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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER ' ' W. tV. 8ANDK1W, I'ubllslicn NEMA1IA, - NEBRASKA. THE WORLD AT LARGE, Summary of tho Dally Nows. "WASHINGTON NOTKS. Ab tho result of charges preferred acatnst him United States Marshal KJx, of Oklahoma, Iioh been removed and Patrick L. Naglo, a lawyer of Kingfisher, has been appointed in his place. l'ltKSlDP.NT Ci.kvki.ANI) has expressed his confidence in Judgo Kllgoro, of tho Indian territory, and a disboliof in the charges rocontly filed against tho judge. 1 iik Cherokee delegation at Wash ington has presented to congress a strong memorial protesting against tho adoption of tho radical changes recommended by tho Dawes commis sion, appointed to treat with tho live civilized tribes. Tho Chorokces make a plea for an indefinite continuance of their present form of government. Tin; silver conference at Washington on tho 23d resulted in the adoption oi a declaration for tho free and un limited colnago of silver at tho ratio oi 10 to 1, and tho call for a delegate na tional convention to bo held at St. Louis, July 22, 180(5, tho dato for the populist national convention. The call stipulates that delegates to the convention shall bo willing to buuop diuato party allegiance to tho princi ples enunciated in tho declaration and to support tho nominees of tho conven tion. Accoiidino to a Washington dis patch President Crespo, of Venezuela, has boon advised by President Clove land to make an cll'ort to re-establish diplomatic relations with great Brit ain, and tho president of tho Vene zuelan republic now has tho subject under consideration. There was a strong boliuf at Washington that dip lomatic rolations botween Great Brit ain and Venezuela would bo re-established and an arrangemont made to submit tho boundary question to arbi tration. ' Sojik of tho diplomatic representa tives of tho South American republics residing in Washington woro said to be opposed to tho sweeping declaration ol tho Davis resolution on tho Monroe doctrine, and boliovodthut its adoption would bo a step derogatory to tho dig nity of their governments. Thoy ob jected to tho assertion that no question of territory between a republic on this hemisphero and any European power could bo settled without tho approval of this country. Thoy think it is les soning tho sovereignty of their govern ments and establishing to a cortain ex tent a suzerainty from Washington over thorn. Skciiktauy Smith has sent to the house commlttco on public lands a strong adverso report against tho free homestead bill, absolving all persons completing live years' residence on tho lands taken and occupied under tho homestead laws from making further payment to secure their titlo othor than tho fees incident to dllng and ob taining proof. Laud olllclals estimate that its passage would cost tho govern ment 530,000,000518,000,000 in Okla lioma alone. It was recently reported at Washing ton that a proclamation on tho Cuban cause had bcou drafted by tho presi dent and Secretary Olnoy and might bo looked for at any time. It was thought tho proclamation would not go so far as to rocognizo tho Cuban re public, but would be a plain declaration of neutrality botweon tho contending parties. Littlo crodonco was plnccd in tho report that Cuba was to bo sold to Groat Britain. A Washington dispatch stated that tho republican loaders in tho house wero striving for -an early adjourn ment, and unless tho sonato hold them Lack expected to wind up tho business of the session in tho early part of May. (JKNEUAI, KKWS. ANcntiro family of four was drowned In the Prairie Dog fork of tho lied river In llandall county, Tex. Joseph Wick er and his wifo and two children at tempted to fonl tho stream in a cov ered wagon. Tho waters swept the wagon and team down. Tho father uttompted to swim aslioro with ono child an his back, but ho sank and both ho and tho child woro drowned. The mother and second child remained in tho wagpn and woro also drownod. Gr.oitoi: Wakd, u Chorokoo Indian, was hangod at Van Huron, Ark., on tho 24th for murdering Ilonry Bacon in July last year. Tiik blanket mill of J. Dobson & Co. nt Schuylkill Falls, Pa., was destroyed by Uro on tho 24th. Loss, 335,000; in sured. Fnti: ab Farloy, la., 25 miles from Dubuquo, early on tho morning of tho U5fcb, threatened to wlpo out a great -portion of tho town. Half a dozen business houses and tho opera house wero destroyed. Flro companies from neighboring towns woro summoned. An ongiuo of a passongor train on tho Panhandlo road, running 00 miles iiu hour, blow up with a report that was heard for miles when near South Charleston, O., on tho 82d. Tho en gineer and firoman woro Instantly Icllled and a number of tho passengers wero badly bruised, but uono fatally injured. It was reported from Cuba that the inMirgqnt general, (tames:, was in an advanced stago of consumption, com plicated with fever, and tho doctors had como to the conclusion that ho could only live about two months longer. Ci.KAM.VO houso returns for the prin cipal cities in tho United States for tho week ended January 24 showed a to tal avcrago increase as compared with tho corresponding week last year of 0.0. Tho increases were: Now York, 0.4; Kansas City, ir..0j Topoka, 17. 