THE NORTHWESTERN.
DF.NNCIIOTP.il St GIBSON, Etl. and Pnba.
LOUP CITY, •• NEB,
NEBRASKA NEWS.
A civil service examination will be
held at Kearney postofflce June 7 for
the positions of clerk and carrier. This
was made necessary by the addition of
a new carrier to the regular fore* to
take effect September 1.
Fred 8pecht, a Dunbar liveryman,
was stopped by three men about a mile
from Nebraska City on his way home
and at the point of revolvers com
pelled to surrender his money and
valuable;:, amounting to a watch and
about ?10.
The state banking board has char
tered the First Hank of Elm Creek.
The incorporators are James L. Tout.
J. M Forrlstali and M. J. Drake. The
offleers are William Gaslln, president,
and J. M. Forristall. cashier. The capi
tal stock of the bank is $:',000.
The state board of educational lands
and funds has authorized State Treas
urer Meservc to pay a premium of ?
per cent on all state warrants drown
against the genera! fund. This oiler
will hold good until July 1, when the
interest on ail state warrants will drop
from 5 to 4 per cent.
Late returns from Platte county
show that the winter wheat crop is a
total failure in that part of the state.
Melds which were experimented with
and which showed a trace of life a
month ago have now failed and with
a very few exceptions they are being
plowed up and put into some other
crop. Some farmers have lost ft-ids
containing over 100 acres.
Tecumseh will celebrate the Fourth
In royal style. A mass meeting of cit
izens so decided. It is proposed to
furnish a long program of amusements
of various kinds all free. This plan
has been carried out for several years.
The business men have signified a will
ingness to meet the financial part of
the project and committees have been
named that will look after the details
In compliance with the request of
Major J. VV. Davis, government sani
tary inspector at South Omaha, the
railroad companies are cleaning all
cars used In the hauling of live stock
of the winter's accumulation of re.use
and manure. Secretary Wilson of the
agricultural department Is having htis
cleaning up done in order to protect
shippers. It has been stated that the
inspection in South Omaha Is the best
in the service
Last winter Warden I-eidigh cf the
state penitentiary sent Hen Brook*,
then a convict, to Nebraska CMty to
work on the farm occupied by his son.
Maylon Leidligh. His parole expired
Sunday last, hut Brooks remained
about the farm and on Monday night
was discovered by a Mr Ryder, so the
latter charges, attempting to commit
a rape on the little daughter of May
lon .Leidligh. Mr. Ryder covered him
with a revolver and took him to the
county Jail.
The school apportionment for the
half year beginning with the se ond
Monday In May is about $32,000 larger
than for the previous half year- One
year ago, when the school population
of the state was 354,929. the epr-or
tionment amounted to $430,C95.98. The
apportionment for the half year just
commencing is based on the last school
census. The amount divided among
the different counties is $332,111.15,
while six months ago the apportion
ment was $200,810.*',3 The whole num
ber of school children in the stale is
sse.ocs.
Lieutenant J. W Wertz and the
Stuart contingent cf company M, Third
Nebraska, arrived Sunday night. They
were met at the train by a great i
crowd of enthusiastic people. Monday
night a grand reception and banquet
were held at the opera house. It Is es- •
timated that 1.500 people were present
The Newport band was also in attend
ance. The feelings of his comraues
toward Lieutenant Wertz were evi ien
ced by a perfect storm of applaus- as
he rose to respond to eloquent welcom
ing addresses by Attorney J. A. Rice
and Dr. F. S. Hunt.
The body of a man probably snout
nfty years of age was found face
downward on a sandbar about two ami
n half miles north of Flattsmouth on
the south side of the main channel of
the Platte river by two fishermen They
rowed past the body at a distance of
at,:.lit fifteen feet and came at oin s to
the city to notify the police. When
found the body was lying In a s nail
thicket partly In the water. It was
dressed In a dork blue suit and heavy
working shoes, and measured five
feet ten Inches There was nothing to
indicate the name of the stranger or
that there had been foul play, as mon
ey and Jewelry were found on his iwr
ate.
