M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KIOOIELI , , Publisher.
McCOOK , - - JNEBRASKA
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Reports from the Klondike say tha
i beef famine IB threatened.
The death Is announced In London o
Sir James Paget , aged 86 years.
Peruvian papers urge the appoint
mcnt of a minister to Washington.
Admiral TJewey and wife will be th
guests of the city of Savannah , ii
March.
Newcastle , Ind. , lost eight busines
buildings by fire. Amount not esti
mated.
Two more gold discoveries , "tin
greatest ever made" are reported fron
Alaska.
The New York municipal counci
has changed the name of Elm stree
to Dewey avenue.
Governor Stephens of Missouri hai
decided not to call an extra sessloi
of the legislature.
Mike E. Burke , Savanah , Ga. , hai
been arrested charged with choking hli
aged mother to death.
Commander Booth-Tucker of tin
Salvation Army and his wife sallec
for England on the 1st.
Norval Baptio , the Bath Gate , N. D.
skater , covered a mile at Lake Min-
netonka , Minn. , in 2:08.
In a fight at the Colony , London
Ky. , John Bull and Willis Strong wen
probably fatally Injured.
Prof. Crosby Emery of Bowdoln col
lege , has been offered the chair of po-
Mtical economy at Yale.
The Navy department has decided
to sell the auxiliary cruiser Resolute
bought by it for $480,000.
Emperor Francis Joseph has ap
pointed Prince Henry of Prussia an
admiral in the Austrian army.
Bolivia has accepted the invitation
to participate at the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo in 1901.
The captain and crew of eight men
of the wrecked steamer Fannia P.
Brown have reached New York.
Alphonse Hempke , aged 48 , was
found frozen to death within a block
of his home at Detroit , Mich.
Governor-elect Nash of Ohio will be
inaugurated next week by the seventy-
fourth general assembly of the state.
The products of gold ore in Cripple
Creek for the present year was 422,805
tons with a bullion value of $19,743-
100.
100.Mr.
Mr. and Airs. John Freeman of
Frankfort , Ky. , were killed by a Mo-
i-on train while driving across the
track.
At the Greenwood athletic club , in
Brooklyn , Tommy West knocked out
Doc Payne of Cleveland in the second
end round.
A deed transferring the Flint &
Pere Marquette property to the Pere
Marquette company has been filed at
Detroit , Mich.
Herman Fitzlaff , wife and five chil
dren of Milwaukee , are crftcally ill of
trichinae poisoning due to eating bo
logna sausage.
The Amalgamated Copper company
has filed at Trenton , N. J. , a certificate
that its $75,000,000 capital has been
pam up in cash.
Berlin ushered in the new year wltii
the tolling of bells and booming of
cannon the Germans considering it the
beginning of a new century.
George B. Yawler , pioneer govern
ment scout and Indian fighter , died
in St. Joseph , Mo. , aged 69. He was
the associate of many noted western
characters.
" "
"Andrew Johnson fell down a 600-foot
shaft in a mine near Calumet , Mich. ,
and was killed. A co-laborer has been
arrested on suspicion of being con
cerned in it.
Hardware dealers all over the south
received a telegram from the Amer
ican Steel and Wire company's Chicago
cage office advancing the price of nails
and wire 25 cents per 100 pound , ef
fective on the 1st All kinds of shelf
hardware was advanced 11 per cent.
Three victims of the collision on the
Denver Pacific at Brighten are in a
critical condition. W. G. Tompkins ,
traveling man for Bradley & Ander
son of Kansas City , is suffering from
a compound fracture of the skull ,
Michael Regan , section foreman , has
a fractured skull and serious inter
nal injuries , C. H. Payn ? , ranchman ,
was severely burned and may not re
cover from the shock.
The battleship Massachusetts has
arrived at New York , and it is under
stood she will soon go out of com
mission , in order to furnish a crew
for one of the new battleships , Ken
tucky or Kearsarge.The navy de
partment has reconsidered its decision
to put the collier Marcellus out of
commision. The formal transfer of
tUe converted yacht Viking from the
navy to the army , has taken place at
Norfolk.
All the factories controlled by the
American Window Glass company
were started up on the 31st The
company will operate at present 1,620
pots. A well known glass manufac
turer states that the estimated produc
tion for the coming fire of five and
one-half months , will be that of 2,830
pots. Of this number the American
Window Glass company controls 1,620
pots , leaving 1,218 pots in the hands
of the independents. The production
will be limited by the scarcity of
blowers.
