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TOL. VIII.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKi,WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1892.
NO. 10.
Tie
Will
Offers to the Public this Spring the
Best Made and Finest Patterns of
Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
HATS, CAPS AND
FURNISHING GOODS
At such PKICES, regarding the QUALITY, that cannot
be DUPLICATED in Chicago. We can fit everybody
in SIZE as well as in POCKET BOOK. We especially
call the attention of mothers to our extensive Children's
Department. We have
GOOD KNEE PANTS AT 25 CTS.,
Good Knee Suit Pants at Si.oo,
Blue' German Calico Boys' Waists at 25 cents. BOYS'
SHOES, sizes from 11 to 4, at ONE DOLLAR, which
cannot be duplicated for $2.00. We ask the people of
Lincoln County to call and see our enormous stock of
goods and get our low prices.
Yours respectfully,
MAX EINSTEIN, Prop.,
7VYODei CLOTHING HOUSE.
DOiLEmniOfA
Lindsey A. Bennett of Atlantic Kills
His Wife and Himself.
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST.
MM EXHIBIT PLANS.
Schemes Which; Lieutenant Barker
Has in His Mind.
LYNCHED A YOUNG GIRL
8h Had Attempted to Polaoa an Entire
family and Was Haas by a Louisiana
Slob An Italian Fisherman's
Kr eagre The Crime Record.
GREAT
TOWN LOT
SALE!
DURING THE NEXT THIRTY
DAYS I WILL OFFER
FOR SALE
ONE HUN DUEH
Choice Residence Lots
In the City of North Platte at
Prices ranging from
$50 to
$150
PER LOT.
TERMS: One-tenth cash and bal
ance in monthly installments of from
$5.00 to $10.00 each.
The prices on these lots are not to
exceed one-half their real value. Call
at my office and see plats and prices.
No trouble to show lots.
Thos. C. Patterson.
LUMBER HI COAL.
LUMBER,
Lafcli,
SASH,
BUNDS, :
DOORS, Etc.
UIME AND CEMENT.
Rock Springs Nut,
Eock Springs Lumu.
Pennsylvania Anthracite,
Colorado Anthracite
AND
Colorado Soft
C O -A-
YARD ON R. R. TRACK WEST OF DEPOT,
Atlantic, March 14. A murder and
suicido occurred in this city at 10:W a.
m. Sunday. Lindsey A. Bennett shut
his wife three times. The last, shot en
tered her head killing her instantly. He
then rushed to the house of a neighbor
and shot himself twice in the head, one
shot entering his brain. He lived about
an hour and a half, but was unconscious.
The cause of the tragedy is said to have
been jealousy without the least founda
tion. They leave seven children, the
eldest about sixteen and the youngest
three. Mrs. Bennett has worked in a
steam laundry in this city to help sup
port herself and children, and has al
vras born a good reputation. Bennett
was a man about 49 'ears of age aud his
wife 38.
Lynched a' Young Girl.
Raville, La., March 14. The sight
of a dead body dangling from a cotton
wood tree by the roadside met the eye of
the Richland parish fanners driving to
church Sunday morning. The body was
that of a 15 year-old colored girl, a
house servant at the Greenwell place,
and she had been hung the night before
by a mob of lj-nchers. The young girl
had been employed as a waitress and
kitchen girl by W. R. Helmer, and put
poisou in the coffee. All those poisoned
will recover.
An Italian FUlicrmnn's Revenge.
Sax Frajccisco, March 14. An Italian
fisherman, S. Camilla, had a quarrel
with a fellow named Cicerillo, who be
longed to the Mafia. Camilla shot Cicerillo
at their place in Roesland in Sacramento
river, and then coolly towed the body
down to the coroner at Seneca who paid
him $5 for the body and took his deposi
tion in regard to finding it. When the
coroner went to Roesland he was
amazed to learn that Camilla was the
murderer aud had actually collected the
money for his victim's body.