Thr atatr hoard n( public land* and
bnllrtlr.it* ha* rejected all hid* on the
«‘3Mtrurtt< n of the propoaod holer,
enrlnr and pun;1) house at thr home
of the deaf and dumb at OtualM. i'Iwj
ar'.lon waa tal.n |y the hoard on i«
count of a n i»und* •landing a* to
whether the «• rtruct f >r the i.taa'rnc
tion of the ht ll*e Ir.cluded the .inch
work around the !►,»!>• Tbr *o-< n
tatters, the I Idrtr•• held, I".dle*t#d 'hat
thr work «a« not In huh I. hut «aa
to lie done ly t'.e pirt’ts who *«• the
h dlera i I place A* the app*<> tri llion
if JT.7IP narte no »\tn provm'oa for
tsr Work a.I td.'a sue fcj.ct*. by
(rrperal nifitt n' with th* aadirtf UM<
I" it !h*t ih»»* eh »t d hr r!uitf«4 la iu•
e'e Ir the brh k Work.
Th# au'h title* of tl< «l CJ *ud ire
raking war <>» tic * I it n, t um
K* irney la * • i to hive a n< u
belek %eaee»td dr" if \|c t- It
|»r la In to ; t of a h!t*t fr»n tl W.
Ih !4tt|f. i*aml « i»* i#»- 11 t <• ti
llngtnn. la which hr »*y* M# toil will
befln thr erttb *« * t i •'*■* • f t •"*
P4U> lnr aad f*ci{,ht pa•; i fh*
*t*»tu tart it 'll '•«
(lew I utl.Mf i ail’ ' »• I t '• •*;» •*! n*
rite when the if. > t!f, t it t
i •
I# or# of |t* w * * i» ■ t.tlldl '■»»
for d#p»t I' to in • up of the
•mall#* town* -1 tit tutA
DAVE MEHCEK AT HOI
Submits to an Interview by a
Newspaper Reporter.
TALK Of NEBRASKA INTERESTS.
IIow the State Fared In the Hatter of
Appropriation!—Introducing the Kura!
Ocllvcry Syiirm—Tom Keed and the
Next Speakership.
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Cnneres.man Mercer Home.
Congressman David H. Mercer re
turned Tuesday afternoon from Wash
ington, says the Omaha Bee, having
been detained there several weeks after
the adjournment of the house by busi
ness of a political nature necessitating
his attention.
"Several plums fell in Nebraska’s
lap when the appropriation plum tree
was shaken," Mr. Mercer remarked.
"I think we received our share of the
distribution. Omaha was given half
a million with which to complete the
new postotflee and Blair got $18,000
for the erection of u public building.
Hastings and Norfolk were given $10,
000 each for the purchase of cites.
“This last session of the house was
a busy oue, more appropriations hav
ing been made than at any previous
time at a single sitting. Seventy pub
lic buildings in different parts of the
United States were authorized, and in
this distribution thirty-five states were
represented, some of them for the first
time in the history of legislation.
Thirty-four cities were given money
for public buildings, the total appro
priation being $14,000,000.
"The neighboring states were well
taken care of, Iowa having received
four appropriation#, Kansas two, Colo
rado one, and Sooth Dakota one.
"On the committee on public build
ings and grounds many of the mem
bers were from the east and south.
As I was chairman they gave me al
most exclusive charge of the appro
priations. an opportunity to look out
for individual interests.
"Among the buildings authorized
was a custom house for New York to
cost $3,000,000. also one for Baltimore
to cost $1,600,000 in place of the struc
ture that has been occupied by the
customs office since 1816. Indianapolis
received $1,500,000 and Cleveland, O.,
which has received nothing since 1856,
was given $2,500,000. There were four
capital cities without buildings and
these were provided for.
"Before leaving Washington I se
cured an order from the assistant post
master general for the establishment
of two rural delivery routes In Doug
las county. I tried to have routes of
this kind tried In Sarpy and Washing
ton counties also, but the government
surveyors who located the routes re
norted last fa! 1 that the plan had bet
ter be tried first In this county, be
cause of the good roads and few
bridges. The centers of distribution
for these routes will be Elk City and
Benson. From each town 200 miles
of territory will be covered.
