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DROKEN DOW. - NlmnASIA
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11 Ne s i Brief I
'fho nnh' I 111 lIort lint hulepUllllent
r1 ntl'lI noW rCl1Inlnlng In Africa uro
Ab's/llnln / nlltl J .Iberlu.
'rho fltrllw or conI mlnel'lI nl. glls ,
worth , I'll" Is ( JIIllcll , the c0l111111ny nr-
< "Cllln to the 1I0l11nndll (11 the mono
Wllhltl a mlle of .Iohllnneshllrp ;
hulltllng cOlltrnctll to the 1l1110llnt of
u\'cr ton millions 111'0 belllg currlcd
Ollt.
Ollt.Dr. . mnll't. a IU'ullllnollhcw of Uoh.
Nt gmm1. the Irhlll IlIItrlot , hllll JUII\ \ .
. , plebrntml hili guhlol1 wedlllnl ; In Now
\'urlc cll ' .
l'onJrlSRmnl1 ! WIIIIIII1I A , Ue'd'r
wus l'l'nollllnntt'll hy ncclu\IIullun hy
the repllhllcunH of the Sixth district
( If Innlllls.
I'allf'l' 1I 'who11I 01'0 comlnp ; tntu IIse.
'rlw lon811u IItrcnpth ; ot 11I\lll'I' II > pnor-
mulls , hunce IIH ul1\'untngc o\'CI' 11'011
for Uti FI 11\1 I'HlSC.
OUI' O A. llroolw of I'hllndolphla
' ' 101\ the I'nclllwt chnn1)llol111hlJl ) of the
UnIted Statcs by dl'foutlng QuIncy A.
Shnw , jr. , of Beaten
. .John Phlllll1l , lIecretary of the nn-
tlonal organhmtlon or huttoI'll. nil II well
Imown In InbOl' clrcleH , IlIcII at Now
York , agcd tji ) 'ears.
At Clnclnna" the convention of In.
dellendent tclelhono , compnnles 111 the
Ohio Vallo ) ' convened with O\'l.1' 100
exchanges reprosonted.
Switzerland Is Innugurntlng a s 's-
tcm of IIlnornnt school teac\ora \ , who
wlU ylslt nnd SIIOlIlI Homo UillO In the
i8111atell outh'lng vlllagel ! ,
W. ' 1' . Stead hns hrolton down under
the 8trllin of publishing hIs now dally
) H1\lCr in Lonclon 01111 has stnrted for
South Arl'lclI lor a COl11llleto rest ,
, \11\:01' Arthtlr : \ kClcllanJrother \ of
the lnte Gelwrnl < : eor1o n , McClollan
and \111010 of the l1IaIof Now Yorl. ,
dt'd ! HIHlclunl ) ' of henl'l. lsenao at Dr- !
ton , Pn.
Itnrr ) ' A Zlllarro was hmigell al mt-
Innning. Pu" fo ' the lnlmlor of his
, . . .1 fe , Zl11nrro , who was curcely 2
' { ' rH old , wat ! coul allli ccllected : ou '
the scaff 0111
Wllllul1I11101' : , JH'ohably the oldust
I'nglneer In servlco In the Unltoll
Htutt's , has just heon lcllled nel1r Lond-
, ' 1111. ' , Colo. I1IlOl'Jegun \ railroading
I l1r-two ) 'el1'H IIgo.
'rho Sonnto Commltteo on Com-
l1ll'rco lIuthorlzed 11 favornlllo report
) )1 ) the lwmlnatlon or W. D , Crum , to
Lo Collectm' of QustOI11S ut the lort
IJf Charleston , , S , C ,
John ; \llIl1cnn [ , the eldest editor In
.ho Stnto of mlllnna , lI\'es In Crown
point , In good heatl1 and at the ago
Jf 89 years , 110 Is stitt connected with
( ho Lulto County Heglstor , -
Advlces ha\'e been recol\'od that nn
! 'I1Ul'I1IOUS tonnngo of exhlhlts Is now
. 'nrouto to SI. Louis. Within two
' \'colts this freight will begin to arrl\'o
.m the grol1\Ul8 III grellt hutt"
Prof , W , Blorgun , late of Rich-
rnond , In'l , unu ot the rorE.most : of
Qualwl' educatlll s dlml ut I. mvell , Kns ,
lIe waH lromlnenl In the mo\'oment
that hrought about co-e ucutlon lu
Uualter schools.
nopl'lng In the House of Commons ,
( \\0 \ Chancellor OL the l xchequer , Aus-
ten Chamberlain , salcl the fO\'ernll\Oll :
hall uo intention ut Ill'csent of rolm-
IlOslng the tax on gl'llln , which was
. nhohsllecl last ) 'eur
Irs , lll'll lo-l\Inrtln , the socloty
leader , who Is now malclns her homo
In l nglal1ll , lIas or orcll twont.sovon
JIll\rt \ ) or shoes mndo to her own las.
from lUIU1ufucturer or women's foot
weur . In Lynn , Muss ,
The RIght Hov. Joseph C. Hartzen
mlslonar ) ' blshol ) of the : \lethotllsl
ch rch , mUJ just I''turned to Lo IHI 011
1rom n tomof the Afrlcnn missions ,
cxtoullIug ovel nine 1I1Onths un lI'u\ '
lIn ! ; nhout : .HIOUO mlll't.
'rwo men were lost by the stenmer
Yot'l ( Castle , which 1lI'l'lveci nt Nm\
Yorl < from DolagrJU buy , In un uttemp'
to l.lve aid Slmdu ) " to the Amol'lcar
8t1l on01' . Willie I. Newton , : ! OO mllel
south ast of 8u11(1) ' lIoolt.
