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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1901)
M'OOOK TRIBUNE. F. M. KIMMKLL , i'uhllshor. McCOOK , - - NKHRASKA V I BRIEf TELEGRAMS. t ; The smallpox epidemic at Glasgow , ' 'Scotland , is somewhat alarming. ( New York city Is growing in popu lation at the rate of 99,000 a year , ac cording to the latest municipal fig ures. i No person will be permitted to make [ a pilgrimage to Mecca this season from any of the Infected portions of ! lndia. ' A Chicago pastor inserted a want 'advertisement ' in a newspaper asking for 500 girls toattend service at his church. The venerable John Stephens , who was in his 100th year , , died at New Al bany , Ind. , of grip , after a three days' illness. The senate , by a vote of 37 to 2 , passed a bill making electrocution the mode of inflicting the death penalty ni Indiana. Bids for three million feet of lumber to be. shipped soon to Manila were opened at the quartermaster's office at Seattle , Wash. , At Montgomery , Ala. , the Josiah Morris Bank , one of the oldest private banking institutions in the state , closed its doors. The assets and lia bilities are not known. The estate of the late Philip D. Ar mour , according to a petition for let ters testamentary filed in probate court , is valued at $15,000,000. Of this , ? 14,000,000 is realty. By a vote of thirty-three to twenty- live the city council of Chicago de feated Mayor Harrison's plan of re pealing the midnight saloon closing law. Secretary Gage has sent to the house a full statement of the indebtedness incurred by the annexation of Hawaii with a request for appropriations to cancel the indebtedness aggregating $3,447435. , Mme. Pauline Cassln Care , a well 13 known woman of letters , and widow of M. Elme Care , the celebrated sa vant and member of the French acad emy , died at Paris , France. She was born in 1834. Jeff Bybee , widely known in turf circles on the Pacific coast , died at Portland , Ore. , aged 83. He located in Uregon in 1847 and for many years was engaged in raising and training thoroughbred horses. The cable power house of the Metro politan Street Railway company , at Ninth and Washington streets in Kan sas City , was destroyed by fire. Loss , $75,000. Sixty cars and 1,200 gallons of coal oil were destroyed. At KalamatWash. . , Martin Stickle , was hanged for the murder of W. B , Shankin near Relso in 1899. He had confessed this cringe and a'so that he killed Mr .and Mrs. Cornelius Knapp , November 28 , 1900.1 Tlld motive as robbery. * 6 f F. A. Olden , "a prominent business man of St. Joseph , Mo. , in a pistol duel with a burglar at his home fatally wounded the robber and himself re ceived a broken leg. The burglar turned out to be "Curley" Pryor , well known as a crook. Among the visitors at the White House were the presidential electors from the state of Nebraska , who called to pay their respects to the chief ex ecutive. They were accompanied by Senator Thurston , who introduced them to the president Suit has Deen commences against Senator W. A. Clark and his son to recover $9,750 for services in gather ing evidence for Clark's side of the in vestigation by the United States sen ate committee. Harry Ringwald , ot Great Falls , Mont , is the plaintiff. The farmers of Kansas have united to fight the grain dealers by forming a stock company to purchase an eleva tor. Ninety per cent of the farmers around Solomon have taken stock in the company. It is claimed that the elevators of Solomon , all controlled by the grain dealers' combination , fix the price of grain there far under the market price. The recent Paterson trial cost the state of New Jersey only $2,500 , and the greater part of that was for expert testimony. European astronomers are now busy photographing the sky. There will be about 22,000 plates , giving the location , of 30,000,000 stars. To prevent the spread "of contagious diseases by destroying all bacilli on the pages of books it is probable that some system of ster.lizing every vol ume in the Chicago public library each time it is returned to the shelves from the home of a subscriber will be adopted. Tim Callahan was given the deci sion over Eddie Gardner of Wheeling in a twenty-four round bout at Youngstown , O. The Rev. Dr. Philetus B. Spear , treasurer of Colgate University from 1864 to 18S9 , died at