Andrew Carnegie presented Cbey-
ennne , Wyo. , with ? 50,000 to be used
in the construction of a free public
library.
At Green Bay , WIs. , Kid Ryan .of
Philadelphia was -given the decision
over Joe Percento of Milwaukee in a
fast ten-round bout
Admiral Dewey has subscribed $50
to the fund being- raised at Atlanta ,
Ga.to erect a monument to his" flag
lieutenant , Thomas M..Brumby.
Cutters , flatteners and gatherers at
the Holton glass platt , Central City ,
W. Va. , are out on a strike. Rivalry
between labor organizatfons is given
as the cause.
Kuruman Garrison Surrenders , Irene
Loses Heavily , Dordrecht Evacuated.
NEARLY THREE HUNDRED CAPTURE
Losses at the British Greatly Added T
In One Day's Kcports tnst Real Nen
lrrom Jjiidysmlth la Garrison la liar
Prcuscd Gloomy Views In London.
NEW YORK , Jan. 8. Three mor
serious reverses have been suffered b
British arms in South Africa. Infoi
mation has just been received of th
surrender of the garrison at Kurumar
IJechuanaland , in the northern part o
Cape of Good Hope colony , last weeli
One hundred and twenty English pri
oners , including nine officers , wcr
taken , besides seventy natives , who ar
now on their way to Pretoria by wa ;
of Vryburg.
General French reports a check t
his operations near Colesberg , in Cloef
berg district. Seventy men , iucludinj
seven officers of the First battalion o
the Suffolk regiment , were captured ii
an attempt to storm the Boers' posi
tion.
tion.Pretoria
Pretoria ad vices-tell of the Britisl
having been compelled to leave or
drecht , being unable to hold the towi
against Oem Paul's forces. Dordrech
is in Wodehouse district , northeast o
Sterksstrom. All these reverses oc
curred in British territory.
London military experts look on thi
dark shle of the situation at Lady
smith. 'One says : "Today or tomorrov
may bring word that White's divisioi
has ceased to exist as a military force. '
LONDON , Jan. 8. ( New York Worlc
Cablegram. ) AH London that wai
awake stopped up until the small hours
anxiously awaiting further news fron
Ladysmith and the editors in charge
of all the morning newspapers postpon
ed going to press until the last momenl
in the hope of more definite news o !
the situation and the fear that Whit
had been forced to surrender or Lady
smith's defense had been carried bj
storm.
Groups assembled early in the even
ing at the war office , but gloomily de
parted for the clubs later when it was
seen that there was little hope of fur
ther definite news. Persons about the
tickers in the evening were universally
despondent They could not under
stand the paucity of Buller's telegram.
They mourned , commented en Buller's
failure to distract attention by his re
connaissance , and White's report that
he was hard pressed. French's disas
ter only added to the dismay of the
civilian experts. Those who discussed
it could not understand his report that
all was as usual , followed by the report
of the commander that lines of commu
nication had been severed and that
seventy British had been taken prison
ers , including ten officers.
A dozen times in the war office corri
dors and about tickers this remark
was heard : "What if Ladvsmith has
fallen ? What then ? "
* The jingo answer was : "We must
fight on. "
The reply to this was : "Well , if
you fisht on. as you have fought , the
whole British army , volunteers and mi
litia , must be started to South Africa. "
I saw several correspondents of con
tinental newspapers. All agreed"that if
Ladysmith had surrendered or was
captured the Boers would then be in
the finest possible position to play the
magnanimous role with Great Britain ,
and that Leyds could go with the greatest -
est assurance to any one of the great
powers and solicit intervention to stop
the slaughter of British troops and
negotiate for peace. Foreign diplo
mats suggest that in that event the
Boers might not only insist on the in
dependence of the two republics , but
demand and secure a seaport on the
2ast coast of Africa.
SIXTY FILIPINOS ARE KILLED.
Ucconnalssnuces Out of Iiuns Result in
Pitched Fights.
MANILA , Jan. S. Reconnaissances
3ut of Imus , Cavite provinces , this
morning resulted in the loss of three
Americans killed and twenty wounded.
