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l? I 8 THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. XV. HANIJICItS I'ublUhrr. NEMAHA. NEHRASKA. ATfca!fca&d!&i5!&!S! & hita Qnn JLV1X 7UU. fr Thur. Ftl. Sal. 3 5 0 17 12 19 24 25 26 3J "?!F9!FR7Wl!PiW FJR& TOPICS OF THE DAY. KoliortV Hnrrnnr n .Mormon. William A. King, the oticcesHor In congrcHH to Itoberts, of Utah, Ih a Mormon, but not a polygamic. He Is :7 years old and has been in politics for J5 years. (Into Itapld Itltn to W'imltlt. J. W. Gates, of Chicago, president of tlie Amerieau Steel & Wire com pany, started in biiHincHH a few ycarH ago with $1,000, and liaH about com pleted hlH contract to fence the earth. Will ,'ot Nnvwnty I'liiiiiMund. More than $11,000 baa already been contributed toward the fund of $70, 000 to meet the expenses of the Cuban public Hchool-teachcrH who nro to be taken to Cambridge for a course of instruction at Harvard. Mlclilciiu I'urtliil to Nmlllift.. There are fle Smiths in the house of representatives, and three of them hall from Michigan Henry Casaorte Smith, of Adrain, William Altlen Smith, of Grand Wapitis and Samuel William Smith, of Pontine. (Jrowth of tin Jtlir.ll Knrvlnn. There were 003 post olllces in 1800; to-day we have 75,000 that Ik, la America alone. It took u letter 10 days to go from J'hiladelphia to Lexington, Ky.; lili days to Nashville, Tenn. The cheapest letter postage was eight cents, and to send a letter more than 100 miles cost a shilling. Three million letters and papers were sent in a year; at the present time the post otllce handles about 110,000, 000 pieces of mail in a single day. Tim I'oroinuit JMnllinillnt City. "Chicago is the foremost MethodlBt city in the world," says the American Illustrated Methodist ningizino in the course of an article on Chicago Meth odism. This, it asserts, is shown in part by the. fact that during the last 15 years about SO Methodist, ehurehe.i have been erected in the city and dur ing the last two or three years churches have been erected on an average of one a month, these being records that arc not equaled else where. John Ailaiim I.lvoit I.oiiRnitt. Look over the list of our presidents and see what a line ago each arrivod at excepting, of course, the two who were taken off by the hand of an as sassin. Washington was 07, John Adams 00, Jefferson 8.1, Madison 85, Monroe 711, John Quiney Adams 80, Jackson 78, Van Huron 7'J, W. H. Har rison 08, Tyler 71, Polk OH, Taylor 05, Fillmore 74, Pierce 04, lluchuuun 77, Johnson 00, Grant 03, Hayes 71 and Arthur 50, while Cleveland still lives ut 03 and Harrison at 07. Torto Klco'a Itlrtliday. May 1, 1900, wus a memorable day in the annals of Porto Pico. On that day United States civil authority was established in the island, and the first step taken in the work of political advancement for that locality. In iys years which has passed since the stars and stripes were first raised over the island it has been governed by military power, but that regime ceases. Tlio island's political ex istence as part of one of the great states of Christendom has begun. llrlnulni; Up a Ituliy City. Forty-six years ago a man of 41 broke the ground and built the first house on tlie present site of tho clly of Minneapolis. To-day, at tho age of 00, he is still alive, and likes to tell how he has seen the frontier outpost grow to a city of 300,000 people. It took till of the first 30 years after Ctipt. Stevens built his cottage on the banks of the Mississippi, just below the Falls of St. Anthony, to nccumji late the first 50,000 people In the hist 520 years that figure has been multi plied by six. l'liiimlnc n llC Celebration. A celebration lasting several days will be given In Poston in honor of the 125ti anniversary of the battle of Hunker Hill. For the evening of Juno 19 an electrical carnival has been planned like thnt recently wit nessed at. mardi gras In NCw Orleans. There will be 10 floats, each equipped with L'50 incandescent lights, except one with 500. Tho pageant will be called "The Christian Era." On Sun day, June 17, the anniversary of the battle, services will bo held on the frigate Constitution. 