1; Omaha, 10.3. Tho decreases woro: St. Louis, 0.1; St. Joseph, 7.7; Wichita, 13.8. It was reported on tho 21th that tho western and southern populist leaders had centered upon Judge Henry C. Caldwell, of LLtlo Hock, Ark., as the man thoy will nominato for tho presi dency at tho convention to bo hold in St. Louis July 22. It was reported on the 24th that tho house foreign affairs committoo hod decided to report a resolution mildly censuring tho United States ambassa dor to England for his recent speeches in reference to home polities. Tiik Chicago Tribune said on tho 2ith that a coinploto dismemberment of tho great Santa Fo railway system was likely to bo tho result of tho recent re organization of tho main lines from Chicago to Albuquerque, N. M. Less than a year ago tho Colorado Midland was dropped and a mouth ago tho At lantic & Pacific was given up, and now the now Santa Fo management in tended to relinquish control of tho St. Louis & San Frnncisco road. Thoy have conceived tho idea that theso linos tiro a burden on the main lino re cently reorganized. A itnci'.NT telegram from Constanti nople said that an offensive and de fensive alliance had been concluded by Russia and Turkey, by which Turkey agreed in tho event of Russia going to war to close the Dardanelles to war f.hips of all nations. It was said to be probable that France would bo includ ed in tho new alliance. Dispatches from Paris and Vienna, however, de nied tho truth of tho report En Kiiihkiiom, county treasuror of Plymouth county, la., was reported missing. A hurried examination of his books indicated a shortage of $10, 000. Conoiucssman II. D. Monkv was nomj inatcd by the democratic caucus on the 20th ballot at Jackson, Miss., for United States so n a tor. This was equivalent to an election. Tun failures for tho week onded Janu ary 24 (Dun's report) woro 373 in the United States, against 863 last year, and 01 in Canada, against 50 last year. Tub Maryland legislature on the 22d ratified tho action of the republican caucus of tho previous night and elect ed Congressman George L. Wellington to succeed Charles II. Gibson us United States senator. It was announced In Now York that auxiliary members of tho Snlvation army will make a vigorous protest against the removal from America of Commander Ballingtou Booth. They will forward their unanimous protest to London and if that proves without effect, measures will bo taken to de clare the army in America independent of English domination. Tiik secretary of the local branch of the American Railway union at Oak land, Cal., has received a letter from tho private secretary of E. V. Debs in which tho statement telographod from tho east that Dobs is to resign the presidency of the union is denied. Gkn. Thomas Ewixo, who was knocked down by a cable car at Now York recently, died on the 21st. lie was at ono time chief justice of 'Kan sas and went into the war ns colonel of tho 11th Kansas volunteers. Ho will bo remembered for his famous "Order No. 11," depopulating tho coun ties of Missouri Unit bordered on Kan sas. Tiik 28th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association began nt Washington on tho 2!id. Fihk in tho old stock exchango build ing at Chicago on the 24th caused a panic among tho occupants, but nil escaped without serious injury. 11. Barton Lindloy, an employoof tho Chi cago Tribune, was loudly cheered by tho crowd when he emerged from tho smoko safely carrying 'his aged father in his arms. Tin: 15th annual mooting of tho American Forestry association con vened at Washington on tho 2Kb. The main object of tho gathering was to sccuro the enactment of a law for tho propor administration of tho forest reserves in tho United States, which aggregate 817,500,000 acres. Tun ban placed by tho Catholic church upon the ordors of Knights of Pythias, Sons of Temparanco and Odd Follows is absolute. This is the man date of tho pope, recently givon out through his official representative, Cardinal Satolll. Tho three orders named have a Roman Catholic mem bership in round numbers of nearly 100,000. At 'the sossiou of the National Wom an's Suffrage association at Washing ton on tho 24th tho report of tho treas urer ohowed that tho amount of money handled during tho past year was al most twice as much as in tho year 1804. Georgo W. Catt, of Salt Lako city, re viewed tho work in Utah and said tho suft'rago victory tlioro was duo to or ganized public opinion. At night a ntato president's mooting was held and Kate R. Addison, of Kansas, made an address. At Poughkeopsic, N. Y., C. L. Mitolf ell, a patient at tho Mattowan hospital for tho insane, sot fire to tho institu tion in flvo different places, but aftor much cxcllomont tho flro was gotten under control. .Tajiks Johnson, a lifo tttno convict charged with murder, has refused a parolo from tho government He was MMitup from Cascyvillo in 1893 to Jof fersonville, Ind., for killing Leslie Bell. He claims that ho is innocent of mur der and killed the mnn in self-defense and will accept nothing less than an unconditional pardon which would en tirely clear his character. TilUKK men wore killed and four seriously