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MCOOK
NEBRASKA
Brief Telegrams
Spotted fever is claiming many vic
tims in New York
Col M J Burke U S consul at St
Thomas Ont died of pneumonia
The Missouri legislature is still
wrestling with the matter of selecting
a U S senator
Republican leaders in the senate are
in doubt as to proper course to pursue
with regard to Dominican treaty
Negotiations are now under way in
Berlin looking to the placing of a Jap
anese government loan by German
bankers
Governor Peabody wins in Colorado
gubernatorial fight but only after
signing agreement to resign which
some claim that he will not keep
A dispatch from Palm Beach Fla
reports the death of Meyer Guggen
heim the copper capitalist Death
was caused by pneumonia He was 78
years old
Benjamin F Stevens of Boston has
been connected with the New England
Life Insurance company for fifty
qight years and has served as its pres
ident for half a century
By the will of the late William F
Milton of New York he has bequeath
ed all of his estate valued at over
1000000 to Harvard university on
the death of his widow
Colonel Max Fleischmann of Cin
cinnati a millionaire will in the sum
mer of 190 G make a dash toward the
North Pole with the hope of reaching
the furthest point north
Two special inspectors of the gen
ial land office have been ordered to
Nebraska and are now engaged in
making an investigation of illegal
fencing of government lands
The Wisconsin assembly has passed
a bill for the compulsory mutualiza
tion of life insurance companies from
stock companies when a company has
acquired 20000000 of insurance
With the evacuation of Tie Pass
the Russian army abandoned the last
stronghold in Southern Manchuria and
definitely ttirned over the section to
the Japanese for the campaign of
1905
At the Iowa state sportsmans asso
ciation tournament W H Heer of
Concordia Kan established a new
worlds record for the open trap shoot
ing by breaking 307 targets without a
miss
William Best who lives at present
near Stanberry Mo was the first en
gineer to run a train between Phila
delphia and Trenton He was born in
1S11 and is probably the oldest living
engineer
Postmaster General Cortelyou con
tradicts the report that he has recon
sidered his determination to resign his
position as chairman of the republi
can national committee and retain the
position
A Cleveland O syndicate it is an
nounced has secured options on all
the breweries in Portland Ore and
will shortly merge them under one
management Portland brewers deny
the story
A dispatch from St Petersburg to a
news agency reports that a bomb ex
ploded on the tramway line close to
the residence of M Pebedonostseff
procurator general of the holy synod
Nobody was injured
General Joseph R Hawley for near
ly twenty four years United States
senator from Connecticut died in
Washington Death came peacefully
after a stupor lasting with but slight
interruptions for several days
A delegation of Ute Indians from
the Uintah reservation in Utah ar
rived in Washington They are not
satisfied with the provisions for the
proposed opening of their reservation
and want to make inquiry about it
The Colorado house passed the sen
ate bill abolishing the pillory in that
state Ah effort was made to repeal
the law which provides for the whip
ping post but it failed The anti-pillory
bill now goes to the governor
According to an official statement
the gold reserve in the State bank of
St Petersburg totals 5448000000 and
gold reserves held abroad 220500000
The total amount of credit notes is
sued is 485000000 which according
to law should be covered by 301500
000 of bullion on deposit in the State
bank
Minister Takahira replying to a
published statement asserting that
the Japanese are planning to insist on
the possession of the Philippines as
soon as convenient after the conclu
sion of the war with Russia declared
in an interview with a Washington
Post reported that such was not the
case
Much uneasiness is felt in Warsaw
and at Lodz in view of the forthcom
ing mobilizationof reserves The gov
ernment has requisitioned all the
horses in the district
The Japanese captured many pris
oners at Tie Pass and the Russians
destroyed vast stores
The French Cable company has re
ceived a dispatch from Manager Brun
at Caracas saying that a judgment an
nulling the companys concession is
expected March 20
Lieutenant Francis Boone whose
conviction by court martial was made
public made a desperate attempt to
escape from Vancouver barracks and
was shot by sentries Two serious
though not necessarily fatal wounds
fjvere inflicted
j u i i nil I
I Long Time Needed to Roast Bullock
Although roasted whole for twelvo
