Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTHWESTERN.
■KKSCIIOTER * GIBSON, Ed* and Pob*
LOUP CITY, ■ 1’ . - NBB.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Altgeld says John R. McLean will
bi elected governor of Ohio.
Serious disturbances are reported in
the Interior provinces of India.
It {a said that a quarter of a million
Porta Ricans must be fed for months.
Senator Hitnna's health Is said at
Cleveland to preclude much activity in
politics this fall.
Admiral iiq)val| will probably suc
rsrt Admiral Farquhar as command
ant of the Norfolk navy yard.
A oWwd’ of whites near Columbia
City, H. C.,'‘fired Into a tiegro church.
Fire was returned. Two easualities,
no arrept*.;*. ,
It ty s^id that Kir George Stewart
White, V. C\, former quartermaster
general, has lieen selected to command
the British forces in Natal.
Mass meetings at Kansas City,
Washington, New York, Boston aud
other cities dec lared In favor of a boy
cott of the Paris exposition,
Colonel Frost of the First South Da
kota regiment received apblogles from
his under officers and they were re
leased from Jail at the Presidio.
CJuba, a leading newspaper of Man
tanzas. which advocated harmony
among the Cubans and Spaniards, has
suspended, owing to lack of support.
A hospial In which consumptives
alone will be treated is soon to be
erected at Chicago by a number of
philanthropic citizen* at a cost of f
DM.
I>r. Fuchs, president of the Austrian
rhamber, has invited the leaders of the
different parties to a conference with
the view of terminating the parliamen
tary crisis..
A new cabinet has been formed in
Peru wth Senor Dalvez as premier
and minister ot foreign affairs, and
Senor Belaunde as minister of finance
and commerce.
Secretary Root has signed an order
modifying the duty on coffee exported
Tram I’orto Rico to Cuba. This is one
*>f the relief measures and will go into
effect October 9.
The great Siberian railway is to be
rebuilt even before it is completed,
owing to the enormous increase in busi
ness, according to a report received
at the state department.
Members of the Peoria Bar associa
tion, of which he was a member, paid
brilliant tribute to the memory of
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll at the opening
cif the September term of the circuit
court.
numerous applications are coming
in /ram persons desiring to be ap
pointed receivers of the Atchison Na
tional bank, but the comptroller stated
that no appointment will be made for
turn* time.
Tbe navy department has decided to
assign Rear Admiral Farquhar to com
mand the North Atlantic station in
place of Rear Admiral Sampson, who
will assume command of tho Boston
aavy yard.
At the meeting of the Methodists
Preachers' association of New York, a
resolution was unanimously passed de
ploring “the shameful miscarriage of
Justice in the recent condemnation of
Captain Dreyfus.''
The old Gamble lead mine, concern
ing which there have been traditions
among the people of Southern Mis
souri and Northern Kansas, has been
discovered in Fulton county, Arkan
sas, it Is claimed.
A swine epidemic of a violent type
has appeared In the central portion of
Woodbury county, Iowa, and hogs are
dying by the hundred. Two seasons
ago this section was badly scourged
with the same disease.
Chief Justice Charles B. Roberts, of
the Fifth Maryland judicial district,
is dead at hts home in Westminster,
sged fifty-seven years. He vaa a dem
ocratic member of the forty-fourth
and forty-fifth congress.
So far 5,230 men have been obtained
for the ten volunteer regiments last
authorised, of which number 530 were
wnliated on ihe 13th, The full quota
of the ten regiments is 13,190 nun.
The regiment most successful is the
«me at Fort Crook, Neb.
A manufacturing firm or Hamilton,
©- shipped to tokohnma for the Japa
nese government equipment for one
uf the finest paper mills In the world.
Japan has derided to make her own
paper, as many of her state papers
have disintegrated with age.
A consignment of tl.ouo.ooO worth of
Klondike gold for the I’nited Stales
assay offlot arrived at Seattle on tin
steamer Cleveland from St. Michael.
The consigners were the ITilog Hank
uf Commerce $i.00,0®0, and the Bank
uf llritlsh North America ftoo.ooo,
A program for the reunion of ihe
Society of the Army of the Cuntber
taud in Detroit September 2t» 27 was
adopted by the chairmen ot committee*
having charge of ihe event Brigadier
General llenry M Duffield is the gen
oral chairman, and Mayor May bury
has charge uf the reception to the vet
erans
The annual session of the German
Method tat western conference adjourn
ed at Katerprl*.- Kan. with the rend
Ing uf appointment* for the coming
ywr. Among them are the folio*in*
G J. Kolb. Lawrence. Kan . G J .Ini
mi, Topeka. Kan.; J J Hassell, With
Mg, Kan ; John In-mand Lincoln.
