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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1899)
" MT OUTLAWS SAY Thcj Deny Tyranny in an Address to the Boor Government. THE DOCUMENT IS DISCREDITED Peeling In WituhliiKton Hint African Sit uation Is Culm nncl thut There Is No UntiRer of Wnr Whut lit Set Forth In the 1'vtlllon Drawn Up. NEW YORK , July 17. A special to the Herald from Washington says : The Boer government has transmitted to the United States a copy of a peti tion addressed to It by 9,000 outlanders denying that the present government In the Transvaal Is tyrannical as de clared by other outlandoi's , supported by Great Britain. The petition was circulated In May and addressed to the Boor government and a copy of It has been received at the state department. Sir Alfred Mllncr , the British high commissioner , In writing to Mr. Cham berlain concerning the petition , doclar- cd that It was generally dlscred'ted ' , as It Is openly stated that the signa tures had been obtained through the Instiumentallty of government officials and railway servants , who are mostly naturalized. In diplomatic circles hero the opinion Is expressed that the Boer government has transmitted copies of the petition to the governments named therein In order to convince them there Is little truth In the British statements and to prevent any of them from jolnolng Great Britain In en deavoring to secure better treatment /nr the ontlanders. The reeling prevailing in adminis tration circles Is shown by the Instruc tions sent today to Rear Admiral How- Ison , directing him to continue his cruise. The admiral reported his ar rival at Capetown from Pretoria and that the Chicago was ready to is.il , and the fact that ho made no mention of the situation and failed to recom mend that a warship be sent to Dela- goa bay shows conclusively to the minds of the officials that ho Is satis- fled the situation is calm and that there Is no danger of war. THE OUTLOOK FOR TRADE. it Is Said to Ho of u Decidedly Kncouru- glng Churiictor. NEW YORK , July 17. Trade fea tures , the past week , says Bradstreets , were of a uniformly encouraging char acter. Statistics of past trade move ments received are certainly of an en couraging nature , foremost among these being exceptionally good railroad earnings , returns for June and the first half year and ascertained totals of an enormous export trade , practically equal to the phenomenal business of the preceding fiscal year. Among current - . , rent news features might bo mentiou- ed the quite favorable July crop report of the agricultural department , which , while confirming earlier advices of a inoro moderate yield of winter wheat , point to a largo acreage In corn , and conditions , which , if maintained , would easily result In a crop excess of two billion bushels. The outlook seems to favor the probability that Europe will buy nearly as much wheat In America ns It did In the last fiscal year , when exports exceeded the totals of the boom year 1897-98. In Industrial lines the outlook Is a promising one. The settlement of the coal miners' strike in Pennsylvania and of the tin plate workers' dispute , bid fair to result In nearly 60,000 men resuming work after the summer shut down. The price s'ltuatfon is naturally a strong one , wheat and coffee alone of all the prominent staples being lower on the week , and the former only fractionally so , owing to largo receipts at the west and the check to export demand caused by reaction from the price reported some time ago. Interim ! Kevrnue ColliM'tlous. OMAHA , July 17. J. E. Houtz , col lector of Internal revenue , has com pleted his report of collections for the year ending Juno 30. The total amount collected is 13,248,07938 , which is a round million in excess * of the collection of 18S8 and two millions ahead of the collections of 1897. The cost of collection was ! } & per cent ns against 1 4-5 per cent for 1888 and 8 4 per cent for 1897. This Is less than the cost of collection of any other col lector In the country , oven where the collector had but a single state under his care. The amount was swelled this year by the additional tax sub sequent on the war. The stamp collec tions amounted to $607,111.51 , which does not Include the special tax and the levy on bankers and brokers. The ter ritory comprising Nebraska and the two Dakotas Is the largest geographi cally considered , of any collection dis trict in the United States. I'lllplnn Junta Will Move. MANILA , July 17. It Is reported that the Filipino Junta will bo moved from Hong Kong to the Island of La- uunn , a British colony six miles from the northwest coast of Borneo , as the American officials have watched the members of the Junta so closely a ! Hong Kong that the latter have found It Impossible to supply the Insurgents