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At 15.00 there are Fancy Casaimeres and Worsteds, Blue Black Cheviots nd Oxford Mixtures, the regular $9;fX-vaIue&, - - . -;- At 7J there are Brown Mixed Scotch Cheviots. Fine Blue Serges, Black tS Clue CUy Wonteds and other excellent tailored suits, the regular $15.00 valee. - ' At 110,00 there are Flee Fancy Worsteds of Imported andt domestic fab rics. Fory Tweeds. Extra Fine Thibets. In over 10- new, stylish patterns. Ttey are the Stein-Bktch Tailor-Made , Garments. No .such suits were ever cJTered before for Is than 1-0.00. At tl2I0 there are fnScished Worsteds and hobby patterns in Finest Cas!xneres. Suits that are worth arid sold elsewhere up 'to $25.00. ' . At fl&0 they - are the finest suits- these manufacturers turned out who are known to be the bet In all America. These suits are made,, from the Rt popular patterns, and the newest things such as the new military, 'var sity ax4 Ecgiiih walking styles. These suits can orjy be classed with the ITS to f made-to-meaFure kind. haydHros., oimSi neb, . Accord lex to the United States cen sus South Dakota leads all the states of the union in the per capita produc tion of wealth- It is $:C0.50 for every nan. wozian and child In the state. It rontlmn c4 wheat, corn, gold and other .xsJaerals. liTe stock, oats, barley, rye. Cax, hay, wool, hides, dairy products, rardens. orchards, cattle, horses and hogs. The census has created many surprises, but this is perhaps the great est surprise of alL Secretary Hay says that the Russian sinister" violated the rules of diplom acy when be remarked that Secretary Gag displayed a remarkable interest in the welfare of the sugar and oil tresis, and that be made the matter worse by observing that the secretary had tretched" the tariff law for the be net t cf these two combines. Wheth er M. d Witte violated the rules of diplomacy or ot, one thing is certain. b was only speaking the truth. . Kig Edward turned an honest pen cy cr two and did it, In a way to get it ot of the millionaires. He had about f Js&00 worth of wine in his cellars and while the millionaires were over thert he oUTered It for sale. The mil lionaire bought it asd paid King Ed ward J20XO for it. After that the king gave them an interview and talked about the weather. This little story was spread over about fifty col--ussas of cablegrams, costing sixpence a word, but that was all there was of It. According to the report of the sur geon general in the Philippines, all It 9 troops who have been sick there rw likely to become permanently dis abled. He says: A1I sickness In the tropica produces an effect on the gen eral economy that does not - follow similar sickness In the temperate re gions, in that it saps vital forces which are not restored by natural processes, and thus each illness possesses an In creased Importance In destroying that which cannot be regained without re moval from the country. The effect of illness in the tropics Is, therefore, cu maJitlve, each Illness, great or small, adding to the total until the patient becomes permanently disabled." ' It aeexaa to . The Independent that the persons la this country who raise wheat and corn to pay pensions and other costs of war will be interested in that report. . , A. London publisher has . Issued, a blue book of American aristocracy, so that when thYso aristocrats land in London they can. be Immediately ad mitted to court circles . without any further Investigation. .Teddy is init and a whole lot of New Yorkers, but neither the , names of the heavenly twins nor of EL Rosewater are there. Nearly as bad, the compiler found: no kings among the ancestors of . John Hay or McKInley, so their names were not recorded in the sacred volume. Can it be possible .after .all the, toadying that Hay and McKInley have done that there is not-even a trace of the blood of a king In their veins? . After all that is not surprising. . The most ab ject worshippers of kings to be found in all England is the scum of White Chapel and others -of . the herd of the East End of London., Great Britain will keep up this inter national gush just as .long as she can under cover of it encroach upon Amer