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Loup City Northwestern GEO. E. BENSCHOTER. Ed. and Pub. LOUP CITY. - * NEBRASKA. I News in Brief Out of every 1,000 of the world s population 264 own King Edward as their sovereign.. It •will take five years to rebuild the Car.ipaile of Venice. The new tower will probably have an elevator. The Astors are gradually disposing of their real estate holdings in the tenement district of Now York. Lieutenant Governor Guild of Mas sachusetts has added a full set of Fil ipino daggers of quaint design to his collection of weapons. Municipal corporations in England own gas works, water works, street railways, rocks, baths, markets, dwell ings, race courses, dairies, and hotels. It Is estimated that nearly all the pine timber now growing in Minnesota (about thirty million foot I will be rut and marketed within the next fifteen years. Dr. Arthur McDonald, the criminol ogist in Washington, now says that unless a person wants to become a criminal he should never eat meat or potatoes. W. C. Hodge died at Bloomington, 111., aged 72. He was one of the or ganizers of the republican party and a member of the first republican con vention in California. A special to the St. Louis Post-D patch from Virdcn. 111., says: The Chi cago-Virden Coal company s shaft at Chetham, 111., was totally burned. The loss may reach $10o,000. * At Los Angeles, Cal., in a duel with three detectives, Joseph Choisser, aged 50, and Louis Choisser, aged 25, father and son. were shot and instant ly killed in a lodging house. Mayor Weaver returned to Philadel phia city council the loan bill appro priating $16,000,000 for municipal im provements and the council immedi ately passed the bill over the veto. The Cleveland Trust company has purchased the business and good will of the Central Trust company. The Cleveland Trust company now has 34, 000 depositors and $18,000,000 in de posits. General Delaray made a speech to the Boer prisoners at Admadnagar and succeeded in persuading all but ten of them to sign the oath of alle giance to Great Britain. General De laray spoke for five hours. Rufus H. Connella, president of the defunct banks at Indiahoma, Sterling and Olusta, Oklahoma, small con cerns, was found guilty of forgery in the district court at Guthrie. He will be sentenced later. It was learned at Trenton, N. J.f that the Pottery Selling company, just incorporated, has been formed as the result of on agreement among prac tically all or the sanitary potteries of the United States to control prices and regulate the output of each pot tery. In a Are in the Chinese district at Portland. Oregon, that caused $70,000 damage, three Chinese lost their lives. Several Chinese opium smokers fought the firemen who were endeavoring to rescue them, not realizing their inten* The firemen carried fifty inmates from the building. * It Is announced that General Fran cis V. Greene will become a resident of Buffalo when he retires as New York's police commissioner on Janu ary 1. He has accepted an offer to take charge of the Ontario Power company, now being built in Canada opposite Niagara Falls. The Paris Journal hears from Ber lin that the Princess Charlotte oT Saxe-Melningen, a sister of Emperor William, who has been ill for some time, is Buffering from cancer and that the verdict of the physicians cre ated consternation to the German cout and had a bad effect on the re covery of the emperor. The house passed, without division, the pension appropriation bill carry ing $138,150,100. While the bill was under consideration there was a gen eral discussion on Panama, rural free delivery, tariff and pensions, speeches being made by Messrs. Scott (rep., Kas.), Miers (dem., Ind.), Sims (dem., Tenn.) and Burgess (dem., Texas). The Shanghai correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph says that, ac cording to the mandarins, the Peking government has again warned the provincial authorities to prepare for immediate hostilities, owing to the of fensive action taken by Russia and her allies regarding far eastern af fairs. Mrs. H. H. McKay Wilson, whosf residence. 