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ClASS I.OlKiK No. 1i5. J O. O. K. - Meet:;
'every Tuesday evei.in of eacli v-ek. All
trr.jiyient lmiUuis a:e ivt-peetfuliy iuviled to
hi tend.
TKIO IAUHIK N. si, A. . H. W. Meels
every" alfer.ia. I'l id.iy evening at K. of I.
liall. Transient liroiher-i ar- respertl n!ly in
vited toaltemt. 1. K. Whili-, Master Workman ;
Jt. a, asle. Foreiiia-i ; l". .5 .Morgan, Overseer ;
J. K. Morris, i'eeorticr.
CI ASS CAM; NO. MODKIiN WdODMKX
' of Amerie i Mee! sesum; and (mirth Mori
A ny evening at I. of I. hall. All transient
brother are iviiirsi.-il to in -e with us. L. A.
"Seweo-r.er. Vcin'in ln I'nus il ; Sile,
"Worthy Adviser ; 1, II. Smitii, Ex liauUer ; W.
C. WilK'tW. fleik.
IlLATrSMOUl lI I.OIXJK NO . A.O. I. W.
Meets" everv alt "mate Friday evening at
Kockwood lull at K o'eloef . All r r:'.:isieiit broth
ers are respeetfiilly inviti'd 10 atteml. -I. A.
Sutsche, M. W. ; :i. lireen, K irem-in : S. O.
Wilde. Kecrler ; S. A. No-vc i ner. icim t.
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Serj;t Major.
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Cheap Prices
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R'prc-?enr followln ; timc-
trl.;d ml firc-tested combine-:
America' enirai-s.. - , ixsscta io, ,
Commercial Union-England, "
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,iverpool&Loudon & Globe-Eng "
Nrth Hrit a Mereantile-Eng "
jcoric!i Union-Eiit'land,
prlngfleld F. & M,-Springfleld, "
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$.474-362 ;
e.t'39,781
3,37,754
1 .245.406
3,044.915
Total Atsets. $12,115,774
Mayor,
clerk,
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Attorney,
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01335 Aija tei aii Paid altliisUens
Thanksgiving
Lincoln, Neb., Nov 4. Governor
: n, i...., i. f..i,..:.,,.
. iiution:
State of Xki:ka(ka, i
j KXI'.I'l'T VB lKI'Al(l .m k.nt. (
At Hi 1.4 season ol the ye;ir when i lie e;irtli lias
jtive n lortli an abundant lnorejvhe ; when tne
liurvesu have leeu cutlierecl, an-l realizing
j licit tlie year, which i now drawing to a clou:,
' lias lieen one ol i.ro-pfi II y, health ami humi-
ti ti..n.u Li., i.r v,.- .i . ii I. .. ..... .i,..t
....... ... ... c1! .-. ... II. l - i.ici.b iii.b
l-.ey should makt: htiinhle acknowledgements
l- our Heavenly 1-ather for lili unspeakable
t'JiMiiieis.
: ' accordance with a:i Hii;r'r;:: to a"l time
i li':nu.t eiiH.oiu, ami eon h lining to ihe nrue-
! Lun;iti,n of Hie nrefi.lent ol the I' u Heel Ktalen,
i I. .lolin M. Thayer, governor if the statu of
,.l,r tJ.l-)li Jq le,,.,y s,.( ;i,rtt 'I IniiKil.ty, the
1 1 tt iay ol iii4 month a a day ot ihaiiK
Kivi'iK. iny-i'anU praise to tin' uiine ruler
i.f the universe for Iii-j rich ami inauiloM Ucw-
i ri-i-oiiii'iiMKl tint, on that Iay, thn )ii'on!e
ihv asK.o in-ir usual avo'alhins. anu. usxein
l.'lli.' i i their jtfcusloiiii-il plai'i-ilevoli'il to
Clii'iHtiun woi.-Iiii), iv n tier o linn ih' oaiaue
:f lrratcrlul lifaiL lor thn iaiiiiincrable favors
I he has viiii:s.iled to to us as a nt-oolr,
i Anil while it should ho a dav of lvjoicinc.
wlirn .i iiid rt-il and others Ioiik searatetl.
iia.ii unite azalu l.i lovoiis reunions, ilrefoor
aml nfijily sii'Milil he horue iu kiudlv ivniflii-
lirani'e, thus imitat ini; the example of our
iine in i.srer who, wiiiis upon the earth, went
a juui aoin kwiii.
