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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1902)
' , . - . , . . . . . I . ' . . . . , ' : l , . ' , " ; Jt- . . . . " . - . - : : - - - - - GDGIer Coqnty Republican D. } I. AM SlIICltnJtlH'J'OIt , .t l'umISI/J / ' ' . . - 1'1 OfiOKEN now , NgBItASI\A , , Never tell 'lItI1' IIIll1fol'tIIIUllohull ' likes to tmvc llI1ful'tUlllllc > ( l'I1'11I18 , Another thlll COI' whll'h eI vII I l.n tI 011 18 c1nmorlllg Is n lIolReteR11111 teh. TIle Joose thnt 11I 's tile J.otllcn ( < , gJ.R ( Jenernlly belongs to sOllleholl ' clso. When pneulllonin wellt IIgnltlAt Hu/ ! . BOHllge \ ) It WIIS III'e1 / roll of butter 8trll < 1n ( ; n brlel. willi. BUll , the $200,000 lIeelletl to dlscovor the north polo will he CorthcolllltlJ. ( wbon the rlgllt IIIl1n cnll/ ! for It. lt profossl01l1l1l"1II gets Illto foot.III1I1 , the enl ) ' slIfc1l11l1tour / IIIIOI't left IIIICII will o croquet botweclI IIIl1l CII nUllts. The average mlln HCCIIIR to tllllll , Homebody ought to prol1ose three choel's tor him whono.ol' he perol'lIIs / 11 gcn. tleman shou ] ( ] . Now that AUk II ! lIIade without worlas , let UEI Imlulgo the ( olld hOlle that ere long cheese lIIay be IIIlIlIe In the same mnnnel' . Ono ot the professors hilI ! foulld thnt lIghtnlug will uot touch wn tlr. ! ' 1'ho tbun erbolt should ho IIdolltell ns the emblem of Kentucly. 'hC ! dostructlon ca IIHel1 hy Mont , 1'0leo Is not ended. 'l'hnllthors hll vo ' 1 sel7.ed upon the clltastrophe nno 111'0 \ wrlUng nonls ahout It. , t Amerlcnns are IIl'one to gush 1II0re or Icss over tbelr dlstltlgulshell visitors trom tbo old world , Imt Ihey wOlIlII drew tbe IIno nt Klug J.eopoltl. , Who can doubt that we 11\0 III nn , 1 ngo of rapid progrlSS ! when chllilrell 10 years old do men's work III Chleugo laundries and do It thirteen hoUl's a \ day ? I What the country I'enll ' nceds at I present In the 'my of I\ . game IrlW Is ono that w11l restrict the 11111 'III or , II plng'pong to not more tlum two mOOll1l , ur the twelve. I : ) It ne\'er occurs to UII ' olle to ord01' : , out troops uguillst the III wIeRs eml110y. cr. It Is ulwuys the Inwless employe. Tbls Is strunge.ln 'bo It wl\I \ be hnng SOlDO day. A lonteIDpOl'ary chronicles the death of a citizen under the hendlng , "Sui. . cilIa ills Last Act. " In this l1art of the country II. farmer otten milks the cows nttor commlttlllg tbe hal1PY dispatch. A. Kentuclc ) ' WOlUan hils had her pns. tor rea.d to her the sermon he Intends to deliver at bel' funeral. It ho Is n wlso pastor the meal ought to bo first. ClUBS wben ho takes din nor with that Jnd1 1Ierencter. , The Arm ) ' nml Nn\'y Hoglster sa 's thllt there Is no oUlcer on the Ilctl\'o list of the 1\1'111) ' who held n commission In the l'cgullll' urmy at the outbrcuk of the I . 1\1I Will' . 'ho Illst olllccr conlIuls. aloned before 18Gl wns recontl . retired. rho fact shows that the fraternlll strlfo " 'as In a I1llst which ah'cndy Booms dls. tant , I.mt the remoteness ot the o\'ents Is eT6I1 more clelll'ly I11111cntod b ' thl ! rhnnce of feeling between the I1llrtleH 10 the costly strugglo. ' 1'ho healing of Ihe mental wounds which the Will' In. Ilcted has proceel1ed unlnterrulltellly , and nntlonnl unity Is now not onlr u Jlcory , but a condition. , 1:1 : Cxtraordlnary ! plea for clemene ' \\'ns thl1t Imt forward by n thief nr. rl\ltned In a New York court , who asl , . d the Judge to suspend sentence bo. Il\lse he. the thief , mennt to reform , 11111 wns about to marr ) ' "an estlmnhle , ally. " The wlsu man on the bench ; Jromptly eent the tellow to the penlten. : Iary for six menthe , eXllresslng the wish that during thnt tlmo the ) 'oung woman ehould Investigate bls record I\ud break her engagement. 