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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
W. W. NANUKltS, 1'ulillnlifir.
NEMAHA, - - - NEI1UASKA.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Tn Savnnnu, 111., Ilio city attorney's
Htilnry wits reduced to u figure where
no lawyer would nccopt it and James
Ryan, a saloonkeeper, wiih elected to
tho plnco. lie 1h probably tlie only
Buloonlst wlio practices at two bars at
once.
Tho pimtor of a negro church put
up thin petition recently: "Luwd, cf
you thinks wo he, had rain enough,
please toll do rain ter quit rainln';
but ef you don't think wo's had
enough, pleiiHe forgive uh fer looklii'
gruni and growlln'."
Mnnlla's military prisons are fust
emptying. Every day or ho dun. Mac
Arthur hands tho onth and a Hwlft
kick to a thousand a wed-off patriots.
Wo may arrest them later on for get
ting drunk, but at present they are
free and Independent.
Another of Georgo Washington's
nnrvuntH has died In Georgia, lty and
by thero will not be any of that in
tercHtlng collection of attendantB left
and then wo will hove to gather up
the people who waited on Abraham"
Lincoln when he was a boy.
To give IiIh rcadcrB an Idea of why
thoro ore ho many HueecHHful patent
niadlclnc concerns In the world a Mis
souri editor haw figured that thero
aro 2,100 separata and distinct dis
orders Incident to the huiniin frame,'
Independent of chronic thirst.
Tho miltan of Turkey maintains at
Constantinople a special workshop In
which more than 50 tnoii aro em
ployed In making tho various objects
which he gives away as presents. In
usually exumluos the designs of tho
articles, and sometimes makes sug
gestions. According to a law in Ohio which
hrm been declared constitutional a
county in which a lynching occurs
must pay $5,000 to tho heirs of the
person illegally executed. The de
mand for wild justleo in that state
Is not llkoly to b Insisted on by "tax
payers in masks."
Tho latest fad among rich women
of England is to havo a. sllvor model
of thulr pet dogs and eats. Tho model
Is mado small for an ornument while
tho pet is nllvo, or after its death a
lifo-slza and oxuet model is madu of
silver, and this takes the place of the
stuffed and mounted pot. formerly
popular.
Tho way to obtain health under the
now thoosophieal method is as easy
as slipping down a greased pole. All
you havo to do is to bring tho phys
ical system Into complute hurmonlous
relations with tho vortex spiral vl
bratlounl action of the astral mech
anism. Just think what a saving of
oxpenso for drugs and doctors.
In Montgomery county, Tnd., a few
farmers bought a switchboard and
telephones, for their own use, pay
ing $3 initiation and 25 cents a month.
Tolls from nonsubserlbers met tho
salary of tho operator. This system
lias been extended until it serves 40
towns with 0,000 telephuns. In a "Mas
sachusetts county 200 farmers pro
vido tholr own telephone facilities for
?G each a year.
Tho most costly stato funeral which
lias ovor taken place was perhaps that
of Aloxander tho Great. A round
million was spent in laying Alexander
to his rest. Tho body was placed in
n coffin of gold, tilled with costly aro
inntlcs, and a diadem was placed on
tho head. Tho funeral car was em
bellished with ornaments of pure gold
and its weight was so great that it
toolc 81 inule'i lore than a year to
convey It from Habylon to Syria.
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Prlnco Henry, tho consort of Queen
Wilhclmina of Holland, mado a serious
mist alee when ho gavo his word of
honor to his clamoring creditors that
lie would pay up in 00 days after his
wedding. Wilhclmina Is not so child
ish aud fresh ns sho looks and sho told
her husband that ho will pay his own
debts out of Ids own separate allow
ance and must not come around teas
ing hor for money. Henry mado a
bad break In accepting a queen in
stead of coining over to America and
wooing tho daughter of a pork
packer.
The announcement thnt X-ray slot
machines aro to bo distributed' about
tho streets, by dropping a nickel in
which a man may get a view of his
interior anatomy, is most terrifying.
As a gonoral rule men who nro not
experts on tho subject ore happier
tho less they know about tho condi
tion and appearance of their internal
orgaus. The average man would
probablj' imagine that he was afllicted
with at least forty terrible dis
cuses after taking a single peep nt
himself through one of the five-cent
slot machines.
SWORN TO MUlU)lllt.
Awful Atrocities Perpetrated by
Oath-Bound Filipino Society.
