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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER VT. W. BANIHC1CS, l'ulitUher. NEMAHA. NEBRASKA. THE WORLD AT LARGE. Summary of tho Daily Nowb. WASHINGTON NOTKS. At tin- cabinet meeting at the white house on tho 20th tho coal strike xvua iiiforiniilly discussed, but no notion was taken hi the matter. A decision wis arrived at to send a currency ines Migo to congress as soon as tho party leaders in the senate considered the time opportune. Siiciti'.rAitv IJi.ihs has issued instruc tions to the general land olllue which will in substance limit the right of bond-aided railroads to patents for lands lo those lands sold by the com pany to bona fide purchasers prior to the date of default by such companies on the pnyment of their bonds or in tercst thereon. rjiCBini'.NT iMcICiM.KV will leave Washington on the '28th for his sum mer vacation on Lake Champluin, N. Y., providing congress adjourns in time to permit it. It is the intention of the president to have all otlicial an nouncements of executive action taken while on his vacation made through tho regular machinery ut Washington, Ills purpose being to secure relief from the cares of business as far as possible. NuAiti.v every congressman who represents a district in which beer is brewed litis been requested to explain what elTect the new tarlir law will have upon the tax on beer. In answer to hujuirlcfl submitted to hhn Chair man Dingloy responded: "The mo ment the president signs the new turiff bill the tax on beer will be fixed nt SI per barrel. In other words, the discount of 74 per cent., which has been allowed for many years, will cease." Tin: treasury ollieials have made preparations to put the tun IV act into operation Immediately upon its receiv ing the signature of the president, copies of the bill having been sent to customs ollieers throughout the coun try. SiX'itr.TAitv Shkkman'h illness has taken a serious, though not necessarily dangerous, turn, but his doctor said that good care would have to be taken of him and that he could not return to the state department, but must have a change of air and scene. Itr.v. T. DuWitt Tai.maoi: has denied tho report that he will quit Washing ton and go to Chicago. He said he had no idea of leaving his church in tho nation's capital; that everything was satisfactory and harmonious, and that lie expected to live and die in Wash ington. Spai.V, It was reported at Washing ton, will soon release tho Americans confined in Cuban jails. Sr.NAToits Cano.v, of Utah, and Petti grew, of South Dakota, and ex-Senator Dubois, of Idaho, have started for China and Japan to make a careful in vestigation of the monetary situation in both countries as alTected by the free use of silver. Ox tho afternoon of the 21th a tiro was discovered in the general store house of tho navy yard at Washington. A detachment of marines soon put it out. It was thought to have been in cendiary. Conoiikss adjourned slue die on the 21th. J'hksiiiknt MclCiNi.KV signed the tariir bill soon after four o'clock on the 2lth and it at once became a law. ;i:m:uai, nkws. Iim Sr.u.r.i:, colored, was taken from tho jail at I'ittsboro, Calhoun county, lMiss., the other night by a mob and shot to death. Liiurr. .Moss and his 20 colored sol diers of the Twenty-Fifth United States infantry completed their 2,00U inilo ride on bicycles from Fort Mis soula, Mont., to St. Louis on tho '21th. They started from the fort on .lune 11. Foi'K men were killed, three others fatally wounded and a number more or less seriously hurt by an explosion on tho steamer Nutmeg State, while she was lying at her slip at Hridgo port, Conn., on tho 23d. A .lruu.r.K of home and foreign mis sions of the A. M. 10. church was held at Ocean lirovo, N. .1., on the Mild, about f,()()0 colored people being in attend ance from all parts of the country, In cluding all prominent colored clergy men. A iioat containing 15 employes of tho Hamburg engine worls capsl.ed in the river Elbe on tho 2:?d. Six per sons wore drowned. lx tho state L. A. W. race at Grand Rapids, Mich., for a purse of 81,000 llald was first, Ivlsor second and Cooper third. A nko no named dim Grey was lynched near Goldville, S. C, for assaulting a little girl. A convict in tho Michigan City pen itentiary has made a written confes sion in which ho states that Mrs. lliu shaw was shot by a man named Van Tassel at liolloville, Intl. Should tho confession prove true, Hev. W. llin shaw, tho woman's husband, who was sentenced to life linprisonnwnt for tho crime, will get his liberty. Tin: Nauinbung cotton mills at Salem, Mass., have decided to close for a number of weoks, and tho 