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- i. V J- 5'' 7 January 18 1900. .... , 1 . i! l.i If- 4 tl:rd:l:ys Csnte:as Editor Independent: Much has been said and written in sundry religious and temperance papers regarding Presi dent McKinley'a paculiar article toward the army canteen," or in plainer terms : tixe military groggery. I hare heard many good people, and among them a few prominent ministers of the different branches of the Chris tian church, try to defend the president by using a weakest kind of eophisfry, with the evident purpose of covering from view the real facts of the case. 1 believe-military men will agree that as a matter of fact there never has been a time in the history of our government when the president as commander-in-chief could not have banished the army saloon by a simple military order. It is, and always has been a matter wholly under the r control of the com manding officer. (Instance, our 3d Neb. regiment had no army canteen") but as each president had in turn neglected to issue such an order, congress passed a law abolishing it. . - On the grounds that the attorney-general has declared this law unconstitu tional some of our reverend friends told us that Brother McKinley had taken thin matter under advisement and that we would no doubt hear from him later. Well, in fact he did consider the matter not whether he could act but whether he must. . From the knowledge and experience of a soldier, I wish to assure your read ers that no law was ever needed to en tb'e the commander of the army to ban ish the "canteen" and but for the liquor interests it would have been done long asri. When a president refuses to do a ralJgious thing, for fear of losing the nh is key vote, and on the other hand good men vote for him because he be longs to a large and influential church, it looks as though he was pretty well fortified in his position. It remains to be seen what the Christian church will do next fall. B. RooaA, Uncoln, Neb. NOTHING HEARD FROM HIM Slrans Disappearance of Uumlltoa Stafford Unexplained. ... , The strange disappearance of Hamil ton Stafford of Corjand from Lin . join on the afternoon of January 3 still furnishes considerable cause for peculation atnongf those most inter ist'jd. Mr. Stafford came to this city to transact some business on that day. He was last een on the streets, so far is current., knowledge gees, at about 1:33 inthe afternoon by Elmer Salis tuyr jr, a young man who worked for1 tui when he was farming near Kay cg:k1 two years ago. Since that time nothing h&3 been heard from or of him nd ho has dropped completely out of siglit. The efforts of the friends of the family to get trace of him have not been successful, and'Mrs, Stafford says that she knows no more about him or hiis whereabouts now than the day he C'.t appeared. She suspects foul play. A BA3Y ABANDONED D?:at Police In Omaha Makes a Find of v Boy Infant. . . When, Depot Master Simpson went ftn duty at the union depot in Omaha h? noticed an odd looking bundle stored away in one corner of the base meut. It looked like an old overcoat which some one had tied up in, a bun dle and cast aside, but when he picked isp the strange package a plaintive cry isfi-Aed'' forth. . He hurriedly investigated.-- After unwrapping several rolls of clothing the depot master brought to light an infant a little boy appar ently four or five days old. Simpson made known his discovery to the police and Sergeant Hudson was f?nt to bring the little stranger to the station where he was placed in charge of ; Matron Tiedeman. During the morning several persons called and of fered to give the baby a home. It was finally taken in charge by Mrs. Ida Daldwin, 1713 California street, who desires to keep it. ' ,The police have no clue whatevor as to who left the babe in the depot. . 