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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER W. W. SANDERS & SON, Publlihera. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. 1903 NOVEMBER 1903 SDX. 105. THIS. fM. 7J0R. 7RI. III. "T2"T56 7 8 T To 77 2 73 77 15 T6 T7T8 1? 20 2? 22 23 24" 25 26 27 28 29 30 7777777777 TOPICS OF THE DAY. The I'roprlotlcN Violated. If Dan Patch nnd Major Dolmar had nny Idea of propriety and courtesy they would not persist In tholr efTorta to snatch tho bluo ribbon from Lou Dillon. Illlnoln llouorn Mtn AVIIInril. Gov. Yates, of Illinois, has appointed flvo commissioners to purchaso a Btatuo of Francis E. "Wlllard, the tom pornnco worker, to bo erected In Stat uary hall, Washington. Clcvrln nri'fl Hoy. Qrovcr Cleveland wants hla boy to 1)0 n bridge bulldor, rnther than a politician. A politician muy bo all right, however, until ho acquires 'n taste for tho machine business. Th Army mill Yollow Kcver. Wo found no difficulty In stamping out yellow fever in Cuba, but can't do It among ourselves. This Is be cause wo let tho army do It for Cuba. Military government has many good points. The 1'ropur Cure. Now It develops that laziness Is n disease, produced by a germ whoso full namo Is "Unclnnrla Amorlcana." Its only cure Is tho Introduction Into tk system of the sufferer of another germ, fatally antagonistic to tho first, tho latter germ being scientifically known as workum hardlbus. tfooil l'olley in Kollnir. Benjamin L. WInchell, tho now trnf f.c manager of tho great Rock Island Frisco railroad interests, and Howard Elliott, 'tho new president of the Northern Pacific, camo up from tho ranks onmcrit. Thoy pursuod tho policy of-lwoys doing a Httlo more than they'oro actually required to do, and of doing It wolL No boy who adopts that policy will havo to hunt for n job; tho jobs will always bo hunting him. AveniKC Mnrrlne Age. Tho average marriage ago for men does not differ materially in countries which keep nccurato marriage records. It is highest. 31 years, in Sweden, and lowest In tho United States, 2Gj. Among women it Is also highest in Sweden, 28 years, and lowest in Rus- fcia, z'Z years, somo countries nx a minimum marriage ago, bolow which a marriagQ cannot bo lawfully per formed. In most parts of Germany It is fixed, nt 21 for tho bridegroom and 18 for tho brldo. In England It Is 10 and 15 respectively. Yielding to Temptation. Ono of the saddest Instances of yield ing to temptation known for many n day is the fall of tho superintendent of tko foreign mail branch of tho Now York post ofllco. Ho had been in tho service, for almost 30 years and had worked his way up to an Important nnd responsible position. After so ex tended a term of loyal and valuable labors ho was detected In stealing money, from letters. Ho was trusted so thoroughly that tho evidence of his guilt amazed everybody who knew him. Ooiulupr ta Stay. In 30 years 1,391,070 Italians havo como to this country. This lmmlgra tlon has a very peculiar character Until 1890 tho percentage of womon was less than 15, but now it has in creased to 39. This Indicates that tho Immigration has a marked tendency to become permanent. Thirty per cent or moro of Italian adults who havo been in this country more than ten years went back at loast onco to Italy nnd 80 per cent, of those, camo to this country again, bringing their families with them. "Ve-iv York'N Great Population. "Now York city now contains moro people than there were In tho Amerl can colonies when thoy achieved tholr independence. It has 1,000,000 more in habitants thnn tho kingdom of Greeco over 1,000,000 moro than tho kingdom of Servia, Is nearly equal In population to tho kingdom of Portugal and lack not much of squalling tho kingdom ol Holland. It has a larger population than any of tho Central American re publics and more than any South American nation, Brazil and the Ar gentine Republic excepted. HUNT FOR INDIANS. Five Hundred Men Scouring a Wy oming Country for Rodskins. Two llntttcA IliiTO Ilocri Fought. Itnt In Knck Chub tho OUIbiim Wro Outituut hurod kikI tlio IikIIaiih Cntne oft Victor. Denver, Col., Nov. .'