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M'COOK TRIBUNE. F. M. KIMBIKLI , , Publisher. McCOOK , NEBRASKA THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague , wlfff of a /ormer governor of Rhode Island ant the daughter of the late Salmon P. Chase , governor of Ohio , died In Wash ington. Expert decorators from every state in the union met in Chicago to attend the session of the national window trimmers' union. Railroads have a scheme of bringing Kansas soldiers home from San Fran cisco and then look to the state legis lature for their pay. The International phase of the Ital ian lynchings in Louisiana has as sumed a rather more serious aspect as a result of several official reports re ceived at Washington. These show that the Italian officials on the scene believe that four out of the five men lynched were Italian citizens. D. H. McGowan & Co. , West India merchants , London , have been de clared bankrupt. Thier liabilities are 75,000 The striking machinists at the Grand Trunk locomotive shops , Port Huron , Mich. , have returned to work. The Irish agricultural and technical instruction bill passed its second read ing in the house of lords. Eliza Sanford , one of the sixteen daughters of Revolutionary soldiers on the pension list , died at Montclair , * J. J. Kansas City ice dealers have ad vanced the price. The national deficit for July Is § 8- 518,000. Four thousand Cubans who fled to Florida during the war want to go back to their native heath. A civil service examination will be held at Nebraska City , Neb. , Septem ber 6. The Illinois state veterinarian has ordered the slaughter of more cattle because of tuberculosis. The committee appointed to select a place for holding the reunion of Reese velt's Rough Riders next year have chosen Oklahoma City. Mrs. Annie Bigelow and Mary E. Garr , both of Kansas City , have been appointed laundresses at Lower Brule Indian school , S. D. The president has denied the appli cation for pardon for Henry Gardes , former president of the National bank of New Orleans , who is now serving an eight-year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary for misapplying the funds of the bank. President Mellen and other Northern Pacific officials are considering the building of a branch line from Wal lace , Idaho , to the mines on Sunset Peak. J. E. Sampson suicided at Omaha , because his sweetheart jilted him. Ralph Carlson , 1C years old , of Boone , la. , jumped from a moving train and was killed. Wholesale price on carpets will ad vance on and after the loth inst. The Pennsylvanian Steel company made a shipment of forty-three car loads of steel to India. The British ambassador to the United States assumes the title of Lord Pauncefote as a result of his elevation to the peerage. Orders have been received at the navy yard from Washington to rush repairs and alterations on the cruiser Buffalo. The American steamer Alarneda , Captain Von Ottendorf , which sailed from Sydney for San Francisco , had on board $1,250.000 in gold. Lieut Bryde , Ninth regiment na tional guard. New York , has been dis missed from the service. The late storm left only four homes standing in Cairbelle , Fla. Authorities at New port News ex press ability to hold the yellow fever in check. Director of the Mint G. E. Roberts estimated the gold output of Australia for the present year at $7,000,000 in excess of that for 1S98. The Minnesota and Dakota line or fifty elevators has been sold to F. H. Peavey & Co. for $300,000. The recent intense heat is said to have been damaging to cotton pros pects in Arkansas. A corporation to complete with the National Lead and Oil company , com monly called the "white lead trust , has been organized by Pittsburg capitalists. Secretary Hitchcock will join the president at" Lake Champlain about August 18 for a week's stay. Yellow fever is said to be abating at Vera Cruz. Vice President Hobart left Long Branch for Lake Champlain for a ten days' visit to President McKinley. Albert Uhlers , aged twenty-five , died at St Paul from locKjaw , resulting from a blow given him by his father. W. W. Parker , a prominent physi cian at Richmond , Va. , died , aged seventy-seven. During the civil war he commanded the celebrated Parker battery of the confederate service. Philip C. Hanna , former United States consul at Porto Rico , arrived in New York from oan Juan. Senor Quesada , the Cuban agent ia Washington , is in dally consultation with the state department officials re specting the Cubans held prisoners in Spanish penal settlements. In the house of commons the appro priation bill passed the first reading. Edmund Cunro , awell known miner In the Homestake , S. D.was horribly crushed by falling rock and