Semi-Weekly News Hj PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. JANUARY 30. 1900. THE NEV.js. Kstnl:lst,(.-J Nov. 5, K'l. TtlK HLI.'ALU. Kstabli.' bed April 10, I-f.t. f C'OnSoM iati-u Jnri. 1. tS. VOL. IX, NO. 24. n OH tn 0 flnr flnnf. itann lU U LO rC UUH! UlObU WHITE MUST GIVE UP Owin- to the hackwanl season, beinjr overstocked and having heavy bills to meet, we will offer you for SPOT CASH a Discount of from 20 to 25 per cent on All Winter Clothing, Underwear, Suits, Gloves, Caps. etc. To ive you an idea of how cheap we are selling, we quote prices on a few articles: WORKING KANSAS EDITORS Prediction 'of Abandonment of j Lailvsmitli is Corroborated. ft NiG6 Suit, Formerly S Reduced to $6 A Fine liiack j Kersey Overcoat Formerly ?1 j Reduced to $7.50 j All Wool s3 fiira. Formerly 50c Reduced to 35c A nice Wilson Bros.' Percale Shirt, which fennerly sold for SI. 25 and SI. 50, yoes at SI and SI 25. Gloves and Caps at your own price. Come in and see what we can do lor you. No Trouble to Show Goods. JOB & FRA.$ri9 u Wntcrtitfui JJIuQjm 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 f t t J t Business Announcement. I desire to state that I hac a well-selected -rj-.A- of Watches, Gold Jewelry. Silver ware and Novelties, which will make suit able .... Birthday Gifts.. rices will be AWAY DOWN and mean to sell the roils if prices will Every article guaranteed ju.t as sented. we it. repre- do A Beautiful Medallion driven purchase of S5 or over. Free with everv B. A. McELWAIN, Ths Leading and Oldest Je-.Vsler. -cvss -o c- o- 4 & 6 6 6 6 i V f f t V f V THE NEWS doe s JOD ir-Tintmg A BOQFJ "TAP? 8 E?g3ca UfSfE?W ' 1 ' Y1' " - . -i fe u Sct A New Discovery for the Certain Cur; of INTERNAL and EXTERNAL PILES. WITHOUT PAIN. CURES WHERE ALL OTHERS HAVE FAILED. Tubes, by Mail, 75 Cents; Bottles, 50 Cents. MIS F. BALLARD, Sole Proprietor, - - 310 KsrJIi Main Sfrsst, ST. LGl'iS, m. F. G. Fricko & Co. IT PAYS To Look Around Before you make purchases. After you hitve looked elsewhere, come to U9 Rod we guarantee you will be pleased. Our new winter stuck has arrived, ineiudine: Drj Goods, Staple and Fancv Gro ceries, Crockery, Gla?wftri, l"Iour acd Feed. A square deal to all. F. S. Main Street. WHITE, Plattsraouth Has new stock, new rig's and is prepared better than ever to take care of fl General Llveru Business Quick trips made to all pnrts of the county. Low prices and court eous treatment assured. 8TABLES SIXTH A5D VINE STS., Plattsmontn, Nebraska. 1 J- FIHST iONAL BANK M..MT: -M.e Tit. N Kll PAID Ui CAT'lTAL. SbO.OC t lor the LeiLimDte Banking Sushess. STOJi. bnuds, o!o. ijovrnment and li . . securities tioueht nr. J wold. Deposits r c;;!vcJ .'iiid !nSiTt f.liowfd on the Cf'fl-citt-9. i)r.fm dr--a, v:,!. !. icy iiirt of the lT. f, nd all t ;irlr.,-lyie towns of Ku:ev.j- 'Joliecii jns mvae and promptly reruitt"J. Ill.lit-tt uiarkpt pr!c pai-J for tOur.ty trarrtuls, ta' and county bonds. D! RECTORS: H. N. f ."':, : . navi.-ort!i , Uj-ji, F. t. Wir.ti. ;. F. I)v-y 'Jo K. O . JTe.-... WaiJ.. ;sh'- . N. I ..-!. Oser nTlT4fwviTfl FATEHT Good Ideas I . I I Ii ll ' '4 v may be secured by III 1 8 IV 1 l4-ti our aid. Address, Sub8rrltlua3 ' Ha it i' l'uoitiou i CvuBlng Anxiety Uive Out C'HKultiB iu Driblet I'nunl l"re lliuinnry Aoooanci meat of Aggregate Vilhh!(i-lD(ls to tiive Color to Il.avy Horr Kstiinates of Kill(L T .-t. -..- T.. ro , -..,.1 ! r, uvj , .jau. -alio I.UIUC11VIU- H foruiation of .Saturday predicting the t . imminent abandonment of .adysmith U ' is now corroborated by the Times and $3 other leading ministerial papers say 0 icg Ilcbcrts has actually advised that fi , s-tep urd it is rumored in the military h clubs tonight that General White can 'only last another week. i The Indian officers acquainted with him and knowing his character ar fuliv convirc 'd that White will make 'an attempt to cut his way out at any I co;t, if he suspect? an order to eurrer. idcris c asing, but such ao enterprise i is recognized as utterly hopeless and ! would only entail a ueavy sacrifice of life. The ciiHnet committee of defense was atraia iu session today and I learn there is anxiety about Buller'sown po sition expressed b3 ltoberts, as unless lie gets safely south of the Little Tu gela with his heavy transport train he will run a gr ave danger of having his line of communication cut. Then the continued absence of all news of Dun- donald's mountee brigade, though urg ent inquiries have been addressed to the war office, it is feared points to a slill uui'cvealed calamity. It is row known th:it- the defense committee had information of Puller's retreat