Nebraska Newspapers

    COSTER CODNTI REPUBLICAN
D. , .Vublliher.
BBOtfEN BO\V , NEBRASKA.
! THE NEWS IN BRIEf.
Theodore L. Poole , United Statea
marshal for the northern district , and
n former member of congress , died at
Syracuse , N. Y. , of apoplexy.
Rev. Christian Keller , pastor of the
German Lutheran church In Racine ,
Wls. , was. found dead in bed. Ho 10-
tircd in apparently good health. Apoplexy -
oploxy is supposed to bo the cause of
death.
Lieutenant Parker , manager of the
patent department of the American
Bicycle company , Is dead at the homo
of his mother In South Lancaster ,
Mass. Ho was -13 years of ago and
graduated from Annapolis In 1882.
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior
department Is spending the holidnyn
with relatives in St. Loula. Ho says
ho Is not going to resign from the cab
inet and , as far as ho knows , only
Attorney General Grlggs contemplates
leaving the cabinet.
"Russia offers Roumanlu a loan of
10,000,000 , " says the Vienna corre
spondent of the London Dally Exprc'ss ,
"to assist her in the financial crisis ,
but the offer was declined because
there were conditions attached under
mining Roumanian Independence. "
John Riley Chamberlain , a veteran
of the civil war , died at Cincinnati ,
0. , of pneumonia , aged 72. Ho has
been engaged in newspaper work In
Cincinnati for thlrty-flvo years and
most of that tlmo with the Associated
Press.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the Sonora , Ky. , Deposit bank.
The would-bo robbers were evidently
frightened away before they succeed
ed in forcing an entrance to the safe.
They left all their tools lying near the
vault. The bank olllclals were unable
to open the vaults and business was
suspended.
Mayor-elect John F. Hurley of Sa
lem , Mass. , Intends to give his salary ,
$2,500 a year , to the poor of the city.
lie will rule after January 1. Ho will
I' ! not Intrust the money to charitable in
stitutions to distribute. Ho will dis
burse the funds himself. Every case
of deserving poor Is known to him ,
and ho will poreonaly aid them.
Louis Losibardo undertook to sere
nade Josop do Parlo In Brooklyn , N.
Y. The girl's father ordered him away ,
but Lombarod persisted In singing a
love song , playing an accompaniment
on a guitar. At the conclusion of the
song , and while , his sweetheart was at
her window , Lombardo drew a revolver
and with it shot himself In the head.
At East Bralntrco , Mass. , the tor
pedo boat destroyer Mac Donough
was launched at the works of the Fore
River Iron company amid the ringing
of bells and the blowing of whistles.
Mrs. Lucy Charlotte MacDonough
Rcado of Philadelphia christened the
vessel with champagne. The new boat
was taken down the rlvor to the Quln-
cy works of the company.
At Houston , Texas , government Inspectors
specters seized a largo quantity of
oleomargarine which retailers had in
stock labeled as creamery butter. Fif
teen retailers are under bond , and as
the punishment Is a heavy one , there
is much tribulation among those af
fected. A common practice , It is said ,
has been to mix oleo with butter and
sell it as the best creamery.
Two men were killed and two wound
ed at the Fnrls distillery , Kentucky.
Four members of the Slzcmoro family
on ono side and Ilpnry Barrett and
W. H. Young , on the other , engaged in
a desperate fight. Young and oiio of
the SIzomores wore Instantly killed ,
and two of the Slzemores were prob
ably fatally wounded. An old feud
was the cause of the trouble. All arq
frdm Clay county.
During the last year Mr. Carnegie
gave away about $3,000,0000 for li
braries and educational 'Instltutidns ,
not including the Plttsburg Institute.
During 1899 ho gave away about $5-
000,000. Ho has already founded so
many libraries in this country that
ho is about to establish a training
school for librarians at Wlnona , Ind. ,
in order to make them more useful.
The total number of libraries founded
by Mr. Carnegie in this country is
Blxty-sovcn , seventeen In Scotland and
several In England and Ireland. Ho
has twenty-four libraries in Pennsyl
vania alone.