4208 Westminster Place, Is in the heart of the fashionable sec tion of St. Ixmis, was painfully and dangerously burned about the handt while trying to rescue her servant Annie Crete, who died in terrible iigony from the effects of fire that ig hited her clothing. At Lamont, Fla., Constable Jerrj Poppell was shot and Killed by Chas iMiller, a turpentine hand, whom ht was trying to arrest. Miller tried t< escape, but was shot by Woods, t rider attached to the camp, and was taken to Montleello for safe keeping * Word has been received at the navj department of the arrival at Honoluli of the battleships Kentucky, Wiscon sin. and Oregon, and the cruisers New Orleans, Albany, Cincinnati, Raleigh Yanshan and Pompey. It is not knowr how long the fleet will remain at Hon olulu. THERE ARE OTHERS. ■ ' 1 ■ —mm*' i i The French government is happy ov over expenses for the current year, CRANDJURYWORK SENATOR DIETRICH AMONG THE INDICTED. COLBY IS ALSO TO ANSWER R, M. Allen of Standard Cattle Com pany and D. W. Gaines, a Rock County Banker, Among Those Who Will Be Drought to Trial. OMAHA—The federal grand jury adjourned Thursday afternoon after a session ocntinuing from 2:30 to short ly after 3 o'clock, when it filed into the court room and announced to Judge Munger that it had a report to make. The report was made through Foreman M. L. Arnold of Be atrice. Seventeen indictments were found. The only one made public was the one gainst John Johnson for selling liquor to Indians. Johnson is now in jail. Of the other sixteen none were given publicity, pursuant to the pol icy of secrecy observed by the grand jury and district clerk, whom are the only persons except the district attorney who have any knowledge of the personnel of the indictments. The reason for secrecy in these matters is that the indicted parties must have first been arrested, be in custody or have given bonds In order fhtat there may be no miscarriage of justice by the premature announcement of their names. It is, however, stated from other sources that true bills were found against former Adjutant General L. \V. Colby of Beatrice for embezzlement of public funds; an additional ihdlct ment against Senator C. H. Dietrich for profiting by a federal contract while a member of congress In the rental of property belonging to him to the government; one against R. M. Allen, president of the Standard Cat tle company, for illegal fencing of public lands: one against D. W Gaines, president of the Rock County bank, for perjury and suborning per Jury in the matter of homestead fil lng; an additional indictment against Elliott Lowe for conspiracy with J. C Mitchell, postmaster at Alma; J. C Mitchell and W. Milt Erwin for illegal sale of postage stamps with a view to increasing the revenues of the post office at Alma. The present session has been an important and remarkable one, large ly because of the prominence of somt of the men indicted and investigated The list of those indicted prior to Thursday and given out by the clerk of the court numbers eighty-three. At a night session testimony was taken in regard to the land fraud cases on the Omaha and Winnebagf reservations. Then the grand jurj sent word to Judge Munger that 11 was ready to submit its final report. Judge Munger was in waiting am* the jury filed into the court room and Foreman M. L. Arnold stated tha the jury had completed its labors anc was ready lor discharge. The jurj submitted no further indictments. Judge Munger said. “Gentlemen the court finds that you have been ef ficient In your work and you havi the thanks of the court for it. Yot are now discharged from further ser vice." Statehood 1'or Each or Not at All. WASHINGTON—Governor Otero o New Mexico. Solomon Luna, a mem ber of the republican national commit tee from New Mexico, and Delegate Wilson of New Mexico saw the pre« ident Monday. While the people o Arizona and New Mexico are urgim their claims to statehood, it was stat ed they do not approve of the propc sltlon to make a single state of th two territories. Delegate Wilson sail he would fight that idea as long as h could 8tanu. er the possession of a small surplus Uncle Samuel smiles. TREATY IS A LAW. Senate Passes Reciprocity Bill by a Decisive Vote. WASHINGTON—By the decisive vote of 57 to 18 the senate on Wed nesday passed the hill carrying into effect the reciprocity treaty with Cuba. The final vote came at the close of a day which was marked by a debate wlii'h, while at times animated, was not acrimonious. The principal speeches were made by Mr. Spooner, for the bill, and by Mr. Bailey, I against it. Both senators were sub jected to frequent interruptions. In his remarks Mr. Bailey referred to the recent