"This system has been tried In other
states with great success. There is no
reason why farmers should not have
as good mall delivery service as busi
ness men. I have been working for
the proposition for more than a year,
but there have been no available funds
“There is no prosppet of an extra
session of congress because the presi
dent is opposed to such a move. With
respect to the speakership everything
is in the dark. No one has definite
Information from Mr. Reed that he
intends to withdraw from the race
for the speakership or from member
ship in the house. The only hint on
the subject from an official source Is
one dropped by Mr. Reed's private
secretary. Mr. Allen, and that hint is
indefinite. If Mr. Reed desires to be
speaker he will be elected by common
consent, as ail republicans realize that
Thomas Brackett Reed is the greatest
speaker in the history of congress.
"I know that Mr. Reed has been
desirous for a long time of being in a
position to make more money. I would
not lie surprised if he decided to en
gage in the practice of law, as rumor
has it. If he has made such a decision
i the contest for his vacant chair will
be the most comnlicated and the most
interesting one that lias taken place
lor a good many years, for neither the
j ®ast nor the west is united upon a
man for his successor,"
Nebraska to Have a Krgtment.
The Second regiment. Nebraska na
tional guard, will be organized with
out further delay Adjutant General
Hurry issued an order designating tne
ten companies that will comprise the
regiment on the start and ordering an
election of regimental officers. The
votes of the commissioned officers of
the companies must be In the hands
of the adjutant general on or befote 4
P ni,' June ti. A board of officers
whose duty It will be to canvass the
vote was also appointed. The ten
companies named In the order as ion
entitling the Mecond regiment are th*>
companies at Kearney, Ord. Nebraska
City. Aurora. Lincoln Omaha. Te
cutnsrb. Schuyler, Norfolk and Albion.
The offii es of colonel, lieutenant colon
el arid major are mentioned a* the ones :
to l>e Riled by election The cauvast- ,
itig board conipn*** General Barry, 1
Gap* Edward J. Mtreight of Idnc.iln, j
company F, Hc-eond regiment, and
('apt Michael W McGan of Albeit
con.panv M Mr. »tul regiment No
vote# will be received ur recorded af'
'T t |» m t ine t* The InnUpf msm '
l*r of the board will record the pro- 1
■ eedin^i General (tarry » l| 1 ave j
Proper ballot* prepared whhh will
forwarded to the tontmUcioucd nth
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Election* In National Guard.
Adjutant General Berry has Issued
the following relative to elections in
the Second regiment, Nebraska Na
tional Guard:
I. The resignation of Captain John
W. MeClary, Company L, Second regi
ment, Nebraska National Guard, is
hereby accepted, to take effect when
his successor has been elected and
qualified.
II. The commanding officer of Com
pany L, Second regiment. Nebraska
National Guard, will assemble after
the receipt of this order and proceed
to the election of a captain, vice Mc
Clary resigned. Should this eeletiotf
result in other vacancies among the
commissioned officers of the company
election will be held immediately tc
flii the same.
ill. Private Fred C. Viida, having
been elected captain of Company B,
Unattached regiment. Nebraska Na
tional Guard, Is hereby discharged to
accept promotion,
IV. The following enlisted men of
Company B, Unattached regiment, Ne
braska National Guard, are hereby
discharged from the service of the
state of Nebraska, viz.: Seward M.
Brooks, Elmer \V. Chappell, Edward
L. Davcy, Ed Chaloupka, I.oren C.
Kidd, Albert W. hove, William H.
Mong, Stephan A. Shcstak ur.d Robert
E. Tucker.
V. Paragraphs II and III, special or
ders No, 17 from this office April 14,
1899. are hereby revoked.
VI. Company C, Unattached regi
ment, Nebraska National Guard, sta
tioned at Aurora, is designated us
Company D and assigned to the Second
regiment.
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* The First Nebraska.
Governor Poynter has received in
formation from the war department
that the First Nebraska would sail
from Manila some time during the lat
ter part of the present month or early
In June. Several days ago the war de
partment was requested by telegraph
to allow transportation home for M.
W. Woodward of company I), now sick
In the hospital at Manila. This request
was not granted, as General Otis had
already been instructed by the depart
ment to send home wounded or sick
soldiers as soon as they are able to
travel. The reply of Acting Secretary
of War Meiklejohn to the request tor.
lows:
"Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge re
ceipt of your telegram of this date re
questing the discharge or m. m. —ooo
ward of company D of the First Ne
braska volunteers, whom you state to
be in the hospital at Manila. In reply
yon are advised that 1 should be ex
tremely glad indeed to comply with
your request in this matter were it
not for the fact that this soldier is
probably on his way at this time, Gen
eral Otis having been directed to send
home sick and wounded soldiers as
soon as they are able to travel. In
any event, as the First Nebraska reg
iment will be one of the first organiza
tions to embark from Manila; having
sailed with the second expedition June
15, 1898, it Is thought that if this young
man is discharged now transportation
cannot be furnished him on any ves
sel leaving Manila prior to the late
fixed for the departure of his regiment,
which Is scheduled to start for the
United States the latter part of this
month or early in June.”