ican territory and secure American as sistance in her efforts to-crush repub lics in South Africa and elsewhere. It pays. When it ceases to pay we will have no more of it. So far, by this method, she has been able to ruin our Immensely profitable seal fishery, fehe ham taken- a- bdg slice of Alaska, 1 she has prevented the building of an isth mian canal- and has been able to se cure supplies in this country without which she could not have carried on her war In South Africa.' No wonder after hearing of the supreme court de cision that there was a general cele bration of the Fourth of "July all over the United" Kingdom. England had tar more use to celebrate than Amer icans had. The position taken by Eng land in 1776 had at last been vindicated..-Why shouldn't she celebrate? Some of the pop editors down in Kansas seem to have the blues since the action taken by the democratic elate committee refusing to fuse has become generally known. Among them Is the editor cf the Hutchison Garette, who remarks that "It seems to be generally" the thought that the people's party as an organization Is a thing of the past." Now that won't do at all. Let the democrats herd by themselves for one election down there and they will have enough of it. What ever nvy be' done. If the aemocrats car ry out their intention, the republicans will carry the state. So let the pop ulists po'l as big" a vote as they can l!!llinii:i!!n!I!lI!!!!lllIIIII!II!IIIIIII!ll!;;il!!lll!lllllIll!llllllIIII!l!l!ll!lllllllllllll 1 Blanke's Coffees.. ...... 1 !preeni the product of years of experience. They are EH the result of the most careful handling and attention that ss experU can bestow. They can't help but be good the BEST. r i TCT rI CrVirv u high grade coffee, iZIIl 111 11 I J ponsessing a rich, delicious flavor . 4 1 not known to any other brand. ss Is fact FAUST BLEND has no egu'aL . . , g iSS We gie below a partial lit of hotels which use - - rrr BLANKE'S renowned coffee exclusively, each 5 Tb LiaArU HoiI Lieoia. Neb. tbm UL 1m UJUh UL rii Ciljr. Nb. TV CUMftAje nL FabmuBt, Neb, Tb fiHl. Aetxirtt. ! Tsr Bti. bwut. . Hotel Colorado, Colorado Sprloes. CoL iMl Prada HoUl. Chicato, III. Tba Bopktna Hotel, Tameh, Nb. Tb EcLa iluteU Pawaea City, Neb. The Bioirtt Boleb York, Neb. The Auditorinm Hotel. Chicago, I1L Arliactoa Hotel. Hot Sprins, Ark. Hrowu Palace Hotel. Ienver. Col. (iraod Hotel. Cincinnati, O. traod Hotel, Yarmouth, Nora Scotia. Tbe Comoroiltan. Crete. Neb. aiercbaate Hotel, airoury, weo. Mif tu ca fVIPFF.R im alr served exclusively. on ss I tte PuIIaan Dicing and , Buffet Cara; on, the elegant ss Btramahipe of the Ocean Steamship Col, of New ork ss a&d Sabancah; on the Dining caw of the Denver Rio - - (irande. the Baltimore A Ohio, the abash. Lake Shore and ss . New York Central Railroads. , v I C. F. Bianke Tea and Coffee Go., SS 5L Louis Ho. i : S Importers nd Roasters of High Grade Coffees and Importers and s ss , Jobbers of Teas. ' ' " ss fi I . JOHNSTON, Xztzt ia Keb. SS- littel. L.l. Neb-. Fhom 33a. BR4NCH HOU3ES-Xew York,13E Hth SU. Cbicaeo, 1244 Michigan At.; Kaaiae City. 521 Delaware St. iini!niII!lII!l!Il!IIIIIIi!IIIIII!l!!IlliIlllirSI"lll"ilII""l mm and keep their organization.. By the time the" uext 5 presidential ' election comes around, they, can tell-pretty well whether the democrats are going to stay' converted,1 or 'whether they are going back: to Cleveland and Hill. The Gazette fays that "there 'are only two democrats left'who wilf stand up and fight Bryan 'nd- -Tom; 'Johnson wherein it ! is mistaken. There are many"' hundred of the same sbri up, here In Nebraska. " v ' "J "" - Strange things are happening all the time these days. Now here is the church which for 'many centuries has been trying to find' a way of escape from the excessive heat 'of hades and millions upon' millions have been ex pended in ; that line. ' The 4 other day the" Salvation army 'in New" York wen't to work and spent some hundreds of dollars for ice to mitigate the heat of the sun which 'they sold to the poor for one cent a pound and if the roast ing wretches did not have one cent to pay for ten pounds of ice," they gave it free. This turning from the j fires of the