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About Semi-weekly news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1895-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1899)
v "4 1 3 :M W EEKLY ERALB JHK NEN. F.stablsried Nov. 5. Ihill. I THE I1EHALU. Kstabliabed April 10. 1WH. f Consolidated Jan. 1, 1895. PLATTSMOUTH, NKH., .IANUAKY 3. 1899. VOL. VII i; NO. 17. i f M Si JLV' i ) 1 if : 1 'I i r v 1 ' ' 1 4 i FAVORABLY IMPRESSED. General Brooke Pleased With the Character of the Cubans. fi Arc to lt Uradnwlljr Wlthdrawu . ,; the City an Quiet la Kr.tored . of a Sitniati .Soldier Whu IMecl a-roiu KxliMUHllun Found on the Wburf Third Nt-brttwka Arrives. HAVANA, Jan. 2 The people of IJavuna :it o in u joyful mood today in epite of the disappointment exper ienced over the fact that the projected festivities have been postponed. The resentment quickly subsided and pave place to composure. Captain Greble, General Ludlow's adjutant general, visited all the United States posts duringr the night The city was found to be tranquil. Major General Brooke's 1 m pressiooa b' Cuba aro pleasiny. Ho regards the people as being1 emotional, mild and orderly. Americans are. now conducting tele gm )hs, customs, postottico, in fact all publie business with Spanish and Cuban emDloyes. Colonel Hliss, the American collector of customs, has been instructed by the authorities at Washington not to appoint Americans to subordinate places. Only Cubans aro to be appointed. Tho customs receipts here this week will probably be heavy, as the mer chants's Btocks are very low and sev eral cargoes are due to arrive. General Hrooke will not govern from tho palace for a week or two as the p ilace needs a thorough cleaning. " 'A'ler the'" general takes up his quar ters at the palace Mrs. Drooke will ar range for a series of social functions. Generals Brooke and Ludlow wish to make a social acquaintance. As quiet is restored the American troops will be sent into the country: Colonel Moulton, who is in command of the Havana police, had as his first official duty the investigation of a case of cattle stealing. Goneral Ludlow visited Morro castle and Cabanas fortress today. The bat teries of the Second artillery have been landed from the United States transDort Chester. One battery wa9 sent to Morro castle, another is gar risoned at Cabanas fortress, a third is stationed near the palace and the other three batteries are camped at Vedado. Two Spaniards were stopped in the "act of taking the picture of the king and the crown from the throne room of the pilace for the Spanish club. They paid Former Captain General Castellanos gave them to the club. The body of a Spanish soldier was found on the Cabellera wharf this morning. The coroner decided that he died from over-exertion and that his comrades had left him there cov ered wfth 6traw. The United States transport Sara toga arrived from Charleston today with the Third Nebraska regiment on board. CILLETT OFFERS COMPROMISE. Will Uve i.0,000 to HU Creditor to Kttcape Prosecntion. ST. Louis, Jan. 2. A special to the Republic from El Pasa, Tex., says: Charles F. Hunt, a wealthy cattle dealer of Texas and proprietor of the ralacio hotel at Chihuahua, Mex , has announced that he has succeeded in effecting a compromise betweem Grant C. Gillett, the fugitive Abilene, Kan., cittle plunger and his creditors. Gillett has b-.-en in the vicinity of Chihuahua for over a month and has been in constant communication with his ttrn v. C li- Troxel.who is also in Mexico. Through Troxc.1, liilltt .,,,,.. med himself to' Hunt, who went to Kan-as City last work and on bis ritia'i here am ounced that he bad otTored th creditors ?oO.i(M) cash and th t- they h d ac-pted tho offer. Hunt dec I a ied that th'. ueal ior me . it comprouii-e has btien pracnemy closed: It i, .