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Six Heaths, cash in advaae ,7S OMta
Eatared attfceNortb Platte (Xferka
s ooiid-d an matter
frid'&y,
FEBRUARY 4, 1896.
If Leiter can succeed in keeping
swkeataboTe -ike; dollar-nmrkr for
v the next twelve months? fSrrBers of
the country will vote hitn aprettj
jrpodfellow.
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Teek gave birthto four boys, each
weighing' between "five and- six
pounds." This is a case of a person
being two enterprising.
JOHN. L, JbCOCKEFEILER S income
is "$28.80 per minute. Unless delin
uent subscribers come to the res
cue our income for February will
be less than that amount.
- woman ms tne equal or man in
almost every station in life. Four
feminine students of the Iowa state
university have, been expelled for
participating in a hazing lark.
;'1NFrom all parts of ;he . county
comes the the cry of burdensome
.taxation, and these complaints are
pretty certain to cry stalize into a
movement which will result in
lower taxes.
VEf SeaatorClark, of Wyoming,
iliad stuck squarely to soundmoney
:in his vote on the Teller resolution.
-fieiwoulcfrnot now be compelled .to
invent excuses to pacify an angry
constituency.
The alleged bribery charges in
'connection with the United- States
;senatorship have proven lio Ibe.
groundless. It was an effort to
.'make political capital, butirig
- nominously failed.
' As was anticipated,' congress
Squashed the entire Teller resolution.
?asr it came from the senate in short
order, and McKinley?s ound money
. policy will prevail while he holds
the fortat the White House.
' The report, that-the heirs ofGen.1
:R. Smith were contemplating to
give an endowment fund of $700,
- 000 to the Chicago University is
publicly denied by the daughters
.and heirs of the .general. They
say they're not built that way.
Business in North -Platte last
month was twenty-five percent bet
ter than in January, 1897; at least
that is what the leading merchants
of the city report. The indications
are excellent for this increase hold
ing good during the entire year.,
, That announcement that Willie
Bryan would assume the leading
role in that proposed .financial
drama, "The Curseof Gold," seems
to have been premature, Willie
doubts the ability of the play to
draw an audience, and besides some
under-study might rob him of some1
glory.
The telegraph wires leading
from the Sixth Nebraska congres
sional district to Washington have
not: been kept hot with telegrams
congratulating .Bill lireene upon
his latest oratorical effort in the
house of representatives. Even the
sand-hill farmers don't believe it
proper for Bill to bullyrag his own
stated
c NorthPlatte citizens shoujd not'
be slow in offering their assistance
to the farmers' institute commit
tees to the end that the coming in
stitute may be a successful one.
Any move that helps the farmers
is pleasing; to note that the coming
institute promises to be even more
successful than the two held in ther
past.
The Nicaraguan canal project is.
perhaps nearer its consummation
...inception, Jtfesides the, government
surveyors now on the grourid, pri
vate contractors as well as capital
ists are on- the-way looking for bids
and investments. Thereis a possi
bility that the project will go"
. through congress before the pres
ent session expires.
The Metz investigating commit
tee has succeeded in expending ten;
-tlmimanrl r1r11ar.s rinnrnnriafprl rr
the populist legislature. About
the only result ot the expenditure
of this big sum of money is the
living it has afforded the members.
' nf flm.'rnitiai!ftp frr'Ir mef rvY '
teen?months. They are probably-
very, sorry that their exceedingly
soft snap has come to an end.
When the loaves and fishes were
distributed tb thefailliful populists
who undertook to count:he supreme
judges into office bj falsifying1-the
ballot, thej overlooked one Simons,
a 'Siwonspnre populist, who says
tkat'he received nary a-crnmb. But
Si moss held an ace up his sleeve in
s -the bje7irfiw
btllot-countinr was. done.. He has
exposed thfr-wnole secret and now
f'Pi?81 andfnaphinff of
els Hh topwuliatjciinp";
XIlXAfKA jcotis:
Barrett Seatt Beadsmen Wast MewTrIl.
r IiDfcoLN, Feb. Jr. The attorneys for
the bondsmen in the Barrett Scott case
iave filed a motion for a rehearing in
the apreme court, there being 17 speci
flciitions of error cited.
" i-
Qjcaha, J&n. SO. George S. Peg-
sueiXhief engmeer of the Union Pa
cine road, hits resigned his position.
He willTcome consulting engineer of
the- MaafeatUa Elevated railroad of
lieVYort c.
jSiiakle'g SesteBce Affirmed.
IiiNCOLN, Feb. 3. The supreme conri
today affirmed the penitentiary sentence
of Captain J. H. Stickle, convicted of
wrecking .the Blue" Valley bank of Heb
ron, lieb., of which ho was president.
