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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1900)
THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. W. 8AM)i:itS I'liltllnlmr. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. IT'- 7 J Sal. ? AUGUST 1900. Tuo. Wed. Thur. Frl. 2 9 & C n S 17 18 . 5 9 9 Sun. Mon. I s 5 6 S 26 27 23 24 25 Is 28 2? 30 31 V A. isiJiii?;. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Itnnk Conmilliliitlon In Olilrnc". Bunk consolidations In Chicago have now brought the utiniber of nation als down lo 15, against 27 for the fiinnllur city of 189.'), niitl 17 for the iniich smaller city of 1871. Hpnnlul Jli'llvnrjr Hliiim. Undo Sum Bold nbont 52,000,000 ttpcclal delivery stamps In 1890, nnd the tliHtiinco traveled by the messen fyeru wlio delivered tlio lettcrH upon which the Btampa were placed wan ubout 2,025,000 miles. A rnjliool for Jtiiilijrn A school for employes has been Rtnrtcd in one of the shops of the United States Cast Iron 1'ipo fc Foun dry company in Cincinnati. The com pany has fitted up n room with drawT lug a)parutUH. Instruction will bo given at thu cxpeiiHc of the eonipnny, und thu men will bo allowed their time while studying. Oi'cimloiiully 11 Dmit A woman in Wilkesbarre, l'a., who linn been the mother of 25 children, remarked to an interviewer that "Von can put me down as agreeing with G rover Cleveland that married life in one grand, sweet song." It was more than that with the prize optimist of Wilkesbarre, for there was occa sionally u duet in thu household. Our Voting mill Mlllhiry Stri-nixl Ii. It. Is thought that Hits census will rIiow 22,000,000 "potential voters" and a "potential military force" of 17,500, 000, says the New Vork World. The uveragu size of families has dimin ished with the. tendency to city life. 'JLho most tlcnscly populated area comprises fNow Vork, Urooklyn, Jer sey City, llobokcn, Williamsburg and Long Island City, with a total popula tion of about -1 ,000,000. For all prac tical purposes this 5b one city nearly equal In population to Loudon. Tltn Wurlil'n Itullwiiy .MIIchsc. Tlie total length of railways in the world at thu commencement of thu year 1899 was -100,500 miles. Of this grand total of miles equivalent in length to nearly 20 girdles around the earth Europe Is credited, in round numbers, with 107,500 miles; North America, has 2t:i,0()0; South America, 27,000;, Asia, IID.OOO; Africa, 11,000; Australia, 1-1,500. The United States alone at the date named, a year and a half ago, bail 180,000 miles, or 20,000 miles more than all Europe. When T.lirlitnlui; Slrlltin u Tn-c. If lightning strikes a tree after a long period of heavy rain, when the whole surfaeu of the tree is damp, it generally tlocs very little harm to the tree and often none, at all. if, on the other hand, thu tree is struck when the surface is dry It is more severely damaged, because then thu electric spark will descend by a line of lower resistance along the damp wood under the. nunc. In this case the heat of the spark instantly pro duces steam to a very high pressure under thu bark and it is generally blown up. Tlio l'rntluiitloii of Colli, The Alining and Engineering Jour nal has published a statement of the world's production of gold for 1S99. Thu valuu of the product for the year was $:tl2,n07,S10. The Australian mines yielded gold of thu valuu of $79,200, 180; thu Transvaal, $72,901,501; the United Slates,$70,009,02t; Uussla, $23, 5)03,017, and Canada, $21,049,730. Of thu gold production of thu United States, Colorado furnished $20,50S,705 and California, $11,800,000. The money of all kinds in circulation in this country on July 1, 1900, amounted to $2,002,125,190. Tlmmirnov mill tint Ctilniwo. To what extent theocracy controls thu Chlne.su government Is shown by Charles Denby, latu Untted States minister to that empire. Jlo alllrms that no nation In the world in its ndmlntstratlon of thu law acknowl edges so directly its responsibilities to thu deity that Is, to the Chinese deity, Shanti, who is not an entity, llko Jupiter and Jehovah, but simply pantheism, Shangtl represents heav en, earth, and thu terrestrial gods. Thu attributes of the Chinese dotty differ radically from those of the Christian deity. 