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says After procuring Doans Kidney
Pills In the month of November 1897
I took a course of the treatment which
cured mo of backache and other an
noyances due to over excited or weak
ened kidneys During the three years
which have elapsed I have had no
occasion to retract one word of my
statement I unhesitatingly and em
phatically reindorse the claims made
for Doans Kidney Pills
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr Lutz
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States Address
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y For
sale by all druggists price 60 cents
The world loves an optimist Even
a poker player likes to hear his oppo
nent say Thats good
Superior quality and extra quantity
must win This is why Defiance Starch
Is taking the place of all others
The man who is known as a prince
of good fellows is likely to be re
ferred to as a lobster wtien his
money is gone
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FOE
WESTERN CANADA
There will be thousands of Amer
icans coming up hero in the spring
was the remark made by a farmer
from the vicinity of Langdon North
Dakota when he arrived in Winnipeg
Manitoba the capital of Western Can
ada a few days since He was the ad
vance guard of a large body who are
folIowinghim and he has already in
vested in several farming sections for
himself and others and purposes to
take up his permanent abode in this
country He went on to say Hun
dreds are coming from my district
alone I know this to be a fact for
many of them are neighbors of mine
The chief topic of conversation with
tho farmers is the coming Immigra
tion in the spring
The impression general in the part
of Dakota where I live that farmers
can get from 10 to 15 cents more a
bushel for wheat on the American
side of the line than on the Canadian
has not prevented people from turning
their eyes to Canada as a place to
live in They know they can get land
in this country which is every bit as
fertile as that in Dakota at about one
quarter the price It is safe to say that
the exodus from Dakota into Canada
this year will exceed the expectations
of all Canadians
Tho government has established
agencies at St Paul Minn Omaha
Neb Kansas City Mo Chicago 111
Indianapolis Ind Millwaukee Wis
Wausau Wis Detroit Sault Ste Ma
rie and Marquette Mich Toledo
Ohio Watertown S Dakota Grand
Forks N Dakota and Great Falls
Mont and tho suggestion is made
that by addressing any of these who
are the authorized agents of the gov
ernment it will be to the advantage
of the reader who will be given the
fullest and most authentic information
regarding the results of mixed farm
ing dairying ranching and grain-raising
and also supply information as to
freight and passenger rates etc etc
Booth and the Statesmen
General Booth the Salvation Army
leader cracked a few Jokes with
statesmen while he was in Washing
ton Senator Frye said to him
When I was in London I was much
interested in your organization In
fact I thought of joining Better
not said the general yould would
-not submit to oui discipline Sena
tor Alger said he understood Hanna in
tended to join Ah I should make
him my chancellor of the exchequer
was the revivalistss reply Senator
Hoar was introduced jocularly as the
worst man in the senate Thats
good said the general heartily I
want to meet all kinds The bad I
want to help and the good I want to
help me
How Tolstoi Was Exiled
Paul B Du Chaillu writes to a
friend from Russia where he is busy
getting up a book about the country
that the Russian government treats
Tolstoi well that the great writers
photographs are for sale in St Peters
burg as well as postal cards with his
Jilteness on The czar himself laugh
ed when Du Chaillu told him it was
reported in America that Tolstoi had
been sent out of Russia in charge of
gendarmes and said Why should he
be exiled Mr Du Chaillu does not
deny that Tolstoi was excommunicat
ed by the synod
The Ketteler Statue
On the busiest street in Pekin over
the spot where Baron von Ketteler
met his tragic death in 1900 a huge
monument is now being erected in his
honor entirely at the expense of the
Chinese government It is to be in
the form of a polla or triumphal
gateway and is to extend entirely
across the street Tho top stone is
twentv seven feet long three feet wide
and three feet thick One hundred
and eighty mules were used to draw
it to the street and fifty seven mules
to draw each of the smaller stones
It will cost China 160000 in gold
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S FOUND GUILTY
JURY SAYS MRS ULLIE KILLED
HER HUSBAND
IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR LIFE
Defendant Takes Verdict Coolly Re
manded to the Custody of the Sher
iff and Now Occupies Womans Cell
in Butler County Jail
DAVID CITY Neb We the jury
in the above entitled case being duly
impaneled and sworn do find the de
fendant guilty of murder in the first
degree and recommend that she be
Imprisoned for life -
SignedJ A C POOLE
Foreman
This was the verdict rendered by
the jury in the Lillie murder case at
precisely 3 oclock Tuesday As soon
as the jury had agreed upon their ver
