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Vol. 2, No 8.
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Weekly News Summary
Dr. Emll Ilolub, the well-known ex
plorer, died at Vienna a fow days ago
at tho ago of 55 yoars.
Recont advices from tlio South Afri
can war announce tho capture by tho
Boors of a British convoy of 4G7 miin,
The city of Paterson, N. J., so recent
ly swopt by Are, was later ovor
wholmcd by flood, entailing a great
amount of sufforlng.
An attompt to start a revolution was
mado In Sorvla, March 5, but tho only
result was tho doath of tho leader and
tho arrest of his adherents.
Slgnor Marconi has mado a new
wlroless tolegraph record by the trans
mission of a messago tit a distance of
2,000 miles.
Charles Broadway Rouss, who sev
eral yoars ago offorcd $1,000,000 to any
ono who could restore his sight, died
at Now York, March 3. x
Tho twonty-flfth annlvorsary of the
accession of Pope Leo XIII. was gen
erally observed throughout tho world
by Catholics, March 2.
It Is reported that fifteen persons
-wero killed and many Injured by the
wrecking of a passenger train twenty
jlvo miles west of Sanderson, Tex.,
March 7. A brokon rail caused the
.disaster.
As a result of tho recent collision at
;sea of tho American steamer Wao3-
land and tho British steamship Ilar-
mouides, near the coast of Wales, the
Waosland sank, but her passengers
and crow wore saved.
Tho past week has been one of se
vere damage to tho eastern part of
tho United States, occasioned by tho
Tlslng of streams and rivers as a re
sult of tho heavy snowfalls and rains,
and causing great loss to property.
Another robellion has arisen In
China. Tho object of tho rebels is to
overthrow tho present Chinese dynasty
and to help tho oppressed and needy
Chinese. It is rumored that the
French aro secretly supporting the
rebels.
By a vote of 3G to 5 the state senato
of Minnesota adopted a resolution pro
testing against the United States per
mitting the purchase of mules and
horses in this country for uso in the
war in South Africa as a violation of
tho treaty of May 8, 1871, with Great
Britain.
At a meeting hold recently In New
York, Senator Tillman of South Caro
lina was tho principal speaker and
vigorously denounced England's col
onial policy, expressing sympathy
with the Boers, and protesting against
tho United States' friendship for Eng
land against tho South African repub
lics. In introducing the army estimates
for 69,310,000 In tho houqe of
commons, March 4, tho war secretary,
Mr. Broderlck, declared that tho war
was conducted with great skill and no
war has ever been waged on such a
scale before. He also mentioned a
new scheme, by which England's col
onies are expected to furnish moro
soldiers than England.
Health is a magnet which irresistibly
.draws the man to the woman in life's
mating time. Health does more than
tint the skin with beauty ; it puts music
into the voice and buoyancy into the
step, as well as happiness into the heart.
A great many women covet beauty and
.are constantly seeking aids to beautify
them. Let a woman first seek perfect
health and all other charms shall be
.added to her.
There can be no general health for
women while there is disease of the
.delicate womanly organism. The first
step to perfect health is to cure womanly
.diseases by the use of Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription. It establishes regu
larity, dries weakening drains, heals
inflammation and ulceration and cures
'female weakness.
"i1 .Vscll fm!r bottles of your 'Favorite Pre
serin ijon'nnd one of 'Golden Medical Discov
ery.1 "writes Mrs. Elmer D. Shearer, of Mount--hope,
Lancaster Co., Va "and can say that I am
.mired or that dreaded disease, uterine trouble
Am in better health thau ever before. Pvervl
one who knows me is surprised to see me look
? Yi ln Ju,",c l was so Por hi health that
t times I could not walk. To-day I mncutTd
Jure" mc?bdy Umt Dr ricrceVmedicinS
ttum. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sentwon receipt of
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
feeud 21 one-cent stamps for the book In
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S? A""',e- Address V. Pierce,
LMMU1V Al, X,
THE WEEK AT WASHINGTON.
The river and harbor bill, making
an appropriation of $60,700,000, has
been completed and its items made
public.
Tho United States supreme court has
upheld the decision of the supremo
court of Illinois in regard to the valid
ity of tho statute imposing a lino jn
any ono dealing in futures.
Tho Austrian-Hungarian minister at
Washington has been raised to the
rank of an ambassador. This will re
sult in tho United States ministry ac
Vienna being raised to the same
point.
According to tho testimony ;oi pen
oral, Hughes before the senate, com
mittee on tho Philippines, 20,0,00 out
ul u jjuijuiuuun or zo.uuu on tue island
of Samar, are located in concentra
tion uumps.
When the two Boer delegates called
upon President Roosevelt, they were
informed that thin nYwnr.nm4.
not and will not interfere in tho strug
gle between the Boers and the British
in South Africa.
' A cablegram from Copenhagen re
ports that petitions aro being circu
lated by the opponents of the gale of
tho Danish West Indies to the' United
States, but they probably will have
no effect, as tho government sanc
tions the transfer.
During the discussion of the. bill for"
the reneal nf wm- tnvAa in '
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Senator Aldrich, chairman of tho
committee, submitted a statement
showing that the surplus after tho
, oltion. war taxes will amount to
about $30,000,000 per year.
nW88,111?11 stark o Nebraska has
complained to tho state department
concerning the government's breach
of neutrality in allowing the estab
lishment by tho British of supply
depots in this country, where supplies
for the army in South Africa are se
cured and shipped. M
During the recent discussion In tho
house on tho bill to classify the rural
free delivery service, Mr. Loud of Call-
HmJS ? ny P1ItICS and that "lf COn"
wn m 'VS Present arrangement, it
Sn nnn nm? th sovornment mbre than
?so,000,000 per annum.
