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M'COOK TRIBUNE. r. M. KIMMEIX , McCOOK , NEBRASKA | BRIEF TELEGRAMS , , John A. Drake has won $1,000,000 in the five months he has been on the English turf. The city of Berlin will hold a special exposition in 1901 , of its architectural and subway exhibits. The population of Alabama Is 1,823- 897 , against 1,513,017 In 1890 , an in crease of 20.8 per cent. Rev. A. Nelson Hollifield of Newark , N. J. , the retired moderator of the New Jersey Presbyterian synod , dropped dead of heart disease. Congressman John' B. Corliss of De troit was remnominated by acclama tion by the First district republican convention of Michigan. The king of Greece made an unan nounced visit to the United States pa vilion at the Paris exposition and thor oughly examined the display. The British Museum authors' cata logue is now completed , after twenty years' labor , and has cost $200,000. It consists of 100 volumes and 70 supple ments. General Andre , French minister of war , has almost concluded , according to La France Milltarle Et Rellgieuse. the drafting of a bill to reform court- martials. Military day at the Alabama state fair , a feature was the presentation to Lieut. Hobson of a loving cup from the people of Alabama. General Joe Wheeler made the presentation speech. At Hempstead , Texas. , after an ill ness of four months- , Rabbi Hayman Schwarz died. He was one of the most widely known Jewish teachers in the "United States.and had also a European reputation. In England during the past few years , it is claimed , 140,320 farm labor ers have been displaced by machinery , while the making of the lattter , it is estimated , required only the labor of 4,600 men for one year. Victoria , Australia , has built seven local railways on the co-operative prin ciple. The railways were estimated for by contarct at 547,908 , but by work ing the co-operative principle they were completed for 251,211. "Johanna , " Barnum & Bailey's fam ous gorilla , has just died of pneumonia' . Lieut. Chambers of the navy starts for Charleston , S. C. , to superintend the borings at the sites which are being examined for the proposed navy yaid to be located there. Another prize was captured by an Iowa man at the National Live Stock exposition at Kansas City , being fifth prize for Shorthorn from twelve to eighteen months of age , awarded for Warden Secret , exhibited by George E. Ward of Hawarden. Although official assurance has not yet been received in Berlin from the several powers regarding the Anglo- German agreement , the imperial chan cellor is assured by diplomatic repre sentatives that the various govern ments will readily enter into the agreement. It has been announced officially that the United States government distinct ly favors the Anglo-German agree ment relative to China. A formal re sponse of indorsement will be made soon. The German charde d'affaires , Count de Unadt , has had a conference with Secretary Hay , at which the text of the Anglo-German agreement was gone over in its entirety. The Fairmount Coal and Mining company was organized at Pittsburg by operators representing thirty-nine of the largest plants in West Virginia. The output of the combination is 10- 000,000 tons annually and the capital involved is about $10,000,000. The ob ject of the combination is to further the placing of large quantities of the mine products in markets already es tablished. The British admiralty , according to the Daily Mail , is about to organize a reserve squadron for home waters. Lord Rosebery , the London Daily Chronicle announces , is about to pub lish a volume entitled , "Napoleon The Last Phase , " a study of the emperor during the closing years "of his life at St. Helena. The Berlin municipal council has ap pointed a commission to investigate the scarcity of dwellings in Berlin. The fire department at Galveston , Tex. , has commenced the work of burning - ing the immense drifts of wreckage resulting from the hurricance of Sep tember 8. Barker turned the tables on John Jordon in the world's checker cham pionship at Boston , winning in 34 moves. The agricultural college experiment station of North Dakota was awarded a gold medal at the Paris exposition for the best display of fife and blue stem wheat. The total registration for Greater New York for 1900 is 646,154. Prof. J. E. Lough