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For years our store has been recognixed as head (quarters for Holiday Goods. Never has it
been so thoroughly entitled to that destinction as now. Our December sale must be the largest
in our history. Our stock is larger, assortment greater and prices lower than ever before. We
have a perfect wonderland of
T.?-F LARGEST CIRCULATION
Of any Cass County Paper.
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THE Lincoln C ll cruelly enquires
why C. J. Smythe don't go and tell
his troubles to a lawyer.
The "furriners" do not seem speci
ally delighted with Prer-ident Mc
Kinley's message. This is the m-st
satisfactory reason why the raeesngo
should be applauded by patriotic
Americans.
The populist state railway boi-rd
of transportation is a huge joke. Its
attempt to regulate rates, etc., is s'
farci il as to makelaughirg stock of
the great reform party wherever the
facts are knows.
Mr. Dingle y says the public mv
enuo in the next fiscal year will be
sufficient to meet all current expendi
tures. After that the country wili
hope for some debt reduction in the
old republican fashion.
Hryan has repudiated thedoctiine
of absolute paper money, now bt:ing
advocated by many leading populists.
The silver syndicate is not interested
in booming anything that will not
help the silver mine "bullionaires."
li. is worth something to know tbu?
early in the fight, where Mr. liryai.
stands.
The announcement that f.om 2.",)00
to 30,(100 operatives in the woolen
mills of New England have icceived
i olice of a "0 per cent adv-ame in
wage, remarks an exchange, t,ud
th it thousands of othei & will enjoy
line evidences of prcsjeiity in th
near future, must be galling newo to
the political agitators.
A line of sfeel barges has been ar
ranged for, to carry grain from St.
Louis to New Oi leans. This means a
great deal for Nebraska, which is thus
brought closer to the seaboard by tbe
transportation. It will result in bet
ter prices for our grain and meat pro
ducts, an item of greatest import to
the prosperity of the whole state.
AUGUST, $19,023,614; September
$21,633,(98; October, $24,391,415; No
vember, $25,t0l,000. That is the
record of the earnings of the Dingley
law in its first four nionins, a steady
healthful growth which indicates that
before its first year has ended it v ii
be producing a surplus, something l-d
known in the history of the WiUon
!uw. -Ex
"The -Georgia legislature rerei'tly
passed a measure making it a, misde
meanor punishable by fine to play foot
ball. Governor Atkinson has vetoed
the bill on the ground that the col
lege faculties are the proper tinrties to
say whether the students should pi ly
foot bail or mumble-pet. The govs-r
nor is evidenty something of a ba k
stop hirrself.
Skxatou ALLE.V is making good
use of the congressional grabbag, by
introducing a bill appropriating on
million dollars for the erection of a
Dew public building at Lincoln. As
the present building is not entirilv
occupied, it will be noticed tnat a new
one is needed ns badly as a railroad to
the moon. "Pooocratic reform" con
tains more Dolitics to the sou are inch
than any brand of reform that has
been noticed in this country sine the
days of John JJrown.
Members of tbe state fair t ing who
have held high carnival for many
years and grown rich from thoir plun
dering are desirous of blaming Om
aha for the failure of the fair to pay
out. Such a belief will find no lodg
ment with people who attended the
fair and noticed the crowds present
from all parts of the state. A million
in attendance would have made no
difference with the cash balance in
the treasury it would have found the
yawning pockets of the plunderers
just as readily as smaller sums.
GoMtz, at the age of seventy, ac
tively leading a vigorous and irresisti
ble revolution for Cubt.n independence,
presents one of the picturesque and
heroic figures of the age, "says the
New York Mail and Express. One
may survey the whole field of human
endeavor without finding another man
who in his antecedents, personality
and chosen qualities of combines as
many of the dramatic qualities of
chivalry and romance as are entered
in thu great commander of Cuba's pa
triot army. He is in Jeed one of the
world's Grand Old Men.
Toys
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BOOKS
and an Eleaani Stock of Fane
flriioos
Iron Toys, 5c to $1.50.
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Doll Buyjjfies, 25c to $6.
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Bissell Carpet Sweepers, 25c, 50c, SI.
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Tov Banks, 5c, 10c, 25c
Nickel Ratine, with Utensils, 50c.
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China Tea Sets, 10c to $2.50.
Cameras, $4 to $10.
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Tables, 25c to $1.
Drums, 25c to S2.50.
