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FUONTiER PHIXTIXU COMPANY.
O’NEILL, - - NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
Columbuslteu have organized a sewer
Company.
A cow at Pender gave birth to three
calves and then died.
That big Union Pacific mortgage has
been filed all along the line.
North Platte people are hopeful that
the newly organized Union Pacific
company will build the proposed
branch line through Keith, Deuel,
Cheyenne and Scott's Bluff counties.
Myrtle Young, the 16-year-old daugh
ter of NIghtwatchman Lee, of David
City, made an attempt to commit sui
cide by taking a dose of laudanum.
The timely arrival of physicians saved
ber life.
Rev. T. W. C. Cheeseman of Seward,
Neb., who has been holding revival
meetings in the Congregational church
1n Ashland, has been called to the pas
torate to succeed Rev. Wilson Denney,
who moved to Chanes City, la., in
December. He will take charge about
March 1.
The five men who were being held
In Wahoo on suspicion of the Rising
postofflee robbery were taken to Lin
- coin by the postoffice Inspector and
8heriff Farris. The postmas er at Ris
ing Identified some of the money found
in the possession of the men when ar
rested. The authorities are sure they
bave the right men.
Little Ruth, aged three years and
clx months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
I. C. Orabill of Shenandoah, la., the
latter of whom, with her two children,
was visiting the family of Joseph Bred
of Ponca, fell into a boiler of hot suds
Thursday afternoon and was so badly
burned that she died the next morning
at 3:30 o’clock.
There will be new houses and barns
galore built by farmers of Wayne
county this year. Many of them have
paid oft their old debts during the past
year, says the Republican, and bave
unbounded confidence in the future
and money with which to Improve the
farms, and they will use it.
The dwelling house on the farm of
A. Clark, a few miles north of York,
and occupied by Charles Johnson,
caught fire from a defective flue and
was entirely consumed, together with
•tearIy all the household goods belong
ing to Mr. Johnson. The loss was
about $1,000, with no lnsuranqe.
The Union Pacific paid its Valley
county taxes last week, amounting to
$2,558.31. This was after deduc lng
$88.64 which they claim was Illegally
Assessed. The question of the Tatter
amount being due or not will be set
tled In court, and by stipulation the
amount Is received so as not to preju
dice the case In any way.
Harry Rasdall, William Brown, Wil
liam Phillips and, a man giving his
name as “Dutchy,” all of Homer, were
placed under arrest by Deputy United
States Mar*hall Allan at Dakota City,
and taken before United States Com
missioner Sloan to answer to the
charge of selling liquor to the Indians.
Rasdall gave bonds and continued his
case. Brown was adjudged not guilty
and Phillips and “Dutchy” were given
sixty days each In Jail at Omaha.
A car arrived at Palmyra from New
Fork via the Pennsylvania and B ft
M. railroads billed to J. O. Moore,
commander of Mansfield past No. 54,
A. R., upon which was loaded one
100-pounder Rifled Parrott cannon,
length, twelve feet nine Inches, cir
cumference at breech, six feet ten
Inches, bore, six and one-half inches,
weight, 9.700. This cannon is to bo
mounted on the O. A. R. let in Rose
wood cemetery, as a monument to the
old soldiers.
Following is the record of mor'gage
Indebtedness for the month of Janu
ary, 1898, for Platte county: Tbirty
two farm mortgages filed, $28,335;
same released, thirty-elglrt, $28,798.70;
nine town and city mortgages filed, $6>
784.49, same released, twenty, $25,963.
$0, seventy-eight chattel mortgages
filed, $31,268.12; same released, sixty
wine, $17,756.66. The $14,000 difference
la the chattel record is caused by the
large number of mortgages given on
atock to be fed, and is no indication
that the farmers are renewing their
paper.
Lincoln dispatch: Treasurer neim
rod and Chairman Kierstead of the
Douglas county board of commission
ers came down this morning and
turned over the $100,000 of exposition
£ bonds to the state treasurer. They
were given checks on an Oinaha bank
(or $104,600 in return therefor. The
money paid by the state treasurer
comes out of the permanent school
fund. The interest on the bonds goes
Into the temporary school fund,"and
the permanent fund is therefore de
pleted $4,600, the amount of the prem
ium paid for the bonds.