Hamilton , N. Y. , aged 90 years. A daughter , Mrs. H. H. Keith , , resides at Sioux Falls , S. D. Benjamin D. Siliman , the oldest graduate of Yale college and member of the Brooklny , N. Y. , bar , died in his 9Cth year of bronchial pneumonia , Germany's pig iron output for 1900 was 9,422,82 tons , an increase of 393- 537 tons for the preceding year. The December output was 720,790 tons. German exports in-1900 were 4,555- 291,000 marks , an increase of over 186 000,000. Former President George A. Gates , D. D. , of Iowa college , has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Con gregational church of Cheyenne , Wyo. , and has arrived in that city to begin his labors. Sir William Van Horn , president of i -the Cuba Railway company , has left i -Montreal for New York en route to Cuba. It is semi-officially announced that 197,000,000 marks is the estimated amount required for the German China expedition for the year 1901. Count Tolstoi's eldest son is dead of meningitis. The Scnato Will Continue to "Wrestle With It This Week. SPECIAL SPEECHES ARE PROMISED AliUon BIny Inject Approprittlon B1113 fur Senate's Consideration Wednesday and House Will Uuve Them Up All Week The House. WASHINGTON , Feb. 4. The senate will continue its discussion of the ship subsidy bill during the first half of the present wee . , with probable interrup tions during the morning hour of each day. There probably will be a move ment to secure night sessions on the part of the friends of the shipping bill Monday or Tuesday and other strenuous efforts will be made to se cure a vote upon the bill. If it should appear probable that the end of the discussion is still not in sight Senator Allison on Wednesday will ask the senate to taKe up the bill making appropriations for the District of Columbia for the next fiscal year. This appropriation bill will be debated for several days and when its consid eration is concluded there will be other appropriation bills requiring attention. The earlier part of the day Monday will be given to the ceremonies in honor of the memory of diief Justice Marshall and Senator Bacon has given notice that he will ask the attention of the senate to some remarks of his upon the resolution introduced by him self declaring the right of the senate to demand and receive all papers on file in the executive departments. He will speak at length upon that question and if he should conclude during the day he will be followed by one of several extended speeches on the subsidy bill , which are still in reserve. Senator Teller Is counted on for anotner speech , and in case o a night session Monday night probably would under take to speak the session out It is ex pected that Senator Caffery will talk Tuesday. The democrats do not hesitate to say that in case night sessions are ordered they will domanu that a cuorum shall be maintained. On Saturday eulogies will be delivered ia honor of the late Representative Harmcr of Pennsyl vania. The house will continue the consid eration of appropriation bills this week. The postoffice appropriation bill is not yet completed. It will be followed by the consular and diplo matic and the sundry civil bills , which last will be reported to the house tomorrow. The bills to promote the efficiency of the revenue cutter service and to es tablish a national standardizing oureau and conference reports will consume whatever time remains. Tomorrow the exercises in connec tion with the celebration of the cen tennial anniversary of John Marshall's appointment as chief justice of the United States will be held in the house of representatives from 10 to x o'clock. MEMORIAL TO KING EDWARD. Nebr-isknns , Formerly British Subjects , Kxtol the Merits of Verits. LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 4. Service in memory of the late queen of England were conducted in Holy Trinity Epis copal church this afternoon under the auspices of former British subjects who are residents of Lincoln. Ad dresses on the life of the dead sovereign eign wove made by Chancellor and Al bert Watkins. Music appropriate to the occasion was by the First Con gregational and Holy Trinity choirs combined under the leadership of H. J. W. Seamark. Resolutions were adopted and will bo forwarded to King Edward by Major J. F. Stnney , formerly an officer in the British Royal guards , now attached to the American army