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m mt mam . IRA L BAKE, Editor ad Proprietor SUBSCBEPTION BATES. One Tear, cash In advance 11.25. Six Months, cash In advance 75 Cents Entered attheNortb.Platte(Xebraska)p08tofflceas s econd-cless matter. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1897, The New Year edition of the Grand Island Independent was as handsome tvooirraohicallv as it was readable. Geddes & Buechler are entitled to much credit for the good work the j are doing for Grand Island. Mr. Waktamaker's idea that the tariff should be so adjusted that "manufacturers may be able to keep employes going" the full week at irood wajres" is one that will be generally indorsed by the people who take a practical view ot the matter. The total coinage of the mints of the United States during Decem ber was 57,017,416, of which $4,363,- 19a was gold and $2,551,997 silver. The production of gold in the United States in 1896 was $51,500,- S r r rv-tt i r uuu. j. ne proauction ot silver was 54,000,000 fine ounces. There will be a great crop'in the year '97, which nobody can deny An expert who has examined the ground says that it is finer shape than it ever was before: it is wet clear through to Hong Kong, and if there does cornea summer drouth it can't hurt anything. Oh, let i be joyful, joyful, joyful, as Cattern would sar, in one of his inspired moments. Ex. At the recent election Minne sota adopted a constitutional amendment to tne ettect that no alien shall hereafter exercise the right of sufferage until he shall have been fully naturalized: and lexas decided tliat tiereatter n person of foreign birth shall vote in that state unless he shall have been a resident for one year, and oeciareo nis intention to become a citizen six months before election. It is safe to say that Brvan is not so sick of his lecture engage ment as the men who are putting "uplhe money for it. The lecture tour was an exceedingly foolish scheme for everybody connected with it exept Bryan himself, who is a" poor man, and who needs the money it would bring if successful. But there was never the faintest ground for the notion that it would be successful. St. Democrat. Louis Globe- Walter Wellman, correspon dentot the Chicago Times-Herald makes this guess on McKinley's cabinet: Secretary of state. John Sherman, of Ohio; secretary of the treasury. Nelson Dingley, of Maine; secretary of war, Ex-Governor Wil liam Merriam, of Minnesota; secre tary of the navy, Cornelius F. Blis of New York; attorney general. Nathan Goff. of West Virginia; postmaster general, Henry Payne, of Wisconsin; secretary of agriculture, Judge Waymire, California. C. of of xvuwARD lyvERTH male said in a T- . -r-W m recent address on the coming cen tury that the world is growing bet ter. In his classification, the cen tury of Columbus was marked by discovery, the eighteenth by an alysis and the nineteenth by inven tion. The victories of the twentieth - century.inhis opinion, will be moral ana spinturai. jtiis prediction is that it will be filled with not only physical comfort, '-but spiritual, and physical forces will be transmuted into moral and spiritual." Educa tion will be general and greatly ele vated, and nations will be brought into closer intercourse. No one has ventured to prophesy what the next century will bring forth in inven tion, for scarcely a year passes now without some wonderful advance. -Ex. During the year 1896 there were thrown into the hands of receivers thirty-four railroads, havinga mile age of 5,441 miles, a bonded debt of $173,064,000, a capital stock of $102,533,000 and a total capitaliza tion in bonds and stock of $275, 597,000. The most important fail ure of the year was that of the Bal timore & Ohio with 2,074 miles and $124,000,000, of bonds and stock, be sides heavy floating indebtedness and arrears of interest. The com parative table ot railway receiver ships since the year 1884 show that the number of roads falling into insolvency during the pastyearwas greater and involved more milage but less capitalization than during the year 1895. The figures are measurably less than those of 1894 and only about half of those of 1893. The grand totals for the whole thirteen years covered by the table of receiverships foot up the stupendous agregate of 412 failed railway with a mileage of 60,876 miles and a capitalization of $4,916, 044,000. Bee. f PACIFIC FUNDING BILLS Are Being: Pushed In Both Branches of Congress. ITGHTLttG THE HOMESTEAD BILL. Senator Piatt "Will Present the Minority Report of tho Senate Committee on In dian Affairs In Opposition to the Meas ureSenator Pettigrew Will Take tho IiCad In Its Advocacy. Washington, Jan. 4. The house will get down to serious business as soon as it reassembles after the holiday recess on Tuesday. Probably the most im- Tjortant nieces of creneral legislation to j j - be acted upon at the short session have been made special orders and will con sume tho entire -week. They are the Loud bill to amend the laws relating to second class mail