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i n t..yJ-j.I-TSj mns-jjatfT' t 'v' V '4. : II i i, i1 Ike ColBmbos Joornal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL CO. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. Brief Telegrams Strikers in Russia are shot down by the soldiery as they gather at their -work shops. Lady Curzon of Kedlcston. wife of the viceroy of India, and her three children, sailed for India. The president has decided to make no change at present in the American diplomatic representation at Panama. Emperor Nicholas of Russia clears the situation with a plain announce ment that he believes the proposed land congress to be a necessity. The house committee on public Anildings and grounds completed the details of an omnibus public building bill. It carries a total appropriation of nine and a half millions. Senator Clay introduced an amend ment to the postoiiice appropriation bill adding seven new .sections, in re lation to "options" and "futures," de claring them to be in restraint of trade. .fudge Steir.ert, on taking his place ss a city magistrate in New York, put into execution his plan for ridding ("othan: of its criminal population by exiling known criminals brought be fore him. According to Minenapolis elevator men who operate a string of elevators throughout the Dakotas, over 2.000.000 bushels of oats have just been bought lip by the agents of the Japanese gov ernment. The statement of the treasury bal ances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Avail able ash balances, $141,252,871; gold. $50.54r,fi9.j. The Department of Commerce issues statistics showing that, with the ex ception of Denver and Los Angeles, Washington has more deaths from consumption than any other city in the country. The prize court has adjudicated the Austrian sfamer Siam, seized by the Japanese off Hokkaido January "51. while bound from Cardiff for Vladi vostok with coal, and her cargo to be a legal capture. The Baltimore American last week moved into its new sixteen-story building reared out" of tae ruins of the fire of last year. The building, Kite and plant represent an invest iiient of ?l.j0.O0(t. It is announced that William II. Taft. secretary of war. will be the orator at the annual commencement exercises of the Yale Law school next June. Secretary Tafi was graduated with the class of 1S7S. The Standard Oil company has cur tailed its output in the Kansas held, laying off :i00 men indefinitely. The action is said to be the result of an tagonistic meaure.s parsed recently by tT.e Kansas legislature. Dr. J. B. -Bcrgstrom. of the Depart ment of Pedagogy of Indiana Univer sity, has been made an associate edi tor of the National Magazine for School Hygiene, published by English man at Leipsic. Germany. Gaston C'almette, editor of the Fi garo, fought a duel with Colonel. Jac cptot, as a result of the publication of Jacquot's secret repoits. Pistols at 2." jtaces were used and two shots were exchanged. Neither was hit. A letter from Senator Mitchell to bis law paitner in Portland, Oregon, indicating his complicity in the land frauds, was turned over to United States District Attorney Heney by the senator's private secretary. President Pro Teni Frye introduced in the seante the petition of C. V. laist of Michigan, asking for the ex pulsion of Senator Piatt of New York. The petition was referred to the sen ate committee on privileges and elec tions. The board appointed by the presi dent to revise the Endicott plan of coast defenses, adopted in 1SS5. so as to meet modern conditions, will meet thortly after the adjournment of con gress and consider the subject com prehensively. Miss Frances Wakelcy of Chicago, believing that she had received a di Tine call to offer herself as a sacrifice, poured oil over her clothing and a pile of torn books and papers on which she stood and set the whole mass on (ire. At Jefferson City. Mo., an hour after she had concluded her portrayal of the death of Camille on the stage. Nellie Gibney. an actress, while on bcr -way to the hotel from the theater. was seized with paroxysms of cough ing and expired. In the German Reichstag today the government again avoided declaring its policy regarding the status of the United States and other countries tander the new commercial treaties, although other speakers again asked for information concerning them. The report of the death of Governor General Tchertkoff. published by the London papers, is unfounded. Francis Kossuta. tne leader of the victorious independence party in the Hungarian Parliament, was received in audience by Emperor Francis Jo seph. The total irrigated area of the coun try" by private enterprise is y.."il)0.000 acres at a cost of $200,000,000. President Robbies of the Armour car lines says his company will go out of business in the event that Con gress passes legislation cutting its "profits. A committee of Kansas legislators Is named to investigate boodling charges freely made. Emperor "William of Germany is be lieved to have assured the United States that Germany will support its policy for the integrity of China and the "open door"" in the Orient. Senator Millard introduced a bill ap propriating fifty thousand dollars for .a general quartermaster army supply depot at Omaha. Congressman Hepburn was present ed with a silver loving cup by mem "bers of the committee who made the . trip with him to Panama. ,- Eight treaties are being considered by the senate for a general arbitra rtion scheme. Secretary Hay signed with Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister, an arbitration treaty between the United States and Japan, identical with those signed with the other nations. Japanese armies now carefully . watching the passes at Mukden for a chance of attack. John W. Foster, president of the na- tional arbitraton conference, says that he has no objection to amendment of the arbitration