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CDSTERCOnHTIBEFDBLIGAH T . Dt. AJtlSIlUUKY , Vutillihcr , now , NEBRASKA. Till : NtWS tN BIHEF. Fire nt Meridian , Miss. , caused a loss of ? 300,000. Now York wants the democratic na tional convention. Tlio natural gas supply of. Crawfords- vlllo , Ilid. , liao failed. Freight agents of middle state ron-la contemplate advancing rates. At Huffnlo , N. Y. , the ground is covered with a foot of snow. hinj. Frank C. Armstrong , surgeon In the regular army , Is de d nt Manila. The rubber truot will consolidate its factories at Pcorla , 111. , and Akron 0. The physician of Evangelist Moody says ho will- recover In time- with rest. JI.'C. F.rlck IK'to become consulting partner in the Carnegie Steel company. Near Cleveland , Tcnn. , .Tamos Mow- ry , a farmer , killed his wife and hlm- Lomlon papers comment freely on the president's message , generally la- vorably. Philadelphia Is making a strong ef fort to secure the republican national convention. V I ) . ' Sanndcro , a Kentucky school tctichcr , was 'stabbed to death by one of his pupils. At. Assumption , 111. , Amos j < mloy rohimlltod suicide by blowing , his head off with dynamite. * t' Bloodhounds have been put on the trail1 of the 'murderer of James.Vln - clu&lcf of Vienna , 111. Byc tliT "filing of Klmbcrley mines wftlu water -Cecil Jlhodcs Is losing ut the rftto of ? 00,000 a day ; . Julia.Marlowe Tabor , ( ho actress , has 'applied for a divorce from her InfsUnnd , Robert S. Tabor. South McAldstor , I. T. , two whutujncn were killed by negroes with whom'jtheywore gambling. 'A ; Clll was" Introduced by Ponroso of Pennsylvania to pension Mrs. Grldloy , vffo of the late Captain Grldley of the Olympia/at ? 100 per month- The prltlsh bark .Ilavcnscourt , eigh ty days from Panama , arrived nt Port Townsend and will bo sent to Diamond Pplnt Into quarantine. Yellow fever broke out at Panama , and nine sail ors \frtfrd. stricken , four of whom died. Senator Alljson , chairman of the re publican caucus of the , senate , has an nounced the republican committee places In the senate. Its members are : Senators .Aldrlch , Cullom , McMillan , Hanabrough , Lodge , Perkins , Elklns , spoonor , Platt ( N. Y. ) The western classification commit tee , ' 'representing the freight depart ments of eighty western loads , met In Milwaukee , the object being , It Is said , to' advance the classification of a num ber of commodities , principal of which are * groceries , ana hardware. .The state Insane hospital scandal of South Dakota culminated when ( seven teen attendants , composing the heads of nearly all the wards , handed In tliolr resignations. The trouble grows out of charges of Incompetency , drunken ness and criminal carelessness , result ing In the death of a patient , flro In one of the Wards and fin assault by one asylum 'physician upon another. The Gcorgo Washington Memorial association has made public a request that on December 14 , 1891) , the centen nial anniversary of Washington's death , all the schools of the land will { suspend the regular order of exorcises nt 11 a. m. and devote twenty minutes to. a .memorial program. Including u brief eulogy of the Hfo and character of our first president , Qeorgo Wash ington. The secretary of state has received n tejegram from Mr. Hunter , minister to Uiuitomnla , saying that ho has been in formed by that government , that on the 2d hist. General Toledo , with about 300 followers , principally foreigners , attempted a revolution near the bor- dqii of Salvador at a place called Jull- npa. They were attacked by border troops and driven across 'the border with heavy loss. Whether the pay of Congressman Roberts is stopped as a result of the house -refusing him a seat has not been " passed upon by ( ho house olllclajs ' niid'"wlll nol directly nrlsa until the January pay certificates are Issued bv Speaker Henderson , by whlqh time it la oxyQctod tho. CUHO will bo perma nently settled. Roberts drew his pay up-to December 3 , the day before con gress assembled , on thp certificate of Clerk McDowell that he was a member- elect. The great labor war threatening- long' between the Chicago building contractors and trades unions has been r\verted through an agreement for a permanent arbitration board , whosu personnel Is to bo thoroughly represen tative of the trade's unions and the other Interests concerned. Through tho'torms agreed upon no sympathetic strjko ls to be dcclarpd until