Neb . J II Fielder He.in tin. Mo John
Kohler. Denver. Colo. Tbtt u*»t session
wtll bn held at Clatonla, Neb.
Telegram* limn tbe prta. Ipnl rapt
tala <>f Kurupr report growing agita
Uua in favor of buyeotllug the Baris
Mr.
The arm* eommtaaart depaitment
wtll ship I,one tons of supplies to |Sn • .
Utro. Whether or n>4 t .attributions
t«n« b that amount
Tbn Mraslilan government has pro
•anted against the sale of the lands
ml tbe Dube of H««« <u tbe to i umsu
giwntawt
Neither tbe Mate deparln.*ui nor lb.
war department baa bad an> furtk*
•dvtcwa from any tdh. iat sour.
tma the I at pending revolution hi \ .u
j
*
Refuses to Give Up Independc ceto Great
Britain.
REGRETS WITHDRAWAL OLD TERMS
In Firm l>*t Diplomatic Tarim He Shorn
Fares Now Using Flayed by John
Hull—Gladly Accept* Arbitration a* a
Mean* of (Solving the Problem* Con
fronting Koth Nation*.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—All the dis
patchcH from South Africa this morn
ing talk of the Imminence of hostilities
and the preparations for them. In Jo
hannesburg it seems to be taken for
granted that the Orange Free State
has approved President Kruger's note
and promised active assistance in the
event of war.
An official telegram posted at Volks
rust says that the Transvaal, with the
ussent of the Orange Free State, repu
diates British suzerainty and adheres
to the seven years' franchise.
At Capetown It is reported that Mr.
HofTmeyer, the Afrikander leader, sent
a communication to President Stein
of the Orange Free State, entreating
him to do his utmost to preserve peace,
but that he received In answer the
words, "Too late.”
All military men agree that It is
out of the question to begin hostile
operations before the middle of next
month, no rain having fallen and the
veldt being still bare.
It Is supposed that the next move
contemplated by the Transvaal is an
appeal to the powers, begging them
to recommend arbitration on the lines
of the conference at The Hague.
A dispatch from Charlestown says
the wildest rumors are current there
and that great alarm Is felt, owing
to the unprotected state of the town,
especially as Boer signaling is plainly j
visible on the adjacent mountains.
There was a serious disturbance in
the Market Square of Johannesburg
on Saturday afternoon. A meeting
called by a labor ugltator named Bain,
to condemn British policy and to en
roll volunteers to fight for the Boers,
led to serious fights with the police,
lasting a couple of hours. Many per
sons were injured, among theta the
recently notorious Dr. Matthew’s, who
laid a charge against a mounted police
man. An immense crowd, singing
“Rule Brittania,” accompanied him to
the police office.
MILLER PILLSBURY IS DEAD.
Overwork Mini Inxultlrlent Exercise I’ro
duc* Heart Failure.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 18.—Charles
A. Pillsbury, the well known miller,
died In this city yesterday afternoon
at 5 o'c lock. On account of poor health
Mr. Pillsbury went to Europe Decem
ber 1, 1898, and returned the middle of
June, While abroad he consulted with
eminent physicians in Iiondon, Paris,
Vienna and Berlin. When he landed
In New York he was of the opinion
that his health was much improved,
but before leaving the metropolis he
consulted other doctors and since re
turning he has been a patient of Dr.
Porter of New York and Dr. W. A.
Jones of this city. The physicians
agreed he was suffering from heart
trouble, caused by an enlargement of
the stomach and Insufficient physical
exercise.
After reaching home he gradually '
improved and seemed to be in a fair
way to totally recover his health. A
week ago he took a trip to southern
Minnesota, hut on his return he suf
fered from nausea. Since his return
from his European trip he has been
devoting but about two hours a day
to business. He remained at home
nearly all day Saturday. During Sat
urday night he complained of great
pain and physicians were summoned.
They remained with him through the
night and today until a short time
before Mr. Pillsbury died. He was
conscious to the end and talked to his
wife and friends who were in the room.