1'oollsh ; ; 11'18 ot her t 'lll' , who marry rascals with the hope of retormlng them , uro ? ltla lY numerous. It the rascals could :10 : lacked up tor lx months , moro or CBS , beforehand , so thnt the girls could I } nTe a fnlr chance to thlnle things over , I here mIght be fewer 11n1nppy ! wlvos. , It Is evIdent thnt prOSIerlty and en , .erprlse quite ns mucb ns carelessness :1elp : to swell the Kansas fnrmer's junlc Jeap. "I have a three-horse rhllu Iow of a 1lnd used extensively elghl > 1' ten ) 'enrs ago , " writes nIJsas cor. : ospondent. "When I took the Rlum :0 : n blnelsmlth to bo shnrponod th ( ) ther day the tl1nlth wnntell to Iwo\\ wllat 1lnd of plow that bclon et1 to , t'Is nlrendy so ohl.tnshloned that hi and noyer sqcn onei 111111 n fnrmor whl ta 'pened to bo In the shop said , 'Lool JCr , neighbor , ) 'ou can't arrord to fee lWny ) 'our time with that thing l'hrow It awa ) ' nnll cet n mOllerl Iow. ' ' 1'hl'l 'runner' wheat drill hnl IHJlluced the 1100 drill nllll the 'IUsk' II dh ! ) loclng tbo 'runner. ' The two.horsl : orn plnnter Is now rcgartlel1 os ohl he : nuso the 'lister' multes n bettor croll " the jUllk heap grows because th ; humers ho\'o lenrlled the wisdom 0 ; , tecplng up with the times. " Evldenl Co' _ I Iy whnt ICanaRs needs 18 not n warll ; ' hll ; ngll1118t thrlttless hublts , but COt J 1 , rntulntlons for her enterprise. l It Is difficult to work up symlfith , \ ro Il hOIlIccked mon In tbls countl1 ' . A 1d when the pottlr.oat government I , , the rC.iult of n 1I1ntrlmonla1 advortl61 . , , ' .t , who"h.ro t. .q. . . . . o.t ac. . , ! . ' ' . f' . . , " - - ' " ' ' . . : ' / > ( ; ' ; ' ; ; . .I"i. \ . . . . . " . , . > l\i \ ! ! l" " " , . ' 1I.II "I"of'w- " . , . . : 7 . . . . , .4' " _ - - nnll he ferry ; ( or 010 mnn In the CnflO , ' ' ' ' ' In Ihl8 hns 'l'ho 111I1'11111111' mlln CIIHlJ n wooll'n I ( ' . II ( J nlh'm'IINclI' for n wlro , nnd sUJJJllllcll that Hho 01110 fllIUllld Wl'or It woollen 11mb. Ho 0180 1I0111allll. ed curlY locIs orlll swore to 10YO end elll'l'lsh (01' the ng's. He Jot It wlCo.j It dooll seem thot nhnost nn 'lhlng that I \\'CIIl'/J / IruIIsCl'A can gel a male. She WIIR II widow with mllscles ) II'e 11 )11'11.0 ) lI htol' , 111111 (0111' Chl1l11'CII , pOflHCSHllIg nlllwtltcH 111'0 II hlrlt1 ! wlln's. She nlHo I IUHln t1h IIOHllIon thnt stood Ollt lllto the hllrll8 011 n wt'o ! ( ellce. She 1I11lrrleo the ilia II , IIlId ho nt OIlCO Iwcnme It hll.1 lIIun ellhol' ) . In n week Nhl' hnll hllll hOll8ehl'olw 111111 1'l'lllIeed to n stnto ot U WIlnll ( el\1' . " 'hclI she gll ve an or. del' he fluid : flYeR , l1IothOI' , " nlld hill" rled. Ono IIlght he Illclwd 1111 n IIttlo I coul'n u nllli III'olestcd. 110 spent the reHt or the III htln tile ) 'Ill'CI. La tor hO' ' IllIt III his nl htH III n hullow tree , with I u fulthful dog' , IInd ! ihe held the fOI't. Luler stili thl'I' ( ' will hu a divorce I1nlll1 11I\'ll-Ilon or IH'oI1I'1.t . nllllll seumlullnd u1l hOCUII8C u 11\1111 Inclwd 1)lucl' . ' 1' II e thlu 18 u tJ'nJ.cd ( ' . It soulIIls 111.0 a joleo \ccuusc \ lIIen Relll'lI , 111111 wOl11en 11I1\'e no I rosllect fOl' IIIlIh'R who are , or wlIo cnn' ' be Iwnpeelwll. IlleltlontI111 ' , the CI1IJO I I clills uUelllloll to the fllct tltut Ihe men alld WOII\CII \ who IU'C worth murl' 'IIIJ ; do 1I0t Ituvc 10 ulh'm'URo. , The geolo lclIl 8\1l'\'I ) ' lit Wnshlngton hus done tllllcl ' 8cI'\'lee III Issulllg 11 re. b ' IIolH' ' Gnlluult ' port 1I110n the wOI'I , or deorostatlon lu the Stnte ofVnsh. . lugton. 