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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1898)
m f + jmrnm * WiW yii iwtlili..iMi * * j n.Mn . rwii.wtwtaiiilHi WW niwwi-y Wi ill 1 f - - Mt * I M'COOK TRIBUNE. H | I V. At. KIMMI5IX , Publisher. • McCOOK , - : - - : - NEBRASKA . r ' NEBRASKA. ColumfctislteB have organized a sewer I " company. A cow at Pender gave birth to three calves and then died. That big Union Pacific mortgage has been filed all along the line. North Platte people arc hopeful that the- newly organized Union Pacific • company will build the proposed h branch line through Keith , Deuel , H Cheyenne and Scott's Bluff counties. B Myrtle Young , ( he 10-year-old daugh- M ter of Nightwatchman Lee , of David m , City , made an attempt to commit sul- H { cide by taking a dose of laudanum. H The timely arrival of physicians saved H Tier H Rev. T. W. C. Cheeseman of Seward , H Neb. , who has been s holding revival H meetings in the Congrcgaticnal church H in Ashland , has been called Ho the pas- H torate to succeed Rev. Wilson Denney , H B who moved to Chanes City , la. , in H December. He will take charge about | March 1. H The five men who were being held H in Wahoo on suspicion of the Rising | postoffice robbery were taken to Lin- H coin by the postofilec inspector and H , Sheriff Farris. The postmaster at Ris- H ing identified some of the money found B , in the possession of the men when ar- Hg rested. The authorities are sure they K iiave the right men. Hj Little Ruth , aged three years and Hi ' eix months , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hj I. C. Grabill of Shenandoah , la. , the B latter of whom , with her two children , H * was visiting the family of Joseph R ° ed Hj of Ponca , fell inito a boiler of hot suds H Thursday afternoon and was so badly B Tmrned that she died the next morning H at 3:30 o'clock. H ] There will be new houses and barns | galore built by farmers of Wayne H -county this year. Many of them have H pajd off their old debts during the past B year , says the Republican , and have H unbounded confidence in the future H and money with vhich 'to improve the H farms , and they will use it. H The dwelling house on the farm of H R. Clark , a few miles north of York , B end occupied by Charles Johnson , l caught fire from a defective flue and B -was entirely consumed , together with H i " iiearly all the household goods belong- B ing to Mr. Johnson. The loss was H about $1,000 , with no insurance. H The Union Pacific paid its Valley H county taxes , last week , amounting to H j $2,558.31. Thi3 was after deduc ing H § 88.64 which they claim was illegally H assessed. The question of the latter H I amount being due or not will be setH H fled in court , and by stipulation the 1 amount is received so as not to preju- H dice the case in any way. B Harry Rasdall , William Brown , Wil- H liam Phillips and a man giving his M name as "Dutchy , " all of Homer , were placed under arrest by Deputy United States Marshall Allan at Dakota City , and taken- before United States Com missioner Sloan to answer to the 1 charge of selling liquor to the Indians. Hasdall gave bonds and continued his case. Brown was adjudged not guilty _ . „ nnd Phillips and "Dutchy" were given H 1 sixty davs each in jail at Omaha. A car arrived at Palmyra from New York via the Pennsylvania and B & M. railroads billed to J. 0. Moore , commander of Mansfield post No. 51 , G. A. R. , upon which was loaded one 100-pounder Rifled Parro'tt cannon , length , twelve feet nine inches , cir cumference at breech , six feet tan _ . m inches , bore , six and one-half inches , 1 I Jg -weight , 9,700. This cannon is to be " 1 mounted on the G. A. R. let in Rose wood cemetery , as a monument to the old soldiers. Following is the record of mor'gage indebtedness for the montlvof Janu ary , 1898 , for Platte county : Thirty- two farm mortgages filed , § 28,335 ; same released , thirty-eight , $28,798.70 ; I nine town and city mortgages filed , ? 0 , - 784 49 , same released , twenty , $25,963.