1 . Havana Customs Receipts. The war department has given 'out ' for publication a statement for the re ceipts from customs at the port of - Havana, Cuba, for the month of De cember, 1S99. The total receipts for the month were 81,103,180. Attention is invited to the fact that though tlere wore only twenty-six working days in thar'month of December, the total col lections .exceded those in any other tnonth of the past year. - " 'Forty-live Tear Sentence. A Carbondale, 111., dispatch says: In the trial of Frank Davis, charged with the killing of his wife and sixteen year M girl near Murphysboro, the jury enaereu a venuci oi guuiy ana nxea the penalty at forty-five years in the penitentiary, uavis is tmrty years . old, . - . lA negro named Anderson Cause was found hanging to a limb of a tree near Ilenning, Tenn. It is supposed he J was lynched for aiding in the escape , of the Ginerly brothers, colored, who mcently murdered two officers' near - Ripley, Tenn $5 A MONTH. DR. McGREV, SPECIALIST, Tresis B Forms of DISEASES AND DISORDERS G? MEN ONLY. 22 Years Fxperlems. 12 Yearsl n Orojtt. Medicine and treat tcent sent everywhere by Mall or ExprsH, as the small ccareeox OHLY S5AF.I0HTH. DOM2 THE ATMKIST that cures and saves yon time and money. BLECIRIOITY AND MEDICAL treat roh. t combined In all cases where it is advis e Me. Varicocele. Stricture. SfphiliB, in all its rtages. Lss of Vigor antl vitality, caused "Tram abuses or Excesses. Weajiness and liia- erders of Kidney and Bladder. CURES GUARANTEED rases, iaartres low. juook r ree. vjupuji. - Book ree. Consult a, I ad Examination Free Office hour.8 a. m . TtoSp in. Sundny 9 to 13. rR, MCCRl A X.Ol r-iJ &QX Too. uince pi. w tornM oi aM affanuua CU., OMAHA, NCD. - ) A DUEL JJ HOTEL Kentucky Feud Ends in a Fear ful Tragedy. TiiSfZ UYES WERE WIPED (HI Former Congressman Flays a Principal Part- Sron-Particlpattasr Bystander Killed and Another Mortally Wounded War -the Cause A Frankfort. Ky., January 17 special sajis: A shocking tragedy, in which the lives of three prominent men were sacrificed and that of a fourth hangs on a slender thread, while two others miraculously escaped with painful in juries occurred here at 1 o'clock yes terday. The principals in the tragedy were ex-Congressman David M. Colson of Middleboro and Lieutenant Ethel bert Scott of ' Somerset - Scott was shot six times by Colson and almost in stantly killed. Luther W. Demaree, assistant postmaster at Shelbyville, an innocent bystander, was shot three times and died instantly. Charles Ju lian, another bystander, was shot and died a half hour 'later, and Captain B. B. Golden of f Barboursville, common wealth attorney of the Twenty-seventh judicial district, was shot in the back and is not expected to survive the night.-"' ' s . " .. Colonel Colson himself was shot twice in the arm. Ilarry McEwing of Louisville was shot in the foot and W, O. Ridpatch of , Chicago sustained a broken leg by the lifeless form of Scott, falling against him as it rolled down the stairway. The tragedy is one of the most sensational in the his tory of "the dark and bloody ground." The killing occurred in the lobby of the Capital hotel, the principal hos; telry of the state capital, the room being well filled at the time with poli ticians and others who are here at tending the contest for state offices before the legislature.- Colonel Colson is in jail tonight charged with murder, but he claims self -defence. The witnesses to the affair were taken so much by surprise when th shooting began that most of them were almost panic-stricken, and ther are many conflicting . stories as tc how the fight began. j Colonel Colson, who killed Scott and who is charged with . the killing of both Demaree and Julian, and with shooting Golden, has long been a prominent figure in Kentucky politics. II was elected to congress in 1896, but resigned to accept "a commission as colonel of a regiment during the Span ish war, in which Scott was a lieuten ant and Golden was captain of a caval ry troop, and the trouble which led to tie tragedy began then. A feud sprang up between Colson and Scott while the troops were in camp at Anniston, Ala., and in this it is said by Colson's friend? that Captain Golden was a warm partisan of Scott. The trouble between them at that time cul minated in a meeting between them in a restaurant which resulted in Colson being shot by Scott. The regiment was shortly afterwards mustered out cf the service as a result of the feud be tween the officers and the serious charges and countercharges which they had made at Washington against each other as officers. . Since then the parties had not met until yesterday, and it has generally . been . believed that blood would be spilled s hould they meet , as both were known to be looking for each other. Colson was the most widely known of those who figured in today's tragedy, but none of the others were obscure. ' THE MARKETS! : .Kansas City. CATTLE Best beeves. S 5 59 30 7J 0) 95 Stockers Native cows. Feeders..... 