dict the news spread rapidly and in
a few moments people were seen run
ning from all directions toward the
court house and before the defend
ant arrived the large district court
room was completely packed with hu
manity A large portion of the crowd
was men not to exceed twenty wo
men being present Each person as
they entered the court room door
wore an anxious look and loudly whis
pered What is the verdict
Mrs Lillie accompanied by her
father bi other Mrs Grisinger her
sister and Sam Lillie brother of the
murdered man arrived at 323 They
all took their usual seats in the court
room While Mrs Lillie looked bright
and pleasant she had the appearance
of anxiety as to -what the verdict of
the twelve men was As they march
ed in she looked at each one very care
fully
When Clerk Straka read the verdict
Mrs Lillie sat motionless and when
the wo ui guilty was pronounced not
even a quiver of the lip was notice
able
Counsel for the defense asked that
the jury be polled Cleik Straka call
ed the name of each individual juror
and when he arose propounded the
question
Was this and is this your verdict
and the jurors individually responded
in clear and distinct tones Yes sir
Judge Good thanked the jurymen
for their patience during the trial of
the case and then excused them with
out fuither service
Mrs Lillie was remanded to the
custody of the sheriff and she now
occupies the womans cell ar the coun
ty jail The verdict as tendered was
expected by those who heard all of the
testimony and followed the case
closely
The instructions of Judge Good to
the jury were lengthy and on the
whole considered to be eminently fair
especially on the points of previous
good character of the accused and
motive for the commission of the
crime
Crovninshield to Retire
WASHINGTON Rear Admiral A
S Crowninshield commanding the
European station has applied for re
tirement in accordance with the pro
visions of the personnel law He will
be relieved in command of the station
by Rear Admiral Charles S Cotton
at present commanding the Norfolk
navy yard Admiral Crowninshield is
No 20 on the list of rear admirals and
his retirement will place him in the
first grade where his retired pay will
be 55G25 per year Lieutenant Henry
H Ward naval secretary to Admiral
Crowninshield has also resigned his
commission
Alaskan Homestead Bill
WASHINGTON D C The confer
ence committee report on the Alaskan
homestead bill presented to the house
Sunday strikes the senate provision
preventing the use of soldier addi
tional homestead rights in Alaska
leaving the law as it now exists It
limns the use of scrip to tracts not
exceeding 1G0 acres and reserves
irom such location along nvwgabie
or other water tracts of not less than A
eighty rods in width between such
entries
John Reese for Receiver
WASHINGTON The president on
Monday sent the following nomina
tions to the senate
George C Holt United States dis
trict judge Southern district of New
York John Reese receiver of public
moneys at Broken Bow Neb John
F Vivian surveyor general of Colo
rado
No Relief for Captain Bailey
WASHINGTON D C The presi
dent sent to the senate a message ve
toing the bill reinstating Captain Ed
ward L Bailey as an officer in the
regular army and placing him on the
retired list In giving his reasons for
disapproval the president reviewed the
career of Captain Bailey showing that
he had been many times charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer and
that he was dismissed in 1S93
A SHORT SESSION
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MiittJttAiumniiins
What Congress Has Done During the
Past Three Months
WASHINGTON Three or four
years ago the correspondent of a great
metropolitan daily newspaper receiv
ed a dispatch from his managing ed
itor which read When is congress
likely to adjourn Rush answer
There are a great many people in
this country including the managing
editors of important newspapers who
do not know or fail to remember that
under the law the final session of ev
ery congress must adjourn sine die at
the close of the legislative day of
March 3 This means Invariably at
noon or March 4 of each odd num
bered year The final session of the
Fifty seventh congress will adjourn on
Wednesday next at noon It will have
left a vast mass of bills probably up
wards of 10000 unacted upon at that
time but the short session will never
theless be notable for the great amount
of legislative work accomplished dur
ing the last three months Because
there are a few days more still re
maining in which bills may be rushed
through one or both houses it is im
possible at this time to say accurate
ly just what has been accomplished
But the short session of this expir
ing congress has enacted no less than
four laws directly aimed at trusts
which have been the prime objects
of attacks for several years past The
first of the four has for its purpose the
expedition of the hearing and deter
mination of suits in equity now pend
ing or which may be brought in the
future under any laws now in force
or that hereafter may be enacted upon
the certificate of the attorney general
that the case is of general public im
portance The second act directly re
lated to anti trust legislation is a