on Fridaj- morning in the dis- patch announcing the abandonm ?nt f ripionkop, but ihe news was concealed until Surd ay afternoon. This kind of thinir destrovs conll ience in the relia bility of statements by th j department Then the gradual dribbling out of the SpioLkop casualties hdiI the with h(jld'ngtf the ut-unl prelimlnaiy noti tic-ttion 01 t::e aergregate loss cause tenihle anxie'y to t e relatives of those engaged as well as to the public at lnre,as tenuing to yive color to the LLers5 hc ivy estimate of l,LCv Iiritish ki led. Tiie situation cor tioues one of unre lieved gkom and though the minis terial press is endeavoring to discount the fall of Jj'idysmith, the spectacle of some lrt.OOU Uritish soldiers, h11 in arm, togetl er with a lieutenant general and ex-coiam;.nder-in-chief iu India, sur rendering to the H 'c s is one which cannot fail to exercise a treraenaous moral effect heioandon the continent, iriving the Uoer government a jower ful claim for raediaiion. Doubtless it is with a view to that contiugency that Dr. L:vds is now in Herlin and Mon tague White in Washington. ItrilUh ISettten at Every I'oint. London', Jan. 29. Tne Leader mili tuy expet t says: "lhe enemy has beaten us at the stricking game, ho has beaten us in strategy and tactics, ho has induced us to give i:p the first plan where he would have hardly had a show and conform to his plan where naturally everything is against us. Is there a ingle soldier who can justify what we have done or other than political pleas, not one. We know from his own pen that General White was induced by one of Chamberlain's deputies to dis stn uly change his plan. We know that General Huller, after working u; U) the original plan of marching: on Ulocmfontein, was persuaded by some body to give it up. and he was per su ided within three days. That is a pretty problem for parliament to whet its wits on for the opening day." The exp?rts score the suggestion that :ho British abandon General Whit ' to his fate, but admit the only hope for success is to revert to the or iginal plan of moving first rgainst the Oranye Free State. The Post expert i v : ' D feht is Htter, but it is right to f ice it; it is wrong to try to conceal it from ourselves. The meetingof the de fense committee on Saturday wasp-ob-ably caused by the knowledge of Uul ler's retreat, although the fact was kept from the public until Sunday. The measures now urgently needed ru-e development of the military re sources of the country. With 100,000 ni :i in I ho field eud -50,000 to follow the moment hi-s come to push on the train ing of all the troops left at home." The Post expert also gives a column of questions as to the conduct of the THE PATENT RECORD. 83 Baltimore. Md. patent Record tl.oupvr&bsuia. war. which he declares must be put ;:rd answered in Parliament. The Other Side of It. From the Chicago News: She (at the depot) "It must be awfully hard for these poor foreigners who come to this country to find themselves strangers in a strange land." He "Oh, they don t mind it. You see. they are used to it, having been born and raised in foreign lands." She "True; I never thought of that." Coin" Harvey Get a Large Amount of Advertising. Paying In Promises. ToPEKA. Jan. 9. The zealous non- julist papers of Kansas are being neatly buncoed by designing members of the democratic national, committee and "Coin" Harvey, and are running free of charge a ccuble column, ten-inch advertisement' of "Coin'.-" books, that are being sold and pushed by the na tional committee. The plate for the advertisement is 6ent out from the educational and literary committee at Chicago and with ii goes a letter to the unsuspecting populist editor set. ting forth the urgent need of educa tion along the reform lines affecting currency and saying if the cut is given a pi ominent position and run of tea in the pa; ers, in etse of fusion success in November the editors who had helped du the fighting would be remembered This thin premise is ve-y seductive Nearly ail of the populist papers have fallen victims and the advertisement of "Coin" Is ieing given thou.