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Ii 6 THE (1 .11 A.ni1ir BEE : [ ONDA Y , iiciruin at. 1894. ' 1
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RECORD OF TIE LAST YEARcu
: Bcmarkablo Array of Dtnter More
. De tlyTan War
-
: ARTHQU.KES , STORMS , FIRES , FLOODS
VMitng of : \ tn II tn/nI8h d In the " /rlons
'aIc . of Life-Tim itr1ko Itoc3rd-
W/lt.
. . / Ito-'ho tlrlc Jecnrd-
1ot/llo ; I > velis nt Homo
nndlrORII ,
The rear 189 I hal complete,1 , A reeorll
ot dIsasters by earthquake , fire and nooll , at
110mG and abroad , , at labor troubes ! t1fl
oqu.lel1 In numblrs Involved and duration ,
of political , event at homl ) and wars abroad ,
which surpasses Is immediate predecessors.
A brie sumlary of the lending events
A \ of the closing year posseses hlstorlMI and
statistical Vn1ue.
I I In the list of calamitous : events of the
. t year , eartliunkes , must 10 accorded nrt
, i place. The first of note occurrell In Greece ,
Ir ' April 20 , leslroylng several town and callsl
I'
' I ) Ing the denth of 300 persons. On April 28
I i several villages In Venezuela were destroyed
. I { I and 10,000 lves reported losl. One thousand
'h i ' lives were lost ( luring the earthquake In
: II Cohstanlnople and StAlboul , bcglnnlng July
: " . , I and lasting three weeks. The great
. t ' arthllunl In northern Japan , October 22 ,
wrecked or burned 4,165 houses , killed MO
, persons ali Injured 700. From October IG
, " \ to November 13 fIre , earthquake and vol-
anlc Ilsturhances In the New Hehrldcs )
' : destroyed and ! carried Into the sea several
, . : villages , killed about 100 persons , and spread
I n layer of ashes over the Islands The
! earthquake nt leslna , November 17 , caused
I the death oC 200 persons.
I STORMS ON LAND AND SIA .
Death rode man } ' of the storms of the
t ' year on lanll anr 505. Rlx lives were lost
) In I Atorm In lulmore , January 12. The
blizzard of ebruary 12 , e > tcnrlng from
( Western Knnsas to the Atlantic , caused
1 great dalac to property nrll the loss of
I Ifl'n lives. 1 Fifteen pesons were Idled
. I In n hailstorm anll cyclone mar Iongvlol
Tex. , March 18. A new buIlding was
, wrecked ! by n gale In New York , October
I ' D , killing eight persons A cyclone near
Kunkle , 0. , May 17 , kIlled f\'e persons Ind
Ilestro'er . luch Ilropel ) Six lIves were
lost and luch ProPerty wrecked by a cloud-
burst at Uvulde , Tex , August 29. A cy-
clone diched a train at Cumberlanll , Mo. ,
: September 12 ! , killIng two passengers and
Injuring ten. The tornado which swept
; louth nnd lancoclt counties , Iowa , Scp-
I tember 21 , Id.lell slxt.four persons , wounded
. - I lany others anll destroyed I vast amount
. of IJroperly. A waterspout at Valencia ,
3 Venezuela , September : , lmed HiO Ilersons.
Little Rock , Arl\ , was struck b ) n cyclone ,
' I October 2 ; four lives were lost , forty per-
- I sons Injured and $1,000,000 worth of property
destroYlll.
Notable dIsasters nt sea began January
. 28 , wIth the wreck of the BrItish bark , Port
I Yorrocll , off the Irish coast , In which twentyI
; six lives were lost. Slxt , lIves were lost
, In tIme wreck oC te steamer : Iilanl oc the , :
, Nlcaraulan coast , February 17. The steamer
Los Angeles was wrecked near Monterey .
, : CaL , April 22 , and four lives lost. A
, furious storm on Iakc Michigan , lay 18.
: caused n large number of wrecks and the
loss ol twelve amI six lives In the Chicago
amid Milwaukee harbors , respeeth'el
Thlrly-slx lives were lost by capsizing of n
tug In the New York bay , June 21. The
. sinking of the italian steamer Columbia , In
n colision In the Back sea , July 17 , caused
, the los of 1,000 lives. On August 8. five .
. lives were lost by the wreck of the United
lves
States coast survey boat oft Gray's harbor
The storm on the Newfoundland banks , Oc-
, tobr 10 , caused enormous destruction to I
. shIpping and the loss of fifty lives. On I
. October 28 , 11 lves were lost by the wrecker C
- -
. - - or a steamer oft the New Zealand coast. A
, .j storm on tim Drltsh coast , November 13 , destroyed - :
, stroyed much property on land and sea , nnd I
, L. . twenty lives were lost. The sumo regIon I
experienced furious gales , December 22 , amI 1
100 persons were reported missing. OtI
. June 10 forty-nve lives were IMt by foods
In Austrian Gallicta. July 19 severe storms
AU5trlanGalicla. '
raged In Kansas and n'orll Nebraska. DoC
structve frosts were felt In Nebraska , Iowa
- n1 ! le Dakotas , lay 18 : A forty-mlo I
wInd 8w'ept eastern Nebraska , June 20.
GREAT FLOODS.
Great foods destroyed an enormous amount L
of property and many lives were lost In m
varIous parts of the country. May 21 , cty
and larm property was swept away by
foods In Pennsylvania and New York Over '
flow ot the Arkansas river at Pueblo , Col ,
- . May 31 , destroyed property valued nt $300,000 ( ; .
and drowned three persons. The Frazer
river overfow In British Columbia lastec
. , time fIrst hal of June , destroying all kinds
' or property for hundreds of miles around
The Columbia and Wlamete river foods
- caused damage ;
In May and June enormous !
, , water Ooodel the business secton or Port
land , Ore. Floods In Minnesota and Wls- ,
conslu In the middle of January destroyed I .
' 200,000 worth or propcrty. I
DISASTROUS FIRES.
Numerous disastrous fires mnrlled tile m
, year. A portion or the 'Vorld's fair buidings
wore conumcll January 9 and the balance t
July G : May 13 Brooklyn Tabernacle and I
Hotel Regent , los $2,000.00 ; May , IG , 2.300 ( )
persons rendered homeless In Boston , los
: , $50,000 ; June 9 , property valued at $475-
I 000 destroyed In Dubuque , Ia. ; Juno 1G , Ire ,
In Jersey City , loss $ l,00tt.000 ; July 19. Min-
, neapols market house , loss WOOOO ; July
28 , twenty-five lives lost , 3,000 rendered
, homeless by forest fire , which destro'ed
' : ' Phillips , \Vis. ; July 30 , 20,000,000 feet of
lumber Ilestroyed In Minneapolis ; August 2 ,
c sixty acres of time Chicago lumber distrIct
, . : . bured , loss $2,000,000 , four persons cre-
i mated : Auglst 6. fro at Alialr , 10. , loss
, t t $100,000 : forest fires In 1lnneota reached
, . : 1 disastrous stage on August 31 , ami by
l September 3 six towns hail been wiped out
amid 600 to GOO lives lost ; destructive prairie
fires swept SherIdan and Cherry counties ,
Nebraska , October 25 ; November 14 , forest
fIres In the mountains ncar loulder , Colo. ,
did $1,000.000 daimlago .
DEA1'l DY XPfOSION.