treaties to which the president objected. Heir to Great Income. The young heir to the Duke of Westminster, if he lives, will be one of the wealthiest men in Great Brit ain. His income will be more than a million and a quarter dollars a year. He will inherit, among other posses sions, 30,000 acres, including 600 acres of the most valuable land in the West End of London, which, as years go on and leases fall in. increases constantly in value. There are also 29.400 acres waiting for him in the country. Lord Baron on Tall Men. When King James asked Lord Keeper Bacon one day what he thought of the new French ambassa dor Bacon answered evasively that hs was a tall and handsome man. "Yes," continued James, "but what do you think of the headpiece?" "Sire," was the answer, "tall men are like high houses, wherein commonly the upper most rooms are worst furnished." Atlantic Waves. The size of the Atlantic waves has been carefully measured for the Wash ington Hydraulic Bureau. In height the waves usually average about thirty feet, but in rough weather they attain for forty to forty-eight feet. Dur ing storms they are often from 500 feet to 600 feet long and last ten or eleven seconds, while the longest yet known measured half a mile, and did not spend itself for twenty-three sec onds. Postcard Restrictions. Picture postcards are subjected to stern censorship in some continental countries. In Russia those bearing the portrait of Tolstoy have been sup pressed. Turkey forbids any postcard bearing the name of Allah or Mo hammed or the portrait of a Mussul man. France will not permit the de signer to ridicule the corpulence of the king of Portugal. How to Cure Toothache. The Welsh jieasantry cine toothacVe by scarifying the gums with an iron nail, which is then driven up to the head in an elm tree, and there left. They also profess to believe that a shrew mouse, touched by a sick per son, and then pegged up alive in a hole previously bored in an alder tree, will carry off the disease from the pa tient. :ii:iiinx of V-Tsolnble. When the hditor le.td 10.IK.O plants for ICe. he could haidly behce it, but upon h""or.d Kadir.g finds that the John A. .iler Seed Co., li ':o-c. W:s than whom there :i o no more reliable and ex tensive seed powers m the woild. inrkus this offer which is made to pet you to ie.-t Salter's Warranted cetable Seed. They wdl cnd you their bip plant and peed catalog, together with cnuugh seed to grow 1.000 fine, solid Cnb'sagcs, 2.0"0 rich, juicy 'Itirnip, 2.000 blanching, nutty Celery, 2,0-H) rich, butteiv Luluce, LOJIO splendid Onions, 1.000 raie. luscious il:idilip, l,0eu gloiiuasly brilliant Flowers, all roit hit 3 fie imstvgu. froviding yon will return tins notice, and n von win bend mem uc in poi;'.ze, tiicv will add to the ah.-ve a package of la- mo Jo licilmcr Cuululuwer. J.W. .. U.J Believe in Odd Preventive. In Suffold, England, to prevent nose bleeding, people wear a skein of sear let thread lound the neck, tied with nine knots down the front. If the pa tient is a man, it is essential that the thread be put on and the knots tied by a woman: while if the patient is a woman, then thec services must be rendered bv a man. Mothcr2rySneet Ponders for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, euro Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomacn, Teething Disorders, move and reirulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 'iir.GOO testimonials. At all Druggists. 2.V. Sample FREE. Address A.S.Olmsted. LeRoy, X.Y. A Woman's Tongue. He who looks for witticisms about a woman's tongue is not disappointed. It was a woman who said: "Woman's tongue is her sword, which she never lets rust." And from George Eliot we have c-ied this: "Half the sorrows of wonK would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter." Resented Assistance. A friendly Are brigade recently per ceiving that a neighboring town was being swept by a big fire, hurried over and immediately began to assist in the attempt to stop the fury of the flames. Whereupon the local fire chief came up and haughtily asked the chief of the assisting brigad: "Come, now; is this your fire or is it ours?" Heat from Alcohol. Alcohol is one of the great heat producers, and it it might be manu factured and sold untaxed would be an available source of heat in steam plants. One pound of alcohol is as valuable as a pound of coal for fuel, and its burning for fuel is a much simpler process, involving the mini mum of waste. When vour Grocer Says be does not have D?"ance Starch, yon may be sure he is afraid to keep it un til his stock of lL'-ounee packages ntv sold. Defiance Star h is n ; only bet tei than any other Odd Wat.-r Starch, but contains 15 ounces to the pic'-cng-e and se'.ls for same money as 12-ounce brands. Pressed Peat for Locomotives. The experience rained :n the use of pressed peat as locomotive fuel in Bavaria. Autr:a. Sweden and Russia is stated to be very satisractorv. Lewis "Single Binder" straight. Veiear. Made of ripe, mellow tobacco, so rich in quality that many who fonneriv smoked 10c cigars now smoke Lewis'" "Single Binder." Lewis Factorv. Peoria. III. After a man h3s had a spell of the blues he takes en the rnmer of one who is highly pleased with himself. A GUARANTEED Ct'RE TOR PILE-. ItcS'.n.;. Illlud. lUeedinz or IT .riiiln.: lMe-. L,nt drcjpUt will refund luonrv If l'AZo OIXTMEVT tall to cure jvj lu 6 to it dat. 5c When the Bible hides your brother it is time to dig through it to him. rNo'sCure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for couh and coltN. X. V. Sasicei Ocean Grove, X. J., Feb. 17. 