matter so as to pre vent the shipment of books and serial publications in connection with news papers at tho cent per pound rate and to cut on tne newspapers' sample copy privilege and the bill prepared by tho Pacific railroad committee to fund tho debts of the Pacific railroads and extend their payment for 50 years at 2 per cent. Tho funding bill has already been de bated ouo day and under the order adopted tho debate will continue Tues day aud Wednesday and tho bill will bo brought to a vote on the latter date. Tho Pacific railroad bill will be taken up on Tuesday. The general debate will con tinue until Friday evening. On Friday the bill will bo opened to amendments under the5-minute rule and on Monday the vote will bo taken on the bill and pending amendments. Thefatoof the measure will deter mine whether the government will fore close its mortCTces on the Union and Central Pacific. Both these roads have defaulted and President Cleveland served notice in so many words in his message to congress that unless some congressional action was taken immed iately steps would bo taken under the authority of the present law to protect the government's interest by foreclosure proceedings. The friends of the roads realize fully that this is the last chance they will have to accomplish tho fund ing of the debt for which they have striven for 10 years and they will use all their influence in its behalf. But tho bill also has many bitter enemies in the west- and on the Pacific coast. Mr. Powers of Vermont, chairman of the committee, will bo its principal cham pion on the floor, while Mr. Sulzer of New York and Mr. Magniro of Califor nia will lead the opposition. Both sides are now figuring on a majority and tho fate of the bill is in grave doubt. The debate is expected to bo of a very lively nature and mere may ue some sensa tional incidents. SENATE HAS NO PROGRAM. Liable to He a Sharp Clash of Interests In Hflbrts to Secure Consideration. Washington, Jan. 4. Beyond the fact the bill providing for free home steads of former Indian reservations on the calendar is the unfinished business, the senate has no program for this week. There is liable to be a sharp clash of interests in effort to secure consideration and a possibility that this clash may de velop an interesting situation. The friends of the Pacific railroad funding bill will make an effort to get that measure up for consideration unless they conclude that in doing so they may impair its chances of passage. Until the past day or two it appeared certain the Cuban resolutions would be sprung im mediately after the beginning of busi ness on Tuesday. It is now possible, oven probable, that both questions -will go over, at least for a few days. If the movement to have the committee on for eign relations again consider the ques tion as to when it shall be taken up pre vails the question cannot be raised until after the committee meeting on Wednes day and the advocates of delay are be coming quite sanguine that if they suc ceed in preventing consideration until Wednesday they will secure a still fur ther postponement. Senator Gear, chairman of tho Pacific railroads committee, is doubtful of tho advisability of pressing for the consider ation of his funding bill until after the action of the house on tho same measure and may wait upon that body. If ho does not delay on this account, he will make an effort to get the bill up on Tuesday, or immediately after the homestead bill shall be disposed of. If either the Pacific bill or the Cuban reso lution secures consideration, there will be a sharp contest and much animated debate. Piatt Opposes Homestead JJ.il 1. The homestead bill will be opposed by Senator Piatt aud others, while Senator Pettigrew will take the lead iu its advo cacy. Senator Piatt will present tho minority report of the senate committee on Indian affairs in opposition to the "free homestead" bill, which heads the senate calendar. The report opposes the bill on the general grouuds of the vast expense its adoption would entail upon the government. Commencing with the year 18S9, he says, the government has purchased 33,252,540 acres of land from the Indians, agreeing to pay $25, 261,937 for it, besides $3,000,000 set apart as a trust fund for the benefit of the Indians of the great Sioux reserva tion. "If," says the report, "all the land already opened to settlement upon In dian reservations heretofore ceded shall be taken up, the sum to be paid therefor by the settlers will be $35,358,006.8G. This bill proposes to release the settlers from the payment of this sum." The report calls attention to the fact that it was provided in the acts bearing upon those settlements with the differ ent tribes of Indians that settlers should pay sufficient for the lauds to reimburse the governnou4 for money paid the Indians. Sevll million acres of land are embraced. The bill as it passed the house applied only to land3 in Oklahoma, but by the amendments made by the senate com mittee the provisions of the bill are ex