RUMORS Of SPECIAL SESSION.
They I’erxUtently l'rr»» The iiiseltes I pun
(lie I’utillr Far.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.—Notwith
standing repeated denials, rumors of
an extra session of congress are per
sistently circulated. Public men who
are close to the pree'den' declare that
he has no thought of calling congress
together before- the regular time for
its assembling on the llrst Monday in
December.
Mr. McKinley hopes that by the Unie
congress meets in regular session he
will be* enabled to announce some sub
stantial progress in the Philippine
campaign an ) hold out hope* of an
early settlement of affairs In those
Islands.
As General Otis will not hue s
greatly thcieased force at his illa]Hi»al 1
before the latlor pail of October, it Is
not expected that he will be able to
accomplish much In the way of ante
doing (he Filipinos before the middle
of Novetolter. TU«j president h'>peb.
however, that by the Qret of Uneiilstr
he will la* able to report to eongMNiJi a
marked improceiii.nl in (he altiuirtoii
VI*.v Slats Owl I.f Hue
CHICAGO III Sept |H A do patch
to the l ime* Herald front Iteirolt
Mieh . says That General iitii*«*ll A
Alger has decided In withdraw from
the senatorial rate there |a now no
doubt Formal annouai ement of his
retirement. It I* predicted, will las
made this week, probably tomorrow
I sill* I wtwMee Is fnxXl.
AI It TIN T*t . Kept Is |l is re
ported that Promoter Chart** Lot m*
may have m>m* iliMoili) In securing
S permit tii it*! tmelweaa III Texan for
kle tJMKMN*1 rattle syndicate. which
Mr Incorporated In New Jerset 11 is
well known that the slate olthera are
I tvuard to Ike plan ml int >>t p»n*t inti
in other stnlss to do bwntnens In Teas*
The law* of Texas p*rmlt of the to
»or per atom of so* k ntmpawtea as (his.
sad stnte oflkthiln nte inclined to forte
•II corporation* doing business in ikes
stale tu tab* out their t barter* hers.
TOM REED RtTIRNS HUNKS.
EXprr.nf-s HI* Gratitude for Honor* t on '
ferreil I'pen Him.
PORTLAND. Me., Sept. 18.—The
Press will print tomorrow morning the
following:
“To the Republicans of the First
Maine District: While 1 am naturally
reluctant to obtrude myself upon pub
lic attention, even here at home, I am
sure no one would expect me to leave
the First Maine district after so long
a service without some words express
ing to you my appreciation of your
friendship and my gratitude for your
generous treatment. Words alone are
inadequate and 1 must appeal to your
, memories. During three and twenty
years of political life, not always
peaceful, you have never questioned
a single public act of mine. Other
men have had to look after their dis
tricts. My district has looked after
me. This, in the place where I was
born, where you know my shortcom
ings as well as 1 do myself, gives me
a right to be proud of my relations
with you.
“No honors are ever quite like those
which come from home. It would not
be just for me to withhold my thanks
from those democrats who have so
often given me their votes. This
friendship I can acknowledge with all
propriety even in a letter to republi
cans. for both they and you know that
I have never trimmed a sail to catch
the passing breeze or ever down a
doubtful flag.
“Ofllce, as a 'ribbon to stick in your
coat,’ Is worth nobody's consideration.
Office as opportunity is worth all con
sideration. That opportunity you havp
given me untrammeled In the fullest
and amplest measure and I return you
slncerest thanks. If I have deserved
any praise it belongs of right to you.
"Whatever may happen I am sure
that the First Maine district will al
ways be true to the principles of lib
erty, self-government and the rights
of man.
“THOMAS B. REED.
SIX NEGROES ARE KILLED.
White Miner* at C'irtervllle. III., and
Non t'nIon Colored Men Hattie.
CARTERVILLE, 111., Sept. 18.—Car
tervllle was the scene of a bloody liot
about noon today, in which six
negroes were Instantly killed and one
wounded unto death, while two others
received slight wounds.
Trouble has been hovering ever
since tlie militia was recalled by Gov
ernor Tanner last Monday. The white
miner# of this place have refused to
hIIow the negro miners to come into
town, always meeting them and order
ing them back. Today, however, thir
teen negroes, all armed, marched into
town, going to the Illinois Central
depot, where they exchanged a few
words with the white miners there,
when the negroes pulled their pistols
and opened fire on the whites, who at
onee returned the fire, when a running
fight was kept up.