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Roller Chimes, 25c'
The little republic of llayti impris
oned a man some time ago for some
trivial offense, who turned out to be a
citizen of Germany. Now the Ger
man government comes to the front
with two powerful war-sbios and de
mands ?'20,X)0 indemnity and an abject
apology. When a big bluffer shows
such zeal in punishing an inferior in
physicial strength, it only emphasizes
the cowardice of the former. Germany
would never think of treating the
U nited States or England in fuch an
iuaolent and arbitrary manner, ar.d
Emperor Wilhelm will gain no pre
tige from such actions.
We display the most Complete line of Albums, Toilet Sets, Cuff, Collar, Handkerchief and
Necktie Boxes, Statuary, Vases, Fancy Metal Goods, Books, Bibles, Pipes, Purses, Games, etc.,
ever shown before. We aim to make our store the center of attraction this month.
FICKLE uouuess smiles on a cook
IN A DES MOINES HOTEL.
Large EstBtr in England Is Now lltr.
Without Question The MuthrrLost
All Trn It of Hrr Child.
Dks Moines. Dec. 8 Victoria May
Jennincs liallaid. a cook in a board
ing houe at "01 Sixth avenue, toni.'h
learned that her claim to a large t s
late in England La been established
'vithout question, a nd she will leave
for Liverrool next week.
She is twenty-two years old, and
her story is romantic. She was the
oniy daughter of a younger son, who
at the time of her birth, twe-ntv-two
years ago, had n appareut pro&pec
of coming into any property. She
was left, in charge of a m ud af'er her
father's death, who brought her to
America, with the half consent of her
mother. The latter lost track of her
for a long time. Over a year ago her
mother died, afUr having come into a
property valued at over $50,000, and
the girl here was left sole heir. De
tectives were set at work on the case
and finally located her several months
ago in Detroit. The investigation
of her claim was taken up and menn
time she came here having little ex
pectation that anything would come of
it. Today she was notified through
attorneys who b.ave been looking after
the case that everything was settled
and that she would come into the pro
perty as soon as she could comply with
legal formalities She is petite, pretty
and, before she was reduced to poverty
by the misfortunes of the woman who
brought her to America, was given a
fair education.
AVERY ROMANTIC STORY. al1 thticoU.d com-
,manj,f:sl have prayed II un for for-
' given ess. I have pufferrd no pangs of
conscience. On the contraiy. a re-t-ful
calm seemed to como into my 1 i to
fiom the moment I knew he was dea i.
I never slept so we 1 as I did after the
night I tired those fatal ehots."
Miss Pales' confession ft ii ts ly t 1:
ing of the love affair of Lcr-elf and
young Kern and of the opposition cf
the father. Tney discussed thu ques
tion of putting him out f the way ami
ihey agreed that thai wi.uid hu the
best, way out of th- di llicuity One
Tiny the elier n suggested H the
yountr wo n in that fhe meet him. Sli--saw
hero the opportunity that he t ad
been waiting for and assented, mak
ing an Hppoir.lmont for the following
morning in 1 he wojds r.ear her homo.
They met and he assisted her to aiighl
from her vehicle.
"He was on his knees be'ore mo,"
says her cotife-sion. T saw my
cbanre to kill him. I had the revol
ver just inside my coat, which Wiis
buttoned up. As he w:is kneeling
there I pulled the revolver out and
shot him quickly in the chest. He
whirled round on his knees a little
ways and as he fell forward I shot him
in the right side of the baeic. After
tbe first shot he saig: 'Liie' some
thing I don't know what; I could not
understand. I don't know whether
his clothes cought fire or not. I hur
ried aw ty."
Then follows a detail of the plotting
of the two to lay the crime at the door
of John Lewis, a former lover of Deli
lah's They even prepared a let er
purporting to have been written by
the deceased on the day of bis murder
and which was left, where it would be
readily found, as it was a fjw dais
ago. Ihis letter said that if harm
came to Kern, Lewis must be hold
responsible.
William Kern's confession corrobor
tes that of Miss Fales in almost
every detail.
OLD -SOLDIERS MEET IT ffliB.'"T
Reunion of the Nebraska Associa
tion of Veterans.
CONFESSES HER DEED.
Deltah F!a Says That She Killed .Irr-
onie Kern.
