THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. W. 8ANDICU8, rublUlmr. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. THE WORLD AT LARGE. Summary of tho Daily Nowo. WASHINGTON NOTK9. An ngrecmcnt hns been reached be tween tho lenders of tho senate nnd house ut Washington which practical ly secures tho passage of tho Jltiwloy bill to increase tho army by two regi ments of artillery. Immumatki.y after tho holidays dole Rations in congress f rom several states will get together for tho purposoof or ganizing, if possible, for tho passage of an omnibus public building bill. Thoro is an urgent demand for public buildings in many cities and towns and bills for their construction aro now pending to the amount of no less than 850,000,000. A it.nhio.v hns bjon granted to tho widow of Knud Knudsen, ti soldier who was killed in tho lato war, by tho Washington authorities, tho back pay of which aggregates over S 1,000. Tho woman has never left Norway. PiiKS iih:kt McKinm:y has decided to appoint Owen L. W. Smith, of North Carolina, as UnlU'd States minister to Liboria, Africa. Mr. Smith la a negro lawyer and Methodist preacher. By direction of the president Secre tary of Stato Sherman has issued an appeal to tho people of tho United States for aid to relievo tho suffering people of Cuba. All money, provi sions, clothing, medicines and like arti cles of prima necessity can bo for warded to Gon. Fltzhugh Leo, our con sul general at Havana, and they will bo admitted duty free. Qon. Lee will co-opcrato with local authorities for tho proper distribution of such relief. Tins gold reserve in tho treasury at Washington was S100,207,40!i on the 25th. This was tho highest point reached slnco September, 1800. An agent of tho Interior department inis been Investigating tho reported in vasion of tho Wichita country In tho Indian territory and says thoro aro no reoplo camped or gathering along the lino at certain points and tho whole scheme is to got dupes to pay 8'3.fi0 for a certificate of membership in a myth ical colonization company. UENKHAI. NEWS. TitR last of a series of bull fights by Mazznltlni was given tit tho City of Mexico on the 20th and was attended by 7,000 people. Tomas Mnzzaltinl narrowly escaped with his life, being tossed by an infuriated bull und gored in tho hand. Ton horses wore killed and six bulls, tho usual number. Asiikstos has been discovered near Rockford, S. D., in tho Black hills. It is said to bo of excellent quality and easily mined. Wuii.r. a man nnd a woman wcro skating at Illfton, N. Y., the leo broko and both wore drowned. Two brothers named Rudolph and Edward Boorieko wcro rowing on Kouka lake, near Hammondsport, N. Y., when their boat was upsotby their dog. Tho men wore reseuod alive, but Rudolph died almost Instantly after being landed. Tin: Hastings (Neb.) electric light plant was destroyed by fire on tho 24th. Tho loss was about SOO.OOO. Tin: Now York Medical Record on tho 25th gives a full uceount of n re markable operation whereby a wom an's stomach wns cut out nnd tho patient has recovered and can cut nnd jlrhilc aid feels In better health than "before the operation. Susir. Gki:nlkak, nged ton, went to tho schoolroom ut Rockland, Xox., to got her books. Tho door being locked, she crawled in at tho window and, In getting out, the Mish foil on her neck nnd choked her to death. Miss Ida Buookb was killed and Wil liam Pearcy fatally injured by being btruck by a fast express train at Grif fin's station, O. They wore ro turning In a buggy from a Christinas entertain ment Tin: wlfo of Jacob Peyor, living near Park River, N. I)., poisoned her four llttlo ehlldren with strychnine and then took poison horself. All are dead. A quarrel with her husband was the cause. Skviuiai. persons from Colfax, Wnsh., deolnred that notwithstanding all de nials a lynching occurred at that place n few days ago. It was as serted that Chadwiek Marshall and John McDonald, tho alleged murderers of Orvlllo Haydeu, ti prominent citizen of Farmlhgton, wcro taken from tho county jail by u mob and hanged to trees near tho town. A mtti.k daughter of Augusto Gocko was bitton in tho face two months ago by a rabid dog at Hallottsvllle, Tex., but it was supposed her wounds wcro healed. A fow days ngo sho wns taken violently ill and nftor Buffering nwful agony died with rubies. Besidkb tho combine formed in tho enst for tho soiling of nnthraoito coal, there is to bo created a bjmllar central Boiling agency to eover ouch of tho great bituminous coal districts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois. Tub post ofiloo at Chandler, Ok., was looted by two masked robbors early on tho 22d, tho postmaster being covered with Winchesters nnd , made to open his safe. Everything