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CDSTER COUNTY REVDBLM D. M * AMSnKKIlY , BBOKEN BOW , NEBRASKA. TliH NEWS JN BRIEF. Senator Teller IIUH como out as n candidate- governor of Colorado. The preparations for the German sci entific ; Antarctic1 expedition are nearly completed. , . Tuesday , April 10 , the Kind nnnlver- Kiiry of the ijreut mine strike , will be rclebracd at Pana , 111. The Clover Lent railroad WIIH Hold at Toledo , Ohio , for $12,200,000 to MessrH. Harrison and Peyton. A private dispatch received at Shang hai , China , confirms the leport that 11 Hrltlsh inlpslonary wan killed lit Kalp- Ing. ' " Rev. ' Samuel' ii. Howes , the oldest Methotllit 'mlnlHter of the Hock Hlver conference , died at Crete , 111. , aged 8 ! ? years. " The nhdh of Persia han appointed Moftiklmm Etl Dewleh , minlBtcr plen ipotentiary of Persia to the United States. , The HchodulcR in bankruptcy of Wll Ham II. Smith , milliner , of New York , Hhow liabilities of ? 2 < J < ,082 ; assets , ? 1G5,071. The plan to have Champion .lamqK Jeffries .fight tlire men In one night has bdcn abandoned and Jeffries now will fight nobody In Chicago. T. C. Steele has just finished a llfc- tilr.ed three-quarters length oil portrait trait of ex-President Harrison , which Is to be placed In the Coimnerlclal club of Indianapolis. Senator Allen has introduced a bill amending the national bank act so as to allow banks of deposit to be desig nated in cities of 25,000 population. Thp present law requires 50,000 popu ' ' ' lation. Mrs. Edward Summer , who was an active organizer of Soldiers' Relief Sn clety work during the civil war , and for many years prominent in Ohio tem perance work , died at her home In Cleveland. ' ' i A statement of the treasury balances In the general fund exclusive of the $ ir.0,000,000 god reserve In the division oj redemption March 27 , shows : Avail able cash ImJiUK'ft T T , ? J.G3r,9rCi'l , : ; Bold. ' ? 98,391,432. George W. QIark , qf Macou , Ga. , M'as arrested In Jacksonville , Kla. , charged with blowing open the safe of the Perry Loan and Saving1.1 * 'compaity of Perry , Ga. , some weeks ago and stealing from it over fl.OOO.i , ' ' Frank 13. llundy , the defaulting city chamberlain of Ehnlrn , N. V. . was ar- ralnged(1lnpolice , ppurt. and hclLfo ( , the crand jury in ? .10,000 ball , in de fault of'wh'Tch he was committed to the county jail. Captain William 11. Thomas , FortV- Blxth volunteer Infa'iUryV'llavliis"heen ' found physically disqualified to per form tile dilllcli Of Ills 'rilnIC lisa' bbfcri honorably discharged from the service of the United States. t-'enator Hoar reported from the ju da-iary committee the bill fixing- the annual salaries of the chief Jimtlre of the supreme court at , S15.COO , ami as sociate justices at Slfi.OOO ; "IrcuH judges , $ 'j',000'and district iii'dge. ? at $7,000. ' ' James B. Dill , the New York attor ney who has brought harmony and tranquil business relations between Andrew Carnegie and H. C. Frlek. tlic Iron kings , will now rank as one of the most wonderful corporation attorney ? of the country. Governor .Lounsbury . has appointed Friday , April 13. ( Good Friday ) , as a day of fasting and prayer In Connecti cut , and says ho does so "In accordance with a cuatotn instituted by a genera tion which feared God and kept His commandments. " Secretary Long ban completed the personnel of the navy police board by appointing as members Captain Kouloy D. Evans , at present attached to the light house board ; Captain Henry C. Taylor , commanding the Vermont ; Captain Charles E. Clark , commander of the League Island navy yard ; Cap tain Freeh E. Chadwlck. now on wait ing orders , and Colonel George C. Reid , at Marino headquarters in Washington , The house committee on pensions recommended an increase to $40 per month In the pension of the widow of Colonel Haskell , who died from wounds icceived in Cuba ; $35 to the widow of Colonel .1. J. Van Horn , who died during the