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COMMISSIONERS ANXIOUS
tn PUNISH OFFENDERS.

Il note Father Coffey's interview this
morning in The Republic. in which he said
he had no knowledge of any such com
munication having been sent to the Police
Board by the Anti-SaloOn League" said
President Halves. Il presume Mr. Barclay
had not notified Father Coffey of his cor
responGence.
In this connection. would like to state
that no organization is more anxious TO
punish infractions of the police manual D.
police officers than the Police Board itself.
The Supreme Court OF the State, however.
has decided that a police officer cannot be
trial and proper charges being preferred.
''The police manual provides on page. 43.
article 20. section 2:
Tharges preferred against any member Of the
force must be made in writing and verified by
the oath Of the complainant
Nothing Will suit the members Of the Po-
lice Board better than to have charges PIE
ferred against officers who violate the rules
of the police manual. These charges. how
ever, must be made in the proper way, ac-
names OF witnesses. An officer cannot be
char;-ed with an offense merely on a writ
ten statement not corroborated by wit
nesses OF evidence
''If citizens would prefer charges against
officers more frequently and stop indul-ing
in indiscriminate abuse OF the department
as n whole the service would be much
benefited. The ST. Louis Police Department
has good reputation with the other de-
partments in the country. The abuse to
which II Is subjected usually is made for
partisan. political purposes. or by persons
who have not taken the trouble TO inform
themselves of the proper way OF making
EFFECT OF THE
NEW POLICE MANUAL.
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TRIED To KEEP WEBBING SECRET.
W. j. EchOls and Miss SandeIs Mar
ried at Fort smith, Ark

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Fort Smith. Ark, July 2s.-Mr W. J.
Echols and Miss Fannie Sandels were mar
ried In the Episcopal Church by the Rever-
end J. ]. VaulX OF Fayetteville this after
noon The wedding was a surprise TO the
general public and an effort was made TO
Keep the affair secret. none but the inme-
alate relatives being present. Mr. Echols
Is the head Of the ". ]. Echols Grocery
company. Is interested In the William
Ecnols Dry Goods Company and Is also
heavy stockholder in the Merchants Bank.
Ihe bride Is the eldest daughter Of the late
Mont Sandeis. a brilliant lawyer OF the
Southwest in his day. The couple left i'm
mediately after the ceremony for Colorado
where the mother OF the groom is spending
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sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles Not 4 very cheerful
prospect, to be sure. l, however, was
advised to try Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and San
ative Wash; L did 50, fortunately
for me. Before month had passed 1
felt that my general health had i'm
proved; in three months more / was
cured, and l have been IN perfect
health since. did not lose al engage
mcnt or miss meal.
- Your Vegetable Compound is GER
tainly wonderful, and well worthy the
praise your admiring friends who have
been cured are ready to give you.
always speak highly of it, and you
will admit L have good reason to do
so."-MRs. G. BRUCE, Lansing, Mich.
$4,000 forfeit if G5sVs tsItno7iGI is no. genuine.
The fullest counsel on this
subject caH be secured without
cost by writing to Mrs Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be
entirely confidential.
TALK ABOUT SHOE VALUE .-HILTS'
Greatest of Washout Sales will be the most
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To-DAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Yesterdays bank clearings were ss.O551o2;
balances. s723474. Local discount rates were
easy, between and 5la per cent. Domestic
exchange was quoted as follows: New York.
I0c discount bid par asked; Chicago. loc dis
count bid. Dar asked: Cincinnati Louisville
and New Orleans Ioc discount bid. par
asked
Wheat closed lower at esIkI6szc bid
Sept. 6s6S7I4c No. red. Corn closed lower
at 4sSkc bid Sept, &c asked No. mixed
Oats closed at &c bid Sept. 3sc No North
ern.
The local market for spot cotton was
quiet and unchanged.
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SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are Un-
necessary.