with arms. The transport Warren palls Sunday with the Colorado regiment , Major Bradley Strong and Major Young of the supreme court , who is going to Utah for a vacation , on board. Prof. Schurman will arrive at San Francisco on board the China. Kudorsud the President. WARSAW , Ind. , July 17. The Indi ana association of editors hold the first session of Its midsummer meetIng - Ing Saturday. A large number of the most prominent editors of the state wore present. A set of resolutions was passed fully indorsing the adminlstra tion of President McKlnloy In dealing with the rebellion ngainst Amerlcai sovereignty in the Philippines. They Indorsed the action of the ropubllcai congress In passing the Dlngloy law and the efforts of the admlnlstrntloi to carry out the financial policy of the 8t. ' Loula 'platform. * SHOT TO DEATH IN THE JAIL I Smith , n Oeornln Fanner , Murdered In III * fell hr a .Moli. GAINESVILLE , Ga. , July 17. SI Smith , the Habcrsham county farmer who killed William Hell , the commer- lal traveler from Atlanta , several months ago , was shot to death In the all hero this morning. About midnight Sheriff Munday , who Ivcs at the jail , was awakened by a nan at hla door , who , when the sheriff uswcred the summons , stated that he was the sheriff of Gllmer county and hat ho had a prisoner ho wanted to mve locked up for the night. In the ark Sheriff Munday could sec nothing > ut three or four men just outside the building and hurriedly dressing hlm- elf , appeared at the main entrance to ho jail building. Gathered about It vcro some eight or ten men , all of vhom were armed. The sheriff took hem for deputy sheriffs. The leader of the mob stopped for ward and said : "Here , come hero , " mlng a name the sheriff does not now ecall. The man stepped forward with ils hands bound and In every way ilayed the role assigned to him. As le advanced those around him closed n and In a few seconds the entire crowd was Insldo the jail building. Then a gun was thrown In Sheriff Munday's face and the keys were de manded. The sheriff saw what was ip and remarked : "The keys are downstairs. " "Well , get thorn quick , " replied the eader. Sheriff Mnnday hurried down the stairway , followed by the two men. lalf way down the steps he was brought to a sudden stop by the rattle of firearms In the room ho had Just eft. Wheeling around , he bounded ip the steps until he had reached the cage In which Smith was confined. Unon examination he found that Smith md been shot six times and was ucau. A WOMAN CLAIMS MILLIONS. Catherine Hitchcock Is on a Hunt for III IT Money. CHICAGO , July 17. Louis A. Hitch cock , a special agent of the Orient Insurance company , is sought by of ficials , in whose hands arc warrants sworn out by Katherlno Hitchcock , who claims to bo his wife , and who charges him with bigamy and other offenses. Behind the efrort to have Hitchcock arrested Is a tangled story which comes to the surface as a ro- stilt of the litigation over the ? 2,000- 000 estate left by John Stetson , the Boston millionaire and theatrical man ager , who died three years ago , and the subsequent death of his widow , Katie Stokes , the once famous circus rider and stake celebrity. Mrs. Kath erlno Hitchcock figures In the story ns the daughter of Katlo Stokes by a marriage previous to that with Stet son , and consequently claims to ho the heir to the whole fortune. Mrs. Hitchcock's sole purpose In desiring to place her husband In the hands of the police , she says , Is to recover quit claims to the Stetson castto which she alleges her signature was obtained by Hitchcock through intimidation. The woman formerly resided In Kan sas City , where she was known as Katherine Shirley and where she met Hitchcock. ORDERS STRICTLY ENFORCED. Gen. Wood Determined to Control the Yellow Fever. SANTIAGO DE CUBA , July 17. The strict enforcement of General Wood's quarantine and sanitary order scorns to bo repressing the yellow fe ver outbreak. One death and three now cases were officially reported to day , but there have been no now cases among the United States troops. Many American and Jamaican vagrants have boon arrested and taken to the deten tion camp. Dr. Chllds , nn American physician , was arrested subject to the fumiga tion process , and locked up for con cealing a case of the fever nt his own residence. This patient , an English ninulovo of the North American Trust company , died today. I'lnt to Murder. SAN FRANCISCO , July 17. The officers - ficers of the Second Oregon regiment , while very guarded in their statements admit that the condition of the Amer ican trcops at Manila at the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and the Filipinos was very crit ical. ical.Tho The capture of a letter sent from Inside our lines In Manila to an em issary of Agulnaldo is probably