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1ft..CJ M THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER ! .I..II.. W. Vt. 8ANDICKS, rablUhar, ii NEMAHA. NEBRASKA. r- TUB WORLD AT LARGE. Summary of tho Daily Nowb. TVASIIINOTON NOTIM. Gr.N. Otis on tho 20th cabled tho war department roirardlnir tho conditions in Manila mid tho Philippines. Tho dispatch contained matters which hear on tho negotiations pending In Paris and was cabled to tho United States pcaco commissioners. Tho dispatch said tho situation at Manila had im proved and Gen. Otis said lie did not anticipate any trouble with tho insur gents. Skoiiktahv Lono has approved tho findings of tho court which tried and sentenced Chaplain .1. I Mclntyre, of tho Oregon, to dismissal from the naval sorvlco for criticising tho con duct of Hear Admiral .Sampson and Cupt. It. 1). Evans. ENaiNi:Kiti.s-Ciin:i' Mklvilli: has mado his annual report to tho secre tary of tho navy, In which he notes tho Important lessons, so far as thoy respect tho machinery of tho vessels, which have been taught by tho ex perience In tho recent war with Spain. Skchktaiiv Long, It was Bald, will ask congress to Increase tho number of Bailors allowed for tho naval establish ment from 12,000 to 20,000 men. Com mander Ilawley, In cliargo of tho on- ltn.l o.itrliu nf i.linmivv. 1 1 im 11 rutin rod ilgures showing the necessity for tho . " . n I increase. This director of tho mtnt has sub mitted his report for tho calendar year 1807 to tho secretary of tho treasury. Tho value of gold produced In tho United States during the year was 57,110:1,000; of sliver, 500,037,172. Tun war department on tho 21st Is sued an order that army nursos, both male and female, wore entitled to com mutation of rations when they aro granted leavo of absence, tho rato to bo tho samo as that of enlisted men on furlough, that Is, 25 cents per day. Tin: civil servlco commission is malt- ing a vigorous campaign against pollt (mil ncunuciiiinituiif filirnl nilhtlnlR find I employes and, in addition to its own ' l,.l,,.. !...,- li.,l.f f. n, nrlr ...... ......w............ . ... .. .-..--- from tho postofilco department, which will be followed by onofrom tho trcas xiry department, looking to its full en forcement. Phkbidknt MoKinmcy reached Wash ington on tho22d from his western trip. An impresslvo ceremony In Washing ton on tho 23d was tho unveiling of tho peaco cross on tho summit of Mount St. Albans, tho slto of tho now Episcopal cathedral. Prcbldont Mc Klnloy was present and delivered a brief address. Tun navy departinonthas mado pub lic that portion of Admiral Sampson's report covering tho conduct of tho "licet under his command in its opera tions In tho Wost Indies for about two months prior to tho destruction of Admiral Corvora's Hoot on July 3. OKNKHAI. N1CWS. A Flir.ioitT train broke in two at tho top of a steep grade near Fort Worth, Tex., nnd tho rear portion crashed into tho front section. In ono of tho wrecked cars woro ten men stealing a ride. Five wero instantly killed and two others wero fatally hurt. Ex-Skxatoh Lindsay, of Frankfort, Ky., an advocato of Henry Ge&rgo's theories on the single tux, has sug gested tho establishment of a slnglo tax system in tho Philippine Islands as an exporlmont, Akch liAUKit, a negro, who attempted to murder Annie Morrison, a promi nent farmer of Cumberland county, Ky., was pursuod by a mob 'with bloodhounds, captured and hanged. TiiEiti: is great excitement at Mal vern, O., over tho discovery of a gold quartz vein. Skuot. Ai.lkn, of tho Eighth colored volunteers at Chattanooga, T01111., fired on some policemen who wero try ... il. Wl HUIHU l'V...l...l..4 ....IS 1. lit U VfcJT ing to arrest a drunken soldier and a white man, standing close by, was killed. This started a riot. Alien was finally arrested. Diu William It. Knooics, director of tho Smith observatory at Geneva, N. , Y., has discovered a new comet. Its position Is right ascension, 14 hours, S3 minutes, declination north 00 degrees, 26 minutes. The comet's motion is southeasterly. Its uppcaranco is de scribed us large, round and bright. It was reported that Gen. Klnnco had planned a revolution in Havana against Spain's sovereignty, than to proclaim a republic with himsolf nt the head and, after tho republic had been established at Havana, reach out after other portions of tho island held by tho lnsurgonts. Ho thought It pos sible that tho republic would got tho recognition of