1'ho Irlvnte cnr usell b ) ' Presllll'n
Lincoln durhlg the CI\11 wnr , antJ
whlcb carried his IJml ) ' to Sllrlngttehl
rot' burial , hus been loancd tu the 8t
Louis Exposition or oXl11hltl0I1 In tht
Lincoln MU80u1ll by the Union Pacini
rallruad ,
Emil Kuchncl \anchestor : [ , N , II.
,
111\s a clock which It Is belloved \ '
used In the U ' 8 of Columbus , On th'
upper I1I1rt oC too wood on face I.
carved lllct\\l'e or the great ItlSCOV
erer , wlhle on the lowcI' lJart Is neut ! '
carvell "Anno HJ ! : ! , "
The hN\\'lest man In the British om-
plre Is dead from IL cuncer , sn's a
dispatch from London , 110 wns 'I'hom
'as Longley of Dm'er _ His wehht ex.
ceeded GOO POU 1111 II , wblle ho was sb : :
teet ono Inch In Ilehht. un had a
cbest meaS\\l'Clnent or se\'ont ) ' Inches.
John Drltt , or Il'dora , N. D" has
written to the : tuthorltieK of the Lou ,
Islann Paurchaso expolltlon thut 1113
can secure fOl' the l'ul1' a lo cubl : !
In which President Roosevelt onc'
Ih'e on n rnnch In Not'th Dalwta.
' 1'ho PUIIO haR sent a manlttccnl
chased golcl ehnlle tu the chul'ch al
Quero , U town In the Yenotlun 111'0\ '
Inees , to tnlto the Illaco of the OIH
wMcb hall h'en used there Cor a century
tury , but which wus reCl.lItt ! ) ' stolen
Captain G'lIl'go lll'OOIllO of the Ullit
ed Stutes anll ) ' , now stutloned III Porto
to nlco , filed In the Unltl'd Stntt'S 8U
1)fOmO ( 'ourt a slIlt for . . $ : ! OOOO dam
nges al ; lnst Jl1l11eS } < , Hal'bolll' lUll
his wife , Annlo D , Barbour , for allcfOI ;
alienation of the nffectlons of Cal1tuh
l1roomo's wlfo.
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PRESS OF RUSSIA
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SATISFACTION AT TONE OF
AMERICAN DISPATCHES.
REGRETS THAT THERE IS STRAm
Deprecates Effect of Estranged Relations -
tions Detween Two Nations : md In'
slsts Prudence Must Ultimately Surmount -
mount Impulse.
WI' _ pgTICHSBUHO-'rho UIIIIsiun
prells hall ! ! wllh greut ! ! nllllfaetion the
Amerlclln IIISIIRlehes of the last few
da's all hllllcnllnJ ; a ehllngo In the
IIISJlOsltlon of Iho WnshltlJlon goVOl'll'
m01l1. to\\'nrll Hussili. 'I'ho Bourse all-
l.olt u 1\1111 the Novoo Vl't'm'u I rlclay
moruluJ ; dlsCIISH In a Hoher-mlnded
fllshlon HURso.Amerlcnn l'ellitiouH nncl
the clangfJr or It permllnent estrange ,
ment , 'I'ho Ollzcll { ' lIa1I Ihol'o III
something' II1'ooulllll ) ' I'egl'cltuhlo III
thu 1lI')8ont rolatlollH tJOtweell thfJse
t\\'o wmlcllowors \ ,
" 'Phey h'anllccnll the houllds of com-
mOil logiC' . 'l'ho IlOslllon talwn by
Amorlca "Inco laflt .lIme'ancl thu lIntl ,
Husslan lIeWtlllpCl' ! ( am\lnhn \ In the
Unllt'cI StntcR nru 110 Inoxllllcnhle thnt
the ) ' Reem 1IIw n nhhtmnl'e. Since
the hcglnnlng or lis hilltor ) ' AmorlC/\
lIns IIlslIt'ed the liveliest feelln ! ; or
fl'lendllhlll nncl 11IImirntlon nmon HilS'
alnns , IIncl dlploull1t1c nud Ilolltlcni ex-
Ill'esslons of those rcellugR have heen
cOUtllluoUR nud constaut , III HllsBlan
! : Iuclal circles there hits ever been a
\'erllahlo wor8hlll or the classic lanll
of lI1Hrt ' nucl the Amorlcans have aI-
wn ' 8 heretororo mnclo HURllinu Meud-
ship tl.e corncl' stouo of theh' I'orolgn
Ilollcy. .
"SllIlclonl ) ' , all If all 0\11 sllrlt hnll
hl'ol\Oll loose , the A1I1C1'lcans , desplto
their IIrnctical turn of mlucl , 1HJnll ! to
do e\'er'thlng to stl1l1111ntu , Iapaneso
ngl1resslnl\cslI ! ancl flcom uow It ) be
anxloulIl ) ' nwaltlug Jallllueso victories
In Asln , where hnl10rtant American
commol'clal Interests are centered , As
. a multo ! ' of fact , hostility hetwcen the
united stntes nnd Russia would bo
as great a mlsforllllHJ to civilization
In the twentieth cont1ll'Y IUI was the
rlvnlry hetween l l'Ilnce and Germany
In the nineteenth. The duty of ( Ivery
rlght.mlnded man Is to an'est the
growlh- this anlmosltr ,
"Uusslnn 1IIplomno ) : owes It to the
Amorlcans and to the whole cl\'llIzed
world to do Its ulmost.0 are not
t nlled upon to reeeho hOfltllo sounds
coming from bO 'OI\(1 ( the Atlantll' , he.
cnuso unfriendly sontlments 110 not
exist among us , 'rhe latest advlces
pcnnlt tne bollof thnt It will he much
( ! aslel' to remove this mlsulHIerstand.