Explosives and explosions added large
numbers to the mortality list. Tile first
. was tIme explosion of a powder m1 at Jfon ,
N. y" , January G , killing four persons. On I
. February 12 tim explosion of a bomb In a
, t. _ _ Paris restaurant killed , twenty-three persons :
, ; February 13 , thirteen killed la n mine at :
¶ 'Vllesbarro , Pa. : 1.'ebruary 16 , thlrty-ono
! sailors killed by the explosion of a steam
: ' pipe on the German Ironclall Branllenburg ,
: off Klel ; March 23 , five persons killed In u
, . dynamite works at Black Run , Pa : April 7 ,
; sixteen lives lost by explosion of fireworks
, . nt Petersburg , Va , ; June 15 , 200 mlnerl
killed by fire . damll explosion In AustrIan
4. . . Siella ; June 22 , fIre damp II I ell eighty
k. , . miners In n Welell coal mine ; July 17 , eight
Persona kIlled by giant Powder at Hozleton ,
: ' Pa. ; July 19. ll'namle hilled seven persons
. ' In n boat off Portsmouth , Eumg . ; August 24 ,
, thlrtY'Eo\'en miners asphlxlatcd In n mine
at F'ramlkllmi'asiu. . ; September 4 , sixty per
sons hilled by dynamie nt Rio do Janeiro ;
? July 16 , lour federal soldiers killed . fourteen
wounded , by explosion ot on artillery elis ,
)
, son In Chicago ; November 20 , seven men
killed In a coal mlue explosion al Wlcelag ,
W , Va.
PATALTIS ! BY FII1E .
, Eight Inmatel nt the Boone cOlnty , la. ,
poor house were burnNl to denth , January 24.
: Nine tremen lost their lives and six were
Injured In the Davidson / theater fire In Mit-
, . wnulee , April 9. The destruction of the Mi- .
Charles hotel New Orleans , Alrl 28 , caused
the death of five persons. Four cimlidren
chidren
( were cremated , In n lenement fire In ChlMgo
. , JUly 23. Three Iremen were killed and 203
. houtes destroyed by tIre In Wathlngton 20
p. Augua 25. FallIng I walls killed lx firemen
Illl Injured to In Detroit , October 6. Four
lives were lost In a tire II houston , Tex ,
. October 10. On October 27 , sIxteen persons
3 were cremated In a lodging house II Seattle ,
' , Seatte
\Paslm. The burning of a tenement In New
York , October 30 , caused the los at five
It' Ih'0.
Amoog the miscellaneous fatalitIes were
& . the folowing : January 12. nine personi
, drowned by the fail ol 1 bridge \VhIianls. .
burg , L. I. ; March 30. cotlpte of Whlanu.
; . pipe lt Peoria , m. , billed fire persons ; Oc.
Umber 17 , militIa Ore Into a lub attacking
the Jai at Washington , 0. , kIlling eight Iler-
eons and 10unling fifteen ; Al1rl 31. Elx
pedro members ol In Incendiary gang killed
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, ; - . ' -
by I mob In Tennessee ; ? 'ov . 3 , tour per- I
sonl killed , 100 Injurer by , A wrecked clr- '
cu s tent at 'errel , 'ex. ; September 27 , five
m en died ! with their boots on at a dance ] Inert
Fort Smih , Ark. ; July 29 , hottest Cay In
New York and Urooirn , twelve persons
diM of smmnetroke. On December 25 , At $11-
I vcr JAke , Qrt" , upsetting n t lamp tt ' t Christ-
vp : teslh"al caused the death ot torh'.oM
pertons ; five more were fatally Injured and
eleven wounded ! .
RAILROAD J'A'AITIS. !
The prominent raIlroad ! fatalities were as
folows : January 2 , rear. end collision on
the UnIon Iacile at 1.lnwood , lnn. , 4 persons -
sons kied , G Injured ; January 15 , 15 per-
sns kied , 22 Injured by collision of trains
during a fog at Jackensack , N. J. ; May 30 ,
0t lIves lost , many Injure ! In A wrek 0'
the Wisconsin Central at Marhneh ] , Wis. ;
July 24 , I men killed In A collision near
Queen City , Tex ; August ! , Hock Island
train t thrown from bridge near tncoln. , Net ,
anc eleven Ins lost ; Seplember ! , 20 kIlled ,
40 Injlrel $ ! In A collisIon at Aply , Prance ;
December 21 , 19 persons kllell" CO Injured In
the wreck of the lhncheser : express at Chel-
ford , Englanll.
. STRIKE lllS'l'OItY.
Labor troubles on a large scale began wlh
the coke workers' strike In Pennsylvania ,
enlln with nn attack on the works at
Unlonlown , AI'rl 20 , eleven men being killed
In I the fight . On May 4 the wives of strikIng -
Ing l cokers started A riot al Sceteslale ! , Pa. ,
r suling In the death or three pcrEons. The
g reat strike of coal miners for the restoration
of the ell wale scale began April 21 antI
lasted l until Juno 11 ; 126,000 miners In five
states were Involved. The strike on the
G reat Nortber railroad syslem began April
IG 1 , and ended ! with n vlc'ory for the strikers
May 1. Ore miners on the Mesabo range ,
northern : lnne ota , struck and looted the
mining property May 3. On May 21 , four
strikers were kIlled In a battle with 11elules
guarding time coal mines at Stickle Hollow ,
lk 'a. On the following day eleven men were
kied by striking mIners and the Ihaf
hlown with dynamite at Cripple Creek , Colo.
The calico of the strikers at . the Pulman
works was poused h ) the American Itoh-
way union June 27 , and the bo'col of Pul-
mnn cars leclarel. ( On Jlly 3 federal and
state troops were called Olt to quell strik-
Ing l rioters In Chicago , Sioux City , Trinidad , '
C ole. , Santa 1.'e , N M" , and Sacramento , Cal. I
Six men were Idled and several wounded
anll mich property destroyed In the Chicago
ralroac yards on the 6th. On the 7th the
m ilitia fired on time strikers lu Chicago , IdlIng
Ing l seven Persons and wounding a large nlm-
h er. On time same date fedlral troops were
orllercd to Olefl the Central , Union and
Northern PacIfic railroads to traffic. 1otn
c ccurred at Hammond , Ind. , on the 8th ;
cccurrcc
fcdertl troops fired on the mob , killing two
anll wounding many. Partial mnrtal law
was declared by the president. The bloclt-
aIle on the UnIon PacIfic was broken. On
the t 10th the Knights of Labor throughout the
country were called out but did ! not respcnd ;
P resident Debs and other officers or the A.
H. I U. were arrested for conspiracy ; state
trools fire on n mob at Spring Valley , m" ,
klhl ! two and wounding six Time strike
b egan to wane In Chicago on the 1th , the
wailout oC R'mpathetc trades failing to ma-
t erialize. On that late a train conveying
federul troops was wrecked near Sacramento ,
k illing the engineer and three soldiers. Pres-
dent i Debs ) anti his associates were rearrested
July 12. charred with contempt of court.
The hearing began July 23 anti contnuer at
Inlervals I until Novemhcr. Juci Woods ren-
dered Jlls ) decision December 1. fInding the
defendants guilty. The sympathy strike In
the t South Omaha packing houses began Au-
gust 6 ; the Omaha m111 was ordered there
on time 10th and recalled on the 16th.
TIlE DEATI nOLL.