tho United States. Cathkhikk Dk GitAUauvr, aged six years, was run over by a cable car at Kansas City, Mo., and instantly killed whilo crossing tho tracks on her way to school. Itov S. Ki'.KrtALL, aged 13 years, at tempted to follow a rabbit Into an opening under a stone weighing many tons near Colorudo Springs, Col. Tho stono had lain thero for centuries, but it fell on tho boy, crushing him into a shapeless mass. , Chahlkb Kuoadt was hanged by the shorllt' of Washington county, Tex., lor tho murder of his half-sister, J o hunnu Kugadt. Two jealous husbands killed their wives and themselves in Jersey City, N. J., on tho 2nd. Their names were Henry Jones, colored, and Garret French, a Pennsylvania railroad engi neer. A hack war was reported near Har persvllle, Scott county, Tenn. One white deputy was killed and thrco wounded and nlno negroes wore killed by the posses out after them. The trouble originated over an attempt to arrest a negro who had had bouic trou ble with his employer. Thk Comanche and Kiowa Indians in tho Indian territory aro said to bo In an ngly mood on account of going hungry. Tho treaty with tho United States by which they received rations lias expired and their only source of incomo Is tho grass money which they rccelvo from tho cattlemen. Thoy are killing tho cattle belonging to Texas cattlemen and trouble is browing. Tin: outbreak of tho bubonic plague at Vienna has spread terror in tho Aus trian capital. Tin: bollor in a sawmill at Frr-clands-vlllo, Ind., exploded, killing tho engi neer, Patrick .Terrol, and seriously In juring Will Robbing and George Uroyer. Jerrcl was blown about !J0 feet and was badly mangled. A nkwbi'AI'KII pupllshed In English has appeared at Havana. Tin: Santa Fo railroad, It was re ported at San Francisco, will bo ox touded to that city. IlusiNHBS failures in tho United States for tho week ended tho 21st numbered 213, according to Ilrud street's commercial report, against 205 In tho corresponding week of last year. Timr.K men were terribly mangled at Duluth, Minn., by an explosion of "yuaniue, Dflnlir .ill 1 Thoy were working on a scow on tho government canal, blow ing up an old hulk. Tho cllvor was thawing dynamite over a small engine. Twenty-five pounds exploded, blowing tho engine and boiler to pieces and literally tearing tho bodies of tho thrco men to atoms. Accoiidino to a decision of Federal Judge Springer at Muscogee, I. T.t In tho caso of William Tiger, a Creek con victed of murder? "there is no court in tho universe that, now has jurisdiction to Impose tho sentonco of death upon him." This peculiar condition of af fairs was caused by tho Curtis bill. Jon Orr, who pleaded guilty of kill ing his wife, was hanged In the jail r r, ....,. i,.i. ill . , .nt .. P"'" ai urun to raws, Mi., at i.-. ... HI. Oil tllO 20tll. Tills WttS tllO first. CXC- cution In tho history of Yellow Medi cine county. Hilly Wai.kkh, the pugilist, who was knocked out by Andy Dupont the other night, died at Omaha, Neb., after having been unconscious CO hours. Tho cliargo against Dupont will bo clinnged from prize-fighting to murder. PitKBinr.NT McKiNi.nv on tho 20th wont to tho First regiment armory at Chicago, where ho spoko brielly to a meeting of railroad employes and afterwards held an Informal reception, shaking hands with them as they filed by him. Tho prcsldont then went to the Auditorium, where ho was pre sented with a memorial In favor of In ternational arbitration, to which he replied favorably after hearing It read. At night tho president took tho train for Washington. Sam Phillips, aged 10 1, of JoiTerson county, Ivy., hanged himself tho other I (jliv, Tin: extcnslvo plnnt of tho Texns Drug company in Dallas, Tex., burned on tho 20th. Loss estimated atS'00,UOO. William H. Khaki ox, a "grocer at Youngstown, O., on the night of tho 10th shot Constable Jenkins, then sent a bullet through tho brain of his wife and afterwards shot himself. Tho tragedy was caused by Mrs. Kranton leaving tho murderer on account of ill treatment and the constable replevy ing her clothes. . Thk liberal congress of religions con vened at Omaha, Nob., on tho 19th. Ak agitation has commenced in Gor mnny against tho high duties and numerous restrictions by which tho government has nearly stopped tho Importation of llvo animals and greatly increased tho price of meat products. Tin: tunnel on tho Cincinnati South L'l II ill JMltJWIlllll, O.UI111., Ijll the 10th, stopping all