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    THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
IT. W, 8ANUEKH, Fublliher.
NKMAIIA,
N13IiRASKi.
TEE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of tho Dally Hows,
1VASIIINHTON' NOTICS.
Gnjf. Okaham wiih before tho com
inlsHlon Investigating tho conduct of
Ihn win- on tho 12th. Ho thought tho
closeness ol tho touts to ono miotliui ;
at Camp
much of
with the
Mirer was resnonslblo for I
the sickness there, together
want of water for bathing
There were no luck of medi
purposes,
cal supplies, but some of tho medical
attendants were Inofllclont. Qen. Gra
ham also testified to temporary short
ages of hospital linen, ice and other
supplies.
Tun navy department made public
tho Undines and sentenco of tho court-
martial in the caso of Chaplain Alcln-j.
tvro on tho lfith. Tho accused was
declared guilty and bcntcnccd to bo
dismissed from tho naval servico of
tho United States. Tho caso will un
dergo review by tho department
Muh. HmcitMAN, wife of former Sec
retary of State John Sherman, suffered
a stroke of paralysis on tho 13th at her
K street homo in Washington and was
In a yery critical condition. Tliestroko
affected her entire right side and in
brief periods of consciousness sho was
unable to spunk.
Tiik war department has unearthed
a case of fraud that it suspects has
rantiir nriiti11ilu A lnt.tiii- ivim ri'i'ntvnll
purporting to bo written by a mother,
asking for tho ulscnargo iroin tno
army of her son, who was her only
support and who was very sick in Fort
Washington, Md. It. turned out thut
tho letter was a forgory. The writer
had planned tho scheme to sccuro his
release.
Numkhous requests havo boon re
ceived at tho war department from
municipal authorities and enterprising
citizens for a sliaro in tho captured
Spanish cannon, but as thoy are tho
property of tho United States thoy
cannot bo disposed of except by act of
congress. I
Auditou Moittiis at Washington has
carefully considered tho arguments of
tho claimants to prizo money for tho '
destruction of Ccrvcra's lleot, but has '
decided that ho cannot and will not !
settle any of tho claims until they I
havo been adjudicatod by tho courts
ox the United btatcs.
Mas. John Sakhman was reported
much bettor on tho loth.
PiiitfliDKNT Gomi'KUS, of tho Ameri
can Federation of Labor, Issued a call
at Washington for tho cigl.tcai.th an
nual convention of ,tho federation to
bo held at Kansas dity, Mo., on Do
combor 1J. !
mCNlCHAf. NliWK.
Two froight trains on tho Montana
Central caino together noar Great
Fulls, Mont., and the engineer and
brukomau of one train woro killed and '
tho fireman of tho same train was seri
ously Injured. A confusion of orders
was thought to havo been the cause of
tho accident.
IllSIIOI" JOSIM'H C. IlAItTZKI.L, of tllO
Methodist Lpiscopal church, whoso
bishopric is In Africa, stated at Pitts
burgh, Pa., on tho 10th that ho had
been commissioned by tho nogro re
public of Liberia to go to Washington
and ask that tho republic bo taken un
der the sheltering wing of tho United
States.
Chahmcb E. Wyman, a lawyor of Chi
cago, Hied a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy the other day. Liabili
ties about 81,250,0005 assets of doubt
ful value.
Tin: Rritish schoonor Western Hollo,
bound from Hamburg to Brunswick,
Go., was caught in a hurricane oft tho
Grand Hanks of Newfoundland and
soon after foundered. Tho crew losl
everything and after drifting about in
a small boat for ilvo days woro picked
up by tho St. Enoch and taking to
Norfolk. Va.
Tiik National league baseball season
closed on tho 15th, Boston winning
the pennant, with Iialtlmorc second
and Cincinnati third.
Gkn. SiiAiTKit was accorded a gon
oral welcome at the exposition at Oma
ha, Neb., on tho 14th. His address was
a discussion of tho Cuban campaign in
which ho declared that tho fall of El
Canoy practically ended tho campaign.