Stickle rs now in the penitentiary tm
oergomg a five ytar sentence. He ap
propriated the funds of the bank to
. make a race for congress which proved
unsuccessful.
Kail roads Paying Taxes.
Hastings, .Neb., :eb. l-.ThcB. and
"lL"and,t. Joseph and Grand Island
-iiiruu5 nave paici into me counry
treasury of Adams county their 589
taxes, tne total of which amounted to
$21,013, the Burlington paying $14,i3
andthe St. Joseph and Grand Island
$6,600. They were both paid into J he
county treasurer's office on tho same
day and are the largest amount of raxes
ever paid m the county.
-IasHranoe Company "SVIbs.
Lincoln, Jan. yo. The jury in the
case in federal court in which Mrs.
George" D. Stevens sued the Northwest
ern Mutual Insurance company for the
amount of a policy on her husband's
life, returned a verdict in favor of tho
.defendant. This is the reverse of a
former verdict in the same court.
Oreorge v. Stevens was a Crete banker
who disappeared six years ago. His
wife believes him dead, but the insur
ance company maintains "he is alive and
the -jury concurred with' the defendant.
xvFear of Anaezation.
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 29. Anew
clause has just been added to the coni
tract between the farmers and the Ox-
nard Beet Sugar company which shows
that the Oxhard company fears the an
nexation of Hawaii will have an effect
on the sugar industry. . The clause is as
follows: "It is further provided that.
in case Hawaii or any of the Hawaiian
islands should be annexed to the United
Sfates'during the life of this contract,
then and m that case a reduction of . 50
cehfs per ton will be named from all of
the above named prices" (for beets.)
REPORT ON
PENITENTIARIES.
Cemmbstoncr Kent Tells How
Rim In the East.
Things
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. J. Recently
Deputy Commissioner of Labor Kent
visited the penal institutions of New
xotk ana upon nis return no maae a
report to the governor of his observa
tions as to the working of the new
method of handling the prison labor.
The New York plan is to establish
workshops and factories in the prisons,
where articles which are needed in
other state institutions, and which the
state has to furnish inmates, can be
-made, such as clothing, bedding, boots
and shoes,- etc.
The report is that the plan i3 working
well.and giving satisfaction to all con-
lit rr
cernea except tnose omciais wno were
formerly able to get fat contracts for
friends who supplied these articles. The
planisto use the convict-made goods
only in state institutions.
NEW DISEASE AMONG
CATTLE.
Nebraska Stockmen la Alarm
Anneal to
the Governor.
-1 A m r
juincoln, j?eD. j. xne stocinnan are
much concerned over a number of com
munications from farmers at Hooper,
Neb. to the governor, giving- details of
a new and fatal disease among the cat
tle of that section of the state. Nothing
similar has ever been -seen in Nebraska,
and experienced-stockmen assert that
the' 'disease is unlike anything they
haveever heard of. All the letters
designate the disease as "foot rot."
Hundreds of cattle have died recently
in that part of the state.
The feet of the afflicted, animals turn
blackin a night and within 24 hours
begin to peel and crumble away until
'iKrtliiitg'Wfc the bone is left. This dis
integrates kr from three, to five days
and the cattle' die in great agony, ap
parently from blood poisoning. It
spreads from herd to herd in a short
time. The cattlemen are greatly-alarmed
and-beg the governor to do something
forthem.
EDITORS ENO THEIR SESSION.
Omaha'Chosen a Next Meeting Place of
Ncliraftka Press Association.
Lincoln, Jan. 28. Tho second and
last' day of the Press association's busi
ness'meetings was closed by unani
mously accepting an invitation to hold
the 1898 meeting in Omaha. It is also
probable that at the time of the nieet-
Ing of the National Press association in
Omaha, during the exhibition, the Ne
braska State" Press association will hold
a called meeting in the metropolis.
Edward Howard of the Papillion
Times was elected president by accla
mation amid great applause. P. N."
Merwin of the Beaver Oity Tribune
was re-elected secretary-treasurer by
acclamation and warmly thanked for
his efficient services in the past. The
following vice presidents were elected :
TSrst district, Ji M. Barnharfc; second
district, L. A. Williams ; third district,
.13. OBimingham; fourth district, JH. J.
Pickett ; fifth district, P. M. Xinunell ;
fixth district, Clark Perkins.
The session concluded last night with
a Dasquec at ine inncoiu notei, oeing ax
complimentary tendered oy. the biale
Joariial company. The speeches wore
all well received, especially those of
frs. SL G. Perkins of Omaha, who r
,sponded to the ,toast,"The Club "WOmin
and the frint Show," and Mr. Howard,
who responded to
Pleee'the Court."
the toast, "3Iay It
T&ere is aClaws of People
who are injured by the use of coffee. Re
cently there has been placed' in. all the
grocery stores s new preparation called
GRAIN O,' made of pure grains, that L
tain mlk? mbuc ui uvruce. jluo uuu JUl-
iMte stomach reoeives it without dig
treee, and but few can tell it from cdTee
Itfdoea sot eosfc -ovw .'&s.inuch. .Ctsil-
dren may drink it with great beneht.15
cWg" Tfrv iL
ots. and 25 cw. pec package
i t- rT a tvt r - -
V
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SPEAKER REEDVOTESWITH HIS PAR
TV AGAINST'THE RESOLUTION.