-aid that the young piuneer will profit by the compromise, as Hunt estimates that he took $65,C00 with him to Mexico in his hand satchel aud received $40,000 from the United States on Christmas day by express. He owns 2,200 head of ordinary cattle, but just where they are, his creditors do not know. Hea!.oow. 200 herf offancv bred cattle valued at 8-00 each "Hi homestead is said to be in W, mother' name and worth 8100,000. It is in otder to be able to realize on his property that Gillett is willing to surrender 50,000 to his creditors, thus escaping prosecution. Jteal Kstate Transfers. Following are the real estate trans fers of the county as recorded in the office of Uecoruer u. --j Tarter and wile to r. vv. " -L.anei iv.inni Hill add 42 5 i"T'u:-" r;.r lot 9. bik 5 Henrv Cooper to i-ouud j 17, Platts qcd lluckJen'B Arnic Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, burns, sores, ulcers, salt rheum fe ver sores, tetter, chapped hands, chil blains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money retunded. Price 25 centa per box. For -ale by F. Fricke , M. Carter and wife ;to r . xy- - S.!$0E.WKd wlStc TMkry. Gibson nw H. iw.'JT"":-r lot 0. bik 5 NEW ELEMENT IN PITCHBLENDE It I Called Polonium and Han Extra ordinary Properties. The results recently published In th Comtes Rendua by Mr. and Mme. Curie on the apparent existence of a n chemical element existing iu the mln eral pitchblende are of more thn usual interest, from the extraordinarv nron erties which the new element, called by them polonium, would appear to possess. Pitchblende Is an ore ot uranium found among other places in me tin mines of Cornwall. It pos Besses the property of emit ting the rays. or form I energy, ot known as the Bee querel rays, rays which Mr. Beequerel found to be given off. especially by uranium salts, but as to the origin of which we know nothing. By careful analysis of the mineral, guided by the radiant energy of the products separat ed during each operation, the authors nave been able to demonstrate the ex istence In pitchblende of a new ele ment, which Is said to possess 400 times the activity of uranium as re gards the emission of this radiant en ergy. With the exception of this new element, the only known elements which give off similar rays are uran ium and thorium, and possibly to a far less degree the rare element tantalum. These emitted rays are capable of mak ing the air a conductor, and also of act ing on a photographic plate. They can ue rerracted and probably reflected The physical condition of the metal Siviug rise to the emission seems of secondary moment. Although only practically two elements are capable of these emissions, it is noteworthy that the rays emitted by uranium possess distinct characteristics from those emitted by thorium. Inasmuch as the uranium rays are found to be polarized by transmission through tourmaline. whereas the thorium rays are not pol arized. How's Thin. We offer Obe Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of (Jatarrh that cannot ho cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. F. S. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo. O. We the undersigned, have known J. Cheney for the last 15 vears. and believe hi in perfectly honorable in all business transactions ana nnanciaiiy able to carry out any oblizations made by their firm. Wkst & Truax, Wholesale Drusulsts, To ledo. O. waldino, Rinnan & Marnin, Wholesale urussists. Toledo, u. Hall s Catarrh Cure Is taken internally acting directly unuu the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot tle. Sold by all UruKcists. Testimonials free. Co-opeative Dairies In Belgium. From Brussels Consul Roosevelt re ports the contemplated formation of a co-operative association of milk deal ers and cheesemakers. It is proposed to confide the direction of the cheese dai ries to women suitably educated for the work. Beside technical instruction, a knowledge of bookkeeping and a com petent understanding of dairy work will be required of applicants. An nexed to the admirably equipped gov ernment agricultural and industrial school at Overyssche is a cheese-dairy school, where complete instruction is given In cheese-making. There is Nothing so lol. There is nothing just as good as Dr. Kings Now Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds, so demand it and do not permit the dealer to sell vou some substitute. lie will not claim there is anything better, but in order to make more profit he may claim something else to bo just as good. You want Dr. King's New Discovery be cause you know it to be safe and relia ble, and guaranteed to do good or money refunded. For Coughs, Colds, Consumption and for all affections of Throat, Chest and Lungs, there is nothing so good as Dr. King's New Discovery. Trial