Ing than the enemlos or Russia may
think , " I
'l'ho Novoe VI'elTl 'n says I docs not
Imow whether the WIlIlllngton cah ,
Inet Inttuonced such Incidents as the
flrt : of $10,000 hy Charles R , Crane ot
Chicago to the Young Czarina's fund
f01' Rllsslan soldiers nnd sailors , , the
Ilro-Russinn Irish domonstl'lltlon In
Now York and the quieter tone of thu
Drltlsh I1ross , but the l1aper holle\'os It
notes Iln hnpOl'tnnt clll\nlo In Amerl ,
can o/l1elnl / tuctlcs , llOglnnlng with a
disinclination to fa'or tlO ! Japnnesu
cable Il1'ojoet followed hy the roporl
of Secretnry lIay's 11Issatlsrnctlon with
the antl-nusslan IIross cnmlll\lgn ,
Whloh dIsposition wr..s rm'ther IIroved
b ) ' his not IIlslstlnjt on dlspntchlng
United Stntes consuls to Antung and
lluldon at tbls time , which qullu
agrees with Presldont Rooso\'elt's docl-
slon to allow 1\11' . 1\1orgnn , nl1Polnted
United States Gonsul at Port Dalny , to
remain at home ror the present , nnl ]
not , . send the battleshhl Kentuclty te
the scene of the hcsUlIties In the far
cast ,
NEBRASKA WILL SWAP LAND.
Interstate Commission Flies Report
Relative to Doundary Line.
LINCOl.N-Nebrasltn will oxcbunge
1.IiOO nCI'es of Iund with South Dnl\Ota
for GOOO aCI'es , In bl'lef , this Is the
1'ellOl't of the hOllndal' ) ' commission ,
(1111)olnlell ( by the leglsluture of the twe
statos. 111011 on F''lday ,
'rho cummls810n I1xod the bOUlular
between Union CO\l1Ity , South Dalwta
nnd Nebraslm at the mhhtlo or llll
1\1ls80url ; rivel' chnnno1. Renlger'f
cut-off accordlngl ) ' shifts to South Du
leota , while Ball's SU1'\'e ) " nnd Siom
Point tra\'els Into Nobrnslm.
' ( 'ho report of the commission wll
have to bo ratified by the leglslllt1ll'0 !
of both states I1nd then by congrcsi
fore It will be legal and binding.
The members or the cOl11mlssi0l
were : J. O. Itoblnson of Bnrtlngton
E , A. Lunberg of Wa'ne nnd C , J
Swnnson of Oakland , representing Nt !
braska , und E , C , I rlcson , S. 11 , Dlxol
and J. I. , Jolly for South Dnleota ,
In the Natlon's Strong Box ,
WASHINGTON-Today's stntemen
of the treasury bulances 11\ the gell
ol'nl funcI , excluslvo of the $15,000,00
goill reser\'o In the division of 1' (
domlltlon. shows : \'ul1ablo cash ba
nncu , $22 ,4i2G02 gold , $10GI.19,431
'rho mlll'o ) 'OU sa ) ' the less Ileoill
remombel' ,
England Gets Tobacco Trade.
nl'II [ eND , \'a-A lIeal has bee :
con8umnmlell whol'el : ) ' the Brltlsl
Amol'lcun Tobacco company acquire
the eXIIOl't lJuslness uf Alexl1nllc
Cameron & Co. unci William Cllmet'o
& Uro , of Petersburg In the Unlle
StuteN unll 'tho ' lolbournu , S'dno
1\1111 Aclolnhlo , Austrnlla , tJrunc
hOiISOll : , Concornlnl ; the terms of th
IhnIOl' Alt'XUllIler Cameroll 1:10111 : tht !
ho could ! ; Ivo nol. del ails , as hi
ne)1hew ) , ( joorgO Cnmel'on. Is now Cl
route to San I ranclsco : fl'om Australl
, , "th all l1al'tculars ! ,
FAIRDANI < O FOR SECOND PLACE.
Will Not Resist Movement Regarding
Vice Presluency.
WAHlIl O'I'ON-1'hn Star HII'S :
"HII1I\tOl' ! I'nll hUlllts will 11111. . refllst 11
0 multi ! ulm the \'Ice III'OS'
IIlelltlnl IIIImllleu of the 1'0publlcu11
pnrty , If the clln\'l'lIl1ol1 nominates
him , he will Ill'ceili. Moro 1111\11 that ,
ho will 110t nttcl11llt to Illscournge ef-
fortH 1001clnJ ; to his nOlulllnlllln.
"ll Is only fnlt' 10 sa ) ' that no ex-
IllIcll. clooln1'lltlon by SOl1lltor 1.'nlrJ
htllits to thai. uITout has heon mallo.
' 1'ho Indlnna delegation III ( : ongrcsB
was convillced 10dl1Y I hut. Senator
FalrbulllclI 111111 yleldod to the sollelll\-
tlcm or men hhh h' the council > > out ,
sldo of Indluna 10 take second place
on the nutlonal IIclwt.