- 90 seventy-eight chattel mortgages : nled , $31,268.12 ; same released , sixty- nine , $17,755.56. The $14,000 difference in the chattel record is caused by the large number of mortgages given on stock to be fed , and is no indication -that the farmers are renewing their . I I Wi paper. H J Lincoln dispatch : Treasurer Heim- H I r0d and Chairman Kierstead of the H I Douglas county board of commiS3ion- H 1 ers came down this morning and H I turned over the $100,000 of exposition m m -bonds t0 the state treasurer They H vere given checks on an Omaha bank H for $104,600 in return therefor. The M I money paid by the state treasurer fl comes out of the permanent school H funa The interest on the bonds goes BfflH into the temporary school fund , -and H the permanent fund is therefore de- HE pleted $4,600 , the amount of the prem- H | ium paid for the bonds. Hi The county commissioners of Nema- fafJH La county discovered that last year fflHI thev levied % of a mill more than the status would allow. The levy amount- % H to 9 % mills for ordinary county revenue , including the support of the H M -noor The statutes are very plain that ES I 9 mills is the limit and as a conse- I ouSco the B. & M. railroad , through HH M S nVent Mr. Thomas , tendered Coun- 9 M 1 ? Treasurer Engles last week $8,848. - n Wk en the amount of its taxes on the HI m Sril of 9 mills for the general fund. H1 M This amount Mr. Engles could not ac- HI fl uis books more * K IS | . numuer of robberies of passengers H I SI n the Burlington trains near Lincoln , H 8 dispatch from the capital , have ay3 a H IH Seen reported lately , but no one has JS arrested. The other night S R. neen B set upfcn was of qiline county S H Foss on west _ HI and TrWn iSt out of the city limits. ust B H hound train succeed , n get. Utt n H The rooUers fl q { tfae train H B iinfanyvSd Lincoln. Friday n'ght , a w ai H ran to a _ and ha < 1 hig pock HE B y. A. Wen of Edgen tfae Black B ets picked on e oad tickets and H 325 5SSi2 wit * * • • , iV'- i r. ' . if ! m -i i , n , i . HTfALL OP ifo LOME ? THE LETTER THAT'BROUGHT HIM TROUBLE. ITo Carelcuslyl.cft It Upon IIIh Offlco Desk It Is Rend by a legation Atlacho "Who Sent Word to the .Junta and n l'oBtomco Clerk at Havana Steals the Communication. Do Lome Was Careless. PHILADELPHIA , Feb. 14. The Press prints today what it asserts to be the true version of the acquisition nnd publication of the letter from Mr. de Lome to Senor Canalejas. The au thority cited for Its authenticity is "A Cuban of the highest standing in the councils of his party , " who re ceives his information "from headquar ters in New York. " The story pro ceeds to say : The letter was not stolen from the. > United States mails , but was secured by an agent of the Cuban junta in the postoffico at Havana. Don Jose Canal ejas , to whom the letter was ad dressed , never saw the original. He did not know until eight days after the letter reached Havana that such a letter from Spain's representative at Washington had been written him. "De Lome wrote the letter in his private residence at Washington , in stead of at the Spanish legation. The paper , however , was marked with the official type and read in the corner 'Legation Espana. ' The same inscrip tion was upon the left ha.nd upper corner of the envelope. "Senor do Lome did not mail the letter from his house. In fact he had not quite completed it upon the morn ing it was written , and carried it to the legation , where it was first seen and noticed by a person who is in the employ of the embassy , acting in a sub-official capacity. The letter lay on the desk of the minister in his in ner office , the outer office being his place of reception to visitors. During an absence of half an hour from the inner office of De Lome the clerk in question saw the open letter and read some of it. "The next day this same person sent word to his Cuban associates in Wash ington to the effect that he had seen a letter from De Lome to Canalejas in which President McKinley was vil ified and autonomy called a scheme. Several of the Cuban leaders got to gether and asked the employe of the embassy to secure the letter. They did not believe his story , although he urged them to come into the public print and make charges against De Lome. Because they did not have the letter in their possession the leaders refused to say anything about it. The employe of the legation was urged to use all means in his power to secure the letter , although it was considered probable that the letter was already in the mails when the Cubans at the Hotel Raleigh were informed of its ex istence. "The clerk in the employ of Minis ter de Lome saw no more of the letter. His memory-written abstracts were sent to New York , and it was urged that could possession of .the letter be obtained ' and his statements proven to be true the letter would be of incal culable value to the Cubans as sub stantiating what Cuban leaders had maintained