State Senator W , F. Meyer of Carbon
county , a banker and prominent citi
zen of Red Lodge , Mont. , was arrested
on a warrant sworn out by Dora Ful
lerton , the daughter or a ranchman
who charges that Meyer called her
into his Ojfllco , locked the door ant
tried to kiss her. She , however , suc
ceeded in escaping.
Emma Goldman says that the an
i archists have decided not to kill anymore
moro kings or crowned heads.
1 The largest coal deal ever made In
Harrispn county , West Virginia , will
bo closed in a few days. The territory
comprises 12,000 acres , or nineteen
square 'miles ' around Salem.
Some anxiety IB felt regarding the
health of the aged Grand Duke of
Saxo-Welmar. Ho is suffering from
Influenza. A bulletin Issued by his
physician says his condition is satis ,
factory , that ho slept well In spite
of repeated spasms of coughing and
that his temperature is 99.7. The
grand duke was born In 1818 ;
Andrew Carncglo has given $20,003
to Tuskegeo institute at Tuskegeo ,
Ala. , the money to bo used for the
erection of a new dormitory.
A. H , Pierce , the richest cattle man
In Texas , has died at Pl'ei'co ' station.
Ho was many times a millionaire , with
a largo variety of interests in Texas.
Dave Owens , a prominent man of
Garland City , Ark. , was shot and
killed. It is alleged that Hill Ross ,
a merchant , WQB shooting at a man
named Davis , the first shot striking
Davis in the leg. Owens was passing
and at the second shpt fired by Ross
fell dead with a bullet in Ida head.
.Ross has nut b en captured.
t
Porto Eico Moro Generously Treated Thaa
Any of tlio Territories ,
PEOPLE SATISFIED WITH THE LAWS
Tiocul I.i'Klfll'itiiro HUN Authority tor Ite-
priil tlin TurllT If It \ \ | HIK , hut HUH
Hot Doiio Ho All IH rroprnitHlitc ; I'll-
CINCINNATI. Drc. 2J. Senator J. B ,
J'ornkcr has made a reply to the 10-
( cnt njccph at Ann Arbor , Mich. , of
lontier President Harrison , In which
Mr. Harrison criticised thn Porto
Rlcan policy of the government , char
acterizing It as a deinrturo from cor
rect principles. In a uptech before the
Mamittieturers' club of thin city lutu
night Senator Foiiker said on this
point :
All the questions arising under the
Porto Rlcan legislation are soon to bo
[ mscil upon by the supreme court. For
that icascn I do not care to discuss
them at this time , but It la In order to
Bay that the view taken by congress , as
reflected by that legislation , was crcl- (
itnblo to the generosity , patriotism and
th6 industrial spirit of the American
[ icoplc. Wo found Porto Rico'as poor
an poverty could make her. She had , no
money , no credit , no syntem of taxation
of any kind. She wanted a civil gov-
sinmcnt and a revenue to tmnpoit It.
We gave her a far moro llbsral civil
government than wan over given to
any territory prior to the civil war ,
so far las participation In It by her
.icoplo Is concerned , and wo deajt by
icr moro generously In providing sup-
iort for that government than wo
invo over yet dealt with any territory.
Jn requiring her to pay tariff duties
on Imports from foreign countries we
did only what we did with Louisiana ,
Florida , California and all our other
territories ; but In allowing her to put
these duties , when collected , Into her
own treasury for the support of her
local government , wo did what was
never done before for , anybody else ;
for In all other cases wo have not
only required the payment of these
same duties , but wo have also re
quired them , when they were col
lected , to bo paid , Into the national
treasury at Washington for the com
mon benefit of the whole country , and ,
an to duties on commerce between
Porto Rico and the United States , we
did not levy 15 per cent , but wo re
mitted 85 per cent of the existing
on a number of articles , and the whole
duty on til the rest , and provided that
the 15 per cent should be remitted af
ter March 1 , 1002 , or sooner if the
legislature of Porto Rico shall pro
vide , nnd that in the meanwhile all
collections of 15 per cent b"th there
nnd in the United 'States , shall be
paid over to Porto Rico for her own
support. Wo made this provision be
cause It was the best and least bur
densome way possible to ralso Indis-
pciiBlblo revenue for their govorn-
nnd not because it was in any sense of
Jmy benefit to either our government
or other people.