agreement of the democratic caucus to stand solidly on party ques tions and warned the republicans that in the future they could not depend on straggling democratic votes in sup port of republican party measures re gardless of whether they were or were not in accord with democratic doctrine. The bill passed carries into execu tion the treaty between the United States and Cuba, which was ratified last March. The treaty provides for a reduction of 20 per cent from the rates of duty under the Dingley law on all Cuban articles imported into the United States and a varying re duction of from 20 to 40 per cent from the established Cuban duty on articles into Cuba from the United States. After the passage of the Cu ban bill the senate agreed to the house resolution providing for a hol iday recess from December 19 to Jan uary 4. When the senate convened Mr. Spooner spoke on the measure. He discussed the varying position of the opponents of the bill, and especially of the introduction of the Newlands resolution inviting Cuba to become a part of the United States, deprecating I it and saying that he hoped it would : be postponed indefinitely, because, he said, sometimes invitations are re garded as commands. Mr. Spooner also discussed the ef fect of the adoption by Cuba of the Platt amendment as a part of the Cu ban constitution and said It should remain there forever for Cuba’s own protection, inth as against foreign foes and against insurrection. He con tended that the Platt measure in no wise derogates from Cuba’s independ ence. He expressed the opinion that i the United States owns the Isle of Pines. The Cubans also think they own it, he said, but we had noc "opened a bank account with the God dess of Liberty when we free Cuba,” and could net afford to haggle like a shopkeeper over matters with that re public. Mr. Spooner said the New lands resolution was in direct oppo sition to the Teller resolution. Mr. McKinley had put it all in a sentence when he said that our intervention must not be demanded as an indem 1 nity. Appointed by President. WASHINGTON — The president Monday sent the senrte the following nominations: | Receivers of public moneys: Daniel 1 J. Foley, at Eureka, Cal.; Fred Butler, • at Deadvllle, Colo, i Postmasters: Alaska—William R. > i Sampson. bitagway. 1 j Idaho—George E. Hovey, Burke. Montana—I^awrence llauck, Philips burg. Whole Sea is Disappearing. r ST. PETERSBURG—The sea of - j Azof is disappearing and remarkable - scenes are In course of enactment, i At Taganrog the waters have receded - to such an extent during the lashive f days that the bed of the sea is visible ; for a distance of thousands of feet. High winds hurled clouds of sand - shoreward, covering the town. Ves ? i sels are lying high and dry and the I greatest confusion prevails In the har II bor. Work in the factories has had J to be reduced to a minimum. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS NEWSY STATE BRIEFS. The Salvation Army of Beatrice will give a Christmas dinner to the poor. E. G. Glenn, Omaha. fO years of age. dropped dead while blacking a stove. Lawyers of Omaha are moving in th* matter of getting better men on the juries. The Salvation Army of Fremont will give a dinner to the poor on Christmas. Mrs. Nancy Pclmerton. an old resi dent of Beatrice has been adjudged insane and ordered sent to the insane asylum. Congressman Norris lias recom mended the appointment of Oren B. Ballard as postmaster at Ives. Duno? county, vice J. B. Burk, resigned. At South Omaha J. VV. Nipe shot and seriously wounded Thomas Kirk because the latter refused to pay for a sandwich which he claimed not to have ordered. Farmers of Lancaster county will boldly oppose the meat trust, accord ing to present plans. A meeting will he heir! to organize an offensive alli ance. The call is signed by J. G. Quinn. Word arrived at Table Rock of the death of Mrs. Maggie Smith, who die 0 in the Hastings asylum. She hail been in the asylum for many months and had passed her allotted three score and ten years. A Bohemian farmer living near Sny der is glad to be alive. The local freight running between Cornlea and Scribner jammed into his buggy and took off the wheels, nearly making a dear. one of the farmer. Attorney O. Hanlon secured a judg ment of $2,000 against the Fremont. Elkhorn and Minneapolis and Omaha railroads in favor of Mrs. Lais Jen sen, whose husband, a