Ttriff Talk Will Take Up the Time of
House:
Washington, March 14. The pro
gramme for this week in the house will
be the continuation of the tariff discus
sion. Among the tariff speakers an"
nonnced are Chipman of Michigan TWELFTH CENTURY BELL
isryan of .Nebraska, Whiting.' of Michi
can. Burrows of Michigan, Dalzell of
Pennsylvania and Walker of Massachu
setts. On Saturday eulogies will be de
livered upon the late Senator Plumb of
iiansas
It is probable that the executive ses
sion on Bering sea and other matters
will Kunply the time of the senate dur
mg most of the week. The number of
bills passed by the senate is far ahead of
the nouse. It has sent more than a hun
dred bills to the house for action, many
of them, it is true, being private relief
bills, but some are of importance and
sure to provoke discussion when brought
up. The house has sent to the senate
nothing but one or two appropriation
bills, which have either been disposed of
or are reaay ior Opposition. Air. Vest's thataoriicAtions ham alrcaflv been ra-
biii, to authorize by general- law thCt - '-jycu xi l.-.- j
construction of a public building fora h1011"168?5" atms command,
sou mo aim is now to secure variety in
nautical exhibits. All the transatlantic
lines will show models of their ships,
The twin-screw steamer with which
John Stevens experimented on tho
North river in 1804. will be rebuilt and
tho' original machinery, now preserved
at the Stevens iustitute, will be placed
on board, and this primitive cratt will
stand next tr a model of the new twin-
screw ferrv'ywits of the Hoboken ferry,
Lieutenant Barker will recommend th it
owners of yachts drawing nine feet of
water or less visit the exposition with
their, , vessels find thus add another iu-
a. :.ir.. . . r - i n -1
rcivbtiug ieature io itie exposition
i & MBta American uituop win send aa
Ascieat One -with an Inscription.
Chief Allison to Manage Ohio's
Fair Interests Notes.
Naw York, March 14. Lieutenant
Asher Carter Barker, U. S. N., superin
tendent of the marine division of the
transportation exhibits at the Colum
bian exposition, was at the eastern
I headquarters of the exposition in the
Stewart building, having come to New
York to seek historical features for his
department. Lieutenant Barker reports
postoffice in every town where the re
ceipts will j istify it; is the pending un-
nnisnea uusiness in tne senate.
POLITICAL P0INT3.
I'atal Ending to an Iowa Feuil.
Stuart, March 14. Because of a stand
ing quarrel, resulting from a law suit
some years a?o, Joseph Tilbeck inflicted
fatal injuries on George Bierl near Coon
Rapids. Both parties are wealthy and
are well known in Iowa politics.
AN OHIO SENSATION.
in
Prominent l'eople the Principals
Divorce Case at Alliance.
Alliance, O., March 14. This city is
exercised over a divorce suit. Tho per
sons interested are wealthy and occupy
prominent places in business and social
classes. Abner T. Hardgrove, the father
of tho plaintiff, is interested in iron in
Ulirois and is worth several hundred
thousand dollars. His son became ereat-
ly attached to a prepossessing young lady
here and, after due course of time, they
were inarnea, living together happily
for three years, a daughter coming to
bless them. The husband was away
most of the time, and, as alleged in his
absence, the wife became intimate with
James Archibald, a merchant of prom
inence. The husbaud, suspecting this
attachment, investigated, came home
unexpectedly one night and found Archi
bald and his wife together. Hardgrove
tried to shoot the invader of his home,
but Archibald, being the stronger, suc
ceeded in striking the revolver from his
hands and fled. The sympathy of tho
community is with the wronged hus
band. Archibald, who is married, has
left the city.
The Williams Case.
Rapid City, S. D., March 1 .The
famous Williams divorce case, with a
crowd of attorneys, many witnesses, and
volumes of depositions, is in progress
here. The parties are prominent in
Rochester, N. Y. Williams alleges
desertion, and his wife charges infidel
ity. Williams claims that his wife was
a religious fanatic and held it wicked to
live with a Protestant. Over fifty wit
nesses have been sworn to show inti
macy between Williams and Nettie
Boyd, a fair employe in his shoe factory.
He called at her rooms, dined and drove
with her, and made her many presents.
Williams denies the charges, and Miss
Boyd, a handsome blonde, took the
stand in defense of her character. She
made a favorable impression and em
phatically denied improper relations with
Williams. Her testimony and deposi
tions for plaintiff throw great discredit
upon some of the witnesses. It is general
ly understood here that Williams seeks
a divorce iu order to marry Miss Boyd.
There's a Mar in ht. Paul.