The Porto Rlcan legislature Is now
In session , but neither that bpdy nor
any member of It , nor anybody else ,
has taken any stop to repeal or alter
the tax system so Imposed by con
gress. On the contrary , all testify
nllko to the highest satisfaction with
what congress has done , and the re
quest will bo almost unanimously
made that the provisions enacted
may bo continued , If not indefinitely ,
at least until some satlsfactoVy sys
tem of proper taxation may be sub
mitted.
In addition , it should bo stated that
congress , also in the same generous
nplrlt , exempted Porto Rico from all
internal revenue taxation another
favor never before extended to any
part qf our people nnywhero. Yes , it
Is true that the legislation for Porto
Rico was a "departure , " but It Is not
true that It was a "departure from
correct principles. "
BOER LEADER NOW IN TRAP.
London iii-il the Continent Hour Thut
Don fit linn Hern Cnpttirrd.
LONDON , Doc. 29. Persistent re
ports are In circulation In London tind
on Uio cqntlnont that General Dewot
has been captured. The British Char
tered South African compiny received
this information from a source in
which It is accustomed to place im
plicit confidence. The War olllco. how
ever , Is without tiny confirmation of
the report.
CAPETOWN , Dec. 29. General De-
wet's attempts to break through the
south have loon frustrated and ho Is
now reported to bo at Senoknl with a
hirgo commando , holding the country
between Fccksbrug , Senokal nnd Win-
burg.
Gpneral Knox is holding the country
between Lndyfcrand and Winburg.
The eastern parties of Invadlnc
Boers nrojjolng constantly harassed
and driven back toward the Orange
ilvor.
The Yeomanry who wore captured
near Brltstown have boon released.
JOHANNESBURG , Dec. 29. The
Boers damaged the now Klelnfontoln
nnd Chinese batteries yesterday.
HHV Yon 847 ?
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec. 29. At-
tor January 1 , in making the calcula
tion of the per capita wi-ulth of the
United States , the Hawnilnn islands
Alaska and the Indian Territory will
be included. The probable effect wll
bo to slightly reduce the per capita
wealth , which now Is about $27.
I'nbnii K\triiilltli > li Kny.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Doc. 29. A
request was rpcolved at the State 'de
partment today from Governor Pin
Bree of Michigan for the extradition
.of Charles J. Thompson , who is char-
Gcd with forgery committed at De
troit. Thompson Is now in Cuba. The
Btato department , taking the ground
that the Island Is at present solely
under control of thq United State
military , did not undertake to go into
the merits of the application , bu
transmitted the papers at once to the
department.
MAD A BIO HALL.
100,000 In Money nnd Rotl blo
Htolcn from n fllull Muck ,
DETROIT , Mich. , Dec. 29. A mall
pouch containing $100,000 in negotia
ble paper and nn unknown amount of
money wan stolen from thd Michigan
Central railroad passenger Htutloil ut
"Wyandottc , Mich , , somd tlmo' Itist
night. The last mall for Wyandotte
arrives at 10:28 : on the Michigan Cen
tral , and , owing to the lateness of the
hour , it is loft In the Btatlon until
morning. . ,
When the two mall sacks wcre ,
thrown from the train last night
Night Operator Hlcdiard throw the
| ) cuchc3 under n seat in the corner of
the waiting room. He then went to
iilc home hi Detroit. Tdday , when
Mall Carrier John McClcary came to
the station for the mall sacks , ho
mleuod ono. Alnut the same tlmo
Goargd Bessy , n driver of nn old wagon
gen , reported at the station that a
> oueh , ripped open and cinpty , was
lehind an old tank a short distance
from the station.
ArrhhtAlio | > ( Iocs for Kulooni.
MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. . Dec. 29.
