THE JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. PL.ATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. OVEB THE STATE. Tiikre are two murderers in the Doug-las county jail who have been sen tenced to be hanged April 17th. Buy home made poods and build up home industries, is a good policy. Far rell's Fire Extinguisher, made by Far rell fc co., Omaha; Morse-Coe boots and shoes for men, women and children. Preparations are under way by the society ladies of Nebraska City to give a minstrel entertainment in the near : future, the proceeds of which will be used in assisting the worthy poor of the city. The family of E. C. Delan sit Ashland fpar irrpativ that he was drowned in the recent disastrous floods that pre- vailed in Missouri. He had gone th-re to engage in business and has not been heard from for some time. t!r.oi:;K Nei.sox, who has been in jail in Kushville, charged with robbing a Bohemian farmer of a sum of money, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit robbery and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The Methodist Kpiscoial church in Dakota City burned to thu ground. A defect in the furnace set tire to the lloor and when the tiames were dis covered the entire inside was ablaze. Nothing was saved of tiie contents. Ai DiTor. hiGKXK Moore has given Adjutant Mart Howe of Island Soldiers and "Sailors' the (irand home ins warrant for 32.. An attempt was j made by a Lincoln bank to garnishee it J for a debt due on a promissorv note of Oliver Holmqukst. arrested at At- kinson for cattle rustling, is now con- fined in the countv iail at O'Neill. John Merrill of Atkinson and Thomas bar berry of Stuart were also arrested on the same charge. Carberry appeared before the county judge and was placed under $.00 bond to appear before the county court for preliminary hearing. Thkkk will be no execution of the death sentence by any officer of the law in Nebraska this month. There was a few weeks ago a prospect that two men would be hanged on Januarj 10, but last week the governor granted a reprieve in the case of John II. Walk er, and there is no necessity for a gal lows in Dawson county, at least for two months. Ik a "deep plowing" club was organ ized in every township in Buffalo coun ty, with meetings once a week and dis cussions on deep plowing, sub-soiling and the conservation of moisture, savs the Kearney Hub. more would be done to promote the prosperity of the county than in anv other wav, especially if the discussions were liberally sprinkled with alfalfa. Ex-ColTNTY SlTERINTKNUKNT GEORfSK W. CoxixjX, of Keya I'aha county, who committed suicide at Ottawa. Kan Deeember 27, was taken to his former home at Center Point, la., for inter ment by his wife and little girl. Mr. Condon left Springview ten days before his death on a land trade, apparently in the best of spirits, and was expected home the day the telegram came an nouncing his deatli. John Hkix and Rertha Klist were married at the Catholic church in David City and the same evening en tertained their friends at the house of the groom near town. During the evening a party of young men went to the house to charivari the newly wed ded pair and getting boisterous fired a heavily loaded shotgun at the house The shot went through the side of the house and struck the wall on the oppo site side. Several persons were in tne room, two of whom narrowly escaped the shot. Actixo under orders from Mayor Graham, Chief of Police Melick of Lin coln closed up the five regular gambling houses which have been running in the city. The police were instructed to notify the proprietors of all such es tablishments on their beats of the mayor's orders, and, if the proprietors complied and closed, to make no ar rests. If they attempt to ignore the orders the officers were to bring in the proprietors, their paraphernalia, and all parties found in the houses. All the gamblers quietly closed up. Parties in the vicinity of North Loup who have raised pop corn the past season for the use of eastern dealers re port a decided increase in the returns realized over those obtained formerly for the same amount of labor expended in raising ordinary field corn. While the crop is somewhat difficult to gath er, the great difference in the price amply justifies the extra labor, while the tillage, acre for acre, is said to be no greater than that required by ordi nary field corn. One farmer has already made arrangements with a Lincoln seed house to put in a large quantity oi field beans and table corn the coming season. Every reader of this paper who is a i western farmer, living on his own farm, and who is not a subscriber to the Iowa Homestead, can have a few sample copies of that practical farm journal sent to his address on trial, free, by simply sending on a postai card his name and postoffice address to the Iowa Homestead, Des Moines. Iowa.