2J 22 FEAR A MASSACRE. British Minister Reports the Situa tion in Pekin as Desperate. Owing to 11 lliplriililn Illnnilnr nt tlmTnlt- lui; of Y.i 11 if I'm 11 Hut Aiiit-riritu Wurn Mirlli-il by tlio KiukIuii mill MrltUli -olillnri.. London, Aug. M. The ISritlsh con sul at Canton snys the Dally Tele graph's correspondent there has ro (.cived the following message dated August 0, from Sir Claude MaoDon ald, Ilrltish minister in I'ekin: "Our situation here is desperate. In ten days our food supply will be at an end. Unless we are relieved a gen eral massacre is probable. The Chi nese, offer to escort us to Tien Tsln, but, remembering Cawnpore, we re fused the offer. There are over 200 European women and children in this legation." Thu Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express, writing yesterday, says: "The allies, at noon Saturday, were within 20 miles of I'ekin." A Vang Tsun dispatch dated Au gust 7, giving details regarding thu capture of that place, says: "The Russians and French held Hits left, the llritish the left center, the Ameri cans the right center and the Jap anese the extreme right. Thu l.rit ish and Americans advanced on the village at a rapid rate for 5,000 yards under 11 severe shell and rifle fire. Thu Russians opened and the Hritis!. American advance became a race for positions, culminating in a brilliant charge. The heaviest loss of the day was sustained by the Americans, thu Fourteenth infantry having ninu killed, 02 wounded nnd several miss ing. The Itengal lancers unsuccess fully atemptcd to cut off the Chinese retreat." Another Vang Tsun special says: "Owing to a mistake, Jiritish and Russian guns shelled the Fourteenth United States Infantry during thu night, wounding ten." Commenting upon this oeeurrenco the Standard says: "It is melancholy tt learn that the losses of the Amer icans, who seem to have borne them selves with conspicuous gallantry, were increased by a deplorable error, in consequence of which one of their regiments was pounded by Russian and Rritisli cannon. The incident em phasizes the necessity of that eloso co-operation which is not easily ob tainable without a single commander and a general staff." Tim Niiiv York Wurlil' Ai-i-ouiit New Vork, Aug. 11. A special cable dispatch to the Kumlng World to-day dated Che Foo, August 9, via Shang hai, says: "A terrible mistake occurred at the taking of Vang Tsun. Russian ar tillery opened lire on the American troops, llcforu the mistake was dis covered many American soldiers had been killed or wounded by the Russian shells. "The Fourteenth took part in the attack on the Chinese trenches. As the Chinese lied the regiment entered and occupied one of the Chinese po sitions. "A Russinn battery .some distance off did not notice the movement. It opened lire on the position and plant ed shells among the American .troops. The Russians were quickly notified nnd ceased their lire." THE MARCH ON PEKIN. Tln Allied I'll r ci", wllli (aim. ChiitTiwi la ComiiittiKl, Only Tlilrty-SIx MIIkh rroiii tlin CIiIiiiimi Capital. Washington, Aug. 11. The Ameri can commander 111 t ulna, in a dis patch of just, three words received at the war department late yesterday afternoon, sent, a thrill of exultation nnd expectancy throughout olllchil quarters by announcing his nrriwil at llo-Si-Wu, only 30 miles from l'ekiu, last Thursday. The last heard from him before this was at Vang Tsun, which had been captured after a hard fight, and word of his movements since then