V Times Bpeclitl frdm Dubuque , la. ,
says :
Archbishop Kcano , since his np-
lolntmont to the seat of Dubuque , has
akon strong grounds against the use
cf Intoxicants. On several occasions
10 baa preached temperance Eermcns
hat would have delighted old John
3. Gough , If ho were alive , and liquor
IciilerH are considerably worked up
over his strong oposltlon to their
lade. An extensive property on Sev
enth and Main streets , belonging to
lie church , Is occunlcd by various
etifiuts and among them la p. saloon ,
un by ox-Mayor Ollnger. The latter
ins boon served with notlco to vacate
ho property ns soon as possible. The
archbishop rays ito property .belong-
ng to the church can bo used for sa-
eon pjirposes.
Women liitld a "Hllnil Vlq ; "
MATTOON , 111. , Deo. 29. About
wonty women of Longvlew Jpst mld-
ilght raided a ' 'blind ' pig" that has
) eon running 'for ' some tlmd In spite
of the officers of that Httlo town ,
) roko In the door , gathered up all the
, 3ttles and jugs t ey could find , car
ried them to the street ami there
smashefl Hhom , spilling the contents
on the ground.
The proprietors of the place had
icon arrested several times , but their
rade was so good that they wore wili
ng to pay their fines each time , re
opening the place immediately after
ward. Despairing of having the place
closed by this , means , the women de
cided to take the matter Into their
own hands.
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Klttmnn Tpnilorcd Morrln" I'luco. ,
WASHINGTON , Dec. 30. The prcsi-
lent tas tendered to Fred R'ttman ' of
Cleveland . the position of , lourth nudi-
, or of the treasury , made A'ucant Uy
.ho tragic death of Auditor Morris.
Mr. lllttman has fcr some1 flfteau or
: .wenty years been engaged in tnc
Danklnj ? business In Cleveland. Ho is
about 50 ycUrs-old elands high in busi
ness circles and is a lifelong friend of ,
Senator Hnnnr. He IB also known by
Presldpnt McKlnley. It is expected ho
will assume his duties on the first of
January.
] Wny Clinnco from Cnvltfi.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec. 29.-The
general board of the navy , presided
over by Admiral Dewey , has taken up
the question of the transfer of the
United States naval station from Ca-
(
vlto and its permanqnt establishment
on Sublp bay. At the same time the
special 'board of naval ofRcrrs now
making Inquiries in the Philippines
ns to thei best site for a permanent
naval station has cabled to Washing
ton for n full equipment of boring ap
paratus in order to learn wbothor
there is suitable foundation at Sublg
liny.
llnnknr * T.n * Curfo * .
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 29. Several
largo collections of counterfeit notes
were recently confiscated in this oltv
by Secret Service Agent Grlflln. The ,
collection of Uouua bank notes oven as
curios la prohibited by law. i
A bank cashier , whore name Agent
Grlfiln refused to rovenl. suffered the
lofts of the fijiest collection of counter
feit 'bank ' notes seen In iccent years.
It was with many protests thnt ho
parted with his collection. Other
cashiers lost emallcir collections.
Sltrnnr Hllvi < 'omp Jonn.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec. 29. Uni
ted States Charge Beaupre , at Bogota ,
Informs the State department that
Cnrlos Martinez Sllva. Colombian min
ister for foreign affairs , has been ap
pointed minister to the 1'nlted States
nnd will sail for his post in the course
of two weeks. Mr. Thomas Herran
has been appointed secretary of lega
tion at Washington.
f'ntilii , . ' mplr Conrriif * .
WASHINGTON , Dec. 29. The cab
inet meeting todny lasted two hours ,
but after the meeting all the members
milted in caving It was barren of re
sults. "If all the cabiont meetings of
the coming century are r,8 burren as
the last ono of this century you news
paper men will have very Httlo to
wrlto about , " was the way one of thorn
put It.
A thrifty farmer's wife mode her
husband throw away his pipe and
smoke hams Instead.
V'Mlntr tl" IMiittf" " I.Inn.