regarding autonomy and the general Spanish policy in official circles towaru this country and its of ficers. Immediately words of warning and urgings to be on the alert was sent to every Cuban who might be in a position to obtain track of or inter cept the much sought for missive. "The letter reached Havana five days after "ts postmak in Washington. An agent of the Cuban party who is an emplove of the Spanish postofilce knew that the letter was on the way and when it came into his hands it was carried from the postoffice and a copy was made of it. "Word to this effect was sent to the Cuban leader in Jacksonville , Fla. , who at once asked the secret Cuban junta in Havana to secure the original letter that a copy was not what he desired. "The Havana postoffice clerk was not willing to do this , but afterward consented , as he was ouliged to ac count for a certain number of letters. The original was then taken , several blank sheets substituted in place of the paper on which De Lome had writ ten and the letter finally postmarked in the Havana postoffice and sent on its routine way. "Eight days after its arrival in the Havana office the sealed envelope , properly addressed to Senor Canalejas , was delivered at the Hotel Inglatterra. Senor Canalejas did not regard the matter seriously at the time , although the hotel boy who brought him the let ter and the postoirice employe who had charge of it were arrested. So also was the hotel employe who went sev eral times daily to the postoffice for the mails. The three were discharged affer an examination. Senor Canalejas communicated al most immendiately with M'"istpr rfo Lome , and for several weeks letters and cablegrams pased between the two , but no trace of the letter could be obtained. Canalejas shortly thereafter left Havana , going to Madrid. " Dp Tjonio Matter ii the House WASHINGTON , Fe.b , 14. Repre sentative Lewis of Washington has prepared a joint resolution , which he will offer in the house .today , express ing it to be the sense of the house and senate that the president decline to recognize the resignation of Senor de Lome , the Spanish minister , and instead inform him that he is persona non grata. A J'ensioner Returns His Money. WASHINGTON , Feb. 14. Pension Commissioner Evans has recently re ceived from a pensioner in San An tonio , Texas , an express order for $879. It was money which the sender be lieved he had not properly received , and , animated by this feeling , he had returned it to the government. Mr. Evans had an investigation made of the case and ascertained that the pen sioner was honestly entitled to the money he was receiving , viz. : S12 per month for deafness , and directed the entire amount returned to him. " * - " . > LOST AT SEA. % flio Steamer Vendani Wreckedjjind .Set nn Ifl re. r NEW YORK , Feb. 14. The steamer St. Louis , Captain Randle , which ar rived from Southampton , reports the loss at sea of the Holland-American line steamer Veendam , Captain Sten- ger , from Rotterdam for New York. The passengers and crew • of the Veendam were saved by the St. Louis. At Quarantine Captain Stenger of the Veendam reported as follows : "The Veendam left Rotterdam Febru ary 2 , with a general cargo , nine cabin 118 steerage passenfers and eighty-five crew bound for New York. Had strong northwest gales and high west and northwest seas. February C , at about 5:17 : p. m. ship at the time being in latitude , 49.35 north , longitude , 20.1 west , the steamer struck a 'submerged wreck or wreckage , which probably tore a hole in the ship bottom and broke its propeller shaft. We found that our ship was making considerable water. We at once set all pumps to work , but notwithstanding this the water gained on us. In the meantime all our boats were made ready in or der if necessary to leave the shin , as it was now sinking rapidly at the stem. At 1:30 a. m. we observed the lights of a large steamer bearing about east by south from us. We made sig nal of distress , on which the vessel bore down on us. We then decided for the safety of the passengers and crew to abandon the ship. "The vessel proved to be the St. Louis of the American line , bound from Southampton for New York. We hailed it and reported that our ship was sinking and that we wished to be taken off. At 1:43 : a. m. we com menced to transfer our passengers and crew , using three boats of the St. Louis and one of ours. Our men were kept at the pumps. "At 4:53 a. m. Monday morning everybody had been transferred to the