clause in the general deficiency bill
authorizing the president to appoint
an assistant attorney general at a sal
ary of 7000 and another at 5000 a
year and also authorizing the attor
ney general to appoint two confidential
clerks without reference to the civil
service commission at salaries of 1
G00 a year each These new officials
are directed to perform such tasks as
may be assigned to them by the at
torney general and it is of course un
derstood that their duties shall con
sist mainly in looking especially after
the enforcement of anti trust laws
Volcano Caused a Panic
COLIMA Mexico There has been
no panic here over the eruption of the
volcano which in reality was slight
No ashes fell in this city and tlfe
principal damage done was the burn
ing of somo brush by the lava As
regards this city reports have been
unduly exaggerated
Plague Record at Mazatlan
MAZATLAN Mexico The number
of deaths here in February was 107
of which fifty were from bubonic
plague From January 1 to March 1
there were burned by the sanitary au
thorities 291 houses of a cheap class
for which the owners were paid 73
000
Alaskan Treaty Ratified
WASHINGTON Secretary Hay
and Sir Michael Herbert on Tuesday
exchanged ratifications of the Alas
kan boundary treaty The prepara
tion of the cases of the two sides will
proceed with all speed as under the
treaty they must be submitted to the
arbitration within sixty days
Schley Enthusiastically Received
NEW ORLEANS Admiral Schley
Friday visited the New Orleans cot
ton exchange in company with Colonel
A K McClure The admiral was
given a wildly enthusiastic reception
and made an address expressing his
pleasure at being in New Orleans
CONGRESS WORKS ON SUNDAY
Little Accomplished in Face of Oppo
sition of Democrats
WASHINGTON The house of rep
resentatives held a four hours ses
sion Sunday and put the District of
Columbia appropriation through its
last parliamentary stage in the face
of the democratic filibuster The pre
vious question on the report of the
Alaska homestead bill was ordered
and the vote on its adoption will be
taken when the house reconvenes at
11 oclock Monday That was the net
result of the Sunday session Al
though it was Sunday by the calen
dar it was still Thursday February
2G according to parliamentary fic
tion The democrats put a block in
the legislative- wheel at every oppor
tunity and it required six roll calls to
accomplish what was done Sunday
Large crowds watched tlife proceedings
from the galleries
Proposed Gold Standard
LONDON The Times correspond
ent at Shanghai telegraphs that the
ppoeml commission oE tie national in
dustrial exhibition at Asal a Japan
bonded by Prince Tsai Cncr has
been c dered to inquire into and re
port upon questions of establishment
of a gold standard in China on the
Japanese model The proposal is re
garded as merely a temporizing expe
dition adds the correspondent
V
IS URCEDJO AGT
PRESIDENT SENDS A SPECIAL
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL
Action is Asked in Behalf of Humanity
as Well as From the Standpoint of
Wise Government President Points
Out What Is Needed
WASHINGTON The president on
Friday sent the following message to
the senate
I have just received a cable from
Governor Taft which runs as follows
Necessity for the passage of the
house bill is most urgent The condi
tions of productive industry and busi
ness are considerably worse than in
November the date of my last report
and are growing worse each month
Some revival in sugar and tobacco
prices have been experienced due to
the expectation of a tariff law The
interests of Filipinos in sugar and to
bacco are excessive and the failure of
the bill will be a blow in the face of
those interests A number of tobacco
factories will have to close and many
sugar haciendas will be put up for sale
at a sacrifice if the bill should not
pass
Customs receipts have fallen off
this month one third showing the de
crease of the purchasing power of the
islands General business is stagnant
All parties including labor unions
most strenuously petition lor the tariff
bill
Vice Governor Luke Wright en
dorses in the strongest manner all
that Governor Taft has said and says
he has the gravest apprehensions as
to the damage that may come to the
islands if there is not a substantial
reduction in the tariff levied against
Philippine goods coming into the
United States I most earnestly ask
that this matter receive the immedi
ate attention of congress and that the
relief prayed for be granted
As congress knows a series of
calamities have befallen the Philip
pine people Just as they were emerg
ing from nearly six years of devastat
ing warfare with the accompanying
destruction of property and the break
ing up of the bonds of social order and
the habits of peaceful industry there
occurred an epidemic of rinderpest
which destroyed 90 per cent of the
caribous the Philippine cattle leaving
the people without draught animals to
till the land or to aid in the ordinary
work of farm and village life The
extent of tiie disaster can be seen from
the tact that the surviving caribous
have increased over ten fold in value
At the same time a peculiar oriental
horse disease became epidemic further