1'ho l'eJlOl't shows thut lu nine. teou coulltles of thnt Stutl ! weHt of the Cnscudo ' 2:1:11I1 : : mllelJ I'auge , HllIurc wcre ( ormerl ' covered with merchllntublc I tltnhcl' , of which ] 2 11m' ceut hns been cllt , Ii pl'r Cl'lIt hnH hoen del ro 'ltl ! II ' lIre , IInd the I'elllnindel' la stili covol'cll with StlllHlhlg timber. In [ r. 9Ullnett'll own words : "lnlcss thnn n gcncrutioulJ'url ' olll'.thlni of the tlm. bel' III oue of the I'lehest tltn1 > er regions of this contlncnt hUH beell dostro 'cd , and or thllt deslt'uctlon milch mOl'e thnn hulf hUR hlcn cnllscd b ) ' fire. " In other wOI'd8 , ncurl ' two rcm's' slllllll ' or tlm. bOl' , wOI'th In lUone ' Ilhout $1:1,000,000 : , hus heoll desh'o 'ed by Ih'e , 'l'hls report WI1S IIIndo borol'e the recent terrIbly de- sh'uctlve IIrcs In 'Vashlngtou , Oregon , W 'omlug I1ml Colol'l1do , which huve added materln1l ) ' to the nverngo da- sh'lIction every : ronr. ' .rhe Depnrtment of AgI'lcu1tmo estimates thllt every 'el\r \ nt leust $2 , OOOOOO worth of reul II1'OIIeI'I ' Is Ilestro 'l'Il , fu1l ) ' tell million ncres hurued OVet. , 1U1Il $ i , OOOOOO I worth of YOllu forest gl'owth dostro ) " cd. 'l'ho fu1l exhmt of this forest do. structlon , In the Stutes named will 1I0t bo Imown until the hurenu of toreltry mnkos Its report , which It will soon do. Enough Is Imown , howe\'er , to estab. lIsh the fnct thnt In one ) 'ear more dam. nge has been done than can bo mudo I good In n century , If It eycr cl\n be mnde good. Such flguros as these should .multe n ( leep Itnprl'IJslon upon the public mind , allll 'et It Is douhttul whether the puhllc will give this I1nl.lol'tnnt mat. tel' more than u passing Ihollght. It means not I110ne the prOIcrt . value de. sh'oyed , but the detcrlorntlon of the soli , the dl'ylng up of sprlnglJ nnd wu. ter courses , the Increased exposure of the furmlng regions to drollght , burn. Ing winds , nlHl cyclolles. It mcnns n monaeo to health , nnd 'et , so Cur ns the pUblic Is concerned , this destruction will continuo without an eITort to ehcek It nt the heglnnln or to stu ' Its IH'Og. ress until It reaches vlllnges und towns and 1 > e lns to destro ' personnl 111'OP' ort . . It Is only unothm' llIustmtlon or wuatefulness of the Amorlcnn people nUll theil' IndlITel'enco to the deslructlon of Ilropel't-an ImliITcronce which nloo extends to the destruction nnd In more thnn ono case to the extinction of nnl. mill lite.ho burel1u of forestry has do no over'thlug It could In thc wn ' ot securing Stuto loglllatlon , but the pen. nltles arc light , the nreu Is too Inrge to bo patrolled ef1lclently. and , worst ot a1l , the burenu Is not bncled by public seutlmont. Of course , there will como a dn ' when this wholesnl ( ! remo1 1 ot the forests will bo regretted aUll peOIlo will hn0 to suITel' for It , hut so long as the penlllt . Is not Immoilioto the public wll romnln Imllrteront. If the Department - ment ot Agrlculturo cnn find some WilY of rouslug Imb1lc sentiment the sltuu , tlon will bo morQ hopetul. NRIlOloontlO1' . In n tJ' nsll1t1on ot two f01l , 101'0 tales about Nnpoll.'on , ono Crom the li'rench uUlI the other tbe Uussilln , GoorgQ Kon. nan SI1 'S thnt Nalloleomlor II ! the Hus , sian llIlsant'tI na111e fOI' the Emperor. I I Is not quite clear why he hna I1dopted It. Possibly the 11na1 s 'lIablo del' hm been added becauso. to the car of tit ( I pensant , Nalloleon se0111S Incomplete , af "Aloxan" would sound to us wlthou1 the "der. " 'l'hc point ot vlow of the two nation nHlIcH IlIfrl'I'8 I1mnzlllfly. ' 1'110 Frellcl IICaSllIIt regards Napoleon as 11 grel\l londel' and eonluercor , nhled , If not III l'l.'Ct1 : . " sent , hy Goll , to show ( ol'tll thl lOwer aUlI glory of 1 1'I\nce. The Uusllloll IOnsl111t , moro thoulht ful b ' nl\t111'e , ns wl'lI as lOBS excltabll 11U11 comhallvl' , 11l1mllB that the con queror was sellt to carth b ' Goll to II lUHtrate the dh'llIe nn11l1'o of N'lJlpath ; nUll Ility through the cI'uelt . of Will' ' Botb 111'0 convlncell of his IHlpcl'lIatma ol'lgln. The Ii'rellchmnn helll'\'cs tha he WfiS lell h ' 11 I-uldlllg situ' . 