Spanish war ; $30 to the widow of Captain C. W. Royell , killed In Cuba ; $35 to the widow of Com mander Horace Elmer of the navy , and $30 to the widow of Commodore 0. C. Badger of the navy. The retirement of Rear Admiral Day b will result in the promotion of Captain Silas Terry , a member of the naval retiring board , to bo rear admiral. Chief Wllklc of the secret service an nounced the discovery of a very poor counterfeit ono dollar treasury note , check letter B. , series 1891 , B. K. Bruce , icglster. An epidemic of pneumonia has struck St. Francis' orphan ayylum and con vent , at 'Dubuquc. i Commandant Crowthcr , who com mands the Transvaal lighting line in the south , reports that ho has retaken Ladybrand after the British had been there an hour. A. shipment of ? 1,393,080 for the pay ment of soldiers In the Philippines left the subtreasury In New York. There were $000,000 In gold coin , packed In wooden.boxcsMeach containing $20,000 , ' the same sum In bills , pacKcd In three Iron safes , and the remainder , con I. ' sisting of minor coin , packed In cart ridge boxes. Mra. Polly Price , a highly respected pioneer resident of Fountain City , Intl. , hau just celebrated her 100th birthday anniversary. Prof. G. E. Morrow , for many years head , pf the department of agriculture of'the University of Illlnols/'Is dead at nla home in'Poxton , 111. ' ' Harlan C. Allan of Nebraska has been1'promoted ' from $800 to'900 per year' In the treasury department. The Australian premiers have joined in a cablegram to Mr. Chamberlain , de claring that It Js undesirable to con clude peace In South Africa , except on terms guaranteeing the absolute su premacy of British ruin. . iv , i -j IN 111 ! THAU Two British Batteries With Six Qtuis niiA Convoy1 Oapturotl , FEW MILES fUOM BLOEMFONTEIN lloern Drliii llrliUli Ilittlrry From Tlmlm iMilm lulu Aniliuili Only Hour ( Iniiril MiikcR It * llHcupe DUInlon Itiulrr U * n. Cnlistlllo l.riitcn Itldciiifolili'ln to tif fed ii Itcrupliirr. BUSHMAN/ KOP , Saturday , , March . ' ! ! . The British force commanded rhy Colonel Droadwood , consisting > uC the Tenth Hussars , Household cavalry , I wo horse batteries and a force pf mounted Infantry under Coloel , I'll- iher , which had been garrisoning Tlmlm Nchu , wan obliged , In conse- qucnco of the near approach of a largo force of Doers , to leave lost night. Colonel Broadwood marched , to the niocmfoiitcln water works , south of the Modder , where ho encamped at 4 o'clock this morning. , At early dawn the wimp was shelled by the enemy from a near point. Col onel Broadwood sent off a convoy with butteries , while ( he rest of the force remained to act as a icar guard , . , , The convoy arrived at a dqei > spruit ( Htrcam ) where the BncrHnWero con cealed and the entire bodywalked into ambush and was captured , together with six guns. , , The loss of , llfo was not great , since most of , the , , British had walked into the trap before a shot was fired. General Colvlliu'H dtvluipn , which left BloemfonlPln curly tills morning , arrived here at noon , and ho Is now shelling the Hooi.s. ItOND.ON , Aj > rll 2. Clqnerttl Bailor's anxious inquiry , whriher British ofll- eors will ever learn the value of Koutlng , comes buck witli enforced emphasis to the British public today on , receipt , ( if tidings that a. ( convoy with , guiis , has walked ' .dojtlujnitcly Into a Boer amuyli , | wl'thfn about , twen ty miles of Blocmfnutcln. Loid Roberts' own report of the af fair , If yet received by the War olllco. has not been published and no account Isavailable , ; to the piiiiUc nxgcpt the ' dispatch from'IJiiHhmjuiKop. . Nothing , therefore , can he will ) rcgardjng the details. . , , , r Evidently Colonel Broadwood thoiiKht.it npccbsury to rqtrciL in haste fiom Tliaba Nchu , ' as lie marched all through Friday night , apparently fol lowed by il nirfce1 fowj of thatcncmy. The forces and guns had to pasa through a deep spruit , which the Boers had-occupied. SIxi.of < thi | twelve guns , comprising two batteries , all the wagons , and , It Id feared , many men fell Into the hands of the Boers , whose .dating , displayed so near Blocm'frinteln , shows that they are rapidly recovering heart after their recent reverses. The hope Is expressed here that Gen- 01 al Colvllle will recover the convoy and guns , but this is hardly likely in nuch a dllllcult country , and It Is prob- aljle that the next news will be that alter a stiff fight General Colvlllo has extricated Colonel Broadwood from his dilHcdU position , ' but failed to retrieve the disaster. Severe criticisms are heard regardIng - Ing the renewal of the old mistake of underrating the Bocys anil the absence al proper precaution. No doubt the af fair will revive Boer hopes and Inspire confidence among the enemy at a crit ical moment. , Great things arc expected by the Boors of the new commander-ln-chlef , General Uotha , who has made bis rop. illation wholly "during the present campaign. Foreign olllcers serving with the Boers have expressed surprise nl his clover tactics. The proof of continuing Boer activity in the Free State will compel greater circumspec tion on the part of the British and will probably delay the march of Rob- ei'ts northward. Detailed accounts of the fight at Karco siding estimate the Boer forces variously from 3,000 to 5,000 men. limits iu rout-no , HONOLULU , April 2. ( Via San Francisco , Cal. ) The board of health han practically decided that the plague has run its course. No cases have do- vclopcd for over a week. The members of the board now feel that quarantine restrictions icgardlng the shipment of merchandise from Honolulu , except merchandise from Asiatic ports , will bo rescinded. Clilof Would Chillier lloncruitlout , . WASHINGTON , April 2. Chief Jos eph ot the Ncz Pcrcca , located on the Colvlllo reBcrvatlon , Washington , has filed with the Commissioner of Indian Afialts a petition to remove his band to Oregon. Chief Joseph snyu that ho dcsiics to bo located In the Wallowa valley , at the confluence of the Grand Rondo and Snake rivers , near Seven Dovllb mountains. Ho nays that ho has talked with the people of that region , who think it might be possible to have hln U'lbo sctllo there. VorlllleiitloiiH M WASHINGTON , April 2. The house finished up a hard week's work by passing the foi locations appropria tion bill. Not a single amendment Was offered and the bill passed as It eumo Horn the committee. It carries $7,093,488. A thico hours' political de bate was precipitated by a general po litical speech uy Sluutui ! oi Ohio , many mcmbots'on both sides lielng drawn Into It. A resolution was adopted to re-elect the present board of managers of the National Soldiers' home. To Aid hhrlUoii'a H die mo. TOPEKA , Kan. , April 2. Governor Stanley Has given his personal on- dorscmont to Rev. Charles M. Sheldon's ' proposal to send 1,000,000 bushels of Kansas corn to the starving people of India and will preside over a mass meeting In ejieoyragemen of , the movement to bo held Sunday night. Mr. Sheldon says ho already has , re ceived ono subscription of $1,000. It I * proposed to appoint agents whose duty It shall be to collect the corn by counties TARIFF BILL STILL IN FRONT. Intention In lo Vutn on tlir Tui-Hiliiy Afternoon. WASHINGTON , Apill 2. The senate will , vote upon the Porto Ulran bill 7icsday | at 4 o'clock and. previous , to that time , each cession of ( he senate , beginning at 11 o'clock Monday and 'ruoiulay , will be devoted wholly to this bll. | HpeechcfltWlll be made by Semi- tors Bate , popcw , Spoonei' . Cullom , Mti- f"Mi , Cloy and Culborson , and probably > y other senators. There will he a great rush' of 'spcak- rrf. towitrd the close and the time al lowed Is considered too short to accom modate all who will desire f6 be ! heard. There is , however , no disposition to ex- tdnd { he time agreed upon for taking the vote. , A11 but two of the committee amcml- Dunts have hi'cn agiecd