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Tt:j Zzzj Tyranny in an Address to the Boer Government. Till DCC’JMENT IS DISCREDITED Feeling la Washington that African Sit uation Is Calm and that There Is Jfo _ Danger of War—What Is Set Forth In the Petition Drawn Up. NEW YORK. July 17.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: The Boer government has transmitted to the United States a copy of a peti tion addressed to it by 9,000 outlanders denying that the present government In the Transvaal is tyrannical as de clared by other outlandeis, supported by Great Britain. The petition was circulated in May and addressed to the Boer government and a copy of it has been received at the state department. Sir Alfred Milner, the British high commissioner, in writing to Mr. Cham berlain concerning the petition, declar ed that it v/as generally discred:ted, .us it is openly stated that the signa tures had been obtained through the insti umentality of government officials And railway servants, who are mostly naturalized. In diplomatic circles here the opinion is expressed that the Boer government has transmitted copies of the petition to the governments named therein in order to convince them there is little truth in the British statements and to prevent any of them from joinoing Great Britain in en deavoring to secure better treatment for the outlanders. The feeling prevailing in adminis tration circles is shown by the instruc tions sent today to Rear Admiral How ison, directing him to continue his cruise. The admiral reported his ar rival at Capetown from Pretoria and that the Chicago was ready to tail, And the fact that he made no mention of the situation and failed to recom mend that a warship be sent to Dela goa bay shows conclusively to the minds of the officials that he is satis fied the situation is calm and that there is no danger of war. THE OUTLOOK EOR TRADE. It Is Said to Be of a Decidedly Encoura ging Character. NEW YORK, July 17.—Trade fea tures, the past week, says Bradstreets, were of a uniformly encouraging char acter. Statistics of past trade move ments received are certainly of an en couraging nature, foremost among these being exceptionally good railroad earnings, returns for June and the first half year and ascertained totals of an enormous export trade, practically equal to the phenomenal business of the preceding fiscal year. Among cur rent news features might be mention ed the quite favorable July crop report > of the agricultural department, which, while confirming earlier advices of a more moderate yield of winter wheat, point to a large acreage in corn, and conditions, which, if maintained, would easily result in a crop excess of two billion bushels. The outlook seems to favor the probability that Europe will buy nearly as much wheat in America as it did in the last fiscal year, when exports exceeded the totals of the boom year 1897-98. In industrial lines the outlook is a promising one. The settlement of the coal miners’ strike in Pennsylvania and of the tin plate workers’ dispute, bid fair to result in nearly 60,000 men resuming work after the summer shut down. The price situation is naturally a strong one, wheat and coffee alone of all the prominent staples being lower on the week, and the former only fractionally so, owing to large receipts at the west and the check to export demand caused by reaction from the price reported some time ago. Internal Revenue Collections. OMAHA, July 17.—J. E. Houtz, col lector of internal revenue, has com pleted his report of collections for the year ending June 30. The total amount collected is $3,248,073 38, which is a round million in excess of the collection of 1888 and two millions ahead of the collections ol 1897. The cost of collection was 1% per cent as against 1 4-5 per cent for 183S and 3»4 per cent for 1897. This is less than the cost of collection of any other col lector in the country, even where the collector had but a single state under his care. The amount was swelled this year by the additional tax sub sequent on the war. The stamp collec tions amounted to $607,111.51, which does not include the special tax and the levy on bankers and brokers. The ter ritory comprising Nebraska and the two Dakotas is the largest geographi cally considered, of any collection dis trict in the United States. Filipino Junta Will Move. MANILA, July 17.