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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. W. SANDKltS, I'ubtUtier. NEMAHA, " - " - NEBRASKA, TOPICS OP THE DAV. Where Cut Am Worth fUft Hnoh. Owing to n plaguo of rats unci mioo cats Hell at $25 apiece In North Yu kon territory. Tim IoiinIntloii of UnTvitll. Out of the population of 100,000 in Hawuii nearly 00,000 aro Asiatic, CO, 000 being Japanese and 30,000. Chi nose. There aro also several thou sand Portorluans. Vnnn (he WIiikn. When a girl secures damages in a lawsuit because tlio jury is said to bo influenced by her beauty she is about an near Heaven us it is possible to get without dying. Wlmt Morcnn Hitrrlllrncl. It is hoped King Kdward appre ciates tlin 30-mInute chat witli J. Plcrpont Morgan. Mr. Morgan gave him several million dollars' worth of hit) time und got nothing in re turn. By WnltliiK TnreW Moudm. A year ago the Boera wore offered $5,000,000 to restore their farms if they would agree to terms of peace. By waiting 12 months they obtained $15,000,000 and a big lot of British commissary bupplies. Comfort for (lie I-'?ell Mlnilrd. It is announced that the British authorities have introduced ping pong into imbecile wards of poor houses for t ho purpose of affording tho inmates an easy and innocent amusement at a small cost. Bo it Bccmu tho game has its value after all. Ilniiur for "Wllllnm ami Victoria. James Haworth, aged 81 years, in tends to pull tho bell rope- in St. Paul's cathedral on coronation dny. He rang tho bells for the death of William IV., for the accession of Queen Victoria, the birth of all her children, and her two jubilacH, and for the accession of Edward VI f. Your VhIiio When Ilctul. A chemist has determined by painstaking analysis that a human body of average nlzo contains tlirco pounds and thirteen ounoes of cal cium. Tho current quotntion of cal cium is $300 an ounce, which would give us caoh a vuluo in tho retort of 118,300, or one-fourth our weight In gold. Follow (lie Knitter' Hxiuitplc. President Roosevelt, who, accord ing to the story now going tho rounds of tho American press, in variably carries his rovolver about with him, especially when he goes on his excursions in the suburbs of Washington, either on horseback or afoot, follows in this the oxnmplo of Emperor William, who, for years, has always gone about armed. Mnvcrln l'inrli of War. The magnitude of the war against tha Boers is strongly shown in tho statement of the British chancellor of tho exechequer, that meroly to wind it up and return tho British troops to their homes nnd tho sur viving Boers to their farms will cost $200,000,000. In comparison with this the $20,000,000 we paid Spain for the good-will she did not have in tho Philippines seems trilling. AnoOior PuNNtiiK Graft. The Pullman conductors aro ask ing for a raise. They can't live on their salaries and tho tips have fall en off sadly of late. It took tho traveling public a long time to ar rive at the conclusion that tho Pull man company was fully ablu to pay its own employes, but this action of tho conductors would seem to indi cate that that conclusion had been readied by a good many people. Write Two-Third of (ho l,o(orn, People who speak English write two-thirds of the letters of tho world, says Bradstrent's. Tliero are substantially 500,000,000 persons speaking colloquially ono or other of tho 10 or 12 chief modern lan guages, und of these about 25 per cent., or 125,000,000 persons, speak English. About 00,000,000 speak Bus Bian, 75,000,000 German, 55,000,000 French, 45,000,000 Spanish, 35,000,000 Italian and 12,000,000 Portuguese. I3x(riiviiKiuice I'revoiidt Mnri-Ino. President Taylor, of Vnssnr college, in his baccalaureate sermon to the seniors declared that the public in terest In the college woman and mar riage is a small matter when it Is noted that society Is doing all that it possibly can, by its extravagances in all directions, to deter tho young people from marrlago. "The whole future is in poril," ho said, "by this tendency to pleasure and extrava gance, for it is tlurt which keeps young people from getting married." A. SPECIAL MESSAGE. President Roosevelt Urges Tariff Concessions to Cuba. Prnpoird ((eduction of SO 1'nr Cent., II IiiiUIii, Will Olvn Dralrad Keller BliU Will Not A (Tent I'roteotivB Tariff Hyatain, Washington, June 14. President Kooscvclt sent a special message to congresH yesterday urging tariff concessions to