JN WITNESS V.'IIKIIKO" I have
hereto set niv li.iml, and caiiHcil
the jzreat sea! ot the state lobe
'FAI..J aliixed hereto. Dune at Lincoln
this nil day oi November, A. I).
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r.y th" governor : Jon f M, Tiiavkb.
!. I. laws. Secretary of Strte,
latest by Telegraph.
BOIIUOWKD AND STOLEN.
A Propeller Stranded.
lli i-FALo, Nov. 1S. A speciai tlis-iatcli
htatfs that t!i propeller l'acific striintletl
t)-d;y twenty miles west of Wliitfish
Point, Like Superior. She was lumber
1 ltli-ii and hound down. The steamer was
built in Cleveland 18(4 and valued at
ir'.'iJ.OOO. She was owned by Cook, of
Michigan City, Ind.
Tiio Freo Delivery System.
Washington, Nov. IS. Tlu annual
report of Superintendent Hates, of the
freo deliver' system, shows that the mnn
ber of free delivery otlices are 11); num
ber of earners employed, 5,'JIO; rtst of
service, last fiscal year. l,o'iS.G!)2 an
increase of $300,380' over the previous
year. During the year carriers delivered
and collected 2.234.5G4;G."0 pieces.
An Engineer and Brakeman Killed.
Lol'isvillk, Nov. 18. The engineer
and a brakeman of train No. 10 were
killed by an accident on the Chesapeake,
Ohio & Southwestern railroad near Pa
ducah, Ky., this morning. The engine
wtis precipitated into a creek from a
trestle, the support of which was' burned
away. The conductor and another
brakeman were seriously injured.
A Law and Liberty League.
London, Nov., 18. A meeting was
held to-day to form a "law and order
league." Jacob Bright accused the mag
istrates of condoning the misconduct of
the police. Mr. Stead denounced the
brutality of the police and charged them
v:th maltreating the prisoners taken last
Sunday both during the tow and after
they were taken to the station. A motion
to form the league was offered by Saun
ders, who condemned the government
as responsible for the whole affair. So
cialists Llyndam seconded the motion,
which was adopted.
Firs r.t s uart.
Stuaut, Neb., Nov. 18. The most de
structive fire that ever visited Holt coun
ty broke out at 3:30 this afternoon de
stroying both the mammoth buildings of
J. F. Ilaight, together with the stock of
hardware and groceries, and many other
buildings. The entire block was de
stroyed. including J. C. Jordan's black
smith shop and agricultural store, Wood's
livery barn, Chamber's saloon, the i'ress
! ofii-v, barber sliop, butcher shop, Dr.
Itovstcr's ofrice and dwelling. G. W.
Uf ffi-- Humphrey's res-
idence. Loss. $ZQ, 000; insurance, $1,000
j A perfect hurricane was blowing from
the heivulenn -rflort of the citizens.
Tlie fire was got under control obout 7
o'clock.
Terrlbl3 Accld . nt to a Child
Wichita, Kan., Nov. 17. F. F. Lewis,
banker of this city, arrived this morn
ing from Scott City, tn 1 states that a
2-year-old child of F. L. Lithmeyer,
living ne r th it town, fell into a well
tube which is 110 fe.t tleep. For SO feet !
the pipe is one foot'in diaimter, and then
it contracts to 8 ii.cl e-. The child slid
down SO feet an I lo lg. d. The neigh-
bors were notified, but were not success-
ful 'n recovering the child by fishing.
They are now dicging down along the
tube. The child is not deal yet. as its
cries are ben2 p'ainly l.eard at the top.