hail been eagerly awaited. Thursday hu was JS miles beyond Yang Tsun. Lang Fang, the place where the ill-fated Seymour expedi tion met Its fate and turned hack had been left behind. Tho battle of Vang Tsun was fought on the 5th, ami the advance to llo-Si-Wu was ac complished on the 9th a march of 18 miles iix three days. This wis four days ago, anil at the same ratu of progress, Chaffee is even now fair ly within striking distance of tho walls of I'ekin. It was a consumma tion which tho war department had r.waited calmly and, stirring as thu news was that tho American foreu was now Hearing the gates of the im perial city, Secretary Root and Adjt. Gen. Covbln evinced no surpise, as it accorded with calculations. Shortly after this dispatch nrriu-d another message from Gen. Chaffee, far moro lengthy, gave tho mel ancholy result of thu lighting at Vang Tsun. The casualty list wan given in detail, with the addlf.oi'al in formation that tho head bad been burled at Vang Tsun, and time The wounded had boon sent back to tho hospital ut Tien Tsln. ANSWER SENT TO CHINA. Unit oil HtutdH Will Not Ni-eollHtn (innnrnl rriiionltloii for I'l'iic-n Wlilln Mliiln- titr Am t'nili-r Kimtrnlnt. Washington, Aug. 1L The depart ment of state Monday made public the reply of the United States government to Minister Wu's communication, de livered 011 Sunday morning notifying the department of the appointment of Karl LI Hung Chang as envoy plen ipotentiary to negotiate with tin powers. This reply vuis sent to Min ister W11 at live o'clock Sunday after noon and is as follows: Memorandum: Totichlnj? the Imperial edict of AujtiiHt 8th appointing I.I Huiir ClmnK envoy plenipotentiary to conduct iK'KotliUlons, on tho part of China, with tlio powers and a request for a cessation of hostilities, pending negotiations, com municated to Mr. Adcu by Mr. Wu on tho 12th of August, im Thu government at the United States learned with satisfaction of tho appoint ment of Karl LI ns envoy plenipotentiary to conduct negotiations with tho powers and will, on Its part, enter upon such nc KotlatlotiH with 11 deslro to contlnuo the friendly relations so long existing between tho two countries. It Is evident thnt thero can ho no gen eral negotiations between China and tho powers co long as tho ministers of tho powers and the persons under their pro tection remain In their present position of restraint and danger, nnd that tho powers cannot erase their efforts for tho dollvcry of those representative:!, to which thoy aro constrained by the highest con sideration of nittionnl honor except under an arrangement adequate to accomplish a peacoaulo deliverance. Wo are ready to enter Into nn agree ment between thu powers and the Chi nese government for cessation of hostile demonstrations on condition that a suffi cient body of the forces composing the relief expedition shall be permitted to enter I'ekin unmolested and to escort tho foreign ministers and residents back to Tlcn Tsln, this movement being provided for nnd secured by such arrangements and dlspostlon of troops ns shall bo con sidered satisfactory by tho general com manding tho forces composing tho re lief expedition. Alvey A. Adce, Acting Secretary, Department of State, Washing ton, August 12, 1000. AN AGUINALDO LETTER. Tim Filipino Chief Knur to Surrntitlor Un- ihir tho Aiiiiii-Htv i II" M It: lit Ho Cim- Hlilortnl In tho Kxi-t-ptiiil ClimH. Washington, Aug. It. Copies of Manila papers reeehed at the war de partment contain n letter purport ing to bo from a personal friend of Aguinaldo, which states that the Filipino chief does not take advan tage of the amnesty proclamation be cause some time ago ho gave orders to his followers to break up into guerrilla bands. Tho amnesty orders excepts those who violated tho laws of war, and it states that Aguinaldo fears that be would be in the except ed class