to by the Sen- fife. Thcto two relate to a delegate in tOHgress and to citizenship , and proba bly will be voted upon Monday. The friends of the bill count upon : U passage by a handsome majority , rut it Is now expected that seven re publican votns will bo cast against It , the wveii comprising Scnalois , Davis. Hoar. Mason , Nelson , Praetor , Simon and Wellington. Senator McEnery , democrat , and some independent sena tors will vote for the measure , but un til the exact number of Mich votes Is known the majority for the bill cannot bt predicted. The taking of the vote on the Porto Rlcan bill on Tuesday will displace the Quay resolution , which was set for that < 'ny , and Senator Chandler , chairman of tlio committee on elections , has glv- ( notice \ that lie will postpone calling it up until Wednesday. The committee will adjourn the Clark hearing in order ID give Its attention to the Quay reso lution Wednesday , but as it is not cx- iiectcd thtlt the latter matter can be dlB' posed of In one day It is probable that tllo necessity for going on with the Clnrk case after Wednesday will cause iifiotlior postponement of the Quay rcs- i iutlon. There arc several speeches to lie made on' the 'Quay Oaso and there i't quite a noticeable disposition on the part of fome senators still further to postpone the vote on , it. Senator1 Pcu- lese , however , announces his purpose to p 'osH the consideration as rapidly as I 9sslblt after It Is once taken up. .The Quay resolution Is sunjeet to dls- I jacomcnt by appropriation bills , con- I'ort'iico reports and the Spooner icsolu- tlon for tlie temporary government of I ho Philippines. The Philippine resolu tion will 1)0 ) made the unfinished luisl- I.CHB after the vote is taken on Porto Rico , and it will give way to the Alaska tone measure. After that it will divide the time with appropriation bills and conference re ports. No prolonged discussion is ex pected on the Philippines icsolutton. e wng { tUio fact that It Is considered i jtemp'ornry ' iiwu'eK a'ndTor tne furtn6r rqason' that the Philippines' policy has ieco"lved considerable , atteilllon in con nection withPorto Rico. The committee on order of businpss Is nut yet thoroughly decided what sub- jqcl to take iip.aftcr tlio tiisposal of the Phllip'pliiGB resolution. There is strong pressure to secure first place for the shipping subsidy 1)111 , and at present rl.o Indications are somowliat favorable \r. \ that measure. The Nicaragua canal bill Is also pressing for first place and Urnutor Morgan expresses strong hope ut succors , DAVIS TO'PLEAD FOR BOERS. lie Will Iti-Hlii | "I AHNlxtnnt Secretary of ' Iliu Interior. > KANSASCITY , , April - . A Journal special from Washington says : Webster Davis ot Kansas City will tomorrow tender his resignation to the piosidcnt as assistant secretary of the interior. Mr. Davis decided to take this course as the icsult of ills visit to South Af rica. Ho will deliver a public address tonight touching the entire scope of tlio present war and believes that he can best do so while free form any icslralnt whldh hia present position would Impose upon him. When taking his departure for home trom Pictorln 2,000 people gathered to take leave ot him at the station. They appealed to him In tears to state their rausu to the American people and Mr. Davis says his conscience would haunt him If ho proved recreant to that pit iful appeal. Ho believes the American people arc not truly informed on tlio situation , llo will therefore avail himself ot an early opportunity to relate his cxpo- tlonco and observatioiiB at a public nice-tint , that shall bo free to all. Ulilnii "Si'tllPB" for Murtlrr. PI3KIN , April 2. The Chinese gov- einment has "settled" the controversy over the muider ot December SI , last , of the Rev. Mr. Biooks , of the Church Missionary society on the following terms : Two of the murderers will ho beheaded , ono Implrsoncd for' life ono for ton yeais , another fo. ' two years , r. memorial