2,000 oper atives have been so notified. The shut down Is Uu to uu unsatlsfaetorv mur h"ot. A cooi.ik, named Antakln, ran urinific at Gnnsat's town, Hritlsh North Horneo, and was not shot dead until he had murdered iihin men ami boys and six women. I 'at McNam.y, the lloston .swimmer who was scheduled to make an attempt to swim the English channel, tele graphed the Associated press from Calais on the 25th that he had made the crossing and was in tho water 15 hours and covered itfi miles. It turned out, though, that he was forcibly dragged into a boat when about three miles from shore, as it was evident to those accompanying him in the boat that ho was blinded by the salt water. Ho then became unconscious, but was soon revived. KiciiAKi) C.vNor.rc, 17 years old, while attempting to board a Missouri Pacific local freight train at Kansas City, Mo., lost his footing and fell under tho wheels of a ear and received Injuries from which he soon died. Thomas Ur.Niii;in:it, a well-digger, and William Itutlor, a veterinarian, were drowned In the Mississippi river about 12 miles southeast of Wabash, Jml., while seining for fish. Gkn. Lai'AVKtti: McLawh, who gained considerable distinction in the late war on the confederate side, died at Savannah, Ga., on the 25th of acute indigestion. Dai. Hawkins, of California, and George Dixon, champion bantam weight of the world, fonghta 20-round draw at San Francisco on the 2!td. It was a fast fight all through, but neither man struck his opponent a dangerous blow. Tin: Chinese steamer Crlhengann was wrecked in a squall off Mnlacin. and 120 persons were drowned. Tin: main building of the Peoria (111.) (J rape Sugar Co. was destroyed by fire on tho 2:sd. Loss, 5500,000; in sured. Tin: powder inaga.lue at the Empire mine at Wllkesbarre, Pa., wius struck by lightning and 20 tons of powder ex ploded. The building was shattered and many houses in the city injured by being shaken. One man was killed while driving past. Tin: bodies of 20 infants in rough deal boxes have been discovered in the tower of St. Peter's church at Seville, Spain. It was supposed that a whole sale crime had been committed by the church warden, Orellana, and his wife, and they have been arrested. A 1UIMOU was current in otlicial cir cles at Ottawa, Out., recently that the Dominion government is now consider ing the advisability of enforcing tho alien labor act in the Ivlonkyke gold country and excluding American min ers therefrom on account, itwasstatcd, of tho unfriendliness of th United States congress toward Canada in re storing the house rate of duty on pine lumber. Foim women and three men were killed by an explosion in tho armory of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at New Haven, Conn., on the 21st, and five others were taken to tho hospital bndljr injured. I Dr.W rrr Com p ion, a peddler, attempt ed to shoot his wife at Chicago the other night. His revolver would not work and he pounded her on the head with the butt until he believed her lead. He then went into tho room where his two-year-old boy was slcep lugaud, puttiuguhumlkorchicf around tho little one's neck, twisted it until life was extinct, lie afterwards at tempted to cut his throat with a razor. A TKituirio cloudburst struck Yountrs town, ().,on the night of tho22d, flood ing the entire valley and causing great damage to property, both in tho city and along the railway lines. Many people were supposed to be drowned. The cries of the people in the houses were heartrending. It was midnight before boats could be got to tho tlood- eu district and the worlc ot rescue started. Many people wore picked up clinging to debris. Tin: initiative and referendum, single tax and female suffrage have been ac cepted by Prescott, Ariz., and all the preliminaries necessary to carrying into operation tho three plans for po litical advancement have been ar ranged. A uouniui.i: case of destitution came to light at Fort Smith, Ark., on the 21st when the emaciated form of Mrs. John llauer was discovered lying stretched out in a little hut she called her home. Her body was almost naked and parched with a high fever. In another part of the room lay cold in death her two youngest children. The babies had died from starvation. On further investigation Mrs. llauer's mother and three other children were found to be all sick from lack of food. Tin: people of Randolph and Law rence counties, Ark., are terribly wrought up over outrages committed by whlteeaps. The other night they took a lono widow from her home and whipped her to death. A man and wife were also said to have been tied to a tree and whipped because the' re fused to send their daughter to a pub