The negroes scattered, but were
closely followed by the whites, run
ning up the main street, while the re
mainder took down the railroad track.
Here the execution was done, all who
went through town escaping.
After the fight was over six dead
bodies were picked up and another
mortally wounded. They were taken
to the city hall, where the wounded
man was attended to and an inquest
held over the dead ones.
Mr*. .1. C. It lues burn Die*.
VERSAILLES, Ky„ Sept. 18.—Mrs.
.1. C. S. Blackburn, wife of the ex-sen
ator, died here tonight of heart dis
ease, aged CO. Mr. Blackburn left
home a few days ago, his wife's health
showing great improvement. He was
on his way from the cast when Mrs.
Blackburn died. At her bedside were
all of her children except one daugh
ter. the wife of Colonel William P.
Hall, U. S. A., who is ill in Washing
ton.
< arr Nor » Cmidldfitf.
WASHINGTON. I). C., Sept. 18.—
General Clark Carr of Galesburg. III.,
and formerly minister to Denmark, is
in Washington, and it is rumored that
tie would he the successor of Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Calhoun, who
intends to practice law in Chicago.
General Carr said, in response to an
Inquiry, that he was not a candidate
for the position and that he had heard
nothing to lead him to believe that
his name was under consideration.
Queen I.ll’i* Cousin.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Sept. 18.—
Prince David Kuwunanakoa. a cousin ;
of ex-Queen Liliuokalnni of Hawaii, |
arrived in Washington today from
Honolulu. Ills visit to Washington Is j
purely iicisun.il and has no connection 1
with the politics of the Island. He 1
will visit the ex-queen, who is now I
a resident of Washington, am) will go j
on to New York to the yacht races |
eai*ly in October.
H ill t out in up Mrik«*
CLEVELAND O. Sept. |H Vt n ;
meeting of tlie striking street railroad j
men last night it was decided by a .
unanimous vote to cotitinue the strike
Four hundred striker* were present j
and speeches were made in which vic
tory ws» predli ted, The question was j
decided by s rising vote every man
pie ent standing up
fnr H r«t» rtt \ rlt-r«i«y
WASHINGTON, It V Hep! Is The
following w«»lrrn pensions have been
granted
Issue of Heptrtuber «
Nebraska Increase Joseph D Pros*
Plain view ft. io |v
V «» .«»t toll* VViti V,
NEW YORK dept |« The will of
Cornelius Vanderbilt will not be pro
baled nor it* <oat«nts made puh.,*
Hntil Voting Alfred Vanderbilt the
second son. run teas h home )|e Is i
now in the mountain* of Japan t his
deetston was tea* bed lt d.,) by the
members of the family and their law
i v• r» at a tent* f, to* t> A i<
! pen a t.-RUe. A cable ntruAage was
i •#!•! til felM U lMtt# IHp ytsAi^A IN-tA to
rt lltm III Nf • \ »*f k mill All |NAiiMv ]
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Sir. Brjan Will Not Meet C!;._rr^i3 in
Discus3icn.
LARGE AUDIENCE COV.E TO HEAR.
Mr. llr.THii l>l»r|j»lnn the .\»»ertlon lh«l
lie Would Follow I lie New Yorker In
Itelmte—Hl« Talk Will Come l.ater I
Mr. Cock rail Pay* i» Compliment In
the Nelirankan.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10.—The exciting
joint debate looked for last night be
tween William J. Bryan and Bourke
Cochrane on trust did not take place.
Central Music hall was packed with
an eager audience, but the people pres
ent had to content themselves without
the oratory of the famous Nebraskan,
who occupied a seat on the platform.
Mr. Bryan reached (he hall early in the
evening. He went to a room upstairs,
where he was greeted by Chairman
Franklin Head, Congressman Gains
Ralph M. Easley and other members
•f the program committee of the Civic
Federation.
Mr. Bryan declined to epeuk at the
night session with W. Bourke Coch
rane, in accordance with the program ,
previously arranged, Mr. Bryan ex
plained that he did not wish to lei
the impression go out that he was to
enter Into a debate with Mr. Cochrane.
For that reason he said he would not
speak at the same session with Mr.