DETROIT , Mich. , Doc. 29. Ex-
Quurtornmstcr General W. L. White ,
who was sentenced to ttn years in
prison for complicity in the state mil
itary frauds and pardoned by Gover
nor Plugroo two days later , today paid
$1,000 s the first installment of the
$5,000 flno imposed by Governor Pln-
groo ns a condition of the pardon. The
money was paid to the treasurer of
Ingham county. The governor stipu
lated that the fine should bo paid in
installments of $1,000 before January
1 of each year for five years , to reim
burse the county for the expense of
convicting White.
Contracts for I'riating Incident to Legis
lative Session Are Lot ,
PRICES HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR
Hounu and Scn.ite rilvn Will Cost Eight
ConlH I'cr 1'uicu Moro limn ITorinrrly
Muollpox ltuiortvd ut Itod Cloud
MUcullunvnint Hibrmtkii Mitttari.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Dec. 20. The nec
essary pruning for the legislature
will cost the state approximately $ S-
000. Contracts for the major portion
of the work have been awarded by
the state printing board. The largest
Item of expense will bo the printing
of liouso bills and sonata files , which
will cajt consldaiably moro than \i \ V
years ngo. The successful bldddr for
the legislative printing wore the State
Journal company and the Hunter-
Woodruff company of this city and the
Omaha Printing company of Omaha.
The contract price per page for
printing the house and senate bills is
? 1.18. The tame company did the work
two years ago for $1.10 per page. Bill
titles will be printed under contract nt
a coat of 16 % cents a hundred. An Ir
rigation map of southwestern Nebras
ka will cost ? 90.
Contracts for printing the legisla
tive bills , bill titles , 40,000 blanks ,
1,800 osE-OEBinent books and the irrlga-
'tlon ' map were awarded to the Journal
company. The Hunter-Woodruff com
pany was authorized to print 400,000
personal assessment blanks , prlco
? 300 , and 325 tax and cash books. The
contract given the Omaha Printing
company calls for 125 tax books.
nt Keel Cloud.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Dec. 2G. Gov.
Poyntcr was nptifled tnat several
supposed cases of small pox had been
discovered in Red Cloud nn at the
request of several citizens of that
place ho authorize Dr. A. R , Towno
of Omaha to make an Investigation
and take whatever precautions neces
sary to prevent the disease from
spreading. Ho also Instructed the
mayor of Red Cloud , to exorcise as
much care as possible in the treat
ment of the trouble. It la not known
herb wliethcr or not the cases discov
ered are really smallpox. The information
mation came by telephone to the gov
ernor's office and was very indefinite.
Members of the State-Board of Health
uay that people should not become
alarmed at the reports concerning the
outbreak of smallpox.
Win * 83oOOO lit Faro.
HASTINGS , Neb. , Doc. 26. News of
the remarkable luck o"f David Allen , a
former Hastings boy , has just reached
this city. Three weeks ago David Al
len won $35,000 from faro banks "at
Dawson , Klondike. Two of the house ?
at which ho played turned over their
boxes and two others closed their
places when young Allen came around.
Commcnclag with $2.50 Alen TVOII. in
four days , $35,000. Of this amount ho
devoted $8,000 to "staking" his
friends , but only cno , William Cullen ,
won with the money. He drew out
$4,000 for himself and a Hko amount
for Allen. The latter played from Sat
urday morning until Wednesday noon
without sleep. He said he ate only a
little and dran kjust enough to keep
him braced up.
For I'ollc County Shipper * .
STROMSBURG , Nob. , Dec. 26. The
Kansas City & Omaha railroad is to
soon commence building a spur to
Swedehomo and another from Stroms-
burg straight west to the Platte river
to gather up grain and stock In the
western part of the county. The sur
veying for both branches has ibeen
completed and the purchasing agent
Is to arrive soon to acquire the right
of way.
I'lnd Young Wanderer' ! Parent * .