injured on tho 2tstby tho ex plosion of acetylene gas in a building at Now Haven, Conn., occupied by Eng lish & Mcrsick and F. Plleglar & Co., hardware manufacturers. Tho explo sion set tho building on fire, and it was destroyed with its contents, tho loss amounting to 8100,000. There wero 4C people in tho building at the timo oi tho accident, and for a timo tho report was current that fully half of those had perished. Poison was put in tho coffee at the homo of Mrs. Mary McGregor at Al- toona, Pa., on tho 22d and William Mc Gregor, nged 52, drank tho deadly liquor and soon died. Mrs. McGregor, Carry Sill, a six-year-old granddaugh ter, and Mrs. Martha Johnson, a friend of tho family, woro also dangerously poisoned nnd tho littlo girl may not recover. Minnio Swnnicr, aged 14, a granddaughter of Mrs. McGregor, was accused of tho crime. SiiAitoN Fui.i.iili and Georgo Holt, colored, wero fatally shot, and Frank Stewart, white, dangerously injured in a quarrel over cards at Dingess, W. Vn. In tho international chess tourna ment at St Potersbnrg Luskcr in creased his total wins on the 23d to 11, a totul which none of tho competitor could reach, and won tho first prize. Pillsbury, thu American, was third in the race. Piiinck IIknuv, of Battcnburg, hus band of thu Princess Beatrice, of En gland, who went to Ashanteo in a spe cial capacity and who contracted fevei there, has died. Tho queen and Prin cess Beatrice were said to bo prostrated with grief. A TANIO prcvailod among tho inmates of thu four-story Brighton flats at Chi cago during a flro there recently. Sev eral were rescued with great difllculty, but they all escaped. The fire did dam aco to the extent of 530,000; fully in sured. II. II. Rand, of Wisconsin, a member of tho executive committeo of the Na tional League of Republican clubs, lias received a letter from Secretary Dowling, authorizing tho holding of tho next convention of tho league at Milwaukee on tho 25th, 20th and 27th of Aug.ust Tiik Cincinnati Tribune said on the 20th that John G. Carlislo was an avowed candidate for president. Gov. Rr.NKitow, of Oklahoma, has of forcd a reward of S200 for tho arrest of the assassin who shot down William Wyancke in his own yard at Guthrie. Mfff f y-T LJIJ I -w 6u are discharged I have no u&e for any one that has not sense enough to chew fL,UlJ The largest piece of jgood tobacco ever ,5old Tor 10 cents and The Scent piece is nearly as arge as you .get of other mgh grades for 10 cents I ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. A moij at Sullivan, Ind., on the 20th, endeavored to lynch Grant Attcrbury, arrested on a charge of assaulting his sister-in-law. Tho door of the jail was broken down and an entrance forced, but the sheriff confronted the mob and threatened to kill tho first man who went up-stairs toward tho coll room. Tho mob halted and finally withdrew, but threatened to return within 2i hours. Siikhiff Ciiii.dhiis went to tho houso of a man named Hurst at Powhattan, Ark., to ascertain tho causo of soma trouble at a populist meeting when Hurst ran at tho sheriff with a knife. Charles, tho sheriff's son, rushod to his fathers assistance and shot Hurst in tho stomach. Tom Hurst, seeing that his father was shot, attempted to kill Childers, but was fatally shot. A i.atk London dispatch said that tho outlook there in regard to tho speedy settlement of tho disputo be tween Groat Britain and Venezuela was now looked upon as being much moro hopeful and nobody anticipated any further serious trouble iu connec tion with tho dispute A Constantinoi'I.k dispatch to tho London Chronicle said that letters re ceived there from Arabakir reported that 2,000 Armenians were killed in the recent riot, tho slaughtor being mostly done with nxes and choppers. Tki.koii.ymb poured in on the 25th at Canton, O., for ex-Gov. and Mrs. Mc Ktnley, caugratulating thorn upon their 25th wedding anniversary. Thkodohk Runyon, United States ambassador to Germany, expired sud denly and unexpectedly at Berlin on tho 27th of heart failure. Ho had been in somowhat fcoblo health for some timo past, but no immediate fatal ro suits wero anticipated. A hkad-knd collision occurred bo- twoen a passenger train and a freight on tho Bald Knob branch of tho Iron Mountain near Fair Oaks, Ark. Both ongincs wero demolished and sovoral persons wero moro or less injured. A waoon load of 120 quarts of nitro glycerine exploded at St. Mary's, O., rocontly, killing tho driver, Samuol Engcls, and two horses. Tho shook was distinctly felt at Lima and other points equally distant In St Mary's thousands of dollars of damage was done by broken windows and other wise. Mi:. John McCur.i.ouoit. of Winni peg, Man., won tho ton-mile skating race at tho St. Paul, Minn., carnival, beatinzr tho world's record of 31:48 4-5. McCullough made it iu 33:05. J Senerai Jffarrison ON Uhe Presidential Office A striking article in the February issue of TJhe jCadies Jfcome journal Over 700,000 Copies Sold TEN CENTS A COPY. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR FOR SALE EVERYWHERE AflTMTfc M ntlPfl to look after renewals and new sub rVJjCilia fV allLCU scrihers. Profitable employment. 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