother is one who lives FOR
her family, but who is not their slave.
She is patient, too, but there Is limit
to patience. 1t is perfectly exasperat-
ing, and it must be extremely hard Tor
the mother to be patient when croWd
of children, her own and somebody
elses, come trooping into the house
with mud on their shoes an inch thick,
and almost as much on their hands
and faces. But the ideal mother does
not scold; she simply takes a deep
breath and quietly asks the young par
ty to scrape their feet out of doors, and
if she wants their shoes to be very
clean she will give the children a knife
| to do it with. Then the children want
to come in and play fighting the Span
| iards or the Indians with their blocKs,
or else they want to play emlgrants
with every chair in the house for
| horse and the most elegant shawl they
can find for a cover for the wagon.
1t is Saturday morning, too, and the
baking must be done and the house put
in order for Sunday. But what can the
ideal mother do? If she sends them
away, heaven only knows what sort OF
mischief they will do or what kind OF
company they will associate with. sc
outwardly calm, but with very rutt1ec
spirit within, she allows them to stay
And they play happily until noon. Bu
during the morning about every hftee1
minutes they pop into the kitchen Il
see If the cookies are not nearly don'
and if they may have ''just one apiece.
; An ideal mother is sympathetic ant
reliable. Two-year-old baby May,Wlt'
the tears trickling down her fair ltti
face, can go to mamma" with he
broken dolly, and there she will b
comforted and consoled to her he .-rt'
content. And the great college fel
low, who always wants advice, bu
who is either afraid or too proud t
, ask for it, cannot help telling mothe
all about his trials and tribulations
He knows that she will neither scol
t nor laugh at him, and he starts o1
again with light heart because ther
, is one woman in the world who trust
and relies on him.
I know a mother who makes it
point to be around while the childre
are getting off to school. AS eac
starts off she kisses him good-hE frol
= the college student to the primar
scholar, and hfr'slast words, "Goot
j .6ay,. deA ,esne -. in their cal
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08

We have been taught that the Indian
could not be enslaved, but history dis
putes it. The Spanish held them is
a.Ayery for some time and worked them
a Wdeaeh. TTni1e&le Negro was held
in slavery for 200 years, none Of them
were worked to death, because they
carried with them Christ as their cham
pion tG rough life.-Bishop B. Z. Tan
The Wichita tribune., 1898-10-08
It looks to Asn1!ke, the, Stanley and

It looks to Aaker the Stanley and ]
bsG. pauticaf M qyheif' if'88wd flSine' e'gdIss.
SedgwiclS county, Mr.. Stanley's home,
two years ago gave 1,5OO majority
against Morrill,, yet not single Negro
has been named for a speech or polling
a precinct in the county. In Mr.. Longs
district there are 5000 Negro voters
and not one named for politica
work.