Cuba. After quoting extracts from President McKinley's last message in favor of such action and his own message of last Decem ber reiterating President McKinley's views, lie says: Yesterday, June 12, I received by cable from tho Amurlcnn milliliter In Cuba a moBt earnest appeal from 1'rcsldont 1'al ma for "IcKlalatlvo relief before It Is too late and (Ills) country financially ruined." Tho Brant Iiik of reciprocity with Cuba la i proportion which stands entirely alone. Tho reasoiiH for It fur outweigh thoso for Kiuntlni: reciprocity with any other na tion, and aro entirely conislstunt with prc forvlriK Intact the protectlvo system un der which thin country has thriven ho mnrvcloiisly. Tho prenent tariff law was Unsigned to promote the adoption of such a reciprocity treaty and expressly pro vided for a reduction not to exceed 20 per cent, upon noods cotnlnp from a par ticular country, leaving tho tariff rates on tho name articles unchanged as re gards all other countries. Objection has been mndo to tho granting of tho reduc tion on tho ground that tho substantial bandit would not go to tha agricultural producer of sugar, but would lnur to tha American sugar refiners. In my ludgment provision enn and should be mudu which will guarantee as against this possibility, without having recourse to doubtful policy, such as a bounty In the form of a rrbato. Tho question as to which, If any, of tho different schedules of tho tariff ought most properly to bo revised docs not enter Into this 'matter in any way or shape. Wo aro concerned with getting a friendly reciprocal arrangement with Cuba. This uirangcment applies to all tho articles that Cuba grows or pro duces. It is not In our power to deter mine what these articles shall be', and any discussion of the tariff as It affects special schedules or countries other than Cuba, is wholly aside from the subject matter to which I call your attention. Somo of our citizens oppose tho lower ing of the tariff on Cuban products, Just as three years ago they opposed tho ad mission of tho Hawaiian islands, lest freo Undo with them might ruin certain of nur Interests here. In tho uctual event their fears proved baseless as regards Hawaii, and their apprehensions as to tho damage to any Industry of our own because of tho proposed measure of reci procity with Cuba seem to mo equally baseloss. In my Judgment no American Industry will bo hurt, and many Ameri can Industries will bo benefited by the proposed uctlon. It Is to our ndvnntago as n nation that the growing Cuban mar ket should bo controlled by American producers. The events following tho war with Bpuln, and tho prospective building of tho Isthmian canal, render it certain, that wu must take In the futuro a far greater Intervst than hitherto In what happons throughout the "West Indies, Contral America and tho adjacent coasts and waters. "Wo expect Cuba to treat, us on an exceptional footing: politically, and wo should put hrr In the same ex ceptional position economically. The proposed action Is in line with the courso wo have pursued as regards all the Is lands with which we have been brought Into relations of varying intimacy by tho Spnnlsh war. Porto Itlco and Hawaii huvo been included with our tariff Unas, to their great benellt as well ns ours, and without any of the feared detriment to our own Industries. Tho Philippines, which stand in a different relation, liavo been granted substantial tariff conces sions. Cuba Is an Independent republic, but a republic which has assumed certnin spe cial obligations as regards her interna tional position in compllanco with our request. I nslc for her certain special economic concessions In return, these economic concessions to benellt us ns well as her. There aro fow brighter pages In American history than tho pago which tells of our dealings with Cuba during the past four years. On her be half wo waged a war, of which tho main spring was gonerous Indignation against oppression, and wo have kept faith ab solutely. It is earnestly to be hoped that wo Will complete In tho samo spirit tho record so well begun, and show In our dealings with Cuba that sturdy con tinuity of policy which It is essential for our nation to establish In foreign affairs If wo desire, to play well our part as a world-power. We aro a wealthy and powerful na tion; Cuba Is a young republic, still weak, who owes to us her birth, whoso whole futuro, whose very life, must de pend on our