Had HisTCatHe Called Although It laTSot
Ctutomary Ior the Speaker to. Vote
Oaly Five Hours AllBtved. For Debate,
Shea Hissed For KefereHce to Shermaa
Washington, Hob. l. The house o:
representatives Monday buried the
Teller resolution, declaring the bonds
of the United States payable in silver
under an adverse majority of 50 votes
The KepuDiicans were solidly arrayed
in opposition with two exceptions, Lin
ney (N. C), who voted with the Demo
crats and Populists, and White (N. O.)
the only colored member of tho house
who answered "present" when his
name was cailed. The desertions from
the Democratic side were McAleer (Pa.
and Elliott (S. 0.), both voting with
the Republicans against the proposition
Speaker Reed, although it is not custo
mary lor him to vote, had his name
called, and amid the cheera of his fol
lowers, went on record in opposition to
the resolution.
' The voto was reached after five
hours of debate, under a special order
adopted ac the opening of the session.
The limited time allowed for debate
and the pressure of members for an op
portunity to be heard was so great that
"the leaders on both sides were com
pelled to farm out the time by minutes.
This detracted much from the conlin
uity of the discussion, but it also in a
measure intensified the interest m the
galleries, which were crowded all day,
ana tne.coniDatants on tne noor were
cheered by their respective sympa
thizers.
Senators Listen to Arguments.
Many of the senators from the other
end of the capital were also present to
listen to the arguments. The majority
under the leadership of Mr. Dingloy,
who made a carefully prepared speech,
sounding the keynote of the opposition.
assumed the position that the lost
clause of the resolution, was really a
disguised paragraph for the free coin
age of silver, while assaulting tho D8m
ccrcs, who under Mr. Bailey main
taiaed that the defeat of the resolution
vras another step in tho direction of the
establishment of the gold standard, to.
which they alleged tho president and
Secretary Gage- had irrevocably com
mitted themselves. The debate was
fast and furious, but no sensational in
cidents, beyond the hissing of Rhea
(Ky;), -when he said that as the "author
of the crime of '73" tho hottest "place in
hades would be reserved for the present
secretary of state. The vote on the res
olution was, ayes, lha ; nays, 182.
Crop Statistics.
"Washington, Feb. 1. The final esti
mates ot acreage, production and value
of the crops for 1897'made by the statis
tician of the department of agriculture
are as follows : Corn, 80.095,101 acres,
1,802,967,933 bushels, 501,072,952 value ;
wheat, 39,465,066 acres, 530.149,168
bushels, $428,547,151; oats, 25,730,375
acres, 698,767,809 bushels, $147,974,719
value ; potatoes, 2,534,577 acres 164,
015,964 bushels, 89,643,059, hay, 42,-
426,770 acres, 60,664,876 tons, $401,890,
728 value.
Two ApproprlationBUls Passed.
Washington, Peb. 1. Monday's ses
sion of the seuate lasted six hours, two
of the general appropriation bills, that
for the army carrying 23,423,492 and
that for the legislative, judicial and ex
ecutive departments carrying 21,658,-
529, were passed, the latter consisting
of 121 pages occupying the attention of
the senate during the greater part of
the bession. After a brief executive
session the senate adjourned.
FISHERMEN ARE STARVING.
Heavy Pack Ice Surrounds the Coast of
Newfoundland.
New York, Peb. 1. The Red Cross
line steamship Portia arrived today,
four days overdue, from St. Johu.3, N.
F., and, Halifax, after a desperate en
counter with pack ice off tho New
Poundland coast, and with a harrow
ing tale of blizzards there and destitu
tion in the coast section of that country.
Hundreds of men, women and chil
dren dead or dying from exposure and
starvation, with abundance close by,
and hundreds more threatened with a
like fate, are the brief details of the
condition of affairs brought by the
Portia.
Four days the Portia was. penned in
huge, arctic floes in plain sight of St.
Johns unable to move. She managed
to escape by the merest accident. Many
other craft, several of them relief ves
sels, sent by the Canadian government
to succor destitute fishermen, had to
abandon their errands of mercy and re
turn to St. Johns, where they were
still in the ice when the Portia struggled
into clear water.
Third Week of tho Textile Strike.