all that saved our army from a terrible disaster and possible annihilation. The letter was taken to General Otis , who found In It the plans of a plot to open the gates of Manila , sack the city , murder the guards and allow the insur gent army to pour Into the American camps and surprise tha men. The United States troops wore under aims all night to meet the expected attempt but the enemy had learned of the cap turo of the letter and the only part ol the plot that was carried out was the burning of a portion of the city of Manila. Sh Shot In Self Defense. CHICAGO , July 17. A special to the Times-Herald from St. Louis says : Louis W. Holladay , son of Jesse W Holladay , a Chicago millionaire , Is ly ing probably fatally wounded at the Baptist sanitarium. He was shot late last night by his wlfo at tholr home Mrs. Holladay was arrested and lockec up at the police station. She says that she did the shooting in self-defense Young Holladay met Mrs. Holladay neo Annlo Browstor , a trick blcycio rider , In Houston , Tex. , In 1897. I'luii a Silver Meeting. NEW YORK , July 17. The Chicago platform democrats at a meeting las night adopted a resolution providing for a big silver meeting to be hold In this city or nt one of the nearby sum mer resorts on Labor Day. At this meeting , if the wishes of the local sll vorites nro carried out , addresses wil bo made by William J. Bryan , ox-Gov ornor John P. Altgcld , George Fred Williams and Judge Tarvln of Ken tucky. Mr. Williams has already an nounced his willingness to bo prescn and the strongest efforts will be made to secure the pthor speakers named. HEN LEAVE THEIR Another Trolley Strike On in the Oity of Brooklyn , A NUMBER OF ARRESTS ARE MADE employes of the Ititplil Transit Company Iluro a Urlovnnro Wliloh They Want Hedressed Striker * Mnko Tronhlo for the rolli-9 Non-Untoii Trnln Crews Asmiultod unit Itnlli Torn Up. NEW YORK , July 17. Another trolley strike Is on In Brooklyn. Ncar- y all the conductors and motormen of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com- > any , numbering Bcvoral thousand , quit work at G o'clock this morning. Those who had cars out left them on he tracks. The company endeavored to run cars with nonunion men on all the lines and there was much disorder. Wires were cut , rails wore torn up and at the Mrrcy avenue stables a crowd of 3,000 men resisted the police. Many arrests were made during the day. On some lines the company maintained a regular service and on others they failed altogether. Cars were unable to run to the ocean beaches. The tie-up has not been nearly so complete as the labor lead ers said It would bo. So far this strike has not been ns effective as that of 1895 , but there Is no telling how long or far-reaching It may become. . Meetings have been held daily and nightly for the last wnolr nml It wnn Infnrrml hv thn rfl- ports given out by the employes and their advisers since Thursday last that while a strike was imminent It would not occur for some days to como. General - eral Master Workman Parsons and District Master Workman Pines had charge of the men's affairs and a strike was called at 4:30 : yesterday morning. Shortly after midnight about 100 policemen from the precincts of Man hattan and the Bronx districts wore sent to different barns , and many wore placed along the several routes com prising the territory covered by the Brooklyn Traction company. Up to half past 7 o'clock there were very few cars run over these lines and these sent out from the different barns were policed by two , three and four con stables. On the Putnam avonuc line only .a few men refused to work and It was notable that scarcely a half dozen of the cars on this division wore policed. The Flatbush and Bergen Beaoh cars , the Norstrand avenue , Gates , Ralph and Myrtle avenue cars , as well ns the Third avenue trolleys , had n meager service in the early hours of the day , but traffic on the old Nassau lines , which comprise the Fifth , Sev enth , Park and Vanderbilt avenues , and Douglas and Butler streets roads will bo practically at a standstill. The men on the Nassau road wore most determined and not ono of the motormen - men or conductors wont to work. The cars remained Idle for several hours , but by 10 o'clock about one-tenth of the regular rolling stock was working. These cars wore manned by hiBpectord and linemen , and , in fact , oilers and helpers were pressed into service so ns to maintain a partial running of the system. By the middle of the afternoon over 50 per cent of the old men on the Galtes , Ralph , Broadway , Myrtle ave nue , Flushing and Third avenue roads wore at work on those lines. Later In the afternoon the cars on the latter road wore running at Intervals of ton minutes , which meant that the service was crippled about one-third. KxperlmentH with High