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The fruit crop outlook in Kansas
is very encouraging
Governor Odell of New York will
spend six weeks in California
X D McFarland formerly of Lin
coln died last week at Los Angeles
Cal
The bank of Milligan Neb was
robbed of a considerable sum by safe
blowers
News has been received of the loss
of the American ship Iroquois in the
Java sea
Lord Kimberley the liberal states
man who has been ill for some time
died on the 8th
The regents of the Minnesota State
university have refused to accept the
resignation of Prof Thomas Shaw
well known all over the country as
an expert in sheep and cattle hus
bandry
The senate committee on foreign re
lations considered but did not Anally
pass upon the bill granting an annu
ity of 5000 a year to Miss Clara Bar
ton for her services as president of
the Red Cross
A total of 175 cases and 137 deaths
from cholera were reported in Manila
on the 7th The natives are making
great efforts to break the quarantine
established and in so doing one native
has been killed
Ex Secretary John W Foster has
accepted an invitation to deliver the
oration at the dedication of the sol
diers and sailors monument in In
dianapolis Ind in May
The Mexican Central passenger
train was wrecked by an open switch
at Gomez Palacio near Torreon The
fireman was killed and the Pullman
conductor fatally injured
The trial of Berry Howard of Bell
county charged with being one of the
five principals in the murder of Wil
liam Goebel was begun in the Frank
lin circuit court at Frankfort Ky
More than 155000 shares of the
Choctaw Oklahoma Gulf railroad
ttock have been deposited in favor of
Speyer Co of New York The total
number of shares of the road is 29G
000
George Gray Wood who is in San
Francisco arranging for the Great Pa
cific ocean cable says that next
Thanksgiving day the United States
will be doing business with Honolulu
by wire
The liabilities of Lord Francis Hope
who has become bankrupt are an
nounced to be 75000 Of this amount
45000 is claimed on a bill of ex
change given to May Yoho his di
vorced wife
A son of John S Sargent the fam
ous American portrait painter has
been appointed one o tthe pages who
will attend the queen at the corona
tion The pages will hold her majes
tys train in the procession
It is expected that the work on a
railroad from Valdes to Eagle City
Alaska will begin shortly and will be
rushed to completion without delay
The company which it is said will con
struct the road is an English and
American concern and capitalized at
3000000
The Patriotic League of the Revo
lution has petitioned congress to se
cure a pension for Theodore R Tim
by who it is alleged is the true in
ventor of the revolving turret used on
the Monitor in Its battle with the
Merrimac He is a native of Duchess
county New York
Justice Hagner in the district su
preme court dismissed the petition oi
Louis F Primeau and others repre
senting a tribe of Sioux Indians of the
Standing Rock reservation for an in
junction to restrain the secretary ol
the interior and the commissioner of
Indian affairs from leasing certain
portions of the unoccupied land of the
reservation for grazing purposes
The president has decided not to
make any change in the governorship
of Hawaii
George W Saunders has been nam
ed by the president as Indian agent at
the Santee agency The agency is to
be discontinued after July 1
The remains of Rev Talmage were
buried in Greenwood Cemetery New
York
Rev J A Becker has resigned his
pastorate of the Congregational
church at Spearfish S D to accept a
position in Omaha
The German emperor owns 359 car
riages for the use of himself and his
court
Mavroyeni Bey who was Turkish
minister to Washington a few years
age has been appointed by the sultan
prince of the Island of Samos
Kansas commissioners have com
menced collecting exhibits for the St
Louis exhibition
Robert B Armstrong recently ap
pointed private secretary to Secietary
Shaw took the oath of office on the
15th and entered on his duties
HE WANTS LIGHT
THE RESOLUTION OF MR TELLER
IN THE SENAIE
REGARDING THE SUGAR TRUST
The Colorado Senator Alleges that it
Owns the Sugar Cane Crop Resolu
tion instructs Committee to Make
an investigation
WASHINGTON April 21 Mr Tel
ler introduced in the senate the fol
lowing
Whereas It has been currently re