3 Sun. Mon. 3 mil ail Ji 27 28 Tuo. Wod. jljl 22 23 29 30 BRITISH ENTER WINBURG. Lord IlolinrU ami lll Ariiijf Nnw 03 Mllca Nortli of llldoiiifontMii mid Alovlnir with Ornnt l'nirUloii, London, May 8. Tho captiiro of Winburg by tlio Hrltlsh Is confirmed, and the main advunoo to Preform con tinues with the muohlne-llko proci hIou mid rapidity whluh bus character ized all Lord Roberta' forward niovo- mcntH. Jly the occupation of Win burg, flcn. Hamilton putH litniHulf nearly parallel with Lord Uobcrts and only M nilli'H westward, while he ban the additional advantage of being con nected with IiIh chief by menus of the railroad that runs from Hiniilldol, or Winburg road station, as it is some times called. The only feature of the carefully-devised plan not disclosed by the swift developments is that part t lint Ibillcr has elected to take In the operations. At present there aro no indications of any movement on the part of the Natal army. Lord Roberts is now nine miles north of the Vet and 03 miles north of Hlocmfouteln. Evidently he is not let ting grass grow under his feet, though the lioei'H seem equally anx ious to retreat towards Kroonstadt und are so doing. Ilrltlnh Occupy KotirUimi Htro.iin. Wnrronton, May 8. The Poors have been driven out of Fourteen Streams and tlio Hritlsh are now encamped on the north bank of the Vaal river. AGUINALDO NOT DEAD. (Irn. Youne ICnportH Thnt tlio Iltilxd r.cutlor Ilui KitjuliKMl lino In Mountain of JNiirtlmru I.ur.uu. Mania, May 8. Telegrams received here from Gen. Young report that Agulnaldo has rejoined the rebel Gen. Tino in the north and that they have reassembled a considerable force in the mountains. Gen. Young desires to strike them before the rains, and asks for reinforcements. The tenor of the dispatch Indicates that Gen. Young is confident that Agulnaldo is with Tino and it is presumed they are plan ning to rcsuiqe fighting during tlio rains. Two rebel attacks on the American garrisons in the Visayan islands re cently have resulted in the killing of 280 of the enemy and the wounding of two Americans. NO CHANGEFORTHEM. Wluliltu MutlioillHt Tlrj;rii!i tli (liwicrul Coiifnri'lirA to Mora ltli;lilly Knforcn tlio rremiiit Olmri'li I1IkoIiIIih. Wichita, Kan., May 8. Wichita Methodists have wired their represent ative at the Chicago general con ference the following request: Tlio Wichita lOpworth leitRiin union of tlio Methodist Kptscopul church, belluv lnp that tho imperative nuetl of Metho dism tho world over Is not only nbHtl nonco from till worldly amusements but more tdnccro consecration to God and total iibslstonca from till conformity to thu world, do most respectfully rotuiusl that our dlHclpllno on this subject re main unchanged and that a most rlKld enforcement of Its requirements be urKcd ujion tho church and ministry. The resolution was most enthusi ast ically passed by the four Metho dist churches of Wichita. VICTIM OF STARVATION. Mrs. Hormlini ."Meyer, of l'lillailelplila, Could Not Wltlintand a Kant of 1'lilrty-llvn Dayx. Philadelphia, May 8. An investiga tion into the death recently of Mrs. Herminn Meyer, 50 years of age, has shown that she was a victim of stravn tlon following her attempt ut fasting treatment for rheumatism. Mrs. Meyer is said to have abstained abso lutely from food for 35 days. For 25 