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jmme- T tSZ-t: II fti "i!,fr,;,jit..nrfrtitf ! - wi-rfv-i e THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. W. BANDEUS, I'abllther. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. 4,4.XA4.X4.Xi.X4-JU.XJC4.XXJ.4.4.4.'Sf :: ' JUNE J897. ; . . ; Sun. Mon. Tue. Vod. Thur. Frl. Sat. : -i . 12 3 4 5 ';ZZIiJL JJiil : 57? J4 J5 6 17 J8 1? : A 27 28 29 30 .... .... ... J THE WORLD AT LARGE. Summary of tho Daily Nowa IVASIIINOTON NOTICS, Tun fcdernl supremo court decided a case on the 21th, holding that tho Interstate coinmerco commission lum mo power to preHcrlbo rates on rail roads which iniiy control In tho future. The decision was construed to mean that tins interstate coinmerco cominls blon etinnot pass upon rates before they aro put into elToct. Tun expected decision of tho United States supreme court In what is known as tho Nebraska maximum freight enso was not rendered on tho 24 th, and, as tho court adjourned for tho term, a de cision cannot bo announced before next autumn. Thk trial of II. 0. Ilavemoycr. presi dent of tho American Sugar llcHnlng Co., for refusing to answer tho ques tions of the senate sugar investigating committee, began at Washington on tho 25th. Tun most significant development in weather forecasting for years, making It possible to forecast for a period at least 10 hours longer than at present and more accurately, has been attained by the weather bureau by sending up Uites. Chief Mooro said that this step probably will mark a new epoch in tho weather forcasting problem. Skckktany AVilson has sent to tho senate committee on agriculture a com munication in which ho declares his opposition to the senate bill regulating vivisections. Ho says tho passage of Huch a law would have a most injurious effect upon thoscientiile investigations of tho department and that this legis lation is unanimously opposed by the great sciontilio bodies of the United States. riucsmitNT MoKiNr.KY's Cuban policy was said to bo rapidly coming to a head and that in view of tho tremendous im portance of tho Spanish mission in tho near future ho had decided to raise it to an embassy and to offer tho plaeo to cx-Presldent licujamln Harrison. Vory soon tho president will submlta propo sition to Spain, and suggest absolute freedom for Cuba, with an indemnity of 8150,000,000 for Spain. Tins Washington jury which tried the case of II. A. llavemeyer, tho sugar king, returned a verdict of not guilty, in accordance with tho instructions of tht court. Hnvomcyer was on trial for refusing to answer questions pro pounded by tho senate investigating committee. , tlKNICUAt, NKW8. SnVKJf hundred convicts, comprising the juto mill force, in tho prison at San Quontln, Cal., recently rebelled at tho prison faro and refused to work unless Nn improvement In tho menu was prom ised. Tho prisoners wore ordered Vaeed in solitary confinement on bread and water until they agreed to conform to prison rules. Joiijf 1 Johnson, late president and cashier of tho Stato national bank of 'Logansport, Ind., who pleaded guilty to embezzling over SUOO.OOO of tho 'bank's funds, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in tho Ohio stato penitentiary on tho SJSth by .ludgo JUiker, of tho United States court for tho district of Indiana. A TKi.i:aitAM on tho USth stated that tho king of Greece was practically bar ricaded in his palace at Athens and that ho was making preparations to leavo that city in order to evade tho fury of tho populace. Dnsmo Uiiu.vo, tho well-known bi cyclist, was killed at Chicago on tho 28th by a fall from his wheel. Thkiik wero 2&7 business failures in tho United States for tho week ended tho 23th, according to Uradstreot's re- ort, against 227 for tho corresponding week lust year. Tin: Canadian government is prepar ing a bill to submit to parliament, which provides for tho taking of a plebiscite on tho prohibition question. Tun National Republican league 1ms served notice upon tho league in tho western silver states that delegates to tho NatloiiHl Jtopublican league con vention in Detroit, Mich,, in July must bo in accord with tho party platform. Duwno a display of fireworks at. Nantes, Franco, tho other ilght four persons wero killed and a swro injur 1 vy tho explosion of a bomb. Jamks T. Quick, an inir.ato of tho Boldiers' homo at Lnfayotti?, Ind., made u murderous assault upon Commandant jMcOrew with a knife, tf pl. Havens came to McGrew's rescim and beat Quick into Insensibility, lut not until fro (Havens) had his right yur cut oJ,r Fihb recently destroyed tho William II. Uungo vinegar factory at Chicago, ono of tho largest in tho west. Logs, 8175,000. William T. I'owi'.ns nnd John Lattl more, both colored, wero hanged in tho jail at Chicago on tho 28th. Thk Atlantic express, castbound, on tho Denver & Itlo Orando railroad, col lided with a freight train near Grand Junction, Col., on tho 28th and the en gineer and fireman were killed and several passengers injured. Am. tho journeymen bakers of Fort Wayne, Ind., struck recently for an in crcaso