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VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
X BRIEf TELEGRAMS I
Nearly all of the foreign ambassa
dors called upon Secretary Hay to bid
him farewell before he left on the
presidential trip
Governor Odell has signed the bill
which authorizes New York City to
accept the 5200000 gift of Andrew
Carnegie for a free library system
A man named PetrofE attempted to
enter the royal palace at Bucharest
the Roumanian capital with a view to
murdering King Charles but was pre
vented by the sentries after a severe
struggle
Suit has been instituted against the
Chicago Northwestern railroad for
250000 damages by forty four claim
ans alleged to have been injured in
the wreck at Depre Wis June 24 of
last year
Carefully compiled statistics of the
Gazette show the gold production of
the Cripple Creek district up to the
close of April makera total of over
100000000 Gold was first found in
this camp in 1889
The London Times announces the
approaching marriage of Mr Archi
bald Edward Balfour second son of
Mr Archibald Balfour of London to
Miss Vivian May eldest daughter of
Mrs Sartoris of Vashington
A dispatch from St Petersburg says
the Russian government has forbidden
the exhibition at Moscow of Repines
lief size portrait of Count Leo Tolstoi
representing him in the costume of a
peasant and barefooted
While the first train from Pekin to
Tien Tsin was traversing the bridge
between Lo Fa and Yang Tsum it was
derailed through the collapse of a cul
vert Eleven Chinese were killed and
forty Chinese and twenty Americans
injured One American cannot recov
er
The Michigan house of representa
tives passed by unanimous vote a
stringent anti cigarette law and if
concurred in by the senate and signed
by Governor Bliss it will be unlawful
to manufacture sell or give away any
cigarette or cigarette paper in that
state
The London Daily Chronicle says it
learns that Dr Ludwig Mond has dis
covered a method of producing illu
minating coal gas at two pence per
1000 feet which will effect a revolu
tion by cheapening electric power and
also as bearing upon the production of
open hearth steel
NorriB Humphrey for twenty five
years a leading business man of Lin
coln Neb committed suicide by
shooting The death a year ago of
his brother and partner brought about
a receivership for the property and
the litigation which followed it is
said unbalanced his mind
Forest fires are raging at a number
of upper Michigan peninsula points
and unless there is a drenching rain
soon great damage will be done and
many hamlets and villages endanger
ed The whole north country is very
dry less than a quarter of an inch
of rain having fallen during the
month
There really seems some reason to
expect an early advance in diamonds
This has not been decided upon but
five firms in London which control the
market and are themselves controlled
by the De Beers Mining company of
South Africa think it probable that
the price of diamonds wouldihave been
much higher but for the war
It is reported from Belgrade that
the Albanians in old Servia are com
mitting wholesale atrocities
Fred Dickson well known as on op
era singer with the Bostonians was
lound at Houghs Neck Mass hang
ing in his cottage
Three cases of the bubonic plague
have occurred at Bazra Asiatic Tur
key
Seven fresh cases of bubonic plague
have been discovered at Capetown and
five Europeans and two colored people
have died from the diease
The Union cluo of Cleveland O
whose membership comprises the
wealthiest and most prominent busi
ness and professional men of Cleve
land has decided to build a new club
Louse at the corner of Euclid avenue
and Harrison street to cast 800000
The comptroller of the currency has
decided that additional rooms which
the collector of customs at New York
proposed to build in the custom house
out of the appropriation for repairs
cannot be constructed under the ap
propriation
Postmaster Samuel G Dorr of Buf
falo died of heart disease
L P Hunner on trial for illegal
banking pleaded guilty at Alma Wis
to the charge of receiving money after
knowing the bank was insolvent and
was sentenced to one year at Waupun
A D Ingersoll the largest land own
er in Tazewell county died at Pontiac
111 where he was on a visit to his
daughter He was 75 years of age
He owned 1600 acres of land in Taze
well county and 1268 acres in Mason
county
Iff LIGHT ON CHINA
Minister Conger Says Emperor is Willing
to Expedite a Settlement
ANXIOUS TO DO ALL THAT HE CAN
Considers It Difficult for the Eleven Min
isters to Agree Upon a Modus Vivendi
Nevertheless Feels Certain Powers
Will Iteach Conclusion In Short Time
NEW YORK May 6 Minister E
H Conger who has lately returned
to this country furnishes an article
on the Chinese situation which will
appear in the coming number of
Leslies Weekly Mr Conger says in
part
Unless matters have changed very
materially since I left China six
weeks ago the powers will reach
some conclusion in regard to the
Chinese very soon Of course it is
