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e THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER w ...ii.ii.. m i. W. W. HANDKK8, Publisher. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. VXJ.4. 4,4.4.4. Jt4.XXJ.j.XXAj.4X--J.4.4-s( 3 APRIL J 896. : ' ' ; Sun. Mon. Tuo. Wod. Thur. Frl. Sat. ; 12 3 4 ;J920 2I 22 23 24 25j : 2o" 27 28 29 30 j: THE WORLD AT LA11GE. Summary of tho Dally Nowa. WASHINGTON NOTUS. PltRRIDKNT Cl.HVKI.ANI litis Blfjlicd the not repealing tho stututo prohibit inff tlio iippointmcnt to tlio army and navy of porsotiB who held cotifodoruto commlssloiiH. Skchktauy IIkhhkht linn decided to use messenger pigeon sorvico for const defense, tipccinlly denlgncd coops tiro to bo built nt UO different points nlontf tho Atlnntie const and many hundreds of homing plpeons will bo plnced in them. Additional lofts will later bo constructed in a continuous chain nnd after a timo bo extended to tho I'aciflo const. The deficit in tho United States revenues for tho month of March amounted to 81,300,000. Tho receipts wore 520,041,140. This gold reserve, as officially re ported on tho aoth, was 5128,711,0r0, tho highest point reached during tho pres ent ndmistratlon. Tub senate committee on judiciary lias decided upon iv favorablo report for the voluntary bankruptcy bill. Tho bill will bo reported to the seimto on the 13th inst. Duiiino tho past few wcolcs Secretary Carlisle has received numerous lottors asking cnlightonmont on his intentions as to being a candidate for tho presi dency and it was reported from Wash ington ns being probable that tho an nouncement of his candidncy might como in tlio form of a reply to ono of those lottcrs. Thk river nnd harbor appropriation bill was finished on tlio lid by tho houso committeo which has been working on it most of the session. Tho total amount carried by the bill is a fow thousand less than 510,000,000, or about 51,000,000 bolow tho bill of tho last con gress. OKNKKAI. NEWS. "Bnicic" 1'o.MKitov, tho noted printer and editor, was rcportod dvinc of dropsy at lilythobouruc, L. I., on tho 2d. Mb. Chaiu.ks Dittman, of tho whole Balo tobacco firm of Dittman &. Vonoiff, of Baltimore, Md. , has returned from n trip to Havana and does not tako a rosy view of tho situation in Cuba. Ho said on tho 2d that tho outlook for the tobacco interest was most discourag ing and that tlio effect of tho war in Cuba would presently bo folt In tho United States in a material advanco in price. Fr.AMits startod on tho Brunswick fc "Western railroad whurves at Bruns wick, Oa., and in an hour the wharves, two largo warehouses and a number of cars full of freight wero consumed, on tailing a loss of 5200,000. The ilro then extended to tho Downing company and consumed tholr stores, valued at 5200, 000. Thirteen other stores wero also burned with tholr contents, worth about 8100,000, and tho Ocean hotel was dnmnged to tho extont of 520,000. ANOVKr. measure, aimed at high tho- ntcr hats, was enacted into a law by tho Ohio loglslaturo on tho 2d. It pro vides that any manager permitting any person to wear a hat or other head gear in a theater obstructing tho view, shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall bo fined 510. Jack Evkiihaiidt and Horace Leeds, lightweights, met on tho 30th at tho Empire Athletic club at Maspeth, L. I., and after a hard light in tho 14th round Evcrhardt won. Bv tho falling of a lift at the Sliver Creek shaftof tho Philadelphia fc Read ing railroad, near Now IMilladolphia, Pa., nlno mon wero injured. Three may die. The accident was duo to tho carelessness of tho engineer. Thk mulct law won a decisive vic tory on tho 2d in tho Iowa senate, the liquor manufacturing bill being de feated by a voto of 22 yeas to 27 nays. Following on tho defeat of tho ques tion of tho resubmission a few weeks ngo, tho voto practically settles tho prohibition fight in tho stato and per mits liquor to bo sold in tho stato, but forbids its manufacture therolu. SKVKKAli mon attempted .to wreck tho state capltol at Jackson, Miss., by digging away a sido wall. At Lloyd, Wis., Charles Eastland and William Koith were instantly killed by tho explosion of a boilor. A WKi.r. drossod man about 40 years of ago committed suicide on the 2d by jumping from the Adams street bridgo nt Chicago. Hundreds of pooplo haw him, but nono in timo to prevent him from jumping. There was no clew to bis identity. Tub clearing houso returns for tho week onded April 3 for tho follow ing cities were: Now York, 8.120,093, 037; Chicago, 587,837,210; St, Louis, 810, 014,800; Kansas City, S8,740,01IJ; St, Jo