Crop Summary.
The past week. sa>s the last crop
report, has been dry and windy, with
about norma! temperature. The aver
age daily temperature excess has been
ises than a degree. Frost occurred
in northern counties on the 12th, but
little damage was done.
The rainfall has been below normal,
except in a few of the southeastern
counties, where it was about normal.
Severe local rain storms occurred in
northeastern counties, covering, how
ever. but small areas. In most parts
of the state the weekly rainfall was
less than a tenth of an inch.
The dry weather and high winds of
the past week have been unfavorable
for tne growth of oats, wheat and all
vegetation, but excellent for tb° ad
vancement of farm work. Wheal, oats
and grass need more min. hut no seri
ous injury has resulted as yet. The
stand of small grain is uneven and
generally rather thin, and the growth
has been slow because of the dry
weather. Corn planting has progressed
rapidly, and is nearing completion in
southern counties and is about half
done in most of the central and north
ern counties. The severe winter, fol
lowed by the dry spring. I.as been imid
on fruit trees and many have died.
Peach trees nre damaged the most and
many cherry trees have been killed
also.
Thr !.«>•( U Kniiml
Fremont dispatch: Herbert Graham,
a young man who suddnty disappear*
ed from Fremont eight years ago. re
turned to the home of his parent* in
Middletown, N. Y . last week Grauam
was un operator for the Flkhorn road
here and left here suddenly about the
last of January, Ik®!. w!th< ut any *p>
parent cause. His relatives here and
his parent*, who are people of | irgc
means, made every effort to get me
trace of him. employing detective*
throughout the country and spending
money without limit, hut were un tide
to get the slightest trace of hi* wh.-re
alHMtts. lie sat* that soon after l.iav
•1*1 h. re he went to Arl* | i .1 en- l
li»te«| tn the regular armv in the av
airy, serving there five yeats. He luen
rr enlisted and served with his regl
meat la the rtaatlago campaign, must
of the time In charge of a **■ Hop of
i a path train which conveyed sup'die*
to the troops in the trenches lie gives
no particular reason for hi* action*
I hut say* he became interested in Iron*
t er life and tn the ari.iy white **rv*
i tag In iVi SehfisSi \11 ..*4 .. ,, |
A hit* river during the gtou* iroMhk*
. in l*yi
VtVfoV* Is list*#
north part of Harvard **»
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The News Briefly Told.
Saturday.
Emperor William will take a trip to
the Baltic canal during the summer.
Admiral Schley expects to leave
Washington Wednesday for Omaha to
visit ex-Senator Munderson. He will
go there without stop.
John A. Gafford has been eonv'^ted
and sentenced to life imprisonment
for killing F. B. Lloyd, who had been
I intimate with Gafford’s sister, 'the
parties lived at Greenville, Ala.
Colonel Victor Vifquain has tend
ered to the president the services of
the Third Nebraska regiment, which
has been mustered out, but is willing
to re-enilst and take the place of the
First Nebraska, now in Luzon, but
soon to return to this country.
At Brigham City, Utah, Judge Hart
pronounced sentence of death on Abe
Majorf, convicted o? killing Capta'a of
Police Brown of Ogden on Aprti 8J.
The prisoner elected to be shot end
the sentence will be carried out July
7 between 10 a. m. and 4 p. m.
General Brooke has informed the
war department that First Lieutenant
Harry Whitney, Second infantry, died
of typhoid yesterday afternoon at
Cienfuegos. General Davis, com
manding at San Juan, telegraphs that
Recruit Walter Cretcher, Nineteenth
infantry, died there yesterday of pneu
monia.
Governor Roosevelt issued a procla
mation on the death of Roswell P.