DEAR MRs. PI.:6i:AG :-Tra-elling
for years on the road, With irrcSu ular
meals and sleep and damp beds broke
down my health 50 completely two
years ago that the physicisI advised
complete rest, AID when had gained
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WASHINGTON

The Weather Bureaus weekly summary
OF crop conditions shows that drought con-
ditions prevailed over many States. but the
general condition OF corn. oats and wheat
remains highly satisfactory.
Secretary Moody Of the Navy Department
proposes 10 institute economical reforms by
reducing his force of clerks and by lower
ing the salary Of the Older ard less efficient
employes.
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may he packed in an 1S-inch fat
box-a great convenience when
travelirg-can he adjusted any
where. We win be glad TO have
YOU come in and see IL at work.
Price $3.50. Sold by Scruggs, Van
dervOOrt * Barney.
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from sheer exhaustion. and came near
fainting. When he finally regained his
strength he killed the eagle. On taking
the bird home he learned that Il was a
bald eagle and Is an exceptionally large
one. II measures six feet and seven inches
from the tip of one wing 20 the tip of the
other. and one OF its talOns measures four
and a quarter inches.
IL IS supposed that this Is the same one
that has been seen several times by DIFF
ferent parties while out hunting in the
Okaw bottoms. It must have strayed over
here from Missouri. as this is the first
one that has been seen in this vicinity for
years.
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The Republic prints more want ads.
than any other ST. Louis morning newSpa-
per. because results are always prompt and
satisfactory. Nine hundred and nineteen
ads printed to-day.
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CONDUCTOR End. Lie.

I-EPUBBIC SPECIAL.
Trenton, Mo-. July 29.-Thomas S Payne.
a conductor on the c.. r. l. & p. Ry.. shot
himself in the head to-day. He had been I'll
of malarial fever and was temporarily in
sane. He will die.
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E1cur,ion. Abandoned.

Excursions to New York City. Atlanti.
CITY and Montreal advertised by the Va
bash for July 81 and August and Il haNo
her, Abandoned
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Observation-Disclosures.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

St. Charles, Mo-. July 2s-Miss Paula
Schelesnicker and Mr. Rudolf Bruecker were
married at the Courthouse here this after
noon at O'Clock by Justice J. W. B-unS
McKAX-pAXNE
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VANITY CAUSED HIS SUICIDE.
Youth DespOndent Because Face
Was Disfigured.
REPUBLIC sPE-IAL-

Clinton. Ill. July 2s.-Max Bean. young
man. committed suicide at his home near
here yesterday He shot himself through
the head with a rife.
In a note which he left he says life was
unendurable because OF a Disagreement OF
his face.
Last winter he was attacked by wild
fox, which clawed him In the face. leav-
Ing ugly scars for life. 1t so hurt his van
as he formerly did and he at length de-
cided to end his life
DANNEMORA. n. Y.-George D. Middle
ton has been electrocuted at Clinton prison
for the murder Of his wife In lq01
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McKAY-PAYNE,
REPUBLIC SPErTAI.

st. Charles. Mo-. July 2.-Miss Gussie
Payne Of Baldwin, St Louis County, and
Mr.. Louis Mckay OF Creve Coeur were mar
ried by Justice Fred Knoop Monday after
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POLICE BOARD TO INACCURATE
CAMPAIGN OF CLEANLINESS.

New Police Manual Requires Pa
trOlmen to Enforce Provisions of
Ordinances Relating to AbOli-
tion of Filth and the Abate-
ment of Nuisances-In-
spectOrs Will Be De-
tailed to See That
Officers Live Up
10 Instructions.
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hemstitChed TOYeIs.

23c ones for 15c-large size Huck.
aback-heliotrope border only-lim.
tied supply.
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In addition TO these. I WOULD reGs1Tf tre t.Il7sI
who walked the beat the south side of North
Market street between Thirteenth and Fourirenfh
streets last Saturday and sunday morning. Tor
refusing 60 listen 10 n complaint q 4 citizen
residing on the north side uf the street asking
him 10 stop the disturbance between l ant n.
N. In Srhurmsn'S salooa. No. l1ll N-rth Market
street Respectfully =. Z BARCLAY
Supe-!ntenden; OF the law Enfcrcerasnt League
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Foresters' League Quincy Excursion
Sunday. August Leave Union Station $50
a. m. via Burlington route. Tickets S1-50.
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Stock Ties at Cost.