seph, 81,038,708; Topekn, 8200,835; Wich ita, 5430,514; Omaha, 83,808,882. Lkttkiib received from tho Canadian boundary report tho doath in Balny river of Col. A. F. Naff, a United States deputy marshal, and an entire party of explorers, in all probably eight men. They wero on their way to investigate reports of tho timber stealing by Cana dians along the boundary and wero ascending tho river in sleighs and broke through tho ico. Thomas Biiknnan wns burned to death while trying to put out a firo in a wnsto ilumo at Anacondn, Mont About ten yenrs ago ho was champion nprintor of tho world, having an estab lished record of 10 seconds for 200 yards. At Clinton, 111., on tho 3d Ed Polcn, formerly employed at tlio Illinois Cen tral ruilroad, murdered his wife and mother-in-law and then attempted fiui cido by throwing himself in front of an enst bound freight train. Jealousy was given as his reuson for committing the horriblo deed. At night a great crowd of excited citizens assembled in front of tho jail, but Mayor McGill ad dressed them and said Pol on would die of his injuries nnd tho crowd ilnally dispersed. Accoitmxo to Bradstrcot's Financial Review on the 4th the first quartor of 1800 presented the largest list of actual failures in business in tho United States, those in which liabilities ex ceeded nssots, over reported for a llko period. Tho total was 4..112 or 700 more than in 1801, and 1,443 moro than in tho first quarter of 1803, increases of 1.8.11 and 47 per cent respectively. Liabilities of those failing this year amount to 502,513,000, an incroaso of 30 per cent, as compared with a year ago. W. II. J. TitAYNon, of Detroit, Mich., supremo president of tho American Protoctivo association, has issued a cir cular to the order at largo upon tho political situation. Ho declared that tho A. P. A. has a cinch upon tho pres idential situation, and presented an exhaustive plan for tho complete po litical organization of tho order from the primaries up. A TKitmi'.io explosion of gas took placo in tho No. 0 shaft of tho Lehigh & Wilkesbarro Co., at Sugar Notch, Pa., killing ono person, fatally injur ing another, and wounding ilvo more. Piiksidicxt Ciikbpo, of Venezuela, has issued a decree directing tho ercation of a bronze column In honor of tho citizens of tho United States who aided Venezuela in tho first struggle for in dependence. Venezuela has honored tho United States before by erecting a statue of Washington and projecting another statuo to President Monroo commemorative of tho Monroo doc trine. A TKimim.K explosion occurred in tho Giles mine, near Ward, Col., on the 3d, In which three men wero instantly killed and two others badly hurt. When tho men went to work they took about 50 pounds of giant powder down in tho mine with them, and shortly after they reached tho bottom of tho shaft and went to work tho powder in some unknown way exploded. ItKi'oiiTS from 400 points in Ohio in dicate the smallest crop of wheat over produced in tho state. Tho worst damago was In tho southern half of tho state, whero many farmors will plow up tho wheat and sow oats. Wir.MAM Kic.Mi'Kii and John Llnkio engaged in a frlondly contest for box ing supremacy in a saloon at Otis, Ind., recently. After a fow posses Kemper struck Llpkio in tho abdomen. The injured man fell unconscious and re mained so until lie expired. Thk Butler express on tho West Pennsylvania railway was wrecked near Frceport, Pa., on tho 1st, and ilvo persons wero seriously injured. Tho accident wns caused by the rails spreading. Tho two rear coaches jumped tho track and went over nn embankment liro broke out almost immediately and tlio passengers nar rowly escaped with tholr lives. Tun four-story brick building at 121 and 120 Fulton .street, Boston, has been destroyed by lire. Loss, S150.000. By tho fall of an Iron truss at a pa vilion under courso of erection at Union Hill, N. J., on the 1st, one man was killed, one probably fatally In jured and two horiously injurod. About 35 men wero at work almost directly under the truss as it was being hoisted, when tho derrick ropes broke and the iron fell with a crash. A jocoho on a Chicago street car seized a woman's pockot-book and then jumped from tho car. Tlio woman screamed and tho conductor and a number of passengers followed tho ne gro. Tho latter soon saw that his es cape wns hopeless and, taking a razor from his pocket, ho coolly faced his pursuers and drew tho blade twlco across his throat and died almost in stantly. Thk steamer Lord Charlcmont, which arrived at St. Johns, N. B., reported that It sighted a vessel