19U0. The first United established in 1792. States mint was TJnrpepla Tornteatn! Mi for Trara. Dr. Ila Kenn-lj KaMii-Hr Krmlr nirt-l me." Mr. C. . Dougherty, IMMUe.S. J. Usedursoye&rk. !. You cannot lead without love. Try me just once, and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. Hiding sin prevents its healing. GALLS A COUNCIL CZAR'S ADVISERS WILL CONSID ' ER THE SITUATION. UNREST IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE Oppression Like the Shadow of Doom Hanging Over the Capital Every one Seems to Shrink From What May Next Happen. ST. PETERSBURG An extra ordinary sitting of the council of the empire has been summoned to con sider the s'tuation resulting from the assassination of Grand Duke Sergius. The emperor of Russia, by a ukase Issued Saturday, restored to favor in the imperial family the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch. who some years ago was degraded of rank and honors because, in opposition to the will of the emperor and he wishes of the imperial family, he contracted a mor ganatic marriage with Madame Olsa Pistolkoos. In accordance with the de cree Grand Duke Paul is reinvested with his title and military standing, and as general aide-de-camp to hi majesty, will attend t!e fureral of Grand Duke Serpius. his brother. The body of the Grand Duke Ser gius lies in the Choudoff rionnsto-v at Moscow, where an honory guard kesps vigil and nrjests intone prayers for the repose of his soul. That unrest is yet prevalent within the empire is evidenced by the tact that a district official at Igdyr was assassinated by Armenians for poli tical reacons" vestorday and th:t at ' l.mn.nlonn.l 4 li n n...-l.. ...nr. rIint 1.1(1 .iiiiii si:..' "i:u me inc. in niia suui nun killed, while at Kiehinef an attack was made by an unknown man on the prefect of police of that city. Oprre-ion like the shadow of doom seems to be hanging over the Russian capital. Bells are tolling and the people in the streets are awe struck at yesterday's bloody crime. Everyone seems to shrink before the contemplation of what may happen next. The tragedy struck deep in the heart of the perplexed and tried em peror, and many who were unsparing in their criticism yesterday have only expression? of sympathy for his unhappy lot. The bitter cup which during the hit year has been pressed again and again to his lips is once more filled to the brim, and in almost pathetic words this morning he im plores his subjects to pray for the rerose of the soul of his murdered uncle. Death is in the air and no one knows where the next blow may fill, although precautions have been doubled in every direction for the preservation of the I'v-s of the mem bers of the imperial family and the ministers, and secret police are seek ing out and arresting those known to be arsaein'ed villi the fighting or ganizations. Th authorities realize their iinpntcpey to ward rjff the swift acts of terrorism, murder in the streets being possible at anv instant. The only safety seetrs to lie in seek ing safety behind palace walls, and all the imperial family have been warned not to venture out. ; 'SAYS STOESSEL IS A COWARD Naval Lieutenant Denounces the General. VICTORIA, D. C Aboard the steamer Tartar, which arrived here were Lieutenants Below and Bondy, officers of the Russian cruiser Sevas topol, captured at the fall of Port Arthur. They were released by the Japanese after giving their parole. The captain of the Sevastopol, and a number of other prisoners recently released, are expected to reacii San Francisco shortly. Lieuterant Below eharactei'zes General Stoessel as a coward. "The world will know Sloess"! as he is." said Below. "He is a coward. Stoessal was burrowed a great deal of the time in a cave. The real heroine was Mnie. Zouhonell. who. when her hus band was killed, took command of a battery of three eleven-inch guns at a poir.t commanding the water sup ply and held them until she was also killed. The garrison was deceived by false reports of the approach of Kuro patkin's army and the Baltie fleet." METCALF ASKS FOR FUNDS. Needs Money to Prosecute Standard Oil Inquiry. WASHINGTON Funds with which to prosecute the inquiry Into the methods of the Standard Oil company in Kansas were asked of the house by Secretary Met calf of the depart ment of commerce and labor. In his communication the secretary says that this inquiry cannot be completed before July 1. His suggestion is that the unexpended balance of an item of $-rt.000 and another of $15,000 carried in the current legislative, executive and judicial appropriation act. be made available for this as well a all other work of the ini-estigafon which his department is prosecuting. These items were appropriated to carry on the "beef trust" and other inquiries. EMPEROR IS PROSTRATED And All Fcstivit:es in Prince Leo pold's Honcr Canceled. ST. PETERSBURG The news of the assassination of the grand duke reached Tsarrkoe Selo while the im perial family was entertaining Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia. It created the greatest consternation. The emperor is reported to have been completely prostrated. All festivities in honor of the Prussian guest were at once abandoned. Serious Riot at Svelv.m. ST. PETERSBURG Revolution ary literature is being distributed broadcast throughout the capital and is to be picked up in offices and fac tories, wherever it can be scattered unobserved. These pamphlets assert that dissatisfaction is fast spreading in the army. A telegram from Sve hun reports a serious riot, workmen wrecking the house of a suspected po litical informer. In the fight between rioters and the police one of the former was killed. Several of the rioters and a policeman were killed. Fire Loss of $300,000 at Denver. DENVER The Synes block, r. three-story structure, occupied by stores and offices, was destroyed by fire Sunday, entailing a loss estimate ed at $300,000. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Activity at the Front. TOKIC Field Marshal Ovama re-1 ports that the Russians are continu- i lng their defensive works in all direc tions. They continued to shell Dor- 1 tions of the Japanese line on Friday. JAPS DZPLORE THE CRIME. But Express Sympathy for the People of Russia. TOKIO Commenting on the assas sination of Grand Duke Sergius at Moscow, the Jiji Shimpo expresses its sympathy at his cruel death, but declares the act is attributable to the high-handed manner of the Russian government in repressing the recent labor demonstrations. The paper says that oppressive measures against ex pression of national wishes invite such outrages from the oppressed. "The war in the far east resulted from the aggressive action of the Rus sian government, with which the Rus sian people have little sympathy," the Jiji Shimpo adds. "In one sense Japan is waging a war against the Russian nation aris'ng from oppres sion by the autocracy, but Japan is fighting the government, and not th peaple of Russia." The paper predicts a better under standing with increased sympathy be tween the two peoples after the war has ended and. after again lementing the crime wh'ch resulted in the death of Grand Duke Sergius. expresses the hope that it will be fruitful of good re sults. Other newspapers comment in a similar strain on the assassination of the grand duke. SHORTAGE IN CASH ACCOUNT Army Officer to Be Investigated at H's Cw Reouest. SAN FRANCISCO Orders have been issued from the war department appointing a board to investigate and report on an alleged shortage of the accounts of Cant. Jacques de I'Lafitte. quartermaster of the transport I.o gan. now in this port. This hoard, it is stated by Captain I'Laf.tte's friends, is appointed at his own re quest, as he is held responsible for the funds, and he asserts that there is a shortage in funds which were be yond his control. It is necessary that the quartermaster of each transport take $f..000 or $G,00O in his safe on each trip, as all payments of em ployes must be made in specie. On the return trip from Manila Captain I'Lafitte was ill and confined to his bed most of the way across. While he was ill the money was in the charge of subordinates, and the in vestigation demanded is to fix the re sponsibility, if possible, for the al leged shortage. SIGN PARCELS POST TREATY Agreement Entered Into With Great Britain. WASHINGTON A parcels post treaty between this government and Great Britain has been signed by President Roosevelt.' Secretary Hay and Postmaster General Wynne. It has already been signed by the Brit ish officials and will take effect The final conclusion of the British treaty is a source of considerable gratification to officials here and a substantial increase in the volume of postal business is expect ed to follow. The movement for a parcels post ar rangement between the two countries began many years ago. The treaty follows the ueneral provisions, of existing parcels post treaties with other governments. A parcels post treaty with France is expected to be concluded shortlv. POUNDING RUSSIAN CENTER Japanese Continue Active Against the Enemy. MUKDEN The Japanese fired Tuesday and Wednesday on Poutiloff hill with eight-inch guns, carrying 2.-0-pcimd projectiles, indicating that they are siege guns used at Port Ar thur and the first to be mounted in position before the Russian lines be low Mukden. A new situation, therefore, con fronts the Russian center and the general situation appears to have been rendered more uncertain and complicated by the battle of Sandcpas and the arrival of open weather, in dicating an early spring. At some parts of the lines there is unusual familiarity, Russian and Jap anese officers in parties entertain each other. At Sinchinpu the Japa nese cheer the Russian band. LOOKS LIKE EXTRA SESSION There Must Be Legislation on the Rate Question. WASHINGTON, D. C Representa tive Townsend of Michigan, one or the authors of the Esch-Townsend freight rate bill, had a talk with the president regarding the prospects for the enactment of the measure into law. Mr. Townsend, who has canvassed the situation pretty thoroughly, ex pressed the opinion that there was a chance for the passage of the bill by the senate at the present session. After his talk with the president Mr. Townsend said that in the event no legislatien on the rate question was enacted at this session, nn extra ordinary session of congress would be called by President Roosevelt for next autumn, perhaps in October. Great Fire in Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS For four hours Sunday night the wholesale d'strict. bounded by Georgia and Meridian streets and Jackson Place and the Un ion depot sheds, was menaced by a fire which statted in the wholesale warerooms of the Rahnlev & McCrea Millinery company. At 0:."0 o'clock three general alarms brought into ac ti n every department in the city and suburbs. When the fire was brought under control the loss was estimated to be not less than ?1.. 100.000. One fireman was hurt by fall'ng walls. ST. PETEPSBURG The funeral of the late Grand Duke Sergius has been set for February 23. It has now been decided that the remains of Grand Duke Sergius will not be brought to St. Petersburg at the present, but will be placed in a temporary receiv ing vault of the cloister of the Chamloff monastery, to await the completion of the alterations now in progress in the Romanoff mausoleum in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, where the permanent inter ment will occur among the tombs of his ancestors. Twenty People Perish. BAKU" An explosion on board a nanhtha baree set fire to several porter barges and a landing stage. It is reported that twenty people per ished. Peru Protests Against Treaty. LIMA. Peru The Peruvian govern- ment has handed the Chilian charge d'affaires a nrotest aeainst the recent Chilian and Bolivian treaty. Soft soap usually has much lye in It HEAD BLOWN OFF UNCLE OF CZAR ASSASSINATED WHILE DRIVING. BOMB BENEATH THE CARRIAGE Vehicle is Blown to Pieces by Force of the Explosion. The Assassin, a member of the Noted "Fighting Group," Under Arrest. MOSCOW Within th walls of the far-famed