. Flyo hundred men, including sheriff's posses, aug mented by volunteers from tho ranches adjacent, aro scouring tho country in tho vicinity of Lightning crook, In oastorn Wyoming. In search of the band of Indians which Saturday after ; noon fought a battlo with Sheriff Mil- lcr's posso, killing tho sheriff and one j deputy, named Fossonburg. Tho latest auvicos aro to tno oircci uiai a seconu battlo has boon fought and ten In dians killed and 11 others captured, but this has not yot been verified. News from tho scono of tho trouble, which Is 25 mllos from tolographlc com munication, is very meager. Tho Indians, 75 in number, said to bomdor tho leadership of Charllo Car ries Elk, are supposed to lie Siou from tho Pino Itidgo and Rosebud agencies in South Dakota. They have been hunting in tho Converse country, Wyoming, in violation of tho game laws of tho state. Sheriff Miller, with a posso, wont to tho scono of tholr depre dations last Saturday and for tho pur poso of arrostlag tho Indians. Tho In dians had received warning of the coming of tho whites and proparod an ambuscado for thorn. Tho posso, would havo been entirely wiped out but for tho fact thoy woro proceeding cautious ly and were In a measure prepared for somo trick on tho part of tho In dians. SOLD LOVE FOR A FARM. Mrs. Iitllln Iionci nu Town Yonnir Wlfo, WiiotH I.oirul ICrllnf from u llnil Ilitrcitlti. Dcs Moines, la., Nov. 3. Mrs. Llllle Long, a handsomo young woman of 24 years, related on tho witness stand boforo Judge Howe In tho district court how, on a chilly October night at a lonely country schoolhouse, near Polk City, sho bartered and sold herself to Nelson Long, a man of G5 years, for an Iowa farm. Now aho says to the court that sho made a bad bargain and wants to havo It called off. But sho wants moro than UiIb. Sho wants a large portion of her husband's fortuno, which ho has clovoly transferred to his sbn, as alimony. SEED DISTRIBUTION. Cnclo Hnin Ueelim Glvlnc A"'ny forty-Five Million l'tiokngeH or Uurdon mid " 'Ifold BoodH. Washington, Nov. 3. Tho largest congressional seed distribution over made by Undo Sam was begun yester day. Within tho coming threo or four months over 1,000 tons of garden and field seeds will bo distributed among tho people of ovory state and territory in tho union, at a cost of $270,000, tho amount appropriated by tho last con gress for this purpose. Tho total dis tribution this year will amount to about 45,000,000 packages. FAINTED WHEN SENTENCED. Murlo I.nytott Will Go to State Prison for Embezzling S.'Jfi.OOO from iv Card Company. Now York, Nov. 3. Mario Layton, who pleaded guilty here to two lndict monts of larceny from tho local ofllco of' the United States Playing Card company, of Cincinnati, was given an indotermlnato sontonco of not moro than fivo years and not. loss than one year In tho stato prison at Albany. Sho fainted when sontenco was pronounced. Tho total loss to tho company is said to havo boon in tho neighborhood of $35,000. TWO FREIGHTS COLLIDE. Seven Carlouils of Stock Killed and Hovcn Men Injured Fifty Miles West of St. I.ouls. St. Louis, Nov. 3. While running at a high speed an Inbound Wabash fast freight crashed Into a freight ahead In a denso fog yestordny, GO miles west of hero, Injuring sovon mon, t.vo of whom may dlo, and killing sovon cnrload3 of stock. Tho caboose of tho train ahead was spilt open and sovon stock mon woro hurled through the debris. Tho Injured woro -taken to hospitals In Moberly. Madden Is limine: Investiciitod. Washington, Nov. 3. Postmaster General Payne admitted that an in vestigation is bolng niado of charges Involving tho ofllco of Third Assistant Postmastor General Madden In con nection with tho speculation of Phila telists In certain valuablo specimen postago stamps. Kidnaped a Femiile School-Teacher. Norfolk, Nob., Nov. 3. A sommtlpn- al kidnaping Is roported from Paters burg, where Edith Reynolds, nn IS your-old school teacher, who has been In charge ten miles cast of town, la missing and la Hiipposod to havo been stolon and taken to Colorado by an aunt. GOVERNMENT FINANCES. Deficit1 of Flvo Million for tho Month 1'ubllo Debt Corrcftpoiirilngly IncrciiflciL. Washington, Nov. 3. Tho compara tive statement of government recolpts and expenditures show that for tho month of October, 1903, tho total re ceipts woro $46,903,213, and tho ex penditures $51,901,478, leaving a de ficit for tho month of $4,947,265. Tho Public Debt Stntomoitt. Washington, Nov. 3. The monthly statement of tho public debt shown that at tho close of business October 31 tho total debt, less cash In the treas ury, amounted to $920,402,501, which Is an increase for the month of $2,C49,95C. Colmico for October. Washington, Nov. 3. Tho total colnago executed at tho mints during October, 1903, was $3,872,220, as fol lows: Gold, $1,510,000; silver, $2, 224,000. STRIKE DECLARED OFF. McRRongornof tho 1'iictfloKxprcfln Company Advised to Itoturn to Work by Tholr I'ri'sldont. St Louis, Nov. 3. The strlko Inau gurated by the messengers of tho Pa cific Express company on October 15 for n ten per cent. Increase in wages, which resulted In a general walk-out of tho employes here and In other parts of tho country, was yesterday officially declared off by Presldont F. E. Modlo, of tho Brotherhood of Railway Ex pressmen. Mr. Modlo Issued an order rescinding tho strike and advising the strikers to act as they see best In re turning to work. TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKES. Xhrco Hundred nod Fifty Pontons Killed In Porsln and a Number of Others Injured. London, Nov. 3. A dispatch to tho Dally Mall from Simla says terrible, earthquakes havo occurred at Turshlz, near Turbat-l-IIaidari, In Persia, In which 350 persons were killed and numbers woro Injured. Ono hundred and eighty-four carpet factories wero destroyed and only 32 stalls wero left standing In tho great bazar. Tho en tiro town was practically demolished. A Huso Deceiver. Abilene, Kan., Nov. 3. A young woman and a man who gave their names as Mary Compton, of Ottawa, and Daniel Gordon, of Emporia, wero married by tho probate judge here yes terday morning and, as thoy wero boarding tho Rock Island train for Sa- Inn, tho groom leaped from tho plat form and ran Into a nearby cornfield and has not been heard from since. It Is said Gordon has been married four times, having deserted all his formor wives after getting money from them. Xjind Withdrawn from Settlement. Washington, Nov. 3. The general land officers havo with drawn from set tlement four townships in tho Water vlllo, Wash., land dlBtrlct and 12 townahips In the Spokane, Wash., dis trict, both for extension of Irrigation work. Orders also havo been issued for tho withdrawal of 93.C00 acres of unsurveyed land In tho Helena, Mont., district, for tho proposed Castle mountain forest reserve. Tho tract embraces townships 8 and 9 north, rang03 7 and 10 Inclusive cast. To llulld a "Mother" Church. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 3. Tho Meth odist Church society Is negotiating for tho sale of the valuablo property It owns on Walnut street between Ninth street and flro headquarters. With tho $100,000 or moro it realizes from tho salo It intends to erect a church to tako tho placo of Central Methodist church, Ninth street and Lydla avonue, which will be tho "mother" church for tho other nine southern Mothodlst churches In tho city. Kidnaped Ills Own Duucbtor. Springfield, O., Nov. 3. Oliver Gil Eon, a wealthy real estate dealer of Pasadena, Cal successfully kidnaped his 12-ycnr-old daughter at tho tem porary homo of his young wife In this city. Ho was detected in tho act by hla wife and her screams aroused tho neighborhood, but Gllson succeeded In bearing off tho child bareheaded to his hotol. Gilaon's wifo waa Mlsa Florence McGulre, who is said to havo separated from him recently. Tnstinnstnr General's Kstlmnti-s. WauhlnKton. Nov. 3. Postmastor General Payno. in his estimates for warded to tho treasury for transmis pion to congress for appropriations needed during the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1905, calls for an nggregato of $108,083,770 for tho postal service. Tho deficit for tho year ending Juno 30, 1D0B. calls for S8.G13.709. Tho freo delivery increase Is $3,103,700. A Negro Savings Dunk. Richmond, Va,, Nov. 3, A savings bank for negrdes, with a colored wom an for its presldont, began business horo yesterday. It Is Undor tho au spices of tho Colored Order of St. Luko and members of that order from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and other states wero on hand to make deposits. Tho aggrogato of tho dopos I its yesterday was about $75,000 SORROW AT PERDUE. Football Team of Famous Univer sity in a Fatal Wreck. On tho Outskirts of Indianapolis a IJlr Foar Train Carrylne 1,000 Persons lilt Somo Coal Cars with Tcr rlblo Itosult. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 1. A special train on tho Big Four bearing 954 La fayctto passengers, including several hundred students of Purdue university, was wrecked near Riverside park at the edge of the city. Fifteen dead wero taken from tho wreck and 40 passen gers wore Injured, 24 of them seriously. Among tho dead aro several members of tho Purduo university football team which was to play Indiana university for tho stato championship hero. Tho crash of tho two trains threw tho coal cars through tho first two coaches In which woro many of tho players and substitutes. The engine, two coal cars and two coaches wero crushed into a confused mass of. wreckage Undor this pile of debris wero 50 or moro students of the unlvor slty. Tho uninjured In the rear coaches hurried to tho aid of the victims. Tho scenes following tho rescue of' the dead and injured were distress ing. Strong men wept when they looked upon tho faces of their dead and injured classmates. Many of tho glrla knelt at tho sldo of the victims and bathed tholr wounds until tho services or a surgeon could bo secured. The women on the train did everything pos sible that their limited means would permit. All the young mon killed were in the firs' "oach which was re duced to kindling wood. They wero found lying mangled and bleeding with tho Injured pinned against them. OLD "AURORA" MISBEHAVING. Serious