Baltimore, March 14. Cardinal Gib
bons has received the telegram from
Father Heffron of St. Paul, Minn.,
which is quoted in the papers as saying
he had received definite information that
Archbishop Ireland was to be made a
cardinal. Father Heffron stated to Car
dinal Gibbons that he is not the author
of the statement telegraphed from St.
Paul Friday night and adds that he has
no information whatever on the subject.
Pensions for Ex-Slaves.
Atlanta, Ga., March 14. The third
part- people of Tom Watson's congres
sional district met. for organization in
Thompson. To offset the federal pen
sion clause in the St. Louis platform.
the recommend another providing pay
of $300 for each freed slave, $200 to go
to the master and $100 to the ex-slave.
Opposed to Trotting Parks.
Connersvtlle, Ind., March 14. Ser
mons were preached in all the churches
here vehemently -denouncing.a trotting
park about to formed here, and urging
church people to discountenance it.
A Receiver.
Greenfield. Ind. March 14. D. H.
Coopervas ap;ointed receiver of -the
Wells Stove Manufacturing company!
Assets, (58,000. Liabilities, $35,000.
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved
From a letter written by Mrs. Ada E.
Hurd of Grnton S. D., we quote: "Was
taken with a bad cold, which settled on
my Lungs, cough $t in and finally termi
nated in Consumption. Four doctors
gave me up saying I could live but a short
timer I gave myself up to my Saviour,
determined it l could not stay with my
Iniralls Punctures a Sensation IbKsbim
Republican Circles Senator
Hill Starts South.
Toi'EKA, Kan., March 14. A decided.
sensation in Republican circles was
created by The State Journal of this
city publishing a statement made by an
editor of a weekly paper in the interior
of the state, that the secretary of the
Kansas Republican league had sup
pressed a letter written to him by ex-
Senator Ingalls oiferinjr to make ten
speeches in the campaign of last year.
The secretary on reading the charge pro
nounced it entirely false and punished a
letter from Mr. Ingalls, which is fol
lows:
Atchison, Kan., March 11.
My Dear Butterfield:
In reply to your note of this date I would
6ay that if there is any report that I wrote
to the secretary of the Republican league
last fall offering to make ten speeches -in
the campaign, and thnt my letter was
suppressed, the statement is incorrect.
John J. Ingalls.
This settles the mattot once and for
all that Mr. Ingalls did not offer his ser
vices last fall. At the league conven
tion March 1, in his sneech he said that
he proposed to take a hand this fall in
redeeming tho state, and that there
would be no day so stormy, no night so
uarK, no weather so tempestuous, no
plrysical infirmity so great that he would
not he lound ready to fulfill his appoint
ments.
Iowa Republicans.
Mason City, la., March 14. It is now
a foregone conclusion that Iowa Re
publicans are for Harrison and that
they will so declare in their convention
next Thursday. The platform as judged
iroin utterances of representative men
end partj' papers will he made up
wholly on national issues, it being the
sentiment that prohibition should not
be involved in the -canvass; Some dis
affection has arisen over the appoint
ment of A. B. Cummins as temporary
chairman of the convention on the
grounds of his extreme anti-prohibition
sentiments, but it is thought that mat
ters can be adjusted so that the troubli
will not be earned into the convention.
The candidates before tho convention
as delegates at large will be J. S. Clark-
Eon, ex-Governor Larrabee, Senator
Mack, Representative Chase and Jed
Lake.
Hill Starts South.
Washington, March 14. Senator Hill
held an informal reception last evening
at his apartments in the Arlington hotel.
A large number of friends of the senator
called to tender their farewell greetings
before his departure for the south. Ho
left Washington at 11:15 o'clock last
night and will reach Jackson at 11
o'clock Tuesday.
Fatal to Three.
Ouray, Colo., March 14. A terrific
explosion occurred in Revenue tunnel,
eight miles from this place, by which
two men wero instantly killed and two
injured, one fatally. Four men were
putting in blasts, and had fifteen holes
charged when all exploded with terriic
force. Grant Robinson had his head
torn from his body and was otherwise
terribly mangled. Pat Maloney wa3
struck in the ' breast by a rock and in
stantly killed. Pat Burns was torn and
bruised and his death is expected eve y
moment, ihe fourth man was but
sngntiy mmreo. xuo accident was
caused by the heating of the holes by
the drill, thus settimr off the nowdor.
Robinson was married and leaves a large
family. The rest were single men.