Ho extolled tho virtues of tho volun
teers as well us tho regulars, assorting
that all did tholr whole duty.
Pijok. Cowkn, of Pollevllle, at
tempted to .make a balloon ascension
und parachute leap at Salem, III, tho
othor afternoon. Tho wind was very
high and when the balloon started up
it was blown against somo largo trees
and a largo hole was torn In It When
about 50 foot from tho ground it col
lapsed and Co wen fell to tho ground.
Ills injuries were sorious.
Ai.kxandkh lluiNKi.KY was hanged
at Morrlllton, Ark. Ho was convicted
of tho murder of Dr. G. O. Cliamness, a
prominent physician of Center Ridge,
who was assassinated at his homo in
Juno, 1897. Tho evidence against
Urlnkloy was purely circumstantial.
Tiik dead body of James Prali, a
farmor, living noar Mlddlobury, O.,
was found at his homo with a bullet
hole through his tomple. His wife
was alive, although four bullets woro
In her body. Tho Inference wus that
Prall shot his wife and then killed
himself.
An explosion of gns started a bad
flro In tho coal company's shaft at
t'ana, 111.
Tiihick steamers collided at Port
Huron, Mich., and one was sunk and
another was badly Injured. Tho third
passed on and her Injuries woro not
known.
Tin: ononis Cox, a Micmbcrof tho Now
York stock exchange, oiler ed to bet
610,000 even money that Itoosevelt
would bo elected governor of New
York. Tho news reached tho demo
cratic headquarters and in a short
tlmo tho bet was taken by tho demo
crats and tho preliminaries settled
and tho money put up.
Rkv. Stkimiis.v Kaminski. bishop of
tho Indcpcndciitl'allsh Catholic church
of Ituiltilo, N. Y., hus been uxcoinmu
nleated from tho Roman Catholic
church by the pope.
A dispatch from Dominion City,
Can., stated that a Oaliciau man and
his four children woro found dead in a
house. Tho man's head was nearly
severed from his body by an ax and
tho foi'r children woro more or less
mutilated. Tho wife of tho man was
missing and was thought to have com-
mitted tho crime
A itAtl.WAY mall robbery occurred on
the night of the 15th near Alliance,
Neb. Tho amount secured was not
known, but was said to bo considera
ble. Two lotter pouches were cut open
and all tho registered matter and val
uable paclcagcs wore taken.
Tiik grand jury of Kansas City, Mo.,
has voted to indict Jesse James, Jr.,
William W. Lowe, Andy Ryan, Charles
Polk, Caleb Stono and tho mysterious
"Evans" for tho robbery of tho Mis
souri Pacific train near Kansas City
on tho night of September 2!i.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is
raging at Whipple llarracks, Ariz.
A BTATKMHNT issued by tho Atlantic
Transport company on tho 10th re
garding tho fato of thoso on board tho
Mohcgan, which was wreclced on tho
14th off tho Lizard on tho south coast
of England, indicated that !l were
rescued and 108 portions perished.
Tin: Twentieth Kansas at San Fran
cisco has been ordered to got ready to
go to Manila.
Suvkn barges containing nearly 11,
000,000 pounds of naphtha were burned
recently at Astrakhan, Russia. Three
persons lost their lives during tho con
flagration and several others woro in
jured.
Swkoibh journals which recently ar
rived at Chicago Stated that they had
positive evidence that Waltor Well
man, an American explorer, had found
traces of Andrce, who started for the
north polo in
a balloon, in Franz
Joseph Laud.
Mibh Pi.Ai.r, Vooan died at Sharon,
Pa., of typhoid fever, contracted
through eating ico cream at a church
festival. Twenty others who partook
of the delicacy were also Hi.
At Ardsloy-on-Hudson, N. Y., Miss
Reatrico Hoyt, of the Shlnnccock, N.