trains, ern nt llurrlman, Tenn., caved in on Thk grand lodgo of Kentucky ma sons, at Its session at Louisville on the 10th, unanimously adopted tho resolu tion reported by its special committee, which recommends liou-lntorcourso be tween tho grand lodge of Kentucky and tho grand lodgo of Washington, because of tho action of tho latter in recognizing negro lodges. At a medicine danco held at Mile crock, I. T., by full-blood Indians, Ken Lewis was killed and Charley und Wil Jlam Krown woro mortally wounded. Tho participants In tho tragedy woro drunk. Itoiir.ur Summon and wife, living near Pembroke, Ky., aro both dead from tho effects of having eaten toad btools by mistake, thinking them mushrooms. Finding them in the woods, Sherrod had them cooked for dinner and .soon nfter eating them both ho and his wife beenmo violently ill and boon died in great agony. At Clalrvllle, Cal,, a hotel was burned and five persons woro suffocatod to death while asleep. Eviihv lifo insuranco company In Japan is suid to bo In difficulties. A FitHKOH missionary and sovoral Chinese Catholics wero massacred by a riotous mob atPaklung, China. Tho French government has demanded reparation from tho Chinese govern ment. Thk bank 'examiner has cloied tho First national bonk, of Nellgli, Nob. Two top filler at the furnace of tho Youngstown (O.) Steel company were BiifTocatcd by gas tho othor evening. A MBASTitotw collision of freight trains occurred at Mulhall, Ok , tho other evening in which five persons were badly Injured, one of whom, Fire man James Monahan, ma. die. Tin: 11 Hear island Indians that caused tho recent trouble up In Minne sota have been sentenced to spend from two to ten months In various county jails and to pay 3100 fino each. Tin: National Council of Jewish Women convened at Omaha, Neb., on the 23d. Piiiladhlphia'b pcaco jublleo began on the 23d with appropriate services In till churches. At Ashpolc, N. C, a squad of netrroes crept up to tho town and shot three guards. Tho negroes were afterwards run down by bloodhounds and cap tured. It was uncertain what their fato would be. A iioat containing three duck hunt ers was overturned on Lake Michigan and all were drowned. A BKAitcii for the 088 Chinese per mitted to occupy tho villages at. tho Trnnsmississlppi exposition at Omaha, Neb., has disclosed not more than ten of the number. They were allowed In this country on condition that they returned to China at the close of tho exposition. A hunt will bo Instituted for the runaways. John Allk.v, colored, was lynched at Lafayette, Ala., for murder. Exckitional Interest was taken In England on the 21st In tho celebration of tho battle of Trafalgar, where tho Itrltish licet, under Admiral Nolson, gained a victory over tho lloets of Franco and Spain In 1805. The cause of tho outburst of patriotism was tho dispute with Franco over tho Fashoda question. Kkpoutb from all infected points in Mississippi on the 2lst showed that the end of yellow fever's reign was at hand. If the weather remains cold it will probably bo safe for refugees to return by tho end of October. A dibi'ATCH to the New York Herald on the 21st from Havana said that an agreement between the two commis sions seemed probable as to tho dato of evacuation, the American ultima tum being January I and tho Span iards acquiescing in tho time. A continuous ovation marked tho passage of President Melvlnley across the states of Indiana and Ohio on the 21st. Ilrii'f speeches were made at several places. Tin: big tug L. P. Smith was sunk In the harbor at Cleveland, 0., as a re sult oi a collision with the steamer Olympla. The captain and engineer jumped just us she went down and wore rescued after a long and despor ato battle with tho, waves. Tho fire man went down with tho tug and was drowned. The Olympla was uninjured. , Ax Atlanta, Go., dispatch stated that thero was a belief growing among southern Itaptists that it was only a question of a short time before tho liaptlsts of the north and south aro reunited and work in harmony, an they did before the war. ADDITIONAL DISI'ATilIIKH. Tin: German bark Satisfaction was sunk during tho recent gales in tho North bca. Tho captain, his wife and tho crow of nlno woro drowned, only a boy being saved. Tin: members of tho insular cabinet nt San Juan do Porto Rico took tho oath of allegiance to tho United States with becoming solemnity. Dr.LiA Kovd, five years old, was burned to death at Ilopklnsville, Ky., tho othor