The county commissioners of Nema
hs county discovered that last year
they levied % of a mill more than the
status would allow. The levy amount
ed to 9% mills for ordinary county
revenue, including the support of the
poor. The statutes are very plain that
'■* 9 mills is the limit and as a conse
quence the B. & M. railroad, through
Its agent, Mr. Thomas, tendered Coun
ty Tiwasurer Engles last week $8,848.
90, (he amount of its taxes on the
basis of 9 mills for the general tund.
This amount Mr. Engles could not ac
cept, as his books called tor more.
A number of robberies of passengers
on the Burlington trains near Lincoln,
nays a dispatch from the capital, have
been reported lately, but no one has
been arrested. The other night S. R.
Foss of Saline county was set upSn
and bustled by a gang on the west
, bound train just out of the city limits,
■j; The robbers did not succeed in get
ting anything, but jumped otf the train
'. and ran toward Lincoln. Friday night
F. A. lden of Edgemont had hia pock
ets picked on the train for the Black
Hills, losing two railroad tickets and
other valuables worth $190, Just after
■ the train tcR Lincoln.
PITFALL OF DE LOME.
THE LETTER THAT BROUGHT
HIM TROUBLE.
lie CnreledKly Left It Upon III* Wfflre Dc»k
—It I* Read by a Legation Attache
Who Sent Word to the Junta and a
Pontofflce Clerk at Havana Steal* the
Communication.
De Lome Wa* Carele**.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 14—The
Press prints today what it asserts to
be the true version of the acquisition
and publication of the letter from Mr.
de Lome to Senor Canaiejas. The au
thority cited for its authenticity Is
“A Cuban of the highest standing in
the councils of liis party,” who re
ceives his Information "from headquar
ters in New York.” The story pro
ceeds to say:
The letter was not stolen from the
United States mails, hut was secured
by an agent of the Cuban junta in the
postoffice at Havana. Don Jose Canai
ejas, to whom the letter was ad
dressed, never saw the original. He
did not know until eight days after
the letter reached Havana that such a
letter from Spain's representative at
Washington had been written him.
"De Lome wrote the letter in his
private residence at Washington, in
stead of at the Spanish legation. The
paper, however, was marked with the
official type and read in the corner
‘Legation Espana.’' The same inscrip
tion was upon the left hand upper
corner of the envelope.
“Senor do Lome did not mall the
letter from his house. In fact he had
not quite completed it upon the morn
ing it was written, and carried it to
the legation, where it was first seen
and noticed by a person who is In the
employ of the embassy, acting in a
sub-official capacity. The letter lay
on the desk of the minister in his in
ner office, the outer office being Y is
place of reception to visitors. During
an absence of half an hour from the
inner office of De Lome the clerk in
question saw the open letter and read
some of it.
• **« uwjr iuia Diiiiic ptm tiuu hijuv
word to his Cuban associates In Wash
ington to the effect that he had seen
a letter from Do I/ome to Canalejas
In which President McKinley was vil
ified and autonomy called a scheme.
Several of the Cuban leaders got to
gether and asked the employe of the
embassy to secure the letter. They
did not believe his story, although he
urged them to come Into the public
print and make charges against De
Come. Because they did not have the
letter In their possession the leaders
refused to Bay anything about It. The
employe of the legation was urged to
use all means In his power to secure
the letter, although It was considered
probable that the letter waB already
In the malls when the Cubans at the
Hotel Raleigh were Informed of Its ex
istence.
"The clerk in the employ of Minis
ter de Lome saw no more of the letter.
His memory-written abstracts were
sent to New York, and it was urged
that could possession of the letter be
obtained and his statements proven to
he true the letter would be of Incal
culable value to the Cubans as sub
stantiating what Cuban leaders had
maintained regarding autonomy and
the general Spanish policy In official
circles towaru this country and Its of
ficers. Immediately words of warning
and urginga to be on the alert was sent
to every Cuban who might be in a
position to obtain track of or inter
cept the much sought for missive.
“The letter reached Havana five
flays after its pOBtmak In Washington.