ported that nearly the entire crop of
Cuban sugar has been pin chased and
is now held by what is generally
known as the sugar trust which is
the principal consumer of raw sugar
In the United States and that any
concession given lo the raisers of cane
sugar in the island of Cuba or any
measure intended for their relief by
admitting their sugar at reduced rates
of duty into the United States will
only benefit the sugar trust and that
the Cubans will receive no real ben
efit from such concessions and
Whereas It is alleged that a num
ber of the citizens of the United
States have acquired large holdings of
cane producing lands in Cuba and are
now especially urging the reduction
of the duty on sugar under the claim
that such reduction will benefit the
people of Cuba therefore be it
Resolved That the committee on
relations with Cuba be directed to
make an investigation as to the truth
of such charges and to report to the
senate and to report in addition
thereto what is the normal cost of
making sugar in the island of Cuba
and also if any concessions shall be
made in the way of a reduction of
the duty on sugar coming from Cuba
into the United States what conces
sions should be made by the govern
ment of Cuba about to be established
on articles produced in the United
States and exported into - the said
island of Cuba in order to make a
reciprocial and equitable arrangement
as to exports to Cuba and imports
therefrom to the United States
The resolution was referred to the
committee on relations with Cuba at
the suggestion of Mr Pratt chair
man of that committee
SHIP MASS OF FIRE
Steamer City of Pittsburg Burns to
Waters Edge Near Cairo
CAIRO 111 April 21 One of the
worst disasters in the history of river
navigation occurred shortly after 4
oclock yesterday morning near Og
dens landing near this city WThile
almost all aboard were asleep the
steamer City of Pittsburg was dis
covered to be on fire and in a few
moments was burned to the waters
edge The loss of over 80000 on the
steamer does not include the cargo
both being a total loss The latest
estimates are that there were 150
persons on board and that no more
than half of them were saved many
of the latter being burned or injured
As the register of the steamer was
burned no list can be given either
of the victims or of the survivors and
in the confusion it has been impos
sible to get complete lists Captain
Phillips admits that the death list
may reach sixty
The appeals of the officers and crew
could not appeals the terror stricken
crowds that interfered with those
throwing water on the flames as well
as those working with life boats Few
could adjust life preservers or do any
thing else for themselves
The smoke was stifling Great
clouds floated through the blazing
steamer choking the passengers and
adding to the terror Children cried
pitifully begging that they be saved
They knew as well as their elders
that death confronted them and clung
to their mothers as though they alone
could save them
To Crowd Out Islands
WASHINGTON April 21 Repre
sentative Wadsworth of New York in
troduced a joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution pro
viding that hereafter no territory
not embraced in the geographical lim
its of continental North America shall
be admitted as a state
Georgia Capitalist Dead
NEW ORLEANS La April 21 A
private telegram from New York an
nounces the death of Captain Samuel
J Whitesides a well known capital
ist of Savannah Ga
Chinese Bandits Kill Russian
PEKIN April 21 A post on the
outskirts of New Chwang garrisoned
by forty Russians has been attacked
by bandits One Russian officer and
four privates were killed
Small Boy Gets Long Sentence
TOLEDO O April 21 Daniel Rose
becker aged 13 years pleaded guilty
to murder and was sentenced to serve
twenty years in the state penitentiary
He killed his playmate
CHAFFEE COMPLIMENTS BELL
Sends a Letter Along with the Con
gratulations of President
MANILA April 21 General Chaffee
has forwarded to General J Franklin
Bell the congratulations sent the lat
ter by President Roosevelt upon the
recent campaign in Batangas and
provinces conducted by General
Bell General Chaffee forwarded the
presidents communication through
General Lloyd Wheaton and in an ac
companying letter he expresses his
great pleasure at the receipt by Gen