hours over coke fires a bullock cut
up and distributed among 500 poor
people at Sunderland England was
found to be still uncooked
Really Meant to Die
During a murder trial at Prague
the prisoner became suddenly unwell
and later confessed that he had at
tempted suicide by swallowing three
large needles and twenty boot buttons
First Bomb Outrage
The first bomb outrage occurred on
Christmas eve 1800 when
tried to kill Napoleon More than
130 people were injured by the ex
plosion
Farther of All Devils
The Fiji islanders discovered in the
first motor car to invade their primi
tive home the father of all devils
Hides of Cow and Horse
A cows Jiide produces thirty fiv
pounds of leather and that of a horse
about eighteen pounds
More Boys Than Girls
The average birthrate for Europe
shows that for every 100 girls lOt
boys are born
An Ex Sheriff Talks
Scott City Kan March 20th Spo
cial Almost every newspaper tells
of cures of the most deadly of kidney
diseases - by Dodds Kidney Pills
Brights Disease Diabetes Rheuma
tism and Bladder troubles in fact anj
disease that is of the kidneys or caus
ed by disordered kidneys is readilj
cured by this great American remedy
But it is in curing the earlier stage
of kidney complaint that Dodds Kid
ney Pills are doing their greatest
work They are preventing thousands
of cases of Brights disease and othei
deadly ailments by curing Kidney Dis
ease when it first shows its presence
in the body
Speaking of this work Ex Sheriff
James Scott of Scott County says
I have used eight boxes of Dodds
Kidney Pills and muse say that thej
are just the thing for Kidney Disease
We have tried many kidney medicines
but Dodds Kidney Pills are the bes
of all
Easily Explained
Why Mary how did you break
that pretty plate exclaimed the
mother of a pretty four-year-old to hei
daughter Why Ill show you mam
ma it was just like this and taking
up another bit of china from the table
she gave a practical demonstration by
letting it dash into a thousand pieces
on the hardwood floor of the dining
room
Childs Appeal to Satan
Dean Pigou tells in his new book of
anecdotes the story of the little girl
who was much upset by a maiden
aunt and posted in a hole in the gar
den a letter in these terms Dear
Mr Satan Will you kindly come and
take away Aunt Jane She is a very
fussy person and does worry me so
Yours affectionately Alice
Fines a Dead Man
A man arrested in Sinapore Ben
gal died before his case could be
aeard but the local magistrate never
theless tried and convicted and fined
she dead man and then ordered the
treirs his nephews to pay the fine
The High Court has reversed the judg
ment
The Ideal Maid
Oh do not paint her charms to me
know that she is fair I know her
lips might tempt the bee and her
forms beyond compare Such natural
ifts I do not prize my heart they
cannot win the girl I love has
squinty eyes but her fathers got the
in
THE SIMPLE LIFE
Ways That Are Pleasant and Paths
That Are Peace
It is the simple life that gives
length of days serenity of mind and
body and tranquillity of soul
Simple hopes and ambitions bound
ed by the desire to do good to ones
ceighbors simple pleasures habits
food and drink
Men die long before their time be
cause they try to crowd too much into
their experiences they climb too
high and fall too hard A wise woman
writes of the good that a simple diet
has done her
I have been using Grape Nuts for
about six months I began rather spar
ingly until I acquired such a liking
for it that for the last three months
I have depended upon it almost en
tirely for my diet eating nothing else
whatever but Grape Nuts for break
fast and supper and I believe I could
eat it for dinner with fruit and be sat
isfied without other food and feel
much better and have more strength
to do my housework
When I began the use of Grape
Nuts I was thin and weak my muscles
were so soft that I was not able to do
any work I weighed only 108 pounds
Nothing that I ate did me any good
I was going down hill rapidly was
nervous and miserable with no ambi
tion for anything My condition Im
proved rapidly after I began to eat
Grape Nuts food It made me feel
like a new woman my muscles got
solid my figure rounded out my
weight increased to 126 pounds in a
few weeks my nerves grew steady
and my mind better and clearer My
friends tell me they havent seen me
look so well for years
I consider Grape Nuts the best
food on the market and shall never go
back to meats and white bread again
Name given by Postum Co Battle
Creek Mich
Theres a reason
Look in each pkg for the little
book The Road to Wellville
SLAVS SN FLIGH
JAPANESE IN FULL CONTROL OF
TIE PASS
RUSSIAN ARMYjS IN RETREAT
The Movement is Now Toward Harbin