An agent of the Cuban party who Is an
employe of the Spanish postoffice knew
that the letter was on the wav and
when It came Into his hands it was
carried from the postoffice and a copy
was made of it.
“Word to this effect was Bent to the
Cuban leader In Jacksonville. Fla.,
who at once asked the secret Cuban
junta In Havana to secure the original
letter—that a copy was not what he
desired.
“The Havana postoffice clerk was
not willing to do this, but afterward
consented, as he was obliged to ac
count for a certain number of letters.
The original was then taken, several
blank sheets substituted In place of
the paper on which De Lome had writ
ten and the letter finally postmarked
in the Havana poutoffice and sent on
its routine way.
“Bight days after its arrival in the
Havana office the sealed envelope,
properly addressed to Senor Canalejas,
was delivered at the Hotel Inglatterra.
Senor Canalejas did not regard the
matter seriouslv at the time, although
the hotel boy who brought him the let
ter and the postoldce employe who had
charge of it were arrested. So also
was the hotel employe who went sev
eral times dally to the postoffice for
the mails. The three were discharged
after an examination.
Senor Canalejas communicated al
most lmmendiately with Minister
Lome, and for several weeks letters
and cablegrams pased between the
two, but no trace of the letter could be
obtained. Canalejas shortly thereafter
left Havana, going to Madrid.”
Do Dome Mutter 1m the House
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Repre
sentative Lewis of Washington has
preoared a joint resolution, which he
will offer in the house today, express
ing it to be the sense of the house
and senate that the president decline
to recognize the resignation of Senor
de Lome, the Spanish minister, and
instead inform him that he is persona
non grata.
A Pensioner Returns His Money,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Pension
Commissioner Evans has recently re
ceived from a pensioner in San An
tonio, Texas, an express order for $879.
It was money which the sender be
lieved he had not properly received,
and. animated by this feeling, he had
returned It to the government. Mr.
Evans had an investigation made of
the case and ascertained that the pen
sioner was honestly entitled to the
money he was receiving, vis.: $12 per
month for deafness, and directed the
entire amount returned to him.
LOST AT SEA.
The Steamer Vendam Wrecked and Set
on Fire.
NEW YORK, Fell. 14.—The steamer
St. Louis, Captain Randle, which ar
rived from Southampton, reports the
loss at sea of the Holland-American
line steamer Veendam, Captain Sten
ger, from Rotterdam for New York.
The passengers and crew of the
Veendam were saved by the St. Louis.
At Quarantine Captain Stenger of
the Veendam reported as follows:
"The Veendam left Rotterdam Febru
ary 2, with a general cargo, nine cabin
118 steerage passenfers and eighty-flve
crew bound for New York. Had strong
northwest gales and high west and
northwest seas. February 6, at about
5:17 p. m. ship at the time being In
latitude, 49.36 north, longitude, 20.1
west, the steamer struck a submerged
wreck or wreckage, which probably
tore a hole in the ship bottom and
broke its propellor shaft. We found
that our ship was making considerable
water. We at once set all pumps to
work, but notwithstanding this the
water gained on us. In the meantime
all our boats were made ready in or
der if necessary to leave the ship, as
it was now sinking rapidly at the
stern. At 1:30 a. m. we observed the
lights of a large steamer bearing about
east by south from us. We made sig
nal of distress, on which the vessel
bore down on us. We then decided for
the safety of the passengers and crew
to abandon the ship.
"The vessel proved to be the St.
Louis of the American line, bound
from Southampton for New York. We
hailed it and reported that our ship
was sinking and that we wished to be
taken off. At 1:43 a. m. we com
menced to transfer our passengers
and crew, using three boats of the St.
Louis and one of ours. Our men were
kept at the pumps.
"At 4:63 a. m. Monday morning
everybody had been transferred to the
St. Louis. When the last boat left
the Veendam was laboring very heav
ily and sinking rapidly by the stern.
The transfer of the passengers and
crew took, notwithstanding the great
difficulties and high seas running,
three hours and ten minutes and was
accomplished without the slightest ac
cident.
“As the wreck was a dangerous ob
struction to navigation we decided to
set it on Are. which was done. The
position of the wreck was then lat
itude 49.19 north, longitude 19.47 west.