WASHINGTON , July 17. The War department has recently concluded nn exhaustive series of experiments at Sandy Hook with high explosives and the largest field guns that promises to mark a material advance In the nrtll- 1m vrfinnh nf thn nrmv "Pnrmnnnnt arrangements were made under the Board of Ordnance of Fortification , composed of both line and staff offi cers and of which the major general commanding the urmy Is chairman. The board's report Is In shape to bo presented to the secretary of war and If adopted will result In arming the troops In the Philippines with the most advanced typo of light field guns In the world. The board has decided on a typo of field gun which can flro fifteen aimed shots per minute , which can bo operated with ono man and which Its full crew can take to pieces In thirteen seconds for loading on mule back for transportation where- over needed. It Is throe-Inch caliber , can carry shrapnel or n bursting charge of high explosives , which will kill by concussion In a radius of 200 feet. The Alnnkii Dlnputo. LONDON , July 17. There is a re crudescence of anxiety regarding the Alaskan dispute In political circles , though the general public does not at tach much Importance to the matter , Jingo newspapers llko the Saturday Review grasped the opportunity to re- air their anti-American proclivities The Review thinks that as the time for the presidential nominations approaches preaches President MclKnley may "find the Cleveland precedent overtemptlng and launch an arrogant Alaska mes sage against England , the recognition of which would bo very different to the success attending the Venezuelan question. " Sees Duiker Ahond. PARIS , July 17. La Republlque Francalso , commenting upon the dan ger In which the proposed Franco- American commercial convention wll place our national productions , Bays : "Tho project provoked legitimate tests. The arglculturlsts of Aln de partment have already remonstratci and others -will follow , as nil parts of the country will bo affected. " KIplliiK' " I.Hti'Ht DlHiistvr. LONDON , July 17. Rudyard Kip Jlng'B right thumb hns been lilttm by a dog and IB considerably inflamed Ho carries his arm In n ullng , but i Is not thought the Injury will have serious consequences. RESERVOIRS TOR LIVE STOCK , Tlirlr Tltrentenrtl Mnnopotlintlon. Duel Not CrfHt Apprehniftloiu WASHINGTON , July 17. Imports onchlng the Interior department of n .hroatonlng monopolisation of a mini- Mr of points of the IniulB itcqnlrnblo inili'r the law relating ( o reservoirs 'or watering 11 vo stock ereatonoappre- icnslon on the part of the authorities , flio Hny thut the rules nml regulations [ > ( it In focflo for' the execution df the aw hnvo boon BO darefully frnnied that there Is no danger of Individuals got- Llng 'more than their share of the pub lic domain or the Inlllctton of any pos sible Injury to the common ti'so of the nrens concerned. The n w code of rules , It Is stated , restrict fillings mndo previous to the Issuance of the rules , taking from thorn every tendency to monopoly , these previous filings being now r.oturend to the pixrltos with In- struutlons that the applications for such lands must conform to the later regulations. They are also designed to prevent an exclusive right to the traqt taken , giv ing the land the status of n coinmun- catlvo propprty open to all seeking the water rights and furthermore , they restrict the maximum quantity of land In any section to 100 acres to enoh In dividual , but even this Is not permis sible unless the party has built a res ervoir having a capacity of 500,000 gallons lens , any less capacity reducing the area allowed proportionately. The land taken cannot bo fenced or other wise enclosed and must bo kept open to the free use of everyone wanting to water his animals , any noncompllanco with the law and regulations resulting In cancellation of rights. NO ONE CLAIMS AUTHORSHIP. The I'runnncliiiiunilo Itoceiitly I n d AKiilimt Undo Hum. HAVANA , July 17. The pronunlcla- mento recently Issued In the city of Matanzas , signed "Botancourt , " and cnlllns : upon Cubans to prepare to hurl from the country the "crafty eagle , " as they had removed the "haughty and hungry Spanish lion , " Is now believed by many to hnvo boon the production of the oivll governor of Matanzaa. The reasons for this view are not very convincing , but Senor Batancourt has not positively denied the authorship and It Is notorious that ho has express ed almost Identical Bentlmonts In the Havana cafes on different occasions be fore American officers. Ho once used language closely resembling that of the "proclamation" In the presence of an American brigadier general and an American colonel. Both officers bellovo It quite probable that ho wrote the appeal. If not Its author , then In their Judgment , ho was cognizant