r THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER XV. XV. 8ANDKI.S, Publl-her. NEMAHA, - - - NEHRASKA. THE WOULD AT JbAHUE. Summary of tho Daily Nowb. AVASIIINOTON NO IKS. Tun thanks of tho United States will be given to (Jroat Jirltiiin for services rendered by the Uritlsh warship In trepid in giving "prompt mid firm sup port" to two United Stutos consular agents in their efforts to protect tho lives and property of American citizens during tho recent Honduras rebellion. J'ni:siir,NT MelCiNi.r.Y has issued tin order suspending the operation of ex Prcsident Cleveland's order consolidat ing the pension agencies of the coun try and reducing their number from 18 to nine. A htatkmknt prepared lit the mint bureau shows that the number of sliver dollars coined at the United States mints during the last ilseaJ year was 21,U0i,70), on which tho seigniorage or profit to the government amounted to SO,:t:w,ioi. It was stated that instructions had been sent to Adtn. Ilcardsleu to hoist the American Hag over the Hawaiian islands at the first moment that .Japan takes any action which clearly indi cates her Intention of attempting to secure possession. Ciiikk Ha.kn, of the secret servlee, has given notice of tho discovery of a new counterfeit S10 silver certificate. It Is of the series of 1801, cheek letter 1), with the small carmine seal, tho portrait of Hendricks and the names of Messrs. Tillman and Morgan as register and treasurer respectively. It was said that tho nomination of Tnrrenco V. Powderly, formerly grand master workman of tho Knights of Lnbor, for commissioner-general of Im migration, would soon be sent in to tho senate. Tin: navy department at Washington has prepared for lssuo tho fifth volume of tho ofllcial records of the union and confederate navies up to tho middle period of the war of the rebellion. It was reported that President Mo Klnloy had offered tho Russian mission to Carl Schurz. Ex-CoNOKKSHMAJf Kr.ii'r.ti, of Ohio, will be made assistant commissioner of immigration at New York. OKNIOKAI. NRWK. Ou.vA.Mi:.vr, the great three-year-old of tho year, was beaten by Flcischman at Cincinnati on tho 17th. Whether Flcischman is really tho hotter horse of tho two, however, Is still a matter of doubt as tho race was run over a track deep In mud, and was not what could bo termed a contest of speed. Tho purse, was for 55(5,000. Foiikst and field 11 res are doing much damage in various parts of California. Near tho town of Red Itluff about a dozen residences have, been burned, cattlo ranges destroyed and standing crops threatened. In tho vicinity of Mount Diablo lire was laying waste the fields and tho mountain houses were threatened. A movi.mknt is on foot at Chicago to form a national billiard league and establish a circuit of cities represented in the league, almost identical with tho system in vogue in baseball, so as to create a national ink. rest in billiards. A nu:AT celebration was held In Marquette, Mloh., tho other day in honor of the unveiling of a bronze statue of Father Mnrquutte, tho ex plorer and priest wnosu name tho city bears. A feature of tho parade was a baud of HO Indians on horseback, dressed in feathers and war paint. Tin: announcement has been made authoritatively that William I). Felts will make an aerial excursion from tho summit of Pike's peak to Colorado Springs, Col., a distance of ton miles, on an air line, and a drop of 8,000 feet. In making tho Might Mr. Felts will use a series of rigid aeroplanes, modeled after the wing of a condor, the great South American bird. At Luibach, Austria, two earth quakes occurred on the 15th. Damage was dyne to many buildings and the people were panlc'strlcken. Tin: Moors who assaulted and robbed tho agent of an American firm in Tan gier, Morocco, have been punished, tho two United States warships having produced a salutary effect on tho au thorities. Ni:ak West Point, Toiiu., a few days aero Miss Rono Williams was found brutally murdered in the woods near her homo. Anthony Williams, who assaulted her, was captured near Prultton, and on tho night of tho Ifith ho expiated his crime in tho streets of West Point in tho presence of f00 peo ple. He vas riddled with bullets and his body burned to ashes. Ituforo a shot was fired tho negro was knocked down and stamped to death. It was recently rumored on Wall street Unit the Standard oil combine was rapidly absorbing tho sugar trust. Auol'ht