died at the Homestake hospital. The conference at Christiana closed its session , after delegates had unani mously agreed to accept an Invitation ' to hold next year's conference in Paris. Lewis Henderson , a negro , was lynched at Port Blakeley , Ga. , for at tempting to assault the six-year-old daughter of J. W. Bowman , a planter for -whom he worked. A Paris dispatch state that Miss Electra Glfford of Chicago has been engaged as prima donna at the Am sterdam opera house. German Press Generally Do Hot Believe He Spoke as Reported. TOO SENSIBLE A MAN FOR THAT No Serious Importance Attached to Stories that Have Boon Set Afloat Ro- gardliig the Admiral A Dcstro to Know Just How Much and How Little Truth There is that Has Been Alleged. BERLIN , Aug. 7. Midsummer dull ness Is brooding over Berlin. Nearly everybody of consequence is absent and politics is at a standstill. The exodus to the watering places , sea shore and mountains has been moro general than usual. The papers editorialize on recondite subjects , live themes of discussion be ing almost totally lacking. Although the diet reassembles August 16 , the fate of the canal bill is as uncertain as ever. Its chances have not improved during the vacation. The center , whose help is vital , insists on the passage - i ' sage of the communial reform bill , to which arrangement the Prussian gov ernment seriously objects. The agrar ian opposition remains determined. Even the fact that the emperor has come out publicly and strongly in favor of the canal bill makes no difference. Admiral Dewey's alleged anti-Ger man utterances at Trieste are more ex tensively commented on in American than in German papers , with a few ex ceptions , the tone of the latter is mod erate and conciliatory. Most of the papers disbelieved the truth of the al leged utterances from the first , citing the admiral's past conduct and well- thenticated friendly attitude toward the German representatives in the east. The influential Boursen Courier says : "On the German side no serious politi cian for a moment has attributed any Importance to this latest canard. Ad miral Dewey is known from his inter course with German naval officers as a quiet , thoughful gentleman , incap able of giving vent to such incautious utterances. " The Agrarian Deutsche Tags Zei- tung likewise expresses disbelief , adding - ding : After all we need not trouble our- selves about Admiral Dewey's views of Germany , Prince Henry and German naval officers. " The Taggeblatt repeatedly expressed the conviction that the whole story is Inaccurate and other important papers , like the Cologne Gazette , Hamburger Correspondent and the bulk of the Ber lin papers , said it would be interesting to know just how much and how little the truth was to the whole story. GRADED CATTLE WILL BE FREE. Acting Secretary Melkcljohn Regulates Admission of Cattle In Cuba. WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. Acting Sec retary of War Meiklejohn has issued an order prescribing regulations for the admision into Cuba free of duty graded cattle for breeding purposes , in compliance with the department's recent circular. The order restricts the period of admission until July 1 , next. Cattle shall be entered only at Havana , Cienfuegos , Nuevitas and Manzanillo , where proper inspection will be established. None but pure bred or graded cattle immune from the effects of fever and of not ess than one-half blood of a recognized breed , shall be admitted. This latter provision is qualified so that cattle of a recognized breed of less than one-half blood , or graded cat tle , whether of a recognized breed or not , may be admitted duty free if proof is presented that they are suitable for breeding purposes. DEWEY ACCEPTS INVITATION. Thanks New York for the Reception that is Being Planned New York , Aug. 7. The following A letter from Admiral Dewey , dated at Trieste , Austria , July 24 , was received by Mayor Van Wyck : "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of June 30 , . tendering me on behalf of the city of V New York a public reception upon my arrival and extending to me the fcos- ° pitalities and courtesies of the city. t "In accepting this Invitation I desire to express my deep sense of gratitude to the citizens of New York and their representatives for so signally honorIng - Ing me. a "It is impossible at this time to fix the exact date of the Olympia's arrival - rival at New York , but I shall en- r1 deavor to inform you definitely by car ble from Gibraltar. " "GEORGE D3WEY. " GEN. OTIS ASKS FOR ARTILLERY. Guns IJelnsr Gathcrtd Up that They May He Sent II5m. WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. General r Otis has asked for a number of Sims- iiG