of It and agreed to the UBO of his name. Many Cuban officers of high rank are satisfied that Senor Bo tancourt was In seine way Intimately related to the publication and circula tion of the address to the people of Matanzas. General Wilson , military governor of the Mntnnzas-Santa Clara department will doubtless ask the civil governor for an explanation In caao there Is no denial from him. of Trusts. CHICAGO , July 17. The Bcncrnl committee on arrangements for the conference on combinations and trusts called by the Civic federation of Chicago cage has mailed circular letters to G25 trusts and combinations throughout the country , asking twenty-six ques tions , such ns the number of organiza tions Included in the connolldntlon , the number yet outside , the original cap ital of the various concerns now merged , the present capital employed , the effect on prices of products and the effect on labor BO far as to dis placement and rate of wages. Of the labor unions In the various crafts employed in these combinations , questions are asked as to the effect on wages , hours of work and the number thrown out of employment by the or ganization of the trusts. Thn WyomlliK nml Southern. FORT STEELE , Wyo. , July 17. Men and teams are beginning to arrive hero In large numbers for work on the grade of the Wyoming Southern railroad between this city and Saratoga. John Flick of Denver 1ms been awarded the contract for constructing the grade and ho Is now hero superintending the work. The old grade of the Union Pacific- has been found to bo In first- class condition and very little work will bo necessary to place It In nhnpo for the ties and steel. This grade Is about twenty mllPK In length and will bo necessary to construct only about eight miles of new grade , exclusive of the side tracks. HoldliT Violated OrdorM. ALBANY , Ore. , July 17. Frank M. Glrnrd , a member of Company I , Oregon gen volunteers , has arrived hero from San Francisco , In violation of orders On reaching San Francisco harbor while still on shipboard , ho receiver a telegram that his mother , who re sides near Monmouth , was dying , am asked him to como at once. He appllec to the officer for a furlouKh , offering the telegram ns a reason , but It was rofused. By the aid of sympathetic comrades ho was let down by a rope into a small boat and went ashore taking the train at once for Home. Ho Bays that ho will return to his regi ment In a few days. They Are Not Crow Indium * . DEADWOOD , S. D. , July 17. Your correspondent lias Just received n mes sage from Pine Ridge agency relative to the Crow Indian case , \vhloh reads : "Tho Indians In question are not Crows. They presumably lielong eith er to Pine Rldgo or Rosebud agen cies. The posfio has arrived from Edgomont and an Investigation of the Indians is In progress. If it is found that they belong to thU reservation they will bo arrested. The case is litho the hands of the government. "MAJOR CLAPP , Agent. " The Hlory Wan Kalne. MADRID , July 17. El Liberal , whicl yesterday published a statement to the effect that a deficit of 2,750,000 pesetas had been discovered In the accounts o the Northern Railway company duo to emhc7zlements , publishes a retractloi todn admitting that the story was false and apologizing. The How Treaty with Japan Inaugurated on the 17th , THAT COUNTRY ON A NEW TOOTING The Now Trenty of Var ItenrhltiK Import unco In Its UeliUlonn with the United Hlntes l.nidlnc Countries In the Com pact Tim Hy tiMi > Uiulur Old Truutlei Now Alimented. WASHINGTON , July 17. A now treaty between the United States and Japan goes Into effect today , at which tlmo also now treaties between Japan and nearly all the countries of Europe and some of the South Ameri can republics also go Into effect. It Is an effect of far reaching Importance In the relations between Japan and the United States , as it docs away with the treaty methods which have been 1n vogue for nearly fifty years and substitutes an entirely now meth od of procedure. The same la true In the relations of Japan with other countries. Taken as a whole the many treaties which go Into effect to morrow place Japan on an entirely now footing with the world at largo as she Is recognized for the llrst tlmo ns an equal In every respect. The treaty with this country was made November 22 , 1801 , In Washing ton , between Secretary Qresham and Minister Kurono , who tlitm represent ed Japan hero. The changes It made worn no fur rcnchluc that It was dotor- mlned the treaty should not go into operation until July 17 , 1899. Mr. Jutaro Komura , the present Ja panese minister In Washington , was noon at the Japanese legation today and gave an Interesting outline of the more Important features of this iir- rangomont. He said : The 17th of July marks the turning point In the diplomatic history not