eral Bell of the presidents congratu
lations No American troops says
General Chaffeevhave ever before been
charged with a task more difficult of
accomplishment So unique has been
the situatins in Batangas and La
guna continues General Chaffee in
his letter that only a person thor
oughly familiar with it by actual con
tact can appreciate the conditions
which have been met and overcome
or fairly determine what were the
best methods to accomplish the ob
jects namely the recognition of the
sovereignty of the United States and
the establishment of peace and order
in the disturbed sections
Seven Lives Lost in Fire
LONDON April 21 A fire broke
out in Hackney a popular suburb of
London in a printers warehouse
three stories high the top floor of
which was used for living rooms A
donzen fire engines and escapes ar
rived promptly at the scene but the
flames were of overmastering power
and it was impossible to enter the
building When the flames were fin
ally under control the charred bodies
of a man two women and four chil
dren were found
Slain by Deputy Marshal
GUTHRIE O T April 21 Charles
E Growles was shot and instantly
killed by a deputy marshal at Lawton
last night as the result of a fight in
a gambling house wherein Growles
and a partner Lewis had fired a
number of shots at each other without
serious injuries Lewis had accused
Growles of cheating at cards and the
shooting followed The officer at
tempted to arrest Growles and the
latter fired in resisting forcing the
olficer to fire in self defense
Good Basis for Argument
LONDON April 21 The Pretoria
correspondent of the Standard cables
that there is good reason to believe
a tentative agreement has been ar
rived at which will prove mutually
cordial and lead to an early cessation
of hostilities The Utrecht corre
spondent of the Daily Mail says it is
recognized there that the Boer dele
gates at Pretoria have full powers to
negotiate with reference to the Boer
leaders in Europe
Epidemic of Surrender
MANILA April 21 Surrenders to
the American authorities of small par
ties of insurgents are reported daily
and they have increased since the re
cent surrender of the insurgent gen
eral Malavar General Rifiroj with
twenty six officers and 375 soldiers
has surrendered to the native constab
ulary in the province of Misamis in
Mindanao where the constabulary is
co operating with the military
Sleeping Girl Dies
OSWEGO N Y April 21 Ida Hen
nessey 17 years of age who has been
asleep since April 12 died today with
out regaining consciousness She suf
fered an acute attack of epilepsy be
fore falling asleep and relapsed into
a comatose state from which the phy
sicians found it impossible to arouse
her She was in that condition ISO
hours
Wilhelmina Holds Her Own
THE HAGUE April 21 The condi
tion of Queen Wilhelmina remains
practically unchanged She does not
lose consciousness and has taken a
little more nourishment
Bill with Relations Committee
WASHINGTON April 21 The Cu
ban reciprocity bill has been referred
to the committee on relations with
Cuba on motion of Senator Piatt of
Connecticut
Much Shipping Burns
MOSCOW April 21 A fire in the
Bromley ship building yard here has
destroyed several workshops and
three large and three small steamers
Ground Beneath Car Wheels
HASTINGS la April 21 Guy Ed
wards was run over and instantly kill
ed one mile west of here by No 70
tne last meat train east
Butter High in New York
NEW YORK April 21 Butter has
reached the highest price for the year
in this city the fresh table article
having advanced to 33 cents a pound
wholesale
Mrdden and Waite Draw
LAWTON O T April 21 Jack
Madden of New York and Kid Waite
of Fort Sill I T fought twenty fast
and furious rounds here to a draw
before 2000 spectators
ATTACK THE PURE FOOD LAW
Unlicensed Creamery Operator Makes
Test Case
LINCOLN Neh April 21 The
Nebraska pure food law is being vig
orously attacked in the supreme court
on the ground that it Is unconstitu
tional The chief contention is that
the act is in violation of that section
of the constitution which prohibits
the creation of state offices by the
legislature
The case is one in which John C
Merrill of Sutton was convicted for
operating a creamery without first hav
ing procured a license trom the food
commissioner No question arises as
to the facts the only defense inter