'I'IJI' Hm sll111 l11'gucs thnt ho was cI'cated hy th t. dc\'I1 , uUll thnt Goll , hnvlll ! : 1-:1\"l'n hit : fi floul , to IHlnlsh the HURlilall 11Iollle : Co tholr sills , then matIo him n mOil h ' 11 : sl.ll1'lnl ; him with c01l1pnssl01l. 011 VurliUlI OORI , The Southern Pl1cll1c Hllilrolltl hn Coulld t'hnt tour barl'els of 'I'exas 0 will do the worl , of a tou of coal. ] pays O cents n burrol for the 011. In ndlllUon to his age , an old ma becomes fearfully loUPJ l\nl"- . _ A _ " : . . _ _ _ = _ _ _ _ DIE IN A FIRETRAP FOURTEEN GUESTS PERISH IN A CHICAGO HOTEL WORST IN CITY'S HISTORY VICTIMS PENNED , WITH LITTLE CHANCE TO ESCAPE NO CHANCE FOR LIFE 1If1 It"lr " ' ( ) \\r. r"\\.I. . . , , II lilt 111IRhw H"JllrcIIIVIIII rill' I'nr..ty..Nllm- . h..r . . . "r.'cl .ulIl Oth"rII 811 rl < . . 'III..1 Uhlpnuo , Dec , 5.-l'ourteen ! peMor s umong the scores cruwded Into Lln- ouln hotelnt 17U Madlsun stl'eet , wet deuth shor lIy bcCOIe U o'clocl ( FrIday 1II0rnln In II IIro whlclt will puss In. tu locul hlslory us the most horrible Ohlcugo lIas OVJr expellellced. Deatll UUIIIU suddenly to a tow. bu with uwful 810wne5s to others , who were pellnod up III the death , trap IIlId sulflcated or burnec1 to fJel1th. OI1H ! died In , tholr rooms , some chan- red : all In Jumping IlneJ were lost whl10 uthers were lost In hallwllVs whore t ICy hllll oxplraed with thllr lingers dUI-t InLo Ihe Clllcls to tbe lIoar. All of the bodies wme reco\'ered , as the holel was not destroyed. ' 1'110 victims were taltCn to Ral- stOll'S morUlle , alld 1111 < lay the pluoe WIlS III10d with unxlous people In. torested In the death or scol < lllg to as. sure thelllsel ves of the sutety of relat- I vm ; or frleuds. ' ! 1I1C I.JUlldlu was a lire trap of the worst 1 < 1 lid , according to experts. 1'here wme but two exits , 11 lJUJrow stairway Ir.adlllg down the four l100rs of tlle , building and an In complete lire escape In the rear. ' 1'he lire sturted on the second 0001' . presumubly from It JI hted cigar dl'lppcd on the carput. Guests Occup'lng upper rooms III the trunt part or the hostelry , aroused by the soreams ot \\'OmUII , were able to escape duwn the sta r.vnand } atout thirty people reuched sufety by I means ot the lire ecsapo. To add to the horrelr , however , Lh's ' gave way while others wore utemptln to ecsape und three men were dashed to deuLh on tbe pa\'ell1ont of the alley beJow. For the pcople In tbe rear thP.to wus no escnpe save bv Jumping , 'rhe sta Ir wuy was In l1umes and tbo lire escape goue. lIorror-strlcklJn fuces appeared lit the windows und Cried for help. Firemen cned bacl ( to Ihem to wult until nets or mattresses oould be brouht , und those who did In most cases escaped wlLh slight Injuries. B..t . some , crazed with fear , jumped to tbe pavement un : ! were elthcr Idled or bady hurt. It WIIS an IIwtul scene which DIet tbelr gllze. L'l1o dead or uucl1uscloUS I'III streched on the 1100rs. und In some casei 011 their beds. Some had uttempted to slip on u lIllnent be. fore maliltlfo : : the street , but they bad beeu o\'erCOI1H' , although most of them were In their night clothing , E\'ory stori } I1n d hotel In the vlcln. tly wns tll1ed with men and women who had escaped with only their lIlght gnwns. An In\'estlgatlon will be ml1de. A 111'0 wal1 around the freight elevator and other precaut. lonary altomtlOns Iml been ordered some tlmo I1 O , but the matter bad beeu nCl-locted ! , Little damuge was none to the hotel. lmt the smole was so dense that the persons who met tholr death were IVOrC01110 aud died before Ilsslstanco cOllld reach thorn , Many jumped trom the fourth stOlY windows or tried to sa\\ themselves by cllmbln down the lire escape In the trent of the building. only to Joe ! ! tholr ! : : taSp on the cold I run bars and to tl1l1 to the street , Am bulnnces and patrol wagons from 11 ] ) parts of the olty were called to the place and the ead and In. jured