-ands of dollars' worth of space free of charge, HUNDREDS ARE KILLED Terrific Slaughter of Queen's Troops iu Affair at Spionkop. Warrei. Forces Ketreat Acr .m Tugela Hoer Artillery Fire Too Hot to be Endured Bailer Sends In a Fall Re port of the Advance and Ketreat, bat Fails to Give Any List of Casualties. Kill Two Train Kabbers. cnEYEXNE, v.yo., Jan. ih. A re port reached this c'ty that a posse of Union Pacific detectives headed by Tom Ilorr. had run down two of the Union Pacific train robbors in the Hole-in-the-Wall and after a desperate fight killed both of them. One of the pursuing party was shot, but is thought not seriously. It is known that the robbers separated in two gangs after leavisg the railroad and the men re ported killed were those who were trailed through the mountains eo closely and afterwards escaped. It is supposed that they returned to the Elole-ir. -the-Wall when they thought the pursuit was over and thedetectives have been watching the rendezvous ever since, till they got their men. LIVIS ISA LION AT IiEltLIX London Paper Sxys be Is Trying to Secure Mediation, bat he Says Not. Berlin, Jan. 28. The Deutsche Z.'itung publishes an interview today with Dr. Leids which represents him as having said: "The war will certainly last h very ons time. The Transvaal will de cidedly not le the first to seek peace and will refuse any proposals on the bisis of the t-tat us quo." London, Jan. 9. The Berlin cor espondent of the Daily Mail says: Dr. Leyds is a popular lion here. He s welcomed with an enthusiasm only extended to most popular envoys. I h ive it on good iiu;hority that he is trying to induce Germany to mediate on the basis of a guarantee of the in dependence of the Boer republics, which would be granted some minor erritorial po.-sessions, but not a port. this latter being left for future negotia tion with a certain power having colo nies in South Africa. Dr. Leyds is offering Germany com mercial, railway and mining monop olies, as well as other inducements. If he fails here he will try at Washing- on, through ex-Consul Mj.crum and Montague White, and at St. Peters burg bv in envoy to Russia. It is not ikely that he will obtain an audience with Emperor William. During hi9 reception by Count von Buelow no po litical matters were mentioned. To the Public. I want to let the people who suffer rom rheumatism ana sciatica Know th it Chamberlain's Pain Balm re- ieved me after a number of other med icines and a doctor had failed. It is the best linaraent I have ever known of. J. A. Dodgeo, Alpharetta, Ga. Thousands have been cured of rheu matism by this remedy. One applica tion relieves the pain. For sale by all druggists. PRESIDENTS' OLD LETTERS. Washing Kmbrr.Idery. Rain water and white castile soap in luke-warm suds is the best mixture In which to wash embroldei iea. Many at? inncc nt little darling ia suff -ting untold agony nnd cannot r x p iii its trouble. Mark your child's symptoms, you may finl it troubled witK'wi rtn; giva it White's Cream Vermifuge r.nd restore it to quietness and health. Pi ice 2." cent9. F. G. Fricke & Co. Discovery of a Valuable Collection in an Old New England Town. From the Boston Transcript: There has lately been found in a town near Bridgeport, Conn., a valuable collec tion of old letters of nearly a century ago, among them several of ueorge Washington. Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. The letters were found among some old papers and books belonging to one of the oldest families in the state and are In the best condition, although they have been stored away for nearly 100 years. The Washington letter was written to a Connecticut member of the family when the general was with the army on the Hudson river, and pertains to the probable movement of his and the enemy's troops. The letters of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson are peculiarly interesting as they are both written to the same friend, on the same day in March, 1824, and each asks the common friend to say what he thinks the chances of each are for president. This was in the days when the vice-president was elected in the same count as the president, the one receiving the greatest number of votes being chosen president. Each asks his correspondent what he should do when elected and how he should act toward his friend and rival. The Jackson let ter is also very valuable and is one of the most characteristic letters in ex istence written by the general. The find has made quite a stir among anti quaries in the state and all the old trunks and libraries are being over hauled to find others of the same kind. Boeu Head Laager, Ladysmitii, Jan. 25 7 p. m. The British dead left oq the battlefield yesterday num bered 1,500. LONDON, Jan. 28. General Buller says General Warren's troops have re treated south of the Tugela river. The Boers say that the British lost 1 .500 killed Wednesday. It is also believed here that this includes the wounded. The. Bjers also claim that 1-50 of the English troops surrendered at S; m kop. London, Jen. 28. General Bulbir's dispatch to the war office etates that Spionkop v?a9 abandoned on account of lack of water, inability to bring artil lery there and the heavy Boer fire. General Buller gives no list of casual ties. His whole force withdrew south of the Tugela river with the evident intention of reaching Lidysmilh by an ether route. London, Jan. 28. 