tljo now board has had an opportunity to in vestigate and decree what are to bo tlip terms of settlqnvent. The consolidation of the Pullman Palaqp Car company and Its rival , the Wagner- Palace Car company , into one concern , -was ratified at Chicago by R practically Unanimous vote at a spe cial meeting of the stockholders of the Pullman company. It was voted to change the name to the pnllman com pany and to Increase the capital stocic from fifty-four million d , Ilar8 , to sev enty-four million dollars for the pur pose of purchasing the property of the Wagner company. The movement to advance wages In cotton mil centers has become general throughout the Now England states. The , , war department has been In formed of the arrival nt Malta of the transport Logan. It has on board the Forty-first infantry , Colonel Richmond mend , and > reports all well. Assistant Postmaster General Heath announces that when a female postal clerk marries she forfeits her position. Martin Bennett , Jr. , United States manager for the Scottish Union Flro and Marino Insurance , , company , Edin- burg , Scotland , is dead. Ho was one of ' the 'foremost fire underwwrlters in the country. .Defeat of Gatacro the Moat Severe Ro- pulno British Have Suffered , A GIICAT MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. ( Icnrnil'fl I'oron of " ,000 Greatly Ilriltircil \iy \ Jiiilch Htrati'Ky ninny Olllrrr * Aiilonj ; llio Wounded JlrltlMi C'om- iniuidvr HHJM Ho Will \Vlro tiio Full Lutur. LONDON , Dec. 11. The war office publishes the following dispatch from General Forostlcr-Walker at Capetown. Gatacro icports : "Deeply i egret to Inform yon that I met with a serious reverse In the nt- i tack on Stroinburg. I was misled as to the enemy's position by the guldca and found Impracticable ground. "Casualties , so far us known nt the present , are : ' "Second battalion , Irish Royal Ri fles Wounded : Lieutenant Colonel Eager , Major Eaton , Captain Bell , Cap tain Kelly , Lieutenant Stevens Lieu tenant Darnardston. "Suffolk Regiment Wounded : Second end Lieutenant Muynard and twelve men. Missing : Captain Weir , Lieu tenant Chrlstce , Second Lieutenant Rodney , two hundred and ninety men. "Fourth Field Battery Severely wounded : Lieutenant Lewis and three men. Slightly wounded : Two men , "Seventy-seventh Field Battery- Killed : One gunner , wounded ; Major Perceval. "Northumberland Fusllcers Missing Major Stevens , Captain Fletcher , Cap tain Morcly , Second Lieutenant Wako , Second Lieutenant Coulson , Lieutenant Radcllffa , three hundred and sixty-five officers and men. "Royal Berkshire Regiment Killed : One private. "The remainder of my casualties will bo wired as soon ns ascertained. LONDON , Dec. 11. ( Now York World Cablegram. ) The Post says : The good news which comes today from Ladysmlth Is more than counter balanced by the very serious reverse encountered at Stormburg by Gatacrc. The Boers In the latter movement of fered no opposition till our men reached the Impregnable position which they wore defending , when they opened a hot and unexpected fire. The engagement began nt1:15 : a. m. Sunday and lasted till 7 when , after an artillery duel , our men withdrew and marched back to Moltcno. So ran the first dispatch , giving merely an Impression of a fruitless adventure and leaving us utterly un prepared for the bare figures of our loss which came In the second report. All the advices that have so fur reached us make the fight at Storm- burg take rank after Nnlcholson Nek as the most serious reverse of the War. Wo don't yet know its full pro portions , but Judging from what we have the worst must remain behind. Already the list of missing Is close to 000. In the Second Northumber land Fusllecrs six officers are re ported missing. There arc no de tails to the First Dorsetshire regiment of whoso present , with Gatacro wo learn for the first tlmo that 300 men are reported miss ing and there are no details as to of ficers. It Is Impossible , therefore , to avoid the conclusion that wo don't know the full extent of the reverse. The moral of this unfortunate affair Is that wo have been trying to press homo on the government the fact that men are wanted. Men must bo sent , cavalry and horse artillery most es pecially , unless In sheer parsimony wo arq to throw away a corner of the empire. BULLET IN MIS BRAIN. Clmrleg It. Gro\u IH Shot mid Kliluil Itn- liind IIlH llnr. OMAHA , Doc. 11. As the result of an altercation which ended In Tom