of "the Oshkosh. Wis. , normal school , has been appoint ed head of new normal school which is about to be established at Manila. Philippine islands. It is probable that he will accept It has been decided to sell the Span ish legation buildings at Pekin , which are now occupied by the officials of the French legation. Advices from Hayti assert .that the revolution in Santo Domingo is not ended and that fighting is proceeding in the interior , although the revolu tionists are weak. Benevolent assimilation may be ac complished in a hurry by means of a "bomb invented by Professor Camp- hausten of Amtesrdam. The bomb is said to be capable of generating fumes that will make breathing impossible within a radius of 100 yards of the ex plosion. No military parade or drill , except in of war , riot , invasion or insur- is. lawful on election day In money is at a premium at . Miners find it more con- gold and pay as much as excess of its face value for Insurgents Make pi'-rgb Attacks Under Lead of "White Officers , FIGHT OF CAPTAIN BEIGLER'S MEN Drive Uncle the Filipinos After Jin Kn- gugctuont Lasting : Tivo Hourrf Desert er Threatens Former Comrades Hard March by Gun. Hull's Force. MANILA , Oct. 29. While scouting near Looc a detachment of the Twen tieth and Twenty-eighth regiments under Captain Beigler were attacked by 400 insurgents armed with rifles under the command of a white man whose nationality is not known to the Americans. The insurgents for the most part were intrenched. After a heroic fight Captain Beigler drove off the enemy , killing more than seventy- five. The fight lasted for over two hours. Captain Boigler and three pri vates were slightly wounded and two of the Americans were killed. An engagement took place between detachments of the Third cavalry and the Thirty-third volunteer infantry , numbering sixty , and a force of insur gents , including riflemen and 1,000 bo- lomen. The fighting was desperate. Finally under the pressure of over whelming numbers the Americans were compelled to retire to Narvlcan. Lieutenant George L. Febiger and four privates were killed , nine wound ed and four missing. Twenty-nine horses are missing. A number of teamsters were captured by the insur gents , but were subsequently released. The enemy's loss Is estimated at 150. A civilian launch towing a barge load ed with merchandise near Arayat was attacked by a force of 150 insurgents under David Fagin , a desterer from the Twenty-fourth infantry. The Ameri can troops on hearing the firing turned out in force before the boat could bo looted and captured. Fagin , who holds the rank of gen eral among the insurgents , has sworn special enmity against his former com panions. Of the twenty men he cap tured a month ago seven have returned , one was killed in a fight , his body be ing horribly mutilated. Fagin sends messages to his former companions threatening them with violence if they become his prisoners. It was Fagm's men who captured Lieutenant Freder ick W. Alstaetter , who is still a pris oner. General Hall's expedition , with a force of nearly 800 men , through the mountains to Blngangon , province of Infanta , in pursuit of the insurgent General Cillcs , although it discovered no trace of the enemy encountered great hardships on the march. Twenty Cmnese porters died and forty men were sent to the hospital. After sta tioning a garrison of 250 men in Bin- angonan and visiting Polalillo island , off the crast of Infanta province , Gen eral Hale and the rest of his forces embarked there on the transport Gar- ronse. Reports from General Young's dis trict show a daily increase of insur gents there , owing to the fact that recruits are going thither from , the towns. While a detail of the Thirty-third volunteer infantry was returning from Bangued on rafts -it was fired upon by insurgents , Sergeant Berdstaller being killed and two privates wounded. DEATH CLAIMS MAX MULLER. Celebrated Scholar Dies at a Ripe Age at His Home In England. "LONDON , Oct. 29. ( New York World Cablegram. ) Friedrich Max- millian Muller , commonly known as Max Muller , corpus professor of com parative philology at Oxford univers ity , died today at 12:35 : p. m. His dis ease was an affection of the liver. Until ten days ago he was able to con tinue writing his autobiography , dic tating to his son. He was perfectly j | conscious until this