Dudley guns , Catlings and Hotchkiss G twelve-pounders for use in the Philip t pines. All are rapid-fire guns and are wh especially adapted for the warfare that h must be prosecuted there. The ordnance tc tcn nance bureau has been very busy gath tcai ering up the guns asked for by General ai aiP' Otis , as they have been scattered about P' the country in different forts and arse P'ct nals , but a sufficient number to meet ct ctci the present demand has been procured cia and ordered shipped to Manila. as Population of Kansas. TOPEKA , Kas. , Aug. 7. Official fig ures show that Kansas is making a P steady , healthy advance in population. & The enumeration made by assessors y < 'or March , 1899 , compiled by the state ydi board of agriculture , gives a total of di 1,425,112 inhabitants , which is a net II IItc increase over 189S of 31,143 , or 2.5 percent tc tcal cent Of the net increase 77 per cent aloi has been made in twenty counties. oi oivi The enumeration in 1898 showed an vi increase of 22,988 , and in 1897 the , gain Jcc was 30.130 , making a total net gain of cc 87,261 in the last three years. st HE SPEAKS FOR IOWA SOLDIERS. Oov. Shaw Makes Spirited Reply to the Secretary of a Labor Council. DES MOINES , la. , Aug. 7. Governor Shaw received a letter from Edward Rosenberg , secretary of the San Fran cisco labor council , requesting that the governor's assistance to prevent the mustering out of the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers in San Francisco. In the letter the labor leader refers to the fact that boys will be boys and that San Francisco has many evil attractions , the result of which would cause them to remain in 'Frisco and to flood the labor market. Governor Shaw mailed a spirited re ply and among other things he stated in the letter , "soldiers will not be sol dier tramps , " "nor will they attempt to beat the trains , " "nor will they be put off on mountains and in deserts and there miserably perish. " "On the contrary they will return self-respectful and respected citizen soldiers with a record of which they will be so justly proud as to furnish a good measure of protection against what might perhaps overcome weaker men with no reputation to maintain. "There will be no check placed upon the utterances of these men concerning the cause in which they have been en gaged. If they see fit to discrelit it , it will be their privilege to do so. One of my : predecessors once said in a public speech : 'If you hear any one utter any syllable against the government of the United States , or against the president thereof , or against the cause for which our boys are fighting , or do aught in disrespect to the flag that waves over them ; shoot him where he stands. ' "They may arrest you , they may try you , they may convict you , but they shall not hang you. I'm governor of Iowa. That spirit of patriotism is not dead on Iowa soil , and while heroic measures will not be necessary now , I am free to say that no returning Iowa soldier need fear to resent in any dig nified or manly way , any disrespectful utterances concerning him , cr the cause for which he has voluntarily and heroically risked his life. I am , sir , yours very sincerely. "LESLIE. M. SHAW. " SAVED HER BROTHER'S LIFE. Cut the Rope by Which llr Was About to Ilaiip Himself. YANKTON , S. D. , Aug. 7. While temporarily insane , Robert Law , a young farmer near here , took a clothes line and walked into a wooded ravine near the house. His sister Ellen , who saw his movements and considered them suspicious , followed shortly after and was horrified to see her brother hanging from a limb and apparently dead. Terror lent bravery and power to the young girl , and judging the limb from which he hung would not hold the weight of two , she climbed the tree and swung off onto the limb. She was mistaken as to its strength and was obliged to climb back to the trunk , from which she reached out and se cured a knife from her brother's pocket and cut the rope. Ke was nearly strangled to death , but the prompt ac tion saved him and he will recover. UNTRUTHFUL AND NONSENSICAL. The Report that Demand Had Bcon Mn'Io Upon Dcwey ( or Explanation. WASHINGTON , Aug. 7. Regarding the published statement accredited tea a French paper to the effect that the Austrian government made a demand upon Admiral Dewey to confirm or deny his alleged statements to the effect that our next war would be with Germany , the state department officials point out that it would be a glaring breach of diplomatic proprieties to communicate on a diplomatic subject with a United States naval officer di rectly and outside of the lawful chan nels. It would , moreover , be a matter of complaint should Austria have ad