11:35 p. m. The war office announces that it has no news from the front. Flee From the Hill. Boeu Headquarters, Modder- sriiUiT, Uppek Tugela, Wednesday, Jan. 24, midnight Some Vryheid burg hers from the outpost on the highst hills on the Spionkop group rushed into the laager saying that the kop was lost and that the English had tiken it. Reinforcements were or dered up, but nothing could oe done for some time,th j bill being enveloped in thick mist. At dawn the Ileiuolberg - nd Car ina contingents, supplemented from other commandos, began the ascent of the hill. Tbree spu s, precipitous pro jections, faced the Brer poitious. Up tht so the aUvanri' was lnsde. The horses were left u: dcr th-. tirot terrace of rocks. Scaling the steep hill the IJoers found that the E.iglish had improved the opportunity and entrenched heav- ly. Between the lines of tranches was an open w ldt, which had to be rushed under a heavy fire, not only from the rifles, but of lyddite and shrapn-1 from field gun?. Three farces ascended the tbree spurs co-ordinately, ucdor cover of lire from the Free State Krupps, a Creusot ana a big Maxim. The English tried to rush the Boers with the ba3-o-net, but their infantry went down be fore the Boer rifle fire as before a scythe. The Boer investigating party ad vanced 6tep by step until 2 in the af ternoon, when a white flag went up and 150 men in the front trenches surren dered, being sent as prisoners to the head laager. The Boer advance continued on the two kopjes east of Spionkop. Many Boers were shot, but 60 numerous were the burghers that the gaps filled auto matically. Toward twilight they reached the summit of the second kopje but did not get further. The British Maxims belched flame, but a wall of fire from the Mausers held the English back. Their center, under this pressure, gradually gave way and broke, abandoning the posi tion. The prisoners speak highly of the bravery of the burghers, who, despis iag cover, stood against the skyline edges of the summit to shoot the Dub lin Fu3ileers, 6helteredin the trenches. The firing continued for some time and then, the Fusileers and Light Horse serving as infantry, threw up their arms and rushed out of the trenches. The effect cf the abandonment of Spionkop by the English can hardly be gauged as yet, but it must prove to be immense. An unusually high proportion of lyddite shells did not explode. i The Holidays 1 Are Past But we are still doing business at the old stand. Our stock comprises everything usually kept in a first-class drug store. All the leading Patent Medicines. ..Physicians' Prescriptions.. A SPECIALTY. m m m Goring & Co. INTELLIGENT Blind One RATS. Was I.cl to Ovluk ly Tiro Otlir.. "One day not long aso." s.iid a inlek manufacturer, '"one of mj workmen saw three rats carr? iv.s a long straw across the brickjor.-. it si-.-.md such an unusual sort c-f . : ;i:i lii.u ho stopped his work : . v ;h Two of the rats held ii:. . aw at the oppo site ends, while tho li:nl supported the center. They were making; straight for the river, whuh tinned ty o?:e si ie of the y&r.l. When they arrived at the bank tlif;. "rid i'own tlie straw and took a lo?; ttu-n they proceeded to take ii strruv again in Ihe same manner n ; :" ie :i;;;i returned !:y the same way ti'.iv nr.;! tome. Tlii- s' in terested the workman that lie dtter mined V watch if they would come again. And .-tiro rt:cii!-'h, at ab(ut t:;e same tin-.p nest cHy, t!;ey ap-iear 1, carrying thr Lln-.w exactly as before. Having provM1-'! himself with a gun. he shot all ihtse tu see if possibly he might thereby solve the mjsu-ry. lie discovered ti:::t the rat in the center was blind, ar.d therefore concluded th this was the animuia' kind method or leading their afTIrU J comrade to the i water to drink. Philadelphia Inquirer Trnant's for Caase. The sub-inspector of schools in Ma lacca Straits Settlements is obliged to report a shockingly low average at tendance of native children at school. Of course there Is a reason. Three murders have recently occurred in Ma laca, and the murderer in some way gave notice or was said to have done so that he was making a collection of heads and would stop when he killed twenty people. These things cause no particular surprise in the east, where queer things happen. People accept fects as they are. People do kill with out reason in the east. Coolies, driv ers and grooms refuse to go out after dark. Bullock-cart drivers won't tra vel the country roads without compa ny. And what a glorious holiday for the pupils in the government schools! Shinn koeps a full supply of candies, fruits and nuts. Perkins house block. How's This. We offer Ohe Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh thut cannot hecureU by Hall's Catarrh Cure. V. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo. O. We the undersigned, bnve known !". .?. Cheney for the last 15 yeiirs, nnd believe him perfectly honorable iu all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Drutrists, To ledo. O. Waldino. Kinnas Jt Maknin, Wholesale Drunjtists. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 7"c. per bot tle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. LAWN PLAYHOUSES Large Enough for Throe or Four Little Girls and Their poll-t. The latest novelties in the smart toy shops are large playhou.ses, to be set uron the lawn for the use of the little girls of the family. Titrre come In very pretty designs, cointr; parts of the Queen Anne cottages i:i v hi; h the lit tle mothers really live. They are large enough to accommodate ih-ee or four little girls and their dolly families. The interiors consist cf one large room, which is furnished with :-r.'ll chaira, tables, couches, beds, bureau-, book cases and so on, all of which articles of furniture come in very attractive forms and can he purchased at any of the large shops dealing in thlliren's toys and games. These hcuces will be welcomed gladly by the liitle mioses, for they open out a vi-ta of afternoon teas, parties and reception:; at which the hostess can play at bring a real live mamma and social leader. Placed in a shaded corner cf the la vn, or out in the orchard, the girls e the family will pass many a happy hour when the sun iB too hot for outdoor exercise. The Condor of Fern. First of all the birds rf Peru conies i the condor, a sober, staid-looking In dividual, with a black ccat, white col lar and a shaven crown. He has also o touch f white on his wings cuffs. one might call them. The females are distinctly black without a touch of color, though there is a little white on their wings. Hideous brutes they are to look at near to, and if you man age to shoot one you will find hint 6warming with the most loathsome parasites; they are a grand sight up against the sky, sailing swiftly on their great, twenty-foot spread of wing, or hovering for hours as mo tionless as if they were painted against the blue. Conceit Nlcelv K-bnkeri. From the San Francisco Argonaut: One evening at a social function where Sarasate wps among the guests a young nuisi.'i-tn had the had taste to play one of Sarasate'6 compositions with variations of his own. The latter were Inappropriate and inartistic and jarred upon the ears of all. The performer ended his work and made his way to Sarasate.doubtless expecting a word of recognition or praise. Sara sate said nothing, and the player final ly aeked: "I hope you recognized that piece?" "Certainly," Saraaate prompt ly replird; "it was a piece of impu dence." William Gilmour has a few Clover's Model, Woodburn Medium and Wilk's Poland China hogs for sale. Work Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, list lessness into energy, brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building up the health. Only 25 cents per box. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. Austria's Polyglot Feople. There are so many languages spoken ; grape eating, Black Seetllrs Grape Wanted. Will some one develop a black seed less grape? We have white seedless grapes, but suitable only to the climate of California, and now we want a good black grape without seeds. Such a grape would sell at a fancy price on j the market. The fear of appendicitis j causes many people to take out the I seeds when eating grapj, and this j greatly detracts from the pleasure of A grape of Uii c.arac- In the provinces of Austria-Hungary that interpreters are employed in the various parliaments to interpret the speeches of the delegates and make them intelligible to all the members. The Royal Neighbors will give a projrre sive high 6te party at Fitz gerald's hall, Wednesday evenine,Feb. 7. Admission, 10 cents, refreshments free. -j Youthful Idea. Solemn and elderly ass Youne man, have you ever experienced con viction of sin? Small boy Nope, but I eat too many green apples las' sum mer. Indianapolis Journal. ter described would bring a good deal more than the common grape. Farm ers' Review. 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