The death roll oC 189 contains the names
of many persons eminent In their profes-
lens , whose reputations were not circumscribed -
scribed by natonal boundaries. mong
"mong
t hoe prominent In public life were : J. L
Vnleorata , ex-vice president of Mexico , who
rled Janunry 4 ; Daron Crewe , home rule
member of time House of Lords , January 4 ;
M. Wadtilngton , French ambassador to Eng-
laud l , January 13 ; ex-Congressman Caldns
or Indiana , January 29 ; Congressman George
W. Houk or Ohio , February 10 : Louis Kos-
suth , Hungarian patriot March 20 ; Senator -
tor Colquit of Georgia , March 26 ; Senate
Vance 'or South Carolina , April 15 ; Senator I
Stockbridge of Michigan , April 30 ; John Jay
of New York , May 6 ; ex-Governor Rodney
1. PrIce or New Jersey , June 7 ; William
Walter Phelps or New Jersey , J ne 17 ; Senator -
ator Dshop W. Perkins of , Kansas , June 20 : :
ex-Governor RobInson of Kansas , August 17 : :
ox-Governor Samuel J. KIrkwood or Iowa
and General Nathaniel p. Banks of MassAchusetts -
chusetts , September 1 ; ex-Governor and Gen-
oral l Stoneman or CalIfornia , September 5 ; : ;
.
Com to do Paris September 8 ; ex-Oovernor
Andrew G. Curtn of Pennsylvania , S ptem-
ber 7 ; ex-Premier Mercier of Quebec , Octo
bar 30 : ex-Governor und ex-Senator Joseph
E. Drown ofGeorgla November 30 : ex-Gov .
ernor L20n Abbott of New Jersey , December
3 ; Sir John Thompson , Canadian PremIer ,
December 12. -
The list of military men Includes Genera ! : I
Emlo Illenct , father ot the rench army ,
January 21 ; Confederate General Jubal Early ,
MarciL 2 ; General Henry W. Slocum or New
York , April 1 ; General James Barnett Fry
of Rhode Island , July 1 ; General A. J.
Pleasonton of Pennsylvania July 26 ; Major
General Joseph Ifolt , August 3.
Tim legal profession lost Judge James W
MeDI of Iowa February 28 : Chief Justco
George W. Stone of Alabama , March 1 ;
George Tlclnor Curtis , noted consttutonal I
lawyer , March 29 ; John Graham , noted crImInal -
Inal lawyer of New Yorlt April 10 ; David I
Dudley FIeld or New York , April 13 ; cweir
Justice ColerIdge or England , June 1 ; ChIef r
Jutico James Gilfililan of Minnesota , Do-
Justco Glllnn
comber IG ; Hon. T. M. Marquet of Nebraska -
braska , Decembcr 22. I
Time rQI or deceased educator comprIses t
Elizabeth Peabody of Jamaica Plains , N.
Y. , January 4 ; Paul W. orschelmer , Ocr- :
man nrchaeologlst , January 10 : Prof. OswaJl
Sellcnstciler , University , of Pennsylvania ,
Jnnuary 1 ; Wilam flvlght Whitney , pro.
lessor at Yale ; June G ; Prof. Joseph A.
Armstrong , eminent SyrIan scholar , August
1 ; _ , Prof ! _ herman von _ lemho ! z , _ Germar ! _ m
maSler OJ ( IY8ICS , eptmuer I ; . . le ,
[ COlh , ex-president of PrInceton colege , November .
vembcr IG ; General E. K. Scammon , ex-
profcssor nt West PoInt , Deccmbcr 7 : Colonel -
anal Michael Frank , father of time publIc
school system of Wisconsin , December 27.
lelglous circles lost Mgr. Falcet , bishop of
Bruges , I.'rance , January 4 ; Ht. 11ev. Francis
McNlcrmtey , Romnan Catholic blsholl of Albany ,
N. Y. , January 2 ; He\ Patrick A. CorrIgan ,
noted New Jersey priest , January 10 : Dr. W.
P. Iaterwn , PresbyterIan minIster , Chicago -
cage , February 28 : Ht. Hev. M. O'Parrel ,
Homan Catholic bishop of 'frenton , N. J.
April 2 ; Cardinal LellochoWEkl , prefect of
the propaganda , July 29 ; 11ev. David SwIng ,
eminent Chicago divIne , October 4 ,
Journalism lost George W. Chlcs , pub-
usher of time Phiadelphia PublIc Ledger , I eb-
ruary 3 ; Norman I. . Monro , n noted New York
Iluhlsher , February 24 ; Frank Haton , edi-
tar Washington Post , April 30 : Edmund
Yates , EnglIsh I publshcr and critique. May
20 ; John Waler , publisher London ' Times
Novemller 3 ; Francis Marquart , editor Pari
Figura. November 19.
On June 1 Muley 10uon , sultan or Ilp.
rocco , anti on November I , Czar Alexander
of Russia , gave UII their Ecepten.
'rho death roil of emlnents In other professions -
fessions includes : George p. I ) . Henly ,
portrai painter , Chicago , Juno 23 ; John
Newell . general manager or time Lake Shorn
raIlroad , August 26 : Nelson .Jearllsley , AI-
buoy , N. 1. millionaire , January 15 ; Mica :
loslna Vokes , actress , January 29 ; Steele :
Mackayo theatrIcal manager , February 25 ;
hilly Edwards , Iotell pugilist , March 13 ;
George Biker , Inventor of the submarine
torpedo , March 23 : WIllIam .1cGarralman ,
Wilam : lcGarralan
noted caimant of the new hlra qulcllslver
mines , April 24 ; James Wright , prominent
PhIladelphIa merchant , June 6 : John Quincy
Adams , son of the sixth president , April H ) :
Benedict Hand larhurcer , netlor of Aus
trlal musicians , January 10 : Hans von
, Iulow ' , distnguished German pianist , ebru. I
ary 13 ; John U. Scott . PHtshurg Iron manu-
facturer , February l 13 , Mme. Patoy , noted
English I singer , February 28 : Alton Iubon-
stein , composer , November 20 , I'rof. Brown
Sequard , emInent Ilhysiclan/ April 2 ; Dr. F.
Id . Sims , Ilhslclal , lemphls , November 23 ;
Austin Helry J.yard , noted I ' nglsh author ,
JUly 6 ; James A , I.'roudo , Englsh historian ,
October 20 ; Robert Louis Stevenson , noyel-
let , December 8 ; Jesse felgman , New Yprk
lalker , April 23 : Eugene Kelly , New York
banker , December 19 ; I'erdImmand De l.sseps ,
famous French engllfer , December 71 . John
SIckels , New , York , Inventor of the hand
fire engine , Noyemb9r 23 ; VictorIa Vokel ,
actress , December 5 , '
Locally , the death roll Include lIon Charlel
\ \ ' . OoodrJch. March 3 ; Experience Estabrook ,
Mar b 26 ; Henry Orebe , May 10 : WIll C ,
Wakoey ! July 31 , JUlius Thiele , September
Ii ; Free Drexel , Octuber 4 ; Chauncey WIUe ,
December G : Genera ] J. D. DennIs , December
2G.
NATIONAL AFFAIBS.
Congress assembled after the holiday ! reeeU
on Jannnry 3 , but business was blocked
until the 9th for want of n democratic
quorum , Tile Wilson tariff bill passed the
Ins,20t to llQ-on t'ebruary 1 , was re-
ported with Amendments by the ( renate cola-
mlee March 20 , WAS debated In the senate
from April 2 to JUly 3 , and passed by A
vote ot 39 to 34. The amended bill passed ,
the bouse18 : to 10-n Augst 3 , and be-
came a law , wihout approval ot the prell-
Ilent , August 27. On the following day ! the
nrt session of the ort.tblrd congress
eloed. Senator \\'albal of Mississippi re-
signed ! January 18. I'residont Cleveland vetoed -
toed the Bland selgnlorng bill March 29.
house bIll , repealing the federal election
laws , passed the senate February 7. On
January 1 Secretary Carlisle Ilecllell upon
the first Issue or bonds to replenish the gold
reserve . and bds : were invited for the seconil !