"Almost. without mccelltlon his clos ,
esl. ) lollllcni "rlends have IId\'lscd
him , 111 hlH OWll Intereos ( , I1gulnst ac-
cOlltlng the \'Ice Iresillency. , InfluclI-
tlal rCllllhllclins In the ! : Iennte , t1uC'h as
SpoonOl' , A 11Iso11 anet Platt , have
IIrJed him 10 tlilie It , on the ground
thnl. he woulll Htrellglhen l'ellUbllcun
tlclet , ell)1oclnlly ) In IInl1nclnl cll'clcR ! ,
mill Ihul. . his 11l'al. dut ) ' III to his Illlrty ,
rllther than to hlH own political fu ,
t u I' < . "
FOURTEEN LOST AT SEA.
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Steamer Queen Takes Fire Off North
Pacific Coast ,
POn'l' 'J'OWtSgND , Wash.-Afler
suITorlng' the most. harrowlnJ ; experl ,
cnco fl'OllI Ih'o nnd storm that hus over
befallen II. erurt on the North Paclfls
conllt , the flteamc ! ' Queen 111I1. In here
Sundny to l'e)1ol't ) the losll or fourteen
Uves.
Ahout a.jfj : o'clod , Sliturdny morn-
In , while olr the mouth of the Colum.
\JIll \ rlvCl' the Queen callght fIre in her
nHet' saloon In some unoxlllnined wa ) ' .
With Imlescrlhablo fwlCtness ; the fIre
gained hendway and th1'entenod soon
to en\'elop the whole shll ) , ' 1'0 a d to
the horrol' the hoa\ ' ) ' seas rnllnlng
monnt death to anyone sent aWn ) ' III
the lIfehonts 'rho 11ames hecame
more nn more threatening until , when
It seemed IL cholco of deaths , Cnltnln
Cousins orderell the lifeboats 11l1111ch-
ed , 'rhey were mannecl b ) ' the crew
ullcI o1'llerell to rem alII close to I he
shl)1. ) Illto thc3e the women and chll ,
dren were Illacel1. lInl' < tl ) , howe\'er ,
hud the bents been cast loose than. un.
I1l1le to wcathet' the fIerce wa\'os , two I
o. them were cnllslzecl' with the loss I
nbo\'e hutlcntell.
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SOME BILLS Y NEDRASKANS ,
C ngressman Hitchcock Introdues
One for Relief of Marines.
WASHINGTON - Congressman GIl :
bert 1Iltchcoci. . or the Second Ne.
hraolm district has Introduced a lm
for the rellor or the 11Iem1ers or the
1.'lrst , Second and Third mnrl 10 COI'IIS
und for othet' 1)\11'loses \ ) , 'fhe text of' '
the bill Is as follows :
"That the clnlms for pay of the
members OL these corps who wore mils-
t red Into the ser\'lce oC the United
Stnt s undm' thl' ord I' of ' Major General -
oral John C , I.'rcmont. dated Septem.
' 12 , 18G1 , nnd nlso the 111\0 claims
of le/nl / representatlves of the doceas-
cd 1I1embet's ot the salll corps shutt
horoartor be rorel'red to the cOllrt. . of
C'lahns of the United States fot' xnm-
Inatlol1 ailll nlljudlcatlon. "
The bltl ' full authOl'lt ' nl1l1
gl\'es ) jurIsdiction -
Isdiction to the court or claims to lJear
, 1\1\(1 ( Iletermlne these clnlms aud 10 en.
tel' fInal judgments ul10n all oC the
qllestlons of Inw nnll fact In\'ol\'ell
eroln.
RUSSIA ACCEDES ONE REQUEST.
,
I United States Officers May Accompany -
pany Army to Oblerve Operations _
I
W ASHINGTON-Tho Itusslau arm ) ' "
formally has ranted the request of
the Unlled States that certain o/l1cers /
of the American army be permitted
to accomlmn ) ' the Husslan troops anll
witness Utlr ) operations In the wnr
with Japnn. AmlJnssador 1\1cCormlcl"
In n. cablegram Inrormlnl ; Secretar ) '
Ha ) ' of this fact , states that the offi-
( 'ors cannot join the Husslan army
beroro April 15 , of the HussltUl calen.
,
Ilnr ,
'rhe omcers who have lCen deslg.
natell ror this ser\'lco arO Colonel J , B.
Kerr or the general sta ! ! , Captnln Carl
, Holchman of the Se\'enth Infantry ,
Caltaln Geol'ge Gallo ) ' anll Captain
William Judson ( If the engineer corps.
All or the above are In l\InnlltJ. except
Captain Judson , whp Is in this elt ) '
anll who lea\'es at once for SI. Petersburg -
burg ,
Chinese Troops In Field ,
ST , PETEnSBURG-A nusslnn cor.
1 respondent of the Associated Press at
, Shanghai telegrnphs that It is report-
,
ell nt Tlen Tsln that 4,000 ad ltlonal
iChlneso soldiers have been posted In
:1 : northern China anll that the Chlneso
gm'ernment has recently Illnced large
orders for guns and ammunition ,
Marcus A , Hanna Memorial.
CI.E\'I'LAND : , O1'hoIarcus : A ,
Hanna [ emorlal association was In'
corpomted at Columbus by se\'eral
prominent citizens of Clo\'clund. The
IIUl'pOSO or the association Is to cstab ,
IIsh a chait' of Ilotltlcal sclenco ate
o Western neser'e1nl'erslt ) ' In mem ,
01' ) ' of the late Senator Hanna ,
Japan Has Plenty of Money.
PAHIS-The Liberto quotes Baron
1Ha'nshl , the .Iullaneso minister tJ
Grt't\t nrltaln , us 8ayln In regard tJ
llie I'ollort thnt the Unltt'll State
.