On board the St. Louis we were warm
ly received and the captain and his
officers did everything possible for our
comfort. We take this opportunity to
expres sour utmost gratitude also in
the name of the passengers of the
Veendam.'
WhcRt Shown nn Upwfird Tpndpncy,
CHICAGO. Feb. 14.—Substantial ad
vances took place in the leading fea
tures in wheat lest week, May closing
with a net gain of 216 cents, while
July advanced 1% cents. The market
was not without periods of weakness,
but in the main was strong, the feeling
at times very active, especially toward
the latter part of the week. Saturday
and Monday there was a decided bear
ish disposition among traders. Weak
cables, favorable reports from the Ar
gentine, India and Australian crops
caused small declines. On Tuesday the
market was helped by the best de
mand for export that has bean re
ported in some time. Urgent demand
from many of the principal milling
centers was also reported and the con
tinued heavy northwest receipts gave
the market a drooping tendency at
first, but the remarkable cash situa
tion started a general buying move
ment late in the day which finally be
came a scramble to cover and a sharp
advance resulted. There was a reac
tion on Wednesday on realizing and
outside selling, but on Thursday the
market became very strong and re
mained so throughout Friday. Reports
that the Loiter interests were making
contracts for the moving of all rail
of a large part of their wheat to the
seaboard and that part of it was for
direct shipment to Liverpool ad
vanced prices rapidly, the market tak
ing on at times some degree of excite
ment under the urgent demand. Strong
Liverpool cables, small stocks at that
market and the fact that Argentine
shipments fell short of expectations
added to the strength of the general
situation.
Tho San Jose Scale.
BERLIN, Feb. 14.—The government
expert Investigation to ascertain
whether the San Jose scale may exist
in dried fruit, continues. The expert
reports to the United States embassy
today that out of 4,000 packages of
fruit which arrived at Hamburg this
week two small lots, shipped from in
fected California districts, were stop
ped. No northern fruit has so far
been found in fected. The lots stopped
(luring the last few days were Sonoma
apples. During the coming week 900
packages are expected. Afterward
there will be a few straggling lots.
The government tests are quite fair.
Samples are only taken for the pur
pose of examination, though the ex
amination takes a long time.
Movement* of War Ship*.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—All the Rus
sian warships except one left Chemul
po. says the Yokohoraa correspondent
of the Herald. The British admiral,
leaving on a cruiser has sailed for
Nagasaki. The Japanese war ships are
dividing the two squadrons, one at
Yokosuka, the other at Shimidzu.
They are not likely to leave Japanese
waters. The United States oruiser
Concord sails hence on February 19
to relieve the Boston at Chemulpo.
Restrictions of Canada*
BUFFALO, N. Y‘„ Feb. 14.—The de
partment of customs of the Dominion
government has issued a memorandum
in regard to the entry of goods in
the Yukon district. In brief, the new
instructions provide that goods pur
chased in Canada destined to the Klon
dike district must be carried in Brit
ish bottoms, otherwise full duty must
be paid upon them.
Callle Eppler pleaded guilty to
“whitecapoing ’ at Dallas. Tex., and
was fined *100 and sent to jail for thir
ty days, the lightest penalty allowed.
SEARCHING IN RUINS
THE DEATH LIST MAY EXCEED
ESTIMATES.
Chief Humphrey* of the Pittsburg Fire
Department Sure Other* are Under the
Debrl*—Danger of Further Explosions
—The Record of Mortality Up to the Pre
sent Writing.
The Pittsburg Fire.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 12.—The work of
searching for bodies in the ruins of
Wednesday night's Are was continued
through last night by 200 men, but no
more bodies were found. The debris
is Rtill piled ten feet high, however,
and, as more than a score of people
are still missing, the work will be
continued without cessation until it Is
positively known that no more dead
are burled beneath the debris. .That
more people were killed Chief Humph
reys of the fire department says there
can be no doubt. He saw the walls
go down in the midst of a great mass
of humanity huddled together in a
small space, and, while he did not care
to estimate the number of people
killed, he says it will be largely in ex
cess of any estimate yet made. The
search for the bodies is attended by
great danger, not only from weakened
walls, but from 125 tanks of anly
drade known to be still in the smould
ering ruins. Anlydrade is ammonia
in its most powerful state and its ig
nition would result in an explosion
which would cause Incalculable disas
ter. The firemen are keeping a num
ber of streams constantly playing on
this part of the building. It is thought
that precautionary methods will avert
further disaster.