When Lewi? left the sane this morning"
at 9 o'clock tl e ih tft had 1 een unk '
nsarly 40 ftet, and it wag expected that !
the child wo -ild be reached by noon to
morrow. Great excitemert prevails in
the neighborhood, and hundreds of peo
plo are upon the scene. The water in the
tube is about 20 feet deep.
A LIQUOR WAR.
The Mayor of San Antonio, Tex.,
Arrested
San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 18. The
first weeks of the prohibition campaign
in this state the prohibitionists of San
Antonio endeavored to hold a public
meeting. Tliev applied to the mayor and
city council for permission to use the
piazza, but were refused on the ground
tltat it would possibly lie apt to create a
disturbance. They then obtained use of
a vacant lot which had been purchased
by the United States as a site for a court
linna.1 Tim cr;jtliei-inr was held at
night and was largely attended, many ol
the crowd being prohibitionists. Con
siderable disorder prevailed, but no over
act occurred until Rev. A. IL Suther
land, a Haptist minister of this city,
mounted the rostrum. He had spoktn
scarcely a half dozen sentences when
he was struck by a cyclone of rotten eggs
whif h broke all over him. A small riot
was the result, and the polite were un
able to restore order. The meeting was
broken up, find the Christians went
home vowing veugence next day. Some
arrests followed. The parties were tried
before United Stites Commissioner
Stevenson, and bound over to await th
Hr-tbin of the federal frraud iurv. This
body, but recently convened, has indict
d Hon. Hryan Callaghan, Mayor of the
city of San Antonio, and ex-Alderman
Lock wood, for conspiracy to break up a
public meeting on United States ten ltory
and Gus Kampman, a millionaire's son
and M. Seelas, an employe of the Lone
Star brewery, for breaking up a public
meeting. Kampman and Seelas are al
leged to be the men who threw the eggs.
They all gave 1,000 bond each to an
swer at this term of court. Owing to the
official and social prominence of the
parties the affair excites much interest
throughout the state. The cold-water
men are iubilant over the result of the
grand jury investigation.
A CELESTIAL VISITOR-
Amsterdam, fl- Y , Excited Oyer an
Aerolite Weighing Three
Tons.
Amsterdam, N. Y., Nov. 18. An
aerolite weighing three tons dropped
with a loud report in front of the Mer
chants" Natonal bank on East Main street
at 11:30 this morning, making a deep in
dentation in the ground. Great excite
ment was created by the occurrence and
large crowds viewed the celestial visitor.
Local experts find traces of iron, nickel,
aluminum and other metals on the
aerolite.
A Moonshiner Hanged-
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. IS. Qilman Jus
tice was hanged at Hywasse to-day for
the murder of James K. Goddard. Jus
tice was a moonshiner and killed Goddard
because he thought he had given inform
ation leading to the discovery of the
still.
Violated Their Oaths.
Columbia, S. C, Nov. 18. Some excite
ment was caused in Edgefield Wednes
day by the presentment of the grand jury
of that county, which charged that every
judge and solicitor, who had held court
iu Edgefield for a number of years, with
having violated their sacred oaths of
office, and with a failure to protect the
public interest in certain cases. This
action of the grand jury was caused by
the failure of the courts to indict two
county treasurers of Edgefield who had
been successively reported by grand juries
as being defaulters. Neither the treasur
ers nor their bondsmen were held account
able, and the treasurer last year reported
that a defaulter to the ammount of 10,
000 was still iu office, and refused to
turn over to a successor the books etc.
The court had the delinquent trcrur r.
Tompkins, immediately arrested.
National W. C T- U.
Nasiiville, Nov. 18. In the W. C.
T. LT. convention to-day one of th'e im-
pertant decisions was the creation of a
missionary board to further gospel work
in all sections.
In the afternoon Mrs. Carse, of Chica
go, showed a photograph of "Temper
ance Temple" which it is proposed to
erect there. It is to I e twelve ?torie.s
high, have a tower which will command
a view of the entire city and cost $80,
000. About $6,000 in subscription were
pledged in the meeting.