lic school. Newton Gray, a respected farmer, was carried otV by them and nothing has been heard from him since. Miss.liJAN Indki.ow, the well-known poet and novelist, died at London ou tho night of tho HUh In her 07th year. A ri.oi imrusT near Carnegie, Pa., the other night damaged property to the extent of 25.000. At the Pan Handle mines of M. A. Hannii &, Co. the powder storehouse, railroad trades and car were washed away. The water roso so rapidly that tho miners weiv iorc-tl to Uco to tho hills for t.:i.Vv. Tine Now York Post mi the 21th said that local bidders of western mort gages reported unusually good collec tions in Missouri. Kansas and Nebras ka, and that the farmers in those states were paying up back interest and reducing their debts materially. ISiutihii capitalists were said to bo opposing the proposition of the United States bimetallic commissioners for a conference on the ground that English finances were satisfactory and that tho Hritlsh government could not be ex pected to assist other governments in distress. Thomas Ruhski.i,. a clerk hi the Wa bash railway freight office at Kansas City, Mo., while coasting home on Ills bicycle on the evening of the 21th col lided with the shaft of a milk wagon and died ten minutes afterwards. CilAlu.r.s EmvAitns. while drunk, at tempted to beat his wife to death at Erie, Pa., and two men, hearing her screams, rushed to her assistance. Ed wards fired at both and killed one and badly wounded the other. A non.nit exploded hi the lumber mill of Klipp &, Kiser at Cor to., Pa., and killed one man and seriously in jured ten others. Two hundred men were thrown out of work by the acci dent. Tin: Japanese government has agreed to tho Hawaiian proposition to submit questions at issue to arbitration. An excursion train was wrecked near Marietta, O., on the 25th by a trestle giving way and about 15 persons were badly Injured. In tho presence of 20,000 people at Chicago Star Pointer defeated .loo Patehcn in three straight heats and won the 5,000 purse. The mile was covered In 2:011. Ilovurc Simi.ciikk, who lived near Glendalc, Mich., was visited recently by several of his neighbors, who tarred and feathered him and rolled him in the sand. He had slandered certain women and was ordered to leave town. Ho loft. Tiik Casino summer theater at Ra moua park, Paducah, Ky., was burned while a performance was being given, when the lire broke out the audience was panic-stricken and probably 100 were injured by being burned or tram pled upon. The building, being covered with tar paper, was a mass of Haines inside of a minute. Pkthi: Wasski.s, alias "Terrible Pete," was hanged in the countv jail yard at Wilkesbarre, Pa., on the 22d. Wussels shot at a man, but missed him and killed .Joseph Kupersavage. Tiircmc was little change reported on the 2lst in tho strike of the coal miners in the Pittsburgh, Pa., and tlio West Virginia districts. The expected meet ing of the board of arbitrators did not take place, owing to the non-arrival of some of the members. The I?, it O. railroad has laid an enilargo on all West Virginia coal and orders havo been issued to bold all coal at junction points, as the railroad eomoany want ed to keep a ten-days' supply always on hand. Jack Davis, a negro, was hanged by a mob at Baldwin, La., for assaulting a widow. ADDITIONAL DISPATCH KS. Wim.r. three striking miners were sleeping off a drunken debauch at ller minie, Pa., one of them arose and picked up an old ax in tho room and proceeded to use it upon tho heads of his two companions, fracturing their skulls and probably fatally injuring them. Tin: secretary of the treasury holds that the tariff act was in effect at the beginning of tho day on which tho president signed it and therefore bo came operative at midnight on .luly 2'". Miss Gr.itiui'iu: Johnson, of Fair banks, Ind., died in groat agony a few hours after pricking a face pimple with a pin. Ja.mi:s 0'Donni:ll, who lives tho life of a recluse, shot into a crowd of small boys who wore playing ball near his homo at Chicago and two of them were badly wounded. As soon as the shoot ing became known, an angry mob of neighbors canto near lynching hhn. Ai.i.r.N L. Ur.NNr.TT, the electrician of tho Electric Light iv. Power Co., of Ed wardsvillo, 111., was instantly killed at the company's plant while testing the arc circuit in the storeroom, receiving about 2,500 volts, due to carelessness on his part. Tin: comptroller of the currency has issued a call on national banks lor a report on their condition at tne ctose of business on July 2'1. IIrou II. Hanna, chairman of the executive committee created by tho monetary convention hold in Indian apolis, Ind., last