Collins , being forcibly thrown out of "Shorty" Charles Grova's saloon at Thirteenth and Dodge streets , . one night last week , Collins deliberately , ! Is alleged , shot and mortally wound ed the proprietor in the latter's place of business about 8:30 : o'clock last night. A bullet from the 38-caliber bulldog revolver nntored the head of the vic tim from above , ranging downward for a depth of more than four Inches and biirylng Itself In his brain. Ho was taken at once to the Presbyterian hospital. The physician pronounced the wound to bo almost certain'/ fatal. Grove died at midnight with out once regaining consciousness. Col- nns Is In Jail. He says ho is glad of the act and Is prepared to pay the penalty. Now OuiiiMiitlixi WASHINGTON , Dec. 11. Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hos pital service , in view of the officially reported prevalence of the plague In Santos , Brazil , and Oporto , Portugal , and the local conditions at those poits , lias Issued icgulutlons to prevent Ita Introduction into the United States , which icgnlatloiiB are to remain In force until thirty days after the offi cial announcement of the cessation of the plague In those cities. The regula tions prescribe In detail the treatment of vjcssels from the Infected ports , methods of disinfection of chips , cargo , personal effects of passengers an.I crew , the final disposition of vessel.- ) , etc. rirciimn Killed In it Wreck. CIIUYKNNI3 , Dec. 11. About . " , ' o'clock this morning a collision between - tweon two freight trains occurred at Borlo , twelve miles west of Cheyenne on the Union Pacific. Locomotive Fireman Benjamin Stocking was In stantly killed , engineer Ernest Dav- ics was caught between the cab and tank of his engine , being seriously and perhaps fatally injured. Fireman John CostellQ was pinned under the wreckage and was removed with two . mangled feet and a crushed hand. Ho I ' was stjnt to the Denver hospital on a special < . * train. . . - Engineers , - Rollins and Voig were &Hghtly"hurt by jumping. EXPRESS ROBBERY AT ClitYENNE. Tim r.iclllo Compiiny J.OHVH Several Tlion/mnd / Dollar * . CII'iJYKNNB , Dec. 11. The ilrtnlln of a most ( hiring robbery nro just com ing to light hero. Ltust night between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock , the of- fh'C ot the Pacific Express company was robbed of several thousand dollais In money , and , although officers net to ork on the cose Immediately and the strictest Bcrrccaey has been maintained not a single clue has been discovered. There Is a small force of men In the express office at night to handle ex- prcaa on Incoming and outgoing trains nnd when these trains arrlvo the men linvo been In the habit of locking the office. This was dons last night us usual and when the express men re turned twenty minutes later the north door , or city entrance , was open , as was also the safe door. The discovery wan made that all of the money con tained In the safe was missing. Officials of the express company re fuse , to state the amount ot money taken , which Is icported to bo between $ .1,000 and $25,000. It Is reported that the safe contained a largo shipment of gold which was to have gone to one ol the banks In central Wyoming over the Cheyenne & Northern this morn ing , but the officials will say nothing about the matter. Indications point to the fact , however , that the loss is considerable. The entire express office force Is under surveillance and the robbery Is being thoroughly Investigated. EIGHTEEN REBELS ARE KILLED. | Ono Hundred Filipinos Attack n Wagon Train. MANILA , Dec. 11. A force of 100 Insurgents yesterday attacked near Balsuag p. wagon train escorted by thirty men of the Sixteenth Infantry. A sharp engagement followed. The Filipinos lost eighteen In killed and nine captured. During the recent aitncfc by Insur gents upon Vlgan the Filipinos ob tained possession of the plaza and of o church In the center of the town , from which the Americans dislodged them , It seems that the escaped Spaniards obtained guns and fought with the Americans against the Insur gents. CERVERA WRITES A HISTORY. VliKllcntcH IIIniM'lf for Logs of Ills Squadron. WASHINGTON , Dec. 11. Another contribution to the naval literature of the Spanish war has been published by the bureau of naval Intelligence. It is a history by General Cervera of the fleet under his command which was de stroyed by tno American squadron off Santiago. The original publication was