—It is reported that the Filipino junta will be moved from Hong Kong to the Island of La buan, a British colony six miles from the northwest coast of Borneo, as the American officials have watched the members of the junta so closely at Hong Kong that the latter have found it impossible to supply the insurgents with arms. The transport Warren sails Sunday with the Colorado regiment, Major Bradley Strong and Major Young of the supreme court, who is going to Utah for a vacation, on board. Prof. Schurman will arrive at San Francisco on board the China. Kndorsed the President. WARSAW, Ind., July 17—The Indi ana association of editois held the first session of its midsummer meet ing Saturday. A large number of the most prominent editors of the state were present. A set of resolutions was passed fully indorsing the administra tion of President McKinley in dealing with the rebellion against American sovereignty in the Philippines. They indorsed the action of the republican congress in passing the Dingley law, and the efforts of the administration to carry out the financial policy of the St. Louis platform. SHOT TO DEATH IN THE JAIL 81 Smith, a Georgia Farmer, Murdered li. Hi* Cell by a Mob. GAINESVILLE, Ga., July 17.—S Smith, the Habersham county farmer who killed William Bell, the commer cial traveler from Atlanta, several months ago, was shot to death In the jail here this morning. About midnight Sheriff Munday, who lives at the jail, was awakened by a man at his door, who, when the sheriff answered the summons, stated that he was .he sheriff of Gilmer county and that he had a prisoner he wanted to have locked up for the night. In the dark Sheriff Munday could see nothing but three or four men Just outside the buildlDg and hurriedly dressing him self, appeared at the main entrance to the Jail building. Gathered about it were some eight or ten men, ail of whom were armed. The sheriff took them for deputy sheriffs. The leader of the mob stepped for ward and said: “Here, come here," using a name the sheriff does not now recall. The man stepped forward with his hands bound and in every way played the role assigned to him. As he advanced those around him closed in and in a few seconds the entire crowd was inside the Jail building. Then a gun was thrown in Sheriff Munday’s face and the keys were de manded. The sheriff saw what was up and remarked: “The keys are downstairs.” “Well, get them quick,” replied the leader. Sheriff Munday hurried down the stairway, followed by the two men. Half way down the steps he was brought to a sudden stop by the rattle of firearms in the room he had just left. Wheeling around, he bounded up the steps until he had reached the cage in which Smith was confined. Upon examination he found that Smith had been shot six times and was dead. A WOMAN CLAIMS MILLIONS. Katherine Hitchcock Is on a Hun; for Big Money. CHICAGO, July 17.—Louis A. Hitch cock, a special agent of the Orient Insurance company, is sought by of ficials, in whose hands are warrants sworn out by Katherine Hitchcock, who claims to be his wife, and who charges him with bigamy and other offenses. Behind the effort to have Hitchcock arrested is a tangled story which comes to the surface as a re sult of the litigation over the $2,000, 000 estate left by John Stetson, the Boston millionaire and theatrical man ager, who died three years ago, and the subsequent death of his widow, Katie Stokes, the once famous circus rider and stake celebrity. Mrs. Kath erine Hitchcock figures in the story as the daughter of Katie Stokes by a marriage previous to that with Stet son, and consequently claims to be the heir to the whole fortune. Mrs. Hitchcock’s sole purpose in desiring to place her husband in the hands of the police, she says, is to recover quit claims to the Stetson case, to which she alleges her signature was obtained by Hitchcock through intimidation. The woman formerly resided in Kan sas City, where she was known as Katherine Shirley and where she met Hitchcock. ORDERS STRICTLY ENE0RCED. Gen. Wood Determined to Control the Yellow F*ver. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 17.— The strict enforcement of General Wood’s quarantine and sanitary order seems to be repressing the yellow fe ver outbreak. One death and three new cases were officially reported to day, but there have been no new cases among the United States troops. Many American and Jamaican vagrants have been arrested and taken to the deten tion camp. Dr. Childs, an American physician, was arrested subject to the fumiga tion process, and locked up for con cealing a race of the fever at his own residence. This patient, an English employe of the North American Trust company, died today. Agnlnaldo’s Plot to Murder. SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.