attitude toward her. I ask that wo help her as she struggles up ward along tho painful nnd dllllcult road of self-gpvernlng Independence. I ask this aid for her, because sho is weak, because she needs It, because wo have already aided her. I ask that open hnnded help, of a kind which n self respecting people can accept, ho given to Cuba, for the very reason that we have given her such help In tho past. Our soldiers fought to give her fropdom; and for three years our representatives, civil and military, have tolled unceasing ly, facing dlseuse of a peculiarly sinister and fatal typo with patient and uncom plaining fortitude to teach her how to use aright her new freedom. Never In history has any alien country been thus administered, with such high integrity of purpose such wise Judgment and such a single-handed devotion to tho country's interests. Now I ask that tho Cubans bo given all possible chance tp use to the best advantage tho freedom of which Americans have such right to bo proud, and for which ho many American lives, have been sacrificed. CIiIiwmi Cannot Kntnr Culm. lliiMinn, .Mine II. Forty-nine Chi nes"e immigrants urrlwd hero on tliti Mourner Monterey, but were not lib lowed to hind. They came from San Francisco by. tho way of Vancouver. ThiB action was taken by tho Cuban jovornmont under the American mili tary order prohibiting such immigra SHE HAS NO RECOURSE. lloime Committee Itnfnuon to Order an In- ventlgittlnn of the Dlntnlunl of Mini Itebecea J. Tnylor, Washington, Juno 17. The house committee on reform of tho civil service Monday voted six to two, on party lines, to table the resolution calling on the secretary of war for information as to the dismissal of Rebecca J. Taylor, a clerk of the war department. The case has ex cited somo attention because Miss Tnylor was dismissed for writing a letter nppearing in a Washington newspnper headed "Tho Ping Shall Stay Put," and criticising tho presi dent's nttitudo in refcrenco to tho Philippines. Chairman Gillett pre sented to the committee all tho cor respondence touching tho case. This included a letter from Secretary Boot to tho chairman stating: "No head of a department can maintain effect ive administration if he is obliged to depend upon the services of clerks who arc so violently opposed to the succcbb of the work in which they are engaged that they aro unable to re frain from public denunciation of tho purpose of the work and public insult to tho president." WHOSE MONET IS IT? I'npe nml Filipino Hiillclnn Orilnm Likely to Dmngree Over Dlipimltloti of 1'ro- ceedn of Fr iir Lauds. Bomo, June 17. Tho complete suc cess of the negotiations between Judge Tuft, governor of the Philip pines, and the vntican on the subject of the friar lands in those islands np pcars assured, four out of the five cardinals composing the sub-committee of cardinals favoring the govern or's proposals. Cardinal Steinhuber, a Jesuit, opposes them. After tho completion of the negotiations an acute conflict Is expected between the vntican officials and the Filipino religious orders regarding the dis position of the money which tho United States will pay for the lands. The vatlean considers that the money ought to be given to the propaganda or society of cardinals having tho care and oversight of foreign missions. HIIIh tn Amend l'ernlon Lnu-x. Washington, June 17. Two bills were passed to amend tho general pension lnws, one to provide for the restoration to the pension rolls of the widows of soldiers who subse quently married and werp ngain widowed, und one to increase the pension of those who have lost a limb or were totally disabled while in the military or naval service. The latter bill also caricd an importaut provision to increase the pension of a soldier under tho dependent act of 1890 from $12 to $30 per month, when Btich pensioner requires fre quent or periodical attendance. Killed AlUsourl Wlfo-Heater. Bockport, Mo., June 17. George Arbuthnot, employed on John S. Bil by's cattle ranch in Atchison county, was shot and killed by Daniel Wat son, foreman of the Middle ranch. At the time of the tragedy Arbuthnot was beating his wife because sho would not give up her place as cook and leave with him. Unfnrttinuiit I'rodlcniiieiit of n Itrlde, Wichita, Kan., Juno 17. Visitors arrived here yesterday from Atch ison nnd other places to nttend tho wedding of II. L. White nnd Miss Liz zie Stahl. They found the bride quarantined. She was