bottle free at F. G. Fricke's drug store. Regular size 50c and $1.00. Janitor work of all kinds, satiefi.c lion guaranteed by Telfer Sr Shep p:trd. 616 Vine street. Life oa a Torpedo-ISoat. So injurious is life on a torpedo boat that a year's continuous service will mentally and physically incapacitate o man. This assertion is made on the authority of Lord Cnrles Beresford. but that the strain on any one serving on these crafts is very great is shown by the fact that to one month's serv ice the Biitis-h naval regulations allow one week ci'r. Austria is endeavoring to mitigate the hardship o service on these boats, and life on one built for the Austrian navy, and tried on the Thames recently, was demonstrated to be pleasanter than on those of the Englishnavy. In pulmonary trouble, the direct action of Ballard's Ilorehound Syrup upon the throat, chest and lungs, im mediately arrest the malady, by re lieving' tbe distress, cutting the phlegm and freeing the vocal and breathing organs. Price 25 and 50 cents. F. G. Fricke & Co. A White Mark. Foley's Kidney Cure is a per- fectly reliable for all Kidney diseases. The pro great medicine or the money re they not deserve prepir a t i o n and Bladder prietors of this guarantees it funded. Do a white mark? Clerical fermlta 1899. Clergymen and others entitled to clerical permits are respectfully re quested to call at the Burlington ticket office and arrange about their 1899 permits. Another Good Man done Wrong. He failed to use Foley's Kidney Cure for his kidney comdaint. " F. G. Fricke & Co. TO CCKK A COLO IN ONE DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 2oc. The geaulne has L. B. Q. on each tablet COST OF KAIL CANS DAY COACH IS AS EXPENSIV1 AS A FINE HOUSE. IVhat Train In Motion Weighs Tin I.Ichtr It Is the Orealer the Speed -freight Cars Divided lato Four ( lv b Kallroad Men An ordinary passenger tar on a steam railroad costs from $1,000 tc $5,000 and wilia 38.00O pounds, or nineteen ton. a mail car. which costs from $2. (toil to $2,.riD0 and i. shorter by about cue-quarter than tlif ordinary passenger coach, weighs 32, 000 pounds, or nix teen tons. A bag gage tar without the baggage in 4"f weighs 28 000 pounds, or fourteen toift and costs about as much as a mail car. A sleeping car is more expen sive than any of the others and il weighs a good deal more, too. A plain, simple but durable sleeping car with observatory attachments, liter ary annex and culinary department costs anywhere from $10,000 to $20, 000. The average weight of a sleeping car is from twenty to twenty-two tons A I . 1 1 . I . . . I'lii tz . -x auu li am in motion, as a nine ugui- j ing will show, is no light affair. Thi' ordinary weight of the railroad loco motive for passenger service, inclusive of tender but not of fuel In the tender is forty tons. One baggage car weigh? fourteen tons and one mail car six teen Ions, bringing up the weight ol the locomotive and the baggage and mail cars to seventy tons. Six pas senger cars at an average of nineteen tons, weight of baggage, of the fuel carried and eight cars would be 184 tons, or 3C8.000 pounds, exclusive of the passengers and mail matter. Pull Ing 184 tons along rails at the rate ol fifty miles an hour or more is an achievement which has not been easily brought about and the more the prob lem is studied the more clearly it it understood how far mechanical work on railroads has been pushed. Thert were by the last figures reported 36,- 000 locomotives in use on the Ameri can railroads, 2C.0OG passenger cars and 8,000 mail and baggage cars. Thes figures seem large until compared witb the number of freight cars on Ameri can railroads, and then they seem in significant, for the number of freight cars in use is 1(2."0,000. Freight carf among the railroad men are divided into four classes flat cars, such a: are used for the transportation of stone, machinery and lumber; boa cars, such as are used for the transpor tation of grain, fruit and ordinary merchandise; stock cars, such as are used for cattle, and coal cars, such as are used for the transportation of coal and oil those used for oil being supplied with tanks. The average weight of a fiat or gondola car seven tons. The car costs-from $300 to $400. Box cars weigh a tun more aud cost $100 more each. Stock car weigh eight