world to come to lessen the 'suffer ings from heat in' this was a new de parture which "was welcomed by the suffering women and children of; the blazing tenement districts ot New York. '; i " , The vlndicti vehess displayed : In the campaign'of 1896 'by the' republicans was never equalled anywhere in' the world before. Character,, learning, long public service, did not prevent the vilest assaults. Every man who. would not bow the knee to " Baal . wa, in discriminately denounced. . He was .a thief, an anarchist, a repudiator and his character must, be destroyed and his business ruined if it, were! possible. . Somewhat of that sort ofculumny has been a bated The old State Hypocrite is about the only thing that is trying to keep it up. It now declares that Justice Harlan is not fit to occupy a place on the supreme bench because, he' disagrees with their . idol, Justice Brown. It is the same old thing. Not withstanding Justice . Harlan's ' long and eminent service, if he does nqt suppress his honest views, he is. not fit to sit . alongside of those, .who agree with Mark Hanna. . ,, It is the . turn of the gold , standard nations to sweat now..; Berlin is hay ing a hard time, of it to keep her insti tutions afloat and. the cold JaligbX of , the gold standard is ..beginning to ap pear n England. They, only saved a general wreck of things on the conti nent, the other d4fy,-tvmQr getic exertions while London crawled through . by , shipping back a lot more of gold from India. that ha3, been sent over there in the vain hope, that Eng land could force the gold .standard on India. Let them. sweat. After a .while they will ire-read some of the old stand ard works on political eponomy and find out what is the matter , witir them. They now say that the United States will catch it next. .Well, that depends on how many clearing house . certifi cates and certified checks with. .no de posits behind them are put into circu lation and whether the volume of real money keeps up with the increase' of business and population. -V The Independent cpngratulates thie republican board of educational; lands and funds upon their recent purchase of $80,000 of Butt county refunding bonds, and especially does it r con gratulate Treasurer Stuefer, because the purchase will enable him to stave off for a while yet what is : sure to come a cool half million dollars . of idle school money. Last Saturday, if "staff correspondents" are to be ' be lieved, he had a smaller balance of uninvested permanent school funds than had Treasurer . Meserve a . year, previous; and for this the people will give him due credit. But Treasurer Stuefer has today a great v mass of , general fund warrants held by the per manent school , fund,... and almost due; when they are called and, paid it will throw a large amount of money .on. his hands for reinvestment. He can-, not pick up $80,000 In county bonds every day or every month and, hence, must look to general fund warrants for the bulk of his investment. And by his own act, in appealing to the senate last winter to kill Representa tive Murray's . bill (which sought to' reduce interest on state warrants from 4 to 3 per cent), he deprived himself of the opportunity to secure a larger percentage of all general ! fund war rants issued and caused the taxpay ers to pay approximately- $20,000 a year of needless interest. . : .; ' - Dr. Greene, superintendent of : the hospital,' has - prepared'- a report cov ering the first quarter of -the fiscal year, which shows a total surplus; of $3,400 in the funds for clothing, board ing, employes' wages and coal. Under' the fusion . management - the ; surplus for the entire biennium ' was only $1,700. . , .' . . ;; The report shows that, while the ex-, penses of 'the1 hospital : have been greatly reduced," the ' number ' of pa tients has .increased and Is now larg-. er than at any time. during the admin istration of former Superintendent' Coffin. Omaha Bee. V ; : ; . " ; That "staff ' correspondent' ' of ; the Bee seemingly knows as little regard ing an intelligent presentation of facts regarding the . niahagement of public Institutions i as republican officials know regarding economy in such man agement: So ' Drr Greene, in " three lnonths, has .piled up a "surplus" of 13,400 while the fusionists could scrape up a "surplus" only half as big in 24 months. Wonderful, indeed. But. as the poet, " Blxby; would remark: " What'n'il's a surplus' ?" w "much did this surplus-gathering superinten dent spend: for maintaining the insti tutlonvthree months? How many in-, mates did'hehave n the average? What was the per capita cost of main taining each inmate the three months "under t' consideration? " If it is true (and, we doubt it) that "the expenses of the "hospital . have been greatly re duced," why not give us the figures? For over sixty years Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has ' been used by mothers for their -children while teeth ing. Are you disturbed at night and 'broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of Cut ting Teeth? If so send at once and get a bottle ot "Mrs. Winslow's Sooth ing Syrup" for Children Teething. Ita value is incalculable:. It 'will relieve the poor little : sufferer- Immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about -it., It cures diarrhoea, regulates the stomach and bowels, cures wind colic; softens the gums, re duces Inflammation, and gives ton and energy, to thef.whole system. "Mrs." Winslow's Sootning , Syrup" for chil dren teething is pleasant to the taste and Ms the prescription of one of the oldest anA best female physicians and nurses in the United States, and is for sale by all druggists throughout the world. Price, 25 cents a ' bottle. Be sure and ask for-? -"Mrs. Winslo ra Soothing Syrup." 1 ; OnilssuB is Plain Whoever 'may be "the candidate of the democratic 'party for president, and whatever , may be the platform, there is one, issue that certainly .will have to . be"f ought out and decided in the campaign and at the poils In 1904. Sometimes political parties" create is sues;, so to speak,, but this question is one:. which already, exists, and which cannot be avoided. That question is whether the people of the territory ac quired by, the-United "States shall be governed ; as citizens : of the United States or as subjects whether they will be permitted "id enjby the bless ings and benefit conferred by the con stitution of ; the United States or whether , ihey.. will , be subjected to the rule of an Imperial despotism. A .The recent decisibn of the supreme court has created ; this situation. By a majority of five. to four that body de cided that vCongress ould give to the people of the conquered territory any kind of government It saw fit. Nothing Was . said about how long Porto Rico or the Philippines could be kept in a condition of tut$ge or subjection. - It i,s. Uair..tp admlthem,,.tp self-goverA-ment on equality jvithf any other part orthe UnitedStales. ' ' ! . : But cbngfess can grant the blessings of freedom-at ahy time'it chooses. It will ; be the ,duy -and the privilege of the democratic party ; to velect a democratic- national legislature which shall extend the-xconstitutioh 'tb the; con quered : territories and '-'a democratic president who :.shall.. give effect to the acts of the law-making branch of the government: Buffalo Times. ADELBERT HAY The. Strang- ' Myeiery That Surrounded Hla Death Thluge That Indicate "-'-',; That It Waa Suiclda V' The Independent said nothing last week about the. strange death of Adal bert Hay, the son -of: the secretary of state. , ..The stories that are sent out by the Associated press are always re garded with' suspicion by The Indepen dent; and when the first news came of the death with a suggestion that young Hay "had .committed suicide , it. was thought best to wait until news could be obtained from reliable sources. ' The following is what The Independent has-received;... . .. : V-No one can form a judgment of this roatter without taking into considera tion some historical facts. Three offi cials of the United States government have investigated . the war in South Africa. First was .Webster Davis. He was a man of influence, holding high office, and had a bright future before him in the party. He went to South Africa and, was. so. impressed with the righteousness of . the Boer cause and so opposed ;to the