tended to all ceded lands, tho amount being more than three times that con templated in the bill as it passed tho hous8. All lands on Indian reservations thus opened for settlement have been paid for by the government be fore the opening of the same, except in the caso of the Cherokee outlet, where payment was to be mado all installments and the sum of $4,yS0, 000 still remains unpaid and in the case of the great Sioux, Chippewa and Col ville reservations, where the Indians are to be paid, as the, government shaUrer ceive the money from settlers upon dis posals of the lands. . Another amend ment proposed to the bill in effect re quires that tho government shall, upon releasing the settlers from' payment of their obligations pay the Indians for these lands the sum per acre which by law is now to be paid by the settlers. "If," says tho report, "this amend ment should bo adopted and the bill pass, the government would be called upon to pay in the future, including the amount not yet duo on tho Cherokee outlet purchase, a sum approximating 515,000,000. National Bank Notes Out. Washington, Jan. 4. The monthly statement issued by tho comptroller of the currency shows the amount of na tional bank notes outstanding at the end of the year fco be $235,576,881, an in crease for the month of $264,278, and for the 12 months of $21,948,569, tho cir culation outstanding based on United States bonds was $215,850,807, a decrease for the month of $759,877, an increase for the 12 months of $25,234,147. The amount of circulation secured by lawful money was $19,726,074, an increase for tho month of $1,023,655, and a decrease for the year of $3,285,587. The amount of United States registered bonds on de posit to secure circulation notes was $240,236,150 and to secure public do- posits $15,928,000. Claim of General Swain. Washington, Jan. 4. The claim of Brigadier General D. G. Swain, retired, judge advocate general of tho army, for tho amount of his pay withhold under the execution of tho finding of a court martial, will como before the supreme court of the United States this week for argument, he having appealed from tho decree of the court of claims, which ro- ected his suit. Hi Colnngo Statement. Washington, Jan. 4. The monthly coinage statement issued by the bureau of the mint shows tho total coinage at mints of the United States during De cember, 1896, to have been $7,017,419, of whicli $4,363,165 was cold, $2,551,968 silver and $102,286 minor coins. Of tho silver coined $1,700,000 was in standard dollars. Increase Naval Inspectors. Washington, Jan. 4. Secretary Her bert has practically decided to increase the present naval corps of inspectors of steel used in the construction of naval vessels of the United States by the ap pointment of a number of expert civil ians. NEW INSURANCE LAWS IN KANSAS. Incoming- Legislature Expected to Make Some Radical Changes. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 4. The commit tee recently appointed by Grand Master Workman Wallace of the A. O. U. W. of Kansas to prepare a bill for passago by the legislature that will protect the fraternal benefit society against irre sponsible concerns that come into the state un ter tho present insurance law will make some very important recom mendations. The report of the inves tigation has been laid before Governor elect Leedy, who is urged to embody its provisions in his iortncoming message. An investigation of the records in the- Kansas insurance department shows that the old line lifo insurance compan ies doing business in this state made clear and took out of the state the past year over $1,700,000. This is profit over and above death losses. The committee recommends that a law be enacted re quiring all life insurance companies to invest 65 per cent of premiums collected in the state in Kansas securities, and that they be deposited with the state treasurer, so that when a death occurs, if the loss is not speedily adjusted, the beneficiary may go to the state treasurer and have his claim satisfied. Fire insur ance companies are to be put under tho same regulations. It is argued that if Kansas is such a profitable field for insurance the com panies doing business here should invest at least 65 per cent of their net profits in her securities. These securities would, in the hands of the state treasurer, in sure the payment of losses promptly. Cattle Die From Blackleg-. Cheyenne, Wy., Jan. 4. State Vet erinarian A. A. Holcombe has received a telegram from a Casper stockman noti fying him that his cattle are dying rap idly of a disease that the local doctors cannot name. The cattle die five hours after taking the disease. Their hind legs are paralyzed and black, clotted blood is found under the jaw and about the heart. Dr. Holcombe pronounces the disease blackleg and states it can bo prevented by inoculation. Official Dangerously 111. London, Jan. 4. A cable dispatch has been sent to Mrs. Kirkpatrick, wife of Hon. George Kirkpatrick, lieutenant governor of Ontario, summoning her to London, where her husband is lying seriously ill in the South hospital. Death of a Distinguished Chemist. Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Theodore George Womley, M. D., Ph. D., LL. D the distinguished chemist, died at his home in this city, aged 70 years. His death was due to gastritis. Integral Service Debt. Buenos Ayres. Jan. 4. The chamber by a vote of yeas, 25; nays, 19, passed the second reading of a measure provid ing for the resumption of tho integral service debt. Tew Artillery Bill. Berlin, Jan. 4. The new artillery bill, which will be laid before the reich stag soon after the chamber resumes its Fittings, will propose an addition to the military budget of 177,000,000 marks. Mr. Money Is Missing, Havana, Jan. 4. At tho Hotel Insla- terra the clerks are worried about Senator-elect Money of Mississippi, who has not been seen since Saturduy moming. Famous Geographer Dead. Paris, Jan. 4. Vivion St. Martin, the famous geographer, is dead. Did You Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not. get a bottle unw ind get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and curt of all female complaints, exerting a wonderful direct influence in giving strength and tune to the organs. If you have loss of appetite, constipa tion, headache, fainting spells, or are nervous, sleepless, excitable, melancholy or troubled with dizzy spells, Electrie Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and strength are guaranteed by its use. Fifty cents and SI. 00 at Streitz's drug store. 3 AUDITOR STIRS THEM UP Startling: Revelations Made Re garding Minnesota Affairs. PORPEITOBI! OF LANDS TO STATE. General Shaking Up In Mineral Contracts and Railroad Land Titles as the Result of Auditor Dunn's Investigations He Makes Some Strong Recommendations to tho Legislature. St. Paul, Jan. 4. Tho biennial report of State Auditor Bobert C. Dunn to tho Minnesota legislature contains some startling figures and recommendations, drawn from a rigid interpretation of the law and a careful examination of tho records of his office, which includes the land department. The general land de partment business shows the grants of lands to railroad companies by congress and by tho state within tho limits of tho state of Minnesota to aid in the con struction of tho 3,200 miles of line have amounted to over 20,000,000 acres. Tho total area of the state is about 45,000,000 acres. A reasonablo valuation of these railroad lands is 103,000,000 or about $32,000 por mile. Of theso lands tho companies have already received over 10,000,000 acres and under the swamp laud act from the state tliey nave re ceived over 2,000,000 additional. Ho calls particular attention to tho grant originally mado to the Little Falls railway and now owned by the North ern Pacific, consisting of 300,000 acres. It was given to aid in tho construction of that railroad from its eastern termi nus to tho western boundary of tho state. For uncompleted portions of tho line the laud should revert to tho state. The line was ouly built to Morris, alto gether 87; miles, and the auditor holds that the graut does not attach to the 22 miles from there to the state line, making a difference of 180,000 acres in the grant. As the company has already received 200,000 acres, which is in ex cess of what they earned, the legislature is asked to take yroper action to recover theso lands, which are valued at not less than $5 per acre. Startling Recommendations. The auditor's conclusions and recom mendations regarding mineral lands, however, are most startling. Ho reconi- monds that tho legislature direct that action bo begun in the courts looking to the records of lands already conveyed to tho Duluth and Iron Range railroad amounting to 200,000 acres and that tho remaining portion, 403,000 acres, be de clared forfeited. These lands conserva tively valued are worth $3,000,00O,being located exclusively in St. Louis, Lake and Cook counties, which comprise the mineral and timber portions of tho state. He then calls attention to the constitu tional provision that all state lands must be sold at public auction. As the timber has been cleared, part of the reality it has been similarly dis posed of, and the auditor now raises the question whether the mineral is not also a part of the realty and should, there fore, be disposed of in like manner. The Rockefellers and tho Minnesota Iron company hold 90 per cent of the mining contracts on state lands, and these were all secured at private sale, so that if his contention be approved there would be a general shaking up in mineral con tracts. The laud where tho rich mountain iron is located was selected in 1883 by the then state auditor for indemnity school land. In 1888 the same official, apparently through an error or over sight, executed a relinquishment back to the government. This land is valued , at 110 less than $12,000,000. The state auditor takes the ground that possibly the state still holds title to these lands under the original selection and that the relinquishment