of value was taken. At a danco nt Cortland, Nob., O. W. Vandorpool iusulted Miss Sherman. Her brothor Edward interfered and was fatally stabbed by Vandorpool and two others were also severely slashed. Tub non-partisan W. C. T. U. will hold its annual convention In Colum bus, O., January 7-11. NiJAit Pulaski, Va., a freight train and a passenger train collided and a postal clerk was killed nnd two other men were badly injured. A i'A88i:NonH train was wrecked re cently near llartshorne, I. T., by a broken rail. The track was badly torn up for 15 rail lengths and three coaches were partly demolished. About "00 excursionists were on board, but not a single person wns injured. Two plumbers nt Littlo Rock., Ark., mimed William Burns nnd Thomns Ray, in love with tho same girl, con cluded to settle tho matter with knives nnd fought so desperntely that both foil in tho throes of death within five minutes after they clinched. Rnv. Dn. Siiw.no.v Jackhon sailed from Nev York on tho 25th for Nor way and Lapland with power from the United Staton government to purchase 500 reindeer, harness and other equip ments for uso in transporting supplies to tho Yukon minors and to hire 50' Laplanders to drive tho outfits. A corr.voi: in London in which Mrs. Jarvis lived caught lire and sho and her nine children wcro burned to death. A few hours afterwards Mr. Jarvis died of consumption in a hospital without hearing of the disaster. Wmr.K returning from a Christmas entertainment at Terhunc, Ind., n freight train on the Monon road struck n carriage containing Mr. and Mrs. Moore and Miss Brattaln. Mr. Moore was only slitrhtlv injured, but Mrs. Moore was fatally hurt and Miss Brat taln killed. Mr. and Mrs. Moore had only rocentVy been married and this was tho first tlino they had been awny from homo together. M. M. Wki.ch, living near Althus, Ok., fell under tho wheels of a load of cotton he was hauling and was fatally crushed. Tub towbont Hotspur went over a dam on tho Monongahela river, near Pittsburgh, Pa., and was completely wrecked. Tho crew was rescued with difficulty. Finn broko out in tho basement at lot Madison street, Chicago, occupied as a restaurant. A big crowd was on the sidewalk watching the blazo when an explosion of gas took place and windows, gratings, sidewalk and man hole covers wero hurled amongst tho crowd and 2!5 people wero more or less iniured and a wild panic ensued. The loss was estimated at 125,000. Foun hunters were found frozen to death by tho roadside near Dawes Creek, Newton county, Ark. It wns boltovcd they wero W. II. Hughes. A. II. Dolphin, John W. Bright nnd Snm uel Sevier, from Chicago. A boat containing nlno stevedores, whilo proceeding to a steamer in the Thames near London, was capsized und nil tho men were drowned. Tub Chestnut Street national bank and tho Chestnut Street Trust & Sav ings Fund company at Philadelphia suspended on tho 23d. The btate treas urer had 8225,000 on deposit In tho bank. Gbn. Pando has written to Capt. Gen. Blanco that all of tho commis sioners bent to tho Cuban insurgents' camps proposing pence with uutonomy have failed and therefore no other courso is open than to finish tho war with war. Mns. Bahnky Pickbut, an nged widow, was found dead in a hay loft at Lima, O., a fow days ago. The premises were searched by tho admin istrator and over 810,000 in bank notes and silver was found and 55,000 in per sonal notes. Tho sum of 82,000 was found sewed in an old bonnet. She had lived in poverty, and tho find was a great surprise CiiAiu.r.s, A. PlM.sfiuftv, of iH. Paul, Minn., who is reported to have made 52,000,000 in wheat this year, has resigned the management of tho Eng lish syndicate mills. Tub nosslbllltv that Loiter and Armour will pool their Interests to corner May wheat was stirring traders on tho Chicago 'change on tho 23d. Tho Post said that George French, operating for tho Loiter crowd, had piled up at least 4,000,000 bushels of May wheat and it was well known that Armour had a pyramid of May wheat bought which was supposed to come close to tho Leitor holding. Al- roady that option is regardod as being dangerous for tho public to handle. Mits. tlBNNii: Ei.kino awoke the other morning at Decatur, 111., to find her two-months-old baby girl dead at her side. Tho child had binothered to death under tho coverlets. Tin: whiteeap organization among tho renters who opposo the renting of farms for money rent aro carrying out their threats by sowing a number of largo farms around San Antonio, Tex., in Johnson grass. Several largo barns aro alleged to have been burned by them. James Rcnbow, a farmer living on Littlo river, was taken out of his homo by a band of masked men nnd given a severe beating. Ho had rented liis farm for monoy after