Helpless fit mi unit Women Carried to u Krn-
ilovowi Where Thoy Wore Stubbed und
Thrown Into lravo-Loader
Sentenced to Dcutli.
Washington, June 18. A Philippine
mail brings to the war department
the records in 11 cases wherein Fili
pinos were tried by military commis
sioners on charges including murder,
rape, kidnaping, assault and battery,
burglary and violation of tho rules
of war. An especially notable ease
arose out of the operations of a fa
mous oath-bound band of Filipinos
called the society of the "Hundu
thans." The principal olllccrs of this
society, next to a triumvirate of
chiefs, are a chief executioner and as
sistants ami a requisite number of
grave diggers who participate in the
self-appointed work of the band. The
leaders select their victim, capture
and carry him away in the night to
a secret rendezvous on a sandy beach
covered with vary tall grass, where
tho diggers already have prepared tho
grave. Here, In the presence of tho
assembled band, helpless men und
women from time to time have been
stabbed to death and tossed into the
grarcs. Tho members of (he band
then disperse, and trust to tho rise
and fall of the nenrby waters to hido
tho evidence of their ghastly work.
Ten members of tho band, Including
two of the chiefs, were tried before
a military committee and eight of
them were sentenced to be hanged.
TO REPEAL THE TARIFF.
Special Hvmdiui or tlm I'orlo Itlco Legisla
ture Culled for .luly 4 Will AImiIIhIi
Customs Duties.
Washington, .lu lib 18. -Dr. Joso C.
liurbosu and Dr. Jose E. Gome Urioso,
members of tho executive council of
Porto Hico who are in tills city, have
received cablegrams from Porto Hico
calling them back to attend a special
BCBBion of the legislature called for
July 4. Although they are not in
formed of the purpose of this extra
ordinary session they believe that it
is called to take action upon tho ques
tion of tho abolition of tho tariff du
ties between the United States and
Porto Uleo. They suy that Treasurer
Hollander has mado a report showing
that the receipts of tho Island will be
suillclout to curry on the administra
tion of tho government after tho new
nollandur law goes Into effect July 1,
and that this being tho.case the legis
lature can request tho United States
government to suspend the further
operation of th Foraker law.
THE DEADLY CONCENTRADO.
Diirlnir the Mouth of Mny US liner Men
mid Women mid .'US Clilldrou Died
In llrltlih Cutups.
London, Juno IS. Replying to ques
tions in the house of commons, Mr.
Broderiek, tho war secretary, said
there weru 40,229 persons iu the "con
centration camps" of the Transvaal
und Orange River colony. The deat hs
in tho camps for tho month of May
numbered 08 nion and women and 318
children. Tho announcement of the
mortality was received with groans
from the Irish members and cries of
"scandalous." Mr. Broderiek udded
that tho authorities were arranging
for the release of tho women and
children who had friends to receive
theuii but the government would not
undertake to feed them in Isolated po
sitions. Jury to Trr demlo Morrison.
Eldorado, Kan., June 18. At 11
o'clock Monday the twelfth juror to
try Jessie Morrison for the murder
of Mrs. Olln Castle was secured. The
lawyers wero 4j days securing a jury,
which is composed of nine farmers and
three laborers. The last man chal
lenged by the defense, was Mart Wills,
a nugro.
Thrown 7,000 Out of Work.
Newport News, Vn., June 18. The
striking machinists in the employ of
tho 'Newport News Ship Building &
Dry Dock company did not return to
work and the immense plant was
closed down at six o'clock Monday
night. This throws 7,000 employes
out of work.
llurneit till I'luo Horses.
Joplln, Mo., June 18. Ilallcroft's
livery stable was burned with 25 fine
horses, many lino buggies and a largo
quantity of hay. The fire spread to
tho buildings in the vicinity, and the
Hallcroft and Dennis residences wero
also burned.
Again Making Kaunas Tulne,
Lansing, Kan., June 18. The Kan
sas penitentiary twine plant started
again Monday and will be run to the
fullest capacity tho next ten days.
IViiio will bo shipped out to fill orders
that havo aceiiuimnlated.
PlrHt Dividend Since 181)1.
New York, June 18. At a special
meeting of tho Missouri Pacific direct
ors Monday a soml-unnuul dividend
of 2V& per cent, was declared. This
Is tho first dividend declared by the
company slnco 1801.
MARVELOUS AFRICAN TALES.
An i:ngllshman Tolls of u Krglon Stocked
with Game nud Inhabited by
Ape .It ii ii.