New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 1. The
third week of the big strike of the New
Bedford cotton mill employes began
with affairs in relatively the same posi
tion as'at the outset. It is thought the
exodus of the mill hands will continue
this week. Hundreds have already left
town The manufacturers have not
yet made any statement as to their fu
ture policy. It is the general opinion
that they will not make any effort to
start the mills for some time. The mill
hands are apparently as determined as
ever to resist the reduction, and some
of them predict that the strike will last
well into the summer.
Thousands of Sheep, Perish.
Cheyenne, Wy., Feb. 3. Thousands
of sheep are reported to. have perished
from cold and starvation in western
"Wyoming. The cold has been intense
for 60 days and, old timers say that it is
the hardest winter they have seen foi
the past 19 years. Carbon county has
500,000 sheep and flock masters there
fear the los3 will amount to 25 per cent.
Xiosses among cattle will not be so
heavy, as owners had been
preparing
for several years, to feed their stock dur
mg severe weather.
Report oh Keller Work at Dawson.
Washington, Feb. 2. General Mer
riahi, under instruction from Acting
Secretary Meiklejohn, yesterday opened
at Seattle the dispatches brought by
Special Messenger "Wells from Captain
Ray, the department's special represen
tative in the "Klondike, and forwarded
an abstract of them to the department
by telegraph.
It lssaidatthe depart
ment that the report of Captain Rav
fally justifies all that has been done by
Secretary Alger andAssistant Secretary
Meiklejohn, under the authority cpn-
l31 by congreis. ip relieve the situa-
EIGHT PRlSHylN .TIRE..
Big Hotel at GleVwHvllls, J. Y., Kedaeed
GjLOvsSviLiiE. Ni f.SRf ' JPeb:- 2. Th
Aivord hmm, a o-itory jtock.structure,
the largest hotel in the oity, was de
stroyed by fire thia morning. Five
lives were lost The list follows : Henry'
C.Day of GloversviUe,,BeUboy Rupert,
E. F, Eomball,;wife and daughter of
Indianapolis, lnd. The loss to the prop
erty will reach $100,000. '
The fire started on the' ground floor
and shot up through the upper stories
with lightning-like speed, tho broad
stairs and hallways furnishing great
flues, which carried the flames upward.
Almost immediately after the flames
were discovered, the alann was sounded
through the house and the big hotel
was soon the scene of the wildest con
fusion. There was a wild scramble on
the part of the guests to escape from
the building with-'their personal prop
erty, but manywere forced to flee, with
out saving anything. A few of the
guests made"their escape, by the stair
ways, but the smoke, soon cut off this
retreat. The next resort of the impris
oned "people was the windo ws. As their
terror-stricken faces appeared, the great
crowd below watched" breathlessly,
hoping against hope that all. would be
saved. The guests who were thus en
trapped did not long .hesitate to take
the risk of jumping; though some were
rescued from their perilous positions by
the firemen. Others leaped from the
windows, several being more or less in-.
jured.
It now seems that at least eight lives
were lost, as no trace can be found of
two men who arrived late last night.
Benjamin F. Strickland, contractor and
budder, who resided at the Alvord
hotel, is also missings
TO NAVIGATE THE AIR. .
Yonnjj Edison Experimenting "With
Airship With Inflated Sails.
an
New York, Feb. 1. Thomas A.
Edison, Jr., is experimenting with an
airship, which ho believes will be sue
cessful. The ship is the invention of
Frank Sauther of Milwaukee, but Ed
ison hit by accident upon a gas which
he believes is the only thing required to
make tho bMd a practical thing. Sails
wero substituted instead of any pro
polling power. Mr.. Edison said : "It
was at this point that I conceived the
really new principle. It struck me that
it would be a good idea to inflate the
sails with gas, thus making them serve
as balloons, as well as supplying the
sailing power. It-would not do to make
baggy balloons of the sails, so they were
divided into numerous compartments,
which, when inflated, resemble thin
wator bags. The gas tube running into
the balloon was tapped in three places
to supply gas to the mainsail and rubber
tubes carried gas to tne two jibs. A
rudder completed the airship. After
many failures, we were successful. The
ship actually flew, and we succeeded in
steering it. I believe that the inflated
sail idea is the one that is going to
solve the aerial navigation. problem."
Complaints Regarding: Breadstuff.
Chicago, Feb. 1. Joseph Leiter, ac
cording to experts in the trade, is forc
ing thousands of people to eat darker
bread than, has ever been seen since the
introduction of the patent roller process
of making flour. Hisoontrol of 15,000,-
000 bushels of contract wheat means.
they say, that the millers are grinding
tne oesp gram tney can procure, since
their supply of choice No. 1 hard spring
wheat has become exhausted, and that
best is not very good. Grocers
and retail flour dealers have been re
ceiving complaints regarding breadstuffs
from cooks and housewives, who have
sent back sacks and barrels of flour
marked with the fancy brands and
bought at the highest price. But the
loudest protests have been raised by the
restauranteurs and bakers, who buy
flour at wholesale.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS MARKETS.