White and Colored Imported Oxford
and Cheyiot AscOts reduced from
81 to Csc; all the 15c Stocks re-
duced to 3Sc, and the soc ones 10
e0c apiece.
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TALK ABOUT SHOE VALUE !-HILTS'
Greatest of Washout Sales will be the most
ssupendOus value giving carnival in the his
tory Of st. Louis. See Thursdays papers.
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NEW POLICE MANUAL.

Under resolution adopted by the Polio
Board Monday. EotSoimen Eiii IN fnfur
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Glass TOweIiGQ.

To-day TIC. regular price is 1Oc-1S
inches wide.
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Aug I TO -,
Aug. % and "a,
Aug. 80 to Sept. 10.
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Suit Case Sale,

24-26 inch. 81. Sole leather, har-
ness stitched. reinforced - shut
pocket sfrapS-OIiye brown.
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All PdraSols
Initial Handk erChiefs.

Incomplete stock of ~ goods fnl
1Jc and regular loo Sunds; for fOc-
mems and wumen'S SizeS-not n!
initials-perfecr goods.
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tAue. I to -,
Aug. 20 and "a,
Aug. 80 to
Sent. 10.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-08

said the Massachusetts, senator, a a
man Of distinguished ability and high
honor, had done his full duty in prob
ing to the bottom charges Of cruelty or
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. made to him. All
he had provided for was that those
against whom the charges were made
should have fair play. He means to
have justice done to officers and men
and he will not condemn them until
heard" If the accusations made
against Secretary Root are true the pres
ident must share the responsibility and
we cannot think that any ont will believe
Mr.. Roosevelt capable OF attempting to
COW up the alleged atrocities in the
Philippines or of shielding any one who
may be guilty Of such practices. That the
president has kept himself fully con-
versant with conditions In the islands
is not to be doubted. 1t is his way and
had the secretary of war withheld i'm
portant information which it was his
duty to communicate to the president it
is not probable that he would now be
in the cabinet. There is, perhaps, no
mar in public life more in the conf
dence of President Roosevelt than Sena-
tor Lodge, and the statement Of the
senator that the secretary of war had
done his full duty in regard to the
charges Of cruelty and maladministra-
ton in the Philippines may confidently
be assumed to reflect the view of the
president
Secretary Root had the entire con-
hdence Of President Mckinley and In
spite Of reports to the contrary there is
every reason to believe hat he is fully
trusted by President Roosevelt.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-08

Plsttsmouth is the capital OF Cas- county
and has about 5000 inhabitants.
1t is the gateway to the great South Platte
country.
1t is situated on the great Missouri river
near the mouth OF the Platte, assuring
grand water privileges.
II is on the main line OF the great Chi
cago, Burlington q Quincy railroad. at a
point halfway between Chicago and Den
yer.
1t is also on the main line Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, between Omaha and
st. Louis.
1t is only thirty minutes by rail from
Omaha. the metropolis of the state, and two
hours from Lincoln, the capital.
Its markets are Chicago, Denver, st.
Louis, Kansas City and Omaha.
Twenty-four passenger trains leave
Plattsmouth daily for the north. south, east
and west over the Chicago. Burlington q
Quincy, Kansas City. St. Joseph & Council
Bluffs, B.. G. NJ. and the Missouri Pacific
railway.
The principal B. & NJ. railroad machine
shops, car shops. ~storehouses. roundhouss.
ETC.. west Of the Missouri river are main
tHined at this point for the use OF It's sys-
TEN. 1t employs many hundreds OF hands.
disbursing to employees monthly from sac. 900
to S45 ,0O0. improvements are constantly
being made and additional help employed.
1t has brick and terra Gotta works. cap
ital $50, 1000, capacity $1,000 brick per dayI
six cigar factories, employing from four to
twenty hands each; a large broom factory,
a new s 10000 courthouse, electric light
plant, a large steam laundry recently con-
s%tructed, $4,000 system Of storm water
sewerage, one Of the finest systems Of
waterworks in the state, grades Of streets
established and Main street paved with
Sioux Falls granite, and Sixth street with
brick. The streets of the city are lighted by
gas and electricity.
We have two fine school buildings and
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-08
o O MoRos