—The of ficers of the Second Oregon regiment, while very guarded in their statements admit that the condition of the Amer ican trcops at Manila at the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and the Filipinos was very crit ical. The capture of a letter sent from inside our lines in Manila to an em issary of Aguinaldo is probably all that saved our army from a terrible disaster and possible annihilation. The letter was taken to General Otis, who found in it the plans of a plot to open the gates of Manila, sack the city, murder the guards and allow the insur gent army to pour into the American camps and surprise the men. The United States troops were under aims all night to meet the expected attempt but the enemy had learned of the cap ture of the letter and the only part of the plot that was carried out was the burning of a portion of the city of Manila. She Sh-t In Self Defense. CHICAGO, July 17.—A special to the Ttmes-Herald from St- Louis says: Louis V/. Holladay, son of Jesse W. Holladay, a Chicago millionaire, is ly ing probably fatally wounded at the Baptist sanitarium. He was shot late last night by his wife at their home. Mrs. Holladay was arrested and locked up at the police station. She says that she did the shooting in self-defense. Young Holladay met Mrs. Holladay, nee Annie Brewster, a trick bicycle rider, in Houston, Tex., in 1897. Flan a Silver Meeting. NEW YORK, July 17.—The Chicago platform democrats at a meeting last night adopted a resolution providing for a big silver meeting to be held in this city or at one of the nearby sum mer resorts on Labor Day. At this meeting, if the wishes of the local sil verltes are carried out, addresses will be made by William J. Bryan, ex-Gov ernor John P. Altgeld, George Fred Williams and Judge Tarvin of Ken tucky. , Mr. Williams has already an nounced his willingness to be present and the strongest efforts will be made to secure the other speakers named. Another Trolley Strike On in tho City of Brooklyn. A NUMBER OF ARRESTS ARE MADE Employe* of the Rap'd Transit Company Have a Grievance Which They Want Redressed—Strikers Make Trouble for the Police—Non-Union Train Crews Assaulted and Ralls Torn Cp. • NEW YORK, July 17.—Another irolley strike is on in Brooklyn. Near ly all the conductors and motormea of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com pany, numbering several thousand, quit work at 5 o’clock this morning. Those who had cars out left them on the tracks. The company endeavored to run cars with nonunion men on all the lines and there was much disorder. Wires were cut, rails were torn up and at the Mercy avenue stables a crowd of 3,000 men resisted the police. Many arrests were made during the day. On some lines the company maintained a regular service and on others they failed altogether. Cars were unable to run to the ocean beaches. The tie-up has not been nearly so complete as the labor lead ers said it would be. So far this strike has not been as effective as that of 1895, but there is no telling how long or far-reaching it may become. Meetings have been held daily and nightly for the last week, and it was inferred by the re ports given out by the employes and their advisers since Thursday last that while a strike was imminent it would not occur for some days to come. Gen eral Master Workman Parsons and District Master Workman Pines had charge of the men’s affairs and a strike was called at 4:30 yesterday morning. Shortly after midnight about 100 policemen from the precincts of Man hattan and the Bronx districts were sent to different barns, and many were placed along the several routes com prising the territory covered by the Brooklyn Traction company. Up to half past 7 o’clock there were very few cars run over these lines and those sent out from the different barns were policed by two, three and four con stables. On the Putnam avenue line only a few men refused to work and it was notable that scarcely a half dozen of the cars on this division were policed. The Flatbush and Bergen Beach cars, the Norstrand avenue, Gates, Ralph and Myrtle avenue cars, as well as the Third avenue trolleys, had a meager service in the early hours of the day, but traffic on the old Nassau lines, which comprise the Fifth, Sev enth, Park and Vanderbilt avenues, and Douglas and Butler streets roads will be practically at a standstill. The men on the Nassau road were most determined and not one of the motor men or conductors went to work. The cars remained idle for several hours, but by 10 o’clock about one-tenth of the regular rolling stock was working. These cars were manned by inspectors and linemen, and, in fact, oilers and helpers were pressed into service so as to maintain a partial running of the system. By the middle of the afternoon over 50 per cent of the ’old men on the Galtes. Ralph, Broadway, Myrtle ave nue, Flushing and Third avenue roads were at work on these lines. Later in the afternoon the cars on the latter road were running at intervals of ten