Wheat Closes Iiovrer. WIulo Provisions
Are Strong: and Higher.
uhicago, j?v'0. z. &caipmg operations con
stituted most of the trading in all tho grain
markets today. "Wheat was strong early on a
rally at .Liverpool, hut turned weak, later
under the leadership of the ricw York market
and closed z lower. Corn shows 1-lCc decline.
Oats closed unchanged. Provisions'wero very-
strong and. advanced ld27c with a good
trade. Closing prices:
Wheat Feb., 02c; May, 93055go: July,
(3oRN-May,2S2Sc; July, 2S5i29c.
Oats Hay, 224c; July, 22a.
Pork Feb , 40 97'A ; May, $10.07J.
IiAim Feb., $J.82: May, 4.03.
Bibs Feb., fJ.05 ; May, fa.00.
Cash quotations: No. 2 red wheat, 93c: No. 8
red, 02053; No. 2 soring. 8301c; No. 3 spring,
838Gc; No. 2 hai-d winter, 8091c; No. 8 hard
winter, 83387c ; No. 1 new spring, 8693c ; No. 2
corn, 2vgZf 4c; No, 2 oats. 21c
South Omaha ive Stock.
South Omaha, Feb. 2. Cattle Receipts,
3,200; steady; native boef steers, $3.80 4.80;
western steers, ?8.704.50: Texas steers. $3.00
aTO: cows and heifers, $3.003.90; canners, $2.00
2.00 ;stocker3 and feeders, $3GO4.70; calves,
$4.006.00; bulls, stag-i, etc., $2.25J.R. Hogs
Receipts. 5,000; steady to. shade lower; heavy,
?3.G03.G7; mixed, $3.653.C5; light, $3.65
3.70; bulk o sales, $3.G03.65. Sheep Receipts,
4,800 ; steady f air to cholco natives,- $3.704.40 ;
fair to choice westernsr 5d.G04 20; common
and stock sheep, ?3.0O3 80; lambs, 4.005.40.
Kansas CityJLivo Stock.
Kansas Citt, Fob. '2. Cattle Receipts, 8,-
000; slow to K10c lower; Texas steers, $2.a0
4.25; Texas cows, $2.G03.45j native steers, $3.50
4.95; native cows and heifers, $2.004.20;
stockers and feeders, $3.504.85; bulls, $3.25
4.40. Hogs Receipts, 18,000;. weak to 7Jc lower;
bulk of sales, $3.553.70; heavy, $3.G0(s3.8J;
packers, $3.553.77M: mixed, $3.553.77 slight,
$3.45g3.72$; yorkers, $3.703.75; pigs. $3.20
3.45. Sheep Receipts, 3,000; steady; lambs, 54.05
5.6J; muttons, ?&654.50.
Chicago IAyo Stock.
Chicago, Feb. 2. Hogs Receipts, 30,000;
rather slow and weak at yesterday's closing;
light, t&603.80; mixed, ?3.70C$3.85; heavy. $3.(30
3.67J; rough, $3.C03.70 Cattlo-Keceipts,
15,500; quiet, but generally steady ; beeves, 3.85
5.40; cow3 and" heifers', $254.40; Texas
steers, ?3.504.35; stockers and feeders, $3.85
4.40. Sheep Receipts, 15WO; steady to strong;
natives, $3.00ip4.GJ ; westerns, $3.o34jj; lambs,
4J55.?3.
St. Louis Grain.
red, cash, elevator, 98c; -track, V7i4.c; May,
8736c : July. 813c : No. 2 hard cash, 8SK)c.
COns -Easier: No.2 cash. 23$cr May, aicr
July,
Oats -Firm; No, 2 cash,24oj May, iifi
Try Grain-0! Try drain-0!
Ask your grocer today to show you
package of Grain-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chil
dren may drink it without injury as well
as tho, adult All who try it, like it.
GRAIN-0 has the rich feal brown of
Micha and Java, bat it is t made from
pure grains, and tne most aejicaw
stomach receives it. without distress. '
the price of. coffee. lfc ad: 3oe per
Awarded
Highest HwArs World's Fair,
Medi?Mkiwiritcr Fair.
CREAM
A Pure OrajM Creaa ef Tarter Powier.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD
M M B Mi II III
STORM JUNG .RAGES.
ELEMENTS CUTOFF COMMUNICATION
WITH NEW ENGLAND.