chapel will bo erected upon the site of the murder and a tablet will bo placed In Canterbury cathedral , England , at the expense of the Chinese government. Il'n il 'I'm roiuiil < ! lrl HAVANA , April 2. Mrs. Wood , wife of the governor general , gave birth tea a ton pound girl tit the palace. Mother and child are .doing well. The records of Havana do not show the birth hero ot any other governor general's child. Under the Spanish regime the wife of a governor general Invariably left for Spain that the child might bu burn thcio. PORTUGUL OPENSJIIE DOORS , ItrltUli Troops Sliij 1'iiKn Throuch Kreol.v to llin < lonliu LONDON , April 2. The U8bon correspondent - respondent of the Dally Mull says : "The Portuguese government hits wired orders to Belru that 'British ' troops and ammunition bo allowed to pass throiiRh1 freely to Rhodesia. "The minister of foreign affairs , Volga Belrarcv , has announced In the chamber bf Deputies that the'govern ment is In possession of railway bonds with wlilch 'to pay the award of the Delagoa bay arbitration tribunal , " 8RTS IN A FIG1"1 Boers Draw His Forces'Out'rrom ' Bloem- fontoin ami Buttle Follows. \ NUMBER OF BRITISH CASUALTIES One Captain Killed mill .Seten Ar AIIIOIIK Hln "Wounded liifIUti ! Capture Mitti-rul Kopjcn Itoliortn He- liortH that till ) nnrglur Army Ilns KetreiUed to llnuidforl. LONDON , arch ill. The Bloem'fon- tfln correspondent of the Dally Chron icle , telegraphing Thursday , March 29 , nays : President Kruger's latest proclama tion warns the women , und children ' , ' > leave Bloomfontcln wiUiin live days , as he Intends to bombard and destroy Ul city and to Mioot the burghers whom he captures there. LONDON , March 31 The war ofllce has Issued the following : "BLOEMFONTEIN , March 30. 2:15 : 1 m. Owing the the activity of the en emy on our immediate front and their hostile action toward burghers who surrendered , I found It necessary to drive them from some kopjes they had occupied near the Kareo siding sta- Oon , , a few miles south of Brandfort. M he operation was successfully carried qut by the Seventh division , assisted I y the First and Third cavalry brig ades , under French , and Le. Gallals' irgiment of mounted Infantry. The < uemy retreated to Brandfort and our toops now hold the kopjes. Our cas ualties were : Killed , paptain Going , Scottish Bor derers ; wounded , Captain Sellar , Luaid , Peebles , Curgonven and Ed wards , Lieutenants Coulson and French i nd about 100 rank and nit- . " The reports that Lord Roberts will itmaln at Bloemfonteln another month i re probably Intended for Boer con- i'.iim.elon and the recent movement of troops and other indications point to 1 reparations being well advanced for a forward movement. T.hc head of the army of Lord Rob erts is now about twenty-one miles rorth of Bloemfontein. It occupies a t 'uster ' of hills won from the Boors. The Boors have been using these hills as a base in beating , up. ( lie , coun- tiy , in driving oft cattle and forcing non-resistant Free Statora into the innko again. The enemy must have boon In considerable force , for Lord Koborts sent 8,000 Infantry and 3,000 ra\alry against them. Lord Roberts' advance to Pretoria will probably consist of a series of rap id forward movements , In which Boer positions will be attacked by a portion of the army advancing rapidly with wheel transport , the main army coming ut. as the railway Is repaired. Lord Roberts is stripping the forces In the minor spheres of operations of their \\agons and transport animals in order tn hasten the advance. This is under stood to be tlio reason why he recalled Lord Methuen fiom Barkly West to Kimuerley. < The reason why a hot chase was not made after Commandant Olivier Is that Lord Roberts did not wish to wear out the cavalry transport. Gcnoi'al French lost 3,000 hoiscs in the relief of Kimberley - berley and the pursuit of General Cronje. Lord Methuen has lost 1,500 transport cattle and probably 4,000 other animals since