4 8i 5 0) 4 0) 4 7 ca Western steers (ft 5.4 0 O 4 7i $ 5 8i Texas and Indian stoera 3 50 4 7J 4 50 (53 62 30 S3 51 3 33 3 7J 9 03 7 03 C J 23 14 33 ROG55 Choice to hQavy SHEEP Fair to choice WHEAT Na 2 red. 7J Ko; 2 hard .... COn N No. 2 mixed (ft 30 V4 szya OATS Na 8.... FIiOTJR Patent, per bbl Fancy HAY Choice timothy Fancy prairie.. BRAN (sacked) B UTTER Choioa creamery .... EGGS? Choice POTATOES Chicago. CATTLE Common to prime..! HOG S Packing and shipping.. SHEEP Fair to cnoice FLOOR Winter wheat WHEAT Na 2 red. CORN-No 2 OATS No 2... BUTTER Creamery LARD 9 5) i& 7 it & 4i 4 00 ft (4. (ft 3 4 61 4 74 4 10 3 61 30!i 21S 2j 6 15 4 50 5 2. 8 50 ,63 30 24 19 6 13 10 7i PORK 3P 9J H 6 6 1 a 4 8) 4 6J St Loal. CATTLE Native and shipping. Texans HOGS Heavy SHEEP Fair to choice.. .3 73 3 40 4 5 J 5 03 3 3J FLOUR Choice . . 3 51 WHEAT Na 2 red .... "67? AS! auiacu . ...... ...... OATS Na 2 mixed. RYE Na 2 BUTTER Creamery LARD WesteraTness R 80 24 19 07-a S 00 d3 33 8IJ Hi PORK 9 Horses Choice heavy draft. $!2"ai7o: fancy saddlers, hl-OfiW; ooasU horsJi, flV) 4j); choice chunks.- tn$U: choice Southern horses, $50 7.50. , s Mules Best prices rane from 92 t Hi J accocdiits to size. Fred Sibley was convicted at Taylor ville, 111., of complicity in the murder of Mrs. Jane Brunot, near Paris, last summer,' and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life.- Ills counsel has made a motion for a new trial. Henry Brunot, a nephew of. the murdered .Tifivan, has also been sentenced to . r.-.fIn hattf for life. Neither of the youths In all Cnr-V. tj. v . . . J . 4rwii, r nmeieen years oi age. aacn vthe xther of the actual murder. ' tze our aavertisera. 'HARE EXPERIENCE. Of Man Who .Won Ajralaat Brace" ' $ 'v. Faro Cham. ; New Orleans' Times-Democrat: "It Isn't many men who have beaten a brace faro same." said an old steam boat captain, "but I enjoyed that ex perience in. Memphis one night, at the time -gambling was wide ODen every - where along the' river. I-was steered into-the place by a pleasant-spoken chap, who had scraped acquaintance at the hotel, and I saw immediately that-1 was against a lot of robbers. I realized, however, that I would proba bly .get sandbagged if I raised a row, so I concluded to sit down at' the faro table, lose a few dollars, aad then make some excuse to go out. I bought a stack of chips, and had Jast started to play when two new men came in, one of . them (evidently a "canoer" for the. house and the other a drunken plan ter. From the significant glances of all hands it was plain that a rice prize had been - landed, and, as they made room for the poor dupe at the table. the dealer asked me very courteously to cash In my chips and quit You see. they wanted to get rid of me so as to devote their entire attention to pluck ing the planter, and the dealer gave as a reason that 'Col. was an old friend and liked to have the eame to himself,' That gave me my cue, and I told him pretty shortly that I in- tended-to remain where I was. 'Oh, let Mm stay,' grunted the planter, good naturedly, and the chap behind the table, scowling like mad, resumed the deal. The drunken man slaDued down 50 at a time and I followed him with $5 a shot, playing opposite. In other words, when his bet .was open mine was 'coppered,' and vice, versa. It was impossible lor them to wm from him without losing to me, and I could hear the whole crowd gritting their teeth every time I gathered in the chips. They wanted my gore, sure. but. didn't, dare , molest me for fear of alarming the planter. I kept it up until I had -won abou $100. and then I cashed in and sauntered out.'Jeavlng the victim at the erame. I yearned to give him a tip, but that would have meant certain death; his presence and lack of suspicion were the only things that ; saved me. , I , never heard how much he lo. " Want Island