morning, through hor cloth ing catching fire at an open grate. Whili: walking on tho tracks of tho Denver & Rio Grande railroad at Leadvlllc, Col., Mrs. Cornelius Shea and her daughter Margaret wero struck by a passenger train and killed. M.AJ. Stahu and Mnj. Krooks, after roturnlng to Santiago from a trip to Karacoa, Sagua and other places, re ported that thero was no destitution at thoso places among the Cubans, but tho distribution of free rations was having a demoralizing effect upon the people, us they would not go to work, although the sugar estates and other Industries wero in need of laborers. No freight trains ran on tho east division of the Colorado Midland rail road on tho 21th in consequence of a striko of about SO men, who all refused to take out a three-engino train from Colorado Springs, claiming that tho company had agreed not to run any three-engino trains. It was believed tho trouble would bo adjusted. Skoiiktahv Wilson' has -awarded to the New York Market Gardeners' as sociation tho contract for furnishing all tho seeds to tho agricultural de partment for the current fiscal year. The contract price is g70,078 and M, 233,108 packages of seed aro to bo fur nished. Finn broko out on tho afternoon of the 21th at pier No. 39, East river, Krooklyn, and did damage to tho amount of S500.00U. Tin: United States supremo court on tho 21th handed down a decision that tho Joint Traffic association railroad caso was n combination in restraint of trade and thereforo Illegal, being vio lative of tho nutl-trust lnw. Tin: Kansas City Llvo Stock ex change was declared by tho United States supremo court not to cotno un der tho anti-trust law, but was merely a local aid to interstate commerce. A similar ruling was mado In tho caso Involving tho Traders' Llvo Stock ex change. Tho government, which pros ecuted both under tho anti-trust law, was therefore defeated. COL. BRYAN WAS EXCUSED. Ho Totil tho Witr Invnutlgnttnp; Committee Xlint III Lieutenant, Colonel Would Tes tify Oilier WltiifiMcn Kxiunlncri. Jacksonville, Flo., Oct. 21. Gen. J. Wilson and Capt. Howell, constituting the Bub-commltteo appointed to visit and report upon tho conditions of tho camp at Fernandina, made thoir re port to the full commission yesterday. Thoy declared they found It sultablo in every respect for tho purposo in tended. The war Investigation com mission heard several of tho profes sional fotnnlo nurses at tho forenoon session, including Miss Copeland, chief nurse at tho Third division hospital; Miss Itobblns, head nurse at tho First division hospital; Miss Hubbard, head nurse at tho Second division hospital, and Misses Walker and Waters, ward nurses. Col. W. J. Jirynn was tho next wit ness called. Ho asked to be excused from testifying, requesting that his lieutenant colonel be examined in his stead. W. T. Durbin, of tho Ono Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana, said thero woro few complaints from his men and that thoy were generally trivial. Ho spoko especially of the grounds of tho third division hospital. Replying to a question he said he thought it had been very difficult to got medical men of sulliclent administrative ability to manage such Institutions as the divi sion hospitals. Col. Letcher Hardeman, of the Sixth Missouri, also complained that tho grounds of tho Third division hospital had not been well kept. Lieut. Col. Vlfqualn, a veteran of tho civil war and a graduate of tho military school of Urussels, of the Third Nebraska, said the regiment was excellently equipped, except that the tentage was poor. IIo also said the quality of the clothing was bad. Tho pork had also been wormy at times, and tho beef tainted, but theso had been exchanged. IIo thought tho clothing better than In the civil war, but the rations were not so good as men. no aiso tuougnt tno camp en tirely too much crowded. Other wit nesses were examined at the afternoon session among whom were James It. Pouils, a Company commissary ser geant of tho Sixth Missouri, and Pri vato James T. James, of the Sixth Mis souri. All expressed themselves as satisfied with their treatment. Tho commissary officers said the rations were abundant, but that occasionally the fresh meats were tainted owing to the heat. Tho privates found no fault, all saying they had enough to eat, and that generally the food was good. OPPOSES EXPANSION. Carnegie, the Cru.it Iron Mtipjnnte, Snys It Would Itutnril tho Iiulmttrlul Cirour of tho United M.Uoj. Now