were quickly attended to. All but fourteen of the uests at the hotel wrro' out-of-town perscns , Most of them came to Ohlcago tlJ uttond the Internl1tlonul l1\'e stoch show. Up to ten o'cloolc 1l1st n"'ht persom were taken In at tllO hotel und 111 e\'ory ro 1In or plao11101'0 \ a cut . could be erected , It Is said , Juest : : ) werc I1ccommodatcd , At thnt time u . Jar e lIumbor of stocl\lnen. with thell families. were turned away. Thl . holel was I1l1ed , Shortl\ utter the fir\ ) broke out the firomcn rushed ul tIe stairway Into the pluce and be , , an the worle of resoue. Men , wo i , mon and children were arrlOI dowr t 'Iadelers ' , lire escapes nnd smoke tlIlee . hnl1s , o Zero \Vcather In Kansas. nl' TIpeku , l\ns. . Dec.Z..m I' , weather Is rtJpol ted tram a numbe : of localities In lIorthel n Kamins bu : th sudeJon fa ] ) In temperature Is be \lIo\'ed \ to have cuujht : but few caltJe Ii Tffion unprepared. In 1\lowl1 count ; II In the southwr.'Itern part. . of the stut It ! the ) of coal for general con sumpt on Is scant. Slou" , Olty. . Ia. . Dec. 5.-Toda n iwns the ooldost ot the season , nhi klolrecs below Eero. . . . . ' : -'d : ; , " , ; - - - - - - _ . - - NebrasIa { News . An effort , Is hel nl ! mode to enforce the Sunday .clusltl law at Oroto The Western Brick factory bu rned Ilt Hastings wllh a loss of $1,200. Orete hils nn entlro now system of electric IIUhts At Plnlsmoulh OUo VOlZhtmnn WII' ! gcnt to the penltontlary for elgltlo 111 months tor robbing his tuth cr. , Jacob 'I'homag' s Iloon at David Olty was roltbed of EOO olgurs IInd a tow ltoWes of w I no. At Blk Oreok Conrad Harmon's son WnS Iclclwd lu the fuce by 11 horse and hadly Injured , At l'ecumseh , Dr. J. G. A tterberg , n deutlst , sulfcred a $1,000 loss by Uro. . An Appersun Oo.cJothorels bad $500 . loss ; Illtl\Ut $200 dal1luge was done Lu : the l\IcUru ly and WrIght building. Mrs. Joseph Leibold of Nobraslm Ulty , wus thrown from a bug y aud killed. Uon rogHtlonnllsts of Geneva have had an acetylene gus plant put III the basel1lent of theIr church alld now arc ussurcd of a good l1 ht. ' - - The Methodist society at Monroe hns Its new I hUl'ch on the foulld. utlolJ and Is antlclpatln bolng abJe to occupy It by Chrlstll1as. Mrs , .Joseph Bloltolc1t of Nebrnslm Olt. . . died ( rom the effects of her IlIjul'les , received 111 a runaway acci- dent. A house occupied by Harry IIaliat Palmyra , al'd owne1 by Henry Catrlll Jr. , of Nc ruksa Ulty , was destroyed - ed by fire. . D. 'E , Brown of Alliance , a con. ductor ou the Burlington road , was futally Injured In 11 wrr.ck at Ard- more , S.D. William Gates. l\Iaywood ag nt for the Beatrice creamery. brol\O through . tne Ice 011 Mnywuo lake und came nen druwnlug. TIle OIt1zeos National bank of Tecmsch wllJ soon ( lpen alld ranch bank lit Sterllnj : ! . A new building wllJ be put up for the brancn Ins. tutltlon. I. Krauso's gelloral merohandlso store was burned at Aurora. Loss $16,000 ; Insurance $8.000. The bulld- In was ow nod by M. Kohn and wus Insured for $1,700. The contest for the Schuyler post. omce has prnctlcaJly terminated by the IInllouncenJent of COllgressmun. Elect J. J. McCarthy that ho w111 endorse D. McLeodd. John W. mme Is got.tlng along lu years and docs not care to be actl\'l Jy enga erl longer In business pursuits. For this reason ho has resigned as postmastl r of the town of Smart. ville. A ponslon of $12 per month , with $2 : Jbacl , pa y , has ilst been gra n ted to Joqeph Grothe , the father of II Cumlng county hl1Y who was klJled In the chn rgo at El Canoy , Cuba. Two youllg men of CumlnL : county lost their lIves In the Ouban war The now Methodist Episcopal church at Geneva Is nearlug compo letlon. It IS built of brlcl ; and stonc with rOllnd tower , and w111 be a handsome erlll1ce when flnlshl'd. SlOce cold