showing signals of distress, but beforo it could reach her there was a sudden hea3' glaro of flame nnd thou nil became dark. No trace of the vessel could be found tho next day. A iiUMOit was recently going around Wilmington, Del., the home of Thomas, F. Bayard, that tho ambassador to England would soon carry out a re solve ho had made several weeks ago that if congress passed a vote of con- iura he would relinquish his oilier Finn nt Saratoga, N. Y., on tho 3d destroyed tho Putnam music hall, Reeve's paintstorc and Scanlau's print ing office. Loss, 550,000. Ricoihthiih nnd receivers of land of fices at Crookston and Duluth, Minn., havo beon notified in a circular pro mulgated by tho general land ofllco that at nine o'clock Friday morning, May 15 next, Is the hour of opening their ofliccs for entries of Red Lako Indian reservation lands. Thcsa lands will bo subject to tho disposal of actual sottlcrs only under tho homestead law. Ench settler Is to pay 81.25 per acre in flvo annual installments. Fivk persons wero overcomo by coal gas in Capt C. Johnson's house at Pnrlt villc, L. I., recently and Margaret Con nors will dio us tho result of inhalation of tho fumes. Tho othors wore report ed not out of danger. A defective lluo was supposed to have caused tho acci dent Just before dark tho other night a bridgo on tlio Baltimore & Ohio South western, near Shoals, Ind., was dis covered to bo on fire. Train No. 41 was due, nnd was heard approaching at a high rato of speed. With much presenco of mind Mrs. Freeman took off hor petticoat and, running up tho iracK, waveu it Irantically. Tlio en gineer brought his train to a stand within a fow yards of tho burning bridgo, tliiiB provontlng a horror. A Disi'ATCH from Boonville, Ky., on tho 3d sutd In tho cloudburst on Llttlo Sexton and Buffalo Creoles there were probably 10 drowned. Fivk hundred mochanics employed on tho big Sicgcl-Cooper building at New Yorlc wont on striko recently be cause non-union cornico and skylight makers had been engaged. Eauiy on the morning of tho 3d a boiler exploded at one of the Forest Oil Co.'s wells on tho Thorn burg farm in Robinson, a few miles from Pitts burgh, Pa., and Engineer Thomas wus blown 100 foot and both arms and both legs wero broken. Ho also re ceived a terrible gash in tlio abdomen and wns badly scalded. Ho will die. Shkhikk W. O. Gwy.nnk was killed and John F. Madden fatally wounded at Concord, Oa., In an attempt to cap ture the Dolk gang of outlaws. Tho desperadoes got away in tho dark, but two posses wore reported as being after them nnd it was said tho outlaws would bo lynched If caught A young negro, 18 years old, was taken from jail at Tupelo, GO miles from Memphis, Tonn., early on tho morning of tho 3d by a mob and lynched in front of tho courthouse. Tho mob wont to tho sheriff's house, overpowered him with shotguns, marched him to the jail and forced him to open It Tho men wore masks. Tho prisoner mado an assault on a wlilto lady near Plantcrsvlllo a short timo ago. An unknown negro boy, abut 10 years old, was found on tho Texas & Pacific railway track, at Terrell, Tex., tho other day, cut in two by a train. It was supposed that ho was steulirg a ride. AliniTIONAI. DISIMTCIIKS, Seciiktahy Cakmslk has written a lotter to Charles II Long, chairman of tho Kentucky democratic central com mittee, on tho subject of his (Carlisle's) candidacy for tlio presidency in which tho secretary said that ho was moro concerned about tho pnrty's platform on tlio money question than ho was about being a candidate for tho presi dency, but that ho would regard an In dorsement by Kentucky of his services with great favor. Tho Louisvillo Courier-Journal calls on Kentucky to iudorso Secretary Carllslo and nomi nate him for tho presidency. Funs at the Washburn and Moon plant at Quinsigamond, Mass., caused a loss of S150.000. Two hundred men will bo thrown out of work by it. S. B. AitciiKit, of Now York, sccrc retary of tho National Tariff Commis sion league, consulted Detroit conven tion promoters on tho 5th regarding holding tho national convention. Tho secretary predicted that ut least 2,000 advocates of tho removal of tho tariff question from politics would attend tho convention. Of upwards of 200 commercial bodies in the United States all but two had appointed delogates. Cahdinai. Giiiiioxs on the 5th at Baltimore, Md., gave out a lengthy ap peal for arbitration Instead of war, signed by himself and Cardinals Vaughan, of Westminster, and Loguc, of Ireland. The document was tho re sult of a correspondence upon the sub ject between Cardinal Gibbons