Fire Departments Helpless Telepueaa
and Telegraph !Lincsrroatratcd Hire
Masted Schooner Dashcd'UpeaKocks oh
tho Nalmat Coast Many' ITerses KilleeU
Boston, Feb. 3. A score of persons
wero drowned and "$2,000,000 loss in
flicted by -tho storm that swept "over
eastern Massachusetts and Bhodo Isl
and Monday night and Tuesday niornr
ing. Four unidentified bodies lie in the
coroner's office in Gloucester. Five
more are in Linn, brought over from
Little Kahant, "where the schooner
Charles H. Briggs was wrecked.
Twelve unidentified corpses are re
ported to be at Baker's island, in Salem
harbor. They, too, must have manned
some of the schooners which were lost
in Gloucester harbor. That there are
others in the. waters of the bay seems
almost certain. Wreckage is strewn "up
- and down the coast from Cape ' Ann to
Cape Cod. Thirty schooners were
wrecked in Massachusetts, bay. On
land the loss by the storm -seems to
have been, confined entirely to property.
Twenty-four hours elapsed before
direct telegraphic communicati&n was
restored between Boston and the rest of
, the world. The electric car service in
this citv was restored by noon, but in
most of the smaller towns the
lines are still crippled.
The cost of the storm in this
estimated at $1,428,000.
Boston, Feb. 2. A northeast
trolley
city is
snovr-
storm, which set in yesterday and raged
until this afternoon, completely para
lyzed all branches of business and all
street car and steam tramroads and for
a time shut off .communication by wire
from all plaoes outside the limits of
Boston. Thostorm was the most severe
this city has experienced in 25 years
and caused the loss of several lives be
sides doing a money damage of hund
reds of thor sands of dollars.
Between I and 5 o'clock this morn
ing a foot of heavy wet snow settled
over the city and leveled wires in all
directions. The snow clung to the
poles and wires and aided by a 50-milo
an hour wind, prostrated all telephone
and telegraph lines out df the city.
More than half the electric lights of the
city went out, and in the suburban
towns tho fire alarm service was crip
pled. In Newton broken wires falling across
others started fire3 in the electric room
of the elegant residence of Charles J.
Travelli, tho wealthy Pittsburg steel
manufacturer, and in two hours noth
ing remained of the house but ashe3.
Mr; Travelli's family escaped in their
night clothes without saving anything.
The loss amounts to about $100,000.
Late last night the three-masted
schooner Charles T. Riggs of Bath,
Me., dashed on the rocks on the Nahant
coast, and it is belioved her crew of
eight men perished. Today one of the-
crew has been recovered.
In the business district it was nearly
noon wnen many employes reacnea
their places of employment all subur
ban trolley lines having been aban
doned -at midnight, and the steam rail
roads being unable to run more than
two or three suburban trains during
the forenoon.
This afternoon a telephone service as
far as "W5rce3ter was established. The
wholesale and most of the business dis
tricts of the city were deserted all day.
The stock exchange was lifeless and
transactions were very limited. Ship
ping in the harbor was damaged greatiy
and it feared that many disasters, to
coast shipping will be reported when
telegraphic communication is restored-
The center of the storm appeared to
be in the vicinity of New Bedfor.l, and
the brunt of it fell on Bo3ou and terri
tory within a radius of lb or 20 miles.
From meager reports received from the
middlo and western part of tho state
the storm there was Idas severe. Here
about 20 inches of snow fell.
IJJff Wire and Nail Combination.
Cleveland, Feb. 0. The American
Steel and "Wire company, in other
words, the consolidation of the entire
Amorican wire industry, seems to bo
an accompnsnea iacc. uno or tne
strongest indications in support of tho
conclusion is a sudden and marked
stiffening in the price of wire and nails,
which has come generally this week.
The biggest undertaking that the iron
industry of the world has ever wit
nessed may be said to be successfully
completed. This huge concern, with a
capitalization of 187,000,000, all repre
senting property, owns all the-establish-ments
in the' country with which wire
rod mills are connected. It is no. mere
pool or trust, but an absolute absorp
tion of tne property or tne concerns' con
solidated, and the former owners who
now hold, stock, caunot dissolve the
combination: oy any withdrawal.
JFireineH .Elect OQleers.
Chicago, Jan. 30. The meeting of
tho UfationaJ Firemen's association conr
eluded with the election of the follow
officew ; President, E. A. Wood, Cedar
Rapids, la. ; secretary, E. W. Barkmah,
Decatur, Uli. ; .treasurer, H. St Sails
bury, "Whitewater, "Wis. One vice presv.
dent was chosen from each state repre
gented.
Call ea UadMty te ReiR.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 2J. The reso
lution requesting the immediate resig
nation of United States Senator Lind
say came up in the Kentucky senate to
day, having been pfseed. yesterday by
the, house. The resolution Tf&a also
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POWDffl
TAKEJfJBY&BABLE.
SWINDLES MONEYED INSTITUTION
ON" A LARGE SCALE. -
Shhi or S33, Secared From Oae ef
27ew York's Strongest FIbsbcJsI lastita
tleas Ihremeter and. Mis FiBaaelal
Schemes Are "Well Kaewa.