BEATRICE , Neb , , Dec. 20 The
parents of Walter Tracy , the young
lad who was rescued from a couple
of tramps several days ago by tne
Beatrice police , have finally been lo-
caled. They live In St. Joseph , whore
his father is a clerk in a justice of the
peace office. The father has scut
money to the chief of police with
which to send the boy back to St. Jo
seph.
' \Vhnt n Defective Sidewalk Colt.
FREMONT , Nob. , DOC. 26. At a
meeting of the city council it was de
cided to pay the Judgment of $500 ren
dered in the district court against the
city in favor of Mrs. E. R. Follansby
for injuries which she received on ac
count of a defective sidewalk , the
general opinion of the councilman beIng -
Ing that the city had got oft easily.
For At tempting ; to Ilrllie Juror.
PLATTSMOUTH , Nob. , Doc. 26.
In district court Judge Jessen fined
Sam Archer ? 50 and costs after he
pleaded guilty to the charge of hav
ing attempted to Induce ono of the
Jurymen to hang the Jury in the case
where Lulu Taylor succeeded jn prov
ing that Lawrence Stull was the fath
er of her child.
8tnte Hoard of Acrlcaltnre ,
LINCOLN , Neb. , Dec. 26. The state
board of agriculture will meet In Lin
coln during the first week In January.
Presidents of the county fairs are entitled -
titled to membership on the state
board and n call has been issued for
All to attend the meeting.
Atinnltcd by
COLUMBUS , Neb. , Dec. 26. Henry
Blaser , a young farmer living in Loup
tqwnshlp , was attacked by highway
men while driving to the city. He
was about two miles from town and
nearing the Loup bridge when three
men sprang out from the roadside auc *
grabbed his horse. Ono of the men
attempted to get Into the buggy.
Blasor was driving a spirited horse
and when ho attempted to strike at
one of the men the hprso broke into
a lively run and' thtia ho escaped from
his assailants.
STATE.LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
A rr ) Jlepresentntlon at the Meeting
Held In Lincoln.
LINCOLN , Dec. 31. The State Ll-
brnry association met here1 In conjunct
tlon with the teachers' association.
There were ten libraries represented.
The first impor was read by P'rof. W ,
K. Jlllson , librarian of the Doano college -
lego library. Mips Dennis of the hin-
coln city library read a paper on "Li
brary Co-operation In Lincoln. " She
urged the systematic planning of the
development and management of Lin
coln libraries , so that each may com
plement the other.
Mr. Brigham cautioned the Nebraskans -
kans against making the mistake of
getting a library commission 'with ' no
means of support , as has been done
lu. Georgia , Kansas and New Jersey.
Ho naid :
"No state can afford to lot n popu
lar demand for libraries dlo out for
want of sustenance. No state can af
ford to let the library movement with
in Its borders fritter away In vain
attempts on the part of benevolent but
financially weak organizations to per
form educational functions which do
not properly belong to them. The
duty of the state to lester and develop
free public libraries Is quite as Im
perative as Is the duty of the sate
to foster and develop free public
schools. The reasoning which lies at
the base of our public school system
also sustains the superstructure of that
system the public library. If It Is
worth anything to the state to have
an educated citizenship , it Is worth
moro to have a well-bred , intelligent ,
happy , home-loving citizenship ; and
what moro directly to the purpose than
the free public library ? The schools
that cost us so much money and are
worth far moro than they cost on-
fortunately lose their hold upon a
largo majority of the children of the
state before they reach the critical ago
of 15. A vital question for the citizen
Is : Should the education which makes
for good citizenship cease at the very
point at which the serlous'buslncss of
life first projects itself upon the young
mind ? Statistics everywhere confirm
the conclusions of the crlmlnologista
that the blossoming period of crimin
ality 7d between twenty an < l thirty
years of ago and the criminal's train
ing years are from the first conscious
ness of manhqod and womanhood ,
early In the teens , to that dangerous
period of action beginning early in the
twenties. The community that has
nothing to offer the young but the
licensed saloon and the regularly-fined
and therefore virtually licensed broth
el and makes no move for the enrich
ment of community life through the
entertaining , Instructing , reforming
and elevating influence of good liter
ature deserves its heavy expense bill
for criminals anijl paupers and also
deserves the disgraceful record and
awful consequences of criminality. The
state that makes no effort to induce
communities to raise the standard of
citizenship by placing the Incentives
to high thinking ana right living
within the easy reach of all is throw
ing away the opportunity of the ages. "
Iiumcimo Crop of Wheat.