The evening meeting was duvoied to
the reports of super'nterflleuts. A Teat
mass meeting was held at Masonic block,
addressed by Mrs. Hoffman, of Missouri,
and Mrs. Lathrop, of Michigan, on ''Why
Uave Prohibition A'i en.:ments Failed
in Four Statr?!" ,
SHAM CROWN JEWELS.
AIlrKetl Fraudulent Truiif.aetIou in ll
lloeent Salo of Itoyal Oiuh in I'arls.
It is oj)eniy asserted in Paris thut t ho re
cent sale of the crown jewels was largely
fraudulent. That is to nay, they were not,
in many cases, the crown jewels at all. A
syndicate of Paris jewelers got into a con
spiracy with some of tho governmental ofii
eer.i in charge of tho sale, urnl Innl u great
j un ml icr ot ordinary gems taken from their
store.j, mixed iu und sold with the crown
jewels. Thus they brought fur more than
j their ordinary value. Thi job wjus, of
course, facilitated by tho Lreaking up of tho
crown jewels, selling tho btoxieu separately
and melting down the gold. Tho detectives
stated that tho spurious jewels thus sold
brought more than 1,500,000 francs, which
win; nearly double what they would have
sold for on their own merits. Some of th:
false jewels have been traced and their pur
chasers ascertained. A few of them went to
-America. But tho majority of them could
not l)o distinguished from the real crown
jewels among vi Inch they were. sold. Tho re
sult is that many purchasers will henceforth
always le in doubt whether their gems came
Horn t lie royal treasure house of Franco or
from a rascally boulevard jeweler's shop.
That fact came out v ery emphatically only
a few days filter tho sale. A leading jeweler
of Paris called on tho govern:: lent oflieers
who conducted the sale. "(ieKtlemeii," said
he, "you wj th Li stone? You identify it as
one of the crown jewels You iTceive from
your records that it was knocked clown to mo
for ill, 000 francs? Very well, but it is pastel"
They examined it and found his word true.
Who had -stolen tho real gem and put thi:? in
its place could not le ascertained. But to
hush tho matter up they returned to tho
jeweler his -;i,00' francs. "It would," dryly
remarked the detective, "Lie very unfortunate
should this transaction become generally
known, for the government would quickly lie
Ixtiioged by a ho; t of owners of passo gems,
nil clamoring for the return of money al
leged to have b; en pai l for them ns crown
jewels.'
The identity of some of the jewelers who
put their gems in the sale Las. Uvti uscer
Liiue l, l.ut it i.s not thought that any action
will 1a; taken against t hem. There is not evi
dence .suIieient to muko out a case against
them; and. moreover, since the gems thu:;
put in by them were real stone s. it is very
doubtful if their offense is a penal oi.e. I-.'o
light ha:: been thrown on the question of who
p:it. m the paste jew!-:. Thai, of t i.i:-.'.e. w;
a serious crime. Tor is there yet any clew ns
to whit li ot the government oiiicial.s it was in
the conspiracy. Could he or they l.-e found.
the lienalty imposed would be severe. Chi
cago lribund.
I'l-iri(!:iV WLit'-r liniate.
Florida lias a winter climate that L; very
delight fid and attractive, but invalids need
to le well inforimsl where t: go. The lower
St. John's (as tho liver runs north, I mean
th--' northern end below Palatka) is too windy
and too dfimp on the river to lie desirable for
pulmonary troubles. At 'St. Augustine tho
wiudi are too strong anil the weather also too
variable. The greater part-of the jieninsula
is very Hat and low, swamps are abundant,
and tho atmosphere very humid. Can is
needed to avoid malarial localities, and also
to secure food and safe di-inU-ino- T-.-.,ti.- fil
tered rain water is the safest and le.st. and
should Le demanded, for the clanger from
poisonous water is often us great as from
poisonous air.