St. Louis. When the last boat left the Veendam was laboring ver.y heav ily and sinking rapidly by the stern. The transfer of the passengers and crew took , notwithstanding the great difficulties and high seas running , three hours and ten minutes and was accomplished without the slightest ac cident. "As the wreck was a dangerous ob struction to navigation we decided to set it on fire , which was done. The position of the wreck was then lat itude 49.19 north , longitude 19.47 west. On board the St. Louis we were warm ly received and the captain and his officers did everything possible for our comfort. We take this opportunity to expres sour utmost gratitude also in the name of the passengers of the Veendam. " Wheat Sliows an Upward Tendency. CHICAGO , Feb. 14. Substantial ad vances took place in the leading fea tures in wheat last week , May closing with a net gain of 2V2 cents , while July advanced 1 % cents. Tim market was not without periods of weakness , but in the main was strong , the feeling at times very active , especially toward the latter part of the week. Sacurday and Monday there was a decided bear ish disposition among traders. Weak cables , favorable reports from the Ar gentine , India and Australian crops caused small declines. On Tuesday the market was helped by the best de mand for export that has bean re ported in some time. Urgent demand from manv of the principal milling centers was also reported and the con tinued heavy northwest receipts gave the market * i drooping tendency at first , but the remarkable cash situa tion started a general buying move ment late in the uay which finally be came a scramble to cover and a sharp advance resulted. There was a reac tion on Wednesday on realizing and outside selling , but on Thursday the market became very strong and re mained so throughout Friday. Reports that the Leiter interests were making contracts for the moving of all rail of a large part of their wheat to the seaboard and that part of it was for direct shipment to Liverpool ad vanced prices rapidly , the market tak ing on at times some degree of excite ment under the urgent demand. Strong Liverpool cables , small stocks at that market and the fact that Argentine shipments fell short of expectations added to the strength of the general situation. The San .Tose Scale. BERLIN , Feb. 14. The government expert investigation to ascertain whether the San Jose scale may exist in dried fruit , continues. The expert reports to the United States embassy today that out of 4,000 packages of fruit which arrived at Hamburg this week two small lots , shipped from in fected California districts , were stop ped. No northern fruit has so far been found In fected. The lots stopped during the last few days were Sonoma apples. During the coming week 900 packages are expected. Afterward there will be a few straggling lots. The government tests are quite fair. Samples are only taken for the pur pose of examination , though the ex amination takes a long time. Movements of War Ships. NEW YORK , Feb. 14. All the Rus sian warships except one left Chemul po , says the Yokohoma correspondent of the Herald. The British admiral , leaving on a cruiser has sailed for Nagasaki. The Japanese war ships are dividing the two squadrons , one at Yokosuka , the other at Shimidzu. They are not likely to leave Japanese waters. The United States cruiser Concord sails hence on February 19 to relieve the Boston at Chemulpo. Restrictions of Canada * BUFFALO , N. Y. , Feb. 14. The de partment of customs of the Dominion government has issued a mmorandum in regard to the entry of goods in the Yukon district. In brief , the new instructions provide that gords pur chased in Canada destined to the Klon dike district must be carried in Brit ish bottoms , otherwise full duty must be paid upon them. Callie Eppler pleaded guilty to "whitecapDing" at Dallas. Tex. , and was fined S100 and sent to jail for thir ty days , the lightest penalty allowed. 