P MWn !. t '- V PWy-fP hwb-."v itt mi v . "? Is fci THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER IV. W. HANIIKIlS I'tlblUhiT. NEMAHA. - - NKHRASKA. TOPICS OF TltE DAY. I'ny of Two Hpiip Admiral, Tho iiKslpninunt of Hear Admiral ttampson to tho Jiohtou navy yard will nut him u total of S7.705 pur annum, cdtinLinij shore duty pay and ullow nncon. Admiral .Schley at hen, without perqulfdtcH, will receive 87, BOO. Kvcrylmily In Amttrhi Drink. Tliu .Society of Total Abstainers, just formed In Vienna, is tliu llrnt ever es tablished in Austria. An Austrian baby bctrlns to sip beer at this iijro of threo months, ami, art It prows up, learns to consume the liquor in ever inereasiiitf quantity until, when a full grown man, ho eun drink it by the gallon. Tint Uponr I.li iinooth. Men exposed to tliu rigors of tho Alaskan winter never wear mustaohcH. They wear full beards to protect their throats and faces, but hoop their up per lips clean-shaven. The moisture from the breath congeals ho rapidly that a mustache becomes Imbedded in a solid cake of Ice and tho face Is froen in a short time. Tim tlrldtt' Toy l)otroyil. The burning of the bride's play things is part of the wuddlng ceremony In .Japan. Tim brido lights a torch, which she hands to the bridegroom, who with it lights a flio in which the toys are destroyed. If this was tho custom in America how many young men would bo burned alive at some girls' weddings? Mmln I'uyuliln u Duy After Dentil. The suit of the Union lllbllcul sem inary of Dayton, O., against the heirs of John Holllnson, deceased, to enforce payment of two notes of SJI.fiUO each was decided in favor of the defendants. Itollinsou was a recluse ami was found dead one year ago. The defense held that he was of unsound mind when he executed tho notes, which were pay able one day after death. IWillowH In Fighting liny. Addressing tho New York assembly of mothers, the other dav, on how to bring up a family, Gov. Roosevelt characteristically lemarked that hu wouldn't give a cent for a boy that wouldn't light. Ho would be no use in life ami would be a eowaid. The gov ernor qualified this rather sweeping assertion by telling tho mothers always to teach their boys to fight on the side of righteousness. Avium tint Century llrulnx. The astronomer of the royal observa tory at (Ireenwleh, Knir., writes as fol lows to thu St. Louis Ulobe-Duinocrut: In reply to your Inquiry, we beg to in form you that tho twentieth Century begins on January 1, 1001. It has been generally agreed that wo call the first year of the Christian era anno domini 1, not anno domini 0; and, consequent ly, thu second century begins with anno domini 101, or 100 years after the be ginning of the first, year, and so on, for the succeeding centurletj. Ihi;hiiid t'oiiiiiituiilft tlm Hfi. The persons who are talking in this country and in Europe of joining the Jloers must be either Ignorant of geog raphy or Imagine they can go to tho Transvaal in balloons. England has command of tho sea, and tho Transvaal has not even a port on any of the oceans. Thu chances, of course, are that nobody in the United States, at least, will attempt to go to tho Boers' aid. Thousands of persons in this country sympathize with the two little republics, but they can furnish no help to them. l'ritfnr llorHllnli to llouf. Many people In Denmark prefer horseflesh to beef. In Germany and Austria business is brihk in horse meat preparations, and Is becoming more so every year. England Is still reluctant about accepting tho new aliment. The llrst horse butchers In Paris were only established In lbiltl; that special trade Is now legally carried on, and is con siderably increasing, as demonstrated by municipal statistics so much so that to-day over 5,000 tons of horsellesh are consumed annually In Paris, sold by 00 licensed horse butchers. Mimt Wonderful Work of Art. Estimates differ as to tho eot of tho Dqwey arch In permanent form. One 1b 5500,000, but that of a prominent culptor is Sl.000,000. Tho site will probably bo In or near Central park. A cltl.ens' committee has the matter in charge, and tho subscriptions pledged are already numerous. When put into marble thu monuirtontVlll bo known as tho Navy arch, commemorating all American hua captains and the men behind the gnus. The arch is unques tionably tho most wonderful work of art ever pioduced in i. week. l.urKt Printing (Hiiro. The foundation for the new govern ment printing oflleo Is complete and work will bo pushed forward. When llnished it will be the largest printing oflleo in thu world, as well as tho most fully