J., club, won tho golf championship
trophy for another year. This makes
tho third year that Miss Hoyt.has won
tho championship.
A mimtauy plot against tho French
government was discovered in Paris
on the 11th
The Matin said the plot
was only for tho purpose of 'changing
somo of tho government olilcials with
out touching tho president of tho re
public. Muuii:iu:it John Mii.i.ku, tho hunch
back, was hanged at San Quontin,
Cnl., on tho 14th. Ho was nearly do
capitated by tho rope.
Tiik barge Churchill, loaded with
oro from Duluth, sank in tho rough
water plT Waukegan, 111., and tho cap
tain and a deck hand were drowned.
Tiik police at Alexandria, Egypt,
arrested uino Italian anarchists who
had plotted to assassinate tho omporor
of Germany on his way to Jerusalem.
Tiik Atlantic Transport company's
stcamor Mohegan was driven ashore
off tho Lizard on. tho south coast of
Enirlnnd, and out of 200 persons on
board only ill wero said to havo been
saved.
Exkcutivk business occupied tho
closing day's session of tho grand en
campment Knights Templar at Pitts
burgh, Pa., on tho 14th. An amend
ment to the constitution was adopted
providing for a reduction in the per
capita tax from five to throo ocnts.
Tho now grand otileors were installed
with impressive ceremonies.
PiticsiDKNT MoKini.ky was the guest
of St Louis on tho 14th. From tho
timo of liis arrival until ho loft tho
city ho wns accorded an almost con
tinuous ovation. Ho reviewed tho pa
rade and addressed a largo crowd at
tho Merchants' exchange and drovo
through tho city. At night ho spoke
nt tho Coliseum and loft afterwards
for Torre Haute, Iuil.
Tiik Austrian government is arrang
ing to havo a lloating exposition of its
manufactures. Ships will bo sent to
tho countries of tho orient and tho
Austrian manufactures shown and sold
to tho natives at prices lixed by tho
exhibitors.
Tin: candy and cracker factory of
the Winn-Johnson company, and paint
store of T. C. Hurke, at Macon, Giu,
woro burnod. Loss, 8125,000.
Wiiii.k kicking about somo dirt at tho
city dump, at Loudvllle, Col., Frank
Hurkhart unearthed a cave, in which
ho found somo very rich oro exposed.
Tho otflcors woro at onco notified, and
upon investigation found a robber
cache, from which they extracted 50
sacks of gold and silver ore, evidently
stolon from different mines. It proved
to bo worth SHO.OOO.
Gkn. Jumo A. Roca has been iuaugu
rated president of Argentina.
Wmr.K crossing the railroad track at
Irondale, O., Frank Sass and William
Schoct woro killed.
Tiik national poaco jubilee was in
augurated at Chicago on the night of
tho 10th witli a union thanksgiving
service at tho Auditorium. President
McKiuloy attended and listened to ad
dresses by a Jewish rabbi, a Catholia
priost, a Presbyterian clergyman and
a colored orator. The applause for tho
president was terrific and ho had to
respond to tho frantic cheering, al
though tho services wcroof a religious
character.
At Graphic, a trading point 16 miles
north of Van Huron, Ark., P. P. Gra
ham was hold up at tho point of two
six-shooters in tho hands of as many
masked men and was relieved of near
ly 81,000 in cash and checks. Graham
was a cattle buyer and was known to
havo received tho money.
John Gkack, a North Christian (Ky.)
planter, harnessed a mule and was rid
ing it to a field to sow somo wheat
when tho animal ran ofT, throwing
him. As he fell one foot caught in u
truce and ho was dragged nearly a
milo over a rocky road, receiving fatal
injuries.
Vihai.ia, Cul., was recently visited by
an earthquake. Little damage done.