of wages and tho use of the label. Titr secretary of the treasury spoke at tho dinner given to tho commercial clubs of St. Louis, Chicago and Boston by the commercial club of Cincinnati on tho 28th. Tho subject of tho dis course was tho tariff and tho publio finances and tho secretary said upon tho settlement of these two questions enterprise waited and Industry lan guished, but tho future was bright. An engine and five cars on tho Penn sylvania railroad wero derailed at Philadelphia tho other night, causing tho death of the engineer and fireman. Nkaii Tecumsoh, Ok., John Stibblns accidentally shot and killed his two-year-old niece. Stibblns had started out of his dug-out with his gun and tho hammer lilt against a bed post. Tho gun was discharged and six shots took effect. Tiikhb was n desperate shooting af fray at tho little town of Oakman, Ala., on tho 27th. Charles Williams, a ma chinist, while" intoxicated, became boisterous in Appling llros.' storo and was ordered out. Ho then drew his revolver and began shooting, in which tho other side joined In. Isaac Appling and Williams wero killed and Andrew Richards, Montgomery Appling and William Duncan wero probably fatally wounded. PmvATK advices stated that tho far away province of Kwcisun, China, was tho scene of an attack upon the Chris tian missions recently, and that Rev. Father Mazol, who was in charge of the chapel at Loll, was murdered. It was feared that other whites were massacred. On tho 27th at Wobstor City, la., was closed tho most successful district con vention of Christian churches ever held. Tho committee on resolutions severely censured Gov. Drake and tho stato leg islature for tho part they had taken in compromising with the saloon element in passing tho manufacturing bill and making it a law. A HKAD-KNI) collision between a freight and a passeuger train at Ameri can Falls, 25 miles west of Pocatcllo, Ida., caused tho death so far as leuown of nlno men and the serious injury of eight others. Two of tho latter will die. Mits. Er,sm Nijumillkh, of Milwau kee, crazed by domestic troubles, gavo her elght-year.old son carbolic acid and then took a doso herself. Sho is dead, but tho boy may recover, as he rejected a portion of tho doso when it was given to him. Ri:i'11Kskntativk8 of independent telephone companies throughout tho central and western states met in Chi cago recently for the purpose of effect ing a national organization of all the Independent telephone companies In tho United States to combat tho Hell Telephone Co. and to protect the small er exchanges against any action that might bo tnken In tho courts by the Hell company In inference to the recent Horlinor decision by tho United States supremo court. TiiKitn was a meeting of prominent grain growers recently at Versailles, Ky., with a view to organizing a farm er's trust, comprising Kentucky, Ten nessee and Indiana and other states, to regulate the prico of tho winter wheat crop. A convention was to be held at Louisville, and farmers believed they could forco tho millers and get their own price. Snki.t. & Racon's elevator at Assump tion, 111., was burned the other day. FiiKonmcic nn i.a Touh Rootii-Tuck-r.n, commander of tho Salvatiou armv in tho Unitod States, was convicted of maintaining a disorderly house at tho big army barracks in West Fourteenth street at New York on tho 20th. Sen tence was postponed. Complaint was made by residents of tho neighborhood of tho barracks, who alleged that they wero greatly disturbed by tho singing and band playing at tho army meet ings. A i.r.vnn broko at El Paso. Tox., on the 25th and tho waters rushed through the streets, Hooding tho houses of hundreds of families. Not less than 120 houses wero swept away entirely. Tho ringing of tho ilro bell saved tho lives of many people who were asleep and ignorant of their dangor. Wii.t.iam F. Pitstiok, a prominent citizen of Mendota, 111., committed su icide in his storo tho other day. Ho had been considered an upright man, but it was found that ho had been a forger and gambler for ten years. WoNnwiKW. stories wero told of a rich gold find made recently by a sand contractor on tho banks of Pony creek, a small stream that flows Into the Ne maha rlvor, about a milo from Falls City, Neb. William IlAintv. of Grant county, Ok., fell under tho wheels of a trac tion engino and was crushed to death. A jiAiuvAY train en route from Chat tanooga to Knoxvllle, Tenn., ran over and horribly mutilated tho bodies of two men near Mouse Creek. It is be lieved that tho men had been mur dered and their bodies placed on the track) to ward off suspjclon. While Frank nail, a boy of 11 year, was in a wagon which was being loaded at Dallas, Tex., tho mules took fright and ran away. Tho wagon struck n post and parted in two, the boy being dragged on the front wheels and soon after dashed against a telephone pole and killed. An earthquake shock occurred at Whitehall and other plnces in New York about 10:15 on the night of tho 27th. Dispatches from Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties stated that tho