at the Department of Missouri. Clergymen from all the churches were present and participated in the ser vices. KIDNAPER SUSPECT IS UNEASY. Sheriff of Dallas. Ter. . Confident He Has the Ulan "Wanted DALLAS , Tex. , Feb. 4. Sheriff Johnson is more positive than ever that H. C. Henderson , the man he lodged in jail yesterday , is one of the Cudahy kidnapers. He did not let his prisoner know uiitil last night the real charge against him. When he was told that he was held as a Cudahy kidnaper suspect he showed much un easiness. He walked his cell all night and did not sleep a wink. The sheriff states that he has learned that on Friday before Henderson had $1,000 in a" package. When arrested Henderson had only 15 cents in his pockets. The prisoner declines to make any statement concerning his financial af fairs , or how he came to have a pic ture of Pat Crowe in his trunk. He Is to be photographed tomorrow and his picture sent to the ciiief of police at Omaha and other cities. AVill Bonm Th lr Home City. KANSAS UTY , v'eo. 4. Sixty mem bers of the Commercial duo , including the principal manufacturers and job bers of Kansas City , started tonight on a week's trade trip through Kan sas. Oklahoma and Indian Territory and northern Texas. The party went in a sepcial train and carried hundreds of pounds of literature expound'ng Kansas City's advantages as a trading point. PRIN'CTATTCMPS SUICIDE. SToung ; RnsRinn of Royxl Blood "Whose MnrrlnceVns Opnosed ST. PETERSBURG , Feb. 4. Prince Pafiatkinshy , youthful publisher of the Northern Courier , which was re cently suppressed f r its rad'cil tend encies , shot himself last Thursday , inflicting a dangerous wound. His parents have never forgiven the marriige he made several years ago with Mile. Yavorskaya , an actress , nor did they approve of his newspa per enterprise , which absorbed the bulk of the estate of the prince. TO MOB MRS. NATION. ch Clement of K.tosus Towns Hatches J'lut of Tur uud Feathers. KANSAS CITY , l < eb. 4. A special to the Times from Topeka , Kan. , says : Policeman L.uscer h-s leper eu to City Marsha.l Stahl a plot on the part of the liquor mea to tar and featnor Mrs. Carne Nation , the j-iut sa aoher. Luster says nat a no < j.o tough , whom ne once befntuded , g ve h.m toe tip. Maishal Stahl is making an investi gation. The report has frightened Mrs. Na tion and her sister cius-dcrs , but they declare that they will continue the work of destroying "murder shops. " They met at 9 o'clock th.s morning at Mrs. Nation's room and held a season of prayer , asking the Lord to potect them from bodily harm in the dis charge of what they termed uieir duty to the community. Mrs. Nation braved the storm today and made three temperance speeches in Wesleyan Method st churcn in the forenoon , in the Christian church in the afternoon , and in the Lowman Hill Methodist church in the evening. A recruiting office for the Topeka brigade , Kansas division , Carrie iNa- tion's army , has been opened. Three hundred "sold.ers' have signed the roll , mostly women. The program for the defenders is to march down Kan sas avenue at 2 p. m. , tomorrow , with drums and flags flying , and hold pray er meetings in front of every joint. Mrs. Nation says that it was the in tention of ths home defenders to smash joints tomorrow , but this feat ure of the crusade may be postponed for a few days to enable secret service agents to inquire into the story that armed men are guarding the joints. Mrs. Nation says she does not mind a shotgun , but she does not want to lead other women to their death. Postmaster Guthrie says Mrs. Na tion receives more mail than any bank in Topeka. Many of the letters contain money , and it is said that Mrs. Nation already has put aside ? 