dressed Admiral Dewey on the matter relating entirely to Germany and the United States. TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE. T Well Known Veterinary Surgeon Slakes Such Diagnosis. BEATRICE , Neb. , Aug. 7. Dr. G. J. to examine a sick bovine in a herd of dairy ! cows near here , gives it as his opinion that the animal was afflicted with tuberculosis. The doctor says that ] he belives there is a large amount of milk now being brought to town that is unflt for use. Cattle near Wy- more and Blue Springs have Leen afflicted with the disease for several months and it is believed that the dis ease is gradually spreading through this section. The matter will be inves tigated : at once by the proper authori ties here. WELCOME FOR WYOMING TROOPS Gov. Richards Will Go to San Francisco to Receive Them. CHEYENNE , Wyo. , August 7. In reference < to the return of the Wyom ing volunteers from the Philippines Governor Richards states that he in tends going to San Francisco to aid In welcoming the troops. Arrangements have been commenced in the several towns from which the companies were mustered to give the boys a reception and entertainment on their return. If n possible ' something will be done to va provide them with subsistence and a comforts on their trip from San Fran bia cisco to Wyoming , although this has , a : yet , not taken definite shape. tl ti The President Attends Church. PLATTSBURGH , N. T. , Aug. 7. President McKinley , accompanied by Secretary Cortelyou , attended cnurch ir yesterday , driving up from the Hotel Ce Champlain. Although the man who fr drove had lived in Plattsburgh all his tcbi life he drove the party to the Presby bitt terian church , making the president tt about fifteen minutes late. The pastor ofR the church , however , delayed ser R vices until the arrival of the president. for When he entered the church the entire fe congregation arose and remained in standing until he had been seated. 22 tr Lives Lost r.nd Much Property Damaged and Dertroyed , FLORIDA RAVAGED BY ELEMENTS flireo or Four Towns About Wiped Out Kxtcnslvo Ducks and Warehouses Destroyed Largo Lumber Vessels Lying : lu the Hay Swept Ashore The Damage IJeyond Estimate. TALLAHASSEE , Fla. , Aug. 4. The first train in since Saturday from Carabelle through the storm-stricken gulf section reached here yesterday , the passengers having been trans ferred twice from a flat car from Carabelle to a lever car between Coal Creek and the Ochlochnee river and then to the relief train for Talla hassee. The train crew and passengers agree in stating that reports sent out of the destruction wrought by the storm have been extremely moderate. Cara belle is literally v/iped from the map. Its docks and wharves , containing about 400,000 feet of lumber and 50,000 barrels of rosin , were quickly swept away. Thirteen or fourteen large lumber vessels in the bav were swept ashore and are lying well upon dry land. These vessels contained several million feet of lumber. No informa tion is obtainable as to the loss of life from these vessels or from the large fleet of vessels in the neighborhood. Only two or three huts are left stand ing in Carabelle and one colored woman is known to have been killed by the falling of a house. Citizens of Carabelle are in a state of wild con fusion and are flocking in every direc tion for relief. The town is isolated and the wires are still down. The towns of Mclntlre and Curtis Mill are completely demol ished and large interests have been destroyed. The coast resorts , Teresa and Lanark , are more seriously wreck ed than at first reported and visitors have suffered great hardships , though no loss of life is reported. Fifteen men , who are reported to have been seen fishing on an islet called Dog isl and just before the storm broke , can not be found. Maclntyre , a small town twelve miles this side of Carabelle. , is com pletely wiped out. One man , name unknown , was drowned. Rumors as to loss of life among the fishermen are yet unconfirmed. Up to noon yesterday no direct in formation has been received from the coast towns stricken by the storm. There is no communication by wire and the only hope of news as to the extent of damage done is based on the belief of the officials of the Cara belle , Tallahassee & Gulf railroad that a train will get in today from the coast. THE BONDSMEN OF BARTLEY. Attorney General Smythc Waiting for Return of Kxeoutloiis. OMAHA , Aug. 4. Attorney General Smyth has filed transcripts of the judgment recently secured by the state against the Bartley bondsmen in all the counties in which he can learn that any of the bondsmen have prop erty. The executions recently issued in this county are still in the hands of Sheriff