Wavekly, la., Dec. 8. Deliah
Fales has confessed her share in the
tragic death of Jerome Kern. Tne
man was found dead in a lonely wood
on Augjst is last, ana the young
woman now confesses she fired the
bullets that killed him. She was in
dicted today, and it is said her alleged
accomplice before the act. Kern, a son
of the victim, will be indicted tomor
row. When the was a mere child of
thirteen yea's she charges that the
elder Kern betrayed her, and that
ever after he harassed ber with his
attentions. More than that, he sought
by blackening her reputation, she
stntes, to keep others from pay log
cou"t to her. Twice before she be
came attached to tbe murdered man's
son, she had beeu in a fair way to be
come happily married, but as mai-.y
times had Jerome Kern, she declare",
poisoned her lovers against her. At
lost, woeu by the same method he
sought to prevent his ton from mar
rying her, the pent up hatred of years
vented itself in the commission of
the crime.
I killed biin with premeditation
and deliberation," she said. 'I prayed
The Veterans Are Favored With Some
Cood Speaking A Former Fremont
Citizen Writes to Ills Friends From
Klondike Other Interesting; N-branka
News
Ashland, Neb., Deo. 8. Ti e first
lay's session of the leunion of tbe
he was about to leive with his train
be east. Ilop:ns was standing
j between two tr: cks and did i otob-.erve
j the engine of ihe'incoming train. The
engineer on the incoming train vas
! looking b;.ck for signals and the p:!ot
of hs eng tie st ruoK Hopkins, throw
ing h m away 1 u:u tbe iracK. Tne
itijured mm. i sou.ewhrtt bruised
about hei.d, hin i i.d side. Ilis injuries
aie not considered i-ioua.
I. DOUGLAS
S(i),00 SHOE
1 Killed lij a Hull. J
Geneva, Nb , Dec. m. l-'i iends of
the unfortunuto u.a i w i.o wa- dead in 1
Ni brask i Association of Vetei ans, I a cornfield in Glei gary prer-mct, near j
Millig.-tn, did not. abid y tne cor-.
oner's verdict, anil summoned h phy
sician ycsteiday, who om posi uiortem
j was held in Ashlaud tt.day. The as
sociation was foi med Ly the surviving
veterans of the First and Secotd regi-
uictits w h cli tbe ten iiory of Nbi asi a examinition di?covi ted that Joi-eph
furnished in response .o the call of Kama hart leen kill- d by a ferocious
lJresid nt Lincoln for voluteers. The1 bull. The boms of the at.ima! had
exercises were held tonight in the I pecett attd vital organs, causing a
ball of Doq McCoolc oost No. 31 of this horrib e death.
Mrs. Del. a A. Woo J bury, presi
Or King's New Discovery for Consumption
This is the Pest medicine in the
world for all forms of Coughs and
Colds and for Consumption. Every
bottle is guaranteed. It will cure and
not disappoint. It has no equal for
Whooping Cough, Asthma, Hay
Fever, Pneumonia. Bronchitis, La
Grippe, Colds in the Head aud for
Consumption. It is safe for all ages.
pleasant to take, and, above all, a
sure cure, li is always well to take
Dr. King's Little Life Pills, in con
nection with Dr. King's New Discov
ery, as they regulate and tone the
stomach and bowels. We guarantee
perfect satisfaction or return money.
Free trial bottles it F. G. Fricke's
drug store. Itegulnv size 50 cents and
What do the Children Drink?
Dou't trive them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the Dew food drink called
GHA1N-0? It is delicious and uour-
hing ancl takes ibe pkiOe of e ffee.
Tne more Grain-O you givo the child
ren the m : e health vou ,list rihnie-
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tmuuKu meir syiems. tiram-O is
made of Dure grains, ana when pro
perly prepared tastes l.ka tiiu ci.oice
city.
dent of the Woman's Relief corps, an
nounced the speakers. Elder C. P.
Haekney opened tho exercises with
prayer. Following him came Hon. IL
H. Shedd, with the address of wel
come to the visiting comrades. John
Q. Goss of Uellevua, secretary, re
sponded in behalf of the association.
The program was interspersed with
music by the mandolin club of this
city. One of the best parts of the pro
gram was a Qasr drill, given by the
pupils oi Miss Lillian Bell's room of
the Ashland public schools. William
N. Becker, jr., edttor of the Ashland
G;izette, in behalf of the soldiers of
Bob McCook post, presented Ashland's
grand old man. Elder C P. Hackney,
with the badge of membership in the
post, to which the aged minister re
sponded briefly.
Ex-Gi.vernor John M. Tbayer of
Lincoln made the address of the even
ing, lie related to the audience his
experienees as colonel of the Fi st Ne
braska regiment of voluteiers. He told
of meeliWg with General Grant at
Pilot Knob, and gave the account of
how Neraska's regiment drove back
the rebels. The last speaker was
Thomas J. Majors of Peru. Tbe busi
ness meeting of the association will be
Shipping Sheep.