London, June 18. Sir Harry Ham
ilton Johnston, special commissioner
for the Ugamida protectorate, has re
turned to London after an absence of
two years. He brings stories of
Uganada rivaling Henry If. Stanley's
description of "Darkest Africa." Sir
Harry relates that the country sur
rounding Moantelgou is totally de
populated 'as a result of inter-tribal
wars and is consequently miirvclously
stocked with big game thufc aro as
tame as Euglibh park deer. Zebras
and antelopes can bo approached to
within ten yards and there is no sport
iu killing them. Elephants aud
rhinoceros are also abundant and, ac
cording to Sir Harry, lions in Ugan
ada arc too busy eating hartobcesto
to notice a passing caravan. The pre
historic giraffe has been discovered
in this country by the commissioner,
who proposes to maintain the region
referred to as a national park. Ho
photographed a race of ape men in
tho Congo forest differing entirely
from Stanley's pigmies and secured
phonograph records of their language
and music. He says that 12 varieties
of rubber trees arc fouud in this
country in inexhaustible supply.
New Regiments Nearly All Killed Up.
Washington, Juno IS. The new
regiments organized under tho re
organization law are nlxmt oom
oleted. The two regiments farthest
behind arc the Thirteenth cavalry at
Fort Meade and tho Twenty-eighth
Infantry at Vancouver, but tho en
listments of last week amounted to
over GOO and It is expected that those
of thu present week will practically
complete all the new regiments.
I'rlnees to lie Tried In October.
Kansas City, Mo., June 18. The
cases of C. W. Prince, Will Prince and
Pert Prince, father and brothers of
Lulu Prince Kennedy, charged with
being accessories to the murder of
Philip H. Kennedy, wero called be
fore Judge WolTord Monday. I5y
agreement all were put over until the
September term, wliich means they
will be called again some time early
in October.
Unprecedented Kiilns.
Omaha, Neb., June 18. The un
precedented rains which havo fallen
through Nebraska and western Iowa
during tho past week were climaxed
by a downpour of nearly two inches
which fell during yesterday and last
night. Tho aierage of precipitation
for the state for the week has been
about 4.5 inches, and iu the F.lkhorn
valley over five inches of water Iiub
fallen.
"SoonerH" to lln Impelled.
A nud ark o, Ok., June 18. Orders
from the secretary of war were yes
terday received by Copt. Sayers, post
commandant at Fort Sill, to take suffi
cient cavalry, with rations for two
weeks, and proceed to expel every
"soouer" and miner from tho Klown-
Comanehe and Wichita reservations
and give positive orders for them to
stay out of the lands to be opened.
Ilruzll 1'ayx America for Mob's Work.
Washington, June 18. A cable
gram received at the state depart
ment yesterday from United States
Minister Bryan at. Pelropous an
nounces that tho Brazilian govern
ment has paid the indemnity request
ed for the destruction by a mob of a
Haptist chapel in the province of
Nictheroy, maintained by the Ameri
can Baptist mission.
Allison SuyH lie In "Not In It."
Washington, Juno 18. Snntor Alli
son, of Town, speaking of Gov. Shaw's
telegram urging him to enter the
presidential race, said ho had ulready
announced that he would not be a can
didate. "I have not changed my
mind," said he. "I am not in it."
Kearney Cotton Mill to Close.
Kearney. Neb., Juno 18. It has
been decided by the owners' to close
the Kearney cotton mill. For some
time past, particularly since the clos
ing of the Asiatic markets, occasioned
by tho Chinese war, the mill has been
operated at a loss.
Large Cargo of Sugar from Hawaii.
San Francisco, June 18. Tho steam
ship Hawaiian, which arrived yestpr
day from Honolulu, brought the
largest cargo of sugar ever sent out
of tho Hawaiian islands. It consisted
of 8,000 tons, valued at $750,000.
Will llnrton Oust Lelund'.'
Topeka, Kan., June 18. To take care
of George W. FinTilny, Senator Uurton
will seek to dispossess Cyrus Lelnnd
of tho office of United States pension
agent and that is what the senator has
gono to Washington for.
Karl Uusscll Charged with lllgamy,
London, June 18. Earl Russell was
arrested Monday on a charge of hav
ing contracted a bigamous marriage
in tho United States. The nobleman
appeared to bo quite unconcerned.
I.ooiuIh Transferred to l'ortugitl.
Washington, Juno 18. Frincis 11.
Loomls, minister to Venezuela, lias
been transferred to bo minister to
Portugal, vice John N. Irwin, of Iowa,
resigned. .