days, Meyer says, his wife showed signs of improvement. Then she was seized with convulsive vomiting. On the thirty-fifth day sho tasted footl. From 150 pounds she was reduced to a mere skeleton. Three weeks follow ing tho breaking of the fast sho died. AGAINST PARSONS. IllRtrlct dudco lliixoii,of Topelcx, Knjolntt tlio Statu Auditor from 1'uylnt,- for New Ayltiiu Site. Topeka, Kan., May S. Judge Ha.cn, of the Shawnee district court, has al lowed the injunction in the Parsons asylum ease and decided that, the board of public works no longer exists. The suit was brought by Clay Center, asking the court to enjoin tlie state auditor, George K, Cole, from is suing warrants on tlie stttlo treasurer for ?2S,000 in payment for the laud at Parsons condemned by John Sea ton and Michael 1 leery, acting as the board of public works, to be used for tlie new state insane asylum MURDER IN" GIB AR A. Senator Albertl, Whoae l'uper Hnd Crltl- elaeil the Action of American OHli'laW, Afcrt.iHidnated lit n Theater. Giburu, Cuba, May S. Senator Albert!, editor of the Hon Claridados, was shot and instantly killed by an unknown assassin at tlie theater his' uigHt. Albertl was an active poli tician and his paper recently has been criticising the action of the Ameri can olllcitilst, cspeuially the election or ders. Albertl has received threaten ing letters which he ridiculed In hl papar. . . DOLLAR DINNER. About 400 l'nraona Sit Down to tlio Han- tjuot at Oiimliu Mr. Ilrynn Mtle an Ail'IroM. Omaha, Neb., May 8, About -100 persons Hat down to the banquet board of the Potor Cooper dollar din ner at the ColiHuiim yesterday even ing. JIalf of thiH number, perhaps, was mtulo up of delegates to the pop ullHt convention at Sioux Fullu. It wiih given out on excellent authority that the delegates had agreed to nom inate Air. Jtryun Wednesday and to leave second place open, to be made the sub feet of a conference. A con- ferenco committee is to be named to meet a liko committee at Kansas City. Mr. Hryiin was greeted by liberal applause. There was little if any thing now in his address. Its tenor was an argument for the. continu ance of fusion. lie specified the old issues upon which the democrats, populists and silver republicans fused in 1890 and pointed out the reasons why they should stand together now. Ho devoted more time to the money plank than to any other one Issue, de nounced the republicans for setting up the "subteriugc of international bimetallism in IH'.lti, only to abandon it and adopt the gold standard and n hutcful currency measure in 1900." TAYLOR LEAVES KENTUCKY. Itnpillilloiin Claimant for (lovnrnor (loon to WiiKlitncton to ItiMiinln Until tho (Jontnnt It l)lpofiod Of. Indianapolis, Intl., May 8. William S. Taylor, republican claimant to the governorship of Kentucky, was Mon day the guest of Charles Kin ley, ex seercttiry of state of Kentucky, who is In this city. Gov. Taylor said ho is on his way to Washington where he will stay until the supremo court passes on tlie governorship contro versy. He declined to talk of the sit uation in Kentucky. Mr. Finley as serted there is no truth in the testi mony of Golden at. Krankfort, Satur day, in which he (Kinlcy) was repre sented as saying that Gocbcl would be killed. SAN ANTONIO STRICKEN. Toruudo Swnpt TlimiiRli tho Tih City, DoHtroylnir I'ropnrty Valued at Over a Hundred TIioukimiiI DolIiirH. San Antonio, Tex., May 8. A tor nado swept through San Antonio yes terday morning and caused a loss ag gregating over $100,000. Xo loss of life is reported. At Fort Sam Houston tho entire galleries of three barracks were demolished and the o Ulcers' quarters were unroofed. Hundreds of trees within tlie fort are utterly ruined. Hcxnr county will be a heavy loser