morning. His Service is gilded. INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , Oct. 29. Rev. Henry Russell-Pritchard , the eldest Christian minister in the Unit ed States , died suddenly at Chester field , Ind. Mr. Pritchard was born near Georgestown , Ky. , in January , 1819. In 1829 he moved to Newport , Ky. , where he remained until he was 21 years of age. He united with the Methodist church when a young man , and remained a member until 1840 , when he became a member of the Christian church. He had lived in In dianapolis since 1854. He was the in timate associate of Alexander Camp bell. Location of President Slcyn. MASERU , Basutoland , Oct. 27. It is reported here that former President Steyn and the members of the execu- tiv council are at Fourisbourg , south of Bethlehem and that he has de clared Fourisburg to be the capital of the Orange Free State. Mr. Steyn has ordered Keyter , a member , of the late Volksraad ; to De tried on the charge of high treason. His Wife Runs Away. SIOUX CITY ; la. , Oct. 29. Mrs. Will iam Weir , wife of a well-to-do farmer living on the Big Sioux river took her baby in her arms and came to Sioux City , where she drew $275 out of Weare & Allison's bank and left. Her hus band has invoked the aid of the police to find her. Alvord Not Caught. NEW YORK , Oct. 29. Bank Teller Alvord is still at large , but the bank officials and police believe his appre hension is only a question of a little while. Vice President Hine o the First National bank , in which Alvord made his falsification , said today" that Al- vord's crime was first suspected by a young clerk , who saw him making erasures on a clearing house sheet. The clerk incidentally mentioned the incident to the assistant cashier , who started the 'investigation which brought about the disclosure. REPORT BOXERS ACTIVE. Storlca of Suffering * of AIlHsIouurlcs Ccmo from Cheng Tone Fn. LONDON , Oct. 29. The Chinese ira- zr.ogllo is in a state of quietude. Ad- vfces from Pao Ting Fu give harrow ing stories- the suffering of the mis sionaries at the hands of the Boxers , and it is reported that ten missionaries are at Cheng Teng Fu. * The Times correspondent at Pao Ting Fu says the Boxers declare the provincial treasurer has ordered them to kill all foreigners. He allowed elev en to be massacred. Dr. Morrison , wiring to the Times from Peldn , under date of October 26 , says : "The foreign ministers in confer ence today decided to add the name of Prince Yi and Ying Nen | , to those ci the seven officers who execution France has demanded. " It is said the commander of the allied troops at Pao Ting Fu has arrested the provincial treasurer , who was chiefly responsible for the ill treatment of the rescued missionaries. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Express claims to have au thority for the statement that when peace is restore'd Russia will hand back to its owners the railyway from Toiig Ku to Niu Chwang. AOREE ON THE ADVANCE. Companies With Fetr Exceptions Grant Ten Per Cent Advance. WILKESBARRE , Pa. , Oct. 29. All the coal companies in the Wyoming valley , with a few exceptions , have now posted notices granting their em ployes the 10 per cent increase asked for by the Scranton convention. The exceptions are a few individual oper ators who do not employ many hands. But it is said that when the men em ployed at these collieries report for work tomorrow they will be told they will receive the same wages paid by other companies. The Kingston Coal company had notices posted today granting the increase. This company employs 2,200 men and was thp last of the individual concerns in the vallee to grant the Increase. The officials of the Susquehanna company had a con ference with their employes Saturday and agreed to pay them the advance. President juitchell and the members of the mining board visited visited Pittston today. They were received enthusiastically. Addresses were made by President Mitchell , Fred j-uicher and others. _ President Mitchell told the men to' all go to work tomorrow , He also congratulated them on their behavior during the strike. KRUGER'S PLANS ANNOUNCED. "Will Go to the Hague and Kxprcss Thanks to Queen "Wilhelminu. BRUSSELS , Oct. 29. The Transvaal agency announces that Mr. Kruger will arrive at Marseilles on the Dutch cruiser Gelderland November 11 or 12. He will have