Grand Duke LiuHvig is Dead.
Darmstadt, March 14. Tho Grand
Duke Ludwig IV died at 1:15 a. m. He
was unconscious tnroughout the pro
ceeding part of the night. Three of his
daughters and Prince Ernst Ludwig,
his heir, were at his bedside at the time
of his death. The city is in mourning.
In the English quarter where the grand
duke is especially popular many houses
are draped.
Time Is u Thief,
Galena, His., March 11. The statute
of limitations has nullified a debt of $7f-
200, with interest for twenty years. In
1872, G. H. Abbott of Philadelphia, who
held the bonds of tbe city for that
amount, secured judgment in the Unit
ed States courts. On one pretext or an
other the tax levy to raise the amount
has .been postponed until now when the
statute of limitations has intervened.
Thirteen ISuildinsr Uurnetl.
Bedford, Ind., March 14. One half
of the south side of the public square
was destroyed bv fire. Eleven business
houses and two residences were con
sumed before the firo was got under con
trol. All but two were frame buildings.
All the city records were destroyed.
Tho Relict of William Dayton.
Trenton, N. J., 'March 14. Mrs.
Margaret Dayton, widow of the late
William Dayton, who ran on the Repub-1
lican ticket with "Fremont, died here,
aged b2 years. She leaves a daughter
and son, the Hon. William L. Dayton,
ex-minister to The Hague.
A Twelfth Century Hell.
Baltimore, March 14.-Cardinal Gib
bons bas a letter from Bishop Beffi of
Cariaageua, Colombia, America, in
which the bishop promises to send a bell
7S3 years old for exhibition at the
world's if air. The cardinal wrote a letter
toUishop Beffi at the reouest of Secre
tary Blaine, askinir that the bell be
loaned for exhibition. Secretary Blaine
also wrote a letter of tho same tenor to
the bishop. In his letter the cardinal
stated that himself and all the Ameri
can prelates were interested in the suc
cess, of the Chicago exhibition, and
that the-'presence of the bell as an ob
ject: connected with the early history of
the church in the Kew World would bo
instructive to all visitors to the fair.
The bishop in his reply stated that the
neii had no particular value beyond its
antiquity, but that an inscription about
its rim iu Spanish, which ran as follows:
"Mary Conceived Without bm. seemed
to. support the theory that the dogma of
the immaculate conception of the
Blessed Virgin was believed centuries
ago and accepted.
To Manage Ohio's Fair Interests.
Chicago, March 14. James Allison,
chief of the department of manufactures
has been asked to accept the position of
execntivo commissioner for the Ohio
state board of world's fair managers.
Governor McKinley offered him tho
place Friday, and with it came induce
ments that may be strong enough to
cause his retirement from the depart
ment over wliiclP he has presided so
ably. For some time matters in the
Uhio board have not been in satisfactory
shape. About a year ago Director Gen
eral Davis induced him to withdraw
temporarily from the business house of
! wiiich he is the head and come to Chi
cago as chief of tho department or man
ufactures, the largest department of tho
exposition. Mr. Allison s management of
the department has been above criticism
in every respect. He is one of Director
Davis' most valued lieutenants. Gov
ernor McKinley offers Mr. Allison $10.-
000 a year to manage the Ohio exhibit at
the fair and superintend its collection.
Thought Him a Great Dlagician.
New York, March 14. Si Hassen
Ben Ali, the Moorish chief who left here
last summer to collect" rare exhibits from
the African wilds for the world's fair,
has communicated with N. J. Riberly.
The explorer states that he has arrived
at Fez. When at the court of Muley
Hassan, the sultan, he succeeded in cre
ating a profound impression and en
listed the. sympathies and aid of the sul
tan, mainly by means of an Edison
phonograph, which ho caused to play
' lankee uoodie, "Uown on the
Suwanee River" and to deliver a Fourth
of July oration on the spread eagle
style. The sultan and court believed
that ho controlled spirits and furnished
him with a especial escort for his expedition.
Havtl's Commissioner.
Washington, March H. Hon. Fred
Douglas has accepted the position
offered him by Hayti as its representa
tive at the world's fair. The govern
ment of Hayti has appropriated $25,000
to be spent in its exhibit.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES-
MAINTAINING PLURAL WIVES.
High Officials in the Mormon Church Un
der Arrest.
Salt Lake, March 14. James P.