Minneapolis Journal: The brilliant vic
tory over the Moros will tend to check
any tendency there may have been in popu-
lar feeling to judge the army rashly and to
give way to an epidemic of maudlin depre-
cation of the inevitable severity Of a war
waged by the order of the people.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: The proportion
Of serious wounds received In the fight with
the Moros the other day indicates that the
lighting must have been of a desperate ma
ture. II there were any correspondents
with good descriptive talents present we
may look forward to some good reading
when the mails bring full accounts of the
battle.
Chicago Chronicle: All patriotic Ameri-
cans, imperialist or anti-imperialist, will
commend the victory Of Colonel Baldwin
and his men over the treacherous, assassi-
mating Moros Of M~indanao. 1t was a gall
liant fight, waged against heavy odds ana
bravely won. 1t shows that the American
troops In the Philippines have no need to
resort to the water cure" or the slaughter
Of children In order to triumph over their
adversaries.
Kansas City Star: All the world admires
heroism and courage in battle. Even the
gentlemen who are opposing the govern
ment's Philippine policy must feel their
hearts warmed toward the United states
troops who stormed the Moro fort with
such precision Of rifle FIRE and galIantry
that General Davis wired to General Chaffee
that he had never seen OF heard of any
performance excelling this gallant fight"
Springfield Republican: The campaign
against the Moros In Mindanao seems to
be genuine war. General Davis dispatch
announces an important victory in the cap,
ture OF another Moro fort, which was evil
IDENTIFY attended by much slaughter. The
number dead and wounded on our side
reaches nearly fifty. The question now IL
whether this heavy blow at the dattos ana
sultans will bring them to terms or whether
the war will go on. General Davis thinks
his campaign Will be a short one.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-08
WEAK SPOTS IN THE MARKED.

There AVE been uncovered within the
last few days some weak spots in the
stock market which should serve as a
warning to investors, while at the same
time conveying a suggestion Of what
may happen If the situation should be-
come more inflated than at present.
While Wall street has apparently re-
covered from the furry incident to the
heavy decline in certain speculative
stocks and the consequent failure of
several brokers for a considerable
amount, it is by no means certain that
all danger is passed. There has been
in the past three or four weeks a des-
perate effort on the part of cliques and
pools to market Off upon the public a
large volume of industrial and other
securities recently manufactured from
the trust and consolidation craze and
not as yet distributed beyond the hands
Of promoters and underwriters. This
attempt at renewed booming has not
succeeded, the public having kept aloof,
but the effort will undoubtedly be con-
tinued and the lesson Of he recent dis
closures is that the public should re-
main aloof from securities whose values
are established by the speculative syn
dicates.
There are powerful financial interests
concerned in the maintenance of conf
dence and these can be depended upon
to protect the market in any ordinary
emergency. They will use their vast
power to a certain extent to pre-
vent panic or any very serious
disturbance. But there is a Ian
ger point in the process Of imitation be-
yond which these interests might not be
able to avert a crash and it is a ques-
ton whether that point has not been
nearly reached. The lesson Of recent
developments merits thoughtful consid-
Grafton.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-08

PLATTSMOUTH-Proud of Possessions.

eight ward buildings and an enrolment Of
1.347 pupils this year, with twenty-five
teachers. The High school department,
with its four-year course, fitting graduates
for the State university. No better common
schools extant.
The following religious denominations all
have places Of worship in the city: Pres
byterian, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist.
German Presbyterian, Christian, Catholic
0wol, Colored Baptist, Swedish, German
Methodist, st. Paul Evangelical, First
Church of Christ, Scientist. and owning
buildings worth from $1,000 to $4,000.
The Parmelee theater is one OF the finest
in the state. The Hotel Riley cost SIS, 900
and in point of architectural beauty is
among the finest in the state. One daily,
one s~emi-weekly and three weekly papers
republican, democrat and independent. We
have the Plattsmouth and Nebraska Tele-
phone companies, with a network of wires
throughout the city and extending out into
the county. We have the Plattsmouth
Business and Normal college, recently es-
tablished here.
In addition to the general Improvements
going on in the city the B. & NJ. railroad is
now constructing a new $500. 900 steel bridge
across the Missouri river at this point and
Will soon the construction OF a
new bridge across the Platte, Just north of
the city. A ~pontoon bridge across the Mis-
souri, is also decided upon, and work will
be commenced soon. In addition to these
improvements there is a prospect OF the
construction Of a great power canal along
the Platte river from the west to this point,
and In connection Herewith a company has
been organized to build an electric line,
with Plattsmouth as the central point. and
a survey Of the route has already been
made. Corporations or individuals seeking
to establish factories or branches are in
vited to correspond with the Plattsmouth
Real Estate exchange. R. B. WINDHAM.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-08
MonopoIizing the Ranges
Portland Oregonian.