w athor lelan the congre gatlonls using the Ohrlstlan churcl ) , which It ha rented. The Fremont Sugar Doet Oompan1 held a meetln , and rfHlted the Town. or Smith tarm of , J80 acres , north. west of the city tor a term of years. One-haH will be plautedto beet ! el1ch year. This company Is com , posed of a number ot Fremont busl , ness men. The report or the secretary of thl state shows that urlng the tWI years ondlng Novomh\r :30 , 1902 there was recohed I n tees : For no I tllrla1 commissions , $1,335 ; rcc rdln stook brnnrJ , $ ,133.80 ; tlIlng and ra I r.orc1lnJ : : articles of Incorpollltion $ tG 007.91 ; trunscrlpts , cerUncates labeJs and trademarks , $781.90 ; total ; $50,258.61. I. The Epwotth assembly , composer I of ropresontl1t1\'es of the varlou I 1 pl\'orth Lea ues of the state , I r Methodist ofl anlzatlon , has abou ) completed the purchase of a tract 0 laneJ 1\ few miles south of Omaha as i ) permanent home. ' 1'\10 \ price Is under . stood to bo $8,000 , und a contraot ha . alreadY been mode to extoml th 'rmatlon com pan i'S 11 nes to the ne\ park , Hallie , the 20. 'oar.old daughter 0 .lo1m Uathbun , a mercl1ant of Shl'l by , hl1d her II fo hnnJlng bYIItI ro II for so\'ernl hours. Rho arose to buill a IIro and was dlEcovered Inler In . . chair , partiy dre sCl1 , unconsclou . and her body quite cold. The rooll wn ! ; fined with carbollu aolrt odor nn' ' the empty bottle lay on the ! 1oor b . side hor. lIer muuth and throa were budy burned with the fluid. J y Is thought that she mistook tne ncl tor a cough romody. . . , . - - - - - - - : : : r - .Ji ' 11 1 - - " " , - ' " > f , . . . . . . ' - - - - - - - - - - GERMANY STRIKES OERLIN SAYS THAT VENEZUELA SHOULL > COME TO TERMS. GERMAN CLAIM NOT LARGE DET AILS OF CUSTOM HOUSE SET- TLEMENT UNAGREED. I NOTHING KNOWN OF LOANS Germain Clalmantll nre Orowlng 'Vl'arr ot th" JJellly-\'enczlleh'lIl'recarlolllll'o- IIIUon. ' . Oerll" , Dec. 3.-.rhl.1 publlsbed statement thot Germany's cJalms against Venezuela umount to 5 ml1Iion duJIurs Is Incorrect. Whllo the Ger. man government Is not yet ready to publish the details of Its demands pr.rsons who ha'e seelJ the papers say tbe total Is altouL 2 million dollars. President Oastro represents to Germany - many that Venezuela has little crel1- It abroad. that the country Is just emerglllg front Ii olvll war during which planting and Industry were partlaJIy ruined and that therefore no matter how much Venezuela muy aeslrc to satlsf ! IJull10dlately the olall11s IIgalnst ber It Is obviously 1m- pussl ble. An agreement on the subject must provic1e fur deferred paymell ts , The : : sczure ! of the custoJU houscs therelty depriving the go\'ernment of an Im- pOl'taut meaus to administer the conntry wOllld a ! rl to the Internal alstress and disorder. While President Castro's proposals are not dlscJuserl Lhere Is reason to believe that they Include the rlnlsslol1 ! of bonds nt a nwderutely higher rate of Interest , wIth some sort of II uar. antee tbat If the Interest of the In. stallmcnts of the principal are de. tauJted certain Venezuelan customs bouscs may bo takeu o\'er by Ger- many. Nothing Is known here of the plans of Isaao N. Sell man , of New York for floating a Venezuelan loan. HQ. hus not approached the governmmt In this matter. There Is no dlsposltlou here to pro. coed with harsh measures toward Venlzuela It milder ones \1'111 sllnlce to exact satisfaction , but tile Ger. mun government 's fully commltted to the Intention to obtain ample sat. Isfactlon. 'he claimants are constantly - stantly : urglnl ! the"o'ernment to press Lhe collection or tit e amounts due them , uot only because of tbe 'sums Involved , but , It Is represented , In view of the fact that the Ion. . : de. lay has rendered the posItion of Gor. many In Venc7uclll more anll moro vexatious. ' .rlerefore ! It Is claimed that the go\'ernment mllst strike and strike hard , tfomelcBs Wnrfs Now \Venlthy. Omaba , Dec. 3.