Ulybses, Neb., - Doc. 8. Malone
Brothers loaded ten double-deck cars
with sheep for Chicago, and G. L
Smith seven, a part of 15,000 head
that these parties are feeding this
winter. There are cattle and sheep
enough around Ulysses to consume all
the corn crop, and farmers are receiv
ing 16 cents, or about 2 cents i.bove
the market price if it had to be
shipped out. Straw and hay are at
quite a premium.
held tomorrow. A camp tire will be
given in tbe evening.
Mrs. Holechek Burled.
Humboldt, Neb., Dec. 8. Funeral
services were' held this afternoon at
2 o'clock over the remains of Mrs.
Antoine Holechek, the woman who
was shot and killed by her husbuDd on
Saturday last. The" services were
held at the family home, ! where 'the
shooting occurred, and were conducted
by Anthony Novak of this city. 'JcinUciry 1.
DURRANT AGAIN LOSES HIS CASE. !
For sale by
The Style, Fit and Wear
could not be Improved for fv
Double the Price.
Merohants,
Bankers,
Lawyers.
Physicians
and all
economical
men wear
VV. L. DourIss
Shoes because they
are tbe beat.
W. L. Douglas $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes are the
productions of skilled workmen, from the best ma
terial possible to put into shoes sold at these prices.
we make also V.-U and 5Z.2j shoes for men, and
$2.50, $2.00 and $1.75 for boys, and the W. L,
Douglas 3-J.-U Police shoe, very suitable lor
letter-carriers, policemen and ethers having
much walking to do.
We are constantly adding new styles to our
already larne variety, and there is tin rea
son why you cannot lie suited, so insist on
having W. L. Douglas Shoes from your
dealer.
We use only the best Calf. Russia Calf
(all colors), French 1'atent Calf,
French Enamel, Vici Kid, etc..
graded to rorresi.ond with prices
of the shoes.
If dealer cannot supply jou,
wT DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
I'ATILOUIE tHi.E.
Joseph Fetzei-, - Main Street.
A New Creation..
The demand has always been, The
Best Goods for the Least Money. We can
show you the best goods that can be pur
chased at very LOW PRICES.
Call and see our new line of Glassware
with silver mountings. A beautiful medall
ion given with cash purchase over $5 until
News From the Klondike.
Fremont, Neb., Dtc. 8. Mr. T. A.
Plum beck of this city received a letter
esterdav from Isaac Jensen, formerly
of Fremont, bu - tbe l ist four years in
the employ of the Northwester Trad
ing and Transportation company, be
ing most of the time at Fort Cudahy.
Last spring he went to Dawson, where
he conducted a store for the company.
He does not give a very glowing ac
count of the Klondike country, though
he says there is "mineral" there in
paying quantities, and some of those
who wintered on the Yukon the winter
of 1S9H-7 took out fortunes.
grades of collee bjt coals aboul i as
God to give me strength to do it with much. All grocers sell it. 15c and 25c.
Struck By a Train.
Git and Island, Neb., Dec. a
Ilat ry Hopkins of Omaha, a freight
conductor on the Union Pacific, was
struck by an eDgine in the Union Pa
cific yard here this afternoon, just as
Supreme Court Summarily Dismisses Ills
Two Appeals. J
San Francisco, Dec. 8. Late this
afternoon the supreme court dispelled j
the last hope of W. H. T. Durrant,the j
murderer of Blanche Lamont and (
Minnie Williams, by disposing in a '
summary manner of hia two appeals. J
In a written opinion from the pen of
Chief Justice Beatty, which is con
curred in by all but one of his associ-'
ates, the court affirms the judgment
of Judge Bahers in remanding the
prisoner to San Quentin until the date
set for his execution, but reverses the
re-sentencing of Durrant to be banged i
on November 11. and remands the
case to the superior court with in
structions to proceed according to
law. As the remitter was ordered is
sued forthwith and the court holds
that execution can only be stayed now
by the issuance of a certificate of pro
bable cause, it only remains to resen
tence tbe condemned murderer.which
will probably be done tomorrow.
Justice Garoutte aione dissented
from this opinion, maintaining that
Durrant's appeals should have been
dismii-sed, as tbe the time required by
law for their perfection had been al
lowed to lapse.
B. A. M'ELiWAJN,
THE JEWELER.
TAKE....
Coughs, Foley's
rouP' Goney
Hoarseness,
La Grippe,
Asthma, " ai .
1 IT IS THE
Bronchitis, great throat aho
Consumption, lung remedy.
Fo- Site bv SMITH & PA KM ELK
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