Flower. After eulogizing the ex-gov
ernor, the proclamation requests that
flags upon the public buildings of the
state, including th-* armories and ar
senals, be displayed at half-mast up
to and including Wednesday, the 17th
of Muy.
The Spanish government has r.ot yet
called for the last of the $5,000,000
warrants paid under the treaty, but in
view of the reports that the New York
National bank expected to close the
transaction on Monday the warrant
was withdrawn from the bank yester
day. If instructions come M. Boeffve
of the embassy will carry the warrant
to New York.
The Spanish minister of finance,
Marquis Vlllaverde, has issued a de
cree closing immediately the registers
of foreign bondholders, in order to
decide who is entitled to cold pay
ments on the external debt coupons
under the recent law. This course is
taken to stop the frauds by which
Spaniards transfer their claims in
order to secure gold, to which foreign
ers are only entitled.
Monday.
The Russian ambassador to Germany
will attend the military parade to be
held on the czar's birthday at Wies
baden.
The British government announces
that it Is prepared to review the mat
ter of the Pacific cable if the colonies
desire to make any new representa
tions.
General Brooke at Havana reported
to the war department the death of
Private Clarence Rowlen, light bat
tery A, Second artillery, at Buena
Vista, from typhoid fever.
The Independents, published at Ha
vana, claims a large majority of intel
1 *ent Cubans are opposed to the per
sonnel of Brooke's supreme court, de
claring the Judge's deficient in quali
fications.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. K. I
Smith, Tenth infantry, has been re
tired after thirty years' service. This
retirement promotes Major Egbert B.
Savage. Eighth infantry, to he lieuten
ant colonel.
A summary of twenty-five reports {
from the leading seaboard and interior
markets received by the Hay Trade
Journal shows an advance in the price
of hay of more than 20 per cent over
the average price for the year ending
May 12, 1808.
Governor Roosevelt of New York
made the positive statement that he |
would issue the call for an extra ses
sion of the legislature, to meet on
Monday, the 22nd. and that if by the 1
27th no satisfactory substitute for the ’
Ford hill had been passed he would
sign the Ford hill.
Governor Roosevelt of New York
was the principal guest ami speaker
at a dinner given by the Independent
club In the banquet hall of the Elli
cotts Square club. Buffalo. The hall
was crowded and the governor was
given a most enthusiastic reception.
His address was upon the important
subject, "The Fse and Abuse of Prop
erty."
The fourth and last of the f5.000,000
treasury warrants paid to Spain for the
Philippine Islands was presented at
the National City bank. New York, by
a representative of the French em
bassy. Not 11 of the IU.000,000 al
ready paid to Spain has really Rene
out of this country, the entire trans
action having been conducted on the
tassl tf foreign e*r haute.
Undo.
The undivided earnings of the rub- '
her trust the last year are tJ.fsMSv; I
surplus fur the year, Ivja.ti'.’.
The Congo mini* at Columbus, u,
have been shut down liub tluiteiy j
throwing &oo men out of employment. '
The company failed.
The block coal operators and ml'rrt
at Terre Haute, Ind , met to com iter
a a agreement to end the sirine, tittt- '
era will vote on It today
The commercial bodies of St. I*«ut,
Minn., tendered a b i injur' to s» na
lor Cushman K lievt* and <Vi*gi ta
rn in I' C, Stevens last tt.dht,
I he U>ndon I'alty Mail announces
• he «• nicu of Ha Sunday edition
and staiea that the sill tu Is d ie |.»
h — M« putdb up.ab'U lot la sis-1 III
ttitekeed by the apiwat from Us own :
employes | lirldf >uy weekly C It bin
will be pitbllahed ll«*t*c l
I filled States ambaasadoy, Oetiernl
Horace Porter, sain a dinner lit F»r* I
y »i shi h the Invited •!« la .ud
e<l i unt and Coantea* In I'satal,iva,
t -mni and Connie* Tortelll. V|r* n»
t«r, Mr and Mrs potter pa!,ji*r. P-'ncn
Cantscuaene Mias falls Im«i Ur *nt,
the l)M|e of firia, the nes.“y .tp,> kl
ed Spanish Ntmiaier |u tie I'm,led
Stales, and the du< h* «s of Aircn
WeilnratlMjr.
Diamond match officials say the ab
sorption of all independent companies
is now assured.