only of Japan , hut of the oriental coun tries lu general. It will bo the llrat Instance In which the western powers have recognized the full sovereignty of an oriental state. This action of the enlightened nations of. Europe and America shows that If any country IB ready to assume a full share In the responsibility and affairs of the world at largo these old and enlightened pow ers are ready to admit uut'h n country to full comity among nations. So wo regard the advent of this treaty as a very Important stop not only for Japan , but for all the nations of the cast. cast.Tho The countries with which Japan has made now treaties are the United States , England , Germany , Franco , Russia , Austria , Italy , Spain , Portu gal , Belgium , Holland , Denmark , Sweden - don tinil Norway , Switzerland and Po rn. All of these go-lnto effect today ex cept those with Franco find Austria , which are deferred until August -1. With most of thcso countries Japan hud treaty relations before , but they wore crude and unsatisfactory. To underHtand the change It Is no- coKsary to look ut the oystcni under which ( ho old treaties cxlntcd , Tills was essentially based on two princi ples : First , that foreign residents In Japan shall enjoy the provisions of oxtratcrrltorialty , that lu , they should bo amenable to the laws and juris diction of the consul of their pwn country and not to Japanese Jurisdic tion , and , second , that foreign resi dents In Japan shall bo conllned to certain open ports , outsldo of which foreigners could not roHldo , own prop erty or engage In trade. The result was in effect about fifteen or sixteen systems of courts In Japan for the purpose of trying foreigners who com mit offenses In Japan. Furthermore , most of the powers claimed that Ja panese laws wore not binding upon foreigners. For Instance , take our nimrniitlnn Inw. Whlln It ji us as against our own people , yet there was no protection in the case of an Infected foreign ship. The only exception to thin refusal to recognize Japanese law was the United States , which recognized from the first the binding force for the Japanese law. One of the bad effects of this sys tem was that foreign rcHldcntH ! md cntlro Immunity from taxation. The Japanese paid all the taxes. All of this has now disappeared and foreJgn- ors arc under the Bamo provisions as well as the same obligations as the Japanese citizens , no moro and no less. The first stop In the now Hyafem is to put nn end to the old fiction of extraterrltorlalty , by which foreign citizens wera Judged by different stan dards from Japanese. Unltoil Htntm Not AHkoil. WASHINGTON , D. C. , July 17. Up to the present tlmo there has been no BuggoBtion from any foreign power that the United States should take ac tion concerning the Tranavnal. When the recent cable dispatch from Pretoria brought the flrat Information that rep resentations would bo made to Wnsh- Ington a rumor that such representa tions would como promptly mot with a positive denial that Germany was acting in any capacity in connection with the Transvaal difficulties. At the British embassy It is said no instruc tions of any kind relating to the Transvaal have been received. Prnmlnnnt lilk D nd. MINNEAPOLIS , Mich. , July 17. C. M. Foot , grand exalted leading knight of the grand logo , Order of Elks , died In this city today from heart failure , superinduced by n complication of dis eases. Mr. Footo was ono of the lend ing citizens of Minneapolis , and n few years Ince was a prominent candidate for postmaster. Ho was CO years old. Mr. Footo was ono of those Injured In the collapse of the coliseum at At lantic City , N. J. , In 1895. I'lfly Thousand Itcsiiino. PITTSnUHG. Pa. , July 17. Tinplate plato workers throughout the country to the number of nearly 50,000 resume work tomorrow after an IdlonesH of two weeks. The acalo fixed on at Chicago cage Is based on the price of bars , the minimum advance over last year's scale IB placed at 1 $ per cent , which will prevail until Juno 30 , 1900. A Fri-o Imposition. Fabrics and products from all the world's leading markets arc dlaptnyflil iy llaydon Bros. , "Tho life Store , " liv Dmaha. This In n wonderful oxposl- .Icn In Itfiolf. Visitors to Omaha make It n point to Include It * uniting the lolnts of Interest , oven when not In terested In purchasing. Hayden Broa. carry Ihunonso stocks and nro first to Bliow all the now styles and fads and Hot the fashions for the cntlro west , Buying direct from for eign and domestic manufactur- orn.f they are enabled to quote irlccs on stylish now goods , nwny bo- ow. these 'charged ' by the ordinary merchant for medium grades , bosldca giving an almost unlimited assort ment to Boloct from. Llnggago la shocked frco for all vlsltois and walt- ug rooms and writing material pro vided free by this big