Issue November 12.
LOCAL E\I NTS.
Metropolitan of Omaha
The : lctropollan Depot company
% vas Incorporated on January 2. On January
27 Judge nundy ) Issued In order reducIng
wages of Union PnclOc emll'oyes. The artier
was Eet asIde by Circuit Judge CaJhvel , anl
1 conference oC emplo'es anll olcials or-
derell with n view 10 amicably settling the
wage questIon. The conference assembled
In OmAha Mardi 1i , anti on the 231 ad-
journO ! without r'sul. On the 29th the
Ilueston was taken up by JUlll3 Caldwel
amid decided In favor of time employes The
extremes of Icmperture were represented
by the cold wave of January 24. when time
mercury registered 21 degrees below zero
at 7 a. m. , amid the slmoon or July 2G , when
time mercur went UI ) to lOG degrees In the
United States signal office at 2:3U : p. m. Dr.
George I. Miller was nominated surveyor
of the port of Omaha March 12. leporter
Percival or The leo was 111juclell guilty
of contemlJt by JUIIR Scott larch 24 , amid
Mr. R. I Hosewater emi AprIl ' 21. On AprIl
12 Archblsllll Hennosy ef Dubuque began
In Omaha an Inquiry Into time charges
egaitisi the bl hot ) of Lincoln , but court and
plalntes v.erf unable to ngrmte anti the prom-
Iced trial II'ns I abamitloneti . Time Kelly can-
Iingent of the com 101\:1 arm } from San
I ranclscl arrived In Omaha , \prl 15 , passel
on to Council Bues , and on the 16th b21an
their eastward march on foot. lay 31 the
body oC Miss Iaud Huhel was discovered
In the Tenth street tenement Sam Pa'Ie ,
charged with the crime , was captured June
13 , convicted of murder In the sccond dc-
greo November 2I ! , and sentenced to 1m-
Ilrlsolment for life. Mrs. Nutson and her
two chidren Ilsallileared December 8. On
Dcccmber 16. C. A. Cromwell oC Mluneapols
and P. N. Ha'llen of Chicago. reIJresenta- ,
tIres of the Fidelity and Casualty company ,
were shot nnd wounded by John Huntu -
ton , assistant hoollleper , In the Citizen's
State bank , Counci Bluffs. Immediately :
after . Huntnston shot himself , dyIng In- :
stnnt ! .
The notable conventIons held In Omaha I
during the year were the Interstate ! rlga- .
tou , March 21 ; Ancient Order of Hiherlans'l
May 8 ; Nebraska Homeopathic society , June
1 ; State League of Hellblcan clubs and
State Undertakers' association , Juno 12 ; Masonic -
sonic Ornd Lorge of Nebraska , June 20 ;
11emocratle state silver convention . June 21
and republican state . convention , August 22.
The most destructIve fires In thIs vlclnlt
were the Iorse-Coe shoe factory , October 13 ;
the Hammol ! packing house , November 2 ,
and the Exposition building and Baptist
church , December 4.
NOTABLE EVENTS A DlA D.
The severest old spell or time century pre-
wailed In Northern Europe January 5. FIerce
antI-tax riots broke out In Italian cites :
January 7. On January 26 the reconciliation
oC Prince Dsmarclt and Emperor William
was effected. Ht. lion. Wilam E. Gladstone -
stone , prime minister or England , resigned
March 3 and was succeeded by Lord Hose-
bery. Parliament assembled on the 12th.
Admiral Da Gama , leader of the Brazilian
rebels In Ho harbor , surrendered larch 12.
Defeat ol the French ministry In the Chamber -
ber or Deputies May 22 was followed hy
resIgnation of the m mb2rs. The Interna- ,
tonal celebration or the fiftieth anniversary
of the Young Men's Christian association L
began In London June 6. The asasslaaton L
or President Sadl Carnet of France look :
place In the city of Lyons June 24. San la ,
the assassin , was arrested , trIed August I ,
convicted August 2 and guillotined August 16.
Caslmer Perler was elected president of France
June 28. Jose Salvador Franch , the Spanish .
anarchIst who threW a bomb Into n theater
,
In Barcelona November 7 , 1893 , 1 < 1ng
twenty persons and wounding fifty , was executed -
cuted November 21. An extraordInary so-
cialstc demonstration occurred In the French I
Chamber January 27. On January :0 the
United States cruIser Detroit , Admiral Ben :
ham , fred on one or the insurgent war vessels -
sels In the mo harbor , anti compelled the I
rebels to respect neutral vessels. Cimancellor : :
Chancelor
Van Caprlvl and Count Euhlenberg resigned
from the German ministry October 2G. rime , ,
Armenian massacre , In whlcn 8,000 to 10,000
Christians were reported kIlled 1 by 1urklsh
soldiers , took place at ltls October 8.
STOny O TiE WAR.
The war between Japan and China was informally -
formally opened July 10 , alhough Japan's
formal declaration or war was not Issued
until July 31. On the 25th a Japanese man-
of-war sonIc n Chinese transport , 2,000 lIves
being lost. On the 30th a ChInese armored
cruiser was sunk by tile Japanese nav } " .
The great naval battle ot the war occurred
at Hal Yang Tao , September 16. resultIng In
a decisive victory for Japan's fleet , the ChInese -
nese feet being sunk or driven shore. Th
battle oe PIng Yan occurred Selltember 17 ,
Japan's troops routng the enemy and cap-
turIng IGOOO prisoners. Port Arthur fell
Into the hands or the Japs on time morning
or Novmber 21.
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MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS.
There were numerous train robberies and
attemptell robberies during ! the ) 'en. Two
occurred In thio.vlcinlty or St Joe , Mo. , Jan-
uary 10 and 18. In the first the robbers
looted the tral , but In the second they were
trapped and shot down September 18 the
Santa Fo trdn was held up- at Germ , Mo. ,
and coneJlerablo plunder secured. Twenty
thousand dclars was falcon front n Southern
Pacifc traIn In Arizona October I , but the
bandits aad booty were captured . A Jan ,
sas City & Memphis train was held up by
Cook's ging at Waggoner , J. V. , October 20 ,
and an Imknown amount ol plunder secured.
Iccurec.
In the list of bank robberies two are notable
-the raid on a bank In Longview , Tex. . May
23. One robber anti two citIzens were killed 1
In the fracas , anti the remaining robbers < led
wih $2,180. Bookkeeper Seely , who slluan- fed
tiered $350,000 of the funds oe the Shoe anti
Leather bank , New York , fell November 20 ,
was captured In Chicago December 11 , taken
to New York anti sentenced , December 22 , to
eight years' Imprlsonmcnt.