difficult for eleven men to agree on
anything especially when they have
eleven governments with differing
views behind them China is perfectly
willing to do anything that the pow
ers agree upon that is within her
ability to accomplish She is only too
anxious to expedite these matters and
settle down to peaceful pursuits again
Of course the powers must not de
mand an indemnity which China will
be physically unable to raise It is
not certain that finally some nation
may not demand territory of China
in lieu of a money indemnity It is
perfectly certain that if any nation
does make this demand the partition
of China will follow and this will in
evitably cause much dissention be
tween the powers These difficulties
and disputes would be long in the
settling and would lead to terrible
confusion in China
Russia has so far mitigated her
demands that there is not now much
danger of serious difficulty between
her and Japan Personally I am very
much in favor of the continued ex
istence of China as an empire gov
erned by her own emperor It will
save us and all the rest of the world
lots of trouble if the integrity of the
empire is maintained
As far as the punishment of Chi
nese officials goes China has already
done all that she could Something
out of the ordinary had to be de
manded by the powers for it takes a
good deal of punishment to impress
this people and this was no ordinary
offense In some cases the officials
whose punishment was demanded
were more powerful than the govern
ment and then of course the pun
ishment could not be enforced Ex
cept in these cases everything was
done as the powers demanded
At home I understand that I was
thought bloodthirsty but in China I
was the most lenient of all the min
isters except one We knew the con
ditions better than those who were
not there could possibly know them
Drastic measures were demanded but
I do not think that we were cruel
What would seem a very severe pun
ishment to us at home would not im
press the Chinese at alj for the rea
son that they indulge in so many
cruel and unusual punishments The
reports of cruelty on the part of sol
diers havo been grossly exaggerated
though I am sure that there was
plenty of brutality on the part of in
dividual soldiers As an army the
allies were exceedingly well behaved
Nor were the stories of unrestricted
looting true In Pekin the soldiers
took what they needed of course just
as we would have seized anything we
needed while we were caged up in the
compound had we been able to fasten
upon anything that would help us to
withstand the siege As for the
stories of missionary looting they
are undisguisedly false The mission
tries did not loot
KILLS A VALENTINE INDIAN
Ladeaox is Held for the Slaying of John
VALENTINE Neb May 6 As the
result of imbibing too much firewater
Friday night several Indians engaged
in a row among themselves on the
outskirts of town where they were
camped The row resulted in Antine
Ladeaux shooting John Bull-Walks-Behind
the ball taking effect in the
left side just below the heart and
ranging toward the backbone Sev
eral Indians seized Ladeaux after he
had done the shooting bound him
hand and foot with ropes and then
turned him over to the sheriff They
called a physician to attend to the
wounded Indian
Enthuse Over Wyoming OH
OGDEN Utah May 6 P M Phelps
and other California men returned
from the Fossil oil fields in western
Wyoming and report the discovery of
innumerable springs of the flowing- oil
which has been determined to be a
lubricant H L Griffin and S A
Hubbell from Bakersfield Cal who
have made the locations in the dis
trict state that the wells spring up
through fault in the formation indi
cating immense resrvoirs of oil
THERE ARE MANY MISSING
Jacksonville Still Unable to Reckon Mor
tal Cost of Fire
JACKSONVILLE Fla May 6 Ru
more of loss of life are heard on ev
ery hand tonight and the river has
been closely watched today Many
persons have confirmed the report of
loss of life at the Market street wharf
Numerous advertisements appeared in
the local papers asking for aid in
searching for persons who are miss
ing As many have left the city for
the gulf it is impossible to ascertain
who have been lost in the Market
street pier tragedy
The hunger of 10000 homeless peo
ple was satisfied today upon the ar
rival of relief trains and boats bring
ing provisions from neighboring
towns Early this morning a com
missary was established in the center
of the city and thousands were fed
during the day The relief fund is
growing hourly and every mail brings
offers of asistance
Today an order was promulgated
under martial law requiring all mer
chants whose stores were spared by
the conflagration to open their doors
and sell to all who asked The streets
have been crowded all day with shop
pers who lost all in the fire and many
stores will remain open all night
It is estimated that 3000 persons
have left the city and every outgoing
train is crowded with -refugees Five
carloads of tents were received today