authorized by the queen regent of Spain on the petition of Admiral Cer vera who wished to vindicate himself for the loss of his squadron after hav ing been sent to Cuba against his ear nest protest. ALEJANDRINO TIRES OF WAR. of til" J'lllplno Gcnrriil'M Sur- rrmlur to JMucArlliur. MANILA , Dec. 11. An expedition headed by the battleship Oregon left Manila for Sublg last night. It Is re ported that the Filipino commander General Alejandrlno , with his staff , has surrendered to General MacArthur. There Is also a rumor that Alejan drlno Is at Agullar suffering from a wound received In a fight between In surgents and bandits and that ho will bo given an opportunity to surrender and will bo properly cared for. Surgeon ICiiltur'a Pay Stopped. WASHINGTON , Dec. 11. One of the results of the Investigations made In the case of the troopship Tartar Is the stoppage of the pay of Major John A. Rafter , surgeon Twentieth Kansas volunteers. This action was taken at tlio request of General Shafter and was seconded by Secretary Root. General Shafter , who has direction of the In quiry , suggested that the pay In Sur geon Rafter's case be suspended until certain accounts for the provisioning of slok soldiers on board the transport are settled. In a protest , which Major Rafter has filed with the war depart ment , he represents that he Is not res ponsible for the conditions which prevailed - vailed an the Tartar. To Itclmlld Tulrnitfpen Knud. LONDON , Dec. 11. The Westminis ter Gazette says Sir Weetman Dickin son Pearr.on , M. P. for Cholchestor and head of tl e firm of S. Pearson & Ron , limited , contractors for public works , has completed negotiations with the Mexican government to take over the Isthmus of Tchuantepec railroad on a fifty-years' lease. It Is said that he will reconstruct the railroad and con struct n harbor at each end. The har bors are to cost $10,000,000. 1'Iv Duttt for Convention. LINCOLN , Neb. , Dec. 11. Chairman James C. Dahlmun has Issued a call for the democratic central committee to meet In Lincoln , January 5 , to fix the tlmo and place for holding the slate convention to name delegates to the national democratic convention. An effort will bo made by Lancaster coun ty democrats to have the convention held In Lincoln , March 19 , that being the date of W. J. Bryan's 40th birth day. Spaulnli I'rUoiit'rH Hufc. MADRID , Doc. 11. An official dis patch from Manila says that 229 Span iards , who were formerly prisoners In the hands of the Filipinos , have ar rived there. IVurH tliu Drill-ill XnvyT PARIS , Dec. 11. The Figaro pub lishes an Interview today with M. Lockroy , former French minister or marine , In the course of which ho says : "Tho British navy is twice as strong as ours. It is able to oppose simul taneously the navies of Franco and the triple alliance. Everywhere French fleets are stationed they are confront ed by twice or thrlco their strength. France must huvo cables. Great Brit ain's bases of support are all connected and the British are ready for war to morrow , If necessary , with every na tion on the globe. " Confession of Wonm Olcaro Up Mystery of Odctua Double Killing , MRS. LAUE TELLS THE TRUTH. blio AflRurtn Unit. 1'runic Dlnsnioro Klllrcl I.IIIID mid .Mr.i. Dlnsnioro IIo 1'lrnt 1'olNonuil Ills Wife , Then Unrrlcil Jlcr Ilody to tlio Kllclicit I.HiicSliot Wlillo Asluun In lied. KEARNEY , Neb. , Dec. 9. ( Special to the Omaha Bee. ) The mystery sur- oundlng the double murder that oc curred at Odessa , ten miles west of fcarncy , Monday night , In which the Ives of Lillian Dlnsmoio and Fred Lauo were taken , has been cleared up. Mrs. Lauc , the wife of the murdered man , made a confession , In which she charged Frank L. Dlnsmore , husband of the murdered woman , with commit ting both crimes. The confession was made only after several hours' work with Mrs. Lauo by a brother and an uncle of the dead man. As soon as Mrs. Lauo had confessed to them D. Lauc , the uncle mentioned , at whoso house they were staying , hitched up his 1 ; team and brought her to Kearney , nnlvlng here at 2 o'clock this morn iiI ing. I County Attorney Nye was called upon and met Mrs. Nye and the brother - ' J and uncle of the dead man at the city hall , where the confession was taken down In writing and signed by the witnesses. Attorney Nye refuses to give out any of the contents of tao confession , and the following wus obtained from a person who was n witness to the con fession before coming to Kearney and also