should he undertake to sur render under the amnesty proclama tion. Tlio letter is dated at itiae-no-ilato, which is saitl to be the present provisional headquarters of Aguin aldo. It states, however, that Aguin aldo never stays more than one night in a place and only a few hours in any one location. He allows no one to come near him, except bis most intimate personal friends. A dis patch in one of the papers dated at San Pedro Maeati.states that Gen. Vio del Pilar, who recently surrendered, i.ays he wishes to become a good American citizen and intends to ac cept the American terms offered to his people. lie said he would like nothing better than to raise a regi ment of native Filipinos to serve in China. INDIANS REFUSE ALLOTMENTS Futl-IUoiiilntt Crnnkx Wltlnlniw from tlio Iti-Kiilur Oiiviiriiini-iit ikml INtulillnli Ono of Tlmlr Own. Donison, Tex., Aug. 1-L The full blood Creek Indians refuse to take their allotments and have withdrawn from the regular Creek government. They have established a pure Indian government of their own, with Chin liublc Ilnlfo at its head. No white persons or half-breeds will be per mitted to live with tlie full-bloods, and the full-bloods will keep to them selves and away from settlements wheve the others live. The irovorn- inent is to be run according to the ancient laws of the tribe. The Scuil noles are disposed to make the same movement. It is not believed that thu United States government will attempt to prevent the new govern ment being put into operation, but if It does the Indians are expected to sell their lands and remove to Mexico, negotiations looking to a movement of that kind having been under way lor home. time. Tho MtwiHtimii Cot tlio lilunil Washington, Aug. 1-!. Commission er Hermann, of tho general land ofllee, in the homestead entry contest of John If. Mousing for valuable land now in the corporate limits of Kan sas City, Mo but formerly an island iu the Missouri river, has decided in favor of the Mousing heirs, permitting their entry for all land within tlie old meander boundary lines of the is land. The land is ordered to bo re lotted for the purpose. The remain der of the. island, as It now exists, consisting of accretions, will be re ottered for public, entry. The land has an appraised value of $1,000 an iere, and 131 acres were iu dispute. SOME QUEER COLLATERAL. Glnm n-c, Store Teeth nnd ArtUlclnl DlgltH an IMedKc.s for 11 llur 11111. "Everything carrier its compensation with it, even a glass eye' said J. J. Jaxon, the stage manager of a St. Louis summer garden, who has an artificial optic, and, being a jolly fellow, doesn't care who kuows it, says the (Republic. I'll never forget one night when Lon Raymond nnd I and George Denhani and Jack Cheviot and 1'hil liranson were at Uhrig's cave (this was n long, long time ago), and we were dry dry as a local option town after midnight. We were all out of funds and we were too lazy to go to the manager and ask for nn advance of salary; wc thought it would he funnier to stand off the waiter. Lou called the man over and said: 'Am 1 good for a round of drinks?' " " 'You'll have to sec the boss,' said the waiter. " 'Ain't all of us, collectively, good for a drink?' said George Dcnliam. " 'You'll have to see the boss said the waiter. " 'We'll give you security said Lou, and witli tlmt he pulled out his eye and laid it on the tabic. The waiter jumped and before he could recover from his surprise I removed my eye and placed it nlongsidc of Ray mond's. Then George Dcnliam took a full set of upper teeth from his mouth and con tributed them to the pile of collateral. " 'I'm in on this,' said Jack Cheviot, and he unscrewed his wooden hand and placed it on the table with the eyes and tectli. " 1 on can t leave me out, said i'hil Uran son, and after fumbling with his mouth a j strength has SO much more to de while he produced one