Kremlin palace and almost underneath the historic tower from which Ivan the Terrible watched the heads of his enemies falling beneath the axe on the Red square, and within a stone's throw of the great bell of Moscow. Grand Duke Serguis, uncle and brother-in-law of Emperor Nicho las and the chief of the reactionaries, met a terrible death shortly before 3 o'clock. The deed was committed by a single terrorist, who threw beneath the carriage of the grand duke a bomb charged with the same high power explosive which wrought Min ister von Plehve's death. The missile was packed with nails and fragments of iron and its explosion tore the im perial victim's body to ghastly frag ments which strewed the snow for yards around. The assassin belongs to the noted "fighting group" of the socialist re volutionary party, which has removed other prominent officials and long since passed sentence of death upon Grand Duke Sergius. The grand duke knew that he stood in the shadow of death. He was the recipient of numerous warnings and elaliorate preparations were taken to insure his safety, but all the re sources of the gendarmerie, secret po lice and soldiers proved unavailing against an attempt almost exactly duplicating the procedure that caused the death of Minister of the Interior von Plehve last July. It was the irony of fate that Sergius, after taking re fuge in his country villa during the strike troubles of a month ago and later seeking even more secure shelter in the palace within the Kremlin walls, should be killed while proceed ing to the governor general's palace beyond the walls, and which he had abandoned to enable the police to better protect him. Grand Duchess Elizabeth, who was daily engaged in preparing comforts for the sick and wounded in Man churia, was about to drive to the palace to join her husha'id. When she heard of what had befallen the grand duke she was driven in haste to the scene of the tragedy, and knelt, hat less and coatless. on the bloodstained snow and murmured prayers for the welfare of her slain consort. The scene of the crime was the great open triangle within the Krem lin, bounded bv the arsenal treasury and courts of justice, in one angle of which is the Nicholas, or little palace, where the grand duke dwelt. On the snow lay fragments of the body of Grand Duke Sergius. mingled with the wreck of the carriage. The grand duke's head had been torn from his body and reduced to a shapeless pulp and tne trunk and limbs were fright fully mangled. A finger bearing a rich seal ring was found lying several yards away. The crimson tint and smell of blood were everywhere. Only a few fragments of cloth indicated that the body had been clothed. The coachman lay moaning with pain be side a deep hole in the pavement. The hoises. dragging the front wheels of the carriage, had dashed off. madden ed wit a pain, to sink dying before they reached the gate. LONG MARKED FOR DEATH And Grand Duke Had Lately Acted Like a Hunted Man. PARIS The Grand Duke Sergius. uncle of the Russian emperor, and for merly governor-general of Moscow, is understood to have been condemned to death by the revolutionary party in December last. The governor-generalship of Mos cow was abolished early in the year and the grand duke, according to dis patches from Moscow January 4, kept closely to the well guarded Nickouski palace, on the outskirts of Moscow, retaining his position of commander-in-chief of the military district. Later in January, however, it was announced that the grand duke had sought refuge in one of the palaces of the Kremlin. He has been classed as the most reactionary member of the imperial family, as the head of which he has been stigmatized by the liber als as Russia's evil genius. Grand Duke Sergius was horn in 1857. and was married in 1SS4 to Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt. They have no children. Prof. Goodspeed Dead. CHICAGO Dr. George Stephen Goodspeed. professor of history at the University of Chicago, died of pneumonia. He graduated from Brown university in 1SS0, and took his doctor's degree at Yale. President Wants Big Navy. WASHINGTON Several members of both the senate and house of repre sentatives Friday discussed with the president the pending naval appro priation bill. The president tedd all his callers that he hoped congress would provide in the bill for three battleships ir.stead of two as the measure now stands, saying he thought it unfortunate not to carry out the program for the building up of a new navy and that retrenchments might be better made on other depart ments than on the naval. Pope Will Not Interfere. ROME The Vatican has been ap proached on the advisibility of tender ing its good offices in the proposed approaching marriace of Prince Na poleon with Princess Clementine of Belgium, but has refused to interfere on the ground that Prince Victor never was favorable to the church. Prince Louis Napoleon, who is at Turin, was congratulated on the ap proaching marriage of his brother with Princess Clementine, but replied that up to the present time nothing had been de -ided. Victory for Paul. DES MOIv"ES. la. J. E. Paul, founder and hrd chief of the Brother hood of American Yeomen, won a complete victory in the state conclave and overwhelmingly defeated his op ponents who sought to take away from him the support of the Iowa delegation to the national conclave. The charges of Incompetency and usurpation of authority were investi gated by a committee, which reported that they were unfounded and the re port was approved by a one-sided vote. ' Fox Friendly With Hounds. It is stated that in one county In England foxes are" so scarce that most of the hunting is done with one old fox. who has been hunted so much that he and the hounds are becoming friends. The hunters are trying, there fore, to find a new fox. Liftina Jarks on Cars. It is suggested in San Francisco that each street car be