inhabitants wero greatly frightened nnd rushed out of their houses in their night clothes. Windows were shaken, sashes broken and lamps overturned. Fitnii Rkkson, on the ranch of Harry Morse, at Sunol, Cal., was on an emer gency made coolc In looking around for soda to bake biscuits he picked up a baking can and used some of the wh'ito powder it contained. Tho dinner was served. Recson soon afterward died, another man was reported dying and several others wero dangerously ill. The white powder was arsenic. Gnoiton A. Duky, who has been con nected with tho Associated press at Cincinnati and other places for many years, was killed the other night by Policeman Rooth at Cincinnati. An alarm of burglars was given, calling Rooth to tho place. Duey was en route homo at tho time- and refused to halt, when tho ofllcer shot him dead, mis taking him for ono of the burglars, who made their escape. Tun tollgato warfare has spread into Robertson county, Ky. A band of raid ers the other night swept over the coun ,ty and cut down every tollgato except those on Falmouth and Walford roads. Tho raiders sent a note to tho county judgo stating they would have their rights or die. Turkic employes were injured as tho result of a panic which followed tho breaking out of a ftro at the Jefferson Chair Co.'s place in Chicago. The flro caused a loss of $10,000. A ruiKMAN and another man wero killed and tho proprietor and two oth ers injured by tho explosion of a boiler in Haney's sawmill at Glen Hazel, Pa., the other day. Chicago's annual census taken by the directory company is nearly com pleted and will show a population of 1,800,000, an incrcaso of 000,000 since 1800. Sick and discouraged over his inabil ity to meet payments on his home, Alex ander T. Reckett, formerly a clerk In tho National Rank of Illinois, which collapsed a few months ago, shot and killed himself at Chicago on the 20th, making the third suicide resulting from tho failure of tho bank. Cassius M. Raiinks was sworn in as governor of Oklahoma at Guthrie on the 20th. A wnoi.R8Ai.re poisoning occurred at a social gathering at Cave-in-Roek, 111. Shortly after supper 10 persons who had eaten chickens exhibited symp toms of poisoning. Miss Lou S. Rargor has died and several others were not expected to live. Dr. Gregory investi gated tho poisoning and decided that tyrotoxlcon in milk caused tho poison ing. ADDITIONAL DISI'ATCllKS. At tho unveiling of the monument erected at West Point, N. Y., to the soldiers of tho regular army who lost their lives in tho civil war, Justice Drewcr, of the United States supreme court, delivered the address of tho day. A jionumknt was unveiled on Roston common on the 31st to tho memory of Col. John It. G. Shaw and his brave black men who fell in the assault on Fort Wagner, S. C. Dkcokation day was observed In Kansas City, Mo., and surrounding cities in an appropriate manner, tho graves of tho dead veterans in the different cemeteries being decorated with flowers and tho day given up to parades by tho G. A. It. posts. An earthquake was felt at Zancs vllle, O., about ono o'clock In the after noon of tho 81st. Employes in the Courier building rushed downstairs, tho vibrations being so decided. Shocks wero also felt In towns In tho Virginias, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Gcorgiu and otlier places. Mkmoiiial day was generally ob served at Washington. There was a parade of tho G. A. It. and imposing ceremonies were held at tho nationnl cemetery at Arlington. President Me Kinley was present. A rniK broke out in King's ware house at Churlottcvllle, Va., on the 31st and a dozen people rushed in to snvo what property they could, when ft keg of powder exploded, demolishing tho building nnd catching several per sons under the falling timbers. One man was killed nnd several others badly injured. Thk Cheyenno Indians at the Lamo Deer agency in Montana were said to bo making threatening demonstrations against tho white settlers, and tho ranchmen were anxious to avenge tho murder of a sheep herder by tho In dians. Trouble was expected. An irado has been communicated to tho representatives of tho powers by which the sultan agrees to an armis tice of ti fortnight beginning May !10. Nkws from a Russian source stated that Premier Ralll and his colleagues in tho Grecian cabinet wore implicated in a plot to overthrow tho dynasty In Greece. Fivk young people wero killed and a number of others injured at Valley Springs, L. I., by tho tally-ho In which they wero out for an excursion being struck by a train at a crossing. "Divink Hi:ai.j:u" SoincAKnnii was stoned out of Clayton, a suburb of St. I Louis, by a crowd of men und boys, SPANIARDS SELL WOMEN. Captured I'nclflro Girls on tho Illock Auc tioned Off to Soldier. Havana, May 20. A sale of Cuban girls has been reported atasmall town in Pinar del Rio, where there is ft gar rison of 400 troops. Tho soldiers seized a pacifico camp recently, capturing eight men and 15 girls and women. Seven of the girls, 15 to 20 years old, were put on the block and sold un der the most revolting