January, has an nounced that he will call the commit tee together soon to take up the mat ter of appointing a commission to frame a currency bill for presentation to congress at tho beginning of the regular session. Sti:vs have been taken tiyviuougo and New York men for the formation of a big company to buy up all the glucose manufacturing plants in the country. This corporation will con trol a capital of S 10,000,000 and will consume annually about :tl,000,000 bushels of corn. It was rumored at Washington on the 20th that Secretary Sherman would not long remain at the head of tho b ite department, and Whitelaw Reid's name was very generally mentioned as being Mr. Sherman's successor. That Japan will continue to oppose tho Hawaiian annexation treaty is con elusively shown by the latest protest of the Japanese government, which was luado public at Washington on the 20 th. THE WHEAT ADVANCE. Uoocl I'rHir-tfi AhcuH for tlio I'armnrs on A-ount of u Foreign ShorhiKo '" Wliciit. GAi.vr.sroN. Tex., July 2.'l. Robert Honofleld, who is one of the best au thorities hi the south on cotton and grain, looks upon the sharp advance in wheat during the last ten days as legitimate. He sees good prospects ahead for the farmers, and looks hope fully on the situation. When asked for tho reason for the big advance in wheat, he replied: The certainty of a dellclcney In tho crop in Franco, which will require that country to im port from 70.000.000 to WI.IKXI.OOO bushels in ex cess of tho mnount of wheat nroduced there. Added to that is tho unsatisfactory condition of tliu crop inlhclliinuhlun states and southern Husslu. Ills expected that this shortage in Ktirone, together with tho known shortage In Argentine. In Australia and In India, will more than offset our wood crop Our crop Is expect ed to he iViO. 000.0 X) bushels, or about 100.OUO.000 bushuls moro than last year. Mr. Honefold was asked If he looked upon the present year as one hi which not only enormous crops were made, but good prices obtained. He said it looked that way. Usually largo crops mean low prices. This year the condi tions arc favorable for good prices to gether with big crops. STORY OF STARVATION. Returned .Miner Suyn lie. Snw U.IKIO (iriives IMiiilo in Kiondyke HiihIii. Gukat Falls, Mont., July 21!. Frank Moss, an old-time miner in this sec tion, who four years ago was one of a party of Americans to visit tho Klon dyke country, returned yesterday and tells a story of horror and starvation seldom equaled even in modern novels. Ho describes Kiondyke as a placer camp 7 miles long and 13 miles wide, located in a sink, walled in by boul ders of rock :i,00() feet high. Gold, ho says, abounds, but no ordinary man can stand the hardships of the uncivilized region. When Moss left hero four years ago he was a .sturdy fellow over six feet tall. From hardships and privation he is a cripple for life and badly broken in health. In three years he saw over 2,000 graves made In the Kiondyke bush., a largo majority dying from starvation. TALMAGE DENIES IT. He I Ills No Idea of l.eiivlni Ills WiihIiIiir- tou Church. Di:s Moini'.s, In., July 2U. Rev. T. DoWitt Talmage was asked yesterday: "Is the report true thatyou are dissatis fied with Washington and thatyou will not return in the autumn and thatyou will probably go to Chicago'.''' Dr. Talmage replied: "No, that story is a falsehood. I have no idea of leaving the church in Washington. Every thing is satisfactory. Tho congrega tion and myself are in perfect har mony. The attendance was larger last year than ever before, and many more people desired to worship with us than could be accommodated. Tho church has met all its obligations to me. I expect to live and die in Wash ington. I will be in my pulpit the second Sabbath in September, provi dence permitting.' RULED OFF FOR LIFE. A KitiiNiis City .loelcey Severely Dealt with for "PhIMiik" ii Horse. Kansas City, Mo., July 2!i. Judge Henry Wilson was ruled oil" for life at Exposition Driving park yesterday sifter bis ride on His ltrother in tho third race. His P.rother went to tho post an odds-on favorite and finished absolutely last. Immediately after the race Wilson, who had ridden His P.rother, went to the book of Silver it Co. and cashed a ticket for 50 on Liberati, the winner. The judge had felt almost certain that the favorite had been pulled, but when corrobora- tive evidence was adduced to show ' that Wilson had cashed the ticket ho was immediately ruled oil' for life. A ROBBER WITH NERVE. He Kilter u Store In Itroml Daylight mill Kllles the .'Money Dniwerx. PiTTsmito, Kan., July2:i. The bold est robbery in the history of Pittsburg occurred yesterday about five o'clock. At the hour above mentioned, a man entered the store of Richard il son and, after presenting a re volver at the head of the clerk in attendance, proceeded to rille both money drawers and take several small articles. 