Cochrane. Mr. Cochrane was sent tor
and he and Mr. Bryan discussed the
situation. The committee withdrew
to allow the two orators to settle the
dispute. Mr. Bryan asserted that he
never said he would follow Mr.
Cochrane with an address on tae
same evening. If the committee got
that impression from the conversation
he had with them by telephone he said
they misunderstood him. Mr. Cochrane
wanted to talk at the same session
with the noted Nebraskan and offered
to flit a coin to determine who should
have the privilege of delivering the
closing address.
Then Mr. Cochrane agreed to appear
at any time the committee desired. The
program was changed, however, to
meet Mr. Bryan's wishes.
Mr. Bryan said he was anxious to
address the conference, and repeated
that his only reason for changing the
program was to avoid any indication
of a public discussion with Mr. Coc..
ran. Mr. Bryan will speak at tomor
row's session. Though disappointed
iu failing to see such a spectacle as
Bryan and Cochran pitted against each
other, the audience nevertheless en
joyed a rare treat, as Mr. Cochran was
at his best, and his speech wTas punc
tuated with frequent and prolonged ap
plause/
When Mr. Bryan made his appear
ance at the entrance it was the signal
for tumultuous cheering, which lasted
until the Npbrsskan had taken his
seat on the stand. Mr. Foulke of In
diana, who w'as in the middle of an
address when the outburst occurred,
put the audience in good humor by re
marking:
"[ guess you came here tonight to
hear somebody else speak." Mr. Foulke
was followed by Hon. Edward Rose
water of Omaha, whose address re
ceived close attention. The chair then
introduced Hon. W. Bourke Cochran
of New York.
At the close of his speech the New
Yorker won the hearts of his listeners
by paying Mr. Bryau a few well chosen
compliments, which the democratic
leader blushingly acknowledged. Mr.
Cochran likened Mr. Bryan to a mo
nopoly and claimed he was a bigger
monopoly as the leader of the demo
cratic party than any linaneial corpo
ration in the world. Mr. Cochran spoke
for about two hours, and when he con
cluded cries for Mr. Bryan came from
all over the house. Finally Mr. Bryan
arose and said that for the good of the
conference all partisan feeling shou.u
be eliminated from the gathering, and
although he agreed with Mr. Cochran
in many of his arguments, it was
necessary that his side of the contro
versy should be given tomorrow.
DREYFUS Will BE PARDONED.
Kvrrvt Plug »l I'ra-sent l*<>itit< to tliut an
Solution of the Itittl-ulljr.
LONDON. Sept. If. M. Dr Hlowitz.
the Paris correspondent of the Tlmeit,
says;
"I leant that Cuptalu Dreyfus will
shortly withdraw his petition f«»r a
revision, which will leave the ground
clear for the government to take im
mediate steps to pardon him. Thi*.
pardon will not annul the civil and
military consequences of the verdict
amt he will no longer belong to th«
army.
"There is nothing however, to Pre
vent him from applying to the court cf
cassation to quash the Itentie* trial
whenever the new fact required by
law Is ntoduerd When lilterated fee j
wltl settle In the south of Kraitc a* I
the nieitiltets of hts family do not wish j
to evpoae him to such demonstration*
of sympathy abroad as might la- »,.«■•, j
against him by his adversaries t j
home.'*
The Purtea - or• eammdegi cf th"
Dally News says The premier \t
Walderk It (Htaseau has pr om taed ,j, |
finitely to propose a pardon for Drey
fus at nevt Tuesday s -aPitot coun- It "
td« I tmesec-v fee llssyksto,
WAMIIINliTON D I*, dept |4 -
ft. nat.il foster of Washington tester
day received g telegram from T t’
|te|towe« at V am-cover Wash saying ,
that t -rpon Dcmpholf - r t'om|>ahV
II duteenth Infantry, had been s»n
ten- ed to he shot fa death at Maul!*
The dispel. h stated that liemphoffer
was a real-lent »t Vancouver and waa
only It tears of age He net or IWtr
waa aahed to acalsi in having the sen
tence mitigated The senator wilt see
hesl-lml M< K Utley today ahd ash
cieuesutr for Damphuffcr.
LINCOLN HAS A BAD Nile.
Half m Block In thr Center of the City
l eveled by the Flamc-v.