by the wreckage of bridges. A huge steel bridge over tho Salado creek, nine miles from this city, is completely demolished. The damage will probably reach $20,000. FOR SOLDIERS' WIDOWS. Homo and .Somite I'iikh a 1(111 That JCe Htorim Their Klulit-i to a lun- mIoh or svrr.o. Washington, May S. This was sus pension day in the house mid quite a number of bills were passed. The most important was the senate bill to amend the general pension laws so as to provide for aggregating disa bilities under the act of 1S90 without regard to service, origin and to in crease the net income n widow may Jmve without destroying her right to a pension from $90 to $250. Tho pur pose of the bill is to modify rulings of the pension office in accordance with the. recommendations of the G. A. It. It was passed without a dis senting voice. Warner' lleiuiirloible Statenirnt. Springfield, 0., May 8. Gen. A. J. Warner, a silver leader ami head of the Piiuetallie union, is out in n re markable interview published here. Ho says that ho favors dropping out of tho democrat iu platform tho phrase 10 to 1, as it is a mere incidental and led tho people astray from the main question In the financial issue, which is tlie restoration of the double stand ard, or bimetallism. Admiral Dewey at .Mriuplil. Memphis, Tenn., May 8. Memphis yesterday surrendered unconditionally to Admiral Hewoy. The climax of tho day's festivities was a gorgeous flower parade in the afternoon, which passed through tho principal streets and received the plaudits of citiens and visitors. Thousands of visitors arrived during the night ami tlio streets were crowded with strangers. In the TolU of Undo Mini. Kansas City, Mo., May 8. S. A. Weltmcr, president, and Joseph H. Kelly, secretary, of tho American School of Magnetic Healing, of Ne vada, Mo., were arrested and brought into tlie United States distrlot court here to answer a charge of using the mails for the purpose of fraud. To Attrili'tiiiuitit Hour iy mpatlilor Detroit, Mich, May S. Sybrant Wui solius, of Grand Jtapids, has engaged In endeavoring to nmnignte socintkM of Poor sympathizers into a national organization. Said Mr. Wrtwoliuu: " have no doubt that a nntlonal so ciety of Hour sympathizers will be formed within sLv we;ikH." WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING. Proceeding! of Our National Lawmaker! from Day to I)uy In Condcnand form Itenolutlont and Jlllla. When tho ncnate convened on the 2d Senator GallliiKcr (N. II.) presented a me morial from tho Union Veterans' union complaining about tlio government's pen sion policy and made the memorial the text for a speech In which ho mulntalncd that thu criticisms were unjust. Sena tor Sowell (N. J.) secured the passage of u bill to establish tho Fredericksburg and adjacent national battlclleldB me morial park In Virginia. Tho army ap propriation bill was then considered. Tho house at tho conclusion of a stormy debate passed tho Nicaragua canal bill by 225 to i!5. All attempts to retain in tho measuro tho language of tho orig inal bill for tho fortification of the canal wuro balked. Tho army appropriation bill was passed by tho senate on tho 3d, after a rather spirited debate, without division. A res olution requesting the civil service com mission to supply Information conllrm ing violations of tho civil service law in IS'jS was adopted. Tho day closed with tho passage of 137 private pension bills. ....Thu house passed tho "freo homes" bill which has hern ponding before con gross for a number of years. Tho bill provides that tho government shall Issue patents to uctual bona fldo settlers on ag ricultural lands of Indian reservations opened to sottlament. Tho senate on tho 4th, inter a dctmto lasting only throu