-The Homestead is a practical farm journal. Its - editorial contribu tors live and work on their own farms. They write of the work done on their farms with ; their own hands. They have years of experience, and are there fore able to advise and suggest from the "standpoint of - practical personal knowledge of matters pertaining to western agriculture rather than from the standpoint of (he sidewalk farmer and ward politician. Send your name and postoffice address to the Home stead, Des Moines, Iowa, and receive a number of free sample copies. A max who left Nebraska and went south writes: "When spring comes i and we get over the 'shakes' we will all be back to Nebraska. We have been here some sixteen months, have raised nothing and our gone paying doctor bills. money is all Nothing here but fever and ague. T. M. Fisher received word to get a farm for a man from Illinois. In the list of farms for sale he reported several choice ones, but none, says the Grafton correspondent of the Fairmont Signal, of them cheap in price. Regardless ol the prevailing hard times in financial matters,' farmers who live here have not loft faith in Nebraska. Stand by Nebraska. A Beatrice correspondent of the Lin coln Journal writes: The recent pub lication in the Chicago Times-Herald of a page article pretending to show that a large percentage of Nebraska's peo ple were seeking homes in the south, has stirred up a host of Gage county people who have been south and who have returned disgusted. The Journal could name at least a score who have been able to get back and as many more who would like to, but can't. Dick Davis, a gentleman who lived in the city for over ten years, caught the southern fever, traded a fine brick block for land in Louisiana, and stayed there less than six months after arriv ing in the Mate. He says he was glad to take in exchange for the property mortgaged property in Des Moines, la. Joseph cuittara naa a similar expen- i nee. J r. Suiter, who went to lexas j from near DeWitt, after staying there ' one year, sacrificed his land and per- sonal property to enable him to return ! to NeorasUa. lhese men all tea a similar story. They were enticed to their prospecting trips at a season of the year when things were prett3' blue in Nebraska and when the crops and climatic conditions of the south were at their best. Two gentlemen in the city, who have large property interests, were offered free transportation and expenses paid by a southern railroad if they would go south and thereby show at least an indication to change their location. The offer was declined with thanks. i Kick of thffc South, j Fairbury dispatch: Harry Chain ol Rock Creek precinct, in this county, is ! an industrious farmer, who, prompted ! by crop failures and the alluring tales ; that came from the south, departed some weeks since for Louisiana to in spect the "modern Eden" with a view of locating. He stopped at St. Charles, that state, and there he wrote home that he would return to Nebraska in j time to put in a crop. He had enough of the south and declared himself in emphatic language. It had, he said, rained there steadily for two weeks and the state was but little better than a vast slough, which he did not consider fit to be inhabited by human beings, Wells seven feet deep supplied the pop ulace with very unwholesome water, and the dead were either cremated or buried above ground and dirt piled over them for a covering. Digging a grave according to the civilized custom was out of the question on account of the surface water. Chills and ague were prevalent the year round and ignorance and indolence predominated to a surprising degree. Although some thing of a pessimist when he left he now says the Nebraska farmer who exchanges his land for possessions in the south makes a great mistake. Sugar Bounty Warrants. Lincoln dispatch: There has been considerable curiosity around the state house as to what would be the final outcome of the matter of the