wns null aud void because the auditor had no power to execute such relinquishment, that power remaining with the governor. Francis Reverses Hoke Smith. Perry, O. T., Jan. 4. News received here from Washington is that Secre tary Francis has reversed ex-Secretary Smith's decision relative to claim hold ders who made runs for the Indian res ervation to Cherokee strip in Septem ber, 1893. The report has caused con siderable excitement and hundreds of persons are alfected. Smith held that per sons who obtained claims by running from Creek, Otoe, Osage and Ponca In dian country were disqualified and Sec- rerary Francis ueciacs mat tney are qualified. Senator Elkins' Father Dies. Wheeling. W. Va., Jau. 4. Phillip Duncan Elkins, father of United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins, died at the senator's residence at Elkins, this state, aged 87 years. The deceased was a col onel in the Confederate army and a Democrat. He was born in Fauqucker county, Ya., July 4, 1809. He was mar ried in Ohio in 1840 to Sarah Pickett Wethers. He leaves two sons, Senator Elkins of West Virginia and Samuel Hobbs Elkins of Columbia, Mo. Pioneer I) lea. Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 4. Charles H. Clark, a pioneer resident of Cedar Rapids and one of the leading business men of this city, died of heart trouble at the age of 5G years. He was treasurer of the Cedar Rapids and Marion City Electric railway, and was identified with several other business enterprises. . Cardinal Archbishop xieaa. Naples, Jan. 4. The cardinal arch bishop of Naples is dead. He was born in 1824 and was created a cardinal at the consistory of March 24, 18S4. Hog Cholera In Otoe County. Duxbar, Neb., Jan. 4. Hog cholera is making great devastation in this vi cinity. Some of the leading farmers have lost oyer 100 head. Young Farmer Suicides, Sutton, Neb., Jan. 4. George Popp, a young Russian farmer residing, our miles south of town, committed suicide by taking strychnine. Free Silver Journal Suspends. Jefferson, la., Jau. 4. The Carroll Daily Sentinel, a Democratic free silver paper, has suspended publication, owing to laci: ot support. Taylor Confer With Duke of Tetnnn. Madrid, Jau. 4. The United States minister, Mr. Q'aylor, had a long confer ence with the Duke of Tetann, minister of foreign affairs. Faure Telegraphs tho Czar. Paris, Jan. 4. President Faure, re plied to the New Year's congratulations of the czar, by telegraph. 8TORY OF COMMODORE WRECK. One of the Survivors Gives a Graphic Ae count of the Disaster. Cincinnati, Jan. 4. A special to the Commercial-Tribune frera Jacksonville eays: Seventeen men accounted for out of the 28 on the Cuban fiHbus'Jer, Com modoro, is the record here, with a slight chance of seven more vet alive. The men camo ashore at Daytona yesterday nnnn nnnfoin AfnrnW. Stnnhfin firunft. the novelist, tho cook and two sailors, j One of the latter, William Higgms of Rhode Island, died soon after reaohing land from the effects of the high surf, One of the survivors gives tho following graphic details: R "The tug sank at 7 o'clock Saturday morning, 20 miles, of New Smyrnia. All the Americans on board remained until the last moment. A traitor in Spanish pay was tne cause oi tne iea. xna leak was discovered at about 3 a. m. The pumps wouia not worKiong, tnougn tney am gooci service ior a wniie. uiua. ing mac tno water gameu on ub, me vessel was turned shoreward. As she continued to sink, two boat loads ol ouDans, 12 men in ail, were nrst seni off. One boat containing six men wai capsized and I am afraid tho men were lost. Ono of the life boats containgnine men was swamped and a hastily con structed craft was made up from mate rials thrown to them and they then dis appeared from our sight. 'Captain Murphy, Stephen Crane, Higgms and myself and one other sailor took to tho 10-foot dingey at the last moment. We tried to save the men in tho water around us, but the heavy sea and blinding winds swept them from us. It required all our efforts to keep our small boat right sido up. For 24 hours wo battled with tho heavy sea, constantly bailing, and at last land was sighted. As we attempted to land the wind drove us into the breakers and in an instant the boat was overturned. Foi an hour we battled for life and then managed to crawl out on the sands al most dead. Captain Murphy saved Mr. Crane by helping him when a cramp caught him. Higgins was struck on tha head by floating timbers and died soon after landing. He was a good sailor and worked hard to save his comrades. Tha men are expectejlhere today. Aid ..was asked froih TStyfdua"," 'ITs FHo TnreQ Friends was the only vessel in port that could stand the seas. The Washington officials were wired asking permission to send tho tusr out, which was granted." "Working on Inaugural Message. Cleveland, Jan. 4. President-elec McKinley passed a very quiet Sunday at the home of M. A. Hanna. When Mr. "tVTTiiiioT- 1 greeted at Mr. Hanna'shome by Senator Cullom of Illinois who had stopped over for a short visit on his