hours, passed tho ar my reorganization bill. In military cir cles tho measuro Is rogarded as one of tho most Important of tho present ses sion, Tho fortlllcatlqns appropriation bill, carrying J7.733.C28, was also passed. After a short executlvo session un ad journment was takun to tho "th Tho house mado fair progress with tho sun dry civil appropriation bill, completing 73 of tho 132 pages of tho bill. Mr. Par ker (Mel.) introduced a bill repealing tho Chinese exclusion laws and making tho gouoral Immigration laws applicable to Chinese who shall provo themselves ablo to rend tho constitution of the United Htates In Kugllsh or thu Chinese lan guage. Tho senate wns not In session on tho Cth Tho houso passed tho sundry civil bill. It carries slightly moro than JC1, G0O.O00. The senate amendments to tho urmy appropriation bill were disagreed to and tho bill was sent to conference. Senator Tollar (Col.) strongly urged the Hcnalo on tho 7th to extend Its sympathy to tho Poors In their contest with Great llrltaln. During tho remainder of tho session tno naval appropriation bill was considered, but tho measuro was not completed. Senator Chandler (N. II.) Introduced a resolution making a resolu tion for seating or unseating a senator privileged over all other business Tho day wtiH suspension day In tho house and qulto a number of bills were passed. Tho most Important was tho sennto bill to nmend tho general ponslon laws so as to provide for aggregating disabilities under tho act of 1S9U without regard to servlco origin an- to Increase tho net Incomo a widow may havo without destroying her right to a pension from $9G to $250. Tho measure is in accordance with tho rec ommendations of the G. A. It. Tho bill to increase tho appropriation for the na tional guaru from 1 100,000 to $1,000,000 also was among tho3e passed. A Jokn on Itnril. A good story is told in West Vir ginia involving two of the congress men from thnt snug little, state and Thomns 13. Peed, tho gigantic speaker of the last house. The two West Vir ginians are Pltickburn P. Dovener and Pomeo Hoyt Freer. Poth are small in stature and wonderfully alike in their general appearance. Toge.ther they want up to the ponderous Maine man to be introduced. Humph!" said Mr. Peed, "is that the best the Persimmon state can do?" "What do you mean?" asked Mr. Freer. "Nothing," drawled the elephantine speaker. "I was only wondering at the uniformity of things down your way. I suppose tho horses aro nil ponies and thu persimmons all dwarfs " "Well," interrupted Mr. Freer, "there is ono thing in our favor, the persimmon has more taste than tho pumpkin." The laugh was on the speaker, and he acknowledged it by cordially grasp ing the hands of the lilliputians and joining in the merriment. Success. IIU Offer. A generous if not alluring offer was that made by an exasperated physi cian to the penurious father of an insane young man. The old man wished to secure his son's admission to the insnnn asylum, but unwilling to pay for the necessary certificate. After hearing his plea of poverty which the doctor knew to be false and hearing him, also tell of the nuriv expenses to which ha had been put by his ungrateful children, the physi cian waved his hand to end tho recital. "Now seo here," he said, sharply, "you just pay me for this one, and 1 11 give you a certificate for yourself whenever you wish to libe it, for nothing!" Youth's Companion. ilng!" outh's Companion A rorulcn Tmi(;ut. "What on earth is do matter vid yoh talk?" asked Piccaninny Jim's ' mother. "Dat talk what I was jes' now talkin'?" "Yassir." "Oh, "dat alnt sho-null talk! J"v'y body's gotter speak in school, an' de tunchur is lenrnin' 1110 a negro dia lect piece." Washington .Slur. A OiirHllnii nf Kl.i'. The elephant were comparing trunks at the 7.00. "I could carry a bonne with mine," aid the ox-circus elephant. "My trunk's pretty fair," lU'gwd tlie smaller pachyderm. Twiilc," trumpotud the oxciniiH elephant. "You ain't yot no trunk. That thing of your don't amount to Hnylliljitf mom than a rfrra unit ore."