McKInley policy in the aid that was extended to England that he resigned his office and left his party as a protest against it. , , . "Next was Macrum (this name may not be right, , It was practically , illeg ible: Ed.) ! a consular officer whose mail was opened by the British censor and who returned . to this country and has since become . the -official agent of the Boer "government in the United States and who (has ; never ceased to work ;day and night for the cause of the burghers: ' "After that Adelbert Hay, who was only a boy, ; was sent. It was thought that : his relationship .. to McKInley's secretary of state was such as to secure at . Pretoria' : a"' firm American friend of the British there. To make the matter certain that that would-be the result, " youn. ,Hay was ordered - to go first to -London.' where he was over whelmed with all sorts of kind atten tions by royalty and the highest offi cials. There' is no doubt that when vycung Hay-left London he wa? i firm adherent of .his,- father's pro -British policy. But the young man had noc L?en a month" in South Africa until. he. became an opponent to the British and 4 friend of the Boers. The official re ports that he mad 2 bav never b'Ci given. to the public, but it was found neestsry, if the MtiKinley policy was torbe pursued,. to recali.,h:m. ., w"It is well-known here In Washing ton that there was an estrangement be tween young Hay and his father and that the young " man took the matter very much to heart. Young, Hay had an unbounded -admiration for Kruger, Dewet, Botha and" the other Boer gen erals, and a most profound hatred for the. British policies in South V Africa. The strangeness of the manner of his death has led a great many people to believe that the estrangement, with his - father and the constant brooding over the sufferings of the Boers espe-. cially that of the innocent women and children resulted In a melancholy that induced him to commit suicide. It does not look hardly possible that an able, active young man would fall out of a third story window, and when the' fact that a valuable ring which he always wore was found on the floor, of his room is taken, into-consideration, It adds to the suspicion that he com mitted suicide. There is no positive proof that he did. All that I can say of my personal knowledge Is that cer tain - dispatches that wire sent from the place where his death occurred were killed in the) general office of the Associated press ' and not sent out. Since the -first hints of suicide appeared in the papers . every effort has been made to suppress all comment "upon the subject." - The above 'letter coming from a source that has always proved , relia ble is all that The Independent can get concerning the matter. . It is an aston ishing fact that every officer of the state department who has " been sent to South Africa and who Trias made an investigation of . the facts on the ground is a firm adherent of the Boer cause one of them even forsaking his party and giving up his high position because of his earnest - conviction of the justness of the Boers in fighting for their - liberty. Whether the aid given to the British by our secretary of state was the cause of the death of Adelbert Hay -may never be known, but that the; young man, in spite of the position of his father, became a great admirer of : the men who are fighting for liberty in. South Africa is a fact that will be recorded by the historian. Raising "Pears." ... ; The speech in the house of lords of the Bishop, of Hereford on the sub ject of gambling recalls a story told of Bishop Potter,, of New York. The bishop, travelling through Louisiana, addressed inquiries to his. fellow-passengers with a view of obtaining in formation regarding the orchards and fruit interests of the state. "Do you raise pears in Louisiana?!' inquired the bishop. ."We do," replied the' Louls ianian, "If we. have threes or. better." London Financial News. THE DOCTORS EXTEND THEIR TIME Owing to the large Number Who Hare . Been Unable to see the Brttiah. Ioctore Theae Kmi&eat Gentlemen - Hire Ex tended the Time for Giving- Their Serr- . lce Free to all "Who Call Before Aug-. 