Mrs. McFadden and her familv of
eight children, who were believed to
have been burled under the walls, are
safe. They were found living a short
distance from the scene of the disaster,
having moved from Mulberry avenue
only a few days before. Michael
O'Hearn of Oil City and James Bever
ly of Grafton, were among the missing,
have also turned up. OHearn was
visiting friends in Allegheny and Bev
erly was taken suddenly ill and is in
Mercy hospital.
As a result of the catastrophe a
movement to prevent the storage of
bonded liquor or ammonia within the
corporate limits of the citv has been
commenced. Safety Director J. O.
Brown has promised the neonle to see
to it that the city councils will have
a chance to pass on an intended piece
of legislation to this effect at the next
meeting held at. Municipal hall.
The record of the fire at this time
is: Known dead, eleven; missing,
twentv-six; injured, eighteen; proneHy
losa *1,600,000; insurance, about SI ,
000,000. !
DE LOME INCIDENT.
The Stir at the Capital Has Quieted
Dowr,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The fol
lowing statement was given out for
publication ot the state department:
General Woodford telegraphed that
the minister’s resignation had been:
accepted before he presented the tele
gram from the department. He adds
that the first secretary at Washington
will be placed in charge of the legation
and a new minister will be appointed
at once. Full reports to follow.
It is believed here that the incident
is practically closed. All sorts of
rumors were in circulation last night.
Including one that a special cabinet
meeting was held at midnight. It Can
be stated positively that no cabinet
meeting, formal or informal, was held
last night.
The .formal notification to this gov
ernment by Spain that Senor Dupuy de
Lome has ceased to represent It as
minister will be. made to the state de
partment about noon by Senor Don
Juan du Boso, first secretary of lega
tion. who will act as charge d’affaires
until the arrival of Senor de Lome’s
successor. The notification will he
purely formal and will state that
Senor de Lome’s resignation as min
ister has been accepted and that the
government will he represented for the
present by Senor du Boso, the first
secretary of the legation.
The retiring minister is actively
engaged in preparing his Dersonal ef
fects for shipment and in leave taking
of his friends and dlnlomatic associates
in Washington. Some of bis chatties
were sent to New York today. It is
the present purnose of Senor de Lome
to leave this country earlv next week.
He probably will sail by one of the
French liners to Havre and thence
will proceed direct to Madrid. His
connection officially with this govern
ment has entirely ceased and he is
henceforth a private citizen.
Surprised at De Lome.
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 12.—Hannis
Taylor, former minister to Soain, who
is residing in this city, when con
vinced of the authenticity of the De
Lome letter, expressed surprise at his
ungrateful and indiscreet action. Mr.
Taylor says that.De Lome is undoubt
edly the most brilliant and discerning
diplomat in the service of Spain, and
that his present imprudence is inex
plicable. The letter, he declares, is an
affront to every American citizen,
and that it is remarkable how it could
have emanated from De Lome, in con
sideration of the cordial relations
which have hitherto existed between
him and the administration. Mr.
Taylor thinks the affair will have the
effect of increasing the rancor in both
countries, as the Spaniards bitterly
despise Americans, and the masses
will uphold De Lome’s action. He be
lieves. however, that his recall is a
calamity to the mother country.
New Kehen.p for BlmetlllUlu.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—A novel sugges
tion as to the possibility of obtaining
a national basis of compromise be
tween the advocates of the gold stand
ard and their opponents is being ad
vanced by W. S. Harbert of this city.
The plan is for a circulating medium
consisting of coin certificates payable
half in gold and half in silver--a two
dollar certificate, for example, to be
redeemed by one dollar in gold coin
and one dollar In silver coin. If the
relative value of one half shall dimin
ish the value of the other, according
to Mr. Harbert, would relatively in
crease.
CREAT INDUCEMENTS.