minutes, which meant that the service was crippled about one-third. Experiments with High Explosive*.’” WASHINGTON, July 17—The War department has recently concluded an exhaustive series of experiments at Sandy Hook with high explosives and the largest field guns that promises to mark a material advance in the artil lery branch of the army. Permanent arrangements were made under the Board of Ordnance of Fortification, composed of both line and staff offi cers and of which the major general commanding the army is chairman. The board’s report is in shape to be presented to the secretary of war and if adopted will result in arming the troops in the Philippines with the most advanced type of light field guns in the world. The board has decided on a type of field gun which can fire fifteen aimed shots per minute, which can be operated with one man and which its full crew can take to pieces in thirteen seconds for loading on mule back for transportation where ever needed. It is three-inch, caliber, can carry shrapnel or a bursting charge of high explosives, which will kill by concussion in a radius of 200 '’eet. The Alaska Dispute. LONDON, July 17.—There Is a re crudescence of anxiety regarding the Alaskan dispute in political circles, though the general public does not at tach much importance to the matter, Jingo newspapers like the Saturday Review grasped the opportunity to re air their anti-American proclivities. The Review thinks that as the time for the presidential nominations ap proaches President MciKnley may “find the Cleveland precedent overtempting and launch an arrogant Alaska mes sage against England, the recognition of which would be very different to the success attending the Venezuelan question.” Sees Danger Ahead. PARIS, July 17.—La Republique Francalse, commenting upon the dan ger in which the proposed Franco Amerlcan commercial convention will place our national productions, says: "The project provoked legitimate tests. The argiculturists of Ain de partment have already remonstrated and others will follow, as all parts of the country will be affected.” Kipling’s Latest Disaster. LONDON. July 17.—Rudyard Kip ting’s right thumb has been bitten by a dog and is considerably inflamed. He carries his arm in a sling, but it is not thought the injury will have serious consequences RESERVOIRS FOR LIVE STOCK. Their Threatened Monopolization Dora Not ('rente Apprehension. WASHINGTON. July 17.—Reports reaching the Interior department of a threatening monopolization of a num ber of points of the lands acquirable under the law relating to reservoirs for watering live stock creato no appre hension on the part of the authorities. The say that the rules and regulations put In focse for the execution of the law have been so carefully framed that there Is no danger of Individuals get ting more than their share of the pub lic domain or the infliction of any pos sible injury to the common use of the areas concerned. The new code of rules, it is stated, restrict fillings made previous to the issuance of the rules, taking from them every tendency to monopoly, these previous filings being now returend to the parites with in structions that the applications for such lands must conform to the later regulations. They are also designed to prevent an exclusive right to the tract taken, giv ing the land the status of a commun catlvo property open to all seeking the water rights and furthermore, they restrict the maximum quantity of land in any section to 160 acres to each in dividual, but even this is not permis sible unless the party has built a res ervoir having a capacity of 600,000 gal lons, any less capacity reducing the area allowed proportionately. The land taken cannot be fenced or other wise enclosed and must be kept open to the free use of everyone wanting to water his animals, any noncompliance with the law and regulations resulting in cancellation of rights. NO ONE CLAIMS AUTHORSHIP. The 1’rononclainento Recently Issued Against Uncle Sum. HAVANA. July 17.—The pronunicla mento recently issued in the city of Matanzas, signed “Betancourt,” and calling upon Cubans to prepare to hurl from the country the "crafty eagle,” as they had removed the “haughty and hungry Spanish lion,” is now believed by many to have been the production of the civil governor of Matanzas. The reasons for this view are not very convincing, but Senor Batancourt hns not positively denied the authorship and it is notorious that he has express ed almost identical sentiments in the Havana cafes on different occasions be fore American officers. He once used language closely resembling that of the “proclamation” in the presence of an American brigadier general and an American colonel. Both officers believe it quite probable that he wrote the appeal. If not its author, then in their judgment, he was cognizant of it and agreed to the use of his name. Many Cuban officers of high rank are satisfied that Senor Be tancourt was in some way intimately related to the publication and circula tion of the address to the people of Matanzas. General Wilson, military governor of the Matanzas-Santa Clara department will doubtless ask the civil governor for an explanation in case there is no denial from him. Inveatlgatlon of Trust*. CHICAGO, July 17.