tons each on the average: coal cars weigh three tons each It costs about $200 to build coal or oil cars, and they are designed to carry five tons apiece. The weight of fifty coal cars is 150 tons, and of their con tents, if all filled, 250 tons, which with locomotive and caboose added, makes 420 tons as the weight of a train. It may be added, roughlj-, that the weight of loaded trains, passenger, coal or freight, ranges from 200 to 550 tons The lighter the train the greater the speed; that's the railroad rule. WHEN WELCCSr? T IS WORN OUT Tactful Hints of Hosts Who Are Wearj of O nest 4. An Ohio host, wearied out of all en durance by the persistency of his guest chose as his medium the family praye after breakfast, aud said: "O Lord bless our visiting brother, who will leave us on the 10 o'clock train this morning." I prefer the subtler and more revereut method of anothet Ohioan, the father of William Dean Ho wells, the novelist. His practice was. when a visitor had worn out hi? welcome, to be called away on busi ness and to say to .lis guest: "I sup pose you will not bs here when I re turn, so I w'ili isfi you good-by. Excellent and highly appreciated by the boys was the formula used by Dr. Vaughn, vheu. ? headmaster of Har row school, he had to entertain the highest form ir- he school in batches at breakfsrt. Commiserating the bash fulness of tbe lads who did not know how to leave and yet wanted to do so, nronoof noth-! the doctor would say a Must you go? Can't you stay?"! ing: This was the signal for departure. 1 admire very heartily the transposition of a blundering narrator, who, in tell ing this story, gave the formula as "Can't you go? Must you stay?" A fellow feeling makes one wondrou? kind to this revised version. The Jor of Childhood. Johnny and Tommy, who are th noisiest children in Yorkville, were Z playing. "Let's play on this doorstep,", S suggested Tommy. "No," Jimmy said, Zi 'there isn't any fun in doing that. S That's an empty house. Let's go down K V, r r- vit itiA r.I t 17 T l-nn li horn l,or'a n npwennnr man's hn,.P H works all night and sleeps in the day- time." And the pair of cherubs started off to the spot where the maker of horghts for seventy million ladies and ,entlemen was trying to replenish his empty think tank by the balmy sleep process. Too Know This Man. "What's all this excitement, about?" 'Nothing worth mentioning. Man got knocked down." "Accident?" "Not exactly. One of these men who always catch hold of you and push you out jf their way when you happen to meet them at a crowded corner grabbed th wrong man just now. That's all." Chicago Tribune. EVENING News only ten cents per week. - Try rxlu-i! Try tirnln-O! Ak your grocer today to show nu it package of Ci:.lN-, thi; ih w food drinl; that takes tho plac-: of colTec. The children may drink it without in jury as well im thi! ailu!t. All who j try it, like it. GiiAI.N b:i tl at llrh S'.'.-tl I row ii of Moeim M il .) v-i. '!it it, N made frtiin pure grain-;, and tin- must de'icjile v1iniacb r- -l Vim it uith-.iit dihtrc-s. Onvfourt'h th- p'iif if cnlTon. 1 . j: and 2")C-!s per p-u r nj.i. Saold bv nil grocers. Nch- llrtki i y Sanse huildii g.samo balfr and tame ivicos but all newly ba'"d br-i,i, cuke, pioj. etc.. at I fol'ow iv During a temperance campaign a lawyer was discussing with no little show of learning the clauses of the proposed temperanc law, says the Presbyterian Review. An old farmer, who bad been listening attentively, shut his knife with a snap, and said: "I Jont know nothin' about the law, but I've got seven good reasons for vot in for it. "What are they?" asked the lawyer. And the grim old farmer responded: "Four sous and three daughters, The May lu go to California is in a tourist sleeping car personally conducted t?ia the Hurlingtou Koute. You dont change cars. You make fast time. You see tho finest tcenerv on the globe. Your car is not so expensively fin ished nor so tine to look at as a palaco eleeper but it is jn-t as clean, just as comfortable, jus-i as rcod to ride in, AM) XKAUI.Y $20 CiMKAl'Ki:. The Burlington excursions leave every Thursday leaching San Fran cisco Sunday and Los Anoreles Mon day. I'orter with each car. Excur sion manager with each party. For folder jiving full information call at nearest B. it M. 11. II. -depot or write J. Francis, General l'..?Henjrr Agent. Oiuiiha, Neb. An Appropriate J'ruent For jour friend would be a box of Ihosn elegant smokers.thj"l-J.qui-ito", manufactured by II. Spks. Uelitf in !S:.T Hour Pintre-.