The enemy's loss if ? estimated at
sixty killed and eighty wounded. Col-
snel Birkheimer , with a battalion of
: he Twenty-eighth infantry , advanced
inward Noveleta. Major Taggart , with
: wo battalions cf the same regiment
noved toward Perez Das Pinas. A
part of the Fourth infantry was en
gaged south of Imus.
General Schwan's column , advanc-
ng to the south , occupied Binan. One
American was killed and three were
ivounded. Nine of the enemy's dead
, vere found on the field after the fight.
Y number of rifles were captured and
several prisoners were taken.
" -Johnson , " a deserter from the Sixth
United States artillery , clothed in a
aajor's uniform , was found among
.he insurgent dead at Noveleta yester-
lay.
General Wheaton is moving towards
Perez Das Minas today.
Says Goebel WllJ Be Seated.
CHICAGO , 111. . Jan. 8. Urey Wooden -
; on of Kentucky , national democratic
; ommitteeman from that state and a
nember of the ways and means com-
aittee , who came to Chicago to attend
.he Jacksonian banquet , said : "Mr.
Soebel will be in possession of the gov-
srnor'a office between January 25 and
rebruary 1. Senator Blackburn and not
tfr. Goebel is the man who insisted on
tarrying the contest up to the legisla-
; ure. "
A n > rc of Spanish War IJrnd.
NEW YORK , Jan. 8. Captain Frank
\I. Faircloth. commander of the trans-
tort Seguranca during } he Spanish-
American war , died at his home in
rersey City today , aged 70 years. He
vas born in Newark , N. J. . and was a
'etcraii of three wars , the Mexican ,
ivil and Spanish. In the- war of the
ebellion lie was commander of the
government steamer Boston , which
? as burned to prevent the confederates
aklng possession of it. During the
lattlo of Santiago Captain Faircloth
teed on the bridge of the battleship
ndiana. He also assisted in carrying
he Spaniards back to Spain.
ALL BOER GUNS ARE WORKING.
Pouring In Shells Upon I.ulj-smlth Froi
Every Position.
LONDON , Jan. 8. A dispatch to tl
Daily Chronicle from Frero camp says
Saturday's bombardment of Ladj
smith was the heaviest yet recordei
All the heavy guns were working an
the Boers seemed to be pouring i
shells from available lighter gun.
The Daily Mail has the followinj
dated January 6 , at noon , from Frer
camp :
At 3 o'clock this morning very heav
firing began at Ladysmith. It Inste
fully four hours and must have bee
either a sorties by the British or a d
termlned attack on the garrison by th
Boers. Our shells could be seen fall
ing on Umbulwahna hill and the en
emy was replying.
Beside the cannon reports there wer
sounds Indicating smaller pieces o
artillery in action. The fighting mus
have been at closer range than ha
been the case up to now. Our nava
guns at Chievely sent their usual fir
into the Boer camp there , but ther
has been no further movement.
According to a private telegram re
ceived in London the eavl of Ava. thi
son of the Marqais of Dufferin an <
Ava , was dangerously wounded in tin
the thigh during a recent assault 01
Ladysmith.
FRERE CAMP , Jan. 8. New Yorl
World Cablegram. A private hello
heliograph message from Ladysmitl
states that the Boers attacked this
morning at 2 o'clock in great force
on all sides of the town. The cami
garrison opened a tremendous fin
with musketry and field guns , repuls
ing three distinct attacks. The mes
sage reports that fighting still contin
ues , but the cannonade has dwindlec
to a big buhvana gun , which fires
vindictively. It is impossible that th <
enemy has not sustained severe loss
GERMANS ARE INDIGNANT.
Publications Being Made by England to
Offend America.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 8. The state
ment published today credited to the
London Spectator , regarding Germany
and the Monroe doctrine , caused some
comment in diplomatic circles here
today. Officials of the Gc.-man embas
sy say that they lament the appear
ance of such statements and declare
they are published with a view of cre
ating a distrust of Germany's real at
titude toward the American nation.
Ambassador von Holleben , when
shown the article referred to , declared
that it was without foundation from
start to finish. He should not have
paid any heed to it , except for the fact ,
that his attention had been called tci
the matter by a representative of the
press. He hopes , he says , that no
serious attention will be given to pub
lications of the character stated , but' '
that they will be treated with con
tempt by fair-minded people.
FATAL KENTUCKY fEUD.
the Fight Starts in the Yard of B School
House.