section fore man, was killed near Kennard by an Omaha train running as a special on the Fremont road. At 2 o’rlock in the morning Louis G. Sack, a farmer living four and one-half miles northwest of Eagle, discovered his barn was on fire. !Iis two barns and contents are a total loss, besides ail of his hay. oats and corn, harness and farm implements. Mis horses were all saved by hard work. Fifteen acres of land lying close to the village of Snyder were sold for the uniform price of $100 per acre. The transfer was from Mrs. Matilda Molle. executor for the estate of Fred erick Molle, deceased, to Carl Bars and Robert Peltzer, who own and op erate the brick yard property in that place* carl Klumb. living near Stockham, Hamilton county, attempted to com mit suicide by shooting himself through the head over the right eye. Shortly after the shock of the wound he arose and went into the house and medical aid vas immediately summoned. Motive for the deed in unknown. W. F. Porter of Central City, for merly secretary of state, has been at St. Paul endeavoring to interest St. Paul business men in a canning fac tory proposition. His plan contem plates the investment of about $10,000 of local capital in a stock company and it s said to have met with con siderable favor. Washington dispatch: Congressman Kinkaid introduced a bill to restore certain rights to settlers on the Fort Randall military reservation in Boyd county. The settlers not only had to pay for the lands, but also to comply with the homestead laws. Judge Kin kaid recommended the reappointment of L. H. Jewett as postmaster at Bro ken Bow, Neb. H H. Aultes, a prominent Stanton county farmer, died last week. The supreme court has decided that ex Register of Deeds Holm did not have to pay back money received ns fees for looking up the names of sign ers of saloon licenses, to see if they were freeholders. The court said: "A county officer is not required to ac count for or pay over to his county money received by him in payment of services performed for another by private agreement which are no part of the duties of his office and which are not incompatible with, and are not Included within his official duties.” A recent number of the University of Chicago paper conveys the infor mation that C. C. North, who repre sented Ne raska in the Missouri de bate in 1902.. has been selected as oha of the contestants in the Chicago Northwestern debate for the cham pionship of the Western Debate league. Mr. North graduated from the Nebraska university in 1902 and at tended Yale Divinity school for a year and this year went to the Chicago Divinity school. Prof. Chandler head of the department at Chicago, speaks very highly of Mr. North's ability and hiJ training in debate. The ftirniti re and light fixtures for the new Carnegie library building at Beatrice have not - rrlved, although the time limit specified in the con tracts expired some time ago. With the exception of the installation of these fixtures the building is ready for occupancy. Forrest Marston, accused of swin dling farmers in various parts of the state out of insurance premiums, will not preach in Kearney county. He made the date all right, but the sherifT caught him at Fairbury and he will be takep to Elmwood for trial. WAR ON COYOTES. Club Organized in Cutter County to exterminate Them. CALLAWAY—A move is on foot to organize a county coyote club in this county, each precinct In the county to have a club of its own, and all to work to gether over the county. For many months the coyotes have been raiding the chicken yards, the pig pens, p.nd In several instances have killed and devoured sheep and calves, and it is proposed that these clubs be organized and on a certain day each week during the winter months a gen era! round-up will he made with the determination of exterminating these peats. Tlie animals are more numer ous than they have been for years, and as there is now no bounty on them, but little effort has been made to kill them off. Their hideous howl may lip heard in every direction as soon as the sun goes down, and is kept tip during the entire night. The move has been started for the organization of the chilis and it is thought that by each precinct having an organization of its own, and elect ing its officers and holding regular weekly round ups, hundreds of coy otes can be captured and killed. WOMAN KILLED BY CARS. Buggy Struck by