'fho orIginal Coxy commonweal army
moved out of Massilion , 0" , March 28
movel Masslon " 1iareh , ar-
rlvell Washington AprIl 30 and
Apri :0 , was eject-
ed from the capItol grounds May 1. Daniel
Coughln , the last ol1 Cronin Euspects ,
was acqultell on eeconll trial In Chicago
March 8. The repuhlcan constitution cl
Hawaii was promulgatel July 4 and Sanford
n. Dole declared Presitlent . Oharles Michel
and James Corbett fought for the vorlti's
worll's
championship at Jacksonville , 1"la. , January
25 , resultIng In the defeat of Michel In
three roands , lasting nine mlnutl' . The
famous I'ollard-lirccklnrhige case enllel ] In
a verdict for the ( plaintf In Wa3hlngton ,
Apri 14. DrclllnrlJge met hIs second de-
feat In tin contest for the congreulonal
nominaton In the Ash111 ( ICy ) cL-
trlct September 15. On July 13 ,
1. E. l'rendergosl , assassin ef Mayor
Harrison , was executed In Chmicago
Adjutant General Tarsncy of the Colorado
slate militia was tarred ana feathered by
masked men at Colorado SprIngs June 23.
The United Stales steamer leanargo was
grounded and wrecked ] on Honcador reef , off
the coast ol Central America , February 2.
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HInt In 'Ihiuttetr tiIIimagir4. ,
Many more people are driven away from the
theaters by bpd , suggestive titles , ) repulsIve ,
tasteless and , '
talteles vulgar picture posters , than are
over drawn to the boxolce 'by such pictures
and titles. Thin great man of time American
people , says the Dramats Mirror , are rIght
mlndell , clean thinking , self-respectIng men
anti wonmen . who want the best-not the
loorest For every quarter of a dollar
drawn to the boxolilce
boxoUce by an Indecent or
sUtgeth'o poster , $00 Is drIven away Jpr I
one mln or boy who goes to see a Illay of
suggntvu tItle , 300 women and mutne
flrls and at least hal D many len stay
away 'niece arc the eternal verities of the
modern theater.
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Oregon Kidney Tea cure all kidney trou
ble Trial sIze . 25 ceuta. All drugtsta .
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Something : About ti t Oacr of the Federa-
ton's ' Hr President
CONSTANT WORK ( BEhAlF . OF UNIONS
)
Temiulency Toward 1'.1o : 1"llhtnJ , Checked
br n Who 1'muthmerii.ea.Ier . In Ohio
i'mlimmers' StrIke-hA Work In tIme
llumckeyu , State f.cglslatmmro.
Jucke.o ( /
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Sllco the election Of John McBride of the
mmilmiers' union as l'relldlnt of the American _
I.'ereraton or lAbor there has been a great
eemand among the workllg people to learn
Eomethlng or his cnreer
John Mciiritie's father , Thomas McBrIde ,
was ono of the early seWers of Ohio , anti
cngagee In mining work soon after John was
born. " "John went Into the mine as , a water
carrier at time ago of 8 years ; two years
later he began lS A helper , ami at the age
of 12 years was n full lellgcll mIner. lie
was oC powerful build , amid
buid was soon after
nterlng uteri the work as A miner reeog-
nlze1 ! as a good worlmlan among his assoc1-
ales At the age of 16 he Was Ilclled assoc-
toward prize fghting , but Ito good sense of
his father preventell I coming labor lealer
from beIng spolcd In the fHle art The
surroundings oC time boy were such as stimu.
latlt his regard for '
Ilh'slcal l'rowess anti
his SIJlellll strength and emlurlnce was a
great temptaton to enter the fistic flelti.
fstc nelr.
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'hoams leBrhle , however , hall seen the
world n good many years In a short tme ,
and knew ' time folly of sch n courEe. At his
father's earnest solclatol John at last
gave up the citerisiteti
cherlsher hope or his boyhood
anti contnued his work In the miles along
with his father. When he was 18 years old
ho was elected secreta ) ' or the local union
of the Miners and ,
: lners Iaborers llc'nevohent
Iclevolent as-
sociaton , the chief , organizatioti of Iho
organlzatun
mlrer's lt that thne.
In the Tlscarwas Valley strike of 1872
Vale strile
'homas McBride , the fathcr , Was n deiegato
to tIme cunrelton of striklmig delgate
strllllg miler !
one cnd of tIme valley , uimlhc John
McBrIde
the valey whie : lcIrlde ,
, and
son present lresitierit uf the Amerl-
. Ilreslllnt -
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l',11 ! 'ellemtol of Labor , header n ( lelega-
relcga-
ton from the other' 'he father WIS n cool
hcarel . lan lIti , ' evel teIIJerell and IlsPIS'
lu was chosen one oC the repre-
senlatves oC time miners to meet with time
operators tiomts at Akron anti arbitrate the ques-
at Issue between
the
tols
men and their
emlJloyers. Time failure or the strike car
led I down time mlncrs limilomi . ' '
tht un 101. 1'he union ral-
lied
led elough members to organIze a strike
again In 187 , which was again lost , ituid Ito
union llsi u Itteti . Ind
COMES TO liD A LEADER
hitherto John : ll'Brlce lund heir a subor-
duimate
dlnlte posiion In tl organizaton , but his
qualities for a leadel'
qualtes I were notcell by many
of the men. In 18i the Miners Protec-
tve unIon was organlzell at : llsslon , 0. ,
John
wih 11cIrlde as Ilresident. lic was
leI'IS
then but 23
yenr , but dlrlng the next three
years he buIlt Iii [ ) the mlner3 union as It
hall never been l'eCpl lIe was ( lie leader
of tilct the In great 1880-81 strike , which : , was tae Mtmssiiion the first real dix-
fcht ever made b ) -tile ' miners In AmerIca.
Time final mJcfeat. ' 'rv , . the miners
again Ilsrlllted' the ummilon and
unlol
left MeDrhle .
lef Imocotted
by the
operators. Not an bo.cotel II the district
would employ hint t. I The miners came to
hIs rescue . imowever . amid 'gave him a position
I positon
as ehcckwelghman at the Grove mine , then
oll"ned by Clark & Co. of Cheveiantl The
other operators Protestut1 , against his reten-
ton even II that voaltiotm . but the trm re-
fused lu make any 'fight against him. It
was not bug , howpvejbefore the mine
changed hands and : cBr1 was dIscharged.
That fail he was ancanlidale for the legis-
latlre and came wlhh ' slxty-threo votes of
election. He then ave' . his attention again
to organizing time.mimmers. , , . The Ohio
Miners abaotiation , 'was.brought into beIng
In 1882 anti he 'wais-chtosen
va i-ciosen its Jreshlent. (
Year after year Jun " ' vas me-elected. The
name of the order was ehahged , hit he , re-
malncd at its head until the ProGressive
Union nod Natiiiiiiil I Assembly , NI 13G.
Knights oC Labor. . were united In 1890 to
form the UnIted Mine Workers nt that time.
McBride could have been the head of tme.
nw organization , but he declined hecause of
his official IJoslton as commissioner of labor
ol OhIo under Governor Canmpbehl. A year
inter he was chosen lender , however and has
bNn at time head or the National union ot the
Mine Workers ever since. In 1883 McBride '
was elected to tie legislature and re-elected'
In 1885. re-electc'
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Jilt ; DEFEATED THE BILL.
Probably no more interesting passage In
hIs life can he named than that which grew
out or the introduction
In the
Intruducton general assembly -
sembly by Colonel Seth Weldy , In 1886. of
what was known as the Weldy conspiracy bill.
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The measure had a short 1 In the house ,
but n stormy one. Weldy had been elet cd
as a miners' candidate , and acted with them
the frst session Then the Hocking Valley
Railroad company retained him as one or its
attorneys , and the next year ho brought Is
his immeasure ' against conspiracy at the com-
pany's instigation , as the mIners beileved .