Artesian well.? in Florida m- r.-.vr ,--tt
common, and although safe from malarial
effects, may be injurious to consumptives, as
they generally contain much .sulphur. Tho
railroads have made acct K-.ilile Ill'll d!lf ilil'rt
to open do" sandy ridges in the pine forests
at an elevation of fifty feet and nioro alwvo
tho sea level, which, when supplied with
comfortable hotels and Ixiardin'r houses
(some alreadv exit'.). ainwri-ntK- onMit. in
prove excellent an:! safe reports" They are
drier, les windy, a:;d l...ss subject to coidand
marked changes of temjierature tlian tho
more ja-ominent and very comfortable re
sorts of pleasure seekers so well known on
the St. John's and at St. Augustine. William
Smith Brown in Harper's Magazine.
Cause of Collisions at Sen.
How comes it. that, with improved facilities.
a wider distribution of knowledge concerning
the avoidance of the dangers of the sea, and
a greater necessity for caution, owing to the
popularization of transatlantic travel, there
were more disasters among steamers last year
than in 1SS3? Tho fundamental reason is to
bo found in that reckless, crazy desire to ar
rive first.
The idea first inaugurated bv the crew of
the Shoewaeamettc, whese motto was "Get
there," has seized the caytaLis of the trans
atlantic liners, and, without any regard to
surety or observance of the written or un
written laws of the cea, they rash madly
through the fog and storm, heedless of conse
quences, in order to achieve the final triumph,
a newspaper paragraph announcing a quick
passage.
The owners of the hues end tho captains of
the ships are not alone to blame. They see-k
to meet a public demand, and in striving to
satisfy it they endanger the live3 of those
they desire to please. A man will risk Lis
life by jumping the gap between the bow of
a ferrv-boat and the siip, and then walk leis
urely to his home. Under a like impulse tho
travelers ef the ocean, many of them busi
ness men, run all these risks in order to ar
rive on this side on Sunday morning and
spend an idio day in tueir hotels. The Forum.
The Loads cf China,
In China all the roads except the imperial
highways are tracks over private land. Tho
owner does all he can to restrict them. When
the soil washes down into the road the read
is always deeper than the laud the owner
digs out the road to get back his soil with in
terest. This makes the roads in the rainy'
season successions of deep puddles, and over
all northern China traffic is suspended for
four or five months every year on account cf
the impassability of the roads. Ne-.e York
Sun.
No Dunnlypu Men in Japan,
Carter P, Harrison, es-mayor of Chicago,
has been in J apan for some weeks past. From
long acquaintance with Chicago, Sir. Harri
son was naturally astonished to find no
drunken men in Tci-o, a city containing
over 1 ,0QC,0CO inhabitants. So impressed was
ho by the apparent sobriety cf the Japanese)
thct be questioned the archbishop at Yoko
hama as to it's cause.. The archbishop es-
Liiufed that when a Japanese got drunk he
at once went to deep.rrXer York WarW,
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Opening TV!onday
Silk Velvets and Velveteens
Filly pieces Silk Velvet.-', all shades, at .$1.00 per vard, torwer
price 31. .;0 per yard. Tv.'enty-iive pieces Silk I'lu.-Ii at si. 25 per yd.
former prices si. 75 t $2.50 your choice at 1.25. Twent v-live
pieces Velveteens at i5e, 50c and 75c, formerly 5c, f;5.; .and 31.25.
fdbah mi, mm mm mi m ioibj,
Ten pieces ?neii il!:s at 75 cents and S5 cents, worth 1.00 and
81.25. Twenty-live piecs gross-grained piiks at 75 cents and 821
cents, worth 81 and 1.C5- iloira silks at 1.32, worth 1.75.
QgT As the Prices indicated above are Remarkably
Low, the goods having been purchased at a saerik-e sale,
we are willing- to share the benefits with von. do not delav
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Rich AJtrechai! en-l Fa? TvImt.
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Morning' Nov. 7.
Gcctis Housa.
NEBRASKA.
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