RAILROAD AGREEMENT.
Tho Dream of J. I'lerpnt Morgan for a
Community of Kullroad Intercut !
labllshed In Chicago Line.
Chicago, June 17. The Tribune
says: That the Harrlman combine
has secured control of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul and that a
composite agreement has been made
to protect a community of Interest?
among roads with tracks enough to
twice belt the globe is generally ac
cepted in railroad circles. It was us-
scrted last night that all the roads
west, northwest and southwest from
Chicago to the Pacific coast will be
controlled in future by the following
interests: Lines west of Chicago to
the Pacific coast by Harrlman, Kuhn,
Locb & Co. and the Rockefellers;
lines northwest from Chicago by Hill
and Morgan; lines southwest from
St. Louis by Gould and the Rockefel
lers; lines southwest from Chicago
by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
to which probably will be added be
fore long tho Chicago, Rock Island
cfc Pacific. J. Plerpont Morgan and
E. H. Harrlman, however, will bo the
real directors and direct the policy
to be pursued by these companies,
thus establishing the "community in
terests," which has been the dream
of Mr. Morgan.
SHOW GREAT INCREASES.
Ltvn Stock Hoeelpti nt l'Un Principal Mnr-
koti for Knur Month Art! :1.T(),117
Greater Thau 11)00.
Washington. June 17. Leading
movements in the domestic commerce
of the United States are now being
mado the subject of monthly reports
by the treasury bureau of statistics.
In western territory, live stock and
cereals are leading factors of domestic
trade movements. The live stock re
ceipts nt the five principal markets
of Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St.
Louis and St. Joseph during 1001 show
remarkable gains over last year, both
os regards April and the four months
ending with April, the official receipts
of cattle, hogs and sheep in the four
mouths just ended showing an in
crease of 350, 117 head, as compared
with tho corresponding months of
1900. The rise in the price of corn
is pointed out as being largely re
sponsible or this increased movement
of live stock to market, it having be
come more profitable to sell corn
nt 25 per cent, above last year's price
than to keep the stock on such high
priced feed.
CAILLES TO SURRENDER.
Noted Insurgent Chief Who Han Heslstod
American Authority Tenaciously Him
Hint Kiiuugh right.
Manila, June 17. Cols. Infant and
Guivara, representatives of Gen.
Cullies, yesterday signed the name of
their principal to an agreement to
surrender. Under tho terms of this
agreement Gen. Cailles is to assemble
his men nt Santa Cruz, Laguna prov
ince, as quickly as possible and there
surrender himself and his command
to the American authorities. The ex
act number of his force is uncertain,
but there will probably be more than
500.
Filipinos Punished.
Washington, June 17. Secretary
Root has received from Gen. MueAr
thur at Manila the reports of the
proceedings of military tribunals in
the Philippines since April 23. The
rciort shows that 48 nutlvcs were
tried und convicted, 21 wero hanged
and 27 sentenced to serve terms
ranging from ten years to life im
prisonment. Not one of thobe trice
escaped punishment.
DOWIE'S ALLEGATION.
Tho Leader of the Zionists Declare That
Chicago Phynlclans Wuut to Kid
nap Him.
Chicago, June 17. John Alcxandei
Dowle announced at his meeting iu
Zion tabernacle yesterday that cor.
tain physicians of this city hud
formed a plot to kidnap him, lock
him in a detention hospital and beat
him on the head aud back till hu
should lose all his reasoning powers
nnd become really insane. He said
that tho kidnaping might take place
that night anil after Ids service he
called a special private meeting of
the male members of Zion to take
steps to help the Zion guard in pro
jecting him.
SUMMONED TO WASHINGTON.
Judge S. 11. Peters, of Newton, Kmi., I.lkelj
to Succeed II. Clay Kmuis uh reu
nion Commissioner.
Washington, Juno 17. Interest in
the retirement of II. Clay Evans, pen
sion commissioner, was revived here
Saturday by a report that the presi
dent would, this week, announce the
appointment of a new commissioner,
Accompanying this report was an
other that iu nil probability Judge S.
R. Peters, of Kansas, would be named.
The arrival Saturday night of Senator
Burton and Representative Curtis was
pointed to ns an indication that Mr.
McKinley would appoint the Kunsan
Judge Peters was yesterday sum
moned to the white house.
TEN YEARS IN PRISON.
Jury Trying Lnlu I'rliicn Kennedy nt Knn-
u City ltumltira Verdict of Murder
Iu tho Second Degree.