false tooth. ,.f tli oot-r. ,i to: c "The waiter weakened and we had a credit ote ,to tlie care "ld education oE ns long as wc cared to ask for it." OVERSTEPPING TEE BOUNDS. Kc "Wanted to Vny the Fanon .More, Jitil tlie utiles ittui iicKtiiuiloua Were Against Hint. "The first charge I ever held was in a email town in the western part of the ' state, said a well-known minister, who was 111 a reminiscent mood. "Ihc town was not very large, and my congregation was very poor and unable to contribute much toward the support of a minister, so they made up what they lacked in cash by holding donation parties now and then dur ing the year to eke out the small salary that they paid," says the Dctioit Free i'ress. "The first infliction of this kind that I had was called a pound donation party, at which everyone was expected to bring a pound of something or other. Among the congregation was a member who had more worldly goods than all the rest put to- gctlier, but he had the reputation of being ncur, and 1 confess that 1 looked forward n-ith some interest to see what lie would bring. "Imagine my consternation when I un did Ins package and found nothing but a few fiuall potatoes. "I met him the next day and had hard woik to remember that J was a minister of the Gospel and treat hun pleasantly. He s-aid that he wanted to speak to me pri vately for a moment and drew me aside. " 'I'arson he said, earnestly, 'I'm down right sorry Hint the rules anil regulations prohibited me from bringing niore'n a pound of them potatoes, but he added, dropping his voice to a whisper, '1 gave you down weight!'" 0--1--C When a preparation has an advertised rep utation that is world-wide, it means that preparation is meritorious. If you go into a store to buy an article that has achieved universal popularity like Cascarcts Candy Cathartic for example, you feel it has the endorsement of the world. The judgment of the people is infallible because it is im personal. Tlie letailcr who wants to sell you "something else" in place of the article you nsl; tor, has an ax to grind. Uoa t it stand to reason? He's trying to sell something that is not what he represents it to he. Why? Recausc he expects to derive an extra profit our of your credulity. Don't you see through his little game? Tiie man who will try-lo sell you a substitute, for Cascarcts is a fraud. Bewaie of him! lie is trying to steal the honestly earned benefits of a repu tation which another business man lias paid for, and if his conscience will allow him to go so far, lie will go farther. It he cheats his customer in one way, lie will in another and it is not safe to do business with hun. Hownro of tho Casciuot substitutor! Remember Cascarcts aro never sold In bulk but in metal boxes with tlie long tailed "C" on every box and each tablet stamped C. C. C. IUh Point of View. Fair Medical Student What do you think of women for physicians? Old Doctor 1 think they are all right. Why, we derive two-thirds of our income from women. Chicago Evening News. The merits of the preparations of the J. & U. Mauliui: Mr.nicixi: Company, ot St. Louis, Mo., are above all question. The jjuhi.c will be interested in tho fact that this linn has Miceceiled in furnishing the Army and Navy. Established in 1841, tliev have steadily grown in favor with the public, not having one failure to report in fifty-nine years! Their Heune Plant, Cundurango, cic, nave nceonie a household word. 1 hey are now sold by all druggists. Ask for book let free, and if you ever get Diarrhea, Dy sentery or Cholera-Morbus, give Renne Plant a trial. Every article made by the Miiguire Medicine Company is guaranteed to do what is claimed for it. Always Alive. Xcw- Foreman "Little short of copy, sir." Editor Don't you know the Handing uile of the olnec?" New l;oieinaii-"iNo, bir; what is it?" Editor hen short ot copy always 1 1111 the