McDonald and so far no action has been taken. Mr. Smyth says mat he has very little hope of recovering anything on the executions , as he believes - lieves that very little of the property previously held by the bondsmen has been left uncovered. He says that he is now waiting for the return of the executions by the sheriffs in the vari ous counties and then he will bring creditor's suits to have the transfers of property set aside. DEWEY'S VISIT TO NEW YORK. What the Railroad Companies Will Do in the Way of Decoration. NEW YORK , Aug. 4. Chairman Foster of the Dewey reception com mittee said that a letter had been received from the president of the . Pennsylvania Railroad company promising - " ising to comply with the wishes of the | * committee in regard to the decoration j of the company's property. The company - pany promises to decorate the end of j 'f the pier with a design in electric lights t in the form of a double arch , with a' the words , "Welcome to Dewey ! " lib which will be seen all over the harbor. liv. The company will also decorate their v.f piers on the Jersey side ia a similar v.a manner , so that there will be an ap a propriate display on both sides of the e river on the occasion of the celebra h tion. V it SURVEYING THE BOUNDARY. Dnlted States Said to Have Itocn Dolnfj ThN in Alaska. D SEATTLE , Wash. . Aug. 4. AccordIng - Ing to the statement of Phillip Sheri dan , formerly crown prosecuter at Pi Dawson , the United States has had tlm surveyors at work the past several m years locating the Alaskan boundary te line. He said : tl "I came out from Dawson with a man named James Haines , or Hayes , ofhi who for two years has been at work on hi survey extending from the southern ai boundary of Alaska to the Yukon river , sti and : I have every reason to believe that oidi this work was done Under the direc di tion of the United States government. " at Sues Minister for Promise. WAPELLO , Ia. , Aug. 4 The most nsational suit ever filed in the dis- irict court of Louisa county was received ta taw ceived by the clerk Tuesday evening w from D. J. O'Connell. a Burlington at of torney. It is for $5,000 damages for breach of promise , with Mary E. pj Wright , a well known and popular "ady one Morning Sun , as the plaintiff , and Hi Rev. R. Lincoln Wilson , now studying and he the ministry in Chicago , as the de fendant Miss Wright is well known suBi Bi this city as a prepossessing girl of tl' to 24 years of age and of an attractive had tractive and winning disposition. LIST OF SICK SOLDIERS. Tlioso From Nebraska anil Iowa Who Arrived on the Relief. SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 4. The fol lowing Is the official list of sick and wounded soldiers of Nebraska and Iowa who returned from Manila on the hospital ship Relief : Fifty-first Iowa infantry J. L. Eakin , Company A ; W. J. Merrill , Company A ; Harry W. Price , Company A ; William C. Schier , Company A ; E. F. Tibbetts , Company A ; H. H. Rohde , Company B ; Elmer F. Narver , Com pany D ; William R. Parks , Company E ; M. C. Hutchinson , Company F ; R. J. Innis , Company H ; Charles J. Kinney - ney , Company H ; A. E. Wharff , Com pany H ; C. E. Sheets , Company K ; C. M. Gardner , Company K ; Sergeant Ed win Rose , Company M ; Corporal Wil liam M. Jeffers , Company M ; Charles W. Lee , Company M ; Joseph I. Mar- key , Company M. First Nebraska Infantry W. E. Playford , Company B ; D. M. Scrivens , Company B ; Sergeant H. E. Clapp , Company D ; A. D. Girton , Company D ; Richard James , Company D ; Arti ficer James D. Wolfe , Company E ; Oscar D. Edmore , Company G ; Alva G. Gregg , Company G ; Edwin F. Gregg , Company I ; H. A. Bennett , Company E ; F. 0. Reid , Company L ; J. W. For- sythe , Company M ; M. C. Steers , Com pany M ; T. J. Williams , Company M. JUMPED FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE.r A Theater Treasurer Tries to Make Way With Himself. NEW YORK , Aug. 4. Henna Haus- er , treasurer of the Herald Square theater in this city , jumped from the middle span of the Brooklyn bridge at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was rescued from the water and will recover. He was a. passenger on an electric car bound from Brooklyn to New York. He sat calmly rea'ding a newspaper until about the middle oC the bridge was reached , when he jumped off the car. Throwing off his coat , Hauser climbed upon the outer railing to leap. The bridge policemen , passengers on the cars and the carmen themselves made a rush for the man. He regarded their appearance coolly , hesitated a moment and then leaped clear of the structure. He struck the water just astern of a ferry boat. A passenger sprang overboard and seized Hauser when he reached