Kansas City, Mo., June 17. Accord
ing to tho verdict of 12 men in tho
criminal court Lulu Prince Kennedy
committed murder when she killed
her husband in the corridor of tho
Itldge building the evening of January
10. The verdict Is that she shall spend
the next ten years of her life in tho
state penitentiary.
The jury was out not quite 13"
hours, the case having been placed in.
its hands at one minute to ten o'clock
Frlduy night and the verdict being-
rendered just before ten o'clock Sat
urday morning.
When the verdict was read tho
crowd seemed to expect that tho de
fendant would break down. Thoso
who had looked squarely in the cold
determined eyes and noted the set,
firm chin, did not. Mrs. Kennedy
listened, to the verdict just as every
one else did. There was not a shud
der, no exclamation, no suggestion
of a tear. If there was surprise or
disappointment her demeanor did not)
show it.
From the first tho jurors wore in
favor of punishing Mrs. Kennedy.
On the question of sanity, ten of tho
jurors voted that she was sane and
two that she was insane. Just be
fore retiring Friday night the jury
took a ballot on the degree of guilt.
This resulted in ten for second de
gree murder and two for manslaught
er in tho fourth degree. The first
ballot Saturday morning was unani
mous for second-degree murder.
FROM EQUATORIAL AFRICA.
HarngcM from Aihnntl, Dahomey, Sonngnl,
Otiltii mid thn Congo Form Strange
Colony nt llttllalo Imposition.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 17. There has
arrived here what is perhaps as
strange a crowd as has ever passed
through the hands of the officials of
Ellis island. They aro natives from
the heart of equatorial Africa, to peo
ple the African village, . a midway
feature of the Pun-American exposi
tion. Sixty-two of them arrived on
tho French line steamship La Lor
raine, and about 40 more nro expected
by a later vessel, to complete tho
colony. They arc drawn from Ashnnti
and Dahomey, from the Loango, Ga
boon and Senegal, from Quita and tho
Congo. They own us chief Lo Obcn
daga, a proud old ncgrq, who sat
with three of his wives apart from
the rest of the group. At homo he has
52 more wives awaiting his return,
for he is head of the Ogowe tribe, a
small but fierce band which has
waged war successfully on weaker
neighbors.
NO MORE SICK BENEFITS.
Modern Woodmen Strike This Provision,
from Its Ily-Lu,ivs Favor Fraternal
Society Ilulldlng at St. Louis.
St. Paul, Minn., June 1C The Mod
ern Woodmen of America head eamp
adopted resolutions favoring tha
building of a fraternal societies
building at the Louisiana purchase ex
position at St. Louis, nnd changing tho
woodmen memorial day from the third
to the first Sunday in June of each
year. The report of the law commit
tee was then again taken up. Tho
Insurance commissioner of New York
having ruled against fraternal In
surance societies providing sick bene
fits, that matter was stricken from tho
bylaws of the national organization.
WILFLEY ATTORNEY GENERAL-
Missouri Man Given a Kcsponslhlo l'laos
by the Supremo Court of tho Phil
ippine Islands.
Manila, June 10. Tho Philippine
commission has appointed the follow
ing supreme court judges: Chief jus
tice, Cayetnno Arellnno; Florentino
Torres, ex-attorney general; J. V.
Cooper, of Texns; Gen. James F.
Smith, of California, formerly collect
or of customs; Charles A. Willard, of
Minnesota;- Vietonina Mnpa, of lloilo;
Fletcher Ladle, of New Hampshire.
Tho commission hos appointed L. R.
Wilflcy, of Missouri, to be attorney
general. His assistant and solicitor
will be natives.
PHILIPPINE REVENUES.
An Incrouso of 510,51,"! for tho First Thro .
Mouths of 11)01 Total Ilovenues
Aggregate tS,ll)0,ai I.
Washington, June 10. An increase
of $940,515 in the customs revenues i
of tho Philippine islands for tho first
quarter of 1901, as compared with tho
same period of 1900, is set forth in &
statement by the division of insular
affairs of the war department. Tho
revenues for tho first quarter of the
current year amounted to $2,199,394.
A Tornado nt Dorchester, Neb.
Lincoln, Neb., June 17. Tho village
of Dorchester, 30 miles west, was
caught by n tornado Saturday after
noon Buildings in the center of tho
town wore picked up bodily and
hurled into the streets, bnrns were
unroofpd und demolished and trees
uprooted. None, of the inhabitanU
wero injured.
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