posed being that the law under which
conviction was had is void The suit
Is being watched with unusual inter
est by manufacturers of both pure and
imitation butter dairy and vinegar
products The question involved is
one of far reaching importance how
ever for it Avill affect not only the
dairy interests but those persons who
come within the meaning of various
other laws which have created or es 1
tablished new state offices
SCHOOL LAND NEARLY GONE
Commissioner Follmer Finds Little
Left to Lease
LINCOLN Neb April 21 When
Land Commissioner Follmer fills a
number of land leasing appointments
he has made in Cedar Dixon Dakota
Cass Polk and Boyd counties there
will be not to exceed 1500 acres of
school land unleased in Nebraska
Deputy Land Commissioner Eaton
said that there is but little work yet
to do in connection with the leasing
of lands and the 54300 acres unleased
when Mr Follmer took charge of the
office will all be disposed of with the
exception of the few acres mentioned
This includes school land in the sand
hill district as well as in the more fer
tile portions of Nebraska The last
auctions will be held on May 25 Dur
ing recent land leasings the tendency
has been to higher values for con
tracts of all lands forfeited and re
leased
CAUGHT IN STALK CUTTER
Cass County Farmer is Fearfully Man
gled
ELMWOOD Neb April 21 George
H Stoehr a young farmer living two
miles north and one half mile east of
Elmwood was terribly mangled in a
stalk cutter He fell to the ground
in front of the machine which ran
over him He became unconscious
and when he returned to a realization
of things he was tangled up in the
knives and the only way he could get
out was to remove one of the wheels
and lift the knives off his body This
he did putting the wheel back on
climbing on the machine and driving
some distance to the house when a
neighbor went for a physician
Pass Rigid Saloon Ordinance
GRAND ISLAND Neb April 21
At the meeting of the council an ordi
nance regulating booths or wine
rooms in saloons was passed The
ordinance makes it a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than
25 or more than 100 to have any
door curtain or screen over or in
front of any booth wine room or other
rooms built within a saloon The or
dinance is the result of an individual
dealer refusing to remove the door
and is not a matter remedying any
general complaint
General Bates Visits Fort Crook
FORT CROOK Neb April 21
General Bates commanding the De
partment of the Missouri with two
of his aides were at the fort to take
part in and witness the examination
of Lieutenant Bridges for promotion
to a captaincy The examination con
sisted of battalion drill general forma
tion and field exercises wnich were
very satisfactory
Aged Woman Falls in Cistern
ELK CREEK Neb April 21 Mrs
Deborah Lawrence who is past sev
enty years old fell through a trap
door to a cistern in four feet of water
She was not badly injured
Orders Curfew Law Enforced
NEBRASKA CITY Neb April 21
Mayor Bartling has issued an order
to the police to rigidly enforce the cur
few ordinance
Barn and Horses Burned
FRANKLIN Neb April 21 A
small barn in the west part of town
belonging to Alf Nucklow was burn
ed Three head of horses were lost
Soldiers Remain at York
YORK Neb April 21 The remains
of Joseph S Oviatt who died of tu
berculosis at Salt Lake City last Sun
day arrived here He had been in
the service of the United States al
most continuously since the first call
for volunteers in the Spanish-American
war At the time of his death
he was a member of Company D
Twelfth artillery He formerly be
longed to Company A of the First Ne
braska
NORTHWEST NEBRASKA
Never Looked Better or Was More
Prosperous
OMAHA Neb April 10 North
western Nebraska never looked as
prosperous and was never 11 as good
condition as at the present time re
marked Major Buchanan general pas
senger agent of the Elkhorn The
entire Elkhorn valley looks like a
garden and at this time the pros
pects are excellent for a big crop
There is plenty of mslme in the
ground and the recent rlpvcra have
started the grain to growing in fine
shape All along the line farmers
are busy in the fields and making im
provements in the way of erecting
uw cattle sheds barns and houses
I stopped off a couple of days at
Newport a little town of 400 inhabi