11 is work was so cool that those in the street supposed him to be a customer. The clerk was so terror ized that he did not give the alarm for some time afterwards, being told by the robber that if he put his head out side tho door ho would be shot. AN AWFUL CRIME. A Tediller Kills Ills Child, Tried to Kill UU Wife mill Attempts Suicide. CincAtio, July 2:t. DoWitt Cotnpton, a peddler, who had lived unhappily with his wife, attempted to shoot her last night. Ills revolver would not work-, and ho pounded her on the head with the butt of tho weapon until he believed her dead. He then wont into tho room where his two-year-old boy was sleeping and, putting a handker chief around the littU one's neeic, twisted it until life was extinct. He then attempted to cut his throat with a ra.or. Wheat Is Under Water. Ai'A, Minn., July 2:i. The worst Hoods in the history of this section are now on here. Long continued rains, amounting to live Inches, coming at a time when the ground was thoroughly soaked, have Hooded half of Xornian ! oouutv. Fields where grain was wnv- ijr four feet high are now mulct ! water covering theheadsof the wheat. WANTED HER MONEY'S WORTH. Something I.nekluic from Her Hc juilr Kit. Anyone who hnd not seen the woman with an angry eye wobble just before bIic dismounted from her wheel would linve taken her for an cxpericnced'ridcr; a hero ine of century runs. She strode with ma jestic confidence through the store, and so impressed another woman that she forgot herself and let the newcomer be waited on first. "I suppose." she said to the clerk, "Hint I looked lather new at bicycling, and you thought that thee wasn't very much use of botheimg about nie, because I wouldn't know the difrcicncc, iinvhow." The eleik iiHstued her to the contrary,, and said he was sine llieic was some misun derstanding. "There was a misunderstanding, she an swered. "I undeistitnd that when 1 bought this repair kit I was getting all that a re pair kit ought to contain." , "Certainly," he answetcd. "Jsn t it nil right?" "Didn't you exptcssly stale that it con tained everything that would bo requited for repairs in an ordinary accident?" "Yes." "And T bought it with that implied guar onlee, didn't I?" "Undeniably, you did." "And if tilings didn't turn out just ns yon. represented tliein it's your business to muko ?ood the deficiency?" "I suppose so. "All right. There's your repair kit. Yon can cither put in a paper of pins and some .ticking plaster, or else give me back my money." Washington Star. Slinke Into Your Shoe Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel cab.v. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Trial package FREE. Write to Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Tliuiiilor-Iillce Touch. "I really couldn't afford to let you board' with me this minimcr," said an old farmer to a eitv innii with a very deep bass voice. "Why not?" roared the imsso-profundo in tones that rattled the dried squashes in the rafters. "Ilecause whenever you talked or sang jour voice would sour all the milk in my cellar." Judge. AruiiHe to Action A dormant liver, or you will suffer all the toituies incident to a prolonged bilious at tack. Constipation, headaches, dyspepsia, furted tongue, sour breath, pain in the right side, will admonish you of neglect. Dis cipline the recalcitrant oigan at once with Hostetter's Stomach Hitters, and expect prompt relief. Malaria, rheumatism, kid ney complaint, nervousness and debility are thoroughly removed by the Ritteis. Strong ProlmlillHy of It. "Is it a fact that Mis Frost has a cooL million in her own name?" "I wouldn't be surmised if she had. Her father was m the iec husmci-s, vou know." Cleveland Leader. All Worn Out Ablo to Work SInco Taking Hood's. "ily husband was alUtetcd with u worn out. tiled feeling and could not do much on his farm. He heard and read so much about Hood's Sarsnparilln that ho concluded to try it and it helped liim and now ho is ablo to carry on his work."' Mas. L. L. Olson, Nevinvillc, Iowa. 9 arsa parilla Is the best in fact the Ono True Illood I'urlllor. Hood'8 Pills euro all Liver Ills. 25 cents. WASHING.. ..MACHINE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT l WASHERS in 20 YEARS. EETOULUM saves 50 per cent, of labor Can bo opcrntcil stand liii: or HlttltiB. No moro worn tlmn rocklnu iicrfidlo. NO BACK" ACHE H. F. BRAWNIER MFG. CO., Davenport, Iowa. 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