LONDON , Ky. , Jan. 8 News reach
ed here today of a general fight on
Otter creek , Clay county , in which
Lige Lewis and Gene May were shot
and killed and four other participants
seriously wounded. The fight occurred -
red at a school house on Otter creek , '
where one of the Jacksons was on
trial before a magistrate for killing an
other Jackson. The fight was started
soon after the trial began and court
was adjourned and the fight carried
an both in the school house and the
pard. Four of the men were brought
: o Manchester last night and placed in
iail.
iail.Lige
Lige Lewis , one of the men killed ,
s a brother of ex-Sheriff Joe Lewis of
Dlay county.
LICK STAMPS ANOTHER YEAR.
* o Attempt Will Be Made to Change
War Revenue Act.
CHICAGO , Jan. 8. A ppecial to the
rimes-Herald from Washington says :
'There will be no revision of the war
nternal revenue tax law at this ses
sion of the Fifty-sixth congress , " said
Congressman Hopkins of the house
vays and means committee this even-
ng. "There are several reasons for
.his , the principal one and the only
me worth referring to being that the
var in the Philippines is not over and
ve do not know how long we will have
: o keep a large army there. Under
hese circumstances we cannot accu-
ateiy judge of what the actual needs
> f the army will be and the only thing
o do is to let the existing schedule re-
nain. "
END Of DR. M'GLYNN'S LIFE.
NEWBURGH , N. Y. , Jan. 8. Rev.
) r. Edward McGlynn , rector of St.
Jary's church , died at the rectory at
:20 o'clock this afternoon after an ill-
icss of about seven weeks of heart
allure , superinduced by Bright's dis-
: ase.
ase.A
A minor surgical operation was per-
ormed on Dr. McGlynn last night , but
his did not affect the patient nor con-
ribute materially to his death.
During the night he had several
inking spells and the physicians were
ailed early to his bedside , where they
emained until he died.
Civil War Office Dead.
NEW YORK , Jan. 8. Brevet Briga-
ier General William Glenny is dead
a this city , aged 69 years. In the civil
far he rose to be colonel of the Sixty-
ourth New York volunteers. He was
"
reveted a brigadier general for gal-
intry. He was severely wounded at
he battle of Fair Oaks.
Republicans May Appeal.
FRANKFORT , Ky. , Jan. 8. Republi-
an leaders , who are on confidential
srrns with Governor Taylor , intimated
onight that the republican contestees
jay .not quit the fight in the event the
; gislature and the state contest board
ote to seat Goebel as governor and the
ther democratic -.contestants. They
ave by no means given up hope that
iey will win in the legislature , but
re taking time by the forelock and are
> cking around for other moves in case
oebel should win. It is generally be-
eved they will seek "to raise a federal
uestion and take the case into the
nited States sureme court.
Seizure of Bnndersrath May Result ii
Triune Understanding.
INDIGNATION MEETING IN GERMAN )
Request Tor an Kxplanatlon lias Xot Yci
Ilccn Kc-gpoiidod To and Gorman OKI1
cltils Are Therefore Suspending Judg
meat Coalition May Ho Entered Into
BERLIN , Jan. C. The seizure 01
the Bundersrath remains the dominani
topic of the German prcsa. Influentia
papers like the Berliner Tagcblatt
Cologne Volks-Zeitung , Berliner Neue
ste Nachrlchten , Hambuiger Corre-
spondeuz and the semi-official Berlinei
Post strongly hint at the possibility
of Germany forming a coalition with
France. The anti-British feeling if
clearly growing. A series of anti-
British demonstrations in the various
cities is being organized by the pan-
Germanic league.
A prominent official of the German
foreign office who was interviewed this
evening by the correspondent of the
Associated Press said tha : Great Brit
ain hcd not yet answered Germany's
request for an explanation of the seiz
ure , but that the reply was expected
in the course of a few days. The forr
eign office , according to this official ,
has not yet concluded that Great Brit
ain is trying to ride roughshod over
Germany.
The correspondent asked what po
sition Germany takes regarding Eng
land's right to search German ships
on the high seas. The official ansv.'ered
that nothing could be divulged at this
stage ; but he pointed rut that the
Bundersrath was sailing ior a Portu
guese port. On being asked what Ger
many would do should it turn out
that the Bundersrath was carrying
contraband of war , he gave a non
committal reply , but gave the intima
tion that such a discovery would seri
ously damage Germany's case.