the forward move ment began on February 13. The advance around Bloemfontein is through a barren country and Mip- ply officers sec an increased difficulty for a great army moving along a sin gle line of railway , oven when the lat ter is working smoothly and with am ple rolling stock. CULTON HAS NOT CONFESSED. III * I'litlKT th.it Ucportx tn that IIITret tire PulM * . RICHMOND , March SI. Rev. J. N. Culton , father of W. H. Culton , charged with being an accessory to the murder of Goebel , is deeply in censed at what he declares is an at tempt to drag his son into an alleged conspiracy. He has received a tele gram fro mhis son saying : "I have made no confession. I have nothing to confess. " Cctrliinil ! Di'nli'K u Story. PRINCETON , N. . ! . , March .11. Former President Grovcr Cleveland said to an Associated Press corre spondent relative to the reports that have been circulated that he bud an nounced his Intention of supporting W. J. Bryan for the presidency In the coming campaign : "I do not think these reports are worthy of denial , but 1 will simply say tlua I have not In any way signified to anyone what course I shall take in the next cam paign. " BOTHA SUCCEEDS JOUBERT. Ap | ) < ilul < til to SiU'Ct'ud the YHtirnii Who DIlMl. PRETORIA , March SI. General l.ouls Dotlui has been appointed to succeed General Joubert. BERLIN. I have boon informed by n military authority , who has had oc casion to read through all the reports of the German attache with the Iloer forces , that they all go to show that General Ixiuls Botha has the greatest military capacity on the Hoer side. O'DEIRNETAIKS 10 M'KiNLEY. TraiiHtiuil CoitiiiilBilnner Kxtr.torillnurjr CoiifcrH Mltli l'r < * Hl < lrut. WASHINGTON. March 31. General .litmes R , O'Helrne , who was appointed by President Kruger commissioner ex traordinary of the Transvaal , hud long interviews today with the president and Secretary Hay about affairs concerning - corning the Boor government. H was cordially received. While General O'Beirno discussed the Transvaal matters with Secretary Hay the latter Is authority for the statement that ho was In an Informal and unofficial capacity entirely , .VIOLA IS ACQUmED. Ilorlochrr t'leiircd ( if L'liurRu ( if At tempting to 1'olvin Mm. Morcy. HASTINGS , Neb. , March 31.-i-The lockcr-Moicy poisoning case came at 11:45 : this morning when the Jury hi ought in a verdict of not guilty , after having been out but one hour. State's Attorney McCrcary closed his plea at 10 o'clock and Judge Adams Immediately Instructed me Jurors as to how they wore to be gov erned In forming the verdict. At 10:30 : the Jury went out and the judge and attorneys departed for various places about the city , as they were under the Impression that the Jury would not report until after dlnnen Hut nf- lei having been out less than an hour the jurors had agreed upon the ver dict. dict.There There were loss than 300 people In the court room when the jurors came filing In. The defendant sat In her ac customed place close to the jury box , with her sisters on either side. A deathlike silence prevailed as the ver dict was handed to the judge and he began to read. Each word that he pronounced seemed to touch the heart stirring chord of all as they waited with bated breath until ho said "Not guilty. " Upon hearing these words Viola Horlockor sprang up with emotional excitement , uttered a heart-rending moan and sank to her chair in a swoon. R. A. Hatty , attorney for the defense , drew the girl to his bosom and tlio two wept tears of joy. As soon as Viola had sufficiently re covered to stand her attorney escorted her to the Jury box , where she stood , with heart throbbing , quivering lips and tears in her eyes. As the jurors emerged from tlio box she attempted ol express her grailtudc , but she could do nothing more than grasp them by the hand , as she was emo tionally overcome. There were but few women in the court room , but most of those present came forward to ' shako her