500 to help carry on the liquor war. PRESIDENT BURT TALKS SOME Recent Transaction Will Not Affect Pres ent Tr.itHc Arrangement. NEW YORK , Feb. 4. The Tribyne tomorrow will say : Horace G. Burt , president of the Union Pacific rail road , is at the Waldorf-Astoria , ac companied by his wife and several friends , including J. H. Millard , presi dent of the Omaha National bank , and Judge W. R. Kelly , general solicitor of the Union Pacific. The party will spend a week or ten days In this city. President Burt in an interview , ex plained at length the present condi tions of the Union Pacific , which has just acquired the Southern Pacific. He said that the great transaction would not affect present traffic arrange ments. In conclusion , Mr. Burt out lined the improvements of the Union Pacific roadbed and important changes which are being maue on the main line in Wyoming , where are the heaviest gradients and curvatures. About 200 miles of this section haye been practically rebuilt , materially re ducing the grades. In another two ears still more changes on the divide and the Salt Lake section in western Utah will be completed. The road will be shortened about thirty-four miles , making the distance between Council Bluffs and Ogdeu practically 1,000 miles. Revises the Building Bill. WASHINGTON , Feb. 4. The house committee on public buildings ani grounds today acted favorably on what is known as the omnibus public build ing bill , increasing the limit of cost of a number of public buildings. The following revision o increases was made before the bill was ( reported : Cheyenne , Wyo. , $ oijtOO ; Helena , $350,000 ; Jopun , Mo. , 5100,000 ; Hot Springs , Ark. , § S5OOo ; St. Paul , $1,150- 000 ; Salt Lake City , ? 500,000 ; Seattle , ? 750,000. G. A. R. M a nre Turned Down. WASHINGTON , F b. 4. The bill for a pension court of appeals , which has attracted considerable attention as a Grand Army of the Republic measure , met a reverse ia the house committee on invalid pensions today , where , by a vote of 6 to 7 , a motion to report it was defeated. A sub committee consisting of Representa tives Norton , Graff and Miner was then named to perfect the department bill providing ior pension appeals. Piracy on the Increase. HONG KONG. Feb. 2. It is learned from Canton that the German consul there has demanded an indemnity of § 100,000 for each man wounded in the recent outbreak on the West river and ? 50.000 for other damages. Piracy is increasing co such proportions tions that the consuls have demanded better protection for the waterways. The viceroy replied to their demands that he was doing all that was possi ble. Boer Attack Snccessf nl. LONDON , Feb. 4. The War office has received the following from Lord commander-in-chief in Kitchener , - - South Africa : "PRETORIA , Feb. 2. Our post at Medderfontcin , on the Gaterr and southwest of Krugersdorp , was at tacked by 1,000 Boers. The relief column sent out from Krugersdorp failed to prevent the fall of the post. Mo details yet at hand , but officers and men captured at the post are ar riving at Vereeniging. BECAUSE THE TWO WERE POOR. Mother and Son in Fostoria , O. . Commit Suicide. FOSTORIA , 0. , Feb. 4. Mrs. Jacob Yochum , aged 50 , and her son , Wi.l- iam , aged 19 years , were found dead in their bed rooms by the police this Afternoon. They had been missing for three days and investigation led to their dead bodies being found with all evidence of suicide by strychnine poisoning. Poverty is supposed to have made them despondent. Census Bureau Issues Bulletin Specifying the Siz3 of Every Town , COMPARISON WITH TEN YEARS AGO Ofllclul Return * Detailing : the Figures for F.very Oue of the Tbree Ilnudrud and Slxty-F.ve Incorporated Places in the Btuta Other Mutters , The latest bulletin of the census bu reau gives the returns from Nebraska in detail. There are 365 incorporated cities , towns and villages in Nebraska , and this is the showing they make : 1900. 1890. Adams village 417 Alnaworth-village 605 733 Albion village 1,269 92C Alexandria village 332 Allen village 23C Alliance city 2,5 5 829 Alma city 023 9j3 Amncrst village 183 Ansulmo village 145 Ansley village jus Arapalioo town 701 731 Arcadia village 374 429 Arlington village 5 < 9 412 Ashland village 1,477 1,091 Ashton town 251 Atkinson town 59 ; 701 Auburn city 2.CC4 1,537 Aurora city 1.921 1.SC2 Avoca village 2T,5 IGu Axtell village 329 202 Ayr village 141 173 Bancroft village Iti 341 Burada vlllape 147 Barncston village KO Hartley village 247 220 Bassett village 270 Battle Creek village 50C 352 Beatrice city 7,875 13,83o Beaver town 911 763 Beaver Crossing village S39 Beemer village 455 ' 350 Belden village 197 Bellwood village 410 413 Bclvidere village 458 359 Benedict village 292 Benkelniau village 29C 357 Bennett village 49.'i 474 Bcnnlngton town 229 Benson village S10 Berlin village 150 Bertraml village 214 2C5 Bethany village 300 " Blair city 2,070 2,039 Bloomiield village 67S Bloomington village 4SS 1G1 