B & M Passenger Train. AURORA—A terrflile accident oc curred at the city Units of Aurora. Mrs. Alex Wilson and Miss Ethel, her daughter, l!i years of age, whose home is four miles southwest of Aurora, were on their way to the city to do some trading ;when they were struck by B. & M. passenger train No. 42, at the crossing west of the round bouse. Mrs. Wilson's neck was brok en, resulting in immediate death. The daughter received serious injuries, in eluding a broken leg and bruised head, but so far as can now’ be told it is thought she will recover. The horse they w’ere driving was instantly kill ed. The buggy was carried on the pilot of the engine until the train was stopped. The supposition is that the victims of the frightful tragedy were watching freight train No. 45, which was about to pull out of the yards, and failed to see the fast train until it was too late. The husband and father is one of the oldest set tlers of this community. For Primary Teachers The primary teachers of the state are especially favored this year in having the promise or Miss Cooper, supervisor of primary work. Omah^ public schools, to be present and ad: dress them at the state teachers’ meeting. MIcs Cooper attended the public schools of Oswego, N. Y„ and graduated from the state normal school at that place in 1885. In this school she received special prepara" tion for the work she has since done so successfully, that of training and fitting prospective and beginning l teachers for their work. Boy Hurt by Cars. N3HAWKA—Claude Johnson, a boy about 14 vears old. w’as swinging on the side of a freight car while switch ing was being done. As the car ran by the stock yards the boy was knock ed off by the cattle chute and a cou ple of gashes cut in the back of his head, another five inches long across his forehead, and his right hand was completely severed from his arm. Has Smallpox Scare. GENEVA—This county is having a smallpox scare and a board of health, just organized, sent out a number of quarantine earns. Adjudged Insane. BASSETT—John L. Gordon, aged twenty-seven, of Kirkwood precinct, was brought before the Insanity board here and adjudged of unsound mind. He w’as taken to Lincoln by Sheriff Smith. Mr. Gordon disappeared last summer for several months, an* though strict search was made by relatives, he could not be found. In August he reappeared at his old home. Holies are entertained that medical treatment will restore his mind. Prizes to Be Given. Two prizes aggregating $G0 will be given to Nebraska debaters this year if they win from Kansas and Wash inton universities. Chancellor An drews has offered a prize of $30 for one of the teams if it wins. This will be known as the "chancellor s prize." The prize will be shared equally by the speakers. To the other team if it wins will go a prize of $i0, also shared equally, known as the "uni versity prize." Where this prize comes from nas not yet been given out. Killed by a Fall. LTNWOOD—A serious accident oc curred one mile east of here whereby Joseph Polifka, aged 28, lost his life. He has been working for L. C. Sed licky for two years. They were haul ing hay. Sodlleky being about twenty rods ahead of him on another load. The hay began to slip and Polifk*' called to Mr. Sedlicky, who stoppc* his team and got off his wagon, but could not see Polifka. so he went back to the wagon. Polifka was lying be side the hay dead, his skull crushed. She Merely Feigned Insanity. "1 feigned insanity to test the love of my people for me, and In an effort to get mon°y which my husband loft for my little 10-year-old daughter, i am not insane and I never was. | act ed an the time, and now. a jury having found mo insane, I’ve got to go to the asylum. I won t stay there, for the doctors won t keep a sane person in a madhouse.’’ Such was the statement, of Mrs. Edna Hellew of Atlanta. Ga., made in a seemingly rational manner, while preparing to be taken to th.' state asylum for the insane at Mill edgevllle, where she was ordered sent by Judge Wilkinson in the court of or dinary. Deafness Cannot bi Cured. by local application! u* they canuot roach the dl«» eased portion of the oar. There in only one wav to cure deafness, and that l! »>y conatitutt -nsl remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of tb% mucous lining of the liustachlan Tube. When th>» tube Is Inflamed you hu\ e o rumbling sound or Im perfect bearing, and when It Is entirely cl»;<nd, Deaf ness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can bo taken out and this tube restore! to itsuormnl eon dltlon. hearing will bo destroyed forever. N ino rases out of ten are caused by t atarrh. v, Melt It nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfa* • *. We will give one Hundred Dollars f<>r any ctr.e if Deafness tcaused by catarrh' that e:»nn* i be cured by liail’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. .1. CliKN I.V «L CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by Pnifrgbis, 7.’»e. Hud’a Family Tills ure the beet. As the kleptomaniac thought in thd candy store, "Stolen kisses uro sweet est. Are prisoners on a ship put in the “hold: ' it never pays to warp the character to reach money. irirn. »> in IO\W’n ^ynp, For rMutrcn i periling, *ofii-ns tea n.m*. rocu-e* -n. lamination, aiinjr* paui. cur*-* wimt roiic. *£*c * bottle. There are always Iot3 of theatrical stars left over. All is not gold that glitters, hut lots of people don’t know the difference. In a street ear a man’s selfishness is often deep-seated. Piso’s Cure cannot be loo highly spoken of r.a ncough euro.— .J. V. O'UniEK, H22 Third Ave., tv'.. Minneapolis, Mina., Jan. 6, 1900. As the surveyor said: ‘ I have to draw the line somewhere.” No. “blood money” is not necessar ily composed of red cents. Defiance Starch la put up If! ounce-, in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. tjirls Kiss each other In the most Irving way when there are men around. Some women are attractive only when they are laughing. ARE TOtR CI.OTHE8 FAIVEO Y Use Red Cross Ball Blue and matte them white again. Burge 3 ug. package, 5 cents. Sometimes the cobbler can’t tap so well as the doctor. Talking in a whisper is a bad habit. No man is honeut who pllferc from a good name. • __ft_►_ The acrobat doesn't understand hl3 business until he tumbles. If “Defiance Starch” does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the iron. Chicago's Murderous Care. An appalling list jf dead and injured front the operation of the antiquated street car systems of Chicago exists in the police and coroner's records for the month of October. Twelve per sons appear a3 having been killed by cable trains or trolley cars, and 155 were reported injured from the same cause. Many cases of slight injury, it is said, are never reported. Defec tive equipment seems to have been the cause of many of the accidents; care lessness by motormen or gripmen ap parently wan another prolific cause. The killed average nearly one every two days, and the injured more than five per day. The Cook and the Pope. Bishop Potter is telling a story for after dlnnor purposes on an Irish cook who once served In his family. “Ono day I heard the cook swearing at a great rate at an Italian gardener wo had and I rebuked him for it. “But, yer rivennee,’ she said, ‘he is nothin’ but an ole dago anyway.' ‘You should not speak that way of an Italian.’ 1 protosted. ‘You know that your pope is a dago, as you call them, and you consider him infallible.’ ’Yis, I know that,’ she answered. ‘And a3 a dago he is infallible, but if he was an Irish man he would be twice as infallible.’ ” There are men who insist upon be ing looked upon ns born to ill luck. A Western Woolgrcwer. Newcastle, Wyo., Dec. 21.—There la a man in this place who claims that no one need Buffer with backache, as ho has proven in his own case that it can be completely and permanently cured. His name is S. C. Holst, and he is a stock raiser and woolgrower. “I was shearing sheep at the time the first pain came on,” says Mr. Holst. ”1 was so bad for two years after wards that 1 could hardly sit down, and when once down it was almost im possible for me to get up again. "I tried ail tho medicine I could hear of and several doctors without help, not even for a moment. I used Dodd's Kidney Pills and they made a new nmn out of me. I felt as if there was new blood in my veins. ’1 am as stout in the back as a mule and can lift and work as hard as I please without an ache or pain in any part of my body. “It is now over a year since they cured me and 1 can say there is not a healthier man in Wyoming than I am, and before using Dodd's Kidney Pills there was not a more complete physi cal wreck in the whole Country than I was.” A man rarely regards a woman as strong enough to be left entirely on her own resources.