1 , , in j mwwtm Bin-riirirnmirnmrWtn-r SEAECHING'JN EUINS. t • . . . . . . - * THE DEATH LIST MAY EXCEED ESTIMATES. Chief Humphreys of the rittslmrsr Tire Department Sure Others nro Under the Dchrls Dancer of Further Explosions The Record of Mortality Up to the 1'ro- sent Writing. The rittshursr Fire. PITTSBURG , Feb. 12. The work of searching for bodies in the ruins of Wednesday night's fire was continued through last night by 200 men , but no more bodies were found. The debris is still piled ten feet high , however , and , as more than a score of people ara still missing , the work will be continued without cessation until it is positively known that no more dead are buried beneath the debris. That more people were killed Chief Humph reys of the fire department says there can be no doubt. He sav , the walls go down in the midst of a great mass of humanity huddled .together in a small space , and , while lie did not care to estimate the number of people killed , he says it will be largely in ex cess of any estimate yet made. The search for the bodies is attended by great danger , not only from weakened walls , but from 125 tanks of anly- drade known to be still in the smould ering ruins. Anlydrade is ammonia in its most powerful state and its ig- .nition would result in an explosion which would cause incalculable disas ter. The firemen are keeping a num ber of streams constantly playing on this part of the building. It is thought that precautionary methods will avert further disaster. Mrs. McFadden and her fa mil v of eight children , who were believed to have bfen buried under the walls , are safe. They were found living a short distance from the scene of the disaster , having moved from Mulberry avpnue only a few days before. Michael O'Hearn of Oil City and James Bever ly of Grafton , were among the missing , have also turned up. OHearn was visiting friends in Alleghenv and Bev erly was taken suddenly ill and is in Mercy hospital. As a result of the catastrophe a movement to prevent the _ storage of bonded liquor or ammonia within the corporate limits of the citv has been commenced. Safety Director J. O. Brown has promised the neoplff to see to it that the city councils will have a chance to pass on an intended piece of legislation to this effect at the next mpeting held at. Municipal hall. The record of the fire at this time is : Known dead , elpven ; missing , twentv-six : injured , e'ehteen ' : pronpHy lose $1,000,000 ; insurance , about $1 , - 000,000. . ' iJSf DE LOME INCIDENT. The Stir at the Capital Has Quieted Dowr , WASHINGTON , Feb. 12. The fol lowing statement was given out for publication ot the state department : General Woodford telegranhed that the minister's resignation had been ; accepted before hp presented the tele gram from the department. He adds that the first secretary at Washington will be placed in charge of the legation and a new minister will Ijp annointed at once. Full reports to follow. It is believed here that the incident is practically closed. All sorts of rumors were in circulation last night , including one that a snecial cabinet meeting was held at midnight. It can be stated positively that no cabinet meeting , formal or informal , was held last night. The formal notification to this gov ernment by Spain that Senor Dupuy de Lome has ceased to reprpsent it as minister will be made to thp state de partment about noon by Senor Don Juan du Boso , first secretary of lega tion , who will act as charge d'affaires until the arrival of Senor de Lome's successor. The notification will be purely formal and will state that Senor do Lome's resignation as min ister has been accepted and that the government will be represented for the present by Fenor du Boso , the first secretary of the legation. The retiring minister is actively engaged in preparing his personal ef fects for shipment and in leave taking of his friends and diDlomatio assneiatps in Washington. Some of his chatties were sent to New York todav. It is the present purpose of Senor de Lome to leave this country parly next week. He probably will sail by one of the French liners to Havrp and thence will proceed direct to Madrid. His connection , , officially with this govern ment has entirely ceaspd and he is henceforth a private citizen. Surprised at De Lome. MOBILE , Ala. , Feb. 12. Hannis Taylor , former minister to Spain , who is residing in this city , when con vinced of the authenticity of the De Lome letter , expressed surprise at his ungrateful and indiscreet action. Mr. Taylor says that De Lome is undoubt edly the most brilliant and discerning diplomat in the service of Spain , and that his present imprudence is inex plicable. The letter , he declares , is an affront to every American citizen , and that it is remarkable how it could have emanated from De Lome , in con sideration of the cordial relations which have hitherto existed between him and the administration. Mr. Taylor thinks the affair will have the effect of increasing the rancor in both countries , as the Spaniards bitterly