firm. Thorb 'nro 'throughout ' 'the United kingdom nearly ono hundred arid thlr- y thousand women engaged in teach- ng , almost three { lined the number of mou. V. H. 1'iitcnt Ofllre llunlnr * * . An application filed by us Juno 27 , 1890 , for a label entitled * "Kldnoy Bean , " for n medicine prepared and sold by the "Manno Chemical Co. , of Dos .Moltics , was allowed June SO. Mrs. E. Marplo of DOB Molnos hat nvented a design for a member of rt jolt clasp adapted to bo permanently fixed to the ends of a holt In such a manner that nn ornamental member can bo readily connected and discon nected and used advantageously on different belts at dlffororit times. An application for a patent for Im provements In corn harvesters , by which the clogging Incident to moving the stalks ( rom the cutters to the Kill lint * In tintmiin 1 flln/1 Wr\Vrttn1int 20 , 1897 , for the Inventor , W. H. Gray , of Eddyvlllo , la. , was allowed July 1 , 1899. Consultation and advice freo. Val uable Information about securing , val uing and soiling patents sent to nppll- cants. Correspondence solicited. THOS. G. ORWIG & CO. , Solicitors of Patents. DCS Molnos , la. , July 8 , 1899. The National City bank of Now York which' has bought the old custom hauso In that city , IB now the largest bank In the United States , with deposits of 1120,000,000. Its stock , whoso par val ue IB f 100 , Is quoted at ? 2,000 , and it in scarce at that figure. Now It paya { 3,265,000 for n banking house , the conditions of the sale being that the government may occupy the building until the now custom house Is com pleted , paying rent at , the rate of 4 per cent per annum on the purchase price. It la a rich bank , the Rockefellers - follors , the Vandorbllts , the Havemcy- or and the Morgans being represent ed In the directorate. President Andrew S. Draper of the university of Illinois , who has como forward IVB a candidate of tlmt-Btato by the republican party , IB onoiof the forotnost educators of this country. For two years ho was the Btato super intendent of Bchooln In Now York Btato , and later ho was superintendent of schools In Cleveland , and under lilo administration they won the reputa tion of being the finest public schools In America. Are You Unlliff Allon'n Fnot-KunoT It Is the only euro for Swollen , Smarting , Burning , Sweating Foot , Corns and Bunions. Ask for Alton's Foot-Ea o , a powder to bo shaken Into the shooB. At all Druggists and Shoo Stores , 2Ec. Sample Bent FREW. Ad dress , Allen 8. OlniBted , LeRoy , N. Y. Even the soft tire of a bicycle will cut n deep furrow In the heart when It rldcB across God's law. To T.umulry Drc nc anil Hklrts. To Kut boat romillH , mix BOIUO "Kaultlow Btarcli" hi H littlu cold watur ; whou dis solved pour on bulling water until it bo- comuH clear. All grocers soil "Faultless Btarcli. " Largo package , lOc. "irlnlrltvttv in ItinllnnHnn rnMinr fYinn submitting to limitations accounts for the narrowncHB of many lives. ? 118buyBnow upright piano. Schmol- ler & Mueller , 1313 Farnani St. , Omaha. It takes four weeks' hard labor to prepare for a two weeks summer va cation. Are Yon Coining to Oiniihn ? Bo fiuro to visit Hardy's , "Tho 99 Cent Store , " ) C19 and 1521 Douglas Btroot. Toys , ijolls , Fancy Goods , etc. No picnic IB n success to that woman who doesn't get a ploco of her own cake. Plso'B ll _ _ . . Cure . . .11 1. for . , . . Consumption ! 4L. > * _ i.l * . A lUItK bos been T n a Madison , 1MW 42d Are. , Chicago , 111. Any dolt can Uiko tlmo by the fore lock ; It takes a genius to hold on to him by the heela. Mr * . WlnMow's Hoothlnff Hyrnp , ForchtUlren teotblnR , nufionMlio Rtimi , reduces In flammation , allays paineuros wind colic. 33c * bottlck William Moore , a Kentucklan , 71 years of ago , has not loft his bed for sixty-three years. Ho was Injured by a horse when a child. Dr. Martin Luther "Brooks , who died In Cleveland the other day , at the age of olghty-soven , made the first speech In favor of abolition over delivered In Oberlln , Ohio , which later became the headquarters of the underground rail way. It was on July 4 , 1833. A few years later ho taught In Gallopolls , Ohio , the first colored school In the state. Ho was ono of the chief stays of the underground railway , and waa a friend of Lincoln. The first essential for enduring these hot spoils Is to got plenty of sleep. There Is eminent medical authority for the statement that heat prostrations are duo much moro to the oxhnustlno Incident to insufficient sleep on suc cessive hot nights than to the actual intensity of the daily heat. Thomas Dunn English hns Just cele brated his 80th birthday at his homo in Now Jersey. Ho Is the oldest liv ing graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Still , his fame contin ues to rest on the shoulders of Im mortal "Bon Bolt. "