tants and drove into the country
some twenty miles There everything
is flourishing By the way that is
the greatest hay shipping point in
the world Last season from that
point we sent cars of hay to every
state in the union the cut running
into thousands of tons The hay
yielded from one and one quarter to
two tons per acre This year the cut
will be greater than last
In addition to the hay fields there
are many fine ranches around New
port on which herds of cattle from
buv to Jouu neau graze the year
round On every hand there Is a
flowing well water being secured at
irom twenty to hfty feet Land is
selling at from 10 to 25 per acre
and is in good demand
LEAPS THROUGH A WINDOW
Fremont Burglar Spoils Plan to Cap
ture Him
FREMONT Neb April 19 At 1130
the other night the hardware store
of L F Holloway Co at Sixth
and F streets was burglarized by a
lone individual and 50 worth of laz
ors shears and revolvers stolen The
thief escaped capture by jumping
through a plate glass window in the
front of the store after he had sent
a sewing machine crashing through
so as to make a hole large enough
for his exit Several men who were
planning to surpiise und effect his ar
rest saw him flee a block toward the
west and turn a corner and two oth
ers who happened to be passing along
another street caught a glimpse of
him as he darted into an alley Noth
ing has been seen of the fellow since
that time
Mullen Stays in Alaska
Washington special dispatch The
nomination of Patrick M Mullen of
Omaha which the president sent to
the senate for receiver of public
moneys at Juneau Alaska was ac
complished at the earnest request of
both Senators Dietrich and Millard
who have labored indefatigably for
Mr Mullens appointment ever since
it was announced that the land of
fices in Alaska would be consolidated
at Juneau Mr Mullen was receiver
at Rampart City
Looks Like Falls City Man
MANHATTAN Kan April 19
William Scott arrested here on a
charge of grand larceny committed
at Sevannah Mo is said to fit the
description of the murderer of the city
marshal at Falls City Neb who was
killed two years ago and for whom
a large reward was offered
Interchangeable Mileage
SAN DIEGO Cal April 19 The
Trans Continental Passenger associa
tion in committee of the whole it is
stated decided to recommend inter
changeable mileage on all roads west
oi Denver Cheyenne and El Paso
Re Elected Superintendent
KEARNEY Neb April 19 A O
Thomas superintendent of the Kear
ney public schools was re elected by
the hoard of education at their recent
meeting for the coming yerr at an
increase in salary of 100 per year
Editors to Meet in Omaha
HOT SPRINGS Ark April 19
Omaha was selected by the National
Editorial association as the place for
holding the next annual convention
defeating Milwaukee and Ashvillc
North Carolina
New Bank for Henderson
HENDERSON Neb April 19 John
Krocker Son are excavating for a
new brick building and will organize
a bank here with 25000 capital The
name of the bank will be the First
National
School Boy Stabs Comrade
LONG PINE Neb April 19 While
Charlie Castle and Guy Given were
returning from school young Castle
stabbed Given in the spinal column
The victim is in a precarious condi
tion
Serious Injury from Stalk Cutter
PLATTSMOUTH Neb April 19
While George H Stoehr was cutting
cornstalks in a field he fell in front
of a stalk cutter and was run over
being seriously cut and bruised
IMPURE BAKING POWDER SEIZED
The Kmr York Hoard of Hmlth Find
Contain Alum ami Kock Declare It
DiiiiBcrouii to Health ami Vuuip
It Into tho Klver
The New York papers report that
tho Health Department of that clt
has seized as dangerous to hcaitn
nearly two tons of cheap mixtures sola
for baking powder and dumped them
into tho offal scow to be destroyed
More of the powder was found In
store The report
Sixth ave department
port of tho analysis of the Health
Department stated that It was an
alum baking powder containing alum
and pulverized rock
Tho different Health Authorities
of repressing
seem to have different ways
pressing the tale of bad baking pow
ders In England they have prosecut
ed the grocers under the general lav
and broken up the traffic In Missouri
the sale of alum baking powder is
actually prohibited by law In New
York they seize the unwholesome stuff
and cast it into the river without any