warrants drawn by the state auditor on the state general fund in payment of the 40,000 of bounty claimed by the beet sugar manufacturers from the state. The auditor- took the ground that al though there was no appropriation for this specific purpose, that since the secretary of state had certified to him that the sugar made had been inspec ted and amounted to so much there was no choice but for him. the auditor, to issue the warrants under the man datory, i The opponents of the bounty it has j been supposed would take some action ' to prevent the payment of the war- j rants by the state treasurer. Just what this would be has been the sub ject of much speculation. Leases on Public Land. Land Commissioner Russell haslatelv received a great many remittances for leases due on public lands far below the minimum amount which he feels disposed to accept for such rents. In good times it is usual for renters to pay the full amount, some SG for each forty acres, but he has taken as low as 15 cents per forty. Of late quite a num ber of renters have sent in amounts based on a payment as low as 3 and 4 cents per fortv. The commissioner believes the time has come to draw the line, and has returned these low ren tals with the statement that it will not do. Many of the pettv payments are being made by speculators, which makes the attempt to euchre the state much more reprehensible. The low payment of 15 cents has been accepted cn the supposition that the parties were actual settlers and in no condition at present to make larger payments. lint Nebraska Loads. As an agricultural state, says tht jwair courier, Nebraska leads the union. Her soil is better adapted to larming than that of any other state. One important item that shows the fer tility of our soil is the fact that there are 15,247,705 acres of land under cul tivation and during 18'J5 there was pent for fertilizer Mississippi had only 5,S4U,31)0 under the plow, vet she spent for fertilizer S7S0,2GS; Ala bama had 7,698,343 acres and snent for fertilizer $2,421,048; Georgia had !.5S2,- 806 acres and spent for fertilizer ??5, 724,187. Thus you can readil- see that Nebraska soil is richer and better adapted to the agricultural pursuits than any other state. Iowa ranks a close second, as crop statistics will show, but Nebraska leads. Civil Service Mills. The civil service commission has given notice of examinations to be held throughout the United States during the first six months of 1896. In Ne braska examinations will be held at Hastings, April 22, and at Omaha. April 24. Railway mail examinations will be held in Omaha, April 25. The states in which examinations are to be held have not received their quota of ap pointments, and therefore are eligible to take any of the examinations for po sitions within the classified service. A Longer State ralr. President Barnes of the State Board of agriculture says he will, in his ad dress at the annual meeting to be Meld in Lincoln, January 21, recommend that the fair be opened on Thursday, instead of Friday, as heretofore, and that it close on Saturday instead of on Friday. It was freely admitted by President Barnes and all the members of the board of managers that the state fair, at least while it is held in Omaha, is too big an institution to be crowded into one week, and they agree with the local fair association that if possible it should be extended over two full weeks. BOUNCED DR. JAMESON HE IS NO LONGER ADMINISTRATOR OF MASHONALAND. LATEST FROM TRANSVAAL The Governor of Cape Colony Proclaim the Invader's Retirement Trans vaal' Demands in Settlement In crease the Gravity of the Situation Demands of the ISoers. Capktown, Jan. 13. A proclamation issued by Sir Hercules Robinson, gov ernor of Cape Colony, removes Dr. Jameson from the position of adminis trator of Mashonaland. He is re placed by Mr. F. J. Newton, secretary ot the British colony of Bechuanaland. Delegates from the Orange Free State have been sent to the Transvaal to confer with the government of the re public as to the steps to be taken in the event of the Orange Free State being asked to assist the Transvaal. Captain Thatcher, who fought against the Boers with Jameson's freebooters and then escaped disguised as a reporter, says that when Dr. Jameson tried to get round the Boer position his men were dropping off their horses from exhaustion and hunger. The raiders also suffered terribly from lack of water, and