being warned. Anthony Dkvin bhot his wlfo at Philadelphia and then committed sui cide. Two brick bix-story blocks on Frank lin streot, In Cleveland, O., wore de stroyed by fire on tho 2!5d. It started by tho explosion of a can of benzine in tho lithograph establishment of Johns & Co. Tho loss was estimated at 8500,-000. Ovbh 100 representatives of tho United States secret service nrc ccn tering on a gang of counterfeiters, now In Colorado, who aro believed to make their headquarters In Kansas City, Mo. They aro passing two dan gerous counterfeits of tho denomina tion of 85 nnd 810. Tho gang has llood ed Colorado with tho bogus bills. Whim: a Christmas saluto was being fired from an old cannon at Ashevillo, N. C, Joseph Finch carelessly brought n can containing !J0 pounds of gunpow der Into contact with tho heated gun. The explosion which followed sovoroly Injured Finch and knocked down be tween 30 and 40 of the spectators, all of whom wcro more or less hurt. A SI'KCIAI. on tho 20 th announced tho engagement of Miss Margaret Ogdcn, of Now York, and Frank McNutt, of Richmond, Ind. Miss Ogdcn is said to be wortli 820,000,000. John M. Camioi.t,, an expert machin ist, of Cincinnati, thinks that lie has hit upon a plan for the successful navi gation of the air. He is building an airship. Ho has a working model at ills home which will fly, around tho room like a bird and ho ishardatwork on tho ship itself, which ho hopes to launch soon. Tho maehino Is modeled after a goose. It Is to be guided by the wings, which aro to bo operated by electricity. A nitir.i. engine and a train of fiat cars collided on tho New Jersey Cen tral railroad ntCommunipaw by which a brakeman was killed, a fireman fatally injured and an engineer so badly scalded that his flesh came oil' in strips. The commercial failures In tho United States for the week ended tho 2lth wero 280, according to Brad street's report. iNmANAPOMB veterans aro signing a petition to congress to pay all pension ers 20 years' pension money in a lump sum ut once nnd nbolish tho pension department and have the government get out of the pension business perma nently. Foun small children named Maltbskl were suffocated by smoke while alono In nn nUifrnnm nnnnnlnil h flu. fnmllw . nt. V il.uli.lnli n 'Plio lintmn onntrht. ... .. ........ . ...,.. . j ... .. j , fire from an overheated stove Mil. Wesley McBiudk, of Stanton, Del., and his wlfo wero killed and their daughter, Carrie, aged six, in jured so that sho will die, at the rail way crossing at that place. A Chicago telegram said that Des Moines, la., would become a member of the Western Baseball league. Tub Ferry street car house at Ever ett, Mass., was destroyed by fire on tho 21th, together with 00 electric cars. The loss on the building was estimated nt SUO.OOO nnd on the enrs at S120.000. Fivb terrific explosions occurred tho other morning in tho works of tho United States Acctyleno compnny nt Jersey City, N. J., nnd two men lost their lives and three other employes were injured. Windows were broken for a distance of a milo from the gas works, which burned to the ground and set firo to a paper mill and tho railroad bridge. Damage done, about 820,000. AliniTIOKAIi DISI'ATCJIIKS. It was announced at Washington that tho report of tho monetary com mission will bo published in a short time and it will present a comprehen sive plan for dealing with the legal tender notes, the banking system and existing silver coins. A bill carrying out the recommendations of the com mission will also bo prepared and bo ready for publication in a few days after the report, Ex-Qur.i:N Limuokai.ani will advo cate tho annexation of tho Hawaiian islands by tho United States, provided a pension is settled upon her just as hor niece is provided for. Tin: nomination of S. N. D. North, of Massachusetts, for census superintend ent will be. mado os soon, as legislation providing for tho census has passed congress. Rbpiikskntatives of tho Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, Loco motive Firemen nnd other inilway orders aro In Washington working diligently to defeat tho nomination of Judge Paxson for interstate commerce commissioner. John Nukkii sho.t and killed Joseph Enzler, a laborer, at St. Louis tho other evening. Tho murderer was crazed from tho effects of drink. John Aonp.w and Thomns Kennedy woro in u ear in the Aldon shaft at Wllkesbarre, Pa., on the 27th, when tho rope broke and It fell 450 feet and tho men wero dashed to pieces. Tun business houses in the center of St. Louis wero shaken to their founda tions on the 27th by a terrific explosion of a charge of dynamite used in trying to raise tho sunken tug boat Dolphin, which went down In the Mississippi during the tornado. Tho attempt proved