Freese, high councilor of the Church of
Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints,
who sits side by side in the high council
of state of Zion with Delegate to Con
gress John T. Caine, was arrested by
United States marshals for unlawful
cohabitation, and held to await the
grand jury's action in the sum of $1,000.
Jane Stoner, his plural wife and co-respondent,
was held in a bond of $500.
The arrest of such an exalted ruler of
the church has created consternation
in church circles, and when the
news was brought to President Wood
ruff he is said to have yielded to intense
passion. It is regarded as a terrible
blow to tho manifesto that has been sub
mitted to the high council, of whWi
Freese is a member, prior to its promul
gation. Jaes Daingerfield, another
member of the church, was also arrested
on the same charge, the co-respondent
being Lizzie Morris. Daingerfield de
clares he is a consistent member of the
church; that he was present when the
manifesto was sprung "on the people,"
and recognizing, that "conditions had
changed," voted for the adoption of the
.instrument. He is out on bonds in the
sum of l.OOOL
ALGER'S WAR RECORD.
DISPOTE
THE SEALERIES
John Bull TYeighiuff the Chances
of War With Uncle Sam.
AS MR WIMAN SEES IT.
He Says the Tory Government May Get
Into Serious Difficulties by Makins
a Vigorous Foreign l'olicy
as a Diversion.
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the
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tion
army.
to
Th General Makes Reply to the State
mcnt of the New York Sun Was
Honorably Discharge!.
Detroit, March 14. Tho Tribune
prints two pages of G ;neral Alger's re
ply to tho critics of his war record. His
reply embraces all the papers on file at
war department relative
xeavo ot absence, promo
and final discharge from the
Regarding the recent statements
made by tho New York Sun the
war department records are interesting,
September 1,1804, General Custer re
ported Colonel Alger as absent without
leave when fit for duty. Genera
Merritt on Sept. 17, forwarded Genera'
Lusters report to General Turbert
chiet or cavalry, stating that this was
Colonel -iilqer s third offense and that
severe measures should be taken. Gen
eral Turbert in turn on the same date
transmitted the report to General Sheri
dan recommending that Colonel Alger
be dismissed from the service and Gen
eral bhendan made the same recom
mendation to the war department in hi3
report dated bspt. loth.
Adjutant General Vincent replying to
General Sheridan Sept. 23, states that
Colonel Algpr was honorably discharged
from the service Sept. 20, 18G4. Gen
eral Alger's xplanation of this state of
affairs is that he had tendered his resig
nation to Secretary Stanton Aug, ('. 1884,
over a month previous to General
Custer's letter, and that President
Lincoln in August had ordered
the resignation to be accepted. He did
not present his resignation, however,
but went to the front. On Sept. 16,
however, the date of General Custer'
report, Alger again tendered his resig
nation, which was accepted by the pres
dent, endors-d by the secretary of war
Sept. 17 and igned by the adjutant gen
eral bept. 0, when he was honorably
discharged.
lue other papers accompanying Gen
eral Alger's statement are leiters frcn
Generals Custer and Sheridan recom
mending him for promotion. They are
dated respe"tiveiy Uct. ID, IbbJ, and
July 18, lbG4. General Alger's friends
deem his statement entirely satisfac
tory.
MONTANA MEN IN TROUBLE.
Great
Ob-
l-'alfs Citizens Sentenced for
taining lloitnties Illegally.
Gheat Falls. Mont., March 14. The
term of court for Chauteau and adjoin
ing counties which closed Fridav at
Benton, has been a very eventful one.
Four well known citizens were sentenced
to the penif ontiary for obtaining boun
ties on coyotes and wolves illegally, and
others are suspected of complicity. THs
is said to be the begining of a series of
sensational exposures unrivalled before
in the state. John F. Murphy, once
county clerk of Chauteau county, who
as justice of the peace, issued the il
legal bounty certificates, has thirteen in
dictments against him and will be tried
at the next term of court. Those sen
tenced were James Arnold, John TJ.
Wilson, Edward F. Burk and Peter Do
veney. MASHED TO A PULP.
Ottumwa, la., March li. On the 20th
of the present month an important meet
ing of railway conductors will be held
in this city for the purpose of adjusting
the grievances of.trainmen living here.