the Maxim rapid firing guns became over heated and jumped. The flag of truce hoisted by the freebooters was made from a shirt of one of the wounded men, and was waved over their heads from the barrel of a rille without Jameson's consent. The latter cried like a child when the raiders surren dered, and the men loudly cursed the Rand Uitlanders for failing to send them the promised assistance. London, Jan. 13. A dispatch from Johannesburg, dated yesterday, says that the crisis in the Transvaal is not over. President Krueger and Sir Her cules Robinson, the governor of Cape Colony, have failed to agree upon a settlement of the matters in dispute. If these reports be true, the gravity of the situation has increased, and the reason for the assembling of Great Bri tain's fleet may be found in the strained relations between the presi dent of Transvaal and the g07ernor of Cape Colony. There are also signs that the Orange Free State and the Transvaal government will make com mon cause against Great Britain, should there be further trouble, and the report of a secret understanding between Germany and the Transvaal continues undenied in official circles. The freqnently repeated assertion that the British government has pur chased Delagoa bay from Portugal, thus cutting off any possibility of the Boers obtaining a seaport, is still un confirmed and uncontradicted. Johannesburg, Jan. 13. A feeling of great uneasiness prevails here. It is understood that the Uitlanders' re form committee is to be tried for high treason before the high court of Pre- A. " , , . . toria. several memoers oi tne com mittee have fled and one of them was allowed to depart after depositing a surety for his appearance when called upon. The amount deposited was $100,000. The government is greatly incensed at the tardy and incomplete surrender by the Uitlanders of their arms which, it is believed, are being concealed. Only about 2,000 rifles have been given up, whereas 26.000 are said to have been issued. A conference between Sir Hercules Robinson, the governor of Cape Col ony, and the Transvaal executive is believed to have left the situation strained and difficult to settle. It is understoad that the Transvaal de inam s include the annexation to the Boer Republic of Amatongaland, lately added to the colony of Natal, the an nulment of the convention of i;S4 and the institution and enforcement of a passport system throughout the coun try. The situation is thus regarded as being graver than ever. It has been reported to the govern ment at Bloomfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State, that docu ments have been discovered showing that a wide spread plot existed against the Transvaal. Governor Rob inson, however, is absolved from all knowledge of the matter. Grave Robbery in Des Moines. Des Moines, Iowa, Jan 13. The bodies of Mrs. George Townsend, buried Thursday in Saylorvilie ceme tery near here, and of Sand Bell, a miner recently .buried, are missing from their graves. The police searched the Medical college and found the bodies of four men stnd one woman. Among them those of Mrs. Townsend and Sandy Bell were also identified. No arrests have been made as yet. The facts have caused great excite ment in the city. The "Duke of Tombstone's" Fall. Chicago, Jan. 13. Edwin Fields, who formerly owned a large part of the city of Tombstone, Ariz., and a mine worth over half a million dollars, was last night taken to the county hos pital in the police ambulance. From the hospital he will be taken to the poor house at Dunning to spend his few remaining years. Fields has a wealthy brother, but he is too prond to ask aid. Minnie Palmer to Marry a Dnke. Baltimore, Md., Jan. J3 Miss Minnie Palmer, who is playing an en gagement at the Lyceum theater here, announced last night that she will be married on May 15, in London, to the Duke d Estrella, of rsavarre, whom the met atTrouvelle last summer. Shut Down to Keep Up I'rlces. Elivood, Ind., Jan. 13. All the win dow glass factories west of Pittsburg closed down for one month to keep up prices, and thousands of men will be out of employment that length of time in consequence. MRS. VANDERB1LT WEDDED She Becomes the Wife of Oliver Hazard Ferry Belmont. New York, Jan. 13. Mrs. Alva E. Vanderbilt, the divorced wife of Will iam K. " Vanderbilt, was married to Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, by Major Strong at 10 o'clock this morn