The refrigerator store ship Glacier
has sailed for the Philippines with
supplies for Dewey.
A Michigan report has it that the
Vanderbilts will soon secure control
of the Flint & Pere Marquette.
The closing scenes of southern army
camps will occur today when the gov
ernment sells the stores at Macon. Ga.
Dr. Clarence Lloyd Wheaton, son of
General Wheaton, and Miss Caroline
Georgiana Wilt, Chicago, were mar
ried at Chicago.
The plan of consolidation of electric
street railways and electric lighting
companies in Massachusetts and Rhode
Island is practically complete. Capital,
$24,000,000.
Lord Salisbury, Sir Julian Patince
fote and Ambassador Choate have con
ferred with the result that an attempt
will be made to resurrect the Joint
higli commission.
The death of William It. Young,
chief of scouts of General Lawton’s
division, is considered a serious loss.
Young was one of the scouts with Gen
eral O. O. Howard In the Ncz Perccs
campaign through Idaho and Montana
some years ago.
The war department is satisfied with
the dispatch of General Merriam, and
the belief is expressed that he nas only
assisted the governor of Idaho, and
that the military will not be used for
any other purpose than that for which
It was sent to the disturbed regions.
Almost $500,000 worth of property
was destroyed by fire in the lumber
district* of Chicago. The flames were
confined to the block bounded by
Ijoomis and Laflin streets. Four large
lumber firms suffered by the fire and
the combined loss will probably
amount to over $400,000.
The national Dewey home committee
held a meeting at Chicago and decided
to send letters to leading newspapers,
national banks and postmasters ask
ing them to co-operate with the com
mittee by receiving contributions from j
the public and forwarding the same to
the treasurer at Washington.
Norwegians of Chicago celebrated
tho eighty-fifth anniversary of the
Norwegian declaration of indepen
dence. A banquet was held at the
Auditorium tonight, representatives of
all the Norwegian societies of the city
sharing in the program. Among the
speakers was Colonel William Jen
nings Bryan, who took for his subject
"Our Adopted Citizens In Peace and
War.”
1 liuntluy.
Admiral Schley, the hero of Santiago,
arrived in Omaha.
(Justav Bock of Havana is in New
York to arrange the union of his j
company with the Havana Commercial
company.
The officers of the trans-Mississippi
commercial congress, which is to meet
in Topeka May 31, have invited Presi
dent McKinley and President Diaz of
Mexico to be present.
At its session yesterday in Omana !
the Episcopal council, by a vote that |
was subsequently made unanimous, i
elected Rev. Arthur L. Williams of
Chicago coadjutor bishop of the uio- j
cese of Nebraska.
Rev- R. F, Sample. D. D., Westmtn- i
ster church, New York, was elected :
moderator of the one hundred and
eleventh annual assembly of the Pres- i
byterlan church in the United States,
which convened in Westminster
church at. St. Paul. Minn.
M. Deschanel, president of tha
French chamber of deputies, has been
elected a member of the French acad- j
emy, in succession to the late Aime
Marie Edouard Herve, editor of the
Soleil, who died on January 4 of the j
present year.
Letters received in Washington indi- i
cate that Senator James K. Jones of |
Arkansas, chairman of the democratic
national committee, had a pleasant
vo’.age across the Atlantic, and that his
health is much improved. The sen
ator himself says that he has not telt
better at any time during the past ten
years.
W. C. Hunt, W. A. King and W. F.
Wilcox, chief statisticians in the •en- j
sus office, have been appointed a con
mission to make a practical test jf
the electric counting or tabulating nr.a
chir.es which may be presented for 1
consideration by the director of the
census. The competition will begin at
the census office June 17.
Prills/.
Michigan yesterday welcomed her
last home coming regiment, the Forty
first volunteer Infantry, at Detroit.
Carnegie & Co. have bought 50,000
Iona of pig Iron from the Associated 1
Must furnaces of the Mahoning and
Hher.angi valleys, paying $16 per ton
Lieutenant Colonel Edward J, Mc
Clernand (assistant adjutant general)
has her n ordered to Matamas, Cuba, j
us adjutant general of that depart- i
mcnt.
The national grand lodge of the
Moral Templar* of Aim rim the lead- :
Ing colored fraiernil organisation of
the south, ha* lierii called to convene
at Vicksburg. Mis* . July ||. in seven
teenth ai. null •e*«ton.