Wr.iiiiur.iM, a Chicago real estate man, was robbed by card sharps of 87,000 in a brace faro game. Tin: seventh international conven tion of tho lluptist Young People's union of Anicleii began at Chatta nooga, Tenn., on the lfth with alout 4,000 delegates present, :J0O being from Kansas. Tin: crossing of electric light ujul telephone wires caused a firo in the fifth stoiw of tho Central block at Pueblo, Col., on tho 15th. Loss, 550,000. A roito proacher named Edmondson who had assisted Anthony Williams, the negro murderer who was recently lynched, to escape for a time was caught by 100 pursuers at Florence, Ala., beaten to death with clubs, his body riddled with bullets and then hanged. Ciiaiii.kh Sti:vi:nh. who had been Im prisoned in tho mammoth mine near Phoenix, Ariz., since .Inly I, was res cued on tho evening of the ljlh. A shaft had to be drilled through solid granite and men worked without ces sation. Stevens had been without food and water all the time. Cou.MANiu'.n Hooiii-Ti'cki:ii, of tho Salvation army, has selected southern Colorado for the location of his first colony and will secure 50,000 acres of land on which to locate poor people from tho over-crowded sections of tho oast and enable them to earn a living. Mns. Nancy J. Kii.i.c.v was nailed in her house near Rrcedon, W. Va., and tho house set on fire by fiends. She was burned to death. FiVK monster farewell rallies on the 18th at Toronto, Ont., closed tho great est convention tho Epwortli league has ever had. All five meetings wcro marked by great outbursts of religious fervor. Tin: American lluptist Missionary union and the American itaptist Homo society, with headquarters In Now York," have wiped out their joint debt of StbO.OOO by raising over S'250,000, to which John I). Rockefeller Is to add the same suiq. Tiikkk Is a freight war on between tho Lone Star and tho Mallory lines and a Oalveston special on tho 17th said that the new Lone Star line an nounces that It will carry cotton freight free at present from Onlvewton to New York. Emandi:i. Rich, of the firm of Rich Pros., millionaire dry goods men of Atlanta, tin., was found dead on tho 10th with his throat cut from ear to ear. He had been a victim of dyspepsia and complained that he would sooner be dead than live in such misery. It whs reported at Rcdlield. S. I)., that many stockmen In tho hill coun try in that section had licou compelled to move their oattlo to now feeding lrrouudsou accountof swarms of grass hoppers eating up tho grass on tho ranges. Within the next HO days Outline, Oklahoma City and El Rono, Ok., will be connected by long distance tele phono lines. The lines will be extend ed within the near future to connect with tho Kansas system, centering in Wichita. Tiir.irr. wore 'J 17 business failures throughout the United Stales reported by Itradstrcct's commercial agency for the week ended tho Kith, against 255 for the corresponding week last year. It was stated on reliable authority that tho powers had fixed the Indem nity to be paid to Turkey by (Jreeeo at $-(,000,000, and had accepted a compro mise giving Turkey a more liberal hue of frontier. Jim .Tr.iTimis, of California, and Ous Ruhlin, of Ohio, fought a 20-round bout at San Francisco on the Kith. Roth men are remarkable for their size and muscular development. Jeffries is a man about 22 years old, OJtf feet In height and is in fine condition at 212 pounds. Ruhlin, the Ohio giant, tops the Californlan just one inch and weighs In condition 200 pounds. Tho pace was terrific for men of their size and weight from tho start. Tho ref eree declared the light a draw. Posi'MAsi'Kit Ooiipon, of Chicago, has authority from Washington to create , a new rank among letter-carriers that of sergeant. A three months' trial of tho system will bo given in Chicago, and if it proves successful it will probably be Inaugurated in other cities and become a permanent part of the carrier svstein. Titr.AT A CuAwroito's oil wells in Elk Fork (W. Va.) district took lire from the boiler furnace. The two wells were producing 200 barrels an hour, which burned and floated down Elk Fork. Four bridges have already burned and four small towns were threatened. John Sti:yi:ns, the miner imprisoned by a oave-in of the Mammoth mine at Uoldilolds, Ariz., was still alive on the 15th, though the cave-in occurred nine days before. He answered the signals of the rescuing party. The whole force of