' Chicago, Feb. 8. The Tribune prints
tho following account of the operations
of Francis Grable, the promoter of 'gi
gantic laad, mining and irrigation
schemes, and to whom the secret loan
of 1898,000 by "William J. Quihlan,
cashier of the Chemical National bank
of iSTow York, caused the letter's sud
den resignation yesterday. Graole and
hii'finaiibial pcb&iuos are well known
to the people of Nebraska and the
Black Hills. - . -
The fall of'Cashier Qminlan from his
place in the Chemical National bank,
owing to unauthorized loans ojf $398,000
of the bank's money to FranciS Grable,
the promoter of western townsite, irri
gation, manufacturing and mining
schemes, reveals Mr; Grable's Napol
eonic career as a promoter. During the
last 10 years, in which he has been en
gaged in floating the stocks, bonds and
mortgages of his western enterprises
upon investors in the east, not less than
$3,000,000 has been realized. Intimately
associated with Mr. Grable has been
"W. R. Kurtz, formerly of Kansas City
and Omaha and now of New York.
Tne principal persons interested, in
the speculations of the two men are lo
cated in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Con
necticut, Massachusetts and New York,
Connecticut furnishes the longest list,
although the amounts will be smaller
than in Philadelphia and New York.
For many years Mr. Grable had been
in close relations with the officials of
the Chicago, Burlington and Qnincy
railroad and he was let in on the ground
floor for townsites when the company
extended its lines to the Black Hills
He had been attracted to the possibili
ties of improving the country through
which the line passed by irrigation,
and two companies were organized.
The townsite and irrigation schemes
were but the forerunner of the Union
Hill Mining company, which Mr,
Grable brought into existence early in
1890. For a number of years he had
been accumulatmcr mimncr claims in
the Black Hills district. "When Mr.
Grable had some 50 of these claims he
thought it was time to float a company.
Accordingly he gave several excursions
out to the Black Hills from Chicago and
Omaha about two years ago. The pros
pective mines were near the great
Horn estate mine, which has turned
out millions for the late Senator Hearst
and his associates.
Thomas Bradley of Philadelphia,who
was a large stockholder in a stone com
pany at Edgemont, was also a director
in a security trust company of Philadel
phia, of whiehxtobert E. Pattison, the
Democratic politician and former gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, was president.
Mr. Bradley induced Governor Pattison
to be one of the party of six to visit the
Black Hills in May, 1890. Governor
Pattison was greatly taken with the
outlook and on the way back he agreed
to take the presidency of the company
which was to be formed.
Soon after a glittering prospectus of
the Union Hill Mining company made
its appearance. The company had a
capital stock of $2,000,000 and of this
Mr. Grable received $l,b00,000 in pay
ment for the 50 claims, which he deeded
over to the company. The remaining
$200,000' worth of stock was to be sold
and the proceeds devoted to opening
the mines. Mr. Grable went oufe to
sell stock. He sold about $1,000,000 at
prices ranging from 50 cents on the
dollar down.
After he had got thus far along, he
brought into being another company,
which he called the Edgemont and
Union Hill Smelting company, which
was given a capital stock of $8,500,000.
Then the property of the first company
was transferred to the new corporation
and its capital- stock increased to
$6,000,000. Of this amount Mr. Grable
took $4,800,000 and $1,200,000 was left
to be sold and the proceeds devoted to
the development of the property.
Chicago, Feb. 8. Francis Grable is
president of the Consolidated Gold
Fields company of the Black Hills. At
the Great Northern hotel he has an
elaborate suite of rooms, containing
raised maps of the mining regions con
trolled by tho company, charts of min
erology and specimens of ore. A large
staff of clerks give to the rooms a busi
ness appearance and their luxury of
furnishings is such as to attract the at
tention of the caller.
Mr. Grable, according to his represen
tatives, left Chicago several days ago
for a trip through the south, but is ex
pected back bef ore the end of tho week.
Prussia Bars American Frnit.
Berlin, Feb. 3. The Prussian minis
ter of finance, Dr. Miguel, issued a de
cree yesterday, which goes into effect
immediately, prohibiting the importa
tion of every kind of American fresh
fruit. Tho United .States consul at
Hamburg, Dr. Hugh Pitcairn,telegraphs
that 1C,000 barreh? of American apples
have been forbidden to be unloaded and
that two trains full of American fruit
have also been forbidden to cross the
frontier at Emmerich. On receipt of
this news, Mr. White sent a strong re
monstrance to the foreign office, calling
attention to the evident violation of the
treaty. At the foreign office it was
learned that the Prussian government
prohibits the entry of American fruit
on sanitary grounds, claiming the Cali
fornia scale and other vermin threaten
fruit trees.