LINCOLN. Sept. 16.—The building
occupied by the Western Newspaper
I'nion, Jacob North and the Nebrauks
Independent is on fire and will be
totally destroyed. This building was
built five years ago by the printing
firm of Pace, Williams & North. It
was estimated to be worth $50,000. It
is occupied entirely by printing flrni3.
The stock, which includes printing
machinery and paper, was entirely de
stroyed. no part being saved. Fire was
l discovered in the building about 1:30,
and within fifteen minutes the en’.ire
building was encompassed by flamer..
The building has been owned exclu
sively for years by Jacob North, the
other two members having retired
from the firm recently after It was
built. The department store of H.
Herpolsheimer * Co., north of the
building, and St. Paul's Methodist
church, east, are In danger. The fire
men have no control over the flames.
The stock In the North building was
estimated to be worth $100,000.
3 a. ni.—The Masonic Temple build
ing is now In ruins, carrying with it
the property of the Masonic lodge, tue
Lincoln public library and the plant
of the Kvening Post. The buildings
in the north half of the block are not
out of danger, but they may possibly
be saved. The damage so far is esti
mated about as follows:
North building and stock, $150,000.
Methodist church, $25,000.
Masonic temple, including contents,
$150,000.
Webster block, $20,000.
Kllte studio, $10,000.
This makes the total loss over $300,
000. It is impossible to estimate the
insurance.
It is thought that one fireman vaa
killed w'hen the roof of the Masonic
temple fell.
KILUD IN A WRECK.
Three Trainmen l.oae Tlielr Urea In a
Nnia»liii|> Near Nelirnnka City..J
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. Sept. 16.—
The flrnt section of train No. 124, a fast
freight on the Missouri Pacific road
that left here at 4:10 yesterday after
noon, was completely wrecked ten
miles south of here an hour later. The
engineer, fireman and head brakeman
were buried in the wreck and their
bodies were consumed in the conflagra
tion that followed. The Mlled:
TOM GILLIAN, engineer.
MILLER ROUSE, fireman.
WILLIAM FOSTER, brakeman.
The wreck was caused by the burn
ing of a bridge one and one-half miles
east of Paul station. Although the
framework of the bridge was entirely
burned out, the rails and ties remained
in place and the train plunged in with
out the slightest intimation to the
engineer that anything was wrong.
The train was composed of thirty
eight cars. Eighteen empty stock cars
and twelve cars of miscellaneous mer
chandise, anthracite coal, etc., were
ditched, and together with the engine,
redneed to a shapeless mass of wreck
age which caught fire from (he burning
embers of the bridge and were entirely
consumed. A car of anthracite coal
went in last, which made the burning
wreckage a seething furnace.
Conductor Montgomery, who was in
the way car and uninjured, ran for
ward immediately after the wreck
occurred and heard a cry from Engin
eer Gillian, who was buried under the
wreck, hut the fire was so hot that he
could do nothing toward extricating
him. Not a vestige of the three train
men has been found.
SUPPLIES CHEAP IN MANILLA.
Com 111 Usury (ienernl Suy* Critics Are
Misinformed.
WASHINGTON, I). C„ Sept. 16.—
Commissary General Weston says the
soldier of the Colorado regiment who
has found so much to criticise at Ma
nila evidently was misinformed about
the exorbitant prices which were being
paid for supplies in the Philippines.
Sugar s bought about 40 per cent
cheaper than in the I'nited States; rice
is 50 per cent cheaper and a consider
able reduction is found in the prices
of beef purchased in Australia and the
prevailing prices in Chicago. The gov
ernment saves transportation on thise
articles.
As to other articles which are a part
of the commissary stores bought by
the department and sold to the officers
and men at cost price. General Weston
says there is no possibility of loss to
the government upon them. The com
missary department does not purchase
wines, except for the hospitals. These
are bought upon the recommendation
of the surgeons and the money for
them comes out of the 40 cents u day
allowed to each soldier in the hospital.
Ills Cattle Ileal.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Sept. 16.—
George B. Loving, who Is promotng a
cattle deal that he says will amount j
to 123.500,000. was in the city yester
day tin his way home to Fort Worth.
Tex., from New York. Mr. Loving |
saltl the capital for u company to buy
tioo.otio cattle und 12.000,000 acres of '
ranch land in Texas. New Mexico and I
Wyoming had be.m pledged after eight j
weeks' work in New York.