Many Streams in Alaska Not Yet Pros
pected.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Puisuant
to instructions from the ac.ing secre
tary of war a special supplementary
report has been prepared by E. Hazard
Wells, who acted as agent for the We^.
department in bringing attention to
Captain Ray’s dispatches. Mr. Wells
has been in Alaska three times, has
traversed the interior and has a prac
tical knowledge of the country that is
inhabited by few persons. He says,
among other things: “There are un
doubtedly large deposits of gold in
Alaska, rivaling these of the British
Northwest territory. I noticed excel
lent mineral indications upon the Ta
nana river and in other localities In
1890. I discovered a true Assure vein
of quartz eight feet in diameter with
well deAned casing rocks upon .the up
per Tanana. This quartz evidently
contained metal. Specimens which I
secured to. take out to San Francisco
for assay were subsequently lost in a
river catastrophe. Numerous creeks
entering the upper Tanana revealed
colors of gold in the sand.
“All of the gold-bearing streams of
Alaska so far discovered, viz: Birch
creek, Miller creek, Forty Mile creek,
Sixty Mile creek and Seventy Mile
creek, head in the vicinity of the Ta
nana river and Aow away to the north
east. On the southwestern side and
heading near the Tanana are the not
ed Copper and Sushitna rivers, the
latter being the gold-bearing stream
which recently came into prominence
through the placer discoveries on
Cook’s inlet. The Copper river is pop
ularly supposed to be located in the
heart of a mineral belt. It is a rea
sonable deduction that if all the
streams Aowing away from the Ta
nana itself must cut through a gold
bearing country. This opinion is
shared by nearly all of the old-time
miners now located in Dawson. Re
cently excellent prospects were dis
covered upon an American creek, a
tributary of the Yukon in Alaska,
just below Forty Mile creek. Miller
creek, Birch creek and other streams
within the boundaries of Alaska in
the Yukon valley still offers induce
ments to placer miners. 1 do not be
lieve that any better mining region
will be discovered in Alaska than will
be found in the Great Tanana valley.”
The Indian Congress Scheme.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The Indi
an bill, in which the Trans-Mississ
ippi exposition is vitally interested by
reason of an amendment it carries ap
propriating $45,000 for a congress of
the Indian tribes, passed the senate
yesterday afternoon. Senator Allen
withdrawing his appeal on Senator Al
lison’s point of order against the
•amendment providing for the settle
ment of the Otoe and Missouri re
servation lands in Gage county rather
than jeopardize measures in which the
whole state of Nebraska is interested.
It was thought best to allow the
amendment to go over, in view of the
fact that that Senator Thurston had a
bill on the Otoe and Missouri affairs
in Nebraska and Kansas. Senator Al
len having withdrawn his appeal the
bill wras put upon its passage, and,
carrying the appropriation, not only
for the Indian congress, but for Indi
an tribes and Indian schools in Ne
braska, South Dakota and Iowa, it was
sent to the house. On Monday the bill
will be reported and the house will
nonconcur in the amendments as at
tached to the bill by the senate and
conferees will be appointed.
Should there be a disposition to fight
the measure in which Omaha, and the
whole country for that matter, is in
terested, counter opposition will be
brought to bear against other features
of the bill and a general debate devel
oped. This, however, is not expected,
the importance of other provisions of
the bill being enough, it is believed,
to carry it through, the free homes
feature, which was attached as a
rider, being a shrewd game on the part
of the senate to force the house to
pass the same to meet the clamor of
many committees in which Indian re
servations are located. Later in the
day Senator Thurston called up and
passed his bill providing for revision
and adjustment of sales of Otoe and
Missouri reservation lands, which pre
cipitated such a row yesterday. There
was no objections to the bill and with
out amendment it slid through the
senate.
Shipping Out. Leiter Wheat. I
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—It is positively
stated that contracts for moving 1,500,
000 bushels of Leiter wheat to the sea
board have been made.’ Of this the
Grand Trunk is reported to have se
cured 500,000 bushels, the Nickel Plate
500,000 bushels and the Lehigh Valley
500,000 bushels. The cereal will be
carried on a through rate from Chicago
to Liverpool, so it cannot be ascertain
ed what proportion will accrue to the
railroads for the haul to the seaboard.