when It was taken down in writ ing. ing.It It seems that for several months Dlnsnioro has been Infatuated with Mrs. Lane , and on different occasions has tried to get her to elope with him , which , however , she refused to do. It also appears from statements made by her and Mrs. Dlnsmore's brothers thai Dlnsmoro possessed hypnotic power , which power Mrs. Lauo claims to h'avc bean under for the last six months. Mrs. Dlnsmore's brothern say that ho has had their sister under his power for several years. Dlnsmore Is charged with laying the plans for the killing of both persons and Mrs. Lauo says ho told her what to say at the Inquest. Dlnsmoro wanted to commit the crime Thanksgiving night , she says. but was persuaded to put it off by Mrs. Laue. Monday night Mr. and Mrs. Dins- more had retired at their usual time , as also had Mr. Lane. Shortly after ward Dlnsmore came Into the kitchen whcro Mrs. Lauo was sitting and told her that part of the deed was done , and that he would have to finish the job , at once going to Lane's room and shooting him while ho was still In bed. Dlnsmore then brought his wife down stairs and placed her on the floor in ft out of the kitcnen stove , where she ' lay until she had been examined by a doctor. Mrs. Dlnsmore'n death was caused by poison , probably prusslc acd , as a receipt for Its taking Is reported to have been found In a desk by the man sent to Odessa by the Omaha Elevator company to take Dlnsmore's place. The brothers of Mrs. Dlnsmore say they spent thousands of dollars in procuring evidence against Dlnsmore to show tholr sister that ho was unfit for her to marry , but he possessed the power to make her love him. The confession of Mrs. Laue has caused great sensation and lumors that an attempt will bo made to lynch Frank Dlnsmoro are flying thick and fast. Extra guards are on duty at the county jail , loaded with repeating Winchester rifles. Sheriff Funk Is de termined to protect the prisoner re gardless of consequences. Frank Dlnsmore was taken to North Platte for safekeeping. Ho was ex tremely nervous and frightened and wanted the guards to keep close to the cab In which ho was taken from the Jail to the train. Ho will bo kept there until his preliminary trial. COMPARISON OP APPROPRIATIONS. Ktitliimtrx for TlilHViir eU14Slfr 78 aioro Thnii IjiKtVnr. . WASHINGTON , Dec. 9. An analyti cal comparison of the estimates for this year and the appropriations for last year was ? Issued today by Messrs Cleaves and Courtcs , the clerks of the senate and house appropriation com mittees , respectively. It shows total estimates thin year of $738,855,248 against $091,000,489 last year. The es- tlwatcs this year are ? u 1,298,578 more than the amount actually appropriated last year. The chief Increases are : Army , ? 1731,929 ; fortifications , $ C- 819,035 ; navy , $20,145.539 ; postofilce $5,143,061 ; sundry civil. $21GSG,777 , The total estimates for this year ex ceed the total estimated revenue for 1S91 by $71,081,991 , but counting the sinking fund this excess is i educed to $18,081,991. Altliott to Surcoud Cook. KANSAS CITY , Dec. 9. It was an nounced hero today that Willis J. Ab bott , well known In newspaper circles throughout the United States , has been selected to take charge of the press bureau of the democratic national com mittee. Abbott was In Kansas City today and departed for the cant to night In the company of Judge J. G. Johnson , democratic national commlt- tccman from Kansas. Southern I'opullMs Meet. MEMPHIS , Tenn. , Dec. 9. An Im portant mooting of the southern lead ers of the people's party was held In Memphis today and decided that the executive committee shall bo requested to call n meeting for February for the purpose of naming a date for tin next national convention of that party. These present were : Frank Burkltt of Mississippi , Milton Park of Texas , A. W. Files and W. S. Morgan of Ar kansas , Dr. C. W. Crow of Alabama , W. L. Peck of Georgia and Joseph Parktr of Kentucky. EIGHT MILLION TONS Of SUfiAH. Amount of Output In tlio Kntlro World Til's Veiir. WASHINGTON , Doc. 9. The entire sugar cane output and beets for 1899- 1900 will amount to about 8,000,000 tons , about the same amount as last year , accoidlng to carefully prepared statistics submitted to the State de partment by United States Consul Dlcdrlch a Magdeburg , Germany. Of this amount the United States has about one-fourth. The consul's figures show that so far as beet sugar Is con cerned , while the beet crop this year Is larger than last , perhaps by 250,000 tons , the sugar extracted amounts to about ! the same , owing to defective sweetness. The bulk of sugar Is placed SUt UtOl 5,300,000 tons , against 4,917,000 ons for last year. The German crop of sugar this year a set down at 2,700,000 tons , against L',851,131 tons last year. In Cuba the yield Is set down at 300,000 tons , : igalnst 315,175 tons last year , and In Porto Rico at 50,000 tons , against 55- 295 tons last year. The Sandwich is land product Is Increased by from 10- 000 to 25,000 tons and the yield for the United States Is placed at 370,000 tons , as compared with 275,000 tons last year. TAYLOR IS GIVEN CERTIf ICATE. Klcctlou Hoard Finds Kopubllcans Are Elected on fat'u of Kctimix. FRANKFORT , Ky. , Dec. 9. The Statn Board of Elections gave out Its official findings that W. S. Taylor , for governor , and the rest of the repub lican ticket have been elected on the face of the returns. Commissioners Ellis and Prior signed the majority report , in which they told that as a board of canvas sers , they have no right to go behind the returns of the county board , that their duties arc purely ministerial us canvassers , that the face of the re turns as received by them from the counties show the election of the re publican state ticket and certificates of election were ordered issued to each candidate thereon. Commissioner Poyntz presents a mi nority report , which he closes by say ing : "I am unwilling to certify to fraud to turn Kentucky over to the control of the bayonet , Catling gun and fraud ulent tltsue ballots. " Extensive preparations are being made to Inaugurate Taylor next Tues day. IOWANS TO JOIN BOER ARMY. Soil Their I'll mi Near llolstclii and Start for the Capo. HOLSTEIN , la. , Dec. 9. William and Daniel Davles have sold their fine 300-acre farm here and will go to South Africa. Their father , Daniel Davles , is 1C : i large farmer at West Barkley , Cape Colony , and has sent for them to join the Boer forpes. Eight weeks ago they received a letter from him saying all the farmers In that section were plan ning an uprising in Boer interests and asking them to come. They left Im mediately on the sale of their prop erty. T.riisliifiT the Union 1'aclllo. NEW YORK , Dec. 9. The World soys : Some important conferences be tween Union Pacific and Chicago & Northwestern officials have been held In this city within the past week and a report Is again In circulation to the effect that the former system will bo aborbed by the latter , which the Van- dcrbllts already control. This will bo done under a long-term lease , It Is said. Both President Hughitt and President Burt of the two lines are now in the city. They denied yesterday ( Thurs day ) that their presence here had any such significance as was indicated by the report. 3Iny I'ardon. LEAVENWORTII , Kans. , Dec. 9 A letter received In this city from Wash ington quotes United States Senator Baker of Kansas as saying he thinks President McKinley will pardon John P. Reese , the labor leader , under sen tence at Fort Scott for contempt of court. Recently a petition , signed by all the miners in and about this city , icquestlng him to secure Reese's par don , was forwarded to Senator Baker who writes that ho has presented the document to the president. Window C.luss Vljcht. PITTSBURG , Pa. , Dec. 9. The Chronicle-Telegraph says this after noon : "The American Window Glass company Is reported to have made a cut of 83 1-3 per cent in the price of all window glass , effective last Wed nesday , and to have ordered all fires lighted In Its factories , the purpose be ing to resume operations about Janu- ar > 1. This move Is considered a dec laration of war on the independent manufactures. " Kn Man Sulcldca. LOS ANGELEfa , Gal. , Dec. 9 E. R. IIowo of Chicago , died today at the county hospital , from Folf-lnfllcted gunshot wounds. He shot himself with suicidal Intent at Santa Ana on No vember 15 , and had hovered between life and death ever since. Ills fam ily from whom ho Is estranged , live In Chicago. Mr. llrjan In Toxax. AUSTW , Tex. , Dec. 9. When W. J. Bryan returns to Austin from his duck hunt ho will be tendered one of the handsomest residences In iho city for the use of his family as long as they desire to remain In the city. County Judge E. S. Walker , a warm admirer of Bryan , is the donor. War Italnrs I'rlco of Hemp , PHILADELPHIA , bee. 9. William Fitler , president of the