--rjitladlnhia Nprth-Aimricmi, OR, HARTMAN'S ADVICE Is Sought by Female Suffer- ers From Ocean to Ocean. Mrs. P. W. Goulder. 130C 4 th avc, Rock Island, IU., writes: "I was af flicted forfivo or six years with catarrh al difllculties and was growing1 worse nil tho time. 1 began, taking your Peruna with, a marked im provomont from tho first. Independent of o u r i n c :TN ' V Si:;.' 4:V'-$ft that, tho Pe ?T; greatly im p r o v o d my g o 11 oral health." "Every bot tle of Peruna. is worth ita weight in gold; espe cially to 1110, for I owe my present good h oiilth to Peruna." All over tlio country thoro nro woraon who havo been invalids for many years, suffering with femalo dorangements which the family dootor cannot euro. What boon to much women fa Dr llartman'm froo nttvtcol So famoum haa his oftlll mat&o htm that hsrtHy a hamlet or town In tm country but hncwa hla name Ho cures tons of thouar.ntls, and h&offoratoovory wo man who will vrrlto to hint her symp toms antl a history of Iwr trouble, frao atlvlca antl Sroatmoni. Tho medicines ho prescribes can bo ob tained nt any drug store, and tho cost is within tho reach of any woman. Ho de scribes minutely and carefully just what sho shall do and get to inako a healthy, robust woman of herself. Tho Doctor has writton a book especially for this elasi of women, entitled " Health and Beauty." This book contains many facts of Interest to woman, and will ho sent frco to any address by Or. Karimxn,. Columbuo, Q. Genuine artels Little Liver Pills. Must Boar Signaturo of - Z&zrzC Seo Fac-Sltniie Wrapper Below. Tory small and'oa easy to talis as imffnr. FDR HEADACHE. FOR BI7Z1KCSS. FOB BILIOUSNESS. FOR TOSPiS LIVER. FOR GChMSTIPATM?!. FOB SALLOW SKIfi. F03 TOE COMPLEXION 2B cotrtj I Psercly VeffctaMaw?5 T.lfHttt 1I1U1I. K,nUAllBP TEKsrsaiEsrEsre- CURE SICK HEADACHE. ALABASTME " - baBo wall coatlnrr. In 5 lb. paper packages, mado roady for uso in vkiU and fourtoon booutiful tints by wlslui: with cold vratar. It is a coniont thnt t;oo3 through ti procosa 01 cottins, hardens with ago, nnd on bo coated and rccoated without washing off iti old coats boforo ronowinc ALARASTINEiS Is ontiroly ifforont from all th various kilsominea oa tho raarkot, bcinc durable and not slack on tho wall witli rIuo. Alabnstino cuitomora should insist on having tho Roods ia uackasai properly labeled. Tuoy should rojoct all imitatioat. Thoro Is cotkinff "just uQcood." , r n r r- r ., , Pravents much BlcknoBs, particularly throat antl lutifc' difllcultiet, attributable to unsanitary coatine oa walh. It has boon rccoinmoudml in a papr published by tho Michigan Hlato hoard ot Hoilth on uccoinit of its nnnltary feutnrfj; which ptitxtr Htronidy ronilt-mmul kUtoiuiuei. AlnlitiMtfim r.nn bo UBrd on olthor puttered wall, wood cnlliucs. brick orcutivtifl, and uny ono rni, l,ruh it on. 1 1 admit.) of radi cal fDuiifi'j from wall jmpur ilworntniim, than m Hiring ai r.'tt,onbln erimiiMt tlio intent, find iK-fitruttcij. A'..lMihiinoiiiiuiii)iifuciiin'dl)y thu IT i0ildp5,ll!l Inrtrnrilvnaiid fiilorcstini: booLlot inuilod froe IUUI) DIHJIUIIU. tal? I.!cl (juiiti rixrup. 'I liitoM U('il. (Jim r m Ultimo. hi1 liyoriiiatlHu. 'iMwzsm Klf 551. f rf i r '.:''': t .jj .'".v,:' 9 yy r CARTER'S HIVER tt IB1CT 1 i 1 wjn & vi u x. a cT u & u u un? B"2 vav u mEsaBBSfflm mSmfHi i in nrs ',1mm n 1 si id hi l2ET y.T -t W- un r V l;j & y 'SUmmtttltuanafiltitnm'nmrmimrmtmam