>«• ling In % i»rk
NEW YORK, S.pt. If. There will |
tie no muss meet tug in this city m pro- j
test against the condemnation of j
lireyfu*. Efforts were made to ar
range such a gathering, hut the men |
w tin were aak-d to lake a leading part j
declined lo do so and expressed His j
opinion that ihe movement was a mis
take Ctiliae«|Oenlly Ihe pUtHitders of j
Ihe affair decided to abandon tbs idea. !
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It is proposed that the souvenir
badge to be used at the Washington re
ception of Admiral Dewey shall have
upon it a reproduction of the original
flag of freedom that was flown by
John Paul Jones when he sailed in
the Bon Homme Richard. This flag
was made in Philadelphia by Misses
Mary and Sarah Austin, under tho
supervision of General George Wash
ington.
If the shooting ability of Oom Paul's
burghers is as good as in 1881 a war
In that section will fatten several new
cemeteries.
Necessity is the
Mother of Invention/'
It was (he necessity for a reliAble blood
purifier And ionic thAt brought into exist
ence Hood's SxrsA pArdlA. It is a highly
concenlrAted extrAct prepAred by A com
binAtion, proportion And process peculUr
to itself And girning to Hood's Satsapa
rillA unequAlied cur At eve power.
Electric Car llrakna.
Chicago Tribune: The New York
state railway commission has been
conducting a series of tests of various
patent brakes with a view to prescrib
ing the use of the one shown to be
best adapted for electric street cars.
The desirability of being able to bring
street cars to an almost instant stop
is evident. The problem once solved,
the trolley, especially in New York,
where the w-ires are underground, will
become the favorite means of street
transit. As yet, however, the problem
of bringing trolley cars under the abso
lute control of gripmen or motormen
appears to be unsolved. Some cities,
Toronto, for instance, still employ old
fashioned brakes, and as a result the
cars cannot safely be run at as high
a rate of speed as in Chicago, where a
better brake is used. In the tests in
New York brakes used in St. Louis,
Chicago and Memphis, as well as the
one employed on the Third avenue sys
tem of New York city, were tested with
results not as yet made public. In mak
(ng the tests a special car with a speed
indicator was used with a bell which
rang for the various Bpeeds of five,
ten, fifteen or twenty miles an hour.
When the bell rang the motorman
threw the brake, which thus gave time
and distance tests for the efficacy of the
brake. Of course, no brake device,
however perfect, will be satisfactory
unless the motorman is prompt and
efficient. Good men must handle good
machinery. . 4
With a population of exactly 206,
Servia, a village in Indiana, on the
line of the Chicago and Erie railway,
has twelve men who welsh more than
200 pounds, and some of them tip the
beam at nearly 300. Nor Is this re
markable tendency to obesity In the
community confined to the men. The ,
stranger who visits the place cannot
but be impressed as he strolls down
the single business street from the
station with the extraordinary num
ber of large women. A count of noses
among the feminine portion of the
community who carry more than the
average of adipose reveals no fewer
than fifteen whose avoirdupois will
range from 190 to 250.
It is proposed that the souvenir
badge to be used at the Washington
reception of Admiral Dewey shall have
upon it a reproduction of the original
flag of freedom that was flown by John
Paul Jones when he sailed in the Bon .
Homme Richard. This flag was made
in Philadelphia by Misses Mary and
Sarah Austin, under the supervision of
General George Washington.
There will always be plenty of room
at the top just as long as people can
avoid living in attics.
SUFFERED 25 YEARS.
In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman,
Congressman Botkin says:
“My Dear Doctor—lit gives me pleas
ure to certify to the excellent curative
qualities of your medicines—Pe-ru-na
runirtunmn Botkin, of Winfield, Knn.
and Man*a-lln. 1 have b*ea afflicted
more ur le*a (ur a quarter of a century
with ra arrli of the atoniarh and con*
stipatlou A residence In Washington
has Increased these trouble* A few
bottles of your medicine have given
me almost complete relief, and I am
sure that a continuation of them will
effect a permanent cure Pe ru na Is
surely a wonderful remedy fur catarrh
nl affect ions,"
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ratarrk Is • atarrh uf Ike stoma, h Tkla
Is genernlly known as dyspepsia I'm*
gressman lu. kin was a »let In* uf tkla
II'MO Is.nti i»c »**M pe Ml WW
rurss these eases like nisgt. Addraan
ftr Hartman, t'olumbua. O for a frsn
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