ing. The ceremony was performed at No. 24 East Seventy-second street, the home of the bride. Miss Smith, Mrs. Vanderbilt's sister, and a few person al friends were present. Almost im mediately after the couple had been married they left the house, and, it is understood, started for Marblehouse at Newport. Perry Belmont is 40 years old and is a son of the late financier, August Belmont, and a grandson of Commo dore Perry. He inherited a large for tune from his father and has long been a conspicuous figure socially in New York. For years he was "Willie K." Vanderbilt's closest friend. HUDSON WINS HIS CASE. The Kansas Supreme Court Decides the l'rinteridiip Contest. ToPEKA,Kan..Jan. 13. The Supreme court this forenoon handed down an opinion in the Snow-Hudson State printership eontest, giving the office to J. K. Hudson, the Republican in cumbent. Mrs. Webb Loses Her Case. Topeka, Kan.. Jan 13. Judge R. B. Spill man of Manhattan, sitting as special judge of the Shawnee county district court, last night decided the case of the widow of Leland J. Webb against the A. O. U. W. for her hus band's life insurance, against the plaintiff. Webb had been suspended for non-payment of an assessment and after his death the claim was set up that he was insane at the time of his delinquency and therefore not re sponsible. The court holds that pay ment of a life insurance premium is a matter in which the beneficiaries of a policy are as much interested as the insured, and their neglect to pay in the cave of insanity or other disability of the injured is fatal to the contract. The case will -.e taken to the supreme court. Smith Advises Against Flynn's UllL Washington, Jan. 13. Secretary Hoke hmith will advise congress not to pass the Flynn free-home bill, i which was referred to him for an opin- ; ion. This bill, it will le remembered, ! allowed settlers who had bought lands open to settlement through purchase i of the Indians to be relieved from ob- j ligation to pay. This report is not unexpected to Mr. Flynn, and he is confident that, in spite of it, he will ; be able to report the measure to the ' house favorably. He claims also to be confident that the house will pass the ; bill, and has further assurances of j support in the senate, without the same certainty of ultimate passage. j Dockery lor Governor of MisKonri. WAsuiNGTON.Jan. 13. State Auditor Seibert and Secretary of State Leueur, spent another day conferring with Missouri Democrats in Washington. In the conferences that have been held the merits of the various candi dates for governor have been dkcussed. Senator Coekrell has not been brought to a frame of mind which permits him to think of accepting the nomination for governor. The Senator would like to see Mr. Dockery nominated. He is said to regard him as exceptionally strong at this time. It is not impossi ble that a movement to nominate Mr. Dockery for governor will be inaugur ated soon after their return. Dakota Divorcees Alarmed. Yaxktok, S. D., Jan. 13. The di vorce colony at Yankton has been greatly alarmed by the announcement of District Judge Smith that an inves tigation is about to be made of alleged false affidavits recently filed in divorce cases. Such affidavits state that the whereabouts of defendants are un known to plain tiffs, and that service ean, consequently, be had only by pub lication. In instances where such frauds are found to have been perpe trated the judge will, he declares, re open the cases, even though the plain tiffs have remarried, in order to give the defendants an opportunity to make appearances if they so desire. 1 j They Believe in Marriage. ! Eldorado Springs, Mo., Jan. 13. ' Mrs. T. B. Parslej', of this city, and R. B. Smith, formerly a captain in the Union army, and well known through out the South as a conspicuous figure in public life, were married yesterday. Mr. Smith is 73 years old and buried his fourth wife five months ago. Mrs. Smith is 37 years old and has been a widow three months and is now tak ing unto herself her third husband. A County Meat Fight. Lexington, Mo., Jan. 13. A count j eat war is on in Lafayette county. A petition is to be presented to the county court by Higginsville citizens, asking that the matter of removing the county seat from Lexington to Higginsville be submitted to the peo ple of the county. Nina Tan Zan-tt to lecture. Chicago, Jan. 13. Mrs. S. S. Malato, who, as Miss Nina Van Zandt, achieved