Urge .Vld For the Canal Project.
Sprdjgfield, His., Feb. 2. In tho
senate today, Mr. Fort offered a resolu
tion, which was adopted, urging the
Illinois members in congress to en
deavor io scmre immediate aid from
the government for the purpose of con
structing tho Nicaragua canal.
Two Millions a Year
When people buy, try, and buy again,
it means they're satisfied. The people
of tho United States are now buying
Cascarots Candy Cathartic at the rate
of two million boxes a year and it will be
three million beforo New Year's. It
means merit proretl, that Cascarets are
tho most delightful, bowel regulator for
every body the year round. K All drug
gists lOe ,"2o., 00c. a box, cure, guaranteed.
Tke atkktfe
iroaaa is utwe
ataa of the day.
The past tweaty
years has sees
woaderfkl pro
gress in this re
spect That this
tendency will re
sale in a. more ro
bust womambood,
better able to bear
the burdens aad
duties and pleas
ares of life, thera.
can be so ques
tion. "But this
result will he ac
complished by
the Dtuldisg u9
of those wo wen
already -mt .rea
sonably rofettst
health, and .the
killing- off of their
weaker sisters.
Athletics will
make, a nat rally stronr woman stroecer
and healthier ; they will make a naturally
weak, sickly womaa weaker and aiore
sickly, and if indulged in to excess, Kay
result fatally.
A woman who suffers from weakness. aad
disease of the. delicate aud important or
gans distinctly feminise, cannot hope to
recover her general health 'through ath-
le tics,, so long- as she remains locally weak.
A woman suffering' in this way is ua&tted
to bear the strain of athletics just as .ranch
as she is unfitted to bear the duties' aad
burdens of wifehood and, motherhood.
There is a sure, safe, speedy and perma
nent cure for all disorders of this descrip
tion. It is Dr. Pierce's Favoiite Prescrip
tion. It acts directly on thetdrgaris con
cerned in wifehood and maternity, makia?
them strong and healthy and vigorous. It
soothes pain, allays inflammation, heals
ulceration and tones the nerves. It fits a
woman to indulge in, and be benefited, .by,
athletics. All good medicine stores sell it.
" Yoarvaloable Favorite Prescription cured
me of female weakness aad n . catarrhal; dis
charge from the lining membrane of the special
parts," writes Mrs. T. "H. Parker, of Brooklyn.
Jackson Co., Mich. I am now perfectly wen."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti
pation. Constipation is the cause ot tkany
diseases. Cure the cause aad you ewe-the
disease. One "Pellet" is a gentle laxa-
live, ana two a rniia cauaruc Jjruggisia
sell them, and nothing is just a3 goc
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No. 2 Fast Mail 8:5iD :m.
No. 4 Atlantic Express.... 11:10 pvm.
GOING WEST MOUNTAIN TiME;
No. 23 Freight 7:40 a. m.
No. 21 Freight 3:20 p. m.
No. 1 Limited 3:55 p. m.
Nb..3Fa6t Mail ll:20jp. m.
N. B. Olds. Agent.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
jQR. J. W. BUTT,
DENTIST.
Office over Pirst National Bank,
NORTH PLATTE. NEB.
jgEDEIil, cfc THORPE,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Offices: North Platte National Bank
Building, North Platte, Neb.
J P. DENNIS, M. D.,
HOMOEOPATHIST,
Over First National Bank,
NOBTH PLATTE, -
.NEBRASKA.
TLCOX &.HALLIGAN,
ATTOKKEYS-ATLAW, -
NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA
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Office over North Platte National Bank.
D
R. N. F. DONAIJDSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union Pacflo Tie"
and Member of Pension Board,
KORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA.
Office orer Streltz'a Drug Store. V,
g E.NORTHRUP,
DENTIST,
McDonald Building, Sprucostreet,
NQRTH PLATTE, NEB.
jjIRENCH & BALDWIN,
ATTORKEYS-AT-LAWr
NORTH PLATT, - -Office
over N. P. Ntl.
jtfEBRASKA.
Bank. '
C. PATTERSON,'
Office over Yellow Front Shoe Store,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
D, M. HOGSETT
ContPaeto? and Builder,
AND AGENT FOR
ECLIPSE and FAIEB&MS
WINDMILLS.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.,
BROEKER'S SUITS
ALWAYS FIT.
We have been making garments for
North PJatto citizens for ove.r twelve
years, and if our wflrk and prices wero
not satisfactory we would cot be here
to-day. We solicit your trade. '
F. J. BFvOEKEK,
MERCHANT TAILOP
J. F. F1LL10N,
ro
General Kepairer.
Special attention given to
iu mwi
WHEELS TO KENT
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package. Sold by. agrooVri.:t ' f
adopted by tho senate by a vote ef 25
to 10