and his colleagues whoso names aro aillxod to tlio appeal, and was issued on Easter Sunday becauso of th5 appropriateness of tho day. A TKicuint.r. tiro has occurred at Manila, the capital of tho Philippine islands, by which 4,000 houses were de stroyed and ilu.OOO people left homeless. A uisi'ATcn to tho New York World on tho 5th stated that Enirland had concluded a treaty of alliauce with Spain. At tho Clark street dime museum at Chicago on tho 5th a firo broke out and at least 1,000 persons wero panic stricken and mado a wild rush for tho doors. Tlioro was also wild confusion among tlio freaks, but no ono was particularly hurt. II. II. Hoi.mks, tho convicted mur derer of Philadelphia, has made a con fession in which lie tolls how and why ho put to death no loss than 20 men, women and children. Ho writes as calmly and remorselessly as ho mur dered, neglecting no detail. It was well known that Holmes put 11 per sons out of tlio world. LIVE STOCK NEWS. Ixtrgo Increime of ItocolptH nt Krinftna City tho I.nnt Throe Month". Kanhab City, Mo., April 0. Tho first quarter of 180U has passed, and tho cattle receipts at tho stock yards havo run 3,750 ahead of tho samo timo last year, footing 311,722, notwithstanding the cry of shortage of cattlo in tho west. Kansas furnished 40,247 moro than tho same timo last year; Minne sota, 2,102 more; Oklahoma, 1,053 more; Arizona, 1,400 more, nnd tho Indian territory, 070 more, but TcxaB was short 22,034; Nebraska, 0,002; Colorado, 0.800; Missouri, 5,500; Utah, 2,272, and New Mexico, 1,781. Tlioro woro also 35,100 moro Bhcop rccoivod than the first quarter of 1805. Kansas sent in 00,002 moro than tho samo timo last year; Nebraska, 10,503 more; Now Mexico, 3,510 more, and Arizona, 1,314. But Colorado was short 20,100; Texas, 0,155, and Missouri, 5,040. Of hogs, however, thero has been a loss in tho receipts for tho first quar ter of 1800. Kansas sent In 53,320 less, and Missouri 27,405 less, but there was an increase of 8,523 from tho Indian ter ritory; 7,271 from Nobraska; 8,010 from Oklahoma, and 800 from Texas, and 300 from far off Washington. The re ceipts of horses and mules wero moro than double, tho total for tho thrco months being 27,310, against 13,010 tho samo timo last year. Of this increase, 4,030 camo from Missouri, and 0,078 from Kansas. Tho total winter packing in the west reached 0,815,000 pounds, a falling off as compared with tho winter season of 4801-5, of 375,000. Tho average weight, however, was eight pounds heavier. CHILI ALONE DISSENTS. I.ntln-Amcrlcitn Coimtrlos Applaud Presi dent IIIii7.'h 3IoRnaicc. City of Mkxico, April 0. Telegrams from all over Central and South Amer ica regarding President Diaz's utter ances on tho Monroo doctrine in his recent messngo to congress havo been received here. President Crcspo in his congratulations to President Diaz and tho Mexican people, dcclnres that Venezuela sustains tlio plan of Latin American union in defense of territorial integrity. Tho Bolivian government strongly favors tho plan as a check to English arrogance and territorial am bition. Tho president of Chili says that if tho plan did not conceal tho hidden purpose of tho United States and was aimed at any particular Eu ropean nation, it was worthy of com mendation. Chili would bo glad to send delegates to a conference, but would prefer that the United States havo no representation therein. SONS OF VETERANS. Interesting Facts from tho Anuuiil Itoport of AdJt.-(on. llurln. La Ciiossk, Kan., April 0. General order No. 2, series of 1800, was yester day issued bv Commander-in-Chief W. II. Russell, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., from the national headquarters at La Crosse. The quarterly roportof Adjt Gen. C. Borin, which. is made a part of tho order, shows an nggregato on De cember 31, 1805, of 1388 camps and. 31, 572 members of tho organization, a net gain over tho last quarterly report of 01 camps and 810 members. More than 3,000 was cjqiended during tho quar ter in charity, relieving about 300 per sons. In camp and division headquar ters there is about 540,009 on hand. M'KINLEY'S STRONG LEAD. rlio Ohio Man Likely to Itenoli Victory on tho first Itullot. Washington, April 0. The cam paign for tho republican presidential nomination has advanced so far that it seems moro than probablo that, unless something at present unforeseen should occur, William McKinlcy, of Ohio, will enter tho convention with n majority of uncontested delegates, or ganize tho convention nnd obtain the nomination on the first ballot. Indeed tho McKinleyites are figuring that the