William It* ■ k* fell* r. William O.
Rockefeller. II II lt<>g-*r» and A C.
Hurras* have lam do tel trustee*
of the Anaconda Copper company
TH» y repmettt th* St u .lard OH intsr
cats In l! at corporation
Si ws ot the wrvik of a sloop, with
three i i rs for Juneau, with
Hlain h* la more among them n*ar
*« x*h«asirru AMtha. t* ir;> >ric,|
The house of the Tessa legislature
pa '• d Its Mil || Vying | per icitl t«x
i on all personal it>uiun in • v* <*•* of
f. coo a pear. It Is hettetsd It nil!
pars the senate.
I Iculenast tVonel Marin |> Mans
| inspector general, ha* h**n relieved
from further duty In Washingu n and
ordered to dan Fratxtaco f> r assign
I meut to dutr as I asp*- tor «f that d*
paitment t load M m* ha* b . <* on
th# *uh ut U«n«ml Miles fur severs! \
HAri,
“Think of Ease
But Work On.”
If your blood is impure you
may 4 4 work on" but you
cannot even 4 4 think of ease.
The blood is the greatest sus
tainer of the body and when
you make it pure by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla you have
the perfect health in which
even hard work becomes ease*
Hood's 1*111* cure liver III*; the non Irritating and
i7i.lv ratbaFtle to t .*.• with Rood'* Harvai^rlila.
Twenty year* of licr 07 spent In suffering
from constipation, indigestion amt sleepless
| night*. “Since taking your Ur. kuy's
Hciiovutor I can sleep like it child anil arn
not troubled in the least with any of the
above diseases. Ur. Kuy's Renovator is
worth its weight in gold,” writes Mrs. I).
A Met'ay. No. 711 S. 77th St., Omaha, Neb.
l>r. Khv's Renovator is sold by druggist* at
S>.rH' and #1.00, or sent prepaid by the Ur. H.
J Kay Medical Co., of Saratoga Springs,
N Y., on receipt of price. IVrite our phy
sician* for free advice on your case.
It is stated that the annual loss by
fire in the United States is $150,090,
000, and 3,000 human lives. Every
day, according to the estimate, an av
erage of 65 dwellings and two hotels
are burned. Forty ware houses ga up
each month in fire and smoke.
FhiiIHcsh Starch.
Best and goes farthest, gives stiffness nnd
elasticity. No sticking, blistering or break
ing. Every grocer sells it, nearly every*
body uses it. 10c a package.
Leipzig made a good investment in
buying and tearing down the old
Pleissenburg on the city wall, the
scene of the debate between Luther and
Eok. The city paid 4,150,000 marks for
the castle, and has sold the ground
since for building sites for 6,150,353
marks. ,
- * «! i
Ktrursinn In Detroit tla the IVahush
For the Y. P. S. C. E. Convention
July 5th to 10th all lines will sell
tickets on July 3rd, 4th and 5th via the
Wabash, the short line from Chi
cago or St. Louis to Detroit. Side
trips to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Mon
treal, Mackinac and many other pjints
at a very low rate via Lake or Hail
have been arranged. Parties contem
plating a trip east should call on or
write for rates and folders giving list
of side trips, etc., also beautiful souve
nir entitled "Lake and Sea."
G. N. CLAYTON.
Room 302 Ivarbach Dlk.,
Omaha, Neb.
Compound Locomotives.
A dozen or more of the 45 consol
idation compound freight locomotives,
recently ordered for use on the south
western division of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, are In service and are
giving splendid satisfaction. On the
Mississippi division they have in
creased the train haul 40 per cent over
the old line. When the grade reduc
tions are completed the improvement
will be even more noticeable. The
compound ten wheel passenger en
gines have developed unexpected pull
ing power and unusual speed.
An Excellent Combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
Srnrp of Flos. manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid luxa
tive principles of plants known to be
medicinally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality nnd sub
stance. and its acting or the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irrituting them, make it the idesl
laxative.
In the process of manufseturing figs
are used, a* they arc pleasant to the
taste, hut the medicinal qualltiesof the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plunts. by u method
known to the California Fio Kyrup
Co. only. In order to get Its Ixmetlcial
effects anti to avoid imitations, picas*
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the frout of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
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