Time bill provide for the beleved. any
one who counseled or led a strIke , and fixed
heavy penalties of both fine and ImprIson-
ment. As the mIners pnt I , time bill de-
fitted conspiracy to be any atempt to strike
without time consent or the emploers aI-
fecteil When \ }
VlienVehiy Introduced the meas-
Irp , lenll"a labor merbpr from Cimiclminati ,
Cnclnnut
lovell its rejectIon by the house without
consideratiomm. I was In time heell ol the
long and Intense coal strike In the Hocking
valley In 1884 , which the miners had lost ,
and icr LImo feeling on both sIdes was very bIt-
Weld } ' made a three honrH' speech In favor
of his mimeasure When he COlcllled Mc-
Drhlo manila n speech two hours In length
In reply , which Is remembered as one of the
most forcible anll earliest speeches ever
leard 'n ' the assembly hal of Ohio. Perhaps
not half n dozen such speeches have been
mnde there In the last two decades He dId
not ask that the bill be rejected , hut answered
the argumentl of Its author In emphatic all
convincing aohlomm 'fhe '
measure was not
reJect , but Mcflritie'a speech killed It be-
YOIl the hope of resmmrrectiomm. I wcnt Ida
a commitee and was never heanl of ngaimm
The strike In the Hocking valley coal roe
glen In 1881 was one or the fiercest contests
In which labor ever engaged In Ohio. For
montls the cOIHlion of timings In tIme valley
bordered upon war. 'he operators brought
In Plnllerton detectives to Il'otect their
property , and time miners wcre wild with
Indignaton , McBrIde , at the wid , wlh
leall
delcaton ( remit SI'al/Hvle / , went to Governor
10uly : antI appealell 10 him against ( lie mire
tie IFO
of armell , men In the Valley hy time operators.
The governor watt n careful lawyer , and after
sore eonetlerton told the men there wait
no law on time Itltu e 90ks of Ohio whmlchi
could bp Invoked to prevenl men from going
ahout wih guns In' hand so long al the
weapons were not cchcfled. Quick as a
flash McBride asled"lf " limo miners had time
same right to carry ll/aH / time Pinkertorms .
TIme govcrnor was toFctl to concede that
there was no law to ] res'ent I. 'rhe leader
ol the miners exelnlnicd : "
"That Is all we wont Wo will arm and
see whether , I any ! o ) hls 10 be hurl , it
will be Plnkrrtons af'wel ' as muimiers. " I
Governor Hoadly dId "lot like this inference
from his IJ llon , b' the logic of It was
not to bo disputed i1
l ippeole(1 ( to the men
not to tko up arms hi that fashIon , but they
rtl not listen. At thl 'dictate ol leBrlde
the delegatIon returlr1 to theIr homes and
In a very few dayi the miners began to
appear about the towns whim sholguns In
their hands. 'hey drilled In I conspicuous
manner , and the '
I'hnkertomm
mmien
Jlnllerton len were
alarmed. I was not a great whie before
the operators bal the danger that was certain
10 comO from theIr volley , and the Jlnkertons
wee wlthtlrawmi .
Jail lcDrlde owes much of his success
to the even temper which he immheritetl from
Inherle
hIs lather , Few of time men who hare
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worked with hun ban ever seen hll lose
control ol imlmmiscU , JerhuIIs ono or tie
reasons for this II that , prior to 1885 , when
he began to use I as 1 medlclnH , he was a
total abstaimit'r anti bardly knew the taste of
liquor . He has always sought to be lair In
his treatmcnt of both rml'lo'ers ' and men ,
1111 ende.vortd to ( punut a moderate and
tomperatt coUnt In dtalng wIth all Inter-
ests. Never have his appeals to the men
degenerlted to the level of mere abuse of
.
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r FURNITURE * 1 I
I * CARPETS
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. . . WE
i : a = : r , ) .l.-- , --'I ' a stock of 1urniturc. Carpets and
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Ar - - - - - - ' iit Stoves that covers the vhO1c list of
I Lt J :
, J _ 1t I " pricesl from the lowest 1 ( the bestVe
I - = have elegant Oak Suits beveled glass , highly
. _ _ _ j tl . ' . ' , mA L' ' polshedl . , from $15.00 and upwards Par- 4
101. suits ill all coverings from $25.00 and
upwards , Carpcts--\Ve have on hand al
it , . ' - . makes of Carpets , from the lIoquettes to
1I , . : ; ' - ' 4. , ' the , In
' . I Ingmin fact , everything that
- you
f ( . - - 't4f' .4" ' ' . I -
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ib- , ; ' ' - : , : ± t can see in any frst-cass Carpet I-louse. I
Price , $22.50 ; worth $40.00. wi be to your interest to see ou lincs. "
Why ? Eecausc we ave you from 25 to 35 per cent , on each 1)urchase.
We will epeuan account with you if f you wish usto do so. CREDIT GIVEN ,
Send 10e il postage f01'
big Catalogue. Sol c
ngents Peninsula Stoves
also Estat Oak Hcatc1's. '
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tIme employers , whIch has been the frequent
Instrument used by labor agitators to excite
the Passions ot tlelr lumen. He lies always
beau a firmmi advocate. or arbitration anti }
frm advocate arblratun cun-
dilation , and for years has Ullhcld compul-
ser } ' arbitration as 1 valuable reimietiy In the
settement of dIfferences b2tween emplo'crs
I anti emploes. The American l edcrllon of
! Labor has dcclared ngalnst this ( policy , but
' Its new president Is nevertheless an enrnest
believer In it.
I.
Mr. Mcllridm ,
: lclrlde owes somethIng of his prog-
mess to his wife , who was a teacher In the
IHhlc schools of Mass10n at the ( hue or
her marrlago In 1874. Under her dlrccton
the man of 20 spent many hours In harll
stuily , and thus' Ild for hlmselC what he was
denied an opportunIty of doIng In the schools
when a bo } ' . His wife Is now dead. Four
chidren survive her , time eldest , a daughter ,
having graduated from thO : Iasslon Igh
school last summer. The youngest Is now
9 year old. : lr. McBride Is n great meatier
amid a convIncing talker.
Dy thee who know him best It Is said his
POlICY w1 be to unite all the labor organizations -
lens of the country under one head and
undertalte to right many ol time ndmltcd
wrongs to labor through the ballot box. lie
Is a strong advocate of the poltcal program
o [ time AmerIcan FederatIon or Labor and be-
leves that worldngmen should support such
men for public ollico as will heed the just
appeals or labor
Labor NoteR.
The , playing ' cards advertising 'he Cigar-
maIlers union' labor are now on sale In most
parts of the stale.
The American TIn Plate company of Mun-
do . .lnd , 111 open two new mIlls , givIng
employment to over 300 milan
Tile Anderson , Ind. , Foundry and Machine
company has finished an addition to Its
Is
casting room whIch wIll Increase the capacity
one-ball. capaciy
The report or the Missouri commissioner or
labor shows 1,473 manufacturing establish-
estblsh-
ments In the state gIvIng employment to
59,000 hands.
One of 1he blast furnaces of the Barnum-
Richiarmison l company , at East Canaan Conn. ,
COOL las Deen mama tor a year Is getting ready
to start up January 10.
Local Nebraska unions are electing delegates -
gates to the fourth semI-annual meeting of
the State Federaton of Labor , whIch meets
at Lincoln January 19.
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THE FOREST FIRES.
lean scaLIng Vials 10101 In time l'onls-
S'lkcs In Lime l'hlncR'Rn. .