-ing kidney and bladder dis ease, relieved in. six hours by "The GlJKAT SOITH AlMKUICAX. KlDNE Cuuk.'" It is a great surprise on ac count of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female. Relieves retention almost immediately. If you want quick re I i of and cure, this is the remedy. Sold by Oering & Co., Drug gist. Plattsmouth. Neb. IIIf Kxports of IJicycles. While apparently the bottom has dropped out of the bicycle business in America the past season the export business has not been affected to an equal extent. According to the report of the English Charge d'Affaircs at Munich, the importation of American bicycles during the past season in creased over SoO per cent compared with the previous year's business. Washington Star. fSlOO for Lt-ttc-ra About .Nebraska. The llurlington Route (D. & M. R. 11.) offers thirteen prizes ranging from $5 to $2-", and aggregating one hundred dollars for thirteen letters, which, in the opinion of a competent committee, are best calculated to en courage immigration to Nebraska. Ever j contestant, whether or not his cotributicn is 'awarded a prize, will receive tbe "Corn Belt," a hand some sixteen-Dago monthly publica tion, for six months, fiee of charge. The contest is open to all. Details can bo obtained by addressing J. Francis, G. 3 A., llurlington Route, Omaha, Neb. tree 1'iIIh. Send your address to TJ. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a freo sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pillc. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are partieularlj' effective in the cure of I constipation ami Sick Headache. For i Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved iuvaluable. They are &uftranteed to be perfectly free from eveT deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigor ate the system. Regular size -3c, per box. Sold by E.G. Ericke, druggist. 4 UU!H!HHi::ilHi:HH!l!HH!i!inn!H:i!:ii: 1 Pax I Malt xfH? 1 TTipBesT omc s is not a cheap Malt Extract, made for temporary Sal It has been before the Fublic for years, and has grown in favor as a food and a m'Icl stimulant, recommended by 5 leading physicians throughout the 5 country, S 5 At All Drus Stores PRESCRIBES IT DAILY. I preserve your M.itt Extract, The "Best" Topic, daily, mil shall continue domj so, as I :hiak it is Ihe nesi preparation of its kind. DR. H. K. DUNKEL, Jersey City, N. J. CAN FAITHFULLY RECOMMEND IT. I have priscrihed your 1'abst Male Extract, The " Eest " Tonic, for my patients, and llnd It one of the best tonics for m-raK constitu tions, especially when convalescing after long period of iiiness, fevers, ctc.j and I can faith fully recommend it. DR. F. Vt . CHARLES, Kansas Citv, Kan. ni!i!!iiuiHiii.3ii:tni;!iin:::H!!i:;i:;.n2n 121 p pi p m m m m m m id- m M M F31: Full line KNITTblJiSOX and OVERS at Prices to Please. Warm Shoes and Slippers. Men's-Flannel and Tuft-Lined, at $2.00 and $2.50. Children's Felt Shoes, 65c. Ladies' Felt Shoes, 85c up. FELT SLIPPERS, 65c up. Our Felt Goods department is overflowing with WARM ARTICLES and it will pay you to see 'em. Don't Forget Us on Fancy Felt Slippers. They make Appropriate Presents. NO HUMBUGGERY Lcgfriiiir and Ovcrgaitcrs. .... m m m n REPAIRING. 1 SUBSCRIBE The Leading- Paper of AA1 tho Tooetl News.. It Is the Only Seven-Column Daily in the City. Larger Than Any Other Local Daily. A Superior News Service. If You Don't See It in THE NEWS, It Never Happened. 3 NEWS The The BOOTS ; CALF, at $3.25, is custom made, full stock and is as good as we could make for $5.00. KIP, at $2.50, is all solid and no shoddy. We also have them for $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00. GRAIN LEATHER, at S2.75, is as near waterproof as can be made. FELT Boots and First Quality Overs, at $2.25, can't be beat. ROBT SHERWOOD IT COAUArS . ..And has been' Reduced in Price to.. ..lO Cents per Weeit Forty Cents jjgtt Montj. D oes Job Right Kind of Work Right Kind of Prices GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER 1 i m Largest Assortment Ml In the City... FOOT MILLINER NOW ews the City. Printin ioo Ac