14 Owing to - the large number of in valids whb have called upon the Brit ish doctors at their . office, cor. -11th and N sts., Sheldon block, and N who have beeh unable to see them, -these eminent gentlemen have, by . request, consented to. continue giving their ser vices free . fpr three months to . all in- vaiias wuo can upyu wipui.uciui e aug. 14. These services consist not only of consultation examination and advice, but also of all . minor surgical opera tions. " .. The obejet in pursuing this course is to, become rapidly and personally acquainted with thei sick and afflicted, and under no conditions whatever will any charge be made for any'servftes rendered for three months, to all who call before "Aug. 14. , The doctors treat all forms, of dis ease and deformities, and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At the first Interview, a thorough examin ation Is made, and if incurable; you are frankly and kindly, told so; also advised against spending your money for useless treatment. Male: and female weakness, : catarrh and catarrhal deafness, also v rupture, goitre, cancer, all skin diseases and all diseases of ..the rectum are positively cured by their new treatment. The chief associate surgeon of the institute, assisted by one or more of his staff . associates, is in , personal charge. - " x . Office hours, from 9 a.' m. till 8 p. m; No Sunday hours. ; SPECIAL NOTICE If you cannot call, send "stamp for question blank or home treatment. ... " WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE H. W. Beck, Campbell, writes: "En closed you will find check for $14. This money was raised in a few minutes for the purpose of having the same ap plied on debt of state committee of populist party." r It seems to be the rule that where a hustler goes to work with a will, he experiences little dif. flculty in raising a handsome collec tion to be applied on the debt. Secretary De France of ' the ways and means . committee "in a few days will send a letter to each state com mitteeman and probably to the chair man . and secretary of each county committee Of the populist party, asking these officers to co-operate at the next county ' convention in raising a col lection to wipe out the last remnant of the committee debt. In the. mean time . Treasurer Mahn , will be ' con sulted as to the total amount remain ing unpaid, and a statement will be prepared showing how was disbursed the $1,401.31 collected to date " by the ways and means committee. , RECEIPTS. ' Previously acknowledged $1,385.56 To Wednesday noon . . . 15.75 Total .....$1,401.31 . BY COUNTIES. CLAY Previously acknowledged, $27.68; V. P. Hungerford, Edgar, 25c. Total, $27.93. . ; ': FRANKLIN Previously acknowl edged, $11.75; collection of $14 by H. W. Beck, Campbell, committeeman for North Franklin township, (M. Catu dal, $1; -John Dudek, 75c; H. O. Hend ricks, L. H. Eastman, Julius Jesson, Z. Bordeau, Joseph . Chevalier, I. Ne vile, W. H. Upright, D. W. Kinney. A. Rogers, R. A. Collier, Dedrickson, - H.' Zeecke, "Harris,. H. Geaudreault, John Gosner, T. H. Roulie. L. : Roy, - T. M. Logan, Ed Roulier, H. L.. Hucks, and H. W. Beck, ; each 50c; B. A. Eastman, Skirts Wai sts These items have ? survived the clearing sale but they're not going to. reinain another week. They can't at these figures. -. , .; -,' V ." : ' . ,; Percale wrappers with flounce, 1 CKfi all colors each. .4 . .... . , . ..y Qjj Percale shirt waists, all colors, , ' ; Q r. .each . ; , ..... ... . . . . . . . . ' . . .... ... . . ... ij j jj Shirt waists of gingham, dimity and madras, all col-, ors and sizes, were fl.00 and $1.25,, clearing TCn .price each ...... ... ...... . . .... i ! Ii Unlined skiits in gray, black and browns home spun, 1 Jj r ri '. Venetian, - broadcloth; beautifully tailored, eachQ!-! g y Walking skirts upward . , Dtf) Q"7 MILL&ERY DEPARTMENT -Wh j (In : . hats and caps Teach.7. ... . ; i.-..". .... . , . . . . ; ... . . . ( AH the street hats ranging in price from . 