M'COOL , JUNCTION , Neb. , Doc. 31.
Ten thousand bushels of first-quality
winter wheat is the amount. Mr. Kuns
has just stored in his granary , the yield
from 300 acres just threshed. At pres
ent prices these 300 acres have paid
Mr. Kuns nearly $0,000 or about GO
per cent interest on his investment
for one year in York county lands.
IXr. Kuns has jusl purcnased a $12,000
residence in York , and after this his
sons will run his farm and he will
live in York.
Tnkon to the Penitentiary.
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , Dec. 3L
Sheriff Wheeler made a trip to the
state penitentiary , taking with him
Charles Sheppard and Harry Hickson.
Sheppard is the young colored man
whom Judge .lessen sentenced to eigh
teen months for stealing a money bag
containing about $51' ' from John Shiap-
pacasso's store. Hickson was convict
ed and sentenced to one year for com
mitting forgery.
Struck by I'ussenRcr Train ,
ORD , Neb. , Dec. 31. As Mr. and Mrs.
Hasok were going home Saturday
night they were struck by a Burlington
passenger train and Mrs. Hasek very
badly hurt , though it is thought she
will recover. Her foot was crushed
and back' hurt. The accident occurred
about C:30 : a mllb west of Ord , where
the wagon road crosses the Burlington
In a deep cut.
Recovers Ills Stolen Stock.
NORFOLK , Neb. , Dec. 2G. H. E.
Glissman has recovered at Pilger
twelve head of his cattle that a thief
had driven there to ship to Omaha.
Tho' ' "rustler'1 escaped , but the station
agent gives a good description of him
and Mr. Glissman has Instituted a
vigorous search.
Gold llrlckR In Snnp Wrapper * .
NEBRASKA CITY , Dec. 31. Several
of the grocers In this city were "taken
In' by a smooth young man who pretended
tended to bo selling soap at greatly re
duced prices. After the soap had been
delivered and paid for and the young
man had left town it was found to bo
a very inferior article.
Representative Jesse Overstreet oC
Indiana has madq public the fact that
ho has prepared a bill relating to the
country's finances , which ho will in
troduce before the present session of
congress adjourns.
Hold Illri'il l.lvtry Train ,
DAKOTA CITY , Net ) . , Dec. 31. On
the 17th Inst. William Temple , a farm
hand employed by County Commis
sioner L. Blanchnrd , went to Jackson
and hired a livery rig from Coroner
B. V. Sawyers to canvas the immediate
territory for a Jewelry concern. After
being gone throe days Mr. Sawyers
started an inquiry and with Sheriff
Sides found that Temple had been in
Sioux City with the -lg , but from there
ho could not bo traced. Officers in
surrounding towns were notified and
the other day Sheriff Sides received
word from Marshal Booser of Oto , la. ,
stating tha.t he had his man in limbo.
London'Tnj ppnny
"Tho 'tuppenny' tubes are a great
Institution In London , especially for
Americans , " rqmarks a New Yorker ,
who had just returned from the other
side tho.othi'r day. ' "They are among
the chief attractions , and 11 Is a fav
orable diversion to purchase a picket
for a shoot through them. The tick
ets arc almost counterparts of our ole-
valcd railway tickets In Now York.
The 'tuppenny' tubes , " as ho explained ,
"Is the name of the underground rail
way. They nro doing a grtat business
in London , and there will bo moro of
them uoon. Americans promise to
have control of nearly all the systems. "
Itcforrecl Him to Ono Who Knew.