much notoriety nine years ago by her marriage to August Spies, the Anarchi.it,. will become a lecturer. Mrs. Malato is not living happily with her husband and is going "to lecture for her bread and butter." Ex-Representative Geher Pardoned. Spbikgfifxp, I1L, Jan. 13. Governoi Altgeld yesterday granted a pardon to ex-Representative John L. Geher, serv ing five years at Joliet penitentiary for murder committed during a riot at Little's mine, in Tazewell county, in 1891, when two men were killed and the mine burned. Another Trust Shake Up. Chicago, Jan. J2. Attorney General Moloney has begun quo warranto pro ceedings against the National Linseed Oil company, on the ground that it is a trust. The case is similar to the proceedings pushed to a conclusion against the late whisky trust. OKLAHOMA NEXT. She Desires a Place in the Sisterhood of States. Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 9. The town is filled with delegates to the Statehood convention, which com menced to-day. Nearly all of them are in favor of Statehood for Okla homa, but there are almost as many chemes tor attaining it as there are delegates. Ever since Oklahoma was first opened to settlement there has been an intense rivalry between the different towns. Congress provided that the first legislature of Oklahoma should meet at Guthrie and fix the ter ritorial capital. Then began a fight of the bitterest kind between the dif ferent towns. Legislatures voted the capital three times to Oklahoma City and once to Kingfisher, but Governor Steele vetoed it each time, and the capital remains at Guthrie. The location of the future capital of Oklahoma as a state will depend largely on the boundary lines of the new state. If a state is made of Okla homa with its present boundaries, Kingfisher or El Reno would be near the center and would stand better chances for the capitol than either ; Perry, Guthrie or Oklahoma City, on the extreme eastern edge of the state. So Kingfisher and El Reno favor im mediate statehood of Oklahoma with its present bounds, and the Perry, Guthrie and Oklahoma City people are against it. Oklahoma City wants a single state made of Oklahoma territory. That would make Oklahoma City the i geographical center of the state and ; put her first in the race for the cap- j ital. This local feeling about the fn- ture location of the capital is one of ; the great elements in the fight for statehood and must not be lost sight , of by anyone who desires to under- ' stand the situation here. j A large element in the convention ; will favor the formation of a State out i of Oklahoma, with the Chickasaw na- ! tion added, and with a provision for allowing the other nations of the In- dian Territory to come in as they t vish, with the consent of Congress, j Some Republicans oppose this, because i Oklahoma is Republican and nine out j of ten people in the Chickasaw nation ' are Democrats, and that would make i the State of Oklahoma Democratic, j Republicans say it is a scheme of the f Democrats to capture the State, and they would rather see a State made of ' Oklahoma with its present boundaries. I TO ANNEX HAWAII. A Treaty of Admission With Uncle 8am Proposed in a House Resolution. Washington, Jan. 9. The subject of the annexation of the Hawaiian islands was broached in the House to-day by Mr. Spaulding, Republican, of Michigan, in the form of a resolu tion, which provided that the Sand wich islands be formed into a new State, to be called the State of Hawaii, with a republican form of govern ment, to be adopted by the people, through deputies in convention, with the consent of the existing govern ment. Conditions are imposed that questions of boundary or complications with other governments be transmit ted to the President to be laid before Congress for its final action before January 1, 1893; that all property per taining to the public defense be ceded to the United States, but the State re tain all other property, and the United States to be liable for none of its debts. 