Iloe : ; not t.avor the 110allng of n .1up
nnost' loan In Amerh'a : "Fortunnte' '
J ) ' wo hn\'e no neoll of a I'orol/n / loan ,
nil aU I' own tlnnncial re80urcos are 8uf ,
tlelent. " 'rho French Rell Cross so.
clety has dechlol1 It has been stated
to send to Jnpnlt , bosldos two cnm
pnlgn 11Osllilals , a lal'fo ; quantlt ) ' 01
linen nnd cloUllng fOl' the Jallllncs (
wounded.
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SWEPT BY FLAMES
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PRAIRIE FIRES DO DAMAGE IN
OKLAHOMA.
A TRAIL OF RUINED HOMES
A Number of Persons Perish In the
Fire and Hundreds . of People Along
the Dlack. Trail Are Destitute from
Ravages of the Eelements.
I.A WTON , Okla.-I"I\'e lerSOns'ere
hurned to death nnll :1,000 : sllUat'o miles
oC territor ) ' In Kiowa mill Comanche
countlell'ere IIwept hy )1mlrle fire
'l'h1ll'lIdn ) ' , Hunch'eds of people are
homeless anll It Is Im)1osslble to eatl-
mate nccurntely the tlnanclal loss , owIng -
Ing to the wide extent or counll'y ef-
fected.
At lIohart , the county s'al. of Kiowa
count ' , the fire alll'oachcll fl'om the
cust , dcstro'hlg the stuhles anll fifteen
race horses , tlrtcen I'esldences , two
huslness honss ! IInll'Ilrlous smuH
bnlhlln/-ts. / Sllrealllng to the lIouthwost
,
the tire swept 71 , UOO ncrcs or gO\OI'n-
mont , mllltlll' ' IInll tlmhor resor\'C
Indlnl1 ' ' ' dl'stro'lng
111111 Bchool rOSel'\'l' , )
se\'eral Inllll1ns' houses and rOl't ) ' heud
of gm'ernment cattle ,
'
Spreading westwarll the flames' \ ' -
ered miles of the homestcad district ,
Ilestroying house ! ! , hnrns IInd stock.
In this district five pOl'aons are 1'e-
pOl'ted to have )1orlshed In attempting
to protcct their III'opel't ) ' , 'rhey are
Dr , and .John Harmon , bl'others , nn
a mnn named ] , ' 18ChOl' , 'rho ether
two wel'c women and their numes hu\'e
not ) 'el. been lenrned.
I..ato at night the fire hegan moving
sOllthwnrd to\\'arll this city , At 12
o'clo'I. , midnight , 5,000 people of this
city were battling with the approachIng -
Ing wlIll of flume , 'fhe advnnce line or
the fIre was lullv two miles In length
and came In a seml.clrclo rorm ,
A thousnnd men turned theh' efforts
to checldng the grass herders or the
reser\'atlon nt the city limits , Water
from evel'y SO\ll'ce , cU1'l'led In evcry
concolvable wuy , was distributed along
this line nnd carded all around the
city limits , 'rhls served the purpose
of checldng the advance line of the
III'e , , but WIIS of little avult In hlndm'-
lug the continued rolling of the lire
bl'nnds Into the strcets of the citr ,
In mot'e thnn 100 places flumes
nrose rr0111 dwelling , barns ami outhouses -
houses , but wherever a blaze pI'ew ;
men wore Ilroseht to quench It with
wutel' , As n result or the cool judgment -
ment or the fIghters the clt-'S loss was
onlr $10,000 ,
Stol'lps nre coming In or how raml-
lies la'cd out on the barren \ll'I\lrle
through the fl'cezlng night arter the
fire storm had passed with only the
thin clothes or their backs as remainders -
ers of once prosperous honi s. Hundreds -
dreds or people ure dostltnte and are
suffering Intensol ) " In the cold and
with the excruciating pulns caused
b ) ' theh' bu I'll S ,
A DENIAL BY CLEVELAND.
Calls Down Scott of Kansas for His
Statement ,
WASHINGTON-In the house a let ,
tel' was read from Grover Clevelnnd
to Itellresontntl\'e We\Jbm' \ of North
Carolina denying that C , H , ,1. Ta"lor ,
a negro , dined with him at the White
House wnlle he was president , as
churgIJd : b ) " nellresentatl\'o Scott , of
Kansas a few da 's ugo. i'll' , Ocott
I1rolUpt1) ' oered ! his apolog ) ' to the
former preshlcnt , sarlng he neVcr be ,
fore hacl hearll the statement which
he had ma e denied , A discussion of
the race question fonowed , during
which 1hWUllams , the minority
leader , crltlclscd Presl ent Hoosevelt
for hnvlng In\'lted Booket' T , Washing.
ton to a seat al. his table ,
Hepresentatlve Wehber said Mr
Cleveland had been a friend or the
nogt'O , but novel' had held out to him
the hope or socIal ( ! Cuatltr , i'l' , WIl ,
lIa111a said that o jectlon. to the ap
polntment of a ncgro to n position
was met with the statl'ment that
there could be no discrImination , but
asserted that a Chinaman would not
be appointed postmaster on the Pa
cille coast ,
TOY WITH PORT ARTHUR.