-'hree North Platte chlhron ) I1haudoned se\'eral yeurs ago by their parents on account of po\'erty , arc heirs to 11 fortune or $300,000 , It the stOlY told the authorities - ities of the county court by a prosper. ous appearing mine o\\'ner of Crlpplo Oreek be true. The waifs al'O located I In sl'pluato bomes tOllnrl for them through adoption by the Nebraska Uhlldren's Home society. 'rhc death I of their fathl'r , William P. lIagor , Is th reason they are now weu1thy 1.'ho Cripple Oreek man , who Is In , Onuha looking up tbo chlldrolJ , has , kept his name sl'cret , but the tll tS of the case corne from reputable , ounty omcers. A cordln. . : to the stranger , , Wll11lam P. lIager came to Cripple Oreek a year ngo from North . Platte and ] lelped him to work au Ilbandoned claim. Se\'erul months a o ore was dlsco\'cred. 1'ho mine proved a b'JUanza after macIlrery had been purchased and a shaft sunk , to a sunlclent depth. IJ.gcr. : however - over , died from an attack of pneu. monll1 brought on hr work Ollt of doord. A memorandum he left re. , ferred to the adoption of the children , by the Nebruslm soolety at North , Platte , Murch 1. lUO ! . 'l'lIe fnther owned a two-Ufths Interest III the millE , for which $800,000 hus been olTered , 'l'ho oblldren will hu'e to be tClllnd and guard lUlls appointed bcfore the Colorado courts will permit the work il In of the mine , IInd that Is the reu. . Bon that th Orlpple Creele mine 5 owner Is so auxlolls to nud the lIttJe I e ones , who are Lillie , Hattlo and Fan- v 1110 , aged 6 , 4. and 2 yeurs respectl ve- ty. Shrpplng Gold to South AmerlclI , New York , Dec. 3.-The sum 01 [ 1 , $ . ' )0,000 ) ' In Jold : : will be shipped to ( J South America tlJUlorrow. o\'eral i a bunks are Interested lu tbls ship. I s mente which Is said to be for account D of the Arlentlno wheat mo\'ement. . . d Argentine recently drew on London : . tor ( told , but this later p1troltase IR t made here because of the lower rato. A telegrap111c transfer of $3000,00 In d II gold tl' San Francisco was made b1 tbo sub.treasury today. . - - - . - - . - - . . - . . . . . - . . , i' ' : ' ' ' , . , "I..r'r- , - . , , " . ' , , " , . . ; - . , " . . ' ; , ' , , . ' . , ' I . ' ; ii' . A I j rit I 1 Many 'Women and tloctors do not recognize the rcal symptoms of dCr ugomcnt of the fO 131o organs uutil too 1ato. \I r 1111.(1 terrible pll.lnn along ml Bplnnl cord for two years and suffered drcadfully. I wns c' Ten dlf1crent medicines , were plantcrs ; none of thcso things helped me. RClI.dlng of E.I > > lwhnm's the curcs t11l\t LyeUn. Vegetable Compound has brought about , I somehow felt thll.t it was : what I nccded nnd bought n bottle to talto. 1Iow glad I nm that I did 60 ; two bottleB brought me immense re. licf , nnd II.fter using t111CO boLtIes more I felt new life nnd blood surging through my veins. It sccmcd ns I though thcre had been n regular house cleaning through my system , thnt nU the siclmcss nnll poiton bed bcen takcn out and now Ufe givcn mo instcad. I hll.vo advised dozensofmy friends to use IJ3'(110. E. PInkham's Vegetable CompoUllll. Good health is indis- pCISIle to complete hnpjJJncss. nnd JJJ'I11o. E. I > > ! n1chnm's : Vegetnble Compound has secured this to me. " -Ins. LAunA. L. lllUCClIR : , Crown Iolnt , Indiana , Scerctary Ladics ItcUcf Corps. - $5000 forfeit If original ( Jf aboue letter prorlng genulneneS ! Clll/not / b. produced. Evcry sielc woman who docs not unllcrs'ta.nd llCi' ailmcnt should write : nIl's. I.inl l1am , L3'nlll I1Iass. lieI' all.