—The general committee on arrangements for the conference on combinations and trusts called by the Civic federation of Chi cago has mailed circular letters to 625 trusts and combinations throughout the country, asking twenty-six ques tions, such as the number of organiza tions included in the consolidation, the number yet outside, the original cap ital of the various concerns now merged, the present capital employed, the effect on prices of products and the effect on labor so far as to dis placement and rate of wages. Of the labor unions in the various crafts employed in these combinations, questions are asked as to the effect on wages, hours of work and the number thrown out of employment by the or> ganization of the trusts. The Wyomln# and Southern. FORT STEELE, Wyo., July 17.—Men and teams are beginning to arrive here in large numbers for work on the grade of the Wyoming & Southern railroad between this city and Saratoga. John Flick of Denver has been awarded the contract for constructing the grade and he is now here superintending the work. The old grade of the Union Pacific has been found to be in first class condition and very little work will be necessary to place it in shape for the ties and steel. This grade is about twenty miles in length and will be necessary to construct only about eight miles of new grade, exclusive of the side tracks. 8ol<ll<*r Violated Orders. ALBANY, Ore., July 17—Frank Rl. Girard, a member of Company I, Ore gon volunteers, has arrived here from San Francisco, in violation of orders. On reaching San Francisco harbor, while still on shipboard, he received a telegram that his mother, who re sides near Monmouth, was dying, and asked him to come at once. He applied to the officer for a furlough, offering the telegram as a reason, but it war. refused. By the aid of sympathetic comrades he was let down by a rope into a small boat and went ashore, taking the train at once for home. He says that he will return to his regi ment in a few days. They Are Not Crow Indians. DEAD WOOD, S. D., July 17.—Your correspondent has Just received a mes sage from Pine Ridge agency relative to the Crow Indian case, which reads: "The Indians in question are not Crows. They presumably belong eith er to Pine Ridge or Rosebud agen cies. The posse has arrived from Edgemont and an investigation of the Indians is in progress. If it is found that they belong to this reservation they will be arrested. The case is in the bands of the .government. "MAJOR CLAPP, Agent." The Htory Was Falae. MADRID, July 17.—El Liberal, which yesterday published a statement to the effect that a deficit of 2,750,000 pesetas had been discovered in the accounts of the Northern Railway company due to embezzlements, publishes a retraction toda admitting that the story was false and apologizing. Tho IIct7 Treaty with Japan Inan-nratcJ on the 17th. MAT COUNTRY ON A NEW TOOTING Che New TrMty of Far Reaching lopori ance In Its ltslatlons with tho l'lilted State*—I.end I mb Countries In tho Com* pact—Tho System Coder Old Troatlcs Now Abrogated. WASHINGTON. July 17.—A new treaty between the United States ana Japan goes Into effect today, at which time also new treaties between Japan and nearly all the countries of Europe anil some of tho 3outh Amerl can republics alBO go into effect. It Is an effect of far reaching importance in the relations between Japan and the United States, as it does away with tho treaty methods which have been in vogue for nearly fifty years and substitutes an entirely new meth od of procedure. The same is true in the relations of Japan with other countries. Taken as a whole the many treaties which go into effect to morrow place Japan on an entirely new footing with the world at large as she is recognized for the first lime as an equnl in every respect. Tho treaty with this country was made November 22, 1894, in Washing ton, between Secretary Gresham and Minister Kureno, who then represent ed Japan here. The changes it made were so far reaching that it was deter mined the treaty should not go into operation until July 17, 1899. Mr. Jutaro Komura, tho present Ja panese minister in Washington, was seen at the Japanese legation today and