apartments at the Grand Hotel de Noailles , where he will re ceives several French , Dfftch and Bel gian delegates. Mr. Kruger will proceed to The Hague without stopping at Paris , and after expressing his thanks to Queen Wilhelmina for Dutch hospitality on board tne Gelderland he will appeal to the powers to intervene in the South African trouble on the grounds of article 3. I.I Talks Submission. ROME , Oct. 29. The Pekin corre spondent of the Messagero cables the report of an interview with Li Hung Chang , in which the latter said Chi na would have to submit to punish ment soon for the grave faults of a few thousand rebels. Now that peace is almost concluded he hoped the powers would appreciate China's de sire to give just satisfaction and would withdraw their troops as soon as possible. Earl Li spoke enthusias tically of the resumption of commer cial relation. The impression of the correspondent is that Li is fully aware of the disagreement among the powers and this constitutes his strength. Fears from Yellow Fever. HAAVNA , Oct. 29. The continu ance of yellow fever in Havana has greatly depressed all business inter ests , and the fear that the city and island will fail to get the regular pro portion of winter tourists is adding to the misery of the merchants. There is no denying that the fever is much-more severe this season than last , and that the percentage of Amer ican victims is greater than e\er be fore. Everything possible is being done to relieve the situation. Now s from the Klondike. SEATTLE , Wash. , Oct. 29. The steamer Dolphin arrived from Skag- way today with 130 passengers and | 200,000 in gold from the Klondike. The Klondike came up the river on the Zealandia , leaving Dawson Octo ber 14. The river was then full of floating ice for 100 miles and the weather was bitterly cold. Two small steamers left two days later and are now windbound on Lake Labarge. River navigation is over for the sea son. Four Hundred Massacred. ST. PETERSBURG , Oct. 29. Dis patches from Mukden received at the war office say that proof is at hand that 40 native Christians were massa- Icred at Mukden before the Russian occupation. Fifty modern guns , most ly Krupps , several thousand rifles and 20,000,000 cartridges have been found. Dowloltes Given No Rest. MANSFIELD , O. , Oct. 29. Deacon Kessler and Elder R. N. Bouck , Dow- ieites , were forcibly deported from the city. Bouck had been here sev eral weeks and held services. He ob jected to being put on train and had to be dragged out of the station and put aboard. - France and Russia are In. VIENNA , Oct. 28. The semi-official Politische Correspondenz asserts that France and Russia , after discussion , have decided to accept the Anglo-Ger man agreement. WANTS THE LAW CHANCED. Form for an Incorporation Act for Cities Wanted. FREMONT , Neb. , Oct. 29. Mayor Fred Vaughan of this city has sent letters to the 'mayor of Nebraska City , Beatrice , Grand Island , Hastings and Kearney , urging that delegates be named to meet with a delegate from Fremont at some place to be deslgr nated later , and attempt to draw up a form for an incorporation act for cities between 5,000 and 10,000. This is to be presented at the next meeting of the legislature for action. In the case of Foxworthy against the city of Hastings , which was carried to the su preme court last spring and the law declared unconstitutional , cities of this class are thrown back under the general law governing cities between 1,000 and 25,000. Since a motion for a .rehearing of the case has been de nied , Mayor Vaughan feels that some conclusions should be reached prior to the meeting of the legislature which will be satisfactory to all. Suicide by Hanging. WISNER , Neb. , Oct. 29. Coroner Riley was called out to Dietrich Clat- tenhoff's , about four miles northeast of Wisner , to hold an inquest upon the body of Fred Lange , a German about 35 years old. Lanpe .had been staying with Mr. Clattenhoff for some time and they had missed him. Mr. Clattenhoffwent out to do the chores and found him hanging dead in the corn crib and granary. Lange was a. single man and had no relatives in this country. He had been in poor health for some time and left a note stating that he was tired of life and directed that Mr. Clattenhoff should have $400 of his money , the balance , of which he has quite a sum , should be sent to