the surface. He was lifted aboard , taken to the shore and sent to the hospital. Hauser is about 30 years of age and is very well known in the theatrical fraternity. He started in as an usher at Hooley's theater at Chicago cage , then he became assistant treas urer and later treasurer. Te was con nected with Hooley's theater for ten years. He came to New York in 189G MASKERS RAID A RANCH. Hundreds of Sheep Ueloiiging to Senator Warren shot Down. CHEYENNE , Wyo.Aug. 4. Monday a number of masked horsemen raided the range south of here in Log an ; county , Colorado , on which Senator Warren of this city had a baud of sev eral thousand sheep grazing. The raiders were masked and had the brands on their horses covered. The sheep were being herded by two young men , who were driven away at the point of rifles. The raiders then com menced shooting down the sheep and scattering the "band among the hills. When the terrified herders returned they found that 200 sheep had been killed and sixty more were wounded and dying. Some of them had been t beaten , kicked and whipped. The per aii petrators , of the outrage are believed iiti to be employes of a company which tiJ recently _ turned several thousand head of cattle out to graze on the sheep st range , which has been occupied by the Warren bands of sheep for the last - . two years. : ; g i'C'S'-JV ' = * ! s'H s MAN WHO BROUGHT THE FEVER f Proves to Have IJecn Win. Thomas Who tl tlei .Arrived From Santiago. eiOi WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 The ma Oiy rine hospital officials at Hampton have OiN succeeded in tracing and locating the former inmate of the Soldiers' home olw who is believed to have brought yel w low fever to that place. His name is PI PIb William Thomas. He arrived at the b home on a transport from Santiago , ? where he had been visiting between ei July 2 and 5 last. He was admitted eiui to ( the home as a veteran and shortly ui after ' developed chills and fever. In the uig light of subsequent events the experts him believe there is little doubt that he m was affected with a mild case of yellow re fever < , although it was not diagnosed ti as such at the time. When well th enough : to travel he left .the home and tli his baggage was sent to Phoebus. The dc man himself went to Columbus City ar Wash. , where he now is. arw bi AN ARMY OF 40,000 MEN. st Ilelleved that Secretary Root Will Send This > "uinlier to the Philippines. WASHINGTON , Aug. 4. It appears a ] probable from developments during af the last two days in the war depart ment that Secretary Root has in con templation an army of 40,000 men for the Philippines. it While Mr. Root has teen at the head so the department only a brief time , he ye has been making diligent inquiries an among the bureau chiefs regarding supplies and equipment and the trend his questioning has been in the direction of an increase in the avail able force for the eastern archipelago. Spaniards Kill All the Natives. L PHILADELPHIA , Aug. 4 The cap tain of the Britsh steamer Glooscap. which ! arrived from Iloilo with a cargo sugar , reports that on April 2 , when ie o wi of the Philippines , he found the s\v lighthousekeeper without provisions unable to light his lamp because had no oil. The Glooscap furnished supplies and reported the fact to the tri British consul at Bataria. The na a < tives of the island , the captain says , Plwl all been killed by Spaniards. wl an IT COSTS 35 MILLIONS. An Enormoua Sum Spent In Rebuilding and Ite-cqulpplng Uio B. & O. JC. R. The receivership of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad , which has Just come to a close , was remarkable in many ways. Messrs. Cowen and Murray did not follow precedent , but went ahead and placed the property in first-class shape , Instead of attempting to main tain , it In the condition that they found it. Of course the receivers were up held by a majority of the security hold ers and the court , but the Baltimore and Ohio receivership marked an epoch in such affairs that will be historical. The vast sums expended were put out in ' 9G and ' 97 , when trade was at a low ebb and money scarce. During their administration the receivers purchased 15,350 box cars , 6,751 wooden gondola cars , C.OOO pressed steel cars , 310 mis cellaneous freight cars , postal , express and dining car equipment , at a total cost of $17,000,000. The 216 locomotives cost nearly two and one-half millions. The steel rail purchased amounted to 123,010 tons , costing $2,142,152 , and there were bought over 3,000,000 cross ties , costing ? ? . ,200,000 , and 750,000 cubic yards of ballast amounting to $525,000. The new steel bridges aggre gate in value $750,000 , and fully as much more was spent in