Referring to the rumor that the
Swiss commission had decided to
award damages to 'Great Britain in
the Delagoa Bay arbitration the for
eign official intimated that such a de
cision might not mean that England
would secure Delagoa bay. Inasmuch
as France might advance to Portugal
the money to pay the award and thus
England might be shut off with no
choice but to accept the situation.
V The Hanover Courier , confirming
earliest reports regarding the ship
ment of arms and ammunition from
Germany , asserts that Geraman rifles
have been sent to the Transvaal since
the outbreak of the war. It says :
"We know from a trustworthy source
that 40.000 German rifles of the new
est and best construction have ar
rived at Pretoria in good condition.
They reached Lourenzo Marquez by
way of China , having beosv deceptive
ly packed and declared as furniture
in which pianos played tbe chief role.
The Lei&sic Neueste NachrJchten as
serts upon what it calls absolutely re
liable information that Herr Krupp is
making steel shells for Great Britain
at Essen.
AMERICAN PRISONERS FREE.
Colonels Hare ami Howe Succeed In
Difficult Undertaking : .
MANILA , Jan. C. Colonel Luther
R. Hare of the Thirty-third infantry ,
and Lieutenant Colonel Robert L.
Howse of the Thirty-fourth infantry ,
with all the American prisoners , in-
2lading Lieutenant Gillrcore , have ar
rived at Vigau , province of bouth
[ locos.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 5 After a sil-
juce of several days General Otis is
ible to notify the War department of
: he important success of the military
jperations in northwest Luzon , the
nain object of which was the rescue
) i the American prisoners , which the
nsurgents took with them in their
light. Although General Otis does not
specify Lieutenant Gillmore , U. S. N. ,
jy name the wording of his message
s taken to mean that that officer was
imong the list of rescued prisoners.
General Otis' message is as follows :
"MANILA , Jan. 5. Colonels Hare
ind Howse just arrived at Vigau ,
lorthwest Luzon , with all American
) rlsoners. Their successful pursuit a
emarkable achievement. Generals
Schwan and Wheaton , now with sep-
i/rate solumns in Cavite province. Af-
airs in Luzon , north of Manila , great-
y improved. OTIS. "
ALASKA WILL NEED TROOPS.
/abiuet Decides to Send Soldiers Tnere
in the Spring.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 6. The meel-
ng of the cabinet was devoid ot im-
lortant features. One of the members
tated after adjournment that the
luestion of tendering the good offices
if this government for a settlement
if the South African dispute , as sug-
; ested in the dispatches from Brussels
his morning , was not touched upon ,
.nd that the question of the seizin e
if American cargoes by British shijs
tad not come up.
It was definitely decided today to
end additional troops to Alaska in
he spring. The points to which they
/ill be sent have not been determined
pen , except Cape Nome , where it ia
stimated there will be 30,000 people
s soon as navigation opens. Troops
re absolutely necessary to preserve
rder.
FIGHTING AT COLESBURu.
trltish Are Still Prevented From Enter
ing the Town.
RBNSBURG , Cape Colony , Jan. G.
Evening. Colesberg has not yet been
ccupied. The Boers unexpectedly at-
acked the British left at dayoreak
his morning , but were repulsed ,
'hey occupied hills to the north of the
awn , but were eventually driven out
f their positions , after an hour's
helling by our guns. They still hold ,
owever , the hills immediately sur-
oundingthe town , preventing Tha
iritish from advancing along the rall-
-ay.
TO KEEP THE PHILIPPINES.
A Resolution Setting l-'ortli tlio Goverr
111 fill's Intentions.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 5. At It.
opening of today's session of the set
ate Beveridge of Indiana urcsentc
this resolution :
That the Philippine islands ate tt ;
ritory belonging to the Ui.ited Stated
that it is the intention of tr.e Unite
States to retain them ad SUCK and . *
establish ami maintain such oven
mental control throughout the aroh
pelage as the situation may deuiano.
He asked that the resolution he upo :
the table until next Tuesday , whi.n ii
will speak upon it.
It is known that Senator Bovc :
irde's resolution on the Philippine1
introduced today , was wiiticn oy th
senator in consultation with Scuatot
Lodge , chairman of the Philippiu
committee ; Davis , chairman oi' the foi
eign relations committee , and Ailisor
chairman of the committee on ippro
priations , the last named iinnlly revc
ing it to the form in which ilas lu
trodticed.