Edwin II. Flt- lor Cordage works of this city , does not agree with the manufacturers of binding twine , cordage and rope , who are said to have been urging the Unit ed States government to keep the Phil ippine ports closed , representing that there Is no scarcity of hemp in this country. Mr. Fitler , in an interview , asserted that nearly all the manufactures of twine , rope nnd cordage were desir- lotis of securing hemp from Manila. -r- Louie Ostcrtag , an Atchlson boy who served on the Olympla , says Urn Kansas City Journal , says It Is all a Ho about Dewcy's ships drawing off from the fight while the men nte n hearty breakfast. He says the ships drew off all right , but the men were too excited and too exultant to eat a mouthful. And sure enough Loule'a account sounds human-like and natu ral. Prunes afford the highest nerve or brain food , supply heat nnd waste , but arc not muscle feeding. They should be avoided by these who suf fer from the liver. Your clothes will not crack If you use Magnetic Starch. The man who Is an architect of his own character often puts a _ job no other man would take off his hands. A ISnrcalii In Gullam. All music lovers will bo Interested In the "ad" of John M. Smyth Co. shown In another part of this paper , In which they offer an elegant guitar for $2.C5. The firm Is thoroughly reliable. Get tholr catalogue of everything to cat , wear and use. Truth Is as Impossible to be soiled bj any outward touch as the sun beam. Milton. Try Magnetic Starch It will last V longer than any other. r There snould be no objection to a lady lifting her skirts a little over two feet on a rainy day. OLDEST IViAM IN AMERICA Tells How He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Peruna. Mr. Isaac Brook , the Oldest Man In the United States. Mr. Isaac Brook , of McLcnnau county , Tex. , hns iittninod the great ngo of 111 years , luivlnc been born in 17S8. IIo is tin. nrdoiit friend to 1'cruua nud speaks of it iu tlio following terms : "During my IOUR Hfo I liavo known n great many lomoJics for coughs , colds , catarrh ana diarrlioua. I iad always sup posed these affections to bo dill'crout dis eases , but I liavo learned from lr. ) Hart- innu's books that tlioso affections are the sumo and nro properly called catarrh. "As for Dr. ilartiimn's remedy , Porunn , I hnvo found it to bo the best , if not the A A only reliable reuio.ly for thsso uffotions. han been tn\i \ for inanjjcarn , and Ititti'thntc my flood Jtenltlt and my extreme aye to thin rentedIt exactly meets all. mirequirements. . "Iliavocomo to rely upon it almost en tirely for tlio many little tilings for which I need ino'.iicino. I believe It to bo cspo- cially valuable to old people. " Isaac Brock. Catarrh is the greatest enemy of old ago. A person entirely f rco from ( -atarrh is sure to live to a halo and hearty old ago. A f roe book on catarrh sent by 'ivho Parana MoJl- ciuo Co. , Columbus , O. r 11T. T. > < - 11v J- ? < . < ? REQUIRES NO COOKING * ? \v rl. < > -s- irAKCs cuLtn's Akscurri cf. 1W 'ST.rF ' . .01'CE 3 WHEN K.ll 1fa jfiasTjauriiT HZ > / . nn fa CO MANUFACTURED CNLY BY ex SASTA CLARA MANUFACTURING CO. Itj OMAHA. INCONrCKATCa NEB. an ac fee 1119 WONDER of the AG , No Boiling No Cooking V It Stiffens the Goods Lea It Whitens the Goods the Bt Polishes the Goods tnrc It makes all had garments fresh iud crisp as when first bought new. ns i TRY A SAMPLE PACKAGE. You'll like It If you try It. the You'll buj it If you try It. Gem You'll use It If you try It. the Try It. the Sold by nil Grocers , area CII of nnesofcliolco agri cultural LANDS now iiflu opened for settlement tors ] In Western C'unndi. 4 % t < Here li , ' . ( 'rown tl.o cel ebrated NO 1 IIAHD to th WIIKAT which brings the highest pfico inthu Mirfn < niiirkcUot the world thousunds of cattle nro nnd fattened for market witbout l)2ln ? fed M'.dn , t nnd without n day's shelter. Send for informa IT sal < tion nnd srcuiu n frco homo In Wcstcin C.inadn. linnda Write the Suporlntei'dcnt of linmlur.itloi , Ot tawa ormldretiS the undcisigned , who will mall jou nilases , p.tmnliltitb , etc. , free of cost.V V. Bennett , bOl N. Y. Ufo Uuildtng , Omuhi , Neb. WA ! alive the he cougrc CURES COUGHS AND COLDS for the PREVENTS CONSUMPTION. ; > nc. onual. llepr York i bill. bill.Mr. Mr. duced n ow tht erved I DISCOVERY ; elves uoxt nl " , liHckrollcfnmlcureiwoHt the tlmi ? ° H0rtc"l"nunl'llBIlnill ' < ) " * ' 'treatment , , IBM . . 1)11. II. H. Wat.V8bU.NS , Dos K , Allt.U , U.