despise Americans , and the masses will uphold De Lome's action. He be lieves , however , that his recall is a calamity to the mother country. Xovr Sehemn for Dimpt'ilHsm. , CHICAGO , Feb. 12. A novel sugges tion as to the possibility of obtaining a national basis of compromise be tween the advocates of the gold stand ard and their opponents is being ad vanced by W. S. Harbert of this city. The plan is for a circulating medium consisting of coin certificates payable half in gold and half in silver a two dollar certificate , for example , to be redeemed by one dollar in gold coin and one dollar In silver coin. If the relative value of one half shall dimin ish the value of the other , according to Mr. Harbert , would relatively in crease. I WWWrWWMMWll mi PHI it Ujt'iBn9mmmm0iimimmmmmm in in , , i > _ l I GREAT INDUCEMENTS. aCany StrejiniH In Alaska Not Yet I'roH- pected. WASHINGTON , Feb. 12. Puisuant to instructions from the acting secre ; tary of war a special supplementary report has been prepared by E. Hazard Wells , who acted as agoat for the Wty. department In bringing attention to Captain Ray's dispatches. Mr. Wells has been in Alaska three tlrae3 , has traversed the interior and has a prac tical knowledge of the country that is Inhabited by few persons. Ho says , among other things : "There are un doubtedly large deposits of gold in Alaska , rivaling those of the British Northwest territory. I noticed excel lent mineral indications upon the Ta- nana river and in other localities in . 1890. I discovered a true fissure vein of quarts eight feet in diameter with well defined casing rocks upon the up per Tanana. This quartz evidently contained metal. Specimens which I secured to take out to San Francisco for assay were subsequently lost in a river catastrophe. Numerous creeks entering the upper Tanana revealed colors of gold in the sand. "All of the gold-bearing streams of Alaska so far discovered , viz : Birch creek , Miller creek , Forty Mile creek , Sixty Mile creek and Seventy Mile creek , head in the vicinity of the Ta nana river and flow away to the north east. On the southwestern side and heading near the Tanana are the not ed Copper and Sushitna rivers , the latter being the gold-bearing stream which recently came into prominence through the placer discoveries on Cook's inlet. The Copper river is pop ularly supposed to be located in the heart of a mineral belt. It is a rea sonable deduction that if all the streams flowing away from the Ta nana itself must cut through a gold- bearing country. This opinion is shared by nearly all of the old-time miners now located in Dawson. Re cently excellent prospects were dis covered upon an American creek , a tributary of the Yukon in Alaska , just below Forty Mile creek. Miller creek , Bircli creek and other streams within the boundaries of Alaska in the Yukon valley still offers induce ments to placer miners. 1 do not be lieve that any better mining region will be discovered in Alaska than will be found in the Great Tanana valley. " The Indian Concrcgi Scheme. WASHINGTON , Feb. 12. The Indi an bill , in which the Trans-Mississ ippi exposition is vitally interested by reason of an amendment it carries ap propriating $45,000 for a congress of the Indian tribes , passed the senate yesterday afternoon. Senator Allen withdrawing his appeal on Senator Al lison's point of order against the amendment providing for the settle ment of the Otoe and Missouri re servation lands in Gage county rather than jeopardize measures in which the whole state of Nebraska is interested. It was thought best to allow the amendment to go over , in view of the fact that that Senator Thurston had a bill on the Otoe and Missouri affairs in Nebraska and Kansas. Senator Al len having withdrawn hs appeal the bill was put upon its passage , and , carrying the appropriation , not only for the Indian congress , but for Indi an tribes and Indian schools in Ne braska , South Dakota and Iowa , it was sent to the house. On Monday the bill will be reported and the house will nonconcur in the amendments as at tached to the bill by the senate and conferees will be appointed. Should there be a disposition tofight the measure in which Omaha , and the whole country for that matter , is in terested , counter opposition will be brought to bear aga'nst other features of the bill and a general debate devel oped. This , however , is not expected , the importance of other provisions of the bill being enough , it is believed , to carry it