The Chronicle says: It is estimated
that the Leiter holdings of wheat in
this city and afloat will exceed 10,000,
000 bushels, and since a recent visit
to this city of the eastern exporters
the suspicion has arisen, that the en
tire amount has been disposed of to a
British syndicate. Freight men do not
deny that negotiations looking to the
placing of large contracts have been j
pending for sometime, and it is assert
ed on reputable authority that every
prominent eastern line connecting with
Chicago has been invited to bid on the
transportation of an indefinitely large
amount of wheat to the seaboard.
Special dispaches from Washington
to Philadelphia say that Minister de
Lome cabled his resignation to the
Spanish government.
Cine. Away With a Xehra.ka G'rl.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—The Chicago
police are puzzled over the disappear^
ance of Earl Conway, a talented youth
well known in musical circles, and
Miss Oilie Wilson, daughter of a
wealthy Nebraska stockman. Al
though the young woman is eleven
years older than the lad, who is but
15 years old, the two. according to
the story told to the police by he lad’s
parents, are deeply attached to one an
other, and the police have been led
to suspect that they have gone away
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Rheumatic Paine
Confined to Her Bed, but Hood’s.
“ I was taken with rheumatism and suf -
fered a great deal of pain, and at time.}.
I was confined to my bed. I obtained,
only temporary relief from medicines, and
a friend advised me to try Hood’s Sarsa
parilla, which I did, and it cared me.*”
Mrs. JP. P. Hay, Centralis, 111.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla:
Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. \
Hood’s Pills cure sick headache. 2So.
pres, m-kinley vs. free silver.
A battle of giants is going to take
place this summer on 30,000 farms in.
America, not in talk or votes, but in.
yields. Salzer's two new potato mar—
vels are named as above, and he of
fers a price for the biggest potato yield.,
also $400 in gold for suitable names for
his corn (17 inches long) and oat pro
digies. Only seedsmen in America grow
ing grasses, clovers and farm seeds
and selling potatoes at $1.50 a barrel..
The editor urges you to try Salzer's
Northern Grown Seeds, and to
Send This Notice with lO Gts. InStampa*
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,..
Wis., for 11 new farm seed samples,,
worth $10.00, to get a start, and their”
big catalogue. w.n.ot
Tommy: "A lighthouse is a sign of
rocks, isn t it, paw?” Mr. Figg: “lf
depends on whether you are referring,
to the seashore or the drama.”—In
dianapolis Journal.
Mrs. W lnh’.oiv'r, Stwthlur* Swap
Forchildren teethlng.softern, the pumB.ri-dm-ciinflnm
rnatlon,allays pain.cares wind colic. S3 cents a bottle.
The upper ten is composed of thet
winning nine and the umpire.
Slather Gray's Sweet Powaers for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse in the Children's Home in New
York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach,.
Teething Disorders, move and regulate-^
the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over
10,000 testimonials. They never fa(l. At‘.
all druggists, 3oc. Sample FREE. Ad..
Allen S. Olmsted, Lelioy, N. Y.
Sarsaparilla Cured Her.
Our readers will do well to write Wm. StahK
816 H St., Quincy. 111., and get hii catalogue
describing twenty-one styles of Spraying Out
fits nLd full treatise on spraying the dirrereat
fruit and vegetable crops, which may to had
for the asking and contains much valuable-?
information.
The dance they sit out is the most
delightful to a pair of lovers.
Established I7S0.
Baker’s
Chocolate,
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celebrated for more O
than a century as a <g,'
delicious, nutritious, O '
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beverage, has our <3
well-known 'O’
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Yellow Label <3
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on the front of every 13. -
package, and our O
trade-mark,“La Belle <qi ■
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back. 5*
NONE OTHER GENUINE.
MADE ONLY BY
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§ Dorchester, Mass. ?
Klondikers!
Fix this fact in your memory: The*
Burlington Koute is the shortest, quick
est and cheapest line to Seattle and’
and Tacoma.
Only 2% days, Omaha to Buget Sound..
Tickets at offices of connecting lines.
Klondike folder, containing 18 puges of prac
tical Information and an up-to-date man.
sent for 4 cents in stamps.
J. Francis, General l’asscnger Agent,
Omaha. Neb.