'The resolution proposes as an alter native that Hawaii may be admitted as a state by treaty between the two governments, with one representative in Congress, and proposes an appro priation of SlC0, 00 for making the treaty. The resolution was read by unani mous consent and referred to the com mittee on foreign affairs. I.lVli STOCK AM) I'KOOUCK MAltKK'I Ouotatloiis l.otii- I rum New York, Chicago, Omaha and l.lsewhere. OMAHA. St. Mutter Creamery separator. Uutter I'air to good country r jtrs Fresh Chickens lressed, per 0 Ducks l'er lb Turkevs-lVr Id 19 13 13 8 9 11 20 14 IMi 0 10 tX, Prairie chickens l'er doz 6 CO 40 61 UA 9 & 4 50 4 50 td 3 50 3 2 75 & A t -s Geese - l'er Tt 8 Lemons Choice Messinas 4 00 oranges P r box 4 00 Apples Per bbl 2 75 Sweet potatoes Good, per bbl 2 25 Potatoes Per bu 35 iieans-Navy, hand-picked.bu 1 65 . i i 1 . .1 Vvo i ru Cranberries c ape Cod, pr.bbl 9 00 Giln 00 Hay Cplana. per ton e so j :v Onions Per bu 25 o 35 Broom Corn Green, per B... 2 & 234 llosrs Mixed packing 3 ou Hogs Heavy weights............ 3 45 Heeves Miockers and feeders. 2 40 Iteef Steers 2 75 Bulls 1 50 ((0 3 5") & 3 5 I (ft 3 2 dt 4 00 3 00 & 2 50 & 5 25 2 5J 3 8 3 25 kt 3 15 (6 4 25 & 3 00 Stays 2 2a Calves. 2 00 Oxen 2 2 Cows 1 50 Heifers 2 00 Westerns 2 15 Sheep Lambs 3 7? Sheep Mixed natives 2 50 i CHICAGO. i Wheat No. 2, spring RS : Corn Per bu 26 Oats Per bu IT Tfl :8!i sb 25', ('& 17:S Porlc 9 Lard 5 12!& 9 25 40 W 5 50 attle Common to ex beeves. 3 f Hogs Averages 3 70 Sheep Lambs 3 60 Sheep Westerns 2 60 NEW YORK. Wheat No. 2, red winter....... 67 orn No. 2, 35 Oats No. 2 23 i Pork 7 85 ! Lard 5 80 60 4 70 & 3 80 W5 00 (A 3 60 67?, :js - 2 . 00 to (& ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 red, cash 67 Corn Per bu 24 o :4j Oats Per bu 17 ?j KJi Hogs Mixed packing 3 40 H 3 6 Cattle Native beeves 3 25 T5 4 CO Sheep Natives.. 2 7 frfc 3 50 Lambs. .. 3 00 (i! 4 25 KANSAS CITY. Wheat No. 2 hard Corn No. 2. Oats No. 2 Cattl Stockers and feeders. Hogs Mixed Packers heep Lambs r-7 57 ii ZZMb 23 17 & 17!i 2 50 dr, 3 55 3 4) (c5 3 60 3 CO 4 2 To Prevent Undervaluation. Washington, Jan. C. The House ways and means committee began work to-day on a scheme of legislation to prevent undervaluation of imports by the customs officials. Hearings will be given to interested persons. Tbe New York Tailor's Strike Broken. Nbw York, Jan. 9. Nearly 500 of the locked out tailors have been taken j back by contractors and the backbone j of the strike is considered broken, i Tlia ft - Vi? n cr rnt.raotni-B Mnfnal Ti-rk- ! tective Association has been beaten. The Pace That Kills. Fast Work and Fast Kating Illitks Three Score Years and Ten a liipo Old jje in Tbewe Daytb (From tue Cincinnati Luquircr.) The American people live tco fast, rat too fast and drink too fast. This has brought ujion many of us a tram of nervous and stomach disorders that arc very diffi cult to manage. Investigation i.m' chemical analysis to discover such con;poiuSa as will help those suffering from such ills has re sulted in the discovery ol Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, which has taken very high rank as a siiecilic remedy. H. P. Owens, a traveling nut" thirty years of age, who is well uuwu ia this community and generally liked because he is a bright, energetic vouug Ici.ow, resides with his mother at SJa Central Avenue, Cincinnati. Ohio. He has been a v.o..iru ot dyspepsia which took the form of continu ous constipation, and, strangely enough, his mother suffered from the s;uno trouble. Mr. Owens testified to the im-rUs of Pink Pills in a most enthusiastic way, arj'J said to the Unquirer reporter: 'I am glad to say anything 1 can i: r Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, h;-caue iU.y di.i me I great gool, and other ieople cj;:nt to know of their virtues as a medicine in .stomach . troubles. It was some tin.c ; .o wh' ii 1 felt a heavy feeling in my stomach, ami I ' grew very constipated. 1 did not on -nil a i doctor, bat having heard of the lMiic 1'iiN I bought a box of them. Ju two or three , days the heavy feeling in my stomach dis appeared and my bowels were regular. I did not have to use more than a box of them before I was well. Siin.v that time I have only occasionally been troubtil with ; constipation, and 1 never fret ivmri'.l, be cause I know just what to no. idoti.er w;is also troubled with indiire.-.t;on and the Pink Pills did the same lor her they did i for me cured her, didn't they, mother." When appealed to Mrs. Owens answered: j "That is ritiht. 