way to Washing ton. It is the intention of Mr. McKin ley to devote the coming week to tho outliuiug of his inaugural message and for that reason it is announced he desires to be left undisturbed as much as pos sible. Part of the week Mrs. McKinley will remain at the home of Mr. Hanna, and the latter part of the week will be guests of Colonel Myron T. Herrick. Kan Into a Landslide. St. Louis, Jan. 4. Missouri Pacific f freight No. 2 ran into a landslido near New Haven, Mo.. G7 miles west of hero at 2:30 o'clock this morning, killing En- gineer Homer Evans, Fireman Henry Hookup and Brakeman J. E. McQueen, ! A fal1 of about 40 degrees has been ex all of this city. The locomotive and 12 perienced at most points with the ther cars went into the Missouri river, along ' momcter still falling. A heavy wind which the track ran. The landslide was has blown for the past 24 hours, drifting caused by the. heavy rains. The track was cleared during the day and the trains are running as usual again, but while repairs to the roadbed and track were being made, passengers, mail and express were transferred by boat. Big Cut In 2Iiiicr.V Wages. Massillox, O., Jan. 4. Notices have been posted at all the mines in the Massillon district of a reduction in the price of pick mining from Gl cents to 51 cents per ton. The notice says a rate of 00 cents has been agreed uppn in Penn sylvania under the long established sys- ' tern whereby the Ohio rate is 9 cents less than that of tho Pittsburg district, 1 IT X a 1 1 , . mureiore tne 01-cent. rate win Do mam- lamea uuner existing conditions. A rout 2,000 men areuow out, but it is thought iiiuy win resume worK and continue un til after tho joint meeting of operators and miners at Columbus Jan. 12. Colored Athlpte Won. fin. Tm, t.. 1 -ni al ui. jjuuiii, umi. rt, rx . nail', WUJ JOl' cago colored athlete, won tho six-day ' neel-and-toc walking match. He only led Hoagland by seven laps. Stephens, ' the local man, who finished third, Oddy, j the Englishman, and Cowbay Smith of Denver failed to make the required 300 ! miles and will not come in on the divi-' sion of gate receipts v.iii.miuii j-iuiiNfoiiiineiiiat l.ine. Ottawa, Jan. 4. Hon. J. G. Blair, ! minister of railways, returned today from his trip to the Pacific coast. It is understood that his report to the govern ment will be in favor of building a rail road through the Crow's Nest pass of n n .1 1 nr. t . the Kockies, but how it is to be done ia another question npou whipU Mr. Blair ' -n 4 - I will say nothing, Vermont Investors Heavy Losers. Moxtpelier, Vt., Jan. 4. The Farm ers' Trust company of Sioux City, la., which closed its doors List week, will prove a hard blow to its Vermont inves- 1 tors. According to returns since the failure, 80 per cent of the liabilities of $iao,000 is said to be due the people of this state. Idaho Legislative Deadlock. Boise, la., Jan. 4. The Populists and Democrats are in a deadlock over the or ganization of the legislature. The j Democrats demand the speaker and con trol ol all the important committees. : Bains Benefit Famine Districts. - Loxdox, Jan. 4. Official dispatches from India say that the rajng have bene fitted nearly all 'the famine (llstricta there and that the average price of grains is JO seers per rupee. Feminine Physical Culture. Girls havo so many artificial restraints In childhood that thoy should correct them as soon as possible by a thorough and sys tematic course in gymnastics. Every good teacher of physical culture should under stand anatomy and hygiene, so that exer cises may be given to girls and women that will benefit and develop without harming them. Tho physical training of the sexes should be almost the same, but heavy work for women should be led up to gradually. Women ns well as men need strong and clastic muscles, and careful gymnastics will develop them. New York Tribune. SWEPT BY A BLIZZARD. hw Fall of Snow Is General Throughout Nebraska. HIGH WINDS PILE UP BIGDBLTTS. I From All Parts of the West Keports f Damages by Floods and Storm Aro Being: Received In Illinois a Heavy Itain Has Fallen ITheat Has Been Badly Dam aged Washouts In Missouri. Chicago, Jan. 4. From all parts of the west reports of damages of floods and storms during the last 24 hours are coming. In Illinois heavy rain has fallen, streams are flooded, making roads im passible and damaging winter wheat. , Joliefc is threatened with one of the worsfc floods its history. Hickory and ; Spring creeks are out of their banks and tho Des piaines river and the lower level of tho hag 16 inches, j Families aro moving out of their houses and lowlands are flooded. Water is sweeping through tho lumber yards and ' thn Rnolr TslanH rxnnlr is Rnhmorfmrt in tho Bock Island track is submerged in the vicinty of Lacon. Wheat has been damaged badly by the 24 hours rain and the roads are impassible. The Sangha mon river is rising, threatening destruc tion to thousands of bushels of cribbed corn, it nas rained, ior bu nours ana is still raining, but growing colder. In