Admitted. .Among the passengers who arriveo in New York recently by the steamer Philadelphia from Ponce and San Juan, Puerto Rico, were members of a dele gation of Puerto Hican merchant's and citizens en 'route for IVashington ta consult with President and present to congress the needs of the island of Puerto Rico. The delegates are strong ly iu favor of the island, being made a territory of the United States. They also favor a modification of tariff laws and other reforms. Only Fire Cases. Surgeon General Wyman of the ma rine hospital has received a cable gram from Passed Assistant Surgeon Perry in charge of the marine hospital service at Manila stating that five cases of plague have occurred there. This is taken to mean that there have been but five cases there 6ince the out break of the plague. y Internal Rereone Receipts. The receipts from internal revenue for the month of November last were $25,457,365, an increase as -compared with the correspondinKmonth in the preceding year of 82,03,495. The re ceipts for the five months ending No vember, 1899, show ; an increase of $11,431,267 compared with the corre sponding five months in the preceding year. ' "-'.'.. The Independent in clubs of five from now until January 1, 1901 (nearly a year) for 50 cents each. Invite your neighbor to subscribe. ; Steamer Sinks. A dispatch from Galliopolis, O., says. The fine passenger steamer' Lexington, owned by the Carr lineof Charleston, W. Va., while racing with the opposi tion packet Argand, . struck the- lock wall near Scary, breaking in two and sinking immediately. The Argand went to its assistance and took off the passengers and crew. The Lexington will be a total wreck. : Aged Iady Severely Injured. Mrs. Kiser. an old lady of seventy years, who resides at Mynard,"" while leaving the dental parlors in the Fitz gerald block at Plattsmouth. slipped and fell down a flight of stairs sustain ing a severe; fracture of her right thigh. She was conveyed to the home pf some friends and the fracture re WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT SEARLES & SEARLES Main Office Lincoln, Neb. SPECIALISTS IN Nervous, Ctaronle and Private Diseases of Men and Women AH private diseases and dis orders of men. Treatment by mail ; consultation free. Kyphllis eared for Ufa. All forme of female wak , neea and Diseases ol Wo men. Electricity ModJiie, Enables na to guarantee to cure all cases carabla t the none, tbroat, cbeet. stomach, liver, blood, sltln aad kidney diseases. Lost Manhood, Nif ht Emissions, Hydrocele, Varicocele, Gonorrhea. Sleot, Piles. Fistula and Rectal Ulcers, Diabetes and Briebt s Diease, SIOO.OO for a case of OiTAiiRIT. B H BUST ATI 8B4. DXSFEPSIA, or 8TPNILTS We cnto obm If coreblo. f I CATARRH CURED PERMANENTLY Uedleine aotl treatment only 5 per moot ti. A. rierteet ears Rnaranteed in erary ease we accept, uae week's treatmeat FBEE. Ezamtoatloa and consultation PRES. Home Treatment fcymaii !n all diseaees a specialty. All medicine tarnished Call or address with stamp for circular, free hook acd recelBte. flrv'JSB Sf i Drs Sczrles & Searle n Richards Block, 0) LINCOLN, NEB. RETAIN OLD HANDS State Board of Agriculture Ad' journs Its Meeting. BOARD ACCEPTS THE OLD GROUNDS President Bassett Annottneea Personnel of Tfew Board of Manajfers Session of State Farmers'.. Institute t Other Nebraska Xewi. The meetings of the state hoard of agriculture were sandwiched in with tnecfing-s of the state farmers' institute Wednesday. , The hoard of agriculture met in the morning- and elected offi cers, deferring the business session re lating to , the state fair till evening. The state farmers' institute held a morning, afternoon and evening ses sion, at which many topics were dis cussed. The hoard of agric ulture re-elected all the officers. '; Th list for the next year is; President, S. C. Bassett, Gib bon; first vice president, L. . A. Beech er, Neligh; second vice president E., Mclntyre, Seward; secretary, Robert W. Furnas, Brownville. , A. C. ; Peter son of Ashland was elected as member of the board to take the place of Sen ator M. L. Ilayward. ' President Bassett said that he be lieved the society would get the $4,000 appropropriation from the state which the society needs to pay