Blue Hill village 23 79t > Blue Springs village 7SG 1MB Bradslmw village 2G3 434 Brainard village : : S4 30G Brock village 543 348 Broken Bow city 1.375 3.C17 Brownville city 718 9SO Bruning village Bruno village 191 Burchard village 297 201 Burwell town luv ) 37S Butte village Cairo village 224 Calhoun village 34G Callaway town 400 234 Cambridge village 810 510 Campbell village Carleton village 45S Carroll town IB Cedar Bluffs village 181 Cedar Rapids village 559 484 Central City 1.571 1.3GS Ceresco village 226 211 Clmdron city 1.GS5 1,807 Chapman village 209 Chester village 439 407 Clarks village 544 Clarkson village 344 147 Clay Center village i f.90 390 Clearwater village 198 215 Coleridge village 471 315 College View village S65 Colon village 193 Columbus city 3,522 | 3.134 Cook village 27S ! Cordova village 149 Cortland village 390 509 Cozad town 739 542 Crab Orchard village 258 229 Craig village \ 290 Crawford village 731 : > 7i Creighton town 909 822 Creston village 337 200 Crete city 2,199 2.310 Culbertson village 422 4GO Curtis village 433 378 Dakota City village 521 Danbury villatre 219 Dannebrog village 301 2SO Davenport village 4-IG 513 David City 1,845 1,02-S Dawson village .T22 153 Daykln village 189 Decatur village SOO Deshler village 258 Dewltt village G62 751 Diller village 399 126 Dixon village 157 nodtre village 354 333 Doniphan village 473 437 Dorchester village 521 r 40 Douglas village 253 Dubols village 307' ' 310 Dunbar village 208 Dundee village 400 Eagle village 297 Eddyvllle village 101 Edgar cltv 1,040 1,105 Elba village 257 Elgin village 4511 Elk Creek village 3171 357 Elkhnrn vlllase 299 325 Elm Creek village 301 357 Elmwood village 544 ? ,03 El wood village 377 373 Emerson village G17 Endicott village 234 255 Euatis village 232 145 Ewing village 275 248 Exeter village 673 754 Fairbury city 3.140 2.G30 Fairlleld city 1.203 ' ' ' Fairmont city 784 'i'o'29 Falls City 3.022 2,702 Parnam village 2lSt Farwell village Fllley village 2 8 | 3)1 Florence villatre 6SSI Fort Crook village 2271 Franklin village 756 55G Fremont city ! 7,241 G.747 Friend village I 1.200 1,317 Fullerton city j 1.4041 Geneva city Genoa village Goring village Germantown village Gibbon village Glenville village Gordon village Gothenburg village Grafton village Grand Island city Grant vll'apre Greeley Center town Greenwood village Gresham village Gretna village Gross village Guide Rock village Hampton village Hardy village Harrison town Hartineton city Harvard citv Hastings cltv I 71 l 13.581 Have'ock villatre I 1.4 0 ! ITav Springs village I 3)-ii 37 < ? Hebron sitv I 15111 1,502 H ° m ntrford v'llage I 3331 Henderson village " " Herman village 2211 319 Stnmplrs : Ont Smallpox. YORK. Neb. , Feb. 4. All the small pox patients of this city will be re leased from quarantine in a few days , as cured and free from anv liabTty of spreading the disease. The cases were all of a very mild form , and each place where the disease broke out was so thoroughly quarntined that it spread no further. There are yet sev eral cases in the western part of the county. Dr. E. B. Kama of th's city , has had exclusive charge of a1 ! the cases and Irs excellent care and atten tion in checking the disease has merit ed him high praise. 1900. 1900.3J Hlckman village , 3J > 2 Hlldreth village 249 Holdrege village 3,00 / Holateln village M liomcr village 341 Hooper village 810 HosKlns town 175 Howard city village 183 ICO Howcll village 515 197 Hubbard village 90 Hubbcll village 375 33J Humboldt city 1.218 1,111 Humphrey village i > 69 691 Huntington village 282 19.1 Imperial town , 2o8 159 Indianola city G2C D79 Jackson village 339 303 Jansen village , 271 Johnson village 352 231 Julian village son Junlata village 543 f.2S Kearney city 5,634 8.071 Kenesaw village 504 Kennard town Klmball village 193 Laurel village 514 Lawrence village 406 Leigh village 439 249 Lexington city 1.3J3 1,392 Liberty village 450 4G9 Lincoln city 40 , < lt9 55,155 } Lindsay village 316 --5 Linwood village 317 309 LltchJleld town . . . , 240 Long Pine village 4SG 5S2 Louisville village 738 C53 Loup city 826 C71 Lynch village 231 Lyons village 847 532 McCook city 1.34G McCool Junction village 276 201 Madison city 1.479 930 Madrid village 35 178 Malmo village 259 Marquette village 210 201 Mason City village 241 " Mead village 320 "aii Meadow Grove village 237 Merna village , 141 Milford village 542 555 Mlllard village 323 323 Miller village 194 Milligan village , 283 184 Mlnden city 1,238 1,380 Monroe village 169 Morse Bluffs village 177 Naper village , 94 Nebraska City 7,380 11,911 Ncligh city 1,135 1,2'J9 Nelson village , 978 913 Nemaha village 400 Newcastle village 331 Newman Grove village . . 