his brother in Germany. Appeals on Novel Grounds. LINCOLN , Oct. 29. Fred Parsons , recently convicted in Lancaster county on the charge of selling liquor witaout a license and fined $300 , has appealed to the supreme court on rather novel grounds. He operates a billiard par lor at Sprague. The evidence in the trial showed that he had in His pos session a quantity of intoxicating liquor. He contends the law under which he was convicted is unconstitu tional for the reason that it makes the possession of any of said liquor pre sumptive evidence of his guilt and throws upon the defendant the burden of proving his innocence. " Child Injured by Hogs. WYMORE , Neb. , Oct. 29. While playing in her father's yard at Bur- chard , a small town east of here , the 3-year-old daughter of Frank Hart climbed over into a hog pen in which there were several large hogs , and be fore she was rescued the hogs had at tacked and so badly mangled her that she will die. Her arms , face , body and lower limbs were so badly lacer ated that it was difficult to recognize her. Her clothes were nearly all torn from her body and had not Robert Shear happened along and rescued her she would have been devoured by the hogs. Roosevelt Helps a Church. LINCOLN , , Neb. , Oct. 29. Witti money donated by Governor Roosevelt , Rev. Father Reade of this city has purchased a heavy silver fruit bowl , which will be raffled at 10 cents a chance at a bazar for the benefit of St. Teresa's pro-cathedral. Father Reade received the check from Gov ernor Roosevelt with instructions to use it for purchasing any desirable article for the fair. Father Reade ex plains that the donation was made be cause of personal friendship , he hav ing been intimately associated with Governor Roosevelt in New York. Woman Cuts Her Throat. FREMONT , Neb. , Oct. 29. Mrs. M. Luthans , the wife of a well known farmer of this county , residing three miles southeast of Scribner , in this county , attempted to commit suicide and now lies at the point of death. Mrs. Luthans has been in poor health for some time , suffering from despond ency and partial derangement. She was found with her. thoat cut from ear to ear and near her was the bloody knife with which the deed was evi dently done. She cannot live. Small "Wreck Near Kearne.r. KEARNEY , Neb. , Oct. 29. A small wreck occurred on the Union Pacific near this city. No. 22 , a way freight , had just pulled out of the city when there was a jar and three cars were ditched. The cause is not known. A wrecking train arrived from Grand Island and the wreck was soon clear ed away. Wrestling JIatcli. COOK , Neb. , Oct. 29. Dr. J. G. Neff of Sterling and Bert Scheller of Kansas City gave an exhibition wres tling match at the Cook opera nous ? . The first fall was catch-as-catch-can and was won by Scheller in nine min utes. The two last falls were Graeco- Roman and were won by Neff. Work of an IncendiHry. ALLIANCE , Neb. , Oct. 29. The new house owned by George Fox in South Alliance was bnrned to the ground ; loss , $2,000 ; insurance , $1,000. The fire is thought to have been set The house had just been completed and was not yet occupied. Burglary at Janscn. JANSEN , Neb. , Oct 29. The Jansen postoffice was robbed , the safe being opened and $100 taken , besides a quan tity of goods from J. J. Fast's store. Ins-nlty Dodge a Failure. PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , Oct. 29. C. Elmer Holmes , who was arrested by the Burlington detectives from Omaha on the charge of having stolen brass from the company at this place , did not make his pretended insanity dodge work. It seems the other prisoners divided their meals with Holmes and claimed that he was not eating any thing for a few days , until Deputy Sheriff J. D. McBride caught them , in the act. In the morning he inform ed Holmes that he must ask him of de desired anything to eat. At noon he did so and was given his dinner. BREAK A POSTOf f ICE SAf E. A Store at Elkhoru Kobbcd of Many ELKHORN , Neb. , Oct. 27. The gen eral merchandise store of Charles Wltto was entered by burglars. Sir. Wittee is postmaster and the postof- flee is in the store. The safe was blown and $50 In stamps taken. This covers the postofllce loss. In the safe was Mr. Witt's pri vate collection of old and foreign coins valued at ? 