Black bears feastIng on parboiled fIsh Is'
one of the sequels to the recent fires that
raged In the lumber distrIcts
of central Penn-
'sylvania , says the pltsburg Dispatch . Jell
McCurry , who , lives ncar Driftwood , tails
or this strange Incident In backwoods life :
A terrific fire had swept over n low lyIng
district about hal n mile from the Susquehanna -
quehanna river , devourIng the lalen hem-
locks and undcrbrush with a fierceness that
was startling. The second day alter the fire ,
fre
when the grounl1 lied become cool enough
to allow trave/Aing , IcCurry started Into
( lie burned distrIct 10 look after some
park piles . lie followed A deep ravine
for n mIle or more , whcn hIs course
ehangell and lie made his way In the direc-
ton ( of the rIver. In May last , when this
stream overflowed Its banks and the twenty
feet ot extra Water deluged Iho '
narrow \Vost
Branch valley , I formed lakes and \'est
where before had ben dry lanti In one
partcular spot , which was much lower than
the surroundln" counlry , being naturally
swampy , the river water made n pontl from
two to lour feet In depth. This water was
kept , quIto fresh by time Cnstant accession
made by n strong
sprIng In time nclghbor-
Iuootl The pond was lemmed In 01 all sIdes
11
hy rhmododeimulron , hemloclt
rhollocendron swalil , and watcr
hlreh. In alldilon tu time Interest attached
atachcd
to this pool because of Is very odd forma-
I ton , was tIme tact that It cOltained fIsh .
I l.umbermel who StOOl ! by Its edge on several
I occasions saw the ullitialable movements
of quIto large fish In Its murllY tielitims. They
hal been carrlcd In wih the strong sweep of
waler during tIme May flood , and were caught
, In the IJool when time water recedetl The
men 'who saw time fsh declared that they were
carl of laT o size.
This irnmmd was directly Iii time wake of time
reont forest Ore , and its herders of hemlock
und birch fed time fames In their mail race
across country. As Mr. IcCurry neared
time pond , but before he was In sight ol It ,
hIs atenton was attracted by a low grovlimig ,
growlng
lueh like tIme noise made by a dog when
gnawIng bones Clmbing up from the depths
of time ravine , McCurry , who was now
wihin fifty yards or tIm pond I , was surprIsed
to see two mOltter blsck bear busIly engaged
devouring something at the water's edge ,
Ono of time pair was oVllenty afraid of
time other's lo\melts , for lie kept up a
conslant chalerlng as he clewed lt lomo
white looking object which he
whlo hmtlml In his
forepaws I was some tUne before McCurry
could determine what lie bear's feast can-
slslell of
SuMenly one of the black fellows made a
IUlgo Inlu the ( water anl waded carefully
across the Iond , to where somethlg lay foat-
Ing on Iht aurface When bruin picked tIme
object U ( McCurry saw that It was a fish ,
The old fellow waded back to shore amid be-
gan devouring his prize I was some tIme
before time bear had gotten all they wamiteml.
'rhls done , lowl\r , they shambled off across
the burned district in tIme dIrtctlorm of
greener lantis , imiuchi to time cimaKrln of time
young wootisniami , who , usidu fron a small
axe. was umiarmmied.
Vhmen limo bears html departed IticCurry
made bold to lmmyestigate the caumse of ( lie
brulrms' attemmtioni to time poimd , lie found
on time surface of tIme little lake several dead
lIim. Time water was decltintiiy warmmi , amid
thu true situation soon presented Itself to
hun , 'I'Imo forest. tire lmad heated time water
Ia limo ionmd to such a degree that time flithm
died and floated to ( tic top , The bears In
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Vttauirrrthetreserlp.
( hon of a ( atanu' , 1'remtcli )
Ilmirsmciamm. wimi
quIckly
- . cure 30mm ot all her-
- dia'q ,
' of
Cii
ytiums or gemieratmvc , ttrgtIts , ucIm n Lost Mamitmooti ,
Imisomnmiimi I'ntita 1mm tIt IgtcktemiuiItKi % 1.mntsslttq , , N'n'tt,5 , IH'bimtty
-S l'tmpIeM , Utittttuos ttt Marry , i'xmtatutiii : Irttttttt ) , Varirncelmt ait ,
- Comistmnatton. It stit ; ' nit hott5eM ttlttv or miiguiL i'revents quick.
imss o ( tiketmnrgt' , which if mtotcIeketl , lt'tla to Mpermnnttrrbtyu end
BEFORE AND AF1ER ammnimoiiorror'or1mmmpotenc ) ' . CVIIIENlcieafltmcimtheiiver , the
kitineymu nni Cite umrinary orgatis of all i1turIUe& '
CIJPIIENE , ttrpngtiiens mmii restarts snmiuii weak or gaits.
Time mtuon simtTrer. , tro miot emmei by flocmori , i be'tuso uInty per cent nra tmommhloi with
) "it'o.tnt It I. . OUI'l ilE is the onm m' kmmowmm remqly to ctmre witioat iti op'rntlutm. , tyJuJ iumirnoni-
ItA wrlttc'n guamaii'ogfven amid money returned I. ttlx ttou's tIoe not circe' , a lerninucal .
ioo ; a box , all Cur 5.OOb ) ' nmmhb. ten1 for rmtmtir circular and testimnommiaia , cure.
Address 1)A''CL ML'DICIN& CO. , P. 0. Box 76 , San rramcieco , Cal. JbrSale b
GOODMAN lltUG CO 1113 FarnmLnn StrcotOimiaha.
UPTON'S TEAS
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FINEST THE 'WORLD PRODUCES. ' 44
1,000,000 I'ackages Sold \VeeiJ3' . Best Grocers Scit Tlicni
'A HAND SAW IS A GOOD THING , BUT NOT T
SHAVE WITH. "
SAPOLIO
Is THE PROPER THING FOR HOUSE-CLEANING.
theIr meanderings discovered thIs feast of
fish and helped timemselves.
Another incident of the recent forest. fires
In the Pine Creek region Is related by Sent
Campbell , who works in th woods
near Blackwell's. Sans was one of
a crew of men sent 'out ta "back
fire" ( fight fire with fire ) , and he declares
that their experIence was most thmrilling.
While setting fire to a thicket that crowned
a macicy ridge ho and his crew wore startled
to find thmemsrlves suddenly in time midst
of a lot of ratelesnalces , Time forest fire was
advancing up time side of ( ho lull at a rapid
rate , Its vimistling , whirring sound as it.
devoured time hemlock tops was terrific , and
the men were bent on building a line of
fire to start toward it , hoping timat when
the two lines met tIme fury of time flames
would be subdued for lack of ma-
( anal bn vhmicii to feed. It was
while thus employed that tlmey encountered -
countered time snakes. Time ground seemed
to be literally allvo with rattlers , tIme reptiles -
tiles cittwlbng in tIm dIrection of a rocky
bluff not more titan 100 yards distant. Time
mcmi were all equIpped with high-topped
leather boots and paid little heed to the
smiakemi , stepping on them as thought they
were but harmless old tlck. Campbell
says that the rattlIng nnatle by ( lie reptIles
could bo heard above tIme roar of time tils-
tent flames. TIme "hack fire" niado by the
men caught dozeims of time crawlers , and they
u'ero hurried to death , When the flames
advanced so close timmit tIme unakes saw further -
thor escape was impossible , they wouhil coil
tip Iii a heap , dartimmg their heads angrily
at time tongues of flame , ( lieu relapee , when
the bmeat overcame timoimi , a mtiommient later to
be devoured.