A Lkxinoton, Ky., special on tho
lath stated that tho trial of Private
Kitchen, who killed Private Edward
Nygran, Twelfth New York, was post
poned because a new outrago had
stirred up such a fooling that violence
wns feared. Sergt A. McClelland, of
tho Third Kentucky, was caught after
midnight by a party of Twelfth Now
York soldiers and so mistreated that
he may bo Injured for life.
Tiik Spanish mall steamer Reina
Maria Christina sailed for Spain from
Havana the othor day with 1,073 ofliecrs
and ti'oops, 051 cases of military ar
chives and a heavy cargo of ammuni
tion. Pink eyo has made its appearance in
cattle noar Mount Vernon, 111.
Mits. Anna E. Gkoi.ch:. accused of
killing George D. Saxton, the brother
of Mrs. McKinlcy, at Canton, O., was
bound over on tho charge of first de
gree murder, for tho action of tho
grand jury, which meets In January.
Iiik stars and stripes wero raised
over ovory public school building In
Little Rock, Ark., tho othor day. Pa
triotic h'ymns woro sung by tho chil
dren and other appropriate exercises
took place.
Likuts. Mr.uuiAsi and Whocloek re
cently declared martial law in Hono
lulu. For 2 hours tilings were lively.
Citizens were ordered off the streets
and bailors wero chased aboard their
ships. Tho two ofliecrs will be court
martialed. It was stated that both
men were under tlieinlluciico of liquor.
Tins I. O. G. T. mot recently in an
nual session, at Danville, III.
Spain lias put in a bill of 5000,000,000
damages against tho United States.
That is her ostimato of what it cost
her to be whipped in tho war, accord
ing to a recent Madrid dispatch, and
sho is employing her subtlest diplo
macy to collect tho claim through tho
peace commission.
ADDITIONAL I1ISPATOIIKH.
A TKHitii'ic rainstorm swept over tho
northern part of Japan, causing tho
Ishigari and Shilotsuga rivers to over
How their embankments, washing
away whole villages Nearly 5,000
houses wero washed away or wrecked
and 20,000 others were inundated. The
loss of rice and other crops was enor
mous. Seventy thousand persons wero
receiving government relief.
An appeal to Cubans for aid to needy
insurgents lias been made by Gen. Mor
lot Tiik Hriti'sh ship Hlengfell, from
Now York for London, was destroyed
by a sudden fire at Margate, Eng., on
the 17th. Nino of her crew, including
tho captain and a pilot, perished. Tho
captain's wife and children woro also
lost. ',
Rkimikskntativks of railways enter
ing Omaha, Nob., have jointly agreed
to reduce fares for exposition travel
to one-half cent a mile within a ra
dius of 200 miles, beginning October
20 and continuing to tho "1st.
Tiik town of Flagstaff, Ariz., was
visited by a destructive fire tho other
morning. Tho entire block west of
tho Hank hotol was destroyed. It is
supposod to bo tho Work of flrobugs.
Tho losses will foot up S20.000, partial
ly Insured. Forest fires wero also re
ported raging 12 mllds west of Flag
staff, a district two miles squaro and
heavily timbered having been uurncu
over.
Tin: horse show opens at St Louis
on tho illst
At Chicago on tho 17th tho inclem
ent weather caused tho postponement
of tho bicycle parade. President Mc
Kinlcy was escorted to tho University
of Chicago by cadets from the Culver
military academy and tho degree of
LL. D. was conferred upon him. Ho
foro tho ceremonies took place Mr. Mc
Kinlcy mounted a stand with an um
brella and reviewed a long lino of stu
dents. An informal reception was
given uftorwurds at tho armory.
Tiik wind and rain at Chicago on
tho 17th played havoc with tho poaco
jubilee arches and decorations. Six
of tho former being blown down and
street car traillo blocked for hours by
tho debris.
An express train going a mile a
miuutu camo into collision with a
froight train that was switching at
Harnot Junction, 11 miles north of
London, and thero was a bad wreck.
Nluo dead and la persons seriously
Injured woro recovered and there wero
others under the debris.
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