equipped. The total number of bricks used In It will bo about '10.000, 000, and it will take about l'j',000,000 pounds Of steel. Tho building will be commuted in 1002, if steel can by pro cured by that time. Approjcinmte'lv, it la estlmatpd that It will need TolT.QOO pounds of bteam(1plpcs for boating and 7,000 incandesceut lights wijl bo in tcrvlqe. , o c, s nOBARTBSIKRKG. The Vice President of the United States Has a Relapse. A POPULAR MAN IX WASHINGTON. Sir. Ilolmrt Win Coimrloii I.imt .N'lclit mid Able lit Keefitfnlf) Tlmn About III IteiUldn No Kiirly Cliiiiiuit for the Worm, KxprutMl. Washington, Oct. !il. Tho news that Vice President llobart had suffered a severe relapse and might not bu able to survive the latest attack shocked Washington, where ho is decidedly popular and highly respected. It had been known for somu time a sudden attack might completely prostrate him at any moment and it was realized that his (lays of activity were over, but nevertheless his friends here were not QAUItETT A. IIOHAItT. prepared for yesterday's advices. Tho vice president's case was alarming a part of last winter anil at Thomasviile, (la., bis condition became so gravo dur ing a visit with tho president to the home of Senator 1 lamia that it could no longer be concealed from Mrs. Ilolmrt. though kept from tho sick man himself. Vice President llobart returned north earlier than was expected be cause tho southern climate did not give him the relief expected, but ho failed to improve much and has been almost an invalid ever since. His loss, should his present attack result fatally, would be regretted sincerely by his colleagues in the senate, with whom he had a much greater inllueuee than his prede cessors In the vice presidential chair. One old senator said last night that during his long congressional career no other person who had filled that po sition had been so constant in his at tendance on the senate's sessions ah Mr. llobart. As a consequence he be came a very cllleient presiding olllcur. Ho was freely consulted and his advice asked on party affairs, "llu was," said tho senator, "open, honest and .square In all his rulingi and endeavored to treat everybody justly." Senator William P. I'Vyo, of Maine, is now president pro torn, of tho senate and, as such, presides during the ad senco of tho vice president. In tho event of the death of Mr. llobart Sen ator Frye, as president pro teni., will call the senate to order when it meets in December next. Thu relations between the families of tho prusident and thu vlcu presi dent were en' an unusually cordial character. Thu members of tho two households saw more of eieh other in formally than has been tho case for a long time previous to tho present ad ministration, The vice president's residenco Is just a stone's throw from the white house and it was no uncom mon sight to sou the president walk to thu llobart house and thu vice presi dent and Mrsllobart would go over to the white house and spend an hour or more in conversation before thu president went up stairs to his oflice. Mrs. Melvinley and Mrs. llobart were close friends. During Mr. Hobart's illness tho president was a frequent visitor to tho house Inquiring after tho health of the distinguished patient and If tho bitter's health permitted would go out driving with him. The night tho vice president and his family left their home for the seaside tho president came to tho house and re mained until the carriages containing tho party had left for tho railroad sta tion. BUKlT.ur.JI OlIOKINO SIM'.I.I.S. New York, Oct. ill. Vice President llobart, who has been ill for weeks at his home in Paterson, N. J., suffered a i elapse yesterday morning. Jlehada succession of choking spells, resulting from an imperfect action of the heart, an old aul.otiou. comolicated with in llaniinatlonnf thestomach. Mr. llobart has not been nblo to attend to his private affairs for tho past two or threo days and an Intimate friend has been given power of attorney to Mgn cheeks and to attend to other matters of that character, l.ato yesterday afternoon Vice President Hobart's physician made a statement admitting that the vice president was sinking. At tho homo It win said that llobart was rest ing easily, Two .Men llurued to Iteutli. Terro Jlanfe, hid., Oct. !M. An elec .tHe spark from a switch at the Indiana Powder company's plant at Fontaluct, this county, Ignited soiui)' powder on the cap of 'un employe, burning two men to death. The men went into the motor house contrary to.orders. ypij (MtB KW I "" VXk V"" Q,t '' jrvr2 PITTSBURG & GULF ROAD. Indication Tlmt .Mr. .Htlluell Hu Moon i:ilinliiiitiid n Con troll l tit; I'm: tor In tho ItcorKiiiiliitloii. Chicago, Oct. ai.'l'lio Record says: Closer inquiry Into the terms of tho" great peace which has come about In Pittsburg & Gulf affairs seems to Indi cate that Mr. Stllwoll has been vir tually eliminated as a controlling factor In tho reorganization. Mr. John W. Gates, of tho Guardian Trust com pany, returned from New York yester day. He declined to say more than that a third and final plan of reorgan ization would soon be mado public Enough is obtainable from other sources to warrant tho belief that when this joint plan appears it will show a distinct predominance of Ilarrltnan Thalmann ideas and the absence of two of Mr. Stllwell's f.ivorito enter prisesthe Kansas City Suburban Relt road and tho 1'ort Arthur Canal and Dock company. Mr. btilwoll and Mr. Gates probably will lemain In the "vot ing trust" for the now securities and the Amsterdam member may be re tained, but tho other places will prob ably bo taken by E. II. I landman, Ernest Tlialuumn and other New York capitalists. This arrangement will give virtual control K tho llarrltnan otherwise tho Chicago ,fc Alton Inter ests, without thy aid of which it would have been impracticable or difll cult to finance tho reorganization at this time. A MISSOURI LYNCHING. Thoiua Hiiydmi. Kro, Hunted by Mob for Killing Andrew WooiIm, n White Hoy. Glasgow, Mo., Oct. HI. Thomas Hay den, a negro, was lynched Monday night for the killing of Andrew Woods, a white boy, aged il!5 years, sou of Kit Woods, a farmer of this county. The murder of Woods was tho result of a "crap" game among negroes and white boys in a deserted cabin four miles south of here. Constable James H. Lewis captured llayden and started with his prisoner to Riyetto for safe keeping. Men in the mob on swift horsea soon overtook tho olllcers and compelled them to surrender their prisoner. After a few pieliminaiies Llayden was hanged to a tree. DEWEY ENGAGED. The Aduilnil Will Weil Mr. Iluzrn, thu Widow of tliu I.iito Chle f SlKOiil OllUor of the Arm. Washington, Oct. 111. Admiral Dewey announced to some of his more intimate friends last night the fact of his en engagement to Mr.t. W. 15. Ilazen, of this city. Mrs. Ilacu Is tho widow of Gen. Ilazen, formerly chief signal offi cer of the army, who died about ten years ago, and is a sister of John U. McLean, democratic candidate for gov ernor of Ohio. Mrs. H.izen has no children and since her husband's death has made her home with her mother. Shu is a woman of large means, about 40 years of ago and popular in the best, social circles of Washington. The date for the wedding has not been fixed. VESSELS COLLIDE. A Ferrjbout Cut In Two by Steiinior I't'iir Tlmt Some Piintn'iior lliivo lleun Drim mill. New York, Oct. iH. Tho Pennsylva nia ferryboat Chicago, plj ing between Jersey City and New Yoilc, was cut in two by the steamer City of Augusta, of the bavauuati btcamsum line, at IBUli this morning on the New York ' . , ,v ,i , l.i , . side of North river. She went down in seven or oignt minutes, more were between 1)0 and 10 people aboard. Es timates made by the persons who suc ceeded in escaping vary widely, somu thinking it possible th.it no loss of lifu resulted, while others believe that at least a score of persons were drow nod in the whirling vortex as the ferry boat sank. Ills Wlveu TtirnliiK U Chicago, Oct. ill. Chief of Detect ives Colleran received a telegram from Haltlmore yesterday stating that Walter L. Earnsworth, the confessed bigamist now in jail here, and who is said to have- had A'i wives, is wanted in that city for marrying four women under tho name of Sterling Orvillu Thomas. This is said to be his real name and tho prisoner does not deny it. Mario Larson, 718 Sixth street, Philadelphia, also thinks she is one of Farusworth's wives and has written Capt. Colleran to send her a picture of tho bigamist. Her marriage took place a year ago. Steel Worker lliirni'd. Pittsburgh, li.,Oct. ill. Ten men, two of whom will die, were burned at the Carnegie steel works at Duquesne yesterday. Thu others injured are badly burned, but will reeoer. Tho men were working in a pit engaged in making connection for a meter for the new gas house being erected. It seems that the main had sprung a leak 'and when the yard engine passed hauling a train of hot Ingots thu gas was ignited and a terrific explosion fol lowed, completely shattering the old gas hou-o and hurling tho workmen in every dlree'ion. MitrNh I.iuiiIh on PI re. Iliclinioiid, lud., Oct. !!0. A 'JO-acro tract of marsh