premiums. Arrangements were completed for state fair grounds and the old grounds were accepted. ' The state fair will be held the first week in September. ' An interesting session of the farmers' institute fol lowed the board meeting. : THE MISSING MAN FOUND Hamilton Stafford said to be In a Penn sylvania Town. . .Mrs. Hamilton Stafford of Cortland has received a letter from her sister-in-law in Erie, Pa., dated January 13, say ing that Mr. Stafford arrived there that day. He had been nine days on the road to Erie, and was out of money when he arrived. The letter ' does not state how he came to be out of money, as he started from Lincoln with some thing over S75. It says nothing either regarding his physical or mental condition.'-.. Stafford left Lincoln on January 3, and since th?. time and until the let ter was received nothing had been heard of him. It was believed that he had met with foul play. He was' in Lincoln that ' day ' transacting some business. He paid a note of S34 to one man and was known to liave more than $100 with him when he, left home. ""Ife left his team in Smith's barn on R street. His disappearance was a sen sation in police circles, and the sus picionsof the officers might have led to an arrest within a day or two. : RIOT IN SCHOOL ROOM Teacher at Cortland Defends Himself N . . .- - -''.'-'- Vigorously; A riot between the boys in the grammar room of the Cortland public schools and the teacher, J. G. Ludlam, occurred just after. the morning recess Wednesday, There has for weeks been bad feelings between teacher and pu pils. It seems to be mutually under stood that this was the day hostilities were to be declared. , Fred Young, a boy sixteen years old and the teacher had trouble, and a fight ensued. The icholar was badly whipped, first by ie teachers's fist and later by a raw- ride. Other scholars joined, as the teacher expected, but the pedagogue fought manfully and held his own with the aid of the rawhide. A number of the patrons have withdrawn their children. Arrests may follow. Xo Place Like Home. ; Lured from their homes by. the blandishments of two tramps who promised them money, and with vis ions of the pleasures of a great city. Frank and James Brown, two brothers, aged twelve and ten years respectively, appeared at the police station in Omaha and asked to be sent to their home near Deloit, la. 1 The little fel lows were cold and hungry, having walked the streets the greater part of one night, and theyl had come to the decision that running away from home was not so much fun after all. Gift of a Lincoln Woman. The ladies of St. Mary's Episcopal church at Nebraska City for some time past, have been creating a fund to purchase a pipe organ and have about $50 0 on hand. , They have been most asrreeablv surprised by Mrs. A. J. Sawyer of Lincoln, who has sent them a fine reed -organ of the beet make, which will be placed in position and used for the first time on the 28th inst. The gift is highly appreciated by the members of the church. Saratoga a Training Ship. The famous old battle-scarred frigate Saratoga, now the schoolship of the Pennsylvania nautical school at Phila delphia, left for its annual cruise in West Indies with seventy-five boys, of whom twenty-fiv,e are now recruits. - U The strike of the rod mill workers at Beaver, Falls and raddock, Pennsylva nia, is on in full force. At Beaver Falls only three men reported and the rod mill could not be operated. The officials have asked for police protec tion, but there has been no violence. The openYng of Norfolk's new audi torium occurred with a. good attend ance of Norfolk people. The play pre sented was "Hamlet" by Walker White sidos and his company. The building and its appointments are, all that could be desired and snch as would be credi able to a much larger city than Nor- - fflLr ; .. ... - .. '" ...