Japs Will Not Be.gln the Land Invest' ,
ments for a Fortnight , , I
WASHINGTON-The landing In' '
force of the Jalmnese on the Lln Tunf : ;
penlnsuln and the beginning of the
land Inveslmeut. . or Port Arthur will
not bo for n fortnight. according to
udvlces received here from what are
belloved to be rellablo sources , It
was expected that the attack upon the
fortress would take plac6 ) 'esterday
or today , but Ules\ ; : later ad\'lces , with ,
out explaining the dela ) ' , show that
there has been a change In the original
plans ,
Army officers heel' think thnt the
Japanese have dcclded- that with the
rallrond connecting Port Arthm' with
the outside world cut , thus pre\'cntlng
sUllplles from reaching the pia co , two
weels lrl\'a1l0n wUl render I1nnl us'
sault cl\sl r ,
i\oreo\'er , as PorI. Arthur can be
safel ) ' lett as It Is ror the time being
the Jal1meSe ! troo1s may bo employed
Instead In Northern Korea and near
the Yalue rl\'er. where ther arc most
needed ,
Senator Gamble Loses Drother ,
\ ANK'1'ON , S. D-Hugh S. Gamble.
brothel' or Senntol' Uobert J , Gumble.
tllell In this city 1'I1 < 'sduy night. 01
\l1loumonla und other comllllcations ,
I'ollowlng severe attu'l , of grip , He
Is 5\11'\1\0,1 \ h ) ' n wife , two Iinught rs
, \ -Jennie und Edith-and two sons-
, James IUlII Hllgh S , . jl' , ' 1'he latter IE.
at the Tome Institute , [ uryh\llll , nnd
Fl'Ida ' with hIs \lI1tle ,
, Is eXlleclOlI ) , \ !
SQnator Gumhlo , Hngh S , Gn111ble
[ hns resldelt here fOI' twenty 'enrs ,
! 1 comln to this vlace fl'om I"ox Lake ,
Wls _
,
"iF
_ _ n _
TCnt RRNT nn RAT.1
On CroT' l'a1D1ent& BEVERAL OHOICE J'ARMS.
tleac1 ( gr tI.t. oJ. MVLIlAII" Sioux CUr , luwa ,
Do whitt isIrthy of rewnrll unci
deslro none-Clnlldlus.
Pntll'nco anll enrnestncss 111'0 pass
words to succcss.
- - - - - - - -
flrmanenI11IUrl'd. ! Nt nl. or nt"tu'ntJjlatt
fiTS n..t d&1'O U.to of Ur. KIII1 ' " IIr , , , . Ne"to lIe.to , , "
or , Rend for FUI' 8 .OJ trill botll. Clod t ltlo . ,
IJILo 11 , H. KLIU , Ltc1" 131 Anb : 11rt et. , l'hUll1elph1a , . .
Not She ,
"Whnt's thaI. ' ( ) u are putting on the
( 'handellor ? " ablcc hel' old lJnchlor
uncle.
"Mlstlotoe , " she answered.
"Oh , I soe. Bul. aren'l. 'ou afraid
of mlcrohes ? "
"What ! " exclaimed the prett ) ' girl ,
In urtless 8urprlse , ' 'In the mlsUe-
toe-Chlcllgo 'rrlbune.
' . . ,
The ORt 'Wonl1er.
The Editor must tell Its rcaders ot
thl8 marvel. It originated with the
largp.st farm ! Iced growers In the world ,
John A. Sulzer Beel ! Cp. , La. Crole ! ,
'VIII. It ha ! ! stiff stmw , IItand9 up like
IL stone wull. Is white. heavy , 1\1111 has
long ears , filled to the tip \\'Ith fnt.
plump Itcl'nels , It Is great stooler , EO
Atocks from one Itel'1lel.
IF YOU \VB.Y. SE"iU : " TJUfI 01'ICr. A D
lOc I 8l'Am's
to abovc nddress. ) 'ou will get n. f'nm-
pic of this Oat "Tonder , which ) 'lchJcd
In 1903 , In 40 States from 2 O to 310 bu ,
pel' acre. together with other farm
Aec > sllmpleB and their big catalog.
( IV _ N , U. )
Opportunity Is the cream or ( hne ,
It. Isn't necessar ) ' to eroet a monument -
ment when ) 'OU bury animosity ,
ARI ! : TUUR CLOT liES FADRDf
Use Red Cross Ball Blue I\nd : nake them
white agaIn , Large:3 : oz , packB&\ i conts.
A cltlc1111 that ono 11110 u III never
waste Is the stronghold of a good conscience -
science ,
Some men are too \Jusy \ to talte a
rest until the ull ertalwr gets them.
PUTNA\l FADELESS DYES produce -
duce the brightest and fnstest colors ,
Self-conquest Is the greatest or'Ic. .
torl.os ,
Cheap Excursions to the South.
On Februar ) ' IG , Mnrcb 1 and 15.
th Knnsas CIt ) " 8011thel'11 railway wIll
offer to the public the extremel ) ' low
rate or $10.00 ror the round twlp to an
IJolnts 011 the Port Arthur Houte , In.
chullng Beaumont , Port Arthur , Lake
Charles. Shre\'eport. 'fexarlcnna , Fort
SmtUl , Mena , De Queen an all inter ,
medlato points. , 'fho return limit OD
these tlcJwts wll1 be twcntr-one IIay ! !
tram date of sale , with , stopover prlvi'
leges at aU points south of Knnsa : :
City on the going trip , Any Inrormn. ,
tlon desired by the public rolatlve to
those cheap excursions will be cheer >
tully furnished tlPon uppllcatlon to S ,
G , Warner , G. p , and 'r _ A. , 'ICan1IJI : !
City , 1\10.