opposing candidates, abandoning the fight as useless, may yield tho nomina tion by acclamation. Tlio managers of tho opposing candidates, however, do not concede that there will be n nomination on the first or even the second ballot BOIES FOR PRESIDENT. lowu Silver Demacritts Will Shirt tho lloorn for tlio ax-Onveruor. Ottumwa, la., April 0. Tho free silver democrats of Iowa will make a determined effort to capturo tho Du buque convention, and they will bo as sisted by ex-Gov. Boles. Boles has con sented to go to Chicago as a delegate-at-largo from Iowa if tho platform de clares for free silver. This is practi cally tho first move to sccuro tho demo cratic nomination for president for Boles, participated in by prominent white-metal democrats, not only In Iowa, but in other parts of tho west His unswer to a letter sent to him, re questing him to run, Is a tacit admis sion that ho will accept the nomina tion if it is tendered to him. ENGLAND AND SPAIN. It Is Suld They Havo ICiiturod Into ii Trent of Allhtnoo. New Yohk, April C A dispatch to the World from London says: "The posltlvo statement came to your cor respondent from a loading financier oi the city (tho monoymaking part ol London), that England has concluded a treaty of ulllanco with Spain. His final message was, 'Within ten days Europe will bo startled by tho official announcement of this fact.' " Tho Rack, tlio Thumbscrew and tho Hoot Wero old fashioned instruments of torture long sinco abandoned, but thero is a tor mentor who still continues to ngonlzo tho joints, musclos nnd nerves of muny of us. The rheumatism, thnt Inveterate foo to dnllv and nightly comfort, may bo conqucrod by tho timely nnd Btoacly uso of Uostettcr's Htomnch Bitters, which likewise eradicates neuralgia, bilious, malarial, bowel, stomach and ucrvo complaints. Lady Customkii In china shop) ."Do you break theso sets J" Dealer "No, madam; tho purchasers scrvunta usually attend to that." Tit-Bits. Or what uso nro forms, seeing at tlmce ilioy aro empty? Of tlio samo uso as bar rols, which uro at times empty, too. Uuro. In the Selection of a spring medicino bear Ir mind tho fact that what you need is a good blood purifier, nnd tho host, in medi cino, should always bo your aim. The great cures of blood diseases by Hood's Sarsnpnrllla havo mado It known as the Ono Truo Blood Purifier. It is thorcfore tlio best medicino for you to tako in the Spring That you need a good spring medicino ie almost certain. Ninety per cent, of all tho pcoplo need to tako Hood's Sarsapa rilla to purify their blood at this season. Tho warmer weather finds them great ly debilitated, ano it is well known thai discaso is most likely to attack thoso who aro "all run down." If you Take Hood's Sarsaparllla now, it will purify and enrich you, blood, givo you a good appetite, prevent and euro that tired, languid feeling, which is so provalcnt in tho Spring, and in this way it will build you up and prevent sickness later in the year, llcmcmbor Hood s Sarsaparilla Is tho Ono Truo Blood PurlRer. All druggists. 8T. Prepared only by G. I. Hood &, Co. , Lowell, Mass. HrinI'e Diflc tho best family cathartic 11UUU S r inland liver stimulant. 25c. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR W. L. Douglas 3. SHOE besJoRnldThe If you pay 84 to SO for shoes, ex- m amino tho W. L. Douglas Shoe, and 29 C teo what a good shoe jou can buy for s OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS, COKGKESS, BUTTON, nutl L.ACE, mado in all kinds of the best Hclectcd leather by skilled work men. "Wo nirtkc and sell moro $3 Shoes thun any 4fi!lflPMa'' other uinnumcttircr In tlio -world. Nono genuine unless namo and price is stamped on the bottom. Ask your dealer for our 85, St, SS.fiO, 8.fio, SU.an Shoes: 8S.50, JS and 81.75 for boys. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. If yourdealer cannot supply you, send to fac tory, enclosing price and 36 cunts to pay carriage. State kind, style of too (cap or plain), size and width. Our Custom Dept.will till your order. Send for new Illus trated Catalogue to liox 11. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Maes. A SHINING EXAMPLE 7U vfct Ruy U tccompluhfj by rv- yaryff dvyUon to ilrl rurpc U um In Uu history of McGorm&t KwcitlntT KtKnCa,Chkfo. 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This is caused by the ducts be ing stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Head the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious, it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed time. Sold by all Druggists. By V23j rare T Ml W X A A' A