the mine was being kept at work on the rescue shaft. A hati: war has been declared be tween union and non-union insurance companies at Chicago which, it is be lieved, will result in a general reduc tion in the eo.H of policies on buildings and contents. A kkcknt dispatch from Paris said that the governments of Spain nud Japan have arranged an offensive alli ance against the United States. Tho terms of the understanding, which is for the mutual protection of Cuba and Hawaii, provide that, in the event of an active aggressive movement on the part of the United States tending toward interference in Cuban affairs or persistence in the annexation of the Hawaiian islands, both Spain and Japan shall simultaneously declare war against the i nileil .Mates. An important conference was held at the foreign olltee in London between the members of the Fulled States bi metallic commission and Ambassador Hay and Lord Salisbury. Sir Michael Ulcks-ISuaeh, chancellor of the ex chequer, Mr. Arthur Uulfour, lirst lord of the treasury, and Lord lioorgo Hamilton, secretary of stale for India. The conference, which lasted an hour, was preliminary to tho carrying on of further negotiations un tho subject of international bhuotiillUm. Jim Davis, a cowboy, was struck by lightning near Lellaetta. I. T., and ho ; and his hor.e were Instantly killed. A ihhi'A'IOII from Antlers, I. T., said that the Choctaw-Chickasaw union party proposed to treat with the Dawes commission, provided the United States government would buy all of theli land outright. They would then form a colony, go to Mexico, buy land and have their own laws. TiiKin: was a big biewle parade at Chicago on tho 17th under the auspices of the Chicago Evening Journal. Fully 8,000 wheelmen were in line and Mayor Harrison led the parade, being next to an advance guard of :ioo policemen mounted on wheels. Am. unions affiliated with the Chica go Federation of Labor will contribute to the striking coal miners' relief fund. Rbv. Fatiikk Him.i:n, of Chicago, who was about to be consecrated bishop of tho Concordia, Kan., Roman Catholic diocese, died in Rome on the 17th. MAHicnn robbers held up and robbed the post oflieo at tho Sac and Fox agen cy In the Indian territory on the 18th and got $050 in stamps and a big batch of registered letters and money orders. Titouiii.r. was expected in the Pitts burgh coal mining district as 1.000 half starved strikers had determined to march on the Cannonsburg mines In order to get tho miners there to quit work. Fivk young men ventured out on tho Piscataquog river near Manchester, N. II., in an old scow, without oars, de pending for tlie guidance of the boat upon a board. The men were unable to control tho old hulk, and in a short time It was over tho dam and three of tho occupants were drowned. A sntoNO disposition on the part of many subordinate loaders in the Insur gent army to end the war by tho ac ceptance of autonomy was reported at Washington from Cuba. Con. (lomez, personally, clings to the hope of inde pendence, but he is almost alone. It was stated positively that Repre sentative McMtllin will be appointed to succeed Mr. Harris in the United Stateg senate, This, it was s'tid, had been definitely determined upon among tho leaders in Tennessee and there was a general acceptance of the situation. Tun convention of tho National League of Republican clubs at Detroit, Mloh., on tho 14th chose Omaha, Neb., for tho next place of meeting. Tin: reports of mortgage and loan companies doing business in Nebr.iska show a proportion of indebtedness paid during tho six months ended July I that Is most extraordinary. A close estimate of tho aggregate places tho amount paid during that time at 52S, 000,000. Srouir.s of the fabulous riches of the Cloudyko diggings on the Upper Yukon In Alaska were more than proved true when 40 minors arrived at San Fran cisco with ,1(0 pounds of gold dust. Most of tho miners wore at tho dig gings only this single season, and nearly all of them were tenderfoot. Tin: sultan of Turkey has issued an Irado instructing his ministers to con clude negotiations with tho powers and to sign tho preliminaries for inaco. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. Tin: Kroudnioor Casino, the famous 5100,000 pleasure resort of Colorado Springs, Col., was burned to the ground on the 10th. There was no water available and, ten minutes after the Humes had broken out, all hope was given up of saving the structure and efforts were made to save the hotel adjoining, which, by theholpof United States soldiers in camp there, was suc cessful. Tin: great gold discoveries in Alaska may seriously complicate the Alaskan boundary dispute between this country nnd 1 1 rent Uritain. As tho line has been tentatively established, Klon dvlce. where the bier Hud has been made, Is within the Dominion of Cana da, but it may be that a definite estab lishment of tho boundary will bring it partly, at least, within American ter ritory. Tin: mission premises of the Plym outh Hrcthrcn at Wuchen, China, were recently destroyed by a Chinese mob, who were incited by the old story of the missionaries stealing children and killing them. At Columbia., La., Carey Townsend and I.lisha Wittlngton had a friendly boxing match for the amusement of their friends when Whittington dealt Townsend a heavy blow over the re gion of the heart and ho dropped to tho ground dead. Whittington was arrested. Tin: old Cheyenne mid Arapahoe warriors in Oklahoma who have more than one wife have been assured that the anti-polygamy law passed by the last legislature will not be enforced against those Indians who were mar ried according to the tribal custom, but all marriages contracted hereafter must be strietli' in accordance with the law. This conclusion wus reached at a conference held at Darlington be tween the attorney-general and the chiefs and representative men of each tribe. A dispatch from Pittsburgh, Pa., on tho HHh said that it was believed that the leaders of the striking coal minors contemplated calling on the railway organizations for assistance. Tin: house passed the conference re port on tho tarlll' bill by a vote of 1S. to IIS after labours' debate on the 10th. The senate discussed the Harris resolu tion relating to the Union Paeilie rail road. Thomas It. Tunt.nv, of Memphis, has been appointed by tho governor of Tennessee to succeed the late Ishani G, Harris as United States senator. THE WORK OF CONGRESS. Cnr.lcniM'tl rrfHTrdliur of thrKcimte and lloiur In i:xtm .SfMolnn. Tiir. delleleney appropriation bill was passed In the senate on tho lath The Item for armor plate for tho three, new bnttloshlps now In coarse iA consfuctlon caused n lively debate and un amendment was agreed to restricting the price of armor plate to iSOJ per ton, or 11 lift less than the amendment reported by the com mittee find recommended by tho navy depart mtnt us iho minimum prlco acceptable to tho armor manufacturer1. Another amendment was agreed to aulhorllm.' tho secretary of the navy to see about establishing a government factory If private concerns do not bid within 1300 per ton... The house, on motion of Mr. Cannon (III.), took a recess until the next day, beliiK In session only three minutes. IN the senate on the lltli Senator Davis (Minn.) reported from tho foreign relations committee a resolution empowering tho presi dent to take steps for obtaining tho release of Americans conllncd In Spanish prisons In Cuba. The senate was afterwards a deadlock over the resolution of Senator Harris (Kan.) to pro vent the disposal of the government lien on the Pnlon l'aclllc railway under tho terms of nn alleged agreement. It llnally went over.. In tho house Mr. Simpson (Kan ) Introduced a resolution for investigating tho sugar trust. Tho dellciency appropriation bill was sent to conference and the house then adloumcd. Tin: attention of tho senate on the 15th was taken up with the resolution of Senator Harris (Kan.) relating to tho pending judicial pro ceedings ngalnst the Union lUcltlo road, but no conclusion was reached an t It dually wont over. Tho joint resolution accepting the Invi tation of France to participate In the Parts ox IKisltlon of HO) wus passed ...No business was transacted In tho house, n motion to adjourn to tho next day being agreed to Immediately after the journal wus read. Tiik Harris resolution relating to tho Union l'aclllc railroad was again discussed In the Ren ate on tho 16th. An executive session was then held nnd nf tcrwarrts an adjournment was taken until the next lUy The house agreed to tho partial conference report on the general de llciency appropriation bill nud then concurred In the senate amendment llxlng the limit of cost of armor plnte for tho three battleships now building at ittirO per ton. On motion of Mr. IJroderlck (Knn.) the senate resolution directing