through , the free homes feature , which was attached as a- ruler. being a shrewd game on the part of the senate to force the house to pass the same to meet the clamor of many committees in which Indian re servations are located. Later in the day Senator Thurston called up and passed his bill providing for revision and adjustment of sales of Otoe and Missouri reservation lands , which pre cipitated such a row yesterday. There was no objections to the bill and with out amendment it slid through the senate. Shipping Out T.eiter Wheat. CHICAGO , Feb. 12. It is positively stated that contracts for moving 1,500 , - 000 bushels of Leiter wheat to the sea board have been made. Of this the Grand Trunk is reported to have se cured 500,000 bushels , the Nickel Plate 500,000 bushels and the Lehigh Valley 500.000 bushels. The cereal will be carried on a through rate from Chicago to Liverpool , so it cannot be ascertain ed what proportion vill accrue to the railroads for the haul to the seaboard. The Chronicle says : It is estimated that the Leiter holdings of wheat in this city and afloat will exceed 10,000.- 000 bushels , and since a recent visit to this city of the eastern exporters the suspicion has arisen that the en tire amount has been disposed of to a British syndicate. Freight men do not denv that negotiations looking to the placing of large contracts have been pending for sometime , and it is assert ed on reputable authority that every prominent eastern line connecting with Chicago has been invited to bid on the transportation of an indefinitely large amount of wheat to the seaboard. Snecial disoaches from Washington to Philadelphia say that Minister de Lomo cabled his resignation to the Spanish government. Goes Away With a X > l > raka < 1rl. CHICAGO , Feb. 12. The Chicago police are puzzled over the disappear ance of Earl Conway , a talented youth well known in musical circles , and Miss Ollie Y. 'ilson , daughter cf a wealthy Nebraska stockman. Al though the young woman is eleven years older than the lad , who is but 15 years old , the two. according to the story told to the police by he lad's parents , are deeply attached to one an other , and the Dolice have been lad to suspect that they have gone away together H - II ( I Rheumatic Pains / I „ Conflnod to Her Bed , but Hood'trJF * I Sarsaparllla Cured Her. fe-- " I was tnkeu with rheumatism nnd bu- * fcrctl a great deal of pain , and at tlmcj- I wna confined to my bed. I obtained only temporary relief from medicines , and o friend advised me to try Hood'a Scrap. - . parilla , which I did , nnd It cured mo. " " 5 Mhs. P. P. Hay , Centralia , III. I Hood's SarsapariHa ! 1 Is the best-In fact the One True Blood Pnrlncr. Hood's Pills euro sick lieudncho. 23c. / / I - - - - ' runs. 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M The question or spraying fruit trees , to pre M vent the depredations of imc-t pests ant * M fungus diseases is no logger an xporimentrt W M but a necessity. 1 Our readers -will do ivell to write Win StahS | BIB H St..Quincy III. , and pet his catalogue- H describing twentv-oac styles or SproyinK Out 1 H fits ai.d full treati-- on sprayinjf the tire.ent H fniii and vegetable crops , which may le had ; l H for the asking and contains niucliuluajlt | information. i I H The dance they sit out is the most > < - H delightful to a pair of lovers. , H Jf Established 1780. 5f. H | Baker's | I g Chocolate , I ' I < * ; ' CI \ celebrated for more $ * • ' H , Csi than a century as a ! H fesSjLY ) delicious , nutritious , s3 i H % 1 * H ' an < flesh-forming | > z&W&4l ueverage has our * g- H & \i&&tti. well-known ' H > m tUm Yellow Label * < & MnWi \ . . , . , s * - & ra ' V'Wh ontne"ont ° f every rg > , H a Wi I fi \l \ Packase an ( * our 5 | | f | j l l IF trade-mark , " ! Belle & jT M ® Bill& t ! ' ! ] Chocolatiere , "on the | | S - SETD..CK. . t m > < ? ' H > NONE OTHER GENUINE. < y- M & 3' ' R MADE ONLY BY B | WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. , % * H § Dorchester , Mass. * ' | bt5t5tt5tt5tSt5it5t5t5c5t5t3 ! = StGt ! M Klondikers S Fix this fact in your memory : The | | Burlington Route is the shortest , qnick- | est and cheapest line to Seattle and1 | | and Tacoma. " " " " ' H Only 2I days , Omaha to Puget Sonnd _ M Tickets at offices of connecting lines- * " - H Klondike folder , containing Its pages of prao * i H tical Information and an up-to-dutc man. H sent for 4 cents in stamps. H HH J. Francis , General Passenger Aent ; , ' > 1 Omaha. Neb. * 1H