hand.nnd whisper words of'encouragement. Mr. and-Mrs. Mercy were absent fiom the court room when the verdict was rendered. The verdict was not unexpected , as the majority of the peopleifelt that the defendant would be cleared or the Jury would disagree. One of the jurors said ther ? wqs a missing link IP the chain of evidence , as not one of the witnesses had testified to hav ing seen the defendant with a box or pcckage on the fatal day , and said ho would have stayed with the jury a life time before he would have given a ver dict to convict. Judge Adams said that , considering the testimony and thn facts as offered , ho thought the proper verdict had been rendered. GOEBEL REWARD MONEY. Justice LeiTlM SIIJM Not n Dollar Will Ue I'll lit for ConfessloiiH. FRANKFORT , Ky. , March 31. Ex- Chief Justice James H. Lewis , chair man of the committee selected by tno legislature to have charge of the Goe- bcl reward fund , today made the fol lowing statement concerning the story &ent out from Winchester yesterday that Attorney James Andrew Scott had proposed to relatives of H. F. Youtsey to give him a portion of the reward money for a confession ot the details of the conspiracy to assissinate Governor Goebel. "Tho money appropriated by the legislature , " said ho , "to bo ubed in miming down the assassins of Gov ernor Gocbol and bringing them to justice will be distributed as provided at the first meeting of the , reward com mission , so much for the assassin and so much for the conviction of each accessory. "Tho preliminary work is hi the hands of Commonwealth's Attorney Franklin and no private citizen has authority from Mr. Franklin or from t ) > e commission to offer rewards for confessions of alleged accessories. Not a cent of the $100,000 has yet been spent and 1 think you can safely say that not a dollar of it will be paid foi confessions. " Dulu-rou A\\urd Confirmed. WASHINGTON , D. C. , March 31. The statp department has received ca ble dispatches from United States Min ister Leischmann and Mr. Trehane , ( ouncel for the McMurdo heirs , both at Berne , confirming the press account ot the award made yesterday by the Dolagoa bay arbitration. IVuetor HIM an Amendment. WASHINGTON , D. C. , March 31. Senator Proctor today introduced an an amendment to the Potto Rico bill providing that "In no event shall any duties be collected after the 30th of June , 1900 , the end of the present fis- < al year. Heei'lved tlio I'rotoral. WASHINGTON , D. C. , March 3L In the executive session of the senate today the protocol to the peace treaty agiocd upon by the representatives of the United States and Spain was re ceived. The protocol extends for a jear the tlmo within which residents "f the Philippines can decide as to alle giance. Offers Original UH Substitute. WASHINGTON , D. C. , March 31. Just before the adjournment of the senate today , Senator Bacon offered cfs a substitute for the pending Porto Rican bill the draft of the bill as origl- i ally presented by Senator Foraker. The bill has been materially changed since first Introduced , and the presen tation of the measure Is evidently in tended to accentuate this tact. round Dead In n Until Tub. WATERLOO , In. , inrch 31. For- mcr Speaker of the House Alford was found dead in the brUh room of his homo today , with his throat cut. The body was In a kneeling position , with the head hanging over the bath tub Into which the blood was spurting. Despondency over poor health Is sup posed to have been the cause for the act. Four years ago ho attempted sulcldo by shooting , but recovered Mr. Alford was a prominent lawyer and was speaker of the Iowa house oi representatives during . the eigh teenth Mineral assembly in 1880. IM- ' . 