1 found it was a great ! medicine, so easy to take and so quick and ' lasting in its results." j Mr. Owens continued: "I believe that these pills are also pood for nervousness. When I bad my stomach trouJlo 1 was also ; quite nervous and that disappeared with the dvspepsia. ThePiuk Pilis were ad that is claimed for them. You c;.n mab1 any use of this testimonial you see fit." H. P. Owens has occupied several posi tions of trust in this city. )'.; was lor a time an employe of the Commerci .d-Cazette. lie will go on "the road in a leu Uajs fora prominent business hous hire. Mrs. Owens is quite as enthusiast.c as her mui about the Pink Pills and he-host of :ady friends can verify her eooa opinion of tl.is wonderful remedy if they Jt el disposed to do so at any time. Where th-j testimony is so general and unanimous s to the ex cellencies of Pink Pills as the Inquirer l.as found it to be there is certainly iiood reason to believe all the good things said about the safe and simple remedy. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain all the elements necessary to irive new life and richness to the blood and re store shattered nerves. They may be had of all druggists or direct by mail from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenec tady, N. Y., at 50c per box, or six boxes for 13.50. leveiiT Ilef ore liumi. 'Just as I expected!" said the strug gling young genius, opening a letter from the editor. "He says my poem is 'very good,' and he accepts it. but 'under the circumstances' he does not feel justified in allowing more than SI for it," which sum he 'begs to inclose. When he finds out it's an acrostic con veying the statement that the editor is a stingy old cus, he won't think he got that poem so blamed cheap after all, gol ding him!" Chicago Tribune. St. Nicholas Magazine recently offer ed prizes for the best correction of a misspelled poem. More than ten thousand answers were received, and the committee has been overwhelmed with work, the results of which and the names of the prize-winners will ap pear in the January St. Nicholas. Answers came from all over the world, from Turkey, from Kgypt and from Europe from a little countess in Vienna and from the grandchildren of Emerson and Hawthorne in America. The committee reluctantly make the admission that the penmanship of the English and Canadian children excels that of Uncle Sam's boj s and girls. Comfort to California. Yes and economy, too, if yo:i fatronis the Huriinaton Route s I 'ersona.i Conduft- ed once-a-week excursions wui n leave Omaha every Thursday mornin Through tourist sleej ers Omaha to San Francisco and Los Angele. Second-class tickets accepted. See the local azent and arrange a! out tickets and berths. Or, write to J. Francis, U. T. & T. A.. Omaha, Neb. Marriage is a mortgage that cannot determined except by death or divorce. be The devil t nds it hard to get a foothold in the home w here love is king. Keep out of the crowd where vulgarity passes for wit and humor. STATISTICS. There are 47 papers and magazines in this country managed or edited by women. In France the sexes are almost ex actly balanced, there being 1,004 women to 1,000 men. The Invention of the typewriter has riven employment to half a million of women. According: to the most reliable esti mates the world contains today 2S0, 000,000 grown women. Wyoming has the smallest female population. 21,362; New York the larg est, 3,020,960. There are said to be 536 lady physi cians practicing medicine In the cities of the United States. According to the last census, the number of women above tlw trge of. 18 In Russia was 23,200,000. The average height of l,0f French women Is 5 feet 1 Inches; of 1. 000 Russian women 5 feet 3 inches. A competent authority declares that oyer 1,500,000 of the women of this coun try earn their own .livlnjr. . In all Christian countries 'the number of females who attend the church Is far greater than that of the men. An authority on anthropology says that the ears of women are set further forward on the head than those of mn. Map of the United States. The wall map issued by the. Hurimiton Route is three feet wide by four feet Ion?; is printed in seven colors; is mounted on rollers ; shows every state, wuntr, impor tant town ami railroad in tbe Union and forms a very desirable aud useful adjutn-t to any househo'dor business estau ishmeut. Purchased in large quantities, the ma: s cost the Burlington Route mora than fifteen cents each, but on receipt of thataniount in st am js tbe undersigned v ill be pleased to send you one. Write immediately, as the supply m limited. J- Francis. G. P. & T. A. Burlington Route. Omaha, Ne'.. A fool learns from no one. A wue man ' learns from everybody. i