OTeBOlldn.
tical stockman who would not exchange a
range upon which the secondary grasses
have become established for the best
bunchgrass range.
The objections to leasing the ranges are
many. First and foremost, 1t would tend
to prevent the settlement of the country.
Lands under lease would practically be
beyond the reach of the immigrant. This
fact is clearly illustrated by current events
In this state. In several parts of central
Oregon which until Just now have been
open range country settlers are pouring In
and making permanent homes-a thing
which manifestly would not have been pos
sible II the lands had been under lease.
Again, the lease system would in the very
nature Of things crowd out the small stock
mai and promote the interest of the large
owner. The pretense, of course, is other
wise, but nobody who has observed the
operation of government land administra-
ton can for one moment doubt that the
rich man would find ways to get the ad-
vantage Of the man Of small herds and
limited means. II this sort Of injustice
occurs In the superintendent of grazing
privileges in the Cascade Mountain forest
reserve, what could be expected in the
contest Of wits and resources which would
follow II the lands were open for entry
under q general leasing system? There
can be no serious doubt as to what would
happen. The small stock owner would
be driven to the wall. for the man with
large interests would manage to have the
first and best information, and he would
find 1t easy to take up any area he wanted
by hiring dummies" to represent his in
terest and hold down. locations for him.
The only claim made for the proposed
lease system is that 1t would conserve the
native grasses. but there is no assurance to
this end. On the other hand, it is GER
tain that 1t would postpone the settlement
Of the range country; that 1t would i'm
mediately injure the range Industry; that
1t would operate for the advantage of the
richer as against the poorer stockman;
that it would tend to monopolization Of the
land. These are reasons enough why the
thing should not be done.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-08

AAaAAA
Just as It was believed that the fight
against the proposal to lease the range
lands Of the country had been won news
comes from Washington that new effort is
being made in behalf Of that project Ger
tain large herdowners in the southwest, who
operate upon the open ranges, are back Of
this new movement. They see clearly that
unless, through the lease system or some
other device, a fresh hold can be got upon
the ranges, their monopoly is doomed. Set
tiers are moving in upon the southwestern
ranges precisely as upon those of eastern
and central Oregon; they seek, naturally,
the choice wstered and sheltered spots,
and, not so much by their numbers as by
their locations, they are boxing up" the
ranges. Appeal, of course, is not made
upon this ground, but upon the pretense
that under general competition the ranges
are being destroyed, and that only under
the lease system or some other looking to
a limited use of the ranges, can the value
OF these lands be preserved.
There is, indeed, something In the claim
that the ranges are suffering from over
grazing, but the conditions are very far
from being as serious as the lease pro-
motors have tried to make out, and there Is
no assurance that better conditions would
follow II the lands were turned over 10 the
leaseholders. In many districts the bunch
grass which once monopolized the soil has
practically been destroyed, but there has
come up in its place other grasses which
many believe to be OF greater value. The
so-called sheep grass of eastern and CEN
trail Oregon is distinctly a better stock
feed than the coarser bunchgrass to whose
place on the ranges It has measurably sue
ceeded. 1t has not some Of the important
merits Of the bunchgrasS, put 1t makes
more feed to the acre and is. on the whole,
better suited to the present uses Of tine
range industry than the more famous orig
inal grass. This is the universal testimony
Of stockmen who do not now depend wholly
upon the range to carry their herds
through the winter season. Experience
does not support the theory that with the
failing OF the bunchgrass the ranges be-
come worthless, and there are many prac-