gave an interesting outline of the more important features of this ar rangement. He said: The 17th of July marks tho turning point in thq diplomatic history not only of Japan, but of the oriental coun tries in general. It will be the first instance in which the western powers have recognized the full sovereignty of an oriental state. This action of the enlightened nations of Europe and America shows that if any country is ready to assume a full share in the responsibility and affairs of the world at large these old and enlightened pow ers are ready to admit Buch a country to full comity among nations. So we regard the advent of this treafy as a very important Btep not only for Japan, but for all the nations of the east. The countries with which Japan has made new treaties are the United States, England, Germuuy, France, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portu gal, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Swe den and Norway, Switzerland and Pe ru. All of these go into effect today ex cept those with France and Austria, which are deferred until August 4. With most of these countries Japan had treaty relations before, but they were crude and unsatisfactory. To understand the change it is ne cessary to look at the cystem under which the old treaties existed. This was essentially based on two princi ples: First, that foreign residents in Japan shall enjoy the provisions of extraterritorialty, that is, they should be amenable to the laws and Juris diction of the consul of their own country and not to Japanese Jurisdic tion, and, second, that foreign resi dents in Japan shall be confined to certain open ports, outside of which foreigners could not reside, own prop erty or engage in trade. The result was in effect about fifteen or sixteen systems of courts in Japan for the purpose of trying foreigners who com mit offenses in Japan. Furthermore, most of the powers claimed that Ja panese laws were not binding upon foreigners. For instance, take our quarantine law. While it protected us as against our own people, yet there was no protection in the case of an infected foreign ship. The only exception to this refusal to recognize Japanese law was the United States, which recognized from the first the binding force for the Japanese law. One of the bad effects of this sys tem was that foreign residents had entire immunity from taxation. The Japanese paid all the taxes. All of this has now disappeared and foreign ers are under the same provisions as well as the same obligations as the Japanese citizens, no more and no less. The first step in the new system is to put an end to the old fiction of extraterritorialty, by which foreign citizens were Judged by different stan dards from Japanese. United States Not Asked. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 17.—Up to the present time there has been no suggestion from any foreign power that the United States should take ac tion concerning the Transvaal. When the recent cable dispatch from Pretoria ■brought the first Information that rep resentations would be made to Wash ington a rumor that such representa tions would come promptly met with a positive denial that Germany was' acting in any capacity in connection with the Transvaal difficulties. At the British embassy it is said no instruc tions of any kind relating to the Transvaal have been received. Prominent Elk Dead. MINNEAPOLIS, Mich., July 17.—C. M. Foot, grand exalted leading knight of the grand loge. Order of Elks, died in this city today from heart failure, superinduced by a complication of dis eases. Mr. Foote was one of the lead ing citizens of Minneapolis, and a few years ince was a prominent candidate for postmaster. He was 50 years old. Mr. Foote was one of those injured in the collapse of the coliseum at At lantic City, N. J., in 1895. Fifty Thousand Resume. PITTSBURG, Pa.. July 17.—Tin plate workers throughout the country to the number of nearly 50,000 resume work tomorrow after an idleness of two weeks. The scale fixed on at Chi cago le based on the price of bars, the i minimum advance over last year’s scale is placed at 15 per cent, which | will prevail antll June 30, 1900. A Free Exposition. Fabrics and products from all tho world’s leading markets are displayed by Hayden Bros., “The Big Store,” In Omaha. This is a wonderful exposi tion in Itself. Visitors to Omaha make it a point to include it among the points of interest, even when not in terested in purchasing. Hayden Bro3. carry immense stocks and are first to show all the new styles and fads and set the fashions for the entire west. Buying direct from for eign and domestic manufactur ers, they are enabled to quote prices on stylish new goods away be low those