equipped with a lifting jack, so that, in case of acci dent, a victim may be taken from be neath the car wheels without delav. Use of Astbestos Increasing. The use of asbestos by electricians is daily increasing, for it meets the most exacting requirements for pur poses of insulation. Its latest applica tion is to the "electrotherm." the new device which is already taking the place of hot-water bottles in hospitals and sick rooms. Children Sodden With Liquor The cantonal school board of Ticino, in Switzerland, complains in a circu lar to parents that owing to children being allowed at home to partake too freely of the strong native liquor, boys and girls often go to school in a hope leiisly intoxicated condition. First Use of Piano. There are 10.70f pieces of wood, cloth and felt, and 1.1S5 feet of wire in a concert grand piano. The earliest recorded public performance on the piano forte took place at Covent Gar den, England, on May ltltli, 1707. Mjde III by Unfiltercd Water. After a club dinner at a hotel in Stockholm, says the Frandfurter Zei tung, several hundred persons fell ill of typhoid, due to unfiltered river water being used for washing the vegetables. Canada an Anglers' Paradise. Canada is the paiadise of the angler. Within easy range of Quebec are hun dreds of lakes, sometimes mile in ex tent, which swarm with fish, and near ly all of which are free to all co:uei. Great Britains Herring Fisheries. The quantity of herrings landed on the coasts of the United Kingdom is equal to that of all other fish. THE NEIGHBORS ALL USE THEM NOW. Cuick Cure of Rheumatism by Dodci'3 Kidney Pilts. How They Saved the Shcp of a Kansas Blacksmith Cure' was Permanent toe. Coodland. Kan.. Feb. 20th. (Spe cial) So quick and complete was the cure of N. E. Albert. 'son, a local black smith, that it almost seems like a miracle. He had Rheumatism so bad he feared he would have to give up his shop. One box of Dodil's Kidney Pills drove away all the pains and they hae never returned. Speaking of his cure Mr. Alhertson says: "I had Rheumatism in my ?houI!er3 and arms for years. Part of the time it was so bad I could not sleep at night. My arm hurt so that it seem ed I would hae to "ive nn irv hlnp?,-- j .smith shop. I wentto the drug store ! a,i bought one box-i.f Delhi's k-iiirv Pills and took them. 1 have not had the Rheumatism since. A great many of the neighbors are using Dodd's Kid ney Pills since they saw how they cured me." Faicy Prices for Relics. For a love letter written by Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, $."0 was paid not long ago. Yet a brass io!l.;r which was worn by Boatswain, the dog to whose memory Lord Byron erected a monument at New stead abbey, fetched 21 guineas, while the collar of Thun derer, another of Lord Byron's dogs, rtalized 4 guintPS only. Bcyish Indiscretion. A Pittsburg boy who left home to pose as a man was discovered wear ing trousers much too large for him. This was easy for the police. If he had been a real man he would have worn trousers entirely too tight for him. such as so many fashion plates foist on buyers. Buffalo Express. Lives of Different Meaning. It is noble to be alive to the little ness of earth, but it is nobler to be come impressed with its greatness; to the animal life it is only a picture ground; to ordinary men it is the com monplace world; but to him who lives above it it becomes a shining moon. Largest Deposits of Nickel. The largest deposits of nickel are on the island of New Caledonia, a French possession in the South Pacific. Emery Producers. Greece and the Ionian islands pro duce more emery than any other coun try on the globe. READS THE BOOK. "The Road to Wellville" Pointed the Way. Down at Hot Springs. Ark., the vis itors have all sorts of complaints, but it is a subject of remark that the great majority of them have some trouble with stomach and bowels. This may be partly attributed to the heavy med icines. Naturally, under the conditions, tho question of food is very prominent. A young man states that he had suf fered for nine years from stomach and bowel trouble, had two operations which did not cure, and was at last threatened with appendicitis. lie went to Hot Springs for rheu-1 matism and his stomach trouble got worse. One day at breakfast the waiter, knowing his condition, sug gested he try Grape-Nuts and cream, which he did, and found the food agreed with him perfectly. V After the second day he began to sleep peaceful'y at night, different than he had ror years. The perfect di gestion of the food quieted his nerv ous system and made sleep possible. He says: "The next morning I was astonished to find rny condition of cem stipation had disappeared. I could not believe it true after suffering for so many years; then I took more interest in the food. re2d the little book 'The Road to Wellville and started follow ing the simple directions. "I have met with such results that in the last five weeks I have gained eight poun'is in spite of hot baths which take away the flesh from any one. "A friend of mine has been entirely cured of a bad case of me.igestion and stomach trouble by using Grape-Nut3 Food and cream alone for breakfast. "There is one thing in particular I have noticed a great change in my mental condition. Formerly I could i hardly remember anything, and now the mind seems unusually acute and retentive. I can memorize practically anything I desire." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. I lNjA-nrc MaW'!' I A1WW9 AM ilUiCUAa Grip is so prevalent at Geneva that district court had to be postponed. Cambridge will likely issue bonds and put in a system of water works. A man named Storms was arrested at Osceola and taken to Council Bluffs. la., on a charge of robbing a victim who had first been given knockout drops. The various evangelical churches of Ponca have arranged for a series of union evangelical services. From ten days to two weeks' meetings will be held in each church. The Farmers' bank of Kramer, through P. L. Knight. E. M. UphoIT. G. L. Meissner and C. W. Weckbach. has incorporated with an authorized capital of $10,000. of which $5,000 is paid up. Friends of Noel B. Rawts of Platts mouth regret to learn that on account of poor health it became necessary for him to tender his resignation as a midshipman in the naval academy at Annapolis. The Liederkranz society of Grand Island has appointed a committee to formulate a program for a Schiller evening on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of the great German poet and philosopher. Every train, says a North Platte dispatch, brings in landseekers from other parts of Nebraska. Missouri. Iowa. Kansas and other states. Many are securing plots of land and going out to investigate it before filing. The case of the state of Nebraska against Frank Stevens, charged bv I Emma Collyer. an inmate of the In stitution for Feeble Minded, with be ing the father of her unborn child, was called in Judge Ionian's court and dismissed on the grounds that the plaintiff was not competent to testiry against the accused. The most sickness prevails at Mason City even known. Whole fam ilies are bedfast with grip and whooji ing cough with complications. Sever al cases of pneumonia are scattered through the country. Scarlet lever prevails, and a number of cases of the measles are reported at Wester ville. The North Platte vall'-y awaits with great interest the fate or senate tile No. !S. the irrigation measure, intro duced by Senator Giihn. The fanning interests all desire the bill to become, a law and have expressed that desire by sending a mammoth petition to Senator Glfin. asking that the bill bo made a law. Jefferson county's mortgage indebt edness record for January is as fol lows: Farm mortgages tiled 21. amount ?l!.7!7.."0: released -t'l. amount $l...i7. City mortgages filed 17. amount $!.::7S ."::; released II. amount $2.!!.".."3:. Chattel mortgages filed 01. amount $10.DI!).;o: released ."'. amount $12.S"7.0::. One more effort will be made in the sup "eme court to secure a new frial for .Mrs. Lena Margaret l.illie, con victed at David City of murdering her husband. Attorney Francis Hamer filed an application asking leave to file a motion for a new trial. Stress will be laid on alleged errors in the trial in Butler county. The records of the Mcf'ook land of fice, leather-backed books weighing i about O.Olio pounds, were brought to Lincoln and placed with others of the United States land office. .. Green said 7 Otift acres of land in Cha I and Dundy counties had been canceled and were open to settlement. Howard Osborne. lamilinrly known as "Toots" Osnorne of Hartington. in a rage stabbed Jim Stanton in the up per back part of the leg n";ir the hip joint with a jack-knife, inflicting an ugly wound. The stabbing occurred in a chop house, where Osborne was cook, and was the resuli of a quarrel between the bovs over the payment of Stanton's supper. The wounded party will recover. The case of a young woman mas querading as a young man and assist ing her husband in shovelling coal and doing a teamster's work has been un earthed by the police of Grand Island. A mother superior has arrived at York from New York City, accompa nied by three French Ursuline nuns, who have been driven into exile from France. The nuns will make their homes there and supplement the teach ing force. The Elkhorn Valley Baseball league has a temporary organization, with W. W. Roberts of Norfolk as presi dent, and Alfred Pont as secretary. The schedule or games calls ror 121 and the towns that are expected to constitute the league are Neligh. Til den. Norfolk. Stanton. Pilger. Wisner. West Point and Wayne. John Thede and his wife, aged anil respected residents of Dodge reunify, are both lying !"ad at their home, eight miles northwest of Fremont. Mrs. Thede died Tuesday afternoon, and hr husband followed her Wednes day night. This aged roupb. the hus band 77 and the wif 71 in years, had lived together marly half a century. A series o" reliei'ius meetings are being well atu nd'-d in Table Rock, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. State Treasurer Mortcnsen has been doing business lately, having canceled $200,000 worth eif warrants. He has two more calls out, one for the 20th and one for the 2."tii. The first call will retire $fi0.000 worth of warrants and the second probably JCo.OOO more. At this time the treasurer has in the trust funds SSJ.OOo and in the general fund 3110,')00. This money is coming from the anual settlement of county treasurers. liiirnngton pac.'-nger train No was wrecked half way between enna and St. .Michael. While the train ran along the ties several ' train lengths, none of the cars tipped ejver, and no one was injured. As the result of a quarrel over a card game. O. IJ. Phillips shot and In stantly killed J. Bejehme in the depot at Whitman. Phillips was sleeping on a bench in the waiting room waiting for a delayed train when Boehme. it is alleged, entered and renewed the quarrel by attaeking him with a poker. Phillir-s fired twice, both shots taking effect. Ex-Senator William Griess died at his residence in Sutton of heart fail ure. He got up in the morning, ate breakfast, and soon after dropped dead. Mr. Griess was born in Russia and came to this country with a colony that settled in and around Sutton in 1873. Elmer Gibson of Thomas county, who for eleven years has been an in mate of the state penitentiary satis fying the demands of justice for a murder commited in Thomas county, is now a free man. Governor Mickey signed his pardon, taking from his sentence thirteen years. TORTURING PAirj. Half This Man's Sufferings Would H?vc Killed Many a Person, but Doan's Cured Him. A. C. Sprague, stock dealer, of Nor mal. III., writes: "For two whole years ,s uu,l,s """"us out buying medi cines to cure m" kidneys. I do not think that any man ever suffered as I did and lived. The pain in my back was so bad that I could net sleep at night. I could not ride a horse A. C. Sl'KAGt'K. and sometimes was unable even to ride in a car. My condition was critical when I sent for Doan's Kidney Pills. I used three boxes and they cured me. Now I can go anywhere and do as much as anybo.. I sleep well and feel no discomfort at all." A TRIAL FREE. Address Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. For salo by all dealers. Price. 