the property of the state which are
to be used by the homeless tempor
arily Another shipment of tents is
expected to arrive from the govern
ment tomorrow
The Times Union and Citizen esti
mates the total property loss at 11
000000 These figures are based upon
an itemized statement furnished by
a volunteer committee of citizens
MAKES THE SHOWMEN SHIT IP
Buffalo Exposition Management Closes
Concessions
BUFFALO N Y May 6 The first
Sunday of the Pan American exposi
tions official existence brought out a
good sized crowd The gates were
open but the buildings were closed
Guards stood by the doers of the
great exhibit buildings and told the
visitors that no one would be allowed
lo enter
On the Midway two of the shows
opened their doors this morning and
their criers announced that they were
ready for business They were
promptly notified by the exposition po
lice to close their shows They did
so under protest and a test case will
be tried to decide whether tlje Mid
way concessionaires have d right to
give their exhibitions on Sunday The
claim set up by the concessionaires
is that their contracts specify that
they shall be allowed to run every
day the exposition grounds are open
to the public
REGULARS WILL COME NEXT
War Department Planning a Further
Reduction of Forces
WASHINGTON May 6 It is ex
pected that within a day or two a pro
gram will be completed at the war de
partment for a substantial reduction
of the present strength of the United
States army in the Philippines The
regular troops now there who have
seen the most service are the Four
teen Eighteenth and Twentythird in
fantries and one battalion of the
Third artillery They went out to
Manila in 1898 in the first expedition
under General Anderson and if the
announced policy of the department
heretofore lived up to is continued
these will be the first organizations
to return to the United States Some
of these troops will be replaced with
the new levies just raised in this
country It has not yet been deter
mined how large a reduction will be
made
It Will Be Mrs YoKInley
SAN FRANCISCO Cal May 6
The much discussed question as to
whom would fall the honor of launch
es
ing the battleship Oregon has been
settled by the announcement that this
function will be performed by Mrs
McKinley After the simple cere
monies preceding the event consist
ing of short addresses by President
McKinley Governor Nash and Irving
M Scott Mrs McKinley will press
the button and the released ax will
sever the rope just at the turn of the
tide
The Swift Packing company of Kan
sas City was awarded the contract for
furnishing beef to the Missouri peni
tentiary for one year at 503 per 100
pounds
Waldersee to Return in June
BERLIN May 6 In view of the
favorable development of events here
says the Pekin correspondent of the
Lokal Anzeiger it is possible that
Count von Waldersee will return
home about the middle of June
Krnjrer and McKinley
LONDON May 5 The Geneva cor
respondent of the Daily Mail asserts
that President McKinley has inform
ed Mr Krueer that he cannot receive
him either officially or unofficially
ORDERS TO THE VETERANS
Department Commander Recso Makes
Public General Order No 10
Department Commander Reese has
issued the following
Headquarters Department of Ne
braska Grand Army of the Republic
State House Lincoln Neb General
torders No 10
First May 30 has become the na
tions great day observed honored
and respected throughout the land
Since man loved freedom and con
tended for it upon fields of fame the
heroes and patriots of all ages have
been mourned in poetry and song
their deeds have been commemorated
in bronze and marble in sculptured
obelisk and monumental pile and as
long as the principles of freedom shall
endure this day will be remembered
by the American nation who will
ever cherish the memory of our heroic
dead by decking the bosom of their
sepulchres with flowers of the loveli
est hue Thirty three years have
come and gone since General John A
Logan our most distinguished vol
unteer officer of the civil war and
then commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic instituted Me
morial day
Second It is proper for us to re
member the sacred duty we owe to the
memory of our comrades who have
answered to the last roll call that we
should pay our tribute of love to the
silent dead and therefore in the
proper observance of the day by the
Grand Army of the Republic that the
Womans Relief Corps Ladies Aid
society Sons of Veterans Spanish
American war veterans all national
guard organizations and civic socie
ties as well as the public in general
should be invited to participate espe
cially the school children
Third Memorial Sunday has be
come a sacred day in the Grand Army
calendar No pains should be spared
to make the arrangements for this day
as complete and important as Memor
ial day itself The hours should be
so fixed that all could attend and
the exercises especially appropriate to
the day and occasion
Fourth Post commanders will see
to it that the Memorial day commit
tee make proper arrangements with