Weather Disturbances Throughout tho Country Said to llo Due to the Northern Light. Chicago, Nov. 1. Serious electrical disturbances, said to be due to tho aurora borealls, or northern lights, caused great inconvenience to tele graph and telephone companies. Tele graph wires In all directions from Chi cago felt the effect, In somo localities causing a total cessation of business. Long distance telephono wires were similarly affected, communication be ing entirely suspended at times. One report stated that huge waves of elec tric force passed through tho earth, paralyzing the strength of the currents in tho wires. ltrllllaut DIsplny In' New York. Now York, Nov. 1. A brilliant dis play of th6 aurora borealls Interfered with telegraphic service In this vicini ty. All cablegrams wore accepted sub ject to heavy delay. EXPLOSION SHOOK CITY. Two Mllos from Crestline, O.. Dynnmltc Do rod a -10-Foot llolo and Dcstroyud 500 Freight Curs. Crestline, O., Nov. 2. A car contain ing dynamito exploded from a sup posed collision or jar with another car hero last night, setting fire to. every car within a quarter of a mile. These set flro to adjoining cars and at 11 p. ra. at least 500 loaded and empty box cars wero burning. Tho explosion occurred nt the west end of tho Immense Penn sylvania yards in this city and about two miles from tho city proper. A hole 40 feet deep was blown in the ground and tho track wrenched Into all kinds of shapes for a long distance. Tho explosion smashed thousands of window glass, both plate and pano, and mado many people sick because of tho concussion. Railroad ties .were blown a quarter of a mile. TWENTY-TWO PERISHED. Terrible ItoHiilt' of Tciioniont-IIcinHo Flro In Now York Wit urn l'roporty Loss In Only 87,000. Now York, Nov. 2. Twenty-two mon, threo women and a ten-mouths- old babo were burned to death or suffo cated in a flro that started early yes torday morning in tho House of All Nations, a five-story tenement houso at No. 42G Eleventh Uvcnuo, and which tho pollco and coroner boliovo to havo ueen 01 ineenuiary origin, somo or tno pocultar features of tho disaster In ad- dltion to the startling loss of life aro uuu mo nre was pracucany extin- guisucu in minuics, mat trio ponco could learn of but ono person being in- jured, other than those who lost their lives, nnd that the property loss waa only $7,000. 'Tho dead aro mostly Italians. J own Stook-ICiilxcr 11 IJiinlcrnpt. Greston, la., Nov. 1. H. G. Sanders, 0110 of the best-known stock raisers and shippers in this stato, has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. Lia bilities, 15,337; assets, 2G0 acres of mortgaged land and other real estate valued at $4,800. Dciwlly Storm ut Guulilni;. Ok. Cushlng, Ok., Nov. 1. A disastrous wind and hailstorm horo damaged sov eial houses and stores. In ono houso which vvas set on flro by lightning and destroyed a woman, namo unknown, was burned to death. AN ERRAND TO DO. Traveler Asked to Stop In Texn on IIIh Way from Chlcnfro to JYetr York. ' One brother is a rich merchant in the Straits settlement on the Malay neninsula. The othur brother was, until a lew weeks, oso, the cook in a cheap restaurant on South. Clark street, fnys tho Chicago Tribune. The merchant sent to the cook a draft for euflicicnt money to pay his expenses out to Asia, and the cook gave up his job and Btnrtcd for his brother's home. The inter esting thing about the whole incident isJ& letter, written by the wealthy merchaWp. which accompanied the draft. In the first place the draft was made pay able in New York. "I tend you the money in a draft payable? in New York," wrote the brother from far off Asia. "You can go overand get it cashed, there. On the way 1 wish you would stop at. Texas and sec brother Thomas. I haven't, heard from him for two jearsiow, and l'di like to know how he's getting along." Money in Shoes. Shoe Dealer "It won't-, pay me to handle these shoes on such a MnalL margin." Drummer "I know the profits, are small; but, my dear sir, just look at the Bhoes, and sec how they are made."' "Humph! They are made very badly, mis erable stuff, too won't last a week." "That's, it, that it. You'll sell five pairs of these? shoes to one of any others." N. Y. Weekly. Pearl Peach Here is 10 cents, but I lmte toencourage you to drink." Weary Walker- "All I need is dc money. De encourage ment is not necessary." N. Y. Sun. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine. Carter's Little Liver Pills., Must Bear Signature of Sec Fac-Slmllo Wrapper Below. Very small anil as cosy to tako aa traffax. FOR HEADACHE FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER, f OR CONSTIPATION; FOP. SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION CARTERS llTTLE . 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