-".' A .... ...... ; - THEY WANT MORE POWER Interstate Coname Commission Ap , peala to CoBgreaa. The interstate commerce commission has made public its thirteenth; annual report. The feature of the repcCt is the strong plea made that congress up hold the hands of the commission by amendments making ' the interstate commerce law more effective. The re port says that the commission a- year ago called attention to the fact that in vital respects the -present law has proved defective and inadequate and that until further legislation" is pro vided the best efforts at regulation must be feeble and disappointing. The requests of the commission for needful amendments have been supported by petitions and memorials' from agricul tural, manufacturing and commercial' interests throughout the country, yet. says the report, not a line of , the stat ute has been changed and none .of the burdensome conditions whiciCv call, for relief has been removed 'or modified. The existing situation, and the devel opments of the past year, it is added, render more imperative than ever be fore the necessity for speedy and suit able legislation. Nine-tenths of the people know, that any railroad com pany can charge for, its service what ever it pleases, without any real power in this commission or any other tribun al or cour to limit the amount of such charge when complaint is made by the aggrieved shipper, and they , are sub-' stantially of one mind in desiring that this and other defects in the statute be promptly remedied. Shippers gener ally also have been ', practically unani- tnous in favor of a single classification of freights," one" that will be uniform for all roads and all sections of the sountry and reasonably stable when es tablished.' ' - FLOODS IN WEST RECEDING rralns Tied Up, Bat No Farther Known ': .V Xosfi of Life. - .;" A dispatch from Spokane, Wash., lays: The floods in the Potlach aDd Clearwater rivers are receding. The (vires to Kendrick and . Juliaetta are down, hence meagre information comes trom there, but " enough to show that no further damage has been done. Lewiston has mail f or th'e first time" in three days. All traveling in that vi cinity is by wagons. Trains are every where tied up in thev valleys on account of damage to the roadbeds. The weather has suddenly turned :old in the vicinity of Tacoma, and the tvaters'of the rivers which have been jausing damage by floods in the val ley have gone down. In the mountains the streams are all reported to be Erozen up and the meltings of snow has stopped. : The ' Northern Pacific has cleared its . tracks and fears no more trouble. - '" " KILLED BY TWO PRISONERS JSIlssoarl County Jailer Overpowered by '. Desperadoes." 7 County Jailer Fred Henry t while feeding the prisoners in the Howell county jail at West plains, Mo., was overpowered and killed by two prison ers, Ben Richardson and k Ed Grady. Richardson was under sentence to the penitentiary for burglary, and is an escaped convict from the Tennessee penitentiary. A posse has been or ganized and are sco.uring the woods. A reward of 81,000 is offered - for Ltheir capture. Intense excitement prevails and talk of lynching is freely indulged in. 7 .'-.'". s WANT THE DISPUTED STRIP Missouri Seeks Lapd . that Is Claimed by . Nebraska. Governor Lon V. Stephens and At torney General Crow of .Missouri, have left here for Washington where the latter will institute proceedings in the United States supreme court against the city of Chicago and the trustees of the Chicago drainage canal to restrain them from turning the sewage of Chi cago into the Mississippi river. . They expect to remain in the nation al capital for several days and the at torney general will also institute suit for a strip of land between Nemaha county, Nebraska, and Atchison county, Missouri, which it is believed belong? to Missouri. y Crge Building of Secretary Lonfr ' and Cable, - Rear Admiral Bradford appeared before, the commit tee on naval affairs in advocacy of the construction of . a Pacific cable by the government The secretary's state ments were general and related to the feasibility of the plan and its advant age over doing the work by private en terprise., . :. -. ' ' f Rear Admiral Bradford detailed the operation of the collier Nero and said that, according to the report made ol the preliminary, work the 'proposed cable was entirely practicable. Electricity fa Cripple Creek Mines. , Cripple Creek is ' perhaps the only gold mining district in the world where a miner can go to his work in an electric v street car, descend the mine in an electric hoist, keep his mine dry by an