The men allege that the west division
crews of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy road, on the order of the official
friends on "earth, I would meet mv absent, at.Creston, have been running their
ones above. My husband was advised to trains to Murray, thus cutting off tho
get Dr. King's New Discovery for Con- earnings of crews on this division. At
sumption, Coughs and C5ds. I gave it a ! tne instance of the Order of Railway
trial, took in all eislit bottles: it lias cured Lonductors the matter has been w-
me and thank God I am now a well and
hearty woman." Trial bottles free at A
F. Streitz's drugstore, regular size, 5Cc
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cussed already at meetings held at Gal"s-
burg, Aurora and other points, and the
meeting now called is for the final ad
judication of the .matter.
Tho Caster Mining company, of Idaho,
is making a very extensive collection of
ores for exhibition at the fair.
Bulgaria has decided to participate in
the exposition. Foreign participation,
so far as ascertained up to the present,
embraces seventy-two nations and provinces.
The Suffolk Horse society, England,
has offered two gold medals, of the value
of 0 each, for the best Suffolk horse
and mare or filly exhibited at the world's
fair m Chicago.
The city of Cincinnati "wants to erect
a building at the exposition, to bo used
both as a club house and receptacle for
a municipal exhibit. It is willing to ex
pend $30,000 iu the nndertakir.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union wants to put up a building 70x100
feet , in the exposition grounds, in which
to exhibit the entire system of its work
and to condnct a cafe for the sale of
temperance drinks.
Seven of the world's fair buildings
are now so far advanced that they are
fast assuming the appearance of fin
ished structures. The rough carpentry
work on them is practically done and
the ornamental and finishing work is
in progress. lhese buildings are th9
Woman s, horticulture, transportation.
mines, administration, forestry, and
fisheries. Five more the government,
fine arts, agriculture, dairy, and Illinois
state-rare erected to the roof lines. The
electricity, manufactures and machin
ery buildings are being advanced rap-
idly
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Three 3Ien Instantly Killed ami Two Fa
tally Injured by a falling Klevator.
St Locis, March 11. Tho huge ele
vator used in hoisting heavy machinery
at Cohan Bro.'s boiler works broke loose
and fell to the ground floor. Henry
Kaiser, Frank Conn and Hugh Duffy,
who were standing directly beneath it
were crushed into a shapeless mass of
flesh and bones, and Tlioma3 Flaherty
and Michael Sweeney received probabty
fatal injuries.
Free Delivery In Small Towns.
Fort Dodqe, March 14. Free delivery
in small towns has been proven practic
able by an experiment of Postmaster
General Wanamaker. Fonda, a Poca
hontas comity town of 500 people, va3
the scene of the experiment. The free
delivery system was established there
and for several months its effects have
been closely watched by the department.
Tho system has been inexpensive and
proven thoroughly satisfactory to the
citizens. The postoffice officials con
sider the experiment a complete success.
Goes lillnd in Uis Fulplt.
Bxssell, la., March 14. Rev. Geo.
Sweet, a prominent joung Methodist
minister of Russell, was struck blind
while filling his pulpit. He had preached
in the morning as usual, and in the after
noon while in the midst of his discourse
his sight gradually failed him and he
became totally blind. He was com-
Eelled to stop and announce the fact to
is congregation.
Rejoicing Over.Mercier's Downfall.
Quebec, March 14. Tho Conserva
tives made a triumphal demonstration
here in celebration of their defeat of
Mercier. Numerous bands marched in
the procession and many of the paraders
carried transparencies.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS-
London, March 14. The Bering sea
controversy 13 apparently assuming a
serious aspect. The latest news from
Washington has aroused an interest in
the subject that did not before exist, and
everybody is anxious to learn the next
move of Lord Salisbury and President
Harrison. Tha foreign office is reticent
and as yet has given the public no of
ficial statement as to the position c-f the"
British government, but Lord Salis
bury's mouthpieces all speak in a tone
that leaves no doubt that England's
navy will be ready to meet any Ameri
can aggression in tho open waters of
Bering sea, and tho British sealers will
be defended in capturing seals bevond
the coast limit of American jurisdiction.
That is, England will take no offensive
action, but will be resolutely on tho de
fense, leaving it to the American gov
ernment to assume the responsioilitv for
hostile action should any be taken on the
Bering sea issue.