futile. Tin: sonato and house sub-committees on Indian affairs on the 27th con sidered tho Curtis bill in joint session and will urge that 'the bill be passed this session. A iMUSONBli named Harry English at tempted to burn his way out of tho ' Ysleta (Tex.) jail and was cremated. Job Wai.coi-t and Tom 1'racey met at Chicago on the 27th for a six-round bout. Tho decision of tho referee was a draw. A hand of raiders from Koodestan massacred all the inhabitants of a Christian town about S00 souls near Salinas, Persia. A ;:on at Glondorn, Miss., captured Joe Hopkins, who murdered two men, and they hanged him by tho heels and burned him to death in that posture. AN ELECTION DECISION. Mlmotirl Hiiiiroino Court Snjrn IrrcRulnHtli, In u I'reelnet Aro Not l'atnl. Ji:rFi:iisoN City, Mo., Dec. 24. The supremo court rendered an opinion In au election contest in which ho holds that the failure of the judges to be sworn by a proper oflicers, the fact that the judges are not evenly divided politi cally, or tho fact that only four judges conducted tho election in a certain pre cinct, docs not make the election void as to that precinct, If no one's Interest was prejudiced by such failure. Mny Wheat Helnp; Cornered. Ciiicaoo, Dec. 24. The possibility that Leiter and Armour will pool their interests to corner May wheat is stir ring traders on 'change. The Post says: George French, operating for tho Leiter crowd, lias piled up a lino of at least 4,000,000 bushels of May wheat, according to reports from tho floor. Armour's radical change of front in bulling May wheat Is common knowledge. It Is equally well known that Armour hns a pyramid of May wheat bought which Is supposed to come close to the Leiter holding. Mr l'lilliidelplilii IliinlcH Suspend. Philadelphia, Dec. 24. Tho Chest nut Street national bank and Chestnut Street Trust & Savings Fund company, of both of which William M. Slngcrly, proprietor of the Record and demo cratic leader is president, wero not opened for business this morning. The bank had nt nil times held a good rep utation, but it had boon known for some time that its business, and necessarily its profits, had fallen oil' considerably. The suspension, however, was a great surprise, especially in view of the high standing of its oflicers. Iliibblts Spreading Diplitherlu. Sioux City, la., Dec 24. Rabbits aro spreading diphtheria, tho doctors sny, throughout tho central part of this state. Some time ago it was noticed that hundreds of the bunnies were dy ing of a disease wrich tho doctors pro nounced almost identical with diphthe ria in the human family. Soon after tllO epidemic Commenced amOngtllC - - rauoilS Uipnilicrui UCIHin lO UO no ticed among tho families in the local ity. Tho conclusion was reached that the germs were conveyed by tho ani mals. Costly Gift to Pioneer Knllroud 1'rcMdcnt, Nbw Yoiuc, Dec. 21. President Sam uel Sloan, of the Delaware, Lackawan na & Western railroad will receive a pleasant surprise Christmas. Tho em ployes of the road will present him with a 810,000 gold table service as a token of their esteem. Mr. Sloan will be 80 years old on Christmas day. Ho is the oldest railroad president in the country and has served for 30 years as the executive head of tho Lackawanna system. Another Compnny Quits Knnsiin. Topbka, Kan., Dec. 21. On account of the attacks of State Insurance Su perintendent McNall, the Mutual Life Insurance company, of New York, which has been doing business in Kan sas'continuously since 18(59, will with draw from the state. On January 1, all of its Kansas agents, 28 In number, will quit writing business. After that date it will simply keep one man in the state to receive premiums on poli cies already issued. Kx-CuHlilor lturr I'nrdoned. St. Louis, Dec. 24. President Me Klnley has sent a handsome Christmas gift in the way of a full pardon to William E. Burr, Jr., tho ox-cashier of the St. Louis national bank, now un dergoing a sentence of five years at Jefferson City for embezzlement. The pardon was issued upon tho recom mendation of Attorney General Mc Kenna, and was recommended by a number of congressmen and senators, from Missouri. NlcuriiRUii Cimitl Convention. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 24. Letters are coming in from the governors of states who have been invited to send delegates to tho Nicaragua canal con vention to be held in Kansas City Jan uary 17. All aro in sympathy with the project and express a willingness to comply with the request made. The chief executives of Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma have promised to bo hero in person. A IVoiiiun'rt Son n t Attire. Dovbii, N. J., Dec. 24. Mrs. Thomas O. Bullock was arraigned before Jus tice C. B. Gage here charged with as sault and battery. She was arrested in bed and was brought here from her residence, four miles away, attired only in her night dress and without shoes. Sho was thus arraigned in court. When sho was arrested tho of ficers gave her time to dress, but sho refused to do so. KofUHt'H to Ho Ceimureil. Louis vii.i.i:, Ky., Dec. 24. Rev. M. II. Houston, who was tried and con victed of heresy, appeared before tho Louisville presbytery and declined to receive tho censure nnd admonition that had been prepared for him and that before ho would give up his belief ho would give up his calling. Final action was postponed until tho spring meeting of the presbytery. Cletoliwul, (., Huh h Itlir I'lro. Ci.Kvnr.AND, O., Dec. 21. Firo broko out in the business center of tho city at five o'clock yesterday afternoon and, fanned by a high northwest wind, destroyed property worth more than PSOO.OOO. Tho Power block, on Frank fort street, was consumed above tho second story, and tho rear of the brick Wilshlro block, six stories high, on Superior street, was burned. CALENDAR FOR 1898. " -" . JANUAKV JULY BMTWTI'D 8MTWTPS 77 77 TT 77 77 7." "T 777777711 2 8 4 5 G 7 8 8 4 b G 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 1G 10 11 12 13 U lfi 1G l 1G 17 18 19 20 21 22 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 i 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 30 31 31 .. . . .. .... rjailltUAllY AUGUST ( .... 128 4 6.. 128 4 66 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ' 18 14 16 10 17 18 19 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 , 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 27 28 28 29 30 31 atAitoH Bi:rTi:aniEit -.-12846 123 ' G 7 8 9101112 4 5 G 7 81910 ' 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 1G 17 20 21 22 23 21 25 20 18 19 20 21 22 28 24 ' 27 28 29 30 31 .... 25 2G 27 28 29 30 . . Al'ltlX OCTOnClt 1 2 1 . 845G789 284 6G78 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G 9 10 11 12 18 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1G 17 18 19 20 21 22 ' 24 25 2G 27 28 29 80 28 24 25 2G 27 28 29 ' 80 31 ( MAY NOVKM11EK 123 4 6G7.... 123451 8 9 10111213 14 G 7 8 9101112' 15 1G 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 16 1G 17 18 19 22 23 21 25 2G 27 28 20 21 22 28 24 25 26 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 i , , JUNK DKCKMI1ER ' . . 12 3 4 12 3. 5 G 7 8 91011 4 6 6 7 8 910, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ' 26 27 2S 29 30 . . . . 25 26 27 28 29 80 31 ; Tremendous K.xoilun to the Klondike. Despite the warnings of those who have been on the spot, nnd predict suffering in the Klondike region, thousands of adven turous Americans are wending their way thitherward. All of tlicm should be pro vided with that medicinal safeguard, Hostet tor's Stomach Bitteis, which warms nndt nourishes the system, and prevents malaria,, rheumatism, kidney trouble, besides reme dying liver complaint, dyspensiu and consti pation, Otic Hotter. "I won't Btibmjt to being turned awny,1 said the disappointed arrival nt the hotel. "See here, I'm flush," and lie displayed a roll of hills. "I know." responded the clerk; "but I've got a full house." Philadelphia North. American. To Cure n Cold In One Dny Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Air druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. m mill You are always meeting people who claim, that they save you money. What becomes of the money they save you? Atchieoni UIODC. Check Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's Honey of Ilorehoimd and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cuic in one minute. If women were as trifling ns some men there would be more divorces. Washing ton Democrat. Time counts, health gains. A quick, sura Cure St. Jacobs Oil for f-pinins. The under dog in the fight may be right, hut the upper dog doesn't care a snap if he is. Chicago News. "Better times come to all cured of achca And pains by St. Jacobs Oil. m When a man begins to move others, he ia generally called a "crank." Ram's Hoin. Scrofula and All other blood Diseases are promptly And Permanently Cured By Hood's Sarsaparilla If you suffer from Any form of Blood Disorder, you should Take Hood's and Only Hood's- :TryGrain0! :: iry uraj(J! r Ask you Grocer to-day to show you a paokngoof GRAIN-O, tho now food drink that takes tho placo of coffee. Tho children may drink it without iujury ns well as tho adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich Bcnl brown of Moohn or Java, but it is mado from puro grains, and the mostdolicato stomach rccoivco it without distress. tho prico of coffee. 1G cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by nil grocers. 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