the school officers for patriotic exer
cises in the public schools on the Fri
day preceding Memorial day and that
comrades be secured to visit each
school at the hour agreed upon to con
duct the services Comrades see to
it that our flag is raised at half mast
over every school house in the state
and wherever possible on all public
buildings on May 30 Interest the peo
ple in our Memorial day even if your
post is small in numbers make your
services so interesting and your devo
tion so sacred that your neighbors will
join you in paying homage to the he
roic dead
Fifth Post chaplains will make full
report of Memorial day proceedings
upon blanks provided for such pur
pose
Sixth We should all remember that
Memoi ial day is sacred to the memory
of our dead comrades The day should
not be defamed by games of sport
and amusement and all posts and
comrades should use all their influ
ence to discourage and as far as pos
sible prevent such desecration of the
day
Seventh The thirtieth national en
campment provided that the reading
of President Lincolns address at
Gettysburg be made a special feature
in all Memorial day exercises held
under the auspices of the Grand Army
of the Republic Commanders of
posts will direct that it be read in
connection with the exercises of the
day By order of
JOHN REESE
Department Commander
JAMES D GAGE
Assistant Adjutant General
Xiarge Acreage of Sugar Beets
GRAND ISLAND Neb May 6 E
C Howe of the American Beet Sugar
company says that while the acreage
of beets is somewhat better than that
of last year there is some doubt as
to whether the local factory will be
operated this year or not If the ton
nage is good Mr Howe states that
there will be no doubt about it
Should it fall short of 25000 requir
ing an average of ten tons to the acre
a campaign next fall is a matter of
doubt
J F Lutz Sentenced
BEATRICE Neb May 6 J F
Lutz who has been in jail here since
February 21 awaiting a hearing for
a new trial was denied a new trial
and sentenced to one year in the pen
itentiary Lutz lived at Cortland this
county and was convicted of barn
burning
Asylum at Hastings
LINCOLN Neb May 6 The con
tract for building the new 50000
wing on the asylum for chronic in
sane at Hastings was awarded by the
State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings to Burlinghof Grant of
Beatrice
Rev E F Trefz Chaplain
LINCOLN Neb May 6 Rev E F
Trefz of Omaha lias been appointed
chaplain of the First regiment of the
Nebraska National guard
MR SAVAGE BECOMES GOVERNOR
The Ceremony of Taking the Executive
Chair Simple In the Extreme
LINCOLN Neb May 4 The cere
mony by which Ezra P Savage was
inaugurated governor of Nebraska
was simple The incoming and out
going governors met in the executive
office Immediately and without any
formality Governor Dietrich signed
his name to the resignation prepared
In his office This document was
then taken across the hall to the sec
retary of state and was accepted by
that official Mr Savage was then
told of the acceptance He walked
into the private office of the gover
discharge of his duties as the chief
discharge of his duteis as the chief
executive of the state
Governor Savages first official act
was the signing of the senatorial com
mission for Senator Dietrich This
was done with the pen used by the
former governor in writing his veto
messages and the pen was formally
presented to Senator Dietrich after
the commission had been signed
Senator Dietrich about June 1 wlll
go to Washington and will probably
make his headquarters there during
the summer
I will remove no office holder man
woman or child except for cause
said Governor Savage when questioned
concerning the policy he would pur
sue All appointees of my predeces
sor will be allowed to hold their of
fices so long as they do their dtuy
I intend to watch all of them but as
long as every one satisfactorily fills
his place there will be no trouble
The present clerical force in the
governors office will continue to serve
under Governor Savage Mr H C
Lindsay will remain at least for a
month as the governors private sec
retary and R J Clancey chief clerk
will hold his position so long as he
desires to do so Miss Lena Meyer
niece of Senator Dietrich will remain
permanently as stenographer
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS
Weather Favorable for Advancement of
Farm Interests
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
LINCOLN May 4 The past week has
been warm and dry with more than
the normal amount of sunshine The
daily mean temperature has averaged
9 degrees above the normal The
maximum temperature on the 26th
was between 80 degrees and 90 de
grees and at a few places exceeded 90
degrees
The rainfall of the week amounted
only to slight sprinkles except in the
central and southwestern counties
where it ranged from a quarter to
slightly more than half an inch
The past week has been very fav
orable for the growth of vegetation
Oat seeding is practically completed
Spring wheat and oats are coming up