It is understood that the resolution
is a composite expression o the view :
of the republican senators , and tha
Senators Platt , Davis and Lodge ar -
Beveridge were in favor of a moie po : > i
tive declaration ; and the resolution IL <
it stands Is as fair an expiession as i :
possible of the position of rcpablicu
senators upon this question.
A message from the president v.'i <
read , transmitting the testimony takr
by the commission appointed to inv.s
tigate the conduct of the war by tin
war department.
A resolution was presented oy P-.1
tigrew calling upon the secrec irj o !
the navy for the report of A'lrair'1
Dewey of April 13 , 1898 , in which t u
admiral said he could take Manila al
any time. He asked immediate coasid
eration , but Spooner objected and tu
resolution went over.
The consideration of Petttercw's
resolution concerning the advances rs
ported to have been made by Agu'n
aldo through General Torres to uon
eral Otis after the beginning of Iiost.il
ities in the Philippines was yastyontO
until Monday.
Hoar of Massachusetts offered a reso
lution , which was adopted , reclutJusj
the mileage fees to be paid witness's
in cases before the senate to $3 per J-iy
ilay while in attendance and dct.ai
traveling expenses. This will leducp
the amount for witnesses in the Clu.rk
case about one-half.
TERRlTORIALjBILLJOR HAWAII.
iciinte Committee Orders a Kavorablo
Report on the Measure.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 5. The oOate
committee on foreign relations coliiv
H-dered a favorable report op the biil
: reating a territorial government In. :
Hawaii. A few modifications c' tl.e
> riginal bill were made , the most im-
jortant being the validation of u-e
; ale of lands since annexation and firi
ng the tenure of the supreme court ,
udges at nine years. The provision for
i delegate in congress remains in tiie
) ill.
ill.The
The amendment concerning the sale
) f public lands in the bill reported
or the territorial governmert of ila-
vaii is as follows :
"That all sales , grants , leases and
> ther dispositions of the public uo-
nain or agreements concerain& LMJ
ame and franchises granted by the
Hawaiian government in coalcrraity
ir'ith the laws of Hawaii prioi to S Mi-
ember 11 , 1899 , are hereby rutifn d
ml confirmed. "
Senator Cullom reported the tuH to
he senate with amendments.
AMERICAN EXHIBIT AT PARIS.
lore Than Seven Thousand Yankee Ex
hibitors.
CHICAGO , Jan. a. According to sta
istlcs collected by the Tribune thete
r'ill be more than 7,000 American e.v
ibitors at the Paris exposition. Of
his number five-sixths are classhieu LS
xhibitors in agriculture , mines , lit-
rature and periodicals , science and
ne arts , religious , charitaole an.l otli-
r associations , schools , colleges , etc.
The number of exhibitors in the
urely commercial brancacs who Lad
ccepted space up to the lirst of tlie
ear was 1,110. Among the large titir-s
f the country New York had 224 ex-
ibitors to its credit. Chicago is 3--c-
nd , with 112.
Among the strongest numerically aio
le manufacturers of wines , who are
oiiig to show the French experts what
.merica can do in the way of proluc-
ig champagne and all the other vin-
iges in which France has so long held
a easy supremacy.
FATHER M'GLYNN IS DYING.
iffering : From a Disease Which Bailies
the rhj-slclnns.
NBWBURG , N. Y. , Jan. 5. He * . Dr.
dward McGlynn , pastor or St. Maiy'a
oman Catholic church in tais oitv ,
; still confined to his room by illness
ad his condition is such as to caasn
arm among his friends. Sis u cks
; o he was taken ill , but there was
, -ery sign of an early recovery and
le physicians said he would be him-
ilf again in ten days. But be contij-
2d to lose flesh and strength daily ,
is once tall and robust frame is HJW
naciated and he is now scarcely re-
ignizable even by close friends. It
is just become public that he has a
ysterirus growth on the right hip
id its ap : arance has baffled the phy-
cians. It is eating its way into bio
stem and robbing him of his vitality
id strength. The doctors say uc is
) t in condition 10 undergo an opera-
on.