land six miles west of the city is burning. Tho lire i eseuibles tho burning puat bogs in Ireland and has'piOgressed six days. Dense clouds of white smoko enshroud the country for miles,, ' " THE WAR IN AFRICA. An Engagement Between the Boers and British at Ladysmith. MITE'S DISPATCH ON THE -FIGHT. Gen. Cronjn' Miittmient lrlnk riRlitlnjr lit Lulyninltli MitfokltiK linclreled by a Kiiltroiid-Slr Kedvrr llul- ler In 1'ort. London, Oct. 31. Yesterday's en gagement at Ladysmith, which, de bpito the rather heavy losses, must be regarded rather as an extended recon noissanco or skirmish than a battle, seems to make little change hi the ac tual position. It Is disappointing to tho Hritish public as again revealing tactical skill of an unexpectedly high order on tho side of the lloers. In ad dition to the possession of a number of heavy guns, the transport of which cause wonderment here, they have available marvelous ability. Unless commanded by skillful European olllcers, It is hardly considered proba ble that Iloer farmers would have as sumed a feigned position, as they evi dently did, in frout of the right column, with the intention of retreat ing from It to their real line of defense and of inducing the Hritish to attack over a flrcswept zone. The fighting began with a frontal attack on the main Uocr position, which, however, was found evacuated. The encmj', having retired, now mado a change of ft out and developed a heavy attack on Col. Grlmwood's bri gade. To meet this, the Hritish artil lery, which had been shelling the evac uated position, also charged the front. Grlmwood's brigadu was promptly re inforced, but soon was obliged to fall back rapidly, with consequences which might have been serious had not tho Fifty-third Held battery plucklly cov ered the movement at considerable los to itself. It is quite certain that Gen. White failed to accomplish tho ol ject ho intended and the day's proceed ings are an Instructive example of the difficult of operations when the enemy holds an extended position by which he is able to make sudden and unex pected developments and changes of front. viun:'fl nisi'A'i en ahout tiii: hkiiimi.su. London, Oct. ill. The war oflice here received a dispatch which says Gen. White has fought an engagement, pre sumably with Gen. Joubcrt's force, which was pushed back after several hours' fighting. Tho Hritish lost about 100 men and the Hoer losses were much greater. The lloers were in larger numbers and had better artillery. Gen. White's dispatch, which was dated -liilO p. in. yesterday, read: I employed nil tho troops hero except tho ob ligatory unrrlsoii before tho worki I sent a. niuiint.ilii b ittery, tlio Ilovul Irish f UKfllcrs and tho Oloiii'estcrs to take up u posltloa oa tho hills to vicar mv left tlniilc. Tlio forces moved nt 1 1 o'clock yesterday evening an 1 durlni; some nluht HrliiB the battery multss stampeded with I somo of tho ttmis, whluli. however, 1 hope to re coicr. Those two battalions have not jot re- I turned, but aro expected this evcala?. I detailed two brigade divisions of Held artil lery and Hvo bittillons of lnfiitry. ill ted by cavalry, under fJen French, to attack a oosl tlon upon which tho enemy Suad iv mounted Kiins. We found tub position uracil ited, but our force was attacked with considerable vigor by what I belluvu was (Jen. .loubett's tioops. They had many nuns and showed In Krc.it num ber". Our troops wore all In action and wo pushed the enemy back several miles, but did not succeed In renchtiu his UiiKor Our losses moestlm ted at between 80 and 100, but those ? tlio enemy must Have been mu"h kit llroof our Kiinsappc.iilnis very clfo-Uv bclm, m ucllo h0Vl,nli hours I wttli ater, tho e. Aitor Ithdrowtho troop and tlicvioturued unmolested to their cantonments. Thu enemy are In Krc.U numbers nml their kuus ran'o further than our Held (tuns. I now huvo somo iiiival nuns which hao temporarily slloneed and, I lnpo, will purina neatly dominate- tho enemy's best Kims, with which ho has been tombardlni; tho town nt a rnnh'o of over tl.lHH ynuts. i:.v. (ji'.onjk's nifU'ATcir. Loren.o Marque., Oet. 111. A dis patch received here yesterday from Pretoria under date of October "S says Gen. Cronje, the Hoer commander, an nounced there that the Hritish garri son at Mufoking made a bayonet at tack on Commandant Louw's laager, near Grand Stand, but were repulsed, leaving six dead on the field and it was believed that many of tho attacking party were wounded. The di pal eh adds that Saturday morning Col. lladen-Powell asked for an armistice in order to bury the dead. Gen. Cronje consented to this, the Hours assisting in placing the dead in tho wagon going to Mafeklng. music noiiTiNo iti:i'oun:i. Ladysmith, Oet. HI. Tho naval brigade arrived yesterday morning at f:!!0 and commenced firing with six quick-tiring guns with great precision. Tlio Hoer 10-pounders, which had again begun to shell the town, were temporarily disabled at the third and fifth shots. Hrisk fighting is in prog ress on tho right and left flanks. si.wr.Kixo KNuiiici.ni) nv a hah. novo. London, (let. ill. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Mail says he learns that Col. Jladen-l'owell, the Hritish commander at Mafeklng. has laid a railway in complete circuit at omul Mufcking and Is running armored trains around the town ready to meet the lloers at any point, sut itinivmts mn.i.i:u in joiit. London, Oct. 111. A dispatch from Cape Town announces the arrival in Table bay of the Dunottar Castle latu last evening with Gen. Sir Kedvcrs liuller and Mali', who aro expected to land tliis morning. FIRST WALKING MATCH. tlcsolvcd Itnelf Into a IlannlBg; Mntch, mid It Vn Terrltors. tax In 1700 Willinm Penn bought from tlio Indians a tract of land hounded on the cast by the Delaware, on the west by the Ncah amiiiy, and tunning as far nortli "as a man can ko" in 1J dnys. After hiij death hisnon,. Thojnatf Penn, thought it would be a Rood idea to stu voy the boundary. On August 25, 1737, this was done. Three men lined up for the start, James Vvates, a lean Yankee; Solomon Jennings and Edward Marshall, an old hunter. The -bheriff, the sutveyots and a number of Jn dians who wanted to see fair play accom panied them on hoiscback. The tluee men ran. "You are not walking," protested theln dians; "you are tunning." "They ate going," icplied the sheriff; "and that's what the treaty says as far as a man can 'go' m A day and a halt." So the Indians went home. Ycates collapsed on tho scand day's nm and died two days later. Jcaningd lived in. shattered health but a few years longer. Marshall was tougher in better training, we would say nowadays, lie kept on. reached the end of the blazed trail, ooizeu. the surveyot's compass and still kept going in the same direction. When Sheriff Srcith at noon said "Haiti" Marshall had covered 03 miles through rough forest, or twice as far as the Indians had expected. The pellets were "only Indians." you aetu N. Y. World. A QUEER COMBINATION: It Wan n Justice ut the Pence, a rlclc- lioeket mid n IAttle I'rnyer IlooU. Justice "Bill" Hall was chuckling toe other day over a little adventme that befell him, ami which he related as follows: "It wan during the festival week," he said', "and you all know how the downtown. streets were crowded. I was walking down . State sticet, and, happening to look iu one of the big store windows, saw a pile of books, winch teininded me of a commission given me by my wife that morning. 1 went in nml. bought a book and put the paiccl in is;? oveteoat pocket. "As 1 came out into the crowd on the utrect again I felt a hand go into my pocket and turned quickly, but not quickly enough to catch the would-be thief, a tough-lookinc young man, who ikinpcd off m the crowd and was immediately lost to view. 1 couldn't: help laughing to think how horribly disap pointed he would have felt if lie had suc ceeded in his theft, because the paicel in nvy pocket contained a common little prayer book. "Thetc's what I call a ludicrous combina tion a thief tiring to rob a police justice of a prayer hook a combination that prob ably lias never before and never will again aiise in the history of Chicago." Chicago Inter Ocean. Thorough hrctl, A New Yoik society daiue, who is an an dent upholder of the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, owns a little fox terrier of which she is exceedingly fond, A man w ho called on her the other day was admiring the dog and asked her mistress how she, with ail her humane theories, could have allowed the cruel (log fancier to cut oil Snap's tail and ears to the fashionable dc giee of bievity. The dame drew herself np and icplied, with pome hauteur: "Mv dear sir. Snnn exncctnil it. V.vvrv tlioroughbied fo tertier expects to h.iTe his tail and cais shortened. ' And that! humbled man went away saying to himself: "That's the first time I ever thought oj ol: nouiease onnge, as applying to los riers." Cincinnati Lnquucr. tcc- Talk is cheap probably because of the ovcrpioduetion Chicago Daily .News. "Daly Feed Man and Steed. 9 i ecu yuur fittco iiowf uu yurz luvisu , if voir ivould have them strong. 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