and the stand is good Winter wheat
has grown well Grass is generally
backward for the season but has
grown well during the past week
Veteran Heir to Fortune
PLATTSMOUTH Neb May 4
John Phillips an old veteran of this
city has been notified of the death of
bis father at McConnellsville O and
that he is one of the heirs of a large
estate Nothing had been heard from
Mr Phillips for twenty years and a
letter from a brother in Peoria 111
slates that hundreds of letters of in
quiry were sent to postmasters
throughout the United States and that
his address was finally secured when
the matter was finally referred to the
commissioner of pensions at Wash
ington
Cuts Off His Own Hand
WINSIDE Neb May 4 Theodore
Erickson an old man of this place
took a handaxe and laying his left
hand on the sidewalk hacked it off
at the wrist He struck it three blows
Then leaving the hand and the axe
on the walk he sat down on a step
where he was found and cared for
Fix Date For Reunion
WEEPING WATER Neb May 4
The business men held a meeting here
and fixed the time for holding the
G A R district leunion on August
20 to 23rd inclusive They are mak
ing arrangements for a large attend
ance and a grand time is anticipated
Lodge Books Found in Canyon
HOLBROOK Neb May 4 The offi
cial books and records belonging to
the Odd Fellows lodge which were
supposed to have been carried off by
the absconding secretary last fall
were found in a canyon north of town
The books are in bad condition
itlonnment to Nebraska boldlerg
MADISON Neb May 4 Bids were
opened here for the erection of a
monument to the memory of three
young men who lost their lives in the
Philippines There -were six Didders
G F Shephard secured the contract
his hid oeing S00 with a 200 dona
tion The monument is to he twelve
feet eight inches in height granite
pedestal two bases carved cap and
an oxidized copper figure of a soldier
in khaki uniform
Bored The Holeu TVlth A Rifle i
A novel method of boring holes la
a flat bar of iron was recently adopted
on a flat ship where a breakdown oc
curred To repair the breakage it was
necessary to make bolt holes in the
square bar and as the engineer was
without the appliances required for
the purpose he marked the exact places
in chalk and then fired a 30 caliber
bullet through from a rifle
Guns Heard Eighty Four Miles
An Interesting matter from a scien
tific point of view in connection witn
the death of the queen is the distance
at which the sound of firing was heard
when the fleet saluted as the body was
conveyed from Cowes to Portsmouth
Letters in the English journals of
science show that the sounds of the
guns were heard in several places at
a distance of sixty miles and that at
a distance of sixty miles the concus
sions were sufficiently intense to shake
windows
Old Maids Home
Sweden and Norway both boast sev
eral homes for unmarried women One
of these was endowed more than 200
years ago by a man who left the bulk
of his fortune to his spinster descend
ants The home is managed by salar
ied trustees and the unmarried wo
men who can prove kinship to the
founder is entitled to a home there
The Only Woman Admiral
The queen of Greece is the only wo
man admiral in the world She was so
appointed by the late Emperor Alex
ander III of Russia because of her
love for the sea instead of being given
a regiment according to custom
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In many forms
Rheumatism
Neuralgia
Lumbago
Sciatica
makeup a large part of human
suffering They come suddenly
but they go promptly by tne
use of
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which is a certain sure cure
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Flour for 57 cents
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and ship to you at once When
they arrive if you do not And them
equal to goods that your merchant
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poods to us If however you do
find these goods that wo orferyou
worth 6777 and equal to goods that
your merchant asks tou 1515 for
pay your freight agent or your
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1 Sack of Washburns Best Gold Medal
Flour U25 S 37
C lbs Tea any kind English Breakfast
Basket Fired Gun Powder or Younsr
Hyson 300
17 lbs Good Roasted Coffee SW
20 lb Box Crackers Soda Butter or Oyster 10
10 lbs Pure Rice LOO
10 bs Fancy Prunes 1XO
1 lb Pure Ground Pepper 40
1 8 os Bottle of triplo strength Extract
Ot Vanilla 10
1 8 oz Bottle Of TriDDle Strength Extract
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lib Good Stick Candy 15 07
1 lb Asserted Bon Bone J5
3 lbs Assorted Nuts 75 35
1 Box of 25 Good Cigars L25 70
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in mind that we do not make any changes In this as
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719 721 Nicollet Ave MinneapoIisfMinn
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vassing as I have nothtni to sell It costs
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