discussion The latter way is certain
ly effective
The alum baking powders are usu
ally offered at a low price ten to
twenty cents a pound or with some
prize as a temptation to the house
wife
Consumers can protect themselves
by buying only high grade baking
powder of established name and
reputation Do not be tempted by the
Krocer to take something elso as Just
as good or our own brand for the
trials show that the grocer himself is
often deceived by unscrupulous mak
ers and is selling an alum powder
without knowing it
There are several good powders on
the market let the housekeeper insist
on having what she knows Is right
and not be induced to risk the life o
the family for an imaginary saving of
a few cents
Never Misses a Church Convention
J Pierpont Morgan is a very busy
man and his time is of course enor
mously valuable but he always man
ages to attend the Episcopal general
convention and has not missed one for
many years This year the conven
tion will be held next October in San
Francisco The splendid Crocker man
sion there has been placed at this dis
posal of Mr Morgan for use during
the convention
Crowning events are not unusual in
the lite of a dentist
To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and who
is reasonably satisfied with the old
we would suggest that a trial of De
fiance Cold Water Starch be made at
once Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be
superior to any other brand but be
cause each 10c package contains
16 ozs while all the other kinds con
tain but 12 ozs It is safe to say that
the lady who once uses Defiance
Starch will use no other Quality and
quantity must win
Solomon wouldnt be considered a
wise man nowadays with all those
wives
PUTMAM FADELESS DYES are fast
to sunlight washingand rubbing Sold
by druggists 10c per package
A theater is still stationary although
it takes wings and flies
KAKLIEST RUSSIAN MIIIET
Will you be short of bay If so plant a
plenty of this prodigally prolific millet
5 to 8 Tons of Rich Hay P r Aero
Price 50 lbs 100 100 lbs 5 Low freights-
John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis W
Palm trees come in handy
theres a spanking breeze
when
Do Your Feet Acho and Barn
Shake into your shoes Allens Foot
Ease a powder for the feet It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures
Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and
Sweating Feet At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE
Address Allen S Olmsted LeEoy N Y
Thoroughbred dogs are less intelli
gent than mongrels
IF YOU USE BALL BLUE
Got Red Cross Ball Blue the best Ball Blue
Large - oz package only 5 cents
There are 4500 muscles in the body
of a moth
Try me just once and I am sure to
come again Defiance Starch
True patience can never cease to be
a virtue
SJiO A WEEK AND EXPENSES
to men with rfc to introduce our Poultry good-
hendstp JaellcMfg CoDeptriParsohsKan
Some churches mistake racket for
results in their machinery
Mri WI islows Soothing Syrnp
For children teething softens the kuik reduces fn
Ilaxuuiittlou allaj s pain cured wind colic Sc a lxntle
The worst cares to take care of are
those we borrow or steal
THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IT
will use no other Defiance Cold Water
btarch has no equal in Quantity or
oz for 10 cents Other brands
contain only 12 oz o
It is easier to recover from a noble
failure than from an ignoble success
PIsos Cure for
Consumption is an InfalHblo
medicine for coughs and colus N W Sjsjjcsu
Ocean Grove X J Feb 17 1900
When God would honor his servants
he gives them greater work to do
There is more Catarrh
in this
section of th
country than all other diseases tVether
and until the last few years was suanowS lnVl
incurable For a great manyeare dwtosori6
nounced it a local disease and prescrTffiS
remedies and by constantly ftnin al
with local treatment piwranced lSre
Science has proven catarrh to be a St f
tional disease
and therefore
tutional treatment Halfs cLiF constl
ufactured by FX ChSey Carotedo ShfiT
is the only constitutional cure n
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andmUcousSurfacofthesysyteTnTyb
one hundred 0ffer
dollars for any case itfnSf
Send esUr
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Halls Family Pills are the best
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