the secretary of war to lssuo 1.000 tents for tho use of thcCir.nd Army encampment at Leaven worth, Kan., next October, was adopted. Tho house then adjourned until the 10th. A STUBBORN FACTOR. Perry ltclinont Suys Kulaiid Alone Mocks Illnietiillle Action. Ni:w York, July 10. Perry Belmont, who has just returned from Europe, in a carefully prepared interview, had this to say on the money question: In regard to tho present attitude of Kuropc toward International bimetallism, there aroad voeutes of It In France, England and Germany as there were o your ago but the advocacy has not Increased in volume or Intensity. Neither Franco norUermnny will join with us la placing gold and silver on a purity, unless Kngland leads the way. The continued increase in gold production, the surplus last year and this year of Uritlsh Incomes mi- expenditures, tho con tinued supremacy of Uuglund in commerce and of London as an International money market have the cllect of pursitading the parliament that the provnt coinage, currency and llnuncial system Is good, even thou'h (here Is distress in India. UTAH'S ANNIVERSARY. I'lfty Yt'Hrs Ago llrlghum Young Ite-.iebe'i tilt! Milt l.uUe Vnltey. mai.t lakk I.ITV, ,iuiy iu. Tlie peo ple of Utah will celebrate on .Inly til the semi-centennial anniversary of tho arrival of Jtrigham Young and his band of pioneers in the valley of the (Jreat Salt lake. The president of the United States with his cabinet has promised to be there if congress ad journs in time. William .leanings Kryan will also be there as president of the Transmississippi congress and there will be thousands of excursion ists, of Mormon pilgrims from many states and of representative western men. The event is onu of intense local significance as well as of considerable national interest. r'lrat Saltation Army Colony. Lamak, Col., duly 10. Commander Booth-Tucker, of the Salvation army, in company with .lames A. Davis, gen eral industrial commissioner of tho Santa Fo route, and .John E. Frost, land commissioner of the Santa Fe, is looking over lands in this country with a view of selecting a location for ne of his colonics. He has selected southern Colorado, and will secure SO, 000 acres of land under some of the large canal systems for the location of the first colony. He is reported to be backed by John D. Rockefeller. May Coloiile, In .Mexico. Anti,i:i:h, I. T., duly 10. --The Choctaw-Chickasaw union party has a scheme on foot to treat with the Dawes commission, provided the United States government will buy all the Choctaw and Chickasaw lands out right. Tho Indinns will then form n colony, go to Mexico and buy a lot of land from the .Mexican government. They say that a white man shall not live among them. Knitting I'lgiires on Dollnr Dills. Pi:hiiy, Ok.. July 10. Olllcors are in pursuit of counterfeiters who have been doing work here for several days. A number of raised paper bills have been passed on business men. One and five dollar bills have been raised to de nominations of tens and twenties. Work of raising bills was very clev erly performed and they are hard to detect. Sae ami I'o Post Ollleo Looted. Gl'TMHii:, Ok., July 10. Masked rob bers held up the post office at Sac and Fox agency Sunday morning and robbed it of S0SO in stamps, a big batch of registered letters, 11101103' orders and notes. Twenty thousand dollars were paid to the Indians, and the robbers 'went there for the purpose of getting the money. To P.iy 111" Pastor's Hilary. Pr.HU. Ok., July ID. Officers levied on tne furniture and fixtures of the First Presbyterian church here on 1111 execution issued in favor of Rev. S. P. ' Meyers, former pastor of the church, ' iorS'JOO, salary due him by the church. Mr. Meyers obtained judgment six months ago. TIIH fiAKOl-S'f S1NGM3 OIIDISH l-'OH CUKAM SISI'AIIATOIIS 13V1211 G1UN. AXnteil low n Creamery Operator Or der Five Hundred at One Time. W. I. Moody, Iowa's greatest creamery operator, estimates that it costs an average ot 10 cts. per 100 lbs. to haul milk to a cream erv and haul the skim milk nway again. lie is going to save all this by placing with his patrons Dairy Separators, nnd have wagons call for tho cicaui. In this way the farmer will get the full ad vantage of the Separator and creamery sys tem, will have the warm fresh skim milk at home for stock feed and will not bo at ex pense of carting his milk to a cicamery. . Hcfore ordering these COO