The Muscovites Have Been Slight
ly Reinforced but There is Little
Hope of Their Escape
TOKIO The Japanese occupied Tie
Pass at midnight March 15 Details of
the occupation have not yet been re
ceived at imperial army headquarters
An official bulletin reports the action
and that the Japanese are in hot pur
suit of the retreating Russians but it
does not mention any particulars about
the fight
The Japanese captured many prison
ers at Tie Pass and the Russians de
stroyed vast stores
General Kouropatkin and the rem
nants of the army which was defeated
by the Japanese on the Shakhe and
Hun rivers and again around Muk
den and Tie Pass are now in the
mountains a few miles north of the
southern entrance of the Pass trying
to shake off their pursuers who appar
ently are not going to repeat the mis
take of Liao Yang and allow the Rus
sian army to escape Kouropatkin has
been reinforced by the garrisons of
Tiding and other northern towns and
a few new troops who were on their
way from Russia when the battle of
Mukden began
But even with these there is little
hope for him True he has some thirty
or forty miles of hilly country extend
ing from Tie Pass to Fenghuatsien
which might enable him to hold off
the enemy for a time but once out of
the hills he has before him nearly 300
miles of fiat open country tnd
erable rivers and streams to cross
point on the railway where it branches
off to Vladivostok eastward and to
Siberia westward are the centers of
this wonderfully rich country resem
bling in many respects the northwest
territories of Canada From Tie Pass
the railway runs over a hill known as
the Divide of Kaiyan twenty miles
then striking into a valley on either
side of which rise high hills emerges
onto the plain just northeast of the
important Chinese city of Fenghuat
sien From there to Harbin hardly a
hill can be seen from the railway
train the line running almost straight
except where an occasional curve is
necessary to reach a city or favorable
crossing of a river Beside the rail
way there is a splendid wagon read
from Tie Pass to Kaiyan where it
branches one branch making a detour
to the westward skirting the moun
tains and running almost direct to
Harbin the other branch passes
through the mountains to Kirin from
which center there are many roads
The distance from Tie Pass to Har
bin is verv little less than 300 miles
and except for the first few mile3
every acre is under cultivation or sup-
porting herds of cattle sheep and j
horses- So far as the commissariat is
concerned the Russians need have no
fear Hardly a pound of last years
crop of beans millet or wheat left
the country the Russians buying it all
but storing it in stations along the
railway immense shelters being erect
ed for its reception They also pur
chased all the cattle and horses and
have Cossacks herding them
FORCING THE ISSUE
Trouble With Venezuela Coming to a
Head
WASHINGTON Prance has official
ly informed the United States of the
action of the Venezuelan government
against the French Cable company
which she regards as high handed and
unwarranted While insisting that di
plomatic means will be exhausted in
an effort to relieve the situation it is
declared that President Castro is
rapidly exhausting French patience
and thereby forcing France toward
the limit of diplomacy
France has invited the attention of
the American government to the Ven
ezuelan situation because of its inter
est in all American affairs and in or
der that it may obtain the probable
course which this government will
take against Venezuela Tt is the wish
READY FOR PEACE
It is Said
Both Belligerents Want
It
WASHINGTON When the czar
calls the war council Tuesday he will
be able to inform his ministers that
the Japanese will welcome peace on
reasonable terms and will promptly
name its conditions provided it re
ceives trustworthy assurances that
they will be seriously considered
This the emperor has learned from
friendly chancellories in Europe as
well as the general terms acceptable
to Japan
These it is said include the reten
tion by Japan of Port Arthur a Jap
anese protectorate over Korea and
an indemnity
From a high official the Associated
Press hears that Russia has recalled
its second Pacific squadron
An attache of a Russian embassy
in Europe is quoted expressing the
belief that Kouropatkins recent de
feat will force Russia to ask for peace
Briefly these were the reports cur
rent in the diplomatic corps and as a
result of this important information
official Washington believes that Rus
sia and Japan are on the veree of
peace If it be true that the second
Pacific squadron has been recalled
even the most optimistic of Russias
friends admit that this is a strong in