portrait of tlie dowager empress of China!" Cleve land Plata Dealer. Do Your Feet Ache untl Ittirnf Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, & powder for tlie feet. It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching, swollen, ilot, Callous, Smarting, Pore ond Sweating Feet. All jDruggihts and Shoo Stores sell it, '2jc. Sample sent KHHE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olimttd, Le Hoy, X. Y. "We've cured that clerk who was alwavs jn debt to all of us." "How did you do it" W hy, the minute he gets paid we ad bor row ot hiin." Indianapolis Journal. -- The Hest Preficrliitlon for Chills nnd Fovcr Is a bottlo of Gnovr.'s Tastiuxsj Ciiu.i.Toxio. Itis simply ironiindijuliilneic atastelcss form. No cure no pay. Price.5Qo Goodness without graciousness is ugly and toad-like; if he has a jewel, it is of th head and not of the heart. Boston 'Iran-eciipt. rmmffijs tTi 0KA1H The tripping feet the gparkling eye the graceful movement be long not alone to the budding maiden. These graces are the right aye duty of every woman until the hair whitens and regal dignity replaces them. The mother who guards her her dear ones. She should be a. comfort a cheer always. Yet how many feel that they have the stremrth to nroDerlv bal- ance the home ? The worW .g jjst . ,. , . . , ,. , . , id, wcaiy uiiu muium. j.is uiuua moves sluggishly and is full of im purities. It needs a kindling, in- vigorating tonic to set it afire it needs Pe-ru-na, ill the world which women may rely upon positively. Pe-ru-ua is good for everyone, but particularly for women. The various weak nesses which afflict their delicate or- -..:. enrinn- frmn infliinirntinn nr 5a"lsni spring irom muammauon or caiarru otuic mucous nning.nnui-e-ru-na. is n specific for catarrh in any organ of , membrane simply means catarrh of thet organ affected. This is why Po-rti-na cures all sorts of troubles where other remedies fail. If there is a catarrhal ntfection the matter with you anywhere Pc-ru-na will cure you. S. 1 UOUGLASSHOfca rSjvflfc.4"" '"C K Jk LARGEST MAKERS fi tfOV. of Wen's Sii Hildas Va world. Wo 6cll3S morn Sfl.OO and 3 4 ..!. 7T o &z.t5c 1110 reason moro . l.:..!-? C .... Ji .' W.L.Douglas Sa.00 VS. 1 ?fjf and SM0 fahocs aro "Vi- tf t7 Cr.1.1 lm. n.i. nt.n t tfmalto is because they aro kf tho best iu tho world. W A $4.00 Shoo for $3.00. X 'v a u am sinrjnou KM3; Tho Deal Worth of Our S3 and S3.50 Shces compared witli other makes is -l to So. Ilavlne tho larwst fit nnd fit.MRlinn hurl. ncss in me worm, nnuaiierii-cc Bymem 01 1 luiiniuariurinr. enaniei in 10 ynxiuce; uiKiii-rKiTiuQ si.uumui frj.o-i ouoe uinn . can o ii.iu pnowncrc. jour ucairry snoiim i.ccptnrm; wo KiYooneaeuicr. cxniisiTO snio in racn town. u-iiuo no MiimtUiKcl insist on navinc w. L. doukiah suoes wllli 1 naiiicantlprlcestamiM iloniiottom. iiyourueau'r win not Kcunem tor yon, nemi uireci to mctory. en-. rius-.ni; jirii'a una yoc. cxiray tor carriage, btato klnilor. leather, sire, ami width, piam or cap 10c. uur , Biiocswui reacnyou. unynnere iSf?s K. Don't be foolc J with a mackintosh or rubber coat. If you wants that will keen von drv In the I est storm buy tho Fish Brand I Slicker. If not for sale In town, write for catalogue I A. J. lUWliK, isoston. KKsuizcnxunKnxsc. 1 im k2&!UE-.yjsrirtac BV-!Vil-irr'iiij.j..ju.,naerinLj.-uuy-H-'f'' r"! I WILL KEEP YOU DRY. m I fct '& ill KVwwIljr: :o BiSfSK mass. ui&vr l?Ml? C ll. Trice rjKxelianiro street. Memphis, Term., rays M ttiroliubiioHuiTurlni: fioui ufcthiim iittor t:iuiiiEoiiriiiuiliL-im wVllvitJiiuCuru I ciivi) M?mfc toCnpi Ail Morin iiKt'iit ut Ancluir line hu lookup nuit cut rmli'f niul liu u-ivii miiihi to an oiU family m-uru ttoiiiun, HlioliuiTbutlcifaforjuarti, iwl Halnu ' cured lior." Trliil linttlo ly rxpre.i, ireiull, ar.ccnti. Allures! I'UIISCUII'TION 1'IIAHMACAIi CO., Dept. K. KANSAS C1TV, UOu. 1 V