York, Oct 21. Andrew Car negie, just back from Europe, said in an interview yesterday: It tho United States Is Koine to undertake tho Rovorntnunt or tho Philippines nnu no In for expansion throughout tho world, puttlns her hand In tho hornets' nest of European rivalry, thoro can bo no prosperous business. Wo shall ho subject to wars and war's nlaims. Uustness Is tho child of security and peaco. Tho ontrnnco of tho United States as a now power In tho far cast will set every ono of tho present powers to a study of tho question from a now standpoint. Wo shall bo compelled to Increase our ntvy. Wo must pay a larj,fe stnnd Inn army, and thero Is neither rest nor security for us. Ilcforo tho Ainorlcau people comes now tho most serious lssuo since tho Issues ot ludopcndonco nnd secession. A fatso stop now and tho future of tho republic will, In my opinion, bo seriously Impaired and Its Industrial career rotarded Tho develop ment of ono state In tho union in pcaco und security will outvclh all tho Increase of prollt wo can pet from forelsn trade In any of tho worthless possessions which wo oan attempt now to talce. Tho Philippines havo a certain trndo which cannot bo croatly Increased. Tho wants of tho people aro few; barbarians aro not customo'rs; civilized people aro consumers of our products. INDIANS SURRENDER. ItodHklus Concerned In the llnttln of Sucul l'olnt (llvo Themnolven Up to Xuivs- juiper Correspondents. Walker, Minn., Oct, 21. Probably tho most unique and dramatic sur render in tho history of warfare was that which occurred yesterday morn ing, just two weeks after tho bloody battle of Sugar point, seven of the In dians concerned In that flerco on slaught appearing and giving them selves up to the nowspnper correspond ents, representing tho various newspa pers. Tho surrender was near tho Keur island dock, and thero was not a United States marshal or soldier with in 1!5 miles. The Indians were brought back hero in the evening by tho steamer Flora. Two other reds woro ready to surrender, but wero too 111 to bo brought; two are already here and four others were to come in to-day. Old Kog-Ah-Ma-Ge-Shig und his son, however, refused to surrender. Tho Chippuwas promise to go aftor thorn und bring them in dead or alive. KiiHt Tlnio to tho Pacific Coiihc. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 21. The Santa Fo railway will resume Its fast passen gor service between Chicago, Kansas City and California points on Novem ber 2. The run of nearly 2,300 miles between Chicago and Los Angeles will be mado in 00 hours. Tho schedule tlmo from Kansas City to the Pacific coast will bo 02 hours. Tho trains will leavo Kaiibas City every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday during tho win ter season. Passes or second-class tickets will not bo honored on tho trains. Scrofula Cured 8oro on His Limb Had Troubled' Hlrn for Yoaro. "I had a bad caso of scrofula, and thero was a sore on ono of my limbs which trou bled mo for thrco or four years. I tuiw Hood's Sarsnp.irtll.iso highly recommended for scrofula that I began talcing It, and It has completely cured mo. I am sound and well." Claiiexcb L. Delanuy, Waller, 11L s tarsal Is America's Greatest Mcdlclno. $t: six lor $&. Hood's Pills euro sick headache l!5i PITYING THE POOR. A Trnnin Who Would Not Tnlc the- CruHt from u Xeeily Wom- iiu'h Mouth. Sometimes the tramp gels the better of the thrifty housewife. The mistress of a pretty little cotbigo at S.msahto she onlv inherited about $00,000, and so is obliged to lie fi ugal is. the object of a little criticism from her friends because of her reputed parsimony. Last Saturday, as she was sitting on her pi nz7a, overlooking the water, and waiting for Ted to come home, a passing knight ot tho road humbly solicited a bite. The jouug woman could not withstand the petition, so she went herself to the bread box, which wan filled with freshly-baked loaves, and brought out to the waiting vagrant two slices oE boardlike consistency which had been baked many days earlier. As she presented her bounty she felt just a trifle ashnnicd of it. "We arc very poor ourselves," she laid, in muttered apology. The outcast received the cruat witli a. courteous "Tlinnk you," and turned away. A moment Inter he returned and handed the young heiress the crusts and also a nickel. "I am very sorry for you," he said, in gen tle tones of genuine sympathy. 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