electric pump, do his work by an electric lamp, run" drills operated by electric air ; compressors fuossiblv -in timp to be suoerseded by direct electric drills), and fire his shots by electricity from a switchboard re mote from thepoint of explosion. it is estimated that in the Cripple Creek district the use as above of electric power, as compared with steam power, effects a saving of from 15 to 50 per cent, according to the location and cir cumstances of the mine. Electrical tiower Is revolutionizing the mining in- du3v at CrinDle Creelf in reducing, expenses, ' increasing profits ana matt ing available lower grade ore, hitherto f discarded . or : ignored as Incapable of being mined and treated at a profit. J Engineering Magazine. ll&ifal&aZttKn, ILLCL We haven't taken stock yet, but the meantime we're "going to , size. , lhats why .such reductions as these are niade" DRESS Splendid quality two-tonedUress suitings, 2Uc value, clearing price, per yard Best quality half wool cashmere per yard ......... . . , Bright colored wool plaids in a choice variety of color I combinations, regular ouc value, clearing sale price, LININGS AND --NOTIONS" Hooks and Eyes, In per card I u Wool skirt braids in all colors Cm TWO rolls for ........ . . . U U Taffeta lining in all shades, 25c values, per yard..... Fancy striped Moreen skirting in a beautiful line of colq worth l.w, clearing price.. TRIMMING SColored Jet trimming values as high asoc, clearing price, Black jet trimmings ia choice.variety wortn up to 00c, clearing price, per Ready-to-W Fur, capes, muffs, scarfs, collarettes and makers, to be closed,, Any cloth jacket in th Ft use during this Plush and boucle capa Children's two-toned If ear Goods new, this season's goods, i. e and all wool n ui lu vi.. auu vvi phissale, each Fleece-lined wrappers assorted percale, 9. each were $l.UU, this ssi 75o and $1 black sateejj 17a : waists at.". ... . . . f:. L.Tlb Ill Another lot of suits, ;Crted colors, this Airhildren's jackets, 50 Breakfast Shawls, M val- I R n i1'.!..."... I UU Heavy all-wool chevijt skirts, taffeta silk stitches down frdai ml$7.50 values, each So.CO silk waists in bit lj to match, triicming on above 6kuts this sale, each. . , Children's Cashmere JC-fesses, all lined, ' r were $1, this , saltr each N and 12th Sts.f K:I JUDGES ALASKA Senate Cemmittoe the Bill Under Consld tlon. The senate commfti ee on territorica has considered a mXl J creating three judicial districts fori Alaska and for a revision of the lays j of the , United States ' applying to ft He territory. , A number of Alaska pa an were present with the committeeja.nd made ' sugges tions which they ojt.iired to be incor porated in the law.f - they were asked if there was any sojhiment in favor of dividing the ' territf ryj of Mount St. Elias, making the sfutbeastern portion the territory of Sprjird. The reply was that the people believed such a di vision would be necfejaary at some fut ure time, i The iuli4ial bill was re f erred to a sub-conxaittee. Slav Abandon Exposltlen. Directors of tli Phio Centennial company have annfuaced that unless $338,000 stock suhstfjdtions are forth coming from the Fpttblic within one week they will abandon the-'' project of celebrating the' oip hundredth anni versary of the admpsipn of Ohio into the Union in 19021 The directors of the enterprise -hare jbeen trying for nearly a year to ru4 $500,000, which amount is necessary tef ore government and state appropriations are available. Bringing; Ho atj.' the Dead. 77 Quartermaster Gi a oral Imdington is informed that the ' transport 'McClel land has left Sant $p with the re mains of seventy-fl " Soldiers who died last spring" from ye low fever and 375 metallic caskets, blJd for New -York. All the unclaimed f to Washington aa national cemetery L will be brought interred in the Arlington. The empty caskets are f esxined eventually for Manila, where hey will be ' used for bringing home Ll k bodies of sol diers who lost theif lives in the Philip- Dines. The transits: -t Citv of Pekin has already left Men ila for San Fran cisco with the bocljajj of 156 soldiers and others who q d in the "Philip pines. 