Senate Cuban Committee Meets.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 5 The senate
immittee on Cuba held it- first meet-
g. No action was tak n , but there
as a general discussion of the atti-
de of the United State-5 toward the
land. The prevailing opinion seem-
i to be favorable to the Teller air.end-
ent , promising independence to the
ibans as soon as paciiic conditions
iould be restored.
There was some talk cf bavin ? the
immittee make a trip to Cuba for
e purpose of investigating conditions
f.-re , but no conclusion was reached.
W. D. Ilowells said the other day in
the course of an interview that when
the great American novel came to be
written at least a portion of it would
have to be enacted on Wall street , New
York , that being n typical phase of pe
culiarly American life.
It 5s announced by the comptrolled
of the currency that the Philadelphia
Record will be sold for the benefit of
th ecreditors of the late Mr. SIngerly.
As It is quoted at from $2,500,000 to
$4,000,000 , it looks like a pretty good
asset.
"Proof of the Padding
Is in the Eating. " ,
It is not what we say , but what Hood's
Sarsaparilla does , that tells the story.
Thousands of people give the proof by
telling of remarkable cures by Hood's Sar
saparilla of Scrofula , Salt Rheum , Dys
pepsia , Catarrh , Rheumatism , and all
other blood diseases and debility.
An impure thought in the heart locks
its door on Cod.
A New Star.
Big resourceful Texas is famed for
its great undertakings. The newest
and brightest star which has shot
athwart its horizon is the wonderful
town of La Porte , located on Galveston -
ton Bay midway between Houston and
Galveston in the celebrated Coast
Country of Texas. A happy trinity of
pluck , brains and capital is here found
at work building up a great deepwater
seaport city. Extensive public work la
under way including wharfs , docks and
water front shipping facilities. The
U. S. Government is soon to deepen
the channel , thus enabling the largest
ocean vessels to receive and discharge
cargoes at La Porte.
Use Magnetic Starcli 1C has no equal.
The crosses created by carelessness
cannot be credited to God.
S100 Reward G1OO.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn iha * , there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages , and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu
tional disease , requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally ,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system , thereby destroying the
foundation of thedisease , nd lvinsthcpatient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doinp its work. The pro
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of
Testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , O.
Sold bv dru 'ists 7. > c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Universalist church reports
1,003 parishes and 47,471 families , an
increase of about 1,200 families over
last year.
Magnetic Starch -is the very best
laundry starch in the world.
Japanese mills prefer American cot
ton because it has a longer staple than
that from any other country.
Try Magnetic Starch it will last
longer than any other.
It takes a. good man to do 5001 !
things.
Try Qrain = Q !
Try Gran ! = 0 !
Ask you Grocer to-day to show yon
n package of GRAIN-O , the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without
injury as well as the adult. All who
try it , like it. ' GRAIN-O has that < * O
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java ,
but it is made from pure grains , and
the most delicate stomach receives it
without distress. the price of coffee.
15 cents and 25 cents per package.
Sold by all grocers.
Tastes like Coffee
Looks like Coffee
Insist that yonr grocer gives you GEAIK-O
Accept no imitation.
La Porie , Texas
situated on TexasI
Bay , is destined to be I
the most prosperous r
city on the Gulf of
lexico. It is the natural seaport for the pro-
uctsof the entire Middle , Northern and West.
TO states and ( or Houston , the great railroad
utter of Texas. The U. S. Government has
oted $3,000,000 for harbor Improvements ,
apital is flowing- and men of wealth and
Lfluence are makinginvestments. . An Invest-
lent In a town lot in La Porte will net
BU BOO per cent In 5 years. Write for
REE MAPS , DESCRIPTIVE BOOK
id ART ILLUSTRATIONS to
MERICAN LAND COMPANY ,
188 Madison St. , CHICAGO.
CANDY CATHARTIC
l .rff it S d POTATO Craven in Antrifa. Prices '
E1.20 * Ji. Knonnou.itotl.ofGri. * , COTW aad Farm ftk
Srdb Send thl notlre aid lOe far tatal r and 11 A
IMBE FAUS SEED 1
SAJIPtES.
_ A.SitZER SEEDCO.JLA CHOSSE.
3oat smoked in a few bonrswith
KRAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE.
5Ude from hickory wood. Cheaper , rleaner ,
strerter , and nrir th n the old way. S nd for
.Circular. IXKIIAtbEltA1IKO.ilUtouI'm.
JRES COUGHS AND COLDS.
fJEVENTS CONSUMPTION.
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