A now bit of Washington gossip
tolls how one day last winter Senator
Chandler , of New Hampshire , being
about to enter the ssnato chamber
from the public corridor was accost
ed by one of two Httlo girls , who had
wandered In there. "Mister , what
docs it cost to go in there ? " said the
child. At thnt moment Chandler saw
Clark , the Montana millionaire , ccm-
Ing around the corner. "Ask that
man , " said the New Hampshire man ,
"Ho knows all about iti"
I.c-ft HI * I.HW ItooUn In Ills Onire.
The late Senalor Davis was known
as one of the foremost students of
Shakespeare of the present day , and In
his homo ho had a magnificent library.
A remarkable thing about this library
was that th3ro was not a single law
book In the collection , for during the
lust twenty jearo of his life he made
It a rule never to bring his business
3arcs to his fireside.
IJewoy Arch ( Joes to Churlcftton.
The navy arch In New York City Is
not yet to deparl into the rubbish hoaj )
though it is to be disposed of as
rubbish , for President Gitggenhelmpr
of the municipal council says that un
der the city charter there Is no qthor
way. So the South Carolina Inter
state and West Indian exposition will > - ,
receive the trch , which will bo taken '
down with all the care possible , and
transported to Charleston , where it ,
will be reconstructed.
LOW RATES TO THE SOUTH ,
Excursion tickets at reduced rate ; ,
nro now being sold by the Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Rnilway to the
prominent resorts in the South , in
cluding Jacksonville , Fla. , Mobile , Ala. ,
Now Orleans , La. , Savannah , Ga. , El
Paso , Tex. , which are good for return
passage at any time prior to June 1st ,
1901. Information regarding rates ,
routes , time , etc. , can bo obtained on
application to any coupon ticket agent
of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway.
Eat little meat and see that it is
cooked.
Try Magnetic Starch It will last
longer than any other.
Running water often gets its start
from a spring.
There Is a Class of People
Who are Injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed In all
the grocery stores a newpreparation
called GRAIN-O , made of pure grains ,
that takes the place of coffee. The most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress , and but few can tell it from y
coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth r
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents
per package. Try It. Asft for GRAIN-0.
The fewer airs some musicians can
play the more they put on.
Your clothes will not crack If you
UBC Magnetic Starch.
A pessimist is a person who doesn't
expected the expected to happen.
Yon Cnn Got Allcu'g Foot-Kane Free.
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmstcd , LeRoy
Roy , N. Y. , for a FREE sample of
Allen s Foot-Ease , a powucr. it cures
sweating , damp , swollen , aching feet.
Makes new or tight shoes easy. A cer
tain cur' ) for Chilblains and Frost-bites.
At all druggists and shop rtores ; 2Ec.
It is a remarkable fact that only sen
sible persons ever agree with us.
If you have not tiled Magnetic Starch
try It now. You will then use no other.
No matter how changeable a man
may bo ho always wants a Httlo more
change.
Thirty minutes Is all the tlmo re
quired to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS - '
LESS DYES.
Some people seem to think that they
have an inherent ability to make mis
takes.
STOCK MEN ALL GOING.
The fourth annual convention of the
National Live Stock Association at
Salt Lake promises to be the largest
and most Interesting gathering of
stockmen ever held in this country.
Salt Lake City i& going to cover itself
with glory In the manner in which the
visitors will bo entertained. The con
vention will be held in the Assembly
hall of the Moimon church and a grand
concert will bo tendered the delegates
and visitors lu the Tabernacle on the
first evening. The programme of the
entertainment committee contemplates
events for each evening of the conven
tion and after the convention adjourns ,
there are excursions to the mines and
elsewhere. Colorado Is going to send
a largo delegation and the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad will run a special
train , leaving Dbnver Sunday , January
13 , which will reach Salt Lake City
the next day In time for the committee
meetings. The fare for the round trip
will bo $18 from Denver , Colorado
Springs or Pueblo and one faro from
other points in the state. Those con
templating going should engage sleepIng -
Ing car accommodations at once. Wrlto
to S. K. Hooper , general passenger
agent , Denver , or see any Rio Grande
ticket agent. It will be a delightful
midwinter trip , and no stockman who
la interested in the industry can af
ford not to attend the meeting.