charged by tho ordinary merchant for medium grades, besides giving an almost unlimited assort ment to select from. Baggage Is checked free for all visitors and wait ing rooms and writing material pro vided free by this big firm. There are throughout the United Kingdom nearly one hundred and thir ty thousand women engaged in teach ing, almost three times tho number of men. IT. 8. Patent ORIce Business. An application died by us June 27, 1899, for a label entitled “Kidney Bean,” for a medicine prepared and sold by the “Manne Chemical Co., of Dos Moines, was allowed June SO. Mrs. E. Marple of Des Moines hat invented a design for a member of a belt clasp adapted to be permanently fixed to the ends of a belt in such a manner that an ornamental member can be readily connected and discon nected and used advantageously on different belts at different times. An application for a patent for Im provements in corn harvesters, by which the clogging incident to moving the stalks from the cutters to the hinder is prevented, filed November 26, 1897, for the inventor, W. H. Gray, of Eddyville, la., was allowed July 1, 1899. Consultation and advice free. Val uable information about securing, val uing and selling patents sent to appli cants. Correspondence solicited. THOS. G. ORWIG & CO., Solicitors of Patents. Des Moines, la., July 8, 1899. The National City bank of New York which has bought the old custom hause in that city, is now the largest bank in the United States, with deposits of 9120,000,000. Its stock, whose par val ue is 9100, is quoted at 92.000, and It is scarce at that figure. Now it pays 93,265,000 for a banking houBe, the conditions of the sale being that the government may occupy the building until the new custom house is com pleted, paying rent at the rate of 4 per cent per annum on the purchase price. It is a rich bank, the Rocke fellers, the Vanderbilts, the Haveraey ers and the Morgans being represent ed in the directorate. President Andrew S. Draper of the university of Illinois, who has come forward as a candidate of that state by the republican party, ia one of the foremost educators of this country. For two years he was the state super intendent of schools in New York state, and later he was superintendent of schools in Cleveland, and under his administration they won the reputa tion of being the finest public schools in America. Are Ton Using Allan** Foot-Erne*? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Even the soft tire of a bicycle will cut a deep furrow in the heart when it rides across God’s law. To Laundry Dresses and Skirts. To get best results, mix some “Faultless Starch” in a little cold water; when dis solved itour on boiling wa'ter until it be comes clear. All grocer* sell “Faultless Starch.” Large package, 10c. Yielding to inclination rather than submitting to limitations accounts for the narrowness of many lives. 9118 buys new upright piano. Schmol ler & Mueller, 1313 Farnam St., Omaha. It takes four weeks' hard 'labor to prepare for a two weeks summer va cation. Aro You Coming lo Omaha? Be sure to visit Hardy’s, “The 99 Cent Store,” 1519 and 1521 Douglas street. Toys, Dolls, Fancy Goods, etc. No picnic is a success to that woman who doesn’t get a piece of her own cake. Plso's Cure for Consumption has been a family medicine with us since 1865.—J. ft. Madison, 2401) 42d Ave., Chicago, lil. Any dolt can take time by the fore lock; it takes a genius to hold on to him by the heels. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Forcblldren teething, softena the gumi, reduces tc* flammetton, alley • pain, cures wind colic. Me a bottla William Moore, a Kentuckian, 71 years of age, has not left his bed for sixty-three years. He was injured by < a horse when a child. Dr. Martin Luther Brooks, who died in Cleveland the other day, at the age of eighty-seven, made the first speech in favor of abolition ever delivered in Oberlin, Ohio, which later became the headquarters of the underground rail way. It was on July 4, 1832. A few years later he taught in Gallopolis, Ohio, the first colored school in the state. He was one of the chief stays of the underground railway, and was a friend of Lincoln. The first essential for enduring these hot spells is to get plenty of sleep. There is eminent medical authority for the statement that heat prostrations are due much more to tho exhaustino incident to insufficient sleep on suc cessive hot nights than to the actual intensity of the dally heat. Thomas Dunn English has Just cele brated his 80th birthday at his home in New Jersey. He is the oldest liv ing graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Still, his fame contin ues to rest on the shoulders of Im mortal “Ben Bolt.” . . p'