"The British will fight and are ready
to fight if necessary," said one of the
leading Conservative members of par
liament, 4,bnt we do not seek a fight. If
the United States government is insane
enough to go to war, or to mako a show
of force that would be tantamount to
provoking war, for the sake of their
Alaska seal ring, which is really at the
botton of the whole difficulty, and which
thinks it can maintain a monopoly by
getting the government of the United
States to take up its causo on such an
issue, England will go before the world
if America wishes to challenge her."
"I have not the slightest apprehension
that war will be the result of the Bering
Eea controversy," said a gentleman con
nected with the British admiralty, "but
if such should unfortunately be the case
England is better prepared for a con
flict than she was ever in her history
a .-. r . : r. 1
they seem to forget that it took them
four years to conquer the south, which
had a white population about equal to
Canada, and they have an English fleet
to assist it. In one important respect
England would gain by a war with the
United States'. It would put an end to
American encroachments on EnijlHi
commerce with South America, and
would tend to solidify all parts of the
empire and to bind the American col
onies, esnecia ly, more solidly to Great
Britain. British commerce will gain
more than it will lose and Amenc1 -i
commerce would cease to exist. But
there is a deep underlying stratum of
common sense and sound judgment in
the American character that will, in my
; Wcl ell:
North Platte Flour,
Lexington Flour,
Kearney Canned Corn
and Tomatoes,
Sioux City Garden Seeds,
tyid fcjje Be?u Brand? of
HEALEY & SOI,
Grocers.
Standard Goods,
Our Low Prices,
Points. JCourteous Treatment,
Prompt Delivery
opinion, prevent anv step from bevg
taken that would imperil the friendly
relations now existing between the two
great English speaking countries.
AsWiinan Sees It.
Chicago, March 14. The well known
economist and financier, Erastns Wi-
man, who is visiting here, talks serious
ly of war between England and the
United States as the outcome of the
Bering sea complication.
"lho English government, said he.
in an interview, "is under a tremendous
pressure from Canada, which is in the
mood to insist that Canadian sealers be
protected aud given equal rights with
Americans on tho high seas, uesides,
the coming contest in England makes it
incumbent that a diversion of somo kind
be created to secure Tory success
at the polls. It is not improb
able that a vigorous foreign policy
will prevail during the coming summer
in which the peace of the world mav be
tnreatened. Actual nostnities are
doubtful, but many a Avar has sprang
from less serious causes. The threat of
retaliation in the shape of the abolition
of the bonding privilege, which allows
goods destined to Canada to pass
through the United btates without du
ties, and vice versa, would le a two-
edsed weapon tar more hurtful to the
cities of the United States than to Can
ada. If this is the only retaliatory
measure, Canada I fear, after suffering
the terrible exclusion implied bv tho
McKinley bill, will only solidify its ad
hesion to British connection and
strengthen its determination to keep in
dependent of the United States."
Spanish .Floods.
Madrid, March 14. Tho damage
caused by floods in the south is more ex
tensive than was at first supposed. In
ilinost everv province railroad traffic is
suspended, irany towns being entirely
isolated. The deputies for Cordova,
Jsevnie, uranaua and other towns in
Audulesa are receiving many petitions
from mayors and other officials appeal
ing for government assistance. Tli9
statement of the minister of public
worss that there are no lunds from
which to draw for riJief purposes has
met witn a storm ot criticism trom the
press and the public. It has been de
cided that the government shall devote
100,000 to rr lief measures. The queen
has given s."JOO,000 from her private
purse.
Sill LOU'S CATARRH REMEDY. A
marvelous cere for Caturh. Diphtheria,
Canker mouth, and Headache. "With
ench botlle there is an ingenious nasal
injector for tho more successful treat
ment of :hcse complaints without extra
chars!. Price 50c. Sold bv North Platte
Pharmacy. 1 2
Answer This Question.
AVhy do s-o many people vch see around
us seem to prefer to suffer and be made
miserable by Indigestion. Constipation,
Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Coming up
ot tne rood, lellnw &Ktn. when tor oc.
e will sell them Shiloh'.s Vitalizer,
guaranteed to cure them. Sold by No rth
Platte Pharmacv, successor to J. U
ThucUer. 1-2
The number of known murders
committed in the United States the
hist venr is placed at 10,196 and the
number of murderers who suffered
death for their crimes at 552. Of
these 322 were lynched and 230 ex
ecuted in pursuance of law. These
figures not only show that more
murderers are lynched than are
legally executed, but they also ex
plain why so many are punished by
uprisings of the people. The only
way that lyncbings can be prevented
is by better enforcement of the law
smp increasing the certainty of con
viction and punishment.