Cammipbell also toils us of a strange sight
whIch Ito and hmis uteri saw oim this trip ,
They were crossIng a strip of burned grounti
when the attention of one of time men was
attracted by a mimoving object in tIme boughs
of a big luemnlock. 'rho crew stopped to Investigate -
vestigate , About twenty feet above time
ground , on a large hiimmb near time trunk of
( lie tree , sat a full-grown catammioumit , and In
liar pava she imehti a kitten , It was ovitlent
simo hmati taken refuge in limo tree from tue
amlvancimmg forest. fire. 'Fhm kItten scorned
almost deami , while tIme parent "cat" vas ap-
paremitly miazed from heat aimil niimioke. TIle
olti one suvisimemi item tall nervously to anti
fro anti gazed down at time inca as they
huddled around beneath time tree , One of
time crew felt imls foot come In contact with
umonmiethilng soft , and glancing mhown discovered
tIme halt burmmed hotly of another kItten , 'I'Iw
miiothmer hind evidently failed to reach a point
of safety with botim her young , or having
done so hind lost her hold mm ammo , and lie
cell to eleatlm in time lire below ,
MORE WOMEN THAN MEN ,
'rime Etimimier ( ) mltmmlmflihurtlmo I.mtttcr 1mm Nitty
York htmute ,
There are 60,000 moore wommien titan imien Iii
time etate of New York , says the New York
Sun , The lmniveranl law governing such immat-
bra makes time female popuhation of a long
settled country or dIstrict higher than tlmat of
Ohio newly settled or partly developed , anti so
lit tIme New England states time number of
womnemm Is In excess of the mmmmmnber of juan ,
whIle in the western anti l'acifio states this
is ro'erseii.
There are sixty counties In the state of New
York anti ill only twenty-six of these do the
male Inbmabtants outnumber time female.
Oddly emioughi , antI for no reason that Is
kmiowrm , tIme excess of men is greatest in those
counties which are nearest New York end
Brooklyn , though in New York and Brooklyn
time women outnummiber time men , In tlmia cIty
tIme excess of fernaie over male inhabitants is
20,000 ; In Brooklyn it Is 17,000 ,
'rIte migratory disposItion of mien Is much
mnorms tironounced tItan that of women , and
to this peculiarity , in part , is to t traced
time inequalities wimlchi are noticed in mnmey
countls , it is a fact not generally known
thmat there is a higher manIc thman fernmaie b.rthm
rate , saul If other causes did not operate to reduce -
duce time disparity there would be iii every
conmnmunity more men titan women , 'Fhme rca.
sun timst this is not the case is timat time ratio
of deaths duo ID accidents arid violence is
mnucim hilghmer among macmm titan oinommg wammiemm.
'I'ito casualties of warfare fall almost cx.
elusively on inca , The victimmia of murders.
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I CORN
For delivered prices on Corn or Feed of
any descriptIon in car Ioad lots. Writs
or telegraph
w. H. BOOTH & Co. ,
S Kansas City , Me. I
W Igumts and grades guaranteed ,
WM. LOUD ON ,
Comrnissioii Merchant
GruIsi tend Provisions , s
Private wires to ChIcago anti New Zrk.
All business
orders placcd on Cicag2
Board of Trade.
Correspotitlenca soilcited.
Oihice , room 4 , New York Life BuIlding
Omaha. Telepimono 1203 , ,
shmlpwrecks and accidents are nierm chiefly.
Time majority of suicides are muon , Iii this '
way the hmighmem' birth rate is offset by the
hmigimor death rate , It miiny be said , in a gen- -4
eral tray , too , ( hint tIme ordinary laws of health -
are more generally observed by women timmmms
hymen.
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BRANCH BUILDING , ' \ ,
itecollcctions e ? thu llmuIu'yumi
hays of I
amid Commiiiy iionmis "
TIme petition flied Pm time United Stnte court
at St. Louis recently by the receivers of the
Saute Fe anmml 'Frisco railroads
askimig
per-
omIssIon to
dlscontlmmuo time operations
of '
ccc-
tam branch lInes , eimiciiy In westormi ICunsas
simoimlti recall tIme hot very dlstaut day wimers
time peOltle anti ( ito rdiiroaml Ijuildera were
stepplmmg on omme another's bmeels to get tlmestj
bramicim hltics mmtmmrtcd , Tothay it is alleged , anti -
probaiiiy very' truthfully , that. they tie not
hay exiteumses'I thou t I nmqmi I ring I ii to tlio
elimhlty amtti justice of time catleavor to annul
tli contracts of a few yearn ago which
proimilsemi to operate timese bramicimes , says this
Ifarmens City titer , it Is interesting to recall
time feeling svimlch exIsted betuu'een tIme pmopl'
auth tbmo railroads In tIme titmys tt'imen "thic dlrr
began to fly , " 'Flint was nearly ton ycar *
ago.
ago.him
him that tiny time chmief cnmi of man tuas to
get time new road. Thmo townisitlp in ICumisais
( lint was not either votIng bonus or count
lug tIme vote , or getting reatly to vote , svn
comieldered a 'IDhy ) olti slow coach" anti
was sonmietimnea called "l'ennessen , bmid , '
Jelegmttloos of cltizemms on foot , eltizenis ort
imorsehaclc anti citizens 1mm currlagn visited
railway oiiiciahtm and vromiilaeti thiemmi ( Its
fullness of tIme emmrhi ( , whIm a clean bill pe
imais , if thu road was built. Wiic'im railroad "
mmmcmi were not receiving such delegmitlomma thieI
tecro themselves sklrmuiisiulng arotumid looking
for aommme spot ( fli ( lie mmisl , as bIg as a pin's
iteami that imrmti not beemi itcmatcimeti by the
track of a railway. Kanstia edItors whm lmavu
sincti turned 1)t.lttUlIsts ) miimtl are abusIng thmt ,
railroads usemi to order miii sorts mmf jtmbllant
roosters armtl emnmoklng canmmons amid amiortIn
locommiatives for display eu theIr frommt Images
the week tIme' bommtis were voted anti time tlay P'
tIme fIrst pull of snioke frormm time t'nmgitme on
time new road was vlslimlu on timu distant
horIzon of "College 11111" or "Fairmnount
I'lsce."SVhmen thin railroad came thmere was
always an excursion omm flat cars "up time
hirancim" and back , 'Fhmeni Caine time contest
for time ' 'shops" and tIme "enti of (1)0 ( ) divIsion -
vIsion , " Comnmmumltteea were appoiimtcl In every'
town along thu lIne to ace time prositlent
of tIme road. Emmtliois junkets were mnimmde.
i'ronnlsea wIthout nummiber tvere given , it
every town In lcmimitms hind the "shops' ' wimlcho
was promimlseti tlmere would not ho crtglnemt
emmetigim on tIme American comitlnent to till
time stalls , Every town was to be time end
of a dIvision , A new line was lirojectett
fronni every village anti imannlet , which wa
to be "cut off" from tim maIn line for aitbiem'
tIme ' 'Texas tratlo" or tIme "Cuitformmla route , ' '
Sommiethmnea thmese "cut aIls" wore siuried and
were cahieml by hIgh boutmtllng tithes , with thmo
name of time village worked Into innimnortal
fame betwu'emi nammmes like New \'ork uiitl Gal-
weston. Tbmcmo are time "brancimes" ( tint are
causing tIme trouble now ,
Oregon KIdney Tea cures all kIdney lieu.
bies , Trial size , 25 cents , All druggIsts. .
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