50 cts. Trade Guilds in Canton. Canton leasts or over seventy trades guilds. The guilds have line halls and spacious courtyards, where their members meet daily and discuss the affairs- of their respective trades and other matters. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Watc gtnrch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains It? oz. one full pound while all other Cold Water Staiches are put up iu i -pound pack ages, and the price is the sami. 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to .1!spose of berore he puts in Defiance. He knows that Detlancu Starch has printed on every package In large let ters and figures "li" ozs." Demand De fiance and save much time and money -and the annoyance of the iron stick ing. Defiance never sticks. Told by the Small Mouth. Greal self-control and fortitude dweli with the small mouth of winch the lips are kpt tiglitly shut. Never theless, it is liable to occasional out bursts of ill-temuer. SALT RHEUfirt ON HANDS. Suffered Agony and Had to Wear Bandages All the Time Another Cure by Cuticura. Another cure by Cuticura is told of by Mrs. Caroline Cable, of Waupaca. Wis., in the following grateful let ter: "My husband suffered agony salt rheum on his hands, anil 1 had to keep them bandaged all the. time. We tried verything we could get. but - nothing helped him until he used Cuti- cura. One set of Cuticura Soap. Oint ment, and Pills cured him entirely, and hl hand:; have been as smooth as jiossible ever siuef1. I do hope this letter will be I he mentis of helpiujs some other s-it ft i. ror." Arcenic in Oaily Food. The ave-ag pet.n takes about o.iiO'KJ grains of arsenic in Ms daily food. Fi. b, rock-salt, water, and wine are comparatively ri-'h ia arsenie." Mlllio.'i In Or.U. S.i'zcr"- Nt j""'nal U.-t- yiVlded in MmIi.. 240 bi, . in M- . 2A5 l.-i.'m N". l., 3P 5u . an-: in 3. o'ier -.i't- from IjO to .?) bu. prr ttfre N v t In Oaf xf roii crally unv.ui in 19 u. wdl .!! millions of bii--liel- t- tin- t Id and luiihoiia of dollar.- to the .fanner'-, put-e! 1 ft l wm llomt'liiiildcr Hex.- Dent Corn grow like a weed an I jicM- fiom l.. t 2(?) bu-hi'N and more per acre! It's the big-gc-t udder on earth! Snlzcr'.s Spelt. I'eardles Ilarlev. Maca roni Uhcat. IV.i O.it. Billion Dwll'.ir Gras and Earliest (me arc money makers foi joa, Mr. Farmer. jusr si"M Tins notci: and 10c in s-tamps to .lolm A. Salcr Seed Co.. 1n Cro-se. Wis., and reteive tlieir big catalog and lots of farm acid samples. W. X. U.J Danger in Electrcity. A boy narrowly escaped being elec trocuted in London recently while dragging an iron hoop along the slot rail of the electric tramway line. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local application. a they cannot reach lb dla eaftFi! portion of ttie per. Ihrtr la only oor a 14 cure drai new. and llmt In ly cootfiutl-na! rcmeJlra. IteafiwM la cariiM.il lv an InBamrtl condition of the mucous llninir of the KiiUcli!an Tulnr. ln-n thl tule ! tnfln.ed you Ime riin.j!tnic nound or tin perfect bearlnnr.atid hn It l entlrrly cionr.'l. Deaf ne'Ut ! Hie rrri:ll. .ui't utile the liiflnimatlon can ha taken o-it and thN tufce restored t It normal i-oiylS tl'Hi.hearD.: illl he il-tnyril forerer. nln rea out of ten are c-itwd ly .ttarrh. hl li t nothing but Hn InUatiied i-omUtlori of t'ie irnicnn ii1hi ei. We 1II Kl'e tine Hundred l..!lar for anv rn ut Pe.kfn- T'i-ed tv i-atHrrto Ihht cannot he cured Ly llull Catarrh Cure. Serm for clrrtilar. fret;. K I ClIK.NhY A CO.. It.Wili,, O. So'd hv Iru,t'". "" T1.I.C Half Family flllij for rontlpatI'in. Burniar is an Artist. On a burglar arrested in Paris tae poli e found a beautifully -xecure. pictu-e in waf-r colors or th houne he had robbed. The bousewiTe who Tins riot yet ' riiiiie :i"iiii:iinl"l with the new things of everyday use in the market, and who is reasonably satisfied with tjt" old. we wott'd suggest that a trial of i)eane ',!.i Wat-r Plan h be tiuil" at once. Not alone because it is guar anteed by the manufacturers to be iu-r.-r;oi to ar.y other brand, but because e;-ch 10 paekae contains 1: uric;s. white all the oMit kinds contain but 1 .i:nees. It is va i say thrti the lady v ho in-- u--es Ha nee i':irh vvlll u.-e otlitr. e:.'i,y an i ru-ntity must v. In. Earth Disturbances. Vdean.c ou:b;:r-s and earthquakes occur most fieauer.tly when the mojn is nearu-r tJ.e earth. Feit Comfortable Ever Since. "I suffered for yeari with my feet. A friend recommended AIXKX S " FOOT-K ASK. I used two boxes of tht:pwdcr.aiul my N-et have beou entirely comfortable, ever since. ALLEN'S FOOT-EASK is certainly a god send to me. Win. !. Swrirmstedt, Wash ington, D. C." Sold by all Druggists, '.. First Newspaper Ad. The first newspaper advertisement appeared in lf'52. to cri:K a :om in fix:: hay Take Laxative llruiin jut:i!n Tablet. A . ? jjl l- flun.il the 111 T.-y if It fr.Il. to ciif K- W. Grce'i! tlnalur" 1 m e.ch mK. "c Petals of chfvsanthetnuin flowers, dried in an oven and mixed with a small quantity of ca-carilla bark, makes ideal "tobacc-i ' and is less harmful to the nerves an 1 eyesight. Curious Mexican Plant. A curious plant hails from Mexico. It is similar to a pumpkin, with a rough, corky hark resembling that of. an oak. It has been named "palma." Women Carry Mails. Many of the rural letter carriers In the Tyrol are women. iliPli G mw N . m - r.-' rv x y a (A V 7 I 6 v "S