northern Michigan the rain is also severe. Near Menominee it has rained 48 hours. Logging has been suspended. Ice gorges at Fisher and other points on tne Menominee river tnreaten serious consequences to Menominee and Mari nette. In Minnesota a blizzard raged all day, with alternating rain and sleet. tooutn uakota suffered, a severe snow storm, which prevailed all day yester day. The snow drifted and a railroad blockade is feared. Nebraska is suffering from the worst blizzard it has experienced for years. Snow was 12 inches on the level last night and tho wind piling great drifts six and seven feet high. Trains are delayed in tho vicinity of Hastings. Last night a blinding snow was falling and a sharp wind blowing. At Grand Island there was five feet of snow in tho Union Pacific railroad yards. Telegraph service is greatly impeded. Wheat and Corn Washed Away. St. Louis, Jan. 4. Heavy rain, which ' has been faS in this vicinity for the pasfc . tvro contuined until lost evening, when a cold wave set in and i tho temperature dropped 80 to 40 de grees in a short time. The heavy rains have caused the rivers on both sides of the Mississippi to rise above the danger mark. At Richland. Mo., the Gascon ade river is all over the low bottoms and is rising at the rate of 14 inches an hour. 1 Hundreds of acres of wheat and corn in j the shock have already been washed j away. Tho river is full of floatiug rails, sawlogs and railway ties, which repre sent a loss of many thousands of dollars. First Blizzard of the Season. Kansas City, Jan. 4. The first bliz zard of the season prevails in western ' Missouri, throughout Kansas and in the territories, the trains at many points in . Kansas being delayed by snow drifts, the snow and causing trouble to rail roads and danger to stock. In the In dian territory heavy rains have swollen the gullies and small streams and rail way companies fear washouts. WAGES ARE SHAVED DOWN Illinois Steel Company Announces a Gen cral Cut. IJinOAnn. .Inn. 4. ' ' in nmn rvros n ' tho Illinois Steel comnanv wero notified todav that their wnces would be cut Feb. 1. The notice was brought to the 3,500 men at tho South Chicago mills early in the day. They were told that the amount of reduction had not ye been decided, but it is generally believed w t that it will be about 20 per cent. Presi j dent Gates said that every official and employe would be cnt. The salary of every head of department which is now more than $100 per month will be re duced from 15 to 50 per cent. r :J T I ' i v c -yes 01 m It fn n vrttn I r r'f- uusjiuubs, nun XTUsiuem, vraics. "uur- . , . - . . s hc pf S ee ll has been reduced $3 a- ton aud this of itself meaus a loss of over 1,000,000 to the Illinois Steel company." Favor Stato Liquor iJisjieii'sary. Topeka, Jan. 4. It is enrrcntly re ported that the leadinsr nrohibitionists ! and temperance workers of Kansas havo decided to ask the legislature this winter to pass a law establishing the stato liquor dispensary iu Kansas. Many as sert this is the only method by which they can ever hope to crush out the drug store system of saloons and joints. The matter will be brought before tho state piohibitiou convention to be held hero Jan. 12 and 13 and it is said will be .-"" " " " x uo officially mdersed and a legislative corn- mitteo appointed through. to steer the bill Death of a Congrensman-lCIeot. Beaver Falls, Pa., Jan. 4. News was received here that Hon. J. J. David sou of Beaver, the well known Repub lican congressman-elect for this, the Twenty-fifth district, had died at Phoenix, Ariz., where he had gone in the hope of improving his health. Tho remains will bo brought to Beaver for interment. The People Are In Earnest. The masses everywhere are for tho Democratic ticket this year. They rec ognize the fact that the issues joined in this campaign are between the people on one side and the plutocrats on the other. In order to resist the encroach ments of fhe money power it is neces- , sary for them o stand; firm and united. Such, ipdeed, fs the earpejitness of the people in the. campaign which is now pending that no consideration whatever can swerve them from the lines of pa- t triotism. Atlanta Constitution. - It has been fcaid thet there could beno ... ... . . cure for internal piles Without a rurgl- cbI operations, butter 100 cases cured in Council Bluffs. Ia.. by the uso of Hemorrhoildiuo proves the statement false. There is a cure and quick perma nent relief for all who suffer with blind bleeding and protruding piles. Its use causes no pain, even in the most aggra vated cases. It is also a euro for consti pation. Price 81.50. For sale by A. F, Streitz. SPANISH St1 OF THE STORY. Feel Lirtla Apprehension of Filibuster ing Espldltions. Washington, Jan. 4. The Spanish authorities feel little apprehension from reported filibustering expeditions owing to the thoroughness with which tho Cuban coast is being patrolled by the Spanish forces. It is pointed out that the success of the expeditions largely depend upon the ability to