696 330 Newport town 20S Niobrara village 439 Oil Norfolk city 3.S&3 3,033 North Bend city 1,010 S97 North Loup village 420 386 North Platte city 3,640 3,033 Oakdale vinage , 585 639 Oakland village l.OOS M ) ? Odell village 359 Ogalalla village 335 491 Ohiowa village 319 369 Omaha city , 02,555 140,452 O'Neill city 1.107 1,225 Ord city 1.372 1,208 Orleans city 65G S12 Osceola village , 8S2 347 Osmond village , 501 Over-ton village , 253 Oxford village 7S7 423 Palisade village 176 102 Palmyra villatre 301 j Papiliion village 591 GOO Pawnee village , 1.909 1,550 Pender town 043 12J Peru village 818 OH Petersburg village 4781 Phillips village ISC Pierce village 770 | 5G3 Piiger village 250 | 162 Plainview village 6031 375 Platte Center village 39 152 Plattsmouth city 5.9G4 8,392 Plcasanton village 103 Plymouth village Ponca city 1,0431 1,003 .Prague village 321 ! 1S5 Preston village Ragan village 20S , | Randolph village S50 | 371 Ravenna village SOS 62S Raymond village 200 Red Cloud city 1.554 1,83'J Republican village 3 6 42S Reynolds village 260 271 Rising City village 499 610 Riverton village 327 389 Roca village 177 191 Rockville town 158 ! Rogers village 124 Roseland village Rule village- S77 78G Rushville village 483 484 St. Edv/ards village 625 293 St. Helena village 151 1S9 St. Paul city 1.475 ,2C. : Salem village 533 504 Sargent village 230 ! Schuyler city 2,157 2,160 Scotia town 267 418 Scribner village 827 634 Seward city 1,970 2.10S Shelby village 425 333 Shelton village SSI 70(5 ( Shickley village 372 307 Shubert village 303 Sidney town 1,001 Silver Creek village 291 Snyder village 229 South Bend % 'illage 141 132 South Omaha city 20,001 8,062 South Sioux City . " SS9 603 Spalding village 148 Spencer village , 133 Spring-eld village 400 Springview village , 188 Stanton city 1,052 E37 Staplehurst village 211 Steelburg village 313 3SO Steinauer village 213 Stella village 498 C99 Sterling village 782 Stockham village 169 211 Stockville village 269 | 227 Strang village 234 | 269 Stratton village 225 320 Stromsburg ci'y 1,154 Stuart village . 382 243 Sumner village 210 Sueprior city 1,577 1.614 Sutton city 1.3G5 1.541 Swanton village 266 184 Syracuse village SGI 72S Table Rock village 852 673 Talmage village 489 429 Tamora village 13S 181 Tecumseh city 2.005 1.634 Tekamah city 1.597 1,244 Tilden village 533 ! " " Tobias village C72 ! 539 Trenton village j 329 2G7 Ulysses village 56,1 621 Unadilla village 213 193 Union village 282 University Place village . . 1.130 571 Upland village 281 Utica village 487 466 Valentine village 811 Valley town 534 378 Valparaiso village 614 515 Verdlgrc town 200 207 Verdon village 310 25T Waco village 310 27S Wahoo village 2,100 2.006 Wakefield village Wallace village 130 | . Waterloo village 345 | 272 Wauneta village Wausa village 4411 ! Waverly village 2601. Wayne- town 1.178 Weeping Water city lil56 1,350 Western village 412 397 West Lincoln village oof ) 443 Weston village I 426 341 West Point city 1.SPO 1842 WUber village l.Oil 1.2M WIlcox village 265 230 Wi'sonville village 296 Winside town 130 Wisner village 610 Wood River village 589 481 Wymore city 2.626 ! York city 5.132 ! Yutan village 2631 1CS ITantrs Hlmnrir TT th Xrclc Scarf. NORFOLK , Neb. , Feb. 4. George Berz committed suicide today by hang ing himself with a ne'k scarf in an outhouse. The deceased was 41 year ? old and leaves a wife and four smal' children. He ha'l rpcent'y sold M farm and was res'ding in town with his brother-in-law , Conrad Wachter. Wealthy Pioneer Dead. HUMBOLDT , Neb. , Feb. 4. Samu ! Germaine , one of the wea'thy farme s md pioneers of tnis section who ha' been in poor health for the past ye'ir died at his home southeast of town. Fresh riowcrn on Shipboard Dally. A remarkable test o cut-flowor prc- eervation was made by a Philado.phla man whoso flanceo was going to Eu that she shoui- rope. Ho promised her have a fresh bouquet every day Bho ho had six was on shipboard. So boxes made and each labeled for tiie uay it was to be opened. These he