circumstances to the highest bidder, the soldiers sacrificing their arms and equipments to their moro fortunate fellow sol diers for cash to purchase a girl. Ono of the sergeants acted as auctioneer. Two of the prettiest girls, one 15, tho other 17, were sold to one man, a mulo driver. As ho had no means some curiosity was expressed as for whom lie was acting. It was discovered after ward that the girls were in tho quar ters of Col. Jesus del Monte and Capt. Arizor, tho commanding ofllccrs of tho place. The Havana papers have denounced this outrage and say that the palace officials should put a stop to this prac Um. Tt. 5s stated amonc the American colony that United States Commission er Calhoun has been informed of these and similar practices, and that, much to the worry of tho Spanish officials, he is collecting evidence upon this subject. He has already been given sufficient evidence to prove the existence of many horri ble practices on the part of the Span ish ofllccrs as regards their conduct toward the Cuban women. RAVAGED BY DISEASE. Tito Hundred Thousand I'eoplo In Cuba SulTc'rliiB for tho XucprnUIus oT Life. Havana, May 20. A personal inves tigation of the existing conditions in Cuba proves that no report of tho suf fering from hunger, disease and pri vation which has ever been sent from this unfortunate island has been ex aggerated. Starvation Is rapidly ac complishing what Gen. Weyler has failed to bring about. The system of concentrating the wretched country folk in the towns of the interior threatens to exterminate tho Cubans If present conditions aro allowed to con tinue. A careful estimate based on in formation from the interior is that be tween 175,000 and 225,000 persons in the island arc actually suffering from lack of the ecessitics of life, and that the deaths daily traceable directly to hun ger alone aro between GO and 70. Among the sufferers are scores of Americans. FORCIBLY EJECTED. Four IrlRh Members of tho IIouho of Com mon SiiHpcndtMl for I'tTHlntcnry. Lonpon, May 29. Four members of tho house of commons were forcibly ejected yesterday. It was during a de bate on the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland, and tho dauntless Irish spirit mounted to white heat during the fiery session. John E. Redmond, the Parnellito leader, was the first to be suspended, ow ing to his "persisting in an irregu lar discussion." Three others John J. Clancy, William Redmond and Wil liam Field, members for tho St. Pat rick's division of Dublin were re moved from the house by the sergeant-at-arms for suggesting that the over taxation of Ireland did not constitute "irregular discussion." UNITED PRESBYTERIANS. IntcrcHtlm; StittlNtlt'N Concerning: tho l"l !iiui.'8 and Momhitrnhlp of tho Church. Rock Island, 111., May 29. At tho United Presbyterian general assembly yesterday the report of the committee on narrativo and state of the church was presented and adopted. It shows that during tho past year there was raised for nil purposes Sl.BO-l.KiS, a de crease of $28,000. Tho Sabbath schools number 1,148, an Increase of 25. Tho pupils number lll,!!0l, an increase of 0,818. The membership of young peo ple also increased 5,!JS2 and numbers 40.52S. The total membership of tho church reported is 12!!,541, a not in crcaso during tho year of 2,088. Tho number of ministers is S92, an increase of 17. NOT GOOD EVIDENCE. A Clilrngo .TudKO KuIch X Ituys Out In a DumiiRO Suit. Ciiioaoo, May 29. Roentgen ray as evidence received a legal setback yes terday in Judgo Hutchinson's court when tho judgo refused to permit a scries of shadowgraphs to bo used as evidence in a damage suit. Carl Lampko sued tho Gloss Printing Co. for 510,000 for injuries received while an employe of the com pany. His leg was crushed just abovo tho ankle. His attorneys produced X raj' pictures of tho injured limb, show ing how tho bones had been broken. Judge Hutchinson held that the pic tures were not admissible. FOR RECIPROCITY. ConfcrcnccH Taking1 I'hiru About tho TniifT In South Amorit'iiii Countries. Washington, May 29. Importnnt conferences aro being held between Senators Aldrich and Allison on ono sido and representatives of various governments at which valuable reci procity ti'oaties aro possible. Tho pur pose is to ascertain exactly what these other countries aro Willing nnd nblo to do, and then frame accordingly a reciprocity section in tho new tariff. Tho reciprocity provisions of the Ding ley bill in it passed tho house aro not satisfactory. They did not offer cuough to trade on. 111b Sail Fix. "Yes. sir, I repeat that in my opinion Jonathan Doxnv is a ruined man, and that he is merely keeping up appearances in order to try to find some way of getting out of his yrtscnt.diiriciiltics." "You Hurprisc me! What has led you to this conclusion?" "I asked him for his daughter's hand in marriage yesterday, and he gave his con sent without a murmur. What would you do if you were in my place run awav, or stay here and try to live it down?"-Cleve-land Leader. IninrcflHlnK Him. 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