The senato has passed an irrigation
A GREAT CATTLE COUNTRY.
Holt County, Nebraska, produces more hay than any
other county in the United States. Hay, farm, and
grazing lands are still cheap. Excursions first and third
Tuesday in each month. For information write
J. A. DONOHOE, O'NEILL, NEB.
bill. It is announced that an effort in
the house will be made to amend the
bill with relation to section 9. Thl:3
section is what is known as the "states'
rights" section. It gives the states
control of waters within their boun
daries. Many friends of the irrigation
movement insist that public interest
will suffer if the control is not vested
in the federal government.
The president has approved the bill
creating a permanent census bureau
and after doing so, he sent a letter to
the secretary of the interior directing
him to instruct the director of
the census bureau to appoint such
members of the present force under
him as will constitute the permanent
force, appointing only so many as are
to bo permanently employed; and af
ter July 1, all appointments are to be
made under the regulations of the civil
service act.
THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
On March 3, the senate began the
consideration of the ship subsidy bill.
Mr. Frye of Maine delivered a two
hours' speech in support of the meas
ure. Ho made the significant state
ment that the policy which has been
applied to American industries with
such "beneficent results" has not heen
applied to tho shipping industry; and
he said the word "subsidy" should not
terrify any one because it was only an
other name for protection. In answer
to a question, Mr. Frye presented as
one of his reasons for the passage of
the bill that-the American ship-owner3
were required to pay larger wages to
seamen than the owners' of foreign
vessels. He said it was all nonsense
to say that the American ship can
employ a sailor on less than American
wages. Mr. Clay of Georgia asked Mr.
Frye if the Chinese employed on ships
uetween our Pacific coast and China
and Japan were paid the same wages
for the class of work as American sea
men. Mr. Frye replied that he know
of no ship that employed Chinese. Mr.
Hanna said he would take issuo with
Mr. Clay's statement and should in
sist upon having the record to show
the facts. He demanded of Mr. Clay
the name of the ship. Mr. Clay replied
that a captain in charge of a ship on
the Pacific coast had testified before
the committee on immigration that
Chinese labor was used almost. pvo.Ih.
sively in our trade with China. He
produced tho record in this inquiry in
which this captain, Seabury, said that
there were only three American ship3
that could go in tho Pacific mail from
San Francisco and on these vessels
there wero about 100 Chinese to 164
white seamen. It further developed
that the Chinese seamen were paid
about $15 per month in Mexican mon
ey while tho white seamen were paid
$30 per month. Mr. Fryo explained
that according to the subsidy bill dur
ing the first year one-fourth of the
crews of American vessels must be
United States citizens; the second year
CONSUMPTION CUHED.
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In his hands by an East India Mluslonary tho formula
of a Blmplo yeKctahlo remedy for tho speedy and porma
Wn of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
2 SlrtPv11 LnnB Affections; also a posltlvo
2nm?.li!0.,il CUTr,0!or Norvous dobtllty and all norrous
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one-third, and the third year, one-half.
On March 4 Mr. Frye concluded his
speech in favor of the bill. On March
5 Mr. Clay of Georgia spoke in oppo
sition to the measure and the Asso
ciated press dispatches refer to Mr.
Clay's speech as "a forceful and in
teresting argument which was given
careful attention by his colleagues."
March 6, Mr. Clay concluded his speech
against the bill. In his speech Mr.
Clay argued that natural changes
alone could increase the foreign car
rying trade of the United States'. Mr.
Hanna addressed the senate in reply
to Mr. Clay. He insisted that tho
shipping industry was the only unpro
tected industry and said it was ab
solutely necessary to pass such a meas
ure. Mr. Tillman of South Carolina
asked Mr. Hanna if it was true that
the J.. Pierpont Morgan syndicate had
bought two or three European lines of
steamers. Mr. Hanna said he was not
informed on this point. .The further
consideration of the measure was
postponed until Monday, March 10.
TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT.
On March 6, the senate began tho
consideration of the measure provid
ing for the protection of the president.
Mr. Bacon of Georgia took the posi
tion that in its present for.rn the bill
was an invasion ofthe jurisdiction of.
Spates and it ought to be radically
amended. Mr. Patterson of Colorado
said that while he was agreeable to
the general propositions of the meas
ure, he thought it should not pass la
its present form. Mr. Depew of New
York and Mr. Piatt of Connecticut
spoke in support of the measure. ? Mr.
Hoar of Massachusetts in . sun
port of the bill, said' that
the assassination . or attempted
assassination of the president was" an
interruption of government and it was
vitally important to the government
that such an interruption should not
occur. Mr. Bacon insisted that tho
bill should be amended to show' that
the crime was committed against the
president "because of his official posi
tion or for the purpose of destroying
the government or impairing the exe
cution of its constitutional powers."
Mr. Bacon added 'that ' the bill was
practically an enlargement of the law
of treason and proposed to make trea
son something that under the constl-
1 2,n was not treason;-' Mr. Patterson
of Colorado suggested that an em
barrassing situation would have arisen
had the assassination of President Jtc
Kinley occurred in a state where capi
tal punishment is not permissible. It
would have resulted, Mr.-Pattersori' ifo
noved, in the.state being disgraced' by
mob law, as no communfty-wpUld iiavo
been satisfied with mere imprisonment
for assassinating the president. Ho
aSreed with the main purposes of
the bill. On March 7 the seriate re
sumed consideration of the bill" pro
viding for the protection of :tho' prea!-
innA Bafon resiJmed his speech
in opposit on to the bil;iri its present
form producing authorities intended
to show that it was, an extension of
the treason law and therefore uncoa-
vuuunueu on Pge 12.)
STOPS THE cniinw
And Works off the Cold