7P ' $1.50 to $2.00, on sale now; each yy All the trimmed hats at HALF Lincoln, Neb. Dolor ; Roulier, . C. JJ. Bacon, . George Bacon, " Hals Shoudler, J. H." Price, and H;: Ross, each 25c). Total, $25.75. Hurrah for Franklin county; she lacks only $1.25 having contributed her share -of . the debt. r ' - ; ' JOHNSON Previously ; acknowl edged, $9.05 J ; D. ' C. Thompson, .Cook $2for-independent -'collection; papers to be sent Frank Stapleton, Rax, Kas., and J.. H.: Dtble,. Cook- Total, . $10.05. SEWARD-Preyiously acknowledged 38.55 ; P. W. -Kinemon, 50c, Tamora. Total,' $39.05. v 1 V . PROTECT THE THIEVES '. , . ' . ' Taat Seeme to be the Order 'That MeKfa :"; ' y - lay iaamW "ttx'i'n itaHel ' - McKinley' . has gone to Canton j to spend his vacation, and ft is generally believed that" he made arrangements to protect the thieves who have been robbing y people of millions in New York.; before he started. None of the Wall street pirates - are - to be prose cuted. ; In regard to this the New York World says: - , r : : v - , .. "Just as much a part of our penal statutes as ' the laws against stealing are the laws ' against "over-certifying accounts! and' making' excessive ; loans. "The morality of. these laws, based directly as 'they are upon, the com mand v'Thou, shalf not steal,' , jis ob vious on. their face. 'The. wisdom of these laws ;. Js . demonstrated almost evert time a national bank fails.' 1 ''There Is then only- one excuse for not moving .in ' the case of the Seventh National - precisely, as . the authoritiep Would move in "a pase of alleged theft 6f ! a loaf of "bread or alleged pocket picking. .That excuse , is that the al leged, crimes were-committed by such respectable . persons, so - well dressed, so well" housed,", so well ' educated, so excellent in social standing! ". . , The failure of Ithe Perry Heath Sevt enth National , bank has brought to light some more ' stealing, done by that republican... favorite , Neeiey,! who has been enjoying v himself , in Havana, nominally ; as ;a prisoner,' for;, many months, r Old- Spanish : and Cuban coins, found v In the vaults of the ' Ha vana : po8toffice .' when ; Neeley took Charge; pf it," ilater were shipped rtb America,; and' the United States assay office gave him a check, for. $964,230.03 in payment for them, t This check was deposited in- the -Seventh. National bank of New ; Yoi-k. s The coins were shipped to America in' mail pouches as part of the railway mail service. ' Here is nearly, a million more of stealing that has been' unearthed by the appointment- of a receiver and the examination of the ' books of ' the-. Sev enth National ;..bank.' Remember, that all this looting" has been done by men very close to the ' administration so close'that McKInley will see to it that no prosecutions will' be instituted in the court$ for fear: that 'more abom inable things will be brought to light. It now seems that '. Neeley 's . stealings while he was playing ". carpet-bag ' offi cial ; lh Cuba : for, a few months will amount to very. much "more than a million . dollars. - Neeley. has ; never been tried. . WilLhe ever have a trial? It don't matter. On "with; the dance. Neeley will pay the fiddler; He ; can afford to' do soi .. . ... . i ::;;FREE:;;il:l' 'A NEW CURE FOR ; :" KIDtlEYwBLADDER : DisiasisRheuraatiim, Etc. i Disorder of the Kidney and Bladder eaaie Brifbt'i Disease, Bttenmatism, Grarei, Pais In the fiaok, Bladder Disorder, diffiealt or too freQpeot passinc vrater. Dropsy, etc. for these diseases a PositiTe Specific Cure is found In a new botanical discoTery, the wonderful Kara Kara Shrub,, called by botanist, the . piper methy tticnm, from the Ganges Rlytr, Bast India. ' It has the rreat record of 1,200 hospital cases in 30 days. It acts directly on the kid neys and cures by dra aing from the - blood the poisonous Uric Acid, L.ith"tes, etc.. which cause disease, -" : :, ... .. ReT. W. B. Moore, of: Washington, D. C , tes tifies la the Christian Advocate that it com pletely cured him of Bheumatism and Kidney and Bladder disease of many years' standing. Hon..W. -A. Spearmen, of Bar tlett, Tens., de scribes his terrible - suffering- from Uric Aeid, Grarei and Drinary difficulty, being-four months confined to his bed, and his . complete cure by the K&ti Kara shrub. ': Many . ladies, including Mrs. S'arah - Oastle, of Foesehkill, N. Y., and Mrs. L. D. 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