209 , a half dozen watch chains and notes for $2,000. These also were stolen. The robbers entered the store by prying open the rear door. They knocked the knob off the safe and put uie explosive in the hole. The door of the safe was broken into several pieces. It is supposed thaX the burglars left town on the railroad track for a tin uux winch nad been in the safe was found there. tVomnn SnfTrugu Ausociutlon. BLAIR , Neb. , Oct. 27. The Nebras ka Woman Suttrage association closed its annual convention , here after a two days' session , ine meetings were well attended. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Miss Mary G. Hay of New YorK , president and organizer of the national association , were present. The pres ident of the state association , Mrs. Mar Smith Hayward , and thirty-two delegates were present , besides a num ber of members who were in attend ance from different parts of the state , 'me state offlcers elected for the next year are : President , Mrs. Clara A. Young of Broken Bow ; vice president , Mrs. Amanda J. Marble , of Table Rock ; corresponding secretary , Miss Neihe Mayior oi .broken Bow ; recording sec- retar , Mrs. Ida L. Denn of Tekamah ; treasurer , airs. George Sutherland , of Blair. Duffleld C'hurgtid with Kobbcry. WEEPING WATER , Neb. , Oct , 27. Sunday at about the noon hour the store of Ole Oleson , grocery , was en- teied by breaking the rear cellar door and a number of things taken , among wnicn was a fountain pen and gold chain. Papers were made out for the unrest oi victor Uuffield , a young man who has made this his home for a num ber of years. Duflield was notified of what the constable was doing and lei' ; .ut v . . . - , captured and jailed at Auburn , nd the .things found in his i > * .ot..uii. rte was urougnt here and tried before the police judge and bound over to the district court in the sum of $300. Ordered to the Philippines. OMAHA , Oct. 27. Dr. Horace Lud- ington , clerk in the quartermaster's department of the Department of the Missouri , and liis son , Dr. Paul Lud- ington , acting assistant surgeon , U S. A. , have been ordered temporarily to Manila , ur. Horace Ludington left for New York , stopping en route to visit friends at Washington , and will sail from tne port of New York No vember 10 on the transport Kilpatrick. He expects to remain in the Philippines auout tour months. Dr. Ludington is one of the oldest clerks in the depait- ment , naving been at the headquartera for twenty-two years. Farmer's Narrow Kscape. GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , Oct. 27 While crossing the Union Pacific tracks on Sycamore street Lawrence Lee of Cameron township was run into and barely escaped with his life. lie was driving a span of horses attached to a lumber wagon and when half way across the tracks freight engine No. G25 struck the wagon between the front and hind wheels , completely de molishing it and throwing the driver some twenty feet distant. He was considerably bruised , but not seriously hurt. More Help is Needed. LINCOLN , Oct. 27. Riordan of this city.one of the persons whose property was destroyed in the Galveston disas ter , has returned to his home still suf fering from injuries received , but suf ficiently recovered to make the trip alone. He had been in a hospital sev eral weeks before leaving Texas. He says that fully 7,000 houses were to tally destroyed and thinks that at least 15,000 perished. There is still great need of assistance in the outside world he says , both in money and clothing. Alliance Kosldcnce Burned. ALLIANCE , Neb. , Oct 27. The fine residence of George Fox , in South Al liance , burned to the ground. About tvo months ago fire broke out in the brickyard belonging to Mr. Fox and consumed the greaU-r part of the out buildings. Since the two belonged to the same party it looks very much like some incendiary takes this means of avenging some personal grudge. The larse residence which burned was val ued at about § 2,000. Home from Ci p Nome. OMAHA , Oct. 27. Solon Wilhelm formerly of this city , is home from the season spent at Cape Nome , looking healthy and enthusiastic over the country. Mr. Wilhelm has located claims in the Cape Nome country which he believes will pay out in fine shape , and intends returning to them the coming spring just as soon as nav igation is open "to the cape and they can be worked. Nebraskan Dies nt Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS , S. D. , Oct. 27. John Edwardson , of Oakland , Neb. , who has been an inmate of the Catholic hos pital for some time , died there Wed nesday night after a long illness. A TVould-Be Swindler. RED OAK , la. , Oct. 27. He called himself S. S. Shatt of Falls City , Neb. He decided to buy a farm , a real estate firm here sold him one. He wrote a check for $400 on a Falls City bank , to bind tne bargain. Then he tried tc borrow small sums of money. He did not succeed and departed before reply was received from Falls City that the . check was worthless. The sheriff trac ed hiip as far as Hamburg , thirty-nine miles south of here. He is about 40 years old , weighs about 135 pounds ana one front tooth is gone. Medium. Hnvon' * Btrnok Happy It has developed that the majority of motor bicycles which have proved impracticable because unsuccessful practicable were the motor too their builders placed to slip high. This caused a tendency when rounding corners. Other build ers in an effort to overcome this very defect , have'placed their motorsi so-lpvr that there was danger of striking the ground when going over rough places. The most bitter medicine is often the best. It is the same with experi ence. School Children's Defective Sight. By order of the London school board teachers in all its schools have tested the sight of the children under their care. The result is that 23.3 per cent , were found to have defective vision. These children were given notices to take to their parents announcing that they were suffering from serious de fective vision , and advised to consult 'an oculist without , delay. IJooliH Without Bud. Some notion of the vast quantities of books contained in the British museum may be gained from the announcement made recently that the printing of the catalogue , which was begun in 1891 nine years ago is still unfinished. It is also stated that in order to store the newspapers which kept on file there a nule of shelving has to be added at least once in fifteen years. Mr * . LI and IleiVardrolie. . Li Hung Chang's wife , the March ioness Li , is reckoned a great beauty in China and is also one of the clever est women in that country. Though close to or perhaps over CO years old , she does not look a day over 35. Her wardrobe is something tremendous , in cluding between 3,000 and 4,000 gar ments , of which 500 are of the finest fur. Cast-Off Clothing. Three soubrettes entered a fashion able New York dry goods store wear ing gowijs that attracted the attention of clerks and customers. A knowing saleswoman remarked , sotto voce : "All from Sixth avenue , near Forty-second street. House up there that deals in cast-off closing of the rich. Many wealthy women have poor relations in distant cities and In the country to whom they hand down all their dresses and underwear , but some of the swell- est in town sell what they get tired of , thus increasing their pin money. The dresses those soubvettes have on didn't cost less than $200 apiece , and they were not worn more than twice or three times by their original owners. These girls bought them for about $12 each. " Unfortunate .Tnnauschclc. Pathetic in the extreme is the clos ing chapter of Madame .Tanauschek's life drama. This great tragedienne ce- fuses to become reconciled to her rel atives in Bohemia. In order to pay the expenses of her treatment at St. Mark's hospital. Brooklyn , $8,000 worth cf old lace and $10,000 worth of her jew els are to be sold. They are souvenir gifts. seem to be the heritage of the human family everywhere , viz : Rheumatism and Neuralgia but there is one sure and prompt cure for both , viz : WELL KEEP YOU DRY. 5 Don t be fooled with a mackintosh ? r"b coatlt y ° u-wantacoat | that will keep you dry in the hareS Bs * stern buy the Fish Brand I Slicker. If not for sale Jr. your town , write for catalogue to A. J. TOWER. Boston. Alass. ST. LOUJS CANNON BALL Leave Omaha 5:05 p. m. ; arrive St. 7:00 a. m. WHE3E ARE YOU GOING ? MANY SPECIAl RATES EAST OR SOUTH Trains leave Union Station Daily for vansas City , Quincy , St. Louis and all * yt3 ansj or South' Haf Kates to Plus § 2.00) ) many southern points on .st and 3rd Tuesday of Each month. V Ul information at City Ticket Office % f 415 Farnaai Street ( Paxton Hotel Jlk. ) or write / < - HARRY E. MOORES. v Jity Passenger and Ticket Agent Omaha , Neb. '