-ice is free anu nhvnys 11ClpfuI. To'J per cent of English trade union shipbuilders arc out of work. Fruit n'hlA will not alliin loods'dyed with PUT A I Ii'AJ.gSS ) ! DYES. Uranluw Is a metal used In tbo Iass alld pottery business and costs 8G a pound , It yon lire ot hnck'hant , try Irs. Austin's tamous I'mu'alil ! flour Cor a chnnge. Ma o Crom the grent too cerenls. DlIststorms nnnulllly do an Immense - mense amount or damage in Australia - tralia rrs. Austin's Buckwhent Illenses the whole tnmlty. Crom the . Imh ' to Jrnnt1tnJlu'r. Mules n henltby , henrt brenktllsl , slltlslles. ' , It Is said that sOllie of the Venetians -those who have novel' been to the malnlanrl-have never seeD a horse In aU tholr lives. A showman on'e : : . ltrought ono to a fair and called It a I monster I anrt the factory hllnds paid I a quarter to see the marvel. ' 'I It was a woman who Invented the tack puUer , which Is now so widely , . . . . , , ' used In this country. ' 1'he tacle puller 'I Is slmplv a large like arrangement b , , means of which the tack hllldln a I carpet to the Ooor can be easily IInd speedny pulled out. t Though thera arc many goats In Malta they l1ave no rellulal grazing I IlOund' but the hcards arc driven aloug the roads and hllJsldes , where. they pick up anytl1lng they can lIud. I Near human habitations tl1e tOllJato can Is usaUy lare. ! crop ( . . . . _ . . . ; + . , A birth , a marriage and a death occurred on the same nl ht , within live hours , in the home of Edward Orlswoll , at York : -prllJ ; s , 1'11. At eight u'clock In the evening a niece was married , at ten o'clocle n graud. son was born , and about ono a. m. Mr. Urlsn'cll died , 011 Is being used liS fuel on a number - ber or steamers sailing between San Francisco and lIonolulu. \I The Proof of the I'ulllllllJ : LIes In the I ntlng. " The doctors Rre dumboI1lHle.1 , the druggist : ! nstonlsh d , Rlld the people ex. ciltrl nnd joyfl1l ov r the wondn1' ul cures nnd tremelldous 8nl s of the , reRt It'3m. edr , St. JAcobs Oil. EfI'r ! CIUC of WHm' . nlRtlsm-lIome of mll" ! , .eRrll' stnndln/- hnt ! given wn ) ' to thlll 1I01nrfui rellledy. 'houlIRnds of cerllficatell like the follow. IlIg ellll be furllillhed nil to Its vulue : George Scleler , Publl her of the ChlltOll , 'VIII" "Yolkllbote , " nSl'd St. Jncobs 011 ( or " 3Imo.t I1nbPftrn lc pnlns In the bnck. which had complete I ) ' lros. trnted him , " . . . ( ew IIpplications cured him entirely. -.1 Mrli'r d Eb rle , nf'lInlr , 0" wns for - II long time sl'\'I'rely troubled with Hheu. matl nl. Rt..J ncobs Oil Instulltly 1'0' liend IIlId CIIIITl'ly currd lI r. HcV' . Dr. B. Pick , of Itochester , N. Y. , sl1fCered so III tensely from ltheuulIUc ; Ilnlnll U.nt he ' 'fns I1110ble to prelleh. Ienral : 11111111catlollll ( rom bottle of St. Juco s all "rell T'd him. " Ii' . Itadder , CleTl'lund , Ohio. Bnys : "Two RllpllcaUOlIl of St. THcobs 011 currd me ot r Rt 111111 101l .continuel1 pnlll In III ! ( oot. " Iessrll. C. I , . BrulJlln e IInd SOli , Drult. Ists , llIskegon1I'h. : . . wrltt'- . JRcobs on hnll R 1fOllllerlIll1nlc. We sold clht ottlell nt rl'tllil Y'II'rliny. 'I'll Is will IIV'e you I < omr Idt'R of hey well It Is liked III thl. . stctlon. " Ir. LOllis Hinkel , o ( Enst I'oellten , Kill , N.Y. , "R's-"I : ( ' 1111 Ht. JneolJrI 011 the best IInlll1\1t I l'1't'r 1181'd , It clII'ed me of Ithl'lIl1lntlsm nllllllOlII ill the huck. " lIermnn mllllerlnlll'llr'lter : ' , N. II. : -"I hR\'e trltll St. .TncolJlI Oil , nntl fOllnd It exc lIrnt. All tllon who hnvl ! IlIJrchuR' cd It 811cnk of It ns ' hnplT JUCOI1lIJltrl1' ble. ' " Geo. G. Erme , Plilt'slllle , 111.-1 ; was In IJttI surrerlng from II "wol1ol1 le . I \lsed St. Jacoba Oil , Its ( 'rrect was won- derful. 'rhe ( ollowlng dnT 1 attended to my blllllnrn 1I1/lln , " Dr. Otto FIlIII , I1eadl\1j : 0. , wrlte : - "The 61le of St. Jacobs oh III constantly InereoBlnr ; It III prllls'd by ever'boJ1 , . and never foils to give entire Blltilirac- tlon.II