crippling transportation The rice crop
already reduced by various causes to
but a fourth of its ordinary size has
oeen damaged by locusts so that the
price of rice has nearly doubled
Under these circumstances there is
imminent danger of a famine in the
islands Congress is in course of gen
erously appropriating 5000000 to
neet the immediate needs but the in
dispensible and pre eminent need is
the resurrection of productive indus
try from the prostration into which it
has been thrown by the causes above
enumerated
l ask action in the tariff matter not
merely from the standpoint of wise
governmental policy but as a measure
of humanity in response to an appeal
to which this great people should not
close its ears We have assumed re
sponsibility toward the Philippines
which we are in honor bound to ful
fill We have the specific duty of tak
ing every measure in our power to
see to their prosperity The first and
moss important step in this direction
has been accomplished by the joint
action of the military and civil au
thorities in securing peace and civil
government The wisdom of congress
at the present session has provided
for them a stable currency and its
spirit of humane liberality and justice
will be shown in the appropriation
now substantially agreed upon but
there remains a vital need that one
thing further shall be done The
calamities which have befallen them
as above enumerated could have been
averted by no human wisdom They
cannot be completely repaired but the
suffering can be greatly alleviated and
a permanent basis of future prosper
ity assured if the economic relations
of the islands with the United States
are put upon a satisfactory basis
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
British Ship Goes Down
HAMBURG The carpenter of the
British ship Cambrian Prince Cap
tain Owens from Coquimbo for Mid
dlesborough has been picked up in
the North sea He reports that the
Cambrian Prince capsized and sank
The Cambrian Prince was of 1252
tons net burden She was built in
1S7G and was owned by the Cambrian
Prince company of Liverpool She was
224 feet 7 inches long had thirty seven
feet beam
WrtiuiBatgfiVhri
Child Saving Institute fof Omaha
The county commissioners of Gree
ley county in the month of January
of tho present year appealed to tho
Child Saving Institute of Omaha to
look after the welfare of five little
children which were found in a piti
able condition in that county Prompt
attention was given to this matter by
tho management of the Institute and
plans have been formed for the fu
ture good of the children A similar
appeal recently came from Custer
county and some children were taken
from a condition of destitution aad
neglect and good homes were provid
ed for them Several other counties
have of late also appealed to this in
istitute because they believe in the
principles controlling the manage
ment aad also believe In the methods
which are employed in the work
The 1st of February an urgent ap
peal came to the Institute from the
county officials of Schuyler to come
to that place at once to take charge
of some little children requiring Im
mediate care and attention and this
appeal was promptly responded to as
are all such appeals
This institute is supported wholly
by voluntary gifts from the people
and since the work extends through
out Nebraska and western Iowa it is
hoped that many good people will
count it a privilege to make a dona
tion to help in this important work
of providing for the helpless and de
pendent little ones
In many cases the parents or rela
tives are permitted to know the wher
abouts of their children who are plac
ed In permanent homes for adoption
This is only done in cases where the
best interests of the children would
not be in any way endangered
The cost of maintaining this work
Is considerable and the society has
always been governed by the princi
ple never to go in debt It is earn
estly hoped that contributions will
soon be made by those who are inter
ested in this work throughout the
country to enable the institute to re
spond to the many appeals which are
coming
BILL TO DIVIDE NEBRASKA
It is Dead for This Session of Con
gress at Least
WASHINGTON The bill to divide
Nebraska into two judicial districts
has gone glimmering A prominent
member of the sub committee of the
house committee on judiciary stated
that the bill would be reported out
of the committee The members he
stated did not thihk there was any
necessity for such a measure the at
torney general having opposed it and
his opinion was known to all In ad
dition to this several members of the
Nebraska delegation had expressed
themselves as opposed to the division
of the state It is safe to prognosti
cate said the member that the meas
ure will not pass the house at least
not at this session
CONSUL SAWTER IS AFRAID
He
Decides to Not Accept Post
cause of the Yellow Fever
Be-
GUAYAQU1L Ecuador United
States Consul General Sawter and
Mrs Sawter who arrived here Febru
ary 25 via Payta Peru have started
on their return to the United States
on the steamer which brought them
south Mr Sawter it is alleged be
came afraid of the yellow fever when
he saw the consulate where Thomas