The more ) -011 sa ) ' the less llCo1 > le
remember _
'The-Odd Korean Flag- '
. . . . The Koreans , who hlwo latchre. . '
called tholr mlnl3ter In Washington ,
attract nttenUon for ono reason if ror
no other , Theil' peculiar fiag adorns
their legation bullcllng , The boll ) ' or
the fiag Is white , and In the c nter Is
a design about the slzo or a foot ball
In reu and blue , 1001lng'ery much
lI\e \ huge cntwlned comma marks , On
the' top , bottom and tides arc short
lines of dots and dashes , rem.ln lng
one of the 1\Iorse co o alphabet.
May Subpoena Roosevelt ,
It the suit instituted b ) ' W , A.
'Vales , an nttorne " of Emghampton ,
against John \1Itcheli. Iwesltlent of the
Unltell 1'o1ine Workers , for $200,000
damages , comes lip for trial at DIng-
hampton. the defense may SlI:11mOn
President Roosevelt. nnd Senators
Platt , Quty an Penrose , " 'ales asserts -
serts that In October he proposed the
plan which resulted In the settlement
of the strll\O and that for Ills sen'lces
he has never been paid Louis N ,
Hammerllnp' confldenllal agent to i'll' ,
Mitchell , says thaI. President Roose-
\'elt nnd Senators Quay , Platt and
Penroso wilt bo called to testify that
the plan was formed beroro Wales
went to Wlllc sbarro ar.d ma e his
suggestion.
I
DOCTO OFFEE'
i
And His Daughter Matched Him.
Coffee drlnk1ng troubled the famny
of n. physIcian of Grafton , W , Va" who
describes the sltuatton briefly :
"Ha.vlng suffered quite n white from
, "orUgo , palpItation of the henrt an
many other derangements of the ner'
vous system and fInding no relief
from usunl methods of trellment , 1
thought to see how much there was
In the Postum argument aglnst cof-
tee.
tee."So
"So I rosortotl to Postum , cutting
off the cooo ! and to my 8urprlso an\
sltlsfactlon ! have found enUre relief
from all my suerlngs ! , proving conclusively -
clusively the baneful effect oC coeree
and the way to bo rid of it ,
"I have tound Postum completely
takes the place of coffee both In flavor
and in taste , It Is becoming more
popular every day with man ) ' of our
people and Is having great emand
hero ,
" : \Iy daughter , : \rs. Lonjt , has been
n. . suerer ! for a long tlmo from at-
tacl.s of acute Indigestion. B ) ' the
dismissal of corree and using PostUn1
In its pll1co she , has obtulned complete -
plete relief ,
"I hnve also heard from many oth.
ers who ha\'o uscd ) 'our Postum'ery
fa\'orablo accollnts of Its gooll orrects.
"I prescrlbo PostlllD In place uf coffee -
fee In a grent many cases nnd I boo
lIe\'o that upon its merits Postum will
come into general U50 , " Name glvon
, by Postum Co" Battle Creole , : \Uoh.
. Look for the famous lIttle book
-.rho . Road to WeU\'Ille , " in each p1\g ,
- -
. Cheap pcstal Service.
The ( ' 11'all8t Iwstal sor\'lcl' In th.
world Is thut or . ] n pan , where lettcrt
are C011\'o ' ( ! d nil on'r the ll1J1lre fOI
two ! ! on-uhollt se\'entenths of : \ penn -
n ) ' . 'rhls Is the more wonderful con-
shlcl'lng the dlfltC'lIltles or transport.
0\01' the tnonnlllinous nnd Irrogllln :
cOllnlrr , while wagons can lIa ! I o\'e.
enl ) ' n rew or the l'llief roalls and thl"
ateam1' connect Imt a small numlJeJ
of coust Htatlons ,
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh.
that Contain Mercury ,
al mercllry will 'IIrrl , . delro ) the arnAII of 'melt
IIn,1 < 'omplcltly drulillc tbe wlllllc oYltem wben
CDltrlnll It IIIrollllll IIII ! IJIII OIlR 'lIfa el , SlIch
RrlkJe. .bollld nrYrr I'e ' nRc,1 elcl'pt IIn prllcrlp- - ,
\Ion. from repliCable PIlY lclon. . OR IIUJ dlmRIl8 Iller
will dq I. ten fold 10 tbo 11,1 YOII can 1"\I\lly de-
rlyl'l ' ffom 'II rn. lIall' Calarrb Cure.lll1lnufarUlrc (
1.0) ' 1.J. . . ' " . .
) UI1clley ( ; eu" 'l"olrdo. 0" conl.lu. no Iller. .
1'lIr"nil I. loken Inlernally , aclinIC dl"111 uron
the 1.100,1 and IIIU IIII' , arfMeRII ! Ibe , y.lom , In
bllrln lIall' , CRtarrh Cure bo .ure you ! let Ihe
It nlllnl' . It II taken Inlemal1y 81ullllado In Toledu ,
Ohio , by 1'J. . CIIene ) ' & Ctl. 'fNlllllolllaltfoe. .
ohl , ' , ' " ' " l'rlcl' , ; c. pcr boltle ,
'Co1.o lall'll amll ' '
) l'l1Is for conUfP8toD. !
Thcre are a few seIC.made men nl1l1
a lot of self-made blonlle women In
the \\'orld ,
An ) ' girl who tlunics liS much of t\
man as she oes or hersol [ will do to
, tlo to ,
S'ops tho.Conh' :
Works on' the Colli.
LnxlItive Uro o QulnJuo 'l'Bblet8 , Prlce2
There 'Is one school a Florlllt . hey
dellgnts to get Into-a school of muI-
lot _
The t'n commun ments are gooll
oxaD1plcs of bl'Own ] English ,
llenance Ulrcn IS guaranteed big. .
gost and best or money refund d , 1&
ounccs , 10 cents , 'fry it now.