visiting a neighbor when tho health board placed a smallpox quarantine upon everybody In tho house. All efforts to get her out have fnilcd. Honor for Cnpt. Vlnirlim K Clnrk. Washington, Juno 17. Tho presi dent Bent tho following nomination to the senate: Capt. Charles 15. Clark to be advanced seven numbers in rank to be a rear admiral in the nnvy. Capt. Clark formerly com manded the battleship Oregon. Tho Curo" Killed the Child, Muncie, Ind., June 17. Pronin Pritt, the four-year-old son of a Hunga rian family, was badly scalded. The parents, acting on tho advice of neighbors, burled the child up to its neck in enrtli in which it remained several hours, until it died. Fritud Order IamuuiI. Washington, Juno 17. The post master general Issued a fraud order against tho World's Co-Operntivo league, of Carrollton, Mo for using the mails for illegal purposes and to obtain money under false and fraud ulent pretenses. Noah (tiMviiiuu Nominated for CnngreHs, Port Scott, ICnn., June 17. Tho joint convention of the democratic nnd populist parties took an unex pected turn yesterday evening by nominating Noah L. Bowman, of Har nett, for congress in tho Second dis trict. A Farmer Driiwuod In the lllut (t Ivor. Marysville, Knn., Juno 17. William Coekrell, a wealthy farmer of this county, was drowned while attempt ing to cross the Blue river in a boat. The swollen condition of the streum made it impossible. TO PEEVENT REVOLT Secretary of War Tells Why Money Was Paid to Gen. Gomez. Gen. Ilronke Ilegnn It, Gen. Wood Kept Ik Up, Seeretnry Itont Approve It nnd Congrem lla Known It Two Your. Washington, June 17. Secretary Boot has assumed full responsibility for tho payment of money to Ocu. Gomez by Gen. Wood, during the American occupation of Cuba, and stands prepared to furnlBli what ho rcgurds as tho most convincing proofs that the payments were dic tated by the wisest statesmanship. At the war department n high olllcial stated tho position of the department In the matter us follows: "Tho conditions in Cuba two years ago were precarious. Not a Cuban believed that the United Stutcs gov ernment ever would withdraw from Cuba und the half-famished veterans of the Cuban army, were in a danger ous mood and clamoring for their pay. Gen. Gomez was the head and front of their army and had served the revolutionary cuuso as its prin cipal leader without having received a cent of pay. Gen. Wood thought, and Secretary Boot thought after ward, that Gen. Gomez was enti tled to consideration; to a home which was supplied him and in which he entertained his comrades nnd to an income, which last might be set down as a small offset to the money due Gomez from the Cuban republic. That the Cubans themselves regard ed the matter in the same light was sIiowji by the passage by the pres ent Cuban congress, among tho very first of its acts, of a bill providing a liberal pension for Gen. Gomez. It is believed that but for this assump tion of tlie costs of Gomez's living expenses the conditions in Cuba must have paralleled those in tho Philip pines and tho United States govern ment, nfter fighting Spain to secure freedom for the Cubans, might have been obliged to turn on them tho force of her nrmy. "The necessity being present, in Secretary Boot's view, the only other point was the legality and propriety of the payments. He soon satisfied himself that there was not the slight est doubt on that score. The mili tary governor was obliged to assume the responsibility for his disburse ments and to exercise his discretion. Gen. Brooke did this and after him Gen. Wood and Secretary Boot now fully approves of everything they did, including tho payments to Go mez." It is pointed out at the war de partment as a curious fact that con gress has been in full possession of the information that Gomez had been receiving those payments for no less than two years past. The war department that far back sub mitted to congress the full statement of nil expenses in Cuba and included in the list was a statement of the payments to Gen. Gomez. HEWN LIMB FROM LIMB. The JtodleH of HflTou American fSoldlera Captured by Ludroues Found Mutllutml. Manila, June 17. The bodies of the sergeant, two corporals nnd four privates of the Fifth cavalry, which wero captured May :J0 by ladrones at Binnngonan, Bizal province, this island, have been recovered. Most of the bodies had been hewn limb from limb and it was found impossible to recognize four of tho