Nast the former consul general died
December 7 of the fever
Strong winds have caused an over
flow of the Allausi river Some dam
age has been done to the railroad line
to Quito but traffic will be resumed
in a few days
ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF WAY
It is Granted to Railroads and Water
Companies
WASHINGTON The senate com
mittee on public lands favorably re
ported the bill introduced by Senator
Warren granting to railroads and
water companies the right of way
through public lands and reservations
for reservoirs and pipe lines Under
the present law these companies do
not acquire absolute right of way
across public lands and when any
portion of these lands upon which
these reservoir or pipe lines have
been erected or laid are sold to home
stead settlers the railroad companies
are required to settle with them for
damages or take up their pipe lines
The proposed measure gives them an
absolute right of way and tne pro
posed purchaser takes the land with
this understanding
Presidential Nominations
WASHINGTON The president
on
Wednesday sent the following nomina
tions to the senate
Postmasters Nebraska Dennis II
Cronin ONeill
South Dakota Evan J Edwards
Bowdle
Frank L Campbell Ohio assistant
attorney general
Melville W Miller Indiana assist
ant secretary of the interior
A Witty Lawyer
A number of years ago salt wa
brought againta the cashier of tho
State Bank of Iowa Falls to recover
which deposit the
an alleged deposit
bank denied according to a story in
The Green Bag During the trial at
Eldora the defendants attorney made
argument for his
a very convincing
client and took pains to toll the jury
of his clients high social and relig
ioua standing and the confidence or
tho people which ho enjoyed and en
deavored to impress upon the minds
of the jury that the defendant was not
tho kind of a man to make a mistake
in the handling of other peoples
money T H Milner a witty as well
as a very shrewd lawyer said uen
tlemen I heartily concur In what my
brother has said of the defendant I
agree with him In each and every
statement that he has made pertain
ing to Mr s good self but I would
have you consider this one fact Can
ada is full of just such men
Taking Down Beerbohm Tree
Beerfrohm Tree the London actor
has rather a pompous manner which
Is calculated to ruffle the temper of
other people at times An actor from
the provinces called upon him recent
ly hoping to get an opportunity to
show his worth on the metropolitan
stage Ob I could not possibly give
you a part said the great manager
but I dare say I could arrange tc let
you walk on with the crowd in the
last act The young aspirant flushed
with indignation but holding himself
well in hand replied pleasantly My
uear Mr Tree I really dont think I
have heard anything quite so fanny
irom you since your Hamlet
Hadnt Time for Squirming
Not long ago Sir Richard Powell a
famous London physician was called
to treat King Edward The kings
regular physician Sir Francis Lak
ing was present After examining
his august patient Sir Richard said in
his characteristically brusque way
You have eaten and drunk too much
I will send you a prescription that will
pit you right Then he harried out
to see other patients when Sir Fran
cis followed and protested against his
abrupt way of treating the king My
dear Laklng said Powell if there
is any squirming to do you return and
attend to it I really havent the
time
A Big Increase
A Wednesbury England resident
in the sixteneth century left 1000 to
provide annually on St Thomas day
three gowns and three coats to in
digent persons of the parish Follow
ing the custom of the times the money
was invested in land in this case in
minerals and the original legacy has
Increased in value to 10000 Instead
of three gowns and three coats the
charity commissioners who administer
the funds aro able to present 200
gowns and sixty coats
Through and Through
New Bedford Mass March 2d At
G58 First street this city lives a very
happy man His name is Ulrlc Levas
seur and ho certainly has good reason
to feel glad and proud
Mr Levasseur has been sick for a
long time with general weakness and
a sore pain in his back At the last he
got so very bad that he could not
walk without great misery Now he
is well and in speaking of this won
derful change in him he says
I believe it to be my duty to tell
everybody how I was cured I was so
weak that I could not stoop In fact I
was unable to walk without great pain
I began taking Dodds Kidney Pills
and after a two months treatment I
am well and sound again
Dodds Kidney Pills are a God sent
remedy I will always praise them for
their wonderful cure of my case They
cured me through and through I am
as strong and able a man now as I
ever was
An Irish student defines nothing as
a bunghole without a barrel around
it
Results
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jThere are some thines that have to depend on
catchy talkinc points in order to induce sales
There are other things that are sold solely on their
merit and on account of RESULTS A notable
srample of this is found in the Now Tiffin
Wagon which owes its supremacy SOLELY to
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