Separators, val ued at over $50,000, the merits of nil the different Dairy Separators on the market were very thoroughly considered and prac tical tests were made by Mr. Moody. It was finally decided that the Sharpies. Separators, made nt West Chester, Pn. were the most desirable and best made ma chines, and though costing a little more money, it was thought they were well worth the difference nsked, and the order was given to thnt company. It'll Different, Yon Know. It was during a controversy over the value of n bicycle. mere nic cases, mamma," explained the young woman, v bicycle is nlmost "when the proper use of a st imperative, nnd I'm sure thnt mine is one of them." "Nonsense," returned the elder woman. "That's veiy nice talk fiom the point of view of a dealer in bicycles, but that is all. Now if you want cxcicihl " "llut 1 don't mamma," interrupted the youug woman, hastily. "It isn't exercise that I need, hut icci cation, and there's no. recreation iu doing the housework none at. all." Chicago Post. Ileal W'urm Weather Kent nnd Com fort. There is a powder to bo shaken into the shoes called Allen's Foot-Ease, invented by Allen S. Olmsted, Le Hoy, N. Y which, druggists and hIioc dealers say is the best thing they have ever wild to cure swollen, burning, sore and tender or nching feet. Some dealers claim that it makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It certainly will cure corns and bunions and iclieve instantly sweating, hot or smaiting feet. It costs only a quarter, and the inventor will send a sam ple free to any address. A IlcHciiiIiIuncc. "Death and the people of Germany are. alike in one respect." "Name it." "The people of Germany like to use money direct from the mint." "Go on." "Death loves a shining mark, too." Pitts buigh Cluonicle-Telcgiaph. . , l?nc Gentleness. Bo gentle in stimulating the IcfdncvH; otherwise you will excite and weaken them. The happiest lesults follow the use of Hos tcttcr'H Stomach Hitlers to overcome renal inactivity. Avoid the uumcdicatcd, fiery stimulants of commeice. The kidneys have a dclicntc membrane easily irritated, and upon this the action of Mich excitants is pernicious. Malarial complaints, indiges tion, rheumatism, neuralgia and biliousness succomb to the corrective influence of the Bitters. The Appropriate iMnce. I'You ought to be abhamed of yourself,'" paid the judge to the gentleman who had. been caught picking pocki'lu nt a funeral. "Have you no sense ot decency?" "Yes, judge; but you know people in a place like that are so easily touched." In Uhinapolid Journal. IllKhly IlliiHtrated Piililteutfonn;. Descriptive of Yellowstone National 1'arK; Black Hills, Summer Toms to the North anil Northwest, Tours to Colorado, Pacific Coast nnd l'ugct Sound, Faun luids in Noitheriv Missouii, Nebr.iska and Wyoming and Homes in Washiiiton and the Pueet Sound Region will be mailed lice by the under signed. Send lit teen touts for a huge col ored wall amp of the United States or a pack, of supciior playing cauls. L. V. Wakclcy,, G. P. A., Burlington Itoutc, St. Louis, Mo. "His valet got even with Reginald for dis charging him," said one young man. "Uow?" mquiied the other. "Set his watch ahead, so that Itegiiwid got his evening clothes on at half-iAibt live!" Washington Star. I hnve found Piso's Cure for Consumption an unfailing medicine. F. It. Lotz, 1303 Scott St., Covington, Ivy,, Oct. 1, 1801. When a man is nt work, loafers stand" around nnd say he's working too cheap. Washington Democrat. Hull's Catnrrli Cure Is taken internally. Pi ice 73c. She Had Scrofula Puriflod tho Blood with Hood's.. "I was troublod with scrofula for eight years, and I had as many as ciht running sores at 0110 time. Nothing seemed to do mo any good until 1 began taking Hood's SarsapuriUa. I continued using this medi cine until I had taken six bottles, when tho sores on my side wero perfectly wcll.'s Mas. A. G. LlANUir.it, Ltolfe, Iowa Hood's Sarsaparilla Is tho Host iu fact the Om T-uo Hlooil Purifier Hood's Pills euro nausea, indigestion. 2S& SLEEPING Cms IH TME WORLD ClWAGO !E Mtptr Uoutt TO DES MOINES ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS limit cm ikiit erne: ; Mil mum trier J g VI r VCASII WKKKI.VnntJ wnatiiiun lurywhiTuto hlCI.Ij 1W STARK TREES W.r.f-,JS?& lulu lyucst. siiiii'imiuiiiiK. ii"'v system. STAl.K UUOTIl lUW. I'OUISIAXA.MO., UOCKl'OKT.lll. 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