There is no danger from whoop-
couirh when Chamberlain's
Cough liemedy is freely given. It
liquefies the tough, tenacious mucus
aids in us exnectoration. It
so lessens the severity and fre-.
rjitency of the paroxysms, of cough- "
mg, and insures a speedy recovery.
ThtMe is not the least danger in.
giving it to children or babies, as it
contains no injurious substance. 50
cent bottles for sale bv A. F.Streitz,
Drunirist.
The Chinese minister afc Wash
ington threatens that his govern
ment will exclude American mis-
sionanes it we suall continue to
shut out Chinese merchants. This
would be retaliation against which
we ought not to complain. Chinese
missionaries are very expensive and
Chinese converts are said to cost on
m average of $10,000 each. If tbe
Celestial emperor decides to drive
away American missionaries under
Mjese circumstances we can rjrob-
ably get more for our money in
other heathen lands.
and
S50 REWARD.
I3 virtue of the lavrsfifthp State of Nebraska,
I herobv offer a reward of Fiftv llnltnr fr,. ti.a
captnjt; and conviction of nny person cliargfnl
with horse stealing in Lincoln county.
U.A.UAJvEK.
Sheriff.
ILLINERY
Cheaper than Ever.
From now on I intend to soil Millirmrv
cheaper than was over known in North
riatte. I have the
Anarchists C.nide Alarm.
Paris, March 14. Searches of houses
known to be occupied by anarchists in
rassy, Alontroge and other suburbs,
have resulted in the discovery that a
number of the trusted servants of the
arge residences are members of the an
archists' associations. Scared by the
rumors ota mg anarchistic conspiracy. Trim mo1 Uott- f, r-v.
a deputation of foreign residents ot Passy 1 nramcU iiatS irom LeiUS lip.
waneu upon tue mayor tooDiaininionn
ation. The mayor declared that there
Largest ui H Mi Stock
in the Citv.
was no causo for alarm.
Children's headwear a snecnaUv. A
full lino of Ladies' and Children's "
Mme. Clemenceau Gets a Divorce.
Pauis, March 1 1. M. Clemenceau, th9
Radical deputy so often spoken of for
the ministry, and who, in tho recent
ministerial cricis, was mentioned for a
portfolio, has been divorced. It seems
that Mme. Clemenceau has obtained the
FURNISHING GOODS
.lways on hand. This is Nf) ATTrrPTrwr
SALE or selling out at cost, but a Bteady
nnli ...I. -til J
oiHoniiorejuiiRei, auonar s worth for
100 cents. SPRING STOCK READY
FOR INSPECTION.
decree against her husband. M. Clem- Af rc P Q XJii-frVv-i-.-
enceau ha been considered to be rather iUlo. VJ. O. fl LLliTTllTl
gay." Mine.
America.
SPRUCE STREET.
Jay Gould and party are in New Mexico
seeking health.
The typhoid fever is committing ter
rible ravages in Durango, Mex.
A revolt is reported in the province of
Catamarca, Argentine Republic.
Central American news reports the yel
low fever raging furiously in most of tho
states.
A gang of outlaws robbed C. W. Brit
tian, manager of the Vacas mines, near
nnrnnim rf 410 000 in ilvpr itftor- lriltinr "o
nnoanH tvntinilincr t.wn frnnrila land
Good Looks.
Uood looks aro more than skin deep,
depending upon a healthy condition of
all the vital organs. If the Liver be in-
...... 1 . Tt1? T . mm
uuutr, jiiu ii.nn ;i jiiHOUS LOOK, it your
stomach be disordered you have a Dys
peptic LodIc and if your Kidneys be af
fected you have a Pinched Look. Secure
good health and you will havo good
looks. Electric Bitters is the great alter
ative ana Ionic acts directly on these
! organs. Uures Funnies. Blotchps. "Rnilc
ivea a good complexion. Sold at A.
AIM. I ADAMSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
Oils, Gasoline, Coal Tar,
AND CRUDE PETROLEUM.
F. Streitz's drugstore, 30c per bottle.
I NORTH PLATTE,
- NEB.