dead men. A number of nrrests in the matter have been mndc nnd nine men have been absolutely identified ns belonging to the band of lndrones which captured the Americnus. The identified men included two members of the police force of Teresa, Morong province. The American soldiers were buried yesterday together; it was impossi ble to make sepnrate interment. KILLED MANY WOMEN. At I.n Outtlrit KoYnlutlonlHtH Mndo tin At tack Whleli Wr Answered by tho (Jovoriimeiit Forced. Willemsted, Curncou, Juno 9. Ad vices received hero announce that the Venezuelan revolutionists at tacked LaGuairn, the port of Caracas, Saturday. The government forces answered by shelling Maiqnelia, a suburb of LaGunira. from the forts ashore, and from the Venezuelan wnrship Miranda. Many peaceful wo men were killed. All the commercial houses wero closed the day of the bombardment and tho inhabitants wero panic stricken. Eventually the revo lutionists who numbered nbout 400 men were repulsed. They destroyed tho bridge at Bouqueron, on tho Car acas (F.nglish) railroad, and stopped all traffic for 12 hours. They also cut tho French cable and the tolc graph wires. I.m-lmn Tu lie Until of Allitghinan. Manila, June 17. Gen. Lucban, tho insurgent leader, who was recently captured, has taken tho ontli of al legiance and hus been released. EATS LUNCH IN COURT. former Sncnlccr Herd Slinrm tha Content of Ilia Grlpanck frith "Wllllnm C. "Whitney. Thomas Brackctt Peed qualified as an expert in electricity in the United States court at Ne-w York the other day. Taking his lunch with him, stowed away in a well-worn yellow gripsack, reminiscent of the dny when he used to campaign for con gress up in Maine, he sat nil day long in a class in higher electricity, drink ing in the technical terms with much gusto, and wound up by reading hig essay from a pink manuscript. Mr. Beed nppeared as counsel forth Stanley Electrical company, of Pitts field, Mnss. Tho WcBtinghouse com pany asked an. injunction to prevent the Stanley people from an alleged in fringement on an electric motor pat ented by Nikola Tesla. Millions hinga on the result of the case, the futuro of the Stanley company, which is now employing 1,200 men in Tittsfield, de pending upon what is done in the case. The big display of electrical machin ery which filled the courtroom was there to demonstrate that the Stanley motor is different from that of Tcsla. When the court adjourned for re cess Mr. Beed took his bis? Maine grip sack nnd, calling his friend, William C. Whitney, went back to the last bench of the courtroom, no opened the big grip nnd exhibited a luncheon that would have delighted a stevedore. There were big, brown, old-fashioned biscuits, sliced open and filled with ham and chicken. Like two school boys the big ex-sneaker and his friend dived into the sandwiches and between mouth fuls the big Maine man told fun ny stories. THE TAG END OF THINGS. The mandarin duck is one of tho most beautiful of aquatic birds. Japan has 150 varieties of rice, many of which are adapted to American coil. The use of Spanish is decreasing, but it is still a very important language in commerce. String beans may be obtained dur ing the entire summer by planting once n month for successive supplies. North America is credited with 20 volcanoes, Central America with 25, and South America with 37. Many of these are upon islands. The number of pieces of Fepnrate ly ns&essed real estate in New York is 47G.G40 this year 100,802 in Manhat tan, 89,147 in Queens, 52,095 in Tho Bronx, 23.7G8 in Bichmond and 204,823 in Brooklyn. Under a decision of the nppellnte di vision, just published, the law stands now in New York btate that a co respondent who puts in a defense in a suit for divorce is liable for all the costs of the case, if he does not suc ceed in his defense. The title of "doctor" was invented in the twentieth century and conferred for the first time upon Inerius, of the University of Bologna. The first "doc tor of medicine" was Gulielmo Gor ilcnio, who received the honor from the College of Aosti, also in Italy, in 1220. Metaphysical Magazine. COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP. Breed, Wis., June ICth. Charles F. Peterson, of this place, Justice of the Peace for Oconto Countj', tells the fol lowing fctory: "For years I had an aching pain in my back which troubled me very much, jspecially in the morning. 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