'ro see what Is right nnd not to do
It Is wnnt or coumge-Conruclus ,
True happiness consists , not in the
muttltu e or frlenda , but In the worth
and cholce-Johnson , , !
PI so's Cure cnnnot be too blghly spoken ot as
a cough curc-J. 'V , O'lJIUItN , 322 Third Avo. .
. , Minncapolis , Minn. , Jnn. e , 1DOO.
Occaslonallr a. man mnnages to beat
a woman In an argument b ) ' ] , eeplng
his mouth shut.
A man who puiS a. . new coat of Iml.
somlne on his ! I st oCten thlncs } be
has l'eall ' '
) r'formell ,
)11'01' lU.OG MOhl'Y Orl10r.
The John A _ Salzer Seed Co. , Ln :
Crosse. 'Vis. . mall postpaid 15 trees , &
consisting of Apricots. Apples , Crab ! ,
Cherries , Plums , Peaches and Plars ; ,
just the thing for II. city or countr-
carden , Inchlrllnc Hie great BIsmark
Apple , all hardy " 'll\consln Rtock , ar ! }
sent } 'ou free upon receipt of $1.65.
AND Fen IGc D T1l15 NOTICl : ,
} 'ou get sufficient seed of Celery , Carl -
l rot. Cabbage , Onion , Lettuce , Radish
, and Flower Seeds to furnish bushels \
or cholco flowers and lots or vegetables
for a big family , together with our '
C'rcat plant and seed catalog.W. N , U , ) ; l ,
Kuowle ge Is a treasur6 at once j
priceless and imlerlshable } , - Gladstone -
stone ,
J ! ) 'ou hac1 $2,000.00 Insurance In tilE :
STATE } "AH\1ER'S : l\tU1'UAL lNSun.
ANCB CO. tIlO past eIght rears It cost
you $34,00 tor Fire , 'lightning and
Tornado , Do ) 'ou ] mow what Old Llno
.
Insurance wOllld have cost ) ' 011 ? .Why . . .
not in\'est about 40OO or the savingJr. ,
In live stoc ! ; . , and soon buy anothel' If :
farm ? Write to the Secretary for in.
rormatlon. B , R , Stourrer , Secretary ,
South Omaha , NebI' ,
Borrowing I" not much better than
begglng.-Lessinc ,
If tombstones are truthful the cemeteries -
eteries contain more good people than
ever IIvcd ,
You never hear anyone complain
about "Defiance Starch. " 'fherc is
none to equal it in quatlt ) ' .nd quantity -
tity , 16 ounces , 10 cents. 'fry It now
and save your money ,
- .
Faith Is a smatter word tltnn genius , .
but it is a better glllde ,
rest people would rather blame a
mau , . . . .1' . what he Itoesn't th ivO'
h ' : . . . lt for what he does ,
It ) 'OU wRh ! benntltnl , clear , . wblte c10tbee
use Hcd Cre..s Bull Dlue , Lurgo 2 os. I
puckago , 5 cents. .
. .
A mother's tears are the same In nil
lallgur.ges ,
i
It may he aU right to give credit to
whom credit Is due , bllt S\lot \ cash is
aJwa's preferable ,
I
Try One Package. '
It "Defiance Starch" does not
please you , return It ttl your denIer _
If it dace you get one-Ullrd moro to 1"
the slUDe mon ! ! ) " , It will give : rou ,
saUaacUon , and will not sUck to the
Iron ,
Truth cannot be expressed where
sincerity Is suppressed.
A good hand.me.down Is sometimes
better than a new misfIt.
,
Balzor' . Dome Dnlhler Corn. I
So named becaulo GO 3c > res prol1uced :
110 heavily that Hi : I1rol.'l'l.'tls built " '
10\'e1Y home. Spe Sa12I'"s : ( 'utalolf. I'
Yielded In 1903 InInd. . . 15j bU , . Ohio I
160 bU" Tenn , 9S bll. . an In Mlch , 22 ( )
bu , ppr acre , You eun beat this Heord
In 1904 ,
WBAT no TOU TII K : OF TUE6G TIKLDS
l'EIt''lCRE r '
12 > bu , Deardlels Durle- per nere ,
310 bu , Salzer'R N , W' at , Onts-per A _
80 bu , Sah et' ll 1t . & ! llul'aronl Wheat _
1,000 bu , PpdhI'l'c. Polatot's pl'r IIrrt' ,
14 tonM of rid ) Billion Dol. Gmt's Hay _
60,000 III ! ! . Vktorla Balll' ( ot' IIhet'l1-arre ,
160,000 IhJ ! . 'l'I ( j lntt' . the toclder wonder _ .
6-1,000 Ibs , SnlzeI"M hllll'rlol' Fodder
I 'ol'l\-I'kh \ , jUll'Y t'mll1l' ! ' , p r A ,
Now BUI'lI ) ' ' ' 'Id ! ! ) ' 011 can have , : \11' .
Fnl'ml'r , In It101 , It' ' 'Oll will plant Sal-
zer's Beeds ,
JIIIT 61\D TillS : \OTlCr. Lon 100
In stamps to John A , Salzfr Set'IJ Co. ,
I.u Ct'OHIH''IM , , and l'f't\\'e \ tlH'lr
rl'l\t mtllloJ. ; IlIlIl lot : ! ot farm bt'td
IlLnlllle. . : . ( \ \ ' . , U. )
It 18 1I11)105S11l10 ) to patch \11 a reputation -
tation so the liatcltes wou't show.