confided to the steward of the steamer who placed the boxes In cold storage and opened one each morning for the recepient. After she arrived at Liv erpool she wrote homo that the flow ers were as fresh as though newly gathered. A Tlireo Ulllloii-Dollnr City. The assessed valuation of real estate in Now York city now exoeds $3,000- 000,000. The total valuation doesn't look so large , however , considering some of the single instances. There is the Equitable Life build.ng , for in stance , which is assessed on a valua tion of $ G,000,000. and the Waldorf- Astoria hotel for $5,000,000. James P. Sterling , former chief Jus tice of the supreme court or Pennsyl vania , is dead in Philadelphia , from the effects of a carbuncle. He was 7S years of age. PRESIDENT OF PRESIDENTS. A DlsUnsrnUhod Jj dy Indeed , Irf Mro. Mary K. i'onlo , of WliltlnC. ! " * . Whiting , Ind. , Feb. 4. 1901. ( Spe cial. ) The Presidents of the Ladies or the Grand Army of the Republ.c have exclusively v. an association composed of the Presidents of the different State Associations. This Presidents' Asso ciation ohooscs a President , and to this very high and distinguished position Mrs. Mary E. Poole of this place has been elected. Mrs. Poole is thoroughly deserving of this great honor. Her devotion to the Interests of the Asso ciation is very marked , and her experi ence with' the old soldiers of the ( J. A. R. is wide. Mrs. Poole Is never sUw to take advantage of anything that may benefit the veterans , and her zeal has resulted in much that is good to these grand old men. She writes or her experiences : "Honor to wnom honor Is due , and having saen the nu merous cures effected through the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills , I gladly en dorse them as being particularly ef fective to cure that dreaded disease of so many of our old soldiers , Bright'a Disease and Kidney Disorders of dif ferent kinds. Kidney Disease soon poisons the entire system , and as a re sult the vital organs are attacked , and I have found that no remedy so surely , completely and quickly finds the weak spot and heals it as Dodd's Kidney. Pills. "I have used them myself in slight attacks of biliousness and indigestion , and usually find that from three to four pills do the work. " Such evidence from a lady of so much distinction and exper'ence should convince any sufferer from Kid ney Trouble that Dodd's Kidney Pills is the remedy that never fails. 50c a box , six boxes for $2.50. Buy therm from your local druggist if you can. If he can't supply you send to the Dodds Medicine Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. Brittle nails are remedied if olive oil is rubbed into them. Many complicated diseases and much suffering result from constipation. Garfield Tea , the great Herb Tea , will cure the most obstinate case. Adversity is often a blessing in dis guise. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH , the only 16 oz. package for 10 . All 10-cent starch cents. other - con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. If men were like clocks they could all go on tick. FlTSPermonrni'yfiirpa. ? rorr rt.piTon T > 'yafter Sr t day'fc lire of lr. Kline's t.jfat Nerve lu-rtoier. Brnd for FKEK 82.OU trial > ttUc onS tn-atiw. Ira. H. 1L. HUM : . Ltd. . S31 Arcti St. . 1 - . fa in 1800 only 4 per cent of the people ple of the United States lived in cities. Today 30 per cent live in cities. Uncle Sara Aims to buy the best rf everything which Is tvhv h9 uses Carter's Ink. Hs knows what's good. In the race for wealth too much money seems to be an impossible < { quantity. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH , the enl > 16 oz. package for 30 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Tell your secret to your servant and you promote him to the position of master. $148 will buy new Upright piano on easy payments. Write for catalogues. Schmoller & Mueller , 1313 Farnain street , Omaha. The joint senatorial vote from day to day shows but little change. TO CURE A COM ) IX ONE DAT. Take . " AXATIVS BROMO QOLSIBE TABLETS. All Jrupgists refund the money if it fnils to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. The more checks a spendthrift has the faster he goes. TAKE No SUSTITUTE. fRECCATALOGUE. SMOWIMC FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AMD HATS. A-J.TOWERCo. BOSTON. MASS.