improving the several terminals , erecting new build ings , reducing grades and changing the alignment. The maintenance of way payrolls , or the amount paid directly to men employed in making improve ments on the tracks , etc. , in three years was nearly twelve millions of dollars. The total amounts to about $35,000,000 , of which about $15,000,000 were secured by the issuance of receiv ers' certificates and the balance through car trusts , earnings from the property and from the reorganization managers. Most of the purchases of equipment and rail were made when material was low in price and manu i facturing concerns were in great need 1- of orders to keep their plants in op eration. Steel rails are worth now from $ C to $9 a ton more than when the re ceivers made their purchases , and lo comotives . have advanced from $2,000 to $30,000 In price. The equipment alone , if purchased today , would cost $5,000,000 more and the other improve ments $1,000,000 more. President Cow- en is authority for the statement that the new company Intends spending $10,000,000 more In improvements In the next year or two. When a girl refuses a common place man he often goes away and gets to bo somebody just for spite. The Unttleflcld Route. The veterans of ' 61 and ' 65 ana their friends who are going to attend the thirty-third G. A. R. annual en campment at Philadelphia in Septem ber could not select a better nor more historic route than the Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio , with splendid service from Chicago , Peoria and St. Louis on the Big Four , all connecting at Indianapolis or Cincinnati , and thence over the picturesque Chesa peake & Ohio , along the Ohio river to Huntington , W. Va. ; thence through " the foothills of the Alleghanies over tA. the mountains , through the famous springs region of Virginia to Staunton , Va. , between which point and Wash ington are many of the most promi nent battlefields Waynes-boro , Gor- uonsville , Cedar Mountain , Rappa- hannock , Kettle Run , Marassas , Bull Run , Fairfax and a score of others nearly as prominent. Washington is next , and thence via the Pennsylvania Line direct to Philadelphia. There will be three rates in effect for this business first , continuous passage , with no stop-over privilege ; second , going and coming same route , with one stop-over in each direction ; third ] , circuitous route , going one way and back another , with one stop-over in each direction. For full informa tion as to routes , rates , etc. , address . C. Tucker , G. N. A. . 234 Clark street , Chicago. A genius is a person who can make "lemonade Just sweet enough and just sour ( enough for everybody in the family. A few years ago hard times mad0 the Western farmer deny himself everything save the barest necessities life. Then came the great crop year < of 1897 and with it a story. A Nebraska farmer carried a mortgage § 4,200 on his property and it was burden hard to contend with. The wheat crop in ' 97 was enormous and prices were high. He appeared at the bank shortly after harvest , pulled out 4,000 and asked for a loan of $200 to enable him to cancel the mortgage note. < The banker , who held tiie note , urged him not to bother about it , but ( and buy cattle with his $4,000 , feed his corn crop and in that way get the maximum for his product "No , sir ; " replied the farmer , "I want to pay that note now. Then when I harvest the corn crop I'm goin' to pay you back that $200 I just borrowed , and then you know what I'm going to do ? " ind his honest face beamed all over with pleasure. 'Tur going to buy a buggy ! " This little incident tells the story of thousands of others out in Nebraska , and the fact that during the last six months one concern ( The Stover Carriage Company of Chicago ) have shipped to one firm in Omaha ilone one hundred acd thirty carloads , buggies and carriages , "averaging ibout 22 to the car , makes it very evi- lent that prosperity is with Nebraska , is a wonderful state with great re sources , and the crops of the past few rears have put Nebraska farmers in. enviable position. Any girl who refuses a sparkling- liamond engagement ring must be itone blind. The reckless balloonist is apt to take drop too much. The Illinois Central is constructing freight car yard at New Orleans rhich will have twenty-eight miles of racks and will hold 3,000 cars. The ard is being so arranged that cars can distributed from the receiving point any other point by gravity. This save an immense experts for witching cars in. "Yes , " said the excited man , "he ried to act the hog and treat me like dog , but I soon showed him he was laying horse with the wrong man. rhen he monkeyed with me ! " Indi- napolis Journal.