1 * * T A Annually Says Take AIn v In the sprint'those11'lmplcs , Bolls , Kruptluns and General Hud-Feelings Indicate Unit there arc cobwebs In ( lie system. It ncoda n thorough brushing , tuiil the \ icst'ur'usii la' Hood's Knrsnpiirllln , which sweeps all humors before It. Tills great medicine eradicates Scrofula , subS duos Bait Itlicum , neutralizes the k ncldlty which causes Kbcumntlsm V In bliort , purities the blood nud , H tlioroiiKhly renovates the whole physical system. " We have used Hood's Snrsnpa- rllhi and It 1ms { riven the best of satisfaction , especially as a spring medicine. It builds up the general' A system and gives new life. " f C. I'AHK , Wiltelaml , Indiana. lc London spends 51-10 a year on the ed ucation of each child In the publiu bchools. You have heard of Swanson's 5 DROPS Rheumatic Cure , still you are suffering from Rheumatism and other diseases that this remedy so surely cures. Many of your friends have ad vised you to use It , and yet you hesi tate before giving It a trial. Why de lay any longer , and why waste any more money and time ? You will cer tainly find what you ha\o sought in vain for , and wo arc confident It will do for you what It has' done for others similarly ufllicted. If all knew what thousands know of the efficacy of 5 Drops as a curative as well as pre ventive of any. ache or pain known to the human body'there would not bo a family In all America without a bottle of Sw'anson's ' 5 DROPS Rheumatic Cine. You can try It for the small amount of 25c , on receipt of same will send you a sample bottle ; or , send us a Dollar and we will send you u large bottle prepaid by express , con taining 300 doses , 5 DROPS t is the name and dose. Free from'ophites in any form. Absolutely harmless , a child can use it as well as an adult. For further particulars write Swansea Rheumatic Cure Co. , JOO Lake St. , Chicago. There arc P.2,000 small farms in Porto to Rico devoted to fruits and miscel laneous crops. Tonefslci't tlio linlr In to lose jotitU ami comcllacit. gave It n lili PAHHI-II'S Hi III UAI.SAM. JIlMi.iico.s ) ! , the ben uuto for corns , loots. House-hunting is not recokened by Hie average man u a pleasure. TryGrain = Qf o Try Qrain = 0 ! o Aslc you Grocer1 to-dny to show you n pnukngeof GllAIN-O , the now food drink that takes tlio place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as nell 03 the adult. All who try it , like it. GllAIN-O has that licli seal brown of Mocha or Java , but it is made from pnro grains , and tlio most delicate stomnch receives it without distress. | the price of coffee. 15 cents r.nd 23 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like Coffee Looks like Coffee Insist that your grocer iives ; you Gr.AIN-0 Accent no imitation. EXCURSION RATES to Western Catimla and particulars us to how to scouio 100 ncroh of the host uliciu-jjrowi n tr land on the continent , cnn lj ° hCt'urcU on nppll- C1UI" toSupi.orimml- Krotlon,0ttaw.i , Camilla , lortlioiimluriliiica. Spa- lally I'onutictra excursions will lru\o SU Paul ilinn. , cm tle Hist ami third Tuoiitnv In caoli nniilh , and specially low r.Ucs on ail lines of nllnuy aio quoted for excursions loavlnir St. urn on MmuhM and April ( for Manltobu , ktslnlbola , Saskatchewan and Albertn. M. V. ienuctt , fOI New Yorls Llfo llliltf. , Onmua. Neb. Send your name and address on a postal , and we will send you our l JG- < page illusttated catalogue free. ( WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO , \ \ 174 Winchester Avcnus , Nexv Haven , 120 WEEK SURE < Uth tIK to Inlrodiico our Poultry remedy Iu ountry. EXCELSIOR MFG. OO. Dept. "W" . paraons , Koa. THE BflCON SCHOOL | their homes hi the fundamental principles of the _ law , ami such hruni'lius u constitute a llulsheU U legal eduiBtlun. 1'or circulars ncjjrcsa J EDW , BACON. 323 Main SUeoria. III. STIC'HOKES ! IIOO CHOI.UKA , Knorinoul yleUcr , And the ; rcae t root TMtener for hoiri , t-litep , rolli nntl Mlle known. Write for circular tclllnt ; all about beui. Thli will not appctr again. W. F. MANLEY , Richmond , Ind. DISCOVERY ) Rive- qulclc relief and c.urotworet ei > . Jlook of te tlmonlal > and to l > AVh' treatment rttEK. DK. II. II. ( .BXUrS BOSS , Uol K. iUt.U. Ub . N. U.-OMAHA. No. 14 1900