dication that Oyamas mighty blow
has made for peace
Count Cassini the Russian ambas
sador is the notable exception in the
group of foreign envoys here How
ever generous the terms which Japan
might offer the ambassador said
Russian prestige is not among them
That is one thing for which the war
will be fought to the nd Victory for
the Russian arms will alone make
for peace If not at Tie Pass then at
Harbin Russia will assemble another
army mightier Mian before and with
that army it will settle the issue It
This is what is termed the great i may be six months a year
or per-
ley of the Sungari but is in fact an haps two years Time will be no eon-
j immense plain bounded on the east sideration
by high mountains and extending j At tlm Japanese leeation it is de
lorthward into Siberia and westward dared that St Petersburg and not
into Mongolia Kirin east of the rail- Tokio is the capitol from which the
way and Harbin the most northerly world must hope for peace proposals
Mr Takahira the Japanese minister
said in the most emphatic manner
that Japan had not directly proposed
peace Pie did not deny that neutral
powers through their envoys from
time to time had sounded Japan as
to the terms on which it would accept
peace but these he said necessarily
changed with the progress of hostil
ities the intimation being that Russia
could have obtained better terms afteiv
the fall of Port Arthur than after the
capture of Mukden
If the Japanese govornment were
assured that peace proposals would be
considered by Russia thre is author
ity for the statement that Japan would
respond immediately But it will in
sist that these assurances shall be of
the most positive character Japans
experience in the negotiations pre
ceding the war it is said will make if
exceedingly cautious in the future It
will insist that such assurances shall
come from the Russian government
anu not irom tins or mat party or
this or that friend of the emperor
CUTS OFF SINEWS OF WAR
French Bankers Practically Refuse to
Loan Money to Russia
LONDON The revolt of the French
bankers is considered by the London
newspapers as the most hopeful and
important news of the day promis
ing an early conclusion of peace be
tween Russia and Japan Apparently
the proposed loan has not been ab
solutely refused but only postponed
This however is regarded as being
tantamount to a refusal and is ex
pected to speak louder to the Rus
sian war part even than Kouropat
kins reverse at Mukden It is regard
ed that by the death of M Germain
the late governor of the Credit
Lyonnais Russia lost its strongest
financial friend in France and that
had he been alive no difficulty would
have been experienced With the
American and English markets closed
to it it is thought that Russia can
only turn to Germany which is not
likely to be much more responsive
than France and the only alternative
would seem to be to make peace
LAND FRAUDS FOUND IN UTAH
Agents of Federal Government Said
to Have Unearthed Them
SALT LAKE Utah Special agents
of the federal government are report-
yd to have been engaged for tim
I some
of the French government to aim
against parallel lines as far as prac
ticable
These developments in the Vene
zuelan situation are regarded as the
preliminary step toward the relief of
the situation in Caracas which Europe
as well as the United States has for
some time regarded with dissatisfac
tion
Dr Harper Goes to Lakewood
NEW- YORK President William R
Harper of the University of Chicago
who arrived from Chicago left this
city for Lakewood N J where he
is to take an X ray treatment re
indicts Adjutant General
SANTA FE N M General W H
Whiteman was indicted by the grand
jury on Thursday on a charge of ob
taining public funds under false pre
tences He was at once time justice
of the New Mexico supreme court and
for the past seven years was the ad
jutant general of the territory Ho
was removed from office a month ago
by Governor Otero against whom he
filed charges accusing the executive of
the misappropriation of military oiuip
ment furnished bv the United States
past in investigating public land
frauds in Utah The Salt Lake Herald
states that hundreds of thousands of
acres of valuable oal lands have been
acquired by corporations by question
able methods Vast tracts of coal iands
are said to have been filed on ant pat
ented as agricultural and grazing land
an then transferred to coal com
panies In many instances it is stated
lands have been settled upon as coal
lands under the law which permits
every adult citizen to acquire sixty
acres of coal land by purchase on
payment of tpn dollars an acre for
such lands when situated more than
fifteen miles from any railroad
Twenty four Miners Klled