0 : . Browned. Three Bo, Three boys, Eiclf i :d French, Thomas O'Brien and Chixles Pacho, were drowned in Gas Hqsiirpond, Louisville, Ky., while playing the ice. Wants Fnf (Statistics. : Director of the UJSmsus .Merriamsus?-, gests to the agricil irists of the coun-) try that they use lime of tneir sparq time between nov aad June next ; in thoroughly - prepar f dg themselves to answer promptly j ad accurately tne questions relative tne acreage,quan- tity and value ofj rjopsr the quantity and value of all mal and vegetable era and farm labo: items of farm opi endar year 1839, v merators are by li certain '" 2 ' irm products, ani- th'e cost of f ertiliz- d, in fact; all the ions for the cal- h the census enu- compelled to as- We tell MaW kin' ! of coalM except poor coal. r . a , mmm' f 3Iock. : ? I Urt Lincoln, Ncbrask will do so in a few days In reduce stocks to a still mailer GOODS 32 inches wide, I4C 25c ......350 per yard . Brush bindingn all shades, to close, pe yard.... .......... Splendid qualifr black percaline, worth 12JiJ clearing price, yd. 10c .158 50 c 25c it'r-ea uigs, in a large vanity of styles, per yard ....... a . a m of styles, yard .......... All N3V This Season's Goods jackets, a bier 1 I A ' A , c, just receivea irom iqo CENT. sale HALrf sale ONE4JTHIRD OFF it ripple eider d Si cloaks, Jin j "u I , ... . . .... . :.......55g $5 812 and $15 suiti this sale sale, HALF LF (Ml 3," HAL' new styles j? OFF. -25 Silk and Woe cCrepon Skirts, ,57.50 valulslu jiis sale, each. ...... 0 w and tailor '.. . $5 ....53.45 sizes 1 to 5 years, 49c Lincoln, Nebraska Falls For Five Millions. - ' An indebtness of $5,564,917, sr.id to be the largest schedule of liahilites ever presented for discharge under the national bankruptcy act, is set forth ia a petition in yoltuntary bankruptcy filed in the United States district court in Chicago by Francis P. Owings, who vas formerly interested largely in real estate in Chicago.' : He purchased leaae hold interest in much property and as sumed a number of mortgages which were afterwards foreclosed. Mr. Owings is now ia stock broker and operator." lie has no property. The Forests . of the Philippines. But it is td the forests of the Phil ippines that we are wholly unable to do justice. Timber exists in great va riety, and of nost excellent quality. There are to be, found kin&a oi wood suitable to eyerjr purpose. Many are of dense and toi'gh fiber, susceptible to the highest i pclish. ; Four : different kinds arejso heavy that water will not" float them, nor !can they be cut with ordinary saws. One variety, is of a bright emerald reen, and another rich yellow, and they retain those colors when polished. Another "narra," per haps the prettiest, and much used ia fine furniture! varies in color from light etraw ,to deep red. It is strong aad hard and takes a high polish. Perhaps the nest known is ,miave a very heavy dark fcrown wood, used for fin ishing in thi jinterior of the Jesn! church at Mtjniia', where it is said tha carvings are (by master hands and ot surpassing beauty. Ebony is abundant. There are the cacao tree, the cocoa nut palm and the bamboo, all invalcable to the natives, and also, a tree wcica yields a kind of cotton.- Self-Culture, orl la Stopped. Mr Taylorl -assistant secretary of the treasury, in hafge of the erection o public buildings, is preparing fo transmission tq congress a list c authorized pnljie buildings in the United States ori which work has beeq stopped or neverjbegun because of the increase of building materials and th shortage of appropriations. f Froelaime Martial Iaw. A Capetown, Tout) Africa, dispatch Rays: Sir AlfreA Miiner, the governor, has proclaimed martial law in the di tricts of IIopetorn and PhillipslowE Electri:al Men Meet. The eighth aniual convention of the, Northwestern Xlectrical association opened at the Hotel Pfister in Mil wan-; kee with about J00 delegates present, 'i The first session was devoted to rou- I tine business an the reading of Pre ident Henry L. oherty's address. Great oitt for Bnffalo. " 3 John J. Albrigit has announced tefff the board of 'directors of the Uuffaio,N I N. Y., fine afts .'icademy his intentior to present td the5 city an art gallery to' jj cost about 30OJ00 and to" begin it f construction immediately. ; s - 1 r I -i '"r"'