deliver tho goods to the insurgents and that tho mere landing of an expedition counts for little. Under the system established by General Weyler the movement of any considerable insurgent force toward the coast is noted as a step toward meet- 1 ing an expedition. The insurgents have no pack trains nor the ordinary morns of transportation of military stores and are obliged to receive and carry goods by hand. In handling boxes of guns or any considerable supply of ammunition a largo number of men is necessary to dispose of an expedition by hand. For this reason tho approach of the Threo Friends expedition was made known to the Spanish commanders by the move ment of a large insurgent force toward tho coast. A battle ensued and the insurgents were driven inland. Tho point at which the Three Friends subsequently tried to land is that at which the insurgent forco was headed. At present, it is said, this patrol is so complete that no consider able force of insurgents can move with out unmasking the destination of an expedition and thus giving ample time for its apprehension. This is but one means of apprehension, however, and it does not diminish the scouting of ex peditions before their departure. According to official advices received here the insurgents are in a desperate condition since the death of Maceo. The report that Gomez crossed the east ern trocha is apparently disposed of by a statement coming from a reliable source on the island saying that on Dec. 22 some time after the date of the reported crossing of the trocha Gomez was still held to the eastward of that strategic line. It is believed also, by officials, that the insurgent leader, La Cret, is either dead or dangerously wouuded. Tho disposal of him from the actual fiold of conflict is regarded as next in importanco to tho death of Maceo. It is pointed out that the insurgent cause is one de pending on leaders and that the cause itself will end with the disposal of tho leaders. Close scrutiny i3 being made by offi cials of tho circumstances under which the steamer Dauntless left Jacksonville, The stated purpose of tho vessel was a wrecking expedition and for this no clearance papers were needed. It is be lieved, however, by tho Spanish author ities that the Dauntless has gone to suc cor the party whicli first went on tho Three Friends, and failing to land in Cuba, returned to No Name key, off tho Florida coast. Fitz Keady to Sign. New York, Jan. 4. The World says: Martin Juliaii,manager of Fitzsimmoas, notified Dan Stuart, the Texas promoter of prize fights, that he would be at Tay lor's hotel in Jersey City at 2:!i0 p. m. today to sign the articles of agreement that promise to bring Fitzsimmons and Corbett together in the ring next St. Patrick's day. Funeral of the Late 3IcCullagh. STf Louis, Jan. 4. Services over the remains of Joseph B. Mppullagh, editor of The Globe-Democrat, who died last week as the result of an accident, was held Sunday afternoon at the residence of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Manion. Padding the Figure. After a woman has been through tha hands of her dressmaker it will bo mora than ever difficult this year to determine her physical proportions or even to make a reasonably accurate guesa as to whether she is plump or scrawny. In the first place, tho new sleeves, tight almost ta shoulder, call for pretty good looking arms inside of them or they have about as much style as pump handles. Some young girls havo actually gone into physical culturo for the sake of develop ing their arms. By the time they have rounded them out, though, there will probably be a complete change in the cut of sleeves. "In tho meantime," said a fashiona ble dressmaker the other day, "wo pad. I havo sent home but two waists thia mouth that haven't had the sleeves plumply interlined to give a good out line. And then the princess gown that is coming back into favor looks a sight unless tho wearer has an ideal figure. It's an art to pat up to the requirement of thia dres3. Tho hip elope must be perfect, or the princess is mined. Yes, indeed; it's a year of fignro padding, sure enough. " Philadelphia Times. When Paby comes he is a king, unless it's a girl ; then she is a queen ; but some kings and queens are the unhappiest of mortals. How will it be with Baby? To make life happy and successful the mother ought tg endow this little sovereign with a cheerful mind and sturdy, ro bust constitution. But she cannot fulfill this maternal obliga tion unless her own health is at its best wlien tne intant monarch arrives. Prospective mothers are wonderfully strengthened and maintained in body and mind by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription. 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Instead of sending after a doctor I used the ' Pre scription and was cured. A lady friend of mine was similarly afflicted and sent after the doctor and took his remedies and dird. I am 27 vears old. weigh i47pounds.themotherofnvechilarea, and am enjoying the best of health." 4,f .