CHARLESTON W Va -As a result
of the horrible explosion in the Rush
Run and Red Ash miiips near Thur
mond Saturday night twenty four
mQn now lie stark in death in the two
mines Ten of these were killed in the
explosion Saturday ritrht and the other
fourteen were a rescuing part3r which
pmpred the mine Sunday morning to
take from the mines the charred and
blackened remains of their fellow
workmen These latter were killed by
a second explosion and the afterdamp
What a Mercer County Ohio Farmer
Received from One Years Crop
Extracts from an interesting letter
from P II Rynhard of Starbuck
Manitoba Canadaj gives an excellent
idea of the prosperity of those who
have gone from the United States to
Canada He says
I bought August 1903 480 acres
of land paying 12000 for it We
threshed 2973 bushels of wheat and
between 1200 and 1300 bushels of
oats and barley from 200 acres But
part of the wheat went down before
filling and was not harvested except
for hay The crop was worth at
threshing time 3000 Besides 120
acres laying idle except a timothy
meadow which is not included in this
estimate Counting the value of the
product and the increase of value of
land will pay me more than 25 per
cent on the investment Two broth
ers in the same neighborhood bought
160 acres each six years ago They
have not done a single thing to this
land except to fence it and break and
cultivate about one half of it Har
vested last year 28 bushels wheat per
acre This year 27 bushels per acre
They can get any day 25 per acre
These are only a few of many hun
dreds of such chances It looks like
boasting but truth is justifiable and
the world ought to know it especial
ly the home seeker I know of quite
a few farmers that have made for
tunes in from 10 to 20 years retired
with from 20000 to 100000
Writing corcerning another district
in the Canadian West S L Short
says
Dear Sir I have to inform you
that I have just returned from the
Carrot River Country in Saskatche
wan where I located land of the very
finest black vegetable loam which I
am proud of and will move in the
spring Farmers are still plowing
there A mild climate and beautiful
country to behold Cattle are fat and
running outside Wood and water
good Saw oats weighing 42 pounds
to bushel Potatoes large and well
ripened also wheat that brought
there 82 cents The country exceed
ed my expectations Saw oats in
stock thicker on the ground than ap
pears in many of the illustrations
sent out in descriptive pamphlets I
have been in many western states
but the soil excels any I ever saw
The Canadian Government Agents
at different points report that the en
quiries for literature and railroad
rates c to Western Canada are
the greatest in the history of their
work
United States of South America
Argentina is the United States of
South America It is made up of
fourteen states and nine territories
The population is about 5000000
TO CURK A COLT I If OXK DAY
Take Laxative Hrumo Quinine Tables All tlrnx
plw refund the money If It falls to cure E W
Groves signature Is oa eaeh bo 25c
First Newspaper Illustration
The first attempt to illustrate news
was made in 1607 It depicted a flood
in Monmouthshire England
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flammation allays pain cures wind colic 5c bottle
Largest Pontoon Bridge
The largest pontoon bridge in the
world is at Calcutta and is a per
manent structure
A woman who bestows compliments
rarely is taken at her real value
dottier Grays Stveet Towdcrs for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray nurse
in the Childrens Home in New York cure
Constipation Feverishness Bad Stomach
Teething Disorders move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms Over 30000
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Men dress wholly to suit their own
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a rest in the middle of the day even if
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good fresh air and take some exercise
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Starches are put up in -pound pack
ages and the price is the same 10
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icals If your grocer tries to sell you
a 12 oz package it is because he has
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Banana skins are in demand in Eng
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The quickest growing plant in tho
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Brooding over troubles only hatches
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quality of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell anv other
brand
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